Smyrna times., 1928-07-25
MANY ASPIRE TO KENT OFFICES
ThirtyOne Candidates Already An
nOunced for Nomination for Various
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Politics in Kent county are begin
ming to warm up, so much so that
already 81 candidates have announced
themselves for the nomination to the
several offices including state senator's,
representatives., coroner, sheriff, reg
lister of wills, receiver of taxes, comp
troller and levy court commissioners.
While no date has been set for the
county primaries by the county com
mittee the probabilities are that they
will not be held until the middle or
latter part of September, as they
could not be held until after the sec
ond registration day which is August
25 and as the following Saturday is
the Saturday before Labor Day, they
would not be held on that date. Meth
er would they likely be held on Sep
tember 8, which is the primaries for
the Republican State Convention thru
out the state. As usual there are
several candidates for sheriff and cor
oner while in some districts there is
mroe than one candidate for the office
of representative. So far there is but
one candidate for the office of repre-
sentative. So far there is but one
candidate for State Senator in the two
districts where Senators will be elect
ed, namely in the Second District,
Charles Hopkins, of West Dover, who
has held this office once before and in
the Fourth District, Wilbur E. Jacobs,
of Harrington. No candidate as vet
has been announced for representative
in the First Representative District,
but in the Second District there are
two candidates, William B. Harring-
ton and Charles Shackell, both from
the Leipsic-C -Cheswold end of the dis
trict. In the Third Representative
District, Clayton, Kenton and Ches-
void, there are two candidates, Claude
II. Pearson, George w. Cook. In the
Fourth Representative District, Jamse
B.Chadwick, of Hartly, has announced
himself as a candidate No candidate,
az yet, from the Fifth or Sixth dis
tricts has been announced. Jacob w.
Brown, Of Wyoming, has announced
himself as a candidate for represen-
tative of the Seventh District. Elijah
s. Hughes Of FELTON,, has announced
himself as a candidate from the Eigh-
tn District. No candidates as vet
have been announced for the Ninth
and Tenth Representative Districts.
For the county offices there is quite rival
fy AS usual For sheriff there are already five
candidates with possibility of one or two
haJn 1rT qaH hafr 4Gs,T
They include the following: Enoch johnson of
the Fourth District Peter s. Brown Seventh
District: Charles O'Neil. Of the Eighth Dis
trict ]. Herman Wids. of the Second Dis
trict William F. Palmer. Of the Ninth Dis
trict. and w P. Jackson. Eighth district
For coroner the candidates include: Walter
>. Nowland. Smyrna, First District Henry
Wright. Dover, Second District Charles w
Poore. Clayton. Third District John w. Ford.
Third District, and Wilbur Pearson. Tenth [
District.
For register Of wills but two candidates are /
far. the incumbent. james r. I
Burrows. and J. Frank Graham.
For receiver of taxes and county treasurer
there three candidates. Nelson Slaughter. 1
Dover. Second District George P. Scotton. |
Harry. Fourth District and Albert Sapp, from /
he Sixth District.
For prothonotary there is but one candidate
% far. the incumbent. Robert E. Lewis. of Do
YER the Second District.
For county comptroller. there two candi- 1
iates. William H. Poore. the incumbent. Of
Hartly. in the Fourth District. and William /
O. Paradee. Of Magnolia. in the Eighth Dis 4
trict.
For Levy Court Commissioners for the /
First District there are three candidates. name
~ r. Harry Wilson, of Dover. the incumbent
William d. Ennis. Leipsic former coroner of |
Kent county and Michael Moffett of Clayton. I
For the Second Levy Court District there is 1
but one candidate. George H. Brown. of Har- ,
-ington. the incumbent For the Third Levy
Court District there is but one candidate. I
Jacob Heyd. of FELTON,. former clerk Of the /
peace.