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

Columbia. anaar is. I'D isoYs Con.
lries; The Gone sS eln 81 lyS Of sontI /,
Gard lina vii co9yene To- moi ~. This
|iss fia annual Soco etice o I'D Ii,
t to the people, add with your pefn,issiorl.
we will end deityor 60 Keep your aumero s,s
read sinf 0rnied OF passing avet,ts hers.
Year year legisla alton increaaes in
Volume. and imp rtances and sYi fiji these
the effort should be 70 Improve tie he CON
dition Of ..he people ats The least pJssibie
cost. laticn and wealth In
creases the burden q Sof government should
| be glessened K But the reyeise Of 4 ti,ia
|proposit ion nerall 10 oilows. National
State, cot tss;s and municipal taxes ins
|soreass, and q \ soplo very Justly com.
plain. This com pa: ~ qoneraI now.
For two years we haYe has poor crops.
This iss specially true In tho various Jus
poFtions Of the lire coant Try deyot to
grain crops. Corn comsnands Is b,ph
price. In fact the cost Of living ID
higher than iii has been for years & and
the very closest eoo oonomy viii have sto be
pract ticod. The small cotton orop has
very generally been mari rketed, and the
I,roSeeds ]! OF SO lei have passed ont Of the
hands Of the prod d1osrs, 1T :fs not too
late, however, to SOW oats, and to- pre.
pare for the planting and oaseful ii cultiya.
tiolS Sof all lroot and vegetable crops. ~
Y, The eotion Of Judges and directors
OF the various State institntions will
doubtless be frst In order Candidates
are nun erous and very Industrious. q:
The State is also to be divided into
Cong gressional Diatricts as REQUIRED byI!
aot Of CongrSss. K formerly these dis
triots We're redS Tired to be contiguous.
Now they are not only required TO be
contiguous, but also as compact as possi.
bio. Several bills are pending for this
purpose. Politics creep into this matter.
Politicians, VIII are anx ous to represent
the people In Congress-, are much con.
cerned In the construction of; these dis
itricts, and unless they can control, DELAY,
may follow, much To tie detriment Of
Tho public service ~ \. Ss5=9s
"a drainage law tis also demanded by,
the best interests Of the State at large.
Our streams are filling up with timber
and sand, and the best corn land Of the
State is generally unprod oductive. Slug.
giah streams also breed disease. {,I
N The Constitutional Conyent tion, Of 1895
provides that special Legislation gone
rally shall cease; that tho laws of the
State shall bo uniform. There may be
special legislation in general laws; and
that the salaries Of county officers shall,
be graded as provided In the Constitu-
tion. Fees, as now provided by law in
OWL cases, may be continued. But the
compensation of officers in criminal
cases, salaries of \ Auditor, Treas urer,
County superintendent Of Education.
Coroner, Supervisor and County Cons
,missioners must, under the Constitution;
undergo a change. Your read ders viii
doubtless remember that special legisla-.
tion came with the horrors OF, reconstruc-,
ton. And we have often wondered why
1t has been continued so long. Since
1896 the change has been mandatory.
but VIC are still in the wilderness Of per-,
verse rule; rule, too, by the ignorant
and vicious representatives Of the recon-
struotion era.
" The services of the wounded and un,.
fortunate soldiers of the 81 Lost Cause,o
and their widows, should be compen-
sated. We should have a poor hoiise
delivery, and that as soon as possible.
The Supreme Court will very soon de-
termine whether the present jury law is
constitutional or unconstitutional. There