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®be MtWta WMMttMa Soiu-nal 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! F A 72 —— __ f 7 e . Q 77 -/i --- / - __ - V -‘Os. 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 5 CENTS A COPT. $1.50 A YEAB. 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< (Continued on Page 6, Column 3) SELLS ALL-WOOL SUIT FOR $25.00 A handsomely illustrated Fall and Winter Style Book showing all the latest New York and Chicago styles in men’s suits and containing 66 beauti ful cloth samples of the very finest, high-grade • fabrics, is being distrib uted free by the Bell Tailors, Dept, 1060, Chicago, 111., the largest con cern in the world selling made-to measure tailored suits direct to wearer. The values offered for th* coming season are simply amazing. For instance: they offer a very fine all-wool high-grade suit, made to in dividual measure, at only $25.00. The measurement system used is so sim ple any member of your family can take your measure and the Bell Tai lors guarantee to fit ,you perfectly, or there is no charge. 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