Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-12-15
WOMEN SWELL VOTE.
Arthur Q. Lytle Wins Mayoralty
Contest-Vote Again Tuesday.

held IN Fort Mill, Arthur {. Lytle
Tuesday was nominated in the
Democratic primary for mayor.
He received pa votes against ll9
for George Fish and 54 for b. G..
Ferguson.
Tuesday ior the first time in
the history of the town, women
participated in the voting. about
So OF them going to the polls and
registering their choice for this
or that candidate. From the
time the polls opened at 8 o clock
IN the morning until they closed
at 4 O'Clock in the afternoon au-
tomobiles were scurrying to all
sections of the town bringing in
voters. Numerous workers. nota-
ply for the candidates for mayor,
We're busy throughout the day i'm
the neighborhood of the ballot
box urging the claims of those i'm
whose election they were special
ly interested.
:: When the polls closed it was
announced that of the 465 citizens
who had placed their names on
3 tie club rolls, 435 had voted, AN
increase of more than 200 over
the number heretofore participate.
ing IN any election for town off.
cinls of Fort Mill. Following the
election, many were heard 10 eX.
press their approval of the idea
of holding the primary, which
gave everyone who had placed his
or her name OH the club rolls ,he
opportunity to have voice i'm the
selection of the town s officials
Tor the next two years. thereby
shutting off the complaint frc-
quently heard i'll the past that in
town elections in Fort Mill the
viii of the majority was not eX-
pressed because many citizens did
not have the necessary county
registration certificates TO ena-
bic them TO vote in the general
election. There was no disorder
incident to the election about the
polls or on the streets.
In the race for alderman at
large, none of the six candidates
received IA majority of the votes
IN the first primary and second
primary, set by the executive
committee for Tuesday, Decem.
Der 70, will therefore be neces-
sary to select the nominees for
the two places to be filled. In
the second primary b. w. Brad
ford, j. II. Young, Jr., j. w. Gum
and w. l.. Ferguson will be the
candidates, j. G. McElhaney and
w. l.. Steele having been elimi-
mated III the first primary. The
vote for alderman at large was :
Bradford lSl, Young l67, Gunn
l43, Ferguson III. McElhaney
lO5, Steele so.
In Ward there was a mixup
in the vote for alderman which
was taken before the executive
committee at meetings Tuesday
evening and Wednesday evening
before the committee finally de-
cided that w. c. Stroud had won
the nomination over X. +. Me
kibben. A recount by the com
mittee Tuesday evening of the
ballots east in Ward ] showed %
for Mckibben and 81 for Stroud.
with three amounted ballots for
Mckibben which had been placed
i'll a box other than that provided
for Ward l voters. Tuesday eve
ming both men appeared before
the committee and agreed be.
tween themselves to enter the
second primary for the seat i'm
council in question. But Stroud
Wednesday morning announced
that he had entered the agree
ment on the spur of the moment
and that he wanted the commit
tee to reopen the matter. This
the committee did Wednesday
evening and decided in Stroud S
favor, basing it's action on the
rule of the party and the state
ment made at the citizens meet.
ing Monday evening and the in.
structiOn given the election man
ayers that ballots placed in the
wrong box would not be counted.
In Ward 2 G.. ID. Hope was nom.