Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-09-16
JUDGE ELLIS WINS
BIC VICTORY OVER
CARL F. HUTCHINSON
Walker, Brown, UpshaW Win
2 in Fulton = Wood, Miss
Kempton and Smith Win
Assembly Seats

Clifford Walker, running far ahead
of Governor Hardwick and H. Bed
niger Baylor in SIS out Of 81 pre-
cincts, easily carried Fulton county
in the gubernatorial primary Wed
nesday, according to complete unof-
fetal returns compiled by The Jour-
nal Thursday.
These returns gave Walker 1881
votes; Hardwick 5,155 votes, and
Baylor 1873 votes. Walker lost only
the two precincts in the Eighth
ward, which went for Hardwick.
Practically complete returns from
the county in the other races show
ed:
That J. J. Brown carried the coun-
ty for commissioner Of agriculture
over A. o. Blalock and o. M. Houser.
That Judge w. D. Ellis overwhelm.,
ingly defeated Carl F. Hutchinson for
judge of the superior court of Full
ton county.
That j. o. Wood led the field Of
twelve candidates for the state legis-
lature, with Miss Bessie Kempton
running second and John Y. Smith
third. These three will represent the
county in the general assembly for
the next two years.
Upsilaw Wins Easily
That w. D. Upshaw overwhelm-
ingl defeated Mayor James l.. Key
and Ralph o. Cochran for congress
from the Fifth district.
That Judge Richard B. Russell
won over Judfe w. H. Fish for chief
justice of the state supreme court.
That Judge r. c. Bell won over
Judge Harper Hamilton for judge
O. the court of appeals.
That N. H. Ballard carried the
county over M. l.. Duggan and M.
w. Sowder for state school superin-
tendent.
That James A. Perry was an easy
winner in his race for til. public
service commission against w. Trox
Bankston and o. M. Bush.
at r. e. Davidson easily car
ried the county over w. c, Bryant
for the state prism commission.
That Paul S. Etheridge and Virlyn
B. Moore Were winners in the race
for seats on the board of Fulton
county commissioners from the
county at large, and that Edwin F.
Johnson won a seat on the board as
Representative of the country dis.
tricts.
Brown Race Close
With precinct "B," Seventh ward,
missing, Fulton county's vote for
commissioner of agriculture was as
follows: Brown, 6,471; Blalock, Sill;
Houser, 1852.
With two precincts missing, the
race for judge Of Fulton superior
court stood: Ellis, 1874; Hutcheson,
4,047.
Official returns in the race for
the legislature showed that J. o.
Wood, Miss. Bessie Kempton and
John Y. Smith were the winners.
The vote of all candidates follows:
A. A. Baumstark, 1856; Ernest G.
Bentley, 3,718; Barney Barnard, L.
sos; III. M. Holloway, 4,12S; Frank A.
Hooper, Jr., $500; Miss Bessie Kemp
ton, 1922; A. M. Lane, 709; j. Z.
Osburn, 1862; John Y. Smith, 4,311;
r. H. Smith, '1,257; Frank Weldon,
1857; ]. o. Wood, 5,253.
The official figures in the two
races for county commissioner fol-
low:
From county at large: Paul E.
Ethe idge, 9,10S; Virlyn B. Moore,
1880; Tull G. Waters, 5,149.
From country districts: Edwin F.
Johnson, $500; arthur Wrigley,
5,1S1.
Miss Kempton Wins
Miss Bessie Kempton, who ran
second in the legislative race and
won a seat in the next assembly,
will be the first woman legislator in
Georgia.
A feature Of the primary was the
fact that practically every candidate
for state-house office who carried
Fulton county also was a winner
over the state at large. Among the
candidates for state offices there was
less prediction campaign in Full
ton than in perhaps any other coun-
ty in the state.
Returns showed that H. 3. Bay
lor, one of the gubernatoriGI candi-
dates, received approximately $50
votes in the county.
Fair weather took the Fulton
voters to the polls in large numbers
The total vote cast Appropriated
$4,000, which was regarded as I'M