The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-21
NEWS OF A DAY IN
GEORGIA'S CAPITAL
FEW ELECTION CONTESTS.
ONLY TEN wQULD-BE j. P.'s HAVE
MAZDA PROTESTS.

Out of 1892 Elections for Justice OF
the Peace So Small n Number of
Contests Is Regarded Remark
abIe-sOuth Georgia Counties in
which Contests Are Made-Great
Preparations for the Conservation
of the Bishop of Cuba.
Atlanta, Dec 20.-Out of 1882 cleo
lions for justices of the peace held
early in December, it is not surprising
that there should have been ten con-
tests. The wonder is that there were
not more. Gov. Terrell has received
notice of this number of contests and
has held up the commissions in these
cases until the disputes can be deter
mined.
Besides the ten contests there were
three cases in which tie votes were re-
ceived. One of these was in Effingham
county, where B. F. Marston and ]. j.
Edwards received the same number of
votes.
The contested elections for Justice of
the peace in the southern part of the
state are as follows: In Coffee county,
]. C. Meadows has contested the cleo
ton of f. E. Mcneil as justice of the
One Thousand, One Hundred and Thir-
tieth Militia district; in Lowndes
county, P. l. Hinely has contested the
election of W. T. Corbett in the One
Thousand, Two Hundred and Eighth
Militia district; in Brooks county ].
l1,v hoe ~.
ton of F. C. Hester as justice of the
Seven Hundred and Ninetieth district:
in Liberty county d. D. Dryer has
contested the election of Felix Fraser
in the One Thousand. Four Hundred
and Seventy district; in TattnaU
county F. D. Sapp has contested the
election of w. B. Surrency as justice of
the One Thousand, Four Hundred and
Thirty-second district.
To Consecrate Bishop.
The imposing conservation services of
the Protestant Episcopal Church, by
which Rev. Albion w. Knight will be
elevated to the list of bishops of the
church, will be observed here to-mor-
row. Mr.. Knight was elected at the
recent general convention of the
church held at Boston to be missionary
bishop of Cuba.
The occasion will bring to Atlanta
many of the leading bishops in this
country, beside many clergy from vari-
GUS parts of the country and many
prominent laymen. Bishop d. S. Tut
tie, of Missouri, presiding bishop of
the church, will be in charge of the
ceremony; the ordination sermon will
be preached by Bishop Sessums. of
New Orleans. Other bishops who will
attend and have part in the cere-
monies will be w. C. Gray, Florida;
w. II: Morelan, California; C. NJ.
Beckwith, Alabama; f. G. Weed.
Florida; T. d. Bratton Mississjnni'
]. B. Cheshire, North Carolina: r Fl
Weller, Wisconsin,; c. K. Nelson
Georgia, and Ellison Capers, South
Carolina.
Her Thirtieth Appearance.
Mrs. Emma witter, a white woman.
made her thirtieth appearance in Po-
lice Court to-day, and it was decided to
send her along to a higher court for
Vagrancy She is the first white wom-
an held for vagrancy here in years.
WHISKY has been Mrs. Writer'S failing.
and the police say she could be seen on
the streets any morning before
O'Clock waiting for the saloons to open.
Was kIine's Third Cousin.
The preliminary trial of Saloonkeeper
b. Kline on the charge of marrying his
niece, resulted to-day in his dismissal.
II being shown that it was his third
cousin he married. The prosecution
was Instituted by a rival saloon pro-
prietor.