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ITRIMARY RESULTS DECLARED. Canslor's Request For a Recount 011 Account of Evans Ballots Thrown Out by County Committees is Refused. News and Courier. Columbia, Sept. 15.?The State democratic executive committee met tonight to (Wclare the result of the second primary election and to select presidential electors. 'IMiero were no contests for State offices, but Cansler, of Tirzah, asked for a recount. . As ho could not show that there had been irregularities sutTlcient to affect tho result, the committee declined to take any action in the matter. An appeal ' in the contest for supervisor in Col leton occupied a large part of tho ..committee's time tonight. ;)* There being no contests, tho following declared the nominees of tho democratic party for tho offices named : United States senator, E. D. Smith; railroad commissioner, B. L. Caughman; superintendent of education, J. E. Swearingcn; congress, 5tli district, D. E. Finley; congress, 6th district, .T. E. Ellerbe; solicitor, 3rd circuit, I*. II. Stoll; 5th circuit, W. * IT. Cobb; 1.0th circuit, Proctor A. Bonhain; 1.2th circuit, Walter II. Wells. The slate, as already tabulated by Secretary Bell, was accepted in each case. day. Tho following were selected as presidential electors, and will cast the nino votes of South Carolina for Bryan and Kern: Electors at large, T. B. Butler, of GalTney, and Dr. li. II. Timmermun. of Batesburg. First district: J. D. Bivens, of Dorchester; ' '2d district, Charles Carroll Simms, of t Barnwell; 3d district, Gen. M. L. Bonham, of Anderson; 4th district, Col. T. B. Crews, of Laurens; 5th district, S. W. lleath, of Stoneboro, Lancaster County; Oth district, R. B. Scarborough, of Conway; 7th district, Dr. T. IT. Dreher, of St. Matthews. Mr. Cansler Heard. Soon after the committee was called to order it was stated that. Mr. Cansler was present and desired to address the committee. He was given tho floor and presented the following: "Gentlemen: As a candidate for the office of railroad commissioner 1 beg leave to submit tlie following contention relative to folio count of votes in the second primary, September 8: "First: I insist that tho ballots sent out by Mr. Evans, insofar as they concern the vole for railroad commissioner, are entirely legal. Second. That T have information to the effect that many of these ballots wore used in voting for me, and i that I regard it as a grave injustice, both to the voter and myself, that through the fault or error of Mr. Evans 1 should be deprived of such votes when 1 was in noway responsible for Mr. Evans' mistake. "Third. That in view of these conditions, before canvassing the votes and declaring the result of the election, you should ascertain to what extent the votes thus thrown out would effect the result. As you know, the vote between Mr. Caughman and myself was very close, and I have . reason to believe that if I am dealt f with fairly and justly then the final i result must favor me. r "Fourth. That in mv judgment, > the least van can di> for me will be to call on the county chairmen to furnish the statement as to ballots , thrown out, and how fohev stood for i railroad commissioner. I insist that this, my contention, be spread upon the minutes of your meeting and that a ruling be made thereon. T have I wired several counties, giving notice of this action and calling attention to my attitude in the matter. '' Respect fully submitted, ".fas. Cansler." "Columbia, Sept. 15, 1008." When the communication from Mr. Canslor had been read by Secretary Bell, Chairman Jones stated for the information of the committee that 5 the only reports as to the alleged I illegal ballots which he had received were that in Abbeville five of the ballots had not been counted, in Union 12 had been counted, and in ; Charleston 27 had been voted. He had 110 reports from any other counties. Mr. Kelehiit moved Muit the ruling of the chair in regard to these tickets be endorsed and the communication of Mr. Cansler be spread on the minutes. This precipitated some discussion as to the propei course to pursue, and Mr. Ketchin finally withdrew his motion. Mr. Parrott then I moved that the communication of Mr. Cansler be received as informai tion, and be laid 011 the table, and this mode was adopted without any dissent". As a committee to tabulate the returns from the different counties, < Joiy .Tones appointed Messrs. Griffith, Richards and Bodie, who then retired for that purpose. The delegations from the respective districts got together to select presidential electors, one from each district 'and this took some tune. The Members Present. The members present were as follows : Barnwell, 11. l<\ Bnist; Berkeley, J. I). Wiggins; Calhoun, T. II. Drolicr; Charleston, W. T. Logan; Cherokee, T. B. Butler; Colleton, J. W. Ilill; Darlington, A. J. Aperritte; Dorchester, J. D. Bivens; Fairfield, T. II. Ketchin; Georgetown, J. W. Doar; Greenville, J. T. Bramlett; Greenwood, D. II. Magill; Kershaw, J. G. Kichards, Jr.; Lancaster, T. Y. Williams; Laurens, T. B. Crews; Lee, W. A. James; Lexington, 1). J. Griffith; Marlboro, ?lno. N. Drake; Orangeburg, Robert Lide; Pickens, li. F. Smith; Richland, Wilie Jones; Saluda, W. E. Bodie; Sumter, L. I. Parrott; Union, J. M. Greer; Williamsburg, P. II. Stoll; York, J. C. Wilborn. The following pi'oxies were presented: G. C. Sullivan, proxy for II. II. Watkins, Anderson; A. W. Knight,! in place of K. T. Lafitte, deceased, Bamberg; J. Fraser L.von, proxy for N. Christensen, Jr., Beaufort; O. C. Scarborough, proxy for C. M. Davis, Clarendon; Charles A. Smith, proxy for D. II. Traxler, Florence; J. R. Earle, proxy for W. J. St ri tiling, Oconee; 10. B. Wheeler, proxy for J. D. Montgomery, Marion; M. J. Hough, proxy for W. F. Stevenson, Chesterfield; 10. S. Blease, proxy for Colo. L. Blease, Newberry; D. A. Spivey, proxy for J. A. MeDermott, Ilorr.v; 1). II. Wise, proxy for B. F. llollcy, Aiken. Colleton Appeals Heard. The commit tec took up the appeal from the Colleton county commit I cc in the election of supervisor, and after hearing arguments on both sides voted lo affirm the action of the Colleton committee in declaring J. O. Griffin the nominee. Tl was contended that .7. D. Griffin, declared the nominee for supervisor in Colleton had tiled with clerk of court on August 22 a statement of his expenses to the first election on August 25; that he had filed his supplementary statement on August 20; that he had tiled no other statement before the second primary of August 8, but had filed his last statement on August 5). The county committee had declared Griffin the nominee by a majority ot 180 votes, and the contest was brought up by Hie defeated candidate, >/. F.. Moore. I lie contestant Moore, was represented by Mr. Fisubin ir?, of Colleton. and Mr. I'. II. Nelson, of Columbia. while Mr. Padgolf, of Colleton, appeared for Mr. Griffin. Another appeal ea-.o from Clarendon was then taken up. J I' Turbe\ille had been declared the nominee for magistrate nver Mr. Da-, id Beard, and the protest of Beirl was based on the fast thai Turbcville did not file his oath with clerk of court until the day of the first campaign meeting though he had filed his pledge with the county chairman the day before. Mr. .1. McSwain Woods, represented the contestant Beard, and Mr. S. (). O'Bryan, appeared lor I urhcville. The committee sustained the county committee and Turbcville gets the office. On motion' of Col. Crews, bv a rising vote, the committee tendered Us thanks to Chairman Jones for his work in the recent campaign, and a similar motion of thanks to Secretary Bell was adopted. Contribution to Bryan Fund. On motion of Mr. Parrot t $100 Irom the funds on hand was contributed to the national campaign fund, and in addition Chairman Jones announced that the following amounts had been received from the contributions at the polls on election day, with some counties yet to hear from: IT. IT. Newton, Bennettsville, $5; Aiken county, $7; Greenwood county, $2(5.00; Fairfield county, $30.30; Edgefield county, $8.82; Lancaster county, $24.20; Union county. $.*>.00; Dorchester county. $11.22: Clarendon county, $20..?;>; Oconee countv, $1.70; Lexington county, $33.35; Berkeley county, $4.3.>: L ee countv, $25; Richland countv, $0.02; Chester county, .r8.3;>; Marlboro county, .T. ,T. Drake. $34.10. Total, $250.18. Resolution on Evans Tickets. Mr. Hough, of Chesterfield, introduced n resolution endorsing the ruling of ( liairman Jones in regard to the.tickets printed with tin* name of F, ans in huge type, and tins precipitated considerable discussion. KvenIunity noi tions of the re-'i'ul jons were : IricKc'i rut and the !\.?K .wing was adopted : "Whereas, there were tickets cir'ulntpd in the recent prmarv for St. .|e others and United Stales senator, on which one candidate's name was printed very largo, making i more conspicuous* than the names o: other.candidates on the ticket; and, Whereas, (lie said tickets were no issued by the committee under t>h< rules of the party;.now, therefore, b< it *' Resolved, That the action of th< State chairman, Gen. Wilic Jones, it directing that said tickets should noi be used or counted, is approved b\ the committee, and the use of suel tickets be forbidden in the future as in contravention of the party law." lhe committee t'hon adjourned. Short Sightednoss. Tf advertising does not pay, t here are over sixty millions of dollars thrown away in (his countrv ever\ year. TSvoryone knows that niucl money is not going (o be scattered t( the wind of nothing, therefore then must be something in advertising.? Sumter Item.?That is true, and a remarkable thi/g about i( is that al of litis money is paid out year aftei year by business men who are cau itous, careful as to the details of Mieii business and bv men who make money The successful men itt every line as a rule are the most liberal users ol printers ink. They know that it pay and they consider their advertising account as much of a fixed charge 01 their business as rent or taxes. Anc yet some' men, who have never g*ivei it a fair and square trial, put theii judgment up against such .?umulaliv< evidence, and day after day let dol lars go by that they might just a! well reap. An Apropos Quotation. A yonii" woman ol' the ollicial >el in Washington at a public fundi m found herself bored by the attention: of a fresh young man. the son of ; senator. Soon after his introdu.-tion lie pro ceeded to regale her with a si >ry ol some adventure in which lie ha-i fi gured as hero. "Did you really do that ?" she ask ed, not knowing what else to say "1 clone it!'' was lite proud re spouse. And he began forthwith anothe lengthy narrative, more startling evet than the I'rist. The young womai again politely expressed her surprise "Yes," said the hero, "that's wha I done!" A third story followed, with anotli er "I done it!" whereupon the gir remarked: "Do you know, you remind me sc strong of Banquo\s ghost in tin play." "Why?" "Don't you remember the Macbell said lo the ghost: "Thou canst no say 1 did it!' '*?Lippineott's. TEACHERS EXAMINATION. An examination for teachers wil be held on Friday, Oct. 16, 1908, a 10 o'clock a. tn. Besides the ordi nary subjects such as English, grain enir, arithmetic, algebra, geography history, physiology, and hygiene questions will be submitted oi Hughes' Mistakes in Teaching, Pet erman's Civil Government and cur rent events. The examination fo while teachers will be held in th< office of the county superintendent o education, for colored teachers ii the court room. T. S. Wheeler. County Supt. of Education. V/V/. G. Houseal, /W. D ' Office Hours - / 9 to toa. in. , I. 3 to 4 j). in. L. A,. Riser, M, D. Office w 111i D|-. H ousoal. !<S to 9 a. in. 2 to 3 p. Ill 6.30 to 7.30 ]). Ill I EYE EXAMINATIONS, || Mad by a graduate optician t j of a leading Atnercian Optii | cal College. i j Fully equipped for making I Intelligent |i and ? Scientific h tests that leave no defect 1111j'j discovered. ! f'lasses supplied at reasonable prices, and satisfaction f.-.j guaranteed. f| DR. W. G. CONNOR, v Newberry, S. C. 9 Office Over Copeland Bros. 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