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just imposit:ion of such waxes upon all .classes subject thereto and to have a Uniform and equal rate of taxation and assessment; whereas, the said license tav is not so gi'adu ated and makes an unjust discrimina tion against the petitioner and other -domestic corporations. That the said Act if it is to be regarded as a tax, on property and not a license and privilege tax is unconstitutional, null and void, because it violates 6ee tion XXIX of Artivle 111 of the state oCistitution, which provides that all taxes uipon property, real and personal, shall be laid upon the actual value of the property taxed, which shall be ascertained by an as sessment, whereas this tax is laid without an assessment of actual value. It is set forth that the petitioner pays all ad valoiein taxes levied up on its property in tile coities of Laurens, Creenwood aid Abbeville, and that this tax is an additional tax, constitutiig a system of double taxa tioi. The petitio1 goes oi to state the injury that will comlie upon tle peti tioner if tile Act of .1904 is enlf'orced, and prays that the Act be declared un11coIstitutiO1,onal, null and void, aiid that tile comptroller Cciieral he res trained atd en11joinled fromll collectilg' the tax ilmposed by said Act. A copy of the petitiioii and order of Chief Jtstice Pope was served on. Comptroller (enieral Joiies yes;terday and the papers Nwere turiied over by him to Attorney General Lyon, who will represent the Comptroller Gen eral at 'the hearing on the 22d of April. In his estimate sent to the General Assembly this year Comptroller Gen eral Jones stated that the state should in 1907 derive from the cor poration license fees the sum of $70, 000 under this act which is now at tacked, and it. was in reality expect ed that a larger sum might be deriv ed. In 1906 there was secured from this source the sum of $69,298.32, as follows: From domestic corporations $43,367.S8; foreign corporat.iois $3, 334.56; publiv utiility corporations $22,595.88. These classes paid as follows: Do mestic corporations, banks $3,670.41; cotton mills $22,106.89; cotton seed oil mills $628.03; fertilizer mills $1, 621; building and loan associations $1,090.86; miscellaneous $14,059.98; back taxes $190.71, making the total of $43,367.88. This represents the tax of one-half of one mill on the to tal domestic corporation capitaliza lion of $82,047,950. From foreign corporations, on a capitalization of $6,597,328, repres enting property in use in this- state, there was collecthd the sum of $3, 334.56. From public utility corporations on gross receipts of Intra-State busi ness of $7,531,973, the tax being three mills, there was collected the sum o $22,595.88 as follows: From railroads $16,288.25; express and palace car coinpaieis $325.52; strecet. railway comp)anics $2,907.92; water-, light and powier companies $1,.424.66 ; naviga l.ion comnpaie s $232.28; teIleria ph and tel ephoine coinpanaies $1 3541.30; t ot al o f $22,595.88. Th'le license tax act of. 1904h, which is now undi(er fire, was drawn by a legislative commit tee and was sup) posed to be invultierable, having been framed by somte of thme best lawyers in the state, and it is not at all ccer tain yet that the Supreme Court will deela re it void, but11 the coi-porat ions are either declining to manke returns as reqired under1C its terms or arec do lie Court will hold thle law unconsti t ut,ional. WilY COURT DOCKET ARE CONJESTED ADDITION CIRCUITS AND EXTRA COURTS DO NOT RELIEVE. There Have Been and Always Will Be Delays In Trying Cases and Congestion Will Remain. ews and Courier. Columbia, March 30.-At this dis nee it looks ver-y muclh like a vini cation for Tom Cothran up in -cenville. Not in the matter of the wv local option lawv, of which he is eof the authors and which in par't Srs his name, but in the matter of ounty Court for Greenville. t will he remembered that dur-ing last session of the General Assem there was introduced a bill to blish a coimty Court for Green County, or at least to permit e%)ple to v'ote upon the establish of such a Court. Mr. Cothran out squarely and fought I.he Ssition, saying that there was no for any additional Court and as ig that if the lawyers and oth ould get down to hard work they ~relieve the congestion of the 11ockct which was so greatly com la-iied of. For this declaration Mr. Dothrai received the parliamentary naledictions of many of his brother lawyers in Greenville, and the Green ville Bar Association sent a delega tion down to appear before the judi 'iary committee of the house ind tell ;he committee that while Mr. Cothran was a delightful fellow he was talk ing through his hat, or words to that 3ffect. Mr. Beattie, of Greenville, who is also a lawyer and also a mem Jer 'of the judiciary committee, stood 6vith Mr. Cothran, and they won their right and there is no county Court bill for Greenville. To give whatever relief is needed ir. Cothran introduced a bill to pro oide an extra term of Common Pleas Court for Greenville in July, at a Lime when it is nice and cool in the Nfountain City and any Judge in the itate will be pleased to speid two weeks there listeninl'- to tle celebrat A eliqluelece of th 1,'e Piedimont plead 2is. It was getti1 late in the ses iion before this bill reached the final Sta2, and it was possible th?t it would not get tiroughi at all, but Mr. Cothran arose oiie memorable day and said he had a favor to ask of the house, sayi im pressively and modestly that lie h1ad iever asked a 1avor of tlie house before at all, even X lie had asked it tIo kill the dispen 4ary and immortalize himself and Jim Carev. That, favor was to let h)is spe eial Court bill come up out of its regular order, 1nid to pass it forth with. Yielding to the persuasive per 3onality of the dispensary destroyer, the house passed the bill and it be same law, so that a special term for greenville inl July is ordered. The regular term of Court was held in Greenville this week with Judge Ernest Gary presiding and the publie prints have recorded that Judge Gary read the Bar a sharp reprimand from the Bench because there were no nases ready for (rial, and lie threaten Ad to adjourn the Court. The excuse ,)f the lawyers was that the Franklin ?ase, which had been e.pected to take two (ir tiree days, was compromised and that the roster had been disar raiiged thereby. Rosters are doubt less very necessary and admirable things, but the laymen find difficulty ill uniiderstainding why the Judge should not call any case that is on tle book for trial at any time during [lie term. That, howev,er, is not the question. The question is if there was not en rmghi work to keep the regular term -oing, as Judge Gary intimated, why a county court for G'reenville, or even a special term in July? Of course all of this may seem a Greenville matter purely, but it is not. Similar conditions exist in many )ther counties of the state; certainly iin Ricliland, and have given rise to the demand for County Courts and for special terms, all of which cost money, and the taxpayers have to foot. thle bills. There were at least forty' or fifty eases left over from thle Sessions Court in [Richland last month,(Ii so me of t hem very import aii asesC. While day after day was eon umiedc~ iin trying l4i ne5re for stealinig b)icyc*le4. True. Solicitor Tim mer man thloluht lhe was going~ to he able o get a special t erm for next. monthI, Smd liater foumd out t hat lhe could inot, b)ut that dloes not alter the situation materially. TheO civil (locket in this 'oun ty is likewise congested., And in the Supreme Court it is lhouit as bad(. There are at least sev enty-five eases heard at the recent Novembehr term thait have niot been leccided, wvhileI a number remain un !ee lded from pre'(viousi t ermis. The Just ices have been1 filing de r'isions every day and these decisions are the products of hard work, ev'ery mie of them requliring study and Ia lbor, aind there is 1no intentimi to re flect upon the Court biy -calling at mtenion to the fact tha10t thle Supreme ?'ourt, as well as the lower courts, aie 'Irowded. Sectioni 16 of Article 1 of the Constitution of South Carolina, however, prlovidles: ''All Courts shall 1)e public aind every person shall ha've speedy trial remedy therein for wrongs sustainied.'' The processes of thie Courts ini South Carolina arc fre -inently so slow as to compel the be i lista this provision of the Consti lutiion is nlot always complied with. At any rate there is something wrong wih th Ile Courts, either not enouigh Indges oir too many lawyers or too manny lit.igants, or something. DEPEW AND BLISS' MAKE STATEMENTS. Newv York, A pril 2.-Senator Dc pew, when asked ablout thIe IIarriman letter, ,saidt:. 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