The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-08
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The Fights for some of the Ofhces
Very Livalv


The Fights for some of the Ofhces
Very Lively.
ATHENS, Ga. Jan. The county cleo
ton to-day resulted as follows: Sheriff. ].
W. Weir; clerk. J. K. Kenny; tax oh
lector, H. II. Linton; tax receiver, D. E.
Tins; county treasurer, G. J. OiFarrell;
county surveyor, c. N. st ahan; ,eoaoner
j. A. Pittner. The pivot on which the in
/ terest turned was the contest for county
surveyor between Messrs Strahan and
Daniels Mr.. Daniels was the nominee, but
boIted the ticket In the election some time
since. and Mr.. Strahan was overwhelmingly
elected.
DADE COUNTY.
TRENTON. GA, Jan. THE following
we're elected to-day: 5. H Thurman. clerk
/ OF the superior court; w. A Byrd, sheriff
| Q. w. Hughes, tax collect II; Frank Nc
Kaig, assessor; b. p. Majors. treasurer.
There will be no changes except in the office
OF tax assessors, j. H. Corrupt retiri e
| There was a good deal If betting ami con
siderable feeling engendered over the race
| for clerk. t
WAYNE COUNTY.
JEsUP, GA, Jan. THE county election
has been holly contested to-day. J. d.
Robertson was reelected sheriff, and j. C.
/ AobSh1l AN4 icCclNeT, DOLu OptObl-
| tlon. The other candidates are 50 close
| together that it will be impossible, until all
precincts are heard from, to tell who is
| elected.
BURKE COUNTY.
WAYNEsBoRD, GA, Jan. 7.--e'The county
! election here to-day was the issue Of the
| alliance against the county officers now in
| power. The alliance candidates were over
whelmingly defeated and all the old county
officers were reelected. The next sheriff
will be G. w. Hurst; the clerk of the curt,
T. Q. Warnock; the tax receiver, Jesse
| Wimberly; the tax collector, g, A. Ward,
and the treasurer. Thomas Dummy.
MORGAN COUNTY.
MADISON, GA, Jan. THE election
| closes warm For treasurer, High is %
ahead at the county pre- 'incts. The vote
has not been counted in this city yet 1t is
close race. w. r. Daniel, for tax collsc-
| tor; II. G. Sears, for sheriff; r. 8. Saffold,
for tax receiver: j. II. Baxter, for cor ,ner !;
G. B. Barrow, for surveyor. and G. w. Bald
win, for clerk, are elected, so far as the re-
turns show. A heavy vote was polled.
| No disturbances occurred. The returns are
not all in.
| WASHINGTON COUNTY.
| SANDERsvILLE, G T., Jan. THE follow
ing ticket was elected for county officers to-
day: For clerk of the superior court, G.
| w. Smell; for sheriff. c. A. Wall; for treas
urer, d. r. Thigpen; for tax receiver, E. D.
| Strange; for tax collector, B. T. Rawlings;
for surveyor, NJ. L. jackson; for coroner !,
| Green Lowe.
EFFINGHAM COUNTY.
GUYToN, Ga, Jan. I'm the election to-
day for county officers the result is as fol-
| lows: Clerk, A. j. Shearhouse; sheriff, W.
| w. Griffin collector, j. r. Rain; receiver,
| Grovenstelne; treasurer, James Bird;
surveyor, Powers; coroner, Brogdon. the
contest for clerk was very spirited between
Mr.. Shearaonse the present incumbent,
and Frank Tarver, the retiring sheriff.
There we're four candidates for sheriff. Mr..
Griffin squeezed in by half dozen votes
over Mr.. Haw kins, his strongest competitor
The fortunate ones are good men, and will
make acceptable officers.
GLYNN COUNTY.
BRUNSWICK, GA, Jan. 7.-Tbe election
for county officers to-day resulted as fol-
lows: W. II. Bernie, sheriff; j. L. Beach,
clerk; j. P. Lamb, treasurer; II. J. Read,
tax collector; G. c, Myers, surveyor.
The election for city officers result ed: e.
| A. Nelson, clerk and treasurer; j. A. Dun
woody, health officer; 3. A. Fahm, harbor
master; G. II. Mortified, chief of the FIRE
department.; DR.. Tucker, city physician; f.
Harris, attorney.