The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-08-14
SHERIFF WEBB
LEADS TICKET
FLEm THOMAS NEXT, WITH BEN
cowLEY A VERY CLOSE
THIRD.


Although there were $500 votes
cast in this county in the election
lest Thursday. Judge Bell, the Demo
cratic nominee for Supreme Judge re
ceived only slightly more than half
that number. obtaining 1910 votes,
Wade. the Republican candidate, re-
ceived S16 votes giving Bell a ma
jority in the county of 1924 The
vote given Judge Bell is the smallest
that Democratic nominee has re-
ceiyed in this county in many years.
While the total vote was approx.
/ imately the same as that cast in the
1 Gubernatorial election of 1906 Judge
Blel obtained 700 less votes than Pat
terson.
Judge Palmer Jared much worse
than Judge Bell. his majority in the
county being only $40. His vote was
$40 and that Of his opponent Brown,
the Republican, was 420 This diff
ference is due largely to the fact that
the voters did not know who the Dem
ocratic nominee was. Bell and Lamb
had been in the primary and were bet
ter known than Palmer who was de-
clared the nominee by the State Com
mittee. 1t is worthy of remark that
Judge Bell received 500 fewer votes
in the election than he did in the pri-
mary when Judge Henderson beat
him in the county by 500 majority.
Love Webb, the Democratic nomi-
nee for sheriff, led the ticket in the
county, receiving 2414 votes, while
Elem Thomas came next with 2276
and Cowley for assessor was a close
third with 2251. There were per-
haps 100 voters in the election who
did not vote for Webb so that the to-
tai vote of the county was more than
$500.
At a meeting of the Commission
ers of Election Monday afternoon the
vote was officially canvassed and the
result declared. The SCOTS Mill box
in the Sixth District did not arrive
until this morning and was not can
vassed by the Commissioners. This
box would not have affected the re-
suits. however. The vote of the box
was as follows: Bell, "a; Wade, IL
Brown, 10; Palmer, H. Lamb, "a Els
sary, 6; Webb, 81; Thomas, "a; Cow
ley, 10. The box would have reduced
Palmer's majority by two votes, but
otherwise it would have made no
change whatever.
DR.. Charles A. Forgey, Chairman of
the Eelection Commission, was very
busy at the offices of the commission
this morning going over the returns
and giving certificates of election to
the successful candidates These /
were issued to the three county Off ,
GERS, ten constables and one justice
Of the peace, The returns in the ju-
dicial races were certified to the Sec
rotary of State. The election of the I
members of the Board of County Edu-
cation and the three members of the !
Advisory Boards in each district were
certified to the County Superintend-
emit
The vote for Justice of the Peace /
in the Fourth District was as fol
lows Rock Springs, Hunter So;
0; Lamar, 10: Mitchell, II,
Leftwich, Hunter, AZ; Hardison. %
Lamar, / Mitchell, 8; Caldwell's
Store, Hunter, 40; Hardison, 0; La
mar, s: Mitchell, 81; Parks Station,
Hunter. So; Hardison, z; Lamar, IL; i
Mitchell, 43, Totals Hunter, 1862;
Hardison, 80; Lamar 80; Mitchell, 95
The vote for County Board of Edu-
cation was as follows: First school [
iistrict-J, B. Pigg, 859; NJ F. Wal
Ser, 277.
Second school district-D. c. Kin
lard, 295; Daniel Williams, 227.
Third scool district-W. c. Renfro,
1873.
Fourth School District-E. M. Kin
lei 1874.
Fifth School District-C. P. Hatcher
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ADVISORY BOARDS.
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