Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-30
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DEAD HEAT IN
MAYOR RACE
Second Primary Probable in
Tight Battle Between Wood
ward and Chambers.

Today, with the mayoralty primary
but two days off, there is a pretty safe
feeling among the politicians of all fac
lions that second primary will be
necessary to decide the contest.
Nine men out of ten agree that the
two receiving the highest vote for may
or Wednesday will be Aldine Chambers
and James G. Woodward. One or the
other must receive a majority of all the
votes cast or run second race.
Should there be second primary it
would be a bitter fight. All the action
in the present campaign has been con-
fined to attacks and counter attacks by
the Chambers and Woodward factions.
Woodward continued today to de-
nounce Chambers as the boss of
dirty political ring" He said the
Chambers faction had stopped to inject
mud singing into the campaign, a fact
: he regretted very much.
Woodward Attacks Ring.
81 have charged that this greedy lit
tie ring controlling the city has made
political alliance with majority of the
county board of commissioners" con-
tinued Mr. Woodward
THE peoples money is being wasted.
Every sewer street, sidewalk, school
house and other public improvement is
silent but convincing proof of it.
This is what the Chambers admin
istration has to offer you as it's record
During my fifteen years of service
as a city official there was no hint of
dishonesty or graft against me. l went
into office poor, remained poor and am
poor now.
They have attacked me with a sea
of the foulest personal abuse. But if
every lie that has been uttered against
me were true and put into one COM
posite whole, it would be but as a grain
of sand to a towering mountain COM
pared to the aggregate filth which
Chambers and his ring vomited upon
the public at the Qrpheum Friday night.
Both Jim Key and M. B. Young have
uttered false statements about me-"
Chambers Answers "Ring" Charge.
In a long written statement Cham
bers answered the ring" charge. Civ
ing long list of the prominent city
officials, Chambers declared that these
names alone proved the absurdity of
the statement that he bossed them. He
said the charge was a contemplate
falsehood."
James l.. Key, in an advertisement
today offers affidavits substantiating
his more bitter charges against Wood
ward Woodward den0unced the
charges as false.
DR.. George Brown and Steve r.
Johnston, the other two candidates,
continue to give out optimistic state
ments of the progress of their cam
paigns and express confidence of vic
tory.
The contest between r. c. Turner
and Fred H. Miles for city electrician
almost equals the mayoralty contest in
public interest. Turner has attacked
bitterly the Georgia Railway and Pow
er Company. He now holds the office
and charges that the company is back
ing Miles.
Charles. s. Robert is opposing Chief
of Construction r. M. Clayton. Little
interest has been aroused in the con
test
Warm Contests For Council.
Neither Is there much concern over
the effort of S. B. LaSalle to Gust
Thomas Evans, city warden
The other contests are for council
manic places.
In the Third ward Sam Shep-
Il ard and A. 8. Hadley are OPP
4 posing Councilman Carl n. Guess
In the Fifth ward j. w Rowe is run
ming against Councilman J. d. Sisson
In the Seventh ward A. R Colcord is
Fighting for Councilman j. H. Andrews
seat. In the Eighth ward Joseph Nut
ting is running against Councilman w
G. Humphrey In the Ninth ward J. P
Wall and w D. White are contestine
for Aldine Chambers place In the
fTenth ward there are three IN the race
for Councilman D. ]. Bakers seat A
w. Galloway, ]. T. Kimbrough and D
j. Lee.
A number of other city officials are
Running for denomination without OPP
position
With the exception of mayor a plu-
rality dominates