Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-11-06
ELECTION RESULTS
CAUSE NC SURPRISE
Weather and Apathy Reduce County
Vote-Hardly More Than Primary
Byrd Sweeps State BY $4,000

Election day in Woodstock dawn
ed with leaden skies and many there
were with leaden hearts who had
looked forward to a mountaineering
vote for their favorite candidate. 1t
was such morning as crimped the
civic pride of any citizen living re-
mote from the polling places, and I'M
til noon the struggling voters had
not made perceptible dent in the
list. of qualified voters. Even the
town vote was held down by weather
conditions.
Then about eleven O'Clock the
sunshine broke through the clouds
and those in charge of the lists be-
gan to get busy and show such life
as marked the elections of other
years.
After midday the rural vote seem
/ ed aroused from its apathy and leth-
argy and men and women climbed
into their FordS and hiked for the
booths. The casting of ballots reach
+ ed its peak about four p. m. and then
/ the election officers began to yawn
as they did earlier in the day. The
stream of those entitled to and en-
joying suffrage began to dwindle and
there was little to do.
Save for the fight made against
Treasurer Purcell because of his
church affiliations and by the K K
K, there was little or no animation
in the days proceedings.
An hour before the polls closed,
only $50 votes had been cast at
Court House precinct, less than half
of the voting strength, and although
strenuous efforts were made to rally
the recalcitrants, little was accom-
plished. The folks simply wouldn't
go out and vote
The same conditions obtained at
Town Hall and other precincts
throughout the country, and these
conditions were brought about be-
cause the sureness of Byrd's cleo
ton persuaded many Democrats to
stay away from the polls and the
hopelessness of a Republican victory
kept many of those of that party at
home,
49, Some County Features
The unanimity with which Byrd
was supported by his party and by
Republicans is indicated in the vote
of Edinburg and Madison District,
where for the first time since the
days of Readjusterism a Democrat
carried the district for State Office
He not only carried Edinburg by 1872
majority but he carried with him
the entire State ticket by good ma
jorities. At both Furnaces, Byrd got
majorities and at Liberty, where the
Democratic vote may be counted on
the thumb of one hand he received
thirteen votes to his opponents two.
Election Generally
Senator Byrd has carried the Sew
enth District by approximately H.
OOO majority
The majority given Governor Trim
kle in this district four years ago was
1000. Anderson's vote in the dis
trict in that election totaled about
5000.
In Tuesdays election the Republi-
can vote had dwindled to 1000, indi-
eating that. many hundreds of Repub-
licans had given their support to
Byrd, the first man to be elected gov
ernor from the Shenandoah Valley
in nearly SO years.
Approximate majorities for Byrd
in the various counties of the Sew
enth District, compiled from latest
returns, indicated the following:
Frederick and Winchester, $500.
Clarke, $40.
Warren, 500.
ShenandoaHs1675.
Rockingham and Harrisonburg,
291O.
Rappahannock, 400
Page, 800 Republican four years
ago..
Albemarle and Charlottesville,
1900
Madison, 200
Greene, 100.
Election tabulations show that in
scores of precincts of the Seventh
District Byrd's opponent did not re-
ceive a single vote