The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-03-03
LEGISLATIVE DOINas.

LEGISLATIVE DOINGS.
Our Solons are all we'll and talking
vigorously OF this writing and fighting
Justify at $500 per day, with no fear of
their landlady's bills disturbing their
dreams. The appropriation Bills are
on and the State Fair gets $1,000, THE
ADVERTISER to the contrary notwith-
standing. The Legislature having re-
fused TO appropriate any spondulicks for
the Atlanta show, Gov. Evans got up one
Of his own, consisting of the Dispensary
mostly, in most enticing and l%uxuriously
fixed up jugs and other socalled ''pack-
ages," and went over to Atlanta with
twenty thousand melish, borrowing
$1,000 from the banks, as it were to
pay the piper. There was O hard fight
over fixing this mp, the lion-like Will
liams, (Leonl Of Edgefield, standing
--taptoe and talking like a little man
against such q precedent OF abuse OF
power. An ingenious turn-what o
noble talent, cunning, the genius of
AReynard,--was given the matter when
at was resolved to buy the exhibit and
send 1t on to Chicago for the summer
Cotton States Show. If it ever gets
back from Chicago, then these West
erners are not the thirsty souls that we
usually encounter down this way in our
droughty arid atmosphere. The
Lake up there may l~iquidise their
swallows and neutralize the cravings
that beset the hot Sontherner. Then
again sending out tempting display Of
liquors among the youth of hat pure
people may corrupt the whole coming
population and a worse sin than slavery
and war will be on the skirts of us poor
secessionists and lynchers. But our
$4,000 is up the spout. Townsend, the
ex-radical, spoke up for the purchase
and the honor Of the State. Probably
u handy young Attorney General
limited the artful dodge, and this we
surmise from that Napoleonic twist by
which he saved $193, 900 from the liquor
traffic and saved us from being clean
busted and as completely used up az a
poor tenant farmer with 4 lean on his
crop and q mortgage on his sweet later
patch.
The State Colleges get about their
usual allowance, Walt Whitman, OF
Union, to the contrary. We want our
readers to understand our position
clearly on these high educational in
situations. The College at Columbia,
at Clemson, and the Citadel at Char
lesion are useful schools, especially Tor
the poor; and we desire to see the State
making 1t practicable for people OF
moderate means to give their bright
and promising sons a chance for higher
education. Thus, while we are appro-
priating nearly a million for the com
mon schools, to higher education one
nth as much Is no extravaganza and
Is but sensible and right. Besides,
these higher schools are open to
every boy in the State. OF course
I'VE have the poor with us always
and the time will still be that some
poor man or woman hardly able to exc
out a support will be unable to do with
out the labor of her children daily to
secure bread. 1t will be a long while
yet-before we attain Ethiopia and the
dream OF Plato, that the republic is
d~iRgraced, where an idle man, q pau
per, q beggar, a vagabond, q rob-
ber, or unfortunate of any sort should
be found. The true position is that
as many children as possible should
be aided by the State to get pri-
mary education, and higher education
should likewise be encouraged, if we
hope to compete in the ace of power
wealth and population with the States
and nations Of the earth.
Laurens city has leave to issue
bonds to float an old debt of SO, 600
and this is a convenience for the pres
emit, and a like measure will in all liv-
hhood be the same to the next genera
ton when they are slapt on the shout
der and reminded OF the little trihing
obligation. But may be they shall
have free silver, don't you know, and
the stuff simmer on trees. So there
may be luck in leisure AS we'll as con-
v%enience.
Hereafter railroads, it is probable,
car only charge for passenger fares not
exceeding three cents a mile. There
was q stout debate over an income tax,
Mr.. Pollock championing the meas
ure. This colloquy between him and
Mr.. Patton:
Mr.. Pollock said If he was shown a
country devoid of millionaries and
pauper she would show q happy people.
Mr.. Patton suggested that there was
only one such country,
MIR. Observation-Disclosures"
Mr.. Observation-Disclosures"
Mr.. Pollock spoke for hours at an
expense to the State Of several hundred
dollars. Mr.. Pollock halls from the
East, but should not be mistaken for
n OF the wise men. However, he
should be. classed among the innocents.
The levy for Laurens will be as
follows: Fol State al Mills; for
county 81; rail roads 81; add to this
the constitutional school tax, 3 mills.
The Temperance people attacked
the Dispensary law with a bill provid-
inc that lfnuora ahould only no cola fo,