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PRIMARY RESULTS DECLARE Cansler's Request For a Recount oY Account of Evans Ballots Thrown Out by County Committees is Refused. News and Courier. Columbia, Sept. 15.-The Statt democratic executive committee mei tonight to declare the result of the second primary election and to selec presidential electors. There were nc contests for State offices, but Cansler of Tirzah, asked for a recount.. A: he could not show that there had beet irregularities sufficient to affect the result, the committee declined to tak( any action in the matter. An appea in the contest for supervisor in Col leton occupied a large part of the committee's time tonight. - There being no contests, the follow ing declared the nominees of the democratic party for the offices nam ed: United States senator, E. D Smith; railroad commissioner, B. L Caughman; superintendent of educa tion, J. E. Swearingen; congress, 5t1 district, D. E. Finley; congress, 6t1 district, J. E. Ellerbe; solicitor, 3rc circuit, P. H. Stoll; 5th circuit, W H. Cobb; 10th circuit, Proctor A Bonham; 12th circuit, Walter H Wells. The slate, as already tabulated b3 Secretary Bell, was accepted in eael ease. day. The following were selected a: presidential electors, and will cast the nine votes of South Carolina foi Bryan and Kern: Electors at large T. B. Butler, of Gaffney, and Dr. R H. Timmerman, of Batesburg. Firsi district: J. D. Bivens, of Dorchester -2d district, Charles Carroll Simms, o: Barnwell; 3d district, Gen. M. L Bonham, of Anderson; 4th district Col. T. B. Crews, of Laurens; 5th dis" trict, S. W. Heath, of Stoneboro Lancaster County; 6th district, R. B Scarborough, of Conway; 7th district Dr. T. H. Dreher, of St. Matthews. Mr. Cansler Heard. Soon after the committee was call ed to order it was stated that Mr Cansler was present and desired tc eddress the committee. He was giver the floor and presented the follow mug: "Gentlemen: As 'a candidate foi the -offiee of railroad commissioner beg leave to submit the following contention -relative to the count ol votes in the second primary, Septem ^er 8: ''First: I insist that the ballots sent out by Mr. Evans, insofar as they concern the vote for railroad comm,dssioner, are entirely legal. Second. That I have informatior to the effect that many of these bal lots were used in voting for me, and that I regard it 'as a grave injustice, both to the voter and myself, thai through the fault or error of Mr. Evans I should be deprived of such votes when I was in noway responsi ble for Mr. Evans' mistake. "Third. That in view of t-hese conditions, before canvassing the vot es and declaring the result of the eletion, you should ascertain to what extent the votes thus thrown out would effect tehe result. As you know, the vote between Mr. Caughman and: myself was very close, and I have reason to believe that if T am dealt with fairly and justly then the final result must favor me. "Fourth. That in my judgment, the least yan can do for me will be to call on the county chairmen tc furnish the statement as to ballots thrown out, and how they stood for railroad commissioner. I insist that this, my contention, be spread upon the minutes of your meeting and that a ruling be made thereon. I have wired several counties, giving notice of this actiori and calling attention to my attitude in the matter. "Respectfully submitted, "Jas. Cansler." "Columbia, Sept. 15, 1908." When the communication from Mr. Cansler had been read by Secretary Bell, Chairman Jones stated for the information of the committee thai the only reports as to the alleged illegal ballots which he had received were that in Abbeville five of the ballots 'had not been counted, in Un ion 12 had been counted, and ir Charleston 27 had been voted. HE had no reports fr-om any other coun ties. Mr. Ketchin moved tihat the ruling of the chair in regard to these tickets be endorsed and the commun atior of Mr. Cansler be spread or the minutes. This precipitated som< discussion as to the proper course t< pursue. and Mr. Ketchin finally with drew his motion. Mr. Parrott ther moved that the communication o: Mr. Cansler be received as informa tion, and be laid on the table, ani: this mode was adopted without any dissent. As a committee to tabulate the re turn from the different counties Gen..ones appointed Messrs. Grit fith. Richards and Bodie, who thei t retired for that purpose. The dele gations from the respective district ot together to select presidentia electors. one from each district an< this took some time. The Members Present. The members present were as fol t lows: Barnwell. H. F. Buist: Berkeley. 3 D. Wiggins: Calhoun. T. H. Dreher Charleston. W. T. Logan : Cherokee T. B. Butler: lolleton. J. W. Hill Dariington, A. J. Aperritte: Dorches ter, J. D. Bivens; Fairfield, T. H Ketehin: Georgetown. J. W. Doar Greenville. J. T. Bramlett ; Green wood. 1). H. Magill; Kershaw. J. 0 Richards. Jr.: Lancaster. T. Y. Wil lia.ms: Laurens, T. B. Crews; Lee. W A. James; Lexington, D. J. Griffith Marlboro, Jno. N. Drake; Orange burg, Robert Lide; Pickens, R. F Smith; Richland, Wilie Jones; Salu da, W. E. Bodie; Sumter, L. I. Par rott; Union, J. M. Greer; Williams burg, P. H. Stoll; York, J. C. Wil born. The following proxies were present ed: G. C. Sullivan, proxy for H. H Watkins, Anderson; A. W. Knight in place of E. T. Lafitte, deceased Bamberg; J. Fraser Lyon, proxy fo N. Ch"'stensen, Jr., Beaufort; 0 C. Scarborough, proxy for C. M. Day is, Clarendon; Charles A. Smith proxy for D. H. Traxler. Florence J. R. Earle, proxy for W. J. Strib ling, Oconee; E. B. Wheeler, prox for J. D. Montgomery, Marion; M J. Hough, proxy for W. F. Stevenson Chesterfield; E. S. Blease, proxy fo] Cole. L. Blease, Newberry: D. A Spivey, proxy for J. A. McDermott Horry; D. H. Wise, proxy for B. F Holley, Aiken. Colleton Appeals Heard. The committee took up the appea from the Colleton county counitte< in the election of supervisor, and after hearing arguments on both side. voted to affirm the action of the Col. leton committee in declaring J. 4) Griffin the nominee. It was contend ed that J. 0. Griffin, declared the nominee for supervisor in Colletor had filed with clerk of court or August 22 a statement of his expens es to the first election on August 25 that he had filed his supplementar statement on August 26; tha.t he hai filed no other statement before thi second primary of August 8, but ha( filed his last statement on Augus1 9. The county committee had declar. ed Griffin the nominee by a majorit3 of 186 votes, and the contest was brought up by tahe defeated catndida Ite J. E. Moore. The contestant Moore, was repre sen'ted by Mr. Fishburne, of Colle ton, and Mr. P. H. Neleon, of Colur bia. while Mr. Padgett, of C'olleton app1eared for Mr. Griffin. Another appeal cas:e fromi Claren dcan was then taken nop. J P Tunrbe ville had been declared the unoine fo magistrate over Mr Danid Beard and the protest of !3eiar was based on the fast that Turbeville did noi file his oath with cleck of court un til the day of the first euupaigr meeting though he had filed hi: pledge with the county~chairman thi day before. Mr. J. McSwain Woods represented the contestant Beard and Mr. S. 0. 0O'Bryan, appearet for Turbeville. The committee sus tained the county committee and Turbeville gets the office. On motion of Col. Crews, by rising vote, the committee tenderet its thanks to Chairman Jones foi lhis work in the recent campaign. and a similar motion of thanks to Secre tarv Bell was adopted. contribution to Bryan Fund. On motion of Mr. Parrott $10( ?rom the funds on hand was contri buted to the national campaign fund and -in addition Chairman Jones an nounced that the following amounts had been received from t-he contribu tions at the polls on election day with some counties yet to hear from: H. H. Newton, Bennettsville, $5 Aiken county, $7; Greenwood county $26.60; Fairfi 'ld county, $30.36 Edgefield cour cy. $8.82; Laneastei county, $24.26: Union county. $5.60 Dorchester county. $11.22: Claren don county. $20.53: Oconee county .$1.70: Lexi.igton county, $33.35 Berkeley county. $4.35: L ee county $25: Richland county. $9.92; COhestei county. $8.35: Marlboro county, J. J Drake. $34.10. Total. $236.18. Resolution- on Elvans Tickets. Mr. Hough. of Chesterfield, intro duced a resolution endorsing the rul. inz of Cha:irman .Jones in regard t.: th~e.th-kets )rjited1 w'h the name i E*-ans in larze type, anil this preGp: 1tated considlerable discnssion. Fren tually nortions of the re-akt'Uons wer< etrieigen cut and the t'.:wing wa: t adopted: "Whereas, there were tickets eir ulated in the recent pr'mnarv fol -St .te oers and U[nitedl States Sen . ator, on which one candidate 's nami - was printed very large, making it 1 more conspieuous than the names of -other can(didates on the ticket; and, \Whereas. the said tickets were not 1 issued by the committee under the l rules of the party; now, therefore, be it "Resolved, That the action of the - State chairman. Gen. Wilie Jones, in directing that said tickets should not be used or counted, is approved by the committee, and the use of such tickets be forbidden in the future as in contravention of the party law.' The committee then adjourned. Short Sightedness. If advertising does not pay, there are over sixty millions of dollars - thrown away in this country every year. Everyone knows that much money is not going to be scattered to . the wind of nothing. therefore there must be something in advertising. . Sumter Item.-That is true. and a re . markable thijg about it is that all . of this money is paid out year after . year by business men who are cau itous, careful as to the details of their . business and by men who make money. The successful men in every line as a rule are the most liberal users of printers ink. They know that it pays and they consider their advertising account as much of a fixed charge on _ their business as rent or taxes. And yet some' men, who have never given it a fair and square trial, put their _ judgment up against such .umulative evidence, and day after day let dol lars go by that they might just as well reap. An Apropos Quotation. A young woman of the oflicial set in Washington at a public funetio found herself bo~red by the attentions of a fresh young man, the son of a senator. , Soon after his introdu:-tion he pro ceeded to regale her with a st:y of some adventure in which he had, fi gured as hero. "Did you really do that?" she ask ed, not knowing what else to say. "I done it!'' was the proud re sponse. And he began forthwith another lengthy narrative, more startling even than the frist. The young woman again politely expi'essed her surprise. "Yes,'' said the hero, "that's what I done!'' A third story followed, with anoth er "I done it!'' whereupon the girl remarked: "Do you know, you remind me so strong of Banquo 's ghost in the play.'' "Why?'' "Don't you remember the Macbeth said to t.he ghost: "Thou canst not say I did it!' ''-Lippincott 's. TEACHERS EXAMINATION. An examination for teachers will be held on Friday, Oct. 16, 1908, at 10 o'clock a. m. 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