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WAYCROSS, OA., APRIL, 25 1908
Facetiously, the Columbus Ledger Is
calling on ibo governor to retire from
the race.
The Jones, Smith and Brown faint
lies In Georgia arc certainly all mix
cd up these days.
It la now u square show down be
tween the gubernatorial^ candidates
Brown and Prosperity, Hoke and Ruin,
*
The silence of the contempt has
reached the point where it almost
sounds like the blowing of rams horns.
—5 *
It begins to look a* If It would be
regulur David and Goliet'a light over
again. You remember about that
At any rate neither Brown nor
Smith will be nominated before Juno
4th.
Tho Valdosta Brass Band Is prac
tIcing to play at Joo Brown’s Inaugu
ration.
*
A "straw vote” was taken at Cairo,
In Grady county, Friday last with the
following result Brown and Bread
326. Hoke and Hard Times 178.
4*
Tom Watson wants to know who the
Kovernor of Georgia Is At inis pres
ent time. Can’t say for certain but
It looks like Brown had the "fluence."
*
How have the mighty fallen! When
a politician gets scared he blunders
time after time. Hoke Smith is badly
scared, judging by his actions and Re
craiy antics of the Atlanta Journal.
+
Tho Atlanta Constitution and the
Atlanta Georgian may not have the
namo of Joe Brown at their mast heads
but they are doing some lively stunts
for him all tho same.
+
The Brown Club tn Atlanta now has
6.600 members. If. as Governor smith
charges, all of "Little Joe’a” support
ers are "hlrellntu," somebody has
pretty good sized pay-rool to meet In
that city alono.—-Columbu Enquirer.
*
When that voice from the gallery
questioned: "What about the Pled
tnont ba?” Governor Smith lost a
golden opportunity to do a galaln
act In the protection of the name o
fair woman. He might have answered
.that the "Gal at the Fount” Is a res
pectable lady now. —Columbus Bn
Qulrer.
It la alao true that no one believe! nQf|llj||*Q PAQTflD
there la a liquor corruption fund beta* DitUWIl 0 iHO I Uit
uxed In Georgia.
4-- *
It begink to look as If Guyte bad
received a tip from Hoke to bold bl*
"Jaw" for the present.
Guess the people of Georgia are now
clear as to where Joe Brown stands
on State prohibition.
4.—
Uttle Joe lias got the coon and gone
long homo and ^eft Hoke 'barking up
the treee.’
-——4*
The Valdosta Times says that In
stead of running on his record, Hoke
Smith Ik running from his record.
— 4*
Henry W. Grady son of the famous
Henry W. Grady orator and Editor, ts
a candidate for the legislature from
Fulton county.
*
To Governor Smith, Dear Sir, Your
fences are all down again In Wi
county, come avaln nnd bring a lot of
help.
THE WAYCROSS WEEKLY HERALD
THE SITUATION IN
WRITES LETTER NORTH GEORGIA.
The Jacksonville TlmegUnlon de
clares that Hoke Smith Is troubled
with a dark Brown taste despite the
fact that Georgia Is dry.
The Macon Telegraph puts It,
"Brown and Bread.” The Broxton
Journal goes Its esteemed contempo
rary one better and makes It "Brown
Bread. Butter and Business."
*
The governor of the stale Is entitled
to a fair hearing wherever he goes,
no matter If he does lower the iRsnlty
of his olllco to the level of nil offlcc-
seeking demagogue.—Valdosta Times.
4*
"Lei the world know that the South
will receive capital ns a friend, and
not as an enemy, and It will blossom
liken rose.”—Richard H. Edmonds, ed
itor Manufacture™’ Record.
4.
Two to one for Joo Brown Is the
way the straw points lu Rome accord
ing to the Romo Tribune-Herald. Just
so tho straw don't break Into from the
strain all will be well with the state.—
Thoroasvllle Times.
***
' A northern newspaper exploit* a
headline, ‘‘Governor Hoke Smith Mol-
bed.” RReferrlng 10 that Marietta
Incident How thlnfs do become ex
asxcrated at a distance. Instead o
being bombarded with lemons as atat
ed In the aforeeald article, the gov
ernor was merely handed n lemon In
a polite nnd ladjr-Ukn manner.
4— ■
Congressman Brantley will agalt
bn sent on Mi way rejoicing wtthos
opposition. The people of thin dis
trict know • good Ding whan (hay ana
It. and In Din Instance they are having
tba satisfaction ot feeling as wall as
analog. BruHny would bo a hard
man to Improrn on.—Quitman Ad ter
Gov. Hoke's chance# for the gov
ernorship grows beautifully less as the
days go by. Most of the people’of
Georgia have had enough of Hoke
Smith and hard times.
4-
Bets are being offered that Joo
Brown will carry Fulton and various
other counties claimed by the Hokeites
but there are no takers, because the
aforesaid Hoketles are too moral and
too pious to wager their good money.
*
Tho people of the state are asking
what has become of that four million
dollars In freight reduction they were
to get. The governor now says it
canot be saved. They would also
like to know what went with that
promise of tax reductions. Governor
Smith would do well to take his mind
ofT of Imlganlary whiskey rings that
do not exist long enough to answer
some of these questions.
The Columbus Ledger says: “Joe
already has the governor beaten; why
doesn't the governor retire from the
race?” *
Give a man time to pick a aoft place
to fall, can't you j
*
ANSWERS INQUIRY OF EDITOR
BRANTLEY, OF VALD08TA.
Prohibition Question Would be Safe in
Mr. Brown’s Hand’s, He 8ays.
Dr. John E. White, the pastor of the
Second Baptist churcho fAtlanta, and
one of the ablest ministers in the state
in answer to a letter of Inquiry In re
gard to Mr. Joseph M. Brown's char
acter for sobriety, honesty, etc., has
the following to say to the editor of the
tor of The ValdostaTimes:
C. C. BRANTLY, Esq.,
Editor Valdosta Times:
My dear sir: I am In receipt of your
letter of the 13th Inst., making Inquiry
of me as the pastor of the Second
Baptist church, Atlanta, concerning
lion. Joseph M. Brown accompanied
by the statement that reports are being
circulated In your county to the effect
that he is an immoral man and a
whiskey man. I do not feel that 1
should hesitate a moment in answer
ing your letter with frankness. Such
reports about Mr. Brown are utterly
false. He Is a member of the Second
Baptist Church, Atlanta, not only In
ordinary good standing, but in the par
ticular high esteem of all who know
him. He is a modest, earnest, un
ostentatious Christian. No breath of
immorality or wrong-doing has ever
so far as I have heard or so far as the
people of the Second Baptist church
have heard, been attached to his name.
He is the largest individual contributor
to missions in the Second Baptist
church and has been for many years,
although his residence was in Mariet
ta, Ga. Only very recently he joined
with our church here In the Mercer
Endowment Fund. Mr. Brown’s re
cord on the prohibition question Is
well-known !n Fulton county. He has
never been identified with the whiskey
people. In the first prohibition cam
paign In Fulton county, he stood with
Henry Grady and Dr Hawthorne i:
their campon. Dr. Hawthorne is ray
authority for this fact, and many oth
ers identified with tho leadership of
that campaign on the prohibition aide.
Peculiar significance was attached to.
his stand because of the fact that he
was going against his father and other
members of his family In obedience to
his personal conviction was right.
I am also In possession of the infor
mation that he has always steadfastly
refused to rent his private personal
property for saloon purposes in At*
lanta, although he owned property con
stantly In demand for such purposes
ct a very much higher rate of rental.
Personally I believe from what I
know of Mr. Brown’s character, con
duct and convictions that the interest
of prohibition can be safely trusted to
his hands. Of any other issue In the
campaign I have nothing to say. 1
am merely desirous In answer to your
letter that the false reports which you
say are being circulated concerning
Mr. Brown may have a positive denial
from his pastor.
I am, Sincerely yours.
John E. White.
J. E. T. BOWDEN TALK8 INTER
ESTINGLY OF Hid TRIP.
Mr.Bcwden is a ‘•Converted” Brown
Supporter and says North Georgia
is Solid for Him.
Mr. J. E. T. Bowden, returned to
Waycross today after a trip of several
weeks through North Georgia.
Mr. Bowden gave the Herald an In
teresting Interview on tae political
situation and only-confirms the re
ports from that section received from
other sources.
Two years ago Mr. Bowden was one
of Governor Smith’s strongest sup
porters in this county. For weeks
he gave his time and attention to the
campaign and unquestionably als ser-
I vice was of great aid to Mr. Smith
■ in Ware ocunty. _
Mr. Bowden has seen the effectwof
Governor Smith’s drastic legislation
against corporations In all the sec
tions of the state he has visited, and
his return to Waycross finds him
ROTH HATES
FOR
BY STATEMENTS MADE BY BOTH
Jo?
Brc
tl an he was for Mr. imith two years
He says the Brown sentiment ir.
j North Georgia is practically unani
mous, and that unless something
is done to cause a change
Mr. Brown will carry every single
county m the North Georgia sections
which he has visited.
He tells of a balloon ascension held
in a little North Georgia town a few
days, to which thousands of people
flocked to see. Some one mounted
a box and called for a Vote on th’e
governorship race. The Joe Brown
men were called to one side, and
there weren’t enough Hoke Smith
men left to count.
When Mr. Bowden was coming
home a poll was taken on the train
from Tocoa to Atlanta. Of the 109
persons on board 5 refused to express
themselves and 104 were for
Brown.
Mr. Bowden spent a good part of
his dm© while away in Stephens,
Jackson and Hart counties, where he
found the sentiment practically solid
for Brown as it seemed to be all over
North Georgia. -
Editors Herald:
It dees seem to a man in a tree top
jthat the political fight is on in good
rnest. The roost amusing feature
the fight lies in the fact that the
SMITH AND BROWN. j ~ ft „, Biry gIa3t uought that his op-
I pcnent was but a pigmy, and could
Brown Signed a Pledge he Would j eaEi:y be bluitered aside, but Alas!
f Veto Any Change In the Prohibi- j ^j ag . t 0 the horror and chagrin
tion Law.. Smith Said He Would ! f tt0 wouI j.be giant the flanks of his
Do This Too. army has been turned and and his
centre is about to give way. Oh. for
Atlanta, April 22.—If there has been | a Grouchy to stem the onset and re-
any lingering doubt about the elimina- j tr i eV e the losses of tue day, but as
ticn of prohibition as a campaign Is
sue it was set at rest the 20 inst. when
Hon. Joseph M. Brown signed a pledge
that he would veto any attempt to re
peal or to amend the state prohibition
law. This puts Mr. Brown and Gov.
Smith on practically the same footing,
and insures the preservation of the
prohibition law during the next ad
ministration unless it should be chang
ed by a two-third vote of both houses
over the Governor's veto.
Tho following was submitted to both
candidates by the wo.i-Knowa yroui-
bition leaders, whose names are
led to it:
I "We, the ua.k-raljacd, submltku L
the candidates for Go
lowing questlcr.: In the event of myj negro domination from Rabun Ga,
election as Governor of Georgia I j Marys. He Li as a lav.
pledge myself to resist, if necessary, j a ] g0 g j v0 us a iRtle Idea as to the ! -
8PRING TIME IN COLUMBUS.
The Columbus Enquirer-Sun atlll
finds joy in the old lands as the suu
turns, warmly towards the south, as
evidenced in the two following para
graphs:
"From politics and worry *tla best to
refrain; mint bed’s a growin,’ old
spring’s still a flowin’—an’ a gallon
jug a- coming on the prohibition train."
"Pretty soon we’ll he eating peache
and cream with strawberry blond*
and that’s some consolation even if
springtime isn’t quite the same with
out the bock beer."
yet no Grouchy appears, none to suc-
ccr. nor.e to save. ’Tls death, de
struction. then the political grave.
Three weeks ago, with a sneer of
contempt cn the face of this would-be
dictator he thought the idea of oppo-
Ition to him was but a little Browa
joke. Now he has woke up from his
Rip Van Winkle lethargy with a darn
ed Little Joe Brown taste In his
mouth, an infernal ringing In his
head, a sick feeling in the pit of his
stomach, and a well fixed desire in
bis mind to repeat and be saved, if
he has to preach prohibition, pert
vernor the fol- i house affllif.tion, as well a3 a L
le event of my
CONTORTIONS OF THE JOURNAL.
Amerlcus Times.
It would really be pitiful to see the
This Is from the Hawklnsvllle Dls* \ contortions of the Atlanta Journal In
patch: It Is rumored that Governor f its frantic efforts to stay the tide
Smith Is making preparations to move
lmedtately after the election to New
York to commence the practice of law
In that stae should he be defeated by
Honorable Joseph M. Brown on June
4th for governor".
which la overunning its owner, Hoke
Smith, except for the fact that its
previous course of arrogance and mis
representation has deprived It of all
claims on a suffering public. For three
weeks the JouYnal has been hugging
The fourth of June Is not far off and I itself delightfully on account of a card
then let us hope It will be Brown and ] written by one Motely attacking the
Bread. business ability of Joe Brown. A com-
. . . —— j piete answer having been published
"Little Joe" Brown la willing for the. to the card of the said Mozely. the
aoverlgn people to rule "Old Jawger," journal attempt# to throw discredit
and he a« their governing servant, win
content himself to seeing that their
will la executed. On the other hand
"Giant Hoke" Smith It willing tor the
sovertgn people to role "Old Jawger,"
provided he be allowed to dictate their
policy, and he ae their goteralng ser
vant, will do ae he pleaaee ae to exee-
vtlog their wttk—WUnebooehee lu.
upon this answer. Its attempt le snch
a gloomy failure that the writer must
have been dlsbused at hie own efforts.
n Hathneelah hot been as wise as
some mod era tnanelers he wool* have
owned the earth long before be was
tottowi tn Ms tutors.
Joe Brown's “hirelings" continue to
multyply an replentlsh the earth.
' **•
Descending to dirty personalities
in a political campaign Is very much
out of place and uncalled for.
fact, a decant pubic ought not to pause
to hear a word of it It is but the
omen of a lost cause for the man who
stoops to do it, and be should be pas
sed up as n. g.
*
Nearly every day Governor Smith
"exposes” the Interests behind the op
position to his re-election. He is put
ting up scare-crows at every corner,
but the people are getting wise to
the fact that they are only dummies,
filled with straw of the kind at which
the proverbial drowning man is said
to grasp.—Americas Recorder.
4*
‘The fight In Georgia this year Is
not for or against liquor but Is a fight
to change administration policies that
have brought panic, depression and
gloom to the business Interest, and
has also brought want and hunger to
many families that never dreamed of
these things a ye^r ago. It la the oen-
narrative policies ot Joseph If. Brown
the silent “Uttle" man, against
rolutionary and uncertain policies
the noisy “handsome Hebe."
with the veto power vested in me, any
repeal or change by amendment mere-
to, the present prohibition law of Geor
gia. Their replies are given below.
Seaborn Wright.
John E. White,
M. J. Cofer,
Len G. Broughton,”
Mr. Brown signed the document.
Mr. Smith, who Is at Columbus, tele
phoned the folowing to the committee
at 1:15 p. m. declining to sign the
agreement as submitted:
"Dr. M. J. Cofer, Len G. Broughton,
John White, Seaborn Wright. Sirs:
l will resist, if necessary, with the
veto power vested in me during my
service as Governor of Georgia, any
repeal or change by amendment there
to of the present prohibition law of
Georgia, unless the amendment is for
the purpose of perfecting the law as a
prohibition measure and is approved
by friends of prohibition, such as your
selves. "Hoke Smith.’’
Mr. Brown submitted the following
statement to the committee requesting
that it, too, be published.
"To your queslons I make the fol
lowing answer. Yes, my reasons be
ing:
First. Because even under the local
option law In my county (Cobb). I
have already stood on the side of pro
hibition.
"Second. When my annuoncement
was made to the people of Georgia the
prohibition question was settled, and
no one could foresee that it would be
injected into this campaign for politi
cal purposes. I said then, and I be
lieve now, that the people, through
their representatives have a right to
regulate this matter. Since that time
my opponent has endeavored to force
this question as the paramount issue
of the campaign. Meantime nearly
one-third of the members of the Gen
eral Assembly have been nominated
upon Issues other than prohibition and
primaries are being held almost dally
without reference to this question.
"If prohibition is to be made an is
sue the people have a right to know it
when their representative* are nomi
nated; and I am unwilling to be a
party to a possible thwarting ot the
wIU of the people by approving a
measure changing this law passed
upon by representatives chosen in
primaries when such changes were not
an issue.
‘The people do not want this issue
Injected into this campaign. There Is
no possible excuse other than my op
ponent’s Idea of political expediency
for attempting to make It an issue,
and I am greatly pleased that condt-
manner and tiio safest idea to
sue In the event that we should wa.it
to stick our oar into the troubled wa
ters of a divided family, thwarting
the wi" of the one delegated by the
d-*ur departed to arrange and settle
hl s estate as he wills It should be
settled. You see, Mr. Editor, we might
want a slice of what was left our own
self; greedy after other people’s mon
ey, no, no; all in the way of business
you know.
Mr. Editor, Mr. Smith need not tell
us what he is going to do; we have
had enough of what he has already
done. Mind, I do not say that he Is
altogether to blame for the hard times
that are upon us, but he has surei/
done his share. In a speech recently
delivered by him he cited as the
cause of the hard times the discovery
and conviction of several New York
high financiers. This was as it ought /
to be, but was it his firm belief that
the railroads and other corporation*
In his own state were guilty of the
breach of law that those men were
convicted of, that caused him to stump
the state in his own Interest, threat
ening, if elected, to make them do as
he and bis political henchmen said do?
Mr. Editor, is It any wonder that
capital has deserted us; ! ls It any won
der that people seeking safe invest
ments should shun the state as they
ouYd a leprous colony? Is It any
onder that men are Idle, that women
and children nre crying for bread,
bread, bread, even It it l)e but Brown
bread?
Were our present railroads and oth
er managers not tfue to the interests
of those whom they serve they too
would undoubtedly soon be placed In
the same category with those New
York financiers mentioned above, but
existing conditions compels them to
curtail expense In . all branches of ser
vice, so that they may without being
compelled to borrow, meet all current
expenses. Remove this cause, Mr.
Editor. Assure capital of just and
fair treatment and we will not hare
to seek capital, It will seek us. Mills,
factories, farms, etc., will keep the
railroad busy and they and they in
their turn will receive but the just re
ward due to honest, energetic effort.
As the means of this end nothing
short of an absolute change in the ad
ministration of our state affairs is the
remedy needed to restore confidence.
W. E. DEMPSTER.
TOWN WILL BE 8HIFTED
FOR MININQ PURPOSES.
Ironwood, Mich., April 21.—The v»-
tioss are such that I can conscientious-! lage of Sparta, Mesaba range, will be
ly contribute my part toward eliminat
ing It"
Hoke’s experlenoo la the eomrt
house has taught him never to “plead
guilty.” Deny everything and rely
upon technical!ties to win—Taidotta
shifted to a new location. Ore under
lies the present site, and to permit of
lu economical mining It la !
that the town be moved.
The public assurance Is gives that
Koke Smith and Joe Brown both have
croy eyes. On with fto daooe.
