The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-28
HARRISON APPEARS TO
LEAD IN FINAL ROUND
Betting Is On Him Against the Field
Fair Vote Polied In city--McGilvray
Shows Increased Strength-Magrud-
er's Friends Claim EIection-Close
Finish.

press reached every country box whlcn
is accessible by telephone. The pur-
pose was to determine the total vote
cast for sheriff up to that time.
The information was volunteered IN
almost each instance that Thomas Ca
hal was leading by a good majority
This applies to the country boxes. II
did not purport to be accurate but was
the talk around the country stores
where the voting was being held. How
the vote is going in the city boxes
could not be determined with any de-
gree of accuracy.
The candidates who were counting
on the country vote to elect them were
indigo blue this morning when they
found that it was raining, because they
know that country people will not ride
several miles through the rain to vote
for anybody. As the day cleared up
things began to look better to them.
Fair Vote in City.
The rain in the city did not affect
the vote appreciably. There was
string of voters ten yards long waiting
for a chance to get in to the polls at
the city hall several times during the
morning. The voting at the court house
was about the same all morning.
The rain was general over the coun-
ty according to reports by long ols'
tance phone messages to The News or-
fee hut the rain was light and cleared
up early in the day.
The vote outside of Hattiesburg up
until the time The News went TO
press, was hardly half the total reg
istration. At one box where there are
25 voters only had voted At another
where there were rs, only 3S had voted
late this afternoon. At other places
the vote was unusually light compared
with other sheriffs races. This light
vote in the country districts eHects
Mr.. Cahal more than any of the other
candidates, it being conceded that his
strength is largely in the country.
so Votes at Petal.
The Petal box at late hour this
afternoon reported that fifty votes mad
been cast. but gave no indication as
to how the election was going. 1t has
been raining today at Petal but not
enough to interfere with the voting
Heavy Vote at McLaurin.
At McLaurin 81 votes out OF TO had
been cast late this afternoon. 1t ram
ed there this morning, but only for a
short while.
cahaI Leads at Brooklyn.
Brooklyn polled 3S votes before d
O'Clock. The registration there 10
about rs. 1t rained there this morning.
Cahal was the general favorite around
the store.
Rain at Make.
Make polled only 9 votes up until
O'Clock. There are about % voters
eligible. 1t rained during the morning
Cabal was leading according to the
general talk around the store.
A. L. Strahan, at Eatonville, saio
that % votes had been cast and that II
had rained. He had nothing 10 say
about the way the election was gong
cahal Leads at Lees Store.
The vote at Lees Store, according &c
w. H. sumrall, was about two-tniras
of the total registration. Apou. &c
had voted up until the time The News
went to press. Cahal was conslaereo e
the fayorite in the village at that ''he
he said.
cahai Ahead At Petal.
Cahal was leading at Petal whe.e
not ouite half the total registered vo'e
Of 100 had been polled at ociooh' =,
Al the City Hall today at ''''
O'Clock S7s votes had been cast
The total vote at the court mousse a.
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