Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-14

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and unaCcounta-
bly, fortunate enemy, sure!
First of all came John ~ Holder. Of
Jackson. speaker of\the house and as
pirant for Thomas M Bells seat in
congress.
Holder was in a very happy frame Of
mind. and if defeat has served to
dampen his buoyancy he failed to let
! it be known yesterday, so far as ap-
pearances went.
The Lord cha teneth His best be-
| loved now and then said the speaker
TO a g, CUP of friends and therefore
am not of heavy heart. I can not be-
| lieve that a patriot so truly Undecided
as myself could have been cast into
outer darkness, theIe to abide forever
more. | am not losing any sleep, any
way, and, shall not lose any. | am
content that things fell out as they
did have nothing but good wishes
for my success sful rival, Tom Bell
Besides Speaker Holder, the other
lame ducks" drifting into the Kimball
we've Roland Ellis, Of Bib; Emmett
Shaw. of the new Third congressional
district: Walter Wise, of the Sixth:
John W. Bale, who went down before
the prowess of Bill" Ennis up in the
Rome judicial circuit; Smith, of Dooly
and others less Enthusiastically known 70
fame.
BY golly. it looks like a lame duck
convention may be in session some
where in this vicinity" said Ben Black
burn. after carefully and analytically
considering the situation.
Judge Henry Revin, of Meriwether
tells q rather good story of a negro ar
rested for vagrancy down in his neck
Of the woods recently.
This negro had long been under the
ewes of the authorities said the judge
! "hl1t he is known to be pretty smart
and his arrest was not undertaken un-
! til it was thought sure that charge Of
! va qrancv might be sustained against
him.
when finally he had been landed,
however, lawyer was appointed to
defend him, and in consultation the ne
gro vehemently protested his innocence
of vagrancy. whatever otherwise might
be wrong with him in the eyes of the
law
II wants you to tell the court said
the negro to his lawyer, that Use no
vagrant. ] manages a laundry-you ten
him that
You manage laundry? returned
his attorney I never heard of that!
What's the name of your laundry?
"'Maria,' said the defendant, and
She my very own wife, too.
Il do not know what the jury will
decide when that unique plea is sub
mitted to it," concluded Judge RevliI.
It's rather a close point, l Think
William H Ennis, of Floyd, is on hi.
first visit.t to Atlanta since his triumph
for solicitor general of the Rome cir
cult few days ago.
Whether in honor Of his election or
something else Mr., Ennis beWildered
and bedazzled his numerous friends
around and about the city in the fore
noon with the most glorious and gorge
Gus necktie anybody in this Gate City
ever had known him to wear.
1t was composed of the most elusive
combination Of colors imaginable, and
could hardly have come more than one
in I,N
at that.
Il have studied Bill Ennis necktie
critically for an hour" said Wilson, of
GWinnett, and the answer is quite be-
yond me. In its northern exposure
it seems to lie a placid sea green, with
a simmer of purple and ashes of roses
delicately interminged. In its southern
exposure it looks like a sunset in June
time, suggesting a shower and a rain
bow in the far east, In its western ex-
posture it resembles nothing so much
as an-er-well, l hardly know how to
express myself. being but a minor poet.
ana modest in my ways, at that"
My idea is said Charlie Northern.
that Bill Ennis won that tie on his
election, and afterward somebody bet
him 81 he didn't have the nerve to wear
it,"
Ennis himself would explain the tie
not at all.
Colonel Minter Wimberly, who is
coming back to the house from Bib
had a look in on things Atlantavise
today
Wimberly's prospective come back is