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SUPREME COURT ItULES GItACE OUT Orders Tiat, here Has Been No Ele tion iII (Iharleston. Watts FINehs Ils sent.lig Opiniioni. Tihe Supreme Court of South Caro lina by ai majority oiinion today de clared that the result of the election held in Charleston for mayor "had not been legally ascertained and declared that the actions of the executive oom Imtittee in attempting to do so were af fected by errorg of law prejudicial to the petitioner. Hyde, and must be set aside and it is so adjudged." The decision was ianded (own about 11:20 o'clock Tuesday morning and the ju dicial determination of the court Is that the election for mayor was null and vold. The majority Opinion was written by Associate Justlee S. E. 1lydrick and concurred in by Chief Justice Eugene 11. Gary and Associate Jlus tice T. 11. Fraser. There was a dis senting opinion filed by Associate Justice Rt. C. Watts and concurred in by Associate .lustice George V. Gage. The majority opinion holds that the executive committee erred in re ferring the challenged votes to a committe on canvass with power to act. It also holds that the executive committee erred in refusing to con sider the alleged mu tilated ballois. "'1the differeice in tihe votes bietween the candiiates for mayor," it says, was so smal that a proper deelsion as to those baliots might have changed the result." The decision of the courit. sets at nought the aetIlon of the Grace-con trolled executive committee in de claring Grace the nominee. The re suilt of the primary election as first declared gave :llyde a majority of one vote. Seven thousand votes were cast in the Charleston election and it was one of tle hottest election cam paigns the state has even known. The opinion of the court holds that the executive committee in Charleston acted Illegally in refer ring the contested eletion ballots t a sub-committee on canvas, with pow er. to act. Such power cannot be del cated, the court holds. The court also holds that the commnittee had nr right to ameilnd tle election rules an( that it shtould have acted under rules adopted prior to the election. - The court also holds that the cxC cutive Committee erred in not con %idering the alleged mutilate'd ballots The committee tirew out certain bal lots that had been scratched with peI and ink an(] on which it was allegei that the scratching showed througl the paper. These should have bee1 properly examined, the court holds. Tho . concluling vords of th court's opinion are as follows: "Fror what has been said, it is clear tha we can not determine from the r( cord before us which of tle candidate for mayor received the mtiajority of thI votes tlat were and ought to hav been counted. We can not therefoi sustsain thte contentionl of the pet itiol ers that the court will consider tI: 'votes and declare the election, fl can we sustain the contention that i the absencee of a declaration of 11 executive count of thte manage1 should be sustained as a declaratiOn the result. Under tihe rules the managers wve not authorized to (declare the resuj That was for the executive commnitt -and it has not donte so according law,. it follows thtat all that we ci do Is. to hold thtat the result of t electIon has not heen legally asec taIned and~ declared and that the a tions of the excutive comitttee it temptintg to do no were affected by ( ror, of law, prejudicIal to the pet itic cer, Ilyde, and muist. be set aside a It is so adjuidged."' This means that there will htave he antothier elect ion for matiyor Charleston. Tihe court simply ntu fles the actiont of the executive co lait tee, in declarinlg Grace elected. Associate .Itustlee Watts filed dlissentintg optitiou, In whltich he ht that "no errors of iawv had been co mitted and the proceedin~gs shtould dismissedl." -if theC majority of court hadl agrceed with Justice Wa it would htave meant the nominaition Gr~ace.--Coilia Record, Nov. 11. Rheumatisn rIS completely washed out0 of the syganT the( celebrated Sivmar .\linmeral W\Vfer it it ly gua ranteedb m one (uy-b)ack T a'tca fine; costs a triflef/' elivered wherefF( by~ our i.smurens Agenits, J. C. ? R. Co. Phone t hem. Grand Prize 11e Hireanns OAmmunitionI -)4 ReMI uNQTON ARMiUMCCO INC FINAL SETTLEMEtNT Take notice that on the 2nd day of )ecember, 1919, I will render a final recount of my acts and doings as Ad ninistratrix of the estate of J. 11. unningham, deceased, in the office >f the Judge of Probate of Laurons ,ounty, at 11 o'clock, a. in., and on the iame day will apply for a final dis Aiarge from my trust as Administra trix. Any person indebted to said estate is notified and required to make pay ment on that date and all persons hav Ing claims against said estate will present them on or before said date, dily proven or -be forever barred. COlA CUNNINGHAM, Administratrix. Oct. 29, 1919. 15-5t-A g mi0@**NO C-I riMsl 0 0 n 0 0 o ue "1 0 0 O . Sn t. e i0 *tha in hel itC fier my.a he LAWND SALE. State of South Carolina, County of Laurens. IN COURT OF COMMON PI1DAS. W. P1.1Wham, Plaintliff, against T. 11. Nelson, Defendant. Pursuant to a Decree of the Court In the above stated case, I will sell at .public outcry to the highest bidder, at Laurens UC. .H., S. C., on Salesday in December next, being 21onday the 1st day of the month, during the legal hours for such sales, -.Ie following do scribed property, to wit: All that lot, piccC of parcel of land situate, lying and being In Laurens County, South Carolina, containing seven (7) acres more or less and bounded by lands of .1. I. 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