The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-12
GOVERNOR SMITH
 OPENS CAMPAIGN Will Make Several Speeches
 During Coming Week
STRAW VOTES ARE TAKEN
The State Court of Appeals of Georgia Rules That Druggists or Others May Keep on Hand Prepara-
 tions Containing Alcohol.
BY LAUREN FOREMAN.

Atlanta. April u.-(special.)- cam paign for the governorship has taken a decideiy heated turn early in the game. At least Governor Smith and his friends have begun to make things warm.
 When MT. Brown announced his candi- dacy little more than two weeks ago. the bovernor and his trends said outside of a few people in Fulton county, nobody in the state was taking the announce ment seriously
 Two weeks appear to have brought about a decided difference in their views upon this point, for there has been some of the most vigorous editorial and card writing within the last few days seen in Georgia since the campaign of two years ago.
 It really begins to look like a return Of the good old days of 1906 Friends of the governor have informed him that these reports of MT. Browns growing strength coming from various sections of the state, are not mere emanations from the brains of newspaper correspondents as was charged less than ten days ago. Old politicians who have had their ears to the ground" have heard the rum blings, and some of them have told the governor about it, even though it might not have been pleasant to hear.
 At any rate Governor Smith had de-
 
 not to change the programme which he had mapped out prior to the appearance of the announcement of Joseph M. Brown for governor.
 Governor Smith has opened headquar- ters at the Piedmont hotel which will, 1t Is stated. be moved within few days to point nearer the center of the city. He has likewise made numerous engagements to speak in various parts of the state. He will make five or six speeches next week, one in North Georgia at Dalton, three or four in South Georgia, at Cairo. Moultrie. Fitzgerald and Cordele, and one in Atlanta at the Grand opera house next Friday night. His campaign headquarters is busy getting out Iitera- ture to all sections of the state
 Governor Writes Card.
 But more than this Governor Smith has taken to card writing. He published a card to the people of Georgia yesterday in which he reiterated the charges made in certain newspapers friendly to him, that Joseph M. Brown is the candidate of the liquor interests and the hired poll ticians representing the railroads.
 Heretofore MT. Brown has been dubbed the card-writing candidate, but evident ly he is not to have a monopoly of it. The governors first card shows that he Wields master pen. The burden of it
  bination of the liquor interests and the hired politicians" with a view to bring ing whisky back to Georgia, reopenine the saloon and permitting the return of the corporation lobbyists to the capitol, the inference being that they have of late been excluded.
 Governor Smiths card was a strong ap- peal to the prohibitionists of the state to stand by him. 1t was a repetition of charges in connection with MT. Brown s campaign which had been previously pub lished editorially, and which consisted chiefly of assertion without proof or evi- dence.
 MT Browns amplified statement of his position with regard to public questions now engaging the attention of the peo- pie, was also made public this week. Ii was widely published and has doubtless been read in every section of the state. MT Brown started his campaign with the announced intention of avoiding per sonalities in any shape or form, except where necessary in dealing with political attitude. So far he has kept closely to the line marked out in this direction, but 1t looks like his opponents are trying to goad him into talking back. It is said that he will probably ignore these attacks altogether except to the extent of mak- ing his own position on prohibition and other matters dealt with, clear to the people of the state.
 Georgian's Position.
 It is stated at Brown headquarters that MT. Brown is determined in his purpose to avoid a mud-slinging campaign and to deal only in facts and arguments, as he considers that is what the people want rartfr,1larIv after hayinp had ,oara than