The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-01-26
ANT|-B0CKET SHOP
BILL PASSESH0USE
BY A VOTE OF Io2 TO WITH
OUT AMENDMENTS
VAN B. e0DD|E AUTHoF
Bill Prohibits All Offices From Trad
ing in Cotton Futures-Does fNot
Prohibit Posting of Markets in
Regular Exchange-Other News.
Morning Times Special.

Morning Times Special
Jackson, Miss, Jan. 25.-The feat
ure in the house OF representatives
today was the passage of Van. B. |
Boddfe's nti-bucketshop bill by a
vote of los to 5, without any amend
ment5 The bill prohibits all offices |
from trading in cotton futures, but
does not prohibit the posting OF the
markets in regular exchanges, and
does not prohibit flint any telegraph
messages for sale on purchase fu
lures at points outside of the state.
This bill, if reported favorably by
the senate, and is signed by the gov
ernor, will put an effectual stop TO
the future gambling business In this
state.
Fl NJ. Quinn in troduced a concur
rent bill to- amend the constitutional
method now in force for the distri
button of the school fund Quinn's
bif provides that each county retain
its own poll taxes and state fund for
is OF the average school attendance
| in each county. 1t also provides. for
| raising enough money to conduct the
schools four monthssAof the year in
| each district. :.
Mr.. Fosters Mental anguish bill
was introduced yesterday and refes-a
red to the judiciary committee. It
seeks to provide for the payment OF
money as a compensation for mental
anxiety, suffering, anguish, pain, hui
mlia ton, disappointment, distress or
other mental suffering or injury and
not arising therefrom, caused by the.
negligence iof any person, corporation
| or co-partnership in the performance
of any duty undertaken by such per
son, corporation or partnershipn
1t is hard to tell from the manner
| in which the Foster bill is framed,
whether the author is in earnest or
merely joking a merry jest and even
| ribaIdry, and some of his friends are
inclined to suspect that this is an
| instance of that sort. Certain it is.
| the Foster bill is very sweeping, al
] though measure of unusual brevity.
Under its provisions, if you make
an engagement to meet a person on a
certain street corner, at a certain
hour, and fail to be promptly on hand
i you are legally liable for the payment
of damages IN accordance with the
mental anguish suffered by your
waiting friend.
| The probing of the affairs OF the
A. & NJ College at Starkville, with
especial reference to the recent trou-
bles at that institution, will not be
commenced until several days hence
The senate framed and adopted sever
] | al amendments to the house resolu-
| LlO1f, WulCH DN ldlliiC0 tiG
latter body. 1t is expected that the
Joint committee on universities ard
!. colleges will go to Starkvi1le about
the middle of next week and remain
at the A. ..& NJ College until the prob
ing is concluded, the two members
of the faculty who were discharged
and the member who resigned being
given ample opportunity to state
their grievances and present what
. ever complaints they may have to
. make concerning the adn1Inistr alton
: of President Hardy
Gov. Noel is engaged in the prep
aratfon of his initial message to the
legislature and the document will be
transmitted aduring the coming week.
probably on Wednesday or Thurs
+ day
5 The control of the public service
I corporations, regulation Of freight
5 rates, Legislative apnointnents, dis
z tribution of the common school fund.
! an elective judiciary, and needed
: changes in the primary election Law,
! will be the principal subjects discuss
e3ed.
Il II is-nut cerlip that Gov Noel vii
leover All Of these ssbieoks IN one