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The Atlanta Georgian.
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VOL. 1. NO. 101.
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 190fi.
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HOKE SMITH WILL HA VE SAFE MAJORITY IN CONVENTION
BY ALL THE INDICATIONS BEFORE THE ACTUAL COUNT;
CLARK HOWELL TO LOSE ATLANTA AND FULTON COUNTY
JOYNER SEEMS WINNER OVER GOODWIN FOR MA YORALTY
OVER FIELD
Great Majority of Re
ports From State
Favor Him.
HOWELL IS STRONG
IN SOUTH GEORGIA
Estill aiul Russell Contest
ing Several Coun
ties.
FOR H. SMITH:
Both Rgces Still Ap
pear to Be Very
Close.
COUNTY TREASURER
STILL A MYSTERY
Day Has Been Freer From
Disor der Than Any
in Years.
T’p to 3 o'clock Wednesday after-
nor>n reports received from various
part* of the state Indicate that Hoke
Smith has won his contest for the
governorship of Georgia.
He (a reported leading In Fulton,
Newton, Glynn, Thomas, Schley, Pike,
Richmond, Ware, Echols, Floyd, Mon
roe, Butts. Gordon, Stewart, Bartow,
Catoosa. Taliaferro, Laurens, Chattoo
ga, Jefferson, Douglas, Carroll, Jones,
Hancock, Greene, Fayette, McDuffie,
Calhoun. Wilkes. /
Howell Is rfportad ahead In Daugh
erty, Humter, Lowndes, Crisp, Musco
gee.
Eat ill will carry hie home county,
Chatham, with Hoke Smith a close
*econd, according to reports.
Russel) seems to have captured Hall,
Gwinnett, Toombs and several other
counties. In Gainesville, ikjwever, It Is
stated that he and Hoke Smith are
contesting for the city. Russell Is
strong in the county districts.
Hoke Smith and Estill are fighting
for Berrien county, but Smith appears
to ho in the lead.
It is generally conceded that James
M. Smith has carried his home coun
ty—Oglethorpe—and that he will show’
up Mronj In some of the adjoining
countle.i.
In Whitfield county a spirited race
Is on between Estill and Hoke Smith.
They are said to be neck and neck,
with Howell and Russell contesting
for third place In the county.
In Rome Hoke Smith tii b®
winner by a good majority, but Howell
looks strong In the county (Floyd).
In spite of the good weather obtain
ing nil over the state and the appar
ent interest manifested In the guber
natorial campaign for the past year, It
***fti* that only about 85 per cent of
the registered vote will be polled.
AUGUSTA.
Spe, | ; ,i t„ The Georgian.
Augusta, Ga., Aug.’ 22.—Less than 700
vote* were cast here up to noon. Of
this number Hoke Smith has about
3 to I Reports from the country are
that the vote Is small and for Hoke
Smith.
COLUMBUS.
tV'l.H t<> The Georgian.
t'olumbu*, Ga., Aug. 22.—A steady
vofr i s being polled. It looks as If
a full vote tit the county, which is
win be polled.
' 'nservatlve estimate gives Hoke
•' ;,,,| h from 300 tn 500 majority. The
“""ell men say little, but work hard.
Russpii is third In the race here, polling
a large number of Votes.
r, >eie has been no excitement or dls-
turlmnee.
The weather Is Ideal.
WASHINGTON.
* , P r, Ifll to The Georgian.
Washington, Ga., Aug. 22.—From the
h*>t reports obtainable at noon today
t:r vote between Hoke Smith and Jim
fi < lnl, b Is about evenly divided. Hoke
U ,n,t h Is probably In the lead by 50
V"tr, The country districts will no
a°uht give Jim Smith a fair major-
Continued on Pege Three.
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0 CHIEF JOYNER’S FRIENDS 0
O SATISFIED WITH OUTLOOK. O
O O
0 t’hlef Joyner's campaign com- O
0 mtttee express the utmost confl- O
O dence In the outlook for their can- 0
0 didate. They believe that the con- O
0 Udence of the Atlanta public In O
0 the man who has been before them O
0 for years will be Indicated In the O
0 result, and that the present chief O
0 of the lire department Will step 0
0 Into the mayor a chair for the next O
0 term. The Joyner men are work- 0
0 Ing hard at every polling place. O
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0 GOODWIN 8UPPORTER8
O CONFIDENT OF WINNING:
0
O Thomas H. Goodwin and his
g friends are just as confident as on
Tuesday, when Mr. Goodwin pre
fix dieted n two-to-one majority. O
0 The workers at the polls are urg- 0
0 Ing the public to vote for the man O
0 with a platform, and every work- O
0 er seems confident of carrying his O
0 ward. The early voting showed O
0 that Goodwin was leading In sev- O
0 era! wards. Goodwin men ex- O
0 pressed themselves as satisfied O
O with the outlook at 11 o’clock. O
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Hoke 8mlth by a majority of 1,500
over Howell.
Chiof W. R. Joyner by a majority of
2,000 over T. H. Goodwin.
Culberson, Woodward, 8harp—Ukt
your choies. Looks Ukt anybody’s raos.
That’s the way the three principal
races *ln the city, county and state
primaries look, although It Is Impossi
ble to form any accurate Judgment
The vest pocket vote predominates
these days and times, and a little
shouting may prove a very false clew.
It Is generally regarded that Hoke
Smith will get a majority of at least
1,500 votes and some think It will run
up to more than 2,000.
The sensation of the day has been the
furore nbout T. H. Goodwin, candi
date for mayor against W. R. Joyner.
Wise politicians, however, think that
the spurt he has taken In public opin
ion Is due rather to unexpected strength
than to getting more votes than Joyner.
Hoke Smith will carry’ every ward
in the city, It Is believed, except the
Seventh, the Eighth and possibly the
Sixth. It Is nip and tuck In the latter
ward, however. The First, the Third,
the Fourth and the Fifth are regarded
as certain for Smith. He. nil! get more
votes In the county precincts than
Howell. Russell will get a fair vote,
and the-others practically none.
The few contests tor councilman and
alderman have excited but little Inter
est In the Individual wards and practi
cally none In the city at large.
Up to 3 o'colck not a single row-,
fight or disturbance had occurred that
was serious enough to call for the po-
Every ward Is well patrolled. In the
WAITING FOR THE VERDICT
ESCAPE NIL
Tl
Climbed OutS kylight
and Were Lowered
to Ground.
Hpeclal to Th. Georgian.
Selma, Ala., Aug. 22.—There wee ft.
wholesale Jail delivery about 3 o'clock,
thta morning, eight negro prleonere
making their eacepes from the Dalteg
county knot lie. One of the eec*pe»,
John Weetley, waa awaiting trial for
murder. Another alleged murderer,'
Dillard Steel, failed to get out with
the rest and waa found hiding behind
a trunk In the front part of the build
ing. The nrgroea had to break through
the Iron barn and doora of two colla
acrone a hallway'and then,break Into
another cell before they got to the
place where the entrance Into the maltv
walk around waa made. They then
climbed up three etorlca of Iron slatted
Doors, having to bend back the Irons
before they could pull themselves
through. They then broke out the akyi
light nnd having gained the roof, letJ
themselves down to the ground by*
means of blankets. It was almost In
conceivable that auch work could hava
been done and not be detected.
and Bishop, Man gum Is leading.
FOURTH WARD.
Registration, 1,17}.
City vote at 2s30 o’clock, 836.
State and county vote at 2(30
o'clock, 60S.
Voting opened up brlakly at the
fourth ward polla Wednesday morning,
and within the first hour and a half
200' ballots tvere cast. The city and
county voting places were about 00
yards apart, and the Intervening apace
was tilled with heelers of the various
candidates. One energetic partisan
had the name of hi* favorite on the
Idest part of a broom In boxcar let
ters, and waved It. at each approach
ing voter.
The Drst man to cast hla vote In the
ward for state and county officers
was H. Lewis, and for city officials
was Hugh D. Carter. •
No 'trouble of any kind had been re
ported nt the polling places up until
2:30 o’clock. Ooodwln was conceded to
have had the advantage earlier In the
day, but at this hour the Joyner men
claim that their candidate Is running
neck nnd neck with Goodwin and will
carry -the ward. Both Dr. B. B. Pearce
and M. M. Turner claim to be In the
lead for councilman
Hoke Smith la easily far In the lead
for the governorship nnd will probably
get three votes to Howell'* J.
FIFTH WARD.
Registration, 1.387.
City vote# at 2:30 o'clock, 533.
State and county votes at 2:30 o’clook
has" been brisk ever since the polls j 587, '
opened for business and at this hour] Hoke Smith has carried the Fifth
a number are still In line. I ward.
W. It. Joyner and Thomas H. Good-
Here are the stories of the
FIRST WARD.
Registration, 1,181,
City veto at 2130 o’elook, 535,
State end county vote at 2:30 o'clock,
534.
The voting was not so fast during
the middle of the day as during the
early hours, and the result In a num
ber of races will be undecided until
the vote le counted at the does of th*
polls
Hoke Smith shows, a strongth In the
ward whtfh his friends predict will
bring him a majority. 'The county
treasurer" race Is uncertain. Dr. Bas
kin leads for councilman. Curtla and
LaHatte seem to be ahead of Hllburn
for alderman. Men who nre Interested
In neither candidate to a great extent
predict that Goodwin will carry the
ward. * ,
8ECOND WARD.
Registration, 2,179.
City vote at 2:30 o’clock, 1,127.
State'and county vote at 2:30 o’elook,
1,150.
At this hour the crowd around the
court house corner had reduced Its en
thusiasm to husky yelling for Goodwin
and Joyner. Money was freely offered
by each side, but was nut taken. Every
body wanted to bet, but no money was
In evidence. Wearers of Hoke Smith
badges were greatly In the majority
and while they were not crying the
name of their favorite In the city race,
they advanced his candidacy. Voting
THIRD WARD.
Registration, 1,547.
City vote up to 2:30 o’clock, 824.
State and county vote up to 2:30
o’clock, 871.
The only feature out of the ordinary
that happened at the third ward polls
during the day up to 2:30 o'clock was
the appearance of two registered voters
who wanted to scratch off the pledge
of fealty to the Democratic party. They
were told If they did the vote would
not be counted, and they left.
Goodwin Is said to be carrying the
word, though the vote will be close.
Smith Is clearly In the lead for gov
ernor.
Woodward will poll ttfe biggest vote
for county treasurer.
Considerable local Interest Is felt In
th* race for council between Mangum
the returns tonight
Will be shown by The Georgian at Good-
rum’s—Peachtree, Edgewood Avenue and
Decatur Sts. Special telephone and tele
graph wires will run direct to the stereopti-
con. Our men in every county will give
immediate and accurate reports. The Geor
gian has no candidate. We will give the
facts.
win are neck ami nock.
The treasurer and councllmanlc race*
arc still uncertain.
Through the Fifth the dove of peace
ha* been hovering all day. There ha*
been no fighting and only one "cussing'’
match within earshot of the noil*. This
feature nnd the belief that there will be
a record-breaking vole cast are being
talked of widely.
It has been estimated that between
1,000 nnd 1,250 of the possible 1,387
voter* registered will vl*lt the poll*.
The gubernatorial race waa settled In
the mind* of most of tho»e who kept
clone to the poll* nbout noon, and since
that time the chief topic of conversa
tion has been the mayoralty race.
Much money ha* been (lanhed on
both aides. Bet* that Joyner would
carry the city were refused, and the
Joyner men refused money that Good
win would carry three or more wards.-
It I* believed that Smith will poll
three vote* to Howell's one.
8IXTH WARD.
Rsgistration, 1,648.
City vofta up to 2:30 o'clock, 085.
State and county voto up to 2:30
o'clock, 974. |
Heavy voting marked the forenoon,
but from noon on there was a let up
In th# stream of voters.
Smith supporter* claim the ward 2
to 1, but Howell men say their man will
win out. At this hour Indications are
that Hoke Smith I* leading.
Joyner i* apparently leading over
Goodwin, though the last named Is get
ting a good vote. Macon Sharp 1* poll
Ing a good vote for county treasurer.
8EVENTH WARD.
Rsgistration, 579.
City voto up to 2:30 o'clock, 327.
State and county vote up to
o’clock, 343.
West End will go for Clark Howell
three to one.
It will go for Culberson three to one.
It will go for Joyner four to one.
Th# dav has passed quietly enough.
with no disturbance and no noise. Aft
er a dull two hours between 9 nnd 11,
voting smoked up a little about noon.
Then about 2 o'clock It dropped down
to nothing.
EIGHTH WARD.
Registration, 401.
City vote up to 2:30 o'clock, 298.
Stato and county voto up to 2:30
o’clock, 310.
The Eighth is taking It serenely.
With the smallest registration of nny
ward In the city, the voter* go quietly
up, cast their ballot nnd go away to
business. Very few worker* or hang-
er*-on were nbout.
At this hour It look* like a practical
split between Howell and Smith. Joy
ner I* leading for mayor, and the vote
for county treasurer Is no divided that
no one can tell who 1* leading.
Indication* are that almost the en
tire registered vote will be polled.
. IN THE COUNTY.
In the county district* the vote wa*
practically all In at 2:15 o'clock, the
polls closing at 3. Total registration
In the county Is 2,545. The total vote,
however, will not reach 2,000.
From the general report of returns,
Clark Howell nnd Hoke Smith will get
1,800 of the votes between them and
Smith will get more than a thousand.
For county treasurer, Culberson Is
expected to have a large majority of
the vote In th# county precincts, with
Macon Sharp second.
MUST COME ACROSS
TO CHARITY H08PITAL
Hperlsl to The Georgian.
New' Orleans, Aug. 22.—Attorney
General Guion has addressed a circular
letter to all the real estate auctioneers
In the city, calling upon them to make
settlement with the charity hospital
for the private sales of real estate since
January 1, 1890. This would mean an
REBELS IN HAITI
HEADIfTO ATTACK
Nine Hundred .Men March
to Join Genera
Navarro.
By Private Leaned wire.
Tape Haytlen, Haytl, Aur 22.—It le
believed a bloody civil war will follow
when General Guelllto, who at the head
of 900 revolution!.!*, hen left Dajabon,
Join* the troop* or Ortieral Navarro
and make* an attack on Monte Crl»to.
The government of Santo Domingo
ha* *ent 1,200 men from Moca agalnxt
(he revolutlonlat*.
100 PORTO RICANS
BROUGHT TO WORK
ON SUGAR FARMS
Special to The Georgian.
New Orica n*. La.. Aug. 22.—One
hundred Porto Rican laborer* arrived
thla morning on board the ateamahlp
Arcadia ahd will be Immediately dla-
trlbuted among the *ugar planter* of
till* *tate on trial. If the expertmenta
irove a auccea* hundred of othera will
* brought hwe to relieve the condl-
tlona due to a great acarclty of labor
for auch work.
addition to hoapltal funria of several
hundred thouaand dollar* and greatly
help that Inatltutlnn.
By GEORGE FRAZER.
Special Cable—Copyright.
St, Peteraburg. Aug. 22.—Apparently
well authenticated reporta are to the
amaalng effect that Count Witte ha*
been aummoned to return to Ruaala and
take Premier Stolypln's place m prom-
ler, and that M. Kuropatkln, who ha*
been In dlagrace alnce the defeat of
the Russian army by the Japaneae at
Mukden, la to be made aecretary of war
with Inatructlon* to remodel the whole
military eatabllahmant, and If poaalble
In weed out the dlaaffected elementa.
Neither of theae reporta hare official
aanctlon yet, but they are believed In
high quarter*. Stolypln haa Failed In
hi* effort to reetore order and to pla
cate the peasant*. while the entire
army again la In a atate bordering on
chaoa. It may be poaalble for Witte
and Kuropatkln to do better, but few
believe It.
There haa bean little, If any Improve
ment In the altuatlon throughout the
country. Political aasaaalnatlnna are
being committed with horrible frequen
cy, the Induatrlal center* are aeethlng
with dlacontent and rebellion, while the
peaaant* ore In a atate of partial an
archy all over the country.
If Witte were given a free hand to
Inaugurate such reform* a* he might
deem neceaaary, he might be able to
accomplish something. But nobody be
lieve* he will be. HI* hand* will be
tied Just as Stolypln'* are and the re
sult, according to the beat opinion, will
be the same.
2:30
THE GEORGIAN CALLS
the attention of its readers to its editorial to
day in reference to the mayoralty candidates.
Parts of our Monday’s editorial have been
used by one of the candidates a little unfairly,
and we do not want to go on record as favor
ing anyone over Chief Joyner for the office
he seeks. The Georgian is not a political or
gan and tries to avoid partiality, giving the
people the facts, but we are compelled to say
that Chief Joyner’s experience and his record
of 21 years of public, service are such as to
fit him in every way to be mayor of this city.
