The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-09-09
THE OFFICIAL
COUNT OF The
FIRST PRIMARY
Blease and Mcleod in
Second Race F O T
Governor-O t h e T
Figures Given

Mcleod of RlShOpTille Will have TO
enter a second race for the govern
orship on September II. and John
E. Swearingen of Columbia and j.
Fl. Hope of Florence will run over
for state superintendent of educa-
ton next Tuesday. according to the
Official announcement made here
this afternoon by the state Demo
cratic executive committee, meet
ing to tabulate the returns and de-
clare the results Of the first Demo
cratic primary election held last
Tuesday.
The committee announced the
nomination of B. F. Jackson of
Wagner for lieutenant governor:
w. B. Dove of Columbia for sec
retary of state: NJ. S. Wolfe Of An
derson for attorney general; R.
E. Craig of Columbia for adjutant
and Inspector general: T. Harris OF
Pendleton for commissioner of agri-
culture: Walter f. Duncan Of Al
ken for comptroller general, and
S. T. Carter for state treasurer.
In the Sixth district P. H. Stoll
of Kingstree and A. H. Gasque OF
Florence will have to run over for
congress. In all the other dis
tricts the incumbents, w. Turner
Logan of Charleston, first: James
F. zByrnes of Aiken, second; Frel
H. Dominick Of Newberry, third;
John At. Swain Of Greenyitle
fourth: ". T. Stevenson of Che
raw fifth. and n. P. Fulner Of
North seventh, were renominated.
Frank A. Mcleod of Sumter, A. F.
Spigner of Columbia and L. NJ.
Gasque of Marion. respectively.
were renominated.
The following is the official vote
for state offices:
For governor, Cole L. Blease,
77. .79S; j. j. Cantey, 1850: William
Coleman. 3.797; J. T. Duncan, L.
$50: George K. Laney, 23,164;
Thomas S. McLeod. s5,7es.
Lieutenant Governor.
Lieutenant Governor, E. c. L.
Adams. 39.457; f. B. Jackson, 49,
sos: Jennings K. Owens. s5.527.
Secretary Of State. W. Banks
Dove. 100,954 James c. Dozier,
1886.
Attorney General, Harold Eu-
banks, 36.22S: D. NJ. Winter, 49,
454: S. NJ. Wolfe. s0.Os1.
State treasurer, S. T. Carter,
l67,30l.
Comptroller General. Walter E.
Duncan. 10000; T. Hagood Good
ing, 56.527.
State superintendent OF Educa-
ton. Mrs. Bessie Rogers Drake.
5,1so; ]. H. Hope. 1869: o. D.
Seay. 1868: Cecil H. Seigler. o.
i1l2:: John E. Swearingen. 45.006;
Mrs. E. Barton Wallace. 22,126.
Adjutant and Inspector General.
r. E. Craig, 91,27S; T. B. Mar
shall. SO.S93 =
Commissioners of Agriculture. 3.
Harris. iO7.s52; George w. Wight
man. e0.722.
Congress:
First district. w. Turner Logan.
10.437: I. S. Hutto, 1853; j. 2
Morrison, 1921.
Second district, James F. Byrnes
F, 14,s7l.
Third district. F. H. Dominiek.
14,4o7: E. P. McCravy, 1852; S.
H. Sherard. 4.762.
Fourth district, John j. Nc
Swain. 1925.
| Fifth district, w. F. Stevenson.
20.127.
Sixth district. w. R. Barring-r,
4.504: A. H. Gasoue. 1855: J. +.
Pate 4.26l; P. H. stoll 1888.
Seventh District, A. j. Bethea,
is.s76: H. P. Fulmer 1852; John
j. McMahan 3.674.
Solicitor, Third circuit, John G
Dinkins, 3,204; Frank A. Mcleod,
4.2S7.
Fifth circuit. A. F. spigener, 49,
4S9.
WeiII1 l., u. W. uAS<A Wv
4.130: L. NJ. Gasque 9,SS7.
The returns were tabulated by a
subcommittee composed of r. =.
Searson. of Allendale. Sam j. Mich
oils. of Spartanburg. and Dr.. l. j.
Campbell.
Irregular Scratching
The ruling Of Edgar a. Brown
/ chairman. that when the names on
the ballot for certain office is H.
regularly scratched and the bal
ance Of the ballot is otherwise cor
rectly marked. only that Office In
question. is invalidated. The vote
for the remaining offices is to be
counted. 1t developed that in the
last primary when there was ir-
regularity in one part OF the baiio'
the whole ticket was thrown out
by some of the managers.
a resolution from the NeWberry
executive committee was READ IN
which the state committee was me-
morialiZed TO do something 10 regu-
late the placing Of ballots in wrong
boxes.
Eugene r. Blease committeeman
] from Newberry, said that fully zoe
I tickets had to be thrown out in his
] county in the first primary because
OF being placed in the wrong box.
+; Reports from every part OF the
state is to the same effect. 1t has
! been variously estimated that fully
/ :. 900 TO 10000 votes We're lost in
! The laet nrinarv because OF thi.: