The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-03-31
BOSQUE WAS WON BY BEALL
Final Returns Give the Ellis
County Man 373 Majority.

The Lights special representative
at Meridian last Saturday wired us
THAT Beall's majority would be be-
tween 200 and coo. This was at $3.50
O'Clock, two and one-half hours be-
fore the polls closed. The Light
| stated ON this authority that Beali
was a winner and the count attested
the correctness of the prediction.
At 6:45 this paper received its first
special from Meridian at its tempo
rary Office I'm the Herring-Sparks
drug store. 1t was report from
three boxes and gave Wooten 252
votes and Beall BAG. A few minutes
later three more boxes reported and
! Wooten's vote jumped up to 497,
, while Beall's only increased to 5l9.
! This was not the news the boys
gathered about the bulletin board
were looking for and a fear of defeat
began TO take the place of their en-
thusiasm About 7.30 "A message
came from Mr.. Strickland saying
that Beall had carried Walnut
Springs by l07 majority aud that he
had carried the county beyond any
question. This bulletin was posted
and the feeling Of fear gave way to
one of joy; still there was an apx-
iety to hear from Meridian, many
fearing that it would show good
Wooten majority. This tension was
soon relieved by a message to Mr..
Herring stating that Meridian had
given Beall l70 and Wooten $50.
After that nearly every box report
ed a Beall majority. The boxes
where it was feared that Wooten
would poll good majorities came in
[ with bare majorities and Beall box
es continued to report large majori-
ties, often as high as three TO one.
By ten o'clock the result was known
all over the city, and while quite q
number fingered about the bulletin
| | asa3tiil eleven they spent the time in
| telling how it was done rather than
| waiting for news. The Iredeil box,
! known to be Beall stronghold, re-
| fused 10 make any report until the
| full count was complete and as this
| had not been done at Ii O'Clock the
/ Light closed it's service with the
statement from Mr.. Kent that Beall's
majority would be 800.
AS reported in the Dallas News
| this morning the total vote was
| Wooten 1914, Beall 1857, giving Beall
"A majority of 373.
All during the evening the crowd
about the Lights receiving station
| and bulletin board was so thick you
couldn't stir it with a stick. The
service was eminently satisfactory
and every one was pleased with the
| enterprise of local paper that fur
nished the news right from the seat
of action while 1t was hot. Hun
areds OF people throughout the city
called the Light for information,
which was cheerfnily given in full.
Miss Hattie Kendriek, the accom-
modating night operator at central,
handled the calls with the utmost
dispatch, and Manager Longserre
gave special attention to our long
distance service. He placed the tel
ephone in Herring's for US free of
charge and rendered many other fa-
vors for which we are profoundly
thankful. The service demonstra-
ted another thing to the satisfaction
of the managers of the Light, and
| that was that the Light is the recog-
nized paper of the people. 1t is
thankful to it's patrons for the cor
fidence shown on this occasion.
/ Mr.. Beall arrived home yesterday
morning and was met at the depot
! by throng of friends rejoicing with
him over the victory SO splendidly
won. Mr.. Beall does not look to be
i much the worse from his arduous
j campaigning and will on tomorrow
I enter the fight in Hin county to re-
main until the ballots are cast there
Saturday the 18th.
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