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* * .. : h~.. ? . ' - ? i k l v ! NO ONLY HAVE T i ? fl NEW TAILC ' I THAT SALARY GRAB IN CONGRESS. Til MTSOR TUTS TIE ilONOUDLE GENTLEMEN WHO VOTED Tfl RAISE THEIR OWN WAGES. The first Congress which met un. der the pre^fnt Constitution fixed the pay of members. This was in 1789. The saiaiy was put at six dollars for each day of actual work. In addition, each Congressman ren ceiyed ten cents per mile, going and eoming, to coxer the expensive stagecoach of travelling of those days \In 1816, Congress decided to raise its own wages. A bill was passed which gave each member a standing | r salary of fifteen hundred dollars per ** annam, irrespectiye of the days of U , ? actual work. ?v. V In those times, our people took a ' keen interest in their public affairs. i/VMembers of Legislatures and of Con\ >' . gress were held to strict accounta$> + bil^ty, If the people disliked any * of their legislative bodies, they jjfiuished the wrong-doers at the next , v ' election. * The conduct of Congress in add. 'k * T ing to its own pay without consulting the taxpayers was resented. The stion was agitated throughout! country, talked of at every crossIs. discussed in every little gath.g. Finally, public meetings beto be held to denounce these idy Congressmen who increased ir own pay after getting iDto ce. Graud jnries spoke out in fjr general presentments. [c New York the people were so tamorous in their condemnation of Congressman Throop for voting aimself a $1,500 salary that he re. Bigaed. The Legislature of Khode ''/ Island adopted resolutions gravely ) rebuking the action of Congress.) At Lyuchburg, Virginia, a petition was numerously signed in which y. members of Congress were reminded that they had known what the compensation of the office was when they sought it, and that if they were dissatisfied with the pay they ought to have quit the job. In Nashville, Tenn, a mass meeting was held and 1 every Congressman from that State who had voted for the salary grab was asked to resign. In the State of Georgia, there were ereat gatherings of the plain Wilkes County, iu Putnam, jt and iu Jackson. Speeches against / the salary grab were made and resolutions adopted denouncing the Congressmen who voted for it. What was the effect of this expression of the popular will? At the very next session of Congress the objectionable law was repealed. ' The great Henry Clay was oue of ,*l< mm wno voted for the salary j^grab, and it was only by the skin of his teeth that he got re-elected. It It was during this canvass that the iacident occurred with which you are doubtless familiar. Clay asked a former supporter to vote for iiim "Can't do it, 'Sqaire. for that compensation sroose with me." -'*nt attitude " have ? \ iV * ' -* ?OUR is HE FINE STYLES STRUCK >RED SKIRTS, NEW NOT 0 ini iiiim ??? try her again?" The old hunter caved, just as the foxy Clay knew he would, and the happy allusion to the rifle saved the statesman's political hide. The Congress now sitting went into office on salaries of $5,000The men who ran for those places knew very well what the salary was before they were elected. Not a word did they dare to say against the amount of the wages while they were seeking the job. Bat after tkev got into office, they raised their pay to 7,500 per year. Did your Congressman do that? Write to him and ask. The most baleful legacy of the Civil war,perhaps, is the utter indifference of our people to their public business. There are thousands of men who will risk their lives to save a few cows or hogs in a freshet or a blizzard who won't even read an editorial in which they might learn how the laws have been so manipulated that they are robbed of at least two hundred and fifty dollars, per family, every year. There are thousands Of intelligent women who will nurse a sick chicken in a blanket op the hearth, with the anxious care of a mother, but who will not even listen to a speech that,properly understood, would be worth more to her household than all the sick chickens she will save in a life time. Last year there was a good chance to punish those members of Congress who grabbed $2,500 apiece out of the public crib. They were under contract to serve for $5,000 per year. They had no legal or moral right to change the contract without your consent. But they did it. And the most discouraging thing about it is that, although the grab was made in a cowardiy, sneak-thief manner, the people took no offense. New York drove no salary grabber from office. Lynchburg up no indignant memorial. North Carolina giand juries were silent. Wilkes county had no word of denunciation, nor did Putnam nor Jackson. The Jeffersonian spoke out,as usual,and was about the only paper that did so. The people paid no attention. Did your Congressman break his contract with you and snatch that increase of pay? Ask him.?The Jeffersonian. The Lurid Glow of Doom was seen in the red face, hauds and body of the little son of H M Adams of Henrietta, Pa. His awful plight from eczema had, for five years, defied all remedies and baffled the best doctors, who said the poisoned blood had affected his lungs and nothing could save him. "But," writes his mother, "seven bottles of Electric Bitters completely cured him,M For Eruptions, Eczema, Sail; Rheum, Sores au?1 all^Blood Disorders and j Khviumatie.nl Jtilectric iiitters is supreme. Only 50c. Guaranteed by D C Scott. Repartee. "What is your idea of repartee?', "As a rule," answered Miss Cayenne, "it's a combination of bad disposition and fluent vocabulary." ? Washington Star. It Saved H13 Leg. M thought I'd lose my leg," ' Swenson, Watert ? of eczema, tl? *?. bad i ? JEW SPF HAVE DECIDl : THE PUBLIC, BUT THE OURSTOCKANDO IONS, NEW WAISTS, AN IMPORTANT ACT. I Reduces Time Limit lor Recording Mortgages, Etc., to Ten Days. One of the important acts passed at the recent session of the General Assembly changes, after May 1, the time in which mortgages and paj pers should be recorded. Under the new statute they are to be recorded within ten days. The act provides: "Section 2,546. All deeds of conveyance of lands, tenements or her.J.'i *1.1 - * I - euiutojeou, eiioer in ietj tumpie ur for life; all deeds or trusts or instruments in writing, conveying either real or personal estate and creating a trust or trr'*s in regard to such property, or c -ging or encumbering the same; all mortgages or instruments in writing in the nature of a mortgage of any property, real or personal; all marriage settlements or instruments in the nature of a settlement of marriage; all leases or contracts in writing made between landlord and tenant for a longer period than twelve months; all statutory liens on bnildings and lands for materials ordabor furnished on them; all statutory liens on ships and vessels; all certificates or renunciation of dower; and, generally, all instruments in writing now required by law to be recorded in the office of register of mesne conveyances or clerk of court in those counties where the office of register of mesne conveyancee has been abolished or in the office of the Secretary of State, delivered or executed on and after the first day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine, shall be valid, so as to effect from time to such delivery or execution the rights of subsequent creditors (whether lien creditors or simple contract creditors) or purchasers for valuable consideration without notice, only when recorded within ten days from the time of such delivery or execution in the office of the register of mesne conveyance or clerir of court of the county where the property affected thereby is situated, in the case of real estate; and in the case of personal property of the county where the owner of said property resides, if he resides within the State, or, if be resides without the State, of the county where such personal property is situated at the time of the delivery or execution of said deeds or instruments: Provided, nevertheless, that the recording and record of the above mentioned deeds or instruments of writing subsequent to the expiration of said ten days shall, from the date of such record, operate as notice to all who may subsequently thereto become creditors or purchasers." 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On the way we had to wait over at several towns, Rocky Mount,Weldon, Littleton and Wilson. I think the town builders of North Carolina might come to South Carolina and learn some lmI portant lessons on the art of laying f off town sites, etc* We saw many mementoes of the Confederate war, such as old cannons, foitificatioos, etc. Generally speaking, the towns of this State are superior in appearance to those of the Tar Heel State. The best laid-off town we saw in North Carolina was Wilson, Here the writer stopped over with kinsmen on the return trip. Wilson has a high ! school with 800 pupils, also a college | with 350 students and some of the 1finest residences I ever saw. This is a thriviug progressive I town and is one of the Sest tobacco markets in the South, to which is largely due to its growth and prosperity. Located here are several warehouses, stemmeries and tobacco factories. While here the writer saw several of his kindred for the first time in ? i _ - 11 _ 1 iJU years, woicn was mucuany peasant both to them and myself, Our gallant Sheriff, too, bad the pleasure of meeting a South Carolina widow over the North Grrolina side, a boarding house ' 'y, and it is not beyond he range ossibility that this wo *hv geuth may yet return to R? 4y - After seei,g North' Carolina, I am more than convinced that South Carolina is the garden spot of old mother eartn. May we always call her home, for we know she ever will be home to the best people of the world. Subscriber, You should not delay under any circumstances in cases of Kidney and bladder trouble* Yon should take something promptly that you know is reliable, something like DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills. They are unequaled for weak back, backache, inflammation of the bladder, rheumatic pains, etc. When you ask for DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills, be sure you get them. They are antiseptic. 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