The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-09
Editorial Correspondence
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DRAR SESFlNEL; The day for adjourn
'ment has ats last been fixed. The House
'concurredinsa resolution to ,adjopra on the
10th hinst3; was amended by the Senate to
make Il the8th, but the House refused to
'conUur in the amendment and before the
Sep6te acted upon the tneasure again, the
House sent over another, resolution fixing
'the;d6y on the 9th. sEhe Senate, nt4 once
CONQUERED, and L suppose many people will
now breathe easier. especially those .of us
in the Legtslature who have become Aired
Of legislative 'h5hors and responsibilities,
andid desire to retire to private life Hook
forward to it with as mudh sshxiety as q
hSJt does TO getting out tSf his teens. The
Legislative appropriation bill was read the
second time in the Senate to day. The
snPplg,t or. .tdx ffil, owill be disposed of in
ihe,eafly part ofipext week. 1t provides,
as' 81 etase romathe II ouse; for q levy for
State purposes, of Az mills. II may tc
necessary to increase the amount to five
mills, before it finally passes The stock
lawsIis y ghost that will not down at any
naan's biddings There seems to bel good
'deSl Of dissatisfaction in some Of the lower
coutties of the State, 'srtfd a bin to relieve
Charleston, Colleton, Beaufort and, Hamp-
TON goonnties swqs introduced in both branc..-
Gs of tBe, Aegislature, since the recess for
that parpdse. q The first proposition was to
Tsqdire the Stateitto pay the expense of
building The fencing necessary to cut them
off Tbm the balance of The State. This
proposition was voted down. Then an eff,
fort was made to make. the exemption by
reqairidg the securities themselves to pny
for rthe EecessSey fencing. 9Ais propoki-
tion was also ed down in; both Houses
to d9y, and there is to be no mo Aihcation
or cli8ngein tlelaw 80 far as this Legisla-
lure is concernea In this connection
viii say y ,sARt y have received several letters
f.om citizens, of Pickens county making
nquirfesSas to when The law would 60 into
operation and if,there was likely to be any
amendment exempting the mountainous
portion of the county &c. will say for
the information of all concerned that there
mas not, nor will there be any change made
The law goes into operation throughout the
entire county on the frst day of April next
everybody should be prepared for 1t. The
law will never be repeale3 and those who
de'a'et like it had Sjust rs we'll uTa&e ,p
sheir minds to accept it gracefully and say
nothing about itheItf is ono of the ,wisesl,
nRosE equitable and econ nomical laws ever
passed by the Legislature of our State, and
will he SO regarded by all, once it is fairly
testedsG$ H,.~ a.. ,n.,. e;
The biii, creating the new county OF
Berkely from portion of Charleston coun.
ty has been ratified. Aside from q matter
Of convenience, the friends of the measure
claimed that it was political necessity.
The new county embraces what is known
as the black section of Charleston County.
and viii be as certainly Radical as Beau>
fort, butiupon the. other hand, it makes
Charlsston certainly Democratic, and will
give the party Q strong hold ia the black
belt of our Stale Charleston retains elev-
en- Representative and two Senators, and
Befkely hassfiye Representatives aud one
Senator, s,A bin to repeal the usury law
has been defeated in both Houses W..
Senator Eishbnlne from Colleton, one of
the selfconsLitGted leaders Of the ssthrd
party bns created q little sensation by his
belligerant attitude towards some of the
Senators and Col. MuCrady of ahe House.
in the Senate on the 3lst Of january ult.,
during a1discussion on q bill giving The
Eptaw Phosphate Company the privilege to
build q tramway from heir works along a
public road TO tie South Carolina Railrosd
hr. Sinythe asked Mr. Fishburne, who was
orPosing tile bilB if he knew where the
Eiitaw Phosphate works were MIR. Fish
nurne said he didnot.,p "Thcn," said MIR.
3 smythesS'th The Senator acknowledges that he
does, not know what aho is talking about"
Mr. Fishburne retorted, "that is false"
so which Mr.. Smythe replied, "oonsiderinq
Ihe source will not reply to The Senator's
personal remark Mr.. Fishburne subse,
Qpently denlahdnd Of Mr., Smythe a retracl
ton Of the language used, !. Mr. swythe
refused to oletraot, and personal enooun,
ter WAS abontt 70 take place when mutual
tricnds interfereds and separated the. dwo
Senators Mr. Pishbprhe made fdrther
dcnlOpstrations towards MIR. smythe, but
reyentsd from attackibs him bI ire
interpesition of gepslemen5 who happened
% s,s fesslt, FearIng further difa9ulty,
Gol. Aiccrady of cbariestop, made afiaasit
before Trial Justice hlarahall of This place,
and had Mr. Fishbarne arrested. General
laIer Senator from Orangeburg, did the
sasae is eferenceto Mr. Asmytte, but when
ire parties weYs brought before tho Trial
5natice, Col McGrady aud Gen. Izler con-
s1uaed that IKE difficulty could be amieabiy
adjusted, and Withdrew Che afidayits MIR.
FishbarRe protested against such a course,
and seemed anzicus have theinyestigas
flon proceed wish. Bat finding that he
eosaa net break into jail tbas way, he went
% deputy sheriff Levin ana requested him
% naee adasfs against him, saying that
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