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i 4 * ATLANTA: 130.090 pojfulitllon. * 26.900 hoin«*S. 15.000 telephones. F,.vi*n main lines of railroads. 150 miles of street milway. iri.000,000 of booking capital. The Atlanta Georgian. GEORGIA G.500 inllos of steam rnllrond. t'O miles electric 9treet rnllwnj. 130 Cotton factories. 1.500,000 snlndtes. Factories consumed 600,000 bales 1905. VOL. 1. NO. 101. Morning Edition. ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 23,1906. Morning Edition. PRICE:, HOKE SMITH HAS 102 KNOWN COUNTIES, WITH 272 VOTES IN THE STATE CONVENTION I ASSURING NOMINATION ON FIRST BA 110T swum wrnr is surely Mm ON TWO GREAT ISSUES RESULT SO FAR REPORTED. GEORGIA’S NEXT GOVERNOR. HON. HOKE SMITH. Candidates— No. Counties. Vote in Conv. Hoke Smith 102 Russell • 8 Howell .. 9 Estill .. .. 6 James M. Smith 2 Unrepcrtod 18 272 18 16 16 4 38 Total vote in convention ... ■.. 365 Neoessary to a choice .. 184 Berrien county goes for bmlth by u small majority. Burke cunty. fair precincts, gives Smith 330, 148, Howell iS, Bus sell 4. Grady county I* close between Eatlll and Smith. Dodge fur Smith by S over Estill. BULLOCH COUNTY. Statesboro, Ga., Aug. 22.—No definite returns at 8 o'clock. Smith will have small majority. BARTOW COUNTY. Gartersvllle. Ga.. Aug. 22.—Hoke Smith has carried Bartow county by a majority, estimated at 630. BERRIEN COUNTY. Nashville, Ga., Aug. 22.—Berrien county ware carried by Hake Smith by a small majority. CARROLL COUNTY. Canton. Ga.. Aug. 23, 6 p. m.—Ten districts out of sixteen In Carroll coun ty gives Hoke Smith 71$, Clerk How ell 23b, ittissell 20, J. Smith 6. The election’ waft very quiet and out of a registration of 3,300 In the county, leas than 1,600 votes were polled. vlll not change the COLQUITT COUNTY. Moultrie, Ga., Aug. 22.—Nine pre cincts out of fourteen give Hoke Smith lift majority. His majority In county will be* over 200. Dae Run. On:, Aug. 23.—The count of the ballots In this precinct of Colgufti county Is just completed rnd resulted as follows: Hoke Smith 70, Estill 27, Howell 4. Prom the outlying precincts heard from Smith Is leading 2 to 1. CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY. Cusseta, Ga., Aug. 22.—JI«*ke Smith’s majority In Chattahoochee about 100. 1 cowet/Tcounty. Newnan, Ga., Aug. 22.—Indications at this hour, 7:43, are that Hoke Smith will carry Coweta county. His ma jority will be about 300. DougUprfille. Ga., Aug. 21—Hoke rktlll Smith will carry Douglas by 4 to J. At 6:30 o'ebrek three precincts give Hoke Smith 273, Russell 41 and Howell 13. a primary today. Crawford’s boxes were practically all for Hoke Smith. TaboFu boxes nearly all for Howell. Tho rate Is close. Kill jay, Ga., Aug. 22.—Clark Howell carried Gilmer by a good majority.. gzeekz’cFunty. Greensboro, Ga., Aug. 22—At 8 o’clock returns from twelve precincts In Green county give Hoke Sijilth 466, Russell 14, Howell 14, Jim Smith 208, Estill 4. The whole county will likely give Hoke Smith 100 votes over his nearest op ponent, Jim Smith. Judge Lewis car ries the county for Judge over Sanders by 300 majority. GWINNETT COUNTY. Lawrenccvllle, Ga.,»Aug. 22.—Gwin nett county Is close between Hoke Smith and Russell. It will take the ofTRIal count to decide. , GORDON COUNTY. rfed Garden county by 4 to 1 over the field. ('alhmtn, Ga„ Aug. 22.—At 9 o'clock rcpcrts* from six precincts show Hoke Smith In the lead of the Held by about four to one. CLAYTON COUNTY. Jonesboro, Ga., Aug. 22.—Indications at thla hour show Hoke Smith rnrtied I rount.v rrnterfrt on Ru«»8ll. At Clayton county by 2')o. DODGE COUNTY. Eastman, Ga., Aug. 22.—Almost the entire Hoke Smith opposition In Dodj CLINCH COUNTY. Homervllle, Ga.. Aug. 22.—Returns at 8 o’clock from six precincts out of ten give Hoke Smith 331, Estill 163. Savannah, Ga., Aug. 22.—Hoke Smith carried Clinch by over 200. Four districts give him 168 over Estill. N other candidates voted for. Richmond county very light vote. Indications that Smith will have large plurality. At 1:30 a.m. Hoke Smith is definitely known to have carried 102 out of 145 counties, insuring' him a delegated vote in the state convention of 272. Clark Howell has carried nine counties, with 18 votes in the convention. Judge Russell has carried eight counties, with 18 votes in the convention. J. H. Estill has carried six counties, with 16 votes in the convention. James M. Smith has carried two counties, with 4 votes in the convention. This leaves 18 counties unreported, with a vote in the convention of 38. The tptal vote in the convention is 366—necessary to a choice 184. Hoke Smith .therefore has 88 more votes than are necessary for his nomination on the first ballot in the convention. In fact, he has nearly 75 per cent of the votes of the convention already assured him. *> BROOKS COUNTY. Quitman. Ga., Aug. 22.—One precinct Iwari! from In Brooka county gives Hoke Smith 36. Estill 23. Howell 0, Jlra Smith 0. Russell 0. BIBB COUNTY. Macon, Oa., Aug. 22.—Hoke Smith has carried every precinct and ward In llibh county. Maeon. Ga., Aug. 22.—In one of the thm.. precincts at city hall Hoke Smith receiver! 127 votes, Howell got 102 and Russell 23. it la conceded that, the oth- (r precincts there will go about the •am. tvay. Five precincts hoard from ln ntbb county show the following Russell r3 lke 8m,th Ui, Howell 201. Miuon, Aug 22.—In the Godfrey ,, trt, i. N'o. 2. Hoke Smith led the setting 163 votes to Hotvell's i- 1 ',. lU.C'e same precincts Russell got Te " ’* und Jim Smith 2 voles, o * t ,r ""‘nty seems surely for Hoke he 1 , T, ’'als from all precincts Su'd from give Hoke Smith In Bibb * ’V, ""''ell 332. Russell 118. Ga., Aug. 22.—Hoke Smith '*"" r In the balloting of the day h-iii “ l 1 }! 1 ' 1 voting precinct, at the city getting 83 votes to 74 for Howell. Ga.. Aug. 22.—Dnvls for the ’“‘hate Is being defeated by T. 8. v I-' „ Judge w. P. Felton, Jr.. Is m ,tna ever Judge H. A. MatthewB, tin . . “Hey. There are two more wtnl , lnr1 ‘ l " * H ‘ heard from but It Vu V',",' Hoke Smith money. Total U - h '*"th 3to. Howell 642. BUTTS COUNTY. Jackson, Oa., Aug. 22.—Butta county gives Hoke Smith 400 majority. BURKE COUNTY. Waynesboro, Ga., Aug. 22.—Six pre cincts In Burke county give Hoke Smith 396, Estill 144, Howell 2S, Rus sell, 4, Jim Smith 1. A conservative estimate for complete returns Is Hoke Smith will have 600 and the four other candidates 200. George P. Lively was elected as rep resentative from Burke. Wright for comptroller general, Overstreet for the short term In congress and Brannen for the long term. Waynesboro, Aug. 22.—Indications are that Hoke Smith has carried Burke county by good majority. Two pre cincts heard from give him nearly J to 1. . Waynesboro, Aug. 22.—At 9 o'clock six precincts give Hoke Smith 387, Es- till 151, Howell 30, Russell 14, Jim Smith 0. ». BALDWIN COUNTY. Mllledgevllle, Aug. 22.—Baldwin county gives Hoke Smith 20U majority. Vote Is light. „ Savannah, Oa., Aug. 22.—Smith has carried Bulloch county 450. Russell second. Montgomery for Russell with Smith close behind. Estill has car ried map. Smith carries Lawrence, beating Russell. • . , , , Williamson county overwhelmingly | fur Smith. CAT008A COUNTY. Ringgold, Ga., Aug. 22.—It Is con ceded by the Howell men that Hoke Smith will carry Catoosa county by 125 majority. Three districts heard from give Hoke Smith 147. Howell 53, Estill 4, Russell 3, Jim Smith 3. COFFEE COUNTY. Dougins, Aug. 22.—Hoke Smith car ries Coffee by good majority. COBB COUNTY. Marietta. Ga., Aug. 22.—Marietta precinct goes for Hoke Smith with a majority over ult of 138. His majority over thirteen precinct* In Cobb county Is 901. Indications ore that Smith will the counts' liv from 5 to Id vote*. Eastman, Go., Attg. 22.—Hoke Smith has enriicd Dodge by eight votes, DOOLY COUNTY. Vienna, Aug. 22—Indications are that Hoke Smith will carry county by big majority. DOUGHERTY COUNTY. Albany, Ga„ Aug. 22.—Smith and Ea I men conceded Dougherty county to Howell by 60 majority. Albany, On.. Aug. 22.—Clark Howell will carry Dougherty county. His vote Is estimated at 375 against 300 for Hoke Smith and 100 for Katttl. DECATUR COUNTY. Balnbrldge, Ga., Aug. 22.—At 7:30 o'clock, returns from fifteen precincts in Decatur county give Hoke Smith 551. Russell 2, Estill 326, Howell 5. Jim Smith 0. CLAY COUNTY. Fort Gaines, Ga., Aug. 22—Clay coun ty goea for Hoke Smith. Wright, Mcr. rlee and A. M. Raines for Judge su parlor court. CLAYTON COUNTY. Jonesboro, Ga., Aug, 22.—Indications at this hour, 6:30, arc that Hoke Smith will carry Clayton county by about 200 majority. CHATHAM COUNTY. Savannah, Aug. 22.—Estill'* plurality Is about 390 out of a whole vote of 4,048. Savannah, Ga., Aug. 22.—Estill haa carried Chatham by a safe majority, also Camden, Effingham and Bryan. For the short term for congress Sa«'~.-r probably carries the county, though Overstreet gets the district. For the long term Sheppard carries the county, but Brennen la reported to have carried the district. Savannah, Oa., Aug. 22.—Clay county gives Smith 35 over Howell. Talbot county haa gone for Smith by about 150.' “ .vo dtttrlcts In McIntosh give E* till 102. Smith 114. CHATOOOA COUNTY. Summerville, Aug. 22.—Chattooga county gives Hoke Smith a majority of 600 with the returns all In except from three rural district to hear from, which will not change the results CARROLL COUNTY. Carrollton, Ga., Aug. 22.—Indications at 7 o'clock are that Hoke Smith car ries Carroll county by a large ma jority. CAMDEN COUNTY. Savannah, Ga., Aug. 22, 9 p. m.— Estill carried Camden county by twen ty-live majority. Smith carried Telfair county by over 400. St. Mans, Ga.. Aug. 22.—Camden gives Estill tlfty, with one precinct to DEKALB COUNTY. Decatur, Ga., Aug. 22.—Returns from eleven precincts In DcKalb county give Hoke Smith 647, Russell 414, ltmvelt 58. ELBERT COUNTY. Siberian, Ga., Aug. 22.—Elbert coun ty Is very'close between the tw o Smiths hut will robubly give Hoke Smith a small majority. emanuel""county. Swalnsboro, Ga., Aug. 22.—Hoke 8mlth has swept the county. FANNIN COUNTY. Blue Ridge, Ga., Aug. 22.—It Is es timated that Howell carried Fannin county by a majority of 75 votes. Rural preclnts not heard from. FAYETTE COUNTY. Fayetteville, Oa, Aug. 22, 6 p. m.— From the returns received Hoke Smith has carried Fayette county by about 175 majority. FORSYTH COUNTY. Gainesville, Ga, Aug. 22.—Forsyth younty, from conservative estimates received here, will give Hoke Smith a good majority. Cummings, Aug. 22.—Forayth coun ty goes for Hoke Smith by 241 ma jority, with three districts not reported. His majority will be about 200 In the county. FRANKLIN COUNTY. Royston, Ga, Aug. 22.—Royaton, Canon and one country district give Hoke Smith' 252, Jim Smith 146, Russell 68. The others are Insignificant and it looks like FrankUn haa gone for Hoke Smith by at least 200. Elberton. Oa, Aug. 22.—Hoke Smith haa carried Franklin county by 260 ma jority. ’ GRADY COUNTY. Cairo, Oa, Aug. 22.—The vote In Grady can't be determined till a com plete count la made. Smith and Eatlll are very close together. GILMElf COUNTY. Ellljay, Ga, Aug. 22.—Two rival committee* In Gilmer county each held GLYNN COUNTY. rrurswkk, CJa, Aug. 22.—Olynn County is overwhelmingly fur Hoke Smith. ' Brunstvirk city gave Hoke Smith 429, Estill 119, Howell 11. There I* on!y four counts’ preclnrte in Olynn county outside of Brunswick, with total registration of 62, and these pre cincts nil also show a majority for lioke Smith. • HART COUNTY. Hartwell, On, Aug. 22.—Hart coun ty conceded to Hoke Smith by 200 ma jority over all other candidates. Hartwell, Gu„ Aug. 22.—Tile consol idated vote of this county give* Hoke Smith n majority of 200 over all op. position. Hoke Smith's vote In thi county 779, Jim Smith 512, Howell 21, Russell 41, Estill 5. HARRI8 COUNTY. Hamilton, Ga., Aug. 22.—Indications at this hour, 6 o'clock, are that Hoke Smith will carry Harris county by nbout five hundred majority. HANCOCK COUNTY. Sphrta, Gn„ Aug. 22.—Hok| Smith has carried Hancock by a plurality of from 76 to 125 over Eatlll, who Is run ning second. Wright and Merritt have carried the county by safe majorities. A light vote was polled. There •«« no contest for county officers except county commissioners. D. P. Fergu son, W. T. Blrdsc-g and W. I, Garrett e elected county commlr.lor.'ni by safe majorities. halITcounty. Gainesville, Ga, Aug. 22.—Hoke Smith's majority In Hull ■ county will be approximately 150. • Hoke Smith carried Gainesville precinct by 178 ma jority over Russell, and-five districts yet to hear from will not change the result. HABER8HAM COUNTY. Clarksville, Ga, Aug. 22.—Return* up to 6 o'clock Indicate that Hoke Smith ha* carried the county by 75 to 100 plurality. Howell and James M. Smith ran close for second place. HENRY COUNTY. McDonough, Oa, Aug. 22.—Henry county goes overwhelmingly for Hoke Smith, William B. Merritt, William A. Wright. Reagan wins for judge over Wright, of Rutts, for Judge of Flint circuit. HARRI8 COUNTY. Hamilton, Aug. 22.—Indications at 6. o’clock are that Hoke Smith will carry Harris county by 500 majority. HARAL80N 'COUNTY. Buchanan, Aug. 22.—Hoke Smith U leading by large majority. Count not completed. * JEFF DAVIS COUNTY. Savannah, Oa, Aug. 22.—Smith car ried Jeff Davis county by a large ma jority over Russell, who waa hla only serious opponent. Haxlehurst, Ga, Aug. 22.—Hoke Smith curried Jett Davie over all can didates combined. Rusaell next. L. W. Johnson defeats John A. Cromartle by about 100. JACKSON COUNTY. Winder. Ga, Aug. 22.—Winder goes 165 for Rusaell, 152 for Hoke Smith. Smith carries district. E SMITH CARRIES FULTON CO. BY 1,961 JOYNER GETS MAYOR ATLANTA’S NEXT MAYOR. CAPTAIN W. R. JOYNER. Iloke Smith carried Fulton county by a majority of 1,961 over Clark * Howell. He carried every ward In the city except the sixth and eighth. The total vote was: Smith, 6,383. Howell, 3,432. Fire Chief W. R. Joyner was elected mayor over Thomas H. Good win. His majority waa 256. The total vote: * Joyner, 4,057. Goodwin, 3,802. Goodwin served notice Immediately after the return! were poited that he would contest the election. He declined to state upon what grounds. Goodwin's campaign was one of the most spectacular ever run In the city of Atlanta, and not until the returns from the fourth ward came in was It certain that he was defeated. VOTE FOR MAYOR. 1 The vote for the mayoralty by ward! waa a! follow!: WARD. JOYNER. First., 366.4..... Second... 830 .. . • • • Third 614. Fourth ... ... 617 ... Fifth 415. Blxth .* ■ 800 Seventh 231 . Eighth 284. GOODWIN. 612 448 215 104 Totals 4,057.. % 3,802 RACE8 FOR GENERAL COUNCIL. In the race for alderman from the first ward. Dr. A. I* Curtfs derat ed M. T. Lnllatte and Frank A. Hllbum. The total vote: Curtis, 3,218. < LaHatte, 2,€36. Hllbum, 1,788. In the race for council from the flrst ward, Dr. A. H. Baskin defeated W. A. Fincher. The vote: Baskin, 446, Fine her, .771. In the mce for council from the third ward, C. Wiley Mangum defeated Thomas L. Bishop. The vote; Mangum, 828. Bishop, 444. In the race for council from the fourth ward, Dr. B. E. Pearce defeat ed Mac M. Turner. The vote: Pearce, 635. Turner, 324. . In the race for council from the fifth ward, I. F. Styron defeated A. Q. Adams and V. M. Barrett. The vote: Styron, 475. - Adams, 399. Barrett, 132. JEFFERSON COUNTY. Wrens, Ga., Aug. 22.—Hoke Bmlth’s majority In Jefferson county Is 300. Louisville, Ga., Aug. 22.—-The fol lowing Is the result of the primary in Jefferson county with one precinct to hear from, which will give Hoke Smith large majority. Hoke Smith 494, Russell 146. 1-Mill 44, Howell 37, Jim Smith 34. , Montlcello, oa., Aug. 22.—Hoke Smith carries Jasper county by a ma jority of 250. Montlcello, Ga., Aug. 22.—Indications at 6 o clock are that Hoke Smith will carry Jasper county. Returns from seven precinct* show Hoke Smith 191, Howell 106 and Russell 40. JENKINS COUNTY. . Mlllcn, Ga., Aug. 22.—Indications at this hour, 6:70, are that Hoke grttUh will carry Jenkins county by 200 ma jority over all candidates. There are seven precincts to be heard from yet. J. A. Brannen, candidate for First congressional district, will have a mi- Continued on Page Three.