Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1882-10-26
[ From the Enterprise and Mountaineer I
Ex- Governor Perry on the Con-
stitutional Amendments.

lfrom me Enterprise and MOuntainter
Ex-Governor Perry on the Con-
stitutional Amendments.
at The next general election the people of
South Carolina will have to vote on three
Constitutional amendments, which The Log
lslature proposed at their last session.
he first, which excludes all persona con.
victcd of on infamous crime, from the right
of suffrage. 1t is to be presumed that no
honest aud intelligent voter will Object to
this amendment. Criminals, who have
been convicted of larceny, arson, burglary,
rape aud murder, should have nothing to
do in making laws for the State or electipg
public officers. This will be very proper
and wholesome amendment to our State
Constitution.
The amendment, which proposes 10 give
The Legislature the authority to appoint the
day on which our State elections shall bo
held, is also very proper one. This will
enable US 10 prevent the United States ia
supervising our State elections, which they
now have, by ordcIng tho Congressional
and Presidential elections to take place at
the same timc and Same place with our
! State elections.
The other amendment, which proposes to
give The Legislature the power to make
great many new counties 10 the State, is
decidedly objectionable. Tho expense Of
building new court houses and jails, having
an additional number of clerks and sheriffs,
IN additional number of juries, solicitors,
constabics, judges and other public officers,
Will amount to thousands and hundreds of
thousands of dollars and increase the taxes
enormously. But this is not ALL Each
new county will have 10 have Senator
This will give the lower country and the
negroes entire control Of the Senate,
which nc Democrat or upper country voter
should sanction. know that it is said
that Democratic Legislature will not do
this. But what certainty have We TINT the
Legislature will always be Democratic?
Local influences may be brought to bear on
Democratic Legislature to divide some of
the large counties in the lower purt of the
! State.
We should let we'll enough alono. The
counties now are not too largo for public
convenience If this Constitutional
amendment should be adopted there will
! be applications for new counties by the
dozen Every depot and cross road store will
wish court house. BY all means vote
! against this amendment, which will prove
dangerous and most expensive experiment.
Our taxes are already sufficiently enormous
and wo can not we'll bear any addition to
them. B, il. PERRY.
Sans souc, Oct. 13, 1882.
The remains of an immense mastodon
mn HIoo lotk IL, D.Ss,
A number of negro men at work on the ex-
tension of the Kentucky Central, about two
miles from town, camo upon the skeleton
or bones Of some immense animal about
ten feet under ground, in soil Of stealitic
nature. The first discovered was the ankle,
which, on being measured, showed diamo-
Ter of seven inches. Following up Ibis
bone, they discovered tho knee, which,
through the socket was twelve inches in
diameter From tho ankle to tho top of
the shoulder blade--it being three feet two
inches widc-was fourteen feet seven
inches. Tho head was of large proportion,
measuring Eve feet in length and several 10
Width. The jaw was twelve inches thiok,
and the teeth are preserved 10 good condition.
The back bono was then followed up and
forty feet from tho head were tho bones of
the tail. The hindquartcrs were exceed
ingly largo, measuring in heigh twenty three
feet eight inches. The hip bone was ten
and quarter inches thick. The teoth, on
being weighed, proved each to be two or
three pounds. Enough of tho remains are
still in good condition to prove tho truth
of tho assertion. 1t is to be regretted that
tho remains could not be taken out entire.
THE HEIour of FoLLY--To wait until
you are in bed with disease you may not
got over for months, is tho height of folly,
when you might be easily cured during tho
early symptoms by Parker's Ginger Tonic
We have known siokly families mado the
healthiest, by timely use of this pure
medicine. - Obseruor.