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PUBLISHED THBEE T SOUGHT J^V.^v ' ??- , - v. . ? x ^ . Many Witnesses Snsjsooei io Attempts to Prove Plot iE EiOiog. Course of Bullets Traced in Effort to! Establish Direction From Which They Were Fired?Many Facts Connected. With th a Sad Tragedy That Ended Floyd's Life. ? ? The Conway correspondent of The; State says as a result of. a.trip hej made to Tabor, N. C., the scene of; thej killing of Robert; M. Floyd on Saturday last by Mm. Rosa Hayes,: it was ascertained definitely that the preliminary hearing in ;his case will: beheld on Tuesday, the 14th, at j Whiteville. This date' has'"been agreed on by all parties interested: ? Magistrate W. C. Graham of Ta bor haF.been designated":; to sit-in-the case and this morning be was busy binding over witnesses. Up untlll soon Thursday 22 witnesses had been bound over by the State, and, judging by the activity of the rela tives of the slain man, still more witnesses'may be summoned. ?' All of these witnesses live in and around Tabor, and they have been summoned, it is learned, in an at tempt to prove a motive for the kill ing other than the statements made by Mrs. Hayes and to implicate in the horrible affair others whom Mr. Floyd's relatives and friends claim were parties to a plot to get him to Tabor and take his life. , j One "with no knowledge of the kill ing would be impressed on arriving at Tabor with the idea that some great calamity had befallen this quiet but busy .little {own.- Notwithstand ing: the fact that it has been five days :slnce the occurrence and?the subsequent removal of the prisoners to Whiteville, Tabor iti yet all a?tir over the occurrence. Groups are gathered here and there, discussing the tragedy, each comparing rumors and theories with the other in an effort, to solve the mystery surrounding the tragic death I of young Floyd. The Hayes home is situated only . a few feet back from the sidewalk of a broad open si de-street and only about 200 yards from the main street of the town. Within 40' feet of the house on either side are other dwellings, one being a hotel which on the night of the killing was well filled with guests. Hayes* barber shop is only about 100 yards from. hi3 home; One standing at the front of the- shop has an unobstructed view of the Hayes hone: ;' ~ | The'house Is a: four room dwell ing, a Hall running between the, two rooms on each side. The hall opens by a door on the frent porch, which door Mrs. Hayes in her testimony stated wns. locked. ? The door to her bed room, which she.states that Floyd entered, is sev eral feet down the hall to the right. Floyd's hat was hung on a rack on the left wall of the tall beyond the bed room door. ; The bed to which Mrs. Hayes states Floyd forced her stands In the extreme right hand corner of the room, but to the left of the bed ? room door. Mrs. Hayes' retreat backwards fol lowed by Floyd, as she states in her testimony, carried her the width of a room through a door into the hall, the length of this hall, through the front dror and across-, about ten feet of porch, Floyd having been found at the extreme front of the porch with one foot out on the top step. Those who saw Mr. Floyd before he was moved state that his form lay in such a position that anyone returning to the hall would be forced to c-o over his prostrate form. Mrs. Hayes' statement is that she fell out Af the door ahead of Mr. Floyd and that she afterward re turned to the house and secured an other pistol and shot him again in the head. A thorough search was made of the bed room of the Hayes home is which the shooting is stated to have occurred. The carpet was removed from the floor and two bullets were accounted for. One, a lead bullet, was found loaged in a sill under the floor, the 'course of the bullet being a down ward slant, indicating that it came from the direction of the hall door to the bed room. Another bullet had plowed through the top of the floor at such a slant as to pass out through the window sash several feet from the floor. This bullet could not be found, but was evidently fired from the same place as the other. Hayes bought a number of steel bullets from a local hardware dealer about ten lays ago, stating at the time that he wanted his wife to prac tice with his new automatic. Next door neighbors have frequently since then seen Mr. and Mrs. Hayes taget practicing with this pistol in their back yard. Floyd had been gone from the barber shop only about 15 minutes when the shooting occurred. Dur ing that time he had taken his horse to a nearby livery stable and had made Inquiries beyond the Hayes home as to where the house was, Mr. and Mrs. Hayes having moved to their present home only since January 15. They moved to Tabor during December but occupied an [MES A WEEK. LOSES IS OFFICE PROTECTING VICE CAUSES MAY OR'S DOWNFALL. Mayor Gill of Seattle Accused of Having Allowed Immoral Condi tions and is Recalled. Hiram C. Gill, elected mayor of Seattle, a year a$o, was ousted from office by the voters participating in the recall election Wednesday, and George W. DJlllng, Public Welfare League candidate, was ? chosen by a plurality of 6,00.0 votes to serve as mayor during the remainder of the term i!or which Mayor Gill had been elected. When Mayor Gill was elected a year ago he received 18,000 votes out of 3.6,000 cast Eight months after he was elected the women of the State of Washington were en franchised "and to this fact is due 'the decisive Victory won by the re call advocates in Wednesday's elec tion. Of the >7i,000 votes registered, 22,000 were women and' a large ma jority of'them, it Is admitted, voted for the recall of Mayor Gill. ' The votin'g was heavy in all parts of the city, but the most notable increases were In the residence sections. The to* 1 was more than 60,000. Mayor-elect Dllling received 31, 000; Mayor Gill 25,000, and Brown (Socialist), 4,500. Gill was charged with protecting immorality. Dllling will take office on Saturday. Mayor Gill's troubles began the moment he announced he would ap point Charles Wappenstein as chief of police. Wappenstein was former ly chief of detectives in Cincinnati. He was involved in the scandal that led to the shooting of former Chief of Police (Meredith in a street duel in the city. Pressure was brought on the mayor to remove Wappenstein, and Wappenstein later sought to re sign. As soon as it was announced last November that the women suffrage amendment had been adopted, the movement to recall Mayor Gill took active, form under a provision of the city charter, and the women entered vigorously into the campaign. Wo men stood in line with the men at the polls, and were as quick to grasp the voting Instructions as their ex perienced men folk. SPOILED- CORN SEIZED. Damaged Grain Reported From Sev eral Sections. Shipments of spoiled corn to South Carolina have been held up by the feedstuffs department of the State partment of agriculture. The de partment was Wednesday notified by consignees in several section of the State that carload lots of corn in a damaged condition had been re ceived! Commissioner Watson, upon the receipt of the messages, rushed inspectors of the department to make an Investigation. _ "The law will be vigorously en forced," said the commissioner, "and it is very probable that several of the cars of corn will have to be de stroyed." Samples of the corn sent to the. department showed it to be in a decayed condition. The corn Is be ing shipped here from without the State. The spoiled corn problem has afforded a grreat deal of annoyance to the dep?rtment. The department has had careful botanical and other analysis made and has succeeded in Identifying the fungo formed in the heart of the heated damaged corn, and has es tablished a good many other points v/hich enable the men with the de partment to Identify the corn that is dangerous to men and animals. The commissioner will not permit the corjpto be shipped out of the State. Ten samples are drawn from each car. SERIOUS REVOLT. Natives of Ponape Island Kill Sev eral Germans. The steamer Zealandia, brought reports of the revolution suppressed by German warships on Ponape Is land in the Carolines. The rising started from the punishment of a native workman. The German overseers took to flight and sheltered in a Catholic mission, which the natives placed under siege. The defenders, nine in number, all Germans, uere killed. Father Gebhard, the missionary, was killed when seeking to leave the mission and the road superintendents were hacked to pieces after a gal lant fight at the beach, wbere they sought to launch a boat. - Virtue is like precious odors most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed. other house than this one till the 15th of January. Leaving a brother of Mr. Floyd in Whiteville the dead man's father, M. T. Floyd, and a brother, Her bert Floyd, spent the morning in Loris, Mr. and Mrs. Hayes' old home, and came on to Conway this after noon. It is understood that Robt. B. Scarborough of Conway will be employed to aid in the prosecution. The father of the deceased stated to your correspondent that each day he grows more firm in his belief that a scheme was laid for his son and that he grows all the more de termined to see the matter pushed OR AKG-EBtJBG, MANY SET FREE Gc vurnor Ansel's Pardon Record Dor iog Last Year of His Term USED HIS POWER AFTER Convicts Serving Sentences for Va rious Crimes and Misdemeanors Given Unconditional Freedom, Pa roled or Sentences Commuted Dur* tag Last Year of Governor Ansel's Administration. There has juBt come from the press Gov. Ansel's pardon record for the year 1910. The following are the names of those who received pardons in full: Pardons Granted. ? Bland, Richard, Alken county; crime, murder; sentence, life in the penitentiary. Brazell, Warren G., RIchland county; crime, manslaughter; sen tence, two years on chain gang. Burnette, W. MaBon, Aiken coun ty; crime, breach of trust with fraudulent intent; sentence, six months' imprisonment. Carson, Fannie, Spartan burg county; crime, murder; sentence, life in penitentiary. Carter, Willie, Aiken county; crime, housebreaking and larceny; sentence, five years In reformatory. Dawson, Rosa, Spartanburg coun ty; crime, larceny; sentence, a fine. Foster, Leila, Spartanburg county; crime, petit larceny; sentence, twen ty-five days on county chain gang. Garrison, J. H., Laurens county; crime, manslaughter; sentence, two years in the penitentiary. Green, Robert, Orangeburg coun ty; crime, rape; sentence, life im prisonment in penitentiary Gruber, Bascomb B., : Newberry county; crime, petit laraceny; sen tence, fine of twenty dollars. Kilgore, Robert, Lee county; crime, manslaughter; sentence, sev en years on county chain gang. " Laury, Robert, Richland county; crime, statutory burglar; sentence, three years at hard labor. Mims, W. T., Barnwell county; crime, breach of trust; sentence, to pay fine of ten dollars. . Moore, Cohen, Anderson county;. crime, petit larceny; sentence Renew, Gary, Aiken county; crime, housebreaking and larceny; sentence, five yc-nrs in reformatory. Roberts, E. B., Charleston county; crime, larceny; sentence, one year imprisonment. Sandifer, Walter E., Bamberg county; crime, arson; sentence, fif teen years In penitentiary. Swilling, Wilkie, Greenville coun ty; crime, manslaughter; sentence, seven years ?n penitentiary, light la bor. 1 Taylor, T?nrant, Chesterfield coun ty; crime, housebreaking and lar ceny; sentence, six months on chain gang or line of one hundred dollars. Paroles Granted. Bell, Irby, Laurens county; crime, burglary and larceny; sentence, eighteen months on chain gang of county. Burton, David, Anderson county; crime, murder; sentence, life in pen itentiary. Copeland, Perk, Bamberg county; crime, murder; sentence, two years on chain gang. Davis, Jonas. Chesterfield county; crime, housebreaking and larceny; sentence, fiye years' Imprisonment. Frasier, Harriet, Charleston coun ty; crime, larceny from the person; sentence, one year imprisonment. Good, B. H., Greenville county; sentence, two years in jail. Gardner, Thomas, Kershaw coun ty; crime, assault with intent to kill; sentence, one year imprisonment. Good, B H, Greenville county; crime, violation of the dispensary law; sentence, six months' imprison ment or fine of $200. Hallman, Isaac. Rirhland county; crime, abduction; sentence, two years in penitentiary. Harris, William, Lancaster coun ty; crime, housebreaking and lar ceny; sentence, to reformatory in Lexington. Hendrix, Frank, BarnweH county; crime, housebreaking and larceny; five years on chain gang. King, Herman E., Greenwood county; crime, murder; life in peni tentiary. Love, James L? Kershaw county; crime, murder; sentence life in pen itentiary. May, Chas. S., York county; crime, breach of trust with fraudulent in tent; sentence, three years In coun ty jail. Melton, Marshall, York county; crime, grand larceny; sentence, three years in penitentiary. Outen, Phillip, Fairfield county; crime, housebreaking and larceny; sentence, two years on chain gang. Rivers, J. Horace. Newberry coun ty; crime, assault and battery, sen tence, three years in penitentiary. Rochester, W. H., Oconee county; crime, selling liquor; sentence, six months on chain gang. Wilcox, Marion, Spartanburg coun ty; crime, houspbreaking; sentence, one year imprisonment. Cominutations Granted. Anderson, Washington, Clarendon county; crime, accessory to murder; sentence, five years on chain gang. Commutation granted, to reduce sentence to four years. Boyd, Edmund, Newberry county; S. C, SAIUKDAY. FEBUl crime, breach of trust; sentence, three years on chain gang. Commutation granted, to reduce sentence to June 1, 1910. 'Clair, Willie^ Darlington county; crime, manslaughter; sentence, two years on chain gang or.penitentiary. Cuffy, John, Greenville county; crime, murder; sentence, to hang January 5, 1910. Commutation granted to a sen tence of ten years of hard labor in State penitentiary. . ' ; David, Warren, Anderson county; crime, breach of trust; sentence, nine months on chain gang., Commutation granted, to a fine of $150 or serve out sentence. Dial,' Frank, Greenyille county; crime, burglary; sentence, life Im prisonment In penitentiary. Commutation granted to five years of hard labor in State penitentiary. Gadsden, Alonzo, Barnwell coun ty; crime, manslaughter; sentence, two years on chain gang. Commuted granted for sentence to expire December 24, 1910, to De cember 16, 1910. Garvin, William, Barnwell county; crime, assault and battery with in tent to kill; sentence, three years on chain gang. Commutation granted to fine of $100.. Harrison, Richard, Spartahburg county;- crime, violation of dispen sary law; sentence, $300 or six months imprisonment. Commutation granted to a fine of $100 or six monts on chain gang. Jones, R. T., Lexington county; crime, 'manslaughter; sentence, twenty-one years Imprisonment in penitentiary. Commutation granted to reduce sentence three months. Leach, LeYl, York county; crime, statutory burglary; sentence, three years on chain gang. Commutation granted to two years from date of sentence. , Scott, Elmore, Alken county; crime, assault and battery of high and aggravated nature; sentence, one year on chain gang. Commutation granted to $100, af ter three months' service on chain gang. f SisBon, Thomas, PIckens county; ! crime, burglary; sentence, five years on chain gang. Commutation granted to reduce sentence to. three -years on chain igang. Smith, Ed, Saluda county; crime, manslaughter; sentence, six years in penitentiary. Commutation granted, to reduce sentence to two years and transfer prisoner to chain gang. Wilson, Preston," Union county; crime, manslaughter; sentence, two years in penitentiary. Commutation gr&Jited to reduce sentence one year and eleven months at hard labor on county chain gang. Taylor, Hannah, Suniter county; crime, violation of dispensary law; sentence, b!x months' imprisonment. Commutation granted, to reduce sentence three months. (Toatley, John, Fairfield county; crime, statutory burglary; sentence, three years on' chaip gang. Commutation granted, to reduce sentece to two years and four months. White, McRay, Dillon county; crime, grand larceny; sentence, one year on chain gang. Commutation granted, to reduce sentence to nine months. SERVED HTM RIGHT. Kansas City Lady Wins Her Breach of Promise Suit. (Miss Ethel McKee, the Kansas City stenographer who sued Prof. Grant H. Crain, of Ottawa, Kan., for $25,000 for breach 'of promise, got a verdict of $10,000. ? Miss McKee was at one time a pupil of Prof. Crain, in Ottawa He proposed to her seven years ago, af ter a short acquaintance, and the wedding day was named. When the time approached he asked that the wedding be postponed. Miss McKee had her trousseau prepared, but she acceded to the request. She testi fied that the wedding was postponed ?ten times and that she had to alter i her wedding dress four times be cause of the changing styleis. Prof. Crain, who is now the pro prietor of the Ottawa Business Coi j lege, wrote Miss McKee more than 300 letters. Children Cremated. Two children were .remated, the mother seriouisly burned and three other children who were dropped from a second story window were slightly hurt Wednesday when fire destroyed the home of Peter Eck land in South New Castle, Pa. Mrs. Eckland sustained burns about the body and was injured when she leaped from the window and went back for the other two. Cut off from their room by the flames, the mother was forced to leap to save her own life. Last Sea Trip. The battleship Texas, which is to be used as a target in fleet manoeu vres off the Virginia coast, arrived in Hampton Roads Wednesday, from Charleston, S. C, followed by the tug Patapsco. The Texas came later to the Norfolk navy yard, where she will remain for the present. Blew Up the Boat. Two Americans were drowned Wednesday morning, when a gaso line explosion, aboard the 4 0-foot launch Dixie, formerly the flagship of Gen. Lee Christmas, revolutionary Honduras leader, destroyed the ves sel two miles off Puerto Cortez point. iJARY 11, 1911. PASS ff OVER The House Continnes the School Bill to ; ... ......,? j Last of the Session. PRACTICALLY KILLED The Bill Will Probably Be Taken Up Next Session, But It Will Hardly Be Considered Again This Session, as It Was Postponed to the Very Last Day. The House practically killed the new school bill, for this session at least,, when it continued It to the last day. The House's reversal of its po sition on the bill was a great sur prise. Several motions hostile to the bill had been snowed under, but at the phychological moment a motion Was made to adjourn debate until the last day of this session, and this motion swept the house, the bill thub being in effect Bidetracked as' above stated. The vote was 63 to 42, not voting 19. Those who voted In la vor of the motion to postpone the bill were: Messrn. Arnold, Ashley, Ayer, Bailey, Beamguard, Bowman, B. H. Brown, T. P. Brown, Benter, Cary, Charles, Connor, J. M. Daniel, Davis, Dixon, iBaac Edwards, Erckman, Gary, Gilbert, Graham, Hamilton, Harrison, Hill, Hopkins, Hunter, Hutto, Irby, Jackson, Jones,, Kirk land, Leland, Lengnick, McCravey, McDow, McQueen, Magill, Mauldin, Mlms, Mitchnm, Moore; "Mower, H. A. Odom, W. P. Odom, Paulllng, Pegues, Polk, Rembert, Richardson, Sanders, Scott, Searson, P. L. Shuler, C. D. Simith, D. L. Smith, K. Pi Smith, Stanley, Stevenson, Tobias, Watson, Wells, Williams, Willis, Win gar d. Those who opposed deferring ac tion were Speaker Smith and Messrs. Baskln, Belser, Bethea, Bowers, Boyd, Brlce, W. L. Daniel, Dick, Doar, Dobson, DuBose, Drummona, E. C. Edwards, Fr?ser, Fultz, Har ris, Horlbeck, James, KetchinN Kib ler, Kirvin, Lee, McKeown, Manuel, Meares, Miller, Motte, Nicholson, Osborne, Reaves, Riley,' Sawyer, Saye, C. ^T. Shuler, Singleton, Tison, Turnbull, Vander Horst, Whisonant, Wyche, Toumans. The absentees were Messrs. Bodie, Bookter, Browning, Bryan, Chandler, Courtnay, Earle, Evans, Gasque, Hines, Hiott, Kelleban, League, Mansfield, Nunnery, Peeples, Salley, Todd, Vincent. Fight on the Dili. ? When the school bill came up Wednesday morning, under the head of "debate interrupted," considera tion of the committee amendments was resumed. Mr. Mower's amend ment offered the night before was adopted. This provided that the sec tion in the bill with reference to the manner of appointing the State board of education be Btruck out and the following substituted: "The State board of education shall consist of the governor, the State superintend ent of education and one member from each congressional district to be appointed by the governor." The house adopted Mr. Drum mond's amendment that no aid shall be given to high schools in towns of more than 2,500 population. The committee had suggested "more than 1,000 population.'' Trust the People. Mr. Mower sought to have adopt ed an amendment that the county boards of education consist of five -members to be elected by the people. This was tabled on motion of Mr. Sawyer. The proposition then re curred to the committee amendment that the county boards be appointed on the recommendation of the legis lative delegation. At this point the house, which had been growing more and more rest less under the adopting of amend ments showed more and more a dis position against the whole mallei. Mr. Williams of Aiken, who hau "preached the funeral of Heyward county." had also started an oppo sition to this bill which later mani fested itself. Mr. Wingard opposed the appoint ing of the county .boards upon the recommendation of legislative dele gations. He declared that it would interfere with the work of the legis lature, delegations would be assailed by applicants for positions on county boards of education and valuable time would be lost. There is that in human nature which likes power and persons seek positions which give power. He stands by the old Democratic doctrine of letting the people igovern. The United States senators are to be elected by the peo ple, why not other officers? Afraid of the People. Mr. Ayer disagreed with Mr. Win gard. He thought this the way to get the good board by the use of the appointing power. Ilr. Watson of Anderson opposed the bill. He is in thorough accord with the efforts of the commission, but the bill is the most momentous of the whole session and the judg ment of the members of the house is premature. The shortest and mosi concrete way of managing the schools is the .best, and for that rea-; son he favors the bill in part, but the j provisions for carrying out the law are objectionable. He does not be lieve in the appointive power. They who use It are influenced by favor-, itism. In his county they have bad 1 good superintendents of education, T THE EARTH CAVING IN A BOTTOMLESS HOLE APPEARS NEAR GAINESVILLE, FLA. Just How Deep the Water in This Hole is Cannot be Estimated With Accuracy. Another "sink" on Alachua Lake, just across from the chain of "sinks" south of the city, developed some Itime during Wednesday night, says the Sun, of Gainesville, Fla., and ab a result the trains over the At lantic Coast' Line were annulled af ter the LeeBburg-JackBonville train which reached here Thursday morn ing at S o'clock. According to the Sun's account the first report that reached the city was brought by Conductor Frederick, who was advised of the trouble by Section Foreman Thigpen, who made the discovery early in the morning oh his. way to the south end of his section. When Mr. Thigpen first discovered the new sink it was not mpre than 10 or 15 feet in diameter, but it spread very rapidly during the morn ing hours, and by the arrival of the Leesburg passenger train It had ,|Town to about 40 feet, one large chunk of earth following after an other in rapid succession, and the ground cracking for a space of sever al feet around the entire hole. At about the noon hour th9 place presented a rather interesting scene, for at this time the great loads of earth were rolling in at intervals, and with them the water would uoil and sizzle as though It was hot iron being struck in place. The great pool also resembled the waves of the seas, for during all/day It was in motflbn, sometimes being greater than at'oth ers, and up to last night the earth was still falling. Reports from the place last night were to the effect that the hole had covered a distance of 125 feet run ning north and south, while from the east to west banks the distance is fully 100 feet. This sink developed some 20o yards this side of the one that oc curred there a few years ago, when a local freight train with many cars fell to the bottom of the place, but fortunately there was no water in this one, and it was easily filled Iu, and 1b used today the same as the | old roadbed. Just how deep the water in this new place is cannot be estimated with any degree of accuracy, for .during the forenoon a large tree that was fully 30 or more feet tall wai> In the middle of the place, and in the afternoon it had disappeared as though nothing but a bottomless hoie was there to receive anything that came its way. There are a number of old sink& In the vicinity, but the new one is. larger than any of the others. SOON THE DOG WAS DEAD. Huge Gorilla and Bull Dog Battle to the Death. A battle to the death between a gorilla and an English bull dog, in which the gorilla, was the victor, was the attraction Wednesday night with almost the entire male popula tion of New Iberia, La., as spectators. A pen 12 feet square and S feet high was arranged for the combat with seats on all sides. The dog and gorilla were placed into the pen at 12 midnight. ' At 12.02.30 the dog was dead. The dog leaped at the gorilla Im mediately after being placed into the pen. The gorilla caught the dog just as a man catches a baseball, j then bit Quickly through the dog's skull into the brain, broke its back and tore it to pieces. Find Four Dead. A tragedy growing out of the in- J ability of the head of the house to provide properly for 'vis wife and two j children, is the way the police sum up (he discovery of four corpses inj a Brooklyn home today. The vic tims were Frank Bernard, his wife and their two children.. ?he family were victims of aspyxiation from il luminating gas. m > a \ Man;' Drown. Several coasting vessels in the Mediterranean .ire still missing and it is feared that they were lost dur ing the recent storm. On the Cata lonian coast alone five barks were wrecked and 43 persons drowned. A friend indeed is a man who nev er tells us his troubles. I but If this bill passes the future i would be uncertain. He is willing to trust the people to elect county sup erintendents. The Final Vote. Mr. Moore oi Abbeville moved to adjourn debate until the last day of the session. The chair announced the result as opposed to .Mr. Moore's amendment. Mr. Osbornc moved to reconsider. Mr. Wynne moved to table. By a vote of 01 to 4? the \ house refused to table. The vo ] then taken on Mr. Osborne's n: tiui , to reconsider. This resulted In " vor j 'or the motion. The house 1 : reconsidered, the question then came back to adjourning debate unr ??? last day of the session, Mr. .A ore - motion. The result, as annr above, was 63 to 42, and the ! tttsr was finally disposed of for th: ? sos-, sion in that way for it would use less to discuss the bill on th: lur.t day of the session. WO CENTS PEK COPT ME FOR JUDGE A Close and Exciting Race for tht New Supreme (lonrt Jusrice. A NICK ?ND NECK START Memmlnger, Watts, Frazer, iBonham and Gruber :Pnt in .Nomination and on First Ballot Ran Pretty Close Together, Except Gruber, Who Lagged Somewhat Behind:' At noon on Wednesday the Senate and House of Representatives met in joint assembly to elect a fifth Asso ciate Justice of the Supreme Court. The' nominations were: '" Judge R. Withers Memminier, of Charleston, by .Mr. Vauder Horst. Judge R. C. Watts, of Cheraw, by Mr. Stevenson. Mr. W. B. Gruber, of Colleton, by Senator Bates., r * The Hon. Thbs. B. Fr?ser, of Suin ter, nominated by Senator Johnstone. Gen. Milledge L. Bonham, of An derson, nominated by Senator Sulli van.-1 - ?' ": "?' 'V3 Three ballots were' taken, but no election resulted, the vote 'on the first ballot being Memminger, 39; Watts, 35; Fr?ser, 33; Bonham; 30; Gruber; 18; Carey, 1. Oh the third ballot Watts and Frazer received re spectively 38 and 36, while Bonham lost 2 and Gruber 4. The vote of i;he different members was as fol lows: , Voting for Memminger. For Judge Memmlnger: Senators Appelt, Croft, Dennis, Muckenfuss, Rainsford, Spivey, - Walker, Weston.: House: Speaker Smith, Bailey, Bookter, Boyd, T. P. Brown, Bryan, Butler, Connor, . Courtnay, Davis, Erckmann, Horlbeck, Kirkland, Le lahd, Mansfield, Manuel, Motte, H. A. Odom, Osborne, Peeples, Rembert, Sawyer, Shuler, Tison, Tobias, Todd, Turnbull, Vander Horst, Wells, Wil liams, Youmahs?39." bull, Vander Horst, Wells, Williams, Youmans?39. Voting for Fraser. For Mr. Fraser: Senators Christ ensen, Clifton, Johnstone, Hougn, Stuckey. J.. ? House: "Baskin, Belser, Bethen,. Bowers, Bowman, Browning, Chan dler, W- L. Daniel, Dick, Doar, *Du Bose, Edwards, I. and E. C. Fultz, Graham, James, Jones, Kibler, Leg nick, McKeown, Paulllng, Reaves, Richardson,. Saunders, Saye, Vincent, Whisonant, Wingard. Total, 33. Voting for Gruber. For Mr. Gruber: Senators Acker man, Bates, Black, Crosson, Ginn? Stewart, Summers. House: Dobson, Hamilton, HilL. Hunter, Hutto, Polk, Mlms, Mitch urn, Riley, C. T. Shuler, D. L. Smith. Total, 18. Voting for Watts. For Judge Watts: Senators Car lisle, Earle, Green, Hardin, W. J. Johnson, Laney, Lawson, Manning,. McCown, Strait, Waller, Wharton, Young. House: Beamguard, Charles, DIxon, Earle, Evans, Gary, Irby, Ketchen, Klrven, McDow, McQueen, Magill, Mears. Miller, Moore, W. F. Odom, Pegues, Singleton, Stanley, Stevenson, Willis, Wyche. Total, 35. Voting for Bonham. For Mr. Bonham: Senators For rest, Lide, Mars, W. L. Mauldin, T. J. Mauldin, Montgomery, Sullivan. House: Arnold, Ashley, Ayer, B. H. Brown, Gary, John M. Daniel, Drummond, Gilbert, Harris. Harri son, Hopkins, Jackson, League. Lee, McCary, Mauldin, Mower, Nicholson, Scott, Searson, C. D. "Smith, K. P. Smith, Watson. Total, CO. Changes on Second Ballot. On the second ballot the' changes were: Senator W. L. Mauldin, from Bonham to Watts: Mr. Brice, Carey to Fraser; T. P. Brown. Memminger to Watts; Mr. Doar did not vote: Air. Hamilton changed from Gruber to Bonham; Mr. Riley did not vote: Mr. C. T. Shuler changed from Gru ber to Fraser. Chan "en on Third Pal lot. On the third ballot the changes wore: Senator Crosson changed from Gruber to Watts; Senator Hall, not previously voting, voted Cor ? Fraser; Senator W. L. Mauldin voted for Bonham. Senators Sinkler and . Eppes were absent for the day, the former being sick at home. In the House Mr. Doar did not vote, nor did Mr. Dobson; Mr. Ham ilton voted for Memminger; Mr. Riley did not vote, and Mr. Searson voted for Gruber. This concluded the balloting for the day. -? y ? . Hanged for Murder. At Waynesmoro, Ga., Calvin John ston paid the penalty for the murder of Harvey Jones Wednesday morn in:? by hanging. The trap was sprung at 11:22 a. m., and he was pronounced dead in fifteen minutes from strangulation. He went to tiio ^allows with as little emotion as he showed during his trial, and had no statement to make. P;-iKsi.-'s Population. P~*!ss:a u-s a *"pulation r* 40, 157.57:1. The official "vs tn i-e cp-fio(i <n r.pj. i i: ?: ? ? ie nubile to'J-y. Tl*r '-v-aa^e in the I" t f"-e vpnrs is sf'rhtly n?ors than that of the pracedlns census period. Reading m?keln ;t fill r.:-.n, c-,n fo,-enco n ready man, r.nd writing an exact man. J