The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-10-06
From The State Capitol.

CuLrNEiA, S. G., oct. 1, l>9..
There Is much speculation lust now as
regards Comptrolerc NOrton'S
successor Immediately after his cleo
lion = Congress Mr.. l.. +. Epton. Audi
toro: Spartanburg County, made appi-
cation and cane to the city to press his
claims. Il viii hc remembered that Mr.
f.p:pn was Il clerk under Governor Eller-
ha when he held that Office, and for this
reason h" hopes 10 he successful in oh-
tanning the position. There are already
many other applicants. Mr.. Neil,
prominent business man OF Winr-hurO.
has made formal application and had
long conference with the Governor in re.
gard - the vacancy soon TO occur. Ii is
currently reported that prominent
Aiken official is here in the interest "l
nluSc.! for the position. News from
Charleston has il that eX-Com!nIsSioner
Martin. Of the metropolitan police force.
j. Al applicant and will urge the Govern
or - giv" him the position i'll palllatiOn
for his Martins Official deCAp!tatlOn on
tie l~i inst.
Commissioner S. ". Vance has lust
p:II over 10 State Treasurer Zimmerman
>.,un.iu. which liquidatcs the diSpcnsa-
ry'> Indebtedness 10 the general fund OF
TIC. STAT" Treasury. All profits hereafter
70 lo the school fund. Commissioner
Vance thinks that the dispensary will
from now until the meeting OF the LeEls-
!aturo pay into the State Treasury So
CA, each month. However. this is mere
!v r-Ophcrv and is yet to be verified.
senator Iillinan was in the city last
wccl; in consultation with his physicians
H.. is no, seriously Ill, but deem"d It
prudent that Il diagnosis Of his case be
made While in the city he called on
Governor Ellerba. but the nature Of the
visit was unknown. Before leaving for
h.~ home ia Trenton, Senator Tillman
was asked about the threat he made dur
ing the summer at Abbeville that if
there Was any probability OF the dis
pen>ary law being repealed. no would re-
sign the SCnatOrShlp, return 10 South
Carolina and run for Governor: and i'll
reply the Senator said that he would GER
l.inlv 90 il. When lIllman indulges in
such talk no one takes him seriously.
He has not forgotten the fate of that
manifesto issued in behalf IF John Gary
l.vans during the E,arle-Evans Senatorial
contest last year A few shrewd political
observers have already given it rs their
opinion that the senior Senator will lose
hi, seat in the United States Senate III
1901. and that if lie should resign in order
tu en.cr the guhernatorial race and try 20
cacrcc the people to keep the dispensary
law when they do not want It, that he
would 1e buried SO deep under an ava
lancho Of votes that he would never
again rise on the political surface.
Under an act of lN'i the doors of the
South Carolina College were thrown
open 10 women, and since that time many
girls have attended. the number in
crca-ing each year. Not until this ses-
sion, however has there been an appli-
cant for an admission TO the law class.
Last week Miss Ella r. Norris, q clerk
i'm Attorney General Barber's Office,
made application for admission to the
law department. and President Wood
ward and Prof. Jos. Daniel Pope con-
strUe the Act 10 mean that women are
eligible 10 admission to any department,
therefore Miss Norris was admitted and
will resume at once the study OF law.
When She will have completed her
course. shc will have the novel distinc-
ton of beng the only lady attorney in
S,nth Carolina, ard also Of having cs-
tab!i>hcd precedent for young ladies to
cmtcr tie law department of the South
Carolina College. y. Il. 5.