Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-09-01
ELECTION RESULTS
Outcome of Some of the County Races
in Last Tuesdays Primary.


in Last Tuesdays Primary.
In the race for the state senate in
Lancaster county last Tuesday, r. 5.
Stewart was elected over DR.. t. D.
Strait by aSvote of 2,112 to 1883.
In Kershaw county L. o. Funder-
burk and w. +. Hough must make q
second race for the state senate. Therc
were four candidates in the race ana
the vote was: Arrants, 304; Funder-
burg, 1851; Hough, 1873; Williams
400.
In Barnwcll county Edgar BroWh'
chairman of the state Democratic eX-
ecut;ye committee was reelected 10
the house of representatives, MI
Brown is a lawyer of BarnweH.
In Hampton county w. Fred Light
sew was reelected to the state senate
defeating p. II. Gooding by vote Oh
1.197 TO 900 with one small poH 10 near
from. Senator Lightsey is sald 10 DC
q bitter foe of Il. Hagood Gooulng vi
HAMPTON county who was defeateu loI
comntroller general by Walter Z. Dun
can. -.,,
In Cherokee county Senator I. Both
Butler of Gaffney was reelected To
the state senate over Noah webster
Hardin of Blacksburg. The unolncial
vote is: Butler, 1906; Hardin, l,0SL
In Georgetown county DR.. Olin saw
ver formerly a friend Of Ex-Governor
Blease and who recently attacked hih
at the eleventh hour through tne
Columbia State, was elected 10 'ne
legislature.
In Chester county J. Lyles Glenn and
A. G. Westbrook were elected TO the
house of representatives. David
Hamilton was reelected to the senate
without opposition.
In Lee county, the home county OF
Mr.. Mcleod, R. NJ Smith defeated L.
c. Perrin incumbent for county treas
urer by a majority of II votes. =.
In Newberry county Representative
Eugene Blease a brother OF Cole IL.
Blease, was reelected to the mouse Oh
representatives. .
In Anderson county, Clint Summers
q brother of Mrs. Cole L. Blease was
Jefea ted in his race for the senate. In
the same race Joe NJ. II. Ashiey' lor-
mer sheriff of Anderson county and son
of the late Citizen Josh" Ashley, was
defeated for the senate also. present
Senator Frank Watkins and Rufus
Fant, Jr., must make second race
for il. Mrs. Carrie McCully Patrick
society editor of the Anderson Daily
Tribune and prominent D. A H.
was defeated for the legislature in An
derson county.
In Greenville county Mrs. Fannie
Davis Scott was reelected Probate
Judge over three male opponents.
Frank A. Miller was defeated 1or
reelection to the senate from Darling
ton county by s. Joe Jeffords. Sena-
tor Miller is said to have been bitterly
fought by members of the American
Legion in that county whose ire he had
incurred. He had spoken his opposi-
ton to adjusted compensation for eX-
service men.
Probate Judge Kirby who has he!a
that office inICherokee county Tor
manv wears. was defeated for re-elec-
ton. Stroup was elected. The vote:
Stroup, LAB; Kirby, 696; Fort, 669.
Ex-Governor John Gary Evans of
Spartanburg, was elected to the leEis-
Iature from that county. He ran fourth
on the ticket
A. G. Kennedy was reelected to the
house from Union county, heading the
ticket.
Probably the closest race in the whole
state was that for supervisor oil Lau-
rens county. ". NJ. Nash received q
5l4 votes and j, IN d. w. Watts, p
512. An official count will be ncccs-
sary.
Il. L. Freeman, editor of the Pee Dee
Advocate of Bennettsvilie was elected
to. the state senate from Marlboro
without opposition
Former Solicitor George Bell Tim
norman was elected to the house from
Lexington county.
senator James C. Padgett was re-
elected TO the senate from Collcton
county.
A blind man, George w. Turner, is in
the second race for magistrate oil
Edgcfield.
A. w. Todd is leading II. l.. Erckman
in the race for the state senate i'll
Charleston county. Both are said to
be political friends of Former Governor
Blease.
Joe Cabell Davis was reelected
probate Judge in Dillon county.
Mrs. Lou Elliott Riddle ran third in
the race for superintendent of cduca-
ton in Lancaster county. The vote:
John A. McManus, 1863; Mrs. Riddle,
SI8. 4 C HOwell 1907