Tabulated \fee in County Showi
Substantial Democratic Gain*
MAJORITY OF COOUDGE
FALLS OFF OVER 1,000
Voters Seemed to be Unfavorable to
Amendments—Port Bill Loses
I ^ ' ■
ago the last Ptnldi nt
wM * majority of 1 Mi obis
Go*. Cox. In tlM mum
didata for Qowmt, «u |hw a ma
jority of ljMft #w Governor Morri
son, and W. L- Alberty
Sheriff om th
hjr 1.4S» majority
Jority of only IN, • dm
Jority ill ttm years <f
And this in a year whei
pk folnf la the pods.
did the
a loas in the majori
in the county for this
year L M. Meek Ins secured a majori
ty "i only 47* orer Mr. McLean when
hi* fMy candidate four yrars are
was I'lrea a malm It | of 1^04.
By eoaiparhc the rote in
We find that there war* 7,776
voting la the election two yearn ago.
That year marked the
point within (he ranks of the
lima patty whoa the leadsrs
Into two factions and a tare* part ot
the rank end fOe of the party were
becoming tired of the alleged how
rale of their party. This was evidenc
ed by the hflge namhsi1 who support
ed the Panocmtie ticket ia the elec
tion of IMS. Thm H was that the
wan wm*w£!!d oat ta
m gooi mm mM for tk< office* aa
K» ffianty afford*, rOeelred majori
:lea that pi* rid rrrrj candidate into
Mk
Two years af* W. M. Jackaon waa
Ircivd to the Hmm «nr Dr. J. T.
mith, majerttj 1M, out of a total
rotf of 7.T7S east. Thia year Um
rotara failad to intaia him, ud fan
lis opponent, H. H. Barker, a aMjori
y of «W. Thus io again mm a steady
wilif orer of a number of tha
oters to the Democratic caadidatea
Two years ago Mlaa Lflliaii Hark
ader wast Ma office by the grace
>f oaty n rotes, and with nearly two
he eteetiea°*tfcie yaar aha waa able
«rty «f aeren wtaa. froa tha
abaiated sate it will ha seen that
Mlaa Harkrader (an atroag ht tha
owne of tha cooaty. la Ifth, for
natance, aha waa |t»w a awjerlty of
xratle ticket earrtai the toaiiahlp
yy S00
Bat 4mt think all tha gaina thia
raar ware on the Daatoeratte JUa.
Pwo yaar* if* Mrs. fatter eon. af
rraas airainut Major Bt« liaaa, waa
rlrea a majority of MS In tha coanty.
nils year the Bepabiieaa candidate,
r. C. Carter, raiaed thia BMpority to
Ml. Still he raa eonaiderat ly be
lind for foor year* ago W. D Merritt,
Kajor Stedman'a opponeat, waa glrea
i majority of 1,018 hy hi* party—
,bowing a falling off in the Coagres
lional majority of orer 1,000 rote* la
lorry alone.
Election day found the rot«ra of
luity strong against the Port BUI,
;he meaaiua loaiag oat in tha county
Mrs FIRST NECftO ELECT.
EO AS JUDGE
Lawyer WW Laa*i W «M0
hi CMcm* W«lHVMt
af City awl Bar
CMctfo, Not. 7.—,»■! fclhy
Gmt|» «»jr» b* ia tlM first m(n
judg* ia America to k* il acted to
• court at record for B. H. Terrtll, t
■igru judge of Waahtogtoa, D. C,
"Lawyer Gwrp" u hf ia popular
ly known aaoif hi* ran, ia fifty-one
yearn oM. Ha haa practiced here far
twenty-fix years. He wwa kk place
In the landetide ky 65.00* arm Ma
nearer! Democratic competitor. Tha
sola waa city wide. Mr. George haa
aa excellent reputation.
Ha ia H(ht ia color, with
Um. "I feel that a great trust haa
bean imposed upon me. Tka eoleead
paople at our city not aaly rejoice ta
thia ■acceaa, bat are looktag forward
to thia eerrice aa Whf aomethlag
that will help straighten oat some of
our problem*.
"1 am imprsaaad with tha thought
that tha welfare of ear groap may ha
aerioaaly affected eHher (or goad er
harm by my conduct I aA aenaiMa,
of the fact that it will ha mr duty
to ha a good Jadga ia erary aanaa of
the word.
"My practice haa haa* largely to
civil caaea. I hare trial eaaea for
white people against colored and hare
won against negro lawyers defending
whites.
ot the
ComUmmt ft. A.
of nwli extant that W|y»l»n of the
■mini today war* roarratulathtc
thwaaWia em tha auH Margin
arainat them.
Governor Morrison mofiUH the
aeopa and claaaifli aUona of the op
poaitton hi n—iintim on the cam
paign today bat he had nothing to
My of them In Ma etafc
Tea cm an early
Wawa at Craed'a
e#w <f The
If • —Jllttf Ii ML
Tto mM at Jthl J. Taylor, Da
Mnt, aad J R. Imh, »i»akHiaa.
for office of bfiatr of
left to the enasty sleetiaa board. t
aiajuritj of the ■iwtn i voted for
Taylor and be m (teetered elected.
Drwmti, defeated Ed Rate aad
Walter George, RepoMicaaa, for tto
of fie* of county coaHsiaaienen, while
J. W. Morefieid, toMto, d«frat
ed 8. F. Stone. Ttoeoerst, Car tto
um office. Wilttaaisoa'a Mjori
ty in IIS, Hart'i 112, Morrfleld's
ML
la tto rota for pniHral Coofidfea
boat Davis 171. LaFaOette *»t 4*
rotas.
Carter's majority erar Stadawn
hi tto cosnty was M.
Helaabeck defeated MeCanieea for
Censer M, whila in tto rata far
Sorreyor Shettaa baat MalUean FT.
fratad Ht Stokes by a amjiallj of
M7. tto rata bate* MM a«ala« aad
«7S for port MH. Oaly stoat MM
or. either way. Many people did
not understand tto pwpmi and
waiklnga of K sufficiently to know
just tow to rata on it, and tonea
didnt rata at alL
?ri— Baby Dim Wrmm Pmmb
Ob Pises of IraaJ
Now York, Nor. 8.—Mary Ishaafsr
two aad oaa-totf yaars old, wto was
a silrar medal in a heahh priaa cam
trst last year, died in a hospital to
day. poisoned by roach powdai placed
as a piece of broad. While playing
at bona the child foond tto broad
beneath an ice box and ate K. She
was rushed to a hospital and after
apparently responding to treatment,
suffered a relapse which prorad fatal.
.Official Vote of Surry County, Cast November 4, 1924.
1 ■
BflElellPI Hi t* 8B1*
vent ion of the state toocntk par
ty in 1M« he waa a candidate for the
nrumination for |uwn«r against the
late Lock* Craig, of AikcriDf, am!
A skier Horna. Crair *ai
by United Stetea Senator
and the neutral force* wan
Horna. The convention waa
locked for many day*. Finally
the deadlock waa hrokaa
unarmed the candidate and won eas
ily. Craif was
ed foor yaai
In IMS Kitckin waa a
far the aoaitnatiea far the United
Kitchtn. gImius. and Walter Clark,
then chief Jaillri of the state wm
at the ace pt 44,
man In pohlic Ms arc Jast
the teoat tan portent part at
raraar, ha retired to private life ssri
metfce e« law. Be waa
the fhwi af Mink«
t Raleigh ant# 1»1«.