Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-11-07
LOCAL OPTION IS
STRONG IN BULLOCK
COUNTY WITH PEOPLE
Expressions and Interviews
Gathered at Random Seem
to Favor Judge RuSSeIPs
Candidacy This Time
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county present a striking contrast to
Burke county with reference TO the CUB
ernatorial campaign. in so far as sur
face Indications are concerned The peo-
pie here are willing TO discuss the race
freely. and most OF them VIII give their
personal judgment as 20 the conn exion
OF the county. and. frankly. IL looks Ike
Judge Russell has the advantage Just
now.
En- route 70 Statesboro on the tram
Col. W. A Brannen- q well known law
yer. and Mr. W. B. Moore. auditor OF the
savannah and Statesboro railroad. pro-
posed that the train be poIled to ascer-
tain the sentiment of its male passengers
Mr.. Moore conducted the poll. and indi-
Gated his preference for Ex-Governor
Brown
The result is detailed:
r B. Russell. -. 80. '''' :
Pope Brown -. .-.' 49,
Joseph NJ Brown.... 49, .--- -'''
Non-commital... 49, ..-- -.
The result OF the poll was not a surprise
70 Mr.. Moore, though he personally Ia
vors Governor Brown and was among
those who led his campaign IN bunoch
county in the last campaign Inc
strength O. Col Pope Brown was regard
ed by some as little surprising. Judge
RusseIrs strength was not surprising.
PROHIBITION AN ISSUE
IT Is evident that the people OF Buhocn
county believe that prohibition as against
local option is the paramount issue OF
the campaign. and q vast majority oI
those seen In Statesboro adm ed freely
that the sentiment Of the county Is over
whelunfngly In favor OF local option
There are hundreds and hundreds OIL
primitive Baptists IN Builoch, and II Is
asserted that most of them believe In
local option as against statewide pro-
hibition-
In the city Of Statesboro. Col. Pope
Brown evidently has q strong IohowlnS
among the merchants and -otesslonai
men but In the country among the farm
ers reports would indicate that Judge
Russell Isl the stronger.
There il. also, q certain sentiment for
ex-Governor Brown. but II Is not 50
manifest. and those people who favor MN
personally are unorganized thus far ans
seam 20 care very little whether ne wins
MS strength right now IS an inheritance
from his former campaigns. in ootn OF
which he carried Bulloch by suostan-
ttaI majority. II prohibition we're not
The issue. Nor II the ex-governor had come
QUE openly for local option before Judge
Russell 50 declared himself. his chances
IN Bunoch would have been good
Tsulloch county has been In the prohibit
fsor column s.1ce 1850. when IL was mace
40 by legislative enactment-statutory
prohibition. thanks TO the legislatu :,
without ever having hen submitted %
tha people AZ R W. DeLoacn, the
re-, r.nresentatfve, succeeded in having
a bin passed, outlawing the sale OF
,~hIs<v and beer in Bulloch county. he
acted in response TO q petition from
many citizens of the county.
However. BuIloch county is at the very
door OF Savannah, and Savannah is not
dry city now. the prohloiuon law
TO the contrary Notwithstanding Ihey
ship lots OF liquor out OF savannah anu
some Of IL finds its way 10 Bulloch- II Is
"a there are many blind tigers in the
county. and that the negroes continue 10
get whisky when they want 1t and nave
the price
Col. W. A. Brannen, above mend led,
Is one OF the leading citizens OF the com
munity. He is a church man. and a
strong Temperance advocate he Is
known throughout the First district Tor
his high character and his ability as
LAWYER Mr. Brannen voted for Hoke
smith In the last election Though ne
never drinks himself. does everything IN
his mower TO discourage others from
drinking and strives TO nave the prohioi-
ton law maintained. Mr. Brannen Is
Ioeal outionist- He believes that state
vide prohibition is a delusion and
snare. He doesn't believe IL possible to
legisiate morals into people.
sBefore we had statutory prohibition
thrust on us in BulIoch county there
we're only a few places where liquor could
be purchased" said Mr.. Brannen- NOW
there are many places where IL Is sold
and have observed little or no i'm
movement In the morals OF the people.
II expect TO vote for Judge Russell
FOR governor. because I am a local OPP
ton prohibitionist. believe ne VIII
carry Bulloch county BY decided ma
tority. though there is not much inter
est in the campaign oeheve' now
ever. I have lived long enough in Bull
loch county and know the people well
erouph 10 convince me that Judge Rus
sells local option plank viii win for
him
IT must add, however, that in my
Judgment Pope Brown win be elected
governor The stanch statewide pro-
hfbItionists will support him and they
win have the help OF the blind tigers,
who don't want the sale OF WHISKY ie-
rallied in Georgia"
Rev. z. c. ]. Dickens. formerly of
vfdaIia, who is now president Of the
First District Agricultural college, talk
ed Interestingly OF the campaign in Bui-
loch. though he declared that he is loo
busy with his college to take much of
= hand in the fight He is red hot
Pope Brown man.
Il believe that Pope Brown has an
excellent chance OF carrying Bulloch
county in this race" he said. The logic
~ the situation favors him Governor
Brown and Judge Russell viii divide the
local option vote in tfas county, and
believe The prOhibitiOnists will give a
plurality OF the whole vote to Pope
Brown"
J. A. J. Anderson. for many years a
member Of the house from Bulloch coun-
tv-everybody who knows anything
about the Georgia legislature knows julie
Anderson well and favOrably-gives ii
as his unqualified Judgment that Judge
Russell viii carry the county. Mr.. An
derson was among Governor Brown S
stanchest supporters in his previous
campaigns Here is the way, he views
the situation:
-BuIIoch county Is a local option
county. There Is not the slightest doubt
OF Il in nv mind Governor Brown
might have rallied his friends here II
he had announced sooner and had laken
q firmer stand on local option He Is
mistaken IL he believes that the question
a not an issue in -ae campaign-it Is