The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-09-07
Primary Election.

Next Tuesday will be Primary Flee
ton day. In Prince Georges Count!
the election is to be held for the pur
pose of nominating by each OF the part
les the following:
One person for Comptroller OF thi
Treasury of Maryland.
One person to represent Prince Geor
pe's County in the Senate of Maryland
Four persons to represent the county
in the House of Delegates.
One person for Sheriff of Prince
Georges County.
Two persons for County Commission
ers of the County,
FIVE persons as Delegates to the re-
spective State Conventions.
Five persons as members of the re-
spective State Central Committees.
One person to be the Comfy Survey
or.
Contrary to the rule in late years.
the principal fight this year is in the
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lively scrap all down the line.
The principal contest in the Demo-
cratic primaries is over the sheriff.
There are five candidates for this noml-
nation. There are three candidates for
County Commissioner out of whom
two must be chosen, and for Delegates
to the State Convention six have filed
their certificates while only five are
needed.
Due to the organization and anti-or-
ganization leaders getting together.
there will be no contest over the State
Senator, the House of Delegates or the
State Central Committee in the Demo
cratic Primary.
The following is list of the candi-
dates:
DEMOCRATS
For State Senate-William F. Hol-
mead, Kent district.
House of Delegates-Charles W..
Clagett, Hyattsville; Harry E. Lusby,
Brandywine; C. Ernest Nichols, Laurel;
and Issac D. Arnold, Chillum.
County Commissioners 1.-TWO to be
nominated) George W. Waters, Jr.,
of Laurel; R. Lee Manning, of Piscata
way, and Lemuel L. Gray, of Hyatts-
vile.
Sheriff-Ossie Klinger, Riverdale;
Benjamin Ogle, Nottingham; Hervey
G. Machen, Hyattsville; Thomas H.
Garrison, Hyattsville; George S. Har-
rison, Brandywine.
Members of the State Central Com
mittee-Henry St. J. L. Briscoe,
Brandywine; J. Enos Ray, Jr., Chillum;
Geo. w. Hardy, Surratts; j. Chew
Sheriff, Kent, and T. Howard Duckett.
Bladensburg.
Delegates to the State Convention
five to be nominated)-J. Simms
Jones, Evansville; DIR. Lewis A. Griffith,
Upper Marlboro; Alan Bowie, Brandy.
wine; George N. Palmer, Seat Pleas
ant; and Jackson H. Ralston, Hyatts-
vile.
County Surveyor-Francis F. Lati-
mer, of Hyattsville.
REPUBLICANS
For State Senate Il to be nominated
John M. Bowie, Queen Anne district
Oliver S. Metzerott, Chillum district.
For House of Delegates -four to be
nominated) William N. Fisher, Seat
Pleasant; George B. Merrick, Upper
Marlboro; James B. Belt, Rosaryville
Gustavus B. Timanus, Laurel; William
T. Davis, Upper Marlboro.
For County Commissioner 1.-TWO to be
nominated) Nathaniel E. Hungerford
Oxon Hill; George N. Wells, Bladens
burg; Charles A. Ryon, Spalding; VIM
H. Duvall, Nottingham; George w
Rawlings, Nottingham; Harry B. Moss
Evansville.
For Sheriff Zone to be nominated)-
Dennis w. Pyles, of Spalding, and w
Wesley Beall, of Kent.
For State central committee (hVe Il
be nominated) -Edward T. Shea, Vans
vile; John Digges, Nottingham
Francis S. Carmody, Seat Pleasant
Joseph D. Payne, Oxon Hill; W. Claud
Smith, VIM. F. Fenwick, Aquasco
William j. Conway, Laurel.
For Delegates to the State Conven
ton five to be nominated) ALFRED I
Bailey, Bladensburg; Samuel Caroline
Coale, Upper Marlboro; James P Cur
ley, Laurel and Lewis Griffith, Groom
Station.
For County Surveyor-Edward L
Latimer, of Hyattsville.