The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-02-18
EAGER CROHD WATTS
AT HERALD OFFICE
FOR ELECTION NEWS
COMPLETE VOTE or THE coUN-
TY POSTED BEFORE SIX
O'CLOCK.
ALL RECORDS ARE DTSTANCED
Rally Hill First Place to Report and
CIoseness of Contest Keeps People
in Suspense Till Last Vote Is
Counted at Court House.

AS usual The Herald was headquar-
ers for election news Saturday after
noon and night Notwithstanding
foot of snow and temperature that
was rapidly approaching the zero mark
large crowd congregated at the Of
fee of The Herald and stood for two
hours watching its bulletin board. The
telephones were kept busy answer
ing calls from every hamlet and section
of the county until a late hour Satur-
day night and many calls were receiV-
ed by members of the staff at their
homes for news. There has never
been an election held where interest
was more intense and the news more
eagerly sought.
Just at o'clock Rally Hill, the first
precinct to report, sent in the vote
1t showed a handsome gain both for
Addison and Whitaker and there was
consequent rejoicing in the ranks OF
supporters of both candidates. Several
of the early reports we're favorable to
Whitaker and for thirty minutes the
Goodwin men wore disconsolate look,
but soon the tide turned and it was APP |
parent that Whitaker could not hope |
to come to the city of Columbia with |
like enough votes to turn
Al g.. - ho1 a
day that Goodwin would get majori- |
ty of not less than 200 in the Ninth |
district and his enthusiastic support
ers claimed ESQ. That they knew
what they were talking about was ap-
parent from the vote which gave their
candidate 24O majority in the district.
The first reports were decidedly IA
yorable to Addison and when his home
precinct reported with 1870 majority
the McFall men looked crestfallen.
The vote of Mt Pleasant was eagerly
awaited. A little after o'clock 1t
came in with sixty-one majority for
McFall and the Addison men yielded
he victory. The court house box
vas counted by o'clock. When the
inaI bulletin was posted a mighty
shout went up from the McFall and
Sodwin Supporters.
The leaders in the first primary
we're the victors in the run off al !
hough neither had the lead that they
lid in the first primary. McFalPs ma
GRITTY was more than cut in half and
hat of Goodwin was reduced by nearly
so In the first primary McFall led
Adkison by 1874 votes. In the run OH I
his was reduced to fifty-nine. In the q
rst election Goodwin led Whitaker by
O3; in the run off this was reduced to t
70. Whitker received nearly 500 more e
otes than in the first election while t
Iodwin increased his vote by about 1
so. While the leaders won in the b
nal try out the wisdom of the run off v
eature of the primary was demon d
trated and the nominees can now con- t
IDENTIFY appeal to the voters as the C
hoice of a clear majority of their v
fellowcitizens. t
Many were the compliments receiv- c
d by The Herald upon the dispatch a
nd accuracy with which 1t handled
he election returns. Never before c.
as the complete vote of Maury coun- e
7 bulletined at so early an hour. To tt
S numerous friends at the various C,
citing places who assisted in achiev- O
lg this result The Herald extends its il
ncere thanks. a.