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JUDGES ARE NAMED BY THE LEGISLATURE JOINT ASSEMBLY FILLS ALL VA CANCIES. W. F. Stevenson States Reason for Delay in Announcing Result. Clifton Makes Statcement. Convening at noon a;id holding a night session, the joint assembly Fri day elected five circuit judges. The morning session consumed three hours. The following were the judges elected: Hayne F. Rice, of Aiken, Sec ond circuit, to succeed the late Judge Robert Aldrich; Thomas H. Spain, of Darlington, Fourth circuit, to suc ceed Associate Justice R. C. Watts; Frank B. Gary, of Abbeville, Eighth -circuit, to succeed the late Judge J. C. Klugh. At its night session the joint assem-, bly reelected Judge J. W. DeVore, of Edgefield, for the Eleventh circuit, and Judge S. W. W. Shipp, of Florence, Judge S. W. G. Shipp, of Florence, W. L. Mauldin presided over the morning meeting of the joint assem bly. Four candidates were in the race for judge of the Second circuit and three ballots were taken before Hayne F. Rice received a majority of the votes cast. The Nominees. The nominees for judge of the Sec end circuit were: J. E. Davis, of Barnwell, nominated by Mr. Peeples; Hayne F. Rice, of Aiken, nominated by Senator Croft; B. W. Miley, of Bamberg, nominated by Mr. Hunter, and George H. Bates, of Barnwell, nominated by Mr. Searson. The result of the first ballot for judge of the Second judicial circuit was as follows: Bates 64, Rice 58, Miley 19, Davis 14. Total number of votes cast, 155. Necessary for election 78. The result of the second ballot for judge of the Second judicial circuit was as follows: Bates 66, Rice 74, Miley 10, Davis 5. Total number of : votes cast, 155. Necessary for elec tion,:78. The namle of J. E. Davis was with * drawn from nomination after the sec ond ballot. The third 'ballot resulted as follows: Rice 99, Bates 55. Total number of vwotes cast, 154. Necessary for elec tion, 78. Senator W. L. Mauldin declared Hayne F. Rice elected judge of the, Second judicial circuit. The Fourth Circuit. Senator Mauldin announced that the joint assembly would next elect a -judge of the Fourth judicial ci- *uit. Senator Lawson nominated Thomas* H. Spain, of the Darlington bar, and Mrz Stevenson nominated Edward McIver, of Chesterfield. It took .the tellers a compartively long time to announce the result of the vote for the judge of the Fourth circuit. Mr. Rembert moved that the doors of the house be closed until the tellers announced their result. Sen ator Mauldin ruled that the motion was not in order, since under the rules of the joint assembly the doors * could not be closed. Members of the 'house and senate, coming in after the roll call, voted. Mvembesrs of the house expressed dis satisfaction at the length of time the tellers took to count the vote. At 1.50 o'clock Senator Mauldin an nounced that the first ballot for judge .onf the Fourth circuit had resulted in -a tie, each candidate receiving 76 Totes for the pQsition. A total of 152 -Totes were cast and 77 were neces-) sary for election. Other tellers were appoint-ed and a second ballot taken. Thomas H. Spain received 86 votes and Edward McIver 60. A total of 146 votes were east and 74 were necessary for ele tion. Senator Mauldin declared Thomas H. Spain elected judge of the Fourth circuit. * ~ Personal Privilege. Immediately after the result of the 4second ballot was announced Mr. Stevenson, who nominated Edward McIver and acted as one of the tellers On the first ballot, 'spoke on a ques-' tion of personal privilege Mr. Stev ensor: stated that a member of the house had said in his hearing that the announcement of the result of the first ballot had been intentionally de layed. He explained that so many members of the joint assembly had' voted after the roll call that a re count had been necessary, but that the house tellers were ready before the senate tellers. The first count on the part of the house tellers was: Spain 76, McIver 72. After that other members of the joint assembly had1 voted, so that the final count resulted in a tie. Senator Clifton, one of the senate tellers, speaking on a question of per sonal privilege, declared that it was false that the senate tellers had in tentionally delayed announcing the result of their count Senator Mauldin stated that, as pre siding officer, he had confidence in both the house and senate tellers and felt sure 'that they had not intention ally delayed the count in favor of either candidate. Frank B. Gary, of Abbeville, was nominated for judge of the Eighth cir cuit by Mr. Moore and was unopposed for the position. A total of 112 votes were cast for him. Other Elections. Judge J. W. DeVore was nominated to succeed himself as judge of the Eleventh cicruit by Mr. Wells. There was no other no,nmee. The roll was called and Judge DeVor= receiveri i3 votes. Senator Mauldin announced that there had been no election, as 79 was a majority of the joint assem bly. By unanimous consent the joint as sembly took a recess until last night at 8 o'clock. The noon session lasted ntil 3 o'clock. Several efforts were made to take a .ecess after each elec tion, but there was always objection, and under the rules of the joint as sembly unanimous consent is required. At the meeting last night at 8 )'clock the joint assembly elected Judge DeVore to succeed himself as judge of the Eleventh circuit and Judge S. W. G. Shipp to succeed him self as judge of the Twelfth circuit. Both were unopposed. WILLIS REPLIES TO BLEASE. Defends His Position on "Belton ID. cident"-Black-Hand Letter. Columbia, Jan. 11.-A feature of the proceedings in the house of represen tatives today were the remarks of Representative J. Archie Willis, of Laurens county, rising to a question Af personal privilege and replying to the attack made upon him yesterday by Govt Blease in his special message relating to the libel act, now known is his "newspaper message." In the :ourse of Mr. Willis's remarks Rep resentative W. W. Dixon, of Fairfield, suggested that Mr. Willis was out of >rder in the nature of the remarks he was making, but was overruled by Spea'ker Smith. Appealing to the ioue~ f'rom the decision of the speak r, Mr. Dixon's motion was lost, he lone supporting it. Mr. Willis was the editor of the Belton Times and was among others lenounced yesterday by -Gov. Blease L a liar, aceompanied by a number >f adjective qualifications, with parti ~uar refierence to the now famous 'Belton Incident." Prefacing his de ~ence on this point, Mr. Willis said: "Despite the fact that I hold in my land a letter from the 'Black Hand >f South Carolina,' as the writer or writers are pleased to term them selves, warning me tha+ if I again pay! ny respects to the governor of South arolina I shall be killed in short or ler, I want to take this opportunity' )f defending myself against the un ~aled for attack of his excellency in t special message yesterday, when he ook occasion to call me a liar, to which was added certain adjectivesf 3eculiarly all the governor's own." It is recalled that 'last summer the 3elton Times, of which Mr. Willis is! ~ditor, published an account of an al eged insult to the young lady ticket gent at Belton by Gov. Blease. Trhis vas substantiated !by an affidavit from he young lady herself, Miss Mary J. logers, and corroborated by an affi-1 avit by Mr. Jas. M. Alexander, aby ~tander. Some time later the gover ior produced an affidavit from Miss logers which contradicted her for ner statement and vindicated him of he charge of any misconduct. Mr. Willis in his remarks before the ouse yesterday ,produced the original ffidavits of Miss Rogers and Mr. Alex nder and repeated his statement tha+ is account of the incident was cLw -ect, and assigned reasons why a con radictory affidavit was made later. As to the boasted politeness and 3urtesy of the governor, Mr. Wils eclared that his very message to the general assembly was an insult. "Gentlemen," said he, "I appeal to you to know if I am not speaking the truth when I say that his every mes sage to the general assembly is filled with insult. They are couched in such language that tile gentlemen to whom they are addressed hang their heads in shame upon hearing them. We are filled with disgust, and from every row of seats in this house the fervent cry goes up, 'Oh, Lord, how long, how long!'" HIICH ESTER SJPILLS8 TEDIAM@N) BRND Cachster's inun D Pi'lls in Red and Gold nietallic xes sealed wvith Blue Ribbon.V 'Take no otetsr Buy ESTR DL&A2ONDl IRANDI PILLS, for ttZ - k:tnwn as EcT,~~ Zafest. Always R cmm' mnmr.- jv ru mnur. PECULIAR DEATH OF BABY. Choked to Death by Nipple From Nursing Bottle. Greenville, Jan. 11.-The 2-months old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Pruitt, of this city, met death in a most un usual manner early this - afternoon, when the nipple of a milk bottle, from which it was feeding, slipped so far down its throat as to choke it. It seems that the child was placed in its crib by its mother and the nursing bottle inclined on the pillow by its head. The nipple was placed in the baby's mouth, and in this manner the mother left it for a short while. Re turning, she discovered her baby dead, the nipple of the bottle having slip ped far down its tiny throat. Hibben Princeton's New Head. Princeton, N. J., Jan. 11.-John Grier Hibben, psd, L.L. D., professor of logic and philosophy of Princeton university, was today elected the fourteenth president of the institution by the unanimous vote of the board of trustees. He succeeds Woodrow Wil son, who resigned October 20, 1910, to accept the Democratic nomination for governor of New Jersey. Dr. Hibben is 51 years old. The election of Dr. Hibben to head the famous old institution was a most i popular action, and was commended on all sides. He is a great favorite in Princeton, especially among the un dergraduates. Blease's Message is a Good One. It will havie to be admitted that Governor Blease's message to the leg islature is strong, in many respects sensible and voices some criticisms that are undoubtedly the sentiment of the great majority of the people of the State. There is believ'ed"'to be a lot of ex travagance in the State goviernment and probably some useless offices. The governor mentions as such the State bank examiner, commissioner of agri culture, game warden and State geo logist. There is great waste, as he says, in the State printing, besides in efficiency and delay in executing the work. The so-called higher-institutions of learning have been given unnecessar ily large appropriations from the State treasury to do work of no di4 ferent character nor higher grade than is done at the denominational colleges and in some cases with a; much smaller student body. Mr. Blease vetoed some of these appro- C priations at the last session of the legislature. His argument to sustain his position is unanswerable. The Su State institutions should be equipped1 to do work not being done by the pri-; v'ately-o'wned colleges or they should get off the pay roll. The governor pats himself on the Lv back :because he was able to borrow L money in New York on the State's cefedit, such as a State, to get money LV conditions in t!ie great financial cen- Lv tres for the past year have made it. easy for a 'borrower of the highest L redit, such as a tSate, to get money at a low rate of interest. This was made possible because on account of Ar Ar the dullness in general business. all over the country there was much idle capital in the money centres. Ar IAr The governor has done wisely in 'Ar cutting off the custom of having the A governor's offece subscribe to and pay for every newspaper in the State out L of the contingent fund. Most of these Lv papers were not read, many of them Lv nt worth reading, and the money paid1 Lv for them was wasted. Lv With the exception of the governor's usual self-laudation at every opportu- Ar nity the message is a good one. It is the best thing that Blease has done Ar since he beca.me governor and it wili Ar make up in some degree for many of Ar his shortcomings. There is no ques- Ar 'tion that it expresses views held by : many who did not viote for him, and tr( to that extent will strengthen him po- an litically. an ** ** ** ** ** ******* **G * -I* ce * AT THE TH:EATBE. * t~w ** . Coming Attractions. February 2-Three Twins Comapany. J. February 16-Paid in Full. February 22-The Lyman Twins. February 27-The Cow and the is Moon-.c March 29-A Woman of the Hour. te: April 6-Christy Bros. Minstrels. ct April 24-The Traveling Salesman. " A-shma! Asthma! POPHAM'S ASTHMA REMEDY' w gives instant relief and an absolute cure! cr in all cases of Asthma. Bronchitis, andt Hay Fever. Sold by druggists ; mail on js~ receipt of price $x.oo. hi 1Trial Package by mall 10 cents. hE WILIAMS MFG. CO,, Prop., Cleveland, Ohio $1 WlK E. PETHM A SON. T i. Conv aht4 I.) :r-~ 3, Neither will n back nor will it the mil1. If yoi bank accoun it furnish gris foi placed in our sat will grind while' per cent paid on START AN ACC The Newberr OF NEWBI Capital Stock - JAMES McINTOSH, Presiden. lumbia, N(ewberry & Laurens B. 1L SOUTHERK ehedule in effect October 6, 1910, Schedules Effectir biect to change without notice. Arrivals and ] edules indicated are not iguaran- erry'~ A. C. L 52. 53. .(N. B.-These s Charleston.. ... 6.0am 10.00pm shown as informat Sumte*'.. ..... 9.4am 6.20pm guaranteed.) C., N. &L 8:51 a. m.-No. Columbia......11.5am 4.55pm lumbia to G Prosperity. .12.42pm 3.34pm - sleeping car Newberry.. .. .12.56pm 3.20pm and Greenville Clinton.... .. .1.50pm 2.35pm 11:50 a. m.-No. 15 Laurens.. ....2.35pm 2.12pm ville to Colum11 C. & W. C'1 bial1:35 p. mn., Greenville. . .. 4.00pm 12.20pm Charleston 8:1 Spartanburg. .. 4.05pm 12.20pm 2:45 p. .m.-No. 11~ aLL.bia to Greenvi Abbeville .. .. 3.55pm 1.02pm~ 9:05 p. m.-No. 14 Greenwood.. .. 3.27pm 1.33pm ville to Column Athens.... .... 6.5pm 10.30am ing car Greei Atlanta...... .8.45pm 8.00am A. C.L 54. 55. ...... .. Colu.mbia... .O.0pm 11.15am Prosperity... .. 6.26pm 9.50am Newberry.. .... 6.44pm 9.32amn Clinton.......7.35pmn 8.44am Laurens.. .... 7.55pm 8.2Oamn C. &W. C. L Greenville.. ...9 30pm 7.O0am O R L 8.A.L. g Abbeville.... .. 2.56am 2.08am _____ Athens.. .... .. 5.04am 11.59pm Atlanta.. .. ...7.5am 9.55pm No Cate ~'os. 52 and 53 arrIve and depart catCh al nm Union Station, Columbia, daily, ,value Li drun through between Charleston ~oi. .54 and 6t0 arrive and depart Square vais street, Colum'1a for you t Sunday, and run through be- ad" en Columbia and Greenville.an H ~'or information ask agents or write No hous W. J. Craig, P. T. M., unfair ct Wilmington, N. C. since we F. Livingston, E A-* trolled b Columbia. 8. C! I Honest A Fierce Night Alarm. the h&oarse, startPlg cough of a For ever ld, suddenly attacked by croup. Of- full valu it aroused Lewis Chamblin, of Man ster, 0., (R. F. D. 2) for their four judice yC ldren, were greatly subject to croup. with us. metimes ir severe attacks," he :te, "we were afraid they would die, :t since we proved what a certain edy Dr. King's New Discovery is, I I Shave no fear. We rely on it fort* up and for coughs, colds or any oat or lung trouble.'' So do thou ds of others. So may you. Asthma,~ Space does ry fever, la grippe, whooping cough. norrhages fiy before It. 50c. and .00. Trial bottle free. Sold by W. E. Mlhm &, Sn.msam IMPI STARt A5AN )UNT TOIVY oney spent come furnish grist for t start with it a will continue to - he mill and if sings depar me n you sleep. Four savings accoun. ~OUNT TO-DAY Savings Ban RRY, S. C.. - - soe 0 AAA . J. E. NORWOOD, Cashier. IR AILWAY. Arrives Chiarleston 8:15 a. rive Savannah 4:15 a. n e December 8, 1911. sonville 8:30 a. in. )epatures New. Four' further informationct g , 8. C. ticket agents, or E. H. Coapman,iW & G. M., Washington, D. C ~I chedule figures are Meek, A. G. P. A., Atlanta, Ga.,4 ion oi.ly ancf are not L. Jenkins, T. P. A., Augusta G 15, daily from Co- NOIC OF AN~NUAL M reenville. Pullman . nulmeigo h between CharlestonThanulmengote holders of the People's Natlinal , daily, from Green- of Prosperity, S. C., will be ~, bia. Arrives Colum- the ibank on Tuesday,' Feb. 13,-I1* Augusta 8:35 p. m- at 1 o'clock p. in., at which time 5 fro Co.m election of directors will be held, , daily, foClu-such other business tran~e~s , dil, fomGren-may come before the meeting >'> bia. Pullman sleep-j .F.UG <4. ville to Charleston. j1-2-3t. Cak L~ PAY YOU TO IVSA1E IM THAT WE SELL THE BEST QALITY> R BS FOR LESS THAN ALLTHE RET h penny methods are adopted by us to id to squeeze the unsuspected. Full >r your money or no sale, every ar'tig :eed or money refunded, -a fair andQ. deal each and every time means more than a few articles at reduced price. ELL" on anything else that you buy. : on earth could have withstood the bitter and islaught of competition that we have received are in business unless it was built and con Principles and Conscientious Methods penny you spend you must receive from us and more or no sale. If not blidd with pre-' u can see that it is to your interest to trade KLETTNER, THE FAIR AND SQUARE DEALER..6 aot permit "quotation" but-you save money on everyT purchase.