The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, January 25, 1900, Image 4
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Thursday, JANUARY 25, 1900.
MORE MON-EY WAISfcTt<U?
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The present Legislature must;
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be regarded as a very benevolent
organization, or else the spurt in
the price of cotton this fall hag!
given the farmer's children of the |
State an exaggerated notion of herj
financial ability. On every hand
comes the unfortunate cry ol j
< money! The amounts absolute
Iv necessary ore by no means mod-'
est in size. To begin with, there ;
is an urgent request for funds to ;
complete the State House. The j
lowest estimate calls for $150,000.!
Then every educational institute
wants an additional appropriation,
even the South Carolina
College, which, with a yearly
stipend of $25,000. advertises va-!
cant scholarships through the
medium of Court Bouse . doors.
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When sucq an ecout/iuii-ui i?<magement
requires an additional
appropriation, there is little wonder
that Winthrop and the Citadel
also have to ask for more.
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The penitentiary would like to
have $10,000- to make much need
ed improvements in me prisoners j
cells.
There is a suggestion to sail the
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present old barn like structure,
and to the proceeds add money
enough to give our modern up-todate
chief executors a modern upto-date
domicile, and so on. But
the most modest of all, perhaps,
i^the request on the part of ex-1
I constable Crawford, the slayer o!
Mrs. oiewarr, iur an <iupii?pii(iuuu i
to reimburse him for the money
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he claims to have paid, his law >
vers for defending him. Many
of the appropriations asked lor
are based on veiy plausible and
reasonable grounds. But the state
treasury would have to be metamorphosed
into King Solomon's
mine's, or Treasurer Timcrman be
endowed with the touch of Midas,
to meet even a part of the demand.
I The people UOil I wain iiiacs j
piled up any higher, and we agree
with them, whatever the agreement
to tho.contrarv.
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THS LIQUOK QUESTION.
Probably in the minds of even
znenpber of tlie Legislature, anc
in faqt every one at all interested
in the political affairs of the dnv.
*11 other pending measures pale
info insignificance before this all
important question. It is the rock
upon which all parties split,, almost
every individual having: a I
theory in bis saind, and scarcely |
any two coincide in every particular.
Just now there are: several bills
belore the House.cm the subject,
and more are likelv to follow. It
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is seldom that the majority of the (
people of the State agree entirely
on one important question, and i
never for long at a time.
The Winkler bill conforms more
nearly to the present dispensary;
if anything, placing more power than
ever in the ^machine." The
obnoxious board of control is retained,
and in fact most of the of- 1
fensive Jeaturesof the law em- |
phasized. Then comes the well
advertised Appelt bill, which, is!,
neither move nor less than local ,
option.
The third kfcllisthat introduced 1
by Senator Graydon, of Abbeville,
which 1'ollows pretty closely the
line of argument in the Governor's j
message; and unless another comes ,
along more in keeping with the j
pop liar idear this bill will have a
pretty sona pac&ing:. or, ? icum,
from the merits on the face of it,
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we think it deserves more consideration
than the other two. I
At this stage, however, it's im- i
possible to.predict withany degree !
ot certainty the trend of popular f
opinion. Albeit one thing may be 1
set down as reasonably certain, |
prohibition and local option stand j j
a poor chance before this Jegisia- 11
tare; and, for the present, at ieast,; <
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the dispensary is here to stay.
BIENNIAL SESSIONS.
Last Tuesday, in the House of j ^
Representatives, when the owes- ,
i'
lion of biennial sessions arose, j
Representative C. W. Wolfe, of!
this county, spoke vigorously in!'
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favor of the measure. Relereuee
to his argument was made by the
News and Courier in discussing
the subject editorially the next (
day as follows: 1
The joint resolution looking to :
the substitution of biennial for an- :
nual sessions oldie legislature pass- ed
the House 011 Tuesday by a vote !
of S3 yeas to 22 nays, or nearly fonrj'
to one, and is now in the hands of j I
the Senate, it it snail pass mat
hotly the question which it presents
will be submitted to the people next '
winter and their decision is well as^ i
sared before hand. One of the '
members of the House stated during 1
the debate on Tuesday that "nine-|'
tenths of his constituents favored j J
biennial sessions,''and we think that <
that is a moderate estimate of the pro-11
portion of votes which it will receive :i
m all th^ counties. '-There is a pub-! i
lie demand for the measure,*' as the 1i
ninrnKfli- fiivfhf.r Si)itl And thr>! f
caiii^ uic iiiiyvi xvu vu\. * >/% ?< } ?>.? ?..w . ,
assertion will be amply sustained by <
the votes of the people as it was sus- j'
tained by the votes of their repre-1
sentatives in the House. It is to be
hoped, at any rate, that the Senate |
will allow thc-m to speak for them- ,
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selves on the subject, as is their right, .
certainly, the advocates of the pro-; ,
posed reform are not afraid to sub- , ,
u it it to them, and its opponents j
should not be, if they claim to' rep-1 ]
resent public sentiment bv their op-! ^
posiuuu. , ,
However faulty may be the ac-j <
iion of this general assembly in I
>ther matters, it will earn honor <
And lasting remembrance if it j
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shall lay the foundations for a
good road system in South Carolina.
We cannot Hatter ourselves
on this point, try we ever so hard:
in respect of public highways the
State i3 horribly backward. Much
has been done i-n some localities,
bui it has been done by local ef
tori?the State has not contributed
to it> and by maintaining antiquated
and inefficient laws has act- !
ually hindered it. The- time has
come when the systematic im- '
provemenl of the public roads is
a burning quest ion; when the peo- j
pie,. awakened to their baekward?ess
and their hardships, call npon
their representatives for the aid
ot the Stsbte in a great reform.? r
Ihe Stale.
A very hinh niche in the scroll
of lame awaits tiie man who will' ]
devise some means of making the 'n
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Southern Express Company omenable
lo the laws of this State.
JL'his company has,. up to the
present moment, appeared superior
to- all law, and entirely above 1
the Stale railroad commission.
We verily believe that the man
who can make the Southern Exn.imrcinr
Pontine itself to !
lawful charts and cease robbing
die public will be accounted a
public benefactor. The legislator
who can make tlieni stay within .
bounds will be awarded a monument
and anything else he may
iesire. This is the most soulless
}f all corporations--equaled in
I he United States only by the
Standard Oil Company.?State.
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Say what you may about Sen-:
if or Tillman, he has won the respect,
if not the admiration, of his
bitterest ervemies by the stand lie1
lias taken in congress in fighting j >
trusts, monopolies and all other!
^vils that oppress the people. lie
is not afraid to cross bats with the
,
brainiest ajid most experienced | i?'^n
in Hnncrrpss. nr to tackle the
-t ronirest moneyed combination
ivhen the-rights of the people de-1
tnand it. They may jeer, laugh
at and call him all sorts of ugly
names, but in every boat he lands
squarely on his- l'eet with his face
to the foe. They can't down him.!
For that reason he has inspired,
[is it were,, his former opponents
with conlidence* They have lotind j
jut that he cannot be bribed (at 1
least he hasn't been so far) cannot! 4
be bulldozed or laughed out olY
inv measure he may undertake.!']
["or these reasons the people, we j
believe,, are going to send him i ^
back to the senate.?Saluda Sen-j
linel.
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If the legislature fails to appro- priate
Mie necessary funds to complete
the State House it will neglect
a most important, duty. For
many years tins important struc-: ^
Lure, in its unfinished condition,;
lias been subjected to the ravages!
Dt. the decaying elements of na-j
aire, and the time has arrived j
when the building should be made t
whole. Let us have no more patch !
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work_ but a turn key job, and I hat
as soon as possible. South I
'lamlina is. nhle to foot the bill. i
The Freeman. ,
Excepting Governor Tillman,
no man who has held the office of
governor lias shown the backbone
Hid bravery of Governor McS-wee J
tiey, and we think he deserves the !
support of every temperance man:r
in the State. Speaking for this | ^
newspaper we propose to stand:"
lor his re-election. We are for'
McSweeny against the held. Lock ,1
iut now for opposition to him r
from those who oppose the re- I
jtrictions of the dispensary law.? e
Abbeville Press and Banner. i
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W. A. Stcl4?ty & Son, Dime Box, Tex, say: "Bar
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PEOPLE'S CHEAPIC
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JFavinf? opened up a General Merchandise l??is
:orner of Main and Academy street*. 1 ask the
onajje. 1 will endeavor to make pric.-s ami kee]
~ DRY GOODS, GR0CER1EE
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We are here to stay, therefore it is o
ron age.
SECOND* Our vehicles are all standard mat
one to b? of good quality.
rillKD Our stock.consists of young and str
do not offer yoiv old and broken-dow
'QURTII We sell as-low down as we hontsl
out our margin is reduced to roek bo
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