Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-28

To-day. or so much thereof as may
be necessary. as they put it in legal
phrasing. will be Joseph NJ. Browns
| last day in the Executive office in
| Georgia.
! However many people may view his
| departure, it may be set down as a
| fact that newspaper men generally
| will see him go forth to private lie
with their genuine good will and good
/ wishes.
| From the newspaper mans stand
point he has been in many ways
| Governor among a thousand. He has
| been an Infinite source of good copy,
and by such fruits are good Gov
errors known in the newspaper man s
world.
Governor Brown, had he elected TO
| be newspaper man instead of a
| Governor. undoubtedly would have
| been q star. There never has been
anybody in the Executive office who
| could put as much punch" into a
| PRONUNCIATION as Governor BrOwn-at
least, not within the memory of this
writer.
Governor Browns copy never needs
| editing Whatever he has to say, he
| says it with the emphasis right where
| it belongs When it comes to putting
! the "bang!" into written document,
| the newspaper craft arise as a man
and call Little Joe" blessed!
! Of one other thing every news
paper man coming in contact with
! Governor Brown seemingly is con-
| vinced-his courage.
| He is the very smallest Governor
| physically the State has had since
Alexander II. Stephens, but he is fear
! less and straightforward in his utter
ances. He has insisted-and rightly
! that he be. not quoted in the pub
| lie prints in important matters other
wise than directly. But when his
written statements have come forth,
| they have been the real things!
His sense OF humor is keen and his
good nature irrepressible. II one
grows to like him at all, one grows
| to like him all over. Moreover, one
grows more and more to respect and
esteem him as one grows more and
more to know him.
1t is but the simple trutk . say
that he has set a pace" in the Execu-
tive office that will not be easy to
follow. He has left his indelible i'm
print upon Georgia history and it is
safe to say that he retires with the
regard and high esteem of a great
majority of his fellow citizens.
Anyway. that's the way this writer
feels about it,
Senator NJ. c. Tarver has stated
positively that a bill to create the
Chicamauga Judicial Circuit will be
introduced in the present Legisla-
ture. refusing to say whether he or
some other member from the .coun-
ties affected win be the author Of
the bill.
From Representative Shropshire of
| Chattooga County, comes the SUCCESS
| ton of two new coun lies, Floyd alone
remaining in the Rome 'circuit; Wal
ker. Chattooga and Dade forming an
| other circuit; Whitfield, Murray and
! CatoosG, a third and Gordon and Bar
town remaining in the Cherokee cir
cult.
The new Legislature, while prom
| Using enough, still shows its inexpe-
rience and yet hesitating quality of
its membership.
When the clerk calls upon those
' favoring such and such bill to
| stand up, practically the entire mem
bership arises or remains seated. as
| the case may be. The custom, of
as a sign of voting
One new member. remembering how
| easily he had squelched an adversary
with a simple objection earlier in the
| day, Yesterday entered a vociferous
objection to a motion to adjourn.
Naturally he got good laugh for his
pains.
Nevertheless. the new Legislature
looks like a pretty good bet.
Evidently it is composed of untried
material, but that is no sure sign
| there is not plenty of good stuff in
| the makeup of 1t.
The real leaders of the new House
are yet to be developed, but they like
| ly are there, for all that!
Il do not expect to introduce any
bill, but shall occupy the majority OF
my time in helping to XIII some other
|