The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-01-29

VUld all arrangements, contracts or az
reements whatsoever between persons.
firms or corporations. which inten-
! tionally or unintentionally tend 10 les
sen full and free competition IN the
importation or sale Of articles import
ant to the State or in the manufac-
ture or sale of articles OF domestic
growth or Ct domestic raw material.
| ,. The said acts undertake in contra
ventiOn OF section !. OF article XIV an
amendment of the constitution of the
! United States. TO prohibit and render
! invalid. null and void. all arrange
mcntS. contracts Or agreement. what
SOcver. between persons. tlrmS. or cor
pOratiOnS. which Intentionally or unin-
! tcntiOnally. tend to advance. reduce or
control the price or the cost tO The
| producer or to the consumer OF any ar
ticieS imported into the State OF manu-
! factured or gnown therein.
3. The said acts undertake in contra
ventiOn Of section S. article |. OF the
StitutiOn of the United States and
the acts of congress in pursuance there
Of. and Of section ], article XIV. an
amendment OF said constitution to
prohibit and render invalid, null and
void. ali arrangements and contracts
between persons. firms or corporations,
that may Intentionally or uninten-
tionally lessen or affect in any manner
full and free competition in any tratlics,
rates. tolls. premiums, or prices in any
branch Of business. trade, Or commerce
or may seek to control the same.
Nineteenth-And this defendant
further shows and alleges that in and
by the public laws and statutes OF the
State of South Carolina, TO wit: Chap
ter NLV, sections l465 and l4Il OF the
revised statutes OF 1898. it was declar-
ed by the State Of South Carolina that
foreign corporations duly Incorporated
under the laws Of any State OF the
United States would be permitted to
locate and carry on business IN the
State Of South Carolina, in like man
ner as the natural born citizen OF the
States Of the United States might do
under the law existing at the time, and
that any such foreign corporation car
rying on business and owning property
in the State of South Carolina. should
enjoy all the privileges and immunltleS
of owning property and carrying on
business in like manner as individuals,
natural born citizens Of such States OF
the United States and as domestic
corporations incorporated IN the State
of South Carolina might do.
That in pursuance OF such public law
and statutes. this defendant entered
the State Of South Carolina and pur-
chased and acquired property and car
ried on business therein, but has only
acquired and carried on the same as
natural born citizens Of the States OF
the United States might do as domes-
tic CORPORATION Of the State Of South
Carolina might do. and such invita-
tion and the rights therein given when
accepted and acted upon by this defen-
dant, constituted a contract between
the State Of South Carolina and this
defendant which the said State Of
South Carolina has by it's said act re-
ferred to and set forth in the tenth
article of said complaint, sought to
impair and violate against the provi-
sions Of section 10. article /. Of the
constitution OF the United States.
Twentieth-Andt this defendant fur
ther shows and alleges that in and by
the said acts referred to in article 10
of the said complaint, the property
rightsof their defendant in the State
of South Carolina acquired in pur-
suance Of the invitation to and con-
tract made with this defendant, by
said public laws and statutes referred
to in article nineteenth Of this answer
are made subject to impairment and
destruction at any time if this defen-
dant should make any arrangement:
contract or agreement which should
unintentionally have the effect OF IN
any wise tending to advance. reduce
or control the price or cost to the
producer or the consumer of any ar
ticleS imported, manufactured or
grown in this State OF tending to
lessen full and free competition in the
importation or sale Of the same or OF
in any wise affecting full and free COM
petition in any tariffs, rates, tolls,
premiums. or prices in any branch OF
trade, business, Or commerce wherein
and whereby said acts referred to in
said article tenth Of said complaint
have impaired said contract and have
further abridged the rights, privileges
and immuhities so by contract granted
and given to this defendant and
sought to further deprive this defen-
dant of its property without due pro-
cess CT law and to deny to this defen-
dant the equal protection Of the laws
of the said State Of South Carolina.
in contravention of the provisions OF
section 10. article I, and Of section 2,
article XIV, Of the articles in amend
ment Of said constitution.
Twenty-f.st-And further answer
ing, this defendant alleges and shows
that the said acts Of the general as
sembly referred to in article tenth of
said complaint are null and void, and
imperative as in contrayention OF Sec
tion and of articles 1, of the con-
stitution Of the State Of South Caro-
lima. in that the said acts abridge the
rights, privileges and immunities Of
this defendant and deprive it Of its
property without due process of law
and deny to this defendant the equal
protection Of the laws and impair the
obligation of the contract so entered
into with this defendant, as herein
before in this answer more specifically
set forth and alleged.
Wherefore defendant prays that
said complaint be dismissed.
Committed Suicide.
T. Hayward Thayer, - years Of age
and 80 wears a clerk in the Charleston
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