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extra the Atlanta Georgian, extra
vol. 1. no. 101;
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1906.
T>T>Tr«r?. In Atlanta TWO CENT®,
rmtii: On Trains five CENTS.
JOYNER WINS MAYORALTY
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.
Bulletin, to The Georgian from ite own correspondents over the etate,
•upplemented by the full bulletin aervlces 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.
Returns from the rural precincts of Richmond give Hoke Smith a
large majority, and the Indication# are that he will also carry the city of
Augusta.
The vdte In Muscogee county Is doss, both Howell and Hoke Smith
men claiming victory.
Floyd county Is also close, the Smith men claiming the city of Rome
and the Howell men the rifal districts.
Chatham county will probably give Its vote to J. H. 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 525, Rueeell 88; Estill 5, J. Smith 2.
James M. Smith' has carried McDuffie county, the Ifbme county of Tom
Watson, who had made desperate efforts to carry It for Hoke Smith. Jamea
M. Smith' also carries Oglethorpe, his home county.
CARROLL COUNTY.
Canton, Ga., Aug. 22, 8 p. m.—Ten
district* out of sixteen In Carroll coun
ty gives Hoke Smith 718, Clark How
ell 228, Russell 20, J. Smith 9. Estill
5. The election was very quiet and out
of a registration of 3,300 In the county,
lesa than 1,800 votes were polled.
RICHMOND COUNTY.
Augusta, Go., Aug. 23.—One hundred
and twenty-fourth district of Richmond
f and Hoke Smith ft.-
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
fiandersyllle, Ga., Aug. 23.—Five
country precincts glvs Hoke Smith
17*. Russell 66, Howell 4, Estill 1. Jim
Smith 0.
CLINCH COUNTY.
Homervllle, Ga.. Aug. 22.—Hoke
Smith will carry Clinch county by 150
majority.
TROUPE COUNTY.
LaGrange, Ga., Aug. 22.—Hoke Smith
will carry Troupe county by an ov
whelming majority.
HABER8HAM COUNTY.
Clarksville, Ga., Aug. 22.—Returns up
to s o’clock Indicate that Hoke Smith
hns carried the county by 75 to 100
plurality. Howell and Jamea M. Smith
ran close for aecond place.
BROOKS COUNTY.
Quitman, Ga., Aug. 22.—One precinct
heard from In Brooke county give#
Hake Smith 38, Eittll 28, Howell 0, Jim
Smith 0, Russell 0.
RICHMOND COUNTY.
Augusta, Qa., Aug. 21, 6 i>.m.—The
voting this afternoon was retarded on
account of a hard rain, but It Is be
lieved that the total vote will reach
2.000, and that Hoke Smith will get 75
per cent of the votea cast. Hs was con
ceded the county early In the morning
although ft Is believed that Colonel Es
till has received a good vote. His
friends In the Third ward say that he
«111 carry that prsclnct, but It Is hard
ly probable.
Reports from the 124th district show
that Hoke Smith carried the district
by to majority. This Is the only dis
trict heard from aa yet.
HART!" COUNTY.
Hartwell, Oa., Aug. 22.—The consol
idated vote of this county gives Hoke
Smith « majority of 200 over all op-
P"* It Ion. Hoke Smith’s vote In the
county 779, Jim Smith 512, Howell 21,
Russell 41, Estill 5.
WALTON COUNTY.
Monroe, t^a., Aug. 2I.-r-Russell car
ries IV a Hon county by 300 majority,
estimated. ,
LUMPKIN COUNTY.
Dahlonegj, Ga., Aug. 22.—Russell
carries Lumpkin county 2 to 1 over all
his opponents.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
' lien wood, Oa., Aug. 22.—The race
here Is between Hoke Smith and Rus
sell. It Is thought Russell will win In
Montgomery.
COBB "COUNTY.
Marietta, Oa., Aug. 22.—Five Cobb
county precincts give Hoke Smith 281,
Howell'7*.ROsSell *, Estill 4.
elbert"county.
Elberton. Ga, Aug. 22.—Elbert coun
ty Is very close between the two Smiths
but will robably give Hoke Smith a
small majority,
MADI80N COUNTY,
Smithonla, Ga., Aug. 22.—5:2# p. m.—
Ind cations at « o’clock are that Jamea
smith will carry Madison county.
NEWTON COUNTY.
Covington, Ga., Aug. 32.—5 p. m.—-
rnree county precincts In Newton
r iunty give Smith 81, Howell 24, Rus
sell 19. Jim Smith I.
stewart"county
Inn m .f k,n ’ Au * **■—*•■ 1® P- nt —
* l 5 o'clock are that Hoke
■mlth has carried Stewart county. Re-
WATSON LOSES HOME COUNTY.
Special to The Georgian.
Thomson, Ga„ Aug. 22.—James M.
Smith carried McDuffie county by 100
votea ovar Hoke Smith. McDuffie Is
the home county of Tom Watson, who
mads a desperate effort to carry it for
Hoke 8mlth.
COBB’COUNTY.
Marietta, Ga., Aug. 22, 6; 60 p. m.
Eight-out of-etghteen Cobb county pre
cincts give Hokb Smith 698, Howell 1
182, RUssell 51, Estill 28.
Marietta, Ga., Aug. 23.—Eleven out
of eighteen Cobb precincts give Hoke
Smith 773, Howell 146, Russell 73, Es
till 30.
Waiting for the verdict
NEWTON COUNTY.
Covljigton, Oa., Aug. 22, 5:40 p. m:—
All the preclncta except two show 294
for Hoke Smith, 210 for Howell, 186 for
Russell, 4 for Estill, 1 for J. Smith.
Hoke Smith will carry Newton by 800
votes.
FAYETTE COUNTY.
Fayetteville, Qa, Aug. 22, 6 p. m.-
From the returne received Hoke Smith
has carried Fayette county by about
176 majority.
8UMTER COUNTY.
Amerlcua, Ga, Aug. 22, 8:65 p. m.—
Indication! at this hour show that Hoke
Smith will carry Sumter county by
about 200 majority. Smith has about
too majority In the country. Hon.
Dudley M. Hughes will carry .Sumter
by about 200 majority, he coming In
from the five country precincts with
about fifteen majority.
CHATHAM COUNTY.
Savannah, Oa., Aug. 22.—Estill has
carried Chatham by a safe majority,
also Camden, Effingham and Bryan.
For the short term for congress Sauss;
probably carries the county, thougl
Overstreet gets the district.
Fur the long term 8heppard carries
th* county, but Brennen Is reported to
have carried the district.
terreliTcounty.
Dawson, Ga? Aug. 22, « p. m.—Ter
rell county was conceded to Hoke
Smith by 170 majority. Returns from
all the districts are not In.
SMITH GET8 MILTON COUNTY,
Alpharetta, Ga, Aug. 22.—Milton
county gives Hoke Smith 702. Russell
84, Howell 33. Estill 3, J. Smith 0.
douglaTfor SMITH.
Douglasvllle, Ga, Aug. 22—HoLe
Smith will carry Douglas by 4 to 1. At
6:30 o’clock three precincts give Hoke
Smith 273, Russell 41 and Howell 19.
QUITMAN COUNTY.
Georgetown, Ga, Aug. 22.—Clark
Howell has carried this county by 43
majority. .
WILKES COUNTY.
Washington, Oa, Aug. 22.- Twelve
precincts had been heard from at 6
o'clock, giving Hoke Smith a total of
107 votes agantst 253 for Jim Smith.
The count of the ballots In the town
district has Just begun. Out of a total
poll of 601 votes the Hoke Smith men
claim 200.
Three districts yet remain to be heard
from. All are claimed by Jim Smith
supporters. The outlook at present In.
dlcatee that Hoke Smith will carry
Wilkes by 76 to 100 votes.
GRADY COUNTY.
Cairo, Os, Aug. 22, 8:35 p.m.—The
race Is close In Grady county between
Estill and Hoke Smith, with a possible
majority for Smith.
HALL COUNTY.
Gainesville, Ga, Aug. v 32.—'Vote In
Hall extremely close between Hoke
Smith and Dick Russell.
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By GEORGE FRAZER.
Special Cable—Copyright.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 22.—Apparently
well authenticated reports are to the
amaxlng-effect that- Count Witte has
been summoned to return to Russia end
take Premier Btolyplil's place aa prem
ler, and that M, Kuropatkln, 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 fhlled 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.
There has been little, If sny Improve,
ment In the situation throughout the
country. Political assassinations are
being committed wltji horrible frequ
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 WlUe ware given a free hand to
Inaugurate silch reforms ns he might
deem necessary, he might be able to
accomplish something. But nobody be
lieves hs will be. His hands will be
tied Just a* glolypln’s are and the re
sult, according to the best opinion, will
he the same.
100 PORTO RICANS
BROUGHT TO WORK
ON-SUGAR FARMS
Hpeclal to The Georgian.
New Orleans, La, Aug. 32.—One
hundred Porto Rican laborers arrived
this morning .on board the steamship
Arcadia and will be Immediately dis
tributed among the sugar planters of
this state on trial. If the experiments
irove a success hundred of others will
j* brought here to relieve the condi
tions due to a greet scarcity of labor
for such work.
PIEDMONT BROKERAGE CO.
CL08ES IT8 DOOR8.
The Piedmont Brokerage Company,
Piedmont hotel.
The company, which Is correspond
ent of the M. J. Sage Company, of New
York, received Its orders by wire Wed
nesday.
It la said the company went badly
short on Union Parlllc.
The Piedmont Brokerage Company
has been conducted under the man
agement of W. R. Love since the de
parture of R. Emmett Hotxe.
The company llgured prominently In
the recent Cotton Association Inquiry.
Climbed Out Skylight
and Were Lowered
to Ground.
Hpeclal to The Oeorglnn.
Selma, Ala, Aug. 22 There was a
wholesale Jail delivery about 2 o'clock
this morhtng, eight negro prisoners
making their escapes from the Dallas
county baatlte. One of the escapes,
John Westley, was awaiting trial for
murder. Another alleged murderer,
Dillard Steel, fulled to get out with
the rest and was found hiding behind
a trunk In the front part of the build
ing. The negroes had to breakthrough
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 the 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 III HAYT
REAOYJO ATTACK
Niue Hundred Meu March
to Join Genera
Navarro.
By Private Leased Wire.
Cepe Haytlen, Haytl, Aug. 22.—It Is
believed a bloody civil war will follow
when General Guelllto, who at the head
of 900 revolutionists, has left Dajabon,
joins the troops of General Navarro
and makes an attack on Monte Cristo.
The government of Santo Domingo
has sent 1,200 men from Moca against
the revolutionists.
JURY EXHONORATES
PATROLMAN CARPENTER.
Special to The Georgias.
Shreveport, La, August 22.—Coroners
jury forenoon exhonorated Patrolman assault.
Only Two State House
Officials Are
Opposed.
OTHERS A WALKOVER
Comptroller Overwhelming
ly Defeats Vince San
ford.
Only two of the state hnilse officers
hgd opposition, but from Indications
received from over the state by The
Georgian those two will overwhelm
ingly defeat their opponents.
Comptroller General William A.
Wright was opposed by Vincent T.
Halford, of Floyd. Comptroller
Wright’s re-election by a very large
majority Is conceded.
State School Commissioner W. B.
Merritt Is opposed by Hon. Mark John
son, of Baldwin. Johnson will make a
good race, but Indications point
Commissioner Merritt's re-election.
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. O.
Hudson.
Prison Commissioner Clement A. Ev
ans.
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 tor twice: First for the un-
explred term ending January 1, 1907.
and then for the full six years after
that time.
ALLEGED ATTEMPT
TO EXTORT MONEY.
Hperlnl to The Cleorstna.
Chattanooga, Tenn, August 22.—A
special from Harrlman, Tenn. says that
Mrs. J. W. Laklns and Low Brown have
been bound to court on a charg«4 of
attempting to extort money from C. P.
Flanders, president of the Flanders
Manufacturing Company, and a promt-
nent cttiien.
255
With every ward In the city heard
from except the Fourth, Joyner 3,540,
Goodwin 3,355.
Tho rsco for mayor of Atlanta at 8i30
o’olock had narrowed down to this hair-
raising result:
The count In tho Fourth ward is
now on, and II is not likely that Good
win will ba able to overcome Captain
Joyner’s majority of 185.
TO CHARITY H08PITAL
Special to Tbs Georgian.
New Orleans, Aug. 23.—Attorney
General Oulon has addressed a circular
letter to all the real estate auctioneers
In the city, calling upon them to make
settlement with the charily 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.
Charles Carpenter, who last night shot
and killed Jim Hunter, a levee foreman,
who resisted arrest. Negroes had ac-
cuaed Hunter with attempting Criminal? Rpft seven precincts" In Morlwet
WIFE DE8ERTER
IN TOIL8 OF LAW
Special to The Georgian.
Chattanooga, Tenn, August 22.—W.
V. Davis alias Joe Gibson. 11 white men.
ith a wife and six children, residing
at Graysvllle, Ga, Is In the tolls of
the - law having been lodged In the
ounty jail here on a charge of abduct
ion. The Victim of the prisoner Is
Miss Lucy Norman, the daughter of
Mrs. Rhody Norman, of Graysvllls, Ga,
who Is satd to be a mother-in-law of
the defendant.
BARTOW COUNTY.
Cartersvllle, Ga, Aug. 22.—Hoke
Smith haa carried Bartow county by
a majority estimated at 688.
ME Rl WETHER""COUNTY.
Greenville, Go, Aug. 22.—Retu
county gave Hoke Smith 300 mujorlly.
JOYNER WINS IN RACE FOR
MAVOH BY VOTE OF FOURTH
WARD.
Thirteen rural precincts in Fulton
county, with only East Point to b<
heard from, fhow the following total:
for governor:
Hoke 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, 663,
Brsnen, 219.
Woodward, 213,
Sharp, 149.
Bsrnss, 78,
Drapsr, 60.
Girardeau, 33.
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
3,000 majority It the general belief
at 9 o'clock.
The vest pocket vote predominates
thess days and limes, and a little
shouting may prove a very false clew.
It it generally regnnled that Hoke
Smith will geTa majority of at least
1,600 votes nnd.some think it will run
up to more than 2,000. .'.T
■ The senaatlon of the day has been the
furore about T. H. Goodwin, candi
date for mayor against W. R. Joyner.
IVIae 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 la 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. Ha will get more
voted In the county precincts than
Howell. Russell will get a fair vote,
anil the others practically none.
The few contests for councilman and
alderman have excited but little Inter
est In the Individual words nnd practi
cally none In the city at large.
Up to 3 u'colck not a single row,
light or disturbance had occurred that
was serious enough to call for the po
lice;
FIRST WARD.
Ragist.-atlon, 1,181.
City vote at 2:30 o’clock, 535,
State and county vote at 2:30 o’clook t
534.
The voting was not so fnst during
the middle of the day ns during the
early hours, and the result In a num
ber of races will be undecided until
the vbte Is counted at the close of the
polls.
Hoke Smith shows a strength In tho
ward which his friends predict will
bring him a majority. The county
treasurer race Is unrertnln. Dr. Bus
kin leads for councilman. Curtis and
LaHatte seem to be ahead of HUburn
for alderman. Men who are Interested
In neither candidate to a great extent
predict that Goodwin will carry the
ward.
SECOND WARD.
Regiltrstlon, 2,179.
City vote at 2:30 o'clock, 1,127,
State and county vote at 2:30 o'clock,
1,150.
At this hour the crowd around the
court house comer had reduced Its en
thusiasm to husky yelling for Goodwin
and Joyner. .Money was freely offend
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 favorite 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 line,
THIRD WARD.
Registration, 1,547.
City vote up to 2:33 o’clock, 824.
Ststo and county voto up to 2:30
o'oloek, 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 he carrying the
ward, though the vote will be close.
Smith Is clearly In the lead for gov
ernor. * .
Woodward will poll the biggest vote
for county treasurer.
Considerable local Interest Is felt In
the rave for council between Mangum
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