Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-18

Former President of the state SEN
ate W. s West, of Valdosta. always
a welcome visitor in any city's midst.
| is in Atlanta to-day.
! Colonel West has been spoken of
time and again as a South Georgia
candidate for the Governorship, but
if he has any hea Of running he will
not express It 10 newspaper folks, no
matter how guileless in appearance
] they may be.
Mr.. West is great friend and ad-
mirer Of the present Governor, and
| paid that gentleman a lengthy visi.
to-day. which-so he, West, says
was purely social and devoid utterly
Of politics"
The only thing I told the Gov
ernor," said Mr.. West, at all worth
repeating was about a fishing eype-
rience l had recently on my place
near Valdosta.
| Il have a pond there of something
like 100 acres that literally swarps
with fine trout. Frequently | catch
| them there as long as-weIl, never
| mind that, What ! was going to tell
! about was that 1 caught two at once
| the other day. Yes, sir, when l pulled
! in 2pounder | found that A.
| FOUNDER had swallowed the 2
| Founders tail, and about half of his
| body besides, after such a fashion
! that he could not get away, and so
/ I ~
| Hopping amazingly.
They weighed together a tribe
a mere tribe, however-over six
! pounds"
Hum" said Secretary Jesse Perry,
! did the Governor swallow that
! story"
We'll, it's a perfectly true story,
| whether he swallowed it or not" said
| Mr.. West, and, anyway, he swal-
J lowed as much Of it as the big trout
! swallowed Of the little fellow!
! Besides, that isn't the biggest FISH
| story l know" began the Lowndes
! County statesman, all over again.
| "Once upon a time"
But Perry had tainted dead away.
: and the newspaper men had fed from
there.
Captain B. F. Johnson, of Secre-
! tary Phil Cooks office in the capitol,
veteran of efficient service in the
! department, boasts of being the
worlds slowest typewriter.
He uses one finger Of one hand
only. and although he has practiced
on that old machine for years, he
never has permitted himself to ac-
| quire a speed Of over four words per
! minute, unless now and then he has
| an indefinite article to repeat sew
! eral times in the same line where
| upon he has been known to crowd
his speed up to six words per minute.
Captain Johnson never hurries,
| never worries, and never takes any
| thing too seriously Wherefore, he
| is the very youngest old man under
the big dome and is getting younger
all the while.
Governor Joseph NJ. Brown is TAX
ing life easy in Marietta nowadays
discussing politics not at all, and ap-
parenuy not worried over the sit
/ uation."
The former Governors friends
|
| specializing upon and wondering
what he will do" now that he is no
longer Governor. For a time there
was much talk going the rounds to
the effect that Little Joe" might
| have try for the United States SEN
| ate next year. but so far he has in
timated to nobody just what his in
| tentions are with respect to that
| 1t is a known fact. nevertheless.
| that the Ex-Governor has received
| hundreds of letters within the last
| two months, urging him to announce
| for the Senate.
Governor Brown always has been
| a man inclined to keep his own coun-
doing until he fully has made up his
| mind.
II he intends running for the Sen
| ate. he will likely make that inter
esting fact known in due season
say. along about January l. or lit
| tie later
Ever since Judge Nash r Broyles,
Recorder of the Police Court Of At
Ianta, ran his spectacular and all but
| successful race against Judge Pottle
| for seat on the Court of Appeals
bench. it has been generally accepted
as fact that Judge Broyles again
would have try for that high office
so soon as opportunity should arrive.
Judge Broyles expects now to make
/ the race against Judge Richard b.