Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-08-10
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mary held Thursday. There will be
no more probabilities in the matter,
but it will be known exactly what
each candidates strength in the sew
enty five counties Of Mississippi is,
and who was the victor in the doubt
fnl contest.
The committee wilt meet tomorrow
under the call of Chairman G. G.
Miller of Meridian, and will begin
the work Immediately Of tabulating
the returns of the counties of the
state.
Secretary of state Power has re-
ceiyed from a number of the counties
of the state the official result of
Thursday primary, but these returns
are sent the Secretary Of State by
the secretary OF the county committee
sealed in large envelopes. Mr..
Power cannot open these returns but
delivers them to the state democratic
committee by whom they are opened
and counted.
The fight between Vardaman and
Critz in the second primary to be
held on the 9th has begun and every
indication points TO the fact that the
first race was rather mild comnared
to what the second is going to be.
Both sides are lining mp their men
and are naturally going after the
Noel vote. The side that gets the
Noel vote will win. AS is we'll
known the electoral vote makes no
difference in the second race, the
vote of every man counts.
According to the vote here today
Vardaman has received l2l of the cleo
toral votes of state, Critz 1l9, Noel
"a, and Perry county not reported.
If Perry goes for Critz, into whose
column it is believed it will fall, it
will be an even break between
Vardaman and Critz with one hun
dred and twenty one votes each.
Vardaman carried Adams 4, AL
corn 4, Alfalfa 4, Benton 4, Calhoun
4, Carol a. Chiokasaw 4, Claiborne
3, Copiah 6, Covipgton 2, DeSoto 4,
Harrison 3, Kinds Z, Jefferson 3,
Lee 5, Lefiore 2, Lowndes 6, Madi-
son A, Neshoba 2. Newton t. Prentiss
Rankin 4, Tallahatchie 2, Tate 4,
Tippah 3, Union 4, Warren 6, Web
ster 2, Winston 8, Yalobusha 4, Yazoo
T.
Critz carried Amite 4, Bolivar 4,
Choctaw 2, Clarke 3, Clay 4, Coaho-
ma 4, Franklin 3, Greene 2, Hancock 2,
Issaquena 2, jackson 9, Jasper 3, Jones
2, Kemper 4, Lafayette 4, Lauderdale
8, Lincoln 3, Marion 2, Marshall 6,
Monroe 6, Noxubee 6, Oktibbeha A.,
Pamela 6, Pearl River 2. Pike 4.
Pontotoc 4, Quitman 2, Scott 2,
Sharkey 2, Smith 2, Tishomingo 2,
Tunica 2, Washington 6, Wayne 2,
Wilkinson 4.
Noel carried Grenada 3, Holmes 6,
Itawamba 8, Lawrence 2, Leake 8,
Montgomery 3, Simpson 2, Sun
flower 2.
Tho Mississippi railroad commits
sion is scheduled to meet tomorrow
afternoon at O'Clock in regular SEES
sion TO take up the assessments of the
telephone counties of the state, and tC
finally decide them for the coming
year, but the question Of politics il
such a warm and interesting subjec
that it is doubtful whether the com
missi on will get together. The same
thing that will keep the l.4oat
commission from meeting will in al
probability prevent the board o
control from assembling tomorrow
morning. as the personnel of tn
two bodies is the same.
The state house commission viii
get together tomorrow a only on
member of that body is candidate
aud the meeting is one of the mos
important that the capitol commits
sioners have held since the organiZa
ton of that body. The final in
SDSCt1Ou u tl0 ASW OOi4t
building is to be made and if every
thing is completed according to th
specifications the building will be &C
cepted by the state from the genera
contractors, Wells and Wells, and til
final payment, which will amount
about a hundred thousand, will b
made.
Last night the remains of Ell
gineer Brown, who was killed on til
Gulf and Ship Island road near Stal
passed through the city Ell route
Pennsylvania for interment. Brow
was under his engine making repai
when it was struck by2a switch ell
ne and forced over his body.
A meeting of much general int
est will be held at Starkvil'e {
September 3, when the Southel
Live Stock Association will assemb
in the Agricultural and Mechanic
h,;sd;nC The association was q