The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-12-29
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
10 CONVENE SOON
8DTH HOUSES TO REORGANIZE
ON FIRST DAY-INTEREST IN
APPROACHING SESSION TO
!REGIN ON JANUARY 9 AL
READY MANIFEST.


asaro1yhout the state in the approach
Mg session of the general assembly
'Ehs 1923 session will be fraught with
xmzsnber of familiar battles, the one
aSg issue of taxation for several
sssrs past being in line for plenty OF
azgarnent next year.
TNe session will begin on the Sec
saE Tuesday in January, which will
.ae tie 9Th. However, little work 9TH
1T than reorganizing will take place
: nuST after the inaugural ceremonies
january &c. Thomas G. Mcleod will
.aceame governor on the 18th and all
usaar state officials will assume Of
s8ee &C that day.
Tie two houses will at
MOON on the 9th with the reorganiza-
tscn work for immediate attention.
I'm the house one of the first matters
% BE- attended to will be the selec-
Iipn of a speaker to succeed j. B.
Atkinson of Spartanburg, who did
qws offer for reelection as a member
sf the legislature from ~Spartanburg
cgunty. Two candidates r known
50 be- On the race for the speakership.
F. Nhe house will also have to name
SIS speaker pro tenn, its clerk and
aghr officials, a reading clerk, a
zszyesnt at arms, a chaplain and
4sSuu alI the committees will be nam
nd by the speaker. Several of the in
,szrzEents for house positions art in
she race to succeed themselves. The
tEez. z. L. Keaton, the chaplain, is
70 B0nger a resident of Columbia and
Es place will have to be filled. The
soznnaittees will hardly Be named I'M
AZ che second day of the session. The
committees choose their own chair
aeu and it is understood that aspir-
,1sin1s are evident in two important
r~urnruittees, the ways and means and
sas JSdiciary.
In the senate, Alan tombstone, SEN
aor from Newberry, will call the
zpgxr house to order at noon as
president pro tenn. The senate will
Iaeiy elect a president pro tenn at
4nas time as the office is filled e,ery
sxo years. Senator tombstone d.clin-
al icy give up his seat as senator from
Naxberry county last summer to be-
s,cgne lieutenant governor when Lieut.
aes.. Wilson G. Harvey became gov
srrsr and when the senate convenes
ae WILL preside as the president pro
aam-
TEe senate will then reorganize by
She election of a clerk, reading clerk
szgaant-at-arms, chaplain and other
.aNscsrs. The committee will also be
sppainted during the day. The SEN
ze appointments are made from the
Esor, but usually have been agreed
Eps1 by all the holdover senators on
tae night before the converting.
Senator Gross will retain his chair
1nnship of the finance committee,
tJza ! new chairman will have to be
sEiisnsn for the second big committee,
Bic Judiciary, as Senator Laney, the
sNairnan this year, was not a candi-
s1sbs FOR reelection from Chesterfield.
4aer the reorganization in both
Nc uses not many days will elapse be-
5c-e both houses take up the matter
ef esactng the various officers chosen
iys; the general assembly. Four cir
eril Judges are to be elected and the
haHSting for these places is almost
, aezsain to be at length as a number
al candidates are already in the field.
YSe four places to be filled r the
Judge Of the Fourth circuit to sue
aeed the late Judge Edward McIver,
&ss Judge of the Sixth circuit to sue
eseG the late Ernest Moore, the
Kishth circuit to succeed the late
Hssnk B. Gary and the judge Of the
. Easreaenth circuit to succeed James
& Yamifoy, resigned.
at1sr elections will engage the at
aendon Of the body also. A superin-
a.ndeut Of the p%enitentiary is to be
esSesen and several candidates have
ssszdy appeared in the field.
M1ee directors of the ~penitentiary
.LJ s-d 4boeo D1onae