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been emitted accidentally as the
ballots for some districts were being
printed. This omission will not in
validate the ballots. however, as Mr.
Robertson IL the only candidate Of
that name on the ticket, and the In
tent OF the voter will be shown. The
court sitting as a board. OF canvass
made such n ruling tho time Samuel
NJ. Knox was elected State senator in
the northern district, his name err
roneously appearing on the ballot
Samuel n. Knox at the time.
A feature OF the primaries is the
unusual interest being taken by
women workers, who were active In
behalf OF various candidates In every
district Of the city. Automobiles
rushed hither and thither carrying
voters 10 and from the polls.
10 is tho most hotly-contosted pri-
marios for county Offices the Re-
pubilcana have held for several
! years.
There will be contests FOR Re-
oorder OF Deeds. Register OF Wills,
sheriff and Coroner In three OF tho
four Senatorial districts IN which
elections will be held. For Repre-
sentatives there are contests In
seven OF tho nfteen districts, and
for Levy Court IN two OF the four
districts.
The primary today viii decide tho
Republican nominees for all mem
bers OF the House in the State Log
islaturo G. years., State Senators. "a
years.. from the First. or Northern
district OF Wilmington; Third.
Brandywine and Chrisuana hun
dreds; Fifth. White Clay Creek.
New Castle and Red Lion hundreds.
and Seventh. Appoquinimink and
Blackbird hundreds.
One OF the keenest contests is for
Recorder OF Deeds between Harry I.
Gillls, deputy State tax COM
missioner. and Albert stetser. presi-
dent Of Levy Court, both OF VIII
mington.
There Is much interest in the
four contest for the nomi-
nation for Sheriff between Samuel
A. Mcdaniel, Thomas X. Parker.
John T. Spring. OF Wilmington. and
Reuben Hall. OF Christiana hundred.
Parker IS present deputy under
Sheriff Joseph II. Gould.
For Recorder OF Deeds. Isaac r.
Brown, the present incumbent, is
opposed by Julian C. Walker, local
attorney.
Isaac s. Bullock and Charles A.
Taylor. OF Wilmington, and william
c. Brooks. OF Pencader hundred. are
for Coroner. Bullock Is present
Coroner.
For Levy Courtman, Hamilton
Stewart Is unopposed in the Second
district OF Wilmington. but there are
contests in the rural county districts.
where the candidates. one OF whom
Is a woman. are:
Fourth dlstrlctABenjamin F.
Dlckey and Delaware S. Wright.
Sixth district-Philip Earl Pleas
anton, Mrs. Catherine Fox. Alfred
Lee Orrell and Morris Eliason.
Seventh dlstrict-John D. Rey-
bold.
Numerous aspirants have cropped
up for State Senator and Represen-
tative in the Legislature. In the
northern district OF Wilmington the
rival candidates for State Senator
are James W. Robertson. the pres
ent Senator. and Captain William A.
Simonton. who IS connected with the
DUPONT Company.
In the Third Senatorial district
(Brandywine and part OF Christiana
hundred). the opponents are John
Gilpin Highheid. the present Sena-
tor. and Willard S. Gregg, a former
Representative in the Legislature
from Christiana hundred.
In the Fifth district (New Castle,
White Clay and Pencader hundreds)
there are three candidates for the
senatorship. they being John F. Y.
Clayton, OF New Castle: Thomas ].
whiteman. OF Delaware City. and
John c. stuckert. OF near st.
Georges.
Harry S. woodkeeper is unop-
posed for Senator in the Seventh
district (Blackbird and Appoquini-
mink.
For Representative there are con-
tests in seven districts in the
city and county. the candidates be-
ing:
First district-Harry W. Marr,
Samuel L. Burris and Charles F.
Robinson.
Second dlstrict-James B. Nc
Manus.
Third district-James Keenan, and (
Charles s. Lednum.
Fourth dlstrict-Willlam =. Vir-
den. and Summer Jones.
Fifth district-John p. Griffith. Jr.
Sixth district-Harry G. Little.
Seventh district-Henry Clayton
White and William Lord.
Eighth district-Charles p. Dickey
and Matthew Roser. Jr.
Ninth district-Harry II. Stafford
and Robert s Gallaher.
Tenth distrlct-Edward S. Meg
ginson and Jesse A. Mckay.
Eleventh district-John L. Dep
lty.
Twelfth district-w. U. Reybold.
Thirteenth district-Henry d.
Howell.
Fourteenth district-Harry o.
Fifteenth district-Peter b. Fretz.