The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-02-13
Our SOlODS.

next session. These recess committees
are holiday parties and good rarely
comes Of them. "A member of the Leg
iS'ature ought To be able TO provide
suitable leg station for the State upon
n and all interests. A member of the
Legislature who Will study the fish cues
ton aud devise legislation which will
open our streams clear for shad and
other harbor fish may be Governor and
rule the rOOSt in this State. A story is
odd OF the erection of a dam at the
mouth Of the Saluda eighty years ago
which ObSt uctCd the passage of Shad.
When March came Il party of Il half
dozen bold citizens of Waterloo got on
their horses and riding down TO Column
biu cut IL great Sluicc in the dam and
mounted their geldings for home
Whom thy reached Pucket's Ferry,
five miles from Waterloo, their neigh
bOrS were catching SL,d by hundreds.
The fish Out-ran the riders. If the name
OF the leader of this party were given
those who know his character would
not doubt the story.
The House voted TO increase the
Pension Fund for poor old soldiers and
widows of brave fellows dead ON the
lied of honor" 1t was fixed at $500, 900.
The Senate will probably make it $780,
600. The young men in the House
showed Il noble appreciation of their
hcrOic fathers and their sacrifices for
their STATE.
The income tax stands, though there
was u smart Skirnish against the
law
In the House the road communication
taN or LaurenS Is fixed at Fl 90 or four
days work on the road. This will pro-
badly BE- support. Il in the Senate bv
Senator Goodwin and will be the law.
I'm the House the IHur, us Delegation
voted TO rc-bu Il the Cd eating house
OF the State College and Goodwin is
liberal towards education. This College
gave to the state, o'Ncal, Harper, the
Wardlaws, Whitnor, all great Judges,
very early in It's history, Lieut.. Gov
crnor JAS. II. lrby, Dr.. William Irby,
Il Senator, Jno. w. Simpson, d~istingu-
lshed for public spirit, and enterprise,
and later samuel MCGOWAN, Associate
Justice of the supreme Court and Will
liam ID. Simpson, Governor and Chief
Justice, So truly may it be written of
LaurcnS, MAGMA PAIRS FUIT, "a great
factor was She, in shedding honor upon
the State.
Mr.. Cooper has Il Bill as to the paw of
pubic schoOl teachers in Laurens.
In the Senate there was an effort 30
repeal the Iaw against free passes for
Legislators. 1t came in one vote of
passing hat body 1t is a good law.
Goodwin voted all right.
The BIZ cNempt'ng graduates Of the
South Carolina Medical College from
viii he corrected, though it is no kill
ing natter we hope.
IT Is { aimed tina > mills will be the
State Levy II 50, then tANcs in this
county will be about as usual. So, fell
low citizens, p.tch your crops, and 'cut
your patching accordingly
The appropriations, including State
fnllatAs ln go oil ,ar.ol e. -. 49,
able cNpendi 'ure Of elocution, and it is
claimed that they are about $45, 600
larger than last year Members OF the
House think that our College Professors
get too large salaries and as they are
paid less tnan in other States the cues
ton is ask d why this criticism. The
answer lies probably in the fact hat
the Legislators arc not the Professors.
"A broad tire bill has been side
tracked To next session
IN the senate a child labor bill has
be n the victim of much rhetoric. AS
a matter of fact the Senate can boast of
much of the Demosthenean quality,
list ming Hcnate to cOmmand) it's
members surrender reluctantly to the
cold facts. figures and refrigerator
fashion Of the day. 1t is q roo time
for Il State Scna or u die if he wants TO
be sure OF Il proper memorial tribute.
10 reCur 10 appropriations: 1t Is for
tunate that she Chairman of Ways and
Means OF he House is an old soldier and
not TO be frightened. In the interest
ing debate upon dispOsing Of the shekels
OF the State he assured the House that
the ordinary levy would cover the de.
msnds.
There are some curious leaks about
Columbia. The roof Of the State House
annually has to have a patch or so
the TIN or thing turned topsy-turvy,
and a few hundred dollars are needed
every year Then there Is the Mansion
on Arsenal Hill annually demands re.
painting or whitc-washlng If you pre-
1e') and Tho jogging boards are con-
sttntiy kept in mind The climate of
Columbia is bad on public buildings.
Adiutant General Floyd has pub
lished recently q history Of South Caro-.
lina's part in the Cuban war and a
member wanted the State to buy 200
copies. An Old and wcather-beaten
conled said that the 6. G.. troops in
that war never !. ard a gun fire, slept
in the snow an incn deep. burnt a fence
rail, or robb ii an old ladys hens roost
and that lhc Confederate rolls are not
published. The proposition died. But
RI SAID above, so long rs we have the
money, it might It's well b. put in cir
culation.
The Lturcns lew for another wear.
cof state purposes, live mills.
tor cons ltutiCnal school tax, three
mills.
For ordinary equity tax, two and
O~ne-fOu'th mills.
For interest on railroad bonds, three
mills.
For road purposes, one mill.
FOR past Indebtedness, o%ue.fourth of
one mill,
Total, ~ mills, an increase of 4 mill,
but mill goes TO road work, which
was not In last years bill.
We think the members Of the house
wise u put on the one mill tax to help
our roads. Surely nobody can object to
this.
lte.districtlng goes over till next scs-
sion, so OF county salaries. This last
was a ridiculous piece OF business as
there is much confusion, COMPOUNDED at
that, as to this salary and fo, business
Tor the several counties. The legislator
who Is responsible for this continuance
should lind out the geographical 10.
cality of political Coventry.
McMaster, of Columbia, introduced
resolutions co~ndemnatory of McLau-
rims political course at Washington.
citizen Ashley very properly made the
point that Mclaurin was already CON
demnCd ana that the resolutions uoro