Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-17
LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS.
Many Vacancies to Be Filled in Joint
Session Tomorrow.

The election of an associate justice
of the state supreme court for the
long" term, beginning August !, 1922
when the late Associate Justice Cages
term would have ended, and the NAM
ing of men to fill the various vacancies
occasioned by the expiration Of the
terms of seven circuit judges and a
number of members of divers state
boards and commissions, will be taken
up by the joint assembly tomorrow at
noon, the ba'loting to be continued un-
til 80 O'clock in the afternoon. when,
If the balloting has not been completed,
the joint assembly will adjourn to meet
again the following day at noon to con-
tinue under the same schedule daily
until all vacancies have been flied.
One Change. -
Provision for the convening of the
Joint assembly for this purpose was
provided for Friday in concurrent
resolution introduced by Senator o. X.
Laney and agreed to by the senate to
be later passed by the house with one
minor amendment, which the senate Is
expected to acquiesce in without objec-
ton. The resolution prevents the in
terruption.o of roll call by the hour Of
adjournment, providing instead that
adjournment shall be taken after the
completion of the roll call in progress
when the hour of adjournment was
reached.
The associate justice to be named
will, succeed ]. Hardin Marion of Ches-
ter, who was Thursday selected to fill
the unexpired term of the late Associ-
ate Justice George w. Gage. Senator
Marion Is expected TO be nominated
without opposition to succeed himself.
The seven circuit judges whose terms
expire this year are: I. w. Bowman Of
the First circuit; H. F. Rice of the Sec
ond circuit, John S. Wilson Of the
Third circuit, Edward McIver Of the
Fourth circuit, Ernest Moore Of the
Sixth circuit, Frank B. Gary Of the
Eighth circuit and r. J. Mauldin Of the
Thirteenth circuit.
Number Of Places.
Other officials and members OF
boards and commissions to be elected
include an insurance commissioner to
succeed J. J. McMahan, a warehouse
commissioner to succeed j. Cfton
Rivers, one trustee of Winthrop college
to succeed ]. E. McDorald, three trus-
tees Of Clemson college to succeed ]. j..
Evans, /. NJ Mauldin and B. H. Rawl,
two members of the board Of visitors
for the Citadel to succeed John P.
Thomas, and James II. Hammond; one
trustee of the John de la Howe Indus
trial school to succeed J. NJ. Nickles,
two trustees on the University of South
Carolina to succeed C. e. Spencer and
l. p. Hollis, two directors of the state
penitentiary to succeed w. II. Garfield
and A. H. Hawkins, two trustees OF the
negro industrial and mechanical college
to succeed G. d. White and c. l..
Brooks. and state librarian to sue
CCeQ MTS. NllBiilld VI. MOoug-
Marvin McAlister Mann, clerk of the
senate will oppose Judge Bowman for
reelection in the First circuit, and Is, as
far as is known, the only candidate to
contest the reele ction of any OF the
seven circuit judges. John F. Blanche,
of Orangeburg, it is rumored, viii be in
the race for warehouse commissioner
The senate was expected to take up
consideration Of the resolution as
amended by the house when it recon-
vened last night and it was expected to
agree to the lone change, which pro-
vided also for the holding Of an elec-
! ton to fill the vacancy caused by the
expiration of the term Of the state IL
brarian. This was inadvertently omit
ted from the original senate measure.