Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-12
COUNTY PRIMARY VOTE
CANvASSED BY BOARD
Prince Georges Election Super
visors Meet at Upper
Marlboro.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO. September H.
The board of election supervisors for
Prince Georges county, William D.
Pyles George W. Rawlings and S. Mar
vim Peach. met here yesterday, and after
canvassing the vote cast in the demo-
cratic and republican primaries Mon
day. announced the official result.
The official figures of the democratic
primaries do not materially change the
situation announced in The Star We'd
nesday, but in the republican primaries
the count shows that Herman II. Bur
CESS of Hyattsville was defeated for the
state central committee by the narrow
margin of one vote. Claude G. Mckee
of Nottingham district is also nomi-
mated for register of wills. the unof-
fetal returns seeming to indicate 'na'
w. Tilden Davis was nominated.
The full republican vote IS as IolloWs'
For sheriff, James Archie Mcfarland, 43O;
Joseph D. Payne, SO; James A. Sweeney,
IT'S and John F. Wilson, 10. For register
of wills, William Tilden Davis, go; Claude
G. Mckee 100: for county commissioners,
w Cassius Crandall, 9i6; Horace Crosier,
353: Edward Daniels 1853. and w. Eugene
Pyles. $50 For road director. third road
district, Isaac Ball, $50, and Samuel }.
Owens, G5s For members of the state
central committee, George NJ. Bond, o6;
w. Claude Smith, sol; Thomas NJ. Under
wood 1866: Wallace r. Psles, 100; John a.
Brown, 10; Herman f. Burgess, I'D;
George Il. Merrick. 7O5; John Diggs, 45i,
and Alfred c. Vermillion, 400.
Democratic Figures.
The official figures in the democratic
primaries increase the majority of George
% fc1rilla register of
wills to 30, while the vote of George w.
Hardy for sheriff is slightly Increased.
The official figures are. For state SEN
ator. Carter Lee Bowie, 1903; William f.
Holmead, 1920 ]. Selwyn Sasscer, 81
For house of delegates, Joseph Addison,
,3o7: Joseph II. Blandford. jr., LAP; Rob
ert w. Brooke, 1,2t3; 7. Van Clagett
,1s2; Frank r. Hurd. ass: John +. LII
lard. 1.lS2; c. Ernest Nichols, 1.Olo; Frank
NJ. Stephen, Isl; r. Lee Van Horn,
1422
Former Judge r. Van Clagett. who was
a candidate on the progressive ticket mas
the highest vote, his colleagues on the
ticket being Joseph H. Blandford, jr.; Jo-
seph Addison and K. Lee Van Horn.
For members Of the state central COM
mittee, J. Enos Ray. jr.. the pa present .ha
chairman of the committee, led the
ticket, and will be reelected chairman
The vote was: Ray, 1874; James q. Boss.
ir.. .O5j; Henry ST. j. J.. Briscoe. 1.513;
Jeremiah j. Crowley, 1,16I: Thomas How
ard Duckett, 1911, Charles A. Fox. 1,JDS;
Lewis A. Griffith, 1,1s2: NJ. Hampton Ma
gruder, ,519; X. Lee Manning, 1.2do; Ogle
/ Marbury, 46l. For sheriff, Thomas H.
Garrison, 1I9: George W. Hardy, 9s6;
Theodore d. Middleton, i3S, and Ben1a-
min Ogie $50. For register of Wills, Lo-
renzo Adds. 80. Daniel Oswald Boone.
.S3: George r. Hickey, 1,.to, and
! William \. Miller, the incumbent LIS.
For county commissioners, Charles Is.
Ager. 1914; George A. Guide, 800; Elmer
| +. MeChesney, SO: j. Jackson suit i,3lJ
and Grafton C. J.. Townshend. LII.
Road Director Vote.
For road director. first road district,
John II. Hahn, 1.G51; John u. Smith.
t66; second road district. William w.
radv, l.5l6: Wallace NJ. Dixon. AS; Ed
vim Payson Gibbs, 119: Walter T. Nichol-
son. 1871, and j. A. ii. Simpson, the
incumbent. $50; third road district.
| I,emuel L. Allen. S73: William L. Mudd.
336. Renjamin E. Bendall, l,aO3 Fourth
| road district William s. Chichester, LIS,
and Richard b. Edelen, 1875: for dele
gates to the state convention, a ma
| iority of whom will vote for Murray
Vandiyer to be chairman of the state
| central committee, A. Bowie, 1,302: John
| D.. Cronmiller, 1,5Ol: Harry A. Hegarty,
| I. Or: Charles A. Marden, 1.4O4; X. Hugh
Perrie. 1l61; Jackson IL. Raiston, 1.622;
+ J. Frank Rushe. LII: Arthur *. Spald-
ing. 81: Charles l.. Sweeney. I'LL, and
/ John E. Weast, 81.