The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1911-01-13
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY.
MENDEL SMITH SPEAKER
JAS. A. HOYT CLERK TO
BE A SESSION OF USE
FULNESS


Columbia, Jan. IL Special to Th,
Advocate-With liquor in the back.
ground. for the first time in 2 years
and with organization details dis
posed of already. the general assem-
bly, which convened here Tuesday
has opportunities for constructive
craftsmanship such as no Legislature
in many years has enjoyed. Another
encouraging circumstance is tina,
over half the members have hac
previous legislative experience.
Some Of them have served many
terms. Two of them have been
speakers-Messrs. w. F. Stevenson
of Chesterfield and Frank B. Gary
of Abbeville
Mendel Smith was Tuesday elect
ed speak-r, for the third time with
in ten years. He was unopposed.
The house reelected clerk Jas. A.
|Hoyt over former Assistant Clerk
Wilson Gibbes bya vote of II to
4o and former Representative S.
MCGOWAN Simpkins defeated J..
Frank Epps of Greenville for read
ing clerk by vote "a to 46, Ser.
geant-at- arms ]. S. Wilson of Lam
caster was reelected without oppo-
sition.
In the Senate Thos. G. Mcleod
of Lee, the retiring lieutenant gov
ernor, will preside until his success
or. Hon. G. A. Smith Of Florence,
is inaugurated, which will be next
Tuesday. Sergeant-at-arms Schum-
pert of Newberry was reelected.
For chaplain Rev. A. E. Holler de-
feated Rev. j. P. Knox, 81 to 10.
Former Lieutenant Governor w. L.
Mauldin of Greenville was reelected
president pro tenn. DR.. w. S. Stokes
vas elected reading clerk. For Mr..
@. A. Smith, Mr.. Mcleod announc-
ed these appointments: Journal
clerk, G. E. Moore, Anderson; bill
clerk, E. A. Perry, Saluda; secretary
to the president, J. R. McGhee,
Greenville; pages, Frank DeSchamps
of Florence and Edwin Fuller of
Laurens; mail clerk. N G. Pyles,
Columbia; doorkeepers, 6. B. Gill
mer, Anderson ard r. nj. Floyd,
Spartanburg.
Senator Weston of Richland in
troduced the first senate bill, con-
templating general increases in sal
aries for statehouse officials. from
governor down. An invitation 10
visit the University OF South Caro-.
lima Thursday. this being Founders
Day at the university, YVES accepted
No action has been taken yet on the
invitation to the general assembly
ID visit Winthrop college at Rock
Hill on Lees birthday Jan. 10.
AS to the composition of the Sen
ate, with its AZ members: Twenty
one held over, we're reelected and
IL are new. The new solons are
Messrs Dennis, Mall, Ackerman,
Lawson, Manning, CHM, Strait, T. ].
Mauldin, Stuckey, Green. Young
Epps. Seven senators did not offer
for reelection. These were: Ham
rick, McKeithan, w. S. Smith, Kel.
ly, Rodgers. Carpenter. Bass.
There are l24 representatives. o.
these 38 were reelected. There ar,
l8 members who have seen servic,
previously but not in the last session
-Four counties reelected their entir,
delee cations.
It is expected that election of the
fifth justice of the Supreme Cour
may be entered upon in about two
weeks. Gen. M. L. Bonham of An
derson, Representative 1hos. B
Fraser Of Sumter, Attorney w. b
| Gruber of Walterboro and Judge r
lW. Memminger of Charleston ar
all likely to be candidates. Friend
O each are already feeling the pulls
OF the general assembly.
Governor Ansels message, rea
in both houses Wednesday, was
4lm. safe a ID sane documen
Characteristic of the writer. A sil
n f.cant feature was paragraph d