Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-02-22


pared for broad tires anG thoro is nothing
! now to prevent any citizen Of this State
from adopting them if ho SO desires, and
that it would not bo right to compel tho
people horo to adopt them against thoir
wishes.
On Wednesday tho House rejected tho
Sunatc bill to change the county line of
! Anderson county so as to include part
of Abbevillo county Wo thought the
measure a dangerous precedent and so
| voted against it.
Tho Senate killed tho constitutional
amendment measure, passed. by tho
House, to bo submitted to tho pooplo Of
tho State in the next general election to
provide for biennial sessions of tho Gone
raj Assembly. Tho Senators saw that
this amendment if adopted would ncccs-
sitato number Of otlor changes in tho
constitution Of tho State. AS for oxam-
pie tho present fundamental law
Of tho State provides for an an
nual tax levy for all purposes
of tho State Government by tho
Legislature, which would DO loft
unprovidcd for with bonnal sessions,
and would nccossitatc the call of spo.
cial session each year by tho Governor
to provide means TO meet tho expenses
of tho State government and to pay tho
interest OH tho public debt.
Tho measure providing for tho COM
pletion Of tho State House, in Columbia,
from tho sinking fund of tho State, has
passed, and authorizes tho expense of
tho completion from said fund, now on
deposit in tho banks in Columbia, to tho
amount of $l75,00O. Provision is mado
to restore this fund from tho general OK
ponso fund Of tho State, certain pro-
portion thereof to bo replaced annually
so as not to prove a burden to tho tax
payers of tho State. This was thought
10 be tho very best solution for this long
delayed purpose, Notwithstanding it is
claimed that the sinking fund is pledged
as security for tho redemption Of tho
recently refunded bonds Of The State
debt, and may be Z violation Of tho obi
cations Of a contract; yet it is claimed,
on tho other hand, that this fund will be
fully restored by annual accrction from
taxes in ample time for redemption of
! tho bonds Of tho State rs they mature.
We hopc in three years to sec tho State
Capital building fully completed accord
ing to it's original design under tho pro-
visions of this act. Tho building, i'm it's
present condition and tho vast materials
lying around, arc fast dctcrioatng, and
tho State House is not in keeping with
the progressive development Of tho city
of Columbia, which is now bounding for
ward with rapid strides; nor is tho con-
dition of the building in harmony with
the spirit of Improvement which now so
largely pcrvadcs throughout the borders
of tho entire State of South Carolina.
The appropriation bill, always a fruit
full source of contention at the close of
tho session, was rendered doubly 50 this
| year on account Of the increased allow
ancc to State institutions Of higher cdu-
cation, and by reason of tho injection
into it Of an appropriation Of 500, 600 for
the public FREQ schools of the State by
tho House. The Senate reduced some
| of the amounts named for the colleges,
and refused to concur in the large item
for the free schools named above, and
| this ncccssitatcl reference of the uucs-
tion to free conference committee for
the item entirely out of the appropria-
| tons. 1t was contcndcd by the ma jority
Of the Senate that the free schools of the
State arc receiving now from all sources
moro than 5000, 900, and that some Of the
counties now have a surplus on hand
and that there was no necessity for this
very unusually large amount, and besides
that it was not Just or right to levy a
general tax npon all the conntics Of the
State fCl the benefit Of the few when the
school districts now have the power to
make special levy, if they desire, for
their own purposes.
The act allowing those subject to road
duty to work four days on the public
roads or pay two dollars cummutation
tax in lieu thereof goes into effect on the
first day Of May next.
IL would be impracticabc for mo to
cpitomizo all the various acts passed by
tho General Assembly and approved by
! the Governor but in due time they will
&c made public.
The session was closed up with the
usual resolutions of thanks to the
Speaker, clerks, reporters, etc. The
record Of the Assembly is now fully
made, and We trust will not be found
wanting in anything. | was present at
every session from start to finish. Am
at home again, where | will be pleased
to see or near from my friends at any
time. Yours, etc, $. L. DENDY.
81 think ! would go crazy with pain
were it not for Chambcrlan's Pain
Balm, - writes MIR. W. II. Staplcton, of
llcrminic, Pa. 81 have been afflicted
with rheumatism for several years and
have tried remedies without number, but
| Pain Balm is tho best medicine | have
got hold of" One application relieves
| thc pain. For sale by j. W. Bell, Wal
halla: II. b. Zimmerman, Westminster;
w. j. L'inney, Seneca.
Mountain Rest Locals.
MOUNTAIN REST, S. G., February l0.-
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