The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-11-14
COUNTY TICKET.
House of Delegates.

ander, $3.50; Webb, sos; Jarrett,
6,710; Johnson, 6,766. NJ
! Socialist-Brown, 3,425; Boswell,
! S,501; Williams, 3,419; Griflth, 81
o14; Parsons, 3,492. 49, r
Prohibftion--Moore, 24S; Chand-
Ter, 191; Hama, eos; Porter, 2l6;
! Guthrie, 1914. ed, .- .~, ....,- ..t..,'. :, .
! Republican - Bannister 1866;
! Reynolds, 1879; Scherr, 1914;
Vandine, 1908; Wertz, 1881
Showing majorities as Of Repub-
leans over Observation-Disclosures
over Payne, 1875; Reynolds over
! Alexander, 729; Scherr over Webb,
! 900; Vandine over Jarrett, SOS;
! Wertz over johnson, S22. Scherr re-
ceived the largest vote cast in tho
county for q member Of the House OF
! Delegates and had the largest ma
! Jority over an opponent. ...
For Prosecuting Attorney.
Democratic-Barnhart, 6,845. So
cialist-Houston, 3,721. Prohibition
j No candidate. Republican-Towu-
send, 1893. Townsend's majority
over Barnhart, 548.
For Sheriff..
Observation-Disclosures, 6,897. So
cialist-Tincher, 1865 Prohibitions.
ist--Good, 204. Republican-Hill,
7,169. Hills majority over Thayer;
1,272; over Tincher, 1904. =.
For County Commissioners. ..-
Democratic-Christy, $3.50. So
enthusiastically, 3,463. Prohibition
Griffith. 208. Republican--Mal-
colin, 7,414. Malcolm's majority over
Christy, aga. @ ?" - Is a..
For Assessor. 49,
!. mocratic-Caivert, $780, So
cialist-Clark, .3,496. Prohibition
Lewis. 1875. Observation-Disclosures, T.
58S. Walkers majority over Calvert,
759 ~. = :. =
For County Surveyor. -.
Democratic-Venable. 6,915. So
/, cialist-Wiggins, 3,472.i Prohibition
mo candidate. pubiican--Price
1928: Prices majority :. over Ven
able, 513. ~ 81. : g. :. sIs..~-c,,
:5... Prohibition Amendment
10; For the amendment, Ill ,691.
against the amendments 4s467. IN;
:> Random Notes. -
The heaviest vote cast for a Social
ist candidate was for Thomas l..
sfineher, for sheriff, Wig received a
total OF 1865 votes. And the most
OF them came off OF Jobie Thayer,
! ne Democratic candidate, who was
Aayed by the: Demo erAtsto the right
and 20 the left, from In front and
from behind. Thayer received, a
Thousand and forty-eight votes less
than Barnhart, Democratic candi-
date for, prosecuting attorney. ...-
Goodloe Jackson, the Prohibitions
lst candidate for governor, received
the heaviest vote Of any candidate
that finlrnk IN
a total Of 258. Mr.. w. c.. B. Moore,
popular young Prohibitionist OF
TGhaflestehr-feA just ten votes short
or Mr.. Jackson, having total OF
24S for member of the House OF
Delegates. Mr. Moore led his ticket
Tor: county office. Had he been on
one off, the other tickets, he would
undoubtedly have received very
strong support. There are many peo-
pie in Charleston who would be glad
to see Mr.. Moore elected to some
good office. "
George NJ. Kittle Of Barbour, and
J. William Harmon OF Tucker, on
the Republican electoral ticket re-
ceived the largest number of votes
each having 1880. Four others on
that ticket received Its votes each
and Of the remaining two, one re.
ceived ,776 and the other i IT,. .
On the Progressive electoral tick
! ct, S. w. Mathews, Of Moundsyille,
was given the largest vote in Kama,
Wha county, $3.50. The remaining
six electoral candidates on that tick
OF received from 5000 to $3.50. Mr..
L, d. Vickers Of Kanawfa county,
received 6,351. ..-
The highest man on the Demo-
cratic electoral ticket were William
Fl. Sawyers of Hinton. and Henry
Herrold of Summersville, each of
whom received $3.50 votes; the re-
| naming Ave totallei votes.as fol-
lows: Two had 6.65S, one 6,G57, one
$3.50, one $3.50.
The high man on the Socialist
electoral ticket twas Heron f.. Link
! Of Ronceverte, who received total
OF 3,071. votes. All the others re-
ceived from 3,065 to 1909.
:: Bonner Hill, for sehrif9 on tho Re-
: publican ticket, led in u1atorities at
| tanned in this county, having 1879
over the next highest, Thayer. Dem
! ocrat. Mr.. Samuel u. LittlepaRe.
! Democratic candidate for Judge Of
the circuit court, came next. With q
h''"JNAnIJ oFeI JuuBe bufQStC or ] -
%0"S.- Then came Leslie l.. Long. Re
publican, for State Treasurer, with A
/ majority OF 913 over his Dem ocratlc
opponent, AdolDh r. Scherr, 80 for
! House Of Delegates, with q majority
! or 800, and Howard Sutherland,
! WftMa majority Of 9O6.
The results attained in the dis
tricts Will DO -aacertained By CON
sulting the district tabulation fol-
! lowing the vote Of the county. Hore
: In Charleston district all of the Re.
! publican candidates were successful,
with The exception of Jenkins for
/ constable, who was defeated by
Carney. Democrat, by q majority of
| le5. Carney vas popular for tho
very fret nnd made fine run.
+ The prohibition amendment TO the
constitution ron like wild fire tn