Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12
RACE IS WON By
JOS. NJ. BROWN
Elected Governor Over Gov
ernOr HOke Smith. chr
BY A MAJORITY OF 1900
Hot Campaign In Georgia Was
Brought to a Close.
CONTEST WAS A BITTER ONE

battle OF Ballots for Governor IS Over
and All Indications Point to EIec.
ton of Joseph M. Brown by Hand.
some Majority
Atlanta, June 5.-One of the bitter
est and hardest fought gubernatori-
al campaigns in many years in the
state of Georgia has been brought to
a close by battle of ballots in which
practically the whole voting strength
of the state was brought out
There We're statehouse officers, con-
gressmen and county officers elected,
but the interest entered at white heat
throughout the state in the contest of
Joseph M. Brown for governor and
Governor Hoke Smith for reelection
to that Office. a.
The battle is now over and Little
Joe" Brown, as he has been called,
who has never before been in politics
or ran for an office, has won over his
opponent, Hon. Hoke Smith, veter-
an campaigner, present governor of
the state, and the holder of many i'm
portant public trusts in the past.
Returns from all parts of the state .
indicate practically, beyond a doubt,
that Joseph M. Brown has been NOM
mated for governor by a majority ap-
proximating 1929 votes. I9
This victorious sweep of the state
over his opponent is somewhat of a
surprise even to the. friends of Mr.
Brown. e -. -t
Returns show that he won majori-
ties in counties that were supposed to
be for Governor Hoke Smith. Even
in Fulton, the home county of his op-
ponent, Mr.. Brown is accredited with a
majority of 1,720 votes, also carrying
seven of the eight wards of the city of
Atlanta, including his opponents own
ward. In fact, all of the large coun-
ties of the state give more or less ma
jorities for Brown. +
Sketch of MIR. Brown.
Little Joe" Brown, who was
chosen by the sovereign voters of
Georgia as their CHIEF executive, is
fifty-seven years of age and the son
of Georgia's war governor.
In politics he is democrat; in re.
ligion a Baptist. ~,
He is descended from Scotch Irish
Protestants, who came to this country.
in the seventeenth century. His an
cestors were hardy honest and true
men. His father was a contempor-
ary of such illustrious Georgians as
Lucius @. G. Lamar, Thomas R. R.
Cobb, Benjamin Harvey Hill, Robert
G. Harper and Linton Stephens
Governor-elect Joseph NJ Brown in
herits many of his fathers traits. He
is calm, deliberate, slow in making
up MS mind, but determined and un-
firing once, he is satisfied as to his
course. 4I ~
The experiences of Joseph NJ. Brown q
as laborer, law student, railroader,
business mar and farmer, should quail
ify him to appreciate the struggles
and sympathize with the needs of
every class of Georgia citizens. .aT.'
He has had taste of almost every
fed Of business activity. He is a
profound student. an author. a busi-
ness mar and farmer. Of an ex7,..
trenley modest and retiring disposi-
ton his vaiious activities were not
widely known until the present re-
markab!e campaign for governor. 1t is
Inevitable that in hot and spirited
political struggle, mans accomplish
ments will be discredited by the op
position and his abilities called into
question: This is the fate that met
Joseph NJ Brown. N.<s---
Mr.. Brown was born in Canton. in
Cherokee county, on December %, =
1851. His father was Senator Joseph
E. Brown, and his mother, Elizabeth
Grisham Brown. m .1a451A5 3ac
Returns indicate the following elec-
tions for congressman s 81 .--
Charles Gordon Edwards elected in
the first district, defeating e. X
Overstreet and W. w. Sheppard. 9ieF
Judge I'M Griggs won hands
down in the second district ogs ss..
e, B. Lewis was defeated in the
third district by Dudley M. Hughes.
This will be the only change in the
present Georgia delegation in. con- f
gress. -~.-..-.-.--.---s---~.-
Colonel L. F. Livingston was re-
elected in the fifth district over Jas.
l.. Mayson.
In the sixth, the indications are
tnat Judge Charles L. Bartlett is sue
cessful. but the race was extremely +
close. o. H. B. Bloodworth won in
several counties.
In the ninth T. M. Bell carried
every county in his race for the nom-
nation tn eticeoad himself t5t 1855