Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-02-02
IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Something About Liens and Mort
gagcs--Probability Of 81 Road Tax.

|
rier: There seems to be some con.
fusion yet as to the present status Of
the lien law. although there has been
a great deal written and said about
1t since last session. The only
change that was mad" by repeating
act was as to the section which au-
thoriZed what was generally called
the merchants lien. ANY one who
rents land can give lien to the one
from whom he rents. If the land
Nlord does not want to furnish his
tenant he can take the lien and as
sign 1t to any one with whom the
tenant wants to trade, and 1t Is just
as effective as heretofore. This lien
for advances must be in writing and
signed by landlord and tenant and
indexed. The right Of the tenant to
mortgage his crops has not been
changed. The section providing fo.
the landlords lien was amended sew
eral years ago so as to give his as
signs the same rights that he would
have. The landlords lien for ad-
vances takes priority over a mort
gage, and is. therefore, better Sc
curtty. | have had some complaint
that the landlords would combine
with merchants and get a profit
from THESE mems. IT Is not likely
| that landlord would undertake to
do that on account Of the liability
| for damages that he would incur.
He would probably lose many times
more than he could make The
wrong that Is intended to be correct
ed Is where a person would agree to
furnish the tenant and then shut
down on him when he needed help
worst to make or gather his crop.
| have received a good many let
ters in reference to the road tax. 1t
has not been raised to two dollars,
and from the number Of protests
against 1t. IT, is not likely to be. We
are only the servants OF the people
and try to conduct their business in
the way that they want it done If we
can find that. At present about five
| to one who have expressed them
| selves are in favor OF it remaining
as 1t is
| Mr. Sullivan has introduced bill
to authorize each township to issue
bonds for road improvement The
| money raised from the sale Of the
| bonds will be put in the hands of
| three township commissioners to be
expended.
Mr.. Mann has introduced a bill to
abolish the present county commits
sioners and substitute township
commissioners. We are very anxious
to get something that will prove
more satisfactory to the people.
Both OF these bills will probably
| pass.
We have received letters both for
and against building a bridge at or
near the Jenkins Ferry. on Tuga loo
river. but the majority OF them are
against it at present
The bill proposed by the Audu-
bon Society to impose license was
| killed. 1t had many drastic provis-
ions. such as making the ownership
or possession of a gun prima facie
evidence Of the violation OF the law
| and subjecting the person to pun
ishment This might please the wo-
men, but it wouldn't suit many men.
The Audubon people are enthusiasts
and their opinions are extreme.
Mr.. Sullivan has introduced 4 bill
to change the hunting season in our
county so as to allow hunting only
between the last Thursday in Novem-
ber and the first day Of April, inclu-
sive. This will allow the hunters an
even start on Thanksgiving day. We
have tried to get this change before,
| ''' soot h'iHSu w Will tHo
people and lost out. There Is a gem
eral demand for shorter season
everywhere.
At each session there are thou
sands OF pages of reports made by
the various departments. These re-
ports are so cumbersome that 1t is
impossible to read them in the short
| time that we have.
sir Mann has introduced a bill to
make certain ~hanges in the jury law.
My bill in reference to civil actions
mas passed the Senate, but that does
not mean that it will get through
The purpose of the bill is to outlaw
the sixty-day stipulatiOns in the tele-
graph and insurance contracts. The
majority of people who send tele-
grams do not know that the contract
that they sign contains a clause that
all claims for damages must be made
within sixty days or be barred
Bad Features OF Clemson Trip.
Our trip to Clemson last Friday
was marred by bad weather. Friday
is the wrong time in the week for an
inspection trip any way, because most
or the members prefer to spend the
time Il. nome; hence there were only
fifty or sixty, out Of the 1866, to go
The train, however. was thoroughly
crowded with boys and young ladies.
There are many Of them i'm COlum-
bla watching for such opportunities
When the Clemson people were in
formed that there were about 400 on
board they expected every member
of the Legislature and were aston
iShed when the train stopped and
the women and boys began to streak
| out like rats from a burning build
ing. This IS not the worst OF It, The
| members OF the General Assembly
are gentlemen of good manners and
| culture, and they had to stand