The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, August 28, 1912, Image 1
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VOLUME XXVIII.
LAURENS, .:OUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1912.
NUMBER 5
^OOK3^JKEA SECOND RACE FOR GOVERNORSHIP
SECOND RACE WILL BE RUN BETWEEN
BOLT AND POWER FOR CLERK OF COURT
LATEST REPORTS SHOW BLEASE AND JONES
RUNNING NECK AND NECK WITH LITTLE TO SPARE
John D. Owings Elected
Sheriff.
O. P. GOODWIN
DEFEATS BOYD
J. Waddy Thompson Defeated Joel A.
Smith by the Largest Majority of any
Candidate, Receiving more Votes
Than any other Cnndidnte who had
Opposition. All of County Commls.
sloners will have to Run Over. Mag
istrate lor LnureuK Township Be
tween Crews, Donaldson and Sulli
van.
The agony is over for some of them.
For others it is only increased. Daddy
Thompson polled the biggest vote of
any opposed candidate and he was
elected over Joel A. Smith on the first
go-round. O. P. Goodwin was elected
over R. Dunk Hoyd for the state senate
by a majority of a few hundred votes.
Irby and Black well were elected to the
legislature on the first ballot and the
second race will be rcn by Dr. Mil
ler and Geo. A. Browning. John D.
Owings was elected sherig over both
opponents. C. A. Bower and John F.
Bolt will run over for clerk of the
eon it. For county commissioners the
whole push, with the exception of one
mane, will have to run over. Bailey,
Curry and 11 itt. are in a close race to
sec who will be the commissioner to
go home to rest.
For magistrate In this township
Crews, Donaldson and Sullivan are]
fighting for the privilege of getting in
the -econd race. The others are out
of it. Other magisterial races have not
been heard from.
The above Is about the size of the
situation. Anything else can be got
ten from the tables found on this page.
A few errors might be found in them,
but they are in the main accurate and
will be corrected by the time of the
next issue.
The next primary is two weeks from
yesterday.
That's all.
Waterloo Magistrate.
The following was the vote for mag
istrate In Waterloo township: Ixmg 47.
Walker, 12, Boland 2.
COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS.
To Convene Monday September ftth
with Judge R. Withers Memmlnger
on the Bench.
The Jury commissioners met in the
court house Saturday morning and
drew the jurors for the coming term
of the court of general sessions, which
will convene the second Monday in
September, the 9th. Judge R. Withers
Memmlnger, of Charleston, will pre
side:
The jurors are as follws:
J. Hi Power, Dials,
W. N: Austin, Laurens,
L. S. Cook, Youngs,
W. A. Ropp. IDals,
T. B. Dendy, Hunter,
A. R. Sullivan. Laurens,
J. H. Curry, Dials,
H. R. Adair. Hunter,
W. T. Madden, Cross Hill,
W. F. McDanlel., Waterloo,
13. P. Patton. Youngs,
T. E. Bobo, Youngs,
W. J. Hunter, Dials,
R. L. Cole, Scuftletown,
P. C. Martin, Scuftletown.
J. C. Check, Youngs,
F. C. Smith, Hunter,
Conway Dial, Cross Hill,
Tully F. Babb, Sullivan,
J. T. B-ooks, Dials,
John A. Davenport, Hunter,
W. S. Riser, Jacks,
J. W. Sanders, Scuffletowa,
Luther L. Young, Hunter.
J. M. Ball, Waterloo,
D. C. Cathcart, Youngs,
J. W. Hunter, Cross Hill,
C. P. Robinson, Scuftletown,
T. B. Owens, Youngs,
i W. S. Hatton, Jacks,
J. T. Langston, Laurens,
H. Leaman Jones, Hunter,
H. L. Roper, I-an i ens, \
O. W. Clardy, Laurens,
J. Y. Taylor. Dials, V
J<. D. Dlllard, Hunter.
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Laurens County Democratic Primary Election
STATE TICKET
PRECINCTS
Princeton .
Gray Court ....
Daniel's Store .
Tumblin Shoals
Youngs .
Waterloo .
Ekom .
Woodvilie .
Cross Hill.
Tip Top.,
Mt. Pleasant . ..
Laurens No. 1. .
Clinton .
Mountvillc .
Renno .
Coldville.
Power .
Ora.
Lydia Mill .
Laurens Cotton Mill
Hopewell .
Clinton Cotton Mill
Lanford Station..
Watts Mill.
Shiloh .
Stewart's Store . .
Langston .
Brewerton .
Pleasant Mound . .
Laurens No. 2.
Gray'a store .
Dials Church.
Cook's Store .
Total. .
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PRECINCTS
Mill
Ora.
Clinton Cotton
Watts Mill.
Stewart's Store
Renno .
Power .
Hope well .
Lydia Mill.
Gray Court .
Dials Church .
Mountville .
Laurens No. 2.
Brewerton .
Daniel's Store
Lantord Station
Pleasant Mound ...
Princeton .
Coldville.
Cross Hill.
Woodvilie .
Gray's Store .
Tumblin Shoals
Tip Top.
Kkom.
Laurens No. 1.
Clinton .
Waterloo .
Shiloh .
Langston .
Laurens Cotton Mill.
Mt. Pleasant .
Cook's Store .
Youngs .
Laurens County Democratic Primary Election
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THE LAST REPORT THIS MORNING
This morning's "The State" gives Blease 48,895; Jones 47,421; Duncan
1,469; Tillman 41,850; Talbert 20,397; Dial 15,741; Lyon 33,368; Evans 6,103
Peeples 27,049; Eeal 7,064; Carter 43,287; McLaurin 24,796; Richards 33,796
Wharton 12,386: Cansler 19,267.
Peeples and Lyon In Sec
ond Race. ?
NO SECOND RACE
FOR U. S. SENATE
Vhe Largest Vote ever Cast In the Stato
of South Carolina Tolled Yonterday
and Thousands Yet to Hear From.
Intense Excitement all over the
State. Laurens County Went strong
for Mlease, u Majori!) of Three or
Four Hundred being to ills Credit.
Only a Few Yotes yet Heard from
Charleston.
Ilii 11 el las.
York county l I boxes out of 22,
Blease 10f>3; Jones 1318.
Charleston county t? boxos ?loase,
271 ; Jones I'.TS.
Horry county io boxes BleasQ 760,
Jones 490;
Cherokee county 2:1 boxes out of 29.
Bloase, 1606; Jones 1111.
The State.
Partial returns In Cherokee Blease
K'.r.X; Jones 1016. Bci'klC) Blease, 4:19;
Jones 350. Country precincts In Char
leston, Blease 97, Jones 211. Neek and
Neck. Tillman and Talbert will prob
ably have to run over. Lyon may win
on first.
News and Courier.
Sixteen boxes Rlchlnnd, (Mease 1023;
Jones 711. lOloxon boxes Barnwoll,
Blease 553; Jones 605. Eight boxes
Alken. Blease 326; Jones 2 Hi. High
teen boxes Chester IllcaSO 039; Jone;
7U2. Three boxes Bickens Blease 364;
Jones 117 N'ewberry thiryt-four box
es Blease lull; Jones 062. Lancaster,
thirteen boxes. Blease 045; Jones 70S.
Orangeburg, 21 boxes, Blease 044;
Jones I |s7. Williamsburg, sixteen box
es. Blease 723; Jones, 824. Korshaw,
fifteen boxes. Blease 062. Jones 626,
(Iroonvlllo, twonty-flvo boxes, Dloaso
1933; Jonos2158. Marlboro twelve box
es. Blease, ?:i:i; Jones. 871. Charleston
returns on governor race very bite.
Martin apparently elected easily to
sheriff's office.
News and Courier.
Marlboro incomplete gives Blease,
1519; Jones, 1670. Sunter 14 out of
21 Counties, gives Jones 721. Blease 477
The State.
Flftyfour boxes Spartanburg county
Jones. 11920; Blease 38:10.
2f, boxes Anderson comity BI ease
r.i7.v. Jones, it;:'..'..
The State.
The very last bulletin received from
the office of The State last night stale.!
that about 100.000 votes had been tabu
lated, that possibly 20,(M)0 more were to
come in and at that stage of the gam ?
Blease was leading Jonos by a sllgh'
majority. But a telephone mossag
from the headquarters of Judge Jone
in Columbia gave 96,000 voles tabulate
with a Jones majority of 1.100.
Senator Tillman is elected over hot
bis oppononts,
S. T. Carter was elected over I). V.
McLaurin by a big vote. Lyon an
Peoples are in the bad for attorne
general and probably will have to mak
the second race. John 0. Richards wa
running ahead for railroad commls
sloner at the last report, though it s
not known whether a second race wll
be necessary or not.
Other news will be found in the t:
bios.
I 11 \ eil im' at Friendship.
Barksdale Camp, 459. W. O. W.. wi'
unveil the monument to James V
Bolt, at Friendship Presbyteria
church the second Sunday evening i
September, at 3 o'clock. Hon. R. A
Cooper will deliver an address an
Mr. C. A. Power will assist In th
ceremonies. All members are urge
to attend and the public is cordial!
Invited.
Fine Pletnre*.
Mr. Lavender announces for the pU
ture show this week the following vor
popular reels. Wednesday the Bnchan
ted Feather, and for Thursday the Ufl
ual Pathe's weekly. Both of thes'
have made great hits wherever show
' and are well worth tho usual price, 5
I and 10c.
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