Georgia:  Coweta County:  Election Results of the Justices of the Peace and 
Constables
Herald & Advertiser,
Friday, 8 January 1897

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THE J. P. ELECTIONS
	Elections for the Justices of the Peace and constables were held in all 
the militia districts of the bounty on Saturday last, and in some of the 
bailiwicks there were sharp contests between contending candidates for the 
different places.  This was notably true in the Fifth (Newnan) district, 
where there were two candidates contesting for the office of Justice of the 
Peace, and four candidates for constabulary honors.  Judge Thos Swint was 
victorious in the first named contest, defeating ex-Ordinary W T Mattthews by 
a majority of 11 votes.  The candidates for the other places were J T 
Alsabrook, A J Smith, Walter Leigh, and C B Kilgore, Messrs, Alsabrook and 
Smith were elected.  Both were spirited races—sufficiently so, at least to 
bring out a good vote.  
	
The Populist put out a candidate for Justice of the Peace in Panther 
Creek district, and owing to the apathy of the Democrats, they succeeded in 
electing him, thus recording the first Populist victory that has been 
achieved by this party in Coweta county.  The usual Democratic vote in that 
precinct is between 60 and 75; but in this contest only 26 Democrats voted, 
while the Populist nearly doubled them.  So far as we have heard, there were 
no party contests in any of the other districts.  The list of J.P.’s and 
constables elected throughout the county is as follows:

First Dist	W M Keith, JP; Lewis McCullough & Thos Entrekin Constables
Second Dist	H L Camp, JP; P Q Carmical & Wm O’Brien Constables
Fourth Dist	W H Wortham, JP; M D Millians & W M Gibson Constables
Fifth Dist	Thos Swint, JP; J T Alsabrook & A J Smith Constables
Sixth Dist	H H Haralson, JP; & C E Harrison & Ed Hardy Constables
Seventh Dist	G E Cranford, JP; T L Phillips & W E Smith Constables
Haralson Dist	A J Baughn, JP; J B Cole & M J Stewart Constables
Panther Creek	W T Dyer, JP; W J Tarleton & J R Atchison Constables
Cedar Creek	T M Sewell, JP; W D Palmer & W C Ballard Constables
Grantville	T M Lester, JP; C A Burks & J H Attaway Constables
Hurricane	B H Dial, JP; no election for Constable

The polls were not opened either in the Third or Turin district. 
The vote in the fifth district was as follows: 
Justice of Peace	Thos Swint 	211
		W T Matthews	200

Constable	J T Alsabrook	252
		A J Smith	214
		Walter Leigh	152
		C B Kilgore	121