Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-09-11
COLE BLEASE LEADS
BYRNES BY 2,20O
III CAROL LIMA RACE
Columbia State Comedies
Victory, Saying Full Returns
viii Not Change Result

COLUMBIA, S. c., Sept 10.-By
the Associated Press. Cole l..
Blease, twice governor of South
Carolina, and twice before a candl-
date for the senatorship, was lead
ing James F.. Byrnes, representative
from the Second South Carolina dis
trict, by margin Of 2,210 votes for
the Democratic nomination as Unit
ed States senator upon the basis o.
nearly complete unofficial returns
from yesterdays run-Off primary
tabulated here early today
The vote, representing 1926 pre-
cincts out of 1854, stood: Blease,
97,462; Byrnes, 95,252.
John M. Daniel, assistant attorney
general, was leading J. Monroe
Spears, of Darlington, 9S,1S2 to 80
254 for attorney general, and B. Har-
ris, incumbent, had a safe margin
over James w. Shealy, of Lexing-
ton, for commissioner of agriculture,
their respective votes bein 104,965
and 0,509.
Thomas S. Mcmillan, of Charles
on, defeated Representative w. Tur-
ner Logan for the latter's seat in
congress from the First district, and
Hare, of Saluda, was nominated over
Solicitor Robert l.. Gunter, of Aiken,
for the place now held by Represen-
tatiVe Byrnes.
Although the returns were incOm-
plete the missing boxes were said to
contain insufficient votes to change
the relative standings as shown by
this mornings tabulation.
IN
LogaH 1887; Hare, 1882; Gunter,
9,169.I
Former Governor Blease went
into a lead over Representative
Eyrnes in the first returns received,
and he held his lead throughout the
night, with the exception of a brief
period when the Aiken congressman
had some 400 votes more than his
opponent. The margin separating
the two candidates was seldom
sreater than 5000 votes, although at
times Mr.. Blease's lead approached
1000. Later returns favored Mr..
Byrnes slightly, with the result that
the final computation of available
reports showed a difference Of 2,210
between them,
SENATOR JOSEPH e. RANSDELL
LEADING IN LOUISIANA
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 10.-Sena-
tor Joseph E. Ransdell, Of Lake
Providence, apparently was renoml'
mated in Yesterdays Democratic
primary by an indicated majority of
more than $4,000 votes over Lee
Thomas, mayor of Shreveport, ac-
cording to unofficial returns early to-
day.
Returns from approximately 1000
precincts of the states 1910, includ-
ing the city of New Orleans, com
plete, gave Ransden 1871, Thomas
81 ,056. The vote in New Orleans was:
Ransdell, 36,744; Thomas, 1S,107.
Reports from the Sixth congress
sional district indicated a close race
between Representative George x.
Favrot, of Baton Rouge, and Bolivar
Kemp, of Amite. Returns from 40
of the 1T precincts in the district
gave Favrot 1892, Kemp 1892.
This was the only one of the eight
congressional districts in which there
was a contest, the other seven CON
gressmen having no opposition.
Huey p Long, chairman CT the
public service commission and candl-
date for governor last year, was run
ming far ahe-,d of his opponent,
State Senator w. L. Bagweu of West
Carroll parish. Scattered and tncon-
plete returns showed he was main
tanning a lead of four TO one for re-
nomination to the service commits
sion.
District Judges. district attorneys
and candidates for several places in
the state court of appeals also were
voted for.