Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1926-08-28
Interesting Contests Forshad.
owed At The Primaries
In September
STATE CONVENTION
WILL MEET SEPT. %

Thirty-one candidates filed for the
Worcester county offices, all manag-
ing to get their applications in before
midnight on Tuesday last. Some sur
prised the people by their late entry,
and much speculation has been rife
as to what he means by that"
Voters have chance to exercise
quiet range of choice; the candi-
dates are representative men; some
are tried in office and have made
good; others are seeking a chance to
make just as good.
Berlin, Pocomoke City, Girdletree,
Ocean City, Snow Hill, Stockton,
Newark, and Bishopville, are the To-
calities represented by seekers after
office, so the whole county is very
well covered. The entries in the great
political free-foH-all, are as follows:
For State Senate Orlando Harri-
SON, Berlin.
For House of Delegates-R. !. Led
mum, Pocomoke City; Horace Davis,
Berlin; George L. Barnes, Jr., Cir
dletree; and L. Franklin Purnell,
Ocean City.
For Clerk of the Court. Shiles
Crockett, Pocomoke City; Edwin H.
Taylor, Stockton; j. Edward White,
Snow Hill; Miss Bessie Bowen, Snow
Hill.
For County Treasurer-Roger w.
Lankford, and J. Foster Davis, POGO
moke City; Charles H. Parsons, T.
Spence Smith, and William C. Powell,
Snow Hill.
For County Commissioners -Chas.
L. Mason, Pocomoke City, First dis
trict; James B. Robbins, Snow Hill,
and John w. Munford, Newark, Sec
ond district, and Gordon L. Burbage,
Rillie p. Dennis, and Thomas Y.
Franklin, all of Berlin, Third district.
For States Attorney - Godfrey
Child, Pocomoke City; and William
III. Price, Snow Hill.
For Register of Wills-Dr. Paul
Jones, Snow Hill.
For Judges Orphans Court-Thos.
J. Fassett, Berlin; Samuel E. Shock
ley, Snow Hill; and Isaac J. Davis,
Pocomolze City, Md.
For Sheriff.. T. Parks, Pocomoke
City; Everett d. Truitt, Snow Hill;
William II. Collins, Bishopville; Wal
ter r. Dennis, Newark; and Thomas
T. Brimer, Snow Hill.
In this line up it will be seen that
Snow Hill has II candidates; POGO
moke City, 8; Berlin, 6; Newark, 2;
and Girdletree, Ocean City, Stockton
and Bishopville, each.
In these, Senator Harrison; Repre-
sentatives Lednum and Barnes; Coun-
ty Commissioners Mason, Burbage
and Mumford; Register of Wills, DR.
Paul Jones; and Judges of the Or
phans' Court, Fassett, Shockley, and
Davis,-are all standing for re-elec-
ton. All the rest, except those who
have no opposition-Senator Harri-
son, Charles L. Mason, DR.. Paul
Jones, and the three judges of the
Orphans Court-would like to have
somebody else's job.
Besides the county officers, the pri-
maries will nominate for Governor o1
the State, Chief Judge of the First
Judicial district, Representative in
Congress, choose the delegates to the
State Convention and name the State
Central Committee.
]. Enos Ray, chairman of the Demo
cratic State Central Committee, has
announced that the Democratic Safe
Convention would be held September
% in the Auditorium Theater, conven.
ing at noon. At the meeting of the
committee on June 18th Mr.. Ray wa:
authorized to set the covention date
and fix the place.
The date named was said to be the
earliest one practicable. The primar;
election will be held September 14th
and the Boards of Election Supervis
ors throughout the State will not meet
until the following Thursday to can
vass the returns.
Certificates stating the names of the
delegates elected to the conventions
will be mailed to the chairman of the
respective parties and it is thought
that all of these will not be received
until the following Saturday or Mon
day. Registration will be in progress
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