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The Miller County Liberal.
VOL. XIV.
HOKE SMITH NOMINATED GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA
Second Term is Denied to Gov
ernor Joseph M. Brown.
A VERY HEAVY VOTE WAS POLLED
Lines Closely Drawn and Contest for
Governor Was Fiercely Waged—No
Disorder, However, Reported—Gov
ernor Smith Issues Statement.
Atlanta. Complete tabulated re
. turns of the Georgia .primary election
received from every county in the
state show that Governor Smith car
ried enough counties to entitle him to
280 votes in the state convention.
Governor Brown will receive 138
votes in the state convention.
Governor Smith carried three coun
ties having 6 votes in the convention,
nineteen counties having 4 votes in
the convention and sixty-eight coun
ties having 2 votes, a total of 90
counties.
Governor Brown carried three coun
ties having 6 votes in the convention,
seven counties having 4 votes and for
ty-six counties having 2 votes, a total
of 58 co-unties.
Reports received from 136 counties
giving the popular vote in the state
show that Hoke. Smith received a ma
jority of 3,476 votes against Governor
Joseph M. Brown.
The total popular vote received by
Mr. Smith is 85,175; by Governor
Brown, 81,694. This gives Smith the
majority stated above.
In the other races the returns from '
136 counties show the following pop- 1
ular majorities.
For Attorney General—Felder re- 1
ceived majorities amounting 36,835, i
while Hewlette Hall’s majorities
amounted to 2,803.
For State School Commissioner— I
Brittain received majorities amount
ing to 76,745, and those of 13. M. Zet
tier were 1,954.
For Railroad Commissioner—Joseph
F. Gray’s popular vote was 104,865
and E. B. Hornady, his opponent, 52,-
673.
For Railroad Commissioner—James
A. Perry received a popular vote of
How Georgia Went in the Primary.
Herewith is presented a map of the counties in the state carried by Smith and Brown, the Smith coun
ties.. being shown in black and the Brown counties in white. The two groups are based upon official re
. turps from most of the counties in Hie state, and where not official, upon unofficial consolidations in the
counties affected.
Courtesy Atlanta Constitution.
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'“non. Hoke Smithgave out the fol
lowing statement:
“I cannot too strongly express my
appreciation to those splendid Geor
gians who carried the fight for pro
gressive Democracy. 1 thank them
personally for the compliment they
have paid me, but this is of no im
portance compared to the principles
in which this election will establish
in Georgia.
I “The victory was not that of any
one man, but of the people of the
state While we must be unfaltering
in devotion to the policies which we
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Hon. Hoke Smith.
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i 89,016 and 0. B. Stevens, his oppon
| ent, 72,658.
J. R. Smith, Governor Brown’s cam
paign manager, still smiling, debonair
and unruffled, concedes the defeat of
his candidate in the following grace
ful words:
"Os course, we concede the election
to Governor Smith, and you may say
have professed, we cannot be too con
siderate to many of our opponents
Democracy without understanding
just what we meant. We should now,
without any effort to tantalize or mor
tify them at their defeat, seek loving
ly to show them that our principles
are really those in which they believe
and that they were not with us be
cause they did not understand them.
“The election will not bring its
proper result to the people of Geor
gia if it means simply that I am to
fill the governor's office for two years.
“We should seek to convince the
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for me that I am greatly pleased
with the clean manner in which the
opposition conducted the campaign.
“While, of course, Governor Brown
is not re-elected, I feel all right about
it. In this connection I wish to extend
thanks to the friends of Governor
Brown, who stood so loyally by him.
great body of the voters of Georgia
that our principles are right, and in
this way we will prevent the possibil
ity of another hard struggle two years
from now and will insure the elec
tion of a governor and legislature two
years hence in accord with the poli
cies of progressive Democracy. Our
aim should be to establish these prin
ciples in the hearts and minds of
so overwhelmingly a majority of the
voters of the state that reactionary
candidates will be entirely unable to
produce another contest like that
through which we have just passed.”
VOTE IN CONVENTION
OF ALL CANDIDATES
Below is presented a complete report of the votes that will be cast
in the state convention for each of the candidates in the state primary
of August 23, who carried a county In Georgia.
These figures, which were compiled by the Atlanta Constitution, are
complete, except in the race for prison commissioner. In this race
the reports are complete enough to show that Mr. Hutchens was badly
beaten by R. E; Davison of Greene.
The consolidation of the figures given below show the following re
sults:
For Governor —Hoke Smith, 230; Joseph M. Brown, 138.
For Stated^ireasurer—Peyton M. Hawes, 96; W. J. Speer, 272.
For Aftortl-. Gep ral—Hewlette Hall, 48; Thomas S. Felder. 320.
For State Biiool Commissioner—M. L. Brittain, 35C, B. M. Zettler. 16.
For RailroaTl ■umissioner—O. B. Stevens, 130; J. A. Perry, 23i>. Tel
fair county- gives a tie vote.
• For Railroad Commissioner—Joseph F. Gray, 324; E. B. Hornady, 44.
For Prison -Commissioner (incomplete) —G. R. Hutchens, 86; It. E.
Davison, 202?
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Totals |230|138| 961 272| 45|325|350| 16|130|236|324| 44| 86f202
SPEER HAS WON
FOR TREASURER.
One of the remarkable surprises of
the state campaign is the defeat of
Peyton M. Hawes of Elbert by W. J.
Speer of Fulton for state treasurer
by a majority of 19,000 or more.
The surprise is occasioned by the
fact that the early returns,which were
mostly pure estimates, seemed to give
Mr. Hawes a handsome majority, esti
mated at about 8,000.
But when the official returns came
in, Mr. Speer had a 19,000 majority.
RED HOT CONTESTS
IN CONGRESSIONAL RACES.
Athens.—The final returns from El
bert county gave William M. Howard
a majority of two votes, giving the
present congressman re-election with
sixteen votes out of the 28.
In view of the close count and tha
delay in returns from Elbert county,
which decide the race, Mr. Tribble
has filed contest for this county and
the nomination will be litigated.
Unusual interest was manifested
throughout the state
POPULAHON CENTER IS
NEAR OLD LOCATION
Evenly Distributed Growth Is
Shown By Census.
INDIANA RfMINS THE AXIS
Columbus, Indiana, Again the Center of Popu
lation—Texas Leads Increase in
Southern States.
Washington.—Columbus, Ind., is not
destined to lose any prestige it may
have enjoyed during the past decade
from being marked on the census
maps as the place nearest the cen
ter of population. It probably will
continue to be in the vicinity of that
mark after the full developments of
the thirteenth census become known.
The returns received to date indi
cate a fairly even growth in all di
rections from the present central
point, the result of which must be
to leave the point at its present gen
eral neighborhood.
Only a small percentage of the total
of the population has been announced
thus far, but enough is shown by the
general trend to justify some gener
alizations. Probably the most import
ant of these is the Eastern states ate
holding their own to such an extent
as to indicate the ‘'pull" of the West
will not be sufficient to disturb great
ly the present equilibrium.
With some exceptions, the East Is
showing as marked growth as the
West. Probably there will not be
as pronounced gain in individual
cases, but the average bids fair to
be almost if not quite as good. The
Eastern growth is attributable in the
strain to the development of indus
trial enterprises along the Northern
Atlantic seaboard.
Os the Southern states, Texas will
make the best showing, but Georgia
«:lso will manifest a very creditable
growth, as will also the two Carolinas
The South will continue to be the
most American section, in that it will
show the presence of fewer 'inmi
grants from abroad' than any other
portion of the Union.
RAILROAD PLANS EXTESION.
Seeks to Reach Chattanooga and Bir
mingham.
Chattanooga, Tenn.—There is a ru
mor curren in Gadsden, Ala., to the
effect that the Chattanooga Southern
railroad, which runs from this city
to Gadsden, is contemplating making
a connection at that point with the
Georgia, Florida and Alabama rail
road, a big system in the southeastern
part of the state.
The rumor has it that the G., F. &
A. is already at work building a line
from the mam line south of Columbus
through Richmond, Ga., to Junction
City, Ala., on the A., B. & A., over
which road it intends to operate trains
into Birmingham.
From Birmingham, the G., F. & A.
intends to build a line to Gadsden,
which, connecting there with the Chat
tanooga Southern, would give a
through trunk line from Tallahassee, I
Fla., to Chattanooga, where further!
northern connections would be had. '
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JAPAN ANNEXES KOREA.
Annexation of Korea Is Announced by ;
Japan Newspapers.
Seoul. Korea, —Unofficial announce
ment of the annexation of Korea by ;
Japan was made here, the Korean
newspapers being permitted to pup
lish the news of the meeting between
Lieutenant General Terauchi, the Jap- :
anese resident general, and the Kor- ;
ean emperor and cabinet at the palace
here. August 22, at which the terms
of annexation were discussed and ac
cepted by the emperor and his cab
inet. The announcement has caused
no excitement. Many of the leading
Koreans appear unconcerned about
the change in the status of their
country, recognizing that annexation
was inevitable. '
i
Birthplace of Cleveland. <
Newark, N. J.—The birthplace of !
Grover Cleveland at Caidwell, N. J., i
is to be purchased by Democratic lead- i
ers of Caldwell and neighboring i
towns for use as a club house. '
Champion Voter.
Newark, N. J. —The town of Braces
ville, near here, during the past week, ;
celebrated the ninetieth birthday an
niversary of Benjamin Colt, a retired ,
farmer who holds a record for casting
the greatest number of ballots. For .
the past sixty-nine years he has been
a franchised voter and since reaching
his majority has never been absent
from the polls on election day. Mr.
Colt has always prided himself on be
ing an independent in politics, but he
says he hats voted ‘democratically”
most of the time.
Atlanta’s Population 154,839.
Washington.—The census bureau
announced Atlanta's population. The 1
official figure is 154,359.
From 89,872 in 1900, the city has
made a leap of 64,967, or a gain in :
population of 72.3 per cent, during the 1
past ten years.
This places Atlanta where she has
always claimed to be; “A city of the
first magnitude.”
It proves without a shadow of a
doubt that the so-calied “hot air” is
not a vapor, but it is the real, solid,
substantial goods.
NO. 3.
BOLL WEEVIL IN ALABAMA.
Dreaded Cotton Pest Appears in Franklin, Coun
ty, Alabama.
Russellville, Ala.—The boll weevil
has appeared in Franklin county, in
the northwestern part of the state.
Cotton squares were punctured and
dropped off. Specimens of the pest
will be sent to the state agricultural
department, althougn Texans residjpg
tn Franklin county are positive the
bug is the genuine boll weevil.
The appearance of the pest in Ala
bama bears out the recent prediction
of a government expert that it would
invade this state this fall.
Montgomery, Ala.—A report of boll
weevil in Franklin county, sent out
from Birtniuftliam, is not credited by
CommissionH-.ot Agriculture J. A.Wil
kinson. in tiiA .march of the pest
eastward It’ Jifoum not ordinarily get
so high up’as, (hat for two yetu's or
more.
lust now'it is near the'lower cor
ner of the state, it, .not inside, but 1
Franklin county isU almost *on the
Tennessee lin£. • Jt IV thought that
the specimens are. corn dt peji wee
ville, which at do-sdme damage
to cotton. Howeve?, there is a bare
possibility that rea! dm.gs, may have
been transported to the, reported trou
ble zone in cotton seeci or some veg
etation. ' y
PELLAGRA IN AUSTRIA.
Heroic Measures to Stamp , Out'
Disease. .' # -
Washington. Heroic meastxrej
have been taken in Austrip. to sASfefp
out pellagra, which has a run therfe
similar to that in the Southern states
of this country. Commercial Agent
Henry Studnichka of Vienna has sent
a statement to the Department of
Commerce and Labor as follows:
"In order to stop the popular use of
infected co.rn meal, which is held re
sponsible for the disease, the Austrian
government has constructed in south
ern Tyrol six modern steam rye bak
eries, which are under the direct su
pervision of the governor of the
province, assisted by a number of
subordinate officers. The city gov
ernments of this section also rigidly
supervise and inspect all private bak
eries.
A HUMAN OSTRICH.
Hatpins, Keys and Pistols Found in
Man’s Stomach.
Cairo, Ill.—Before Frank W. Wilson,
an advertising solicitor of St Louis,
died here in a hospital, he told the
physicians he had swallowed several
articles ot iurvlya <»ed—that —-
they had better put the X-ray at work.
Three incisions were made in the
man’s stomach and according to the
physicians the following articles were
removed: One shoe button hook, la
dies’ hatpin, three keys, one lead pen
cil, one belt buckle, one tin toy pis
tol, three nails (small), one needle
and one thermometer.
Wilson, according to his physician,
had been in a depressed mental state
for some time, during which he swal
lowed anything he could get down his
throat. He had been in the hospital
for a month.
MILITIA FUNDS.
Alllotment Made of Funds to Militia
of Different States.
Washington.—The following is the
allotment of funds appropriated by
I congress for the militia of the several
'states of the South: Alabama $43,-
034.61, Florida $19,501.19, Georgia
$50,859.08, North Carolina $49,946.85.
South Carolina $35,210.14, Tennessee
$46,496.85, Virginia $46,946.85, Missis
sippi $39,122.37, Kentucky $50,859.08,
Louisiana $35,214.14, Maryland $31,-
297.90, Texas $70,420.27.
Five Killed in Wreck.
Albany, Ga.—Engineer John C. Pope
running on a Georgia Northern freight
and four negro laborers on a log train
belonging to Corbett & Taylor of
Bridgeboro were killed in a head-on
collision at Pecan City, seven miles
below Albany. Two other negroes
were serious and a number slightly
injured.
Choked to Death by Collar.
White Plains, N. Y —“Choked to
death by a celluloid collar,” is the ver
dict of the coroner’s jury in the case
of George W. Burlinson, a prominent
local politician, who was found dead
sitting upright in his carriage witn
the reins in his hands. Burlinson was
secretary of the Democratic county
committee for several years.
Chinese Counterfeiter.
Honolulu, Hawaii. —Lee Young, a
Chinaman, was arrested in a remote
section of the Island of Maui on a
charge of counterfeiting.
Young was found in possession ot
a complete counterfeiting plant with
which he had been turning out excel
lent counterfeits of ten-doilar coins,
composed largely of gold.
Only a few of the coins have been
put into circulation. The arrest was
made by United States District At
torney Breckens and United States
Marshal Hendri.
Southern Methodists Wealthy.
Nashville, Tenn. —In the universi
ties, colleges and schools under the
jurisdiction of the Methodist Episco
pal church, South, the church owns
property to the value of over $12,000,-
000, Vanderbilt university represent
ing more of this amount than any
other institution. The sixteenth an
nual report of the board of education
of the church, just off the press,
gives the complete statistics of the
church’s educational interests and the
reports of all matters of the board
and bodies subordinate to it.