The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-29


day with the Legislature. At l0:30
O'Clock the senate and the house as
sembled in the hall OF the house of
representatives and proceeded TO the
election of
THE JUDGES.
Senator Raysor, of Orangeburg,
nominated the Hon. ChaS. G.. Dantz-
Ter. This was seconded by Mr.. Cos
grove Of the Charleston delegation. by
Senator Sharpe of Lexington and Mr..
Prince of Anderson. There were no
further nominations. The tcllers.
Senators ltaySor and Sharpe and Rep
reSentativeS Tatum, Sinklcr ana
Spears. announced that Mr.. Dant2lcr
had received l55 votes.
For judge OF the second circuit.
Senator Henderson OF Aiken nomin-
ated the incumbent, Judge James
Aldrich of Aiken. This was seconded
10y Mr.. Wilson OF sumter and others.
There were no other nominations.
The tcllCrS, Senators Henderson and
Aldrich and McsSrS. kinScy, Williams
and McGOwan, reported that Judge
Aldrich had received l53 votes.
For Judge of the third judicial cir
cult, Senator Manning Of Sumter nom
mated Hon. +. B. Fraser of Sumter.
This was seconded by Mr.. Croft Uf
Aiken, Mr. Freeman of Marlboro.
Mr. Mcleod of Sumter nominated
Mr.. II. o. purdy OF Sumter. This
was seconded by Mr.. Henry Is. Rich
ardSon OF Clarendon and Capt Hill of
Collcton.
MIR. Wells of Florence nominated
MIR. George Gallctly OF Florence. This
was seconded by Mr.. Lockwood of
Beaufort. Mr.. Dominick OF Newberry
and Senator Aldrich OF Barnwell. The
tellcrS were Senators Manning and H.
derton and Representatives Carter,
MurchiSon and Thcus. When the
vote was first taken Mr.. Fraser re-
ceiycd 81, Mr.. Gallctly - and MIR.
Purdy 76. The latter needed just
three votes Of election. Then sue
cecded Il number Of changes, the
break being made by Mr. Lidc OF Or
angcburg, who changed from Gallctly
to Purdy. The final result was: To-
tai number of votes cast l5J: OF which
number Mr. Fraser received 81, Mr..
Galletly 10 and Mr.. Purdy S4: ncccs-
Sary to a choice rs.
| senator Sfakcncy of Chesterfield
nominated Judge II. G.. Watts OF Che
raw to succeed himself rs Judge OF the
| fourth circuit. This was seconded by
Mr.. McGOwan i'm behalf Of the Lau-
rcnS delegation. There were numer-
Gus seconds to the nomination The
| tellerS, Senators Blakency and McDer-
| Nf
and Dennis, reported that Judge Watts
had received l54 votes.
Senator Glenn nominated Judge Geo.
w. Gage Of Chester to succeed himself.
This was seconded by Mr.. Williams Of
| Lancaster, Mr.. Bricc OF York and
others. The tellcrS, Senators Glenn
and lIough and Representatives Wood
ward, Beamguard and Richardson. re-
ported that Judge Gage received 100
votes and was declared Judge of the
sixth judicial circuit.
| Judge klugh was nominated to sue
cccd himself as Judge OF the eighth
circuit. The nomination was made
| by W. III. Parker of Abbcvillc. second
ed by Senator Brice OF York and a
number of others. The tellerS were
Senators Graydon and Herndon and
| Representatives Guntcr, McCraw and
MolTat. Judge Klugh received l4S
| votes.
Mr.. Williams of Lancaster nOminat-
ed the Hon. Ira b. Jones of Lancaster
| to succeed himself as a justice OF the
supreme court. This was seconded
| by Mr.. Bominick ON behalf OF the
! Newberry delegation, by Mr. Halle OF
York, by Senators IIough and Glenn.
! There were 1870 votes cast and Justice
Jones received 1870.
The election OF Judges was then CON
cludcd and the joint assembly was ad-
! journcd after having been in session
two hours and ID minutes.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
At ! o'clock another session OF the
! joint assembly was held. For the Of
flee of commissioner OF the state dis
pcnSary there was but one name put
! forward, that Of II. H. Crum, the in
cumbent. He was nominated by Mr.
! Tatum OF Orangcburg, seconded by
| Mr. BivcnS Of Dorchester and several
others. There were AZ votes, Mr.
/ Crum receiving the entire number.
For the Office OF chairman OF the
! board Of directors OF the dSpcnSlry
| there was only one nomination, l.. j.
! Williams OF Edgciicld. MIR. Williams
! is the incumbent. He was nominated
/ by Senator Sharp Of Lexington, sec
Ondcd by MIR. StrOm OF Edgciicld and
| Mr. Croft Of Aiken. The name Of
Senator StauIand was not presented.
although it was expected that it would
lie. Mr.. Williams received the entire
vote pollcd, liG.
Then came the vote for the other
two members of the board OF directors
/ Of the state dispeuSary. There were
six candidates, Senator J. \. McDcr-
mott OF Horny; \. +. II. Dukes OF
Orangcburg, former member o; the
general assembly: III. If. Evans OF
| NcwbcrTy, former member OF the gen
cral assembly; B. II. Thcus, rcprcscn-
tativc from Hampton; \. H. Dean.
Sr., representative from Spartanburg;
| l.. Boykn Of kcrShaw, recently dis
penSary inspector.
When the vote was first taken, it
was seen that Mr.. Evans was elected.
There were 100 votes cast, - being
necessary for election. Mr. Evans
had received So Mr. Dukes received
90; Mr.. Boykin 81; Mr.. Thcus 2I: Mr..
| McDermott 23; Mr. Dean IS.
As soon as the last vote was cast,
MIR. rhcuS' supporters began TO break,
a number Of them voting for Mr. Boy
kin. For awhile it appeared that Mr..
. BOykin would catch up with and pass