Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-08-26
SMITH MAKES BIG
GAINS AND EASILY
CARRIES GEORGIA
Reliable, Though Unofficial
Reports, Give Smith a Ma
iority of approximately 40
Votes in State Convention
MARIETTA AND COBB
COUNTY GO FOR SMITH

Former Governor Hoks Smith defeated
Governor Joseph NJ. Brown at Tuesdays
primary, and became governor-elect- He
viii be formally nominated at the state
convention In Atlanta on August %. viii
be elected in October and inaugurated
next June
Mr.. Smith has carried not less than s.
counties certainly. with IA votes In the
convention, and the chances are regarded
as strong that ten additional counties
win give him a majority when the on
ciaI count Is announced.
1t Is impossible at this time to indicate
the relative popular vote Of the candi-
dates. but 1t Is regarded as almost GER
tain that Mr.. Smith leads Governor
Brown by not fewer than 1000 popular
votes. The actual figures win be known
only after the vote OF every militia dis
trfet In the state has been canvassed-
The following counties are claimed as
certain for Mr.. Smith. and beside each
one in the list is shown it's convention
representation:
Baldwin. 2: Barlow, 4; Butts 2; Cal
houn, ,: Campbell. :; Carroll, 4; Catoosa,
z; Chattahoochee. .; Chattooga. 2: Clay,
:; Clayton. :; Cobb. 4: Columbia. .; Cow
eta. 2; Dade, z: Decatur. 4: DeKalo. 4;
Dodge. :: Dooly. 4; Douglas. :; Early, .;
Ebert, 4: Emanuel. 4: Fannin. .: Fay
cite, 2: Forsyth. :; Franklin. 2; Fulton.
6: Gordon, :; Greene. .; Gwinnett 4;
Habersham, 2: Hall. 4: Hart. .; Henry,
.: Irwin. Z: Jasper. ?; Jenkins. .; John
son, :: Jones, 2: Lee. 2; Lincoln. 2; Nc
DUNE, 2: Mcintosh. ?; Macon, 2: Merf-
wether. q: Miller. 2; Milton. .; Mitchell.
2; Monroe. 4: Morgan. 2; Murray. 2; Mus
cogee, 4; Newton. 2: Ocones. ?: ogie-
thorpe, ?: Pierce. 2; Pike. .; Pulaski. 2;
Putnam. 2: Randolph. 2; Richmond. s;
RockdaIe. 2; schley, :: screven, 2; spaid-
ings :; Stewart. :; Stephens. 2; Sumter
4; Talbot. 2: Taliaferro. 2; Taylor, ?;
Terrell, .: Thomas. s; Troup. 4; Turner.
.: Epson. 2: Walker. 2; Ware. 2; Wash
fngton, 2; Whitfield. 2; wilkes, 4; VIII
kinson, z
Eighty-three counties with ia con-
vsntion votes
Mr. Smiths managers announce that
they have had no definite advices from
Is counties, at least eight OF which are
regarded as certain to give him majori-
ties. The is from which no definite
information has ben heard by the
Smith managers follow:
AppIing. 2; Banks, 2; Ben Hill, 2;
Crawford, .: Gflmer. 2; Hancock, ?;
Harris, =; Jeff Davis. 2; Liberty. 2; TAFT
nall, 4; Towns ?: Union. 2; walton, 4;
Wayne. .; Webster 2: While, 2.
Sixteen counties with So convention
votes.
CARRIES COBB AND FULTON.
Official returns from Fulton and Cobb
counties show that each OF them gave
Mr.. Smith maorities. He carried his
own county, his own city, his own ward.
the county OF his oppoent. the city and
the precinct in which he votes. He also
carried the ward OF Mr.. ]. r. Smith, his
eppoent's campaign adviser, and reduc-
ed to q narrow margin his opponents
lead In Floyd county, the home OF Mr..
Ed Maddox. campaign manager.
The Blue Ridge judicial circuit. COM
posed OF Cobb, Pickens. Milton. Gilmer.
also went for Smith Interest attached
20 he result here because OF the recent
controversies between Governor Brown
and Judge Newt Morris. OF the Blue
Ridge circuit, both OF whom are citizens
OF Cobb county and vote at the Marietta
box
While Mr. Smith evidently made his
biggest gains north OF Atlanta as ex-
pected. the returns show that he de-
veloped great strength In other sections
OF the state. He held his own In every
congressional district, and made a few
gains almost everywhere. either reduc-
ing Governor Browns majority a trifls
OF carrying q Brown county.
The Seventh and Ninth CongresSioal
districts especially rallied to Mr.. Smith.
nccordig to the returns. In the Seventh
he gained Barlow, Cobb, Walker and
whitfield, with Il convention votes. He
also mixed matters badly In Floyd and
HARRISON counties
In he Ninth district Mr.. Smith gain
ed aFnnin. Hall. Gwinnett. Stephens.
Habersham and Forsyth counties with a
total OF is convention votes. There are
stil q lumber Of counties in the Ninth TO
report officially and the chances are re-
garded as strong that he may make 9TH
er gains
The Smith men believe, from reports
they have received. that the candidacy OF
Mr. Z II. Walker has cost them half
a dozen counties and materially reduced
Mr.. Smiths popular vote all over the
state. In Whitfield county alone there
were SIS ballots thrown out because both
Smith and walkers names were on the
tickets untouched