The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-10
WILL WEAR
 SUIT OF JEANS
At His Inauguration As Gov-
 ernor of Georgia
J. L. JOHNS0N'S IDEA
The Charge That Atlanta Is Losing Money Is Resented By the Mem bers of the City council--7eople
 Want Commission Government.

Atlanta, May 9-tSpecial )-The Joe Brown suit" made of jeans is the latest, and Gov.-elect Joseph M. Brown will be inaugurated in one of them.
 It Is the product of the Marietta Mills at the home Of the governor-elect an en- .terprise presided over by J. Lindsay Johnson of Rome who was one of the new governors warmest supporters.
 The Joe Brown suit" an idea which originated with MT. Johnson, is made of brown jeans of course. and has a faint stripe making 1t quite an attractive piece of goods.
 Despite the fact that the governor-elect has stated that he is determined to have a quiet and transformations inauguration so far as he is concerned, 1t looks as if some of his friends might insist on a lit tie display.
 Several Joe Brown clubs in various Georgia counties are arranging to come to Atlanta in full force on inaugura- ton day, among them the Coffee county Joe Brown club, every member of which will wear a Joe Brown suit" made out of "Joe Brown cloth" and, probably, cut and fitted in the Joe Brown style." It Is said the Joe Brown suit can be made complete for S10, and judging by the number who have promised to ap- pear in them on inauguration day the price has added to it's popularity.
 It begins to look as if MT. Brown is going to have a hard time in carrying out his purpose not to have any frills about his inauguration.
 Of course there are no frills on the Joe Brown suit, but the very fact of it's appearance has attracted attention to the inauguration, and it is evident that there are going to be a good many visit ors in Atlanta that day.
 There will not, however be any turn ing out of the military or any regular parade. but the presence of Joe Brown clubs from many Georgia counties prom ises to make things quite lively in this berg on Saturday, June 26.
 Atlanta Loses Money.
 There is considerable yet to be heard from the statement made recently by the committee which is considering the commission form of government for At- 1anta, to the effect that as the result of careless methods and faulty and an- tquated bookkeeping. Atlanta Is losing probably $500 GOO a year.
 The charge has aroused the ire of the finance committee of the city council and of a number of the city officials, whose departments are naturally includ- ed under the charge.
 Members of the finance committee and
 
 accusers to point out these bad methods and show where the losses occurred
 An interesting incident which has not yet found it's way into the Atlanta pa pers is that two of those responsible for the charge went down to the city hall day or two ago accompanied by an expert accountant, and said they had come to make good
 That seemed to put a new light on the matter The finance committee was willing that the gentlemen themselves should make the investigation, but they objected to it's being done by an expert accountant. Just why they did so was not made apparent.
 In answer to the finance committees formal invitation to those making the charge to point out the losses, it Is expected that early in the week they will offer to employ any expert ac- countant the committee may name with out expense 10 the city 10 go over the books and show them.
 It remains to be seen whether they win a second time turn down the pro- posal to permit the examination by the expert when it comes in formal shape.
 The average citizen of Atlanta would like to see the inquiry made as 1t would be important to know whether the city is losing anything like that amount of money, particularly at a time when an effort is being made to raise the city tax rate from s1 .25 to s1.5O on s1O0.
 Big Joint Debate.
 The next public event in Atlantas new auditorium building recently christened by the May music festival, which crowd ed it at every performance, will be a joint debate as to the advantages and disadvantages of a commission form of government for municipalities.
 Atlanta is trying to decide upon new charter One element wants a govern ment by commission; another wants the present plan with certain revision and amendment.
 So it was decided to have the question debated in the auditorium for the ben eft of the public that they might vote the more intelligently
 The contestants in the debate which will take place next Saturday night May 15, will both come from DesMoines, la, which now has a commission government The affirmative will be championed by John MacVickar, former commissioner of public works of DesMoines and the neg ative will be discussed by w. w. Wise. also of DesMoines and an expert on the commission form of government.
 There Is considerable public interest in the matter and there is no doubt that the debate will be largely attended.
 Fee System Fight.
 Georgias solicitors general and other court officers, too. are going to have to fight hard when the legislature meets this summer if they would retain the fee system under which most of them have so well prospered.
 Several members of the new general assembly, both in the house and senate, were elected on platforms in which one of the blanks was abolition of the fee system. and the substitution of salaries. Representative E. IT. McMichael of Ma rion announces publicly that he proposes to introduce q bill to abolish the fee system for solicitors general and to place them upon salaries similar to the judges. He proposes to fix the salary at some thing like 5000 d year. Some of them are now receiving $1o,OOO a year or more in fees.
 The Fulton county grand jury recently recommended the substitution of the sal ary for the fee system for county offi- ciels and bills on this line are also expected.
 The lady holding coupon 1882 won gold watch at