The Valdosta times. (Valdosta, Ga.) 1874-194?, April 18, 1908, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTHE VAIJVVSTa timcc c* Twice* A-V VALDOSTA, GA, SA1 THE G. AND P. 0FFICE8. The Employe* ' Well Pleaeed With Situation at Dobglae. Douglas, G*., April 15—The gen eral offices of the Georgia and Flor ida railway which were moved from Augusta, Ga., are now complete In their location on the fourth floor of the new Sweat and Tanner building and everything la running along as smoothly as If they had been located here always. Thejr were very fortu nate In securing such desirable quar ters for their headquarters and the officials state they are very much pleased with them; this building la a new one just completed and has’ all modorn conveniences, electric lights, water, etc., and the new electrlo ele vator commenced running yesterday. The employes In the general of fices here yunber about 50; they have all about completed arrange ments for housekeeping or hoarding and all eeem to be pleased with Douglas and their new surroundings. In fact some are already talking of building their own dwellings here al though It Is not certain that they will be permanently located here. The people of Douglas gave them a hearty welcome and sincerely hope that they will remain even after the links In their line between Madison, Fla., and Augusta are Mtnpleted. BoUji of the Campaigns are Being Worked for all they are Worth— - Th» Marietta Incident was of Little Consequence, It Is Declared by the Gwfemor—Other Atlanta News. ATlaut'a, Ga., April 15—H anybody dotibta that politics is getting some what heated they have only to go anywhere near the political head quarters of Governor Hoke Smith or Joseph M. Brown. Governor Smith's oSMjglSn managers have Anally lo cated permanent headquarters In the city,' renting half of the first floor of a : prominent building on White hall street, near the vladuet Here the’ headquarters, maintained for soma time In the Piedmont, In the out of thousands of letters received, only two were unfavorable.' - Cover age of the Hardman-Covlngton-Neel oglers, and now the o: prohibition bill, aa. Governor ‘Smith be enforced, did; had I, with autocratlo power,) The railroad comm! caused the executive committee to;the following order yes prescribe a rule subordinating j graph companies are, twenty-fonr prohibition counties to ehow on each telegrai one a.-.tl-proWbItlon -cohfcity, and had ..m!f)a«4,fl«hwr -betwti nor Smith's campaign forces seem to- be thoroughly organised. IMM MS 10 HUKESMITH The Governor's Tortuous Record on His Charge That Brown Is a Candi date of the Liquor Interests Is Shown to bo Untrue—Other Charg es of the Governor are Also Nail ed—The Record of Both Candl- j Atlanta, Ga., April 15—Hon. Josepb | they will elect a general assembly to enact tbeir will." Nobody knows bet- . ter than Governor Smith "the differ- : cnee between an amendment of the j law and a repeal of the law. His j language which I have quoted betrays ] a palpable attempt on his partHo mis- I represent me. The governor of Geor- i gla should hold himself above such attempts. I further said, ‘‘I am unalterably opposed to the ealoon." There can be but one meaning to the word ^un alterably.” The saloon la out of Geor gia. No governor can bring It back. I am perfectly willing to stake my candidacy In the approaching pri mary upon the comparison of Gov ernor Smith's career and record with mine upon this question and all oth- ■ crs. The naked assertion of Governor dates for the Past Twenty Years. • Smith cannot change the record of i j the deeds of my life. For nearly twenty years I have M. Brown, candidate for Governor of ; i)een a cU|len of Cobb countyr and Georgia against Governor Hoke during all those years I have stood with the prohibitionists. In 1885 when Fulton county held Its first local option election, Governor Sfnlth and I were-citizens of Fulton county. At that time I stood with the prohibi tionists. How did Governor Smith standT ( ' The Governor’s Liquor Record. I will aay, further, that had I been' the friend of the whlikey Interests for twenty-five years, and the cham pion thereof In two local option cam paign!, as was Governor Smith; had It- after, Fulton county adopted the prohibition law In 1885 continued the fight through all the courts of Geor gia aa attorney for the breweries, as did Governor Smith (See Menken case, 78 Ga., 66b); bad I. prevented with mf' autocratlo powers'" the Intro duction of the prohibition lesne In the Macon convention, and after my elec tion sought, by personal appeals to Influence legislators against the pass- Smlth, gave out yesterday an answer to Governor Smith and the Atlanta Journal, In regard to charges that he is a candidate of the liquor Inter ests, which seems again to put the Governor and bis organ to rout. The leading prohibitionists here believe that Mr. Brown has given the Governor a ‘‘knockout blow” on this" particular subject. Brown’s stock 1» said to have risen consider ably since bis statement of last week, and It Is believed that this statement Will give It anotber boost with the fair-minded voters of the state. The statement Is as follows: To the People of Georgia:— Governor Hoke Gtplth, in the evening -papers, April 10, publish ed a card which begins with the fol lowing words: "The letters of Mr. Joseph M. Brown contras the charge that a combination of liquor Interests has been made to capture the state." This “charge” to which Governor POLITICS ALONG Old -- Money to be 8ent out Six Weeks Earlier Than was Contemplated 'for Political Effect—Telegrams Must Hereafter Show th* Time 'Messages was Filed—Money for the Agricul tural Schools. Atlanta, Ga, April 16—Pension Commissioner J. W. Lindsey when he sent out the second quarterly pay ment of pensions sent at the same time a printed circular defending the change to quarterly penslone from the annual payments. This circular was sent to each of the 15,000 pen sioners of the state. Commissioner Lindsey stated that he submitted this statement to Governor Smlih, and that he approved It The state ment details the financial condition the new admldatration faced, and showed the necessity for staking the change In order'that ev^ry pensioner ehobld' be taken ' jiMW. ^t^propcrly. “Keep moving," ia^ihe pofice in junction in Atlanta now. The town 1b growing Into dtlfled wayB, and corner loafing la falling into disrepute Young mashers who( stand '6*bun£ corners and about theatero tq ogle will have to keep moving. - This 46 ah old ordinance, but baa not been enforced. Many women have com plained to the police about lmpwtent oglers, and now the ordinance, Jq to Smith alludes was made In bis own organ, hie Atlanta Journal, April 7; mm la other.’ woros, tracing h id ~ ns i been part-owner In a bar mom, . - : —- source, the “ebargs" was ^onbtlesg several years and np'to tte k passage' SofiK^and 'rilhutes, that such Governor Smith’s own. The “charge”, 0 f the prohibition hill, deriving rove- telegram was' received at office- of thus made by Governor Smith was sue from every drlnk of liquor, “beer livery. Apd where the sender^ of that I‘‘was the candidate selected to and light wines” handed over lta| an J * uch “e«w desires to-Show represent the saloon Interests.” This: conn ter, as was Governor Smith, I tlle correct tlme ot fllln S wlt b charge la k> void of truth that It would not nbw. In the face of the • tnitlal office, the transmitting com- would receive no attention from me intelligence and the moral aense of pany alia,1 ‘ * here the worda necea- but for the fact that he la governor the people of Georgia, proclaim my- laary t0 e *l >re,s th ® Um6 end seeking re-election. >... - self the only savior of prohibition, > *° tte worda ln the body ot tSe mea " Who Called-Him to Run. |„ doe s this pro tem prohibitionist, Bage d0 not e3tceed ten worda ‘ carry Now; of course, my candidacy rep- Governor Smith. I sm going to pand- * ald lnformatlon ,ree - But where resentqd ln Its Inclplency those whose cr to no faction to catch votes. If ,uch words aaiei to the words in requests that I run, end pledges of the people—my pdera—want an auto-, the body of 016 ™e s * a se-exceed ten earnest support brought me out. Who C rat, they do not want me. If they words - a chsrgeof two cents per. were they? roe Wlnge Earners Pro- want tbeir ascertained will executed,' 1, ° rd f° r cac1 ' _* otd “f" of teetive Association, of .Macon, 1,800 u will he executed by ine, If I be ahaU he allowed, subject to a maxj- strong, hundreds of farmers and mar- chosen. tor j Democrat, not an ™ um 8h "" ”* ** d bio workers of Cherokee county, be- autocrat ’ i ’ " 1 . time of flung of five cents, sides other "petitions and letters sign- t» —umu—.... — — order Is effective at once. This If the antl-proMbltlonlsts are op-: Checks for $1,000 were sent yes- terday to each of the eleven district agricultural schools. A short time ed by Confederate veterans, traveling poae(I to Governor Smith, it la not on aatesmen, labor organizations and oth- account of any promises by me ex- marshes of Charlton to the peaks of blew hot and dur tog tbe pen den- .-. h of th(m f, md accn . oa the Blue Ridge. These were absolute- ey of the prob i bI tion bill before the fr m the ^ ’ , fertl n ier tags ly the only people who wrot. or. , eg ialature last summer; and because i * aal0 ot fertilizer tags, moke to me or who communicated ■ tbb y „ new wltb what Insincerity he BePr , en Look , L , k<) Brown . with me In any manner, or by any wke when , lpon g IgllIng tho bnIt | NaahTl „ Qa Aprl , 16 _ Tbe race mean, whatever in regard to my run-| he , ald . - Th „ ,, the ha ppi e at day for Governor la tho all-absorbing top- nlng for governor of 0e ?^ »‘ | of my life.” . le in Nashville. Berrien county poll- were the people whodeelaredthat, , ttu . W ,„ b . Settled. | ed 1>80 o votes two years ago and Governor Smith s Incumbency ln the office he hold* had already dlaaetroue* — The Incident ln marietta Monday night when Governor Smith stopped' off en route home from Dalton, was apparently without significance. It Is admitted that several hoys per sisted In yelling for Joe Brown, and some one tossed a lemon through the car window. Governor Smith laughed over the affair. Mr. Brown asks that hla friends over the state give Governor Smith most respectful hearing. Indicating that he did not approve of the dem onstration ln his home town. Mo-Tank In This Town. The town of Decatur cannot-have a tank, not even a water tank or tow er on lta court house square, the su preme court eustatnlng the Injunction Vino] enres hacking eoughs, chron-' ment that these figure* had not yet le colds, bronchitis, and all throat been completed, the petition of tho and lung troubles. We ask the peo- Western sad Atlantlo to be allowed pie of Valdoeta to try Vlnol on our to Increase its passenger tares from offer to return money if It falls. A.. 2 to 3 cents per mile, went over to » EL Dtmmock, Druggist. / jdate to be fixed later. I Vico President Smith stated that A Joint Debate at,fl*shvllla. 'the computation of theie figure* was use a space on the court house square for erecting a water tower ln connection with Its water works, and to do so desired a lease of 99 years from- the county. Up rose the county ed 1,800 votes two years ago Governor Smith further sa7§: ! ga Te Smith a majority of 200. “There la not a word from Mr. Brown , ^ indteaUon, now point to a big In favor of negro disfranchlsemont.” j reversal in the vote, and Joe Brown This declaration by Governor Smith W|II pro t, s bly get more than 200 ma- la a clap-trap pure and simple. In jorlty. The poll of n train Into Nash- were responsible for my ralBlng in* bI , preT i ong utterances he has been | yjug yesterday showed 22 voters on standard against Governor Smithy 1 boasting that negro disfranchisement j the train, 16 for Brown end 8 for misrule, hla extravagance and hla I was an accomplished fact, so far as j Smith, blunders, these, and these alone, are the governor and general assembly ly damaged and would ultimately, wreck the prosperity of tho state. Hence, aa theso, and these alone, the parties whom he terms “a com- j were 'concerned. I regard thla as a! $11,000 per annum to $35,000 per an- binatlon ot liquor Interests and cor porate Interests" which, by my can didacy, would “debauch our state.” These worthy citizens of Georgia who represent her Integrity indus try and sobriety are thus referred to by Governor Smith as a “combina tion of liquor Interests.” To such desperate straits la he reduced by the revolt of the people against the trav esty on government with which he has brought want Into thousands of homes ln Georgia. Governor Smith then refers thus to my letter to the people of Georgia: “There la a poor ly concealed admission that he would approve legislation repealing the pro hibition MB." v Governor Garbles Hla Worda. There Is not one word In my letter which sustains this statement by Governor Smith. Referring to the prohibition law, I said that if It be the people’* will “that It be amended, settled question. Governor Smith j sum, without accomplishing any prac- well knows that the people will have j tlcal results except raising the pas- voted upon and adopted It nine months before I am Inaugurated, ln case I be nominated over him ln tbe primary of June 4. Therefore, It will bo a part of tie constitution which the next governor must swear to sup port Governor Smith Is only crying, "Fire!” “Fire!” for the purpose of raising a commotion to hide hit ef fort to disfranchise the smaller coun ties ln making Democratic nomina tions. A Costly Refawm Commlaaton. Governor Smith fays that 1 have made “an open attack npon the rail road commission.” One has but to read my address to see that I hare condemened the reckless extrava gance whereby Governor 8mlth’e amendment to the law hare Increased the expense of the commission from aenger rates In such manner aa has wrought gross discrimination against the general public. I distinctly ad vocated the perpetuation of the rail road commission with throe members, tbe number It has always bad until Governor Smith, to enable him to pay political debts, bad tbe number In creased to five members and an at torney for the commission. The proofs are overwhelming that I will bo nominated over blm, yet. If there were any doubt on the sub ject, another such card as that Just published by Governor Smith will leave no room for doubt It la the wall of a politician who knows that he la already condemned by the peo ple whom he has deceived to their hurt JOSEPH M. BROWN. Marietta, Ga., April 13, 1908. Parties who were at-NaabvIUe yes- a alow and laboring process, and that terday tell of an lntareftlnc Incident 1 efforts to do so right up to the last there. Senator John. Knight,slid, Mr- moment were unsuccessful. He fol- Rob Turner became engaged In an lowed this by the statement that of- , argument on the street, which assum- flclala of the various departments granted the county commissioners c d tho proportions ot a Joint debate, could not at this time agree npon against the city. Decatur wanted to j oe jji-owq and Hoke Smith were the the proper division of coats ln the subjects dlacuaaed. A large crowd several Items going Into the quos- gathered. The debato was spirited tlon of passenger rater. He said and, after an,hour's discussion the that It would be embarrassing to vote was called. come before the commission ln that “All you Joe Brown folk* step back sort of shape, and that until the- commlssloners ln protest, asserting off tho aide-walk,” said Mr. Turner, wbole range of figures had been com- that It would gorm up the pretty “while you Hoke Smith fellows line pleted and an agreement had' been- up over here.’’ The division wss' reached, a postponement would bo made, thirty nine Brown men hack- asked. Thla date Is to he fixed by. lag off to one side and leaving seven the commission when the road an- Smlthlts* and two boys on tho other nounces that It 1* ready with tho side. | necessary data. About that time, Col. Quincy, of j Two Interpretation* are placed oir Ocllla, stepped up end stated that he) this move. One Is that the leasees of wanted to give a few reasons why he j the Western and Atlantlo have foond was for Brown. After reciting some t the figures compiled by them poof eighty odd he remarked that there j material to bolster np a petition for were others, hut “these are the main I Increasing the rate. The other side ones.” They say Joe Brown stock 1* that the road Is afraid to open tho Is rising In Berrien every day. ~ scenery, and ruin the general effect on the court house square. Tillman Thlnka Bryan Can Win. In an Interview here Senator B. R. Tillman, of South Carolina, who la under treatment for nervous break down ln n local sanitarium, aays the Democrats have an excellent chance to win with Bryan and a strong man on the ticket with him. He believes Taft will more than probably be the Republican nominee, and that Bryan can defeat him. Senator Tillman has cancelled hie lecture dates for the summer, and will shortly go abroad for covers! weeks. Estlll Suit Dismissed. Announcement Is made here that the suit filed against the Atlanta Journal by the late Colonel J. H. Es- growlng ont of the campaign of 1908, baa been dismissed. Here In Interest of Mercer. Rev J. I. Oxford.'of Atlanta, spent Monday and yesterday ln the city ln the Interest of the endowment fund being raised for Mercer University- Mr. Oxford secured while here shout $1,800. Dr. Jamison, who Is President of Mercer was here some weeks ago and raised a considerable amount, and taking both subscriptions togeth er, Valdosta has done splendidly It Is said, towards raising the amount Pensions. Tho ordinary la now ready to make settlement with the pensioner* of Lowndes county for the second quar ter of the year 1903. They are flock ing around tho court house today re ceiving their Checks and feeling hap- Theso old soldiers are loud in their praise of the present ordinary, as they say be has never charged a single old soldier or soldier's widow a single cent for any service be has rendered them since he has been In office. Mr. W. M. Taylor and G. W. Chltty said this morning that tbe old soldiers of Lowndes county are go ing to show tbeir gratitude for the kindness received from Mr. Simms la hla present campaign, and they are asking their friends to aid them ia their struggle, and thus to give him a larger majority than ever before. Ifcsue while a political campaign Is on for fear of th* Influence on the showing mads. Th* Governor Invited to 8peak. Governor Smith haa been Invited to St Lonls to moke a prohibition speech on April 27, hut as he has a date for a campaign speech ln States boro on that date, he will hardly, ac cept He la also ln demand in Colo rado, but It la hardly probable that Governor Smith will go out of the state while the campaign 1* under way. ' * The Atlanta Journal ssy* that Governor Smith was greeUd by “hundreds yesterday at Fitzgerald as he delivered his address fbm the veranda of the hotel.” Th* Georgian says: "Owing to s heivy rain, a small audience heard him hi the ro tunds of ths hotel." 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The Valdosta times. (Valdosta, Ga.) 1874-194?, April 18, 1908, Image 1