The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-08-17
CARTER CO :.
VARIED BATTLE
Of BALLOTS
HAS BEEN SONS STRENUOUS
TASK SINCE THE DAW N
OF STATEHOOD TO MAKE WISE
SELECTION.

ocrats of this county and district who
will be elected at the general election
in November.
l The average voter pays little at
tenton to the number of persons
who offer themselves, as a sacrifice
! for a consideration every two years
and it is extremely doubtful if one
! in one hundred could name off-hand
the first officers of the county after
the state was admitted into the
union.
| For the benefit of those who might
wish TO preserve the names of those
who have served and desired to serve
the county and in order to keep the
record straight we have delyed among
the files of The Ardmorete and com
piled the following list that may be
of interest to many.
The records of the county election
| board are very incomplete, especially
with reference to the first primary
election and no figures are obtain
able at this time, although list of
the candidates before the primary and
the ticket elected at the general elec.
tion is given.
After Oklahoma was admitted to
the sisterhood of states it devolved
upon each county to select her Of
ficers to open the county business,
and in Carter county a swarm an
swered what many believed to be a
| call to serve the people, although
many were mistaken in the sound they
heard.
Here is a list of those who faced
the wire for the first race down the
home stretch:
For state SENATOR. c. Graham
of Marietta and ]. c. Little of Muir.
ray county.
For representative. F. McCants,
Charles Ward and DR.. J +. ioung,
and Leo Harris.
For district judge-S II. Rlssell,
]. c. Thompson and A. Eddleman.
For county judge. II. MasoL, w
F. Freeman, A. X. Swan ard A Wal
colt.
For district clerk-C. T. Vernon,
John Mulkey and w. F. Warren.
For sheriff--Bill McLemore, +. J.
Pollock, j. II. Akers, jim Arnold,
and Joe Mackey.
For register of deeds-S. S. Tolscn,
Geo. Mcknight, Grove Chase, J. D.
Payne, J. NJ. Pollard.
For treasurer-A. Hutchins, D. NJ
Rumph, DR.. c. F. Sullivan.
For county clerk-John Whayne,
w. B. Frame, ]. F, Mccullough.
]. F. Carter, S. NJ. Parker.
For county attorney-Jas. Mathers,
H. II. Brown, X. F, Turner.
For county Observation-Disclosures
A. Niblack, Prof Booth, H. r. JEFF
freys, W. F. Clifton,
County surveyor W. Ham,
County weigher-W. |. Smith, W.
\. Taliaferro.
Commissioner, first district-R. f.
Scivally, II. S Suggs
Commissioner, second dstrict-Al-
len Speake.
Commissioner, third district-O. X.
Darden, w. c. Kendall,
The primary election was held June
s, 1907, and for three months previous
to that time the candidates gave the
citizens their first taste of what cam
paigning meant. The final vote was
counted and the nominees declared on
the 14th of June, and while there
are no figures obtainable at this time,
the races in every particular were
very close. and in some races, notably
that of the distric tclerk and the
! Nltllls uuN NtlN lNN NbANo pa aANN
! the high and low man.
The following ticket was declared
by the county central committee to
be the nominees, and were voted for
and elected on the 18th day of Sep
tember. 1907:
State senators-Graham and Little.
Representatives-NcCants and Har-
ris.
District judges. H. Russell.
| County Judge R. Mason.
County attorney-James Mathers.
District clerk-C. T. Vernon.
County clerk-W. B. Frame.
Sheriff.. Holmes Akers.
Treasurer-D. NJ Rumph.
Register of deeds-S. S. Toison.
County SURVEYOR. W. Ham.
County superintendent-Mary V.
Niblack.
| County weigher-W. ]. Smith.