The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-09-16
EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE
MEETING
Results of Second Primary
. Election in Sumter County
Tabulated

- The Sumter county DeH0cr3Ifc
Executive Committee met in the
Court House at 1880 today and
tabulated the returns of the second
primary election held on the 18th
instant. There We're no protests
and no contests fled. and no irreg-
j nsarities of. any Kind were brought
to the attention of the committee.
Two boxes-Rafting Creek and
Trinity-were not IN the hands Of
the committee when the tabulation
OF the returns from, the other boxes
were. completed. but the chairman
had previously received returns
from the managers Of these boxes
land on motion the chairman and
secretary were named as. a COM
mittee to open the missing boxes
and compare and verify the returns
contained therein as being identi-
cal with the duplicate returns re-
ceived by the chairman.
The returns as tabulated showed
that the results in Sumter county
were as follows:
Cole L. Blease received 761 votes.
Thos. G.. Mcleod received 215G
votes.
For State Superintendent of Edu-
cation:
J. H. Hope received 1s4a votes.
j. e. Swearingen received 1o4s
votes.
All bills for expenses incurred
during the campaign were audited
and ordered paid by Secretary and
Treasurer j. E. Duffie. The secre-
tary was instructed TO make out
checks for the managers.
On motion it was decided to re-
fund, to each of the six candidates
for the House Of Representatives
| the sum of ten dollars. making the
assessment for this Office forty dol
lars instead OF fifty dollars. This
action was taken because of the
fact that when the assessment was
| fixed there were only three pros
pective candidates for the three
pla ces, and because of the further
! fact that the assessments had been
lowered in the case Of toher offices
where there was competition for the
existing vacancies.
Mr.. ". O.. Cain. the veteran
, member Of the County Executive
Committee was nominated and
unanimously elected Vice Chair
man TO serve in the absence or dis
ability of the Chairman. Mr. Cain
has served as a member Of the
Sumter County democratic Execu-
! tive Committee as the representa-
! tive of Privareer club continuously
since 1876. Before the commit
tee adjourned Mr.. J. E. DuPre,
representing Pisgah club, said he
desired to place on record his feel
| ing of appreciation that this COM
mittee had met and transacted its
business at this and all previous
meetings this year and in former
] years, in harmony and with the
!utmost good feeling between men,
! bers. That Notwithstanding the
excitement and feeling over the
issues OF the recurring political
campaigns and the divergent opin-
ions as TO candidates that inGivid-
ual members may have entertain
ed. the committee meetings had
never been marred by i'll feeling OF
strife. He could say with ali sim
cerity that the chairmen OF the
committee had been fair and ifa-
partial in their rulings and always
courteous in their treatment Of al
members. Mr.. ". O. Cain and MI.
s. +. Moore endorsed the senti-
ments expressed by Mr.. DuPre.
The committee then. on motion
adjourned. subject 10 the call OF
the chairman.
The tabu.ated rep,rns are print
ed in another column.
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