The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-08-07

There has been very little change
in the figures given by The Leader
in Wednesdays issue in the race
for Governor and Lieutenant Gov
erDor, todays's complete returns
from all Of the eighty counties,
most of them official returns CIV
ing Lieutenant Governor Theo. e
Bilbo's majority over his four op-
ponents for the Democratic nomi-
nation for governor of Mississippi
at 3,715. The totals for the five
candidates are; Bilbo, IA, 1T; Rel
Iy, 45, 1852; Quin, 1856: Stovall, g.
569: Tally, l1,085
StovalI, Quin and Tally combin-
ed polled 25,009 votes The COM
bined opposition to Bilbo polled
70, ,861. The total vote was l44,-
978.
Lee NJ. Russell wins the nomina-
tion for lieutenant governor by
majority of Is, 143 over E. Bunyan
Carter. Russell's vote was n, 1894
and Carter's 59,851. The total vote
cast fer lieutenant governor was
1872, ,845, more than IL, 900 less than
that polled for the head of the
ticket. These figures are official
except for a few counties.
For the other state offices, re-
turns so per cent complete assure
the election of Wilson for state au-
ditor, Taylor for state treasurer,
Henry for insurance commissioner.
and Myers for Supreme Court
clerk. Brown is leading the five-
cornered contest for land commits
sioner, with Wood and Thompson
close for second place Fer reve-
nue. agert Robertson is leading.
with Moore, Elmer and Evans close
for second place. Second primaries
will be necessary in both instances.
Figures on the offices for sixty
five counties are given below The
counties missing are Bolivar, Car
roll. Clark, DeSoto, Forrest. Han
cock. Lee, Madison. Montgomery.
Pontotoc, Quitman, Tunica, Wash
ington, Winston and Yalobusha.
State Auditor-WIlson, Sc, 359:
Smith. 47.740.
State Treasurer-Taylor, 61.-
044: Sheffield. 46.140.
Insurance Commissioner-Henry,
SO, ,496: Martin 43.479. Returns
from Webster county are missing
here in addition to these named
above.
Clerk Supreme Court-Myers,
81 .O41; Brantley. 48.040 Returns
from Marion county are missing
here in addition to the fifteen
named above.
Land Commissioner-Brown. 81. =
2O7: Wood, 23,60l; Terry, 10. 1872:
Robb. 1875; Thompson, 23.Sl4.
Revenue Agent-Evans, 20. .l64:
Elmer, 20.626; Robertson 28,222;
Moore, 20, O,405; Rush, 1898 Re-
turns from Leake and MarioD coun-
ty missing in addition to the if-
teen listed.
For bank examiner, second dis
trict, Love has won easily over Pet
tis
Results in the prison trustee dis
tricts follow:
First district, fourteen out of
twenty counteIs; W A Montgom.
cry, l4,0l2; Wilburn, 12,447.
Second district, twenty-four of
29 counties, 1. h Montgomery, /
IA, ,575; Thames, 20, 1888
Third district, twenty-five out of
thirty -one counties: Matthews,
I5, S24; Crenshaw, 6,602; Stone,
IL, SIC; Burkett, 6,2l8. Matthews
and Stone will be in second pri-
mary.
Results in the railroad commits
sion districts follow:
First district, fourteen of twen-
ty counties: Edwards, l3,425; Nc
DowelI, 1885; CrowIy, 1850.
The complete count will be neces-
sary to determine whether a sec
ond primary is necessary.
Second district, twenty-four OF
thirty counties: Sheppard, 20,286;
Austin, IA, 1916.
Third district, twenty-five of
thirty-one counties: Horne, 1866,
Wilson, 25,035