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u OrUi, n *rr’8 0fl? NEWS. VOL. VII. NEWNAN, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1906. NO. 20 HOKE SMITH LANDSLIDE SWEPT OVER GEORGIA Hoke Smith Carried *115 Counties, Possibly More, and Will Have 300 Votes in Con vention. Opposition Candidates Get Only About 25 Counties and , About 60 Delegates. The “Four Brothers” Also Ran. At two o’clock Thursday after noon. when the News received the latest information in regard to election returns, it was definitely announced that Hoke Smith had carried 115 counties and his four in the 7th district. V. T. Sanford, candidate for (’omptroller (leneral, polled .‘104 votes in the county against Wil liam A. Wright. He carried] Lewis’ store precinct and Koscoe. opponents had carried ‘J5 counties. Mlu . k Johnston came near defeat* Five counties were in doubt, with the chances favorable to Smith victories in a majority of the live. Russell gets 10 counties, Howell eight, Kstill 4 and Jim Smith fi, according to tljis estimate. The counties heard from give Smith 'JIM votes, Russell.‘22 votes, Howell 10 votes, Kstill 12 votes and Jim Smith 0 votes in the con vention. Hoke Smith carried Clark How ell’s home county and Dick Rus sell's home county. Kstill won in Chatham h\ a small vote and the same thing is true of Jim Smith in Oglethorpe. Russell carried only two of the seven counties in his own circuit. Hoke Smith carried four of these counties and Jim Smith got one of them, lloke ing State School Commissioner W. B. Merritt in this county,Merritt’s majority being only II votes. Johnston carried Newnan precinct; by a majority of 85(1 votes, and al so won at the 7th and Sargent pre cincts. Hoke Smith’s Victory in Fulton. One of the most significant and pleasing features of Hoke Smith's great triumph on Wednesday was the magnificent tribute paid him at the polls by the citizens of his home county. In Fulton, especially, his victory was complete and crushing. He literally swept the city and coun ty by a plurality of 1.1M14 over Smith carried live of the “Rig Six" <<lark i rowedl and a clear majority counties—F u I ton, Richmond, ,,f | ,’joo votes over the lour oppos- Floyd. Mibb and Thomas—and also carried 22 of the 2(1 four-vote coun ties. Hoke Smith won in every county in the Fourth Congressional Dis- trict. except in Heard, which was carried by Russell. It was a Hoke Smith landslide from the mountains to the sea. This much is known at present. Possibly by this time next week some of the “oppositioners” will plains some matters in reference to that of the bacteria, the only flit- pensions which appear to have lerence being that the protoplasm been misunderstood by many pen- of the single cell,which is all there sinners. Commissioner Lindsey is of a bacterium, is more exposed says: than that of the cells of our bodies “Kvery measure providing for a and so is acted upon more prompt- change for pensioning Confeder- ly. Animals and plants are protect ed against the injurious olleets of light by their color and it is a gen eral rule Unit those plants ami an imals, including man, which live the manner of payment, in the tropics and in other regions where the sun shines brightest, arc the darkest in color, while those of the cloudy north are blonds for the most part. People of the north who go to the south to live, soon begin to feel the clients of the in Delegates to represent Coweta in creased light.. At first this acts as the State convention, which will I a stimulant. The newcomer feels i nominate Hoke Smith, are Messrs, better. The vital functions are. 1 T. M. /ellars,C. A. Ilolherg,W. II. j quickened. there is nothing but Martin and \\ . C. Wright. The praise for the wonderful climate, alternates are Messrs. L. A. Per jam! contempt for the indolent nu- due, J. T. Kirby, J. A. McKnight. I lives. Hut in a year or two a • ami J. II. Wynn. change comes. The immigrant. | loses tone, becomes irritable and The Big Auction Sale on An- works less ami less. The light is ate veterans and their widows, which was introduced at. the last session of the Legislature,was lost. Only those entitled under existing 1 laws can apply. No changes were | mail nor in the laws in any way affect ing the pension system, and so ad vise all of your callers.” Coweta’s Delegates. ing candidates. The splendid strengt h of the peo ple’s champion became apparent early in the day. Scenes enacted in almost every ward and precinct served as convincing evidence, ami it was never doubted for a moment I that’Mr. Smith would carry the country editor is dose to the peo- county by a handsome majority J He knows what every man in Hundreds of his loyal supporters I community gust 30th Attracting Wide spread Attention. Next Governor. the What promises to be one of the biggest events Newnan has had in years is the big auction sale of lots next Thursday, August .40th. This auction sale will consist of is talking and were to be seen upon the ‘streets ' thinking about-kl.ows where he luture I seventy-live choice city residential lots surrounding .Sutherland Park, T' and at the various polling places, I s kuids. be able to explain how it happen- w hile comparatively few of his op ed. lo the News it looks like the poneute’ badges were in evidence, people were behind Hoke Smith j Mr. Smith carried six out of the and simply swept the opposition i eight wards in Atlanta, losingonly into oblivion. ] the sixth and eighth, and nine out “ of the total number of fourteen The Voting in Coweta. county precincts in Fulton. He lost, in the majority of instances, face whatever c may bring. And thecountry editors of < leor- j j„ \,,wnan. gia who have refused to la* swayed j Sutherland Park and the lots He can reach him direct- by self interest, who have kept! HUm ,midiiig it form about the ly and almost as personally as themselves free In m the influence j pettiest place in the South. In through a personal conversation, of political bossism and struck j ll( i ( |jti 0II to the natural beauty of As a moulder of the opinion of the valiantly and untiringly for the j the place, thousands of dollars are public which it reaches, the dawn of a freeer Georgia—in this! | >( ,| n ^r expendc*<l in adding to its weekly paper has few equals : the hour of the assured victory which I attractiveness. The big double country editor can get his Huger on they have done so much to bring j imf , e advertisement in this issue the pulse of his community. about, we take off our And the people of (Ieorgia today them.—Atlanta Journal. working on his protoplasm, which is not protected by so thick a layer j of pigment as that which the na tive has. 11 is nerves give out and unless he adopts the light-shun ning habits of those about him, lie must, lice north or die. A medical writer has recently advanted the theory that Ameri can nervousness is due to the ex i'ess of light here as compared to the cloudiness of the north of Kurope. If this is so, the logical treatment of “nerves” would be rest in a darkened but well venti lated room and not exercise in the open air, as is generally advised. Youth’s <'ompanion. hats to The Coweta end of the guberna- by exceedingly small margins, but owe a vast debt ol gratitude to torial campaign was a stirring con- J the returns in his favor never! hundreds ot independent, and pat- gives full particulars of this com ing event. A visit to these lots is well worth anyone’s time, as an enor- Sons of Veterans Will Organ ize Gamp. On Thursday and Friday, An test, but election day passed pleas- failed to increase his majority by | riotic editors ot weekly papers who gust 40th and .41st, Irom !) to 12 a. nioiis amount ol work is being cause A number of sons of ex-Oonfed- erate veterans are planning the antly and quietly. During the j leaps and bounds. j have championed their last weeks of the campaign the op- The remaining three candidates i throughout the State, position to Hoke Smith developed j.were never in the running in Ful-J The independent editor of a considerable strength and made a ton county. Judge R. B. Russell j weekly paper is not usually rich in received a total of OH 1 votes, Col. 1 money, or in this world’s goods— J. II. Kstill (51 and James M.Smith if he were he would not be a conn- 22. try editor. But he is ric i in ■ — I something else, i Weekly j tram moiled— md I else is character. game light against that candidate throughout the county. The op position finally selected Dick Rus sell as the man to pit against Smith m., new pupils and those who done on the property, pre 1 organization ol a camp in Coweta failed of promotion, will be exam- paratory to the big auction county. Prominent gentlemen in joed by their respective teachers at sale which will be held at ten all sections ol the county ail* in- the school where they expect to at- o’clock next Thursday morning, tores tod in the movement and will give their aid and influence to help in Coweta; and the fact that only Georgia’s Patriotic 44 votes were cast for Howell, Es- Editors, till and Jim Smith, shows how well the combination worked. But be is truly un LI at somctl in" tend. Please do not neglect this, as we desire to start the school promptly September 4d. Parents, give us your co-operation. J. W. Ha inks, Su pi- Soiite of the Evil Effects of i »“iko the movement a success. Thu Too Much Sunlight. It is a common belief, well sup ported by facts,that light is a pow- The campaign which closes with messed of the type of men that the perfect combination and all the 1 today’s balloting was the result of hundreds of those weekly editors efforts of the opposition failed to, a great spontaneous uprising on ! have proved themselves to be. she defeat Hoke Smith, and he emerg- the part of the people themselves, ed from the contest with a majority They made the issues; they for- of 441 votes over Dick Russell. ululated them; they are pressing The tabulated vote by precincts, 1 on to victory with them today, printed in this weeks News, tells j The first credit belongs to the peo- the story. As only three State j pie themselves. And it is to a splendid l>ody of editor's of weekly newspapers throughout the. State, who have labored manfully and diligently to opposition were scratched but lit- keep the issues of the campaign tie, some of them not at all. How-] clearly and definitely before the ell was'given 44, Kstill 7 and Jim public, that we are inclined to give Smith 2 votes in the county. While Russell carried four voting And so long as (ieorgia is pos- Commissioner Lindsey Writes:j 11 Hie cure ol many of Pensions.. offices were contested the News has tabulated the vote in but three cases. The total vote polled was 2,024. Candidates having no credit next. What these men did they did precincts—Moreland, Lewis’ Store, I for the pure love of fair play. It Cedar Creek and Haralson—he won ' was very little that they hoped to but two districts in the county—! gain personally from a popular Haralson by a majority of 26 votes! triumph. It was principle which and the 7tli district by a majority moved them ; conviction—they of 12 votes. The largest ma jority j wanted to see the shackles of ring given .Smith over Russell was 165'rule and railroad domination votes at Newnan and the smallest j struck off from the State. Their The appended letter, written by will always come out on the top in Pension Commissioner J. W.Lind- the long run; she can confidently sey to Judge L. A. Perdue, ex- OFFICIAL VOTE OF COWETA COUNTY. in any district was 4 majority in Cedar Creek. The polls were not opeued in Hurricane district nor at Coweta, motives were as simple and direct as all patriotic motives always are. The power of the weekly press is not to be underestimated. The ;j. h Estiii Clark Howell X w X 'i 7T Vi 50 V T. Sanford > 2 a 77 7 o 03 •1 1st District. i (J 1)4 133 27 2():s 97 133 Youiik'm 'lanyard 5 21 10 10 10 10 Moreland i 45 42 8 79 28' 01 St Charles 7 !* 21 21 Corner Branch 4 8 28 Kirhv’s Store s' 13 5 10 7 M 4rh District. 2 2 21 40j « 02 27 41 5rh District. 3 1 2 349 514 i 113 747 002 240 i (ith District 5 4(1 58 40 57 37 07 7th District 20 22 i 11 32 25 18! Coweta Lewis’ Store 2 21 7 15 11 0 v; Cedar Creek 21* 24 8 44 0 45 Madras 8 11 14 4 10 Koscoe. . _ . 4 19 12 11 11 12 Sarnent--. ... ... 33 1 42 8 (50 57 IS To ri» o 35 1.8 i 101 20 87 l Haralson .... i 52 i 20 n 04 0 70 • Grautvitle 40, 70 14 102 321 84 L - ' ,v " 1 — . 7 , 821)11150 2 304 1079 9«3 994 News has been requested to call a meeting to be held in the court house at 10 o’clock on the first Monday of the next session of the Superior Court, for the purpose of perfecting organization of the camp. All sons of veterans in Coweta county are requested to as semble at that time and co-operate in this good cause, and all veter ans of the county are invited to lie present. diseases and in the destruction of the injurious bacteria that prey ui)on the animal body. Experi ments have showh that those little organisms not only will not multi ply when exposed to sunlight, but are even rapidly destroyed. Kx- perience has taught ns that dis ease lurks in dark corners, anil that light rooms are as necessary to health as good ventilation, but we are only beginning to -recog nize that the sun is not altogether good for us. Its light used in moderation, for in excess it may do harm. Of course every- ^ w ‘‘ .one knows that prolonged expo- promptly Hept. 4.L Parent*, give I sure to the powerful rays of the 118 your co-opeiation. j summer sun may bring on a smi-| '*• ^ ' (,a ' nfcS > ^opt. stroke, but it is a fact not so well | Mr. and Mrs. George Wynn are known that excessive light, even the fond parents of a charming without direct exposure, may iu daughter, who came Wednesday On Thursday and Friday, Aug. 40th and 41st, from 0 to 12 a. in., new jinpils and those who failed of promotion, will l>e examined by their respective teachers at the ilist be wohool where they expect to at tend. Please do not neglect this, desire to start the school time seriously impair health. Light kills bacteria by destroy ing their substance, the proto night. The young lady has been christened Husanann, Iwjing the namesake of her grandmother, plasm which constitutes the main I Mrs. Joseph H. Wynfi. The young ] portion o 1 ' every living ceil, wheth-j lady’s grandfather, Hon. W. B. jer animal or vegetable. But this jOrr, says she arrived at an op- | effect is everted upon the proto- j portune time to yell “Hurrah for ] plasm of our own celis as well as' Hoke Smith!”