Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-11-15
Analyzing Personnel Of the
General Assembly.

tFor The State by A. S. Salley, Jr.)
When the LAT paladins of South
Carol ma who were elected at the
general election held last Tuesday
meet the so paladins and one battle
axe who hold over from the last SEN
ate on the second Tuesday in jan
uary next, and organize for the first
session of the 18TH general assembly
of the state of South Carolina, the
careful onlookers will find general
assembly somewhat different from
our usual legislature.
OF the 23 senators elected last
Tuesday, 9 were members Of the last
senate and were reelected. OF the
IA new senators, seven have had leg
islative experience and seven (sen-
atcrs Shruill of Chesterfield, Jeffords
of Darlington, Rogers of Dillon, Fun
,derbunk of Kershaw, Stewart of Lam
caster. Freeman of Marlboro, and
Craig of Pickens) have had no leg
islative experience.
Senator Harvey of Berkeley has
previously served in both the senate
and the house. He was member OF
the house from 1890 to 1900. In
1907 he was elected to the senate to
fill the unexpired term of Senator
Haynes, who had died and served to
1910. In 1912 he was returned to the
house where he served until the cleo
tion of 1914 when he was again elect
ed to the senate for four years. In
1920 ne came back to the house for
two years.
Besides Senators Harvey, four 9th
er members of the last house have
been elected to the senate: Senators
Todd of Charleston, Scarborough Of
Clarendon, Williams of Florence and
Cooper of Lee. The other two new
senators with legislative experience
are Senators FAINT of Anderson, who
served in the house from 1914 to
1915, and Graham from Williams
burg, who served in the house from
1890 to 1892 and from 1914 to 1920.
Of the 124 members of the house
33 were members of the last house
and have been reelected. These are
Messrs. Cunningham of Allendale,
Dickson and w. R. Harris of Ander-
son, Kearse of Bamberg, Brown of
Barnwen, Mcmillan and F. M. Whal-
ey of Charleston, Massey of Chero-
kee, Glenn of Chester, Mckay of
Dillon, Sheppard of Edgedeld, Hama
han of Fairfield, West Of George
town, Bryson, Moon, Gresham and
McDavid of Greenville, Prince of
Horny, Horton of Jasper, Robinson
Of Lancaster, Nance of Ls.urens,
Amick of Lexington, E. S. Blease
and Kibler of Newberry, Williams OF
Pickens, Barnett, Sapp and Gerald
of Richland, Mabry of Spartanburg,
Hamblin and Kennedy of Union, and
Bradford and Carothers of York.
Nineteen of the new members have
had previous legislative experience.
These are Messrs. McAdams of Alb
beville, Toole, Holley and Keenan,
of Aiken, Bellamy of Beaufort, Shu-
Ter of Berkeley, Harper Of Charles
ton, Smith and S moak of Colleton,
Sawyer of Georgetown, Harrison of
Greenwood, Richards of Kershaw,
Norton of Marion, Findley of Pick
ems, Rawlinson Of Richland, Evans
Lancaster and Gray of Spartanburg,
and Beamgard of York.
Representative Evans of Spartan
burg, though still under 60, began
his legislative career farthest back
of all the members of the house. He
served four years in the house from
Aiken county from 1888 to 1892 and
two years in the senate from 1892
to 1884, resigning in 1894 upon re-
,ceiving the nomination for governor
in the Democratic primary that sum-
mer. He served as governor from De-
cenlber 1894 to January, 1897, his
term being one month longer than
any governor since the adoption of
the constitution of 1868, due to the
provision Of the constitution of 1895
changing the meeting time of the
general assembly from the last Tues
day in November to the second Tues
day in January. Mr.. Evans also en-
ioys tho 1;ctin rtion of heinu en- far