The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, January 18, 1900, Image 4
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 18. 1900.
MAKE IT BIENNIAL.
The Legislature has r?ct in eoun i
eil to make and unmake laws for
the supposed good oft he commonwealth.
A State less governed is
best governed, which maxim, it is
sincerely to be hoped, will forcibly
apply itself to each law-maker's
mind. Biennial legislation works
admirably in nearly every State
in the Union, and the enactment
of such an amendment to our
constitution would save the State
many thousands of dollars. For
more than a hundred years, from
? year to year, the Legislature has
been turning and twisting the
laws, uutil it requires more acumen
than the wayfarer possesses
to keep Hack of the statute book
The p?u>ple are tired ot annual
legislative sessions. They should
be obeyed in their wishes to
have this extravagance curtailed.
They should keep a record ot every
representative who vetes against
the measure to amend the constitution
to this end> and know
? r\/"Uii i/?i? 11 v thf? man or
IIU II1UI& |/U11I1V?IV _
men who prove recreant to his
trust and is weighed in the balance
and found wanting.
MARRIAGE LICENSE.
An obstruction in the way of the
course of true love, requiring a
matrimonial aspirant to obtain a
license from the probate judge of
iis county, has passed the House
of Representatives and will prob
ably become a iau\ ,
The fee charged is small?only j
iwenty-five cents?and for several f
reasons the law ;s a good one.
In many instances lawyers find
extreme difficulty in tracing titles
}o land;^ which this law will obviate.
Then again, to have marriages
legally recorded would in
^ ?
some cases prevent otgauiy, iut uu.
official would issue a Jiceuse to a p
man whose marriage is already
recorded. As a rule> too* that I
obtained under difficulties is most ;
; <
appreciated, and this additional j;
I'
erudition to the naiptial esJate by j,
no means lessens the appreciation !;
?f the prize to be gained. That '
this law is a slep toward a udi- 1
YDi-cement"" law. in the classic
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veru4ac?klaa of Dr. Woods of Clarc
endon, we cannot agree; but rath- (
we think, a step therelrora. r
ttiaois aad. irresponsible couples d
would hesitate to confront a conscientious
official and demand a
license to which they are plainly
not entitled. These and other
points induce us to think that
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tins law, snouiu 11 run i?e g?uuilet
of both houses and the executive,
will work to the satisfaction
of all classes.
Gov. McSweeney's position on
the dispensary has been well
known and on this question he
takes positive ground for the dispensary
systen as against local
option or high license or prohibition.
The matter will now be
fought out by the Legislature.
We do not believe the law will be
changed in very material points.
The managemeut may be changed
and the boards of control abolished.
We rather think they will.
And in some other respect there
may be changes, but the system
will remain practically as it isThere
are other suggestions in the
message that are tin>ely and in
the right direction. Especially
de we desire to direct attention to
the matter of roads and the custom
of employing chain gangs in
some counties. They should be
put to work on permanent improvements. dewberry
News and
Herald.
The best legislature is the one
which makes the fewest laws.
, We have enough and too many
laws already; what we badly need
is the better enforcement of those
bow on the statue books. If the
coming legislature will only make
the various public appropriations
required, and wipe out several
hundred senseless and vicious laws
now on the statute books and
then adjourn, the taxpayers will
rise up and call it blessed. A
very little government is much to
be preferred loan almost endless
variety ol indifferent or pernicious
, legislation. The Stale is governed
too much now. There is no use
in trying to govern it to death.
Sumter Herald.
One change needed in the dispensary
law is a provision that no
man who drinks whiskey shall be
employed as a constable. It stands
to reason> as everyone familiar
with the nature of whiskey knows,
that any man who habitually
drinks it would as soon drink bliud
tiger whiskey as any; it means
that instead of lerreting out and
bringing to justice all illegal traffickers
in whiskey the constable
would soon be acceptiag favors
from the hands of blind tigers and
finally exacting toll as a price of
immunity from arrest. No one
will seriously think of hiring a
burglar ior a mgui wmcmiwu ui
valuable goods, but it would be as
sensible as hiring a drinking man
to run down whiskey sellers. It
is rather remarkable than otherwise
that the powers that execute
our laws, or, more properly speaking,.
they who are entrusted wish
the duty of executing them, have
not seen the inconsistency in some
ol their appointments. Yorkville
Yeoman.
The increased profit of the pro
lucers oi illuminating oil fromthe j
increase in price of 3 cents per
;alloti on the billion callous sold
Annually in the United States will
ne at'out $30r000,,00ftevery twelve
Tionlhs^ It is noted incidently
'that the ott-quoted remark about
he cheapness of petroleum as a
:onsequence of the Standard Oil ,
/ompanyrs policy in business does i
lot have any more application to-1
lay tiiaaitdid a few years agp. ji
The price is now iully as high as
it was in 1S80.'' News and Courier.
God Almighty drew the color
line and it cannot be obliterated.
The negro must stay on his side
of the line and the white man
must stay on his side, and the!
sooner both races recognize this I
fact and accept it, the better it
'will t<e for both. Richmond
Times.
i
The State colleges of South
Carolina are receiving yearly appropriations!
which,at 5 per eent.,
represents an endowment of at
least three million dollars. In
addition to this, the state has
spent in the neighborhood of one
million on buildings and equipments.
We may say that the
state has invested four millions of
dollars in so-called higher educa
tion. If there are one thousand
^students in these colleges, each
jstudent cost tlie state $500 every
iyear. On the other hand, it is
estimated that the state spends on
each boy or girl in the public or
* KA Anli' cnhnn]c
| cumiuuu atnuuiBf mo umj
accessible to the great mass of the
people, the insignificant pittance
of one dollar and sixty cents a
year! In Tillmanic parlance,
^there is something rotten m Denmark." The
Lantern .
Story of a Miser.
One of Moody's favo rite stories
was about a converted miser to
, whom a neighbor in distress appealed
for help. The miser decided
to prove the genuineness of
his conversion by giving him a
ham. On hrs way to get it the J
tempter whispered, v4gire him the
smallest one you have." A mental
struggle ensued, and finally
the miser took down the largest .
ham he had. "You are a fool,"
the devil said, and the farmer replied,
"If you don't keep still I'll
give him every ham in the smokehouse!"
Mr. Moody believed in the efficacy
of stories. "3fen will listen
to a story," he used to say, .
"when they won listen't to Script- !
ure; and the moral of every story
remains with them a long time,
and often sets them thinking
along the lines they refuse to consider
in sermon torm."
Mr. Moody was famous as a
story teller. He was never too
busy to listen to a joke and retaliate
in kind, no matter where he
wasT at his favorite work in the
garden, or driving to the schools ?
with some of its produce.
If, according to- the evangelist's
pretty theory, the kind words uttered
here are turned to gems for !
future wearing, what a crown is '
Dwighfc Moody's dowhen the
continuous chains of kindness he
has set in motion have poured in
their results^
The Whole Truih..
While the convention of Judg
es was prescribing rules and regu-'
lations for court attire, why did it
not go further? It might jiust as
well have insisted on patent leather
shoes,, four-in-hand neckties and
kid gloves. It could have restored
the wearing of wigs by judges
and sitting on the woolsacks. It <
might insist on lawyers parting- '
their hair in the middle, though l
such a rule could not effect some <
members of the bar, particularly ]
in Richland. There are lots of <
other useless things it might have t
done. Justice, not habiliments, 1
will make a court respected.?Co- 1
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SECOND Our vehicles are all standard
one to be of good quality.
TJ5IKD Our stooJt consists of young an
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A Strange Casa. I,
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"Mr. Charles West, of Ohio/' :n
says the Crnninnati Enquirer, bot
"was playing a game of cards and anc
his last dollar was at stake. As pra
the cards were being dealt out he pac
remarked: If the e^ueen of hearts oth
turns up again 3 hope to God that int(
I may never speak again.' To his rnei
fnn^fprnation the fatetul card j diti
turned Hp. fie attempted to ut- the
ter an oath, but found thai he ins<
20uld not articulate above a whis- cha
per. He has tried various reme- betl
iial agents, but up to the present bla<
imd has not regained his voice, and
Many of the friends of Mr. West
ook upon his affliction as a visita- T
ion from God J the
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Stomach Nor Effect the Hearing. I
Ramon's Pepsin Chill Tonic is the I
>es it in his practice, and says it is I
lout injury to the stomach." H /
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To Preserve Smoked Meat.. V
n order to keep, smoked meat 1
suaamer so that it will not be I
hered by bugs,. mold, elirae- I
1 other enemies, it is a good |
ctice to dry it thoroughly and I
& in barrels with alfalfa and 8
ercha? Then roll the barrei g
) a eool,. dry rooniv and the ?
at3 will keep i*n excellent con- |
on. Lampness- cannrct affect^1 i
meat packed-in the chaff, anifcv
?cfcs will never get into theff
to reach the pork. This is
ter than coating th* meat with
:k pepper,. paper^mu9lin sacks
other devices.
he more promises a man givesfewer
he keeps..
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