Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-10-01
that he is now and was during tn,

| Cole l.. Blease. That on the 18th day
Of February, 1912, this deponent de-
livered into the hands Of the presiding
officer Of the state senate of this state
an envelope containing a message
from the governor, which set out,
| To the honorable, the members Of the
senate Of the state Of South Carolina,
gentlemen: I herewith transmit to
you appointments made by me since
your session Of 1911. I would have
transmitted these to you earlier, but
J have been holding them hoping that
the supreme court would render a de-
cision in very important matter
which Is pending before them in ref
erence to the appointment Of certain
officials. I am satisfied that the court
will sustain my position in the matter
when their decision is finally render
ed. However, do not deem 1t advis-
able to further delay sending you the
list herewith transmitted That this
message was signed by Cole L. Blease,
Governor That the first page Of said
message contained general appoint
ments; that then followed alphabet
cally. by counties, beginning with the
county Of Abbeville, separate sheets
containing the appointments for the
various counties. That the sheet
headed 'Spartanburg County contain
ed magistrates and that the first name
on said page was w. r. Tanner. Cow
pens, 8. c.; that the ninth name on
said page was s. s. Timer, Pacolet, s.
c.; that the tenth name on said page
was T. o. Fowler, Reidsville, s. c.;
that the twenty-second name on said
page was ]. M. Bowden, Spartanburg,
S. C.-these being the names Of the
magistrates appointed for the county
of Spartanburg and their postoffice
addresses at these particular named
places. That this deponent now has
in his possession, In the governors Of
fee, an exact copy as recorded by him
and marked corrected copy, 2, 13,
1912 and that the said corrected copy
shows the names herein mentioned
just as recorded and set out In the
original message as delivered by him
to the presiding officer of the senate;
that the names Of w. R. Tanner, s. s.
Timer, T. o. Fowler and J. M. Bowden
were on this list and that their ap-
pointments as magistrates for the
county Of Spartanburg were submit
ted to the senate at the session Of
1912 for confirmation.
THAT this deponent's information
later was that the senate had declined
to confirm the appointments Of these
four persons. Alex Rowland.
Sworn to before me this 18th day
Of September, 1912.
(Signed) "Walter L. Mishoe, L. g..
Notary Public for South Carolina"
(Copy.)
Marion. s. c., September IS, 1912.
His Excellency C. L. Blease. Gov
ernor Of the state Of South Carolina,
Columbia, 8. C.-Sir: Your letter Of
the 18th inst, has just been received.
I regret very much the erroneous
statement In the opinion written by
me that you had not submitted the
appointment Of magistrates to the
senate at its session in 1912. Having
taken as I thought the utmost pains
to verify the statement of facts, the
mistake is a great surprise. No doubt
the statement was based on the un-
controverted allegations Of the orig
inal complaint in the Bowden case,
which you will find set out in full in
the opinion Of Associate Justice
Watts, as typical Of all the cases, one
Of the allegations being that the ap-
pointments had not been submitted to
the senate. And I failed to notice
that there was an amendment Of one
Of the complaints alleging the sub
mission of the appointments and the
refusal Of the senate to confirm. I can
only say that I regret exceedingly the
mistake which is certainly mine, that
the opinion will be corrected, and that
the clerk will be instructed to give the
correction publicity as soon as an or
der for the correction, which I am
sending to the chief justice, can be
signed by him. Fortunately the er-
ror does no affect the judgement Of
the court. Very respectfully,
(Signed) &c. A. Woods"