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4 M SON-5 WEEftjv * 7HR 1 1 JEFFERSONIAN 1 bIB EDITED BY ip THOS. E. WATSON Ijl Vol. 11. AND YOU, 7YR. VOTEE, AEE TO ELANE TOE IT. O%MO3ISf <f J 35 _ ZX t- z !///// 0f ' !' I/mI 1 1, a&!=^^ r 2< ... ll^W™! 1 "s«rr/AZ i!j<| I "V M, , l ‘.™ aMBBw ii/W * iZ>\.;„ //' x ( ' i-r > ‘ : “ 1 i <:. f DRAWN BY GORDON NYE. Modern commercialism neither takes care of its wounded nor buries its dead. “No quarter” is its terrible watchword; and besides its yearly piles of slaughtered men, women and children, the bloody harvest of Gettysburg seems insignificant.—Thos. Watson. Joseph J*f. Brolvn Suspended by Governor. Railroad Commissioner Joseph M. Brown, of card-writing fame, has been suspended from office by Governor Hoke Smith, and Hon. S. Guyton Mc- Lendon, of the county of Thomas, has been appointed as his successor. The two orders were issued simultaneods ly Wednesday morning at 11 o’clock by the governor. Notice of his suspension was im mediately served upon Commissioner Brown, and Mr. McLendon at once qualified and was commissioned as a member of the commission. Other than to intimate a doubt as to the right of the governor to sus pend him from office Commissioner Brown would not talk. Atlanta, Ga., Thursday, August 29, 1907. “Governors have been known to be wrong,” said he, “and in this in stance the governor may not have the constitutional right.” No “Utterance” to Make. “I have no utterance to make on the subject at this time,” was his stereotyped reply to all other ques tions. Mr. Brown refused to say whether he would vacate the office at once, or whether he would contest his suspen sion. He declined to indicate wheth er he was surprised at tke action of the governor, or whether, in view of occurrences of the past year, he ex pected such a move on the part of the new chief executive. The order suspending Commissioner Brown was served upon him by Sec retary' George M. Montgomery, of the commission. It was delivered to him by Executive Secretary Calvin M. Hitch. Official Orders. “By virtue of the authority con ferred upon the governor under the provisions of Section 2185 of the code of this state, it is “ Ordered: “That Joseph M. Brown, Esq., of the county of Cobb be and he is here by suspended from the office of rail road commissioner. “(Signed) HOKE SMITH. “Governor.” ‘‘ Ordered: “That Hon. S. G. McLendon, of the county of Thomas, and he -s hereby appointed, railroad commis sioner to fill the vacancy occasioned by the suspension of Joseph M. Braown, Esq. (Signed) HOKE SMITH, ‘ ‘ Governor. ’ ’ Section 2185, of the Code of Geor gia, under the provisions of which Commissioner Brown was suspended, provides that ‘ ‘ any commissioner may be suspended from office by order of the governor, who shall report the fact of such suspension, and the rea son therefor, to the NEXT GENER (Contlnued on Page Sixteen). No. 32.