The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1904-10-13
Complete Count Shows
They All Passed BY a
Good Vote
LOCAL IAXES FOR SChOOl S
official Count Of tso Counties Just
Completed by Secretary Of State,
Shows all Amendments to
Constitution Were Ratified

The following article from yester
DAYS Atlanta Constitution, relative t.
The vote in the recent state election
win be of interest to our readers
Georgia ratified the omendment t,
tie constitution providing a method
o2 securing local taxation Tor publ,
schools. by a majority Of more THAI
10000 votes.
This is the official result as arrived
q last night by Secretary Of State
Rhl Cook after the consolidation b
the vote from 1870 counties, and whici
has required two days hard work
Secretary Cook completed first th,
consolidation on the vote on tho con
stmtioual amendments because h,
knew that was the matter of greatesr
interest, and the people Of tho STATE
we're anxious to know the result
This result in favor of The loca
school taxation amendment will be re
ceiyod with great rejoicing throughout
the state, particularly by the many
adYocates Of public education, b.
many Of whom a hard campaign was
vaged in favor Of the amendment
state School Commissioner Merritt
aid some hard work in behalf Of this
amendment lacked as ne was by al
able campaign committee, ana lle re
sat win be a source OF profound graf
aeation to those who so stlenuouslS
Interested themselves in it's behalf.
OF course the three other aipaad
lEantg 10 the constitution one limiting
the tax rate sos5 mills, another provid
hng for eight additional counties and
,ba third providing for eight more rep
sentatiyes in order to give one to
leach Of the new counties created were
passed by good majorities, ba these
lkaye never been in any douhi
It was the amendment providing
fer local taxation for schools that was
Itof some time in grave doubt, and the
Lleason for this is that in three counue!
Ii1st heard from and those coming car
Lest in alphabetical order, there was :
llqLge adverse vote on the amendment
FT6r1 this statement. Of course, Chat
ham and other large counties must De
excepted as hey turned up good ma
Jtrities in the amendments favor.
1t is claimed that in Chatham coun
1 ~ there was a large fraudulent vote
The charge IS made that while only
about zoe votes were cast there were
1929 counted. most OF these being ii
favor Of this amendment. It is graft
+ ing to note that even if there shoulc
he any foundation for this charge, i
would not affect The result IS to tht
amendment. for it would still have q
majority Of more than 5000.
] Later in the work OF consolidating
tbe returns it was found that some o
the counties far down on the alphabet
icai list SszAe good majorities in fayol
of the amednment, among these bejnt
Whitfield. Wilkes, Worth and Wash
irgton. IN these counties, especially
there were very few adverse votes,
I Secretary Cook last night completed
I the consolidation Of the vote on thu
! constitutional amendments from 49,
counties The seven counties whicI
have not yet 5een heard from are Ap
ping, Cherokee, Fannin. Henry, Ra
I6un. Thomas and Walker Partial re
turns only have been received iron
henry county.
Secretary Cook estimates that tn
! total vote Of the state will reacl
Iar9ut 10000. He has completed onl!
the consolidation of the figures relat
iibg to the constitutional amendment
llor the reason stated, chat there is f;
wide interest IN the action Of the STATE
Regarding them, and it was ms desiri
il% give the result TO the puDlic al th'
,eariiest possible moment Tc this en-
he and his assistant, Goode Price
nave been hard and steadily at wor
Ilor two daysy and only reached The re
suit last night They Will continu
lthe work Of consolidation today an'
tomorrow, by which time it is expecte
II will be competed.
In practically every county in tn
state there were many who voted 10
STATE and county officers VINO did nc
I vote either way on the constitutions
amendments, and these votes wef
Z lccunted OF course. only Tor state an
county officials.
The highest vote cast on constitl
tlonal amendments was that for an
? against the amendment to increai
the number OF counties. this bein
sl4s.s45. .ae.u.s.