Evening journal., 1922-09-05
begin CANVASS
OF KENT Vote
Democratic County Com
mittee Also Meets at
Dover to Organize
MANY CONTESTS
IN PRIMARIES
Special to The Evening Journal.

\ Special TO The Evening Journal.
DOVER, Del. Sept. 5.-The Kent
County Democratic executive COM
Z mittee met here today % canvass the
vote OF Saturdays primaries. The
Il new county committee elected on
Saturday also vii met ami organize.
The committee will be composed of
20 male members and 20 female
members. With but few exceptions.
E.he new committee WIZ consist CT
severai of tho present membership
The primaries were marked by
spirited contests throughout the
county. In the Senatorial districts
there was but one contest that Of
|,rhe first Senatorial district including
Smyrna, Leipsic and Dover where
Wilbert Rawley. of Leispic, a long
announced candidate for the Sena-
t6ial honors of the district. was
defeated by Charles w. Hardesty. of
Dover. The vote was. Hardesty $50
RawIey 425. It is said Hardesty was
supported by the Ku Klux Klan.
In the two other Senatorial Dis
tricts in Kent county the third and
fifth, Charles r. Brown. Of Wlyom-
ing, Third District. and /. Watson
Belts, of Frederica, Fifth District.
were unopposed.
There were six contests in the
county for members OF the General
Assembly in some OF which contests
the victors won by slight matorities.
In the First Representative Dis
trict including the town Of Smyrna.
there were two contestants. namely.
William ID. KING and Harry slaugh-
ter. Slaughters unofficial majority
over King was 2O3.
In the Second Representative
District. including Leipso and Dover.
Arthur +. Dawes, a farmer living
just east of Dover. defeated John
d. Hawkins Of this town, by 90 ma
Jority. unofficial.
In the Third Representative Dis
trict, including Clayton and Kenton.
another spirited contest took place
between Eugene Meredith and
George Pratt Pratt winning out by
small majority of IS.
In the Fourth District. including
all OF West Dover, lively fight took
|place between Walter d. Hawkins
and Frank b. Webb. the Webb ma
jority being Is.
In the Fifth Representative Dis
trict, including the larger part of
Dover, William S. Hardcastle. Of this
|town. was unOpposed.
In the Sixth District. Albert Good
was opposed by Speaker Walter J.
|Psskey, Good defeating Paskey by 22
Votes.
In the Seventh District. Garrett S.
Zones. OF Camden. was unopposed.
In the Eighth District, in a three
|cornered fight. between Jester Gray
OF near Frederica; Elijah F. Melvin.
|of Frederica, and J. L. SOper. living
near Magnolia. Gray beat both OF his
opponents by 1O9 majority.
In the Ninth and Tenth districts
both legislative candidates we're un-
Opposed. George W Hansen. of Har-
|rington, being nominated and in the
|Tenth district. Ora W. Davis nomi-
mated.
The contests for County Commis
|sioner in two Of the Levy Court dis
|;ricts. First and Second. were mark
ed with unusual activity. In the
4 llsl ulsulct lncluulnE lue REPRE- Q
sentative districts OF the First, Sec .
ond. Third and Fifth. in which Henry
Henry d. Boyer and Samuel Fortner.
both of Smyrna. were the candidates
the fight was a lively one Boyer re-
|ceiving 995 votes while Fortner poll
ed 796.
In the second Levy Court District. /
Including the fourth. sixth and ninth F
Representative Districts the fight .
was even more lively and bitter. (
there being three candidates. George /,
II Brown and John w Sheldrake !
from the Ninth District and John r. :
Medford Of the Sixth istrict. Shell Z
drake who was seeking reelection, Z
had as his home opponent George {
II. Brown. where the fight was most I
bitter. Sheldrake won out. how /
ever. the vote being Medford, 40; /
500 and Brown 276. /
George w. Waldman. OF the third .
Levy Court district. including the /
seventh, eighth and tenth districts,
was unoppOsed.