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I \ ^ aljp lambmj ijrralii fc One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 29,1918. Established 1891. 4 DIAL WINS Indications Poinl Ballot?I Returns to c C. L. Bleas N. B. Dial James F. F VOTE FOR GOVERNOR. 3 A. M. ' Andrew J. Bethea 5,056 R. A. Cooper 33,662 " Jehn G. Richards 17,123 South Carolina remains in the loyal column. Woodrow Wilson Democrats have been elected to fill all offices in the State contests. Returns received up to an early hour 4-V?-Ici -rv>/%-??vii-rirv "inrUpQ+pH flip V-LLLO 111V/X I 11 l l? ULIU^vuvvu vuv election of N. B. Dial by an overwhelming majority over C. LBlease. James F.Rice received a very small vote throughout the State. - J. T. Liles, of Orangeburg, appears to have been elected on the first ballot for lieutenant governor. Ribert A. Cooper has been elected governor on the first ballot, receiving a very flattering majority over all other candidates. J. E. Swearingen has been reelected State superintendent of education. Claud N. Sapp and S. M. Wolfe run over for attorney . general. W. D. Garrison and B. Harris will make a second race for commissioner of agriculture. H. H. Arnold, A. A. Richardson and D. L. Smith are running (close together for railroad AH 'I11TT-A 4~ ^-llocn < cymnii&eiuiici. JL \w uicot .three will run over. SHORT TERM SENATOR. Christie Benet "...17,245 Thos. H. Peeples 18,320 W. P. Pollock 19,063 In the race for the short term, the three candidates are running so close that it is impossible to forecast the result. A second race will be . necessarv to decide this con1 test, with Pollock in the lead. CONGRESSIONAL RACES T?,pr>nrts ut> to an earlv x ?X- - - . hour this morning indicated that Dominick and Aiken were running neck and neck. | A second race will be nec-j essarv between Nicholls and Bomar. ! Congressman Byrnes has; been reelected on the first I ballot. Congressman Lever, -ac- ] cording to late reports, was well in the lead of all his opponents and is likely reelected on the first ballot. \ 4 OVERBLEj t to Cooper's Ele< i 11 n jies Also deems 5 o'clock this morninj e \ m m m lice . How j uTs! _ ___ o O 5 p e CLUB 2 ! p OB ? Govan 19| i Denmark 36 1J Hightower's Mill 8 3 Colston 7 4 Clear Pond :... . 1 Ehrhardt 21 IS Bamberg 76 1 i Hunter's Chapel..... 2 I Lees 3 i Mil way 10 ] Kearse 2 4 Olar 21) ? Edisto . ' Total 2051 71 Congre . Riley, Rowel FOR COTTON WEIGHER.? ! ! At Olar. L Sel- Mor- Prolers. ris veaux.! Govan .. ..21 26 15 ir on no J- C*. V, V tj v. c ?? v v J.J. i'iVi J. Ltx^vi. . Proveaux at Olar, and be- , tween Free and Beard at Bamberg. "Are you sure it was Miserly you I saw?" "Positive. He was so close I could have touched him." "I guess not. Miserly is so close' that no body can touch him."?Boston Transcript. ISE EASILY :tion on the Firs! Elected. * gave: 27,703 45,997 3,121 Cfnln Tirtlrnl Wan , VaI vOlSTOLL. ..lO J- iv ! Olov 40 4n 40 ! | V/1UX - -- -- M-v-r I Total.. ..82 92 74 At Bamberg. > P ^ P , hj w g w W * CO CD i-i CA2 52 as O P H S ? S SP-? P- ? : ?>: * S5 ? r ! o M ! hi ' : j * Bamberg ..80 li6 20 22 C. Pond .. 8 5 1 4 Midway ..4 4 3 16 H. Chap. .. 2 48 9 Total.. ..94 173 24 51 There will be a second i i?o^o lmhrnmi IVTnwis Jlllfl ' dldlC ULACI If <15 ?UI< Senate U. S. Senate Fo 3 ? ? i i > " 3 ? 5T ^ 2 ^ y CC r* . CD / 7 M ? 53 hh ^ O ? ^ . 13 o > a o I ch o ' 2 ! S I s I i ? I " CD CP CD P 29 14 23 31 10 TO 25" 24 16 48 57 90 10 91 [6 1 1 8 16 15 15 1 37 4 13 14 31 18 17 1 8 .10 >0 20 51 34 82 23 100 >7 7 109 69 87 19 135 >2 5 35 2 23 3 51 >1 2 6 12 8 4 20 L0 2 21 5 3 2 12 12 7 5 11 36 4 38 14 25 40 50-41 7 85 15 100 393 283 410 104 613~ ssman I, and Zeigle Apparently Second R Between Guilds i and Abstanc Woman's Body Chopped Up. Wooster, Ohio, Aug. 16.?James Martin, care taker of the Point Breeze riliaiifoiiniio orrAiinHe of Smithvillf Lfuuuvau^uu vuuuo vjl ? ***v near here yesterday found the lowei half of a woman's body in a weighted sack in a water hole near the grounds according to word received today bj Sheriff Milton C. Miller, of Wayne county. The legs of the body had been saw2d in two at the knees, and indications were that the body had been in the water for several weeks. When discovered by Martin the sack containing the dismembered parts was floating on top of the water after having rotted away from the weights. A woman's hat was found in the sack. Sheriff Miller left for Smithville this afternoon to drag the water hole in an effort to find the other half of the body. ^ <?> ? Eighteen hundred coal consumers of Philadelphia, are being investigattd by Federal authorities, and face probable prosecution on charges oi violation of the fuel administration's orders. The consumers are alleged to have misrepresented their coal needs in ordering supplies for this year. . ; .v / \ \ * * RESULT OF Unofficial Returns i in the F I [Cong Z T~ S3 OT ^ p ^T* Q CLUB ? 2, 2 r* ?> o CO Denmark 104 46 Hightower's Mill 15 2 Govan 26 8 Colston 44 4 Clehr Pond 10 Ehrhardt 139 5 Bamberg 137 23 Hunter's Chapel 41 3 Lees - 7 4 Midway 3 3 Kearse 33 3 Olar 09 12 Edisto Total 033 114 ed in Bamberg County j r Governor Lt. Gov. ?H ?-l ?H O C o o o o S B % 5 if P < ?? ? " s ^ 1 a, 2 ? 8 w ? ? S. ? & x 2 g * g* g 3 5 3 5 2 50 05 \ / S* CO ^ v I,- I I II I 1 II 1 l 2 16 71 33 23" 1 1 54 11 108 54 10 18 7 1 8 4 45 6! if 17 1 2 '8 20 I 30 88 40 ' 2 1 2 68 24 144 67| 4 1 56 2 2 2 20 4| 8 10 121 1 6 3 40 8| 2 21 11 861 31 4 8 15 217 93 665 254}} Byrne; r are Elected ace Will be Necessary tnd Miley. Collins :e Run Over. Reports from all precincts of Bamberg county, with the 5 exception of Farrell's, show| ed last night that Riley had . been elected to the legisla[ ture. A second race is indi) cated between Guilds and ; Miley, with Miley in the lead. * 7 %' The Farrell's vote may . change this race. The sol! dier vote is still to be heard from, and the race between i Guilds and Miley probably will not be decided until full i returns are in. W. D. Rowell lias been 1 elected over F. 0. Brabham i +/% ?? /i/Mivi + tr nn/lif ah iiurl Clirv 11 na ruuLLi \ CIUILILUJ. ?JJU. erintendent of education. For county commissioner ' in the lower district, J. W. > Zeigler lias been elected over 0. L. Copeland by a safe ma; jority. In the upper district [ there will be a second race ; between L. W. Abstance and W. H. Collins. FIRST PRIMARY FOR' For Bamberg County Gb 'irst Primary Held Augus ress |j House of Rep. ~Z p | P ? | r I a 9 T ^ " P ^ r ' g g ? g o 2 2 a 5" ~ S ^ ? ?" CP ? 02 v; << i % 30 29 77 T 81 158 3 o 3 7 10 12 18 1 26 25 16 8 30 36 7 20 19 5 31 31 7 6 12 12 6 7 13 70 78 S 77 76 7 71 73 99 17 143! 123 16 10 35 6 31 33 15 8 17 2 23 16 16 6 9 10 12 2 14 14 32 2 181 24 1 47 44 42 13 52 85 ! 24J 267 | 318 440 85 499 625" iugust 27th, 1918?Un Sup. Ed. Attorney Gen. ^ Rai < ~P Q jc w~~i s ? a a M 2 a ^ O . a .v . * CO CO > >> .? =8 z o - r n ? 3? 3 ff ? S1 a ? ? ? S ~ <2 w ~ <? - OPQ ?? o cd a* ? a ' ?> 18 43 22 19 22 7 11 117 63 73 56 50 24 15 23 1 5 17 * 3 22 33 14 15 26 3 6 18 8 10 32 132 37 72] 54 20 8 86 150 73 83 82 59 24 40 20 14 11 35 28 1 14 12 8 5 13 1 2 18 4 12 10 1 11 41 5 41 5 4 44 ' 86 37 73 20 12| 6 1 I 425 603 300 400 330 | 159[ 73 5 is Re j . Byrnes Aiken 1,501 Bamberg 633 Hampton 1,185 Jasper 332 Barnwell 866 ttv n i 4 Jtfeaurort zjl-? Saluda 984 Edgefield .... 493 Total 6,308 FOR MAGISTRATE. At Fish Pond. Hunter's Chapel. J. L. Herndon 32 A. G. W. Hill 28 The box at Farrell's had not been heard from last night. It was stated unofficially by parties from that section that Farrell's voted heavilv in favor of Hill, and %/ 7 that Hill had been elected. At Olar. Lain Morris Olar 59 70 | Colston 41 14 i n ?. ? n 01 VJU\ ci-Li ~r? L.X Total 141 105 At Ehrhaxdt Grant Kinard Kearse 26 26 Ehrhardt 66 108 Total 92 134 COUNTY OFFICES /e the Following Figures it 27th, 1918 1 \ f Auditor Co. Com. j Co. Com. ^ ? r > ? Of-> ^ x r* P a ; s r .=3 3 ^ !> 2 ft o NJ 1 b- S- o o ? 5? ? en ? S 5 ? 3* < r* -S ? <2, ~ ? ? ' 5 P* ? js ?? 3 CO w hj 2 ~ .? ? . 42 138 90 78] 16j 64 Fl7 7 17 22 3 5 20 24 36 7 10 43| 25 34 38 17 17 11 27 21 34 7 11 2 4 12 7 11 68 96 43 43 76 137 26 80 158 58 82 100 78 162 15 44 35 5 20 4 56 3 23 14 1If 1 2 14. 9 18 1 15 11 3 24 50 2 10 5 36 26 26 119 11 40 14 73 85 44 461 571 34~8 278 418 457 568 . i official J ? ilroad Com. * Com. of Ag. ^ > p ^ C3 ? \ ;i > r $ c s r3 - rn ^ 5* <2 a O 9 . 3. o c = 3 ? 5T ^ P* 2 ? ~ ~ 5" 2* a. o 2 g* P 3 O P T7 24 3 16 2 8 f7 34 103 3 100 46 32 2 22 1 8- 13 4 * 9 31 6 28 16 11 18 4 ' 4 10 16 114 4 SO 4 5 f 38 56 86 9 152 47 34 3 28 | 12 40 ' 7 2 21 j '8 4. 14 14 7 | 6 16 5, 41 1 | 41 4-4 351 70 4 | 59 22 50 1 I 1 193) 575[ 31 [j 508 275 237 elected I Croft Evans Toole. ~DQ ~A OA A wuu tju 7\J-r 114 24 267 39 82 160 22 10 8 119 112 , 385 50 29 40 136 122 570 66 453 292 1,054 891 2,698 i James F. Bvmes, conjgressman from the second congressional district, has been reelected by a safe majority on the first ballot over all other candidates. Early returns last night indicated . that Bvrnes had received a plurality in every county in the district. He received a majority in many of the counties, and full returns Hiav show that he carried every county against an opponents. In Aiken county, the home ?/ / of Byrnes, Croft and Toole, Byrnes received a most flattering vote, and that the people of the district have the utmost confidence in the second district's young congressman has been fully demonstrated. It is estimated that less 4-1. ^ ... 4- 4-1. .. J man iwu iiiuLiociiiu. \uic& arc yet to be accounted for in the whole district, and thai Byrnes has a lead over all opponents of approximately 1,700 votes.