Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-01-26

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20 egisiatio this sessionfi 10 D,eot this
AZ Ri'sst' i1i ltte$ iswSa tsptt d ol,rS Act
VIII ,tl be y atnentte ed $50 as To preserve the
tax as al Sipspc on duty. 3
There have been quits 8 d numbes \ OF
bills preso tied asking chan gea III ia,,d
amending our system & of Soonnty gov
ern raent, which seems to have proved
an "all round failure, 2 and seems not
to be satistactory to any Of the conn
ties OF the State. ~ We shall ask that 1t
DO changed as TO Oconeo so as to give
use at least six days work annually on
the public roads by each person liable
TO road duty, and perhaps without the
communication road tax feature, %5 &
On Monday Mr.. Vernegs bill to Sfe-
peal tho agricultural lien law was
reached on the calendar on it's second
reading, and he took the. floor, and for
half an hour or more he spoke earnestly
in advocacy Of the passage OF his mea-
sure, depicting tho evil and financial
disasters that flow from the existence
and operation of this law. This de-
bate became general and was not con-
oluded when tho hour for adjournment
was reached, and af-er several ineffec-
tual efforts to strand the bill, was adj
journed over until to-day CTuesday),
when tho House met at 10 O'Clock A.
NJ, and the morning hour was taken
up with othor matters, and tho dohate
on the question of repeal Of the lien law
! was not reEimed. -,... r.
Tho two Houses mot in joint assem-
bly, at II o'clock A. M. to-day for the
purpose of tho election to be had for
certain officers with tho following re-
suits, to-wit: -.
Miss Montgomery, of Marion, 70.
elected State Librarian. .e..
Senator D. j. Griffith, of Lexington,
Superintendent of tho Penitentiary,
vice Col. W. A. Neal.
For Directors Of State Penitentiary-
A. X. Sanders, of Sumter, II. j. Cum
ningham, of Chester, and w. p. O'Dell,
of Piokens.
For State Board Of Control (Dispen-
sary) long term of fivo years, Mr.. r. G.
Robinson, of Pickens, was elected over
Mr.. j. b. Douthit, of Anderson, by q
final vote of 7S to 70. Thoro was 'ong
parliamentary tanglo ovor tho result of
this election which was finally deter
minod and settled by poll of tho joint
assembly and tho above was declared
to bo tho true result. 1t is charged
that this election of Mr.. Robinson was
! influenced and secured by the power of
tho Disponsary, which if truo, but adds
another reason why tho demoralizing
institution should bo abolished, rs it is
alleged that tho powers Of this great
machine desired to got rid of Mr.. Dou-
thit, because ho was strict construc.
ZIONIST and desired TO run the thing
strictly within its legally prescribed
limits. Whether this is true or not 1
cannot say.
The hour for adjournment was reached
long before tho elections wero concluded
and tho joint assombl, took recess until
s o'clock p. NJ.
Tho joint assembly lnet tonight and
finished tho elections rs follows:
II. E. Boykin, of Kershaw, to I'll tho
unoxpircd term Of M. r. Cooper on tho
State Board of Control.
Three trustees of tho South Carolina
College wero elected as follows:
James Q. Davis, of Fairfield, John r..
Sloan, of Columbia, and 1. L. Withors,
of Richland, and theroupon dissolved
Now, that tho elections arc all over,
it Is tho impression that both houses
will get down to tho business of tho
session in good earnest. AS yet it seoms
impossible to predict the day of ad-
journmont. Some members of expert
ence say that if tho General Assembly
undertakes to pass upon all tho bills
being introduced it will remain in sos
sion fully forty days or longer.
We have beon having typical session
weather down here.
Our delegation last week sent into
tho governor and recommended for ap-
pointment all the appointiye officers
elected in tho last primary and L pre-
sumo they will soon bo commissioned
and enter upon tho discharge of the
duties Of their respective offices.
l will close for tho present, but more
anon. s. p. DENDY.