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Show SOOMJ CITY FEJ1S TflOUDLE lEfljpOil South Carolina ' State Troops Held in Readiness for Emergency as Result of Charleston Voting CHARLESTON, 8. O! Ang. . Four companies sf Booth Carolina national guard stood in .readiness for emergencies today while voters of Charleston cast their baltota In a bitterly contested mayoralty primary. Two military units ara at their armories nam, while troops la Orangeburg and TV'alterboro have reeeivsd orders to stand by. John P. Grace, tha present mayor, la seeking third term. . He Is opposed by Thomas .P. Btonay, solicitor for this court circuit. - Mayor Qraea at said to have featured fea-tured his campaign by charging hla opponent was being backed by tha Kg Klux Klan. A ataument from Stoney headquarters emphatically em-phatically denied that tha klan or any other organisation waa behind their candidate. |