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VALDOSTA, GA-, SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1908. BROWN ON NEGRO He Stales That He is In Favor oi Disfranchisement Law. Atlanta, Ga., May 12—“I am now preparing what I expect to last general statement to the public during the present campaign," said Hon. JoBeph iM. Brown, candidate tor the gubernatorial nomination at his headquarters In the Kimball House this morning. “In It I shall discuss all the Issues, as I see them, and while I may give out brief state ments dealing with special matters up to the day of the election, this will probably be my last address of a general nature.” It will be given out In a few days. Disfranchisement. Mr. Brown expressed himself on the subject of disfranchisement In a letter addressed to F. L. Seely, editor of the Atlanta Georgian, Saturday. It was written in reply to a ques tion a^nt his views on that subject, the inquiry having been made by a correspondent Mr. Brown’s letter was as follows: Dear Sir: I am in receipt of your kind note of yesterday in closing copy of communication addressed to your paper by Ur. J. H. Johnson, and offering to publish any reply to Mr. John son's Inquiry that I may care to make, for which please accept my thanks. Governor Smith, in a desperate effort to becloud the vital issues of this campaign has endeavored to drag into it besides person alities, at least two questions, both of which are settled so tar as he and I are concerned, and neither of which relate even re motely to the questions to be passed upon by the people on June 4. One of these is the dis franchisement of the negro. He has charged wherever he has spoken tor the past three weeks that my election will endanger the adoption of the constitu tional amendment providing for disfranchisement. Governor Smith knows better than this. He knows, as I know, that this ques tion has passed the legislative and executive branches of the Gov ernment and only needs the sanc tion of the people at the October election. He knows, as I know, that neither he, if be Is nominat ed, nor I, if I am nominated, will have any more to do with Its adoption than any other citizen who exercises the light of suf frage—therefore I have declined and shall continue to decline to be put by the Governor in the ab surd position of solemnly discus sing with him questions that are settled and with which the people are not concerned In this cam paign. For the benefit, however, of those who may be Interested and availing myself of the courtesy of the Georgian, I beg to say: That I am In favor of the prin ciple of disfranchisement, as shown In the amendment, and shall support the adoption of this constitutional amendment to be voted on next October. I may add that while refusing to be drawn Into unnecessary dis cussion of settled questions with my distinguished opponent, my views on this question have been freely stated In person, In tele grams and In letters to Inquiring friends In various portions of the State. I thank you, Mr. Editor, for the opportunity extended mo of re plying to Mr. Johnson’s Inquiry, and beg to remain, yours faith fully. JOSEPH M. BROWN. NINETY BRANDS OF SKEETERS. Panama Canal Zone Leads the World In Variety of Tormentors. Panama leads the world In brands of mosquitoes, according to a Smith sonian Institute report Jnst made pub lic. The report Is founded upon the investigation of August Busck, n mos quito expert, who went to the canal zone for the especial purpose of studying the mosquitoes there. Mr. Busck brought home speci mens of 83 kinds of the Insects, which, added to the seven kinds al ready known to exist there, makes 90 distinct brands on the zone. Of these 30 brands were new to mos quito students. The one pleasing part of Basok's report was that the yellow fever mos quito was one of the most seldom met of all varlties. The malaria mosquito is plentiful there, but spe cial efforts are to be made to elim inate this brand. Mr. Busek’s especial mission was to study the breeding grounds and habits of the insects, so Grata more Intelligent fight could be made pn them. His reports indicate that hi has made excellent progress. Several of the 90 brands are said to be real friendly, non-bltlng sort, and no ef fort will be made to eliminate them. SOLD HIMSELF AT A SACRIFICE Hoke Smitb Club Buys Man Who Wanted to Sell to Brown Former Manager of Notorious Paper in Atlanta wai Hired to Pick a Flaw In the Joe Brown Club In Fulton County.—Many New Names Added to the Club and Fulton Is More Certain than Ever for Brown. Atlanta, Ga., May 12—Amos W. Braselton, secretary of the Fulton ^Atlanta, Ga., May 13.—Atlanta has County Joseph M. Brown Club, made ‘Mr e ^ ^ ar( A toll T>y two disastrous fires fniin—in- .m„ —^ithta the week, and as a result of the poor water supply secured then active work Is to begin at once on remedying this great defect Atlanta has at last waked up to the danger of isreat and terrible fires, and will equip Itself to fight with adequate water reservoirs and mains. Fbllowlng the $60,000 fire on Mari etta street Monday night which •w6pt away $60,000 worth of prop- burned 200 head of fine horses mules and ruined several bull* filings, Fire Chief Cummings Is advo- 1 Wiling BIG FALLING OFF IN VALUES. Atlanta, May 14.—The largest pro portionate slump in corporation tax values yet recorded is shown In the returns of the Atlanta and West Point Railroad Company, which were made to Controller General Wright today. Total returns of the Atlanta and West Point for 1908 are $2,310,000, including franchise values at $172,- 833. while the return for 1907 were a total of $3,812,094, of which *1,608,- 439 was franchise. I^ast year's valuation was fixed by arbitration. The tax valuation for 1908 la $1,502,094 less than for 1907, notwithstanding the fact that the re turn Bhows the road has acquired additional property, real and person al. worth $238,000. The chief falling the following statement this lng: “I notice in the Atlanta Journal of May 11 a sworn statement from Mr. J. W. Hill, saying the Joe Brown Fulton County Club has only 1,065 voters. I will say that this statement Is In full keeping with the past state ments In regard to Mr. Brown and the Fulton County Joe Brown Club. I have a signed card, or a signed pe tition for every name I published. Mr. Hill stated positively to me that b/»‘ received a fee of $50 for this placing of big water mains and would be grad to do the f P failroad yards. Many of the for me. Mr. Hill stated post* llggest manufacturing plants, depots, that he looked up such work, o r a ^ut on the roads and under called on a number of candi* „ conditions fires are hard to this time and asked for 'work made, is not in the directory. A num ber of the most prominent lawyers aad ^citizens, some of them having resided here all of their lives, are not In the directory. ■ bThe man who was hired for $50 to" do the dirty work of the Hoke Smith club: was the former manager of the “Looking Glass," the notorious tfaper that 7 was printed here several years ago and edited by the ex-con vict, Orth Stein! It.lg Claimed on good authority that he offered to do similar work for the Joe Brown club for the same amount of money, but he was Informed that Mr. Brown’s supporters did not want any of that kind of worx done. The opposition Is to be allowed a monop oly of. unclean methods 1^ this cam paign. ATLANTA HAS ANOTHER. FIRE WITH HEAVY LOSS OF STOCK. GOTHAM’S BIG NEW COLLEGE Red Leller Day at the Dedicatory Exercises in New York. as he furnished the Atlanta Journal. “Mr. Hill also stated to me that he would not use union labor, had never used union labor, and would never use union labor; therefore, I could not have Mr. Hill do n^y print ing after inaklng such statements against organised labor. ( I will state that the attack .on the Jo* Bro- ^ultoh J County Cftfo has not affec the club In any way, and I have’ iWJ eelved nearly 1,000 bona fide signa tures of registered voters since the attack on the ' Joe Brown Fulton County Club that would not sign aay card before the attack was made. wish to thank each aad every member of the Joe Brown Fulton County Club for their endorsement of Hon. Joseph M. Brown, and the great work they are doing in his be half.” F. J. Paxon, president of the lo cal Brown Club, said: “The executive committee Is thor oughly satisfied with the status of Fulton County, and if all the coun ties of Georgia can be counted as safe for Mr. Brown as Fulton is. it means the election of Joseph M. Brown as Governor of the Empire State of the South and the returo of prosperity to this fair state of ours.” Other Names Left Out. As showing further how unreliable the city directory is, the names of the man who was hired by the Hoke fight tb< re. Chief Cummings has aaked < uiincil for an appropriation of |!5,000 to increase the elficleney of/the fire department. He wants bat two new engines, ten heaters, an •(rial truck and 4,000 feet of new only by the coohiesa of the eetora and the manager that‘a-sort- < m averted la the Qfph-' !) nearjje scene of’the «i*d and ‘Thlrty-nlnth street, • over- j.-, -v— -y area ana Thirty-ninth street, • over- lea the iBeReff •house artr lodklag the-Hudsoij river. The build- off Is In the franchise valuation. Controller General Wright sirring-1 Smith club to swear against the Joe ly Intimated that he would not ao- Brown club, as well as the notary cept the return. public before whom the affidavit was glare, tome one cried -Hire'- and the people started to ,m«h for the exita.' The actors on the stage call ed for everyone to alt down as there was no danger. This reaiiared the audience and the scare was over. One of the sickening sights of the fire was the burning of many fine horses and mnles. The animats could not be taken from the buil ding although heroic efforts were made to save them. Two men wore hurt In the effort. .Many of those burned out Mortay night had no In surance. Mr. L. Martin, who lives nine miles above Valdosta, Is 1n the city today complaining of a worm that has at tacked the corn there and Is eating It up. He says that he has never seen anything like It before, and that It Is doing a great deal of damage. He says that Hoke, Smith’s “hot winds” hurt the cotton crop last year but that he Is not accusing the Gov ernor of causing those worms In the corn crop. New York, May H.—This was a red letter dav In the history of the College of the City of New York. The magnificent new college build ings erected on the heights In SL Nicholas Terrace to replaoe the old home of the Institution on, Twenty- third street were dedicated with to all-day programme of exercises. Many noted educators took part In the dedication. The programme open ed with an academic procession on the campus and the grounds. The procession was made up of repre- sntatives of universities and colleges In New York state and city officials, the Judiciary, alumni, and men noted In civil and military life. The first part of the dedication pro gramme was carried out by the col lege officials. The second part was made up of civic addresses. Then followed a brief ceremony of general dedication, which occupied the .re mainder of the forenoon. After lunch,, eon came tbe dedication of the Chem istry and the Mechanical Arts build ings. This was followed 1>7 a pro gramme of addresses by noted men, among whom wore Secretary Straus of the Department of Commerce and Labor, President H. M. Shepherd of the board of truptees, Governor Hughes, Mayor MeCWlan, Joseph H. Choate. President and others. The new home oj sleta of several lar_ gray stone building# occupying a ling .position on the belghta St. Nicholas avenue and One Hun- / of Harvard )ie college con- sad handsome TOM WATSON’8 RECEIPT. Here's a receipt for becoming a champion prohibitionist: 1. Hang on to your Interest la a profitable bar room untjl it la shut up by a law which you opposed. 2...Flop, to prohibition, when you see that the prohibition bill has al ready secured a sufficient number of votes to override a gubernatorial ve to. 3. Write a dispatch for the As sociated Press which, after all the erasures, Interlineations aad loop holes are eliminated,, favor a law which would permit the use of ’’light wines and beer" as food. 4. Loudly declare that unless you are kept In office the prohibition law, which was passed In spite of you will In some mysterious manner, he scooped, swiped, eloigned, Jugulated, disemboweled, smothered, strangled, pnr-bolled and otherwise scandalous ly raal-treatcd. 5. Shout this loudly, from Haber sham to Glynn, until the welkin rings, the tendups dance on the tab le, the dogs bark as they run under the house, children fall off the fenca ns the oxcltment tears along tha road—and, the first thing you know, you will bo the champion prohibitionist, while such life-long heroes of the cause as Hughes, Ed- onfield, Gofer, Sibley, Poole, Jones, Hill, Wright, Candler, aod dozens of old vets of the cause will either be forgotten or will look like slick dimes.—Watson's Magazine. Vote for “Little Joe” and Prosoerlty. lugs coat |2,000,000, and In thdk ars|,j| 4,500 pupils and 150 professor* and Instructors, The college has the greatest banding In the world for the teaching of chemistry. The gym nasium contains a swimming tank nearly a block long. A great astrono mical observatory Is another notable feature of the Institution. The College of tho City of New York was founded In 1848 and was then caneil tho Free Academy and from the latter many famous men have been graduated. The traditions trf the Institution are military rather than theologlenl. Dr. Webster and Gen. Webb, the first and second presidents, were both graduates of West Point. Dr. John 11. Finley, the prwmnt head of the college, was form* erly well known as a magazine edi tor nnd for a number of years was president of Knox College In 1111- nols. Mnesrs. O. E. Porter, J. B. Brooks, Peters and W. W. Curtis, of HOKE’S RECENT DENIAL. A rumor from Atlanta Jnst before the meeting of the state executive committee stated that If tbe commit tee (Id not postpone the date of the primary so that the Governor could cover the state thoroughly, be would put other speakers on the stump. The rumor was published In several of the dally papers, Including the Ma con Telegraph. Tbe Governor refer red to the rumor In hls speech at Macon and branded It “at false." But tbe Governou has Changed hip mind In this particular, Just as he “slleqt oontgmpt" cam- - on the stump ■tate-fi North Georgia and Bast deorgla and South Georgia -—Hines, Hardwick, Reuben Arnold, Sam Olive, Weir, and even Mrs. Armor Is making "temperance speeches” for Hoke. - Many who are not on the stump- like Scab Wright, who Is slated for appointment to the senate If either of the senators die or resign—are writing personal appeals for Hoke. So Hoke’s cry of “falsehood" Is like many of hls other denials. As "Little Joe” Brown said: “What tho country needs now Is honest, straightforward, manly frankness; they aro tired of political evasion nnd cheap clap-trap." But they are not going to get these from the pres ent Governor. He seems Incapable of dealing In that kind of stuff. Medical Societies to bt Merped| At a meeting of tho Chatham Coua- ty Medical Society last night it was decided to merge with the Georgia Medical Society. The combined so- Columbus. are among the Knights I elety will probably be known aa the from that city In Valdosta. I Chatham County Medical Society. Kt Sash, Doors, Paints Mantles, Turpentine Still, Saw Mill Supplies, Farm Tools, Wire Fence, •4 -r ’ Blacksmith and Repair Shop Matetial, Stoves, Tinware and Crockery. HARdwIre CO., H e 5t^ Valdosta, Georgia WHITE PINE SASH, DOORS AND PAINTS. ^