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Legislative Picture
Also Changed by
Primary Results


Primary Results
Virginia Democrats nominated s6
candidates to local county Offices in
Yesterdays primary which also saw
changes in the State legislative pic
ture.
Frank P. Moncure, member of The
House Of Delegates from Stafford
and Prince William Counties, was
rencminated 2,067 to 1,105 over Ed
gar Parrish, according to complete
unofficial returns from both coun-
ties. OF this total, Prince William
gave him l 1,153 votes and Mr.. Parrish
257.
Other unofficial returns for Prince
William County showed Sheriff J.
P. Kerlin was renominated by 1852
votes to 669 for Wallace Partlow.
In contests for the Board of
Supervisors, the Rev. j. Murray
Taylor was renominated with 49
votes over Christopher Clear with
AZ and John Samsky, jr., 16 in Coles
District: r. B. Gasson defeated c.
B. Roland, the incumbent, in Gaines
vile District, I'll to "a, and in
Occoquan District. r. S. Hall was
renominated over J. L. Dawson, 245
to 161.
Elected to the County Democratic
Committee were C. A. Sinclair, E. R.
Conner, j. Carl Kincheloe, DR..
George B. Cooke and Wheatley M.
johnson.
Justices Nominated.
Justices of the peace nominated
were C. c. Wittner, 1892; Frank
Hornbaker, 313; and William A.
Barber, 262, who defeated John S.
Powell, 245, and William J. Gooch,
153, in Occoquan District.
In Loudoun County, Kamton L.
Monroe, former deputy treasurer,
was defeated by 8. Reed Galleher,
former deupty commissioner of rev.
enue, for the treasurers nomination.
The count was 1860 to / 1896.
Sterling M. Harrison, acting Com
monwealth's attorney, defeated Al
bert F. Anderson for the Common
wealth's attorney nomination, ,984
to 1853. In two Loudoun County
supervisor contests, j. Homer Mock
was nominated over ]. Holmes
Thomas, 283 to 223, in jefferson
District and Birtrand Mckinney,
with. SIG votes, defeated Benjamin
Bridges, the incumbent, with 439
votes for the nomination in Lees
burg District.
Hall Nominated at Warrenton.
In Warrenton. S. S. Hall, jr., re-
ceived the nomination for sheriff
of Fauquier County with 1,671 votes,
compared to 995 for N. M. Lewis.
In, the commemorative attorneys
race, c. G. Stone was renominated
With 1,547 votes to LOGS for E. L.
Balm, jr.
In number of cases the will-
ners in the nominating primary
are assured of election in Noyem.
Der, with s4ight Republican oppo-
sition In some of the counties,
however, where contests have de-
veloped the Urinary win. els Will
merely gain the right to represent
their party in the regular election
this fall.
Some of the counties held no
primary. number of them had
nominated lhei1 legislative candi-
Gates by convention while others
never .lcminate party candida *cG fer
county offices 'nder til primary
system. In r c1unties therc wire
either ITO contests for sheriff o"
Democratic candidates are L..op-
posed. Mosl of these w-le i'll
culni el t:
Eighty-two counties either had no
contests or nominated unopposed
candidates, the Associated Press re-
ported
Big Upset in Augusta County.
One of the biggest upsets in the
primary vote for sheriff was in
Augusta County, where Rudolph L.
Shaver of Staunton, former Vir-
ginia State trooper, unseated Sheriff
G. M. Gilkeson of Lone Fountain in
q ur-cornered race.
Mr.. Shaver ran up 1,478 votes
against Mr. Gilkesons 853. William
F. Coyner, jr., received SOB votes and
Bernard r. Fauber 367 Gilkeson,
three-time president of the Vir-
ginia Sheriffs' Association, had been
In Office for 16 years.
Legislature Results.
Primary results for the Legislature
included:
Senate:
Twentieth (Alleghany, Bath,
Craig, Botetourt, Rockbridge, Buena
Vista and Clifton Forge j. C..
Carpenter, incumbent, nominated
over Eldon K. Crowder.
Twenty-second (Staunton, Au,
gusta, Highland)-Complete unof-
fetal returns give Curry Carter
2,455 to 2,402 for w. F. Young.
House:
Albemarle, Greene and. Char
lottesville-E o. McCue, incumbent,
and Henry B. Gordon nominated
over Richard Thraves and Pierson
Scott.
Madison, complete-N. c. Bailey,
283: c. r. Holiday, 100, and Mrs.
Florrye C. Fuller, 81. Orange Coun-
ty not reported.
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania
William j. Gibson received the
nomination.
Senator Charles w. Crowder,
James E. Gardner, a House vet
eran. and Frank S. Richeson, a real
estate man, were chosen candidates
for the three Senate seats in Rich
mond city as Senator E. r. Fuller
ran fourth in a field of six. Sena-
tor Fuller. 78 years old and a mem
Der of the Senate since 1928, after
prior House service, was chairman
of the Senate General Laws Com
mittee.