The Monticellonian., 1908-09-24

State Capital Notes
Official Canvass of Pulaski County.

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The official canvass of the Pulaski
county vote in the general election
was begun Thursday by W NJ Kava-
haugh, J. P. Faueette ana G. II. Joslyn
election commissioners. The count
ing clerks are Herbert S. Turner,
deputy county clerk. and John Kauf
man, deputy sheriff The count
Thursday was made in the directors
room of the Southern Trust Company
The vote was tabulated Friday and a
copy certified to The county clerk and
the secretary OF state, as is required
by law
The count shows that George w.
Donaghey received 5,375 votes, John
|. Northington 2.OlS, J. Sam Jones
23l. o. {. Ludwig, secretary of state,
received 4 te6 and II y -. ak
1885, . seasurer Yates 300. Burrc
2,l91. uditor, Jobe 5,603, Keel'r
2.2o2.
The fl al count on the license issue
showed the forecast of 1000 M
jority license to be very clos
10 The rk. as the majority is ,02'
The vot was 4,515 for license an
3.492 ags nst. Peat township, whic
ala NOT eport until Thursday di
not cast vote on the license PROF
osition
Poll Ia Amendment No. 8 receive,
7.l05 vot 5 for, and 1.s29 against, Civ
ing ma ority of 5,279 for.
Bond mendment No. 10 was de
featedl b. 9S2 votes, the vote being
3,047 for and 4,029 against.
The fo lowing shows the vote fol-
the count Offices;
Pfosec, ing Attorney-Roy D.
Campbell. $40; L. 5. Bratton, 2,1s6.
Campbell majority, 1924.
Sheriff Burt l.. Roberts 1926; Gus
Remind, ITO. Roberts majority, g.
Tie
Circuit serk-Frank Ginoccho, 81
So; d. B Russell. Zip. Ginocchio's
majority, .778.
County lerk-H. o. Vogler. 5,913;
F. W. RS yles. 2,O2S. Vogler's ma
jerity. 3,Ss !.
Treasure viii Hutton. no oppo.
sition. 7.3f +.
County ssessor-W. NJ. Moore, s.
$50; H Jernigan. 1874 Moore's
majority 3 $40
County udge-Jo- Asher. 5,S46;
Edward Pr ce, 2,0s9. Asher's major
ity 3.757.
Chancery Clerk-Fred A. Garrett,
1857; J. S. Rae. 2,01o CARROTS ma
jority, s,S5'
Coroner DR.. E. E. Hodges. 10 OPP
position.s T.: z.
Surveyor F. H. Conway. no oppo-
sition, 1906
For Repr sentative-M E. Duna1
way, 5,725; ]. Elem Jones, 5,63f; Il
b. Leigh. 5, A; Oscar II. VIM, 5,596
Democrats Edward II. Downie, l.
s39: ]. A. 'ellier. 1870; Alex Nj.
Keith, ,s35 C. NJ. Walser, 1867 IRE
publicaus) L. S. Crowell, PIG; Pat
Caldwell. 2 :; w. P Thomas. 204;
Toney Flest ner, 1913 (Socialists).
Case May Wait Uatii December.
Manager r. Bragg of the Little
Rock Mere lants' Freight Bureau
Thursday ar lounced that he did not
think the he; ring of the case of Little
Rock shipper against the trunk ''res
Of Arkansas, in which the railroads
are charged with discriminating in
freight rates between Mississippi river
crossing points and Little Rock would
be heard by the Interstate Commerce
Commission before December.
Our case is No. 17aa n" .-sock-
Ell" ated MANAGER Bragg, land do
not ink it will be heard before De
comb at least. 1t will be heard OF
eours in Arkansas
Mei nwhile the new freight rites
order. by the railroads will go into
effect. The new Memphis freig9t
rates went into effect September l.,
and th : new rates from st. Louis. O.,
will &, into effect September "a The
shippe. cannot prevent the railroi DIS
from Pr ting into effect the new AID
inereas rates, as they did not brig
an init Iction suit.
In tn suit filed by the shippers thy
charge that the railroads have a.
creased freight rates on eommoditi
in he J asst two years to the extent u
q per ent.