The Darlington herald. (Darlington, S.C.) 1890-1895, May 19, 1893, Image 1
HERALD.
vol. ni.
DARLINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1893.
NO. 88.
current topics.
Wilt YM Mtw AH® WHAT YOU
MH’TKMW.
ftnmh ai4 Skwt He»s *f !■-
tenrt to tho Local »4 General
toa4er.
If JOU would save money patronize
TnH ERALD job office.
The town council has extended the
time for paying taxes to May 31.
Jin/A. H. Edwards left on Tues-
^•y ta riait her parents in Anderson.
JCisaes Jennie and Ola Hast left
^rTueaday for the carnival in Ciol*
nmbia.
Mr. E. K. Cox came out second in
1 prise drill, on Wed
to take in
may
has gone
1 the wedding
kApdtotoes add
— -aj-j to the menu
w Win Irwin, of New York,
spentftanday and Jlonday with Mr.
&&WFoods.
Blackwell Bros, hare some-
tins issue in regard
> say in
ftna Dora,
of Dowsville,
l Sunday with
XoLoann wu
.jttof th* wmk, tl
£ H> WaddllL
„ , HtidiWi has Appoint-
tost byoicle
-‘HI
streets. If there is no ordinance
against it there ought to be one and
it should be rigidly enforced. A few
Sues would soon put a stop to the
business.
Mr. E. Keith Dargan is the first
of onr citizens to attend the Chicago
Exposition. He spent this week
in viewing its sights. It is very
probable that a good many people
may attend during July-and
August, from this place, as it is
probable that the railroad faro
be cheaper by that time.
Hon. J. K. Law, one of the ji
of the superior court of California,
was in town this week visiting rela
tives md friends. As most of our
readets ' are aware, Judge Law is
a native of the town, but has lived
, on the Pacific Coast since 1868. His
sister, Mrs. Player, will accompany
ifornia.
and a -large
nnthber at enthnsiadtic citizens went
down to the depot on Wednesday
night to give the Guards a reception
in honor of their victory, and were
very much disappointed that they
were not on the train. It was im
possible for them to get off in time
for the afternoon train, a part of
them returning Thursday morning
and the balance at night.
It would be a matter of great con
venience if the council would have
the names of the streets pnt np at
each corner. As things now are it
is impossible to direct anyone to a
certain street for the simple reason
that he has no means of knowing
whsnhelms reached it. The oost
of posting the names would not
Mount to very much, in fact, it is
[ obabia that the residents of ths
s strests would pay for the work.
Ahd whin thsy ato tteotsd there
should be a ssvere penalty for di
ttoing them.
Her. Mr. txrtrris, the Agent of the
Seminary at Columbia, preathed at
the Presbyterian ohtuth Od Sunday
wm ■ iht,
^ morning) and gave alfcbturfe at bight,
"*>w hbtigbt on which was a very interesting bnfe.
at Tub Hibald His subject Was the Iffltttftifflce <Jf
IfeBALD
dwnefs to pay
on dogs, caused
m to change
mult of the competitive
Wttnced, on Wednesday,
tteltunbiapreseht-
' a laurel wreath.
0. A.
lavs been
of control for
Writer tiM dispensary
of the Caroling of
ite branches, have
suspended. The
paid dollar for
The train that runs between this
trisce and' Charleston went up to
Wadeeboro this week in order to give
people a chance to visit the Columbia
Carnival.
Tito races at the track last Friday
Wire good, and a large wae in attend-
Mot. No races to-day, but an m-
tstoiting piogratn will be made np
for next Friday.
The Darlington correspondent of
the Colombia Jonrnal wae a little off
hi hk statement that there were
“forty or fifty bicyolss here.” Count
noeee and come again.
There will be no eervicee in the
Presbyterian Church either Sunday
or Sunday week. Mr. Law will be
absent, aletetlng to the installation
of pastors of two different churches.
The schedule on the C. A D. Rail
road has been changed. The pas
senger service is practically the same,
but the freight going to Wades boro
leaves here at 8.40 a. m., and return
ing, going to Florence) leaves at 4.00
g. to.
We are Indebted to the Reform
Sentinel for the following: “Friend
McCrvight, of Tax Heiald, has
nut to n handsome new job prese,
ggl Is tnrning out some fine work,
ar job work to Tax Hwuld
oAte in very complimentary terms
ths drilling of ths Guards and said
that they compared very favorably
wttk that of the craok companies of
NewJtolli and Brooklyn.
aa soon as proper arrange-
t be made onr oltlsens will
Guards a reception as a
l «l their appreciation of
mMner with which they
_ irepotation of Darling*
ton at tile Colombia Carnival
The “Bambler" bicycle Is one of
the easUst riding wheels made, and
every one Is guaranteed for twelve
months. The price has been recently
reduced, and every one can now own
one of these handsome spinner*. For
tonne call at Tai Herald office.
Then was no service at the Baptist
ehuroh on Snnday owing to the
shsntirr of the pastor, who was in
Xashvilk attending the Son them
Baptist Convention. Miss McIntosh,
ofiootety Hill, attended the conven
tion in tao interests of the Woman's
Missionary Society.
We again call the attention of the
poancil to the reprehensible practice,
an the part of some of our cltiaeni,
subject Was the imptfumce
sustaining thb seminary in ordtf?
that it might send ont trained
preachers into the mission field. Me
preached again on Monday night
The Presbyterians here have always
been liberal supporters of the differ*
ent enterprises of their church, and
always respond to every call that Is
made upon them,
The following are the names of
those who attended the Cjlnmbia
Carnival on Wednesday and Thurs*
day: Mrs. A. 0. Spain, Mrs. G. W.
Brown, Mrs. J. 0. White, Mrs. Henry
Beck, Mrs. Gillespie, Mieses Corinne
Player, Annie Williamson, Anna
Rogers, Catsie Spain, Annie Hearon,
Meta Williamson, Grace Smith, Mary
Watson, Mamie Kelly, Nonie Wil
liamson,Eva Lee, Emmie Williamson,
Messrs. J. E. Norraent, Waddy
Thompson, C. D. Evons, IL Appelt,
C. S. McCullough, Emil Dargan,
J. W. Blackwell, C. P/Dargan, N. S.
Gibson, C. B. Woods, U. M. Ward,
Willie Montgomery, S. H. Wilds,
G. K. King. We gave in last week’s
issue the names of the Guards that
were to compete for the prize.
Establlshiig Hospitals,
There has been a decided move on
the part of several towns in this
State to establish hospitals, in order
that those who are sick and too poor
to pay for medical attention may
receive skilled treatment An in
stitution of this kind, that is so
manifestly needed, appeals to the
ympathy of every one who has the
eelingsof common hnmanity, and
we trnst that an effort will be made
to have one in Darlington. There
is scarcely any charitable institution
that does as mi'ch good in propor
tion to the money expended for its
support, and surely there are enough
charitable people in Darlington to
establish a hospital on a substantial
basis, and to have it managed in
such a way as will reflect credit upon
the town. If the charity of our
people is equal to their energy and
enterprise, there will be no trouble
in establishing an institution of this
kind.
THE CARNIVAL
THE DAKLMtiTON GUARDS TAKE
THE FIRST PRIZE.
The Capital City Crowded With Yisl*
ters-The Ceitest—The Sumter's
Protest.
but of course not near solaage as the
one during the centennial Tir 1891.,
There were eight military companies
in tbe procession, and these with the
fire companies, escorts for the marsltal
and other officers and about two
hundred bicycles mode quite a Ion,
procession. Muiu street was line*
with people to see tbe parade, and
the whole crowd followed the pro
cession to the place where the com
petitive drill was to be held, and the
oration delivered. The large assem
blage was called to order by Major
Fisher who introduced Bishop Capers
and requested him to open the exer
cises with prayer. In its simplicity
and appropriateness, the prayer of
this eloquet divine was in every way
worthy of the occasion and made a
profound impression upon all who
heard it.
Mayor Fisher then introduced thb
Hon. Pleasant A. Stovall, of Geor
gia, whose address was both eloquent
and inspiring, showing the indomi
table energy of the Southern people,
the great obstacles they baa sur
mounted and the unexampled sue
cess that had attended their efforts.
Ths addrsn was a short one, but Mr.
Stovall managed to put a gnat deal
in a very small space. His being an
editor proably accounts for this.
Just as soon as ths preliminaries
codldbe arranged) the oompetitlvl
drill) whibh was the principal fea
ture of ths day was obmmehcea. Font
bontpaniet) tbe Dariingtbn Guards;
Sumter Guards of Charleston, the
Gordon Light Infantry of Winniboroi
and thb Lee Light Infantry of
Ghbatef.
The judges of the drill were
Captain Mat tin) of Asheville) (Job
Ti Thorns* and Captain Bateman
of the Governors Guards. Mr* B,
Frost) of theXduaveS) acted as orderly;
Juit before the edmnunoement of
the competitive drill the Zouaves
gave a fine cthibitiou drill which Was
We spent Wednesday in Columbia,
and the carnival programme for that
day war very faithfully carried ont t
The parade was a very creditable one, toade every effort to mark the drill
day contained the following protest
from tbe Sumters
“We were dissatisfied with the de
cision as soon us wc know of it, be
fore the decision was officially an*
nonneed. The judges entertained
tbe protest, but not with satisfaction
to us. The points-at issue were
principally in the construction of
points of the new tactics. Howi ver,
we were more dissatisfied because
only one of the judges, Capt Bate
man, followed tbe companies and
and did so to onr satisfaction. One
jndge was too unwell to stand and
WAS seated on tbe edge of the specta
tors atm his view was frequently ob
structed. The other judge was to
conversation with sons
often dnring the drUHof
Utng company. A
the ground by the
thw) and said- nil
he was not jrimaUin . drill Tegnlo
tions.”
If the Sumters considered that the
judges were incompetent and that
this incompetency would work
against them, then in justice to
themselves they should have with'
drown from the contest, and not
have placed themselves at such great
disadvantage. We fail to see, how.
ever, how the fact, as they state it,
of only one of the judges keeping up
with the drill could have worked
against them any more than against
the other competitors, unless it is
They ■
body of men and did some
Hug,
showed they were not np to their
competitors. The next-command to
make its appearance was the Gordon
Light Infantry. This company has
deservedly high reputation and
with one of the best drilled officers
in the State for its captain, its
friends were very confident that it
would take the prize, and some went
so far, after they finished what was
a very fine drill, the opinion was
confidently expressed that the contest
was virtually decided. The third
competitor was the famous Sumter
Guards, of Charleston, a command
that has held the championship for
six years, and evidently did not in
tend to give it up without a strong
struggle, which it is almost needless
to say they made with a strong exhi
bition of their efficiency. If Winns-
boro had made Chester lose hope they
were in tnm served the same way by
Charleston. The fourth and last
competitor was our own company,
the Guards, aud it would be impossi
ble to describe tbe intense interest
audsuixiety with which the Darling
ton folks, especially the ladies,
watched their movements. With
ffrm and elastic tread, ears alert and
the expression on their faces that
was a precursor of victory, this
splendidly drilled command swung
itself into position and were ready for
the ordeal. It is almost impossible
to speak too highly of the magnifi
cent manner with which they went
through both the evolutions and the
manual. Some of their movements
were in such exact time that itlooked
as if every man was fastened to a
machine which was made to move by
the pressure of a lever. Long before
the judges made their verdict public)
the impression in the crowd was that
Darlington had won, aud some went
so far as to say that if the prize was
not awarded to Darlington it would
not be given to merit. Tbe badges of
the Guards were at a premium and
a great many ladies were anxious to
secure cue of them. The representa
tive of The Herald, who Is an
honorary member of the Guards, had
his taken from him by an enthusias
tic college girl, who immediately
fastened it on tbe front of her dress.
The weather was simply perfect
and the day altogether was H pleasant
one to all concerned. So far as we
could observe the citizen* of Colum
bia used every effort to make the oc
casion a pleasant one to their visitors,
Tie Mllkiiiui Fictared,
A fascinating picture of the pos-
eibititieeof future development on
the earth is portrayed in “The Story
of the Millennium,” which is made
a special featuie of the June number
of Demorest’s Family Magazine. It
depicts the condition of mankind on
the earth in the ten thousandth cen
tury, when interplonetery communi
cation has been established and the
“dream of the ages” has become a
vivid and magnificent reality. Novel
views concerning the progressive
evolution of mankind during the
intervening epochs are included, and
the narrative is related in an easy,
conversational manner, the events
being supposed to transpire through
the publication of the proceedings
of the Optimists’ Clnb, an institu
tion established for the purpose of
foretelling the future of tho world,
The story is illustrated by Beard,
and is from the pen of Arthur Field.
This is the first attempt at anything
like a complete pictorial representa
tion of the future appearance of tbe
earth and its inhabitants.
Bee tbe latest Lnpravemcnts in
‘ipaff jiima •t !»•*
concluded that
more careful!
companies.
they
tiiy than
There i
» watched
the other
“ i*-:
•nppoae the committee) haring the
matter in charge) did not do their
beat in Mltoting the judges, and their
desire to avoid the very appear anot
of favoritism is shown k> the fari
that none of the Columbia oompanies
wen entered in the contest Had
the Darlington Guards lost we are
satisfied that they would have tab*
taitted with good gtitjej while at the
Same time being bitterly disappointed.
Of course it is not pleasant to rive tip
the champioiubip, but we Believe
that tbe award was just, ahd we hope
onr Charleston friends will Become
teconeiled to their lose*
to fWIowar
Oak
will
on
THE NEW BONDS.
THE DECISlfll #F THE SUPREME
COURT RENDERED.
All Constitatlenal Points Decided in
Favor ef the State—The Petltlca
for an Injnnctioa Refused.
The decision of the Supreme Court
in the bond test case was filed Monday.
As was anticipated, the legality of
tbe issue of the new 4} per cent re
fundment bonds was folly sustained.
This was an application addressed
to the coart by the plaintiff, as aciti-
ten and taxpover of this State, to
enjoin and restrain the defendants
from tesning bonds to the amount of
$5,850,000 to the Baltimore Trnst
**■ Guarantee Company, under
said company and
n thC gronnds
imw me act of the General Assembly
purporting to authorize such issue is
unconstitutional and void. The de
fendants demurred to the petition
presented by the plaintiff, and thereby
admitted the material allegations of
facts made by the plaintiff. So that
the only question presented for the
determination of the court was one
of law, viz;, whether the aot above
referred to is unconstitutional.
The plaintiff claimed that the act
was not passed iff" conformity to the
requirements of section 7, article IX
of the Cohstitothm and has not,
therefore; the force of tew. That
section of the Constitution reads
ft* Bat Mrt Hhunf)
Mr. Wolfram's house on the t
street has been finished.
Mr. W, J. Moofehead it bniktlg
a'tnice house on the adjoining loti^
Mr* L* G* McCall’s two cottages
on Mowry street will soon be oat of
the hands of the-contractor.
Captain Coker’s house on
street is nearly completed and
soon be ready for occupancy.
Mrs. Zimmerman’s bouse
Church street is nearly completed, as
is also Mr* J. S. Burch’s residence
fronting on Orange street.
Mr. Hertz has just commenced the
erection of a residence on Broad
street, between Mr. West’s house and
that of Mr. A. W. Welling.
Aattker TaxQnestisi.
Whatever may be the opinion as to
the merits or faults of the present
State administration, no one will
question the statement that it is the
most sensational that we have ever
had, and the facility with which onr
present officials spring new and
surprising issues upon us, is more a
cause for wonder than admiration.
Scarcely a week passes that does not
bring some decision on their part, in
reference to some special law, that is
often times both absurd and unjust.
The latest sensation is that muni
cipal authorities mnst pay taxes on
property that is used exclusively for
public purposes, and if this interpre
tation is sustained by the courts, our
cities and towns must pay State taxes
on their station bouses, fire engines,
horses and every other species of
property that is used by them for
public purposes. If in Columbia, for
illustration, the property of the city
is required to pay State taxes, then
the State House, Governor's Mansion
and other State property ought to
pay’ city taxes. ]■ i„.
So tar as our knowledge goes
property of this rihai-aoter has always
been exempt from taxation. A city
hall that contains offices for the
municipal officers, is just os much a
necessity to tbe city as a county court
house is to the county and is just as
much entitled to exemption from
taxation.
The Supreme Court has decided
the Chester liquor case in favor of
the State.
Ladies’ and misses’ Oxford ties,
60c. to $3, at Blackwell Bros.
Invitations will be out Tuesday
for a party, at tho residence of Dr.
S. F. Parrott, ou June 6, when
Master Herbert will entertain his
friends.
A picnic will be .gp ven by the
young folks at the mineral spring on
Tuesday, June 6.
The Herald has just received
There was not the least single feature 1°b press fresh from the mauu-
of unpleasantness. facturer, and will compete with any
The official report of the Printing house in the State in style
had 18 errors charged against the uu l P rlces .
Darlington Guards, 55 to theSnuiter
Gnards, 31 to the Gordon Light
Infantry and 51 to the Lee Light
Infantry.
-m 6CMTEB6 PROTEST.
fkt $**f an4 Courier ef jfotttf-
i
Buy tbe Heymld’s shoe, found
only at Blackwell Bros.
Malden, Moss., has sentenced a
young girl to six mouths’ imprison*
mtnt for marrying a youth agaiait
fair pnuti' wuhrii
“For the .purpose of defraying ex
traordinary expenditure# tbe State
may contract publle debts, but inch
debt* shall be authoriaed by law for
tome single object, to be distinctly
specified therein, and no such law
shall take effect until it shall have
been passed by a vote iff two-thirds
of tbe members of each branch of the
General Assembly, to be recorded by
K ind nays on the journal of each
» respectively} and every sttch
iaW shall tevya tax annually suffi
cient to pay the ahnfial interest of
■noh debt*”
The court says: “It is very clear
that if the act in question can pro
perly be regarded as authorizing the
unwof bonds for the purpose <3 de-
. ng extraordinary expenditures,
it would be unconstitutional because
not passed in the mode prescribed by
the quoted section of tbe Constitution.
The material inquiry, therefore, is
Whether tiie set in question is to be
tested by the provisions of section 7
of article IX of the Constitution, or
by the provisions of section 10 of the
same article, which reads as follows:
‘No scrip) certificate or other evidence
of State indebtedness shall be issued
except for the redemption of stick,
bonds or other evidence of indebted-
ness previously issued, or for such
debts as are expressly authorized iu
this Constitution.’ For while the
language used in section 16 is nega
tive in form, yet it is clearly a nega
tive pregnant and necessarily implies
that scrip etc. may be issned in the
coses excepted from the prohibition
to-wit: ‘For the redemption of
stocks, bonds, etc., previously issued
or for such debts as are expressly
authorized in this Constitution.’
“It seems to us very clear that these
two sections of the Constitution (the
7th and 10th) relate to two entirely
different and distinct matters. The
former authorizes the contracting of
a public debt for the purpose of ob
taining money to defray extraordin
ary expenditures, while the latter
authorizes the issue of scrip or other
evidences of indebtedness for the
purpose of redeeming bonds or stock
previously issued; and we think it
equally clear that the bonds author
ized to be issued 1 y tho act of 22ud
December 1893 are intended to be,
and can only be issued for tbe purpose
of redeeming bonds and stocks pre
viously issued, and not for the pur
pose of obtaining money to defray
extraordinary expenditures. The
terms ‘extraordinary expenditures’
necessarily imply new obligations or
debts which had not been previously
incurred, over and above the ordin
ary current expenses of the govern
ment, * * *
But the scrip or other r .deuce of
indebtedness, authorized to be issued
by section 10 of article 9 of the Con
stitution being for the purpose of
redeeming bonds or other evidences
of indebtedness previously issued, and
not for the purpose’of creating any
uew debt, there was no necessity for
providing any such safeguards os are
round in seotiou 7 of article 9 aud
article 16 of the Constitution, because
the bonds issued under tbe authority
of Section 10 would be practically
nothing more than a change in the
form of the evidences ofdebtpre
viously contracted by proper author
ity.”
It was urged by the plaintiff that
the act of 1892 authorizing the issue
of bonds violates article 16 of tbe
Constitution.
In regard to this the Court says:
“It is very manifest that tho object
of this constitutional provision was
to prevent the General Assembly
from creating any new* debt except
‘for the ordim ry and current’ busi
ness of tb State unless the mode
therein prescribed shall be observed.’
“So that the material inquiry now
U whether tb* bonds to be - issued
uttiter tb* authority «f tha aet »f
1892 will fix upon tbe State any new
or additional debt.” The Court rea
sons that considering this a new debt
is a narrow view of the sabject and
inconsistent with tbe general scope of
the Constitntion and also with the
expressed provisions of section 10,
article 9. They hold that section 10
clearly authorizes the issue of bonds
for the purpose of obtaining money
with which to pay bonds previously
issued.
“If therefore, Section 10 authoriz
ing the issue of bonds for the pur
pose of raising money for the re
demption of the bonds previously
issued by competent authority, it
follows necessarily that the Con
stitution authorizes the employment
of all means necessary for the accom
plishment of that object. And os it
would be practically impossible to
obtain the money necessary to redeem
the bonds prerionsly issued at their
maturity, if the new bonds could net
be issued until the old bonds matur
ed, the result would be to make the
State a defaulter, which certainly
could not have been intended by the
framers of the Constitution.”
They hold also that the alleged in
crease in the debt is nominal rather
than real, for when the money is re
ceived from the sale of the new bonds
it is not only placed in the State
Treasury, but actually appropriated
to the payment of any outstanding
Brown Consols, aud its application to
any other pur] «se whatsoever is ex
pressly forbidden by the terms of the
act in question, all outstanding Brown
Consols are, in effect, paid and no
'~nger constitutes any part the State
The Conrt held that thiae were no
pointa decided in the com, quoted u
precedent of Whaley vs. Gaillnrd,
ON THEJBLL
HAPPENINGS AT
THIS WEEK.
FACTRRT
consequently
bad not been decided by the Court.
“Finally it te urged that th* pro*
riikm of the aot of December 91,
1808) authorizing the issue of new
bonds bearing interest at the rate of
4i pet cent per annum from the day
of their issue would have, and has
hai the effect (under the contract
made for the sa’e of the new bonds
which received tbe sanction of this
court in the case of Evans vs,
Tillman supra) of increasing the
public debt to the extent of the in
terest on the new bonds from the first
of January, 1893, to the first of July,
1893, during which period the inter
est on ihe Brown Consols is also
running, and that far this reason the
act in question is unconstitutional
because not passed by the constitu
tional majority, aud because it was
not submitted to the vote of the
people. It will be observed, how
ever, that section 7 of article 9 of the
Constitution only relates to debts
contracted for the purpose of de
fraying extraordinary expenditures,
•aying
ad it di
on the sick
wife, of
relatives
gone to
friends
ana it does not seem to us that the
current interest on tho public debt
can properly fall into that class of
expenditures. On the contrary, it is
one of tbe ordinary expenditures of
the government, annually recurring
which must be provided for by taxa
tion annually. See bond debt cases
18 S. C. at page 288. It is clear,
therefore, that section 7 has no appli
cation. It will also be observed that
article 16 of the Constitution which
was manifestly adopted for the pur
pose of throwing additional safe
guard around this matter of con
tracting a debt of the State, express
ly excepts from its operation, debts
contracted for the ordinary expenses
of the State and as we have seen the
current interest on the current debt
properly belongs to that class of
expenditures. * * * * *
Besides, if as we seen, section 10,
of article 9 of the Constitution con
fers the power to issue bonds or the
redemption of the bonds previously
issued, either by exchange or sale,
and if as we have also seeu the grant
of such power carries with it the
power to do what is necessary to ac
complish the purpose intended, it
seems to us that the General Assembly
must necessarily be invested with
power to make such provisions in
regard to the current interest as may
be found necessary to accomplish the
purpose intended. Any other view
would in certain contingencies render
section 10 absolutely nugatory. For
if it should so happen either from
adverse circumstauces or from a
general rise in the rate of interest
that the State should find itself
unable to provide for tho redemption
of a debt, except by increasing the
rate of interest on the bonds to be
issued for that purpose, then it would
become impossible to accomplish the
obieot intended by that section—tho
redemption of the debt previously
incurred either by exchange or sale,
if the amount by which the rate of
interest is increased should be re
garded as a new debt, in tho sense of
those terms os used in the restrictive
provisions of tho Constitution.
We are of opinion therefore that in
no view of the case can the objection
urged against tho “act to provide for
the redemption of that part of the
State debt known as the Brown
Consol Bonds and stocks by issue of
other bonds and stocks” approx ’ 22
December 1892, be sustaine-', and
there is, therefore, no ground lor the
iujunctioh prayed for.
Tho court wai unauimoui to this
Ferroul Paragraphs Itertaiaiog to
YMtlag Peepte—improveoMMs
aad Other News.
Mr. H. L. Blount is
list
Hon. Joha Brown and
Mullins, S. C., are visiting
over here.
Mrs. A. L. Stutto has
Rockingham, N. C. to visit
and relatives.
Rev. J. A. White will conduct
religions services at the hall next
Saturday night
pool room in tSTlSf^feg r5S«y
vacated by H. A. James. J
Mr. F. S. Terry spent, last Satur
day in Charleston with his brother,
Conductor Charles Terry, of the
Coast Line.
A crowd of our boys have gone to
the river on a fishing frolic. We
hope they will have better luck than
the crowd that went snipe hunting.
Last week while “Florida on
Wheels” was on exhibition at the
C. & D. depot, the manager brought
the car down to the mill at twelve
o clock in order to give the operatives
an opportunity to see the great
“show” from the “Land of Flowers.”
The cor was crowded as long as it
stayed here, sad everybody was
highly pleased.
Mr. and Mr* A. F. Northcutt or*
rived on the C. 8. A N. Railroad last
Thursday evening from Charlotte.
He Oft, with the remain! of their little
•on Raymond. They were met at
the depot by a number of fnenda
and relative* They proceeded to
the Grove Hill Cemetery, when tin
remains were interred. Little Ray*
mond had only been sick a few days.
His death was a yery sad one, os
he was the only child of his parents.
The bereaved parents have the aym*
pathy of the entire community.
Baity Legislation.
(Columbia Journal.)
If, in order to cure defectl in ths
dispensary law, it should become
necessary to call an extra session of
the legislature, it will be another
striking illustration of the fact, so
often commented upon, that hasty
legislation is unwise legislation. How
strange it is that people, as a general
rule, do not look upon the work of
legislation just as they would look
upon auy other class of work, and
understand that both time and care
are necessary for the perfection of all
tbe iunumeruble details incident to
legislative as well as to any other
business. Tbe farmer, the merchant^
tbe professional man, all of them
realize the fact in their several voca
tions that the omission of some little
matter, apparently trifling, and yet
often spoils a job and requires it to
be done over again. In the all im
portant matter of law making there
is always need for the greatest care.
Whether a law be good or bad is a
subject for discussion on the merits
of the question—and that subject we
are not now considering. What we
desire our people to reflect upon is
this, that when they elect men as
their legislators, those men cannot
perform their duties hurriedly and
perform them well; aud that whilst
sluggishness is not commendable,
neither is break-neck haste to 1 e ad
mired. Those who are familiar with
the details of legislation, who under
stand that every apparently trifling
parliamentary formality has its mean
ing and is a necessary link in the
law-making chain, and that in the
engrossing department the closest and
most rigid scrutiny is necessary lest
a misspelt word, a wrong figure or a
misplaced punctuation point should
vitiate the work, have been long im
pressed with the fact that lengthier
legislative sessions would be money
in the pockets of our people. It is
simply a physical impossibility to
legislate for all of the varied aud
complex interests of a State within
the brief period of thiity days. To
confine legislation within such limits
of time simply encourages crude
legislation repuiring, costly revision,
s’niply encumbers our courts of
justice with the consideration of
questions growing out of defects in
legislative work, aud, what is equally
aa important, prevents the calm,
careful and impartial consideration
of the many grave aud vital ques
tions affecting the welfare and happi
ness of all the people, which it is the
high province of a legislative body
to consider aud pass upou.
opiuioa,
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