The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-08-29
COUNTY CAMPAIGNS CONDUCTED
ONHICHPLANE RACES we're CLOSE
OFFICES ARE MANNED WITH OFFICIALS WHO WILL CON
plJCT AFFAIRS OF COUNTY IN COMMENDABLE WAY
WEST TEXAS WENT STRONG FOR MAYFlELD
Mars. Lead Section Due to Work Done by rnend VINO
Started Fight in Early Campaign With Desermm'"o"
To Place Him in Office.

Billie Mayfield for Lieutenant Gov
ernor Is Sc, ,369. It grew 5000 dur
ing the day.
How Vote Was Cast
Mayfield ran strong throughout
the State, with the heaviest vote
in the larger counties, such as
Dallas. Tarrant, McLcnnan, Harris,
Travis. jefferson These counties
gave him leads Of from one and One
half In some instances 20 two % one
and more. He swept the BIC black
iond counties Of North and Central
Texas and most Of the larger count
les Of East and Southeast Texas,
though in these his maiorities were
not as large as in the black land
counties.
A tabulation Of what is known as
the strictly West Texas counties re.
vcals reversal Of the expected
claims Of the Ferguson men. They
freely predicted that Ferguson
would carry most Of the counties IN
West Texas and the Panhandle, and
would come out Of that territory
with a lead Of from 10000 20 90
600 A tahulation of the votes of
countics west Of Fort Worth along
the +. a. p, and including ri Paso
and Tarrant, and along the Fort
Worth and Denver from ~ Worth
10 the Oklahoma line, and all count
is IN the area between these roads,
shows Mayfieli carried that section
sv 34.1S2 votes. The votes In these
counties gave Mayfield 6s,S5a and
Ferguson i3,S0l.
Ferguson made a trip through this
entire section and Mayficld visited
only portions OF Il.
Even Hale county. where y was
reported Ferguson WAS certain
Ninner because Of supposed anti
klnn sentiment, gave its vote TO
Nayfield. Ferguson carried five Of
the 90 counties counted in the tab
ulst.on. These were Callahan, which
gave him i,7i3 TO Mayfield's l,S24 F;
I Shackeiford, where he received 3ol
10 379: Fisher, l,2l4 TO l.025; Cot
tie. 527 "a SIT, and Kent, 257 10
| 1913. ia Stephens County Ferguson
and Msyfield tied. each receiving
shl votes.
Another section wherein the Fer
gnssn supporters expected tremen-
dous support was South Texas. Much
of this territory did 90 90 Ferguson
hut not anything like the majority
counted upon. Bexar and Galvcs
returned large maJoritles FOR nm,
! but in the other cauntles ne carried
| the majorities were not so greai
and in many of the Southwest Texas
I counties and the Rio Grande dis
/ fric;. the votes went 10 Mayfield.
i Much of the south Texas vote Is
still out. but IL the returns run IN
I their present ratio. which Is more
han likely. they can not affect the
7 result.
Mayfield's lead in West, Central,
East and North Texas is too large
10 be Offset By the remaining South
/ Texas vote yet unaccounted for.
Dallas. Aug. 20, ll:25 p. NJ
I Additional returns 20 the Texas
/ Election Bureau today added 2,I1l
10 Mars lead over Bentley for
/ State Superintendent Of Public In
struction, raising lead 10 l4,7Sl.
/ Final returns from Kaufman county
show Marrs carried Il by majority
OF gg9. Total stands, Marrs 244.-
92s. Bentley. 230,i4S. 2l7 coun-
ties including 60 complete. have
reported Mayfield's lead today over
Ferguson was 59.0t5. +. W. Dav-
idson's lend over Billie Mnyfield was
%. .825, and Terrells lead over Gar
reft was Laos.
For Judge Of che Third District
Court 9 Civil Appeals nj Austin.
Baker has 32.l23 and Blair $3.50.
with seven counties unrep0rted. In
the fifth district Taylor has 43,221
and Jones s7,006. with Rockwail
county unreported. Jones nomina-
ton assured.
Complete returns show Ferguson
carried Bell county by majority Of
twenty votes