Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-11-08

farmer-labor, had the edge and this
cut into Schall's plurality for sew
eral hundred votes, the count stand
ing: Schau, 353,S52; Johnson, 334, 1868.
one of the eight proposed consttu-
tional amendments, that eXempting
new industries from taxes for a pc
riod of years.
Echols county gave every vote to
Davis. Neither Coolidge nor La Fol
lette got any.
Fannin county went for Coolidge,
giving him 1850 votes to 1919 for
Davis. La Toilette got no votes In
Fannin.
Consolidation of the offices of tax
collector and tax receiver did not re-
ceive the approval of the requisite
two-thirds sof the voters in Butts
county. The vote on this amend
ment in Butts was 172 to 1O4.
Manufacturer tax exemption and
tax receiver-taX collector consollda-
ton amendments failed to pass in
Webster county.
La Toilette poIled heavy vote in
McDuffie. He got 256 votes, Davis
267 and Coolidge 81, Consolidation
of the tax receiver and tax collector
offices was disapproved in this coun-
ty, 1G2 to 236.
Murray Against Exemption
Manufacturers tax exemption and
tax receiver-collector consolidation
amendments failed OF passage in
Murray county.
Milton county defeated the Peach
county, manufacturers tax eXemp'
.tion, tax collector-receiver consollda-
ton and city-county government
consolidation amendments.
Three amendments apparently
were defeated in Oconee county.
They We're the manufacturers tax
exemption, tax receiVer-collector con-
solidation and city-county govern
ment consolidation proposals.
Coolidge won in Pickens county.
The vote there was for Davis, $50;
Coolidge, Las; La Toilette, 4. Peach
county failed to get the requisite
two-thirds majority by a slim margin,
273 voting for it to LAG against. The
manufac turers' tax exemption
amendment was defeated by a vote
of 124 to 129, tax receiver-collector
consolidation by POI to $50, city-coun-
ty government consolidation by lis
to II.
Savannahs port terminal bond
amendment was the only one to lose
in Mitchell county. For this proposal
the county voted $40 to 351 against
it.
Peach county was badly defeated
in Lumpkin county, when only "a
voted for it, against 145. Biennial
sessions also lost, 80 to 1877 and all
other proposed constitutional amend
ments were likewise defeated.
-Four precincts in Quitman county
voted against all constitutional
amendments.
Peach county was the only consti'
tutional amendment to lose in Troup
county. The vote there on the new
county was 1856 to 40, lacking the
requisite two-thirds majority.
Biennial sessions was the only con.
stitutional amendment approved in
Paulding county, getting 422 votes
in favor to 164 against.
Eight precincts in Marion county
defeated Peach county, biennial SEES
sions, manufacturers tax exemption
and tax collector-receiver consolida.
ton but ratified the other amend
ments.
Peach county was the only amend
ment to fail of ratification in Union
county.
Tax receiver-collector consolidation
was the only amendment to lose in
Pulaski county.
Peach county and tax receiver-cOl-
lector consolidation lost in Polk
county.
Coolidge Takes HARRISON
Coolidge defeated Davis in Haral
son county, getting $40 votes to 4S7.
Tax receiver collector consolida
ton lost in Evans county.
Peach county was the only
amendment lost in Morgan county,
Manufacturers tax exemption was
the only losing amendment in Che"
olee county.
Manufacturers tax exemption ana
coastal highway bonds were the los
ing amendments in Decatur county
Fifteen out Of 16 precincts in
Jones county show Peach county the
only amendment which failed Of
ratification
Peach county and manufacturers
tax exemption lost in Clay county
Manufacturers tax exemption lost
in Crawford county. as did tax re-
ceiver-collector consolidation ant
city-county government consolda
ton.
Montgomery county defeated
Peach county, manufacturers tau
exemption, city county government
consolidation and Savannah ter
minal bonds.
Manufacturers tax exemption wa $
the only amendment to lose in Fay
cite county.
Peach county, manufacturers tax
exemption and city-county govern
ment lost in Gordon county.
Manufacturers tax exemption was
the only amendment to lose N
Wayne county
Tax receiver-collector consolida
ton and city-county government
consolidation lost in Madison county
The coastal highway bond amend
ment failed to secure the necessary
two-thlrds vote for ratification m
Glynn county, the largest of the
seven counties affected
Peach Loses Another
Manufacturers tax exemption fail.
ed to get its necessary two-thirds
vote in Macon county, while the
Peach county amendment did not
even get a majority, sos voting
against it to only 147 for.
Peach county, Brunswick bonds.
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