The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-08-22
MANY COUNTIES
VOTED FOR THEM
sLAToN CLAIMED tsoALAsT NIGHT
WITH INDICATION OF AN
INCREASE.
ALEXANDER AND HALL BOTH
MAKE. VERY Pooh SiiI SHOWING
Fielder Defeats Jones for Attorney
General; Pottle Leads for Court Of
Appeals - Result in othsr coun-
tests for statehouse Officers.

Atlanta, Aug. 81 = Retu.bs from
many militia districts i'll tn state
4,-'c been received up 10 midnight,
but few counties have. as ct sem in
lheir full vote. The indications are.
however, that J. NJ. Slatoh. for gov-
ernor, has carried approximately 1870
counties, with the indications that
later returns will swell the number.
in nearly every countyAn which Sla-
ton was the winner he received a
handsome majority.
Hooper Alexander of DeKalb. is
running second in the race, but he is
far behind Slaton, and in all he will
probably round up a dozen counties.
Joe Hill Hall of Bib, is still further
behind and will not carry more than
six counties in the state, including
Bibb, his II home county
Alexander has good compliment
tary vote, but 1t Is scattering and will
win him but few, counties. The only
county which haa reported against
slaton up to- 10 SGlock was Bibb,
Halls homs. county. which gave her
favorite son large majority.
No statements were issued tonight
by either Hill orr Hall, but at the
Slatoa headquartersi was stated that
returns received up to IL o'clock in
dictated that he had carried at least
100 counties and this number would
probably increase as the returns came
in. al
The Other Contests.
Senator Bacon, as was expected,
made runaway race against H. H.
Perry, of GaGReyille. Full returns
have beer red6l from only a few
counties, but tins 4tllications are that
Bacon's nomination wifi cBme as near
being unanimous as any candidate
ever elected to the United States sem
ate in Georgia. Up to 10 o'clock not
a single county in the state had been
reported against him, hut Ct is thought
that he will probably lose FIVE or six
counties. No returns have been re-
,eived up to this hour from Hall, the
nome of Mr.. Perry.
Tom Fielder seems to be well in
he lead for attorney general and he
will more than likely be renominated
over Jones Of Merimeather.
State School Commissioners Britain
has a good lead and will unquestion-
IDLY be reelected.
Only scattering returns have been
received in the contest for the judge
ship Of the court Of appeals, which is
between Justice Powell and N. r.
BroyIes of Atlanta, but the indica-
ions are that Judge Pottle will be
nominated by a safe majority He
ran an unusually strong race through
out south Georgia.
For railroad commission, early re-
turns indicate the election Of Jos.
r. Gray over his three opponents;
George -Hillyer has been reelected,
defeating s. G. McLendon and w.
Trox Bankston, though this contest
IS thought to be close. Paul TraaP
nell Is well in the lead over } :.
Flynt.
The race for commissioner of agri-
culture seems to be the closest. This
race is between Blalock. Brown and
Price. end not until the full vote from
a number of counties are received will
80 result be known.
Returns from the various congress-
ional races are so incomplete that it
Is impossible to give the winners to-
night. Charles r. Crisp seems to be
In the Lead in the Third district. but
not over half OF the counties have
been heard from. y.