Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-19


most satisfactorily.
The curious thing, however, is that.
with approximately 1,500, 900 more vot-
ers in the nation now than there were
-FOUR years ago, the total vote cast
should foot up less than the vote cast
for Bryan and Taft in 1908.
What has become of the vote?
Where did the 100000 new votes GO?
Inc state Democratic executive COM
lnittee ought to send a certificate of
merit, or hero medal, or something,
to Henry T Russ, of the Hamilton dis
trict, III Colquitt county
out of a total of 80 votes cast in /
that benighted neighborhood in the late
presidential election, his was the only
one cast for Wilson and Marshall. The
remaining 10 went for the Bull Moose. |
The Bull Moose majority made a /
mighty effort to win over Mr.. Russ on !
election day, that the Roosevelt vic |
tory might be made unanimous in the |
Hamilton district but Russ stood pat on |
| the Democratic nominees, and voted ac-
cordingly.
he went down insisting that he loved !
his neighbors and admired their pluck.
but that his opinion of their judgment
was exactly zero!
If there is any sort of Federal office |
Hopping around loose in the Hamilton
district, Colquitt county Russ should |
have it, on a silver waiter and without
asking
The question of whether a woman
can legally be elected to seat on
county board of education in Georgia !
has been raised in Chatham county, and
likely Will be tested in the courts.
Many lawyers in Georgia hold that, !
| as the various statutes now read. wom- |
en- are eligible to membership on county |
| education boards; but inasmuch as
| there is some doubt about it. the mat
! ter never has been forced to a conclu- !
SION. If Chatham county finds out ex-
actly what the law does permit in that
| respect it will furnish light whereby
many counties in Georgia doubtless
| would be only too glad to be guided
Ihere Is a widespread sentiment in
| TINS state favorable to women as mem !
| bers of these bodies-indeed, there are
more than a few people who contend
that women on county boards of edu-
| cation would be- as a rule far moro
valuable than men.
| And if, as the laws stand TODAY Uon-
| en- are not eligible, some Georgia leg
i"'a'oF might win measure of fame
ana ehVlabie reputation by introducing
III the next house. and pushing to en-
actnent law providing for the same |
! There was an atmosphere of deem
| ana genuine gloom about the grim old
state capitol yesterday.
| ny order of the governor. all the de-
| partments were closed at II n. m. as |
marx of respect to the former governo,
just passed away Besides the sbut
| doors, however, all the shades were
ura"h ana the flag was lowered to half
mast; and through the long corridors !
10 step was heard in the afternoon !
save those of the Waterman and one or
two caretakers.
Governor Terrell was personally, per |
! maps, the most popular of all the gov.
| errors of late years His official fam |
! lily was devoted to him; and MANY of
those still in harness, who worked with
MIN during the five years he was gov |
ernor, spoke most tenderIy and affec- |
tionately of him yesterday.
The capitol is stately and dignifed
edifice, and in silence yesterday it bore
mute but eloquent testimony to the
universal sorrow that Governor Ter |
relFS untimely death brought to all
Georgia.
ferhaps the sweetest and at the same
TINE the most authoritative tribute N
the late governor and senator came
from the pen of his boyhood friend and /
associate, Mr.. Justice Warner Hill, Of !
the state supreme court.
No man could have been more init
nately acquainted with Senator Ter
rel than was this man, and here in
part, is what he says:
His friends followed Joe" Ter
reii wherever he led. because tbov
loved him and had an abiding faith
IN nm, 1t was easy for man NJ
MS type to be a leader. Though gem
tie and kind as a woman ono NOT
knowing him must not get the idea
mat he was lacking in frmness. or
courage. He possessed both of
THESE qualities to a large degree
But his whole life refutes the idea
that In order to be firm one must
be harsh or cruel His very nature
was sentleness, kindness, tirmncss
and manly courage, He was most
ia-li 4 l.