Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-01-12
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

advancement.-Bamb Herald.
| SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
H. H. Evans has announced that
he will be a candidate for attorney
general next summer
| - Spartanburg Journal: The light
snow which fell Saturday night was
the heaviest we have had here in sew
eral years. A few men may remember
| the SHOWS Of 1855. The first fell on
the first Friday night Of January. Wof-
ford college opened the following
Monday, after the Christmas vacation
That snow was about ten inches deep.
and II was so cold that~rhere was lit
tie melting. At the close Of each Of
the following three weeks there were
SHOWS. No one kept a record, but the
snowfall for the four weeks must have
been thirty to thirty-six inches During
that time the roads were paved with
ice, and people travelled very easily
over them. Snow remained In shaded
ravines till the first Of March. In the
winter Of 1876 a considerable snow
fell the last week of the year. 1t was
so cold that 1t melted little. That was
followed by sleet, or frozen rain drops.
which peppered down continuously
twelve to twenty-four hours. When 1t
was over there was a covering or
eight to ten inches Of almost solid ice
on the earth. That remained ten days
to two weeks before dry spots began
to appear. Many birds perished with
cold and hunger. Partridges lowered
around where they could find a little
ground to stand on, and were so poor
and weak they could not fly. Many
OF them perished. OF course, there
have been other memorable SHOWS.
but these two were attended by very
cold weather. From 1880 to 1890
there were several deep SHOWS and the
thermometer went down to a few de-
grees above zero on several occasions.
| Columbia State, Friday: On the
second ballot, Thomas B. Fraser OF
Sumter, member Of the house, was
elected an associate justice Of the
South Carolina supreme court by the
joint assembly yesterday to fill out
the unexpired term Of Eugene b.
Gary, now chief justice. c. A. Woods
of Marion, was reelected an associate
justice Of the supreme court to sue
ceed himself without opposition. The
supreme court bench now has the five
justices required by the constitution.
In the race for associate justice
against Mr.. Fraser were: Judge g.
w. Gage Of Chester, Judge g. e.
/
Hart Of Yorkville. On the first bal
lot taken by the jefht assembly the
vote resulted as follows: Fraser. 70:
Gage, So; Prince. 20; Hart, IL. To-
tai number Of votes cast, $50. Neces-
sary for an election, 81.
The name Of Mr.. Hart was with
drawn from nomination after the first
ballot. On the second ballot the joint
ASSEMBLY voted as follows on the three
remaining contestants: Fraser. sS;
Gage, So; Prince, 8. Total number
of votes east, 16O Necessary for an
election, 81. President C.. A. Smith
declared T. B. Fraser of Sumter elect
ed as an associate justice. Associate
Justice Woods was renominated to sue
ceed himself by Senator Montgomery
and unanimously reelected. His n
ination received several seconds. The
ELECTION Of Mr.. Woods preceded that
Of Mr. Fraser. AS the successor to-
Chief Justice Eugene B. Gary's place
on the supreme bench as associate JUS
tice Senator Hardin nominated 7. b.
Fraser of Sumter; K. P. Smith nomi-
mated Judge G. e. Prince Of Anderson,
and Thos. F. McDow nominated G. w.
s. Hart Of Yorkville.
| - Columbia special Of January to
News and Courier: The only names
placed in nomination for the fourth,
associate justice of the supreme court
tonight were those Of Judge r. c.
Watts and Mr.. T. B. Fraser, resulting
in the election Of the former. Judge
Memminger was a strong candidate
for this position at the last session Of
the legislature, but his name was not
presented tonight. An explanation OF
the reason why Judge Memminger
was not candidate Is contained In
the following letter, which was re-
ceived tonight by Senator Sinkler,
from Judge Memminger, who is at
Anderson holding court: Referring
TO our conference in Charleston last
Saturday. and your offer then to put
me in nomination for an associate JUS
| ticeship at the present sitting OF the
general assembly with the support OF
members Of the Charleston delegation
| (as my duties in this circuit will keep
me continuously occupied for several
weeks and I will have no opportunity
of seeing you), I am writing to state
that l have decided not TO enter the
contest Please give this statement pub
licity, at the same time expressing sin
cere thanks to those who Loyalty ad-
vocated my candidacy last year. as
suring them how keenly II has been
appreciated, and regretting that con-
ditions were such that / could not
reach a decision sooner, and advise
them Of 1t, and, fully sensible Of the
high honor which has already been
accorded me by the people Of South
Carolina, together with the assurance
of continued support, and thanking
you warmly for your willingness to
again put me forward for promo
| ton which, however, at this time, as
stated, l do not care to attempt, but
looking forward with absolute conf
dence to the future, while continuing
earnestly to perform the trust now re-
posed in me, believe me to be, yours
very truly, r. w. Memminger."
Columbia, January IL: AS q pre-
lude to a series of remarks in regard
to Governor Blease and the special
message he transmitted to the house
of representatives yesterday on news
papers, Mr.. Archie Willis, formerly
editor Of the Bolton Times, let 1t be
known that he was possibly in danger
of his life while speaking. Mr.. Willis
intimated that he has received q let
ter Of the black hand" character In
which he was threatened with death
by some unknown party II he made an
attack on the governor from the floor
Of the house. The matter Is in con-
nection with the Bolton ticket office
incident in which Governor Blease Is
alleged to have been ungentlemanly In
his conduct toward young lady tick
ct seller at Belton. The story was
printed first in the Bolton Times of
which Mr.. Willis was at that time ed
itor. Governor Blease referred to 1t
in strong terms in his special message,
using the plainest and ugliest of epi-
thets toward the writer Of the story
The reference was plainly to Mr.. Willis
and his appearance on the floor today
on a point Of personal privilege was
not unexpected. Mr.. Willis stands by
his story and produced affldavits to
show that he had written on good au-
thority. During the statement by Mr..
Willis several friends Of the governor
rose to interrupt and he was called to
order and the ruling Of the chair that
Mr.. Willis had the right to make the
statement was appealed to the house
and the house with only one audible
negative vote sustained the chair.
Speaker Smith was obliged to warn
the house that If order were not .
strictly preserved on his request he
would be obliged to call on the SER
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