The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-10
PR0HIBITIONISTS WIN FIGHT.
ORDINARY DECIDED WITH THEM IN
sPAULDING COUNTY.

Under His Decision They VIII Have
About 100 MajOrity-The Ants Had
Won on the Face of the Returns.
Appeal VIII he Taken TO the Supe-
rior Contributors Who Quhlihed
After Registration Rocks Closed
Counted Out-Bnnk Officers Elect
ed.
Griffin. Ca, Jan. 9.--The contest of thu
Prohibitonists is over so far as Judge
James A. Drewry is concerned and the
counsel for the respondents viii give no
lice of an appeal to the Superior Court,
which will be taken at once.
This morning at o'clock promptly the
court convened and Col. Marcus w. Beck
began his speech. which lasted three hours.
Those who listened TO it were struck with
its force of argument and the magnetic
manner in which he presented his case.
At the close Of this speech Judge J. \.
Drewry al once delivered his decision to
tipe effect that those who were qualified
after the registration closed were not en-
titled to vote and their votes should be
thrown out OF the ballot box. In deliv-
ering his decision, Judge Drcwry said:
what Judge DrcVYry Says.
Il have been as anxious TO arrive az the
truth of these questions as any member
of the bar interested in the case, or party
on either side of it, The truth is what !
have desired to arrive at Under the law,
I think l will be justified in saying that
the Griffin precinct should remain in, and
the votes polled therein be counted. In
af-1 ia
by evidence submitted. I will have TO refer
10 the evidence. Coming to the registra-
ton law, ! have learned by heart what
the Legislature enacted about 1t, both In
the House and Senate. ] have also stud
led the case of Cole ct al. VS.. McLendOn
which has given me strength In arriving
at my decision in this question TAX
ing the whole of the regis tration law
together as passed in 1894 and the Grim
inal code section 625 and the eighty-eiGhth
and ninetieth Georgia reports and the laws
as set forth in the code, l WILL under my
oath of office, overrue the demurrer of
the respondents in this case in regard TO
the qualifying of voters after the voters
book was closed.
"In reference to the ballot complained
of by the respondents, il is admitted that
ii was counted but once, When ticket
is voted it is numbered and the same num-
Der appears on the voters list. 1t APP
pears but once and is counted but once
and cannot injure any one. Referring to
the act il requires that the ballots shall
have printed or written on them the wor Is
For the sale" or the words Against the
sale" Ii does not say that nothing else
shall be on them. If the words of the
statute are on it, hold that it is suih-
cient. 1 therefore hold it to be a legal
ballot. AS to Cabin district hold that
it. goes in. l will write out my decision
in full, giving my reasons therefor and
file il tomorrow"
About 300 votes have been challenged,
and they are now being consolidated and
thrown out. II is probable that this work
Will be finished by tomorrow afternoon.
II is said that this consolidation will give
the Prohibitionists nearly 100 majority.
Bank Officers Elected.
To-day the stockholders of the City Ma
toinal Bank met at the office of the presi-
dent and reorganized by electing the fol-
lowing directors: r. H. Drake. II. G.
Burr, ]. G. Rhea, ]. f. Drake, A. S. Muir
ray, W. E. H. Searcy, Jr, and w. j. Kin
caid. The directors then elected the fol-
lowing officers President. r. II. Drake:
vice president. II. c. Burr; cashier, J. G.
Rhea; assistant cashier, j. f. Drake.
The only change of importance made
was that of president when II. c. Burr,
after fifteen years of service, stepped
down and r. II. Drake, who has for some
time been vice president. took his place.
Col w. f. H. Searcy Jr., was elected
a director instead of Col. r. T, Daniel