Newark post., 1920-09-15
MANY CLOSE CON.
TESTS in SATUR-
DAYS PRIMARIES
Newark Men Make Good Run
for State and County
Offices

Prothonotary-Harvey Hoffeck-
er, of Newark, majority of 500.
Receiver of Taxes and County
Treasurer-Walter S. Burris, of
Bear Station. majority of 115.
Clerk of Orphans Court and
Register in Chancery-Norman P.
Crouch (unopposed).
Sheriff-Joseph H. Gould, of
Wilmington, plurality of 1882.
Coroner-Isaac S. Bullock, of
Wilmington, plurality of 949.
Levy Court Commissioners
First District-Frank R. Jones,
plurality Of 1918.
Third District-James Ball, ma
jority of PIG.
Fifth District-George L. Bat
ten, majority of I'll.
Seventh District-William c.
Money, (unopposeO.
State Senator
Second District - William J.
Lutz (unopposed).
Fourth DlStrlct-JOhn M. Walk
er, plurality of PIT.
Sixth District William H.
!. Evans, majority of 166,
Representatives
First District-Harry H. Mari,
majority of 525.
Second District - w. Henry
Pipes, colored, plurality of POS.
Third District-Henry Wilson,
plurality of 81.
Fourth District - William E.
Virden (unopposed).
Fifth District-Samuel J. White
(unopposed).
Sixth District-Frank c. Miller,
plurality of 7S.
Seventh District-William Lord,
plurality of 1876.
Eighth District - Richard G.
Buckingham, majority of 139.
Ninth District-Charles L. Me-
dill, majority of 116.
Tenth District - Edward S.
Megginson, plurality of 152.
Eleventh District-Henry Milli-
ken (unopposed).
Twelfth District-Edward Les
ter, Jr., majority Of So.
Thirteenth Observation-Disclosures
P. Corbit '(unopposed).
Fourteenth District-Joseph c.
Hutchison (unoppoSed).
Fifteenth District - Thomas J.
Hodgson (unopposed).. .
AS will be observed nearly all
offices on both the county and
\ Legislative tickets brought out an
unusually large vote.
Charles L. Medill won over Rep
resentative William D. Dean who
was a candidate for reelection to
the General Assembly. This con-
test was one Of the features of the
primaries in this hundred. The
vote polled in all three of the
local election district was as fol-
lows:
Representative-Dean, 78, AZ,
and "a; Medill, 83, 116 and IT.
Thomas R. Claringbold, a New
ark man, who was a candidate for
Levy Court Commissioner, carried
his hundred by a majority of 1862,
but George l.. Batten got a big
vote in New Castle and Red Lion
hundreds and Won out. The vote
by district was as follows: Clar-
ingbold, 141,. 105 and At; Batten,
20, 45 and &c.
Harvey Hoffecker, candidate for
Prothonotary had a majority of
292 in this hundred and major
ity of 800 over Irwin l.. Ball of
Marshallton.
The vote for other officers in
this district was as follows:
Clerk of the Peace-Wright,
161, 1872, Ill.
County Comptroller-Shaw, 130,
112 and 81; Wenninger, "a, % and
20.
Prothonotary-Ball, ID, IL and
40; Hoffecker, 145, 141 and ".
Receiver Of Taxes-Burris, 81,
81 and 105; Fouracre, II, 62 and
II.
Clerk of the Orphans Court
Crouch, 161, 152, and Ill. e.
Sheriff-Gould, 81, 67 and 64;-
Hall, %, 81 and "a; Mcdaniel, 81,
81 and %; Thomas, 3, 7 and 3;
Spring, 0, II and 2.
Coroner-Bullock, II, 60 and
"a; Cathcart, 7, 10 and 5; Levy,
1876, 80 and "a.
One of the closest contests for
years, which made it feature of
the primaries throughout the city
and rural county, was that be-