The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-05-21

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In primary Saturday that war
marked for the friHedly feeling pre-
vaiting ON all sides and interesting
contests for places oR3s the count,
ticket, the republicansTtNf Kanawh;
county named an exceptionally
strong tickct-cne that every tru,
republican of Kanawha county car
support with enthusiasm and on.
that will present bold lineup t.
democracy In the November cam
paign.
| Throughout the whole county thu
greatest interest was .evincod in tho
primary and workers hurried to anC
from the polls with voters. AS 2.
result between 1000 and 5000 votes
were cast, and the result of the pri-
mary shows the sentiment Of these
voters for the different offices.
Saturday night the returns were
received at the Office of Circuit Clerk
d. nj. Shirley at the courthouse and
when the first few precincts had re-
ported 1t pointed to the selection OF
the candidates whose naines appear
on the ticket and as precinct after
precinct reported it, was foregone
! conclusion that Black, Smith, Notes
heard, Avis, Shepherd and Malcolm
were named
The early returns from the coun.
try precincts showed a division OF
the vote between Massey, Moulton,
Morris and Jarrett for county clerk,
and as Petty was known to have
carried the city by an overw helming
majority, it began to look like he
was the probable winner, but the re,
turns later shifted to Massey and the
Marmet man will probably win by O.
plurality of from 1000 to 1,20O.
With about ten precincts out this
morning he had plurality over Pet
ty of about 500. --.- .
The fight for county clerk was by
far the most exciting <of all the Of
hces. 0. A. Petty had an excellent
working organization in the city and
he carried the large wards with big
vote. In the country, however, Mas
sey forged to the front and came to
the city with enough, votes to win.
The early returns were also very
favorable to Stanley Nease who COM
peted with Grant Copenhaver for the
nomination for county assessor.
Stanley ran well in the city and in
some of the country precincts; but
Copenhaver had too, many votes up
Elk and on Cabin creek; and it is es-
timated that his majority will be
about 1900. g, -
The crowd stayed at tthe. court
house all night waiting For the re-
turns which continued I'd come in
until daylight. Owing to" the big
vote polled at many of the precincts
the returns were delayed TO a consid-
cradle extent, but the crowd and the
candidates were patient and eagerly
waited for the report;.. Many of
the precincts in the city where an
unusually large vote was polled,
were among the last to report early
Sunday morning. ~
Very exciting was the CONTEST here
in the city for justice Of the peace,
constable and county committeeman.
For justice of the peace there were
SIX candidates H. M Bond, Frank J.
Hill, u. B. Atkinson, Mat Spreading,
John Harve BJurdett and Geo. Jacobs
Frank Hill led the district ticket
with 1,451 votes for justice Of the
peace and his nearest opponent U.
3. Atkinson is the other candidate.
Atkinson had 1872 votes. Mat
Spreading had 1912, Burdette 667,
Bond 622 and Jacobs 327. Hill and
Atkinson having received the greater
number of votes will be the nomi-
nees. ....
For constable, two to be nominal
ed, in Charleston district, the re-
turns show the nomination of G.. G..
Freeman. and G.. Dayton Acres. Ed.
Beavers ran gallant race and the
official tally by the county committee
may show Beavers to have been one
of the nominees, but on the face of
the returns he is defeated by a small
plurality. =.
For county committeeman J. L.
Heller was elected by a plurality Of
218 votes over David Dick, his near
est opponent. The contest was be-
tween Heller, Dick, f. J. Thomas
and Isaac Loewenstein. The unof-
fetal returns from the different poll
ing places in the city district show
Heller to have received 1868 votes,
Thomas 341, Dick 785 and Loewen-
stein 603.
With less. than ten precincts to bo
heard from the winning candidates
had majoritiea and pluralitfes estf-
mated as follows:
Henry K. Black over G. w. Hall
800. .<,<..
Mottesheard over Hood and Gillis-
MO I Q00 ~.