Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-01-25
THE NEWS FROM COLUMBIA.
THE WORK IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE
HAS MOVED ALONG SLOWLY.
DAUGHTERS Of THE C0NFEDERACY
Hold an imnressiy" unysing Ceremony-A
Brief Review OF Legislative Work.

uur1hS INC past week.
On Monday, as usual, thorc was but q
thin House, many of tho mombors hay
ing gone to their homes on Saturday to
spend the Sabbath with their families,
and did not get into thoir seats in timo
for tho morning hour; and as a mattcr
of courtesy to tho mombors directly
Interested in thom, many of tho ills on
our calendar woro passed over.
On Thursday at IL o'clock tho mono
rial services OF respect Oh tho death of
the lato Governor w. II. Ellcrbo wero
observed in tho hall Of tho House of Rep
rcscntativcs, at which tho Governor and
othc: State officers, tho Justices Of tho
Supreme Court, tho mcmbcrs Of tho Cen
oral Assembly, a number of ladies and
other Interested spectators werc present,
and many fine tributes were paid to tho
life, labors and character of tho deceased
and House of Representatives..
Friday, the 10Th, Gen. Lees birthday,
being Il legal holiday, both branches of
tho General Assembly adjourned over
until Monday, and there was no session
of either House on Saturday, and most
of the members took advantage Of tho
mll Of Legislative machinery to visit their
homes and families. For myself, tho dis
tancc and attendant expenses wcrc too
great, SO we had to forcgo, and will have
to forcGo, we presume, until tho end Of
the session, which, at the present ratio Of
progress, may be somr time within the
next sixty or ninety days. But presume
We will get regularly down to business
during this week, and more rapid pro-
grcss will he made, and it is possible,
and think probable, that the final
adjournment will be reached within forty
days from the date of the commencement
Of the session.
On Friday the Daughters Of tho Con
fcdcracy, Wade Hampton Chapter held
in the outer hallway Of the State House
their beautiful service of unvciling Il
mural tablet to the memory of standard
bearers Of Grcgg's regiment of South
'arolina Volunteers who were killed in
one afternoons fighting at Gains Mill
Oh June ~, lS'i2. Col. John G. Shop
rard delivered most touching and clo-
Qucnt address, paying beautiful tribute
to ,hc bcr,ism If o,,r Gallant d,od and
to thc ,lrvntion ,f ,nr ,,on,r ,rho
whole ceremony was sad I'm, fttino ono
to thc orr,s;nn
There has been quite an avalanche Of
new bills pouring into the Legislative
mill during the present session. The
most fruitful sources of these bills seem
to he the new county government act and
the dspcnsary. There seem to be but
few counties in the State that arc rot
seeking some change or amendment Of
the county government law. | have intro
dTccu bill to amend the law SO far as it
relates to Dconcc. to make the two county
commissioners elective every two years
in the general elections, with the super
visor as now provided, requiring them to
give the same amount Of bond, and
declaring the duties and fixing the sal
aries Of the same.
| have also, at the request OF our
County Board Of Commissioners, intro
duccd bill to authorize the commission
the authorities Of IlahciSham county,
Georgia, in rebuilding the Prathcr bridge
across TuGaloo river. The request of
the board is backed by strong petitions
OF the citizens desiring it.
There is also bill pending TO author
iZc the sn,,crvisors and commissioners or
Oconcc and pickcns countics 70 buv ar
accept as a Gift thc Eavcncl toll hridrc
across Seneca river and make and keen
il IN as Il free bridmc
have also introduced Il bill to amend
the title and extend the provisions of an
act I" amend the charters Of cities and
towns in relation to the sale Of meats, so
rs to include vegetables, sweet and Irish
potatoes and fruits of every kind.
OF course | cannot yet predict what
the fate Of any Of these bills may he. but
will cndcavor to get them through if
practicable, in So far as believe they will
benefit the people OF my county.
In regard TO the diSpcnSary system Of
conducting the sale Of spritu0uS alcO-
hollc and malt liquors in this State, the
Legislature seems to be "many men of
many mind$." Several new bills have
been introduced, and are designated as
Mr.. Winklcr'S bill, Senator Appclrs bill,
Senator Graydon's Hill and Josh Ash
lry'S bin. The latter is Il local option
measure, purc and Simplc. and provides
for submission Of the questions Of pro.
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