ARP WRITES Of LEE
Be Mt the General on Two Occa
sions Luring the War
IMPRESSED WITH HIS GRANDEUR.
Army Did Not Know What a Great
Man Was Their Leader-MHardships
of War.
"Duty is the sublimest word in- our
language." That is what General Lee
wrote to his son soon after General
Scott offered him the supreme command
of the northern army. Virginia had
just seceded and Lee saw on one side
that there were no honors to which he
might not aspire. On the other side, if
he cast his destiny with that of his
state, he saw, or he thought he saw,
that miseries and trials awaited him
without number. But to seek his duty
and, having found it, it was ever the
principle of his actions. These strong
and beautiful words about duty were
not original with General Lee, and in
his letter he has them in quotation
marks. The expression came from Rev.
John Davenport, a famous Puritan
preacher of New England-the man
who gave shelter to the three regicides
who condemned Charles the First to
death and after the restoration fled
for their lives to New England and
were hidden by John Davenport in his
barns. When this act of treason became
known among his people he neither
quailed nor relented, but preached a
sermon the next Sabbath from that
passage in Isaiah which says: "Hide
the outcasts. Betray not him that wan
dereth. Let my outcasts dwell with
thee and be thou covert unto them from
the spoiler." It was in that sermon that
he made use of this notable expression:
"It is my duty to shield them, and duty
Is the sublimest word in our language."
During the war it was my privilege
to see General Lee quite often, but
never did I meet him face to face and
have a brief conversation with him but
twice. Even then we did not know how
grgat a man he was. General Johnston
had been wounded at Seven Pines and
General Lee came from West Virginip
to take his place. He was almost a
stranger to the Army of Northern Vir
ginia. He had been In command but a
week or two when General Black, of
Rome, came to see his boys of the
Eighth Georgia and asked me to ride
with him to General Lee's headquarters
and introduce him, for he was very de
sirous of meeting him before he re.
turned to Georgia. Of course I com
pli d, for General Black was a man ol
nean all consequence at home. He was
d gray and of commanding pres
nd military bearing. Introducing
t was
grandbur of the man before me, and.
of course, as he expanded, I very natu
rally shrank up a little to keep the
equilibrium. Not long after this the
Seven Days' battles began and endec
In McClellan's defeat and our army be
gan to realize how great a man Lee
was. It was on the sixth day that I was
sent to his headquarters near Meadow
Bridge to receive orders, and there I
met him again. He was standing uin
Scovered and unarmed in front of his
,tent, and "Stonewall" Jackson wat
asleep inside upon the straw, and the
servant had set the dinner tables ove:
him so as not to disturb his rest, for
as General Lee said, "He needs it, and
nothing but artillery will awake hiix
now."
I said that the army did not know al
first how great a man Lee was. Neithes
did they know fully at the last, for he
was one of the few great characters
.that develops and grows brighter and
grander as the years roll on. For some
years after the war he received but lit
tle praise at the north and a great na
tional cyclopedia gave more space and
praise to Old John Brown than to Gen
eral Lee, who arrested and executed
him. But now, in the International. o!
fifteen volumes-a standard work, edit
ed and compiled by 200 of the most dis
tinguished scholars and professors o;
the northern colleges-the sketches o1
General Lee and Stonewall Jacksos
are all that we could ask for.
Verily, old Father Time is a good
doctor and Anno Domini the softening
solvent of all malignant passions. 1But
this is enough from me concerninth
great commander. It was the sublimn
Christian faith of Lee and Jackson tha'
made their characters complete anc
added luster to their milItary fame
They were men of prayer.
For a little while I would ask yoiu
kind attention to those whom sina'
1892 have called themselves the Daugh
ters of the Confederacy. Their missior
has been and still is and we trust Ion!
will be as declared in article 2 of theim
constitution: "Educational, memorial
social and benevolent-to collect and
preserve the material for a truthful his
tory of the war between the states
to honor the memory of those whc
served and those who fell in our ser
'vice and to record the part taken b3
southern women during the war ain
its aftermath, their patient enduranc'
of hardship, their patriotic devotion
during the struggle and to fulfill the du
ties of sacred charity to the survivors.'
All of these are noble objiects but the
gre'atest of all is the establishing of the
truth and preserving It. The poet saith~
that "Truth crushed to earth will rise
again," and it has risen and will con
tinue to rise. Even that popular maga
zine, Frank Munseys Monthly, in its
last number, has forever blotted out
the malignant and fanatical stor-y of
Barbara Freithie, and only the lasi
-week the ladies of Lexington, Ky., put
under the ban the drama of "-Uncle
Tom's Cabin." It was the Daughters o1
the Confederacy who did It and to theit'
-widespread and influential organizat ior
the south must look for the maineen
ance of the truth. Just think of it |
Within the pmet inn rara twn-tT a
states have been chartered as grand di.
visions, Including California, Nev
York, the District of Columbia, Okla
homa and the Indian Territory. In al,
these there have been chartered at
aggregate of over three hundred chap
ters with a membership of 2G,000 good
loyal southern w';men. The largest fed
eration of women in the world. Of this
membership Texas has the largesi
number, 2,435. Georgia comes next witii
1,750 members. But my friends. zhi
great army of dauglfters had motherz
who, whether alive or now dead. in
stalled this love of truth and unstainec
confederate honor in the hearts of-theh
Ychildren. They are the oiao ho sae
rificed and suffered and still were
strong. For more than fiftee nyear-> I
have observed a trait in woman's na
ture that is lacking in most men. Sae
never gives up. The sad results of the
war that wrecked the fortunes of south
ern men hastened thousands of t'iefm
to untimely graves, but their wiilw:
still dot the land from Virginia to Tex
as. The mothers of these daughter en
dured more hardships and privation
than their husbands and sons who were
in the army, but they nevec complAin
ed.
Goldsmith wrote
"Man wants but little here below,
Nor wants that little long."
But some cynical old bachelor para
phrased it:
"Man wants but little here below;
For so the poets say,
But woman wants it all, you know,
And wants it right away."
Well, she does want all she can get.
and wants it as soon as she can get it,
if not sooner, but if she can't have it
she surrenders cheerfully and accomo
dates herself to the situation. )uring
the war they actually smiled at their
own pitiful and distressed condition.
They boiled down the dirt from the
smoke house that had long been satur
ated with the drippings of the banging
meat and rade pretty good salt af and
divided with their neighbors. They
parched rye and gubbers for coffee and
sweentend it with sorghum and brag
ged h-ow good it was. They cut up their
old garments and made clothes for
their children. Indeed it is always an
amusing entertainment to listen to
these good old mothers as they recite
their makeshifts and their trials after
Sherman had passed through on his
march to the sea. Not long ago four
or five of these matrons by chance met
at our house and it was nip and tuck
between them as they told of the most
amusing experiences. One told how
her two boys and a little girl had worn
out their shoes until they would not
hold shucks much less feet and she
found an old calf skin that had long
been hanging in the barn and she soak
ed it in lime and red oak bark and gor
about half the hair off and took it to
an old shoe cobbler, and he made
three pair of shoes that would hold
shucks, and they fit the children pretty
well, but the red hair stuck out in lit
tle patches all over them, and she
laughed and laughed until the children
did not want to wear them, because
she laughed so mi4ch. That was the
origin of tan shoes, though these were
made of untanned * leather. Another
told hnw-t=..h 'eWIchildrea never- saw
how she anid her boys built a fene
around the garden by boring holes in
the plank and the posts with an old
brace and bit that her husband -left
when he went off. And they made
pegs and drove them In for there wasn't
a nail in the county. But good old
Mother Akin, whom everybody loves
and likes to listen to. told how three
of heir neighbors got out of meal and
had somehow got hold of three bushels
of corn, and they rigged up a little
rikety wagon and a blind army mule
and all three started to the nearest
mill, which was 7 miles away. They
started early and got to the creek, and
the creek was up. but they drove in,
and sure enough the wagon came un
coupled right in the middle of it and
let tlem all down where it was knee
deep, and let the corn down, too,
and the mule went on with the fore
wheels and stopped when he got over.
But they never gave up the ship nor
the corn. It took' them about an hour
to get the corn and the wagon together
again, and with dripping garments
they hurried on to the mill. A photo
graph of the scene would sell as the
champion picture of the women of the
war. The good miller gave them dry
meal for the wet corn, and by sundown
they were all at home again and laugh
ed ovEr it and everybody laughed whc
heard of it. Almost every family with
in Sherman's belt have fireside stories
to tell that would fill a book. They are
a curious medley of the sad. Ihe pa
thetic and the amusing; and excite
more fun than sorrow. Hov: blessed
are they who still live, and how sweet
are the memories of those who are
dead, for it is the mothers of the con
federacy who have perpetuated the
love of truth and the love of southern
patriotism in the hearts of the child'
ren and inspired those principles that
have in recent years developed that
grand organization known as the Dau
ghters of the Confederacy. Our north
ern brethren may boast of the GIrand]
Army of the Republic. but our mothers
smile and say: "I don't see where the
grand comes in, for all who came this
way were low Dutch and hungry Irish,
who feared not God nor regarded wo
men." Well, it Is all over now, and
we are at peace, that blessed peace that
ath her victories more renowned than
war. And thrice blessed is the woman
whom the dark ages kept subdued for
centuries, but has come to the front
and now stands side by side with man
and is always first In every good word
and work. For two thousand years she
was called by name but twice in the
Bible. Mother Eve, and next came
Sarah. the wife of Abraham, and for
another two thousand years was men
toned by name only a few times, but
at last she was honored as the mother
of our Savior and was "last at the
ccoss and earliest at the grave."
Within the last half century she has
made more progress in establishing her
natural and God-given rights than in
all preceding time. She is the acknowl
edged head of all religious, missionary
and charitable institutions. She is the
these United States constitutes
.i is o..~ :i.-',.oilic school teachers
in the land. In several states she haa
the right of suffrage and is eligible to
office on the school boards. Time was
when she was almost a dead letter in
iertre ad hardly eva noe ?a
+b. .... o the nann*e. but naer a
great metropolmtan paper or magazine
could not exist without a large space
being devoted to her service and her
fairy pictures made to adorn the ccl
umns of every issue. Woman in this
southland is a powcr and woe be to the
men who scorn it, for they are always
on the side of religion and good morals
and purity in private lit1(. Without
them the church. the pray.:-r meeting,
the Sabbath sch'ools and even the home
would speedily deline into that state
tikat Grcver Cleve.land called an "in
nocuous desuetude." In truth. she is
the hope of the world and her progress
the best sign of the coming millennium.
As to her influenca for all that is good
in educating and refining mankind. no
man ever wrote a more beautiful sen
tence than that of Sir Richard Steele,
when he penned that :"To look upon
and love a fair and virtuous woman
and be loved by her is a liieral educa
tion." And so let me say to the young
men, these sons of confederacy, don't
despair; do.n't grieve for a college edu
cation; don't lament your poverty;
but get married and your education
vill begin. Sometimes the course is
long. but it is happy. My own has been
running for nearly fifty-three years and
is not Lo lated, for I have not yet re
d.eved a fiiploma nor taken the first
honor. I am still a ochool boy.-Bill
&rn in Atlant-a Constitution.
A SPIRITUAL AWAKENING
Among the Young Men of South Car
olina-A Great Convention of the
State's Finest Type of Young flan
hood.
The Annual State Convention of the
Young Men's Christian Association of
South Carolina will convene this year
in Columbia, February 8-11.
The gathering already bids far to be
one of considerable strength. It will
differ in many respects fro other con
ventions held. The op g session
will be held on Saturday ening, and
the closing session o1 day night.
Sunday will be a red lett day in Co
lumbia. Nearly all of the Ipits in the
city will be occupied by p Inent del
egates and speakers.
In the afternoon a marnoth meet
ing for men will be held m the Opera
House. A chorus of malevoices will
lead the singing. Mr. L. A Coulter, of
Richmond, Va., a speaker of rare
power and ability, will address the
meeting. The Columbia Association
confidently expects to see a thousand
of the men of the city at this great
gospel meeting.
On Sunday evening there will be
three or four ms meetings in the
principal churches, addressed by prom
inent Association men. Among whom
are Messrs. C. L. Gates, of Atlanta; T.
S. McPheeters, of St. Louis, and F. S.
Goodman, of New York City.'.
Monday and Tuesday w devoted
known As
a discus
on en and '>oy h
in factory districts and Is expected
that this will be a topic f absorbing
interest.
Students from difteen different Insti
tutions of learning are coming; dele
gations of active, wide-awake young
men are coming froin the towns and
lties.
Altogether it will be a strong army
of determined young Christian warri
ors that will take possession of the
Capital early in February.
The State Executive Committee,
through the columns of this paper, ex
tends an especial invitation to the
Christian men of the State to attend
this Convention. Any man who is en
terested in the welfare of the men and
boys of South Carolina invited. It will
be necessary for him, however, to se
cure delegate's credentials, and this
an be done by writing A. G. Knebel,
State Secretary Y. M. C. A., Charles
ton, S. C. Parties desiring further in
formation should address him.
There will be reduced rates on all
the railroads.
The people of Columbia will enter
tain all delegates.
PLAN OF REDISTRICTING.
Counties and Population of Proposed
Districts.
The foillowing is the composition,
with population of the congressional
districts, provided in Met. Freeman's
redistricting bill as amended:
(1) Keowee district, composed of
the counties of Oconee, Pickens, Green
ville, Anderson and Abbeville-18,627T.
(2) Catawba district, composed of
the counties of Spartanburg, Chero
kee, Union. York and Chester-18,700.
(3) Wateree district, composed of
theco unties of Lancaster, Kershaw
Sumter, Richland, Chesterfield. Lee
and Clarendon-198, 82.
(4) Pee Dee district, composed of
'the counties of Marlboro,' Marion, Hor
ry, Georgetown, Florence, Darlingtonl
and Williamsburg-197,313.
(5) Santee district, composed of the
counties of Orangeburg, Berkley, Dor
chester and Charleston-194,417.
()Edisto district, composed of the
conties of Laurens, Greenwood, New
berry, Edgefield, Saluda, Fairfield and
Lexington-197,040.
The average population will be 191,
The bill, if it bec'omes an act, will
take effect on the 'first day of May. but
allowing the present congressmen
-am the State to serve out the terms
office to which they have been
elected.
Will Increase Busi-tess.
The Secretary of State Monday re
eived notice of the increase of the cap
ital stock of the Chicasaw Soap Works
of Spatanburg from $15,000 to $100.
N0, and granted the company the pri
vilege of establishing and operating an
oil mill in connection with the soap
factory. The manager asserts that the
:ompany has been forced to establish
the oil illh In order to get the oil
RuCe7ar for th 806 adW
THE LEGISLATURE.
The State Lawmakers Meet and (let
to Work.
HOUSE.
Sixth Day-There was no great pro
portion of the members of the hou
present when the body began the sec
ond week's work. Yet a very good day's
work was done. The feature was the
discussion of the Schley resolution of
fered by Mr. W. J. Johnson of Fair
field.
The first matter to claim the atten
tion of the house was the bill of Mr.
Bivens relative to the sale of cotton in
Dorchester county. but final action was
postponed. Mr. Patterson's bill to pro
vide for the settlement of claims
against counties prior to the creation of
new counties was the next matter taken
up. There was no objection to the bill
and it was ordered to its third reading
as follows:
Section 1. That in all cases where a
new county has been, or shall be., creat
ed out of the territory of another
county. tinder the provisions of the
present constitution, the territory em
braced in the new county shall be li
able for its proportionate share. hiav
ing reference to the assessed value or
Its property for taxation at the time
of the creation of the new county, of
all liabilities and claims which had
then accured against the old county out
of whose territory the new county shall
have been, or shall be, created. That
such claims shall have been, or shall
be, first paid by the old county against
which they accrued, or shall accrue;
which county shall recover of the new
county embracing the territory taken
from the old county its proportionate
share of such payments in an action
I nthe court of common pleas, which
action shall be heard and determined
by the court, without a jury, as equit
able aetions are tried.
All of the bills down fur third read
ing went through without objection.
They were: Beamguard's bill relating
to settlement of freight shortage; C. E.
Robinson's bill to amend an act en
titled "an act providing fo: the pun
ishment of privy stealing from the per
son," so as to include in its provisions
larceny or stealing by day or by night
from any home by any other person
than the occupant or tenant of such
home; Lide's bill to prohibit cars being
left within 50 yards of any public cross
ing, and to fix the penalty therefor.
Mr. Lomax's bill to provide free text
books for poor children was then taken
up, and Mr. Bucker defended the meas
ure.
A number of new bills were pre
sented.
Seventh Day-The house of represen
tatives spent the day in desultory leg
islation. There was a session of half an
hour before the cenvening of the joint
assembly, and when the joint assembly
adjourned there was a session of about
an hour. There were a great many bills
reported by Committees and several
new bills were Introduced: Brown-A
bill to allow all farm products to be
marketed in any town in this State
without license; Kinard. a bill to re
quire thy county board of examiners of
ezclucouy to appoint the teachers In
the
In their respective counties; Sahers. a
bill to require police officers to report
blind tigers and gambling dens;
Woods, a bill to protect certain fur
bearing animals in this State; Cogges
hall, a bill to exempt the county of
Darlington from the operation of the
cotton weighers' act; Efird, a bill to
amend an act entitled an act to author
ize and require the superintendent of
the State penitentiary to hire out con
victs to the several counties to work on
the public highways, and not to hire
them out for farming purposes; ap
proved 21st day of February A. D. 1901,
so as to except convicts under sentence
for rape, murder, arson and manslaugh
ter from the provisions of said act;
Dorroh, a bill to punish stenographers
for refusing to furnish copy; Spears, a
joint resolution to amend article 3 of
the constitution of South Carolina re
lating to the legislative department by
repealing section 28, which requires the
enactment of the homestead laws;
Br:.an. a bill to make injury to the
highways of the State a misdemeanor,
cognizable in the court of magistrate in
the court of general session; J. D.
Smith, a bill to apportion the privilege
tax between Clermson college and public
schools.
Eighth Day-The house met at 12
oclock and spent nearly two hours
discussing the redistrictiong bills. The
debate started off in a matter of fact
way, but wa.3 still under discussion and
in a very spirted manner when the
house adjourned. The diseusion on the
motion to refer all re-districting bills
to the committee on privileges and
elections was very spirited and border
ed on personalities. A numbwr of im
portant bills were introduced.
Ninth Day-The McGowan bill to re
arrange the congressIonal districts of
the State passed second reading in the
House and is reasonably sure of en.
actment as the Senate favcered it !as.
year. There were several amendmerC
proposed. Mr. Weston announced af
support of the McGowan bill and the
withdrawal of his own bill. The F'ree
man bill was rejected.
The following is the redistricting
plan passed by the House with the
population of each district:
1. Charleston. Berkeley, Colleton and
Dorchester-168.206.
2. Edgefield, Saluda, Aiken, Barnwell,
Bambcrg, Hampton and Beaufort
195509.
3. Oconee, Pickens, Anderson. Abbe
ville, Greenwood and Newberry
190,662.
4. Greenville. Spartanburg, Laurens
and Union-181,933.
5. Cherokee. York. Chester, Fairfield.
Lancaster, Kershaw and Chesterfield
190492.
6. Marlboro. Marion. Horry, Darling
ion, Florence, Williamsburg and
Georgetown-201,577.
7. Sumter, Clarendon, Grangeburg.
Rchand and Lexington-211,937.
(This takes no note of Lee county.)
The following is the plan proposed
by Mr. Freeman:
L. Kcowe.o district, composed of the
counties of Oconee, Pickens. Greenville.
Anderson and Abbeville-185,627.
2. Catawba district. composed of the
contie of Spntanhur;. Cherokee,
3. Wateree district. composed of the
ecunties of Lancaster. Kershaw. Sum
ter. Rhehland, Chesterfield, Lee and
Clarendon-198.682.
4. Pee Dee district. composed of the
counties of Marlboro, Marion. Horry.
Georgetown, Fiorence, Darlington and
Williamqbutrg-197.313.
5. Santee district. composed of the
counties of Orangeburg, Berkley, Dor
ehester and Charleston-194,417.
6. Edisto district. composed of the
counties of Aiken, Bamberg. Barnwell.
Colleton, Hamptcn and Beaufort
184.517.
7. Saluda district, composed of the
voun:ies cf Laurens. Greenwood. New
- herry. Edgelicld. Saluda, Fairfield and
LvYingtoni-l97.040.
The average population of the ab-ovt
is 191.474.
Tenth day: -When the house of rep
rcsentatives was called to order, there
was not a quorum present, and at no
time during the day was a quorum in
the house.
The house gave second reading to a
number of local bills. Several measures
came up and provoked discussion, but
they were not acted upon as there was
such a spare attendance.
Eleventh day:-The house of repre
sentatives was in session but 5 min
utes, and then on motion of Mr. John
McMaster adjourned until Monday at
noon. The house accepted the invAa
tion to visit the Charleston exposition.
The invitation stated that the legisla
tu'-e could select its own time, but the
7th was recommended as a very good
day on which to see the gala sight at
tha exposition.
SENATE.
Sixth Day-The senate spent two
hours and a half at work Monday night
and transacted a good deal of import
ant business. Graydon's jury bill was
given its second reading after some
debate, and Sheppard's bill to have
only one set of tommissioners and
managers for State and federal elec
tions was given its second read also.
The bill for the Soldiers' Home vas
Introduced. Senator Dougless, who it
opposed to the soldiers' home, intro
duced a bill making it unlawful to re
ceive Confederate veterans Into county
pcor houses but requiring the county
commissioners to give aid to indigent
ex-Confederates at their home.
These bills were given their third
reading and ordered sent to the house:
Hydrick's bill to authorize county su
perintendants of education and county
treasurers to borrow money to pay
school claims; Herndon's bill amending
the act relating to the dispensaries In
Pickens and Oconee counties.
Senator Douglass of Union, who is a
Confederate Veterans, introduced a
bill, which will be an tnteresting mat
ter for consideration in connection
with the bill for a soldiers' home. His
bill reads as follows:
Section 1. That on and after the ap
proval of this act by the governor it
shall be unlawful to commit apy Indi
gent ex-Confederate soldier tony poor
house or almshouse, but the county
boards of commissioners of the coun
ties of this State shall, In their discre
tion, give. county aid to the indigent ex
Confederate soldier of their respective
counties, at the home of such'soldler,
or at the home of some relative or
friend.
LSgn-2. That no ex-Cenfederate
s'oldIer shaW li difranchised bi'rion
of his having received, or receiving
such aid as aforsaid.
Section 3. That all acts and parts of
acts inconsistent with this act are
hereby repealed.
Seventh Day-The senate met at 10.
o'clock and in the half hour before the
convenI'ng of the joint assembly had
disposed of everything on theg4endar.
The bill to fix the compensation to be
paid to the county officers in the va -
rious counties of the State. which was
the special order, was made the special
order for Tuesday.
-At 10:30 the hour having arrived for
the convening of the joint assembly,
the senate went over into the hall of
the house and the election for judges
was entered upon.
Eighth Day-The senate killed Sena
tor Ilderton's bill for a constiutlonal
amendment to prevent corporation law
yers from holding seats in the general
assembly, and killed the bill to provide.
for a State bank examiner. The annual
bill relating to the sale of seed cotton
was also knocked out.
Senator Graydon introduced the bill
to repeal the charter of the Virginia
Carolina Chemical company. The text
of the bill is as follows:
Be it enacted by the general assem
bly of the State of South Carolina:
Section 1. That the charter of the
Virginia-Carolina Chemical company
be and the same hereby, is repealed.
That's all. There is no long preamble
or recital of wrongs, or anything of
that kind-just a simple declaration
that the charter -of the company Is re
pealed.
The senate adjourned at 4:30 p. m.
Ninth Day-The Senate was in session
less than an hour and the .proceedings
were only of routine nature. N'o busi
ness of great importance or public in
terest was transacted.
Tenth day:-The senate held a ses
sion at night, disposed of all matters on
the calendar and adjourned until Mon
day night at 8 o'clock. The agreement
to adjourn was not reached without a
contest, some of the members contend
ing that the senate should stay in ses
sion and attend to business. A roll call
was had on the motion to adjourn, and
the vote was overwhelmingly in favor
of adjournment. At the night session
there was less than a quorum prese~nt,
but as only uncontested matters were
taken up the senate proceeded .vithout
a quorum.
Eleventh day:-No session of the
Senate was held, an adjournment till
MIonday having been taken.
Counterfeiter Captured.
Houston, Tex., Special-United States
Court officials report the arrest at
Gainesville of L. H. Reagan, against
whom 15 indictments have been found
by the Federal grand jury now in ses
sion at Dallas. Reagan Is accused of
raising silver certificates and other
Treasury notes from small denomina
tions to large ones, the counterfeits
being so t-leverly executed that some~ of
them passed through the Texas banks.
Reagan was taken to Dallas today by
LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS.
Judges and Dispensary Officers Are
Chosen-Other Elections.
Columbia, Special.-The election for
judges was held Tuesday, and the elec
tion of dispensary officials wa also held
-rather unexpectedly. All of the judg
es whose terms expire were re-elected,
except Judges W. C. Benet and 0. W.
Buchanan who declined re-election.
Hon. 0. G. Dantzler had no opposi
tion for Judge Benet's place and was
unanimously elected. For Judge
Buchanan's plaW.*on. R. 0. Purdy of
Sumter, was eled 'on the first bal!ot.
H. H. Crum wa.-reelected dispensary;
commissioner; L. J. Williams had no
opposition for the place of chairman of
the dispensary board; H. H. Evans and
A. F. H. Dukes were elected directors.
At 10:30 o'clcek the Senate and the
House assembled in the hall of the
House ot Representatives and proceed
ed to the election of the judges.
Senator Raysor of Orangeburg nom
inated the Hon. Chas. G. Dantzler.
There were no further nominations.
The tellers. Senators Raysor and
Sharpe and Representatives Tatum.
Sinklee and Spears, announced that Mr.
Dantzler had received 155 votas. For
judge of the second circuit, Senator
Henderson of Aiken, nominated the
cunibent. Judge James Aldrich of A1
en. He was elected. For judge of the
third Judicial circuit, Senator Manning
of Sumter, nominated Hon. T. B. Fras
er of Sumter. Mr. McLeod of Sumter..
nominated Mr. R. 0. Purdy of Sumter.
Mr. Wells of Florence, nominated Mr.
George Galletly of Florence. When the
vote was first taken Mr. Fraser r Iv
ed 37, Mr. Galletly 42 and Mr. Pure 76.
The latter needed just three votes of
election. Then succeeded a number of
changes, the break being made by Mr.
Lide of Orangeburg, who changed from
Galletly to Purdy. The final result
was: Total number of votes cast 155;
bf which number Mr. Fraser received
31, Mr. Galletly 40 and Mr. Purdy 84
necessary to a choice 78. - Senator
Blakeney of Chesterfield, nominated
Judge R. C. Waits of Cheraw, to suc
ceed himself as judge of the fourth.
circuit. He was elected. Senator
Glenn nominated Judge Geo. W. Gage
of Chester, to succeed himself. He was
elected Judge Klugh was nominated
and ele' ted to succeed himself as judge
of the eighth circuit. Mr. Williams of
Lancaster, nominated the Hon. Ira B.
Jones of Lancaster, to succeed himself
as a justice of the Supreme Court. He
was also elected. The election of
judges was then concluded and tbe
joint assembly was adjourned after
having been in session two hours and
15 minutes.
At 4 o'clock another session of the
joint assembly was held. Lieut.
J. H. Tillman, the president of
body, ordered the sergeants at arms to
clear the floor of all persons not en
titled to seats thereon. This is the first
time that such an order has ever been
issued by the chair and Its salutary ef
feet was noticeable. As soon as the
dispensary elections were over the
crowd in the gallery deserted the bafl.
and the other elections dragged b'eavily.
For the office-of commissioner of the
State dispensary there was but.o -'o
name put forward, th-H-r,
the Incumbent. He was neminated by
Mr. Tatum of Orangeburg, seconded *
biMr. Bivens of Irehester and sev
eral others. There were 147 v ~.
Crum receiving the entire. number.
For the office of chairman of the
board of directors of the dispensar
there was only one nominationi. L.J
Williams of Edgefield. Mr. William
Is the Incumbent. He was nominate
by Senator Sharpe of Lexington, and
elected.
Then came the vote for "the other
two members of the board of directors
of the State dispensary. There were
gix candidates, Senator J. A. McDer
mott of Horry; A. F. H. Dukes of
Orangeburg, former member of the
general assembly; 'H. H. Evans of
Newberry, former member of the gen.
eral assembly; B. H. Theus, represe
tative from Hampton; A. H. Dean,
representative from -Spartanburg; L,
W. B-oykin of Kershaw, recently a dis
pensary inspector.
When the vote was first taken, It was
seen that Mr. Evans was elected. There
were 155 votes cast. 78 beIng necessary
for election. Mr. Evans had raceives
8G, Mr. Dukes received 69; Mr. BoykI
54; Mr. Theus 24; Mr. McDermott 23
Mr. Dean 4S.
The vote as finally declared waG
Evans 8-6; Dukes 80: Boykin 72; Dealt
31: McDermott 2G; Theuis 15.
There were four candidates for the
wo vacancies on tne Doaird Pr directors
of the State penitentiary. The Incum
bents were reelected, W. H. Love of
York receIving 96 votes; W. D. Mann
of Abbeville 78; J. 0. Wingo of Green
ville 66, and W. C. Vincent of Beaufort
62. There were 151 votes cast, 78 being
necessary to elect.
The joint assembly at 7 o'clock took
a recess until 8:20 p. m., at which time
to reassemble to elect trustees of sev
eral colleges and a- State librarian.
There were two vacances on the Win
throp board, the incumbents beinr Dr.
V. A. Crawford of Rock Hill. and Col.
Wille Jones of Columbia. There were
fhree nominees. Dr. Crawford and Co1. ~
Jones were nominated. The result wss
Crawford 51; Breazeale 111, and Jon
100. The two latter were elected.
There were two nominees for nide
on the South Carolina college bo~i
fill two vacancies. The incumbent.
Col. Jno. T. Sloan of Columbia and M~
Robert MacFarland of . Darlington
were reelected without opposition.
There were four trustees for Clemsour
to be elected. The nominations were
L. A. Sease of Lexington. W. D). Evans
f Chesterfield, A. T. Smythe of Char
leston and Jnc S. Garris of Spartan
burg. The threee former were reelected.
Mr. Garris fills the vacancy caused by
the death of Mr. Redfearn.
There was one vacancy on the board
of visitors of the South Carolina Mil
itary Academy. Gen. ll1ison Capers
declined reelection and Mr. Orlando)
Sheppard of,' dgefield was unan
imously ele Mr. W. K. Sligh of
Newberry de ,reelection as a trus
tee of the colored college at Orange
burg and Mr. Cole L. Blease of Now
berry was nominated to succeed him.
Mr. A. L. Dukes of Orangeburg was
nominated for the other vacancy. Both'
were elected without opposition.
Miss L. H. LaBorde was unanimous
ly elected State librarian to fill the un
expired term of the former librarian,
resigned. Miss LaBorde has filled the
position admirably for several monthg
by gprointmfit of tbt 50ftfD'. _