The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-07-24
RlMP CONVENTION
ACTS AS ORDERED
Fifteen Men, Styling Themselves Au.
dabon Society, Nominate Gibbes-
Illegality Question: "GoverRor
Looks Out for It"
Charleston American.

Charleston American
Columbia, July 1S.-Ffteen men,
with several hundred proxies of people
whom they declared by vote to be
members, styling themselves the AL
dubon Society of South Carolina, to-
day held a rump convention and rec
oumended Wade Hampton Gibbes, Of
Columbia, to Governor Manning for
appointment to the Office Of chief
game warden of South Carolina.
The gathering was in response to
call from Vice President c. W. Bar
ron, published in the newspapers.
ordering" meeting of the Audubon
Society to be held today. Vice Presi-
dent Barron's call was in response to
a request from Governor Manning dur
inc the recent absence Of President
T.. C.. L. Adams from the State.
President Adams, accompanied by
Former Chief Game Warden Alfred
A Richardson, appeared at neea, the
hear set by Dr., Barron for the aeet-
ing, and entered a protest against the
lesatsy OF the meeting, in which
he stated his reasons for refusing to
call it to order. The meeting was
called to order by Vice President Bar
ren. Shortly thereafter President
Adams and Col. Richarssea retired
and none Of the Richardson faction
participated in the meeting.
Tie name Of Mr. Gibbes, already
twice appointed by Governor Manning
without the recommendation of the
society, the action of the governor
being declared illegal by the supreme
court, will now go to Governor Man
ning and the matter will again be
threshed out in the courts.
BaEied.
There was only one feature to the
meeting. During its progress, the
matter of custing the present execu-
tive committee was broached, and a
dilligent search of the bylaws for
some authority for so doing was made
but the bylaws gave no response, and
the executive committee escaped.
That really was the only surprise
sprung by the rump convention. EV-
erything else it did was fully antici-
. pated. But why it should stand back
in the matter of naming an executive
committee, simply because it could
find no authority vas the marvel, in
asmuch as there was no authority for
any other action which was taken.
Following tie meeting Col. A. a.
Richardson. former chief game ward
en and who still has the records OF
the Office. for which he is liable un-
der his official bond, until his success
soI is legally appointed andoqualified
said that he had gone up to "the So
called meeting. but after looking 1t
over it appeared to me to be more
Mni.y gathering of the Gibbes' clan
than a meeting of the Audubon socIe-
ty. and after listening to the presi-
dents statement notifying them that
the meeting had not been regularly
called and could not be legally. held,
I left, and do not expect to recog-
rize the appointment of chief game
warden under the recommendation of
this so-called meeting, or any other
action taken by it, until the courts
have passed upon it."
Promptly at y o'clock President E
c. L. Adams read the following state
ment to the few who had gathered TO-
gether in the unity of a bitter parti-
sanship, under a claw and order ad-
mlnistration, which had promised to
know no faction:
Stamped @Gllegal."
81 am here today only FOR the pur-
pose of putting you on notice that any
action taken today in regard to the
recommendation of a chief game war
den is illegal, and decline to call the
meeting to order.
'EI cite you the constitution and by
laws, Article 5, as follows: Special
meetings of the society may be called
by the president or by any three mem
bers of the executive committee, the
special object of the meeting stated
in the call. Notice of said meeting
shall be sent by the secretary to all
members of the society at least ten
days before the date of the meet
ing
ono Srch notice has heen sent ont