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/ SENTIMENT OF THE PEOPLE IN COLLETON COUNTY IS FOR LOYAL AMEKICANISM RESULTS IN RACE * FORMAGISTRATE In I V*i y ( n'-o Hut Oik* \\ Iht*- TIioiv ¥ Wa* a Conti'Ht the I>ra*lt*r Wan I 'Iwted—\« Srrowd Itare. J. W. Hill Elected to the Legislature 't Race Likely Betar< and Smoak Wi JLangdale in Lea^r ACKERMAN f BOTH l ar/j MK Op RATED OPPONENTS / > Jefferies Sheeted Over Oponent fi>r Probate Judge* and Matffeff. estmg for the prognosticators. The vote was a complete sur- ... -sa. prise, and at the places where the Australian ballot^ systen- was tried the report comes that many votes could not be counted as there woe errors in them. Election Returns Displayed Here ived Col. J. W. Hill was elect ed by a good majority on the first ballot, as will be seen by the tabulated vote given. > Among the astonishing races made, was that of J. M. Acker- man Tor county treasurer, which >IMeu> , on crow4- shows that he has a lead of over niwrad it to Mcur* the utest n~ • , , , - 'V^i. . . Arrangements ^ had been a hundred votes over both hlft made with the Western Union Teb- X out opposition: T. M. Reeves for Sheridan and Glover townships; H. \V. Hudson. Jr., for Hells township. WaJterborti, Wolfe freek and Hitter. - . . Heaeh. fettles. Towles. Ritter . . . . . 15 4 * 21 Walterboro . 103 40 171 Wolfe Creek 25 3 Total . . .143' 47 , 203 Th-ic were some surprises in the nu-.* •(,! macistrate over the coun- ty. In* only four of the townships were there any contests and-in ea-ili •i th<«se. with the exception of Fra ser township, the leader won. lu the contest at Walterboro, Wolfe Cwdi and Ritter. H.- F. Towles won ©ver J. E. Beach and J. <f. Nettles. In Warren township P. J. Wilson ap parently won over the incumbent W I>. Smoak. and J- E. Grayson. In Bey Ward township C. W. ^Thompson was a. winner over his two oppon ents. Frank Thompson* and D. P. fi ap^^Se)•. In Fraser township the cumhent, Hodges, will run over With J- A. Tuten, having a lead over strata Hodges of four votes, he magistrates re-elected- with out opposition .are: G. W. Sweat Tor laiwndes and Blake townships; W. Jones for Broxton township; |L. E. Hill won at Red Bank with- Towles elected over both oppon ents. LAST MEETING HELD SATURDAY (nmpaign Party Held Interesting Htid FinnhMqpting at the Uourt House Saturday. V IX Warren Township. *TLn ( Grayson. Smoak. Herea XX . 5 3« Colleton. X.. 12 . 22 Pine Grove. Kmoaks . * .. 50 iJLViniams . . ... X. • _ X _ . Total.. ..25 Xj 02 Wilson elected over hpth ents. • X^ Heyward TowniMhip. s -*r—' * * • c. w. Ram- Thorap- " sey. son. Benton’s Mill . —*.' - 13 Hendersonville 4 . 74 renie! 14 10 Petits ....... 2 13 The . last meeting of the county campaign party was held at tha eourt htpise Saturday. The largest number of voters yet in attendance upon any of the meetings were pres- Wllson ent^ and attentively listened to the 3 J speeches of . the candidates. The best of order prevailed, and liberal . ^ I applause greelgd the speakers. ^ 95 County Chairman Howell pre- - , sided and made an eloquent appeal on behalf of the right to assemble l**<;and urged , the people not to defeat oppon- (Continued on Page Four) Sniders • e • • IX 20 Total 20 128 101 C. W. Thompson defeated his op- >nents. — o • Fraser Towmdilp Jackeonhoro—Harper 5. Hlott 3, ^3: Hodges 22. TutenlX. Hodges and 9 j Tuten wilt* run second race. X The Press and Standard display* ed the election returns Tueeday ^'‘-nint Large bulletin board*, were erected and large crowds of opponents. Ashton vote w {ti graph company to furnish the rg- 11 turns from the Stat^ at large, and Iff the absence of the vote Ashton at the time of Jfr- to press Wednesday after- it is not possible to say or not there will be a' race between Langdale 9Bffd Smoak for the second place iff the House of Representatives. 1 Lffngdale now has a small ma* jority of the votes cast for the Bimse, but as Ashton is expect- <ed to be an anti-Langdale poll , 1 « / it is thought that when the re- from this pbll are in, that will be a second race be- him and Representative Every effort was made t# *et this vote but to no avail as the ’phone w as not working, and no connection could be had by wire. According to.the returns re- hardly change this result R. M. bulletin* kepi coming la tin after ^ 1 o’clock this morning. Aa'sooa m* Jefferies won out over G. Albert the*e returns began to come la It Bwch for probate judge and ,'XX' DiirJ.d £*? mastnr s -• , * * er, and there was much enthuslaam • *, . • • . ; manifested. The county went anti-Blease The county vote came In rather slowly. Green Pond was the ffrst IMIlAIl OF miE II Hi ELECHiW RIB CIMf. HUE, 27.HII , : X- ' . ] Con- Hen- f ■ , ■. Hnwne of Hepresentatlves Treasurer and M’ntr. PHK4TNUTM by a large majority. Dial swept poll to be reported, and others fftl J » snH Wnk- «.C»IRg*A ASHTON .. .>•.. HELLS .. .. BENTON’S MILL * a > r n •< > w 3 <1. ,, . ... . . - lowed. Ashton. Lodge, and WlF the county, getting a vote of liani8 collId Bot ^ le ,vi nu 1385 against * total Ireported the^reaulta.of the legislative ra»dln ~ • rather borne doubt. ■^ote of 420 for Blease and 112 'The returns brought good news .. . , • . J to some, and bad news to other*. Aa for Rice. Cooper also cameo n )e vote would be marked lip, thert, 1 ! the countv bv a lar«e vote for w . ou,d ^ and * vm - me couni\ oy a large yoae 10 wjth WOBd „ why the rc- Govemor, as' did Liles for Lieu- suits were so and m* On the whole the vote was the fullest qf surpris- tenant Governor, and Sweann- ever recorded in Colleton coun gen had more than two for one 0 Tha „k, ar e due a number of for Rector for State Superin- he, P’ r ^ 1n ,h e splendid work of get- X. X ; ting and giving out the returns, tendent .of Education. ,D. L. Paul Lucas installed the electric o •.v ^ „**. . . * _ light in front of the ofhee; Supt. H. Smith, Colleton s candidate for Anderson put in an additional Railroad Commissioner, carried telephone, and a. b. cured the returns at Chandler se- the office ef the county by a large majoritv, the Western Union, which were re , - - ' . . calved over the wires by Henry and reports have it that ne is Hiovt. a number of others were 1 „ • 4.1,_ oi-i.X'' , X Cheerful assistants in marking up| leading m the ptate. Jhe and answering the t** 5 * 1 "!£“*"*“■ *' , A studv of the tabulated vote phones. ^Central” was most oblig-[*J<j<yNS ^ - *••• in this paper will prove inter-.busy.\ . \ ]totals * • ' ,\ . s ■ . I ■ ■ ■ . '1 ' ■ ■ ■ " !-gaai—e=s==^===g= COLLETON cott.vgeVille ... DRS. CREEK GREEN t'ovn .... HENDKii. ONVILL!: HORSE PEN HUDSON’S MILL .. JACKSONHORO LODGE' . MAPLE CANE PEEPLES PENIEL . . . » ...... PETITS ‘A-... PINE GROVE . . RICE PATCH ... . •MTTER . . ROUND RUFFIN SIDNEY ...... . X SMOAKS . . . ■ SNIDERS • TIGER CREEK . . . WALTERBORO ... WHITE HALL . . . . .../ . . .y • • f y*. • • • • « \*■'• • • • • • • *« • • • • .■ 34 ' 34| 70 X«ri ' 67 oo; 70 ,70' 37 *9! 09 07| "3 • 33' '•1 91 71 74 57 57K : 47 4*1 SI SI 71 7i; . 30' 30jX^ 40 *- 2 4 241 Xf7 1 47! , 34 94: 43| H2! 50! 501 37| 35' 571. 57! X 144J 551 44' K 313| 13' 71 3<1 35 1401 R4 M 441 3»71 13V 71 30’ 35! 50| 5*' . 7* 3! 3 HU' ■ aX ^ 7J 37! ill 15! 41 ! 13! 301 13|; 00 50' ‘ 12! 14 * 20! 24! 121 34; 1791 / 7' 291 103! 0! 10! X 2 12 2' m 4 17' 21 SI 0; IS! 14 14« 5 4 \ !On3!l!»5«: 473!12ft»' •>© Vote ior State Officers, Aug. 27th, 1918 ■ X 2371 ■» 942| H fMLj 1051! K25|117S For United States Senator. (I^n u T< rni.» t l Sh'ort Term t F*»r <a»vemor Sec. t om istal ' Xdjt Supt. of ff.%w». fl lawnn# / >s • UllKUINUTS • •• • ■' • a • . X r /■' ASHTON / HELLS .... , . • BENTON S MILL HEREA . . . . .-. COLLETON •• COTTAOEVILLE Xv DRS. CREEK . X**. GREEN POND HENDERSONVILLE ' HORSE PEN . . . i " • HUDSON’S MILL JACKSONHORO X * t LODGE . , . MAPLE CANE • • • • • PEEPLES PENIEL • * * PETITS ... PINE GROVE .... It ICE PATCH • • • • • RITTER • mm 4 ROUND RUFFIN ■ SIDNEY . . . • • • • • • ,^ SMOAKS ^• • • *4 ■SNIDERS .... «•«« • • ••••'•* 1" -o .15! 15! 3 56| 2:5K 4 4 CREEK ...* •••• •••• •• Walterboro HALL .. ^ • • • • WOLF CREEK • ■ » . . *»■* TOTALS v. «• 777* ► • • • 41 7 31 4 53 4 31 4 N 35! 13 57 l 23 4 ^ 9 0 20 4 19 3 24 * 28 3 10 1 13j :. >2 22 9 27 11 • 22 11 12 72 9 12 ' 14 79 1 9 14 20 r 17 26 • - 2 47 1 19 ^ 8 / 9 15 2 27 11 11 10 33 2 50 31 00 20 106 2T 40 8 1 11! 42 ! r 26 1 17 v... 5 39' 139 1 60 13U • 09 111 1 15 32 30 9 I . 17 44 121 9 13 8 10 X 17 i 3 14 18 4 1 22 11 4 S56 314 551! 420 1315 112 Attorney neral ,('om. of Agri. 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