Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-09-14
SECURES EARLY
LEAD IN RACE
FOR GOVERNOR
Walker Has 294 Units In 113
Counties-Hardwick 1O8 In
Al Counties


returns, compiled by the At
lanta Journal, give Clifford Wal
ker 1I3 counties with 266
votes; Governor Flardwick ~
counties with III votes.
Clifford M. Walker has been nora-
wick in one Of the most sensational
over Governor Thomas w. F1ard-
wick n one Of the most sensational
primary turnover ever witnessed
in the Empire State.
The state convention will be helu
in Macon October a for ratlficatioh
Of the nomination.
Other results Of the incomplete
vote tabulated by the Atlanta jour
nal show a close race for staes
school superintendent with NJ T.
Duggan leading; J. J. Brown leao-
inc for commissioner of agriculture,
with Mrs. Viola Napier, Of Macon
and Miss Bessie Kempton, Atlanta
newspaper, writer, apparently eleee-
ed to the legislature
In the, e,Iface Of the faose eorti-
dent predietions from the fffenas q I
the present governor from every
section of the state yesterday morn
ing, there began to roll up trer
mendous majority for Mr.. Walker
from the moment that the first re-
Turns came inte the headquarters OF
the two candidates and as early as
TAO O'Clock Wednesday night, the
election of Mr.. Walker was conced-
ed, although the hardwick forces
held out until two hours later when
with the bulk of the returns mt hand
it was evident that the governors
opponent had swept the state and
ridden into office on the combined
wave of vote composed of four prin-
cipal elements, the labor, women,
Ku Klux Klan and Watson votes,
throughout The state.
The latest returns show that for
mer Attorney General Clifford Wal
ker had secured 113 counties with a
total unit vote of 294 and that Gov
ernor Hardwick carried only 4
counties with total vote Of los.
Walker early took the lead as the
votes began to come in and from
the moment the first precinct was
received from Poole precinct in Full
ton county, the lead steadily increas-
ed and with it came the expiration
of what little hope the governors
friends maintained that ne had sue
cessfully stemmed the tide that
swung against him solidly in the
final days of his campaign,
South Georgia, debatable terri
tory, claimed alike by both forces,
early turned in its quota for Wal
ker and as the bulk of the vote was
announced ii was found that Wakes
had swept this section of the state,
the same soon proved true of Mid
die and North Georgia, with the ex-
ception of North Georgia, which
swung into the Hardwicll column.
Fulton county and surrounding
countfs have evidently gone for
Walker almost to unit.
In the race for commissioner of
agriculture, early returns indicate
that J3 j. Brown has been swept
along on the Walker tidal wave and
will probably nose out A. o. Bla-
lock for xthe post. This morning il
was also, Indicated that ''Dicl'' Rus
sell would. lead Judge Fish in the
race for the chief iusticeship of the
Supreme csurt' and Judge Bell has
won over Hamilton in the Court Of
Appeals race.
For superintendent of schools M,
IA. Duggan is leading and in the 9TH.
er races the returns are too ihcom-
plete as yet to determine any re-
suit.
Clifford Walker, successful gub-
ernatorial candidate, issued state
mont Immediately following hig
nomination in which he stated that
he would have something to saw At
the Macon convention but that for
the present he simply thanked his
friends for their support.