Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-12-18
of the TOrkvillc Enquirer
FROM THE STATE CAPITAL.

COLUMBIA, december lo.-il lN WY, w
! day, presents almost II deserted appearance,
large majority Of both Houses OF the Uen1
eral Assembly, as well as a great many OF
the citizens of the place, having avalled
! themselves of the advantages offered by
| the very low fare to attend the Cleveland
and Hendricks celebration held in Charles
| ton last night. The S. G. Railway Compa-
ny and the Atlantic Coast Line began cut
ting in rates yesterday, and before the de-
parture of the excursion trains, both compa-
nies were offering tickets for the round trip
| for 80 cents.
The bill to re-enact the old usury law, linn
| iting the rate Of interest to per cent, was
defeated, majority of the House, as ev-
idenced by the discussion, being of the opin-
ion that money was a commodity and worth
what it would bring.
Two bills were introduced, one in the
Senate, and one in the House, each having
for its object the repeal of the law exempt
| ting manufacturers from taxation for ten
years After very able arguments for and
against it in the Senate, the Senate by a
vote of IS to II refused to repeal the law.
The bill introduced in the House met with
a different fate. After entire day ana
House by vote Is to 81 passed the bill to
third reading. There is some uncertain
ty as to what will be the fate of this bill
when it goes to the Senate; the friends of
the bill in the Senate claiming that the
overwhelming majority for the repeal OF
the law in the House will secure its passage
in the Senate, while the opponents of the
measure claim that it will not pass.
A bill introduced in the Senate by the
member from York to change the time of
listing property for taxation has passed the
Senate and will probably pass the House.
1t proposes to dispense with any assessment
for 1855 and have the next assessment made
in January and February, 1856.
The bill repeating the Lien law is the
special order in the Senate for Tuesday
next The bill, as it now reads, does away
with the law absolutely; but an amend
ment will be offered, and l think will be
adopted, giving the landlord a lien for rents
and a lien next to the landlord to aSricul-
tural laborers.
There is a strong disposition among the
members Of the General Assembly to do
something toward preserving the State
House from ruin and decay. The Legisla-
ture will take some action on this matter
at this session.
The action of the authorities of the Pres
bvterian Church in dismissing Prof. Wood
row from the Perkins PrOfessorship in the
Theological Seminary, although expected by
those who were intimately acquainted with
the facts, has caused considerable feeling
here. which was intensified by the resigna-
ton of Professors Boggs and Hemphill.
The designations will not take effect until
the first of June, 1885, consequently there
will be no interruption Of the exercises. 1t
is thought that these events will injure the
usefulness Of the Seminary ut least Tor
while, and several years may elapse before
the institution fully RECEIVERS from the shock.
The evolution doctrine is a dangerous one
to teach, and especially so to young men
who are to be set apart for the work OF re-
ligious instruction of our people, most or
whom have not the time or necessary scien-
tifc knowledge to enable them to come to
an intelligent conclusion as to the effect that
an acceptance of this doctrine might have
uDon the Standards of Faith of the church.
Prof. VirchOw, the great biologist and sci
enlist, and the greatest of living authorities
on comparative anatomy, says nothing has
ever been discovered in fossil remains, or
elsewhere, that furnish any proof that the
human species, or any other animal species
sprang from a lower species by evolution.
Any attempt to formulate problems INTO
doctrines or make hypothesis the basis OF
religious instruction, will and should fail
in our churches in the Sonth, and especial
ly in church so conservative as the South
ern Presbyterian Church.
The Presbyterian Church has, by her ac-
ton, affirmed her belief in the Biblical ac-
count of the creation Of man, and higher
ground than this no one can take.
Mr.. Riddle, of York, has introduced
bill to authorize and empower the town
council to make a levy of , mills in the
town OF Yorkville, onemill Of which shall
be devoted to work on the streets, and
to change the time of holding the municip-
al elections to the second Monday in May.
This bill was introduced at the request OF
the town council Of Iorkville.
The question of the Columbia Canal is not
yet acted upon by the general assembly.
The joint committee appointed to exam
inc the work on the canal have made their
report. The committee was equally dlVld-
ed. Messrs. J. w. Moore, j. G. Leitner, j..
J. Mikell and +. w. McMaster were in ia
vor of continuing the work to completion
according to the original plan. MessrS. }
b. Moore, b. III. Massey, j. G. Blue and j.
S. r.. Thomson are in favor of winding up
the lob in as short order as possible without
losing what has been spent already by the
State.
One member, b. II. Massey, deserves great
credit for his patient and earnest work in
getting up facts in regard to this work, and
in impressing members with the duty OF
putting z stop to this waSteful expenditure
of money by the State. His long service in
the Legislature, and as one OF the Directors
of the Penitentiary, has given him great IN
fiuence with the new members OF the Leg
isature, and he always uses it for the good
of the people. He is now prominently
mentioned in the House for the place Of
Superintendent Of the Pcntcntiary.
J.. G. Il.
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