The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1902-09-19
a sTUDl or i THn III tauH 81
ifoa iila c'onatIes yoted i,s $so no
Primaries. 2,:@ I

iioa 'i'a Counties y g i,l 10
~ Under the above caption ,rlye State
says there are many very intt!sestinp
! facts and conclusions to be draw tom
o. stud OF the figures III gtt 5Roo
prlina rles for senator and goS lor.
For Instance j, says The Stn1 slet,
US compare tl!e number oHE} bies
carried by each Of the candl,Sssgl .Wh0
were voted for In the second SsS 3ary.
| In the gubernatOrial race 1Ssa tt IN
tho first primary had d illS 9 % ,,spycf
all In only one county, his homo c9un.
ty of Edgeiield, and had a plurality
IN each of five counties, VIZ: AiliNn.
BarnWell, SsIaaurens, Marion and
Saluda. Hayward in the first 'prim.
ary received q majority overt al in
each Of sixteen counties, ChaSleston.
Colleton, Hampton, Horny, Marlboro,
Orangeburg, Beaufort, 4 f3amberg,
berkeley, Chester, Clarendon, Darl-
ington, Dorchester, Florence, George
town and Sumter. In eight other
counties Hayward had a plural, Il the
eight being Cherokee NeWberry,
Richland, York, Williamsburg, Ian.
caster, Spartanburg and Uni6n. In
the first primary I'albert's vote ex.
cccded that for Hayward innina ccan-
ties Of AbbeYllle, Aiken, BaSnwell,
Edgeficld, Greenwood, Laureps, Lex
ington, Marion and SalVda, while Hey
wards 'v0to exceeded that for ,Ialhert
In the az remaining counties Of Ander-
son, Charleston, Cherokee, Chester
field, C0lleton, Fairfield, Grecnyille,
Hampton, Holry, Marlboro. New
berry, Orangeburg, Plokens, Riohland,
Williamsburg, York, Daiupefg ,9Beau,
fort, Berkeley, Chester, Clarendon,
Darlington, Dorchester, FLORENCE,
Georgetown, Kershaw, Lancas ter,
Lee, Qconnoco, Sumter, spartanbIarg and
Union. @ Il
Exceeding hts competitor BY 1o,-
333 votes in the first primary and
leading him in 30 out of tho 4l coutl-
ties, with majoritics in sixteen OF
those counties, Hcyward's defeat
would have been little less than mar
vel0uS. AS 1t turned out, Hayward
held his own remarkably well despite
the fact that Talbcrt Increased his
vote by 1878 more than IIcyward's
increase, reducing Ieywards majority
over Talbcrt in the first primary from
10000 to 10000 in the second, Hey
wards total Increase being 14,22l and
Talbcrt'S %, 1919. by counties, it is
interesting to note that In the second
primary Hey ward received a majority
In each Of 20, ten more than in the
first, and Talbert in each Of Is, four
teen moro than In tho first. The 28
counties giving Hayward these majori-
Ties were: Anderson, Bamberg, Beau
fort, Berkeley, Charleston, Cherokee,
Chester, Colleton, Clarendon, Darling
ton, Dorchester, Florence, George
town, Grccnville, Greenwood, Hamp-
ton, lIorry, Marlboro, Newberry,
Oconcc, Orangcburg, Pickens, Sumter,
Spartanburg, Williamsburg and York.
Only two Of the counties which gave
Hayward plurality in the first failed
to give him majority In the second,
these two being Lancaster and Union.
This examination Of tho vote for gov
crnor show principally how general
and scattered was the support OF Mr..
Hayward In his non-factlonal and non
sectional campaign and how futile
we're any efforts that may have been
made to defeat him on tho old lines.
He comes to tho govcrnorship after a
clean, creditable candidacy, with his
aspiration endorsed by every portion
OF the State and every class. Nogov-
ernor has taken the office under such
conditions for years.
a similar comparison In tho sena-
torlal race is even more interesting.
With four strong men In the first race
Congressman Latimcr secured a ma jor-
ity in only one county, his home, An
derson, but this majority was l, ,636 in
a total vote of f4,75S, Evans lacked
29S Of q majority In his home county,
Spartanburg, which cast 6,G02 votes.
But Latimcr had a plurality in each
of twelve counties, Abbcville, Chester
field, Grecnville, Horny, Laurcns, Lex
ington, Marlboro, Pickens, Clarendon,
Marion, Oconee and Saluda. In the
second primary Latimer carried these
twelve counties and Anderson besides
% others In whloh ono or the other of
the four defeated candidates had plu-
rallties or maiorities In tho first pri-
mary. In other words, Latimer in the
second election carried 80 out OF the
II counties, viz. Abbeyille, Anderson,
Bambcrg, Barnwoll, berkeley, Charles
ton, Cherokee, Chester, Chesterfield,
Clarendon, Darlington, Dorchester,
Gdgcfield, Fairfield, Florence, George
town, Grecnyllle, Greenwood, Hamp-
ton, Horny, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lau-
rens, Lexington, Marion, Marlboro,
Newbcrry, Oconee, Orangeburg, Pick.
ems, Richland, Saluda, Sumter, Will
liamSburg and York.
THAT Latimcr carried these 35
counties Is all the more noteworthy
when we consider that in the first pri-
mary Latlmcr had a majority over
Evans in 20 counties while tho vote
for Evans exceeded that for Latimcr
In Il counties, showing that in the
beginning Evans strength was much
more evenly distributed than Lati-
mcr's but that Latlmcr gained SUM-
GENTLY In Is counties to gIvo him a
majority in each while Evans, whose
vote In tho first exceeded Latimer's In
81 counties, secured In the second prl-
mary majority in only six. Latimer
went into the second primary with a
lead Of 5,264 votes over Evans and his
majority in the second election was