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Show GEORGE MIIH IN GEORGIA - Nominated for Successor to Late Senator Thomas E. Watson ATLANTA. Oa, Oct. IS (By A. P.) Walter V. (Seorge, former Justice of the state supreme court, with a total of So county unit votes, was overwhelmingly over-whelmingly nominated aa successor to the late i'nlted States B"nator Thnmae K. Watson In Thelerday's. special Democratic vlmury, according to complete unofficial returns compiled by the Atlanta, Constitution today. The victory of' tleorge marked the second defeat of Governor T. W. Hord-sMck Hord-sMck within as many months, and. according ac-cording to political observers, showed that the Watsno block of voters, estimated esti-mated at 50.000 at full strength, remained re-mained intact and votd almost solidly solid-ly for the former court Justice. Of the ISO counties in the state. George, carried 125 , giving him more convention votes than the 201 required for nomination, according to the Const itution'a compilations. Iov-eruuc Iov-eruuc JlmUwick tsrilsJ. twilyxiul cotintifa with 7 unit votes; Heaborn Wright, seven counties with 23 unit votes, and John K. toer none, the newspaper's figures showed. Jjcfinlto reorts of the popular vote In -ventv-one counties gave tleorg 27.914. Ilardwlck 1.0:B. Wright 706) and Cooper too. It was stated. The state- Democratic convention meets In Macon, October 2. to confirm con-firm the results of yesterday's primary. pri-mary. The convention nominations are considered equivalent to election In the general election November 7. |