The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-09-17
A STUDY OF FNE FIGURES.
How the 4.riinties Voted in the Two
Primaries.

Primaries.
Under the above caption The Stat
says there are many very interesting
facts and conclusions to be drawn from
d study Of the figures in the twC
primaries for senator and governor
For instance, says The State, lei
US compare tie number Of countie:
carried by each of the candidates who
were voted for in the second primary
In the gubernatorial race Talhert ir
the first primary had a majority ovel
all in only one county, his home coun.
ty of Edgefeld, and had plurality
in each Of five counties, viz: Aiken
Barnwell, Laurens, Marion and
Saluda. Hayward in the first prim-
ary received a majority over all in
each of sixteen counties, Charleston,
Colleton, Hampton, Horny, Marlboro:
Orangeburg, Beaufort, Bamberg.
Berkeley, Chester, Clarendon, Darl'
ington, Dorchester, Florence, George
town and Sumter. In eight other
counties Hayward had a plurality, the
eight being Cherokee, Newberry
Richland, York, Williamsburg. Ian
caster, Spartanburg and Union. In
the first primary Talbert's vote ex-
ceeded that for Hayward in nine coun-
ties Of Abbeyille, Aiken, Rarnwell,
Edgefeld, Greenwood, L.aurenS, Lex
ington, Marion and Saluda, while Hey
wards vote exceeded that for Talbert
in the 80 remaining counties Of A.nder-
son, Charleston, Cherokee, Chester
field, Colletoa, Fairfield, Greenyille,
Hampton, Horny, Marlboro, New
berry, Orangeburg. Pickens, Richland,
Williamsburg, York, Bamberg. Beau
fort. berkeley. Chester, Clarendon,
Darlington. Dorchester, Florence,
Georgetown, KershaW, LancaS ter,
Lee, Oconee, Sumter, Spartanhurg and
Union.
Exceeding his competitor by 49,.
333 votes in the first primary and
leading him in 32 out of the II coun-
ties, with majorities in sixteeR OF
those counties, Heyward's defeat
would have been little less than mar
velous. Asit turned out, Hayward
held his OWL. remarkably well despite
the fact that Talbert increased his
vote by 1919 more than Heyward'S
increase, reducing Heyward's majority
over Talber5 in the first primary from
20, 900 to 10000 in the second, Hey
wards total increase being IA, 22l and
Talbert's 22,199. BY counties, it is
interesting to note that In the second
primary Hey ward received a majority
in each Of 26, ten more than in the
first, and Talbert in each Of Is, four
teen more than in the first. The 26
counties giving Hayward these MAORI.
ties were: Anderson, Bamberg, Beau
fort, Berkeley, Charleston, Cherokee.
Chester, Colleton, Clarendon, Darling
ton, Dorchester, Florence, George,
town, Greenville, Greenwood, Hamp-
ton, Horny, Marlboro, Newberry,
Oconee, Orangeburg, Pickens, Sumter,
Spartanburg, Williamsburg and York.
Only two Of the counties which gave
Hayward a plurality in the first failed
to give him a majority in the second,
these two being Lancaster and Union.
This examination Of the vote for gov
ernor show principally how general
and scattered was the support Of Mr..
Hayward in his non-factionai and non
sectional campaign and how futile
were any efforts that may have been
made to defeat him on the old lines.
He comes to the governorShlp after
clean, creditable candidacy, with his
aspiration endorsed by every portion
of the State and every class. No gov
ernor has taken the office under such
conditions for years.
"a similar comparison in the sena-
torial race is even more interesting.
With four strong men in the first race
Congressman Latimer secured major
ity in only one county, bis home, An
derSon, but this majority was 1886 in
a total vote OF 4,75S. Evans lacked
29S of a majority in his home county,
Spartanburg, which cast 1902 votes.
But Latimer had a plurality in each
of twelve counties, Abbeville, Chester
field, Greenrille, Horny, Laurens, Lex
ington, Marlboro, Pickens, Clarendon,
Marion, Oconee and Saluda. In the
second primary Latimer carried these
twelve counties and Anderson besides
% others in which one or the other OF
the four defeated candidates had plu-
ralitieS or majoritieS in the first prl-
mary. In other words, Latimer in the
second election carried So out Of the
IL counties, viz: Abbeyille, Anderson,
Bamberg, Barnwell, Berkeley, Charles
ton, Cherokee, Chester, Chesterfield,
Clarendon, Darlington, Dorchester,
Edgefeld, Fairfield, Florence, George
town, Greenville, Greenwood, Hamp-
ton, Horny, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lau-
rens, Lexington, Marion, Marlboro,
Newberry, Oconee, Orangeburg, Pick
ems. Richland, Saluda, Sumter, Will
liamsburg and York.
THAT Latimer carried these 35
counties is all the more noteworthy
when we consider that in the first pri-
mary Latimer had a majority over
Evans in 20 counties while the vote
for Evans exceeded that for Latimer
in 81 counties, showing that In the
Evans strength was much
more evenly distributed than Lati-
mer's but that Latimer gained sutfi-
ciently in Is counties to give him a
majority in each while Evans, whose
vote in the first exceeded Latimer's in
p counties, secured in the second pri-
mary a majority in only six. Latimer
went into the second primary with a
lead of 5,254 votes over Evans and his
majority in the second election was
l7.S4S, an increase in Latimer's ma
jority over Evans Of 1854. Latimer
increased his vote from 1888 in the
first to 81, 4,165 in the second primary,
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