The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-03-04
l,549 POSSIBLE NUMBER
THAT MAY CAST BALLOTS
271 NAMES STRICKEN FROM
LIST AND 143 SUMMONED
BEFORE THE BOARD.
2O4 WOMEN HAVE REGISTERED
Registrations for Special Election of
Representative Closed on Saturday.
Registrars Will Meet Again Before
County Primary on March 18th.

Registrars Will Meet Again Before
County Primary on March 18th.
A list of registered voters submitted
Thursday by Tax Collector j. 0. Fus-
sell to the board OF registrars OF Ter
rell county contained 1920 names. OF
this number 271 names were stricken
from the list by the registrars upon
the grounds that the persons they
represented were either deceased or
had moved from the county, leaving
1,54o as the largest possible number
that can vote in the special election
for representative in the state legis-
lature. which will be held on next
Tuesday, March 1lth.
The registration OF voters for this
election closed Saturday night and reg
istration for the democratic white pri-
mary will close on next Saturday,
March 8th A list OF names that will
have been placed upon the books be-
tween the time when the present list
was made up and the closing date will
be submitted to the registrars at a
future meeting OF that body. The
board of registrars are r. R. Marlin
of Dawson, l. G. Pinkston of PARROT
and ]. H. Lewis OF Sasser.
There is but one candidate for the
position of representative, Hon. J. d.
| Weaver. The date set for this election
| is March 18th 1t is a special election
called to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation OF Hon. W. B. Parks.
! The date set for the democratic white
primary, which is the same as for the
state presidential preference primary,
| is March 10Th.
| OF the number OF names submitted
145 were checked as being delinquent
in taxes for the year 1922 or previous
wears and summons were sent to the
defaulters to appear Saturday before
the board and show cause why their
names should not be stricken from the
| list of eligible voters Approximately
40 OF those summoned appeared and
were reinstated The remainder, Tor
various reasons, were stricken from
the list, reducing the number of voters
| by approximately 100.
Many Women Have Registered.
There are 204 women registered, a
count of the names contained in the
registrars list shows. These are diVid-
| ed between all of the various districts
with the exception of the Eleventh.
Dawson leads in the number of wo-
men registered, having 20. Brentwood
trails closely behind with 65, Graves
| has 20, Parrot II, Herod 10, Doverel
s. Sasser ! and the Twelfth district
had one, though the name was scratch
ed off by the registrars. No Fl fas have
been issued against women voters, and
all are qualified
Seven hundred and ninety-two
names were contained in the original
| Dawson list and ~ were classified
as dead or having moved away, leav-
ing a total OF COS who may take part
in the election, A small number were
checked on account of tax arrears, but
were restored to good standing.
The total number Of Brentwood
names was given in as 303, from which
"a names were stricken, leaving ZIG
| eligible to take part in the election.
| -Four checked for taxes were reinstat-
ed. Brentwood leads the other districts
| in the number of women voters reg
istered in comparison to the number
of voters contained i'll the district.
PARROTS total of qualified voters is
| $50. as 20 names were stricken from
an original list of 179. One voter was
reinstated. Sixteen names were strick-
en- from the Graves total of us, leav-
| ing 100 qualified voters Three from
the district had their qualifications re-
moved when they appeared before the
| board of registrars.
Forty were stricken from the SaS-
ser list, which, when originally sub
mitted, contained $40 names, leaving
an even 100 Four of nine against
whom tax checks were made requal
fled themselves. Eighteen names were
stricken from the Twelfth districts
original total of los, leaving 81. Six
OF 10 summoned before the board
qualified themselves.
Herod's original list contained Is
names, from which II names were
stricken, leaving "a. Dovereps strength
is 90 votes, as IS were stricken from
the original list of 81 names. The
Eleventh district will poll 20 votes,
which is the original total as none
OF the names were stricken from the
list.
The Eleventh district is the only
one that had no women's names i'll its
list. Whether any women will regis
ter for the primary is not known.