The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-09-09
NO.
PRIMARY ELECTION. N !.
The. Biggest Vote Ever Cast in the
State Before.

The Biggest Vote Ever Cast in the
State Before.
STATE OFFICERS REFLECTED.
Railroad Commissioners Garris De.
feated and Earle and Mobley
Will Run Over for the
Position.
All the State officers from Governor
Hayward down were e.elected Tnes-
day without opposition.
The railroad commisstonership was
the one State office contested, For
this Mr.. John G. Mobley of Fairfield
leads, Mr.. John II. Earle of Green
Vile Is second and the Incumbent.
Mr.. q. w. Garrls OF Bamberg. ia third
in field of six.
in the Third and Fifth districts
Messrs Wyatt Aiken of Abbeyille and
u. II. Finley of York easily defeated
their opponents, Mes, rs. J. H. Nc
cana or AbbeVille and T. Y. Williams
OF Lancaster.
In the Sixth district Mr.. Ragsdale
leads. Mr.. Ellerbe follows, but as
MIR. Norton has 2,333 and Mr.. Dargan
l,e2s 1T is anybody's race untilIthe last
ballot In the second primary is count
ed.
In the Second district the race Will
oe between Messrs. Mayfsld and Pat
terson. The former has 1850, and
the latter 4 .349. This Is too close to
be comfortable for either. Two thous-
and and seventeen votes are reported
for Mr.. Williams.
In the race for solicitorships in the
second and Seventh circuits Messrs.
Davis and Sease, the incumbents, win
IN canter over their opponents.
In the Fifth circuit the second race
will be between Messrs. Zimmerman
and Rembert. Mr.. Zimmerman, how
ever, having distanced all OF his COM
| petitors.
There appears to have been supreme
indifference In tabulating and collect
ing the vote for railroad commissioner
IN many of the counties and heroic
Efforts failed to secure the desired re-
ports. Ihe returns are incomplete.
but the totals available, with the In.
difference in the cJunties In working
on the vote, stands:
John G. Mobley 14.14s
John Fl. Earle 481
Q. w. Garris. 10 eO7
w. Boyd Evans. 1897
Harry j. Gignilliat. 1868
james Cansler. ........ ~. 8,7l4
| Total vote oEe
These figures Indicate lead for
Major Earle, with his chances favor
able, for the second primary With Mr.,
Mohley, although In at least 10000
Plate may Satei Mr. GtIhisss tths
though Marjor Earle has lead.
EARLE AND MoBLEY.-
The News and Courier presents the
official returns from practically every
county in the State. These returns
have been verified by the county off,
cials, but their absolute accuracy can-
not be insisted upon on account Of
accidents In transmission and copying,
but the returns presented are remark
ably complete.
IL has been toss up as to who
would be in the second primary with
MIR. Mobley for railroad commissioner
but the final figures, IL correctly re-.
ceived, indicate that Major Earle has
been settled for that honor. The
vote as tabulated gives Major Earle
2l,27l and MIR. Garris 2O,4OO, or
difference of less than a thousand, in
favor Of Mr.. Earle.
Thursday morning 1t was indicated
that the votes Of Greenville and Spar
tanburg would decide the close contest,
and they did. When Greenville re-
ported 4,oOS votes for Ma jor Earle
and then Spartanburg gave him 2,29l
and Laurens l, 1875 and Anderson / ,248,
MIR. Garris needed some counties that
voted In the thousands, and in his
column Of thousands there are only
two-Colleton and Orangeburg.
THE CONGREssMEN.
In the 9th Congressional district
the relative standing OF MIR. Ragsdale
and MIR. Ellerbe Is very close. They
have, no doubt, already started In
their campaign preliminary to sec.
ond primary. There are just about
one hundred votes different between
the two leaders In this Congressional
race, as the official record, which is
published elsewhere, will show.
Perhaps the livest contest In the
State was In the I'd Congressional
district, and In that race Mr.. Mayfeld
and Mr.. Patterson have run neck and
neck, and they will have to make
rae, Ia the second primary. Mr..
Williams, who, it was thought, would
get into the second primary, failed to
reach that point, and the second race
Will be to see who can get the 1853
votes that have gone to Mr.. Williams
and at the same time hold their origI-
nal strength.
In the 9th district, as expected, Mr..
Finley won an easy victory.
The candidates renominated with
out opposition have such abundant
reason for rejoicing that they are not
worried about the votes and no special
effort was made to get them, but
table is presented showing the vote Of
Governor Hayward and his executive
family, all Of whom are renominated
without opposition.
The vote shows the largest total
that has ever been cast in the primary
in the State-the aggregate running