The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-01-28
McLAURIN REELECTED
STATE WAREHOUSE HEAD
OTHER ELECTIONS HELD BY THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Fourteenth Circuit Bill Passes House
Bill For State Highway Com
missi0n-Other Matters.
(By Jno. K. Aull.)
TO The Herald and News.

warehouse COMMISSIONER O4l tA40 !iA'"
ballot over two opponents, MIR. F. M,
Carey, of Seneca, and MIR. Jno J. Nc
Mahan, a member of the house from
Richland county. The vote was as
follows. McLaurin, 81; Carey 40; Nc
Mahan, %. Of the Newberry delega-
ton Messrs. Workman and Chapman
voted for the reelection OF: Senator
McLaurin. Senator Johnstone and Mr..
Mower voted for Mr. Carey.
Judge James W. Devore of the elev-
enth circuit, was opposed for re-elec-
ton by Mr.. ]. Brooks Wingard Of Lex
ington. Judge Devore received 10S
votes against 43 for MIR Wingard.
Carlton wv. Sawyer was elected
comptroller general without opposi-
ton; T. B. Fraser, associate justice.
without opposition, and S. W. G. Shipp
Judge of the twelfth circuit without op-
position. There had been some talk
of Mr.. Mower opposing Judge Fraser,
but the opposition did not materialize.
The other elections were postponed
until today at Y o'clock
For Fourteenth Circuit.
The house has passed and sent to
the senate a bill to create a new judi
cial circuit. The test vote in the house
was SO for the measure and 80 against.
The 14th circuit would be composed
of the counties of Hampton, ColIeton,
Jasper and Beaufort, leaving Charles
ton in a circuit to itself. Mr.. Warren
of Hampton, in discussing an editorial
in the News and Courier opposing the
creation of the new circuit, denied that
he or any Of the representatives in the
proposed new circuit were seeking
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election as judge or solicitor. He said
if the bill passed the name of Mr.. W.
B. Gruber of Walterboro would be sub
mitted for judge. 1t was pointed out
that the bill provides that Solicitor
Peurifoy shall be solicitor for the new
circuit.
Two+Cent Rate Bill.
When the bill to reduce passenger
fares to two cents a mile came up in
the house for third reading on Monday
night there was another strong fight
against its passage, the motion being
to recommit the bill, which would have
killed it. By a vote of 4S to 40 the house
refused to recommit the bill, and it
goes to the senate for action.
Measure Recalled and Killed.
The senate passed bill introduced
by Senator Brice of Chester county,
providing that banks should be allowed
TO invest 20 per cent of their capital
stock in non-taxable bonds, including
state, county, municipal and school
district bonds. Some of the senators
.ater looked more closely into the
measure, and it was recalled from the
house and killed by vote of % to II.
1t was urged that it would take sew
! eraI millions of dollars from the tax
books of the state and practically null
1ify the work done by the attorney
generals Office in the matter Of taxa
ton of banks. Some of the opponents
OF the bill characterized it as a sub
terfuge, or the opening wedge in the
Slight fostered by the banks on the
state tax commission. Senator John
stone of Newberry voted for the pas
sage of the bill.
For State Highway Commission.
The advisability of creating a state
highway commission with license
on automobiles for its maintenance
was both championed and disapproved
on the floor of the house last night
in debate which on motion was ad
journed until this morning at II
o'clock The principal object Of such
a commission, as outlined in the bill
proposed by the house committee On
roads, bridges and ferries, is to CO.
operate with the road authorities of
various counties and to study the sys-
TEN of public highways and road con-
struction.
: 1t was urged in behalf OF COM
mission that there should be one body
with supervisory and advisory powers
over the large amount of money ex-