The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-09-14
81. SUMTER S. C.. sATURDAY sEPTEMRER "a loo
BELSER AND SCARBOROUGH.
X. B. BE.LSER RE-ELECTED TO
HOUSE OVER j. X. McELVEEN.
III. L.. Scarborough Elected Clerk of
Court over l.. 1. Parrott by "a Small
Majority; Vote Large, Being Al

y
The second primary election passed
of very quietly Tuesday at which
time a third representative was elect
ed to the Legislature from Sumter
county and the second race was held
for the Office of clerk Of court. MI
X. Is. Belser was reelected to the
House Of Representatives over Mr.. j.
X. McElveen, his opponent, by a ma
jority of AS votes, with two boxes
Farmers and Trinity. still to be heat,
from. III. l.. Scarborough was elected
clerk Of court over the incumbent. l..
/. Parrott. with one box, Trinity, still
to be heard from. Mr.. Scarborough
has a lead of 95 votes which the
Trinity vote cannot materially change.
In the fourth magisterial district,
Privateer, j. A. Hodge won out in
the race for magistrate over d. w.
Allrbrook by a majority of so votes.
The interest Of the people in the
city was generally centered in the
race for clerk of court. which it was
admitted by both sides would be
close one There were many changes
In this vote which came as a surprise
to many. In the first primary Mr.
Parrott led Mr. scarborough in the
city by Al votes; in the primary Tues
day he led by only 22 votes, the SO4
votes received by Mr.. Sumter in the
first primary being divided almost
equally between the two candidates.
In the country precincts in the first
primary Mr.. Parrot led by SO votes
In the second primary the county
vote was changed and NJ. Scarborough
led by III votes. These figures are
taken from the unofficial returns re-
ceived at the Item office and Sibert's
Drug Store, Trinity being the only
, precinct not heard from. In the first
primary this box polled As votes. so
, the result cannot be altered by the
vote, no matter to which candidate il
goes.
In the race for the legislature Mr..
X. b. Belser secured majority of
415 votes out Of all boxes except those
of Farmers and Trinity, which have
not been heard from. His major
ity was approximately as large as he
and his friends had counted on. Mr..
Belser was one of the strong anti
Blease men Of the house in the last
session of the General Assembly.
His opponent. 1T. McElveen ran on
the Blease ticket.
In Privateer the race for magistrate
between Messrs. j. A. Hodge and ID.
w. Allsbrook was too close to be
comfortable, although according to
unofficial reports received over the
telephone Hodge won out by a major
ity OF so votes.
The total vote in the primary heard
from Is 1859. with Trinity still to be
heard from. This box in the first
primary polled As votes. In the first
primary there were 2.2S2 votes cast
making difference of 336 votes in
the county in the two primaries. the
vote in the second primary being
surprisingly large, considering the fact
that only two races had to be run over
Tor the whole county and indicates
some hard work on the part Of these
four candidates to get their friends
to come out and vote for them.
The unofficial returns from all of
the clubs hear from are found else
where.