Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-08-02
SMITH WILL SPEAK IN
ATLANTA FRIDAY NIGHT
Former Governor Will Discuss
Issues at Auditorium-Ar-
mory-Campaign News

Hoke Smith will speak at the Atlanta
auditorium next Friday night. He will
discuss his candidacy for governor and
the issues involved in the campaign.
All the details OF the meeting have not
been perfected. but are now being work
ed out OF the local cmpaign committee
and will be announced in due time.
Mr.. Smith himself made the first pub
lie announcement Of his Atlanta ap-
pointment 1t was received by cheers
from $50 men from all sections of the
state. who were gathered in his cam
paign headquarters at the time. Imme-
diately following the announcement, the
former governor was showered with
congratulations.
Mr.. Smith will leave Atlanta Tuesday
afternoon for Monroe, in Walton county,
where he will I'LL a chautauqua ap-
pointment on Wednesday. He will spend
Tuesday night at Social Circle, en- route
to Monroe, and viii return to Atlanta by
way OF Winder.
FULTON COUNTY FOR SMITH.
Members of the executive committee
of the Hoke Smith Fulton County club
announced Monday morning that the
from more than half the registered vot-
ers Of Fulton county. Walter p. An
drews, Reuben r. Arnold and others
closely identified with the local organ
ization declared with the utmost conf
dence that the former governor is as
sured of an overwhelming majority in
his home county.
The cards were received through the
malls from registered voters and do not
represent the work Of paid solicitors, who
are given so much per name. Indeed, the
Hoke Smith committee has employed no
club solicitors, and the membership rep
individual in the club.
The executive committee sent member
ship cards through the mails only to the
registered voters OF the county, and no
effort was made to reach persons whose
names are not actually OH the registra-
ton list.
And, IL is announced, that the COM
initials and memberships already received
do not represent returns from the entire
county. There are several city wards
yet to be heard from, and numbers OF
county districts have not made their con-
solidated returns as yet.
A BIG DAY.
Monday was the biggest day in the his
to the Hoke Smith managers. The mail
was the heaviest that has been received,
the callers were more numerous, more
earnest. enthusiastic and more represen-
tative than on any other day, and the
verbal reports were decidedly the best
that have been heard.
A HOke Smith man who had Just come
from the Broad headquarters in the KIM
ball house, announced that he found q
men in the room, including the clerks,
managers. etc. He then undertook to
count the number of men in the Smith
headquarters. After enumerating 123,
he gave IL up, because, as he said, the
crowd OVERLOOKED into the hall and the
men were coming and going in such
droves as to make II impossible for him
TO accurately ascertain the result.
1T was % In the governors headquar-
tiers. and there are too many here to
count" he said. giving 1t up.
NOT IN BROWN CLUB.
Sims Bray, OF the Anderson Hardware
company, was at the Smith headquarters
Monday morning, exhibiting a letter from
President w. o. Stamps. of the Fulton
County Brown club. thanking him for
Joining the Brown club OF Fulton county.
II was very much surprised" said Mr..
Bray. ct have never Joined the Brown
club, and no one was authorized to give
them my name as a member. / am a
supporter Of Mr.. Smith. and expect to
vote for him on August 23.''
DIR. c. H Parrish. a practicing physi-
clan Of Statesboro. was among the callers
at the Smith headquarters. DR.. Parrish
reached Atlanta Sunday afternoon in his
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