The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, March 18, 1909, Image 2
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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.
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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the objectionable law was repealed.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."
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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,"
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of eczema, tl?
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AN IMPORTANT ACT.
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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
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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."
Kills Woold-Be Slayer.
A merciless murderer is is Appendicitis
with many victims. But Dr
King's New Life Pills kill it by
prevention. They gently stimulate
stomach, liver and bowels,pre venting
that clogging that invites appendicitis,
curing Constipation, Biliousness,
I Chills, Malaria, Headache and Indi|
gestion^ 25c at D C Scott's.
An Inquiring Mind.
| Mrs Mulligan?Oi hear that Mrs
! Casey is givin' a party on Monday.
i Her youngest daughter's comin' out.
Mrs Dugan?An what was she in
fer??Century Magazine.
Foley's Honey and Tar cures
coughs quickly, strengthens the
lungs and expels colds. Gyt the genuine
in a yellow package.
W L Wailace.
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NEW NECKWEAR, N]
k Trip to tbe Old Nortb State.
Editor County Record:?Along
with our efficient Sheriff, George J
Graham, I took a trip^^t week over
a good section of the easu^Tpart of
the Old North State. 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
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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. Accept no substitutes;
insist upon getting the right
kind. Sold by D C Scott, M D.
Bargains.
Scott?I suppose you are saving
up something for a rainy day?
Mott?I try to, but my wife mistakes
every bargain sale for a shower.?Boston
Transcript.
Foley's Kidney Remedy will cure
any case of kidney or bladder trouble
that is not beyond the reach of
medicine. Cures backache and irregularities
that if neglected might result
in Bright's disease or diabetes.
W L Wallace.
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