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BROUGHTON TALKS VtRY PLAIN. The Action of a Few Membere of That Body Brings Forth Some Warm Talk From a Leader in the Ranks—Calls Its Action “Bullrag ging and Browbeating"—What he Says of It Atlanta, Ga tJ May 7—A peculiar .sit uation has arisen here as regards the action of the trustees of the Georgia Anti-Saloon League. At the meeting Tuesday with sixteen of the seventy members present a resolu tion was passed which expressed preference for Governor-Smith as In dividuals, but not as the action of the league. It was adopted by a vote of ten to six, Including three proxies for the resolution. This resolution expresses the Idea that It would be wisest as Individuals to vote for Governor Smith, but opposes any formal action by the league as a body. It is rather a queer condition. In a statement given out yesterday Dr. L. G. Broughton, who has been quite III, protects against the action of the league. Among other things ' I* «y»: , “x am really too Blck to talk poll- t j . tics, even though I believe there Is « a great moral principle involved, blit I ■ ■ am glad of an opportunity to record 'aflfaaotast as trustee of the i flloon league of the state of C action I' could give ourselves to the other Is suer Involved, claiming a victory In the election of either one. “The Interview was had and the whole state Is aware of the result, both candidates pledging themselves to defend the present law, even to the extent of exercising the veto pow er If necessary, and all over the state we were congratulated for hav ing saved the prohibition cause from this wrangle. “I happened to be a member of that board, but I knew nothing of that meeting, and had I known It I could not have been present, for I was still sick In South Georgia. “Upon my arrival home this morn ing I was greatly surprised to find that a mere handful of the trustees, principally those living In Atlanta, and by no means all of them, had come together, and, after a great wrangle, passed by a vote of seven to six the resolution Indorsing Gov ernor Smith’s candidacy over that of Mr. Brown. "I say again I was surprised at this. I was more than surprised. I was pained. I was hurt. Never mind what I think about the two men; nev er mind how I am going to cast my vote; I am more concerned about the maintenance of the temperance strength In Georgia and holdlpg our forces Intact for future battles than about the election of either one of these men for governor at the pres ent time. And I know this to be the biggest blunder that ever good men made. "There are as good prohibitionists on the side of Mr. Brown as Mr. Smith. There may not bo as many of them; but they are there, and the league simply had no right to go In the face of the declarations of their candidate, and put their baneful In terpretation upon them to favor the man of their choice. Every man has VALDOSTA, GA, SATURDAY, MAY 9, m 1908. THE BLIND TIGERS ARE ON TOP. er Eid of F I would have seen eqi uch ~opposed to indorsing the dldacy of Mr. Brown or any - man under existing conditions. I I think, with all due respect to my good friends who pressed the action, that the league has played the fool, and, I am afraid, forever destroyed Its Influence as a moral force In state politics. “From the first I was fearful that this action was Intended, and hence urged, along with Hon. Seaborn Wright, Dr. John E. White and Mr. M. J. Cofer, that the two candidates for governor be Interviewed with ref erence to their willingness to pledge themselves to veto any proposition to change or In any way weaken the pre.-ent prohibition law. I said then that In the event either one of them refused to come out and make such a pledge, I should be In favor of In dorsing the one that did. In case neither of them pledged themselves, we would fight both. In case both of'them pledged themselves, the mat ter of prohibition would be eliminat ed from the governor’s race, and we ht, and should exercise that - vote a-, in pleasqs,’and'civ*,, flhihltlonlst.l^^^^^ as to whlcRjftfheso two’ most ability to carry out Ms pledges. He has a right jo Judge the line-up and take Ms Stand ac cordingly. But that lb a right for the Individual to exercise, and not for the leagqe as a body to under take to do. I protest, therefore, as a member of the board of trustees of the league against this hasty po litical wire pulling. "The policy of bullragging and browbeating carried on In the name of prohibition Is a thing that I find myself unwilling to In any sense be a party to, unless I felt better satl- fled about Its sincerity. "Don’t be so Ready to Swap.” ”1 am far more fearful of that con stituency that crowns a man today and crucifies him tomorrow than I am of any other spirit at work among our people. "I say again to the prohibi ten forces of Georgia; Stop damning and anathematizing your friends. Don’t be so ready to swap horses un less there Is dead sure good boot In the swap. The men who have stood and fought and almost bled and died The Juries Seem to be not In Favor of Convicting Violators of the Pro hibition Law—The Savannah Rifle Club Meets This Afternoon—Doc tors In Savannah May Agree. Savannah, Ga„ May 7—In the trial of the blind tiger cases up to this time In the city court the defend ants seem to have had It on the state. There have been four cases tried and only one conviction secur- This conviction came after man had been tried twice. J. R. Hanberry was the man convicted. The jury first made a mistrial but just as soon as this had been done the defendant was placed on trial again and be was convicted in tMrty minutes. C. H. Schroder was then placed on trial and after an hour’s consideration of his case the Jury returned a verdict of not guilty. Still other cases are to be tried. Some of them will be tried today. The ren dering of -these verdicts would Indi cate that juries In Chatham county are loath to convict men charged With violating the laws against sel ling liquor. It Is hard to get a Jury with all the members on It In sym pathy with the prohibition movement and they have so far failed to accept as true the Idea that the defendant was violating Die law. The SPEAKER CANNON AT 72 HAS HOPES OF BEING NOMINEE, Washington, D. C., May 7.—Speak er Cannon', whom Illinois Republicans W thtm, at least—profess to believe will receive the Presidential nomlqstlon at the Chicago convention, was seventy-two years old today. The HouS* was well aware that this was ’Unolq Joe’s” birthday, for he was kept busy receiving the congratula tions of friends and admirers at the Capltiiif and whenever he chanced to meet them. The Speaker Is looking remarlcably well for a man of his year* and to all appearance would be physically ■ able to withstand the atraln'of a summer campaign, should ht decide to take to the stump. Sev eral of the' Illinois cities and towns whara .they believe Mr. Cannon will be the next occupant of the White House;,, aont him birthday greetings today. Mr. Cannon was born at Guilford, N, C,, -May 7', 1836, but ft an early age fnpved with his parents to In diana. ‘He began life at a clerk In a grocery store. He studied law In Cincinnati-, and was admitted to the bar In 1881. He settled st Tuscola, Illinois, soon after and was elected state's-^attorney there In 1881, aerv- Ing till r 1868. In 1875 he moved to Danville and was elected to the Forty- third Congress. He has continued to serve-ever’tines, with the exception of one term. He wa* elected 8peak- ar In 180S. SMITH VERY BUSY. CIVIL 8E&VICE COM’N. MEETS. Chicago, Jil, May 7—The second biennial convention of the national assembly of civil service commission ers opened In Chicago today for a two day's session. The organizations represented at tha meeting Include the United 8tatee olvlt service eom- i,i- khe state commissioners of Illinois, suit of having kept a looker club or that It was Intended for personal use. , Doctors May Yet Agree. The long contest tbat bus existed to a more or less degree between the Georgia Medical Society and the Cbatbam County Medical Society It has'been determined to amalgamate the two organizations under the name of the Chatham County {Medical So ciety. This will be In accordance with the Ideas of physicians all over the state that there should be coun ty organizations. The Georgia So ciety has already voted for amalga mation and the Chatham County So ciety will vote upon the question next week. ■le Appoints a Committee to Repre- •ent Him at Roosevelt's Meeting Next Week—Rev. D. W. Branan Scores the Boy's Reformatory at Mllledgevllle—A Complaint as to Short Weights on Coal. Atlanta, Ga., May 7—Governor Smith Is speaking today In Cedar- town. Tomorrow ho will speak In Monroe and Saturday In Washing ton. On next Monday he will speak In Augusta; Thursday ho will be In Newnan, Friday m Carrollton and Saturday In Rome. No dates have been arranged for Tuesday and Wed nesday, but will be before the end of the week. It Is understood that Mr. Brown will Issue another statement In a few days, and tbat for the first time he will deal somewhat with the personal attacks on him and hie father. Governor Smith has written Presi dent Roosevelt that he will not be able to attend the conference of gov ernors In Washington May 12, IS and 14 owing to the campaign In the state, and he has named Asa G. Cand ler, of Atlanta, Pleasant A. Stovall, editor of the Savannah Press, and Charles 8. Barrett, president of the National Farmers' Union, as Ms rep- .1. lmpq^ant ter Is right. The prison commission Is in session here this week, and Chairman Turner may have a state ment to make later In reply to these attacks. Secretary Goodloe Yancey, of the prison commission, says tbat only three boys have ever been chain- ed In the reformatory, and tbat was done against direct Instructions. He says further that the statement that the boys sleep on the floor Is Incor rect, ns ample nnd good bedding Is provided for them. Complaint of Short Weights, large number of coal dealers from over the state nnd rnllroad men appenred before the railroad commis sion yesterday In the hearing on the question of short weights In carload lots of coni. There has been much complaint from dealers on this ques tion, and the commission decided to probe Into It. The hearing brought out much valuable data concerning the subject of short weights, and may result In action that will correct the evil. Funeral of Mr. C. T. Kirk. The funeral of Mr. C. T. Kirk, whose death occurred at Nashville yesterday morning, was held this morning at the family residence, 305 east Crane arenue. The services were conducted by Rev. C. C. Canon and were largely attended by frlbnde of the deceased and of the fimlly. The Interment occurred at the city ’ cemetery, the procession leaving the residence a little after eleven o'clock. The pall bearers were Hessn. A. P. Tyson, 0. F. Caswell, C. K. Howell, A. W. Vamcdoo, A, B. Dlmmock and W. B. Bell. The remains reached the city from Nashville yesterday afternoon and quite a number of friend* oalledfat ( the residence last evening and th'x morning to get A but look upon the feature* that beyeavi ..Naarl friends ■ havju- k for the cause of prohibition In Geor gia do not deserve to be kicked aud cuffed about because they cannot see some things as some of the rest of us sec them. “There Is no doubt about It boys, you made a mistake, and If you don't got sweet mighty quick you itg'provldes for piper* and 'by some of the most ex perienced men In tha administration of cl»l | service law* In the Untied States'. I Next week will be a great time In ValdoBta with the Knights Templ.t,-, the Grand Commandery coming here at that time. There will be several hundred of thfm from all parts of the state, and It Is expected that many ladles will be In the party. Val dosta should have on Its best dress and the visitors should get a good Impression of the town. The cltleons should clean up their premlaes as to make them look their best The street force will make extra efforts to have the streets clean and free from trash. Quite a number of local Elks went to Tlfton today to be present at the Installation of a new lodge of Elks at that place. An elaborate program have | has been prepared and the visitors hurt both your man and prohibition." I expect to have a big time. swiped aome stand. Tha Greek grabbef and the pickaninnies’ chums came to his rescue. Bricks, rooks and ether missiles poured In on the Greek and his stand, working considerable dam- tie to hot*-. A r’/* r-iIt v" - -"•*-* in and a plntoon of police hurried out to the s-cono of carnage. The Greek was so flustrated he could do nothing but sputter Greek. Finally the officers found out the trouble, and the small negro was locked up. That ended the riot Twenty-seven bananas, seven oranges and ten bngs of peanuts disappeared In the-melee. Preaoher Scores Reformatory. In a meeting of the state sociolog ical society here Rev. W. D. Brnnnen, pastor of the Mllledgevllle Presbyte rian church, made an attnek on the mnnagoment of the state Juvenile re formatory. He charged that the boys wero kept chained like convicts, were mado to sleep on the floor, and that so educational or spiritual trac ing was provided for them. Judge Andy Calhoun here says the mtnls- rlfie rang Savannah ‘ It Is not thought 1 changes In the offiferf- although 8 rf them want C. .latter Is president of the Rile Association. He ( hss held tbat po sition for severtf yfers. ’ The Rifle Association is one of the eraok 'so cial organizations of the city. Its nnnual banquet Is always an affair looked forward to with much pleas ure by the people of this elty. TMs nfternoon there will be a shoot on the range before the meeting la held- There hnve been a great many com plaints from residence about bicycle riding on the side walks and also about racing of horses up aud down the streets. These are clear viola tion! of the law and tne police offi cers have been lurtruoted to make ca^es agnlnst every violator. Several copiplnlnta were before the mayor and council yesterday- afternoon. Preserve the Health~It is in Danger. Screen Doors and Windows Have become real necessities. Keep out the flies and mosquitoes. It has been clearly demonstrated that flies are a menace to health and that mos quitoes spread fever germs and death. Send us the actual size of your window and door openings and we will quote you prices on nice, neat servic- able screen doors and adjustable iron windows, hinges, pulls, latches, locks, etc. HARdware CO., H3SES Valdosta, Georgia WHITE PINE a ASH, DOORS AND PAINTS.