Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-12-03

.DO1lSu LuS baiaTy VI tne AiSutSu's -
Governor of this State; also, a eee
to chance The aa&sallaSiRs se;a= -1ss:
years within which to prove will in.
solemn form to six months; also, a
bill to require the Master Of Elge.
field county to transfer the records in
the Office. of the late Commissioner
in Equity to his office, and to label
and index the same.
General Hemphill, Of Abbeville,
has introduced bill to abolish the
Office of Supervisor of Registration
and devolve the duties Of the Office
upon county auditors.
Mr.. R. D. Lee, of Sumter-A bill
to provide for taking a State census.
Col. Folk asked for and obtained
leave of absence for his colleague,
Capt. J. P. Blackwell, to enable him
to attend reunion of the 9th Ohio
regiment at GAINESVILLE, Ohio, and re
turn to the regiment its flag cap
tured by Capt. Blackwell during the
war. Col. Folk paid very pretty
tribute to Captain Blackwell's gal
lantry, when as a mere boy in Vir-
ginia he distinguished himself by his
splendid courage. The leave Of ab
sence was granted unanimously.
The following letter from General
Capers explains the object Of Capt.
Blackwell'a visit to Ohio, and is lit.
ting tribute to the services rendered
his State on a great occasion:
GREENvILLE, S. c.,
November 81. 1885.
NV Dear Sir-I have agreed to re.
turn the flag Of the 9th OHIO Vol
unteers, captured by our regiment at
Franklin, on the 90th inst. The sur
vivors of the 9th meet at zanesville,
Ohio, on that day toreceive their flag,
and I wish you, as one Of the parties
Immediately concerned in its capture,
to bear it to them in my name and
in behalf of the Oath South Carolina
Volunteers. They ffave sent me the
most cordial invitation, and extended
the same to any representative of the
oath whom l may designate.
It will be impossible for me to go
to GAINESVILLE, and as I particularly
wish some one of the regiment to
represent it on SO interesting an oc-
casion, I knew of no one more suit
able than yourself, who, with the gal.
liant Tillman, Anderson, Walls, J. E.
O. Carpenter, and others, took the
colors Of the Ohioans from the hands
of their flagnan. If it is necessary
for this purpose that you should OBJ
tain leave of absence for few days
from the sessions of the Legislature,
1 am sure that honorable body will
readily accord it to you especially as
you go to do honor to South Caro-.
lima on the soil cf Ohio. Telegraph
me your consent. Most truly yours,
E. CAPERs. ::
Toll Blackwell, Columbia, South
Carolina.
The New Tax Bill Killed.
The tax bill was taken up but its
consideration had only been resumed
for a few minutes when Senator Earle,
of Sumter, moved to strike out it's en-.
acting clause. lie maintained that it
was inquisitorial, that its provisions
seemed designed to reflect upon the
honesty OF the taxpayers, that it was
complicated and did not simplify ex-
listing laws, and that it was unneces-
sary in a State which paid 9S per
cent. of it's taxes. In order to save
several days of useless consideration,
he made the motion to kill at this
time.
Senator Bobo said that the very
characteristics of the bill which were
objected to by the Senator from Sum.
ID IN the honssfy It df 5f@ tSa people tgasi 81
South Carolina, more than in that OF
any other people, but he claimed that
if this "inquisitorial process" would
bring to book one tax dodgerit it ought
to be passed. No honest man could
object to telling the truth about his
property.
Senator Smy che said that the bill
was no child OF his. He objected to
its provisions and if they were not
changed would vote against the bill
on its final reading. He did not like
some features which had been termed
{" inquisitorial." But there were o!her
features which commended themselves
to his judgment and which he should
like to see adopted. He thought that
it would be unfair to the trainers of
the bill, who had done their work
very carefully, and unwise for vsrious
reasons to kill the bill before the
Senators had had time TO examine it
and improve it.
Senator Earle said that he had
made the motion to save time and be
lieving that the question might as
well be settled now. But in view of
the desire of certain Senators to ex-
anime the bill more carefully he with
drew his motion.
The consideration Of the bill had,
however, hardly been resumed when
Senator Earle, at the request Of sev-
eral Senators, renewed his motion to
kill. There was no further debate.
The opposition to the measure had
been carefully organized and waa
of its strength. The vote
was as follows:
Yeas-Benbow. Blemann, Black,
Byrd. Clyburn, Earle, Leitner, Max,
veil, Moody, Moore, of Anderson,
Simmone Sigh, Smith,
Todd, Talbert, Williams, Wingard
md Woodward-19.
Nays--Bell, Bobo, Buist, Field,
Mccall, Mauldin, Moore Of Hampton,
Munro, Patterson, Smythe and YOU
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