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Volume XXXII. Number 54.
PEACH COUNTY WINS ANOTHER VICTORY
WATSON WINS, AND HARDWICK NEAR GOAL
Latest incomplete
turns Give Watson
213 County Unit
Votes; Hardwick 190,
Walker, 178.
WATSON'S NOMINATION SURE
Second Primary Indi¬
cated as Certainty to
Decide Between
Hardwick and Wal¬
ker for Governor.
Although complete returns from
Wednesday’s primary had not been
given out up to the time this issue of
The Leader-Tribune went to press,
the nomination of Thomas E. Wat¬
son as U. S. Senator was universally
conceded, with a county unit vote of
222 or more, and a popular vote of
over 93,500. Watson’s victory has
been the great surprise of the pri¬
mary and is hard to explain when
compared with the very small vote
given Hoke Smith, who thus far had
received but 32. county unit votes,
and 50,751 popular votes, against
Dorsey’s 102 county unit votes and
60,801 popular votes.
In the gubernatorial race Hard¬
wick was leading with a county unit
vote of 190—4 short of the number
necessary to nominate— and a pop¬
ular vote of 87,557; Walker closely
following with a county unit vote of
178 and popular vote of 79,879; and
Holder a poor third with 18 county
unit votes -and a popular vote of
33,678.
At this time a run-over primary
for Hardwick and Walker on Octo¬
ber 6th seems very probable.
WHO KILLED PEACH COUNTY?
With apologies to . „ Who Killed Cock
Robin.’
By H. C. Neil
Who killed Peach County?
“I, • • said Sammie Nunn;
“I killed Peach County with my little
‘hot air’ gun. ft
Who saw it die?
.. I,” said old man Hodges;
“I it die, did Gordon Rogers. >>
saw so
Who caught the blood?
“I,” said John Guerry;
“I caught the blood in a dish sent
from Perry. »»
Who’ll make its shroud?
“I,” said Mark Kunz with a tweedle;
“I’ll make its shroud if 1 ain’t a
beetle.”
Who’ll dig its grave?
it I, '' said Walter Watson, “I’ll dig
its grave,
Cause I’m the one that swats e’m.
Who’ll be the parson?
“I, »» said Jule Felton
“I’ll be the parson on this very day,
Cause in Montezuma they even let
pray. »>
me
Who’ll carry it to the grave?
“I,” said Frank Gunn of LaVillo;
“If its in the night,
I’ll promise not to spill her.
Who’ll carry the link?
“I,” said Bob Holtzclaw; I’ll carry
the link,
’Cause I can raise such a stink;
the link. »>
I’ll carry
Who’ll be Chief Mourner?
MI,’ ’ said Shelby Richardson;
cause its death is bad;
It stopped the only notoriety I ever .
had;
I’ll be chief mourner.”
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Who’ll sing a psalm?
“I, »» sa id Frank Cater
1*11 sing a psalm, >»
For I’m a Peach County hater.
(Cont’d on page 10, Col. 5.)
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AND PEACHLAND JOURNAL
FORT VALLEY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER, 10, 1920.
ow Houston County J Precincts Voted In Wednesday’s j Primary. j
! Consolidated Returns From Crawford and Taylor Counties for State Senator.
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State Senator
J. E. Davidson 20 10 5 4 6 0 2 6 14 17 25 9 84 68 9 39 662 980 481 452 1913
C. C. Richardson 82 164 25 47 61 51 59 37 100 67 2 13 36 6 43 6 4 803 277 602 1682
Representatives
Emmett Houser 18 11 3 4 9 0 2 6 10 17 25 9 91 70 7 37 659 978
C. H. Jackson 16 11 o 5 7 0 2 5 1 1 18 25 9 97 69 8 39 656 980
J. J. Houser 83 162 27 45 60 51 59 41 100 64 2 10 21 4 43 7 9 788
J. H. Davis 85 164 26 48 58 51 59 34 107 67 2 11 28 4 44 6 7 801
U. S. Senate
Jno. R. Cooper 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 5 2 3 1 1 29
Hugh M. Dorsey 38 82 9 17 25 32 50 15 36 33 12 11 66 30 16 9 273 754
Hoke Smith * 45 63 13 21 25 14 7 7 12 24 12 2 22 8 7 9 206 497
Thos. E. Watson 16 23 7 13 13 5 2 21 64 24 1 9 23 32 25 26 172 476
Governor
W. R. Brown o 4 0 0 9 2 1 0 1 5 1 0 2 0 4 1 6 38
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Thos. W. Hardwick 13 14 17 15 9 2 1 16 55 13 0 8 10 22 20 12 131 358
Jno. N. Holder 16 43 2 4 9 14 3 7 41 11 14 6 39 18 15 9 84 334
Clifford Walker 71 112 11 32 40 33 55 20 17 54 11 7 68 34 14 23 443 1045
Secretary of State
S. G. McLendon 58 1 12 23 22 56 49 35 26 72 68 23 14 95 61 45 43 503 1306
C. A. West 45 59 7 29 11 2 27 17 41 16 3 8 24 12 7 3 155 466
Aitorney General
Geo. B. Davis 60 71 14 28 23 5 21 13 2 • ‘> J 57 23 14 91 60 27 30 343 893
Geo. M. Napier 62 103 16 23 44 46 34 30 92 27 3 8 29 14 25 15 317 878
Railroad Commissioner
W. Trox Bankston 17 30 8 7 16 5 20 7 15 46 8 7 35 48 15 20 289 593
Paul B. Trammell 83 139 22 44 50 46 41 35 98 37 18 15 84 22 36 26 368 1164
Judge Court of Appeals m
0. H. B. Bloodworth 84 136 24 42 65 50 38 41 98 69 23 15 85 25 38 38 260 1082
W. H. Davis 17 37 6 9 2 1 21 2 16 15 3 7 33 49 14 7 401 640
Ben H. Hill 66 1 35 26 29 53 40 35 15 69 67 12 14 33 33 40 33 333 1013
Chas. W. Smith 34 36 4 22 14 11 22 28 53 16 14 8 87 37 12 12 320 707
Congressman
W. W. Larsen 72 136 10 28 52 47 35 36 100 60 8 8 78 35 42 33 244 1054
Roscoe Peacock 31 36 20 23 15 4 25 7 14 24 19 14 40 9 10 13 418 727
VICTORY CELEBRATED
LARGE CROWD CONGESTS MAIN
STREET TO HEAR RETURNS
AMID APPLAUSE AND SONGS.
SPEECHES DEMANDED.
Wednesday night almost the en
tire populace of Fort Valley and ve
cinity and many from other districts
of this and Crawford County con
gested the principal business section
of Main street from Railroad to Ma
con streets to hear the latest re
turns from the various precincts of
Houston, Crawford and Taylor Coun
ties and the state at large. Automo
biles lined the street so densely on
both sides that it was with difficul
ty that the chief of police, night mar
shall and their assistants kept a
narrow lane open for through pass¬
age of vehicles in single file.
The two large mirrors in Wright’s
Pharmacy were converted into bulle¬
tin boards, on one of which the re¬
turns from Houston County pre¬
cincts were posted, and on the other
thofce from Crawford and Taylor
County.
The throng so crowded the store
j and side-walk in front of it that the
j messengers bearing the returns from
Peach County campaign headquar¬
ters and from the Western Union
i ■telegraph office could scarcely
squeeze in to deliver the returns
:
I : the crowd so eagerly awaited. Cheers
and songs of victory filled the air
i as each new return was announced.
Later the crowd paid their re
spects to the successful Peach
j ty candidates and leaders, calling for
! speeches from each. Responses were
made by these m brief, enthu
j siastic speeches, from the balcony of
the old First National Bank Building;
Mr. Green Aultman sang a song the
words and air of which he had com¬
posed apropos particularly of the
Peach County victory, and several
others improvised on the spur of
the moment; and Mayor H. C. Neil
read a poem entitled “Who Killed
Cont’d on page 10, Col. 3.)
B. P- I U. WORKERS OF II DISTRICTS
TO HOLD 1LL-DIK RALLY HERE SUNDAE
This the Rally day for all B. Y.
P. U. workers will be a day of
music, plays and demonstrations of
t’ne great B. Y. P. U. Work. There
will be three services, 10:45 a. m.,
3:00 ,p m., and 7:45 p. m. A large
delegatino from three districts is ex
pected and will be entertained in the
homes of the local B. Y. P. U. mem¬
bers.
The Tabernacle B. Y. P. U. and
their pastor, Rev. T. W. Callaway of
Macon, will have the entire program
PROGRAM
MORNING SESSION
10:45—“Sing His Praises, } 1 Mr. Charles Alexander, Tabernacle, Macon.
11 :05—Devotional—The Call of the Master—“Follow Me” Mr. W. G.
Allen.
11:15—Solo—“Follow Me, > ■ Mrs. Glen more Green.
| 11 ;25—The Associational Work, Miss Josie Mae Johnson, Associational
President, Forsyth.
11 :40 Sextette, Misses Joe Allen, Ruby Harris; Messers. Allen, Harris,
Grimes, Brack.
It ; 50—Address, Mr. Robert Taylor, First Baptist, Macon.
12:30—Special Music, Mr. Charles Alexander, Tabernacle, Macon.
j AFTERNOON SESSION
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| 3 ; 00—“Sing His Praises,” Mr. Charles Alexander, Tabernacle, Macon.
3:15—The Greatness and Need of Junior B. Y. P. U. Work, Miss John¬
son, Associational President, Forsyth.
3:30—Violin Solo, Miss Callaway, Tabernacle, Macon.
3:40—Address, Rev. T. W. Callaway, Tabernacle, Macon.
4:10—Demonstration Program, Tabernacle, B. Y. P. U.
5:00—Possibilities ofc a B. Y. P. U. in a Country Church, Prof. Ralph
Newton.
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EVENING SESSION
7:45—“Sing His Praises,” Mr. Alexander, Tabernacle, Macon.
8 :00—Devotional—“Love,” Mr. Joseph Kinney.
8:10—Vocal Duet—“Love is the Theme,” Miss McDonald, Mrs. R. C.
Jones.
8:20—The'Daily Bible Reader’s Course, Miss Josie Mae Johnson, Asso¬
ciational President, Forsyth.
8:35—Vocal Duet—“In the Garden,” Misses Joe Allen, Bessie Adams.
8:40—Four Minute Speakers—
j Value of B. Y. P. U. to the Church, Rev. C. C. Pugh.
Value of B. Y. P. U. to the Sunday School, Mr. A. J. Evans.
Value of B. Y. P. U. to the Member, Mr. MS R. Fuller.
(Continued on last page.)
for the afternoon. This session will
be especially interesting,
Mr. Charles Alexander of Taber
nacle, Macon, an enthusiastic singer,
will lead the singing. Mr. Robert
Taylor, a wide-awake worker of the
First Baptist, will speak both
morning and evening,
A cordial welcome awaits every¬
one. Come and see the workings of
the young people who will soon be
your church leaders.
TEN PAGES.
FAR FROM SETTLED
HOUSTON CITIZENS TO ASK
HEARING. REMITTITUR IS
CALLED BACK. FIGHT IS NOT
YET ENDED.
(From Macon Telegraph.)
In the now celebrated case 0 f
Aultman et al, vs. Hodge, Commis
sioner et al., from Houston county,
in which is involved the c eding of
40,000 acres of land by Houston to
Macon county, and in reference to
which the Supreme Court of
gia handed down a decision Friday,
C. L. Shepard, of Fort Valley,
ing counsel for Aultman, had the
following to say yesterday:
“I noticed in your paper Monday
the letter of John B. Guerry, of
Montezuma, inreference to the Su
preme Court’s decision in this
as well as his recital of the facts
leading up to same, which in the
main are correct, though he
ed to state some very material and
-
1 i important facts.
| “Mr. Guerry begins his recital of
| the history of the case by stating
that Messrs. J. M. McKenzie, L. B.
Hamilton and others filed' a petition
in the office of the ordinaries of
Houston and Macon counties asking
that certain territory in the Ninth
and Fourteenth Districts of Hous
ton county be transferred to Macon
county.
“He fails to state that prior to
this, the people of the western por
tion of Houston had started a cam
paign for the creation of Peach
county; that the people of Perry
called a mass meeting of the citi
zens of Houston who opposed a di
vision to be held in Perry, and in
vited citizens of Montezuma and
Marshallville, who owned a large
portion of the territory, to attend.
Political Deal Alleged.
. * At that meeting a resolution was
passed that if the people of Monte
zuma (the main owners of the land
now in dispute) would help Perry
(Cont’d on page 10, Col. 1.)
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Davidson Wins Nomi¬
nation for State Sen¬
ate; Emmett Houser
and C. H. Jackson
for Lower House.
ALL NEW COUNTY CANDIDATES
Second Sweeping Vic¬
tory of Y ear For
Advocates of Divis
ion. Entire Slate
Elected Both Times.
For the second time this year the
advocates of the division of Hous¬
ton County into two “good Coun¬
ties” scored a sweeping victory in
Wednesday’s primary, when J. E.
Davidson was nominated for state
senator from the Twenty-third dis
trict by a majority of 231 over his
opponent, C. C. Richardson; and Em¬
mett Houser and C. H. Jackson woq
over J. J. Houser and J. H. Davis by
nearly 200 majority in each case.
This victory, with that of the April
20th primary, means that every
courthouse and State house official
of Houston County and the senator
from this district, after January
first will hold their offices by virtue
of the will of the new county advo¬
cates. For the second time this year
a substantial majority of the voters
of the county have gone on record at
the polls as desiring to have an end
to bickering and friction in the
county and a beginning of peaceful
progress and prosperity.
The votes were cast after every
voter in Houston, Crawford and Tay¬
lor County was clearly informed as
to the proposed new county lines,
and a substantial majority of these
voters declared by their ballots that
the proposed lines were acceptable
to them.
Credit is due to so many citizens
of each district and county con¬
cerned for their loyal service and
hard work that it would be impossi¬
ble to name them all. But it would
not be amiss to say that to a number
the influential citizens of Craw
ford County especial credit and
thanks are due, as it was in that
county that the greatest amount of
prejudicial influence had been ex
! erted against the new county move
ment. Crawford magnificently re
pudiated these misrepresentations
a™ 1 declared her confidence in the
pledges of the new county candidates
and leaders.
The campaign organizations in the
new county districts of Houston
were superb and the work most ef
fective. In the Ninth District, for in
! stance, out of a total registration
j list of 786 qualified voters, 666
1 votes were polled. Loyal new county
J advocates cut short trips to Canada others
and other distant points, and
came several hundreds of miles from
' summer resorts, and still others
arose from beds of illness, to cast
their votes for the Peach County
Candidates.
Among the latter were Mr. M.
l. Sheats, who only a few days out
of a Macon hospital, where he had
undergone two serious operations,
was taken to the polls on a stretcher;
Mr. C. G. Gray, 74 years old, con
fj ne d to his bed 12 weeks with a
fractured hip. was carried down in a
roller chair; Mr. I. N. Royal, who
has been unable to walk for several
weeks from rheumatism, was carried
to the poll in an automobile. Of es
pecial significance were the votes
cast for the new county candidates
in such staunch opposition precincts
of the old county area as the two
Perry precincts, Haynesville, Gro
vania, Elko, Kathleen, Bonaire, Well
ston. These votes, if not many in
number, show that in every section
of Houston County there are think
ing citizens who believe the time
i has come when division is necessary
to the progress of the entire county.
■o
.» It used to be said that most of
men’s troubles were in petticoats, but
if they wear them these days they’re
mighty old-fashioned troubles.
