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rted by Senator Howard Carlile, of Spartanburg, the chairman of the committee. Senator Carlisle is not discouraged by the unfavorable report of a part of his colleagues on the committee. The matter will be fouight out on the floor of the senate, and the Spartan burg senator believes that the resolu tion will pass. 6 It is expected that the merger res 'lution will occasion one of the pret tiest fights of the session. Divided on Marriage Question. If the report of the judiciary com mittee on the marriage license bill is any indication of the sentiment of the senate that body will be divided as last year, on the marriage license bill. There was a favorable majority i-eport by Senator Carlisle anl an un avorable minority report by Senator A, ,obert Lide, of Orangeburg. There were two unfavorable reports s follows: The circus bill of Sena or- Wharton was reported unfavor ably, and Senator Summers' "pure legislators" bill met the same fate. Chattel Mortgages. Mr. Mars, of Abbeville, introduced a bill similar to the one killed last year. The bill provides that no .prop erty shall be sold under chattel mort gages during March, April, May June, July and August without written con sent of the mortgagor, unless such mortgage shall mature during said months. Employers' Liability. Setnator Croft Friday introduced- a liability measure that is of general interest. The bill makes +he railroads responsible for death or injury to employees on account of alleged neg ligenceeeft~ih machinery and like causes. "Tke fact that the employee may Vve been guilty of contributory neg ligence," says the bill, "shall not bar recovery," but the <bill goes on to y that the jury shall diminish the ict in accordance with the amount of negligence the enployee exhibits in sustaining injury. ! The bill also provides that contri butory negligence shall not aid the railways -when the common carriers violate any of the statutes, State or Federal, as to safety appliances. In this event, also, the employee, -under the bill, shall not be held 'to have assumed the risk. Express Company Jerked Up. The Southern Express company is eirked up a bit in Senator Summers' bill prescribing rates over express company lines for* goods other than money. The bill defines the several tariffs, including general merchandise, then peirishables, etc., and goes fully into tables showing the rates that may be charged. *In Tariff A, general mnerchandise, the r tes peer hundred pounds are fixed as follows: Twenty miles, 30 cents; forty miles, 40 cents; sixty miles, 50 cents; eighty miles, 60 cents; one hiundred miles, 70 cents; one hundred and Thirty miles, 80 cents; one hun tired and sixty miles, 90 cents; one haundred and eighty milesc, $1; two hundred miles, $1.05; two hundred- and fifty miles, $1.15. The dis.tances be tween are graduatel Other tariffs are likewise arranged in the bill. Assault and Battery Cases. For assault and battery with intent to kill, a bill introduced today would fix the minimum sentence~ of impris onmnent at three months and the maxi mum at thirty years, and the minimum fine at $300. Again the Circuses. Senator Mauldin, of Greenville, is after the circuses and earnival com panies. He introduced a bill making it unlawful for any circus or carnival ompany to show withiZi two miles of n incorporated town er within two 'les of an unincorporgted industrial ~ommunity, without the consent of e mayor, intendant of the tbwn or city, or the superintendert of the in ustrial c r y. The penalty is fin $100 or imprisonmnent for ir days for each day the show n unlawfully. The "Pure Legislator" Bill. of the most important bills to ered at this session was intro by Senator Summers, of Cal .Mr. Summers would make it wful for senators to represent lic service corporations and the 1 is of wide importance. The, pen lty provided is a fine of $500 and six months' imprisonment, no alternative being offered to the prison sentence. The bill reads: "From and after e passage of this act, whenever any rson elected to public office, either as State senator or representative in his State, between the dates of his taking such office and the time of uitting the same, it shall be unlawful or said person to accept from any blic service corporation, or their gents or attorneys, any fee or salary r other ecumeration either in money r other things of value, nor shall he cept the promise of the same to be id or bestowed after expiration of term of office, which fee or salary r gward he may have the opportun ity of earning by or in connection with any of hi onblic ac'' a said got,~ rl Thc un i Mr. RoystE Manufacturer c above other co idea Twenty-SE to-day; the res Factories to sur F.S NORFOLK, VA. MACON, GA. senator or representative. And i shall be, unlawful likewise for said public service corporation to pay or proxise such public office, senator or representative any fee or salary or re ward as aforesaid. Any violation of this act shall be held a misdemeanor. which shall be punishable by a fine $500 and imprisonment for not less than six months." The Marriage License Bill. The first section, "from and after, the passage of this act, it shall be unlawful for any person. to contract matrimony within this State without first procuring. a license as is her-ein after provided, and it shall be un lawful for any orie whomsoever, to perform the' marriage ceremony f'or any such persons without said per sons first delivering to the party peir forming the said marriage 'ceremony the license "as .is hereinaf.ter' provided, duly agthorizing said persons .to con tract matrimony. Each and every vio lation of the terms of this act shall, upon the conviction of the parties of fnding, be punished by a. fine of not more than $100 nor- less than $25, orl by imprisonment for not more than 301 days no less than 10' days.. Segtion 2 provides "for the purpose of ca'rrying out the foregoing provi sions 'the clerk of court shall issue a license for the marriage of any per son upon the payment of a fee of $1. therefor, and a statement under oath or affirmation to the effect that the persons seeking to contract matri mony are legally capacitated to mar ry, together with the full nan14s of the persons, their ages and places of res idence. The fee of $1 shall be corn pensation for the clerk of court for issuing the license." Section 3 gives a form to be follow ed by the clerks~of court in filling out marriage licenses and prescribes the* form to be used. The fine resulting from violations of the act shall be paid by the county treasurer to the school fund in the counties in which the violation occurs. ITelephone Bill. ~---Senator Sullivan has introduced a~ bill in the senate to require telephone companies to furnish connection to their subscribers without extra chage. The bill provides that over long distance lines connections shall be furnished whenever such connec tions cannot be made by local lines covered by the contract with such sub scrier. The penalty is fixed at $50, one-half to go to party aggrieved and one-half to the State. As to Jury Commission. Senator Appelt proposes to amend the law as to jury commissions. The bill provides that instead of auditor there shall be subsrtituited judge of probate in the act, and instead of treasurer there shall be substituted county superintendent of education. IThe jury commiss-ioners would then consist of judge of probate, superin tendent of education and clerk of court. Highway Commissioner. The establishment of the office of a State highway commissioner is sought, in a bill introduced in the senate by Senator Crosson, of Lexington coun ty. The bill provides that the com-' nissioner' shall be a competent civil engineer, "experienced and skilled ii modern improved highway and high way bridge design construction and maintenance," and shall be appointed by the governor. His salary will be $1,950 and actual travelling expenses. in of oyste ven year Ragtcn ult has been that ~ply the demand for I ROYSTER GUJANO CO1N FACTORIES AND SALES OFFICE TARBORO, N. C. COLUMBIA, S. C. S1 DOLUMBUS, GA. MONTGOMERY, ALA For Chri A box of Nunna remermbrance. T renowned tarou Fast express shipments II assure freshness. llowed to appoint assistant enginee Ierks and other assis4ants, upon proval 'by the governor. The duties of the comamissioN would be to furnish plants for the rious county, township or town ficers of the State and to f nis~h expert advice as to highway E bridge improvemen.ts. In addit each owner of an automobile is to licensed by this bill, the license being $5 and this is for the purpose paying the expenses of the office the State highway' commissioner. .A bill was introduced by Sena Summers, of Calhoun, fixing a ma~ mum rate cor the transportation fertilizer. The bill prescribes w shall be the rate of the various n eages and provides a penalty of for violation of the provisions. The senate will meet again Mont at 1 p. in., a recess having been tal Friday afternoon un.til that time. As from m&etings of committees, th was no other business in the sen this afternoon. BTAED 1) AND PILL, fo -yes kyou Best,Safst,AaysRli $0O1.[ BYDRi1GGISTS EVERY WE PENSION~ APPLICATIONIS. I will be in the auditor's office et Saturday during January for the&p Pose of preparing pension applicatic Ali persons interested are notified attend. W. G. Peterson, Pension Commissioner NOTICE. All persons are hereby notified ti executions against those who have i paid their town taxes by that til vill be placed in the hands oft sheriff on February 1st. J. R. Scurry, C. & T. T. C. N *ESTATE NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that as ey mtcr of t,he will of Mrs. Mary E. R r, deceased, I will make a settlemn f her estate in the Probate Court I sewherry County, January 17, 19: t 10 o'clock a. in., and that I 19 mir.ediately thereafter apply for I ischarge as such executor. All pi sons ~ ding demands against t state are notified to render the sai luly attested to me or to Johnstona romer before the said date. J1. C. EPTING, Jr., mo. Executor, Now is the time to subscribe to T erald and Ne'ws. A REGISTERED. 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Moore, de ceased, in the probate court for Nem ay berry county, on Wednesday, Febrt ~en ary 1, 1911, a til o'clock in the fort de noon, and immediately thereafter ai re ply for letters disinissory as admix te istrator of said estate. M. C. Morris. - Administrator. 1-3-4t-1taw. S NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING. s The annual meeting of the stoci rholders of the. People's National ban] Rof Prosperity, South Carolina, will t held in the office of the bank at Pros perity on Tuesday, January 10, 191: ch at 12 o'clock noon, for the purpos i- of electing directors for the ensuin is. year and for transacting any othe to busine's that may come before th meeting. R. T. 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