The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-09-10
COMMITTEE ACTS
ON PRIMARY VOTE
STATE BODY DECLARES RE-
SUITS OF AUGUST 81.
Several Contests Decide6--Carter
Loses in For.v--Nane Pr"sl.
Dental Electors.

Dental Electors.
The State, Sth.
Official tabulation Of the votes III
the first Democratic primary OF Au-
gust 81 by the state Democratic cX-
ecutive committee yesterday brought
no material changes in. the figures al
ready announced.
Several contests were brought be-
fore the committee on appeal from
tie county executive committees.
Probably the most far reaching az
ton of the commit zee was its definite
stand on the rul:s of the party and
the aw If tbs sac. + Carer.
rari Ga:e for t:''e H.us- :-"n, RG,y
oun.". vas dist;ua Iljed ov rs 1all-
u.e:. 8. ais exo >e a:c'.:. OH nc
| s.,y L;f.,e the ele =. ~" men
80. in ne race t: :~J We ~ be
ca:sen en- .te tic.,' Mr.. Ca:;ar le-
| ,e:v.i tie highe-:. er:e o. thS i've
.,:rs ::vved only il ballc:s II ,t:"I
nominated, his total being 1883! One
candidate was eliminated and three
others along with Mr.. Carter ordered
in the second race by the county COM
mittee. A "citizen" protested the
placing of Mr.. Carter in the second
primary because he had failed to file
his expense account, but the commit
tee overruled the objection. The
'citizen'' then brought his appeal to
the state committee and won out.
Much discussion featured the con-
test and committeeman spoke pro and
con on the case. Several speakers
said it was purely a case Of uphold
ing the rules and laws or abollsnlng
the rules entirely while others said
il was case Of the result counting
and they believed if the people OF
Horry county wanted Mr. Carte to
represent them he should be allowed
to remain in the second race. Dy a
vote of 10 to IA the appeal was sus-
tanned and the action of the county
committee reversed. Mr.. Carter vii!
rot enter the second primary.
Berkeley Contests Dismissed.
Another contest from Berkeley
county took the same aspect as the
Carter case. c.. B. Ballentine, de-
feated candidate for the leu-e,
brought his appeal from the county
committee to the state committee be-
cause his county body had over
ruled his objection. He protested the
county committees action in deeiar-
ing ]. @. Harvey one of the nom!-
nees for the house on the grounds
that Mr.. Harvey had failed to Tile
his expense account on the day be-
fore the primary. He appealed to
the county committee, but this body
declared Mr.. Harvey the nominee.
Evidence introduced yesterday show
ed that Mr.. Harvey filed his account
at 1880 o'clock on the morning OF
the election. Attorneys for M.
Harvey raised the point of law
whereby it was shown that it was
necessary for Mr.. Ballentine to
serve notice on Mr.. Harvey CT his
appeal to the state committee. III.
Balientine had failed to do this and
the state. committee dismissed the
protest, leaving MIR. Harvey the nom
inee.
Three magistrates contests brought
up from the county committee OF
Berkeley were also dismissed on the
same grounds, the contestants hav-
ING failed to notify the contestees.
A contest from Newberry county
in which H. H. Evans appealed to
the state committee from the action
of the county body in declaring w.
A. Counts the nominee, was referred
back to the county committee IN as
much as the state committee had no
Jurisdiction to act until the county
body had acted. Mr.. Evans claimed
that Mr.. Counts had failed to file his
expense account until the day of the
county committee meeting and had
flied it then while the committee was
recessing in order to allow Mr.
Counts to comply with the rules. Mr..
Evans protested to the county COM
! mittee, but this body did not hear
the case, so the state COMMITTEES
sent the protest back to Newberry.
A similar case of non-jurisdictlon
was that of J. A. Clarkson, who ap-
pealed from the Richland county
committees action in declaring T. b.