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-the - of~BteberriJan2 iCilEoNOR PULL T. OUT. Enter& Aprll Z.1. j:)03 at Pica:t: , 4. C. a .econd elass mall %nagter, Under act ofCongress of March 2, 1879 PICKENS, S. C.. JANUARY 18, 1912. NUMBER 34. ERS OF H GAROLIN NERAL ASSLMBLY HA ENED FOR A FORTY 'DAYS SESSION. ORK OF BOTH HOUSE h From Time:. to Time ti Will Publi Interest From ti Latest News Senate and the Ho o entatives. Columbia.-The general assembl: of South Carolina convened for it annual session of 40 days. Tb halls of the senate and house of rel resentatives had been placed in col tion for receiving the members C e legislature. annual message of the go was read to boLh the senat the, house soon after they wez to order. e following Is the annual me in part ot C. L. Blease, govern< u& Carolina, read before t and house: a the Honorable, the Members of t1 General Assembly of the state < South Carolina: Gontlemen-Once again you hai together and It becomes my dut governor, to make recommend which are for the best intere the people of our state. This having been a very busy ye In the executive department, it is I' possible to embody the various ma ters into one message without ma Ing it entirely too lengthy. Ther fore, whatever may have been tl usual-custom. I will communica with- you by several 'messages I stead of one. I have given close attention financial interests and find .extrav gance in many places, and that us less offices have been created; ax that it is possible to run the gover ment on less mhoney. which would r lieve our -people from their heavy t burden. The joint assembly unanimous elected Eugene B. Gary of Abbevill now an associate justice, to the poa tion of chief justice of the supre: court of South Carolina. Associa Justice Gary was the only nomin< and succeeds Ira B. Jones, resigned Richard C. Watts, former circt judge from the Fourth circuit, w sworn in as, an associde justiae. the supreme court, following b election. Associate Justice Watts address( -the following letter to the governc which was sent to the gene"'al assei bly In a special mnessage: "Having ualified as associate jxn tice of the supreme court, I have .t] honor to Inform you that a vacant exists In the office of judge of ti Fourth circuit." The message was received by tU legislature as information. A date fi the election of the successor will 1 set by the house and senate. A .well deftned rumor in legislati, circles was to the effect that ti house and senate will be asked make thorough investigation of ti details of the loan of $500,000 made the state"'or running expenses. Rf olutions are expected to be inti duced simultaneously in the sena and house calling upon the legislatu: topoint a commission to make tl in tgation and report on the m2 ter at earliest possible date. The Senate. The following appointments we announced by C. A. Smith, preside of the senate: Journal clerk, G. Moore, Anderson; bill clerk, E. Terry, Sajuda; secretary to tl president, g L. M. Green, Sumte pages, Jag Mulligan, Columbia, al E3dwin Futer, Laurens; mail clerk, 0. Pyle*. Columbia; doorkeepei Jonas Ar'mstrong, Anderson; Rt.] Floyd, hatanburg, and John Bru - onl, ~gfield; laborers, Aibe Wanc ewbrry;Calhoun Butle Abbevile; John Floyd, Florence. Etoe measure providing fi .- 2(ce for Newberry coun sed by the senate over tU .0 of the governor by a vote of I Case" Date Is Not Yet Fixedi ime set for the trial of tl es" was not set by the cou 2n expected. Attorney Ge when asked about tl ed that Mr. W. F. Ste 7BL. be associated wi ution was out of the cit would be after a conferent that they would be reat when, the cases would 1 W. Boykin, J. B. Towill ax .tumn are charged with havix high a price for a shipme: ix Holds An Election. :.ion held at Honea Path cers for the town resulti lection of J. F. McKenzi and J. H-. Callahamn, wardt Ward 1; L. 2!. Wilfen, Ward: i2. Allen. Ward -3: A. Y. Hughc ard 1, J. D. Becacham. Ward .Bolt, Ward Z. Fo- maycr, cKenzie received 51 votes. P. 3 -'a1, the for:,.cr no::r. 44, a 'right 5. ':.'hsre n:e no at (!cction pased -if u t! County Probably. vant Jasper" is t1 t significient sloga in red on large whi . .oons worn by a number< the visitors at the opening of ti general assembly Tuesday. TI reference, of course, is to i nrcounty of this name, T I se~on was held durin a t 1&ttr part of last year,- and r, suited in a victory for the Ja per county advocates. Tt is now "up o" the -anr: to 2. The measure viill be sent to I th' house for a vote. The measure provided -that rural policemen be appointed by the sher iff of Newberry county and not by the governor. The chief executive sent in a message giving his reason h for vetoing the measure. Among the reasons assigned for vetoing the measure was that the title did not state clearly the meaning of the act. Senator Johnstone of Newberry cham pioned the measure and stated that any one acquainted with conditions in Newberry county knew that the S measure was necessary. p The act providing for the investi gation of the governor, the attorney general and the winding-up ccmmis e sion of the old state dispensary, thati y the governor vetoed, was passed over s his veto in the senate by a vote cf 36 to 3, and was sent to the house for - further consideration. _ There was t uch acrimonious and caustic debate what one senator termed_ "a slap in t e face of every merwb'er on the s floor of the senate H H. Carlislea senator from Spar - tanburg gutity, opened the debate on the bill. stated that the bill was introduced t the instance of the gov- C ernor to e the stain off the char- S acter of tho whom he accused. Af e tor its passage the governor saw fit to veto it. , The House of Rep sentatives. c Speaker Smith announc hese ap pointments: R. E. Carlisle, A., urnal r clerk; 3. R. Arnold, bill clerk; W. S. Bonner, general desk clerk; W. N e Tillinglast, secretary to speaker; doorkeepers, J. . Kay, W. S. Turner, C. W. Teal; pages, Thomas Trussell, Clifton McCain, Andrew McGill. d( Many were, of course disappointed, as there are not suflicient places to go around for all who want positions. ;t The shoe-string county bill, about which there has been much said, was reported as becoming law without the approval of the governor. This bill E is directed against what are called "ill-shaped" counties. The bill as to the rural police in rE te Cherokee was "left over" and the C( e Spartanburg county rural police bill, that has been vetoed, will provoke a rucus. S 0 The senate notified the house of R the passage o! the act reopening the dispensary investigation over the veto d of the governor. On motion of Mr. g Sawyer the message was considered ir immediately after third reading bills. x On K. P. Smith's motion the message and the act to which it relates were ordered printed in the house journal. V The house took up a few second e prescribe a mileage base for making te pescribe a mileage base for making te freight rates, and to fix penalty with . in this state." Mr. Dixon spoke ii h favor of the passage of the bill. The it railroad commission has already Ls made a ruling covering the provisions n )f of thH.-bill On motion cflr. MeriH. S the enacting words were stricken out. Bills Before House. r, The following third rcadin~g bilis" - and joint resolutions carried over en the calendar from last year were pass- C! s ed by the house and ordered ratified: e te To require the use of electric head y lights on certain locomotive engines te owned or operated by any company. corporation, lessee, manager or re0- S te ceiver, and to provide a penalty for yra ,failure to use same. -0 >e To require all municipal corpora-0 tions of more than 200 poulation to a: r keep an itemized acciount of nll re e ceipts and disbursements and to pub Sish same. ie A joint resolution to authorize the I to county supervisor of Ba; nwell county y s~ to borrow money. o- To amend an act entitled 'An act to te declare the law in reference to and C. e to regulate the manufacture, sale. use, h ie consumption, possession, transporta Lt- tion, and disposition of alcoholic li quors and beverages within the state, 1h and to police the same, approved the a~ e 16th day of February, A. D. 1907, In aso far as the same applies to coun-a - ties of Charleston and Georgetown," fl - approved the 25th day of February, w e A. D. 1908, in so far as the same ;applies to Charleston county, ap d proved March 3, 1909, exempting SRichiland county from the provisions s, thereof. d- A bill relating to the place of trial n- of mutual fire and life insurance corn- a rt panies. (Sent to senate with amend- o r, ment.) To authorize tbg school trustees of Ce yr Gannt school district No. 34, in AU- f( ty derson county, to c':arge and oollect si le a matriculation fee of pupis attend1 15 ing schools in said district. 0 ~ SI -License Law Wanted in Charleston. L te The abolition of the dispensary t law and the substitution of the 11 n- cense system for the regulation of f t the liquor traffic formed the subjecta v- of a two hours' session of city coun th oil of Charleston as a committee of y, the whole in conference with Char- O: e leston county legislators at which w~ 1 Mayor Grace argued at length declar- I e ing that the dispensary is the root of td all evil, that it is not suitable for a e seaport and that if the matter is l properly presented the desired 10g islation will be provided. Injured While Attending His Duties. k Capt. I. P. Gregoie, conductor en d Charleston & Western Carolina trains C, No. 43 and 44, running between Pcrt ni In Royal and Yemassee, was painfully f. ; inured while attending to his duties. lie was standing on the rear platform 0 :>f his train signaling to the engineer!c 3. when he was knock'ed off by a stand . Spe as the train was passing it. He w wrs rendered unconscious and receiy r, dl painful injuries. Hie Is now at his riime recuperating. Capt. Der Black a assembly to declare th~e section of land a County, and authorize c the setting up of County govern- " n ment, providing also room in the s e house and senate for legislative i f representatives. e The newr co mnty is to hav e Ridgeland as a County seat. an c Le will be located in the 3outhern f e corner of the state, bordering n e upon Beaufort county. Thef advocates of the new county are j eager to have the matter go through and to have their por' tion of the stato declared a e: I mnnty. )ISPENSARY PROFITS 1911 pproach Quarter of a Million Number of 11provements Made During the Year The sales at the local beer and -hiskey dispensaries during the ast year approached a mill'on allars, the exact figures being '0,274.54. For the preceeding ear the sales ran up to $698, )7.13, the increase being $102, )7.41. The net profits for the velve months just ended were 129,751.05; the year preceeding 195,992-62, the increase being 33,758.43. The profits of 1911 were divid 1 as follows: Cii.y $114,875.51; )unty $68,925.*0; school fund 15,950.24. The persons connected with i1 dispensary in Richland )unty were given a raise in ilarv during the year and a ew whiskey dispensary was stablished. These and other provements were met with k earnings from the sales and >n, t appear in the profits as von i the statement. "Hub" Es ans Gives Bond. Columbia, Jan. .-H. H. vans, of Neviberry, who was st week indictied for receiving bates and for cotaspiracy to re ive rebates while a member of e board of the etate dispen iry in 1900, appeAred in the ichland county court, acconi utied by his attornek Mr. Eu me S. Blease, and gave bond the sum of $1,000, fpr his ap arance for trial. The bond 'as signed by L. W. Floyd, C. 7. Fant, E. M. Evans, ignd C. . Purcell. Mr. Evans hated iat he was ready for trial. Mr. Evans is charged w\ith aving accepted a rebate froim . A. Goodman, a liquor drums, er in the sum of $50. It is t known whethes the- case ill be tried this term or not. The time for the trial of the Label cases was not set by the >urt this morning as had bemr pected. Attorney General yon, when a edI about the, iatter, stated t.' t Mr. W. F. tevenson, v. Le will be associat I with the prosecution, was out the city, and it would be ter a conference with him at they would be ready to say hen the cases would be0 tried. .W. Boykin, J. P. Towill and V. O. Tatum a~r under indict ent in this case, and they are arged with having paid too igh a price for a shipment of ebes while connected with the te state dispensary. The time ill probably be set, tomorrow ad it is thought that some day xt week probably Monday -ili be decided on For County Clerk. The Leader is authorised to anounce as a candidate for the Tice of county clerk of Grayson >uty, Miss Nova B3owen, who r four years has been an as stant in the office and is thor .ghly familiar with theg-espon ble duties of the position. The eader takes pleasure in placing te candidacy of Miss Bowen he >re the people of the county, ad it is through no feeling of rtiality but from a knowledge 'conditions we state that she ill be splendidly supported in is part of the county. Miss Bowen is the grand mghter of Thos. H.Bowen who as a nioneer of this sectionu and prominenit mill man, who mov 1 to Griavsen county over' a half nturv a~zo and settled three les ast of Yan Aistyne. '1Her d~er was John 1B. Bowen, oe the leadinu citizens of the >unr and a brave Confedernie iddier who served thlrouhiout oc war. Hier brothers are WVill. m, JoeJohn and Reese Bo weni I well known and worthy citi nsof the county, arnd she is a ece ofR. L. Bowen of this city. ifailv eonnection Miss Bowen cupis and e-nviable position, as le belong to a family noted for Sintegrity and moral wvorth. Le was born and reared in this Tfmmunty and has scores of 1ndIs in \an Alstyne and El ot who will work heartily )r her namination. Miss Bowen w ell qualified for the office she eks, as she had four years of Eperience, is entirely familiar :ork. She is bri-ght, energetic and desering and will appreci ate anything ann in behalf of her candiacy. The question las to her eligibility to hold the, office of Coun ty Clerk was sub mitte:d to the Attorney General'( departmIent., and the following is Ihe lepIv: "In reply to your favor of theI 6th, inst, I beg to advise that! this department has unifornlv held that a single woman-is eligible to hold the Office of County Clerk. The law doesj not require that a oerson must: he a qualified voter to be eligible to this office and any person not otherwise qualified, who can niake a legal bond, is eligible to: hold the office."-Grayson (Tex) Leadecr. C. E. Mead. Assistani AJ liey Ge.neral Jones Mow Active Candidate. Mr. Ira B. Jones, until today chief justice of the South Caro lina supreme court, is now an active candidate for governor, according lo his statement sev eral weeks ago, when his resig nation was nnounctd. Mr. Jones said this mor. ing that he had no formal statement to na.e as yet as to his race for governor. His successor will be elected at the present session of the legislature. A Pickens' 7oy in California i To ihe Edilt-r: I have yeceived two copies of The Sentinel. You have no idea how much Pleasuse I derive from reading your paper. Gee! But it makes me Ifome sick to read the news of dear old Pick ens County. I see names in the paper that I am well acquainted with. It seeis if they were just across the bay. The Sent inel brings us nearer together. W hen I get homesick Igoto "Marphy's InokeHouse" and listen to "Carolina" advis. i.ng the boys to go South, to 'oiVs CUmatrv as he termiLt. To say JDNything against the South, especially South Caro lina, means an argument or anythin else, Knock South Carolina in hiis presenice and you have invited a s;crao, He muifst be somec scrapper as none of the boys ever mention the matter the secondO time. "Murphy's Smioke House" is a billiard and1 pool parlor, soda fountain, ice cream, cigars, etc. "Carolina" is manager of the place and conmmamds a good patronage. H-e is an old Green ville boy, attended school at Pickens in the old days. Many of your readers kno w himi well, Charles F. JBurbage. He has been all over the wvest and knows the country thoroughly. I have often heard him say - with the golden plated wvest. 1 South Carolina for him where decent white folks an'd negroes1 live. Out here asiatics, slavs, square heads and what not.1 You cannot tell the nationality of one out of ten of the people you meet. Here on the Island we have lumber yards, National and Southern Callifornia Cres cent WarAhouse and Storage Company employin g about 850 men, with wages from $22.'70 to 4. 50 per (lay, which is fairly good pay, but it is harder to savxe money at these wage's than it is down home at 81. 25. This is the largest lumber port in the world. Sometimes boats will unload at our Corn pany's wharf (000.000 fr et of red3 wood and Dine, All the hard wood cornes from Japan, Mexi o and Gonth America. We have the world heat in the way of climiate. You Ca' ao in your shirt sceens the year round. If one could be come satisficd with the c:o~npolit an order of things, sit at the table and eat 31exican shale on one side and the Lord onj'. ly kows whlat ('n the other Can' 1.t use 1to 1 it. Good old Sout ~h .arolina for me. An~fybodiy c'an make a living out here. "Carol in a" (Burbage) sends his best regards to vou and all the Pickens folks, and further says that he had rather be ai milie post het weenI Pickens and I Greenville than Gov., of Cali-< fornia if he had to stick here. Hoping you will have success with the Sentinel and otheri undertakings,1 I ami Yours, H. B. Durham, < Terminal, Calif.I Formerlyof Six Mile, BALTIMORE FOR 9 DEMOCRATSe Will Meet in Maryland City on e June 25. "Permissive Pri- a mary Rule." f n Washington, Jan. 9,--The Democratic national commlttee f completed its work here today a with the selection of Baltimore tj as the convention city. June u 25 was fixed as the date of the ti Nathering when candidates - for president and vice president will be selected. The Republican national convention is to be held in Chicago June 18. The Dem- 1 )cratic committde issued a per- p: missive primary rule, and such fC tates as have laws on the sub- P ject and desire to do so can se- h, ect their representatives in the a iational convention by direct 0 v6te. tr Harmony marked today's sit- d( in, of the committee, which h wvas given over almost entirely 0( o arguments of representatives q1 f the various cities bidding for st :he convention. William Jen- Qi 2ing Bryan did not attend. He of mad not finished his speech at H :he Jackson day banquot until m 6vell aster 3 o'clock this morn- re ng. M There was brief conteroversy E >ver the preposed recognation-of h. he Progres'ine League of Clubs, B in organization said to have st ,rown out of the Independence L eague movement, started by m William R. Hearst. When ob- w ec Iion was made, the question pi )f recognition was deferred for st our years. fr Norman E. Mack, national b( ,hairman, was named to head tl he subcommitte on arrange- fc vents for the convention. Vice ti Jhairman Hall of Nebraska and H 3ecretary Urey Woodson of cl Kentucky will be , ex-officio al nembers of this subcommittee, w md there will be seven addi- hi onal member. o .- nanw - ater by Mr. Mack. M The primary resolution adopt- T. !d was a modification of one L >ropose by Senator Chamberlin th >f Oregon. It was framed by a M ubcommittee headed by Clark SM Eowell, and was as follows: ar "That in the choice of dele Kates and altornates to the nat- di onal Democratic convention of- af [912 the Democratic States or of erritorial committees may, if te 10t otherwise directed by laws ce >f snch States or territories, pro- pi ride for the direct election of fl iuch delegates or olternates if in B he opinion of the respective B: :ommittees it is desirable and >ossible to do so with proper and M :ufficient safeguards. Where er ;uch provision is not made by as he respective committees for te he choice of delegates and al- u1 ernates, and where the State of ows do not provide specifically w, he manner of proceeding, then ti he delegates and alternates to B he said national convention to hball be chosen in the manner te hat governed the choice of del gates from the iespective State di Lnd territories during the last o1 jational convention. at Baltimore led in the fight for he convention from the very h< irst, but two ballots were re- m iuired before St. Louis suc- k: :umbed. Then the vote was h< nade unanimous. The Balti- h< nore bid was accompanie by a hi :ertified check for $100,000. The late of the convention, June 25, er ;uggested by F. B. Lynch of G dinnesota, was unanimously at iccepted. A The first ballot on the conven- si ion gave Baltimore 25 votes and w St. Louis 17. H On the second ballot, Balti- se nore had 29 votes, a majority, md St. Louis 22. el lease to Address Conference rj fil Rev. Richard Carroll asks C: ublicationl of the following: el Five years ago. Richarc Car- Gi roll organized the South Caroli- d4 a Colored Race conference. He ias been and is now its presi lent. This confe rence will hold ts annual session this year in et .olumbia, beginning Wednes- ti lay, January 24. and closing on anuary 26. Heretofore, among the prom- m nent white speakers to appear y< efore the conferene was the yi ~overnor of the State. On ac- T ~ount of certain- utterances al eged to have been made by the moenone it was a debatable S uestion whetherhe would, a: overnor, address the confer nce. Anyway, upon th.' re uest of certain leading negroes ichard Carroll appointed I ammittee to yisit Gov. Bleas nd ask him to address the con. rence it its opening session ai ethel A. M. E. church, Wed esday, Jan. 24, at 10.30 a. m. The committee on its return -om the State house, brought 5surances from the governor iat it would afford him pleas re to address the conference at ie time and place mentioned. From Liberty. Last Saturday morning, the Ith inst. God, in his allwise ovidence seht his death angel ir the gentle spirit of Mr. T. H. arsons. Quite peacefully he id lived and likewise passed vay. He had been sick for 1ly a few weeks with heart ouble and his unexpected ath was a great blow. Many )arts were made sad, for he Punted his friends by his ac iaintances, Although a great ifferer he bore it patiently. iietly submitting to the will his God. e was 46 years old the 26th of ay 1911. He was born and ared near here, b'it in younz anhood left this county for Iberton, Ga., where he was ippily married to Miss Susie utchinson. After a few years ay in Georgia he returned to iberty and engaged in the erchantile business. He al ays seemed cheerful and hap r, and will be missed at his ore, at home and by many ienls. May the hearts of the ,reated ones be softened by teir sore affliction and com irted with the thought "whom te Lord loveth he chasteneth." e united with the Baptist murch in early life and was ever ter a consistent member. A idow and four children survive m, the children bein., Mrs. R. COheneef Elberton, Ga., isses Bes.ie and Jimmie and homas Herbert Parons of iberty. He is als-1 .wrived )v iree sisters and thnL. t~ Ih.-is. rs. W. T. O'Dell, Mrs. J. T1. rillis and Mrs. B. H. Burton, id Messrs B. F. Parsons. The funeral services were con icted at the home Sunday ~ternoon by Rev. D. W. Riott Greenvilie after which they nderly laid him awi y in the metery at this place. The ill bearers were: Messrs. J. .Brown, J. F. Banister, G, .ivrd, J. A. Allgoc d, P. J. rown and Dr. W. M. Long. Next week the Woman's issionar'r Society of the Lib ty Baptist church will observe Sa week of prayer. Each af rnoon, except Friday and Sat 'day, will be spent in the home some member. Though ithis eek of prayer is intended par ~ularly for the women of the aptist church, all others in the wn are cordially inyited to at nd and take part. Mrs. A. L. Johnson and chil 'en, Kinard and Harold, are an extended visit to relatives Ninety Six. Miss Annie Bell Brown is at >mie from winthrop. Her any friends are pained to iow her health w ill not permit ir to continue her studies, but >pe her vocation may prove ir speedy restoration, Miss Eliza Major, has been igaged in teaching in the raded School here has resigne d id returned to -her home in nderson. She won the friend tip a nd confidence of many ho regret to see her leave. er departue is heart rending to veral of our young men. Notice of Town Election. Notice is hereby given that an ection will be held on Februs 3rd, 1912, to elect a mayor to .the unexpired term of S. B. raig, resigned. Managers of ection: D. B, Finney, W. T. riffin and J. L. Thornley. Vo rig place: City Hall. By or er of the Town Council. 55 acres three and a half miles est of Pickens, 25 acres in dul vation, balance in pasture and oodland; splendid neighbood; xxd 7-room 2-story house. Let e show you this place for I can ake a price that will interest >u. Immediate possession if >u want it. See H. M. HEs ER, Pickens, S. C. Subscribe for The Pickens mnenl. EUGENE B. GARY CHIEF JUSTICE Senior Associate Justice Succeeds Ira B. Jones, Resigned Sketch ~of New Chief Columbia Jan. 10.-Eugene B. Gary of Abbeville, senior as sociate justice, today was unani mously elected chief justice of the South Carolina Supieme Court at a joint session of the General Assembly held at 12:30 p. n. Mr. Gary's name was the only one proposed for the place and out of the 153 votes cast he polled the entire number. Mr. Gary sacceeds Mr. tra B. Jones, who resigned his pcsiticn as Chief Justice to enter race for Govern or this year, the resignation having taken effect yesterda1y. The term is really the unexpired term of Y. J. Pope, former chief justice, who resigned a few years ago, being succeeded by Mr. Jones, who was at that time associate justice. Mr. Pope's term would have expired -in 1914 had he retained the place and lived, and that year would also-of course have marked the expiration of Mr. Jones' term as chief justice and will there fore be the termination of the term of which Mr. Gary was today elected. Mr. Gary's name was propos ed by Senator J. Moore Mars of Abbeville, and the nomination received hearty seconds- from all parts of the house, both senators and representatives ris ingttrexpress themselves in favor of thei senior associate justice of the.State's higher trib unal. R. C. Watts Elected Justice. By a vote of 85 to 55, Richard C. Watts of Chesterfield. judgle of the Fourth circuit, was elect ed fourth associate justiceof the South Carolfia supremie court over Thomas B. Fraser of Sum ter, the only other nom.iinee. Judge W\aits wi- as ihinated by W. F. Stevenson. Hlis nomi nation was seconded by Senator Wharton, Mr. Dixon, Mr. Mc Gill, Mr. Miller and the Marl boro delegation. Mr Fraser was i ominated by Senator Johnstone. H's nomi nation was seconded by Mr. Dick, Jr. Fultz, Mr. Richardson, Mr. Chandler and Mr Wingard. The election of Judge Watts fills the place provided for by the constitutional amendment voted on favorably by the quai fledt electors of the Stato and adopted by the general assembly at a later session. Considerable laughter was caused by a "split" in the dele gation from Union county. Mr. Browning rose arnd seconded the nomination of Mr. Fraser on behalf of the Union delega t ion. A moment later Senator Young of Union seco-ided the nomination of Judge Watts in behalf of the Union delegation. A little later Mr. H imnilton, also of Union, seconded the nomination of Judge Watts on his own behalf. Fraser is Elected. Columbia, Jan. 11.-Thomnas B. Fraser, of Sumter, was this at tern ooni elected associate jus tice of the supreme court, suc ceeding Eugene B. Gary, who was yesterday elected chief justice. Judge Fraser was elected on the second ballot, defeating circuit Judges Gage and Prince. The name of S. W. G. Hart of Yorkville, who was nominated on the first ballot was with drawn. The final vote was total numnbcr of votes cast, 160; necessary to choice. 81; Fraser received 93; Gage 58; Prince, 9. C, A. Woods of Marion was re elected assoc:iate justice of the supreme court without opposi tion, Atlanta Letter. Editor Sentinel: The city of Atlanta is covered this morning with a mantle of white. It is the first snow this year and the first ot the season. It is about an inch deep. Mr. aid Mrs. W. D. Fricks are going to make their home in Jacksonville, Fla. We hate to lose Daver and his .estimable wife. The business done by Tuc~ FROM THE PALMETTO STATE A Column of General State News Tiat Has Been Gotten From Many Towns and Counties. BarnwelL-The members of the Barnwell bar association have ada ed resolution endorsing the candidaer of George H. Bates, a member of-the Barnwell bar for judge of the second judicial circuit to succeed the. late Robert Aldrich. The association asksi < the support of the members of-th general assembly. Lexington.-Charlie Warren te self-confessed horse thief, pleaded guilty In the general sesslows court and was sentenced by Judge, Prince to serve twelve months on the- coun-, ty chaingang and pay a fine of $ Warren stole the horse of W Weed of this -town on- the nigh o December 29, and was captured at Blythwood two days later. dolumbia.-A number of importknt - recommendations are contan the annual report of E. . Watsbn"' commissioner of agriculture, cor merce and Industes to be sent tothe general assembly. early. in the ifon. The recommendations cover broad scope of. work and affect the departments of .the state ment of agriculture. Conway.-Dr. J. T. Howell, th hookworm physician sent out. by state board of health to treat the 415' ease alrived in Conway and is work- _ fng in Horry county in the interest V the health of the people. ' r Howell will establish offices at di Cerent sections of the county so that the people can easily get to him. These ofilces, will be kept open for limited time. Columbia.-Polnting out that'"the enrollment of the institution was 70 lor last yeer, and that the gradna :lass In June was the largest the history of the institution, Dr. 1W.- M. Riggs, president of Clemson College, as sent his report to the state su perintendent of education, to be trans nitted to the general assembly. He reviews the work of the school In. the report. Columbia.-The !annuai meeting o! he-_NXntal,..Guard Association of Sou, - -"'aWill be held here In ui~ da~~the offic f th Fer wil be - tons to be submitted v. the general issembly will be discussed. W. B WIoore of Yorkville is the president mnd A. E. Legare of Columbia.secr ;ary. Several Interesting addresses >n the National Guard affairs will be iscussed. . Columba.-The supreme court In a lecision by Associate Justice -Gary ifrirmed the verdI4t-QLftbe C ounty court in the case. of Anice Bennett against the Charlestbn Union tation Company and the Atlantic Coast Line Railway Company for $,750 on account of' damages. recelv ed while employed as a car .cleaner. & motion for a'new trial was denied, mnd the case was 'appealed to the 9ti. preme court by the deftendants Bennettsville.-The first county it arary and athletic contest ever' held n Marlboro county took"A place in Bennettsville a few days ag o'n .the grounds of the graded schoo .- The >bject of the exercises was the.:. g Eng into closer touch the diff - schools of the county and the deve >pment of... an interest among .the students In oratory and athletics. A umber of the schools were repre sented. Saluda.-A few days ago an -elec ion was held for a bond issue for town .Improvements. There was very ittle opposition. -The summer vist ar will see grttfying results from his election next summer. The eague gave a t the-w - ficals at whi many p were sggested fo eImprovement of the :own. A mass meeting was held tc lscuss the interest of the town. Newberry.-Col. E. B. Aull has .as sumed the duties of county saperin endent cof education, to which he was elected by the state board of educa tion. The transfer of the offiee was made when Superintendent -J~ S. Wheeter turned over the records .of he oece 'to Mr, Aull. Acting- under he provisions of he Constitution of South Carolina ast holding two e lees. fr A~i tendered. - Goerner. Bease hjs rag tion- as a membery , the state hospitl commission. - Newberry. - Fire origfnatng some nknown way In'the base of ue pves room oftthe Po festroyed te e machihery and a !eal cake. By hard was kept from spreadinga aery, with its three gins, thie and boiler, the seed -housead a ~ hull house were saved. The loss CU ~ not be accurately estimated-noW -~ Ls sozmewhere from $10,000 to. $30,O004 - and is fully covered by insuranc -- The president of the mill is ~V.I. Smith. The capital stock is $3@,00@ nwned chiefly $y Pomaria ~peopk ' Columbia.-The supreme court re !used to grant the petition for an i Junction against the Columbia RachS A~ssocation, It being held that'tb racng had ended andf it had cost~ tute'd a nuisance, It had been abite by discontinuance. - Columibia.-The sales atuthe- io0s beer and whiskey dispenaies-' . the past year approached- $10 the exact figures' being $80.7 - Por the preceding y *p to $698,007.13, t $102267.41. The 1.2 %gnths :Just 751.05; they andM