Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1922-11-02
TINE NEXT LEGIsLATURE.

TINE NEXT LEGISLATURE.
Lawyers and Farmers PredOmlnate In
Beth House and senate.
When Thomas G. Mcleod. who next
Tuesday will be elected governor OF
South Carolina for the two year term
beginning about the middle Of next
January takes the oath OF office he
will find to help or hinder him IN
his recommendations for legislation q
General Assembly composed of men
OF various professions and occupa-
tions. While there will be many law
yers in both the house and senate,
majority Of the membership. Of nei-
ther body will be men Of the legal
profession. So far as the house Is
concerned, smaller percentage OF
the members for the next two Years
will be lawyers tEan in any Legisla-
tura in recent years.
OF the 124 house members 40 are
classed as lawyers, three Of whom,
however. do not devote their whole
time to their legal work, one being
lawyer and farmer, another law
yer and editor and the third law
yer and realtor. or the remaining
house membership, 46 are classed as
farmers. But as in the case of the
lawyers. not all these claim to be
simonpure tillers OF the soil, more
than half dozen stating In Gibbes'
list Of the membership Of the General
Assembly that they are engaged In
other work in conjunction with their
farming interests.
In the next house there will be two
locomotive engineers, one railroad
conductor. one street car conductor,
two druggists, one lumberman, two
physicians, one manufacturer, one
farmer and minister, two dentists,
two editors, one banker, three or four
law students. with the remainder Of
the membership made up OF men Of
various occupations. Among the
house members will be former gov
eynor. of the State, John Gary Evans
Of Spartanburg. who served one term
in the Office. succeeding the late SEN
ator Tillman nearly 80 years ago; a
former circuit solicitor, George Bell
Zimmerman Of Lexington, apd at
least three former State senators, j..
q. Beamguard OF York, G. L. Toole
of Aiken and Eugene 8. Blease OF
Newberry.
Twenty=nfne house nss~Sers who
will take their seats in January were
reelected in the primary last August,
while - number OF other members
also to bs sworn ii at that time have
had previous legislative experience
Among the older house members In
point az continuous service who will
serve the people again during 1875
q are Ira A. Gresham Of Green
willie, Thos. 8. Mcmillan of Charles
ton, John X. Hambiin OF Union and
w. r. Bradford of York, the latter be-
ing the ranking member Of the body.
Eighteen OF the 46 members of the
senate who will serve during 192S-24
are lawyers. but in the senate as In
the house large percentage OF the
membership Is composed OF men VINO
class themselves as farmers. Senator
Christensen of Beaufort, Senator
!, ,Johnstone Of Newberry and Senator
Black OF Bamberg are veteran mem
bers of the body who are expected to
be on hand when the presiding offi-
Ger, the lieutenant governor, for the
first time calls the senate to order
In 1923. A new member OF the SEN
ate who will take his seat when the
body next convenes is Senator 8. A.
Graham of Williamsburg county, an
old house member who has had much
experience as legislator. Still an
other new senate member will be
n. L. Freeman OF Bennettsville,
Marlboro county, editor Of the Pee
Dee Advocate. =