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 MS
departure, it may be set down as
fact that newspaper men generaly
will see him go forth to private lie
with their genuine good Will and goou
wishes
From the newspaper mans stand
point he has been in many ways a
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 mans
world.
Governor Brown, had he elected to
be a newspaper man instead of i
Governor, undoubtedly would have
been a star There never has been
anybody in the Executive office VINO
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 "bangl" into a written document,
the newspa per craft arise a S 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. !; one
grows to like Ism 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 1t.
Senator NJ. c. Tarver has stated
positively that a bill to create the
Chfcamauga Judicial Circuit will be
introduced in the present Legisla
ture. refusing to say whether he or
some other member from the coun-
ties affected will be the author Of
the bill,
From Representative Shropshire of
Chattooga County, comes the sugges-
ton of two new counties, Floyd alone
remaining in the Rome circuit; Wal
ker. Chattooga and Dade forming an
other circuit; Whitfield, Murray and
Catoosa, 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
favorihg such and such d bill to
stand up, practically the entire mem
bership arises, or remains seated as
the case may be. The custom, of
course, is merely to raise the hand,
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 a 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 it.
The real leaders of the new House
are yet to be developed, but they like
ly are there, for ali that!
Il do not expect to introduce any
bill, but shall occupy the majority Of
my time in helping to kill some other