Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-04
LOCAL POLITICIANS BUSY.
THE COUNTY CANVASS NEARING
ITS CLOSE.

Candidates Looking Sharply After Their
Interests as the Election Approaches
"A Lively Scramble for Ordinary and
the Tax Receivership-The Situation
Somewhat Complicated-The Sheriff
atty Fight.
The canvass for county Offices is at
white heat. The election takes place on
Wednesday, and as the time approaches
the various candidates are redoubling
] their energies. The situation, so far as
some of the Offices are concerned, is some
what complicated, and the result will re-
main in profound doubt until the ballots
are counted.
The election is for the following officers !:
Ordinary, Clerk of the Superior Court,
Sheriff, Receiver of Tax Returns. Tax
Collector, County Treasurer, County
Surveyor, and Coroner.
CANDIDATES IN THE FIELD.
The candidates now IN the field are as
follows:
For Ordinary-Hampton L. Ferrill. the
present incumbent, Marmaduke Hamil-
ton, y. c. Collier, Alfred b. Smith.
For Clerk of the Superior COurt-Bar-
nard E. Bee, the present incumbent, and
W. j. Clements.
For Sheriff-JOhn T. Roman, the present
incumbent. and Warning Russell.
For Receiver Of Tax Returns-JOhn r.
Dillon, the present incumbent, A. Nc
Nulty, John 5. Tyson, Clement Saussy,
A. A. SOlOmOns, NJ. nj. DeLettre, M. j.
DOOner. Charles KOlshOTn.
For Tax CollectOr-J. j. MCGOWAN, the
present incumbent.
For County Treasurer-JOhn William
son, the present incumbent.
For County Surveyor-JOhn r. Tebeau,
the present incumbent.
For COroner-Dr. B. f. Shefftall, the
present incumbent, and W. d. Dixon.
1t viii be noticed by the above list that
there is no opposition for Tax Collector.
County Treasurer or County Surveyor.
But for the other offices the contest is
close one.
AN EXPENSIVE CANVASS.
For some of the candidates it is likely
to be an expensive canvass. Demands
are heavy, and a big hole is being made
in the bank account of more than one
ambitious aspirant.
Chow much is the election likely to
cost you 20 asked a NEWS reporter of one
OF the candidates for Receiver of Tax Re-
turns yesterday.
''It won't cost me much,' he replied.
''My advertising will be about $25 or $50
and my tickets will cost about So or Sc
more. That's all l am going tc spend"
Then you are not employing any of the
Ogeecbee citizens who have a scale of
prices. and profess to have much influ-
enceT'
''Certainly not. What would be the
use? They really have no influence, and
if was to pay them they would sell me
out. The candidates for Sheriff and Or
binary are doing that sort of thing. The
former are spending the most money"
"What will it cost themW
THE ORDINARY FIGHT.
81 suppose the expenses will be be-
tween $1,000 and $4,000 apiece. They
are paying the taxes of a great many
people and then their workers cost them
a great deal. 1t is a close pull and
neither side will have much of majority
to boast of. One Of the candidates for
Sheriff, the other day, had a lottery out in
the South Ogeechee district. All the
cOlOred women got prize of some kind.
Some drew an order for a calico dress,
others drew tin pans, and the children got
toys ard various articles. Judging from
the number of prizes given he must have
bought nearly the entire stock of the 10
cent store"
1t is estimated that about 70 per cent.
of the cOlored voters have their taxes paid
by candidates and about % per cent. of
the white voters. AS the qualifications
for voting require the payment of taxes
for 1884 as we'll as 1888, the burden has
been very heavy on the candidates.
ELECTION ARRANGEMENTS.
Justice NJ. F. Molina states that in
voting the lettering OF the boxes will be
strictly adhered TO. The oath which it is
necessary for voters to take when chal-
lenged is as follows:
do swear Tor affirm that am 81 years
of age, have resided in this State one year, and
in tins county six months next preceding this
election. l have paid all taxes which, since
the abortion of the present constitution of
thp State, have been required of me previous
to thts wear, ana which 1 have had an oppOr-
tunity 10 pay, and ! haye not voted at this
election,
Some changes in the managers OF cleo
ton have been made. Thomas Daniels
will be Judge at box No. 8, insteau OF ii.
J. ThomassOn. George W. Titcomb will
be listkeeper at box No. 3, instead of G.
E. Bevans. and George Santina Will be
listkeeper at box No. 4, instead of w. f. !
Law.
The latest withdrawal as a candidate is
that of J. G. Pournelle, who will not run
for Receiver of Tax Returns, as generally
believed. The withdrawal of Col. Ander-
son from the fight, 1t is thought, will help
Cap. DiIlOn's chances. DIR. ChishOlm's
withdrawal as candidate for Coroner is
in Faxror IF Mr. nivou