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VOL. XXII. NO. 125.
HOKE SMITH VICTORY IN FIRST PRIMARY PREDICTED
RAYS REPLIES TO
COX ON GOVERNOR'S
SLUSHFUNDCHARfiE
Repeats Statement He Made
Before Committee in Chi
cago and Leaves Verdict
to the People
MINNESOTA STATE FAIR
GROUNDS, Sept. 6.—Labor and agri
culture were timely subjects dis-
I cussed 4iere today by Governor Cox,
of Ohio, and he declared that the in
terests of both would be served by
•uccess of the League of Nations.
» Measures to Increase farm produc
tion, acreage and labor supply were
advocated by the Democratic presi
dential nominee, and he declared
again for collective bargaining by la
bor. He also pledged himself spe
cifiically to increase salaries for
postal employes. The governor’s ad
dress at the State fair was the first
of three scheduled here today on his
visit to St. Paul and Minneapolis on
his western tour. Numerous recep
tions were also arranged.
Interests of labor and agriculture,
Governor Cox declared to his fair
grounds audience, are intertwined
and interdependent.
Referring to the League of Nations
with a statement that it was, not a
political question except when turn
ed to partisan uses, Governor Cox
said:
1 ‘‘Millions of men and children in
devastated regions of Europe are lit
erally starving to death when Ameri
ca has the ability and resources to
provide for them all. But this pro*-
pision can be made only when recon
struction of the world has been un
dertaken under a definite plan. Al
though our soldiers achieved a vic
tory in the great war and by their
direct contribution brought the war
to a close, we still do not have peace.
Until that peace is accomplished, lit
tle headway can be made. Not only
is the civilization' of the world at
stake, but the material welfare of our
country is vitally affected.
“Waste and extravagance must con
tinue until by the ratification of the
treaty of peace and the other coun
tries of the world know definitely
where we stand.”
His Labor Views
Turning to the labor question, Gov
ernor Cox continued:
“Labor is vitally interested in the
plan of readjustment which will be
adopted. There are those who think
the answer to present difficulties lies
in the adoption of plans of the past;
that progress has gone too far. 1
am not of that class. I think that •
< the solution is in the dawn of a new
day when the human soul and the hu
man body shall count for more than
the sordid dollar.
“So long as men work for hire,
there will be differences of opinion j
between th >se who labor and those J
who employ labor. Industrial dis- ,
putes cannot be avoided, but indus
trial d-sputes can be prevented from j
menacing the welfare of the nation i
when both parties to the dispute cart
be made to understand that govern
ment is fair and that neither one nor
the other may gam an advantage.
Public opinion rules in America, and
' public opinion will always settle in
dustrial conflicts if the game be
played in the open.
"Labor day came to be one of the
mile posts on the road of progress.
But for progressiveism Labor day
could not have been. Reactionists
would not recognize. The reaction
ists are in various groups. They
consist primarily of the holders of
privilege, privilege conferred by laws.
They strive not only to retain ex
isting privileges, but to secure addi
tional ones. ‘Special interests’ is only
another term for privileges. The
privileged few are assisted by those
who through deliberate misconduct
or misedvcation permit the elimina
tion of the majority rule. Special
privileges are aided by the extreme
radicals who propose things that are
either unworkable or advanced ahead
of their time. By misguided advoca
cy of inappropriate things, they de
ceive many earnest citizens who de
sert from progressivism.
Man, Trying to Kill
Maysville Fanner,
Is Slain by Posse
COMMERCE, Ga., Sept. 4.—After
shooting and probably fatally
wounding Thomas Borders, a promi
nent young farmer living near Mays
ville, Bob -Johnson, a negro, was
pursued by a posse for several miles
and shot and killed when he resisted
arrest. The shooting of Mr. Bor
ders occurred near Maysville this
morning and is said to have resulted
from a • dispute about a debt which
» Johnson is said to have owed Mr.
Borders. It is said that Mr. Borders
insisted on a settlement of the ac
count Saturday morning when he
met Johnson. The negro is said 'J.
haye puLeu out his pistol and fired
on* shot into Mr. Borders’ stomach.
.Aimnumg physicians state that Mr.
Borders’ condition is critical.
HER FITS STOPPED
Mrs. Dellia Martin, a resident of
VVurstboro, N. Y., writes that she
stopped her fits with a free bottle of
medicine which she read about in the
paper. She says she has not had a
I lit since she took the first dose, and
that she wants every sufferer to know
about this wonderful medicine and
what it did for her. If you, a friend
Or relative suffer from these dread
ful attacks you are advised to send
name and address at once to R. P. N.
Lepso, 18 Island avenue, Milwaukee,
Wls., who is generously offering to
send a bottle of the same kind of
medicine he gave Mrs. Martin, free
, to any sufferer who writes him.
" (Advt.)
WILKES DEMOCRATS
IN MASS MEETING
DECIDE ON SMITH
TO DEFEAT WATSON
SUPPORTERS of Senator Smith and Governor Dorsey in
Wilkes county, in mass meeting assembled in Washington
Saturday, unanimously decided to unite on Senator Smith
as the strongest candidate to defeat Thomas E. Watson.
This action of the Wilkes county Democrats is told of in
the following telegram, received at Hoke Smith headquarters
Saturday afternoon:
“Washington, Ga., September 4. ’
“Hoke Smith Headquarters:
“Mass meeting of Wilkes Democrats unanimously unite
on Smith for senate, Dorsey club included.
(Signed) “Charles I. Reynolds, chcairman; Emmett
Grenade, H. K. Brooks, Grey Harwell, E. S. Johns, George
M. Dubose, Blish Breland, representing Hoke Smith on
joint Smith-Dorsey committee.”
The mass meeting of Wilkes county Democrats is as bind
ing as a primary and on "Wednesday the Democrats of this
county, regardless of whether they personally ’prefer Dorsey
or Smith, will cast their ballots for Senator Smith in their
desire to defeat Mr. aWtson.
CHAIRMAN OF
WILKES MEETING
GIVES THE FACTS
AUGUSTA, Ga., Sept. 6. —Reiterat-
ing that the stories carried in the
Sunday papers to the effect that loyal
Democrats of Wilkes county, in mass
meeting assembled, had united on
Hoke Smith as the strongest candi
date for the United States senate to
defeat Thomas E. Watson, was a
correct version of the action of the
mass meeting held at Washington
Saturday? Charles I. Reynolds, who
presided over the meeting, stated to
the Augusta Herald over long dis
tance telephone Monday that he was
at a loss to understand how the ac
tion of the meeting could be dis
torted into meaning anything other
than the version given it -in file Sun
day papers.
Mr. Reynolds said he had not seen
the story appearing in certain Mon
day morning papers in which several
Dorsey supporters condemned the
action of the mass meeting and de
clared that it represented the work
of a mere handful of men and as
serted that Dorsey could carry the
county. He could not conceive of
such statement having been sent out
in view of the fact that the Sat
urday meeting, composed of support
ers of both Smith and Dorsey, had
unanimously passed a resolution ask
ing Wilkes county voters to unite
on Senator Smith.
To sustain his contention that the
action of the mass meeting as re
ported in the press was bona fide
and to clear the meetings of any sus
picion of having employed arbitrary
tactics, Mr. Reynolds referred to the
fact that the meeting was called a
w£ek in advance of the date set‘for
it, and that the call was issued by
Mr. I. T. Irvin, Jr., who up to the
date of the meeting was a supporter
of Governor Dorsey.
Continuing. Mr. Reynolds said:
“The meeting was attended by be
tween eighty-five and a hundred
men, but it was quite evident that
the majority of them were support
ers of Senator Smith. Taking this
as indication of the trend of senti
ment, Mr. W. A. Slaton, himself a
supporter of Governor Dorsey, offer
ed the motion, which was unani
mously adopted, that the county
consolidate on Senator Smith as the
strongest of the two candidates to
defeat Tom Watson.
“In the call for the meeting, the
fact was made plain that it was for
the purpose of consolidtlng the op
position to Tom Watson by agreeing
on either Smith or Dorsey as the
strongest candidate to defeat Wat
son. After the resolution choosing
Senator Smith was offered by a Dor
sey supporter, all the Dorsey men
fell in with the Smith supporters
and put it across unanimously. With
the exception of Carroll D. Colley,
none of the men mentioned in the
Monday papers as condemning the
action of the meeting was present,
and I do not believe Mr. Colley or
any other man who was at that
meeting and voted for the resolu
tion will go back on his word.”
Mr. Reynolds wound up his state
ment by declaring his confidence
that *• Senator Smith will carry
Wilkes county by .a majority of over
500 votes. ■.
Heart Had Stopped;
Revived by Massage
Dr. Petti, of Buenos Ayres, was
shocked on making an incision in a
woman’s abdomen to find that no
blood flowed and that his patient
was pulseless. She had collapsed
under the chloroform. Artificial res
piration had no effect. Caffeine was
injected both under the skin and
into the veins with no result.
The surgeon then extended the in
cision he had made, inserted his
hand and took hold of the woman’s
heart to massage it. He squeezed
the heart with both hands, but at
first it'did not respond. All at once
a powerful contraction was felt, fol
lowed by others. The massage was
stopped, but had to be resumed at
once. The contractions reappeared
but the massage was continued and
inhalations of oxygen were giyen. At
the patient was out of danger.
She remained unconscious for a
long time, and when she recovered
had no idea how close she had been
to passing out. Her recovery was
very slow, being complicated by vio
lent delirium-, but she got well at
last. —New York World.
Blow of Revolver
Gets Prison Term
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Sept. 4.
One little tap of a revolver butt will
make seventeen-year-old Louis Mur
phy spend three years of his life in
prison.
He was convicted of intent to kill
late Friday afternoon in the Duval
county criminal court. Several
months ago, Murphy hired an auto
mobile, and in a wooded section of
the city struck Claude Wood, the
chauffeur over the head with hiS s£-
volved.
RUSSIAN CZARIST
REVOLUTION PLOT
IS, REPORTED
BERLIN, Sept. 4. —Reports were
circulated here today that plans for
a monarchist counter-revolution in
Russia, on a much greater scale than
any attempted since establishment of
the soviet government, were being
formulated in Vienna.
The contemplated revolt, it was
said, was being backed with huge
sums, a portion of which,was origi
nating in German monarchist, quar
ters.
Providing the Russian revolution
should succeed, according to the re
ports, a similar royalist z movement
would be launched in Germany, which
would later be linked up with that of
Russia. -
The Vienna correspondent of the
Berlin Tageblatt levealed that many
wealthy representatives of the old
czarist regime were gathering in the
Austrian capital, including Baron
Rosenberg, former Minister of Justice
Hershelmann and Generals Biskup
ski and Arsenjev.
Prominent German business men
were said to be prepared to donate
funds to support the German phase
of the proposed double counter-revo
lution.
WRANGEL LAUNCHES
COUNTER OFFENSIVE
CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 4.—(By
the Associated Press.) —General Bar
on Wrangel, head of the South Rus
sian anti-Bolshevik government, has
launched a successful counter-offen
sive in the regions of Oriekw and
Melitopol, north of the Sea of Azov,
according to dispat'ches received here,
It is said the soviet forces have been
driven out of Novo Alexienna.
WILSON NOT TO REPLY
TO NOTE FROM POLAND
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.—Presi
dent Wilson has no intention at
present of replying to the Polisht
note refusing this government’s sug
gestion that the Poles stay within
their own frontiers in fighting the
Bolsheviks, it was stated authori
tatively today.
Officials stated they expected the
wise statesmanship of Poland soon
would assert itself and that no ma
jor military advances would be made
into Russia.
The state department also an
nounced today that instructions had
been sent Vice Admiral Huse, com
manding the cruiser Pittsburg, re
lieving the warship of. duty at Dan
zig. The Pittsburg was relieved be
cause of return of normal conditions
at Danzig, it was said.
Steady recuperation of the Polish
army in both morale and operation
was reported to the state lepart
ment, in advices from the American
legation at Warsaw.
Willingham Creditors •
To Meet September 14
MACON, Ga,, Sept. 4.—A meeting
of the creditors of the R. F. Willing
ham Canning corporation will be
held September 14, at 10 o’clock, it
was announced Friday afternoon by
J. N. Talley, referee in bankruptcy.
This will be the first meeting that
the creditors have had since the
appointment of the receivers by Ref
eree Talley in July.
Important business will be trans
acted at this meeting. A trustee
will be elected to take charge of
the property to sell it so that the
debts of the corporation can be liqui
dated. Examination of the officers
of the corporation will also be made
at the meeting. All the claims of
the creditors must be in the hands
of Referee Talley on that day. This
meeting is the last legal step that
will be taken before the property is
sold by the trustee.
Congressmen Are
Entertained in Tokio
HONOLULU. Sept. 4.—The Amer
ican congressmen touring the Far
East were the guests at a reception
at the American embassy in Tokio
Thursday night and attended a gar
den party in the imperial gardens
Friday, according to cable advices
to the Nippu Jiji.
Their program calls for a visit
to Nikko Saturday, where they will
be the guests of American and Jap
anese societies at a- garden party
Monday, the reports said, adding that
the congressmen were expecting to
leave Japan September 10, aboard
the Madawaska.
SI2£O~G66DYEAR rain
coat FREE
Goodyear Manufacturing Company,
4206 Goodyear Bldg., Kansas City.
Mo., is making an offer to send a
handsome raincoat free to one per
son in each locality who will show
and recommend it to their friends.
If you want one, write today.
(Advt.)
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1920.
WEIGHED IN THE BALANCE!
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225,000 VOTES ARE
LIKELY TO BE GAST
IN STATE PRIMARY
That 225,000 votes will be polled
in the primary next Wednesday is
the general belief among men famil
iar with the political situation Some
competent authorities predict that
the vote will go even higher. A vote
of 225.000 would be one of the larg
est ever polled in Georgia.
There is no doubt that the people
are keyed up to the highest pitch of
interest throughout the state in the
senatorial race and the gubernatorial
race. The candidates say they never
took part in a campaign where the
people were more anxious to hear
the issues discussed. Traveling men
say the people are talking politics
evecywhere in Georgia.
Speaking tours of the senatorial
and gubernatorial candidates * will
continue right up to the closing hour.
Senator Smith will speak Monday
night in the Atlanta auditorium, on
Tuesday morning at Jefferson, and
on Tuesday afternoon at Marietta.
Governor Dorsey will speak on Mon
day at Madison. Greensboro and Au
gusta, and on Tuesday at Lawrence
ville and Griffin. Mr. Watson speaks
Monday night at Augusta. Mr. Hard
wick will speak on Monday at Rome
and Lindale: Mr. Walker on Monday
at Decatur and Lithonia; Mr. Holder
on Monday at the Hanson Motor com
pany, East Atlanta. Marietta street
and - Howell Mill road and Monday
night in the Baptist Tabernacle.
As the date of the primary draws
near, interest among the politicians
approaches fever heat. , The Kim
ball house lobby is getting so crowd
ed that standing room is at a pre
mium, and the play and 1 counter-play
of the partisans, booming the for
tunes of their respective candidates,
rolls and reverberates through the
corridors.
Women Are Ineligible
Interest among the women was
raised to high pitch by the possibility
of their voting on the strength of
Attorney General Denny’s opinion
that they did not have to comply
with the six-months registration law.
However, the subcommittee on rules
of the Democratic state executive
committee, at a meeting Friday night,
decided that the women would not
be admitted to vote in the primary.
The Neill primary law. governing
all partv primaries in Georgia, re
quires that the primary be held in
accordance with the county unit rule.
That is to say, the candidate receiv
ing the highest vote in a county
Is entitled to the delegates from that
countv in the state convention, and
each county has twice as many dele
aprtes as the number of Its representa
tives in the lower house of the gen
eral assembly: .
In the convention, in the case or
a contest where more than two can
didates participated, a plurality of
county unit (delegate) votes wins the
nomination, except for K2 ve J , T n< j ) , r 1
United States senator. The Neill law
requires a majority of county .unit
votes to nominate for those two of
ficers. Where more than two can
didates are contesting for those of
fices, and none receives a majority or
the county unit votes, the Neill law
requires the run-over primary to be
held “throughout the state on .tne
first Wednesday in October, which
this year falls on the 6th of the
month. The date of the state conven
tion is not fixed by the Neill law.
except in the event of a run-over
primary being necessary, in which
case the law provides that the con
vention shall not be held earlier than
fifteen days after the date of the run
over primary.
This peculiar system of conduct
ing primaries makes it possible for
a candidate receiving a minority of
the popular vote of the state as a
whole to receive, nevertheless, a ma
jority of the county unit votes, and
thereby obtain the nomination.
For example, if Thomas E. Wat
son should received 40 per cent of
the votes in Fulton county, and the
other 60 per cent should be divided
equally between Senator Smith and
Governor Dorsey, the county would
belong to Watson, and the six Ful
ton delegates would be bourrii by the
law to vote for him in the conven
tion. Or if Watson received 40 per
cent, Smith 39 per cent and Dorsey
(Continued on Page 6, Column 6)
Smith Leads All
In Secret Ballot
Taken at Winder
WINDER, Ga., Sept. 4 —Rep
resentatives of Senator Smith,
Governor Dorsey and Thomas E.
Watson today took a secret poll
of the business men in this com
munity and gave out the follow
ing result:
Smith—B2.
Watson—s 4.
Dorsey—s 4 .
The ballots were marked by
the persons who cast them and
•were placed in a sealed box in the
presence of L. H. Lokey, rep
resenting Governor Dorsey; D.
F. Thompson, representing Sen
ator Smith, and R. W. House,
representing Mr. Watson.
It is the consensus opinion nere
that the poll accurately reflects
the sentiments of the community
as regards the senatorial .ace.
Dorsey Supporters
In Pulaski Decide
To Vote for Smith
A. W. Waller, of Hawkinsville, has
sent to The Journal a copy of a let
ter addressed to the Macon Tele
graph, in which he points out that
Dorsey supporters in Pulaski and
adjoining counties will cast their
ballots for Senator Smith as the
strongest candidate to defeat Mr.
Watson:
Hawkinsville. Ga„ Sept. 6, 1920.
The Macon Daily Telegraph, Macon,
Georgia.
In your columns of yesterday’s is
sue you give a comparison of the
daily and weekly papers in number
supporting Senator Hoke Smith, as
shown by The Atlanta Journal, and
one compiled by yourself. In this
list you name our local paper, the
Dispatch and News, which is correct;
they have always been against Sena
tor Smith. However, the editors of
the Dispatch and News are broad
minded. and like many other true and
loyal Democrats in this, as well as
adjoining counties, realizing that Sen
ator Smith is the stronger, compared
with Governor Dorsey and himself,
and detesting Watsonism, will cast
their votes for the senator.
Yours for Hoke and Cliff,
A. W. WALLER.
General Obregon Wins
Presidency of Mexico;
Light Vote Is Cast
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 6. —General
Alvaro Obregon, a candidate of the
Liberal Constitutionalist party, won
a decisive victory in the elections
held throughout the republis yester
day for the purpose of choosing a
president of the Mexican republic,
according to scattering unofficial ad
vices. His opponent was Alfred Ro
bles Dominguez, who was nominated
by the National Republican party.
The vote is reported to have been
extremely light and no reports of
disorders have been received.
There have been reports that
changes in the cabinet were iminent
but Miguel Alessio Robles, private
secretary to Provisional President de
la Huerta, declared last night that
none of the present cabinet members
offered to resign and that the
provisional president -was not think
ing of making any changes.
Chicago Sugar Concerns
Indicted by U. S. Jury
CHICAGO, Sept. 4.—Four Chicago
concerns were Indicted by a federal
grand jury here today, charged with
profiteering in sugar. Those indict
ed were: The Bunte Brothers’ Candy
company. Henderson, Taylor & Co.,
Hadesman Brothers and the Empire
Wholesale Grocery company.
The indictment includes officials of
the coneferns.
MUR OF COOK
GRAOUALLYSINKING
EROMJXHAUSTION
LONDON, Sept. 6.—Terence Mac-
Swiney, lord mayor of Cork, spent
a restless night at the Brixton prison,
where he is continuing a hunger
strike begun on August 12 in protest
against his arrest by British author
ities. Father Dominic, private chap
lain to the mayor, visited, the prison
this morning and on leaving said that
MacSwiney was “very low.”
Sean MacSwiney, brother of the
mayor, spent the night with him.
At noon it was announced that
MacSwiney showed signs of much
greater weakness, although he was
still conscious and his tnind was
active. His face was more drawn
and he was paler.
Mrs/ Murial MacSwiney, wife of
the dying lord mayor of Cork, to
day addressed a message to Irish
sympathizers throughout the world,
urging an economic boycott of Eng
land.
Mrs. MacSwiney suggested that
workers refuse to handle English
shipping and that all consumers cease
purchasing English made goods. She
declared such action would “force,
England to conform to the elemen
tary principles of justice in her
treatment of Ireland.”
ENGLISH TRADES UNIONS ARE
HORRIFIED IN M’SWINEYCASE
PORTSMOUTH, Eng., Sept. 6.—The
trades union congress, it which it
was expected many grave industrial
questions, including the coal crisis,
would be considered, convened this
morning. It was attended by more
than 950 delegates, representing 6,-
500,000 w’orkers. t
One of the earliest acts of the con
gress w - as the adoption of a resolu
tion expressing “horror and indigna
tion” at the government’s attitude in
the case of Lord Mayor MacSwiney.
of Cork, and declaring that labor
“will hold the government respon
sible” for the death of the lord
mayor.
Full dominion home rule for Ire
land was demanded by J. H Thomas,
British labor leader, in the opening
address at the Trades Union congress
here today.
Thomas predicted a struggle “that
will shaek the empire” if this is noL
granted, and warned that "we cannot
dragoon a nation by the sword.”
The union passed a resolution de
manding the release of Lord Mac-
S w i n e y.
MAKES TIRES
PUNCJURELESS
Remarkable Invention Pre
vents Punctures and Blow-
Outs and Doubles Mileage
Powel Crosley, Jr., 805 Blue Rock
St., CJncinnati, Ohio, has perfected
a remarkable invention that makes
pneumatic tires proof against punc
tures and blow-outs, without in any
way affecting their natural resiliency
or easy riding qualities. He uses no
tire filler, chemical or other make
shift, but an amazingly simple and
inexpensive method that not only
ends tire trouble forever, but dou
bles tire mileage. In fact, he will
take an old discarded tire that has
been thrown away as worthless and
run from two to three thousand
miles oa< it. Write Mr. Crosley to
day and learn haw you can enjoy
the increased comforts of motoring
with no punctures, blow-outs or
troublesome tire changes and at the
same time cut your bills in two. He
is making a special offer to one car
owner in each locality to whom he
can refer new customers. Take ad
vantage of this offer. Write him to
day. Agents wanted.—(Advt.)
BUT SMITH MANAGERS
RECOGNIZE MR.VMM
WILL RUN CLOSE SECOND
THE re-election of Senator Hoke Smith is forecast in a statement
issued Saturday afternoon by the Smith managers, Piedmont
hotel. It is their view -that the race is extremely close be
tween the senator and Thomas E. Watson, with Governor Dorsey
running a poor third, and losing ground steadily. It is the switch
of Dorsey followers to the standard of the senator that leads hie
managers to believe that he may be nominated in the first primary.
Developments within the past week, as reflected by reports re
ceived at Smith’s headquarters and unmistakable symptoms all over
Georgia, influence the senator’s managers to believe that if the tide
tonjinues to run for the next two days as it has been running, and
is now running, the necessity of a second primary will be wholly
obviated.
“We confidently predict that Senator Smith will lead the sena
torial ticket by a comfortable plurality, if not a clear majority, in
the county unit votes next Wednesday,” reads the statement issued
by Smith’s headquarters. “Our confidence rests on the character'
and number of reports that have come to us in response to a tele
graphic request from influential citizens in every county in the
state, asking a frank and candid resume of the situation in their
respective counties. "We have received by telegraph, letter and oral
statements, reports from more than one hundred counties. From
these responses we are assured that the senator today is far in the
lead.
“The following is a copy of the telegram which our headquar
ters sent to more than one hundred counties:
TEXT OF TELEGRAM
SENT TO COUNTIES
‘Won’t you please make a
careful survey of the senatorial
situation in your county and
wire us your candid and frank
judgment as to the strength and
relative standing of the sever
al candidates?* •
“It will be observed from this
message that we sought only the
truth as to actual conditions. We
have been gratified beyond measure
at the character of responses that
have come in.
“The race in many counties is be
ing bitterly contested between Sena
tor Smith and Mr. Watson. So much
so that •in many instances the
change of a few votes will turn the
county either one way or the other.
It is on account of this situation
that we don’t feel justified in giving
a list of the counties that the sen
ator will carry; By doing so it is
obvious that we might fail to men
tion counties in which his chances
are improving rapidly that we
confidently believe that he will win
them next Wednesday.
“AH reports from every section
indicate that Governor Dorsey’s fol
lowers realize that the contest is a
race between the senator and Mr.
Watson, and that thousands of Geor
gians who otherwise might support
the governor are under these cir
cumstances deserting him and are
aligning themselves behind the can
didacy of the ‘senator. Every report
that we "receive concerning combi
nations and coalitions in different
sections are to the effect that Sen
.ator Smith is the beneficiary of
these arrangements. The obvious
reason for this is that everywhere it
is realized that Senator Smith has
developed more strength than the
governor, and is the more available
candidate under the circumstances
to defeat Mr. Watson.
Congressional Districts
“Considering the state by congres
sional districts, it appears that the
senator is relatively weaker in the
First district than anywhere else in
Georgia, but even here he is sure
of not fewer than eight county unit
votes, which number we believe may
be materially increased by the rapid
ly changing sentiment in that section
of the state.
“The Second congressional dis
trict, according to our reports, is a
close race between Senator Smith
and Thomas E. Watson, with the
governor developing practically no
strength. Indeed there is only 'one
county in that section in which he
is a factor. In the other
eleven counties of the district, the
senator has an advantage over Mr.
Watson, but in many of them it is a
‘nip-arid-tuck’ struggle. We haven’t
a doubt that out of the twenty-eight
county unit votes in the Second con
gressional district, the senator will
receive not fewer than sixteen.
'fiiird congressional district is I
in even better shape, as regards Sen
ator Smith’s candidacy. In all ex
cept two iounties his contest is'with
Watson. Our reports give to Gov
ernor*Dorsey only four certain coun
ty unit votes in this whole section,
whereas the same reports convince
us that Senator Smith will receive
not fewer than eighteen, with a pos
sibility of twenty-two county unit
votes.
Fourth, in Excellent Shape
“The Fourth congressional district
is in excellent shape, although Wat
son is a serious factor in all except
Muscogee, where the fight has been
with Governor Dorsey. We have no
doubt of Muscogee today, and confi
dently believe that the. senator will
receive more than twenty county unit
votes in the district. There is a
chance that Dorsey will not get a
single county unit in the fourth dis
trict, unless possibly Heard county
goes for him,
“The Fifth congressional district is
fti excellent shape for Senator Smith.
The Democrats of Rockdale and
Campbell counties have united be
hind his candidacy, and it is believed
confidently that he will carry these
counties over Mr. Watson, who is
his chief opponent.
“The same is true of DeKalb coun
ty, fhany whose influential citizens
are well known in Atlanta. Follow
ing Senator Smiths address in De
catur last week, there has been a
coalition, and today William Schley
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Howard, Judge John S. Candler and
other leaders in the county assured
us that Senator Smith will carry De-
Kalb county.
“Our confidence in the senator’s
victory i n Fulton county is based
on a careful canvass not only of
every ward in the city, but i n all
of the out-lying territory. We be*
Ll eve ! ?K e senat , or will run far ahead
of either of his opponents in At-
? u t our information is that
ok., ats °o is much stronger than
Governor Dorsey.
, Thomas E. Watson’s strength 1*
the Sixth district is not to be under
estimated, and today in many coun
ties it is a neck-to-neck race between
Senator Smith and Mr. Watson. Our ’
reports convince us that Mr. Smith
is gaining wonderfully throughout
the district, and has been for the past
week, and we now believe he~-is ont
of danger in practically every co-unty
of the Sixth district. We believe that
he is assured of better than an even
break with Mr. Watson in the county
unit votes in this section.
“The Seventh district will glv*
Senator Smith a majority over both
opponents, and the chances are equal
ly certain that Governor Dorsey has
an even chance with Mr. Watson for I
a division of the rdtnaining minority.
Advantage Growing in Eighth
“In the Eighth congressional dis
trict the fight is between Watson and
Smith, and here again we are advised
that the senator has a decided and
growing advantage over Mr. Watson.
"Senator Smith has a slight advan
tage in the Ninth district over Wat
son, with Governor Dorsey showing
no strength whatever . The fight wilt
be relatively close in the mountain
district between Watson and Smith,
but sentiment is changing in favor
of Senator Smith.
“The Tenth district is Mr. Watson’S
stronghold, although Senator Smith
is developing a strong following ig
several counties. It is no tbelieved
that he will carry more than five
! counties in the Tenth district. All
others will go to Watson.
“In the Eleventh district is another
I fight between Watson and Smith,
[and ten days ago Mr. Watson had a
decided advantage. Governor Dor
; sey also at that time had a chanc*
in probably four counties, but hi*
candidacy has grown steadily weaker
While the senator has gained strength
steadily. We feel confident that in
the Eleventh congressional district
Senator Smith will break as good aa
even, if not better, than Mr. Wat
son.
“The Twelfth district also is close
between Watson and Smith. Gover
nor Dorsey is a factor in only one
county, and here our report sare to
the effect that the senator is rapidly
overtaking him, and we believe that
Senator Smith will break better than
even in the Twelfth district.
I n recapitulating and considering
the unit votes in the several dis
tricts, we are convinced beyond the
shadow of a doubt that Senator
Smith will lead the ticket, if indeed,
he does not defeat both opponents in
the coming primary. We are deeply
gratified to make this statement.
aaa l rus L serve to renew th*
efforts of the senator’s friends from
now until the election.”
~T Text of Telegrams
In recapitulating and considering
out the text of many telegrams and
oral statements upon which they
base their forecast, as follows-
M'INTOSH COUNTY: Charles M. Ty
son—Senator Smith’s candidacy ha*
shown a steady gain in this county,
and every indication is that it will
run true to form and give him *
plurality next Wednesday.
CANDLER COUNTY: Stanford Bland,
of Metter—The senator’s chances
are better than even here.
SCREVEN COUNTY: Herschel S.
White—The race here is between
Watson and Smith, with th*
chances favoring Watson.
JENKINS COUNTY: E. G. Weath
ers—Senator Smith will carry Jen
kins county.
BBYAN COUNTY: Julium Morgan—-
Hoke Smith will carry Bryan coun
ty; Dorsey, second; Watson, third.
MITCHELL COUNTY: Dr. D. O.
Spence—The race is close between
Smith and Watson, with chancel
favoring Smith.
DOUGHERTY COUNTY: J. R. Pot
tle —The senator has a good chance
to win Dougherty at this time.
GRADY COUNTY: I. J. Edwards— l
think Watson is going to carry
this county. .
HIDDEN COUNTY: W. J. Bush—W<
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