The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-01-24

Property ioi Sitn purposes. anu the
other to levy an assessment on those
who will be directly benefited by the
contemplated work.
II this plan is ever carried oul the
available lands ui the low country
will BE- ahout doubled. and the pro
durtiycmcsS considerably more than
doubled. while the rivers will come To
the fore as highways Of commerce and
white men will find i; possible to live
and flourish where they cannot 20 now.
Among the matters !, Sscd during
the fore part of the week were the
Maulun tire bill, which has been in
ne Legislature Ill one form or another
inr several years. but WAS always side
tracked. 1t has now been passed and
IS more than likely to become Il law.
ne assembly is waking To the real
lZatlcn OF the fact t hat the people of
Sonth Carolina intend to have goo,..
roads. anu experience has shown that
Wluc tired wagons are necessary il
the roads are to bc maintained.
| AnOthcr matter WAS thu; passage of
!; resolution to submit to the people
the question of biennial sessions of the
Legislature. The demand for this
seems to have been growing v,ry
|
OF whether the annual meetings OF the
Legislature and the exchange of ideas
0i representative men is not worth
| what the sessions cost II the Jealous
| legislators who want to tinkerat some
thing every time they get II chance,
COULD be cllOkcd OIL, there would not
be 50 much objection to The annual
sessions. but as it is the Jealous lcgis-
| lator does not give the ink with which
| hn ju Il ~,
| dry on the statute book before il is
| changed. These things have been con
inslnE to the magistrates and the
country boards. particularly. The
| Legislature is in he position of IL man
| whose zeal has worked him ont of 4,
job.
1t is not unlikely that he rc,li,trict-
| ing bill will come in fo: IL considerable
share of attention this session. II is
| III favor of changing the districts is the
fight at present being wagcd between
Charleston and Port Royal. 1t is con-
| tended that the best interests OF the
| State will be served by having each OF
our scapOris in Il different district, each
with Il congressman of its own. On
the other hand the recent railroad
Developments in the State have so
changed the status quo of the coun-
tlCSJ tistt tHCy arc HOW SullSIlCU WnCTt
! they are and will not therefore be such
warm advocates OF the rcdistricting as
! they used to be. 1t is said that the
author of the bill, Mr.. Patton, has
rather lost interest in the measure.
| This session is the most quiet and
the most devoid of dramatic interest
that has been held in good many
years. Even the dispcnsary matter
fails to rouse any great degree Of inter
est. During the week the bill was pre-
! sentcd which will probably be the new
law, it is tho Graydon bill, and it fol-
lows the line of the governors message
very closely. The governors recon-
mendations OIL this line have been
| growing in favor and are very general
" regarded rs the most practical solu-
ton Of the problem. Great difficult
ties seem to rise in any other
plan that is proposed rs soon as it is
| entered into in detail. To the consumer
there will be no apparent change in the
law as now in force, but the oppor-
tunities for the creeping in of corrup-
ton are very much lcssened. The
purchase of liquors will be by bids and
the county and State boards OF control
will be abolished.
Some little interest is beginning to
be shown in the approaching elections
III the gift of the legislature.
HARTWELL NJ. AVER.