The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-12-17
ELECTIONS BY THE LEGISLATURE.

ELECTIONS BY THE LEGISLATURE.
BIcIver Elected Chief JustIce and AIlen
and Tyler Penitentiary Directors.
COLUMBIA, S. g. Dec. 2.-The Legis-
lature met in joint assembly at p. IN.
Lieutenant Governor Gary announced
that the first business was the election
of Chief Justice to fill the unexpired
term of the late Chief Justice w. ID.
Simpson, whose term expires July 90,
1892.
Mr.. J. l.. McLaurin moved that nomi-
nations be made without speeches.
This motion was ruled out of order, but
| nevertheless the nominations were thus
made.
Senator Evans placed in nomination
Henry McIver of Chesterfield.
Representatives Blease, Burn, Finley,
Wilson, Evans and Watts and Senator
Stokes seconded the nomination.
Senator Abbott and representative
McLaurin were appointed tellers. The
election OF Mr.. Mclver was unanimous,
1866 votes being polled by him.
The next business was the election of
Chief Justice to serve for six years
after the expiration of the term of the
late Chief Justice Simpson.
Senator Evans nominated Henry Nc
Iver.
Representative Burn and Senator
Sloan seconded the nomination. The
same tellers were appointed and a
unanimous election by 1876 votes was
the result.
The elevation Of Associate Justice
Mclyer to the Supreme Justiceship
| leaves vacancy on the Supreme Cou It
aud an election to fill this vacancy will
he necessary later on. Judge Wallace
and Attorney General Pope are mos
! prominently mentioned for the position.
| Both have active supporters and the
contest will be close.
An election of two directors of the
PeAltentiary was next held.
Representative Wilson nominated L.
G. Allen, Of Spartanburg.
| Representative Harrison seconded
the nomination.
Representative Evans nominated n.
Is. Tyler, OF Aiken.
| Senators Donaldson and Bell second
ed the nomination.
| II. o. Sanders, of Sumter, was nomi-
mated for reelection by Representative
Moses.
Representative Hart seconded the
nomination.
| w. Traylor, Of Fairfield, whose nolnina-
tion was seconded by several members
Of the House.
The same tellers were appointed
One ballot was taken resulting as fol-
lows: Allen, 113; Tyler, 1O5; Sanders.
50; Traylor, %. Allen and Tyler were
declared elected.
ELECTION OF ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.
COLUMBIA, S. g., Dec. 4.-The one
event which occupied and claimed
the close attention of every one within
l itc
t1on OF an Associate Justice to fill the
vacancy on the Supreme Bench caused
by election Of Justice McIver to the
chief place. The election was the spec.
lal order for l o'clock and long before
that time all the seating and standing
room in the House of Representative ;
was taken, so to speak. There we've
only Two candidates, Judge William H.
Wallace OF the Fourth Judicial Circuit,
and Attorney General Pope 1t was
| known that the race would be q close
one, bat exactly how close no one knew,
The friends Of both candidates were
confident of their success, in fact so
much so that they backed their iudg.
ment." The total vote cast was 146,
| just lO less than the vote cast on Tues.
day for Chief Justice McIver. OF the
whole number cast General Pope re.
ceived 76 and Judge Wallace 20; giving
General Pope majority Of six votes.
Human Holocaust.
| DETROIT, Mich, Dec. 2-The most
appalling catastrophe that has visited
Detroit since the burning of the Tilden
school, two years ago, took place about
o'clock this morning. Fire broke out
IN the grocery store of George j. Refs,
3S2 Orleans street, and communicating
to the dwelling house overhead. smoth-
| 0rln Dot, 10
MS brothers Josie and Eddie, aged IL
and years. The latter children were
found in their bed and the older boy
was discovered by the firemen living
upon the floor before g window as if he,
realizing the danger, had attempted to
escape by that egress.
The father and mother were found
locked in each others arm at the head
OF the stairs leading out into the yard.
They were burned to q crisp. Why
they took the rear steps may never be
known, for II they had taken the front
way they would undoubtedly have been
saved. AS 1t was they rushed into
fiery furnac ;, for the contlagration did
the most damage where their bodies
were found
| Two other children-Max, aged Is,
and Toney, aged IL, and a hired girl,
whose name could not be ascertained.
e;caped by jumping out Of the windows
into the arms OF the police and firenen.
There was no means of finding out Just
how the fire started. When first seen
1t was issuing from the front windows
up stairs, but an examination of the
grocery store showed an overturned
stove, and the damage done to the
lower story would indicate that the fire
started in the store.
| GREENvILLE, S. C.. Dec. 4.-W. Is.
Anderson, a well known and highly re-
spected young man of the Cedar Grove
section of Laurens County, died Mon
day morning from a mistake in taking
medicine. He had not been well, and
Monday morning got up out of bed to
take some quinine. 1t seems from
what can be learned that there was a
bottle containing morphine near the
one containing quinine, and the two
bottles were much alike. After taking
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