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VOL. IX.
RAILROADS WOULD
INCREASE RATES
BYJSOD.DOO.OOO
Lines Propose to Advance
Charges That Will Reach
That Amount Per Year in
One Territory
HEARING ADJOURNED
TO SEPTEMBER 7TH
NEW YORK. Aug. 15.—"1f the car
riers can prove that they are entitled to
an advance they ought to have it." de
clared Judge G. M. Brown, chief ex
aminer of the interstate commerce com
mission. “If it can be proved that they
are not entitled thereto, they should be
denied."
With this flat statement Judge Brown
opened the hearing here today into the
question of increases in freight rates
in the territory north of the Ohio and
Potomac and east of the Mississippi
river. The railroads have asked for in
creases averaging 16 per cent which it
has been figured, would cause an ad
vance of half a billion dollars in freight
rates for the affected territory. Judge
Brown made it clear that no undue haste
or delay would be permitted; that the
commission desired facts and both oral
testimony and statistical exhibits would
be allowed, and then told the counsel
for the carriers that the burden of proof
tn the matter remained with the rail
roads. Counsel for the railroads and ship
pers finally obtained an' adjournment un
til September 7. when testimony will be
taken.
Judge Brown stated that the western
bearing in the trans-Missouri cases
would be held on August 3 in Chicago.
16 PER CENT ADVANCE.
According to unofficial figures made by
the commission, the advances shown by
the tariffs filed by the lines in classifica
tion territory averaged about 16 per cent
over existing rates. The increases apply
to both class and commodity rates. Tak
ing the present volume of traffic as a
'basis, an increase of 16 per cent would
amount to an advance for all the railroads
in the entire country of approximately
KOS.OOUdUO a year.
This advance is distributed among 413
different transportation lines, being an
average of something more than 11.000,000
a year each. Os course, the total amount
of increase will be distributed proportion
ately to the tonnage of freight handled
by the various roads, the increases in
the rates being substantially the same in
all cases.
Reports received by the commission in
dicate, by an analysis, that the Increases
in operating expenses of the roads dur
ing the last ten years have been very
heavy. The greatest single item of in
crease is in the cost of labor, which Is
estimated to be about 40 per cent of the
expense of operation.
In daaaificatk>n territory the increase
tn cost of labor, according to the reports,
has aggregated during the last decade
about 88u.600.000 a year, approximately 340.-
000.000 a year having been added
during the last few months. Every other
item of expense of operation has In
creased during the last decade, so that
in the matter of operation alone the rail
roads of classification territory are pay-
(Contlnued on page Seven.)
THIS BROWN COMMISSION DATED AUG. 464
NAME OF COUNTY AND DISTRICT OMITTED
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NOTARY PUBLIC AND EX-OFFICIO S
in thel District, G. M, - County. B I
therefore, hereby authorized end required to do and perform all and singular the >
cumbent on yo»*s Notary Public and Ex-Officio Justice of the Peace aforesaid, Cl
tto law and the trust reposed in you. Th» commission to continue in fore* WH
luring the term of four years from the— xrikvday of— l-Md or _
I are removed in the manner prescribed by law. ‘ X
ten under my hand and seal of the Executive Department, at th* Capitol, in th*
Atlanta,'th* - —°* - 4 in the
or Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and SB
BY THE GOVERNOR: . SS
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This illustration tells of the difficulties of Mr. BL. X>. Vaughn, of Newton county, had getting his notary's conunis
sloa from the Joseph M Brown “business administration." Why the commission vu dated so far after the primary,
and »he names of the county and district omitted is not known, both nullifying the commission, is a myetwry.
The latest instance of executive care
lessness on the part of the Brown "busi
nape administration" was mentioned
Monday by Mr. Edward Heard, of New
ton county, a caller at Smith headquar
ters. The Instance affects the routine
grant of a notary's commission, about
which innumerable complaints have been
made from all over the state. IT WAS
DATBD THE 464TH OF AUGUST. AND
OMITTED THE NAME OF THE
COUNTY AND THE DISTRICT OF
THE APPLICANT.
Mr. Heard produces the document,
which Is reproduced with this article.
Mr. H. L. Vaughn, of Brewers' district,
tn Newton county, who was the victim of
the Brown business adminlstrat'on, was
recommended for appointment as a no
tary public by the grand jury last March,
end the appointment was made by Judge
Roan, of the Stone Mountain circuit.
The papers were forwarded to the gov
ernor. and then, according to Mr. Heard,
the applicant went through the waiting
process. When the commission did not
arrive in due Ume-or rather in past due
COBN«COTTON
SHOW GOOD GAINS:
WE W BETTER
Reports of Crops Are More
Uniformly Favorable Than
at Any Other Date This
Season, Though Crops Late
RECORD CORN CROP
FORECAST FOR SOUTH
Almost universally favorable weather
reports, a consequently more generally
optimistic report as to late planted
crops than in any recently preceding
Week, and a moderate expansion in the
volume of fall trade, are the leading
features. Corn' and cotton have ap
parently gained ground, and the ad
vance of the fall season has benefited
wholesale and jobbing trade, but as to
the latter, conservatism still rules, and
there is a preceptible feeling of dis
appointment visible in some lines where
apparently previous anticipations had
been keyed too highly.
UNIFORMITY FAVORABLE.
Crop reports to Bradstreet’s are
more uniformly favorable than at any
previous date this year. Weather
conditions have been propitious in
practically every section, and some of
the bad effects of earlier unfavorable
weather have been repaird, though most
of the later sown crops are behind a
year ago.
Corn has been benefited in the south
west by timely rains, and some lost
ground has been regained. The crop
is still a very spotted one, however,
and the general feeling is that the in
creased acreage will about offset the
lower than a year ago condition. The
south will apparently have a record
crop of corn, but a late arrival of
killing frost is necessary for a crop
in excess of last year to be gathered
in the northern half of the belt. A
late, warm autumn similar to last
year's is necessary for the realisation
of full growth. Nebraska and Okla
homa yields are short of expectation.
Winter wheat threshings maintain
earlier reports of good yields.
Spring wheat threshing is on tn the
northwest, with much more optimistic
reports coming from Minnesota and the
Dakotas, though the yields in the latter
states are concededly short. Wisconsin
yields are better titan anticipated, but
the potato and hay crops are short.
Pastures, except in lowa, are better as
the result of rains. Date crops in the
eastern half of the country have been
helped by rains, but harvested crops in
the fields have been hurt by the wet
weather. Fruit crop conditions in the
Pacific northwest were never better.
Scattered rains have fallen in Texas,
and on black lands the cotton crop is in
good condition. A very large crop bf
cotton seems assured in Oklahoma by
the recent rains. Reports from the Mis
sissippi valley and eastward are of im
provement In cotton condition, and feel
ing is much more optimistic than a
short time ago.
The Louisiana sugar crop is expected
to be shorter than tn either 1909 or 1909.
REPORTS BY STATES.
The following is a report of crop con
ditions by states:
NORTH CAROLINA—Reports of corn.
time—Maj. John B. Davis, clerk of the
superior court of Newton county, jogged
up the governor with a letter.
One letter apparently could not set the
machinery of the governor's business of
fice in motion. SO THE MAJOR WROTE
ANOTHER LETTER. This likewise fail
ed. SO HE WROTE A THIRD. THIS
FAILING. THE MAJOR GAVE UP.
Thinking his power of persuasion might
be lacking, he asked Ordinary A. D.
Meadows to try his hand THE ORDI
NARY ALSO WROTE. He suggested to
the governor that the commission was
over due. had not arrived and was need
ed. THE ORDINARY MET WITH THE
SAME DISMAL FAILURE AS THE
CLERK HAD.
Still, they are not men to give up in
Newton county, so the whole correspond
ence FOUND ITS WAY TO THE
JOURNAL and was printed in full.
THEN THE BUSINESS ADMINISTRA
TION'S MACHINERY BEGAN TO
MOVE.
The commission was sent. It arrlvsd
the early part of last week.
The ordinary, however, found that it
lacked two essential qualifications—lT
MENTIONED NEITHER THE NAME
PET DOG UNEARTHS
MURDERED WOMAN
IN SHALLOW GRAVE
California Police Are Search
ing for Otto Schultze, Want
ed for the Death of Mrs.
Castine, Ranch Owner
HAS FLED FOR MEXICO
WITH $6,000 BOOTY?
LOB ANGELES, Cal., Aug. 15.—While
detectives are searching the city, depti-*
ties from the sheriff’s office are scour
ing the country today for Otto Schultze,
the young German wanted in connection
with the murder of Mrs. Freida Cas
tine, whose body was unearthed from
a shallow grave by a pet dog yesterday
at her ranch near Lancaster.
Some of the police and deputies are
inclined to believe that Schultze, with
>6,000 thought to have been stolen from
Mrs. Castine, has sought to enter Mex
ico byway of the Arizona border or
through El Paso.
A full description of the fugitive has
been telegraphed abroad. According
to the description Schultxe is between
20 and 25 years of age, five feet, eight
Inches in height, of medium build,
wears a light mustache and has a
florid complexion.
A curious feature, following the mur
der of Mrs. Castine, Is the disappear
ance of Mrs. Martha Chatt, wife of a
Los Angeles realty dealer, and her es
cort, John Inderbetten, while the two
were on their way to a ranch near the
home of Mrs. Castine. They have been
missing for a week and B. C. Chatt,
husband, has asked the aid of the
sheriff to find his wife.
cotton and other crops are optimistic.
SOUTH CAROLINA—The botton crop
has improved the past week.
GEORGIA—Cotton looks healthy and is
fruiting well. Weather conditions are
nearly ideal.
ALABAMA—Crop conditions are more
favorable. The corn crop will be good.
Cotton is in good shape so far, though It
will be a short crop. The cotton crop Im
proves with continued favorable weather.
MISSISSIPPI—Weather conditions are
favorable. Corn crop is good, and cotton
is improving.
TENNESSEE—The weather for the past
week has been more favorable for grow
ing crops.
LOUISIANA—Crop conditions are good
throughout this section, and everything
is making gratifying progress. 801 l
weevil is damaging cotton to some ex
tent.
TEXAS—Scattering rains have fallen.
Cotton on sandy lands is needing rain,
but on black lands the plant is in good
condition. Cotton seems to be in good
shape, as well as corn, and a large yield
is expected. Rice is not in good shape,
and without an early rain that crop will
be a failure.
OF THE COUNTY NOR THE MILITIA
DISTRICT.
IT WAS DATED THE 464TH DAY OF
AUGUST.
Otherwise it was all right. It had the
signatures of the governor and of his
"secretary executive department." A. H.
Ulm.
Still, legal authorities say that these
signatures are not sufficient and THAT
THE DOCUMENT, AS A LEGAL IN
STRUMENT, ISN'T WORTH THE
PAPER IT IS WRITTEN ON.
They are now asking in Newton county
WHAT DAY THE 23D OF AUGUST
WILL BE, IF THE STH IS THE 464TH.
Mr, Heard says this is only one in
stance. He says he has learned of
EIGHT FAILURES TO RECEIVE COM
MISSIONS IN WALTON COUNTY AND
SIX IN JASPER.
HAS THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
BEEN ABOLISHED?
The following copy of a letter addressed
to the governor was received at head
quarters:
"Dalton, Georgia, May 24, 1910.
"Hon. Joseph M. Brown, Governor,
"Dear Sir: Yours of the 23d in relation
(Continued on page Seven.)
ATLANTA. GEORGIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1910.
WONDERFUL GATHERING GREETS HOKE SMITH IN HALL
FLETCHER JOHNSON TELLS
WHY HE HAS QUIT BROWN
He Is Solicitor of Gainesville
City Court and Schoolmate •
of Present Governor
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
GAINESVILLE, Ga„ Aug. 15.—C01.
Fletcher M. Johnson, solicitor of the
city court of Gainesville, has changed
his political affiliations from Governor
Brown to Hoke Smith. Two years ago.
Governor Brown had no more zealous
supporter than Colonel Johjraon, but in
the present campaign the colonel is lined
up squarely for Mr. Smith, and pre
dicts that he will sweep Hall county by
a substantial majority.
Than Colonel Johnson there are few
better known or more successful lawyers
in northeast Georgia. His prominence
and influence, added to the fact that ho
has never before supported Hoke Smith
makes his attitude in this campaign all
the more significant.
HAD EYES OPENED.
“Yes, I m for Hoke Smith in this cam
paign, and I expect to exert, all of my
best efforts to help him win in this sec
tion of the state,’’ said Colonel Johnson
today. “I was for Governor Brown two
years ago and gave him the best I had
in my shop. lam no sudden convert to
Hoke Smith. On the contrary, my
views have undergone a slow transfor
mation. I have deserted Governor
Governor Brown, as his friends say, not
for any special reason, but simply be
cause I have had my eyes opened.
“I believe Governor Brown is dominat
ed by special Interests and I am against
any such performance. I have been
convinced by scores of things that Gov
ernor Brown, although a fine fellow per
sonally, is not qualified to fill the office
he occupies. He has no fixed policies
about important matters and I know that
the details of the governor’s office have
not been properly looked after. It has
been almost impossible for the notaries
and justices to get their commissions,
and, indeed, criminals have escaped be
cause the governor has failed to issue
requisitions when requested by sher
iffs.
“On the other hand, a mine owner, a
former lessee of convicts, who never
worked organized labor at all, is enabled
to get protection frcm the military of
the great state of Georgia simply by
telephoning to the governor. The finan
cial interest and industries of the state
should be protected, but I do not think
the military should be used by the gov
ernor to settle labor disputes.
"I have known Governor Brown most
of my life. I went to school with him
in Atlanta. We attended Professor Bray’s
school together, and I knew him well.
When 1 supported him two years ago, I
believed he would fill the office accept
ably, but I have learned a lesson, where
fore I am not supporting him today.
NO DOUBT IN HALL.
“I do not believe there is any doubt
at all about the result of the primary
in Hall county. I am confident Hoke
Smith will carry it, and, moreover, I be
lieve he will make big gains all over this
section.
“I notice, however, that the Brown men
are becoming very active, much as if they
had been suddenly stimulated, but I can’t
say as to this."
Colonel Johnson’s office is elective and
not appointive. He is, therefore, obligated
politically to neither of the candidates
and is at liberty to speak his mind.
GOMMOOITY PRICES SHOW
DECLINE DURING JULY
Wheat Is Trifle Higher, While
Corn Is a Cent in
Advance
Commodity nrices as a whole declined
in July, resuming the reaetl"-* move
ment noted frofn the high levels of the
year, says Bradstreet’s, For the week
changes are not very important. The
!rad‘"g cereals show less th ar. ordinary
fuctuations.
Wheat is a trifle higher, while corn
is cent up. Hay is high on short crop
talk, and butter advanced on decreased
receipts, due to insufficient pasturage.
This latter situation has. however, been
measurably reliever by recent rains. Cot
ton is slightly higher on the week, al
though crop reports have been fairly
favorable.
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE,
WAR HEROINE, IS DEAD
Famous Nurse of Crimean
Conflict Passes Away After
Long Illness
LONDON. August 15.—Florence Night
ingale, the famous .nurse of the Crimean
war, and the only woman who ever re
ceived the Order of Merit, died Saturday
afternoon at her London home. Although
she had been an Invalid for a long time,
rarely leaving her room, where she pass
ed the time in a half-recumbent position,
and was under constant care of a physi
cian, her death was somewhat unex
pected. A week ago she was quite sick,
but then improved, and on Friday was
cheerful. During that night alarming
symptoms developed, and she gradually
sank until 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon,
when an attack of heart failure brought
the end.
Nl netF-five seizures
MADE BY-REVENUE MEN
Nlnety-flve illicit distilleries were seiz
ed in Georgia during the month of July
by the revenue officers of the govern
ment.
"Well, well,” says one of the veterans
of the government's raiders, "that’s go
ing pretty well, but what’ll we do when
the corn crop's in!”
SEVERAL KILLED BY
COLLAPSE OF DAM
WATERTOWN, N. Y., August 15 —Sev
eral Italian laborers were killed and a
large number injured by the collapse
today of a portion of a dam of T. A.
Gillespie company, of Massena, on the
big power canal. The Injured were taken
to a hospital at Cornwall, Ont.
HALL COUNTY VOTERS, FIRED
WITH ENTHUSIASM MAKE SMITH
SPEAK TO CROWD AT DEPOT
While Governor Brown Carried County Last Election by 200
Majority, Hoke Smith Forces Claim They Have 1,500*
• Voters Out of 3,800 Registered, Actively at Work in the
Interests of he Former Governor and That They Will
Sweep the County
GAINESVILLE, Ga., Aug. 15.—Upon
his arrival at Gainesville Monday morn
ing to address the voters of Hall county
on the court house grounds, Hoke Smith
candidate for governor, was given one
of the most enthusiastic demonstrations
of his campaign. An official reception
committee of more than 20 members of
the Hoke Smith club of the county was
at the train to meet him, and in addi
tion, a crowd of perhaps 250 voters had
assembled to join !t» the welcome.
The train arrived at 9:50 o’clock. The
crowd had been growing for half an hour.
As the train rolled up to the depot they
gathered close to the track. Presently
Mr. Smith appeared on the steps and in
stantly three rousing cheers were given
for “Hoke Smith, Georgias next gover
nor.”
BUSY SHAKING HANDS.
The crowd had gathered so thick and
everybody whs so anxious to shake hands
with Mr. Smith that it took him 10 min
utes to make his way to the automobile
that was waiting for him: It was the
touring car of Mrs. Floyd Scales, and
had been brilliantly decorated with Amer
ican flags. And even after he got to the
car, and got in and took his seat, the
crowd continued to press upon him; so
that finally in compliance with their
wishes, he stood up where all could see
him, doffed his hat, and expressed brief
ly his appreciation of the welcome they
had given him.
As he concluded the machine started
to nose its way ahead slowly through the
crowd, which literally surrounded it, but
somebody loudly called out: “Wait for
29,” and the suggestion prevailed. By
”29” was meant the southbound train,
which met the northbound at Gainesville.
Soon 't arrived, and on i£, as expected,
came quite a number of Hoke Smith’s
supporters bound for the "speaking.**
SPOKE OUTDOORS.
As early as Saturday it became ap
parent that there would not be room
GOV. BHOWN TALKS WITH
HEADQUARTERS CHIEF
Pays Visit to Campaign Cen
ter —Mr. Smith’s Lawrence
ville Speech Discussed
For the second time since the guber
natorial campaign of 1910 opened, Gov.
Joseph M. Brown visited the headquar
ters of his campaign at the New Kim-
2 all, Monday morning. At 11 o’clock
lovernor Brown had been In close con
ference with J. R. Smith, assistant cam
paign manager, for some time, and was
still closeted with him. Walter E. Dukes,
a lieutenant on the campaign staff, is
authority for the statement that it was
the second visit of the campaign, the
first having been shortly after headquar
ters opened. Mr. Dukes did not attempt
to say what had made it necessary
for the governor to come to headquar
ters. ‘
Mr. Dukes says, with a smile, anent
the announcement that Hoke Smith will
speak at Lawrenceville, Gwinnett county,
Saturday, that "Mr. Smith couldn’t car
ry Gwinnett If he spoke In every mi
litia district of the county."
Campagn Manager G. Ed Maddox, com
menting on the same subject, predicts
that Mr. Smith's Lawrenceville speech
“will have about as little effect as any
of his other speeches, and that will be
perefectly satisfactory to us.”
Maj. W. E. Simmons, political leader
of Gwinnett, upon whom the governor’s
forces are relying to keep Gwinnett
in the Brown column, of Lawrenceville,
was in conference with Manager Maddox
when The Journal representative call
ed. After Major Simmons had left the
reporter was received, and it was then
that the question was asked about the
probable effect of the speech, which
had been the subject of the conference.
Mr. Maddox said that everything is
lovely in the state, and couldn't be bet
ter. He explained that he had just ar
rived from Rome, late, and had not had
time to look over the mail.
Asked what counties are claimed for
Mr. Brown, Mr. Maddox stated that he
would prefer not to give them out yet—
(Continued on page Seven.)
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enough in the rourt room, where it was
first planned for Mr. Smith to speak; so
the big front yard was filled with seats,
set in close rows, and a rostrum was
erected o nthe side next t othe street.
And from this vantage point, where
many more voters could hear him, Mr.
Smith delivered his address.
By 7 o’clock teams were arriving in
Gainesville, and from then on—for two
hours and a half—the voters came in a
regular stream. It was variously esti
mated that the crowd would be from 3,000
to 5,000. Some of Mr. Smith's more en
thusiastic supporters believed it would
go higher.
In Hall county 3,800 voters are regis
tered. No less than 1,500 of that num
ber have already been enrolled by the
Hoke Smith club, and all of the militia
districts have not been heard froxp yet.
It is stated that the Brown club does
not even claim but 1,100 enrollment.
The official reception committee that'
met Mr. Smith at the train consisted of
the following: H. T. Martin, president
of the Hoke Smith club; J. G. Collins,
reasurer; Carlton Hosch, C. L. Newton,
W. I. Hobbs and W. M. Johnson, secre
taries; Senator Howard Thompson, John
A. Redwine, M. B. Carter, Dr. J. H. Dan
iel, J. N. Twitty, John E. Edmondson,
J. Z. Hudgens, J. L Vickers, H. S. Buf
fington, R. A. Strickland, B. H. Merck,
W. N. Oliver, J. A. Pierce and others.
“Hall county is going for Hoke Smith
by a big majority," said W. M. Johnson,
treasurer of the Smith club. “Last time
it went for Brown, by the narrow mar
gin of 200 or more votes. But this year
a number of the most active former
Brown supporters have changed their
views and are working for Hoke Smith.
When I predict Mr. Smith will carry
Hall I base what I say on careful esti
mates of the situation in every militia
district. I also believe he will carry
Jeff Davis and Habersham, two coun
ties which went for Brown before."
SMITH MAKES HIS FIRST
PROPHECY ON CAMPAIGN
“I Will Carry All South Geor
gia Counties I had, and Half
'• the Others,” He Says
That he will carry all the south Geor
gia counties which he carried in 1908, and
that he will carry more than half of the
south Georgia counties which he lost in
that year, is the prediction of Hon. Hoke
Smith, uttered Monday morning and given
out to the press in quotation marks from
his headquarters.
“My visit to Macon and south Georgia
was most enjoyable,” Mr. Smith is quoted
as saying. "I met representative men
from Macon to the Florida line, and was
delighted with the reports which I re
ceived.
“I WILL CARRY ALL THE COUN
TIES SOUTH OF 8188 W’HICH I CAR
RIED IN 1908. AND MORE THAN
HALF OF THE COUNTIES WHICH I
LOST.”
This was the statement which Mr.
Smith gave out Monday morning before
his departure for Gainesville, regarding
the visit which he made to south Geor
gia last week.
Mr. Smith will leave Atlanta Tues
day morning at 7:30 o’clock for Augusta,
where he will speak Tuesday night.
CROWDS AT HEADQUARTERS.
Campaign headquarters of Hoke Smith,
on the fifth floor of the Peters building,
were crowded with visitors during all of
Monday morning.
Mr. Smith had gone to Gainesville to
speak, but deepite his known absence
from the city headquarters presented an
active scene. The public room was filjed,
and the other rooms enclosed busy clerks
and stenographers.
H. Y. McCord, campaign manager,
stated that he is dally growing more
confident that the claims made for Mr.
Smith will be justified when the returns
are counted on Autist. 23. He pointed
out that the date of the primary is on©
week after Tuesday. Despite the close
ness of it, he said, the enthusiasm for
(Continued on page Seven.)
CROWD S ESTIMATE
HE FROM 4.000
TO 10,000 PEOPLE
Hundreds of Confederate Vet
erans Cheer Speaker as He
Exposes the “Garrell Cam*
paign Canard” j
GREAT RECEPTION GIVEN 1
MR. SMITH ON ARRIVAL]
GAINESVILLE, Ga., Aug. 15.—A
crowd variously estimated at from
4,000 to 7,000 people today gave Hoke
Smith one of the most enthusiastic and
memorable receptions of his career, iff
this beautiful Queen City of the moun«
tains. Mr. Smith has made several
political speeches in Gainesville in th*
past, but never before has he been ae»
corded an ovation half so impresiivq
as that of today. Many of the es
timates of the crowd, taken at ran
dom, placed the number of people as
as many as 10,000, and the most con
servative reckoned the number at nol
less than 4,000.
OTHER COUNTIES REPRESENTED.
The crowd was composed for the
most part of voters, representing citi
zens from all sections of this mountain
country. While Hall county farmers
predominated in the audience, there
were hundreds of loyal Smith men from
Jackson, from Banks, from Haber
sham, from Stephens, from Forsyth,
from Dawson and from other sections
of the Ninth congressional district.
John L. Gaines, known all over this
country by his war name of "Tige,’*
won on the battlefield as a soldier int
the Seventh Georgia, president over the
meeting. His words were few, yet
pointed, and they provoked unbounded
applause. He said:
“Ladies, Comrades and Fellow Citi
zens: We have with us today a dis
tinguished visitor, the next governor
of Georgia. He needs no introduction
to the people and I simply present
him, confident that he will Introduce
himself."
Mr. Smith spoke along lines hereto
fore enunciated. His speech was a
calm, dispassionate discussion of th*
Issues of the campaign, punctuated
with an occasional reference to the
campaign methods of the opposition.
His criticism of these methods was
calm and dignified, but non* the les*
pointed.
“GARRELL CAMPAIGN CANARD."
In this connection he touched upon
the “Garrell campaign canard” that
first saw the light in the Macon Tele
graph. This story was written and
published with a view to appealing to
the predjudloes of the people, because
of some disparaging remarks alleged to
have been made by a Smith supported
concerning the Confederate veterans. /
The Brown club of Hall county, de
spite the well established fallacy ofi
the story, has it published on hand bills
and circulated generally over th*
county as proof of “Governor Brown’S
great business administration.”
Mr. Smith called attention to whal
has already been established relative td
Mr. Garrell, namely, that no such maN
is in the Smith club of Fulton coun
ty, no such man exists In the Atlants
directory and obviously the story is al
fake. a—
The explosion of this canard was
particularly pleasing to hundreds og
Confederate veterans in the audience.
Indeed, one-half of the rostrum frond
which Mr. Smith spoke was occupied
by veterans, and they cheered them
selves hoarse at the exposure of the ap
parent attempt to influence them byj
the circulation of falsehoods.
Among the veterans seated on the ros
trum with Mr. Smith, wearing Hok*
Smith buttons, were N. C. White, W. P.
Warren, Harrison Martin, president or
the Hoke Smith Club of Hall County; T«
3. Daniel, J. R. Howell, R- J. Rollin,
John A. Whltmeyer, John C. Wilson, J.
W. Merk, J. S. Patterson, J. W. Reid,
A. J. Dickinson, F. M. Loden, Marcus
Roper, William A. Cox, R. C. Young.
S L Smith, M. V. Trulove, T. H. Jones,
Thomas Montgomery, J L Vickers, Wil
liam Latimore, J C Allen, W. S. Bridges,
J.A.J.Hudglns, W. J. Allen,A. G. Dorsey,
C. D. Chambers. Carl Young, David Wai- •
lace, William Hosch, T. D. Harris, David
Kitchen. J. M. Little, T. A. Wars, H.
F Patterson, T. J. Shacleford, Stiles
Turk, H. J. Lancaster, B. F. Brasel
ton, J. R. Reid, J. O. Simmons, Luther
Keith, M. P. Warren, Thomas Byrd, T.
Y. Martin, Luther Keith, S. M. Smith,
Jerimiah Hawkins, Mat Ellis, W. P.
Boggs. H. T. Martin, J. K. Moore, Law
son Hope, M. S. Crow, J. W. Hargrove,
W. H. Adams, T. G. Holland and ir any
others.
REBEL YELL IS HEARD.
These old heroes of the sixties follow
ed Mr. Smith’s speech closely and non*
among the vast audience were more .en
thusiastic in their demonstrations of ap
preciation. Indeed, the rebel yell could at
times be heard above the cheers and
shouts of others and It never failed to
Impress.
The meeting was held on the court
house commons. The streets in front of
the place had been roped off and traf
fic suspended, but the ropes were really
unnecessary because the crowd would
have effectively stopped traffic on the
paved thoroughfare.
Tne courthouse commons is shaded with
many gigantic oak trees, and under their
shade the crowd, or at least a part of
it was protected from the rays of the
sun. Between two and three thousand
seats of rough lumber had been im
provised, but these would not begin to
accommodate the crowd that stretched
away w all directions beyond the con
fines of tne se.V- These people stood,
but they were nonetheless interested and
very few left the meeting before It waa
over.
The rostrum was gorgeously, yet tasti
ly decorated flags, bunting, ferns
and palms, and considerably over a,
hundred chairs were on the rostrum. On
one side of the speaker many Isdies
sat, and on the other were the grizzled
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