The Washington times., 1919-09-11
HYATTSVILLE NEWS
Official Count Gives Wells Big
Lead Over CoIored 0ppO-
nent in Primary.

HYAFTSVILLE,. Nd, Sept IL
! George n. Wells, one OF the success
full candidates for Republican NOM
ination for county commissioner in
the primaries held Monday was IN
| Intentionally misrepfesented by the
statement in yesterdays, Times that
he was defeated by his cOlored OPP
ponent, John Z. Bpoadus. in the
formers home district The Official
count shows that Wells received sew
enty-three and Broadus eighteen
votes In the Bladensburg district
where the registration books show
Wells to be voter. The mistake was
| due to the fact that Wells posontce
! address is Brentwood. which is iocat-
! ed in the second precinct Of Chillum
district, where the vote was. thirty
seven for Wells and forty-eight Tor
BroadUs.
In the entire county Broadus re-
/ ceived 625 votes to 1,04l for Wells.
The other Republican candidate, VIII
| liam H. Duvall, of Nottingham dis
trlct, received 1,1O5 votes. The Of
ficiaI count announced by the su-
pervisors Of election at Upper Marl-
boro late yesterday afternoon Is as
| follows:
| DemoCrats-For house Of delegates,
/ Charles w. Clagett, Hyattsville (de-
feated 1.064J; Julius L. Coffron, Nell
wood district, 1,240; J. Simms Jones,
Evansville district, ,5S4; Clarence NJ,
Roberts, Kent district, 1,IO5, and
Frank NJ. Stephen, Riverdale district,
| 1874.
For judges OF the orphans court,
John A. Schultz Cpresent incumbent,
defeated 777); Richmond l. Bowie,
I Mellwood district, 1916; Albert T..
/ inN 1 .
William H. Long, Surratts district,
1,192.
For county treasurer, Harry Nalley,
Ch;llum. district, 1.401; George P. Nc
Ceney, 47O.
For sheriff. Hervey c. Machen,
HytttsviIle, 974; Robert L. Wells.
Marlboro. S34; Thomas l. Talbot
Marlboro, 13T.
For register of wills, George p.
Hickey, Mellwood district, 1917; Lor-
EMO D. Adds, Surratts, $50.
Republicans-For county commits
sioners, William H. DuvalI. Mellwood,
1.1O5; George N. Wells, BIadensburg,
I,O41: John d. Broadus, colored, de-
feated, Spalding's district, SIS. For
house of delegates, John T. Fisher,
Oxon Hill, 1875; George z. Lancaster,
Bowie, 1,2O6: William Noble Fisher,
Seat Pleasant, 1,195; ]. William
Wachter, Laurel, 9O4; James p. Cur
ley, defeated, Laurel. T5s. Judges of
the orphans court, George w. Raw
lings. Nottingham district, 1850;
James A. Sweeney, Nottingham dis
trict, 1.O49; Harry B. Moss, Vans
Vile district, 1,O44; George P. Bew-
ley. defeated, Evansville, 564. For
county treasure, Herman z. Burgess,
:Hyattsville, 996; r. Fulton Gates,
Chillum district, $50. For States at
| torney, J. Wilson Ryon, Bowie, 933;
George B. Merrick, Marlboro, $50.
! While motoring along Central ave-
nue., Capitol Heights, yesterday after
noon. with his wife and sixteen-year-
old daughter, Henry L. Morris, proni-
nent business man Of Iceland, collidsd
with a large truck. Mr.. Norris left
| leg was broken. He was removed to
a Washington hospital His wife, Mrs.
Verma Dove Morris, was badly
1 bruised. The daughter, Miss Lillian
Owens Morris. was cut OH the arm,
| leg and hand. The accident Is said TO
have been unavoidable.
IT is announced by ]. Hubert Wade,
| chairman of the Democratic State
| central committee, that the Demo
! cratic State convention will be held
Thursday. September IS, at IL O'Clock
neon at the Academy of Music, Balti-
more.
The home of Mrs. Theodore ]. Van
| doren, Ralston avenue, was the scene
last evening of the ffty-seventh an
niversary celebration Of the organ
| ization at Charlottesville, Va, of
! Company B, First Maryland Cavalry,
| Confederate army. The eleven sur
viving membersSof the 110 who an
swered the first muster of the com
mand, September 10, 1852, are: John
/ +. Hickey, of Hyattsville, in whose
| honor the post was named; J. H. r.
! Beakins of Alexandria, Va: o. H.
! Perry, OF Norfolk, Va; Judge Allen
f. Tolson, Of CoIesville, Montgomery
| county; Z. K. Nailor, of Prince
| Georges county: Judge John T. Dut-
| ton, LaPlata, Md; George W. Will
liams, Laurel, Md; Hobert Aisquith,
Baltimore; William Barry, Prince
| Georges county; TheopiIi Tunis, a
/ resident of the Eastern Shore of.
Maryland. and Alexander Beale, of
st. Mary's county, Md.
| Fifty-fiVe battles and skirmishes
| is the proud record OF the company.
| Under the direction OF Gen. J. L. B.
Stewart, cavalry leader, the fighting
/ for weeks almost lost the character
/ of separate battles and became merg-
/ ing engagements. The veterans re-
! peated the famous rebel yell' last
| night. Brief memorial services were
| held for those who fell and for those
| who have died since the war. The
meeting was the first held since
| 1900. At that time there were living
| forty-three members of the company.
| The Oldest survivor is now seventy
eight years old and the youngest who
enlisted at sixteen, seventy-three.
| A baseball game has been arranged
| for Sunday afternoon in Zantzinger's
Park here between the local nine and
the terminal team. It will be for the
benefit of the memorial fund for SOL
diers, sailors. and marines.
The installation of Rev. Joseph NJ.
Anderson as the new pastor OF the
First Presbyterian Church occurred
last evening with interesting services.
DR.. Anderson has been serving the
local church as a supply since last
September and succeeds Rev. Mr..
! Slack. The services were in charge
Of a committee from the Washington