The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-09-15

! stainer. But in this race the liuor
issue will occupy position much
more subordinate than it has held in
gubernatorial campaigns in South
Carolina within the past twenty years.
! Also From NeWberry.
Chief Justice Jones is a native of
! Ecwberry, where lie was born on De-
,cenIber %, 1871. The early Years Of
! his life were spent in NeWberry, where
&c attended Newbrry college for a.
: time, but in 1868 he entered Erskine
. college aid graduated in the class 81
. 1916. At college lie distinguished him. !
self as orator and debater. Alter sra
duaCiol ne returned 70 NeW5erry am
toLgnt school two years i: that coun-
! t. and Edgefeid, studying law i'll the
! meantime. While il NeWberry he was
i associate editor Of the Herald. He
was admitted TO the bar when p years
old.
| In the fall of 1875 Mr.. Jones remo5-
! eG to Lancaster, where he has since
resided. 1t was then a town without
railroad or telegraph facilities. 1t is !
said that when the future chief Justice /
reached Lancaster he had $40 i'll his
pocket, and no friends or acquaintance
j.. the new town. He is essentially a !
! self-made man, in the best sense of
the term.
In 1890 Mr.. Jones was sent to the
house of representatives frcll Lancas-
ter. He at once took first rank with
! the leaders Of the reform movement. |
IN the house his personality immed !
lately made itself felt, and be became
chairman of the most important COM
mittee, that on ways AMI means. A |
newspaper man who reported the pro-
ceedings in those stir ':>ig days rece:it-
]y said that when Ira r Jones led
fight in the house, 1: was as good as
won. When Speaker Jolu J.. NJ. >:rby
was elected United States senator,
u: Jones was made speaker
As Speaker.
fractional feeling ran very high in !
those days. 1t is related that upon
one occasion the house passed a reso-
luton taking out of the hands iof the
speaker the appointment Of a free
J conference committee unheard of
proceeding. Speaker Jones at once
threw down the gavel, took off the
purple robe and walked down the
stand. The house apologized to the
speaker, and he resumed his Office.
On the Bench.
On January 80, 1896, while still
speaker, he was unanimously elected
associate justice of the supreme court,
showing the respect in which he was
held by his fellow members of the gen.
eral assembly. On January %, 1902,
! he was reelected for the full term OF
eight years, and his term would have
expired in 1910, but upon the resigna-
tion Of Chief Justice Pope, Associate /
Justice Jones was elected chief justice
to fill the term expiring in 1914. He +
thus had more than two years yet to
serve had he not resigned.
The Situation. |
Politically, aside from the entry Of
the chief justice into the race for gov
ernor, the resignation of the chief JUS
tice is interesting. His term as chief
justice expires in 1914, two years from
! the date when his resignation becomes
effective. The resignation-2s in the
case of Chief Justice Pope-has been
! timed so as to become effective during
! the session Of the general assembly, !
! thus enabling the legislature to fill the
Office promptly. Under the constltu-d
ton the governor can only make an ;
appointment to fill such an Office
where the unexpired term is less than
one year, and if the chief justice had ,
made his resignation effective now, !
tn governor could not have filled the
office and the supreme court would
have been short one judge during the
coming fall term. Chief Justice Jones
will preside during the fall term up to
January 9. The legislature meets on
January 9, and it is probable that an
election will be entered upon shortly
j after conVening.
! TIVE Vacancies Now.
There will, be two places on the su-
| preme court to be filed, since at the
! last session the general assembly fail
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