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OUR 80L0N8.
The General Assembly adjourned
sink diu on Wednesday morning last
as previously fixed. Numbers of mem
bers and Senators had already do
serted the Stato House, as rats a
rickety Bhip, and gono to tholr homos.
Much legislation has boon etTeotod,
somo of It good, and of courso mistakes
havo boon made. A final vordict can
not bo rendered until many of tbo laws
have been tested by oxporlonce. We
think the work will look liko a great
patch quilt. Cursorily reading tho pa
pors it would appear that tho bulk of
the statutory law had been amended.
We can theroforo.hardly wait until 1000
for a revision of tho Statutes. Hut as
said, we must wait to seo, and hasty
conclusions aro not safe. Tho mom
bora and Senators, about 170?wero
paid for 51 day**at $4.00 per diem and
mileage. With officials and attaches
and tho printing, the sosslon will havo
cost about $50,000. Taxes will still bo
high. A now tack was taken, now in
South Carolina, to stavo otf a high
tariff. Wo rofor to the Incomo Tax
Law. It starts with a tax of one por
cent, on incomes over $2,500, and is
graduated from that point upwards,
increasing aa the incomes increase?
It would havo boen fairer to start bo
low that point for this reason: few of
our people havo Incomes of $2,500; and
o/vor that Xgure the tax applies. Wo
think therefore that it will not bo a
success as arovonuo raising measure
It will also doublo tho number of tax
dodgers, too numerous alroady. The
constitution makes provision for tho
raoasuro and wo now quote tho clauso
for tho benefit of our muny roadcrs, as
follows:
ARTICLE X.
Finance and taxation.
8ECTTON 1. The General Assombly
shall provide by law for a uniform and
equal rate of asscssmont and taxation,
and shall proscribe regulations to 80
ouro a just valuation for taxation of
all proporty, real porsonal and possos
sory, except mlno9 and mining claims,
tho products of which alono shall bo
taxed; and also oxcoptlng such prop
orty as may bo exempted by law for
municipal, educational, literary, scien
tific, rollerloiH or churltablo purposo3.
Provided, howevor, That tbo General
Assembly may Impose a capitation
tax upon such domestic animals as
from tholr nature and habits are do
struotlve of othor property: And pro
vided, further, That tho General As
sembly may provide for a graduated
a tax on incomo and a graduated license
on occupations and business.
That faithful friend of man, tbo dog,
was intended under tho first proviso,
but under the second proviso the moro
dangerous "domestic animal" Is safely
cribbed.
Another tax measure has been passed
in the shape of a now assessment law.
It makes the board of township com
missioners assessors, who aro to assist
tho Auditor In hunting up personal
and real proporty, getting it on tho
Auditor's books and fixing its valuo.
So it is seen that our representatives
aro interested for squaro and honest
dealing. This is not objeotionablo.?
The dispensary law has boen further
tampered with, with tho Intent to de
prive a cltlzon of importing his bever
age from abroad for personal use. We
regret It. It will incur upon the State
further litigation, nnd because it was
unnocesary. Tho bar rooms are
already closed, as a temperanco moas
ure the law as It stands has bad Its ef
fect, the sales by tbo disponsarlos aro
big enough, and tho mensuro of com
pulsion upon thoso who uso spirits to
buy of tho State's grog shop Is purely
vexatious and very likely was intonded
to be so. Litigation in tho Federal
Courts will certainly result and tho
State will as cortainly lose. It will
havo one good effect, however: It will
keop up a stow and politicians can
make capital out of tho racket. It
would not bo a happy Stato tor all to
agroe and pull together tho same way.
Howover, wo trust that tho Solons aro
ill safo and happy at homo, and that
!,hoIr work will rosult to tho good of
tho Stale and tho happlnoss of tho
neople.
-> of tho last sad words
"nlng last at six,
M in tho
the Hon. Frank B. (iary for tho able,
impartial n<id efficient manner In
which be baa discharged the onerous
and exacting duties of presiding of
ficer of thiaDody.
Resolved, That a copy of these re
solutions be properly engrossed by the
olork of the house and presented to
tho Honorable speaker, and tho samo
bo spread on the journal.
Speaker Gary said that tho revolu
tions were appreciated moro than he
could tell, tie had endeavored to be
fair and impartial and help tho house
to express its will. The resolution
hhowod that he had in a measure been
successful. The members had co
operated with him and tor this he
thanked them. Ho said that tho houso
had as excellent a body of officials as
any in the Union and to them he ex
pressed his appreciation.
"Parting is such sweet sorrow
That wo Bhall say good night until it
be morrow."
**#
The 4th of March.
McKinley and Hobart, Republicans,
were Installed as Prosldout and Vlco
President on Thursday last. Every
body was Wido awako for tbo occasion,
but everything went off as expected,
perfunctorily. MoKlnley was sworn In
on a groat big blblo that welghod
twenty pounds and with tbo coskot in
which It was enclosed, fifty. Tho cere
mony was in front of tho Capitol, and
looking up Pennsylvania Avenue,.?
There was presont, for various reagfaW,
his Cabinet, tho ox-Presldont, high
army and civilian officials, foreign am
bassadors and ministers, and a mob of
gontlomen and ladles of all nationali
ties and races, colors and sizes, esti
mated at one hundred thousand. After
tho oath, McKinley spoko out In moot
ing and promised to carry out the
platform of tho Republican party,
protection, to the best of his abllltVi
with a brlof reforonce to other plunks
In the Republican platform; announced
that he would call Congross In ex
traordinary session on the Ifith of this
month to do tho business, und thon ho
hushed up and listened to tho wild cry
of the hooters. Grovor wore his hat,
a high boavor, owing to tho rheumat
ics, during tho ccromony. Then he
and McKinley got Into tholr open
carrlago behind four long tailed sor
rels and moved up tho avenue to the
White House (a mllo and a half) which
was flanked by two hundred thousand
clti/.ons who yolled their patriotic
fervor. There, at tho old palace,
Grover passed In and slipped out at
a back door and was Immediately
driven to the wharf, where he took a
boat (waiting) for tho moat available
ducking grounds or rather, waters. Wil
liam, the oloot, mounted a platform in
front of tho Presidential residence,
took off his hat and bowed and smiled
to tho mighty mass of humanity passing
in roviow, worshipping tho nowly en
throned man of power and altogether
oblivious of tho rotlrod prince. 'Twas
over thus:
"Farewell) a long farewell, to all my
greatness!
This Is tho State of man; to-day ho puts
forth
The tondor leaves of hopo; to-morrow
blossoms,
And boars his blushing honorj thick
upon him;
Tho third day comos a frost, a killing
frost;
* # ? * *
Vain pomp and glory of this world, I
hate ye."
Thoro was moro of it and tho pa
geantry was worthy (by all accounts) of
our groat Joffersonlan ropubllc. Thon
tho great show was over and tho
cro'" 1,hoarse, and hungry, hunted tholr
ra; ms. At night there was a grand
ball attended by 5,000 people, McKin
ley and hisHtaff, and tho nowly groat,
Including Ilobart. So far, the new ad
ministration has boon a succoss. Now
look out for tho?tho?tho?tramps?
tho hungry thousands for office plums.
"Tho Philistines bo upon theo, Samp
son."
*#*
Coming to Their Senses.
Tho Grand Jury of Atlanta shows
virtuous signs. Otis Smith stole $10,
000 from his employers, but for tho
sake of tho monoy Otis' friends allowed
him to settle and gavo him tho chance
to escape. And now tho Grand Jury
threatens to Indict the whole lay-out
for compounding a felony and to send
them to tho ponltlentlary in his stead.
A fellow stolo ahorse, but they caught
up with him, got tho horso and took a
hundred dollars to hush up tho mat
ter. In a weok tho follow with his gang
stole a dozen horses and got away,
leaving tho neighborhood horsclobs.
The Grand Jury is right.
Tho ploasantrlos of tho "State" and
tho presont editor of tho Greenville
News over ox-Prosldont-Clovoland, are
purely ox-"Post"-facto.
%?
Another prodigy in Georgia in tho
shape of a strong woman. Strong
.men in Georgia ore not prodigies.
I!
Some Little Pleasautris ?.
Tho following Is n spat between lit
tle Sonators of two great States on
Wednesday in tho waning hour* of
Congress. Mas*chusotts Is the State of
sober habits and adjoins Maine, a pro
hibition State, a thousand miles from
Kentucky. Quay represents tho broad
brimmed quukers, and is the typical
moralist of that boasted land of broth
erly love. Tho spat will also illustrate
tho unbounded capacity of our King's
English:
Senator Quay, RcpubHcau, of Penn
sylvania, having several times sug
gested the absence of a quorum, thus
necessitating a roll-oall and a quorum
each time appearing, led Senator
Hour, Republican, of Massohusotts,
to enter a vigorous protest against his
dilatory tactics. "It was nover in
tended," ho said, "that tho rules should
put it into the power of ono man to
provont eighty-nine men doing busi
ness?ono man who In some concolva
blo case might bo under tho iniluonoe
of liquor, and I think then?"
Senator Qiny: "I desire to say to
the Senator from Massenusctts that if
ho intends to Intimate that I am under
tho Influence of liquor, ho?"
Senator Hoar: "1 mako no such in
timation, Mr. President."
Senator Quay: "Is a lunatic or a
liar, and I will not tolerate a sugges
tion of that sort from the Senator from
Massachusetts or any one ehe. I am do
ing what I am doing in tho interost
of my constituency.
Senator Hoar repeated his disclaim
er of any personal allusion to Senator
Quay, to which tho Pennsylvania Sona
tor replied with a remark, soto voco,
that tho more suggestion was a "filthy
ono."
If this goes into the Congressional
Rocord, a thousand years henco, the
unblused reader willl conc'udo that
Quay had a quart of X X X In his
pockot then and thoro. English is ong
llsh.
Well Assorted.
Thoso aro hcadllnos to Washington
Dispatches of Tuesday last: "Tho
"elect" arrive; McKlnloy and Hobart
ontor Washington quietly. Also ofllco
sockors; visitors pouring in and Fakirs
largely in ovidence." "Fakirs" would
cover the gang. Othor descriptivo
torms woro unnecessary except In
space work.
* *
*
Senator Tillman has had a character
for courage all along and especially,
sinco ho has been armed with his
pitchfork, has been rogardod as irre
sistible. But his assault tho other
evening in tho Sonate upon tho Steel
Armor Plate combine, smells a little
of temerity, and ho should bo cau
tioned that the heaviest siege guns
aro intonded for that sort of thing. A
wall of steel (and. as strongly said by
tho Senator) with steal behind, is im
pregnable.
Tho Presidont, on tho 5th inst., sent
to the Sonato tho following cabinet
of old republican heart oak with the
protection cloment Ingralnod:
Socrotary of State, lohn Sherman,
of Ohio.
Secretary of tho Treasury, Lyman
J. Gag<>, of Illinois.
Secretary of War, Russell A. Algor,
of Michigan.
Attornoy Qoneral, Joseph McKenna,
of California
Secretary of tho Navy, JohnD. Long,
of Massachusetts.
Secretary of tho Interior, Cornelius
N. Bliss, of Now York.
Secretary of Agriculture, James
Wilson, of Iowa.
It was promptly confirmed with
a little backing of oars on tho part of
certain Senators as to Gage, who didn't
suit them on'the matter of silver.
Cleveland at 2 P. M. March 4th
started out on a ducking expedition.?
The "Stato" and tho "Spartanburg
Herald" keep up their fire at long
rango.
NOTICE
Of Settlement and Application
Jor Final Discharge.
Take notice that on the 3let day
of Mar. 1897,1 will render a final
account of my acts and doings as
Administrator of the estate of Anna
E. Simpson, deceased, in the
office of Judge of Probate, for
Laurens county at 11 o'clock
A. M., and on the same day will
apply for a final discharge from
my trust as such Administrator.
All persons having demands
against said estate will please pre
sent them on or before that day
proven and authenticated, or be for
ever barred.
J. P. SIMPSON,
Administrator.
Feb. 23, 1897?41
J. ?. PARK,
Attornoy at Law.
Laurens, - - South Carolina.
CiV Special attontlon given to tho In
vostigation of titles and collection of
claims.
MONEY TO LOAN
On improved farms In Laurons Coun
ty at seven (7) per cent, intorost. long
time. Reasonable torms.
Simpson & Barksdale,
. Jan . 4, 1807?3m. Attor
BEFORE FULTON.
Story of Karly Transportation From Omr~
ljrlo's Reminiscences.
Robert Fulton is fa med in history
as the inventor of steamboats. But
did tho idea of applying steain to
water transportation originato with
him ? Apropos of this question an
interesting little story is recorded
in Carlyle's "Reminiscences." In
1817 or thereabout Carlyle was a
teacher of mathematics in an acad
emy conducted by hi? famous friond,
Edward Irving, at Kirkoaldy. Dur
ing vacation ho made a walking
tour with Irving, "ono Piers" and
James Brown to tho Trosachs, and
home by Loch Lomond, Groenock,
Glasgow, etc.
"At Greonock," ho says, "I saw
steamers on tho water, queer little
dumpy things with a rod sail to
each, and legible names, Defiance
and such like, hobbling about here
and there and making continual
passages to Glasgow as their busi
ness. Not till about two years later
(1810, if I mistake not)) did Forth
see a steamer. Forth's first was far
biggor than tho Greonock ones and
called itself tho Tug, being intend
ed for towing ships in thoso narrow
waters, as I have ofton seon it do
ing. It had no rival or congo
ner till (in 1825) Leith, spurred on
by ono Bain, a kind of scientific half
pay master, R. N., got up a largo,
finely appointed stonmor, or pair of
steamers, for London, which, bo
successful were they, all ports thon
sot to imitating.
"London alono still hold back for
a good fow years. London was not
ably shy of tho steamship, groat
as aro its doings now in that lino.
An old friend of mine, tho lato Mr.
Strachoy, has told mo that in his
schooldays he at ono time?oarly in
the ninotios, I should guess; say
1793?used to hco in crossing West
minster bridge a little model steam
ship paddling to and fro between
him and Blackfriarn bridge, with
steam funnel, paddlo wheols and
the other outfit, exhibiting and rec
ommending itself to London and
whatever scientific or other spirit
or marine advonturo London might
have. London was entirely dead to
i tho phenomenon, which had to duck
j under and dive across tho Atlantic j
I before London saw it again, when
a new generation had risen.
"Tho renl invontor of steamships
?I have learned credibly elsewhere
tho maker and proprietor of that
fruitless model on tho Thames?was
Mr. Miller, laird of Dalwinston in
Dumfriesshire (Poet Burns' land
lord), who spent his life and his es
tate in that adventure and is not
now to bo heard of in those parts,
having had to soil Dalwinston and
dio quasi bankrupt?and, I should
think, broken hearted ?? and after
that completing his painful inven
tion and finding London and man
kind dead to it.
"Miller's assistant and work hand
for many years was John Bell, a
ioiner in the neighboring village of
Thornhill. Miller being ruined, Boll
was out of work and connection,
omigratcd to New York, and there,
speaking much of his old master
and glorious, unhoeded invontion?
woll known to Bell in all its out
lines or details?at length found ono
Fulton to listen to him, and by Ful
ton and Bell (about 1809) an actual
packet steamer was got launched,
und, lucratively plying on the Hud
Bon river, became tho miracle of
Yankceland and gradually of ull
lands.
"These, I boliove, are essentially
the facts. Old Robert McQueen of
Thornhill, Strachey of the India
House and many othor bits of good
testimony and indication, once far
apart, coalescing and corresponding
for me. And as, possibly onough,
tho story is not now known in
wholo to anybody but myself it
may go in hero as a digression apro
pos of thoso brisk little Greeuock
stontners which I first saw?and
still so vividly remember, little Do
fiance, etc.?saucily bounding about
with their red sails in tho sun on
this, my tour with Irving."
Outrageous Extortion.
Tho largo and greasy bandit bow
ed low before tho countess. Oponi ng
a package, ho disclosed an oar.
"This, miladi," said ho, "is tho oar
of tho worshipful count."
"Tho ransom," said tho princess,
toying with her fan, "was sot at
10,000 plunka?"
"Exactly," said the bandit, "and
remains at tho same flguro."
"This," said tho lady, her bosom
heaving witli emotion, "is outra
goous, It isn't business. As n rea
son ablo man you cannot expect mo
to pay full prico for a remnant."?
Indianapolis Journal.
A Koyal X'oet.
Tho emperor of Japan grinds out
poetry by the yard. Tho Japan Mail
of Yokohama says: Tho omporor
scorns to*bo,a voVy proliflo poet, for
wo nro told by the Ch\io that, dur
ing tho last ton years, Baron Taka
saki, who way bo considered to oc
cupy tho position of poot lauroato in
Japan, has jseon more than 25,000
couplots'' >sed by the sovoreign.
TT:. ? penned 4,200 coup
of this year._
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To lovo Letter Writers.
Tho writers of lovo letters will do
well when inditing or iiresorving
these missives to remember the
moral of an incident which happen
ed a week or two ago. A youthful
philatelist received permission from
his father to soli or exchange a num
ber of old postage stamps ho had
discovered in a lumber room. The
frugal minded papa- impressed upon
tho son tho fact that if he left the
stamps on the envelopes he would
got a bettor prico for thorn. The
boy adhored so strictly to this rule
that ho gavo the letters ho found in
somo of tho old envelopes into the
bargain. Two days aftorward a lady
informed tho papa that the wholo
town was reading, with intense in
terest, some letters ho had written
before his' marriage to his presont
wife. Notwithstanding tho frantio
efforts made by tho composer of the
love lyrics, they were not returned,
and there is no knowing but what
they may turn up some of these
days in a neat" Guido to the Writing
of Love Lotters." ? Westminster
Budget.
Breastworks.
I Toward tho close of the civil war
the men on both sides became so ox
pert in erecting temporary fortifica
tions that in a few minutes an entire
regiment, halted in an open field,
would disappear from view behind
the breastworks thrown up by the
men. _
Wanted It Ilarder.
"You havo an iron constitution,
haven't you, Fudger?"
"Well, I started out with one, but
tho world treated me bo roughly
that I found it necessary to substi
tute brass."?Chicogo Record.
It Is claimed that tine secret sessions
of tho senuto are a farce. They ought to
bo. It Is an insult to tho intelligence
and patriotism of tbo pcoplo of this
country that tboir legislators at'Wash
ington should try to keep any tiling from
them. Tboy havo a right to know all
about what tho two bouses of congress
do in tboir sessions, legislative or other
wise. Tbo secrot session business is a
tolio of oriontal despotism and humbug.
DR. W. H. BALL.
DENTIST,
OFFICE OVER NATIONAL BANK, LAURENS
Offiok days?Moudav and Tuesdays.
The
Great
Fire
Sale
Is
Over,
And we are now open for regular
business. Our buyer is now in the
Northern markets buying our immense
Spring stuck of Clothing, Hats, Shoes
and (.'cuts' Furnishings. It is the duty
of every man, woman and child in Lau
retta mnniy to call and examine our
stock before buying anything in our
line. Why? Because we can save you
money. Our facilities for buying are
the very best. Paying cash for all our
purchases, saving the discounts, etc.,
enables uh to place our goods on the
market at n very small margin of profit.
Come and see us.
Yours respectfully,
Davis, Roper &vGo.
Members of Firm:?D. A. Davis,
C. H. ltoper, S. P. Babb, M. L. Boner.
TO THE PUBLIC.
For the next Thirty Days
we will sell at cut prices:
Overoats, Blankets. Shawls,
JLaprobes, Wool Jeans and some
Job lots of Shoes.
J. ft MINTER & SON.
^ NO'ric:jc.
J All persons having accountsC
4 with us will call and sM.tlc samcX
jat mir office over J. R. Minter &<|
-^Soil's store. (| /
Yours truly, (j /'
J L. E. BURNS & CO., t /
4 Lauren8, S. C.i /{
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COul Price $21.00)
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