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TBTSD w — ^ j x HIRD 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. Continued on Pago Three. 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 Continued on Page Threw