The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-08-29
The race is done.

Those VINO have seen tense n"uis
Of waiting for the re.urrs oi the
news Of the peoples choice are now
cooled beneath the hlani et5 II ms
iority rule. after most heated race
e,d vffhai everyone Is well pleased,
.xceptinc n few who naturally are
~til figuring as 10 how IL All hap
noned ana anyone with enough red
blood surr,ng through their veins
a. he Interested and enthusiastic m
a campaign viii not blame them TOT
that
The people Of Lubbock county
,yere fortunate indeed that the July
urinary left on the ballot the names
of such representative men that h
was hard for some 10 ehonse p'.
tween the two bc"eath the VHri"us
Office names, and had the election
zone pro or con for any or an 9i
them. the interests Of the people
would have been and are in the
hands Of able executives
We are glad 20 know that through
out the past campaign there mas
been no mud slung by the locH
candidates 20 leave the field ot com
test polluted with scathing inditier-
enrc that viii cause anyone Co nave
less respect for the honor ana dlg-
nitv OF the Offices. We are
glad that q the men who run y
can truthfully be said that tney
were an good sports. We are eiha
thai though some Of those VINO
were defeated and arc 70 be at
loss a. 10 where % grasp another
hand hold on the possibilities OF
smplovment. they are not unmind-
ful of the goodness ~ their FRIENDS
vho. though outnumbered, made
clean cut attempt % make them
win Those candidates are " the
k,rd who do not forget. and we
are sure that though bitter defeat
might scourage the tongues oi
them. the heart Is left unfetterso
10 beat true 10 the VII OF ths
majority, and 70 remain true ana
grateful 20 thise who helped MAKE
the race a. close as i was.
Lubbock county continues on the
sane high plane.
Officer Of worth will take the
place of officers Of worth.
Genuine principle. and men VINO
are true % principle, predomiua,ed
as though no race had been run, ana
again Lubbock county assumes pre-.
eampaign quiet. with everyone giad
10 remain loyal 70 her inssituuons.
The Avalanche has no commen,
10 make on the various races, more
thar 10 commend all candidates Tor
the spleudid manner IN which their
raupaiOns we're conducted, and 70
.u-ure our readers that the people
xiu he represented hy able eNecu-
tivee in every department
Following are the total returns,
eompiled after all boxes had been
heard from, and which. We believe,
are correct:
For United States Senator. Earle
Il. Mayfield, Bosgue County, 1871 ;
James r. Ferguson. Bell County,
7g1
For Lieutenant Governor: Col.
Billie Mayfield. Jr., Harris County
if40; T. W. Davidson, Harrison
County. l404.
For State Treasurer: George q.
Garrett. Dallas County. 96J; {. V.
Terrell W.se County. l4ss.
For Superintendent Of Public In
-trsrtion Ed r. Bentley. Hidalgo
County. Ills ;. NJ. y. Marrs' irAN-
II County. 1925.
County Offices
For Tax Collector. ). G. Spikes.
1865; a. J. Clark, 1850.
For County Treasurer; VIII Nc
ginley. 1854; J. s. slower. l31I
For County Judge; George W.
Foster. 1884; p. +. Brown, 1880.
For Justice Of the Peace Precinct
No. 1: w. +. johnson, 732; J. ID.
Caldwell. roo
For Public weigher. Precinct No.
I. c. T. Jackson, 993; t. w. Me-
Neeley. 76s. -
For Commissioner, Precinct No.
al n. Burroughs, 354; Marvin Il.
Narlick. i6i.
When returns from 2i5 counties,
including 40 complete. had been tab
aIated Sunday night, accounting for
SOb. .Os5 votes, Earle u. Mayfield
sas leading James 4. Ferguson by
59,99i votes
Th,. is a reduction Of 5000 In his
tsad as shown Saturday night. but
ix due TO the correction OF errors
IN Saturday nights tabulation when
totals were rechecked.
Sundays returns gave no reason
20 believe that Ferguson would make
material gains In the remaining
votes 10 be heard from, totaling
probably got more than 10000 or
10000
Va. X. Bentley gained approxima-
t.ly 900 votes on 3. NJ. y. Marra
,n he 700 votes tahulnled IN
thls race Sunday, but Il this rate
should BE- maintained In returns 10
como Il would not change Ne an'
paroni result, harra' nomination
seems assured
n n Terrell has ; lead of a.,
4es over George 4 Garrett for
1lnla Treasurer, with no change la
fh1 run ~ the relafna Ihoun'
n W nat|dson's majority eFrf