The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-04-20
TAX RECEIVERS
RACE WAS ONLY
CLOSE CONTEST
CORONER JENNINGS ONLY
PRESENT OFFICIAL TO
BE DEFEATED.
LOTT, MILLER, TWITTY AND
WRIGHT, COMMISSIONERS
Almost the Full Voting Strength
of the County PoIIed in the
Primary-Some Candidates
Get Large Maiorities.
The WINNERS.

For clerk superior court--H. +. du
Bignon.
For treasurer-R. S. Pyles.
For tax receiver. e. Dubberly
For tax collector--H. j. Read.
For sheriff-W. H. Berrie.
For coroner. d. Baldwin.
For ordinary-Edwin w. Dart.
For surveyor-E. A. Penniman
For county commissioners, Bruins
wick. J. Lott. Constance Miller, F.
e. Twitty, j. b. Wright
Glynn county yesterday nominated q
full corps of county officers, who will
serve for four years, this being the
first time that such officers, except
the ordinary, have ever been elected
for four-year term.
The primary was a quiet but never
theless spirited one. Candidates and
their respective supporters were on
the scene early In the day, and hard
fight was kept up until the polls
finally closed yesterday afternoon at
$3.50 o'clock. Almost a full vote was
polled throughout the county, for out
of total of 920 registered, over 500
voted. In Brunswick 734 votes were
cast
The closest race of the day proved
to be that for the office of receiver of
tax returns, in which J. f. Dubberly
defeated X. M. Scarlett of Fancy Bluff
by majority of rs votes. r. S.
Pyles, for coroner, received the larg-
est vote of those having oppsoition,
defeating J. s. M. Symons by ma
jority of AIS. The next closes contest
was that for tax collector, in which
II. J. Read defeated B. G. Walker by
a majority of 13l. II. F. du Bignon
was reelected clerk of the superior
court over ID. G. Butts by a majority
of 265, while Sheriff w. Fl. Berrie de-
feated his opponent, j. II. Price, by a
majority of 1853.
The only present county official to
meet defeat during the day was Coro-
ner G. A. II. Jennings, who was de-
feated for denomination by j. %. Bald
win by majority of 215, Mr.. Baldwin
carrying every precinct in the county
except Baden, where he lost by one
vote.
For county commissioners J. j. Lott,
b. Wright were elected Mr. Lott lead
ing the ticket with total vote OF I'll
votes. Those elected as commission
ers from the country districts were w.
r. Townsend, j. l.. Stevens and j. w.
Deem, none of them being opposed.
Edwin w. Dart, for ordinary, and f.
A. Penniman, for surveyor, who were
unopposed, received practically all of
the votes polled.
The Australian ballot system was
used for the first time In Glynn coun-
ty, that is to say, the absolute secret
ballot, and for this reason predictions
as to the results were rather scarce
when the polls closed Claims of the.
supporters of the various candidates
varied in numbers and nothing was
definitely known until the votes in
each Of the separate races were
counted
AS result Of the primary yesterday
there will be but few changes in the
county government on January first
next. J. II. Baldwin will succeed G.
A. II. Jennings as coroner, while F.
E. Twitty and Constance Miller will
succeed G. ID. Ogg and l.. T. McKin-
non as members OF the county com
missioners, the two latter members
declining to offer for reelection.
The county executive committee
will meet at the courthouse today at
noon for the purpose Of consolidating
the returns.