The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-09

Found in the Election Keturnx-The
Votes for Judges Verified Votes
for Congressmen-Pearson.s Contest
Sampson Populi.ts Elected a Treas.
urer. but there Is no such Office
Messenger Bureau

| urer. but there Is no such Office
Messenger Bureau
Raleigh, y. c., December 5.
The vote for judges Of superior
| court, as canvassed, shows the follow
ing:
J First district-George II. Brown
Jr., democrat, 1856; George II
Brown %, 728, Augustus u. Moore, re,
publican, 159,146, Augustus Moore 50
Second district-Henry r. Bryan
democrat, 173, 949; Henry Bryan 2,236
CHARLES A. Cook, republican, 155, 936,
Thomas A. Cook LIZA. Fifth district
Thomas J. Shaw, democrat, ia, ia,
W.P. Bynum, Jr., republican, 120, 166,
William ]. Bynum 5S4, William P. By
mum 1862. Sixth district-O. H. AL
len, democrat, 176, S02; A. Loftin, popu-
list. 159, 829; Thomas A. Mcneil 437.
Seventh district-Thomas A. McNeill,
democrat, 170, 1922; H. F. Seawell. popu-
list, 1891; Thomas Mcneil Cos,
Thomas J. Mcneil 3,143. Eleventh
district-W. A. Hoke, democrat, w.
449, Robert S. Eaves, republican, 159,-
5l1. Twelfth Observation-Disclosures Moore,
democrat, 173,346; J.. A. Hendricks, re-
publican, 155, $50; George Fred Moore
500. ThOs. A. Hendricks 2,438.
There were never before known so
man. errors. Some were made by
the election officers and some by the
county clerks Of court.
The vote for congressman as finally
verified, is as follows:
First district-Small, democrat,
10, 1872; Skinner, pOpulist, 1928, Whed-
be, independent republican, $40. Sec
Ond district-White, colored, republic
can, 1861; Fountain, independent
populist voted for by democrats, A.
947; James 3. Lloyd, populist, 2,447.
Third district-C. r. Thomas, democrat,
10000; Fowler poulist 1919.
Fourth Observation-Disclosures, independent
pOpulist, voted for by democrats, 49,
419; Jenkins, pOpulist, 1851. Fifth
district-Kitchin, democrat, 2O,869,
Adams, republican, 1867. Sixth dis
trict-Bellamy, democrat, 23,168 Dock
cry, republican, 1929. Seventh dis
trict-Kluttz, democrat, 20, 763; Cald-
we'll, pOpulist, 1861. Eighth district
-Linney, republican, 17,414; Lowell,
democrat, 1917, Brewer, independent
republican, 15S. Ninth district
Crawford, democrat, 10, sos, Pearson,
republican 1868, BOggs, populist SO.
Pearson is his contest will claim
that there were irregularities in nine
of the sixteen counties in the Ninth;
but the democrats will literally knock
him out of the box. They have plenty
Of evidence Of republican frauds or at
tempts at fraud.
The new democratic county officials
took charge today in the various coun-
ties of the state. A pretty clean sweep
OF republicans was made.
The weather bureau yesterday, witk
the temperature 6S predicted a cold
wave In five hours the temperature
fell to AZ.
A great deal of rain has fallen. The
sowing Of wheat was nearly completed
but it has checked it.
h pOpulists in Sampson county
elected a treasurer, when there is no
such office, it having been abolished
six years ago. They want to revive
the office, but the attorney general
says that this is something the legis-
lature alone can do.
The attorney general decides that
tax collectors in counties can only col
lect taxes on property, and not license
or privilege taxes.