The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1912-01-18
|E|RERs Of
I'll CAROLINA
NERAL ASSEMBLY HAS
81 1ENED FOR A FORTY
DAYS SESSION.
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of South Carollua eo11' ei-oo
annual session OF 80 days. The
halls of the senate and house OF rep
resentatiYes had been placed in con-
.dition for receiving the members OF
he legislature.
rhe annual message Of the gov,
cor was read to both the senate
ssA the house soon after they were
ia to order.
d be following is the annual mes
in part Of C. L. Blease, governor
s. South Carolina, read before the
Eate and house:
20 the Honorable, the Members Of the
4 General Assembly OF the state OF
South Carolina:
Gentlemen-Once again you have
BET together and it becomes my duty,
8ass governor, to make recommends
Ions which are for the best interest
81 the people Of our state.
. This having been very busy year
IN the executive department. it is I'M
possible to embody the various mat.
ters into one message without max.
ing it entirely too lengthy There
fore, whatever may have been the
usual custom. I will communicate
with you by several messages In
stead Of one.
1 I 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,
leve our people from their heavy tax
burden.
The Joint assembly unanimously
elected Eugene B. Gary of Abbeville
now an associate justice, to the posi-
ton Of CHIEF 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 il 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, I 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 fol
the election Of the successor will be
set by the house and senate.
A well defined rumor in legislative
circles was to the effect that the
house and senate will be asked &c
make thorough investigation Of the
details OF the loan Of S500,000 made tc
the state for running expenses. Res
olutions are expected to be intro
duced simultaneously in the senate
and house calling upon the legislature
to appoint 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
o; the senate: Journal clerk, C. E.
Moore, Anderson; bill clerk, E. A
Terry, Saluda; secretary to the
president. ! L. NJ. Green, Sumter;
pages, Jaek Mulligan, Columbia, and
Edwin Euler, Laurens; mail clerk, n
0. Pyies Columbia; doorkeepers
Jonas Armstrong, Anderson; r. NJ
Floyd 6artanburg, and John Brun
son. Adgefeld; laborers, Albert
a.snce.sNewberry; Calhoun Butler
<AoaeVi!e; John Floyd, Florence.
-, stoed- measure providing fol-
was peKce for Newberry county
VIC passed by the senate over the
% Of the governor by vote of IS
3 LABEL Case" Date Is Not Yet Fixed.
sheAtime set for the trial of the
ses eases" was not set by the court
ltS A.