Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-09-07
RESULT OF PRIMARY ELECTION.
The Tabulation by the State Democratic Com.
mittee-Second Primary August t3.

Columbia, September 2.-The State
Democratic Executive Committee met
tonight and declared the result of the
primary election of last Tuesday. The
results are declared in these statements.
The following candidates, having had
no opposition in the primary election.
were hereby declared the nominees of
the Democratic party:
For Governor, d. G. Hayward; for
Lieutenant Governor, John r. Sloan; for
Secretary of State, J. T. CAN'T; for At
torpey General U. X. Gunter, Jr.; for
Comptroller General, A. w. Jones; for
Superintendent of Education, o. B. Mar
tin; for Adjutant and Inspector General,
j. ID. Frost. For Congress, 1st Dis
trict, George S. Legare; for Congress,
4th District, Joseph T. Johnson; for Con-
gress, 7th District, A. F. Lever; for So.
licitOr, 1st Circuit, p. II. Hildebrand: for
Solicitor, Sd Circuit, John S. Wilson; for
Solicitor, 4th Circuit, j. NJ. johnson: for
Solicitor, 9th Circuit, J. X. Henry: for
Solicitor, Sth Circuit, J. F. Boggs
The following candidates having re-
ceived a majority Of the votes cast in the
primary election, were declared the nomi-
nees Of the Democratic party:
For Congress, 3D. District, WYATT
Aiken; for Congress, 9TH District, D. Il.
Finley; for Solicitor, 2d Circuit, James
f. Davis; for Solicitor, 7th Circuit, Thos.
S. Sease.
No candidate having received a ma
jority of the votes cast in the primary
for the offices of Railroad Commissioner.
Congressman I'd District. Congressman
9th District, and Solicitor 5th Circuit,
second primary was ordered to take
place on the 18th of September, and the
following candidates are to be voted for
at that primary:
Railroad Commissioner John II. Earle
and John Mobley. Congress, I'd District,
S. G.. Mayfield and J. O. Patterson. Con
gress, 9th District, j. w. Ragsdale and
}. f. Ellerbe. Solicitor, 9Th Circuit,
George r. Rcmbert and George B. Tim
norman.
CONGRESSIONAL.
First District, George S. Lcgare, 5000:
I'd District, S. G. Mayfeld, 5000, j. O.
Patterson, 5,23S, Leon j. Williams, 2,SS3:
total, 1881. Mayfield and Patterson
run over. Third District. Wyatt Aiken,
1l,ll9, /. H. McCalla, 5000 Aiken's ma.
jority, 4,2l0 Fourth District, James r.
Johnson, rs, 1870. Fifth District. ID. f.
Finley. 1928, T. Yaucey Williams $500:
Finley's majority, 4,014. Sixth District
j. W. Ragsdale, 1923, j. f. Ellerbe, 4, ,9OS,
James Norton, POS, w. F. Dargan, 2, 1926;
total vote 1851. Ragsdale and Ellerbe
run over. Seventh District, A. Frank
Lever, 13,761.
JUDICIAL CONTESTS.
First Circuit, Peter r. Hildebrand, 1O,-
-. Second Circuit, j. f. Davis, S,955,
w. T. Greene, 2,753; Davis's majority,
6,2O2. Third Circuit, John S. Wilson.
II $50 Fourth Circuit, J. Monroe John
son, l0,357. Fifth Circuit, n. George
Evans, l., ,l34, G. p. Logan, 1892, George
r. Rembert, 3,2l4, S. McG. Simkins,
1854, George b. Zimmerman, 5,O45; to-
tai vote, IL 089. Zimmerman and Rem
poiU luh oNOi' IlICulU, u. n.
Henry, 9,775. Seventh Circuit, Thomas
S. Sease, 11,804, r. A. Cooper, 5,775:
Scase's majority, 6,029. Eighth, julius
K. Boggs, 1865.
Official vote: Railroad Commissioner,
Mobley, 23,2i3; Earle, u, ,22l; Garris, 20
376; Evans, l9,2O7; Cansler, II ,566; Gig
nilliat, 1901. Total, lO5, ,295.
There was full meeting of the State
Committee, and Chairman Jones had
everything ready for the meeting. 1t
was decided to have all electors who
might hold any Office, State or Federal,
to resign from the disqualifying office or
decline to serve as electors, so that
others might be selected. Governor
Hayward attended the meeting of the
committee as visitor
There were five counties that sent no
port as to State officers, evidently based
upon the fact that there was no opposi-
ton.
The vote for Governor Ueyward and
the State officers is about the same as
that for railroad commissioners, los, ,265.
This is remarkable vote for any unop.
posed candidates to receive, the highest
ever cast in the State for any one sandi-
date.