The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-16
IS STAYING ON FARM
roRNER GOVERNOR JOSEPH Nj.
BROWN is SELDOM SEEN ON
STREETS OF Atlanta.
IS DOING MUCH STUDYING


He Is Keeping Them Securely
Locked in His Breast. His Farm
Given Most of His Attention.
ATLANTA, Ga.-Many inquiries
are heard these days among promi-
nent public men of the state con-
corning former Governor Joseph NJ.
Brown and his probable future
course in state affairs.
Since he quietly turned over the
,.oins of state government last June
70 Governor Slaton Governor Brown
has been seen in Atlanta very little.
In fact. so far as known, he has been
IN the capitol only once since his
retirement, and then shortly there
after to pay his respects to his per
eonal friend, Governor Slaton.
If Governor Brown comes to At
Ianta he does not appear in the beat
on paths, but attends quietly to
whatever business he may have and
goes back to his home in Marietta.
He is seen by few people and is new
or observed in public places.
Much Attention to Farm.
Marietta people say that Governor
Brown has spent a large part of his
time since he has completed his term
on his Cherokee county farm. He
finds his greatest joy and pleasure
in making improvements and expert
ments there, and the quiet of the
country and the peaceful pursuits
of farm life seem to form a-singular
attraction for him.
During his entire public life, 0oth
nc railroad commissioner and as gov
ernor of the state, that farm was the
chief concern and delight OF this
scholarly man. Now and then when
pressing affairs of state would per-
nit he would slip away quietly and
without a word to any one to his
Cherokee place. 1t formed his great
est recreation and perhaps his great
est pleasure. And they do say he is
a frst-class farmer, too, and knows
how to get big results out OF the
soil. If one wanted to get Governor
Browns ear and absorbed attention
he had only to say something about
farming or some new thing in till
ing the soil, stock raising, or kin
dred subjects. And Governor Brown
could and would talk for hours most
fascinatingly along this line.
With his retirement from the gov
ernorship the first opportunity OF
many years came to him for extend
ed attention to his beloved farm
and. according to report, he has se1z-
ed upon this opportunity with glee.
Mrs. Brown has been with him much
of the time on the farm in the past
few months, and they have probably
spent many happy days there to-
gether.
Much Time to Study.
1t is understood also that Govern
or Brown is giving much time to
study and literary pursuits. There
are few greater readers or finer stu
dents in the state than he, and his
library is said to be one of the cholc-
est in the country. A report IS 10
the effect that he has been engaged
recently in preparing a series OF ar
ticles on capital and labor, in which
his we'll known views are embodied
and which show very profound re-
search and wide acquaintance with
the subject.
If the governor has political ambi-
tions for the future he is keeping
them strictly to himself, and not
even his most intimate friends are IN
his confidence in this respect. Spec
ulation is heard constantly as to the
possibility of Governor Brown be-
coming a candidate for the United
States senate. If he has any such
intention that fact is locked in his
breast.
AS matter of fact, people who
know him intimately know that pub
lie life is personally distasteful to
him, because of his extreme shyness
and modesty. Circumstances thrust
him into public life and though he
may have shivered a bit at first,
when he took the plunge, Georgia
never produced finer fighter. And
it would be hard to convince a great
many people all over the state that
Georgia has had a better governor
in long while.
If he should elect to re-enter pub
lie life he is certain to be force to
be reckoned with.