The new South-news., 1906-03-03


I'd lists Of snch committee Mt both the
1904 and 1906 sessions Of the senate.
"We further find that Senator
Franklin made all proper and diligeni
Inquiry to ascoriaiu whether or not
Senator Hightower is a member OF
ssid committee and that he was ad-
vlsed that Senator EIightowcr was not
member OF said committee.
because of the omission Of the
name Of ex-senator Highiower from
The journal proceeding SIN references
10 said committee, as well as the omis.
sion Of his name from the printed
lists Of said committee, Senate,
FRANKLIN after making inquiry az
slated above, was warranted IN chal'
longing the right Of Senator Hightow.
er 10 sit and advise with said com.
mittcc IL he desired to cxerci"
bis night 10 make such challenge
Third, neither the record nor the proof
disclosed any fact even remotely re.
lccting upon the conduct Of eithe,
Mr. Senator Highiower or Senator
Franklin, and we fully oxonorate both
senators from all wrongdoing, as well
as from all conduct uubecoming a sem
ator.'
Another matter Of general import
nnce was the action Of the senate in
amending the code chapter on employ
ees to provide that where an employe
contracts for employment and receives
money or goods on the strength OF
such contract and fails to perform
same, he shall be deemed guilty OF
larceny unless he makes return OF
such money or goods. This amend
ment Is aimed 10 prevent the practice
Of "crop jumping" 10 the delta by
negro tenants and TO prevent frauds
and faithful failures to comply With
labor contracts generally
The bill for the support Of the Beau
voir Soldiers Home was passed, car
| rying $4,000 for support for two
ynrs and additional Improvements.
The sum Of $4,000 is allowed for inn
Iprovcmcnts repairs, etc. The i'm
lprovcments contemplate large increase
Of capacity.
Claiming the Jones County bill TO
have passed both branches of the leg
islature unconstiiuiionally, the citiz-
aus of that section are to use every
pndcavor to have it SO declared. The
bill is as yet unsigned in the Office Of
Governor Nardamnn and the first at
tempt TO kin it viii be in the nature
NJ an appeal there
Should the governor deem Il pro-
per that the bill should be signed
the matter viii then 20 to the courts,
where final relief win be sought.
This bill created the new county
sf Jones and furnished one of the most
bitter fights iu this legislature. II
went through the house in the first
days Of the session without opposi-
tion, Representative Hilburn making
the statement that he thought it the
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the bill was favored
The House Committee on the Liquor
Traffic believes that 1t has solved the
sc. o. ID liquor traffic trouble. 1t
has at last devised plan which seems
most likely. TO meet the ease, and
which at late hour this afternoon it
took up aud discussed from every
point of view.
The solution that this COMMITTEES
proposes is to place privilege tax on
every express Office that allows liquor
TO pass through its doors. The privi-
lege tax is proposed to be set at ST.
600 per annun. An express company
operating inihis state, with its numer-
Gus Offices. 1t is claimed. would refuse
any liquor shipments rather than at
tempt 20 pay the privilege tax.
Tho sen te this morning passed the
bill creating the Yazoo and Mississip-
| pi Delta Branch Experiment Station
IN Washington county. Senator W.
W. Stone. the author of the bill. ex-
planned that II was no new matter, as
The act to authorize the preliminary
steps had been passed at the first ses-
sion of the present legislature His
people had gone 10 work and put up
money 10 buy the land necessary, and
now everything is finished except the
launching of the station with a pro.
perly qualified branch.
! New York. Feb. 25.-All steamer,
, enlering port report being struck BY {