The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-01-17


The matter will be fought out on the
floor Of the senate, and the Spartan
burg senator believes that the resolu-
ton will pass.
- It is expected that the merger res
olution will occasion one Of the pref
test fights of the session.
Divided on Marriage Question.
If the report of the judiciary COM
mittee on the marriage license bill
is any indication of the sentiment of
the senate that body will be divided
as last year, on the marriage license
BILL There was favorable majority
report by Senator Carlisle and an un-
Favorable minority report by Senator
Colbert Lide, OF Orangeburg.
There were two unfavorable reports
.as follows: The circus bill of Sena-
\ or. Wharton was reported unfavor-
ably, and Senator Summers ''pure,
legislators" bill met the same fate.
CndI[eI mortgages.
Mr.. Mars, of Abbeville, introduced
bill similar to the one killed last
year. The bill provides that no prop
erty shall be sold under chattel mort
cages during March, April, May June,
July and August without written con-
sent of the mortgagor, unless such
mortgage shall mature during said
months.
, Employers Liability.
Senator Croft Friday introduced
liability measure that is of general
interest The bill makes the railroads
responsible for death or injury to
4 employees on account of alleged neg
ligencs, defect IN machinery and like
lcauses.
s'Eke fact that the employee may
have been guilty of contributory neg
Ngence,' ssys the bill, shall not bar
4 recovery but the bill goes on to
ay that the jury shall diminish the
verdict in accordance with the amount
of negligence the employee exhibits in
sustaining injury.
1.-The bill also provides that contri-
butory negligence shall not aid the
railways when the common carriers
violate any of the statutes, State or
Federal, as to safety appliances.
y In this event, also, the employee,
Eunder the bill, shall not be held to
have assumed the risk.
\ Express Company Jerked Up.
The Southern Express company is
5erked up a. bit in Senator SUNNI ers'
bill prescribing rates over express
company lines for goods other than
money. The bill defines the several
tariffs, including general merchandise,
then perishables, etc., and goes fully
into tables showing the rates that may
be charged.
In Tariff A, general merchandise,
the rates per hundred pounds are fixed
as follows: Twenty miles, 80 cents;
forty miles, 40 cents; sixty miles, so
cents; eighty miles, SO cents; one
hundred miles, 70 cents; one hundred
and thirty miles, 80 cents; one hun
@red and sixty miles, 80 cents; one
hundred and eighty milesc, 81; two
hundred miles, s1.O5; two hundred and
\ fifty miles, s1.15. The distances be-
tween are graduated Other tariffs
are likewise arranged in the bill.
Assault and Battery Cases.
For assault and battery with intent
to kill, a bill introduced today would
fix the minimum sentence of impris-
onment at three months and the maxi
mum at thirty years, and :.he minimum
4 fine at $500.
Again the Circuses.
r. Senator Mauldin, of Greenville, is
after the circuses and carnival COM
panies. He introduced q bill making
IL 1u1 lO1 duy CtIS VI ScAuAfe@1
Acompany to show within two miles of
In incorporated town or within two
miles of an unincorporated industrial
community, without the consent of
the mayor, intendant Of the town or
city, or the superintendent u the in
dustrial copaasasegeStcy: The penalty is
? fnSR 500 or Imprisonment for
*hirB days for each day the show
= on unlawfully.
-. The 'Pure Legislator" Bill.
E of the most important bills to
fered at this session was intro
d by Senator Summers, Of CAL
Mr.. Summers would make it
&wful for senators to represent
.&blic service corporations and the
Ill is of wide Importance. The pen
, klty provided is a fine of $500 and six