The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-12
NEWS OF A DAY IN
GEORGIA'S CAPITAL
BIG VOTE IN CHATHAM
DID NOT AFFECT THE RESULT AS
TO AMENDMENTS.

I
Would Have Carried Even with
out the Alleged Imitation at sa-
vannah-Hitch Got Votes for Gov
ernOr-ResuIts as Thus Far Conn
piled by the Secretary of state.
! Atlanta, Oct. 1.-THE amend
ment to the state constitution provid-
| ing for method of securing local tax
alton for public schools was ratified by
the people of Georgia by majority Of
more than 10000 in last Wednesdays
election. This was determined this
afternoon as the result of the CONSOLE
by Secretary of State Phil Cook, who
has been busy at work on them for
the last two days.
Secretary Cook has not yet complete
ed the consolidation of the vote for
State House officers. as he knew there
was widespread interest in the result
as TO the constitutional amendments
and he took these up first. but the re-
turns received indicate that the total
vote for Governor and State House Of
fcers was about 10000.
The vote for Governor was sent in
separate sealed packages, addressed
to the president of the Senate, but
the returns on the regular tally sheet
show that Gov. Terrell is some
what behind the ticket in several coun-
ties, among them Bulloch and Coweta.
In the latter county he was scratched
by some on personal grounds.
hiQhaGf
ment for and against it was 4S, 645, but
many did not vote for the amend
ments as all. and their votes were of
course, not counted, but an inspection
of the returns indicates a total vote for
State House officers of about 10000.
All of the constitutional amendemnts
were ratified by good majorities, the
only doubt being in the case of the
local school taxation amendment,
which doubt has been removed.
Following is the vote and majori-
ties on each of the constitutional
amendments submitted to the people.
For ratification of amendment to ar
ticle 8, section 4, paragraph 1 of the
constitution, relating to local taxation
for schools. 2S92S against ratification
of same, 1852; majority in favor of
amendment, 1891. FTbm this it will
be seen that If there is any ground
for the charge of illegal voting in
Chatham it would not have affected
the result.
For amendment to article I. section
/, limiting tax rate to mills, 31637;
against same, 1858; majority for
amendment, 1894.
For amendment to. article 8, section
g. paragraph 1, increasing limit of rep
resentatives from IT'S to 1873. 32,542;
against same, 1882; majority for
amendment, 5000.
For amendment to article II. section
l, paragraph 1, increasing limit of
number of counties from 1877 to 145, 49,,
744; against same, 14,901; majority for
amendment, 1898.
There were 10 votes cast in Fulton
county for Capt. Robert NJ. Hitch for
Governor, and Floyd and Richmond
each gave him four votes for the same
office.
In Richmond county H. A Rucker
got II votes for Governor, II for Sec
rotary os State and 10 for Attorney
General.
The seven counties not yet heard
from are Appling. Cherokee, Fannin,
Henry, Rabun, Thomas and Walker.
The vote in these will not materially
affect the result, but will probably
increase the majorities for the amend
ments.
Good Times In south Georgia.
Frank Lieberman, an Atlanta travel
ing man, brings an interesting story of
prosperity In South Georgia. He says
a Savannah man collected two bills in
Sylvester, Worth county, receiving
checks on the local bank for an ag
gregate of $4,000. When he presented
them and asked for Savannah or New
York exchange the cashier tried to in
due him to take cash, saying We've
simply got more money than we know
what to do with, and wish you would
take some of it,
The cashier offered him Is cents per
800 to take the cash, but the Savan-
nah man insisted on having the ex-
change, He paid for it accordingly.
Commissioner Appealed to In Rates
Fight.
The Fulton County Commissioners
| have been brought into the Atlanta
| fight for freight rates. In order to
| reach their exclusive yards, the Louis
| Vile and Nashville will have to make
several grade crossings over county
| roads, A committee from the Atlanta
| Freight Bureau appeared and urged
| the commissioners not to grant these
rights until some guarantee of equita-
bic freight rates has been given to At
lanta. The commissioners heard the
| matter discussed extensively, but took
| no action.
Wounded Husband and wife.
In a serious dispute over the possess
sion of certain property this afternoon
F. NJ Allen shot and seriously wound
ed James Lester and struck Testers
wife over the head with his gun at
their home near Howelrs Sttaion on
| the Chattahoochee river. Lester and
his wife were brought. I'm to the Grady
| Hospital. Their wounds will not
prove fatal.
Allen claims Lester and his wife at
tackled him with brickbats and that he
used his shotgun in self-defense. 1t
was filled with squirrel shot, and Les
ter was pretty well peppered with 1t.
Mrs. Lester rushed to her husbands
defense with her baby in her arms and
received on the head a blow from the
| gun which was intended for her hus-
band.
Allen was serving as a Juror at the
time and the rest Of the jury will
probably be discharged. He is now
in the Tower.
Auto struck MILK Wagon.
An automobile driven by John Kiser
and Dunlop Moss ran into a dairy
wagon, driven by James Bertling, near
East Point, last night. Bertling had
his leg broken and was otherwise
| bruised up, while his milk wagon was
smashed.
Power Plant Now mt Work.
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