Atlanta semi-weekly journal., 1912-08-23
SEVEN STATEHOUSE
OFFICERS STAY IN;
TWO RACES IN DOUBT
Contests for Commissioner of
Agriculture and Judge Court
of Appeals May Go to Con-
Figures Close

John NJ sIaton. Of Atlanta, is to be th'
Eext governor Of Georgia. He was .
complete victor in the states Democratic
primaries. Wednesday. over his two op-
Ponents-Hooper Alexander. Of DeKaIt
and H. Hall. Of Bibb county.
Nine other contests for statehouse of.
fees were decided by the voters OF Geor-
gia al he same polls. Wednesday.
There was an unusual and surprising
Jack OF interest apparently manifested In
the result OF thOse contests. Only one OF
two OF them caused noticeable concern
The underlying reason was probably that
the results were generally considered
f'resone conclusions. Seemingly. had Il
rot been that local races aroused the in
tvrest Of voters In counties and Judicial
circuits and some OF the eonsressiouzi
districts. The primary would have taEer
GA perfunctOry aspect
In the governors race. Hooper Alex
der. OF DeKaIb. carried CatooSa. Chat.
tahooches. Decztur. Laurens and Ware
counties: J. H. Hall. Of Bibb. carried
Bib. DOusherty and Houston: and Johr
N. siat0n. n Fulton. carried all the bal.
ance Gincluding DeKaI5. Mr. Alexznder,s
home county, very hardly by na3Oritie.
nom comfortable ones TO Overwhelming
ones.
United States Senator A o. Bacon. Of
Blbb. defeated H. H Perry. Of Han. for
the senatorial office.
Attorney General T. s FEEDER. OF BIB
defeated ". R Jones, OF deriwether. foI
that office
Joseph r Gray. railroad commissioner
Defeated John H MeGehee. John H
James and C. J. Ship. his opponents.
Judge George Hillyer. railroad commits
sioner. defeated s. c. McLendon and
W. T. Bankston. his opponents.
Paul TrammeIl. railroad commissioner
defeated J. J. FIynt. his opponent
T. z. Patterson. OF spslding county
prison commissioner. defeated A. ~
Grovenstein. OF Effngham county, and
S. W. Johnson. Of TeIfatr county. hi.
opponents,
y. L Britain. OF Fulton. state super.
(. lnfsndent OF schools defeated = II
Beck. % Broo1ss counsy. lfs opponent-
3. ". Lindsey. pension commissioner
defezteG w. n. Lanier. his opponent
There are but tow state house con,
tests not Included in the foregoing
summary-one for a position on ch'
court OF appeals and the other fol
commissioner OF agriculture.
TWO CLOSE CONTESTS.
In the commissioner OF agriculture
race. returns indicate q close contest
seeming 10 favor J. d. Price, Oi
oconee. with slight lead over his
opponents. A. o. Bfslock. OF Fayette
and -z--J. Brown. Of Ebert Mr.. Browr
IS the present assistant commissions
OF agriculture. ---
In the ace for the court OF appeals
bench the returns are too close and in
complete TO make the assertion en-
tirely safe that Judge ]. r. Pottle. the
Incumbent. has defeated his opponent
Recorder Nash r. Broyles. OF Allan
IA. but such seems to be the result
Judge Broyles does not concede his
defeat
The following state house officers
were re-nominsted without contest
wednesday: Philip Cook. secretary OF
state: w. A. Wright. comptroller gen
eral; ". J. Speer. state treasurer; Fl
n. Stanley. commissioner Of com
nerce and labor: Justices S. C. AtIxin-
son. Joseph Lumpkin and H. Warner
Bn. to the state supreme court. and
Judge Ben II Hill TO the state court
Of appeals
There were but four contests FOL
congress among the IL districts OF the
state.
In the Third district c. F. Crisp de-
feated Emmett Shaw and John R
Mercer for the nomination.
In the sixth district. Hon. Charles l.
Bartlett the incumbent. defeated John
". Wise and John r. Cooper.
In the Ninth district the incumbent
T. NJ Bell. defeated W. =. Charters
and John y. HOLDER.
CLOSE IN THE ELEVENTH.
In the Eleventh district the result is
very close. with the possibility of d
tie between Randall Walker and T. A.
Parker. II there is no tie. the chances
are said to favor Mr.. Walker by a
bare margin
The following were uneontested re-
nominations. with the exception OF
that In the new Twelfth district. in
which Dudley NJ. Hughes. retiring
congressman from the Third. va.
sent to congress again from the re-
Gently created Twelfth:
First-CharIes G. Edwards. of "a.
vannah-
Seconds. A. Roddenbery. q
brownsville.
FOurth-w. c AdsmsOn. OF Carroll
ton
a..Ssm sehley Howard. of
Decatur.
seventh-GOrdOn Lee. Of ChielSA-
mauga.
Eaghth-s. W. Tribble. of Athens.
Tenth-T. W. Hardwiek. OF Sanders.
Vile
Twelfth-Dudlsy NJ Hughes. Of
DanviIle.
BY reason OF the fact that they partie-
ipated in Wednesdays primary for other
ofioes. several OF the most conspicuous
members OF the legislature for several