Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-11-28
BROWNS PARDON RECORD
ATTACKED BY WILLIAMS
Joe Brown Granted 90 Par
donS in Whisky Cases,
Says Williams

Manager Volney Williams, OF the Pope
Brown gubernatorial headquarters, has
issued the IolIogIng statement regarding
former Governor Browns pardon record,
and has put At issue the tact that = OF
the paroons were granted In whisky
cases.
While Hon. Joseph NJ Brown was gov
ernoE OF Georgia ne stated TO . commit
tee OF Anu-SalOOn league men that the
governor OF Georgia Is but a mere hg-
ure-heAd. that ne mas nothing 10 do with
having the laws or the state enforced
There is not record OF Governor Brown
telling these gentlemen about anything
that he had done as governor TOW ard
helping IN the enforcement OF the prohi-
bitlon law.
Though there Is no record OF anything
that Ex-Governor Brown did while gov
srnor toward enforcing the prohibition
Law. yet there Is some record OF what
he did as governor to help toward de-
1eaGing the enforcement OF the law. In
this connection IL might be stated that
Governor brown In the beginning OF this
campaign stated that the real issue Is
the enforcement Of the law. II this -
the real Issue. Governor Brown should
give his record while governor. relating
70 the granting Of pardons- Up TO the
present time Governor Brown has not
00le ku48s ana LOI Tie A44ol L11aAAoa Va AAO
pubic. a friend OF prohrolIion has taken
the trouble to 20 into the state recorls
for the purpose OF ascertaIning> how
many pardons were granted by Governor
Brown, and what number Of these par
dons were granted in whisky cases
The records show that Hoke Smith
while governor in ISIS and 1913 granted q
total OF Az pardons- Joseph NJ Brown
while governor in the years lslS and ISL
granted q total Of 5ss pardons- IL Wa.
thus be seen that Governor Brown CANT
ed Ia more pardons in his two years than
were granted by Hoke smith
Governor BROWN. while complaint :
that the prohibition law could not be
enforced, granted a total OF s. pardons in
whisky cases alone during his admins
tration- Some OF these cases were the
most notorious blind rrger cases in the
state OF Georgia. and the people OF the
sections from which these cases came.
and In which they had been prosecuted.
had spent q great deal Of tine ano con-
siderable money. and EFFORT after effort
TO secure the conviction of the same men
who were pardoned by Governor Brown
The whisky cases In which pardons
were granted or sentences committed by
Govsrnor Brown follow:
Homer Davis. Cobb county. pardoned
March %. 1910.
Allen Carver. Coffee county, pardoned
April 5. 1911.
WIN Avery. Cobb county. pardoned
April IL ISL
Oliver Fince. BuIlOch county. pardon
ed April Il. 1910
Eva Berry. jenkins county. pardoned
April Is $40
Arthur Cole. Fannin county. pardoned
Nay 6. 1910.
Guy Richardson. Whitfield county, par
doned June =. 1910.
Gussie Jourdan, Jasper county, par
d0ned July 70. 1910.
Ell MuIlis. wilcox county, pardoned
October 3. 1910
E. +. King. Gordon county, pardoned
October 1s. 1910
Sam williams. Bib county. pardoned
December =. 1910
Tom Adams. Calhoun county. pardoned
December I. 1910
E F. coker. walker county. pardOned
April n. ISL
L. NJ Patten. Fulton county. pardoned
July 10. fsos.
Randolph Wimpee. Harlem county.
pardoned October I6. 1910.
D. c. Finch. BuIloch county, pardoned
July 10 1893.
I f. King. Gordon county. pardOned
October 10. 1903.