Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-11-09
PEACH COUNTY'S
FATE III ELECTION
STILL IN DOUBT
Arrow Defeats VoceIIe, Reg
uIar Democratic Nominee
in Fourth District for State
Senate-Others Win

Incomplete and unofficial returns
Wednesday morning showed that
the outcome of the vote on the pro
posed constitutional amendment ere
ating Peach county is extremely
close and doubtful.
Returns from ESQ precincts out Of
a total Of 1,687 showed 1900 votes
for the new county and 1850 votes
against it.
Election managers throughout the
state were to, make their Official!
consultations and report to their
respective county ordinaries at noon
Wednesday.
Indications are that the fate Of
Peach county will not be posIii"eIy
known until every county ordinary
las officially certified his rclurrs
to the secretary of state.
Supporters and opponents of Peach
county put forth intense effort IN
many parts Of the state on Tuesday
The campaign committee for the
new county employed a brass band
and sent it on a tour of the streets
of Atlanta. Supporters of Peach
county were at work at many poll
ing places. Likewise, opponents Of
the new county were hard at work
both mere and elst where. The re
port from Houston and Macon cOun-
ties, from which it is proposed to
create the new county, is that their
vote was relatively the lightcst in
the state, owing to the absence Of
so many citizens who went else
where to work. Both sides cOncen-
trated their efforts in the six big
gest counties of the state, tow. t.:
Fulton, Chatham, Richmond, DiDb,
Muscogee and Floyd.
From only three of these six coun
ties We're complete returns available
Wednesday morning. Floyd cCuntJ
gave ISL votes for Peach county and
338 votes against it. Chatham cour,
ty gave 2,251 votes for it and 9o3
against it.
Fulton county, which was official
ly consolidated at noon Wednesday,
gave Peach county 1875 votes and
1,246 against it.
The vote for Upshaw in Fulton
was 1886 and the vote for Wilen-
sky was Pr. The vote for McGreg
or was 1881 and the vote for Phelps
was 149.
Interest aroused by the contro-
versy over Peach county served to
bring out the heaviest general cleo
ton vote in many years. A total
of approximately $4,000 votes from
$50 out Of the 1857 precincts shows
that this general election was not
the perfunctory proceeding which
it usually is, but a real election.
Indications are that the total vote
in the state. when finally consoli-
dated, will go well above $4,000.
All Democratic nominees who
had opposition, won easy victories,
according to incomplete returns, ex.
cept James T. VOcelle, Democratic
nominee for state senator in the
Fourth district, composed of Cam
den, Charlton and Glynn counties
Complete but unofficial returns
showed that he was defeated by
Charles S. Arrow, former state
commissioner of game and fish, who
ran as an Independent. Both re-
side in Camden county at st
Mary's. Camden county nominated
the senator this year under the ro-
tation system. Mr.. Vocelle was the
nominee. After the primary the 9th
er two counties becam1 dissatisfied
because Of the manner in which the
primary was conducted. A mass
meeting Of Charlton and Glynn coun
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