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? " - - ' P / ~ v ,.. ry^ ' : 5 11 . - ' - -'< 2SI ' ' lj r-t: ?lje lamberg itmtlb XtJ Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1908 One Dollar a Year FEW CHANGES IN SENATE FOURTEEN NEW MEMBERS AT. MOST IN UPPER HOUSE. The Contests in Ohio, Connecticut, Indiana and Pennsylvania Promise Plenty of Excitement. Washington, Dec. 20.?While the ' 'terms of 31 senators expire on March 4, next, 18 of this number already have been reelected or assured of re-election. In addition to the vacancies oc? curring by reason of a provision of the constitution, there will be a vacancy in Pennsylvania on account of the forthcoming resignation of Senator Knox to accept the portfolio of . secretary of state. There will be a scramble for Mr. Knox's seat, which will eaual in interest the contest now going on in Ohio for Foraker's seat and in Connecticut for that of Senah tor Brandegee. That Secretary Root will succeed Senator Piatt in New York is conceded. No contest is expected. The Republican senators whose terms expire at the end of this congress, but who are sure of being reA turned, are: Cummins, of Iowa, now serving out the unexpired term of the late Senator Allison; Dillingham, of Vermont, Gallinger, of New Hampshire; Heyburn, of Idaho; Hopkins, of Illinois; Penrose, of Pennsylvania; Perkins, of Califor> nia; Smoot, of Utah, and Stephenson, of Wisconsin. Democratic senators who will be returned are: Clarke, of Arkansas; Clay, of Georgia; Gore, of Oklahoma; Johnston, of Alabama; McEnery, of Louisiana; Newlands, of ' Nevada; Overman, of North Carolina; Smith, of Maryland, and Stone, ^ A# T?1 | SJL 1U100VU1 1. By reason of defeat in primary contests, Senator Ankeney, of Washington, will be succeeded by Representative Wesley L. Jones; Senator Hansbrough, of North Dakota, by M. N. Johnson, of Petersburg, N. D.; I Kittredge, of South Dakota, by Gov. Coe I. Crawford. All of these are Republicans and in addition Fulton, of Oregon, probably will be succeeded by Gov. Chamberlain, Democrat, who was victorious in what is popularly known as the double primary v . system of the State. New Democratic Members. [{. > ' J Of the Democratic senators whose terms expire on March 4, Gary, of South Carolina, will be sucoeded by E. D. Smith, of Florence, and Milton, r of Florida, by Duncan U. Fletcher, of ' Jacksonville, both of the incumbntee having declined to be candidates for election. Offsetting the Oregon situation is that of Kentucky, Former Governor W. O. Bradley, Republican, j? haying been elected to succeed Mc* Creary, Democrat, by failure of the Democratic majority in the Kentacky legislature to agree. Teller, of Colorado, will be succeeded by Charles J. Hughes, of Denver, who was endorsed by the Democratic State convention after Teller had def clined to be a candidate for reelection. The eyes of the country are on Ohio because of the candidacy of Charles P. Taft, brother of the president-elect, for the seat of Foraker, one of the most vigorous and pic' turesque characters in the present Benate and one who has declined to abandon his place without a fight. The forces opposed to Mr. Taft's election, including as they do Foraker, Representative Burton, Harry t M. Daugherty and Former Speaker ' Keifer, must be reckoned with, especially if there should be a combination between the forces led by Senators Foraker and Dick and the members of the legislature friendly to Burton. At present the result must be conceded to be in doubt. In Pennsylvania. The official announcement that there is to be a vacancy created in Pennsylvania through the resignation of Knox is of too recent date to t' permit of the Sining up of aspirants for the Keystone senatorship. Already, however, there have appeared as probable candidates Representatives James Francis Burke and John 1 Dalzell and George T. Oliver, all of Pittsburg. For many years it has ' been the recognized policy in Pennsylvania to take one senator from 1 the eastern and one from the western half of the State. ? Several names have been mentioned in Connecticut in the contest for the I * seat now occupied by Brandegee and Representative Hill formally announced his candidacy somej lime 1 ago. The legislature will decide the 1 contest and it is conceded to be f close. Not the least interesting of the nnnntnWol ficrh + a fhflt Will hp Settled ovuatvi IUA .. -? in the next two months will occur 1 in Indiana. When the election returns showed beyond a doubt that Senator Hemenway's seat would be vacated March 4, there were a number of Democrats who were not slow < in unlimbering their^ guns. Chief < among these were John W. Kern, candidate for vice-president on the Democratic ticket, John E. Lamb, of ! Terre Haute, Thomas Taggart, for- i merly chairman of the Democratic : (r national committee, Former Repre- i sentative B. F. Shively, of South Bend and L. Ert Slack, of Franklin, < all of whom are still in the race, ex- i cept Mr. Taggart, who withdrew. ' That Mr. Kern has more members of the legislature pledged to his sup- 1 r port than any other of the candidates i is conceded, but it is recognized also < that his pledges are still short of the j number needed to elect. No move- ment to unite against Kern is yet in ; evidence. i BAMBERG A GOOD TOWN. Some Excellent Reasons Why This is j a Good Place in Which to Live. Editor the Bamberg Herald: Your invitation of several weeks ago for the citizens of Bamberg to come forward and tell why this town is a good place to live, has not received any printed responses that I have observed. This condition is, I feel sure, due to reticence rather than lack of reasons, for I have been waiting for the same reason. So here goes a few of the many reasons, and I hope that others better qualified to write than I will join in the good cause of telling why this is really a desirable locality for a man to live and move and have his being. The first reason that strikes me is that the educational facilities are unequalled by any other town in the entire State The public schools, both graded and high, are doing a wonderful work. The attendance is ' 1 1 ? *1.^ n# fVl O tne ictrg^bt m iuc mowij vi vuv school, and when this is said it means the bona fide attendance and not mere enrollment. With ten grades, including a commercial course, the public schools afford an excellent opportunity for educating our youths and maidens. In addition to this the Carlisle Fitting School of Wofford College is located here, and the plant there is so fitted as to do a lasting and wide spread work. With a well equipped faculty, all of whom are graduates of high.standard colleges, the work at that institution deserves to expand. So as this first reason is given, it is in order to pass on to the next. The health of Bamberg: In years past this entire low country was considered a pest hole and one not fit to live in. That day has passed, There is no community in the lower part of South Carolina which has a better health record than Bamberg. It is true even now in some sections of the country where the drainage is poor that the health is not good at some seasons of the year. But then this can be said of any locality in South Carolina. Pure, flowing artesian wells have been bored in all sections of the town and there is no better water to be found. The mineral properties are such that many travelling men make it a point to come here so as to spend Sunday, getting the benefit of the water and also of the excellent hotel facilities. With two first class hostelries and several first class boarding houses the accommodation for the public is good. As a business center Bamberg con tinues to expand each year. Cotton from all of the neighboring counties is brought here in great quantities. The reason for this is evident when it is remembered that here there are always several buyers for exporters from cities such as Augusta, Charleston, Wilmington, and Savannah. In addition to these, there are a number of merchants who buy cotton and ship to exporters. The public platform, where a man may haul his cotton and there meet the various buyers is not known in a great many towns, but it has been en established fact here for a number of years, as has been the employment of a public cotton weigher. The local market is nearly always above that of the adjoining towns, the merchants often giving more than they actually get for the cotton. The market for grains, such as corn, oats, hay, and peas, is always active, and the farmer who comes to town with his by-products is always certain to obtain full market value for them. Chickens, turkeys and eggs are always in demand. First class mercantile establishments are here, many of them doing creuu uusiucsb a.uu uiubis suieiy cash. Specialty stores are here, such as jewelry, five and ten cent store, drug, music, book, and others. Bamberg is a good place to live. Lands are very reasonable, considering the improvements. New dwellings are going up daily, and new buildings for business establishments are being erected. New inhabitants are moving here. Old residents who have moved away are returning and all together are making it worth while to live here. There is no mush room boom, but there is a steady increase in the sundry interests of the town. There are churches, both for white and colored denominations, and all are paid for. There are two banks, both doing successful work. There are two weekly newspapers, one of which will likely be made a semiweekly in a short while. There are good men here who desire to live here always and there are bad men who do not find it congenial and are either leaving or staying with the sheriff. These are a few of the reasons which occur at random thought, and they are all facts which are substantiated by deliberate thought and in quiry. M. W. BRABHAM. Strong Plea for Statehood. Washington, Dec. 20.?"We have a wide-awake, progressive, industrious, and intelligent population and we want to be treated like men." In these words George Curry, of New Mexico, couches an appeal for statehood for his Territory in his an- , nual report to the secretary of the interior, made public to-day. Gov. Curry says New Mexico's credit is excellent, that no strikes 1 mar the record of its industries; the ' laws enacted by its legislature are good; gambling is {prohibited and the "Sunday closing" rigorously enforced. He says that the population of the Territory is over 450,000 , and that there is over $300,000,000 worth of property in New Mexico in addition to its coal, timber and fertile lands. 1 COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, Dec. 21.?Christmas is near at hand, and the children are busy every night writing letters to old Santa Claus, telling him what they want him to bring them. To see their wants written out would make you smile in good style. The postoffice the children mail them at is the fire place, usually in the sitting room, and they say Santa can read their wants in the smoke as it rises from the chimney top. Santa must be a good reader, as it would puzzle our best scholars to make anything out of some of the children's marks on paper. The young ladies use a little better scheme. They make wishes to Santa when their best fellows are in hearing, telling them in this^way what they would like to have for an Xmas< present, and that best fellow, if he is worth a cent, will try to see that old Santa Claus brings to his best girl just exactly what sne wished for. Well, Mr. Editor, this is nothing new. It was the same way when we were young folks, and suppose it will remain so as long as the world stands. Several of our school boys and girls will come' home this week to spend the holidays at home and help eat the turkeys and enjoy the social events that are usually given at this time of the year, so that all the young folks can get together and enjoy life and each make the other happy before they start another year's work. Reports are that there is a cold wave coming our way and will reach us about Tuesday or Wednesday. If the report is true our farmers will rejoice, as the weather is warm for the hogs they have already killed, and then they have more to kill, and thus save their corn, as their hogs are rpfldv for the knife now. Miss Kenny Danneily, of Bayard, Fla., is spending some time with her uncle, Mr. John M. Danneily. Messrs. I. D. and Frank H. Copeland spent unday with their father, Mr. Joe I. Copeland. Mesdames Nettie Copeland and Fannie Copeland went to spend the day Sunday with Mrs. J. D. Jenny. The children of Ehrhardt graded school will have a Christmas tree on Wednesday night of this week, together with exercises, such as recitations and singing appropriate for the approaching season of the year. The low price of cotton has made money scarcer than most of us expected. Prices ranged from 5 % to 8 cents last week, and some few bales changed hands. The farmers say prices might get worse next year. , If the cotton seed business continues much longer, there will not be enough left to plant another crop of cotton. Mr. Henry Ehrhardt exhibited a Rutabaga of purple top variety that he brought up for his Sunday dinner from Mauldin's crossing that weighed fifteen pounds. On cutting it open it was sound and in beautiful order for the pot. Could not make use of but half for his family in one Mr. Sam N. Rhode and Miss Nita Walker, of the Hartzog section, were happily made man and wife at the Methodist parsonage last Sunday evening, December 20th. We hope they will have a long and happy life. JEE. Ehrhardt Graded School News. Ehrhardt, Dec. 21.?Christmas will soon be here, and we are glad. We are going to try to have a merry time, and we hope everybody else will try to be happy. Mr. Editor, here's hoping that you will have a merry Christmas. Our school closes Wednesday for the holidays. It will re-open January 4th. # Miss Kate Hiers, who has been doing millinery wprk in Charleston during the past season, returned Saturday to spend the holidays at her home. Mr. J. H. Fender was in town last Friday. Mrs. A. w. Kinara ana Mrs. j. W. Goodson were in town last Monday. Mr. George Warren and his wife went to Bamberg last Thursday. Mr. Julius Fender was in town last Wednesday. Mr. H. D. Padgett of Waterboro, was in town last Friday. Mr. A. W. Kinard was in town last Thursday. Mrs. W. M. Kearse, of Olar, spent some time last week with her mother, Mrs. J. F. Copeland. Mr. and Mrs. G. B. cfhyton were in town last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Kinard went to Bamberg last Wednesday. The Bamberg Herald office is certainly doing the job work these days. | COTTON FUTURE PROBLEM. ! A Sub-committee, at Mr. Lever's SugI gestion, Will Deliberate on the ' Question. Washington, Dec. 20.?Cotton future dealing has already come in ror its annual round of lambasting by members of congress, the lambasting being, however, only with their tongues; there is no indication now that anything will be done about it any more than the numerous other times the matter has come up. The agricultural committee of the house, however, at the suggestion of Representative Lever, a member of that committee, will hold "hearings" on the subject as soon as the regular agricultural appropriation bill is made up. The date of these hearings has not been fixed, but will be announced as soon as congress re convenes arter tne nonaays. There are a number of bills bearing on the subject, as there generally are, and these bills have been referred to the agricultural committee. The committee appointed a subcommittee to take them up and report on them, but in the last meeting of the committee before adjournment for the holidays Mr. Lever called the attention of the chairman to the fact that this sub-committee had not made its report and suggested that the whole committee have hearings on the subject, which was agreed on. Southern members generally are in favor of some legislation which would prevent gambling in cotton futures, although it is more or less notorious that a number of these same gentlemen engage in the traffic themselves, just as many members from all the States express themselves as in favor of doing something to stop gambling in stocks on the stock exchanges, while they buy and sell stocks themselves on margin. The other day in the house there was a spirited debate on this subject, led by Representative Campbell, of Kansas, who urged a law to prevent buying stocks on margin. Herbert Parsons, of New York, sonin-law of Hehry Clews, defended the stock exchanges and operations on margin. So did Fitzgerald, of New York. "Suppose a man had a piece of land to sell and offered it to a purchaser who would agree to pay 10 ? ?? - ??^ J ?- J 1??/1 n n per ceni. uuwu ami give? mo uuu a a security for the balance, would you not consider that a legitimate transaction?" was the question Mr. Parsons put to Mr. Campbell. It seemed a strong argument, for it is contended that the buying of stocks on the market on "margin" is merely buying the stocks and making a payment of, say, 10 per cent., or whatever the margin is. This is the way real estate is sold all over this country, argued Mr. Parsons, and there were not lacking those who sided with him. They had Mr. Campbell on the hip until John Sharp Williams came to his rescue with a knock-out blow for the whole case. "Suppose," he propounded to Mr. Parsons, "that a man should offer for sale a piece of land on those terms, when he didn't have any land at all, would you call that a legitimate transaction?" And nobody ever got around that question, as they rarely do get around John Sharp's interrogations. It is not the buying on margin, after all, that is the evil, but it is the buying, and more especially the selling between two parties who have not the goods which they buy and ~~11 ""J T-in+Viin cr whfl tPVPT tO sen, auu uaw uwu4UO *? ,,. do with these goods. On the stock exchange of New York, or somewhere thereabouts in some warehouse which holds it for the exchange, there are something like 100 bales of old, unspinnable, worthless cotton. Whenever, in some unusual frame of mind, which happens once or twice, perhaps, in sev- , eral years, some fellow calls for the ! actual delivery of the cotton which he buys, instead of the difference in 1 the prices in money, he is pointed to j this old worthless cotton, which is 1 used for that purpose and that alone. That 100 bales of cotton, or there- 1 abouts, is the basis of the greater \ portion of the transactions on the cotton exchange. And so it is, , similarly with grain, with wool and ! other commodities, while with the ! stocks bought and sold there, a large ( percentage of them are made with out any reference whatever to the ( real things which the stocks repre- sent, and most often without any at ( all to the stock certificates Any yet, while this son or mmg goes on every day, and has gone on , so long, it is an exceedingly difficult J thing to prevent, for the reason that no man has yet been able to draw an ] equitable line between the legitimate and beneficial transactions on the exchange and the purely speculative or gambling ones j And then, after that, a greater j difficulty yet is to persuade enough \ members of congress to see that line j and at the same time be willing to draw it to enact the needed legisla- j tion. i But the agricultural committee is i going to wrestle with it. < Snake Bite Proves Fatal. Gainesville, Fla., Dec. 19.?While , hunting 30 miles down the Kissimee j river yesterday afternoon H. C. Foun- j tain, whose home is here, roused a \ big rattlesnake and in a fight killed i the reptile only after it had sunk its fangs into his flesh. With his hunt- , ing knife he cut away the poisoned ] flesh, digging out the wound, and i when he was found by the two men ] I who were hunting with him was able j to hobble with their aid. He reached this place this morning, but died, despite all efforts to save him. ( IN THE PALMETTO STATE SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. Application has been made to the Florence city council for a street railway franchise. The residence of the Rev. P. F. Kilgo, presiding elder of the Florence district, was entered by a burglar and $25 in hard cash was stolen. Asa D. Patterson, a noted moonshiner of Spartanburg, is in trouble with the government on a charge of forging papers to secure a pension. ' The police of Columbia have suppressed the "turkey raffles," which have been in operation for some time on the ground that they are lotteries. Gen. Zimmerman Davis, of ColumKio Via a Kaon onnnlntod pnmmnndfir UAU) UUO WVU U|y |/v*uvvv? in-chief of the Confederate veterans of the State, to succeed Gen. T. W. Carwile, of Edgefield, deceased. The name of the Aetna Mills at Union have been changed to the Ottaray, the new corporators being Ellison A. Smyth, Lewis W. Parker, A. F. McKissick, W., E. Beattie, August W. Smith, D. D. Little and John A. Law. Mr. Smith has been made president and Thomas W. Marchant, treasurer and manager. A negro girl named Alice Gray, who lived on R. H. Cowan's farm near Rock Hill, was accidentally killed by a young negro boy named Sidney Gray, who was fooling with a rifle which he had carried to the field where they were picking cotton. There was nothing to show that the killing was other - than purely accidental. On account of being dissatisfied with the statement made by C. J. Cooper, general manager of the Southern Life Insurance Company, to Commissioner McMaster, the latter has ordered the officials of that company to show cause on January 18, 1909, why its license to do a life insurance business in South Carolina should not be revoked. The new depot of the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens Railway at Clinton was thrown open to the public Friday night. The civic league of Clinton gave an "old time hot supper," with everything that was good to eat and drink. As a result $60 was taken in by these enterprising ladies nri+t. **tVi4s>v> *-r\ Koontifv on/1 oitnrn thp Willi WU1V/U IV uvauvi&j uuu w?v?w * u VMV public square around the new depot, which is the pride of Clinton. Eugene Poole, aged 15 years, claiming Spartanburg as his home, has been arrested in Atlanta on the charge of trying to have cashed a forged check in the sum of $15,000. It is said that the boy became stranded in Atlanta and drew a check for $15 for the purpose, it is alleged, of raising enough money to get back home. The check, however, was for $15,000 and when he attempted to have it cashed he was turned over to the police. It is said that the boy's father works in one of the cotton mills at Spartanburg. The appeal case of Will Foster, colored, convicted of murder in Spartanburg, his crime being the killing of John Young, an aged white man, has Jteen dropped by S J. Nichols and Jti. T. KOgers, attorneys ior we u?r-1 fendant, and Solicitor Sease will ask for an order dismissing the case. Foster has been tried twice and found guilty each time. When the case was tried the second time, some months ago, the jury brought in a verdict of guilty, attorneys gave notive of appeal, but since the appeal was begun they have decided not to fight the case. Foster will be resentenced at the January term of court. The lack of office room is a serious matter in the State capitol. Neither the railroad commission, the State superintendent of education, the insurance commissioner, the dispensary auditor nor the commissioner of agriculture and immigration has an office in the capitol. The railroad commission occupies offices outside, the commissioner of immigration, the superintendent of education and the dispensary auditor occupy committee rooms and the department of insurance, which is without salary as well as office, is domiciled in the speaker's room. The bank examiner aoes not even have an office in Columbia. Those departments which occupy committee rooms are compelled to vacate during the sessions of the general assembly and this causes serious Inconvenience. BRUTAL CRIME IN HARTSVILLE. Recently Married Lady Assaulted by Negro. Hartsville, Dec. 22, 1 a. m.?There is a great deal of excitement here tonight because of an outrage committed upon a white woman by a negro it this time unknown. On account of the fact that it is raining and that the crime was committed at night, the news was slow to spread, but at midnight a large jrowd had collected, and it is sure :hat the negro will be caught. The young woman, who is respected most highly, is but recently marked. She was alone at home Monday light when the brute forced his way n and overpowered her. Dr. Eggles:on says that hei; injuries are serious lut not necessarily dangerous. She fought the negro off and will ecognize him upon sight. The crowd las the guilty man spotted and he vill be arrested before daylight. No nob violence is feared, although the nen are deeply incensed. The Fitting School closed Tueslay for the Christmas holidays. i i , w ' " ' . ' *! . .r v .. . TREASURERS SHORT. Result of Investigations Made by Comptroller Jones. Comptroller General Jones has reported to Gov. Ansel the result of an examination of the books of the treasurer of Hampton and the treasurer of Edgefield counties and from the figures submitted it is charged that there is a shortage of $7,723.48 in the accounts of J. T. Pattison, treasurer of Edgefield county, and that there is a shortage of $17,670.79 with J. C. Langford, the treasurer of Hampton county. The report was submitted to Got. Ansel yesterday and as a result both of these officials have been suspended, pending further action and investigation. One of the marked features of the ' v. report is the fact that Pattison was reported in 1904 and was removed from office by Gov. Heyward, after J _ i 1 J 4t? N waras Deing rtjiusuiteu wucju tuo shortage reported was paid up. A suit by the Farmers' bank of Edgefield is now pending for a settlement of this case. It is not thought by several who have looked over Mr. Pattison's books that he is dishonest, but that there is a lack of knowledge of keeping the books properly and as a result the short- \ ' ?? age was caused by bad bookkeeping. In the case of Hampton county & thorough investigation was made, and Mr. Giles L. Wilson, the bank examiner was called upon by Comptroller General Jones to examine the affairs of ther Hampton - J bank and report on certain checks that were given for deposit. The report goes into details of this examination and the explanation of the bank cashier. The two cases given are those of a series made by Comptroller General Jones during the past six yean ^ and while there is much difficulty in making these annual settlements it seems that many of the grand jury | committees on this work do not go ! into the details as they should. Cotton Ginned to December is. 7; J Washington, Dec. 21.?A total of .3. 11,892,115 running bales of cotton ginned from the growth of 1908 to December 13 against 9,284,070 at the same date of last year and 27,- . 269 active ginneries against 27,156 5 1 in 1907 were announced by census 1 bureau in its report today. The fig- /( ures count round bales as half bales i and include linters. The bales ginned to December 18 aggregated 11,112,789 in 1906 and 9,297,819 in 1905. The total 1907 ,v crop was 11,057,822, of which 84 per ' cent was ginned to December 13; ^ crop of 1906, 12,983;201, of which 85.6 per cent, was ginned to Decern-. ber 13 and crop of 1905 10,495,105, \ ^ or 88.6 per cent, by December 18*The report includes 215,029 round bales for 1908, 167,204 for 1907, and 243,096 for 1906. Sea Island bales included aggregate 80,187. The corrected statistics of) the quantity or cotton gmnea mis b??son to December 1, are 11,008,661 M bales. ROW OVER OFFICERS. County Board of Orangeburg Don't Want Supervisor to Appoint. There is considerable of a squabble over in Orangeburg over the appolntment of county attorney, and the county board of commissioners and the supervisor are very much divided on the subject The Times and !\ >.$ Democrat givjes the following account of the meeting held last Monday: "Mr. F. J. D. Felder, the supervisor, presided, and after the routine business was gone through with, the fllUnor nt tVu? varfmia nffires came tin. ' / Mr. Felder, who claims that the new r-.0 act creating the present county government gives him the right to appoint all the. officers that were formerly ^elected by the supervisor and county commissioners, named Col. T. F. Brantley for attorney and Mr. M. E. Zeigler for clerk as his appointees. This caused a clash between Mr. Felder and the township commissioners. "The township commissioners accepted the nomination of Mr. Zeigler as clerk, but declined to accept the nomination of Col. Brantley as attorney, claiming that they had the right to elect an attorney, and proceeded to elect Dr. Sturkey to the : office. They also elected Mr. E. C. Hoover superintendent of the poor farm. We understand that they base their action on an opinion rendered by Assistant Attorney General DeBruhl to the effect that these offices must be filled by the full board and not by the supervisor alone. "Supervisor Felder refused to ac - -- -a 1 J *_411 cept tnis opinion as mim, auu nut carry the matter before some judge for his decision. The law says the supervisor must appoint the clerk, but it does not provide how the attorney is to be elected or appointed, and that is what caused the squabble. Only one of the township commissioners, Mr. T. E. Early voted with Mr. Felder. The other eighteen, with some four exceptions, voted against Mr. Felder's construction of the law, and elected Dr. Sturkie attorney of the board. "We understand that Mr. Felder ' declines to accept the election of Dr. Sturkie as final, still claiming that he has been advised to that effect by one law firm at this bar, so it seems that lawyers differ in their opinion as well as the balance of us. The meeting was real warm at times, and finally adjourned in a not too harmonious mood. If neither side yields, and the indications are that they won't, the question will have to be decided by the courts." &