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Newspaper Page TextSECOND 1 SECOND extra The Atlanta Georgian, extra " SECOND VOL. 1. NO. 101. ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1906. T>T?Tf>rr. Jn Atlanta TWO CENT*, x IvLL/rj J on Train* VIVK CENTS. EARLY RETURNS FROM MANY COUNTIES TELL STORY OF SWEEPING VICTORY FOR HOKE SMITH; EYELASH FINISH BETWEEN GOODWIN AND JOYNER VOTE CLOSE IN FLOYD, MUSCOGEE AND SUMTER; SMITHITES CONFIDENT James M. Smith Wins in McDuffie County, Defeating Tom Watson in Bitter Contest—Estill Carries Chatham County. Bulletins to The Georgian from jts own correspondents over the state, supplemented by the full bulletin services of the Western Union and Postal telegraph companies, received up to 8 p. m. indicate that, with the excep tion of scattering counties carried by Howell, Estill, Russell and James M. Smith, Hoke Smith has clearly outstripped the Held In his race for gov ernor. 1 Returns ' from the rural precincts of Richmond give Hoke Smith a large majority, and the Indications are that he will also carry the city of Augusta. The vote In Muaeogee county la close, both Hohetl and Hoke Smith men claiming victory. Floyd county la also close, the Smith men claiming the city of Rome and the Howell men the ritjal districts. Chatham county will probably give Its vote to J. Hi Estill, whose home county It Is, though Hoke Smith Is pressing him closely. Fulton county, with full returns from all country precincts, gives Smith 949, Howell 625, Russell 86; Estill 6, J. Smith 2. James' M. Smith has carried McDufflq county, the home county of Tom Watson, who had made desperate efforts to carry It for Hoke Smith. James M. Smith also carries Oglethorpe, his home county. CARROLL COUNTY. Canton, On.,, Aug. 25, 6 p. m.—Ten dlstrlcta out of sixteen In Carroll coun ty gives Hoke Smith 718, Clerk How- ell 238, Russell 20, J. Smith 9. Estill 6. The election was very quiet and out of a registration of 3,300 In the county, less than 1,600 votea were polled. RICHMOND COUNTY. Augusta, Ga, Aug. 22.—One hundred and twenty-fourth district of Richmond county gnve Estill 3, Howell 4, Russell 2 and Hoke Smith 62. WASHINGTON COUNTY. Sandersvllle, Ga., Aug. 22.—Five country precincts give Hoke BAilth 174. Russell 66, Howell 4, Estill 2, Jim Smith 0. CLINCH COUNTY, Homarvllle, Ga.. Aug. 22.—Hoke Smith will carry Clinch county by ifo majority. TROUPE COUNTY. LaGrange. Ga., Aug. 22.—Hoke Smith will carry Troupe county by an over whelming majority. HABERSHAM COUNTY. Clarksville, Oa„ Aurf. 22.—Retumaup to 6 o'clock Indicate that Hoke Smith ha* carried the county by 76 to 100 plurality. Howell and James M. Smith ran doss for second place. BROOKS COUNTY. Quitman, Ga., Aug. 22.—Ona precinct heard from In Brooks county gives Hoke Smith 28, Estill 23, Howell 0, Jim Smith 0, Russell 0. RICHMOND "COUNTY. Augusta, Ga., Aug. 22, * p!m.—The voting this afternoon waa retarded on account of a hard rain, but It la be lieved that the total vote will reach 2.000, and that Hoke Smith will get 75 per cent of the votea caat. He was con ceded the county early In the morning although It Is believed that Colonel Es- tlll has received a good veto. His friends In the Third ward say that he sill carry that precinct, but It la hard ly probable, . Reports from the 124th district show that Hoke Smith carried the district by 49 majority. This Is the only dis trict heard from aa yet. HARTE COUNTY. Hartwell, Ga., Aug. 32.—The consol idated vote of this county gives Hoke Smith a majority of 200 over all op position. Hoke Smith's vote In the county 779, Jim Smith 612, Howell 21, Russell 41, Estill 6. WALTON COUNTY. Monroe, Ga., Aug. 22.—Rusself car ries Walton county by J00 majority, estimated. LUMPKIN COUNTY. Hahlonega, Ga., Aug. 22.—Russell carries Lumpkin county 2 to 1 over all his opponents. MONTGOMERY COUNTY. Glenwood, Oa., Aug. 22.—The race here Is between Hoke Smith and Rus- ”li. It Is thought Russell will win in Montgomery. COBB "COUNTY. Marietta, Oa., Aug. 22.—Five Cobb county preclncte give Hoke Smith 281, Howell 76, Russell 8, Estill 4. elber-Tcounty. Elherton, Ga., Aug. 22.—Elbert coun ty la very cloae between the two Smiths hut will robably give Hoke Smith a small majority, MADISON COUNTY. Kmlihonla, Ga., Aug. 22.—6:2# p. m.— indications at 6 o'clock are that James Smith will carry Madison county. NEWTON COUNTY. ' ovfngton, Ga., Aug. 22.-5 p. m.-r Thtee county precincts In Newton ”“{J A've Smith «J, Howell 24, Rus- •*» Jim Smith t stewart'county ,„i', um .?kl"' «•-. Aug. 22.-6:10 p. m.— indications at 5 o'clock are that Hoke n-uith has carried Stewart county. Re turns from half of the precincts give him a majority of 120. WATSON LOSESHOME COUNTY. 8pecial to The Georgian. Thomson, Ga„ Aug. 22.—James M. Smith carried McDuffie county by 100 votea over Hoke Smith. ity by 100 cDuftit ia the home county of Tom Watson, who te effort to carry it for COBB COUNTY. Marietta, Ga., Aug. 22, 5:60 p. m.— Eight out of eighteen Cobb county pra- ctnCts give Hoke Smith 698, Howell 182, Russell 61. Estill 26. Marietta, Ga., Aug. 22,—Eleven out of eighteen Cobb precincts give Hok Smith 773, Huwell 145, Russell 78, Ea till 30. WAITING FOR THE VERDICT NEWTON-COUNTY. Covington, Go., Aug. 33, 5:40 p, m.— All the preclncte except two show 294 for Hoke Smith, 210 for Howell, 166 for Ruaeell, 4 for Estill, 1 for J. Smith. Hoke Smith will carry Newton by 300 votea. FAYETTE COUNTY. Fayetteville, Ga., Aug. 22, 6 p. m.— From the returns received Hoke Smith has carried Fayettp county by about 175 majority. 8UMTER COUNTY. Amerlcua, Ga., Aug. 22, 6:55 p. m.— Indications at this hour show that Hoke Smith will carry Sumter county by about 200 majority. Smith has about 100 majority In the country. Hon. Dudley M. Hughes will carry Sumter by about 200 majority, he coming In from the nve country preclncte with about llfteen majority. CHATHAM COUNTY. Savannah, Ga., Aug. 22.—Estill has carried Chatham by a safe majority, also Camden, Effingham and Bryan. For the short term for congress Saussy E robably curries the county, though verstreet gets the district For the long term Sheppard carries the county, but Brennen I* reported to have carried the district, terreuTcounty. Dawson, Ga., Aug. 22, 6 p. m.—Ter rell county waa conceded to Hoke Smith by 170 majority. Returns from all the districts are not In. 8MITH GETS MILTON COUNTY. Alpharetta, Ga., Aug. 22.—Milton county gives Hoke Smith 702, Russell 86, Howell 33. Estill 3, J. Smith 0. DOUGLAS”FOR 8MITH. Douglasvllle, Ga., Aug. 22—Holes Smith will carry Douglas by 4 to I. At 6:30 o’clock three preclncte give Hoke Smith 273, Russell 41 and Howell 19. QUITMAN COUNTY. Georgetown, Ga„ Aug. 22. r -Clark Howell has carried this county by 43 majority. WILKE8 COUNTY. Washington, Ga, Aug. '22,—Twelve preclnfts had been heard from at 6 o'clock, giving Hoke Smith a total of 307 votes agsnlst 253 for Jim Smith. The count of the ballots In the town district has Just begun. Out of a total poll of 503 votes the Hoke Smith men claim 300. Three districts yet remain to be heard from. All are claimed by Jim Smith supporters. The outlook at present In dicates that Hok* Smith will carry Wllkea by 75 to 100 votea. GRADY COUNTY. Cairo, Ga, Aug. 22, 6:35 p.m.—The race Is close in Grady county between Eatlll and Hoke Smith, with a possible majority for Smith. HALL COUNTY. Oalnesvllle. Oa, Aug. 22.—Vote In Hall extremely close between Hoke Smith and Dick Russell. Continued on Psge Three. By GEORGE FRAZER. Special Cable—Copyright. St. Petersburg, Aug. 22.—Apparently well authenticated reports are to the amaxlng effect that Count Wltta has been aummpned to return to Russia and take Premier Stolypln's place oa prem ier, and that M. Kuropatktn, who has been In disgrace since the defeat of the Russian army by the Japanese at Mukden, is to be made secretary of war with instructions to remodel the whole military establishment, and If possible to weed out the disaffected elements. Neither of these reports have official sanction yet, but they are believed In high quarters. Stolypln has failed In his effort to restore order and to pla- cate the peasants, while the entire army again Is In a state bordering on chaos. It may be possible for Witte and Kuropatkln to do better, but few believe It. 1 There has been little, If nny Improve ment in 4lie situation throughout the country. Political assassinations are being committed with horrible frequen cy, the Industrial centers are seething with discontent and rebellion, while the peasants are In a state of partial an archy all over the country. If Witte were given a free hand to Inaugurate such reforms ns he might deem necessary, he might be able to accomplish something. But nobody be lieves he Will be. . His hands will be tied Just as Stolypln’s are and the re sult, according to the beat opinion, will be the same. 1 100 PORTO RICANS BROUGHT TO WORK ON SUGAR FARMS flpeclal to The -Georgina. New Orleant, La, Aug. 22.—Ona hundred Porto Rican laborers arrived this morning on board the steamship Arcadia anil will be Immediately dis tributed among the sugar planters of this state on trial. If the experiments prove a success hundred of others will be brought here to relieve the condi tions due to a great scarcity of labor for auch work, PIEDMONT BROKERAGE CO. CLOSES ITS DOOR8. The Piedmont Brokerage Company, with offices In the Piedmont hotel. Climbed Out Skylight and Were Lowered to Ground. Specie I to The Georgian. Seims, Ala., Aug. 23,—There was a wholesale Jail delivery about 2 o’clock this morning, eight negro prisoners making their escapes from the Dallas county bastlle. ' One of the escapes, John Westley, was awaiting trial for murder. Another alleged murderer, Dillard Steel, failed to get out with the rest nnd was found hiding behind a trunk In the front part of the build ing. The negroes had to break through the Iron bars and doors of two cells across a hallway and then break Into another cell before they got to the place where the entrance Into the main walk around was made. They then climbed up three stories of Iron slatted floors, having to bend back tha Irons before they could pull themselves through. They then broke out the sky light and having gained the roof, let themselves down to the ground by means of blankets. It was almost In conceivable that such work could have been done and not be detected. REBELS IN HAYT BEADHO ATTACK Nine Hundred Men Mftrch to Join Genera Navarro. By Private Leased - Wires. Cape Haytten, Haytt, Aug. 22.—It la believed a bloody civil war will follow hen General Guelllto, who at the head of 900 revolutionists, has left Dajabon, Joins tha troops of General Navarro and makas an attack on Monte Criato. The government of Santo Domingo has sent 1.200 men from Moca against the revolutionists. the closed up Wednesday. The company, whlcn is correspond ent of the M. J. Sage Company, or New York, received Ita orders by wire Wed- nesday. It Is said the company went badly abort on Union Pacific. The Piedmont Brokerage Company has been conducted under the man agement of W: R. Love since the de- perture of R. Emmett Hotxe. The company .flgurad prominently In 8n the recent Cotton Association Inquiry. Jury forenoon exhonorated Patrolman JURY EXHONORATED PATROLMAN CARPENTER. Bpeclnl to The QsorgtlB Only Two State House Officials Are Opposed. OTHERS A WALKOVER Comptroller Overwhelming ly Defeats Vince San ford. Only two of the state house officers had opposition, but from Indications received from over the state by Tha Georgian those two will overwhelm ingly defeat their opponents. Comptroller General William A Wright waa opposed by Vincent T Hanford, of .Floyd. Comptroller Wright's re-election by a very large majority Is conceded. , Btatc School Commissioner W. B. Merritt Is opposed by Hon. Mark John son, of Baldwin: Johnson will make a good race, but Indications point to Commissioner Merritt’s re-alectton. All the other state house officers were without opposition, and polled practically the full vote all over the state. They are: Secretary of state Philip Cook. State Treasurer Robert E. Park. Commissioner of Agriculture T. a. Hudson. Prison Commissioner Clement A. Ev ens. Chief Justice Supreme Court William H. Fish. For associate Justices supreme court, Marcus A. Beck, Samuel C. Atkinson and Joseph H. Lumpkin. The last two were voted for twice: First for the un- explred term ending January 1, ,1(07. and then for the full six years after that time. ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO EXTORT MONEY. Spoilt! to The Oeorxlan. Chattanooga, Tenn., August 22.—A special from Harrlman, Tenn. says that Mrs. J. W. Laklna and Low Brown hare been bound to court on a charge of attempting to extort money from C, P. Flaftdera, president of the Flanders .Manufacturing Company,-and. a promi nent cltlsen. Charles Carpenter, who last night shot and killed Jim Hunter, a levee foreman, who resisted arreet. Negroes had ac cused Hunter with attempting criminal assault. Joyner Leads by 185T With That Ward Un re ported. With evtry ward In th# city hssrd from except the Fourth, Joyner 3,540, Goodwin 3,355. The race for mayor of Atlanta at 8>30 o’olock had nsrrowed down to this hair raising result! The count in the Fourth ward Is now on, and it is not likely that Qood- win will bo able to overeome Captain Joyner’s majority of 185. TO CHARITY HOSPITAL Special to The Georgian. New Orleans, Aug. 22.—Attorney General Gulon 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 addition to hospital funds of several hundred thousand dollars and greatly help that Institution. WIFE OE8ERTER IN TOILS OF LAW Bpcclttl to The Georgina. Chattanooga, Tenn., August 22,—W. V. Davis atlas Joe Gibson, a white man, S th a wife and six children, residing Grayavllle, Oa., Is In the tolls of the law having been lodged In the county Jail here on a charge of abduci- lon. The Victim of the prisoner is Miss Lucy Norman, the daughter of Mr*. Rhody Norman, of Graysvtlle, Go., who Is said to be a mother-in-law of the defendant. Thirteen rural precincts In Fulton comity, with only East Point to be - hoard from, show the following totals for govarnort Hoka Smith, 875. Clark Howell, 495. R. B. Russell, 80. J. H. Estill, 4. Jim Smith, 2. The same precincts show the follow* Ing totals for county treasurer; Culberson, 666. Branan, 219. , Woodward, 213. Sharp, 149. Barnes, 78. Draper, 60. Girardeau, 38. Clarke, 22. All of the FultOn county precincts and the fourth, seventh and eighth wards of Atlanta show: Hoke Smith 1,927 Clark Howell.. 1,194 Russell 115 Jim Smith 12 Estill 4 Hoke Smith will carry the county by 8,000 majority Is the general belief at 9 o'clock. The vest pocket vote predominates these days and times, and a little shouting may prove a very false claw. It Is generally regarded that Hoke Smith will get a majority of at least 1,600 votea and some ihlnk It will run UP to more than 2,000. The sensation of the day has been tha furore about 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 votea than Joyner. Hoke Smith will carry every ward In the city. It la believed, except the Seventh, the Eighth and possibly the Sixth. It Is flip and tuck In the latter ward, however. The First, the.Third, the Fourth and the Fifth arc regarded aa certain for Smith. He will get more votea In the county precincts than HoWell. Russell will get a fair vote, and the others practically none. The few contests for 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 dlaturbance had occurred that was serious enough to call for the po lice. Every ward la well patrolled. In tha county preclncte It has been very quiet. Here are the stories of the wards: FIR8T WARD. Registration, 1,181. City vote at 2:30 o’clock, 535. 8talo and county vote at 2:30 o'clock, 534. The voting waa hot an fast during the middle of the day as during th* early.hours, and the result In a num ber of race* will be undecided until the vote le counted at the close of the polls. Hoke Smith shows a strength In the ward which his friends predict will bring him a majority. The county treasurer race Is uncertain. Dr. Bas kin'leads for councilman. Curtis and LaHatte seem to be ghend of HUbum for alderman. Men who are Interested In neither candidate to a great extent predict that Goodwin will carry the ward, SECOND WAR&. Registration, 2,179. City vote at 2:30 o'clock, 1,127. 8t*te and county vote at 2:30 o’clook, 1,150. At thlo hour the crowd around the court house corner hod reduced Its en thusiasm to husky yelling for Goodwin and Joyner. Sfoney was freely offered by each side, but was not 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 faVortte In the city race, they Advanced his candidacy. Voting has, been brisk ever since the polls opened for business and at this hour a number are still In lino. THIRD WARD. Registration, 1,547. City vote up to 2:30 o'clock, 824. State and county vote up to 2:30 o’clook, 871. Th* only feature out of tho 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. -Goodwtn Is said to be carrying the ward, though the vote wilt be close. Smith I* clearly In the lead for gov ernor. Woodward will poll the biggest rot* for county treasurer. Considerable local Interest I* felt In the race for council between Mangum /