Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-09-20
BF[ATFD RETURNS
 ARE ANNOUNCED Defeated Amendmnt No m But Gave No. II a Hand
 some Majority.
NIcHOL LED TICKET
Liquor License Advocates More Than Doubles Vote of Prohibitionists
 in This County-Other Totals.


 After waiting for three ballot boxes which were almost a week coming ii, from the country precincts in .b;s JeIIerson county, the board of elec- tion commissioners, Composed of F M. Rosenberg, George w. List and O. M. Spellman, yesterday completed their work of compiling the vote easf at the state and count yelection. hall last Monday. The totals show. that Amendment No. 10 failed to carry in this county, the vote being 1,O91 s:r the constitutional amendment and l. l36 against. This is one of the few counties in the state in which Col onel w. J. Bryan spoke that failed to give the amendment majority Amendment No. 10, exempting cotton mills from taxation for a perio1 of ten years and which is believed 4o have been defeated in the general
 
 vote over the state, received a hand- some majority in this county. The vote for No. Il was 1,49O with 5:,9 against.
 A total of 2,91O votes were cast in the county. The pulse of the peYLia of this county was felt on the Pro hibition question and the "Prohis" re- ceived telling defeat. For License received 1,607 votes, while only oo3 votes were cast against the issuance of dramshop licenses. This decisive victory in this county is due larg ely to the ruling of County Judge Jama Gould who refused to grant any liouor licenses in the country districts, p.ne Bluff being the only place in the county where saloons are licensed Ey Judge Gould. He contends that there should be no saloons where the officers are not sufficient in number to handle the situation.
 The vote for the Road Tax, whica is popular issue in this county az gregates 1,942, with only 207 against i it. Governor Donaghey walked away from his Socialist and Repub- lican opponents, his vote being l.. g878. Hogan received only 1O9, tut Rowland, the Republican candid lt,,, did not do much better, his total vote bein 8 616.
 Currin M. Nichol, who was re- ], elected county treasurer of this coun. ty and who will in all probability be the next county and probate clerk al Jefferson county, led the entire ..cS- ct with 2,56S votes. J. B. White who had no opposition for county surveyor, received the same num5e"
 The official vote as recorded b! the election commissioners follows: Donaghey, 1878: Hogan, 109; Row land, 616; Hodges 1902; Harkey, 627 lobe. 1880; Smith. sos; Crockett 1,- 'S93; Granger, 646; Norwood, 1892; Cox 656; Dye, 1884; Thompson, 655 Phillips 1880; Young, 642; Cook, 1. 95S; Townsend GA; Kirby, 2,473; Al. len 1889; Bellamy, 1908; McKnight 2,080; Henley, 592; Mack, 597; Grace PAST; Nixon, 2445; For Amendment No. 10, s1.091; Against No. 10, 1.136 For Amendment No. il, 1,490; Againa 559; McAllister, 1910; Kerwin, 1906 Pinney. 1851; Pryce, 573; Anderson 5S4; Bain, 339; Philpot 2050; Spell. man AT; Brewster, 2,561; Lytls 2.552; Shelby. 2567; Nichol, 2,5eS White 2,56S; King 2,560; Williams 2,545; Frank Stewart, 1901; Fo' Magistrates Frazier 1,21S; Pittman 1.112; Knox, 1,221; Talbot, 1.23i Bloom, 1,235; Cheek 1.210; Vance 1 1929; Wick. 1.196; Wilbourne, 1y214 Mills, 1233; Long 57; A. T. Stewart l; Louis J. Moore, 30; For Liquo' License, 1907; Against, SO3; Fol Road Tax. 1,942;; Against 2o7. l Township Contests.
 The following official returns arc reported in the various townshil contests in which the office of con stable was sought in almost evei township in the count. Frank Stew l (Contiued on Page 4.)