The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-09-07
THE ELECTION DECLARED.
STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
DECLARES NOMINEES OF
FIRST PRIMARY.
Provision for Sccood Primary Mex
Wucsday-ComDtroiI General te
BE Chosen.

nominees:
y. B. Dial Of Laurens, United States
senator.
r. A Cooper, laurens. governor.
Junius T. Lilies, Orangeburg, lieu
tenant governor.
John E. Swearingcn, Columbia
State superintendent of education.
! Candidates for State offices and
congressmen without opposition wert
also declared the nominees.
| James +. By1nes OF the Second
District, Fred II. Dcminick Of the
Third District and a F. Lever Of the
Seventh District were declared elect
3D. a second primary was orderee
| next Tuesday for the following:
| United States senate, short term
Thomas H. Peoples, Columbia, ana
". P. Pollock, Cheraw.
| Attocney General: Claud n. Sapp.
| Columbia, and Sam N. Wolfe, Ander-
son.
Railroad commissioner: H. H Ar
mold, Spartanburg, and A. r. Rich
| ardson.
Commissioner of agriculture: w.
/ D. Garrison and Z. Harris, both OF
| Anderson.
Congress, Fourth District Horace
L. Bomar and Sam j. Nichols, Spar
! 5anburg,
Candidates for the Office of COMP
erollcr general for the full term were
also ordered to go into the second
primary next Tuesday. This vacanc:
was created by the recent death OF
Carlton w Sawyer, who would have
been elected without opposition last
Tuesday, had he lived through the
campaign. The committee ordered
the entrance fee turned to the estate
of Mr. Sawyer.
The entrance fee into the race for
the United States senate was also or
dereG refunded to the estate of tho
late Senator 3. r. Tillman: The en-
trance fee in the race for governor
was also refunded to Thomas II
Peoples. who left this contest to ente.
the race for the short term in the
United States senate.
Time to file pledges and pay the
assessment fee for comptroller gen
eral was fixed at noon tomorrow.
This brief time was necessary in or
der to have adequate time in which
to print and distributes the tickets
throughout the STATE by next Mon
day.
Only one local contest was heard.
This was in the r& ce for supervisor
in Barnwell County, where J. S. Still
was declared the nominee by the
ccnnty executive committee over B.
II. Dyches, the incumbent, by only
four votes An appeal from the rul--
ing of the county executive commit
tee was brought before the State
committee on the ground that some
ballots placed in the wrong box
were counted. Upon this showing the
"tate executive committee reversed
the county committee and ordered the
two candidates again go before the
people and be voted for next Tues
day.
The State committee also appro-
priated 81 600 for the use of the ma
tional Democratic executive commit
tee, an appeal having been made by
the national committee and a repre-
sentative having come to Columbia
TO solicit aid.
John Gary Evans, State chairman
emphasized that he had received
many letters commencing the ease
and dispatch with which the election
was handled under the Australian
ballot system. Not one letter had
brought a word cf complaint, Mr..
Evans emphasized. The authors OF a
number Of these We're complimentary
of the accuracy and industry which
characterized the WORK # Ashley G..
Tobias, Jr.. the secretary Of the COM
nlittee in having Il special ballot
prepared for each precinct to which
the Australian ballot applied. AL
though repiete with hundreds of op-
portunitie for errors, not one had
crept in, it was pointed out.
This was the first Statewide trial
Of the Australian ballot. and that IT
gave universal satisfaction was the
consensus Of opinion from every one.
n B. Dial OF l.aurens. United
States senator-e!ect, w. P. Pollock OF
Chcraw candidate for short term IN
the United States senate and Con-
gresham Fred Eg. Dominick from
the Third District attended the meet
! ing Of the committee.
Although John Il. McIaurin OF
Bennettsville withdrew from the race
for governor. he received 1.3S4 votes,
! in that the tickets had already been
printed before Nj McLaurin with
drew.
Cole L. Blcase carried Only three
counties in the State and got a plu-
raity in the fourth The counties
carried were Aiken. Cherokee and
Saluda He received a plurality il
Pickens
The following is the total vote re-
ceived by candidates.
United States senate: Elease, 80
45S; Dial. 65,oG4: Rice. 5,%17.
United States senate (short term)
Beret, 34.S9l; Peoples. 37.361; Pol
lock. 3S,S16.
Governor: Bethca. 1852; Cooper
IN, ,.1.,c inIllc1 II