The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-02-08

uOllhy ilKHt, " Il;ia Dctil Il tlInc
hOnOrcd custom 10 adjourn over on
Salcsdays.
The capricinns weather experienced
by this section since the Legislature
| has bccu in session is II matter Of some
Comment. 80 iw0 days have been
alike, and the actions of the thcrmOm-
'.ttr AMI barometer have reminded one
"i Children playing at peep squirrel.
There have been slcrts and SHOWS and
rains with their attendant chilling
blasts followed alternately with balmy
days of sunshine and these sudden
rhangr> have shown their effects lII,on
| the Representatives in many eases Of
la grippe and other pulmonary trou-
h!r-. Very few I,avr escaped. and of
The Anderson delegation Mcssi> l'incr.
Knbims"n and I.cy,Ici, have suffered
considerably.
Many bill nt Importance were dis
posed of last week. but there. are plenty
more ON th,. calendar. and if the SESSION
ends bl ilrr .nilI "i l'rbr,Inrs nothing
snort OF two >>Iun> per day viii bring
II .iinn. some of the nrnlc;> 1hiIl,
that final Adjournment cannot l.
reached b-!uir ill, Iii>t al March. The.
! liquor question has moi been touched
| YET. md there are several Other iilunl-
| t,ni measures To come uI,. Which Will
require iiiu inl Intelligent ii>rll>~iu,
and final action.
| he bill expected from the Senate.
| IIuItIIIN t,.t. f,,I
ilr@r tax question. and tn which my
last letter l,irrr,I, was introduced last
| Thursday. This bill is Intended to
| take the place of the House bills on
| tins subject. II fines the tax ut twenty
iiNrr,'Ilt>: meets the constitutional OBJ
| lection by making this tax II charge for
Inspection and analysis; provides for
analysis of portion of The soil of each
township of the respective counties of
| the State to ascertain the character of
! the fertilizers best suited for he liilrr-
'nt crops; to establish branch stations
III each county to experiment and make
reports, and that this tax shall be- paid
int" the state Treasury and held sub
| .Icct tG the order of the board of Trus-
tees of Clemson College. Ii this bill
passes in the Senate, and III I'LL prob
ability IT will. il will meet with Il strong
| tight in the House on the reduction
feature rtampinllcd by our Mr.. Ashley.
| His amendment to the House bill to
reduce this tax to ten rents went
through in the House Will. "A fair ma
i"rlty and it is scarcely 20 he expected
: tIa! Il similar amendment 10 this bill
would fail
ilirlr was an interesting fight III the
House last Thursday night on Il bill
providing that the revenue derived
from the sale of alcoholic liquors III
the State shall be apportiuncd among
the counties of the State for the benefit
of til" common schools Sin proportion
to the amount of profits derived from
the sale of alcoholic liquors in the re-
spcctivc counties" The main fight
appeared to bc on the point that the
| bill would be lncOnstitutiOnal-and it
really has that appcnrrnrc-bu the
| delegations from the prohibition cOnn
| tics kept ilc debate warm by demand
iIlg their share under the constitution
and with the cry tfnt dispensures We're
being forced upon them. The bill
passed he House on Il vote of 81 to iG,
the entire delegation from Anderson
voting for it. The remark now heard
is iii no diSp.nSiry, no school" 1t is
thought this bill will br killed in the
Scnntr on th. ground that it is mnc0n-
Sttutonnl
| \ simon pure prohibition bill WAS
introduced laSt week by Mr.. MtCul-
lnuSh. nf GrrcnNilir. This is the third
the liquor question, the Maml,lin and
The Robinson i.ill being the other two
The prnhibtionists have no hope Of
success. Of course. but there are several
delegations in the General Assembly
pledged to prohibition. among them
being Anderson, and the measure will
meet with very fair support. II is
understood that although t he prOhibi-
tlon bill was last introduced it will be-
given the right of way and that no oh
lection will he made to the Maullin
bill being taken up ahead of the
Robinson bill. and from this it can br
seen that the Robinson bill is consider
r'l the strongest and most likely of
success.
There is !; matter in which the coun-
ties of Anderson and Oconcc should be.
aud doubtless are. very much interested
Hntl concerning which Senator Sullivan
has hccn giving much time and careful
| attention Ii is the matter of taxes
past due ly the Blue Ridge Railroad
company, which accrued between the
years "f lS.2-Sl and amounts III the
aggregate. without interest. to Sill
,m.i1. by an Act approved the 12th
day of February. 1898. the commissions
rr> of the Sinking Find were author
izcu and directed to collect this tax
and to pay to the Trcasurcrs of Antlcr-
son and Oc0nrc counties respectively
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