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VOL 4. U. S. Senator Hoke Smith Sweeps-the State. SLATON LEADS FOR SHORT TERM GOVERNOR JOHN M. SLATON. The Governor Carried More Coun ties Than Either Opponent, But Not Enough to Be Chosen on First Ballot. Hardwick Conies Second and Felder Third. mm BELIEVES BIG BUTTLE OB GERMANS AND ALLIES NOW ON Paiis, Aug. 19. —1:09 p. m.—Care ful study of the military situation of the northern frontier leads French military observers to the conclus ion that the events transpiring in Belgium today are the beginning of operations on an immense scale. Germany, it* is declared, is making a fresh and mightier effort to break into France through the compara tively open Belgian country. Government opinion in Paris, how ever, is confident that the allies will be able to meet this shock success fully and reply to it crushingly. An official commur ication from Brussels, made public today, gives certain details of the transfer of the seat of the Belgian government from Brussels to Antwerp. This transfer is not an immediate necessity, it is explained, but it is preferred to effect it now in a nor mal manner rather than risk inter ruption of government business. While Belgian officials have gone to Antwerp, their families remain in Brussels. The queen and the princes are at the Antwerp palace and the king is with the army. Paris. Aug. 19.—A dispatch to the Paris Midi from Brussels dated to day says cannonading was distinct ly heard in Brussels at 0 o’clock this morning. The correspondent adds it is un derstood that a German army is now marching upon Brussels h> way o. Huy and Jodoigne. An early dispatch to the Reuter Telegram company in London from Brussels, says the German advance posts covering the region between g mbloux and Jodoigne are being gradually pushed back before the advance of Belgian and French forces. 'Flu* Belgians and French are now in close junction and in contact with the advance lines of the German army. Belgians Itetreat Toward' Antwerp. London, Aug. 19. —An official an nouncement this morning says tiie retirement of Belgian troops towards Antwerp is rumored but not con firmed. ft is officially explained that even were this report true it would bo neither a grave symptom, nor unex pected. The defensive organization of Belgium as conceived by Genera Brjalmonl and presented in technical THE BARTOW TRIBUNE HARRIS SURE WINNER ■gsi NAT E. HARRIS. The Judge May Get Enough Con vention Votes to Win on the First Ballot. works, provides that Antwerp be considered as a last defense. It has been fortified with care and is to day a vast entrenched camp upon the flank of the enemy. A dispatch to Reuter’s Telegram company from Brussels, sent at 7 o'clock last night, says: “A fierce battle is in progress between the Belgians and Germans along an ex tended front. Large numbers of ref ugees are arriving from Tiremont.” Details of the fighting at Dinant between the French and German troops show that the carnage was terrible. The first French company, although decimated, held a position until another company came up with artillery which destroyed a bridge. The French cavalry then ad vanced and pushed the German at tackers back into the Meuse. British Troops May Be In Belgium. Brussels, via Paris, Aug. 19.—The British expeditionary force complete lias been landed. The soldiers re ceived an enthusiastic reception from the population, as they march ed to their allotted positions. The harness of the cavalry was decked with (flowers by village maidens. The above dispatch may refer to the landing of the British troops in | France or to the landing of an ex pedition in Belgium not yet an nounced by the British war infor mation bureau. London Believes Great Battle Is On. London, Aug. 19.— I The curt an -1 nounceinent in a telegram from I Brussels dated last night, of fierce j fighting between Belgian and Ger ! man troops along in extended front i b generally accepted in London to day as indicating the real beginning of the first great battle in the w’ar. The German attack today is again reported to have been made in the direct orders of Emperor William to his generals in the field The exact extent of the line of (fighting has not yet been revealed, but presumably stretches in a north nnd south line. Beyond this its def inite location virtually is guess work. Refugees from Diest, Tirlemonf and other towns in that section oT Belgium, who fled as the Germans approached, are coming into Brus sels in great numbers. They declare that since the inhabitants vacated Tirlemont German shells have been dropping in the town and that sub sequently the Belgians broke the German advance there at the point of the bayonet. CARTERS VILIJE, GA., AUGUST 20, Partial Result of Yesterday’s Primary Smith Carries State By Sweeping Major ity Against Brown—Slaton Leading For Short Term and Harris Elected Governor. THE WINNERS. United States Senator (long term'* —Hoke Smith. United States Senator (short term) —Will be decided by conven tion. Governor—Judge N. E. Harris. Attorney General—Clifford Walk er. State Treasurer—W. J. Speer. Court of Appeals Nash R. Broyles. Commissioner of Agriculture James D. Price. Prison Commissioner—E. R. Rain ey. Railroad Commissioner Paul Trammell. State Superintendent of Educa tion- M. L. Brittain. Comptroller General -W. A. Wright. Senator Hoke Smith will continue to serve the state of Georgia in the United States senate; Governor John M. Slaton, Congressman T. W. Hard wick and Thomas S. Felder will fight it out in ttie convention sfor the short term; Judge Nat E. Harris will in all probability be the next governor of Georgia. This in brief epitomizes the result of the state-wide primary which passed into history at 7 o’clock last night when the polls in the city dis tricts closed. Statehouse Officials. Of the statehouse officials, no new faces will be seen with the ex ception of Clifford Walker, who de feated Hon. Warren Grice, the in cumbent, for attorney general. Others who bad opposition defeat ed their opponents and will remain j in office for two years longer at the ! least. Judge Nash R. Broyles, at present recorder of the city of Atlanta, de feated his opponenls, A. W. Steph ens and W. H. Terrell, by a big ma jority for the court of appeals. Number of Surprises, j In a good many respects tin 1 pri ; mary ran true to tilt' form of the ‘political dopesters; in other respecls ttiis form was upset and surprises sprung. I For example, Thomas S. Felder Iran a splendid race. He developed strength in many quarters conceded to either Hardwick or Slaton and ‘ran a rattling good race. Hardwick developed an amazing slrength in doubtful counties in which tlie Slaton forces had recent ly been working. But the surprise of the da> wa the wonderful race of Dr. L. G. Hardman. It had generally been con ceded that the race for governor was between Judge N. E. Harris and J. Randolph Anderson. This dope was completely upset. Dr. Hardman ran a good second to Judge Harris 'and carried many counties which his opponents had strongly ifigured ' on. Number of Counties Carried. Following are the counties car ried by the several candidates. The ‘figures are subject to slight changes, as many of the returns w r ere incom | plete at a late hour this morning. Smith. 133 counties; Brown, 15: Slaton, 00: Hardwick, 45; Felder, 38; Hutchens, 5; Harris. 72: Hardman, 00. and Anderson, 10. Early in the day it was clearly seen that Senator Hnke Smith had a veritable landslide. At no time did his friends feel that he was in the slightest trouble and the figures .bore out 1 the confident, predictions of his campaign manager that Brown would not carry more than twenty-five counties. Slijjlit Chance For Tie-Up. With Judge Nat E. Harris, of Ma con iu the lead for governor, there is still a chance of u tie-up in the convention. Out of 99 counties from which returns had been received at 2 o’clock this morning, Judge Harris had 114 convention votes, Dr. Hard man 102 and Randolph Anderson 18. The situation among the three candidates ran the same way in tin 1 reports throughout the night. The indications are, therefore, that 'lodge Harris will either go into the convention with votes enough to nominate, or that Mr. Anderson’s votes will decide it one way or the other. It will depend on whether the Anderson vote goes to Harris or Hardman, as lo which is the nomi nee, unless later returns give Judge Harris a majority. The generally ex pressed belief is that with a vot" •‘lose lo a majority, Judge Harris i will get the nomination on the sec ond ballot. The late returns for statehouse of -1 fleers indicate the nomination of 'Clifford Walker, of Macon, by a large majority, over Warren Grice ‘lor attorney general. Mr. Grice unade a good showing in his own ‘home section, but in the rest of the | state where he had done extensive campaigning, Mr. Walker far out distanced him. Comptroller General William A. [Wright has carried practically ev ery county in the state with the ex ception of Haralson, the home coun ty of his opponent, and so far as is apparent from the returns at a late hour this morning. State Superin tendent M. L. Brittain has gotten about every county in Georgia. Speer Is Eleeted. State Treasurer W. J. Speer is, be yond question, renominated over Lem Park, his opponent. Mr. Park lias carried some few counties, but not enough to make any serious in roads upon Mr. Spoor’s political in frcnchments. Convention Week Sept. 1. The state eonvenlion will meet in Macon September 1. There are 372 delegates to the convention and these will be elected by the counly exe cufive committees of the various counties from among the friends of the successful gubernatorial candi dates in each county. H requires 18(5 votes to nominate. Official Vote of Bartow County Consolidated and Result Declared. Smith, Hardwick and Hardman Carry County—Neel’s Majority In County 803, But Loses in District CANDIDATES GOVERNOR ~ j Anderson 12911 38 4 6 .1 24 6 22 28 7 6 10 5 6 1 3 470 Hardman 240 20100 83 13 14 25120 71 00 31 30 27 55 19 45 0 908 Harris 242 26 42 30 9 17 30 110 59 72 28 40 24 55 54 30 35 3 911 Cooper 0 2 2 1 2 1 2 7 1 1 2 30 Felder 12 2 5 1 1 3 2 5 0 2 U 2 2 05 Hardwick 35018124 73 21 10 30120 53110 38 45 19 41 26 39 2 12 1115 Hutchens 40 4 2 11 2 15 3 20 2 6 7 7 13 1 159 Slaton 200 35 51 31 12 4 24102 57 41 33 24 36 55 30 37 33 1 811 SENATOR--Long Term Brown 10137 45 26 4 19 23 70 55 33 33 24 i5 21 35 31 33 664 Smith 441 23135100 31 18 38180 80124 57 59 41 101 43 403 13 1542 SOLICITOR Neel 507 53 91 63 22 27 33139 70 91 48 07 37 80 03 62 35 13 1512 Lang 100 6 87 02 12 10 28120 05 00 42 15 20 37 9 19 1 699 REPRESENTATIVES Cole 400 38 04 85 32 17 44157102104 01 59 35 90 56 58 33 1 1480 Dodd 504 48131 69 33 31 31209 84 86 81 04 49115 50 64 8 1641 Milner 202132158 94 17 24 45 120 78116 37 41 30 38 40 30 31 10 1199 / > \ / Si \ pfc c*. H ■ \ / • Pf M \ ■ •• ..x . " IION. HOKE SMITH Who has defeated ex-Governor Joseph M. Brown by an overwhelming majority. RETURNS FROM GEORGIA TAKEN IN WASHINGTON. Washington, August 19.-—Returns of the Georgia election were being received with eagerness in several parts of Washington tonight. Senator Hoke Smith’s house in California street was the scene of a large gathering of Georgia friends, who met with confidence of the re sult and became more and more en thusiastic as the majority piled up. Representative Adamson’s spacious offices in the capitol were the scene of another gathering. Asked early in the evening for a statement for The Constitution when it seemed that his nomination was inevitable, Senator Smith said lie preferred lo wait and see the re turns. Friends throughout the state kept him posted of the result in A point which will come up in the convention is, whether Bleckley and Wheeler counties, which had no representatives in the last legisla ture, owing to (lie fact that they were newly elected, shall be repre sented in the convention. Counties have representation in the conven tion in proportion to the number of representatives in the house. These two counties will have one repre sentative each, and each will be en titled lo two convention votes. I! will be a matter for the convention to decide. ; Cartersville Atco " Oassvillo Kingston Halls Wolf Pen White Adairsville Sixth ■r —" 1 " Pine Log Euliarlee Stiles boro Iron Hill Taylorsville Allatoona Emerson Stamp Creek Salacoa Total 'lheir own counties and tiis head quarters in Atlanta kept him in formed by frequent bulletins of the general situation. Waged Active Campaign. Although engrossed with the du jlies of the senate, which he has not neglected, Senator Smith has waged an active campaign for months. He perfected an organization in almost' every county and deluged the state with speeches and replies to cam paign statements. No feature of a comprehensive campaign was over looked by him. Through if all Senator Smith took a leading part in perfecting the ad ministration trust bills, putting through the Panama canal tolls re peal bill and the cotton futures bill to reform the cotton exchanges, ad vancing the good road bills and at tending to the multitudinous re quests of constituents. When the torch of war inflamed all Europe he immediately set to work to de vise means to protect the southern cotton farmer from the serious loss which threatened because of the dis ruption of the cotton trade. Visitors from Georgia and other col lon-growing slates formally rec ognized the active work of Senator Smith and he was called upon sev eral times to address these gather ings. lie is still at work to further liberalize the national currency laws to permit larger loans to be made on cotton and also on a warehouse bill to give added value to this se curity. NO. 2