Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-01-15


OF Forest ilfesetv alton As has attracted
any % ttent Ion in hisS country and even
now sorlly IA few States nave made an
3 saystemat Tic eff forts to Ix Yent the wan
q enact such Id ws asjS III ils tend TO keep
Y fes supply OF M erchanta BILE lumber, In
OrJs. own Stnte our pe eople have been al
a q most Sg recls] ess Id the destructio OF
sSya uablo tirnbe ~ 1t tout even aliSing
s IT, md 1T As not lat We wi 1 be
q able sas yet to arouse them to the tnny
POI tarcaA Aof the SUI bject. 4 rhe State Of
Il New York IS foremost In the work ot
Il b rest pres N ], and lie this
S work is yet IN It's sinf fancy ven In that
IS State 1t lis accomp ish ing much that tiwill
3 be OF sinestlma BILE beneft t TO the futGre.
g The Dep paTtinen ent OF VI griculture has a
4 forestry ID Vision and = ts officers tire
NJ re ad y at any time 4 to assist In the way
y ok srst racting land owners as to- the
best methods TO pursue Eel her for the
u SpreseGyati Ion OF stan ding timber or Of
planting land that Is entirely open
y With the young trees or StcA ID Sc ed 4 One
of the most imp portant tlti ngs In con-
& nection with tho vork isS to instruct the
people as to the real yalue of their
u ytimbe lands and in this way prevent
/, them from ignceantly tiisposing OF
these at prices that are far be belowSthoir
value lyi gs IA @ as ~ y ass ssl
As Swe have no department. OF agYi-
/ culture except In connect lon with Glenn
4 son olleges The " work OF eginning and
( laying plans for the preservation OF
our forests might be left to this insti-
y tution,s but even Sa5 few thouaard dol
s lars spent on thi s work would pay big
returns In the future.
3 OUISIlAfl a FIIISg gEASE EXPOSE
Es Isl IS ~ III ON. I.
= Next year w Ill be the Ole hundredth
8 anniversary OF, the purchase by the
4 United States OF the eL,ouisiana Terri-
4 tory. This great territory was pur.
\ chased from France in 1863, \, and at
R present comprises nearly all Of the
Il States of Louisiana. Tkansas, q Mis-
IS souri, Iowa, Minnesota, North and
4 South Dakota, Nebraska, "a great part
Y of Kansas, the Indian Il Territory, Color
RADIO. and Wyoming and all OF
3s diana, # Montana Oregon M and
4 Washington. TO celebrate n the cen
I Louisiana Purchase Exposition will be
e held in st. Louis, Mo-, during 1908. The
2 management Of this Exposition desire
i the assistance and cooperation OF the
4 various States of the Union in this
enterprise Five million dollars have
been appropriated $for$this purpose by
( the general government and $10,000,-
600 by the city OF st. Louis, and al
y ready several States have made appro-
priations for buildings and exhibits.
2 The purpose for which the Exposition
has been undertaken is a patriotic one
+ and no doubt the Exposition will be
a great SUCCESS and much good accomp-
lished. IS Is
COUNTY GOVERNMENT. Il
The economy with which the county
affairs are managed fXos largely the
1 weight of the burden OF taxation upon
the people. Apart from the interest
ON the State debt and the constitutions
al tax for the public schools the tax
Tor the suppcst OF the State govern
/ ment is very small. It Should not be
your business to adopt special legisla-
tlon for your Individual counties, but
tiyes from each county, and being
familiar with the$ different eondi.
& tions, should enable you to adopt such
meas" 'es for the government Of the
seve counties as Will be economical
efficient. and just. The cost Of the
Courts and the administration Of the
laws, the maintenance OF highways and
bridges, and tic support Of the
\ penal and charitable institutio j.,
4 are subjects in which there Is
great,room for5reform. Whilo 1t is true
that the conditions vary In the differ
%ent counties, itis also true that there
could be more uniformity, in our co,ln-
ty government law and more economy
In Its administrations. AS the law now
stands almost cycry county In the
State has different law from every.
other county, orBift the law is general,
numbcrsof counties are excepted
from It's provisions There should 10
more uniformity. OF course conditions
in regard to certain matters may be
different In different counties, but
3 there could be more uniformity in re-
( gard to many subjects than at present.
The Constitution rcruires 1t.
q Anything that you can do to sim
plify and unity as far as possible
tho County Government Law will bo
of Denclit to the people and should
have your efforts.
LOCAL, sLlIGISLATION.
Your attention has been called to
this subject a number OF times, cnd
though special legislation on certain.
subjects, Is Inhibited by the Constltu-
tion, yet every session Of the General
Assembly finds q number ofHlaws rts,
latlng to local or special subjects.
Though these special laws have FREE
!. quently been declared unconstitutional
by the Courts 1t seems almost impos-
!, sible to keep them off the statute
books.$tIn several Of the counties TIE
past year there have been no Courts
3on account Of the uiloe ftainty OF the
#constitutionality Of the jury law. and
I the >eacstio Is now before the Supreme
Court for adjudication. This law and