The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-08-15
THE PRIMARY ELECTION.
Interest in the EIectiOn-SOme Were
EIected-Others Will Have to Pick
their ElintS and Try Again.

their FIintS and Try Again.
Last Friday the primary election for oil
county offices and Legislators was held. =,
Much interest was manifest and the poll
was the largest ever made at primary In
Abbeyille, and the people in the village began
| to look for returns by dark Of Friday. Mr..
Benet kept his Office open until midnight,
where all news was reported up to that time.
On Saturday the returns began to come In
about nine o'clock. The Sheriff's office,
where the official vote was kept, was crowded
all day with interested persons going and
coming.
The Chief interest was centered In the Legis-
lative ticket and for the greater part or the
day it was thought full ticket would be
elected but the final summing up OF the fg'
ures disclosed the fact that only four members
of the house had received majority OF all the
votes cast, viz: w. G. Benet, at the head OF the
ticket, with the largest vote ever accorded 10
any candidate for Legislatiye e1 honors % IN @ tnis
nearly as great as that Of Mr.. Benet; Mr.. X. f.
Hill was a little behind Mr.. Waller, and he Is
the third man on the ticket; Capt j: n. King
scored the next highest figures, and he was
don and Mr., Walter l.. Miller received the
next highest vote, but not quite enough to
elect either, so that these gentlemen will stand
event the people will get good representa-.
tive.
The ticket as a whole is perhaps the strong
est which has been sent to the Legislature
from this county since the war.
Only two Of the representatives In the last
Legislature were candidates for reelection.
A new ticket was elected, and we will have
new men in the House of Represen tatives-
the Senator holding over.
As far as the election was concluded the old
officers, without exception, were reelected.
viz: j. Fuller Lyon. Probate Judge; ]. W.
Perrin, Treasurer; A. w. Jones, Auditor; NJ.
G. Zeigler, Clerk.
No Sheriff was elected. MrT.L Moore and
Mr.. w. D. Mann will run that race over,
In the case Of the School Commissioner, the
old officer, Capt. E. Cowan, failed in re-elec-
tion, and he and his competitor. Mr.. McLees,
will try conclusions at the next primary.
In the County Commissioners there are still
two vacancies Capt. John E. Brownlee, q
new man, was elected last Friday, but the
other two places are not filled. Capt. ]. T.
Parks, new man in the field, Sheriff j. F. G.
DuPre, and former Commissioners j. w. Lites
and G.: NJ. Mattison are candidates for the va
cant places.
This campaign was no less remarkable for
the high manner In which the candidates
treated each other, than 1t was distinguished
candidates for the Legislature expressed them
selves on all questions put to them by the
people. No man sought to push back COM
petitor, but each one devoted his energies to
convincing the people that he was a suitable
person to fill the place for which he was can
didate.
All the candidates were in favor of the Glenn.
whole thing straight. Others wiser and more
cautious, were willing to accept the gift-ifany
In fact had been made-but were openly and
squarely opposed to thefState going to the ex-
pense Of erecting buildings on the lands Of Mr..
Clemson-the idea being that the State should
buy adjoining lands on which to put up the
buildings, so that II the seven.to-six trustee
ship should refuse to do the fair thing, the
State would still have its houses and could 60
on with the Agricultural college, independent
of any possible difficulties that might arise in
the future. These are the avowed principles
of Mr.. Benet, and the large vote which he re-
ceived would seem to show that this people,
while wanting the Agricultural college, are
sui willing 70 De guided oy reason ana com
mands self.respect and self-protection.