The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-08-22
WALKER LEADING
WITH IS VOTES
Of CHARLTON GIVES PARKER A
MAJORITY DEADLOCK WILL
BE THE RESULT.
THEN A DARK HORSE WOULD
COME IN FOR NOMINATION
Walker Carries Eight Counties With
18 Convention Votes, Parker Carries
Six With 16 Votes, While the Re-
suit in Charlton is in Doubt.

Charlton county. looms up this
morning as the most important county
in the Eleventh congressional district.
The vote of that county will possibly
decide who is to succeed Congress
man w. G. Brantley from the EleV-
enth district. If it finally goes for
Randall Walker then the Valdosta
candidate, in the face of the returns,
will receive the nomination, but if it
is found that Judge Parker has re-
ceived a majority of the votes of the
county, then the Brunswick conven-
tion, which convenes here on August
81, will witness a deadlock and there
is no telling who will receive the
nomination
Up to 1.30 o'clock this morning the
count in Charlton had not been COM
pleted, or rather returns had not been
received from the various precincts.
1t was stated by phone from Way
cross that the vote was so close that
it would take the official count. At
1 o'clock Parker was said to be nine
votes ahead at Folkston, the county
seat, while Walker had about the
same majority from one or two pre-
cincts which had reported The
News made efforts to get returns from
the county up to 8 o'clock this morn
ing. Up to that time nothing had
been heard from the county in Way
cross.
While official returns have not
been received from number of coun-
ties, unofficial figures give Randall
Walker of Valdosta, eight counties
with a total of 1S convention votes,
while Judge Parker has carried six
counties with convention vote of
16; therefore it can be seen that if
Charlton county goes for Walker, ,and
the returns from other counties are
accurate, he will receive the nomipa-
tion, while if the county goes for
Judge Parker, and he holds the six
counties accredited to him last night,
he will have eighteen votes, and, as
was intimated in The News several
days ago, the convention will result
in a deadlock
Dark Horse Suggested.
1t was late last night when it be-
came known that a deadlock was
probable, but a dark horse was at
once suggested. 1t is not believed
that either of the present candidates
could be able to break the deadlock,
so tight have the lines been drawn,
and it would then be up to the con-
vention to name some man in the dis |
trict as Congressman Brantley's sue
cessor. The name of Judge Joseph |
w. Bennett has been prominently men
toned and he would no doubt be the |
most formidable candidate. In Way l
cross it was stated that only two |
names had been mentioned, that of
Judge Bennett and Colonel Dickerson
of Homerville.
The News was last night. in tele-
phone communication with the Par
ker headquarters at Waycross and the
headquarters at Valdosta, and
both headquarters claimed some of
the same counties, among them be-
ing, jeff, Davis, Appling and Irwin
it seems that these three
counties have gone as indicated in the
table above.
The situation is indeed an interest
ing one, and all eyes will be turned
on Charlton county this morning. 1t
is expected that the news. will be
eagerly sought and something should
be known early in the day.
As to the popular vote between the
two candidates, nothing definite is as