The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-30
NOEXC|TEMENT OVER
 GEORGIA ELECTION
Believed Voting Will Be
 Slow Wednesday
FEW REAL CONTESTS
Will Perhaps Be More Interest in Con- stitutiOnal Amendments, of Which There are Five-Slaton Opposed
 fer Goyernorship

Atlanta. September 9.-(Special. J. Ai- though there is competition in the state election of next Wednesday, october ?, there is no excitement over it, and pres ent indications are the voting generally will be slow.
 The ballot in practically every eonn- ty in the state will be 42 inches or three and a half feet in length, for upon 1t must appear the names of the candl- dates for governor, statehouse officers, judges of the supreme court, court of appeals and superior courts. solicitors general, representatives in the legsa- ture, state senator and all county off cers besides the five constitutional amend ments submitted to the people for rat ifieation
 The chief contests are from the so- cialsts who are running candidates for governor and statehouse offices, although comparatively few voters know who they are.
 John M Slaton, democratic nominee is opposed for governor by A. F. Castle berry, socialist, who has appeared as q candidate before but the socialists are always found on the ticket despite tie fact that they never get more than few hundred votes.
 Few Real Contests
 There will be real contests in compar- ativey few counties in the state Tn Gimer the seat of redhot factional poll tics. there are races for representative and county offices, and there will also be legislative fights in one or two of the counties in the northern section of the state where there is a strong republican vote.
 Perhaps there will be more interest in the constitutional amendments than in any other feature of the election, but there does not seem to be likelihood of the defeat of any Of these; In fact, ;he defeat of constitutional amendment In Georgia has seldom been known
 The five constitutional amendments to be voted on at this election are as fc,- lows:
 To authorize the abolition of justice courts and the establishment of muniei. pal courts in place of them in any city of more than 2o,oO0 inhabitants. except Savannah.
 To create the new county of BIeckloy. from part of Pulaski, with Cochran as the county seat.
 To increase the governors borrowing power for the purpose of supplying tern porary deficiencies in the state treas ury, from s200000 to S500 000.
 To require all public utility corpora tons Wnlcn make theif tax returns t0 the comptroller general to pay their taxes on or before september l of each year.
 To permit the enlargement of the scope of the common schools of the state by removing from the constitution the linl- itation holding them specifically to the elementary branches of an English cd ueation only" The words quoted are b be stricken from the constitution.
 The latter amendmens proposes 10 open the way for state support of high schools as well as the teaching of other branches of the common schools themselves. The constitution has not been strictly adhered to in thls respect for some years. as other branches have been continually .n- troduced in the common schools
 Borrowing Power
 The amendment to increase the gov ernor's borrowing power and that to re- qulre corporations to pay their taxes by September 1, were designed to enable the state 10 pay the school teachers wi.h more promptness. and although they will