The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-01-23
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49, '"' v" hSNP SlpoS IN upoh opi
own members and to chronicle tneir
motions and speeches, but the promi-
nent matters before the Legislature we
shal also be careful TO note.
Goodwin, our Senator, is a Young
man, is largely self-educated, q native
OF this county, but bright and level
headed, a successful farmer, residing
five miles from this city. He has
served a torn N the House and is not
u~nacquaiuted with the ways of states
man
MCGOWAN, OF the House, is u lawyer
in good practice, was raised on a farm
and can still run a straight furrow and
Is serving hrs first term. He Is II Col
lege graduate.
Nichols is not thirty, had some years
at a College, taught school, and is pur-
suing the vocat on OF n farmer sue
cesssully.
Cooper is the y]ouLacst of tine batch,
had an acad-mir "Luraticp, taught
school 3 war, 'Vi i, now paymg
Court t. Il re-, - m.Jtress the law
There : IN ~, n'gr3 N nc Legis-
latnre, H"l.S, 1T InOrgstuNo, q Repub-
lican. There seems 10 to- Il compru-
mise in that county, offices ara div! 4
between loli cat parties. Gnd BO'Js
was Il member % the last House. Our
readers will recall ~ encounter Of last
winter between Bolts and Citizon
Ashley on she fish question when the
Ci' ,eu went ont Ike David with 2
tLC to meet VIC Af,u-A mcrican, hut
h too had u sin and there was mnch
fun. AZ a result we II high fer our
shad IN these di9glngs. BY the way, Il
tsh story Of .his sor' is vouched for:
TwC distinguished lawyers Of the Pee
dee country occupied at dinner either
end n( tho tahlN ono a S,ntnb~or md
the other Il lew. Shad was the main
dish, and The Isra"llte eating raven
ously of roe, exclaimed 10 his brother
at the other end Of the table: "M, |
am desrtoyidg my thousaDds like
Sampson" "Yes ard with the same
instrument like lightning fro, NJ.
The Laurens Bill amending the labor
contract laws was hammered TO death
in the House. Citizen Ashley, Of An
derson, had borrowed Tillma1's pitch
fork for the occasion and progged and
prched the Bill wherever he could find
Il vital point. SO it died the death in
the House of its birth. MCGOWAN made
a hard fight to keep it on It's eggs, but
tn, Anderson citizens deadly instru-
ment was too much for him. Cooper
in reduced his Ri to amend the con-
ceattd weapon law A committee of
40, one from rach county, was raised TO
loo after or fish laws and Nichols is
on the committee. 1t is Il work of gu
pererogation. Nothing hut Il whale can
break the nets the Georgetown sand
lapper puts into the mouth of the rivers
10 obstruct the shad hunting for fresh
water In these hills. a e are mere sar-
dimes in The fight and are paying for
this foolish legislation. wer'nt it for
Il glorious mountain streams there
would BE no Matching grounds, no wa
ter in TACT, no harbor to harbor the
fish. no Oce an, nothing but barren sand
wastes, n 4 lew e aw-fiSh. But the
coast county is Z pa of the grand old
state and We Should egislate to keen
all parts OF her al V, and kicking.
A res" III un to or ate new Circuits
and additional Judges constantly pokes
up its head Ii got u black eye but is
hard to knock out. Over Worked
,'udgeshlps are %h"nkered after, sought
alter, run after, fought Tor. begged,
borrowed, demanded, scrambled a ter,
hung to, st ok 10, chung to-, death
grlped. Whoever heard of a Judge
r~esignipg? Publ shed in the stree 3 of
AskaloIi, read in black and white IN a
newspaper, it would not 90 = nobody
wouId believe It.
R'-arraugement of Congressional
Districts conc all the sons of Soon.
who expect to be Governors, Congress
men and Senators. ~Spartanburg, lex
cept IL shoe String), most Of Union,
one-half OF Richland, moulding Column
Dla. Falrheid, aur"nS ard Greenville
compose the 4th District at present.
The Act ofCongrrss passed out the 9th
or day provides a" dins' the -Hoe-string
business and reads tnAt the Congress-
lonal District terri,Nry must be Conn
pactaGd cont uOIS,' wHprglShitbtrto
1T read contagious Horn is the pr
position for plac ng !aNrrns:
SAlnda Distr,"I: itrgeiivlI, 25.47S:
Aiken, 30.O32.: SAUL, X. 066; Green
wood, 2s,343: Newbe"rl, 30,lS2; Ian
rens. 1882. Jo:al, 1888
On THURSDAY last the Senate pro-
ceeded to tho House and Grovernor
McSwtney was worn in by Chief Jus
tice Mclver for his second term, and
Col j. II. Tillman, as Lieut.. Governor
Fren the band played, little speech.s
were made and ell was over.
Hundreds Of new bills have been in
%trodnced on all manner of subjects,
nut rothing OF grave moment.
we had nearly forgotten to mention
that, on Wednesday night last, the
columbia Commercial and Mechani-
cal Club" had the whole "lay-out" at
their palatial quarters where the oys.
ters were steaming, the quail brown
and plump n toast, the celery crisp,
che cold tongue all that could be de-
sired, punch pungent, "wine OF the
Rhine, divine" and the loving cup
went joyuOusly round and round: and
all was Jocund as a Christmas carol,
(Don't forget the Columbia Club of
ten years back, and, canned so to
speak.')
Tatum's Bill to prevent and punish
reckless driving Is a good bill.
Bill ID extend tax-paying to 1st Of
March passed.
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Victoria Dead.
Victoria, Queen OF Britain and EN-
press OF India, died at Osborne House,
Cowes, England, on the 21st instant Of
paralysis. Born May "a, 1919, Queen
Of England June 1887 She ruled the
longest OF any historic sovereign, was
a good woman, had the respect OF the
world, and dies crowned with the az
lection OF all good people. Albert Ed
ward, Oldest son succeeds her as King
n Emperor, in the Goth year OF bis
age.
At6P. NJ, January %, the Queen is
still alive, but may pass away any mo-
ment.
Later-The Queen has since died.
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The rOad question is q little too much
Tor the Legislature of South Carolina.
A farmer having q very grassy cotton
patch purchased a flock of geese and
put them in to clean it out. An old
gander, the King, looked around and