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I. - - a. 4 ESTBLSHD 86. NWBRR, . .,TUESD AY, SEPTEMBER 2 1902. TWICE A WE ER 8 .50 A YK THE RESULT HAS BEEN DECLARED. TALBKRT IN THE SECOND RACE BY OVER FIVE HUNDRED VOTNS. Latimer and Evans Will Make the Second Race for the United Statms Senate-In Other Second Races Will be Sloan and Gary, Gantt and WilsoU, Jones and Walker, Frost an Boyd, Qaughuaan and Evans. [The State, 30th.] It is all over. The storm of the first of the battle of ballots of 1902 has passed and some of the political oakes have been felled. Three of the present State officers as a result of Tut.sday's contests will be office holders no longer after January McMahan, Floyd and Wilborn. The declaration of the results last night by the State Democratic Executive Committee was a mere matter of form, the complete figures tabulated in no way changing results. The work was speedily done, for the tabn lation was complete before the com mittee met, and the session was ex tremely brief. Many of the candi. dates were about the committee room to.see what would come up, bat there was nothing to interest them save a -personal encounter in the lobby be tween two gentlemen, neither of - whom were candidates or members of the committee. Talbert is in second race with Hey ward. The final official figures are Talbert 18,218; Ansel 17,685, the missing boxes having come in. Re. sults could hardly have been more exact. The State gave, too. Hey ward's vote as 36,492, subject to the few missing boxes. The official figures are 36,551. Talbert goes into the second race by 528 votes. Yesterday morning the Associated Press sent out from Charleston total fighres that were not warranted by the correct returns, and this explains Why it was that inquiries poured in. to asoertaii. upon what was babed the newspaper publication and Asso ciated Press dispatch putting Ansel in the second race. In the tabula tion from which the results sent out were obtained Talbert was deprived of a +.housand votes in Marion coun ty that belonged to him. Many soon located the error made int the only nip-and-tuck and vitally important contest of the series. But accidents will hapn 'The mistake in The State's total for Heyward Thursday morning was an instance, but the votes spoke for themselves and no close race was affected. There was another inetance of the same kind yesterday. Henderson's vote being given as 12,835 when it should have been 13,825. The votes by counties, however, called for the latter figure. THE SECOND ROUND. Latimer and Evans run again for 4he senate, the former leading out the first race by 5,178. Sloan with a lead of 4,315 votes, will make the second with Gary. Wilson, with a lead of 3,900 votes, will run again with Gantt for Secre tary of State. Jones and Walker, the latter hav ing. a good lead, will make the sec ond race for comptroller general, and Boyd will go the second heat for adjutant general. Canghman and Evans, who ran close together in the first race, will try it a second time for railroad commissioner. Martin has been nominated for superintendent of education and Gunter for attorney general. CONGREssIONAL CANDIDATEs. In the congressional races Finley, Legare, Lever, Scarborough and Johnson are nominated on the first round, Congressmfank Scarborough having had no opposition. Aiken and Smith run agatin for Latimer's place in the Third district and Bel linger and Croft, who ran within 122 votes of each other, will make the second race in the Second district. THE vOTE POLLED. The vote polled in the first pri mary has been about 2,500 larger than was ge4neraly expected. The total vote east in each contest is as follows: Senate, 95,110. Governor, 95,367. Lientenant Governor, .94,517. Attoney General, 94,655. Treasurer, 94,572. Comptroller, 94,391. Superintendent of Education, 94, 741. F Adjutant General, 95,008. C Railroad Commissioner, 94,567. 'I THE OFFCIAL TABULATION. The State Democratic Executive Committee met at 8:30 o'clock last A night with a full membership pres C eat and a committee of five, consist ing of Messrs. Moss, Magill, Davis, Trailer and Kitch, was appointed to c examine the tabulation made by the S chairman and secretary from the official returns received. From Greenville came up a ques tion as to whether if five candidates - received a majority of the votos for the legislature the necessary number could be declared nominees of the primary. The committee simply F brought out the point that if five s received a majority of the vote, four N were to be nominated the four high eft were the nominees. In a short time the sub committee c reported the official result, the tabu lation having been most carefully made. The report of the committee a was adopted. Senator Manning moved that a sub-committee of one from each con gressional district be appointed by the chairman to tabulate and declare A the result of the second primary. There was considerable discussion, many thinking that such a delega tion of power might brew trouble. a Senator Manning finally withdrew v his motion. It was about to be determined that 1 the committee meet on the Tuesday 1 following the second primary instead r of the Friday following, in order to b save the necessity for telegraphic and telephonic reports, when it was found that there was nothing in the i rules on the subject and the matter e was dropped. So was a proposition 1 to have a sub-committee come in t advance to tabulate the returns. The results of the election were a then declared as follows:t FOR THE SENATE. Elliott..................----. 13,658 1 Evans.... .......--.-----..... 17,893 Hemphill...............-.---.13,261 Henderson....................13,771 Johnstone ... ..........----...13,556 t Latimer .....---... ............ 22,971 f Total ......-----.............. 95,110 FOR GOVERNOR. Ansel........... ......----- 17,685 Heyward ........................ 36,551 Talbert .......................... 18,218 Tilman .......................... 16,398 1 Timmerma.......-.--......... 6,515 Total ........--............... 95,367 FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. I Blease ............... -.--.... 19,274 1 Gary .............. .-----......35,464 Sloan.................-----..39,779 Total .......------.......... 94,517 FOR SECRETARY OF STATE. Austin'......... ......----....22,398 Gantt ....................--.. ...34,136 Wilson.... ....... .....-----------,38,036 Total ......... ..--.-........94,540 FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL.I Cunter.............. ......----.. 51,582 Steven........... ...- --....... 43,073< Total............. ------.....94,655 FOR STATE TREASURER. Jennings..................--....94,572 FOR COMPTROLLER GENERAL. Brooker............---............ 18,420 Jones....................---..... 24,865 Sarpe ........ .....-..-....... 21,780 Walker........................... 29,326 Total..............--- ........ 94,391 FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCALION. McMahan ..........--............ 45,891 Martin...............---- 48,850 Total................--- ...-------- 94,741 FOR ADJUTANT AND INSPECTOR GENERAL. Ayer......... ............-----. 2,987 Boyd........... ....-----------..... 30,527 Frost.......... ..........----------.. 36,643 Patrick ...............-----.-----. 20,957 Rouse ....................----.. 3,894 Total ....................-... 95,008 FOR RAILROAD COMMISSIONER.. Cansler ......................-.. 8,945 Caughman................ ........ 18,411 Evans ............................. 20,174 Jepson............................ 7,170 Kinard ............................. 5,127 Mobley ....................--.. 15,241 Prince............................. 2,065 Wilborn........................ ... 10,15 Wolling ........... ........... .... 7,281 Total..........-. --............. 94,567 CONGRESS, FIRST DISTRICT. Baot.+ ....- ....3.. 3597 egare. ............................... 7,466 Total .. .............. ...... 11,063 SECOND DISTRICT. ellinger ......................... 3,974 roft ...................... 4,096 'hurmond ................................. 38,26 Total .................... 11,896 THIRD DISTRICT. Liken .................... 3,642 raydon. .............. 1,180 cCalla ........................ 2,466 rince..................... 2,617 .ucker ....................... ..... 1,206 mith ...................... 2,828 tribling................... 2,197 To.al ....... ..--.......... 16,136 FOURTH DISTRICT. ohnson ................. 10,331 Vilson. ........ ............--. -........ 5,585 Total .................... 15,916 FIFTH DISTRICT. 'inley................. ...... 7,280 'loyd ....................... 1,368 trait ..................................... 3,169 Vilson.. ....................... 2,220 Total .................................... 14,037 SIXTH DISTRICT. carborough............................. 13,330 SEVENTH DISTRICT. ,ever ................... 10,574 icLaughrin... ................. 2,132 Total............ ........ 12,702 A SAD SUICIDE IN SPAKTANBURG. ditor R, Eber Brewton VntK His Throat With a Razor. [Special to The State.] Spartanburg, Aug. 31.-The city f Spartanburg was shocked this iorning when the announcement ras made on the street that Auditor L Eber Brewton had taken his own fe by cutting his throat with a azor; The deed was committed at is home about 7.30 o'clock. Mr. Brewton had been sick for everal months, but got up this morn 2g and dressed preparatory to going bout his daily duties but had not ?ft his room. Mrs. Brewton had left beir bedroom to get her husband a lose of medicine, and during her bsence Mr. Brewton went to the urean drawer and took therefrom a azor and cut his throat. He then cked the door and stuffed paper in he cracks, also the key hole, to keep sny one from seeing him. All this ime the wound was bleeding pro usely. He removed his coat and est and went to the basin, holding s head over it as his life blood zed away, until so weakened by the oss of blood he fe.1 to the floor, nd in death still clasped tightly in s right hand the razor with which he deed was committed. In the meantime Mrs. Brewton eturned with the medicine, and inding the door locked gained ad nission to the room through a win-. low by means of a stepladder and vas horrified to see her husband in he last throes of death. She in itantly gave tbe alarm and medical d was summoned, but proved of no vail. It is thought that at least half an or elapsed bet ween the commis iion of the act and the time of his leath No inquest will be held and omorrow the body will be buried. For six months Mr. Brewton had >een in declining health and had been mable in a large measure to attend he duties of his office. He was a ~allat soldier in the civil war and eceived two wounds, one in the 1ead the other in the body, from vhich he suffered greatly and was, >erhaps, the indirect cause of his 'ash act. He was an honest, up ight, manly follow and universally iked throughout the county. The Governor will probably ap oint some one to fill the office of ~ounty auditor until January, when us regular successor will qualify. 'rILt AN HI e ENOUG 1. Will 'ractic' La~w Exciu:sIvely in the Future [Columbiat Record, 30th.] Col. James H. Tillmnan has given up is headquarters here anid t.odaZy renrned to his home at Edgefield. He has nothing to s.ay about his de feat, beyond !hi.t he will return and devote hiuself to the practice of his proessioni. He said to a friend that he proposes to conineL, his energesM ex'lusively to the law hereafter, leaving the imnpressioni that he had nouh of r-olitics. WVya ? Atk+Ui fo,r Cong-- as. CitizAnship carries with it grave responsibilities, of which the right _f 3uffrage is donutle-s the nust imip%r. taut. It. is the plain duty of i"very man to vote intelligently, and to do this he must know the men asking :ffice and among whow he is to shoose. Of the seven men who are 3eeking the honor of representing the people of this Congressional Dis trict, there is one whom his friends deem it a privilege to support. Those who know Wyatt Aiken best be lieve that no other candidate for this office possesses in a higher de gree or in a better proportion the elements of manhood which go to make a true representative of the people. He has heart as well as in tellect, and no man is of the true type who has not both sentiment and sense. Being a son of a man who fought in peace and war with his every en ?rgy for the rights for which the Democratic party stands, Wyatt Aiken has always been a close student of the political principles of his father -he principles of genuine Democ racy. His discussions of the ques Lions of the day indicate a mind nat arally well balanced and trained to view political situations from the right standpoint. The writer has aever known a man of bigger heart :r nobler impulses. Truly this man is generous to a fault. Do good leeds proceed from a good man? Then there are few better than Wyatt. Aiken. Some years ago, through his con tribution and influence, an unfortu aate man of this town was sent to an infirmary and his life prolonged thereby, and 'tis a fact that this man aever knew whom to thank. In the Eamily of a working man in Cokes bury there was a bright boy who eould not attend school because his rather was unable to pay the tuition. When the facts of the case were brought to Wyatt Aiken's attention, e sent the boy to school, paying the tuition himself. That he had a eel aish motive in any one of these cases, no man who knows the circumstances, would even suggest. Within the last few moments the writer has had in mind more than a half dozen boys of the same village, for whom, and in some instances without the knowl edge of whom, Wyatt Aiken has pro cured positions. All of his life he has been seeking opportunities to help those of his fellow-men not as fortunate as he. "A friend in need is a friend indeed," is a familiar quo tation. The subject of this sketch has proved himself to be such a friend time and again. The man who is true to his friends must be true to himself, and being true to himself, it follows that he cannot be untrue to any man, or to any politi cal or other purty, In civil life his favors have always# been bestowed where they were most needed-upon the poorer people; and daring his short military life he showed him self the friend of the non commis sioned officer and the private soldier. No man has known the friendship of Wyatt Aiken, but to stamp it "pure gold." If he be a poor man today, it is because he has ever been a lib eral supporter of all Christian works, and has generously answered every call upon him as a citizen. It is sometimes claimed that a farmer can best represent the farming people. If this be true-and it is question able-Wiyatt A iken has the qualifi cation, for while he lived at Cokes bury, he was a practical farmer. Of the seven candidates offering for a seat ini Congress, the voters of the District should choose the man who has the mental scope to tiho roughly understand the problems of government that may arise, the stead. fastness of purpose and the sound ness of judgment to guarantee a ser vice highly acceptable to his constit. uets and to the best interests oi Democracy. Those who know Wyati Aiken best believe he will serve well his constituents and the Democratic party at large. Is there another mar of the seven who.hais heart and intel lect ini bet ter p)roportionl? It is thi duty of every citizen to vote for thi bes man. wyatt Aiken stands ou New York, P. Batimoi [ INTEND to set beforE I and Cheapest Stock for SPOT CASH in upK preparations for Fall Bi Is planned on a broad< and your trading advant ever- before, so keep an < MIMNAUGH'S Watch T FOR THE ARRIVALS ( done more for the prices and placing first-i reach of all than any business in your midst. record and Capital suffic the size of. Newberry. business of the town thih W A' WHO IS G6l1 .This The_Cheapest 6 as a man whom the office might well Mr. Lewis was seek, and his claims must be considl- when two loads ered by every one who wants true bis life. men in office. His good deeds in From indicatic this community commend him to its morning Mrs. I voters, for in the past he has been writing when hi the friend of the so-called commwon and when she rm man, and this man knows but one a ball was fired way to judge the future, i. e. by the trating her mout past. If there be any praise in the did not prove above, it is but just. Citizen- age d to reach his Cokesbury, S. C , Aug. 20, 1902. shot was fired ii --- '____ -and she fell aci A HORRIIILE TRAGEL) AT 11K4N-ON, and it was in th -- found. It was An Aged Couple We.althy usd I'rominfl r.t fort had been Mordered. during his absi Bronson, Fla., Aug. 30.-L B. futile, and it is Lewis one of the wealthiest and ,the detection t most promiuent citizens of this coun- the fiends to corn ty, and his wife were found mur The belief is dered about 8 o'clock last night and committed by 1 the entire county is shocked a.d 'general impresi aroused over the horrible affair. The~ white men wh< tragedy occurred at their residiae -, ihe premises an five miles south of here, arnd was not. Sheriff Suttoi known until this miorninxg. They is scouring the had returned from their soni's resi- anid b)loodboun< b. ece a hort distance away, and from Marion ai iiladelphia, 1,e and Boston. ) the people the Largest of Merchandise bought >er South Carolina. Our Jsiness 3r scale than ever before, ages will be greater than )ye on MOVEMENTS. his Space )f my Fall Stock. I have >eople knocking out high :lass Merchandise in the firm that has ever done I have a good business :ient for a town five times You know who did the i Spring and Summer. T C H MG TO DO I.T Fall UG H'S, ~tore inzjCarolina.. preparintg to retire and developmenth are momentarily of large shot ended expected. If captured a lynching will follow, ns at the scene this it is thought. ewis was near by - 3r husband was shot ANOTHER ACCOUNT. hed to his assistance from a rifle, pene. Gainesville, Fla., And. 30.-Mr. b. This, it sem, and Mrs. Brit Lewis, residing five fatal and she man- miles south of Bronson, Levy county, side, when a load of were murdered last night by rob -hich ended her life bers. oss his lifelsss form, The atged couple bad been calling is position they were on their son who resides only a learned that an ef- short distance from where the killing made to rob his safe took place. They returned at night suce, which proved and surprised two robbers who were believed that fear of in the act of opening a large iron safe y Mr. Lewis caused in which the prosperous farmer kept unit the awful crime, his money. hat the murder was The son of Lewis heard shots in the wo parties and the direction of his father's house and ion is that they are ran at once to the plaoe. When tL.e >are acquainted with son arrived he found the dead body I kniew of his wealth. of his mother lying across the corps. i,wt ag os,of her husband near the entrance to c'ountry for fugitives the house. Both bad been shot sev la have been brought eral times* and then knocked in the 21 A lachna counties head.