The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-05-05
COLEMAN WILL BE
COLUMBIA'S MAYOR
Defeats Richardson in Second Race
Over Five Hundred Votes
Heavy Balloting
The State. 3.

/ ElSdNy DaAh0sihS
The State. 8.
w. A. rleman carried eight boxes
in four wards yesterday and won the
race as the Democratic nominee for
mayor of Columbia over John w.
Richardson by plurality of 511
votes. Coleman polled 2,540 votes
against 2,O29 for Richardson. Cole
man gained 400 votes in the second
primary while Richardson showed a
gain of rs.
Moffatt B. DuPree led the race for
council and crossed the tape with
1904 votes to his credit. Sam j..
Sweeney ran second, having polled
i2.549 votes. L. N. Drake came third
with 2,O12 and R. J. Person tailed
the ticket with 1,466 ballots in his
column.
Mavor Blalock, Councilman Cote-
man and Councilman Rice will have
served their four year terms on May
16 and the newly elected city officials
will be entitled to take their seats
on and after that date.
Wins Exciting Contest
w. A. Coleman won the race for
mavor Yesterday after having engl-
neered the most interesting and ex-
citing campaign in the history of city
politics. The Richardson forces we're
lined up for strong fight and the
campaign waxed warm. Much was
spoken and written during the last
.severalyweeks and the candidates in
dulged5 freely in the use of printers
ink.
Enthusiastic supporters of Mayor
elect Coleman secured Yarborough's
Band and left the city hall to sere-
made the victor. He and Councilmen-
elect DuPree and Sweeney were
heard. =
Record Breaking Vote
Seven wards polled the largest per-
+ ccentage Of votes yesterday ever re-
ported in Columbia. The vote in the
| first primary totalled 4,414 against
1850 for the second race. The total
number of qualified electors was d
993. The lame and the sick, the rich
and the poor, the high and the loW'
all managed to get to the polls yes
terday. 1t was evident early yester-
day morning that the candidates were
prepared to roundup every voter in
the city that could walk or ride. City
officers stood around the polling pre-
cincts and the best of order prevail
ed. With more than 4,500 voters
casting ballots in eight wards, hun
dreds of men rolling here and there
in motor cars and scores of friends
and supporters of candidates "roost-
ing'' around the polls, no sign of dis
order was in evidence and in conse-
quence the police had nothing to do
| but stand and look on. No clashes
of any sort occurred during the day.
Women Show Interest
Columbia women grasped the first
! opportunity to vote and played a
prominent part in the first and Sec;
! ond primaries to choose mayor and
| two councilmen. 1t is conceded on
all sides that the fair sex with its
voting power cast a new form for
city, county and state elections. The
! interest of the women in the munich
pal primary aroused the men voters
aud stirred the candidates to the lin
! it. The women ballotted in every
ward yesterday in large numbers, ap-
proximately 1000 scratching their
tickets like veteran politicians.
Coleman carried four wards and
I Richardson took four. The Coleman
wards were heavy voting precincts
and two of the Richardson districts
were the smaller ones. Ward 1 gave
Coleman an extraordinary vote and
sent the plurality across the 500
mark. He carried Ward l, Ward 2,
Ward 8 and Ward 6, while Ward 4,
! Ward 5, Ward Z and Ward 8 went
over to the Richardson column.
The man who lost his eyesight by
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