Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-11-30
EXAGGERATED ACCOUNTS
OF JOE BROWN MEETINGS
So Charges Campaign Mana.
ger Of Pope Brown
Atlanta, Ga, November 20

Volney Williams, campaign mana.
ger for Pope Brown, has issued
statement in which he charges that
The Constitution printed exaggerat-
ed accounts of the Joe Brown meet
ings in Atlanta last Saturday.
The statement follows:
Desperate on account of the lack
of enthusiasm and interest for eX-
Governor Brown, the Sunday Atlanta
Constitution endearored to spring a
gigantic fraud upon the people of
Georgia by printing grossly misrep,
resented accounts of Joe Brown meet
ings throughout the state.
so utterly false were most of the
reports published by The Constitu-
tion, that when the people of the
places where the meetings were held
read them, that some were indignant
at the Constitutions audacity in print
ing such misstatements of facts, while
others were amused at its disregard
for the truth.
For several weeks the Joe Brown
management had announced that Sat,
urday, November II, would be Joe
Brown day throughout the state, and
that on that date there would be 100
speakers on the stump in his behalf.
1t developed, however, that the great
est number of which any one has
any account was IA. and one of these
was a fizzle. If Saturday was Joe
Brown day, which we suppose it was,
he has had his day, and that very
small day, too.
THE account of the Cordele meet
! ing seems to be the banner fake of
the bunch. The Constitution says,
The people of the city, both strong
| and loyal admirers of little Joe, and
| those of the opposition began pour
ing into the immense auditorium un-
til there was hardly standing room
A representative citizen of Cordele
writes the following to the Pope
Brown manager:
Little Joe's speaking started 45
minutes late with 35 present. Crowd
/ grew to 50, but when Colonel West
! stopped speaking there were 44.'
! Next The Constitution says, Hon.
G. r. Hutchins spoke to large and
enthusiastic crowd of Jeff Davis cOun-
| ty voters in behalf of Joseph NJ.
Brown. A gentleman who attended
the Hazlehurst meeting states that
81 people heard the speaking.
The Constitution says, Despite the
inclemente weather, good crowd of
Turner county voters heard the ad-
dress of Hon. Joseph NJ. Davis Mr..
J. Lawrence, editor of the Wiregrass
Farmer, wires: Notwithstanding the
fact that the streets were filed with
people, the Joe Brown crowd, by
hold-up and dragging process, sue
ceeded in getting 30 people in all to
| hear the Joe Brown speaker.
/ "The next fake on the part of the
| Constitution is the account OF the
| speaking at Gainesville: AT Hall
county court house at two o'clock
Hon. Burton S. Willingham and Judge
w r. Jones addressed an audience
of several hundred people, in behalf
| of Ex-Governor bIo"h' itNH' ~ ~
Adams of Gainesville wires: The
Brown rally here today was a farce.
Only about 80 people present, and
pope Brown buttons and voters all
over the crowd.
"The Constitution says, Judge j.
r Myers Of Waycross addressed
large crowd at Folkston, Charlton
county, in the behalf of Joseph M.
Brown A letter from Waycross
states that Judge Myers had the
greatest difficulty in getting together
a handful of people to hear him talk.
Notwithstanding the fact that he Is
well and favorably known in Charl-
ton county, and is one of the best or
ators in south Georgia.
"At Waycross the Joe Brown fol-
lowing took advantage of the well
advertised public speaking of Harry
D. Reed. candidate for mayor of Way.
cross and after his speech introduced
MIR Hutchins, who talked for the ex
governor. Mr. j. f. T. Bowden at
tended the meeting and states that
there were possibly 100 men who
heard Mr.. TIutchins speak"