Evening star., 1921-09-08
VOTERS TO HOLD
COUNTY PRIMARIES
Montgomery Republicans and
Democrats Will Cast Bal
lots Tomorrow.
Special Dispat atch to The Star.

| Specia1 O1bpdtcn 10 Inc Staf.
| ROCKVILLE. Md, September g.
Democratic and republican primary
elections will be held in Montgomery
county tomorrow. The democrats will
nominate four candidates for the
house Of delegates, three for county
commissioners and one for sheriff and
| the republicans will name a candi-
date for clerk of the circuit court.
the polls at all the voting places
| VIII open at am. and close at pm.
and only those affiliated as democrats
or republicans will be allowed to par
ticipate.
| Complete Tickets.
The complete tickets are as follows:
| Democratic-For the house of dele
! gates, George L. Edmonds, Clarence
L. Gilpin, Charles G. Griffith, James D.
King. P. Hicks Ray, Francis Snowden,
Carson Ward and John L. Welsh.
For county commissioners, first dis
trict. Lewis w. Barnsley and Samuel
Riggs; second district. Robert L. Hick-
| erson and Julian B. Waters; fifth dis
! trict, George F. Bonifant. jr. and
Lacey Shaw.
For sherir-Thomas L. Lechlider,
Randolph Luhn, Alvie A. Moxley and
Robert L. Saunders.
Republican-For clerk Of the circuit
| court. Willis B. Burdette and Clifton
| Dronenburg.
DR.. Eugene Jones. for the state SEN
| ate; Preston E. Ray. for clerk of the
circuit court; H. Clinton Allnutt, for
register of wills. and John Gard
ner. for county treasurer, were the
| only persons to file certificates of can
didacy for the democratic nominations
indicated, consequently they will be
| erttfied by the supervisors of elections
| as the nominees for their party. No
| one filed for the democratic nomina-
| mt =
cancy on the ticket will be filled by
the democratic state central commit
tee for the county, which is expected
to name the incumbent, Charles j.
Maddox.
| Republican Plans.
Excepting those for the nomina-
zion for clerk of the circuit court,
for republican nominations were
Thomas I. Fulks for country treas
urer and Thomas Walter Pugh for
the house of delegates. Pugh. who
drawn fact. has publicly announced
his purpose to do so-and Fulks will
be certified by the supervisors of
elections as the republican nominee
for treasurer.
All other places on the republican
ticket will be filled by the state CEN
trail committee for the county. and
those indorsed by the recent republic
! CdH county convention are expected
to be named. They are: For state
senator, Edward L; Stock: for the
| house of delegates Mortimer o. Stab
Ter. Horace E. Troth. jr.; Walter P.
Plnmley. and Windsor W. Hodges.
| For county commissioners-Seco
district, Columbus w. Day: fifth
district, Alfred c. Warthen.
For sheriff, Harry L. Willard.
! Democratic Contest Bitter.
| The democratic contest has been
bitter. The leaders of what were
formerly known as the Lee and Peter
factions are backing Edmonds.
Griffith, Ray and Ward for the house
of delegates; Alvie A. Moxley for
sheriff and Riggs. Hickerson and
Shaw for county commissioners. and
the opposition. which styles itself the
Young Peoples Democratic Club, is
supporting Gilpin. King, Snowden and
Welsh for the house Of delegates and
| Barnsley, Waters and Bonifant for
county commissioners. Luhn, Lech-
lider and Saunders, candidates for
nomination for sheriff. seem to have
been left out in the cold, SO far as
the two sides are concerned.