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The Messenger.
Volume XLVII —No. 12.
Harmon, Clements, Bryan, Stansell,
Garmany, Love, and McAdoo All
Win In The Primary Wednesday
HARMON DEFEATS
LEE INMAN BY 115
TAX COLLECTOR’S RACE CLOS
EST IN ELECTION, CLEMENTS
FINALLY WINNING OUT— OLD
BOARD MEMBERS DEFEATED
J AND ENTIRELY NEW BOARD
! NOMINATED McADOO CAR
‘ RIES COUNTY OVER UNDER
WOOD FIVE TO ONE OVER
3500 VOTES POLLED IN WED
NESDAY’S PRIMARY ELEC
TION ORDERLY IN EVERY PRE
CINCT
* Keen and deep interest was taken
in the primary election Wednesday
but a more orderly election was never
held in this county.
Over 3500 votes were polled.
The storm center was the Sheriff’s
race, Harmon winning out by a ma
jority of 115 votes. Inman earned 12
of the 18 voting precincts, while Har
mon carried the following six dis
tricts —LaFayette, Cane Creek, East
Armuchee, Flintstone, Mountain and
Cedar Grove. Borders only received 51
votes In the county and did not carry
a single precinct, the Inman-Harmon
contest, overshadowing all others. The
total vote in the county as the table
shows for Harmon, 1728; Inman,
1613; Borders, 51.
The other race that in the final
stages created great interest was that
of the Tax Collector’s, in which Claude
Clements won out by the small ma
r jority of 68 votes over W. L. Bower,
who ran a close second. W H Hen
derson came third in this race. Ihe
total vote of the three highest ;r. this
race was for Clements, 694; Bowen.
«26; Henderson, 576. Bowen carried
six districts, Clements and Henderson
carrying three each.,
Miss Lucy J. Street, candidate for
Tax Collector, the first woman candi
date for county office in Walker coun
ty, made a .splendid showing in the
race Wednesnay.
In the Clerk’.: race Tlios.V.. Bryan ;
defealeu io Fianu it.i ciose.-n,
competitor by a majority of 526. K.
V Thurman ran third in this race.
The total vote in this race was for
Bryan, 1619; Camp, 1093; Thurman,
7uo Bryan carried twelve districts,
Camp five and Thurman one.
Judge Stansell defeated W. C.
Greene for ordinary by the majority
of 691 votes carrying fifteen of the
18 voting precincts. The vote in this
race was for Stansell, 2010; Greene,
1319.
Much interest was shown in the Re
ceiver s race. John Garmany won over
Earl Massey, his closest competitor
by the majority of 418 votes. These
two were considerably ahead of the
other contestants. Garmany received a
total of 864 while Massey received
446. Garmany carried 6 precincts
while Massey carried three.
R. D Love defeated J A Sartain
for School Superintendent by the ma
jority of 847 votes, carrying thirteen
of the eighteen voting precincts. The
total vote in this race was, for Love,
1893; for Sartain, 1046.
New Board of Roads and Revenue
• A new Board of Roads and Revenue
were nominated throughout, both Mc-
Connell and Hall the old members of
fering for re-election being defeated.
Morgan won over McConnell for
group 1 by a majority of 312 votes;
Keith defeated Hammontree in group
2 by a majority of 1249; Tucker de
seated Frank Shaw in group .1 by a
majority of 240 votes. S P. Hall ran
third in this race. Kilgore, who was
unopposed, of course was nominated
in group 4. In group 5, C. M Thur
man won out in a five-cornered race
by a majority of 496. H. M. Brown
second in this race received 675 votes
in the county and J F Bryan who was
third in the race received 655 notes,
Fr»k Nuckolls was unopposed for
Coroner and Julius Rink was elected
Surveyor. * ,
In the Presidential race '■>' In the
county it was a landslide fojJlcAdoo
He ran 5 to i « tire WQBtjr, vat#
Halte (Efltmttj HE
Tabulated Report of Wednesday’s Primary
1 3 59» a I y o
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For President —— j i —l I ~ j—I 1 1 ’
W. G. McAdoo 723 78 79'108 34 54 147 338 245 109 77 28 23 58| 99 51 125 4 2380,
Oscar W. Underwood 125 24 18 56 26 33 22 40 42 12 4; 0 1 10 ! 11 © 4 2 445
For Ordinary 11 j ,
W. C. Greene 352 52 67 53 28 57 90 169 213 75 39 18! 3 5 51 16 28 3 1319
W. l! Stansell 65 7 95 44 129 44 59 116 276 139 66 60 25 31 49, 61 41 103 15 2010
For Clerk Superior Court 1 t
Thos. W. Bryan 576 58 90 131 55 62 95 52 187 63 40 24 24 37 48 15 54 8 1619
E. F. Gamp * |lO3 6 4 23 0 21 44 401 151 62 50 19 11 61 41 37 50 9 1093
R. V. Thurman 324 83 22 23 18 33 67 4 35 21 8 2 1 8 28 6 22 1 706
For Sheriff '
Z. A. Borders 2 4 1 2 0 2 0 3 3 12 11 0 0 1| 1 0 0 0 515
L. W. Harmon 673 62 59 92 35 46 94 167 142; 75 45 31 7 48 53 16 75 8 1728 '
Lee Inman 295 83 53 91 36 74 101 285 213 69 51 13 28 52 61 42 57 9,1613
For Tax Receiver
Jno. H. Garmany 241 33 23! 46 3 26 6 115 144 51 11 8 .4 27 48 20 55 3 864
Milner Gray ... 118 39 26 77 9 13 2 9 4 0 3 0 6 2 11 2 7 313
R. L. Greene 14 9 7 33 11 12 17 13 11 16 14 4 2 2 11 1 3
Earl Massey 20 4 5 2 0 2 5 152 35 35 57 4 i 66 34 5 14 446
F. H. Nash 206 7 14 1 28 3 4 48 10 0 2 17 1 0 8 13 11 0
W. S. Parker 4 4 46 5 2 3 1 4 25 54 16 17 11 0 1 9 2 34 3 277
E. A. Puryear 138 3 1 31 13 3 6 68 32 22 2 0 23 7 10 2 5 1 367
I. L. Weaver 6 9 5 4 10 2 51 163 11 48 3 2 1 0 0 2 14 7 0 392
For Tax Collector
W. L. Bowen 171 20; 55 90 34 59 54 29 12 0 3 1 2 2 21 8 62 3. 6J6
Claude Clements 346 24 21 68 19 31 40 9 52 4 6 19 H 1 9 18 11 0 fiV4
T. A. Cochran 230 4 540 13 22 15 8000010110 304*
R. C. Grigsby, Jr 16 2 2 5 13 1 13 9 3j 11 4 12 0 16 0 12 1 111
W. H. Henderson 3 4 4 1 11 0 4 13 171 166 40 18 8 0 68 10 3 20 G 576
L. L. Neal 46 83 14 1 0 0 24 14 6 10 2 2 0 1 5 3 0 9 (jOl
Lucy J. Street 146 6 14 3 6 10. 6 50 65 37 24 2 6 2 7 4 8 6 .401
R. T. Talley 16 1 0 0 0 0 29 149 40 48 42 7 029 46 20 15 1 443
For School Superintendent 1
R. D. Love 505 104 64 163 59 88 136 95 203 112 42 16 16 81 50 38 85 9 1893.
J. A. Sartain 277 i 42 51 21 14 28j 68 86 158 33 57 27 21 23 65 20 46] 9 1046
For Board of Roads and Revenue 1
Group District No. 11 1 »
G. A. Langley 314 41 37 38 47 22 39 68 51 19 11 3 4 7 35 15 37 5 793
M. A. McConnell 361 89 46 79 14 26 33 70 63 38 28 14 22 25 39 13 42 9 1011
G. R. Morgan 319 11 31 46 7 58 125 221 184 74 49 24 4 65 41 21 42 1 1323!
Group District No. 2 j
Wm. Hammontree 293 19 21 23 19 23 96 124 114 35 31 7 17 25 12 22 28 9 918
L. P. Keith 655 102 87 156 51 90 101 261 178 83 53 33 14 74 102 32 93 2 2167
Group District No. 3 j , j
S. P. Hall 251 7| 9i 28 <l4 llj 21 63 47 8 4 0 9 12 25 0 16 13 528
F. M. Shaw 305 52 41 113 40 36 | 44 175 101 30 8 31 2 49 21 57 51 2 1158
J. C. Tucker 342 75j 57 23 8 561131 172 152 94 80 9 18 41! 70 1 66 3 1398
Group District No. 4 1 11 j —j (
J. H. Kilgore
Croup District No. 5 j 1 j j—,—:
H. M. Brown . 161 16 5 6 2 23j 60 104 41 86| 46 ,43 26 12 |27 1 13 0 675*
Jiw.F.Br. a i 13 i V 890 0 42, 54 84 194 9| 0; T 0 914 2, 12 1 66.5;
K. 11. Burchfield 141, 8 15 16 6j 16j 40, 60j 42 1| 0 1| Oj 9 9| 2| 19 Cj 3941
Chas. V. Henderson 1:5 ,30 10 21 27)12, Oj 34) 6®] 0| 10, 0j 18 8,1; 16 2j 3C6|
C. M. Thurman 419,
was for McAdoo 2380; for Under
wood, 445 or a majority for McAdoo
of 1935.
Executive Committeemen
The following were nominated as
executive committeemen for the va
rious militia districts: LaFayette, W.
A. Wardlaw; Wilson, W O .McCurdy;
‘Cane Creek, D N Keown; East Ar
muehee, Joe Hunt; West Armuchee,
J C. Young, Jr.; Chestnut Flat, R. F
Delay; Rock Springs, Dr E H Hise;
Chickamauga, Houston Jewell; Lis
bon, Hamp Hays; Mountain, W J.
Miller; Pond Springs, W. C.
Kensington, MM. Whitlow; Cedar
Grove, O P Andrews; Roseville, Clay
McFarland and Andy Harris tied;
Chattanooga Valley, B F. Pittman.
WILEY PARKER LAID TO REST
SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT 2
O’CLOCK AT WESLEY CHAPEL
Wiley Parker, aged 28, d’ed at his
home in West LaFayette, Saturday
afternoon at 6{£o after a lingering
illness. He is survived by his widow,
and two children, Foy Ellen and Cleo;
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Par
ker; four brothers—Fletcher, James,
John and Jack, and two sisters, Mrs.
Henry Mullins and Miss Vinnie Par
ker.
Mr. Parker was a well-known and
very popular citizen of this county
and was very poiv.ent in fraternal
orders, being a me ioer n f ♦be Odd
i Fellows, Woodmtu , .id Woodmen C:,-
: cie.
Funeral servb’s r nducted by to*
’ Rev. Lester Rumble, of Trion, were
held at the Wesley Chapel Church
Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Inter
-1 ment was in Wesley Chapel Cemetery
j Services at the grave were in charge
Jof the Odd Fellows. Pallbearers se
' lected from the Woodmen and Odd
j Fellows were Walter Crouch, Natran
Winer, Harvey Strickland, Clyde Hale,
! Albert Bledsoe and Fletcher Keown.
: The Nuckolls-Kemp-Bryan Co., had
, obm <ii UTgprofieat*
LaFayette, Georgia, Friday, March 21, 1924.
ANNUAL MEETING
C OFC FBL NIGHT
The annual meeting of the LaFay
ette Chamber of Commerce \s!l be
held Friday night at the high school
building at 7 o’clock. Annuaa reports
will be read and the county fair will
be thoroughly discussed and plans
laid for the fall eevnt. 1924 officers
will be elected.
At this time the Chamber members
will also have the opportunity of hear
ing Mr. L. N. Sbahan, of Rome, Sec
retary and Treasurer of the City
Business and Investment Company,
of that city on the benefits and values
of a building and loan association.
A full membership of the Chamber
is urged to attend this annual meet
ing.
W. P. BLACKWELL, JR. TECH
SENIOR SELECTED TO RUN
EFFICIENCY TEgT ON
ATLANTA PUMPING STA.
Atlanta, Ga. March 18—W. P.
Blackwell, Jr., son of W. P. Blackwell
of Greenbush, was one of the Tech
Senior Mechanical Engineers who ran
an efficiency teat on the Atlanta
pumping station.
This station, located on the Chatta
hooche river, is about eight miles
from Tech. It supplies the entire city
of Atlanta with water.
KATHRYN WALLIN
Kathryn Wallin, aged 5, died at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Posey Wallin, of Linwood Saturday
night at 9:30 after a short illness. She
is survived by her parents and a
brother, B. F. Funeral services con
ducted by the Rev. Scott were held at
Villanow Sunday afternoon at 2 o’-
clock. Interment in a nearby cemetery.
Nuckolls-Kernp-Bryan Co., were in
storge <jl U# arrangements, J _
C. W. HOWARD WINS
PLACE ON MERCER—
EMORY DEBATE
Rev. C. W. Howard, of LuFayette,
a student at Mercer University, of
Macon, has been selected as a mem
ber of the Mercer Debating team a
gainst Emory University, the prelimi
nary contest for placos being held
last week. The Mercer-Emory debate
will be held in Atlanta sometime in
May. Rev. Howard, known in the
county as tha “boy preacher,” is to
be warmly congratulated upon win
ning a debater’s place in this inter
collegiate debate which is of state
wide interest.
Young Howard and his colleague, C
S. Prickett, won for their literary so
ciety at Mercer last week in a inter
society debate. The subject debated
was, “Resolved, that the word ‘obey’
should be taken out of the marriage
vow.” Howard an dPrickett uph.-ld the
negative side of the question and were
awarded the decision.
2-DAY COURSE OF POULTRY
INSTRUCTION AT CALHOUN
The poultry division of the Geor
gia State College of Agriculture will
hold a two-day course of instruction
in Calhoun, Ga., on the 21st and 22nd
of this month. This course is being
given for county agents and poultry
men of this section. The County Ag
ent will attend this meeting and would
like to have as many others as can do
so go along. The interest in poultry
raising is increasing very rapidly in
all parts of the state. The men who
will give the coursa are the best poul
trymen in the South and it is a privi
lege to hear them discuss the various
phases of poultry raising.
Folia, from the bottom of my heart,
I thank you.
...... TOM BRYAIf.
McAdoo Sweeps Georgia
In Presidential Primary
W. A. MARTIN LAID
TO REST FRIDAY
W. A. Martin, aped 72 years, passed
away at his home here on Patton
Avenue last Thursday afternoon at
•1:40 o’clock, following a lingering ill
ness from Bright’s disease. While he
had been in declining health for many
months, he was only confined to his
bed for some ten days, 110 made a
brave fight for his life but each day he
grew weaker and it was seen early
last week that the end was approach
ing.
Mr. Martin was born in the Water
ville district, where he resided with
hfs family until some thirteen years
iitjo, when he moved here and entered
Inkiness with his brother-in-law, W.
B.' L*we. Some fifty years ago he was
married to Miss Mary 1011a Foster and
throughout their long married life
their home breathed the atmosphere
'of love and affection and simple har
mony.
The deceased was a well-known,
prominent and popular citizen of this
county. He served as Tax Collector
for several years and filled other
county offices to the satisfaction of
the people. Karly in life he embraced
the Christian faith and united with
tfhe Baptist church and was a con
sistent and consecrated member until
his passing last Thursday afternoon.
He was also a member of the Odd
Fellow fraternity. A few years ago he
retired from his active business in- ,
terests.
Possessing a pleasing disposition/
sterling integrity and many strong :
ggaits of character, he numbered his
friends by the score and in his death
the counity has lost one of its most
highly-respected and best-loved cifci- i
zens. :
Surviving him are his widow anil
two children: one daughter, Miss Lu- ]
die Martin, of this city, and a son, R. .
W. Martin, of Chattanooga; also two j
sister* and six brothers survive him. ■
The sisters are Mrs. W. B. Lowe, of ;
Chattanooga and Mrs. Will Landers, j
of Rome. The brothers are E. N„ Sam
and Green, of Summerville; Deed, of .
Lyerly; Dr. Gordon Martin, of Menlo i
and John W. Martin, of Waterville. |
Funeral services were held from | |
the residence last Friday afternoon
at 2 o’clock, condijcted by his pastor,!
Rev. I. S. Leonard, assisted by the (
other ministers of the town, Dr. J. I'.
Anderson and Rev. J. W Brinsfield. 1
A large host gathered to pay the last 1
tribute to this good man. The profu
sion of floral tributes of organizations 1
and indivduals attested to the high es
teem in which the deceased was held.
Following the funeral services at the
home the remains were taken to the
Bryan graveyard near Waterville and
tenderly laid to rest. The LuFayetto
Furnture Co.; had charge of funeral
arrangements.
Among the out-of-town relatives
who attended the funeral here lust
Friday afternoon were, Mr. and Mrs.
E. N. Martin, Sam and Green Martin,
of Summerville; Dr. Gordon Martin,
of Menlo; Deed Martin, of Lyerly;
John W. Martin, of Waterville; Mr.
and Mrs. W. B. Lowe, of Chattanoo
ga; R. W. Martin and son, Roy, of
Chattanooga; Les Martin and family
of Rossville; Robt. Calhoun and wife,
of Ringgold; R W C Myers, of Water
ville; Babe Martin and family, of
Waterville; Mrs. Lee Bryan and Wi
ley Foster, Both of Waterville, and G
T Myers of Summerville.
CARD OF THANKS
We desire to express our appreci
ation of the kindness and sympathy
of our neighbors and friends during
the illness and death of our husband
and father and grandfather; also for
the lovely floral offerings of the or
ganizations and individuals. May God
richly reward each and everyone of
you.
Mrs. W. A. Martin, Children and
Grand Children.
SALE OF MULES
Will be sold before the courthouse
door of Walker County, Georgia, be- 1
ginning at two o’clock p. m. on Sat
urday, March 22nd, 1024, eight mules.
These mules will be sold to the high
est and best bidder for cash, and the
purchasers thereof will secure a good
title to the mules, free from liens and
encumbrances. These mules are the
mules which were formerly used by
the H. B. Hoppendeitzel Construction
Co., on the highway work between La
Fayette and the Chattooga county
t line, and are being sold under an or
] der of the Judge of the Superior
Court, free from liens.
This 19th day of March, 1924.
C. M. NOTTINGHAM,
ltx Agent of Court.
To The Voters of Walker County
I extend my heartfelt thanks for
the loyal support given me in the
Primary and promise my very best
service the future.
Respectfully,
It* r W. U SXANSBLL.
Want Ads in
Messenger
Pay
One Dollar Per Year
UNOFFICIAL RETURNS GIVE Mc-
ADOO 118 COUNTIES IN THE
STATE THEREBY GAINING AN
OVERWHELMING VOTE IN THE
CONVENTION McADOO TO
NAME DELEGATES TO THE
NATIONAL CONVENTION FOR
GEORGIA
Atlanta, March 10--William G. Mc-
Adoo’s majority over Senator Oscar
Underwood for the Georgia Democrat
ic presidential preference reached ov
erwhelming proportions shortly after
11 o’clock tonight, when returns had
been received from all except seven
of the 100 counties in the state.
These gave McAdoo 228 certain
and 80 additional votes indicated in
the state convention; Underwood 51
certain and 17 indefinitely indicated,
out of a total of 412 convention votes.
Four counties held no primaries;
McAdoo carried 11 Bcounties and Un
derwood eighteen counties. Two
counties announced the result would
not be made known tonight.
The former secretary of the treas
ury took the lead in the first returns
and gradually increased his advantage
as additional counties no ported. Early
in the evening it waa evident that the
Californian had swept the state, as
county after county into his
column.
Atlanta, Macon, Savannah and Au
gusta helped to swell the McAdoo ma
jority. He carried the county of Cobb
by a big vote, captured the home coun
ty of the late Senator Thomas E Wat
son by a small majority, according to
incomplete newspaper returns, and
took Cheatham, the home of Senator
Underwood’s state campaign manag
er. The former secretaiy recently
spoke in these four cities.
Senator Underwood carried Bald
win county, where McAdoo spent his
boyhod at Milledgeville. Muscogee, in
which Columbus is located also went
for the Alabaman. Twiggs county,
which held a primary sometime ago
and declared for Underwood, again
registered their choice for him today.
One comparison of the popular
vote was seen in Fulton, of which At
lanta is the county seat, where in
twenty-eight out of thirty-six pre
cincts McAdoo received 10,501 and
Underwood 2,815.
The election assumed the propor
tions of a landslide for McAdoo from
the first. Counties in the northern
part of the state reported for McAdoo
early in the afternoon and they were
followed by others from all sections
of Georgia.
No accurate estimate o£ the popu
lar vote can bo obtained at this hour.
Georgia operates under the primary
on the county unit plan, the candidate
carrying a county getting the delega
tion to the state convention.
The convention meets in Atlanta
Apiil 2.'1 lo elect delegates to the
National convention in New York
City. *
CARD OF THANKS
To my friends who stod by me in
the late contest, I \#sh to tender my
sincere thanks and appreciation. To
those who had other friends to whom
they were obligated I wish to say
there is no thought of ill will lurking
in my heart. To my successful oppo
nent 1 wish to tender my congratula
tion and hearty well wishe< s in the
end.
Vary truly yours,
ltx W. S. PARKER.
MRS. U. li. SPENCER BURIED
LAST SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Mrs. U. E. Spencer died last Friday
night at ten o’clock after a lingering
illness of more than two years, at
her home in Chattanooga.
Surviving her are her husband and
two small children, ages 3 arid 5
years; also her parents, Mr. and Mrs
R. C. Boss, of Chatanooga; three
brothers, H. W., V .L. and L A, of this
county and three sisters—Mrs. E W.
Shaw, of Menlo; Mrs L L. Spencer,
of Chattanooga and Miss Rita Boss,
also of Chattanooga.
Funeral services were held from the
: Rock Springs Methodist church last
Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock, con
ducted by Rev. J. W. Brinsfield, in the
presence of a large number of rela
tives und friends. Interment was in
the Hock Springs cemetery.
MRS. NETHE HAYES DIED
SUNDAY IN WEST ARMLCHEE
Mrs. Nettie Uayes, Wt 1 36, died at
the home of her purj.iU Mr. ar.d Mrs.
Chas. McKeehan, of West Armuohee
Sunday morning at 12:30 after a lin
gering illness. She is survived by two
children, Aaron and Kathryn; her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. McKeehan;
six sisters—Mrs. Neely Capehart, Mrs
Della Brooks, Mrs. Gertrude King,
Mrs. Addie Keese and Misses Mary
and Rose McKeehan, and a brother,
Aaron. Funeral service* conducted by
the Rev. John Jones was held at Dun
neg&n church Monday morning at 11
o’clock. Interment in Dunnegan ceme
tery, Whitfield ccymty. The Nuckolls
&gmp-Bryan Co., were in charge. ,