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VOLUME LXIV > NO. 3
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BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING SEPT. 4, 1924
POLL OF SECOND DISTRICT INDICATES
OVERWHELMING VICTORY FOR COX
GOODWINS BROTHERS
GET JAILSENTENCES
VALDOSTA, Ga—W. H. Goodwin
and his brother, J. E. Goodwin, for
merly of Tampa, Fla., were convicted
in the superior court here yesterday
in connection with charges of being
implicated in changing numbers and
selling alleged stolen automobiles.
They were sentenced to serve one
year each on three separate counts,
and on motion for a new trial and
bail, were held in five thousand dol
lors, which they failed to give and
are being held in jail.
About a year ago the Goodwins
operated the Palace garage in Val
dosta and during that time were in
dicted on five charges of selling stol
en automobiles on which the num
bers had been changed. The trial
resulted in the jury disregarding two
of the counts and convicting on the
other three, placing the sentence of
one year for each defendant on each
conviction. The jury then recom
mended that they be punished as for
a misdemeanor, which would have
given them either a fine or a sen
tence.
Judge W. E. Thomas, presiding in
the case, announced that in view of
the fact that the defendants could
each have been given ten years by
the jury, he would disregard the
recommendation and let the sen
tence stand, considering it very
light. In overruling the motion for
a new trial, Judge Thomas set the
bond for each at $6,000, which was
objected to by the attorneys for the
defeise as being excessive and this
was reduced to $5,000 each. The
men being unable to give the bond
in that sum, went to jail.
U. D. C. MEETING.
The September meeting of the
Blakely U. D. C. Chapter will be
held Friday afternoon, September 5,
at the home of Mrs. Wyatt Alexan
der, Mrs. Alexander, Mrs. A. D.
Harriss and Miss Ella Jones being
joint hostesses. The meeting will be
called to order promptly at four
o’clock.
MAJORITY OF COUNTIES
CLAIMED FOR COX
The Early County News has con
ducted a poll during the past week
of county officers, sheriffs and repre
sentatives, prominent business men
and others who are well posted in
politics in every county in the Sec
ond district, to feel out the sentiment
in the Congressman’s race between
Judge E. E. Cox and Judge Frank
Park. A questionnaire was sent to
50 such men throughout tne district
asking for a fair and impartial view
of the situation in their county as
to which candidate would carry the
county and the probable size of the
majority. Here is the questionnaire
which was sent, word for word:
Dear Sir:
We are very desirous of getting a
forecast of the coming primary as re
gards the Congressional race between
Judge Cox and Judge Park. It is
our earnest desire to have this fore
cast as accurate and uncolored as
possible, this being a sincere effort
to secure a reliable prediction as
to the results in each county. We
are addressing this to you as one of
the most prominent citizens in your
community, believing that you will
report the situation to us just as you
see it in your county. The week
preceding the primary we intend to
print this forecast for the benefit of
our readers.
We will appreciate it if you will
drop us a line, —or just use the bot
tom of this slip —and give us your
idea as to who will carry your county,
and the probable majority of such
candidate? We want this informa
tion in hand by the latter part of the
week, and will appreciate your prompt
response.
Some twenty-odd replies were re
ceived. Some of these asked that
their names be not used in connec
tion with the publication of the poll.
We have complied with their re
quests, although their opinions are
published. The replies are all on
file at this office for any who might
care to see them.
If the straws indicate which way
the wind is blowing, Judge E. E. Cox,
of Camilla, will overwhelmingly de
feat Congressman Park in the primary
next Wednesday. The estimates fur
nished by these men, who, if any
one can forecast the result of an
election, should be able to do so,
many of them being county officers,
concede every county in the district
to Judge Cox with the exception of
three. Worth (the Congressman's
home county, where the vote is said
to be close), Decatur (where one es
timate gives Judge Park large ma
jority and one a small majority), and
Calhoun (where three estimates con
cede the county to Cox and one to
Park) —and one county, Grady, from
whom no replies were received.
Mitchell, Dougherty, Seminole, Ba
ker, Tift, Colquitt, Miller, Thomas
and Early counties are given to Cox
by the forecasts of this poll, some
of th(sm by big majorities, Judge
Cox’s home county being counted on
for a majority of from 1,500 to 2,000.
The replies are given below just
as they were received:
DOUGHERTY COUNTY WILL GIVE
COX BIG MAJORITY.
It is my judgment that Judge Cox
will easily carry the county, the ma
jority depends on the vote that is
gotten out on the day of the eleo
-tion, I would safely predict that
he will carry carry it by at least
300 to 500 majority.
H. A. PEACOCK.
Albany, Ga.
COX’S HOME COUNTY TO VOTE
ALMOST SOLIDLY FOR HIM.
Park supporters claim two hundred
to three hundred votes in this coun
ty. In the recent primary twenty
nine hundred votes were cast. We
believe hat a conservative estimate
of Judge Cox’s majority in this, his
home county, will be between fifteen
hundred and two thousand, based on
(Continued on page 5)
$1.50 A YEAR
STATE PRIMARY TO
BE HELDWEDNESDAY
The state Democratic primary will
be held next Wednesday, September
10th. There has been less interest
manifested in the present campaign
than any in recent years, due to the
small number of state officials hav
ing opponents.
Thomas W. Hardwick, former U.
S. Senator and former Governor, la
opposing the present Senator, Wil
liam J. Harris. The consensus of
opinion seems to be that Harris will
be returned the winner by one of
the largest majorities ever given a
candidate in Georgia political history.
Clifford Walker is unopposed for
governor.
S. G. McLendon is unopposed for
secretary of state.
George M'. Napier is unopposed for
attorney-general.
W. J. Speer is unopposed for state
treasurer.
William A. Wright is unopposed for
comptroller general.
The commissioner of agriculture,
J. J. Brown, is being opposed by
George P. Hunnicutt. The opinion
seems to prevail that the present
commissioner will win easily.
The present state school superin
tendent, N. H. Ballard, is opposed
by Fort E. Land. A close race la
expected between these two.
H. M. Stanley is unopposed for
commissioner of commerce and labor.
The present pension commissioner,
C. E. McGregor, is being opposed
by John W. Clark.
T. E Patterson is unopposed for
prison commissioner.
John T. Boifeuillet, present mem
ber of the railroad commission is
being opposed by O. R. Bennett.
J. D. Price is being opposed in
bis campaign for re-election us rail
road commissioner by Albert J. Wood
ruff.
Samuel C. Atkinson and S. Price
Gilbert are unopposed for associate
justices of the. supreme court.
Nash R. Broyles and W. Frank
Jenkins are unopposed for the court
of appeals. 1
A race that is attracting coiiHidei 1 -
able interest throughout the 2nd dis
trict is that of Judge E. E. COx and
Judge Frank Park for Congress. This
is the second time Judge Cox has
made the race against Judge Park,
and both have made a thorough can
vass of the district. A poll of prom
inent business and official men in
the Second district by this newspa
per will be found in another column
Judge M. J. Yeomans and Solici
tor B. T. Castellow have no opposi
sition.
IN EARLY COUNTY.
The Representative’s race in Ear
ly county between the present Repre
sentative, John D. Haddock, of Da
mascus, and T. O. Whitchard, of
Blakely, is the most interesting fea
ture of the primary in this county.
(Qonttnued on page 5)
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