The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, November 27, 1908, Page TWO, Image 2
ELECTION RETURNS CANVASSED.
Bryan's Plurality in South Carolina was
58,298-Combat Between C. C. ftath
erstone and C. P. Sims.
News and Courier.
Columbia, November 23.-Ac
cording to the official returns as
tabulated and declared today by
the State board of canvassers, the
total vote for the Democratic elec
toral ticket at the election of No
vember 3, 1908, was 62,289; for
the Republican ticket, 3,847; for
the Independence League ticket 43,
and for the Socialist ticket ioi.
This is a total vote of about 67,ooo
slightly more than half the total
number of votes cast in the Demo
cratic primary election in August.
The largest Republican vote was
cast in Orangeburg County, 405,
with Charleston second, 347; Beau
fort, third, 272; Richland, fourth,
236; Berkeley fifth, 235.* This
shows that the strength of tlhe Re
publican party in this State is now
as always since the war in the coun
ties where there is the largest ne
gro population, the main constitu
ency of the party in this State be
ing colored.
The largest Democratic vote was
cast by Spartanburg, 4,162; with
Greenville second, 2,774; Orange
burg third, 2,687; Lexington fourth,
2,508, and Anderson, Laurens and
Marion each casting over two thou
sand votes for the Democratic ticket.
Here again the same tbing is illus
trated-the strength of the Demo
-# cratic party lies principally in the
white counties of the Piedmont,
the same thing being proved by
the primary returns of the primary
election.
In the Coegressional elections,
the largest vote was cast in the 4th
district, and the second largest in
the 3d district, these two districts
embracing the heavy white coun
ties and the Democratic Congres
sional nominees having no opposi
tion.
Electorial Vote by Counties.
Inde
Demo- Repub. pend- Soci
cratic. lican. ent. alist.
Abbeville . . 1 ,481 9 I
Aiken . . . . 1,990 48
Anderson . . . 2,099
Bamnberg .. . 848 33
Barnwell . . . 1,407 88
Beaufort . . . 522 272
Berkeley . . . 609 235 2
Calhoun . . . 669 54 2
Charleston . . r,8I4 347 7 26
Cherokee . . - 1,506 66
Chester . . . . 1,368 37
Chesterfield .. 1,458 47.
Clarendon. . . i ,o91 62
Darlington . . ,279 21
Corhete' . 883 103 5
Edgefleld .. 1,097 8
Fairfield . . . 83o 12 2
Florence . 1 ,460 28 3 7
Georgetown . - 44 .rS I
Greenville . .2,774 176 7 28
Greenwood . 1 ,765 iS I
Hampton .. 1,138
Horry . . . .1,247 56
Kershaw . . . 922 45 I
Lancaster . . .1,729 58 2
Laurens . . .2,160 61
Lee .. .. ..-. 963 5S i
Lexington . .2,508 80o
Marion . . . .2,007 91
Marlboro . . . 916 16
Newberry . . .1,68! 44 i
Oconee . . . .1,126 172 2
Orangeburg .. 2,687 405 I
Pickens . . . 1,241 56 .
Richland . . .1,750 236 3 iS
Saluda . . . 1 ,385 S i
Spartanburg .4,162 225 5
Sumter . . . .I,228 175 3
Union . . . .1,289 49
Williamsburg -1,550 ISo
York... .. .. 166 29
Total . . . . 62,289 3,847 45 97
The Congressional Election
In the Congressional election tihe
largest Republican vote was cast in
the 7th district, where Richardson,
the Republican candidate, received
99; votes, against 9,950 for Con
gressman Lever. The justly cele
b:ated Aaron Prioleau, the Repub
lican candidate in the 1st district,
received 631 votes, against 5,759
for Congressman Legare.
The vote by Congressional dis
tricts was as follows:
1st district Legare. Prioleau
Berkeley ...-.-.-.-.-. 622 211
Charleston . . .-.-.-.-.,88 217
Clarendon.... ... .. 1,037 73
Colleton....-..... .1 ,399 5
Drchester. .. .. .... 893 79
na . . . . ..5,759 631
2d district. Patterson. _Myers.
Aiken . . . . . . . . . 1,951
Bamberg . . . . . . . . S72 26
Beaufort . . . ..-.- 559
Barnwell . . . 1....I,424 27
Edgefield . . . . . . . 1,103
Hamptom . . . . . . . 1,148
Saluda . . . . . . . . . 1,391 5
Totals . . . . . . . . 8,448 5S
3d district Aiken.
Abbeville............. 1,486
Anderson . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,970
Greenwood . . . .- . . - . . . -1,775
Newberry . . . . . . . . . . . 1,662
Oconee . . . . . ... . . . . . . 1,083
Pickens ... ............ 1,298
Total . . . . . . . . . . .10,274
4th district. Johnson.
Greenville ........... 2,991
Laurens . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,078
Spartanburg . . . . . . . . . . 4,324
Union . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,413
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Io,8o6
5th district. Finley.
Cherokee . . . . . . . . . . - . sio
Chester . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,372
Chesterfield . . . . . . . . . . . i,66S
Fairfield . . . . . . . . . . . 831
Kershaw . . ........-.-.933
Lancaster . . 1,7431
York 1.............. .,611
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,468
6th district. Ellerbe.
Georgetown . . . . . . . . . . 546
Florence . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,528
Horry . . . . . . . . . . . . . I,2
Marion . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,033
Marlboro . . . . . . . . . . . . 916
Darlington . . ..... 1,283
Williamsburg . . . . . . . . . . 1,441
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,035
7th district. Lever. Richardson
Lexington . . . . . 2,549 86
Lee. ......-..-966 6S
Orangeburg . ... 2,710 3SS
Richland . . . . . . ,819 185
Calhoun . . . . . . 675 94
Sumter . . . . . . . 1,231 177
Totals .....-.9,959 996
Featherston and. Sims Clash.
The time of the State board of
canvassers was today taken up with
the hearing of contests in the Lau
rens dispensary election cases, and
the elections in the 1st, 2nd and
7th Congressional districts.
The Laurens contest was the
principal thing before the board in
importance and the argument of
counsel became at one point acri
monious and led to a personal en
counter between the opposing coun
sel, C. C. Featherstone, of Laurens,
and C. P. Sims, of Spartanburg.
During the argument of Mr. Sims,
representing the contestant, he re
ferred several times to the "crazy
Prohibitionists,''" who, he said,
could not see the facts except in
their 6wn way, intimating, it
seefed, that they were so blinded
by prejudice as not to be able to
tell the truth. He was referring
particularly to the meeting of citi
zens, held at the call of the super
visor to ascertain whether one
fourth the number of voters had
signed the petition for an election.
Mr. Featherstone, representing
the Prohibitionists, requested Mr.
Sims to stick to the record and dis
continue his references to the "crazy
Prohibitianists.'' Mr. Sinms replied
that he would settle with Mr. Feath
erstone outside afterwards, where
upon Mr. Featherstone said he
would settle right then, and the
two attorneys were in instant com
bat. Both are heavy of build and
muscular, Mr. Featherstone, in
his youth, having been a baseball
player of note, and the fight, though
short, was vigorous. When the
two were'separated, Mr. Sims was
bleeding about the face and Mr.
Featherstone had a slight bruise on
the cheek. Both apologized to the
board.
The points raised by~ the Laurens
contest are familiar, the validity of
the registration laws being involved
and the compliance of the county
authorities with the provisions of
the local option law being ques
tioned by the contestant.
In the Congressional contests,
the same old questions of the regis
tration of voters and the regularity
of the returns were presented.
Jacob Moorer, of Orangeburg, the
colored lawyer, appeare. for the
contestant. Richardson, and Prio
leau and Myers were present also.
The board dismissed the contests
in allth cases before it, sustaining
the validity of the elections as d
clared on the face of the returns.
In the Laurens case the county
board is sustained and the dispen
saries will remain closed, unless
the case is taken to the Supreme
Court on-a writ of certiorari. The
Republican contestants for Con
gress will, of course, take their cases
before the committee of the House
of Representatives in order to se
cure the contest fee of $2,000 in
each case. J. H.
Mr. Sims Tells How It Happened.
Spartanburg Herald.
When asked concerning the per
sonal encounter he had in the sec
retary of state's office in Columbia
with C. C. Featherstone yesterday,
Mr. C. P. Sims last evening gave
out the following statement:
"Col. C. C. Featherstone was
representing the prohibitionists of
Laurens county in the contest-be
fore the state board of canvassers.
In discussing the revision of the
registration books for Laurens
count', I contended that the offi
cers required by law to perform
this duty had failen to do so, and
that the revision made by Col.
Featberstone and his assistants was
without authority of law. I used
the expression, 'When a crowd of
prohibitionists get together, though
honest, they frequeetly go nearer to
getting crazy than any other class.'
"Col. Featherstone arose and ob
jected to being called crazy. I re
plied that I only referred to the
zeal usually displayed by prohibi
tionists and meant nothing personal.
But the conel still retainad his
stand of dissatisfaction with this
remark. I told him if he wasn't
satisfied to step outside the room
and we could settle it any way he
liked. He replied, 'No, settle it
now,' and with that I struck him a
blow, knocking him against some
gentlemen. The gentlemen present
caught hold of us and held us apart,
but the colonel did manage in some
way to scratch my face with his
finger nails as he was rea'hing out
after me.''
288,000,000 DRINKS OF WHISKY BURNED
IN LAST THREE WEEKS.
Louisville, Ky., Nov. 26.-Dis
tillery fires within 'the past three
weeks have destroyed millions of
dollars' worth of property in Ken
tucky, the loss of 15,ooo barrels in
the Tom Moore fire at Bardtown
last night bringing the total num
ber of barrels of fine Kentucky
whisky that have fed the flames
recently up to 82,ooo. In detail
this means that the visible supply
of whiskey has decreased 3,600,000
gallons, or more definitely speak
ing, 288,000,000 drinks. At an
average of $25 per barrel, which
s considered a reasonable figure,
the loss to the distiller is Si1,800,
ooo. The United States govern
ment, however, comes in for a still
heavier loss, ahhlough an indirect
one. This is the t?x that would
be paid on the whisky. The tax
is at least twice the value of the
whiskey, which would make the
loss to the government between
$3,00,000 and $4.o00,o00.
The distiller, however, suffers
fromi a fire in many ways. His,
intangible loss is much greater than
the actual property loss. The dam
age to the forced cessation of busi-'
ness, the accruing storage and in
numerable incidental losses due
to the fire will amount up into
millions more.
The frequency of fire has caused
some suspicion of incendiarism.
Secret service mien have been in the
field working on this idea, but have
not been able to secure any evidence
to show tha.t the fires were other
than accidental.
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