Telegram-herald., 1886-09-11
ABOUT ATLANTA.
Kss. ar. Graves faiks A boat Politics. fsas-
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began O. believe that ] Was really gei
ting Neuh when ] saw white mAn dris-
ing an express wagon ia Cincinnati the
other lay said 8ef Dr Graves. of Attain
a. Georgia. the founder and former pastor
oi ihe Fountain Street Baptist Church ol
this ciiy. Yesterday. 10 reporter For
yea kn0w be- continued. that colofed
uen do all menial WORK in Allsnts. snd
they 10 not drive horses bus mules. The
chain gang forms toe only exception 20 TIE
rule Atlanta Is pretty veil supplied With
three artcles-mud. mulait0s and mules.
of course there Is a good Zeal Of talk there
nov about The Prohibition movement.
They vote In Oeorga Dy counties. and,
since the farm populace Is largely made up
OF pFOhioilonists and The city population
OF sfoes about oue-third 81 the whole
voted the same ucket. the anu ti-prohibliion-
l-t. of the city we're 0VerN helmed- The
negroes really held the balance of power
and used DO as you know. The election
settled the matter for only two years so the
anu-prohibili0u element Is working tooth
and nail 10 defeat the question when il
comes up Tor nnal action al the expiration
OF the period of trial. They have organized
a club IN Atlanta and are at work nov.
Among other charges. the one that the a.
tendency of prohibition IS harming the
business interests of the city has been made,
and the alleged fact that many stores are
vacant on that account has been given free
circulation. The Constitution for some time
wavered in It's course but has now come out
ia favor of "a fair trial OF what the sDfirages
of the people have secured. A man VAS de
tailed 10 look over the city and find out how
many and what class OF stores were vacant
and the results were humiliating 10 the
nti-ProhibiuOnists. The city is as well 20
do and has as bright prospects As was the
case "A year ago. The yacaI I stores are
mostly rOOkeries The cotton crop pom
lees well and people are looking up To bet
ter times But. of course, in making a
change TO prohibition more or less friction
is 10 be expected but the better class OF peO-
pie believe that the whole movement, If
finally successful, will result in securing an
infusion of business energy of better type
than that now represented by the anti-prO-
hibition folks
What is yOIr opinion of Georgia fruitg'
"I am not favorably impressed with il.
Food generally is bad in Atlanta, even at
the famous 'kimball.' / have not eaten a
good peach this Summer. They are all
small and shriveled. The apples are poor
and fruit generally is not of good quality
Meats are not good. The chickens there are
SO skinny and feeble that the rOosters have
to lean against a fence TO crow. The mus
duitoes are so weak that have not had the
heart TO kill ene. Bat the Southern skies
and the climatel Michigan has none suchl
The skies are of beautiful blue and the
nights are cool. The weather there this
Summer has been about like that of Char
levoix and we have only bad three hot
nights. Atlanta, you knaw, is 1.20O feet
above the sea level. The earthquake? Yes,
we felt it. My wife and | were sitting near
the CRATE when we felt the house shake a
little, such an oscillation as might be occa-
stoned by a dogs running through a hall,
but in a moment my friend Mr.. Bosworth
came running in and asked Us if we knew
that there was an earthquake going on.
Soon the house. trembled and shook quite
violently and the bricks from the chimney
came tumbling down into the CRATE. There
were three shocks in one hour, than a
fourth later and three days after the first a
| fifth shock was felt. Underneath the city
| there is "a stratum of solid granite 500 feet
thick and it is thought that that prevented
| Atlanta from more serious trouble