The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-01-17
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS
CONVENED FOR A FORTY
DAYS SESSION.
THE WORK OF BOTH HOUSES
Will Publish From Time to Time the
Latest News of Interest From the
Senate and the House Of Repres-
entatiVes. IS
entatives.

Columbia.-The general assembly
of South Carolina convened for it's
annual session Of 40 days. The
halls Of the senate and house of rep
r%esentatives had been placed in con-
ditioa for receiving the members OF
the legislature. ..... .
The annual message OF the gov
ernor was read to both the senate
and the house soon after they were
called to order.
The following is the annual mes
sage in part of C. L. Blease, governor
of South Carolina, read before the
senate and house: ~.
To the Honorable. the Members of the
General Assembly Of the state of
South Carolina
Gentlemen-Once again you have
met together and 1t becomes my duty,
as governor, to make recommends
lions which are for the best interest
of the people Of our state.
This having been a very busy year
in the executive department, 1t is i'm
possible to embody the various mat
tiers into one message without max.
ing it entirely too lengthy. There
fore, whatever may have been the
usual custom, l will communicate
with vol by several messages in.
stead Of one.
l have given close attention to
financial interests and find extrava-
gance in many places, and that use
less offices have been created; and
that it is possible to run the govern
ment on less money, which would re-
lieve our people from their heavy tax
burden. U ..
The joint assembly unanimously
elected Eugene B. Gary Of Abbeville,
now an associate justice, to the posi-.
ton of CHEZ justice Of the supreme
court of South Carolina. Associate
Justice Gary was the only nominee
and succeeds Ira B. Jones, resigned.
Richard C. Watts, former circuit
judge from the Fourth circuit, was
sworn in as an associate justice of
the supreme court, following his
election.
Associate Justice Watts addressed
the following letter to the governor,
which was Sent to the general assem-
bly, in a special message:
Having qualified as associate JUS
tice Of the supreme court, l have the
honor to inform you that a vacancy
exists in the Office of judge of the
Fourth circuit"
The message was received by the
legislature as information. A date for
the election of the successor will be
set by the house and senate.
A we'll defined rumor in legislative
circles was to the effect that the
house and senate will be asked to
make thorough investigation Of the
details Of the loan Of $500, 900 made to
the state .sor running expenses. Res.
buttons are expected to be intro.
duced simultaneously in the senate
and house calling upon the legislature
to appoint a commission to make the
investigation and report on the mat
ter at earliest possible date
The Senate.
The following appointments were
announced by C. A. Smith, president
of the senate: Journal clerk, G. E.
Moore, Anderson; bill clerk, E. A.
Terry, Saluda; secretary to the
president, L. M. Green, Sumter;
pages, Jack Mulligan, Columbia, and
Edwin Fuller, Laurens; mail clerk, N
o. Pyles, Columbia; d~oorkeepers,
Jonas Armstrong, Anderson; r. M.
Floyd, Spartanburg, and John Brun.
son, Edgefeld; laborers, Albert
Nance, Newberry; Calhoun Butler,
Abbeville; John Floyd, Florence.
A vetoed measure providing for
rural police for Newberry county
was passed by the senate over the
veto of the governor by a vote Of IS
Label Case" Date Is Not Yet Fixed.
The time set for the trial of the
lduSl SdoCo "do ooI cCI W tlS COul I
as has been expected. Attorney Gen.
eral Lyon, when asked about the
matter, stated that Mr.. W. F. Stew
enson, who will be associated with
the prosecution was out Of tho city,
and it would be after a conference
with him that they would be ready
to say when the cases would be
tried. l.. w. Boykin, J. B. Towill and
W. o. Tatum are charged with having
paid too high a price for a shipment
of labels.