The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-01-23

against telegraph companies doing
business in the State, for mental
anguish or suffering, even in the
absence of bodily injury. caused by
negligence in receiving, transmitting
or delivering messages.
Mr Webb of Aiken has introduced
in the house bill granting additional
rights and remedies to the employees
of any cotton mandatory, street
railway company or telephone com
pany The bill provides
Section l Every employee Of any
cotton manufactory, street railway or
telephone company shall have the
same rights and remedies for any in
juries suffered by him from the acts
or omissions of said corporation or
it's employees as are allowed by law
to other persons not employees, when
the injury results from the negligence
of a superior agent or officer or of q
person having right to control or
direct the services of party injured
and also when the injury results from
the negligence of a fellow servant
engaged in another department Of
labor from that of the party injured
or fellow servant On another train
of cars or one engaged about differ
ent force of work.
knowledge by any employe in.
jured of the defective or unsafe
character or condition of any machi
merry. ways or appliances shall be no
defence to an action for injury caused
thereby, except as to conductors or
engineers in charge of dangerous or
unsafe cars or engines voluntarily
operated by them. When deaths
ensues from any injury to employe
the legal or personal representatives
of the person injured shall have the
same rights and remedies as are
allowed by law to such representa-
tiyes of other persons Any contract
o. agreement expressed or implied,
made by any employe to waive the
bene6. of this section shall be null
and void, and this section shall not
be constructed to deprive any en-
pIoys of cotton mandatory, street
railway company or telegraph COM
pany or his legal or personal repre-
sentative Of any remedy or right that
he now has by the law of the land.
Coluubis, 8. c., January 18. 1901
The seoate met at IL O'Clock yester
day spd in the home intervening before
sheinaugoratioo at 12 O'Clock the routine
business was transacted and several
new bills we're introduced No basi.
was transacted after the inauguration.
SECOND READING BILLS.
The following bills passed their Sec
ond reading
Mr. Gruber's bill relating to landlord
and tenant
Mr Stan!aod's bill! to abolish the
summer term of court 10 Dorchester
county.
Mr. Barowell's oill providing for
renewing the characters of corporations.
except railroad corporations, etc. lncor
porased by special acts, whose charters
have not yet expired.
Mr. Marshall's bill to ratify the
amendment to the constitution relating
to municipal bonded Indebtedness.
NEW BILLS.
The following are the new bills in-
troduced
By Mr. Dennis-To amend section
1887 of the general statutes relating to
damages caused BY defective highways.
csuseways or bridges
By Mr. Appetite placs the clerk of
court of Clarendon County on salary
instead Of allowing hin fees. Also 8
bill to authorize the treasurer of Clsr-
endon County to pay certain claims.
By Mr. B.rnwell. by rsquest-To
amend the act providing for renewing
the charter Of ferries.
THE INAUGURATION.
At II o'clock the seeate went over
to the house to cit 10 joint assembly to
witness the inauguration of the govern
or aod lieutenant governor. The
exercises occupied about 40 minutes
The full account is giveo elsewhere.
After Col TilImae had taken the oath
Of cAioe Mr. Scarborough. the retiring
lieutenant governor. removed his robe
of office and helped to adjust it about
the shoulders Of his successor. There
was baudoappiug in all parte OF the
hall es the aew Iieu'erant governor
faced the assembly aud took the gavel
Col Tillmao formally announced that
The busiocsss fo. which the jo:ot assem-
bly, bad convened haviog been transac:
ed she joint assembly vas dissolved.
and the senate returued to its chamber
After short address by the presl'
deut Mr. Henderson, offered the