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J CHAPTER 92 1914 AMES G. WOODWARD continued as mayor of Atlanta during 1914, but as usual the first of the year brought some new blood to Council. Newly elected aldermen were: Second Ward, Charles H. Kelley, wholesale grocer. Third Ward, C. Columbus McDonald, retail grocer. Fourth Ward, Albert D. Thomson, real estate. Seventh Ward, Jesse W. Armistead, linotype operator, Atlanta Journal. Eighth Ward, John S. Owens, banker. The new councilmen were: First Ward, Charles B. Alverson, grocer. Second Ward, no change. Third Ward, no change. Fourth Ward, Alexander W. Farlinger, real estate. Fifth Ward, Jesse B. Lee, manager Lee Tile & Construction Company. Sixth Ward, no change. Seventh Ward, Simeon L. Dallas, real estate. Eighth Ward, Frank H. Reynolds, general insurance. Ninth Ward, no change. Tenth Ward, no change.1 The beginning of the year saw no change in Atlanta's ministerial officers.2 During the year, however, Nash R. Broyles, veteran judge of the Recorder's Court, was elected to the Court of Appeals. A warm contest was had for the office of recorder, and in a runover, George E. Johnson defeated John Y. Smith, retiring representative from Fulton County in the Georgia Legislature.3 The new recorder was no stranger to local law-enforcement circles, for he had, in former years, rendered valiant service as a police commissioner. Judge Johnson was born in Richmond, Virginia, and was brought to Atlanta by his parents as a boy of seven, in 1866. For 26 years he was a candy manufacturer , and in this connection his generosity will long be remembered. Every Christmas he extended a blanket invitation to all the poor children in the city to come to his place for a Santa Claus bag of candy. And though they came by the hundreds, none ever went away empty-handed. In 1886, Judge Johnson was married to Miss Eleanor Morgan, daughter of David Morgan, a pioneer Atlanta harness manufacturer.4 Johnson made his debut on the bench at police station on Wednesday, November 18, 1914, and a new name began to reign in Darktown. "Jedge Briles" had lost his terror to the Negro heart when "Jedge John'singv arrived. Said the Journal on the occasion of the debut: ". . . Fines and fun, sterness and shrewdness, mirth and mercy in equal mixtures marked the new recorder's first day on the job. His first fine was $10.75 for reckless driving, his first bond was $500 for larceny, his first dismissal was an old Negro well-digger, his first innovation was that of swearing in defendants in every case. 632 ATLANTA AND ITS ENVIRONS "Word had gone forth in Darktown that this was the first day of 'de new jedge' and at 8:30 o'clock Wednesday morning a flock of blacks roosted on the benches in the courtroom. "To a sibilant chorus of 'Dar he come!' Judge Johnson entered the courtroom promptly on time, his arm locked in Sergeant Hewell's, his escort, behind him a blue wave of policemen. As the new recorder bowed his head slightly to the crowd, spectators and court officers alike stood up and cheered. He was introduced by Bailiff George Cornett. After a short speech, he donned gold-rimmed spectacles, and, flanked by Councilman Jesse Lee and his old friend Dr. Amos Fox, went to work. . . ." All of the incumbent ministerial officers of both Fulton and De Kalb counties were re-elected in 1914.5 The gubernatorial contest of that year, a three-cornered race between Nathaniel E. Harris, of Macon; Dr. L. G. Hardman , of Jackson County, and J. Randolph Anderson, of Savannah, President of the State Senate, resulted in the election of Harris. The governor-elect, who took office in late June, 1915, was a native of Tennessee, a Confederate veteran and a graduate of the University of Georgia. While a member of the General Assembly in 1885 he took the lead in the passage of the act establishing Georgia Tech, and served as chairman of its Board of Trustees for 30 years. During the campaign for Governor he delivered , despite his 69 years, a total of 162 speeches. Nat Harris was the last Confederate veteran to serve as Governor of Georgia, and was also one of the oldest men ever elected to the office.6 Many notable physical developments took place in the Atlanta of 1914. Walker Street and Nelson Street, southwest of the Terminal Station, were rapidly being transformed from residential into business streets. John W. Grant and James L. Dickey...

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