Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-01-27
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Some of the More Important Proceed
ings Of House and Senate.

1t looks very much like both the
house and senate are going to agree to
the senate resolutions providing that
Jerry H. Moore, Archie T. Odom and
Hannah Plowden shall have scholar
ships, the first two at Clemson and
the last at Winthrop, in appreciation
of the records they made for corn
growing in South Carolina.
The general assembly has accepted
an invitation to visit Cedar Springs in
stitute for the deaf, dumb and blind on
January 10 next. 1t is the sense of the
general assembly that hereafter it
will make only one trip year and the
next trip will be made to Cedar
Springs.
Notaries public who may be ap-
pointed to fill the places of those now
serving, whose commissions become
vacant February 10, under Governor
Blease's proclamation, will serve for
ten years instead of 'at the pleasure
of the governor" as heretofore, will
register with the clerks of court in
their respective counties and will pay
50 each for their commissions, under
the amended Mower BILL as passed
Thursday by the house of representa-
tives. Several hundred applications
for appointment as notary public have
already been filed. The present fee Is
1925. Notaries reappointed may use
their old seals.
At noon Wednesday the joint assem-
bly, of South Carolina met to fill by
election several important offices. The
first election resulted in the choice OF
Mr.. R. E. Copes, now probate judge OF
Orangeburg county, as judge of the
First judicial circuit, vice Hon. Chas
Glover DantZler, deceased. Mr.. Copes
opponents were Solicitor Peter T. Hill
debrand of Orangeburg and Attorneys
]. Otey Reed of st. George and Oc-
tavus Cohen of Charleston. The tota1
vote cast was 163, of this number 50
being necessary to a choice. The vote
was distributed as follows: Copes S5;
Hildebrand So Reed %; Cohen 3
AS code commissioner, the term being
ten years and the compensation S40C
per annum, Mr.. William Elliott of Co
lumbia, did not ask reelection and the
Joint assembly chose for the place Mr.
Andrew J. Bethea, for four years pri-
vate secretary to Governor Ansel and
now chief clerk of the engrossing de-
partment. The other candidates were
former Commissioner w. T. Townsend
of Columbia and Mr.. ]. c. Mcclure OF
the Chester bar, the vote being as fol-
lows: Total 159: necessary to a choice
so: For Bethea 107: for Townsend 16;
for Mcclure 36. Without opposition
Capt. David Jefferson Griffith of Lex
ington county, was reelected superin-
tendent of the state penitentiary. Fol
three vacancies on the board of direc-
tors of the penitentiary there were
four candidates, Directors A. X. San
ders of Sumter, Jasper NJ. Smith OF
COlletOn and John G. Mobley of Fair
field seeking reelection and the fourth
being former Representative o. d. A
Wilson of Barnwell. Those chosen were
Messrs. Mobley. Smith and Sanders
The vote was: Mohley $50; Sanders
141; Smith 14S: Wilson 90. The joint
assembly Wednesday night elected as
trustee of Winthrop, DR.. 7. A. Craw-
ford of Rock Hill, unopposed, vice A
Markley Lee of Charleston, deceased
1t took three ballots, however to elect
a trustee of Clemson in place of Jesse
II. Hardin of Chester, deceased. The
nominees were Jesse Hardin, Jr., OF
Chester, f. T. Hughes of Marion, R. w
Hamilton of Union, and DR.. R. H. Tim
norman of Batesburg. Hamilton with
drew after first ballot and Hardin's
name was withdrawn after second
Hughes was finally elected over Tim
norman, the vote being 12 to Il.