The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-09-07
SOME RESULTS
FIRST PRIMARY,
State Officers Reelected
MObley-Earle Run Over.
NEW REPRESENTATION

NAVWtOy "GttAC 1OWh VFtIe
NEW REPRESENTATION
Laurens Has New Senator and Two
New Members.Elect to The
Lower House.
The Official tabulation of the vote OF
last Tuesdays election did not change
the results as given in THE ADVER-
TiSsR on the morning after the Pri-
mary.
The vote throughout the State was
full, going over 100000.
According to tho returns nearly all
the county delegations to the legIsla-
ture contain new mer, great many u
majority, while few are composed
entirely of new material.
Laureps has elected new seratcr
and two new representatives.
Senator Il. p. MCGOWAN Is not
however, novice in legislative exp,r-
fence, having besn memb ar of the
Lower House from this county two
years ago, where he took high rank as
Legislator.
The House delegation is made up of
doctor, lawyer and farmer.
Mr.. Irby was a member of the last
Legislature aud is returned by very
handsome vote in'ieed.
DIR. Miller and Mr.. Boyd like Mr..
frby received phenomenally large
vote, the former leading the ticket.
Mr.. O. f. Brooks, county superin-
tendent of educa' ion, is the only Off
Ger, who sought reelection that has
been defeated 80 far. He has filed the
saperintendent's office four years aud
he has filed it we'll. In fact he has The
distinction of being one of the best in
the State.
Mr.. Nash, who has been nominal" d
to succeed him, is a capable man
with plenty of energy and considerable
experience In the management of
schools, having taught about eight
years in the schools of this county.
Mr.. Bolt aud Mr.. Power distanced
their competitors, each having been
reelected by very safe majority,
while Uncle John Copeland simply had
a walkover, no one having opposed
him.
Next Tuesday night we will probably
know the re suit OF the contests yet to
be decided.
STATE OFFICERS.
john G. Mobley Of Fairfield and
Major John III. Earle of Greenville
make the second race for railroad COM
missioner. In the first primary Mob
ley received 1928 votes Earle, l,2i2.
There was no contest for other State
offices, the following receiving the
full vote: Governor, u. G. Heyward;
Lieutenant Governor, j. L. Sloan; Sec
retary of State, j. T.. CAN'T; Attorney
General, U. X: Gunter; State Treasu-
rer, r. H. Jennings; Comptroller Cen
eral, A. w. Jones; Superintendent of
Education, o. B. Martin: Adjutant
General, j. d. Frost.
CoNGRESSMEN.
Geo. s. Legare was reelected to Con.
gress from the First District; Wyatt
Aiken, Third District; j. T. Johnson,
Fourth District: d. e. Finley, Fifth
District; A. F.. Lever, Seventh Dis
Strict.
MI s. G. May field and j. O. Patterson
n )un over in the Second District and j.
4 ". Ragsdale and j. Il. Ellerbe in the
j Sixth.
4 SOLICITOR OF THE SEVENTH.
n In this, the Seventh Judicial Cir
putt, Solicitor Thos. S. Sease received
], ,SO4 votes, Robt A. Cooper, 5,775.
"a SOME COUNTY RESULTS.
The result in some of the more i'm
ssnctant county contests is of interest.
Va Nneriff Elmore Martin was reelected
efN charleston, defeating John P. Grace
!" bS pver 300 votes.
Sheriff BufOrd of Newberry was re-
elected over strong man.
JeR Gilreath will continue to dis
charge the duties of Sheriff of Green
vi. ae, having again defeated Perry
Poole in close contest.
in that county Absalom Blythe aud
WI l.. Mauldin run over for State Sen
ate.
Josh Ashley will again represent
Anderson county in the legislature.
MAGISTRATES, LAURENs COUNTY.
So far the result of tie election OF
Magistrates for the nine townships is
as follows: John M. Hudgens, Laurens;
j. Wess Donnop, Scufflstown; George
Cook and w. III Thomson run over in
Youngs; p. M. Hellams, Disls; j. p.
Eledge, Sullivan; w. w. Campbell,
Waterloo; II. II Milan, Hunter; j Q.
Walker, Cross Hill; Butler Fcrguson,
Jacks,
RESIDENCE BURNED.