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ATLANTA: 110.000 popnlotlon. :*.0V) hnm**«. 15.000 ffl-pbnn*#. Fcron main lino# of rollronda. 1W mile* of strsst railway. 122,000,000 of booking capital. ,r r The Atlanta Georgian. GEORGIA . ' • r p'.-.' Gs t i.. S103.000,0w cotton VOL. 1. NO. 101. ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 190fi. PRICE: m&KRSSft HOKE SMITH WILL HA VE SAFE MAJORITY IN CONVENTION BY ALL THE INDICATIONS BEFORE THE ACTUAL COUNT; CLARK HOWELL TO LOSE ATLANTA AND FULTON COUNTY JOYNER SEEMS WINNER OVER GOODWIN FOR MA YORALTY OVER FIELD Great Majority of Re ports From State Favor Him. HOWELL IS STRONG IN SOUTH GEORGIA Estill aiul Russell Contest ing Several Coun ties. FOR H. SMITH: Both Rgces Still Ap pear to Be Very Close. COUNTY TREASURER STILL A MYSTERY Day Has Been Freer From Disor der Than Any in Years. T’p to 3 o'clock Wednesday after- nor>n reports received from various part* of the state Indicate that Hoke Smith has won his contest for the governorship of Georgia. He (a reported leading In Fulton, Newton, Glynn, Thomas, Schley, Pike, Richmond, Ware, Echols, Floyd, Mon roe, Butts. Gordon, Stewart, Bartow, Catoosa. Taliaferro, Laurens, Chattoo ga, Jefferson, Douglas, Carroll, Jones, Hancock, Greene, Fayette, McDuffie, Calhoun. Wilkes. / Howell Is rfportad ahead In Daugh erty, Humter, Lowndes, Crisp, Musco gee. Eat ill will carry hie home county, Chatham, with Hoke Smith a close *econd, according to reports. Russel) seems to have captured Hall, Gwinnett, Toombs and several other counties. In Gainesville, ikjwever, It Is stated that he and Hoke Smith are contesting for the city. Russell Is strong in the county districts. Hoke Smith and Estill are fighting for Berrien county, but Smith appears to ho in the lead. It is generally conceded that James M. Smith has carried his home coun ty—Oglethorpe—and that he will show’ up Mronj In some of the adjoining countle.i. In Whitfield county a spirited race Is on between Estill and Hoke Smith. They are said to be neck and neck, with Howell and Russell contesting for third place In the county. In Rome Hoke Smith tii b® winner by a good majority, but Howell looks strong In the county (Floyd). In spite of the good weather obtain ing nil over the state and the appar ent interest manifested In the guber natorial campaign for the past year, It ***fti* that only about 85 per cent of the registered vote will be polled. AUGUSTA. Spe, | ; ,i t„ The Georgian. Augusta, Ga., Aug.’ 22.—Less than 700 vote* were cast here up to noon. Of this number Hoke Smith has about 3 to I Reports from the country are that the vote Is small and for Hoke Smith. COLUMBUS. tV'l.H t<> The Georgian. t'olumbu*, Ga., Aug. 22.—A steady vofr i s being polled. It looks as If a full vote tit the county, which is win be polled. ' 'nservatlve estimate gives Hoke •' ;,,,| h from 300 tn 500 majority. The “""ell men say little, but work hard. Russpii is third In the race here, polling a large number of Votes. r, >eie has been no excitement or dls- turlmnee. The weather Is Ideal. WASHINGTON. * , P r, Ifll to The Georgian. Washington, Ga., Aug. 22.—From the h*>t reports obtainable at noon today t:r vote between Hoke Smith and Jim fi < lnl, b Is about evenly divided. Hoke U ,n,t h Is probably In the lead by 50 V"tr, The country districts will no a°uht give Jim Smith a fair major- Continued on Pege Three. 0 o 0 CHIEF JOYNER’S FRIENDS 0 O SATISFIED WITH OUTLOOK. O O O 0 t’hlef Joyner's campaign com- O 0 mtttee express the utmost confl- O O dence In the outlook for their can- 0 0 didate. They believe that the con- O 0 Udence of the Atlanta public In O 0 the man who has been before them O 0 for years will be Indicated In the O 0 result, and that the present chief O 0 of the lire department Will step 0 0 Into the mayor a chair for the next O 0 term. The Joyner men are work- 0 0 Ing hard at every polling place. O OO0O0UO00DOOOOOO00OO000O0O 0 >« 0 GOODWIN 8UPPORTER8 O CONFIDENT OF WINNING: 0 O Thomas H. Goodwin and his g friends are just as confident as on Tuesday, when Mr. Goodwin pre fix dieted n two-to-one majority. O 0 The workers at the polls are urg- 0 0 Ing the public to vote for the man O 0 with a platform, and every work- O 0 er seems confident of carrying his O 0 ward. The early voting showed O 0 that Goodwin was leading In sev- O 0 era! wards. Goodwin men ex- O 0 pressed themselves as satisfied O O with the outlook at 11 o’clock. O 0 0 O000OO0000OO000000000D0000 Hoke 8mlth by a majority of 1,500 over Howell. Chiof W. R. Joyner by a majority of 2,000 over T. H. Goodwin. Culberson, Woodward, 8harp—Ukt your choies. Looks Ukt anybody’s raos. That’s the way the three principal races *ln the city, county and state primaries look, although It Is Impossi ble to form any accurate Judgment The vest pocket vote predominates these days and times, and a little shouting may prove a very false clew. It Is generally regarded that Hoke Smith will get a majority of at least 1,500 votes and some think It will run up to more than 2,000. The sensation of the day has been the furore nbout T. H. Goodwin, candi date for mayor against W. R. Joyner. Wise politicians, however, think that the spurt he has taken In public opin ion Is due rather to unexpected strength than to getting more votes than Joyner. Hoke Smith will carry’ every ward in the city, It Is believed, except the Seventh, the Eighth and possibly the Sixth. It Is nip and tuck In the latter ward, however. The First, the Third, the Fourth and the Fifth are regarded as certain for Smith. He. nil! get more votes In the county precincts than Howell. Russell will get a fair vote, and the-others practically none. The few contests tor councilman and alderman have excited but little Inter est In the Individual wards and practi cally none In the city at large. Up to 3 o'colck not a single row-, fight or disturbance had occurred that was serious enough to call for the po- Every ward Is well patrolled. In the WAITING FOR THE VERDICT ESCAPE NIL Tl Climbed OutS kylight and Were Lowered to Ground. Hpeclal to Th. Georgian. Selma, Ala., Aug. 22.—There wee ft. wholesale Jail delivery about 3 o'clock, thta morning, eight negro prleonere making their eacepes from the Dalteg county knot lie. One of the eec*pe», John Weetley, waa awaiting trial for murder. Another alleged murderer,' Dillard Steel, failed to get out with the rest and waa found hiding behind a trunk In the front part of the build ing. The nrgroea had to break through the Iron barn and doora of two colla acrone a hallway'and then,break Into another cell before they got to the place where the entrance Into the maltv walk around waa made. They then climbed up three etorlca of Iron slatted Doors, having to bend back the Irons before they could pull themselves through. They then broke out the akyi light nnd having gained the roof, letJ themselves down to the ground by* means of blankets. It was almost In conceivable that auch work could hava been done and not be detected. and Bishop, Man gum Is leading. FOURTH WARD. Registration, 1,17}. City vote at 2s30 o’clock, 836. State and county vote at 2(30 o'clock, 60S. Voting opened up brlakly at the fourth ward polla Wednesday morning, and within the first hour and a half 200' ballots tvere cast. The city and county voting places were about 00 yards apart, and the Intervening apace was tilled with heelers of the various candidates. One energetic partisan had the name of hi* favorite on the Idest part of a broom In boxcar let ters, and waved It. at each approach ing voter. The Drst man to cast hla vote In the ward for state and county officers was H. Lewis, and for city officials was Hugh D. Carter. • No 'trouble of any kind had been re ported nt the polling places up until 2:30 o’clock. Ooodwln was conceded to have had the advantage earlier In the day, but at this hour the Joyner men claim that their candidate Is running neck nnd neck with Goodwin and will carry -the ward. Both Dr. B. B. Pearce and M. M. Turner claim to be In the lead for councilman Hoke Smith la easily far In the lead for the governorship nnd will probably get three votes to Howell'* J. FIFTH WARD. Registration, 1.387. City vote# at 2:30 o'clock, 533. State and county votes at 2:30 o’clook has" been brisk ever since the polls j 587, ' opened for business and at this hour] Hoke Smith has carried the Fifth a number are still In line. I ward. W. It. Joyner and Thomas H. Good- Here are the stories of the FIRST WARD. Registration, 1,181, City veto at 2130 o’elook, 535, State end county vote at 2:30 o'clock, 534. The voting was not so fast during the middle of the day as during the early hours, and the result In a num ber of races will be undecided until the vote le counted at the does of th* polls Hoke Smith shows, a strongth In the ward whtfh his friends predict will bring him a majority. 'The county treasurer" race Is uncertain. Dr. Bas kin leads for councilman. Curtla and LaHatte seem to be ahead of Hllburn for alderman. Men who nre Interested In neither candidate to a great extent predict that Goodwin will carry the ward. * , 8ECOND WARD. Registration, 2,179. City vote at 2:30 o’clock, 1,127. State'and county vote at 2:30 o’elook, 1,150. At this hour the crowd around the court house corner had reduced Its en thusiasm to husky yelling for Goodwin and Joyner. Money was freely offered by each side, but was nut taken. Every body wanted to bet, but no money was In evidence. Wearers of Hoke Smith badges were greatly In the majority and while they were not crying the name of their favorite In the city race, they advanced his candidacy. Voting THIRD WARD. Registration, 1,547. City vote up to 2:30 o’clock, 824. State and county vote up to 2:30 o’clock, 871. The only feature out of the ordinary that happened at the third ward polls during the day up to 2:30 o'clock was the appearance of two registered voters who wanted to scratch off the pledge of fealty to the Democratic party. They were told If they did the vote would not be counted, and they left. Goodwin Is said to be carrying the word, though the vote will be close. Smith Is clearly In the lead for gov ernor. Woodward will poll ttfe biggest vote for county treasurer. Considerable local Interest Is felt In th* race for council between Mangum the returns tonight Will be shown by The Georgian at Good- rum’s—Peachtree, Edgewood Avenue and Decatur Sts. Special telephone and tele graph wires will run direct to the stereopti- con. Our men in every county will give immediate and accurate reports. The Geor gian has no candidate. We will give the facts. win are neck ami nock. The treasurer and councllmanlc race* arc still uncertain. Through the Fifth the dove of peace ha* been hovering all day. There ha* been no fighting and only one "cussing'’ match within earshot of the noil*. This feature nnd the belief that there will be a record-breaking vole cast are being talked of widely. It has been estimated that between 1,000 nnd 1,250 of the possible 1,387 voter* registered will vl*lt the poll*. The gubernatorial race waa settled In the mind* of most of tho»e who kept clone to the poll* nbout noon, and since that time the chief topic of conversa tion has been the mayoralty race. Much money ha* been (lanhed on both aides. Bet* that Joyner would carry the city were refused, and the Joyner men refused money that Good win would carry three or more wards.- It I* believed that Smith will poll three vote* to Howell's one. 8IXTH WARD. Rsgistration, 1,648. City vofta up to 2:30 o'clock, 085. State and county voto up to 2:30 o'clock, 974. | Heavy voting marked the forenoon, but from noon on there was a let up In th# stream of voters. Smith supporter* claim the ward 2 to 1, but Howell men say their man will win out. At this hour Indications are that Hoke Smith I* leading. Joyner i* apparently leading over Goodwin, though the last named Is get ting a good vote. Macon Sharp 1* poll Ing a good vote for county treasurer. 8EVENTH WARD. Rsgistration, 579. City voto up to 2:30 o'clock, 327. State and county vote up to o’clock, 343. West End will go for Clark Howell three to one. It will go for Culberson three to one. It will go for Joyner four to one. Th# dav has passed quietly enough. with no disturbance and no noise. Aft er a dull two hours between 9 nnd 11, voting smoked up a little about noon. Then about 2 o'clock It dropped down to nothing. EIGHTH WARD. Registration, 401. City vote up to 2:30 o'clock, 298. Stato and county voto up to 2:30 o’clock, 310. The Eighth is taking It serenely. With the smallest registration of nny ward In the city, the voter* go quietly up, cast their ballot nnd go away to business. Very few worker* or hang- er*-on were nbout. At this hour It look* like a practical split between Howell and Smith. Joy ner I* leading for mayor, and the vote for county treasurer Is no divided that no one can tell who 1* leading. Indication* are that almost the en tire registered vote will be polled. . IN THE COUNTY. In the county district* the vote wa* practically all In at 2:15 o'clock, the polls closing at 3. Total registration In the county Is 2,545. The total vote, however, will not reach 2,000. From the general report of returns, Clark Howell nnd Hoke Smith will get 1,800 of the votes between them and Smith will get more than a thousand. For county treasurer, Culberson Is expected to have a large majority of the vote In th# county precincts, with Macon Sharp second. MUST COME ACROSS TO CHARITY H08PITAL Hperlsl to The Georgian. New' Orleans, Aug. 22.—Attorney General Guion has addressed a circular letter to all the real estate auctioneers In the city, calling upon them to make settlement with the charity hospital for the private sales of real estate since January 1, 1890. This would mean an REBELS IN HAITI HEADIfTO ATTACK Nine Hundred .Men March to Join Genera Navarro. By Private Leaned wire. Tape Haytlen, Haytl, Aur 22.—It le believed a bloody civil war will follow when General Guelllto, who at the head of 900 revolution!.!*, hen left Dajabon, Join* the troop* or Ortieral Navarro and make* an attack on Monte Crl»to. The government of Santo Domingo ha* *ent 1,200 men from Moca agalnxt (he revolutlonlat*. 100 PORTO RICANS BROUGHT TO WORK ON SUGAR FARMS Special to The Georgian. New Orica n*. La.. Aug. 22.—One hundred Porto Rican laborer* arrived thla morning on board the ateamahlp Arcadia ahd will be Immediately dla- trlbuted among the *ugar planter* of till* *tate on trial. If the expertmenta irove a auccea* hundred of othera will * brought hwe to relieve the condl- tlona due to a great acarclty of labor for auch work. addition to hoapltal funria of several hundred thouaand dollar* and greatly help that Inatltutlnn. By GEORGE FRAZER. Special Cable—Copyright. St, Peteraburg. Aug. 22.—Apparently well authenticated reporta are to the amaalng effect that Count Witte ha* been aummoned to return to Ruaala and take Premier Stolypln's place m prom- ler, and that M. Kuropatkln, who ha* been In dlagrace alnce the defeat of the Russian army by the Japaneae at Mukden, la to be made aecretary of war with Inatructlon* to remodel the whole military eatabllahmant, and If poaalble In weed out the dlaaffected elementa. Neither of theae reporta hare official aanctlon yet, but they are believed In high quarter*. Stolypln haa Failed In hi* effort to reetore order and to pla cate the peasant*. while the entire army again la In a atate bordering on chaoa. It may be poaalble for Witte and Kuropatkln to do better, but few believe It. There haa bean little, If any Improve ment In the altuatlon throughout the country. Political aasaaalnatlnna are being committed with horrible frequen cy, the Induatrlal center* are aeethlng with dlacontent and rebellion, while the peaaant* ore In a atate of partial an archy all over the country. If Witte were given a free hand to Inaugurate such reform* a* he might deem neceaaary, he might be able to accomplish something. But nobody be lieve* he will be. HI* hand* will be tied Just as Stolypln'* are and the re sult, according to the beat opinion, will be the same. 2:30 THE GEORGIAN CALLS the attention of its readers to its editorial to day in reference to the mayoralty candidates. Parts of our Monday’s editorial have been used by one of the candidates a little unfairly, and we do not want to go on record as favor ing anyone over Chief Joyner for the office he seeks. The Georgian is not a political or gan and tries to avoid partiality, giving the people the facts, but we are compelled to say that Chief Joyner’s experience and his record of 21 years of public, service are such as to fit him in every way to be mayor of this city.