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State of Georgia
Department of Archives and History
Georgia©s Official Register
1923
Compiled by Ludan Uraai Knight, L. L. D., F. R, S..
STATE HISTOB1AN and DIRECTOR.

PREFACE
This volume is prepared and published under the authority con
talned In section 7 ot the Act of August 20, 1918, directing the pub
lication as follows:
"Be It further enacted, That an official and statistical register of
the State of Georgia shall be compiled every two years by the Direc
tor to contain: (1) brief sketches of the several State officials, the
members of Congress from. Georgia, the Supreme Court Judges,
Judges of the Court of Appeals, members of Senate and House of
Representatives, Judges and Solicitors-General of the Circuit Courts
of the State; (2) rosters of all state and county officials; (3) lists
of all State "institutions" with official boards; (4) State and county
population and election statistics, and (5) miscellaneous statistics
bearing upon relative matters of current interest or likely to be of
value to the future historian."
All possible care has been exercised to Insure accuracy and the
latest data and statistics obtainable have been used. It is hoped,
therefore, that the Register, both as a directory and as a historical
publication, will fill the need long felt for such a work.
LUCIAN LAMAR KNIGHT
State Historian
GEORGIA STATE HISTORICAL COMMISSION FOR 1923-25
CLIFFORD WALKER, Governor ..........................Chairman
S G. McLENDON ................................Secretary of State
GEORGE M. NAPIER..............................Attorney/Jeneral
WM. J. SPEER.....................................State Treasurer
J J. BROWN ..............................Secretary of Agriculture
N. H. BALLARD .................... State Superintendent of Schools
H. M. STANLEY ............. Commissioner of Commerce and Labor
CHAS. E. McGREGOR ....................Commissioner of Pensions
H J. FULLBRIGHT ........................State Tax Commissioner
MRS. M. B. COBB ...................................State Librarian
L L KNIGHT ................... ^... .State Historian and Director
RUTH BLAIR .......................................Secretary
MILDRED HAM ................... ..Restorer of Manuscript*
CONTENTS
Title Page ———————————— —————————————— 1
Preface _—————————————______—————————— 3
Georgia State Historical Commission for 1923-1925———— 4
Contents — ——_________________ —————— 5
Chapter 1. State Executive Offices, Boards and
Commissions _________________— —————— 7
Chapter 2. Legislative Department ___________— 21
Chapter 3. Judicial Department _,_____________ 29
Chapter 4. Senators and Representatives in Congress
from Georgia ————__________——————— 37
Chapter 5. State Institutions ________—______ 38
Chapter 6. County Data ___________________ 57
Chapter 7. Election Returns, Primary and Regular ___ 98
Chapter 8. Miscellaneous ___________________ 131
Chapter 9. Historical ______________________ 155

CHAPTER I. STATE EXECUTIVE OFFICES,
BOARDS, and COMMISSIONS
STATE EXECUTIVE OFFICES
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
(Office First Floor State Capitol)
G vernor—Clifford "Walker.
Private Secretary—Peter S. Twitty.
Secretary of the Executive Department—Myrtle "White.
GOVERNOR'S STAFF.
Charles T. Nunnally, Atlanta Chief of Staff
Malcolm McKinnon, Brunswick Colonel and Naval Aide
Edgar Alexander ———— —————_——_______Atlanta
Victor Alien __——————— ——— —————______Buford
D. M. Byrd ————————————— — ——__Lawrenceville
W. E. Mobley ———————————————— —______Macon
R. 0. Arnold _— —_____ _ — ____ .Hampton
Orrin Roberts —————— _ „— — — ———____Monroe
P. F. Vose ———————————————__ _ ______Atlanta
Harrison Jones ——————_____ __ ________Atlanta
H. A. Carithers ________________________Winder
Paul Barrett _————_—____ _________Union City
W. I. Bennett _________________________Trion
"W. B. Gibbs __—______________________Jesup
H. R. McClatchey —_ _______________Columbus
W. A. Peterson ——————— ———__________Mt. Vernon
Anderson Ulmer _____________________. .Savannah
W. V. Musgrove ———————,————_______Homerville
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E. L. Davis _____—_-____-___________Blackshear
Paul W. Jones ________—_______________Canton
L. B. Joel _____________—____________Atlanta
Kontz Bennett ____ — — ____—..———— _ ————_Waycross
James H. Dozier —————————————————————_Athens
L. L. Qriner _—— ——————— _ —————— ———— —Atlanta
R. C. Norman _—_————————————__—-Washington
F. B. Shuniate _________________________Atlanta
C. E. Brown _______________________-Cordele
R. B. Matheson ______________________Hartwell
H. G. Bell ________________________Bainbridge
Kush Burton _______________________Lavonia
Lawrence S. Camp _______________________Fairburn
Edward Lyle _______________________--Atlanta
E. T. Moon _————___________________LaGrange
A. B. Lovett ________________________Savannah
Irvln Walker ___—..____________________Newnan
P. C. Wright _______________________Gainesville
PUBLIC BUILDING AND GROUNDS, KEEPER OF
(Office, First Floor State Capitol)
Keeper—T. E. Massengale.
STATE •EXECUTIVE OFFICES, BOARDS & COMMISSIONS 9
SECRETARY OF STATE, OFFICE OF
(Office, First Floor, State Capitol)
Secretary of State and Surveyor General—S. G. McLendon.
Chief Clerk—A. T. Harris.
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles—Secretary of State, Ex-
Officio.
Cashier of Motor Vehicles Department C. A. Cook.
Corporation Commissioner, Secretary of State, Ex-Officio.
Georgia Securities Commission
(Office, First Floor, State Capitol)
Secretary of State, Chairman.
Attorney-General.
Commissioner of Commerce and Labor.
Chief Examiner—T. B. Connor.
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STATE TREASURER, OFFICE OF
State Treasurer—W. J. Speer.
Assistant Treasurer—J. 0. Anderson.
Bond Commissioner State Treasurer, Ex-Officio.
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BANKING, DEPARTMENT OF
(Office, First Floor, State Capitol)
Superintendent—T. R. Bennett.
Assistant Superintendent—E. A. Thompson.
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COMPTROLLER-GENERAL, OFFICE OF
(Offices, First Floor, State Capitol)
Comptroller-General—W. A. Wright.
State Tax Commissioner—H. J. Fullbright.
Tax Clerk—W. B. Harrison.
Insurance Department
Insurance Commissioner—Comptroller-General, Ex-officio.
Deputy Commissioner—L. A. Irons.
Insurance Clerk—Mary M. Nagle.
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MILITARY DEPARTMENT
(Office, Capitol Square, Opposite State Capitol)
Adjutant-General Charles H. Cox.
LEGAL DEPARTMENT
(Office, First Floor, State Capitol}
Attorney-General—George M. Napier.
Assistant Attorney-General Seward M. Smith.
STATE LIBRAEY
(Office, Second Floor, State Capitol)
State Librarian—Mrs. M. B. Cobb.
Assistant State Librarian Ella May Thornton.
Second Assistant Librarian—Margaret M. Gibbs..
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EDUCATION, STATE DEPARTMENT OF
(Office, First Floor, State Capitol)
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
Ex-Officio
The Governor, President.
The State Superintendent of Schools, Secretary and Execu—
t've Agent.
Members by Appointment
D. C. Barrow, Athens. Term ending September 5, 1923.
G. R. Glenn, Dahlonega. Term ending September 5, 1923.
E. J. Forrester, Sparta. Term ending September 5, 1925.
R. W. "Weaver, Macon. Term ending September 5, 1925.
N. H. Ballard, State Superintendent of Schools.
J. A. Northcutt, Clerk.
Alma Norris, Secretary.
Marie Parker, Stenographer.
State Institute Conductors and Supervisors
J. 0. Martin, Covington.
Geo. D. Godard, Milner.
I. S. Smith, Reidsville.
Walter B. Hill, Special Supervisor, Atlanta.
M. L. Duggan, Rural School Agent, Atlanta.
E. A. Pound, High School Supervisor, Atlanta..
Tom Wisdom, State School Auditor, Chipley.