Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-11-08
PEERY IS VICTORIOUS,
WITH LEAD OF 5000
Democratic Landslide Changes
Face Of Situation in
District.
sLEMr AND SUMMERS WELL
Hoth Republican Leaders t"nrcdr
Defrnt. First In Twenty-Five" Ncnrs.
Into Return. Are Expected ~ In
Crensc Majority.

BRISTOL VA Nov George -
reery, Democratic nominee for Con
rrcss in tho Ninth virginia District
lsa votes. according To figures COM
piled shortly after midntEht this
morning by his managers at p,mo-
crate headquarters here.
Tn following ma,ori'i"s hy coun-
ties Include the latest figures avail
able based on Incomplete and uuut-
fetal returns:
Bristol CITY. recry. SO. scott Has
singer, 500, Giles. rcer,. l5>, Bland.
Tic Buchanan, iiassinser. 100.
Dickinson reery, $50, Lee. Ha>sins"r,
I75; rulasAl r"er, 575; Russell.
Feery. $50: SMITH HassinGer ltd:
3 farewell peery col. WASHINGTON.
rcery. 200: Wythe. HassiuEcr. IL.
Located ~ insCccss thlo mountain
rerious several days MAY pass be
fore all of 'h" precincts can he h"arc
from The victory iu thouEhi to h.
comDi"io and decisive however.
ConEressman &. r. Slemp declared
over s-d.s'sn,e telephone that in
his opinion reery had Won by ma
tority - NOR. than prQ THIS j. the
Democratic In ta- past twenty-five
years Governor r Lee TrinSl-. in
his race osalnst Henry ". Anderson
last year. carried the "tishtlus
Nuth hy 1870.
L. District Attorney Lewis =
summers ~ Abingdon. Republican
leader. Al 10 o',iocA estimated that
r.sry would win 10y about i.5oo votes
IN tho Nirth District Democratic
~. 81.
Ioriry ~ the Democratic congress
sluna nominee would reach 25oo.
Reports received at Democratic
headuartcrs here indicat" that George
resrN. Democratic candidate for CON
gress in tho Ninth District, Viii ear
~ Mise County. Republican straus-
hold. 10y zoo votes. Seventeen ont
% tweutN-siX precincts in Taze
We'll County. which has always been
republican. give r"cry majority OF
ISIS. Republican majoritics in Scot,
county. another Republican strong
hold, have been some hat reduced.
Carries III. n"m~ County.
In telephone conversation with
the Herald Courier at . O'Clock to-
Eight George { r-.rY SAID that
rweutN-two ont ~ tweutN-stN pre-
cincts OF Tazcwcll county give him
$50 majority. lie said his report
from WNthc County showed seven
teen majority for him, Smy'hc, lid.
Governor stuart estimator that
Russell county may civ" r"cry as
high as $50 majority. only two pre-
cincts reported from bland County
show Republican losses. Wise Coun-
~ returns ar" scattering and SLOW.
hut indications ar" that rccry viii
carry the county 10y a small margin.
Pulaski County gives r"cry S7i ma
jority and Giles county, i5S.
Precinct Nrturns.
lively" precincts out 81 fourteen in
Wythe County gave rccry SO major
ity; Eas; Wyrhevill". 90; majority;
Foster Falls 81 majority; austin
Vile. - majority, and Rural K"tr"at,
81 majority, rortcrs cross li4ads
Precinct gay" Hassnr"r - majority
I!ou, l72 majority. Royal oak. 80
majority: Smy'h" County. !46 major
!iy:
south C!iuchncld gave rccry 1875.
Hnssinccr %. Johnson gave Perry
lO+ HassinEor 81: Wnmpl"r gave
HassluGcr majority. Fura'" gay"
r""ry - majority, Cartert"n gave
F".ry IS iassincer % East pula Ski
save Pecrv SIS. Hassinc-r 30 I'm
boden gave iiessiuscr Il majority OF
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