Americus times-recorder., 1904-04-22

Senator Crawford Wheatley; Repre-
sentatives Jarrett J. Wilson and J. e..
Lumpkin. Such is Sumter g represen-
tation in the next General Assembly of
Georgia, and no county in the state
will send three ADLER or more consery
tive men to the halls of the capitol.
Such was the result of the primary,
as finally announced yesterday.
Senator-Elect Wheatley will be the
representative of the Thirteenth dis
trict, com prising the counties of Schley,
Macon and Sumter, this county nam
ing the man under the rotation system
practiced.
Hon. Frank A. Hooper is again solic
itor general of the Southwestern cir
suit by large vote over his opponent.
Col. j. r. Williams.
Sheriff E. L. Bell is again over
wheImiEgly endorsed by the voters Of
Sumter, as are also Judge T. M. Allen,
of the court Of ordinary, Tax Collector
Brown Small, Tax Receiver J. P. Raj
ford, Treasurer A. G. Speer and others
on the long list of county offices.
Practically the only change made is
in the offics of clerk of the court, Mr..
Ell. E. Allen having defeated CLERK @.
A. Cham mb}iss for the position.
The tedious counting of the votes
seemed most exasperating.
People waiting outside could not ul
6erstard why the result of county
primary was more difficult to ascertain
than that of a presidential election,
but such appeared the case.
Not until 5 o'clock yesterday after
noon was the entire county vote con-
solidated by the county committee.
The total vote cast at all the precincts
was 1881. Every candidate, from the
Governor down, was Scratched" more
or less, though but four vo' ers marked
Tsrrell's name off of their tickets.
Some of the statehouse officers got
few ''mark Offs also.
The consolidated vote in Sumter
county was as follows:
For chief justice Judge T. J. Sim
mons received 1858 votes; Russell 1913
For prison commissioner, Joseph s.
Turner, 870, Strickland SIS.
Those were the only contests on the
state ticket but when the voter struck
the county end of it little lower down
he got quite busy.
At the head of this was the race be-
tween Solicitor General Hooper ard
COLI. r. Williams. The vote for these
in Sumter was: Hooper 592, Williams
9l7, Mr.. Williams majority here being
325. In the entire circuit, however,
Mr.. Hooper gets majority.
For state senator Col. Crawford d
Wheatley received 642 votes, and Col.
W, 7. Lane 661, giving Col. Wheatley
the victory by 181 votes.
The spirited legislative race, result
ing IA the nomination of Messrs J. J.
Wilson and j. Fl, Lumpkip, resulted
as follows; Wilson, 773; Lumpkin 767;
Robert E. Lee 62o. L. j, Blalock 556,
DR.. G. w. Barrow 255.
For Judge of the court of ordinary,
Judge T. NJ. Allen received 1916
votes.
For clerk ofssuperior court the vote
stood II. E. Allen 791, G A. Chambliss
709, Allen defeating Chambliss, the
present incumbent, by 81 votes.
Sheriff E. L. Bell, as was expected,
received fatterIng vote, running over
the thousand mark. The vote in this
lively contest was: Bell 1,018, T. Q
Bass ass; Bells majority, $50 voter.
This was merited compliment to the
best sher # in the state of Georgia.
For tax collector I. B. Small like
wise received fatterIng vote, his ma
iorlty being $50 oyer J. B. Dunn. The
vote was, Small l, ,082, Damn 432
In the race for tax receiver J. P.
Rsiford won out again, as expected.