The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-02-22
BAMBERG LAWYER
AT HEAD OF LIST
JESSE F. CARTER HOLDS LEAD
THROUGH BALLOTING
Vote Again Tuesday, Six More Bal
lots Fail to Elect New AS
sociate Justice
The State, 19.

The State, 10.
Six additional ballots by the joint
assembly yesterday proved INSULT
cient to break the deadlock in the
election of an associate justice of the
state supreme court to. succeed the
late Judge Gage of Chester and the
joint assembly was adjourned to re-
sumo balloting Tuesday morning at
10 o'clock.
Jesse F. Carter of Bamberg, who
led by narrow margin on the first
three ballots Thursday, continued to
head the field throughout the ballot
ing yesterday, the last ballot leaving
the relative standing Of the candi-
dates practically as in the first bal
lot taken. Mr.. Carter opened yes
terday with 33 votes, going to 80 on
the fifth ballot and polling his max
imum of 36 votes on the sixth, sew
enth and eighth ballots. A scatter
ing complimentary vote on the sixth
ballot reduced Mr.. Carter's strength
to 33, one new man joining his forces,
while four left the Carter column to
be divided equally between Senator
James G. Padgett of Colleton county
and Representative James W. Han
nahan Of Fairfield.
M. L. Bonham Of Anderson held
second place throughout the nine bal
lots cast, gaining one vote in the SIX
ballots taken yesterday. Mr.. Bon
ham reached his highest vote on the
sixth ballot, the third taken yester-
day when he polled 3S votes, three
votes behind the leader.
State Senator J. Hardin Marion OF
Chester, who stood fourth in the
three ballots taken, Thursday, jumped
to third place with the opening OF the
voting yesterday, polling 20 votes IN
the fourth, fifth, eighth and ninth bal
ballots. Mr.. Marion's maximum
strength of 21 votes was shown in the
sixth and seventh ballots.
Fourth place during the six bal
lots alternated between Prof. E. Ma
rion Rucker of the University OF
South Carolina law school and Judge
Thomas S. Sease of Spartanburg'
Professor Rucker on the fifth ballot
tving Senator Marion for third place.
Eight of the ten candidates noml-
mated Thursday morning still remain
in the race, Judge Hayne F. Rice OF
Aiken being withdrawn before the
opening of the voting yesterday ana
Judge w. H. Townsend leaving the
race after one ballot had been taken.
Representative Toole withdrew Judge
Rice's name, while Representative
sapp withdrew the name of Judge
Townsend.
After three ballots had been taken
Yesterday as provided under the res
olution authorizing the election, Rep-
resentative Hanahan moved to con-
tinue for three more ballots, the mo-
ton being carried unanimously. An
effort to take three more ballots after
the ninth ballot had failed to effect
an election was futile.
Result of Ninth Ballot
The ninth ballot stood:
Marion (2O): Senators Baskin,
Beasley, Bethea, Butler, Christensen
Clifton, Hart, Robinson and Young
and Representatives R. y. ATKINSON
Barnett, Belser, Bradford, v. F.
Brown, Carey, Glenn, Martin Mitch
ell, O'Rourke and Pursley.
shipp u5): Senators Baker: H&r-
relson, Jeremiah Smith and Il. L.
Smith, Jr., and Representatives An
derson, Camlin, Hilliard, Hughes,
Lewis, McCutcheon, McElveen,
lire. The friends of the bill thought
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