The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-07-25
DETECTION 81 llt,tdsun Vote 10
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SOME CONTESTS IN DOUBT
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Decide lhe Nominee lm County
1udae-SiaDr Vote tor
Governor

Tee battle of ballots has bcen
fought and jar most Of the codpN
candidates the agony is over Tht-
know their fate and have gracefully
bowed 10 the will of the ma ioritv
The returns which were received at
this office Saturday night and postei
ON the bulletin board indicated the
nomination of the following candi-
dates:
District Judge, F, L. Hawkias:
sheriff, Albert Wilson, county sur
veyor. j. w. Martin district cloIk,
Lem Wray; county attorney, c. A..
Pippen; county clerk. Jack Neal; tax
assessor, j. C. Willis; tax collecto.,
G.. c. Sweat; county treasurer. Miss
Brevard Templeton; county superin-
tendent, f. G. Grafton; justice Of
the peace precinct No. !, NJ. H..
Finch; constable of precinct No. I j.,
Brice Burgess public weigher, A. 3.
Mcknight; county chairman, B. f.
Forester; representative for place
No. /, w. S. Stepter.
The contest for county judge mar
rowed down to Tom Whipple and
Jack Lumpkins. A footing up of the
totals after the last box reported
Saturday night showed difference
between them of only few votes.
The race for representative on
place No. l is still In doubt. Returns
received, however, indicate the de-
feat of e. j, Anderson, the present
representative. AS the result stands
Bill Cox for that position. The win
ner will not be known until all the
returns are in,
There is also much uncertainty
with reference to the fate of some of
the county commissioners The re-
turns Saturday night indicated the
defeat of Overall in precinct No. 2
by majority of two or three hum
dred votes. An official count viii
probably be required to decide
whether Commissioners James, Lowe
and Ralston win or lose.
The biggest surprise in the county
was the result in the gubernatorial
contest. With practically no strength
in the county during the campaign
Colquitt is crowding Judge PoindeS-
t,, fp n1a frnn1
about thirty-five boxes Saturday
! night showed PoindeXter to be in
the lead by about rs votes. Mr.. Cot
quits own supporters here were
perhaps more surprised than any
| others over the result. The vote re-
ceived by Mr. Colquitt was more
than they had anticipated. 1t is a
| well known fact that during the cam
paign in Ellis the contest was be-
| tween Judge Poindexter and Gen. Da-
| wilson. The question is, where did
, Davidsons vote go? The slump frcr
| Davidson can be accounted for OILY
| in one way and that is that the vote
Wn1ch he Ougnt 10 nave TecelHeu
went to Colquitt and Poindexter, the
former deriving the greatest benefit
| from this DETECTION.
| This paper has been receiving re-
turns from primary elections and
posting bulletins for several ye are
and the crowd which congregated
| around .the bulletin board Saturday
| night was the largest on record. 1t i
estimated that fully two thousand
people were on hand to watch the
bulletins. The returns began coming
in shortly after Z o'clock, but tht
report as whole was rather unsatis'
! factory, being due to the long ticket
which delayed the count. The casn'
in South and East Waxahachie was
| finished Saturday night, but tht
heavy vote in the other two boxe!
made it impossible to finish befor'
today. Other places in the count
| mora clow ond az result only thu