Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1882-01-26
SPIRIT OF THE STATE PRESS
TuEAEGIsLATURE, &c.

The election and registration bill vii!
become law, II its requirements as to
registration be plain aud suplc, then that
par, OF the law will not be Objectionable.
In fact it will, srevent rcpcaters oud tramps
from voting. As the bill passed the House
six hoxes wi'lTbe required. There is no
objection to this provided these boxes are
not SO manipulated as to confuse the voters
who canno. read. Any law or device
which prcvenS the humbest citizen from
casting his vote ae he whishcs is on unjust
one and will sork dishouor and damage to
the Statc When the full text Of this act
is published its merits apd faults will be
given SpoN,an.
Now apd Zen the Spartan has differed
frcm tho &c loo of our Legislature aud it is
always FREQ to speak out. Other papers 10
the State arslndependeut and not airaid to
express No iHncst opinion Editor Wilson
of tho Prcsss and Banner thus talks out
in meeting: s'Now that the Legislature is
in session &c may expect the esoupe of a
largc quantity Of gas ou the Registration
bill, which W' passed, would kill the Dc.
mocracy stone dead. 1t is pity that
nobody will turn his attention to our real
interests and look to the proper adjustments
of our crimipa laws. The people of this
countyiarc tsgpipg to feel the Injustice Of
npproptiatin& half our taxes to punish
crime snd feed prisoners charged with petit
larceny. We notice from tie Chronicle
that Edsc6eld comtcm5lates expepding
$4,000 or II 1000 iu such foolishucss dur
ing the present year" Spartan
Our Legislature have generously appro
priated Sl5 !GJ0 Of tho peoples money to
reopen ebo Citadel. This is only an eu-
/ ter.ug wedge. Their figure is $50 900 and
they will reach that in few years, pro
vided tho University und Citadel wen work
together. Tao great boon promised to the
State "a thug each one of the poor boys
educated at tn. expense of the State shall
teach two years n The public schools of his
county. 1t would bo infinitely cheaper
to take the appropriation ADD hire some
cene aud teach our children. 1t would
cost much !ess uud tho work would be
better done. Military training ia not the
need of ,lc hour, There will DO about
fifty poor bSys'' who hsve gencrdSly fuiha
since the war, tho. will be pleading and
hcgeiuy for situations as teachers in Tie
Citadel; III fact they arc at work now.
That is the milk in the oocoanut with many
of them.-Sparan
-Four times in five it is safc to say the
South Carolina Legislature will do tho
wrong thing. Thus far it has atten. pied
to make the same stock law fit different
sections of the State possessing widely
differing lands, productions, surface and
population; il has 7oted ten thousand dol
lars to provide an educational luxury for o
few, while thousands are unproviucd with
educational necessities; it will probubly ap-
propriaic twenty thousand odd dollars for
mn unnecessary military school; and it caps
the c'im"x by killing tho election till aud
leaving tho people an alternative bea
tween The United States Court House certain
aud Albany pcni,en'inry probable, and
negro government. If the future Malone
cf South Carolina had hired On assembly
to hand the State over to him he could not
have hud more faithful aud efficient service
than has been rendered him thus far. If
any physician can vac inato agaDst an in-
frcion of diocy, he can probably obtain
about one hundred and fifty GASES by max
ing carly application to the Speaker of tho
lInusc and President of the Seuatc. -
GreenuWe News
A BETTER WAY.
The Readjusters Of Virginia arc now
talking about removing the trustees and
oifieers Of the University and Military In
slitutea Should they do this. then these
new boards may elect new professors, se-
Iectcd from their own friends. They
might get good men and instructors, but
the revolution would injurc the institutions
The soma Gt Democrats would not attend o
school managed and taught by political
enemies. While this change might bo a
great misfortune to Virginia, it it Just what
there is 30 much antagonism between the
parties. When Colleges and Universities
fall into the hands of Machines, you may
expect change when new men get hold Of
tho crank. The plan of organizing col
leges which are supported in whole, or in
part, by State aid, is altogether wrong.
When these institutions are hitchcd on to
the body polite, they must rso or fall With
the party in power. 1t is not to te ex-
pectca that Readjustcrs would eject Dolno-
cratic trustees, nor that Readjustcr board
would elect any hut their friends on the
faculties In 1876 the Faculty of the
South Carolina College we're swept away
by tho Democratic Legislature. Some Of
these teachers were able men, but no g. cd
Democrat ever thought for one moment of
The ability aud true worth of Prof. ii. A.
Warren, of tho Normal School, or tho
scholarship Of Prof. Brewer. They Ind to
go with tho machine which had hojsted