Evening journal., 1920-06-21
CODE FRIENDS WIN
IN 3 KENT DISTRICTS
Special 10 The Evening Journal

Special 10 The Evening Journal.
DOVER June 2i.--ln three or the
five special school districts OF Kent
county, friends Of the school code
were elected members OF the Boards
or Education on Saturday. Although
not near all the returns are in, Op-
ponents OF the code are reported to
have carried many rural districts.
or the five special districts IN
Kent county The three boards elect
ed favorable 10 the code included
Smyrna, Caesar Rodney and Milford,
while the special districts eleotlng
entirely new boards opposed 10 the
code were Dover and Harrington.
a personal matter, because OF ac-
tlons OF the local board In prepara-
tions Tor a new school house.
In Smyrna, Walter O. Hoffeoker
and W. w. Hynson, members OF the
board last year were re-ehcted,
while =. G.. Graham, the other mem
her from the Clayton end OF the
district, was succeeded by Charles
A. NeugebaUr. This board is favor
able to The code and its provisions.
In Smyrna iS0 votes were cast.
Possibly ihe most heated contest
was at Dover, where the largest vote
in the history Of the district was cast,
the number being 6Si Many elements
entered into the fight here. II was
the first time colOred voters had ever
voted at a white school election and
a goodly number took advantage OF
II. including both men and women.
Some white women voted at Satur-
days election.
With but two hours In which 10
vote, from TO o'clock. the voting
OF 6Si men and women kept the cleo
lion officers busy.
The Dover tight, aside from oppo-
sltion 10 the Code, was directed
against the three old members OF the
board for other reasons, one OF which
was that Messrs. Anderson, Harring-
ton and Mayer all live in one section
OF the town, which leaves the other
portion OF the town not represented.
/ Another reason was the controversy
over the buying Of a plot OF ground
for $4,000 for new school site
Both opponents and friends OF the
code issued circulars on Saturday In
an appeal for votes.
The old board appointed last year
/ by Governor Townsend, included
/ James Hall Anderson, William Wa.
son Harrington and Harry Mayer, all
three having been members OF the
l llNNtI UNdIu WITCH Ailt utN ANAN Nlht
| into effect Their vote was Mayer,
232; Anderson, 2i9; Harrington, 2is.
The ticket put up against the old
board included John Carrow, James
/ b. Bice and Charles ~ Lloyd Their
vote was: Carrow, 466 Bice. 451
/ LLOYD. i53 According TO the code
Carrow Is elected for three years,
Bice for two years and Lloyd for one
Caesar Rodney consolidated school
district OF Camden and Wyoming
/ elected board favorable 10 the code,
/ including Messrs. jump. Frear and
Bancroft. The number OF votes cast
was 269. the opposition polling less
/ than nifty.
AT Harrington an anti-code ticket
was elected. including II. A. Kent
w. s. Smith and Samuel Credick
the old board, Messrs. Jones. Har-
rington and Eggert. receiving less
than ten votes.
yorable to the code and the interest
manifested was greater than IN any
former years, 2S3 votes being cast
The commissioners elected are Rev
In. L. Bunstein, Dr. ". L. Grier. anC
! Colonel Theodore Townsend. The op-
position pohed less than one hundred
votes.
The three members Of the county
board who seem TO have been elected
from the reports so Ear received are
/ Morris Harrington, Eelton; Elijah
Melvin. Frederick; Elmer Bowdle
Marvdcl