The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-09-07
VOTE WAS HEAVY
The Relative S,aadirs Of he Candidates
Remain Unchanged.
STATUS OF THE COUNT
R,esse Leads for Governor with ::ss::ss.
ssA. Acnirxt Feathcr>tone's :S.-
9SS.-How the Other Candidates
Ran, and Who viii Be in the
Second Primary on Tuesday Week

Second Primary on Tuesday Week
IN the ACE for Governor. Cole L
B,esse, OF Newberry. has maintained
a lead over his nearest opponent. e
C.. Fea,hers,one. OF Laurens. The
relative standing OF the six candi'
dates for Governor has not been
CHANGED since early Tuesday night
Thos. c. Mcleod hold third place
John G. Richards fourth. F. Il hyatt
fifth and John T. Duncan sixth.
The total vote in the first primary
vii, no doubt reach l0S.ioo. some
wha, to the surprise Of many who
expected a much lighter vote. The
rains Of the Pee-Dee ard Piedmont
apparently had little effect IN keep
Ing the voters from the polls. Spar
tanburs vas the baane. county. ro!s-
:nr over 5000 votes. The voting vas
lixhtese in the coast counties where
the terrific rains Of Monday had put
the roads in such condition as 10 oe-
tain many sro:I: :he polls
In the race fox Governor. Cole L.
Hlease has $685.. while c. c. Feash-
ess,one has 1855. lead Of S.4oe.
the latter having more than 5000
lead over Thos. G. Mcleod The to-
tai vote OF the other three aspirants
amounts to about $4,000.
Cole L. Blease. 70. Governor. car
ried the counties OF Aiken. Anderson.
Barnwesl. Berkeley. Calhoun. Chero-
kee, Dorchester. Fairfield. Hor:y.
Laarens. Lexington. Newberrr. Pick
ems. Richland. Saluda. Union and
York.
C. c. Featherstone carried the
counties Of Abbeville. Colieton.
Greenri,le. Greenwood. Hampton.
Lancaster, Mar,on. Marlboro. Oeenee.
Orangeburs and Sparesnours.
r. G. Mcleod received plurality
IN the counties Of Beaufort. Charles
ton. caes,er. Chesterfield. Claren-
don, Darlington. Dillon. Florence.
Georgetown. Lee. Sumter and "'s-
liamsburs.
For Lien:eaan. Governor. Charles
A. Smith. Of Timmonsville. IS elect
ed. receiving 5s.sos votes to +s.eoi
for e n. Duvan. majority OF near
" $4,000.
For Attorney General. J. Fraser
LIONS vote is 72.5S5. while that OF
3 3. Evans Is :7.57i. Mr. Lyon be-
INK easily reelected It appears that
both candidates were freely scratch
ed.
Col. ". W. Moore. OF Barnwell.
and Capt. J. II. Richardson. Of Aiken.
vii, make the race again for Adlu-
can't General.
The most interesting contest In the
entire list is the neck and neck race
,,ween Hampton and Scarborough
to de:ermine who shall make the race
with James Cansler for railroad COM
missioner. About l3s votes sepesste
the Two. Hampton leading wi,h 2@.-
Ss4 70 Scarborougt's 22.4sS- Can
s,e.'s big lead is i0.SSS. being 10
ses over his neares. competitor.
OF the five Congressional contests.
three were settled By Tuesdays prim-
ary. Msesrs. Lesa-e. Finley and Lev
e. having been reelected over 'neis
opponents
Second primaries will be held In
the I'd district between MesSrs. J. r.
Rrvnes and J. o. Patterson. 'neun'-
bent. and in the s,h between Messrs
J. E. Ellerbe. incumbent. and +. A
Hodges
For the sccc:! Democratic p7lu'
arr there vii! be five races. Two TO-
CONGRESS and those 70. Governor.
Adtutant General and railroad con-
missioner. In a large majority o.
the counties there are TO be contests
70, county Offices. many Of them tor
the LEGISLATURE. but whether T. aos
these are Of sufficient interest and
importance to cause large 'ie -
mains 10 be seen.
Following is the vote OF :St var
Gus Candidates: