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Show County Republicans Dump Incumbent Saturday evening Tound the Ktartled republican In convention assembled at the (larfleld County Courthouse In the embarrassing position of having sort of hair-wlttlngly dumped the Incumbent. When the smoke of balloting hud cleared away after the tally on who should he the nominees for the K9t of 4 year comml-Moner, It was found that Incumbent 2 year commissioner Jess.-Cherrlngton had fallen by the wayside on the short-end of the count which saw Clarence Foy and Usher Henrie win the nod to go on the ballot under the 12a gle. With one ballot being taken to fill each post on the ticket, the 4 yr commissioner tally gave Clarence Foy getting 8 votes I'sher Henrie 3 votes, Jesse Cherrlngton 2 votes, and Tom Davles 1 vote. Several of the delegates who attended the convention expres sed themselves astonished at the results some had the Idea apparently that the other fellow was going to vote for Cherrlngton, assuring him of a spot on the primary ballot. Clarence Foy, who led the fight for the Sevier .River dam rights when it seemed an almost hopeless cause, showed surprising strength In snowing the opposition under, gathering more delegate strength than the other three hoperuls combined. The fight for the right to go Into the Republican Primary was a tight one In the 2 year commissioner Slot, with Alton Shakespeare winning on the first ballot. Ernest Ahlstrom and Leslie IeFevre tied for second place a run-off count won p place on the ballot for Ieslle. In the contest for sherlfT, Reed Judd nosed out Deward Woodard by one vote but both go on the ballot, the third man, O. n. Huntington, having been eliminated. |