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F.S.RIOYS Norfolk, Va. Tarboro, N. C Columbia, S.' Macon, Ga. Eirmingham, IHELAMAERS OF SOUTRAROLINA 'HITMAN BILL KILLED IN THE SENATE;- AIMED AT HIGHWAY COMMISSION ACT. BOTH HOUSES ARE BUSY 'Upper House Upholds State System of Roads In Slaughtering Meas-. ure--Other Matters. ColumbI)ia. Tho -senate killed the Wightmian bill to allow the supervisor agnd county c'ommlissioners of Saluda county to use 80 per cent of the automobile license fund in the county, at their d iscre tion. Bly the killing of the Saluda bill the senate refusedl to disrupt the state highway act and thus begin an under mining of the highway ,~ commission, accordinig to several senators who spoke against thoe-measure. The sen ate was apparently surprised at -itself .as the bill drew forth a long debate, but when the vote wvas reached the balloting was overwhelmingly against the measure. The vote was 24 to 11 to strike out the enacting words, this being on the motion of Senator Young i of Charleston. *The concurrent resolution offered by Mr. Mclnnos In the hiouse' provid ing, for conferences between the rail roadl andl highway comnmissions (luring the year in an effort to derive a plan to eliminafe dangerous gradlo cross ings 'r as slaughtered by a vote of 26 to 6. Senator Wightman moved to strIke out the resolving words and after a short debate pro and con the resolution was killed. .Senator Hubbard's joint resolution to, prohibit the planting of cotton in South Carolina for one year in order to eradicate the l'oll weevil was killed on' a viva voce vote. This resolution would not have taken effect until sim iar laws had been passed by Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama and NJ6rth Carolina, but the serlate did not think the bill to be along the right -lines. Senator Moore moved to strike out the resolving words and this was dlone. The senate likewise struck out the resolving words of. the Elerbe con current resolution asking the tax com mnission to lower the assessmente on -land by 25 per cent. The resolution was characterized as "confusing andl 4useless." Senator Mc~hee moved to strike out the r~golving words and the vote was 14 to S to kill the resolution. Bly a vote of 16 to 15 the senate kIllod the Simnonhoff marriage license bill to require all males to preo I TS REio:STEIRED TER GUANO C Richmond, Va. Lyn, ,Charlotte,~N. C. Wat 3. Spartanburg, S.C. Atla Columbus,Qa. Mon Ula. Baltimore, Md. Tcole certificates from reputable physicians that they were free frmi 'venereal diseaes before they could procure marriage licenses. The senate also passed and return edi to the house the university trus tee bill enlarging the board of trus tees of the University of South Caro lina to 21 elective members by 1926.| One amendment adopted by the sen-|I ate merely changes the years as the bill was introduced last year and this clerical change was necessary, but a last minute amendment offered b~y Sei*1tor Mc~hee to provide that no member of the general assembly shall; be eligible to be elected a trustee under the terms of the act may pino-I v'oke oposition in the house. The senate agreed to the amendment. By a vote of 26 to 10 the senate adopted a resolution at the Lginning of the session giving all the revenue measures ao before the ody anl those yet to come right of way~ over all matters, with the exception of local, uncontested matters. Later an attemp~t wyas made to get up the in come tax ills for the purpose of send ing them to thir-d reading wvith the understanding that the debate come then, and this brought oii consider able debate as to tjhe advisability of such procedure. The brokers' license tax bill, a new comer among the series of revenue measures in the house, ves reached on the calendar, but action on it uas de layed on the objection of Julius S. Mclnnes ef Darlington. Jesse S Leopard of Pickens is the author of the bill. Duplicate bills were introduced in the house and senate to provide for the transfer and annexation of 8,900 acres of Lexington county territory to Rtichland county and to alter ne county lines so as to confornm ther'eto. The bills are sponsoredl by the Rich land coumnty delegation. The territory iffected by the bills lies in the extreme northeastern cor ner of Lexington county. F~ourteen square miles of territory make up the plot, which is bounded by Broead river on the east and north, on the south lby Richland and Lexlhgton counties and on the west by Newberr-y county. The house also refused to concur in the amendments of the senate on the gasoline and inheritance tax bills. The senate insisted on its amend ments andl a free conference commit tee consisting of Senatr- Johnson, McColl and Laney was appointed for the inher-itance tax measure on the part of the senate. An unfavorable report was made by the finance committee on the 1)111 by Senator Wells to require state c3' leges and other state institutions as well as . county supervisors to pur chase suppies from the horne mar kets where practicable.. 'The ultimate passage by the house of the Sheppard-flarnett "bad check". was foreshadowed when the house, aft~or consider-able discussion of the measure prmo and con, sent the hill to third reading by an overwhelming majority. The one test vote taken sthowedarn majoritv of '75 to MA fea DMPANY chburg, Va. ;hington,N.C - nta, Ga. tgomery, Ala. :o, Ohio ing the measure, and the bill is ex pocted to encounter little, if any, op position when it comes up for third reading. The bill, which was first introduced last year with the idea of supplying teeth- to the check law of the state. provides "that it shall be unlawful and felonious for any person in his own name, or as an attorney in fact for any other person or persons or as an officer or agent of any corpora tion or unincorporated association, society or company, to obtain money or other property of any kind or na ture whatever, with fraudulent intent by meanis of a check, draft or order, of which such person is maker or drawer, or which, though he is not maker or drawer, he, with like intent, utters or delivers or aids or abets another to utter or deliver. If such check, draft or ordler is not p~aid by the drawee, the person making, (11aw ing or uttering the same shall be deemed guilty of the larceny of such money or' property or ti ng of value obtained on such credit, and the fact that such ma'eri or drawer did not have on dleposit with the hank, pe son, firm or corporation upon which such check, dIraft or or-der Is dIrawn, sufficient funds to pay the same in full when presentedl, shall, a~s against the mnaker- or dr-awer of such cheek, dIraft or order, be pimha facie evi dence of fraudulent intent, and any person so convictedi shall he punished by fine or impr-isonment in the dis cretion of the court. Providled that if such check, draft or ordor be paid, with costs andl intorest, upon notico, or at any time previous to the trial or examination of such person, or if such person lbe not tried or examinedl, if such check, draft oi- ondor be paid hofore indictment by a grand jury, no0 such piresumption shall arise: Provided, further, that If the amount of the chock, dIraft or ordler be less than $20, the offense may lie triable within the jurisdiction of the mnagis trate's court." Prospects for an adjournment of the tener-al assemblly within the con stitutIonal 40 (lays look rather slim at piresent wvith the senate legislative mill grindling exceedingly slow in coim parison to the house. Those in dtouch with the inner wor-kings of the as sembily seem to think that several ex tra weeks will be necessary unless "more gas is turned on" and the mill speeded up. One official said that if much more spceed wasq not shown within the next week lhe was con vincedl the two bodies wouild be here until April 1. That, however, is prob ably a little far-fetched. Viotim of Theater Collapse. Washington. - Miss Caroline Up shaw, of Atlanta, (Ga., niece of Rep resentative Upshaw of Georgia, died as a result of injuries sustained in the Knickerbocker theater disaster. Tier death br-ought the number of dead froem the disaster up to 98. Miss Upshaw had been at the point of death since she was takcen from the thatne runs a wnek ago 10- HOlR WORK( DAY IS RE-ESTABLISHED NEW RULING OF LABOR BOARD WILL AFFECT 12,000 RAIL ROAD SIGNALMEN. OVERTIME PAY IS ELIMINATED Time and One-Half Pay For Regular ly Assigned Work on Sundays and - Holidays Also Eliminated. Chicago.-Re-establishment of a ten hour day at the usual hourly wage and elimination of time and one-half pay for regularly assigned work on Sundays and holidays, new rules gov erning railway signalmen, were an nounced by the United States railroad labor board to replace on February 16 the national agreement made under federal control. The board's rules affect more than 12,000 rail workers. According to fig ures based on interstate commerce commission statistics, the annual la bor bill of the railroads will be cut about $300,000 by eliminating the over time pay provisions of the national agreement. While the new set of rules retains the principles of the eight-hour day, the door is open for a ten-hour day. Overtime pay is likewise eliminated for employes paid a monthly salary by a now formula for determining the monthly rate, based on the standard hourly rate. Other minor provisions which will affect the signalmen's pay envelopes are substitution of straight time for the former time and dne half rule; pro vision for a minimum of three hours straight time instead of two hours at time and one-half for working less than four hors on Sunday, and com plete elimina.ion of the old rule al lowing half pay from 10 o'clock at night to 6 a. in., for men traveling on boarding cars. Other rules were lianged to elimi nate any fixed hour for starting work and any specified lunch period. The time limit for investigations into dis charges, decisions and appeals was extended from seven to ten (lays. 300 Studentr lave Ptpmalne Poison. Columbus, .vmiss. -- More than 300 students of the Mississippi state col lege for women here are suffering with ptomaine poisoning as a result of eating chicken salad which was served at the evening meal at the col lege. AEvery physician in Columbus was called to the institution and it is stated that all the students are out of danger, although a large number are still very ill. Dr. J. C. -F-ant, president of the in stitution, stated that the poisoning was undoubtedly caused by the salad, as those who did not eat it werd not affected. l)r. Irene Fatheree, the col lege physic-ian, made the same state ment. A thorough investigation will be made by the college authorities, it was announced. - - ChIcago Has Second "Ponzi." Chicago.-Ra ymnond J. lllschoff, ta ken into custodly, after involuntary prnoceedings in bankruptcy had been instituted against him by creditors, admitted thait he OWes ablOtit $4,500,000, representing the savings of 6,000) Chi -a goans, mostly fotreigners. Less than one million dollars worth of oil anidI gas stock of doubtful value is available to meet the obligations, it was an nournced. Blischroff, wvhose fina ncial operations a pparentiily rivalI those or ChrarlIes l 'on zi, thre IBostoni'V "izrd," explress((d re Ilief wvhen taken in to cusody hy deputiy maarshals. lie had rec-eivedl thInreats from those he is alleged to have ileeec ed, he said, and was afraid to ventur-e into the south and wvest slde dilstricts. To Reinstate Teachers. Durblin.-Schmool tea~cher~s of I rish na tionality, who have been dismissed for political acti vities ini recent years, will be0 reinstated b~y the D~ail Ei-cann, the ministr-y of education aninournces. In doter-mining the status of such teach ers and thne salary they are to receive. they will be considered as having. served contirnuously. MIllions Starving in RussIa. London-Mor-e than 250.000 children are starving in the Chuvashi region of Eastern Russia, to say nothing of a half million adults whno have lose. rm : hope of help, acording to a tel-gr-am from the Russian farlina rief com mission of the international leder-a tion of Trade Unions ,receivedl by Ar thur flenderson, prominent labor mem beor of the house of commons. The telegram says a total or 3'rf00, 000 workers and peasants in anll Itr sla are starving anid that thousanehs are dying daily. Four Thousand Employes FRecased. .,Washington. - The nurmbr of em ployes released at the navy yard by the suspension of capital 'ih;p con struct ion has now passed the 4.000 mark but nos furtheor rmater-ial redue ions are anticinated. it was sal-1 at the navy delpartm ent. 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