Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-04
Up and Down
Peachtree

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Some of it's luck and some of it's
knowing good thing when you see it."
Frank p Rice passed by. There's a
man who bought tract Of strange land
from a car window and cleaned UP on
the deal
Frank Rice and Mrs. Rice were trav-
cling through the West. It was good
many years ago, and Helena. Mont,
wasn't as big as it is now. As the train
neared Helena Mr.. Rice saw a big sign
on farm. 1t said Twenty acres for
$4,000.
That's a bargain, said Mr.. Rice to
his wife. They were stopping for day
a Helena and that afternoon he went
down to the real estate Office and
bought the land
Six months later, when he had re-
turned to Atlanta. he received tele-
gram from Helena. It asked his price
on that twenty acre tract Mr.. Rice
knew something must have happened
to boost values. and he is no pi5er
My price is $4,000 if accepted by
telegraph today he wired back
THAT afternoon he got another tele-
gram, saving the money was on the
way and please forward the papers. He
cleaned up $4,000 on that deal A few
wears later he went to Helena and
found that his old tract had become one
of the best business locations in the
city"
Sam Pegram. Atlanta $ most asstdu
Gus niotorist, is growing tired of motor
ing. He passed the Piedmont hotel
only % times today. and his average
has been IS.
Everybody aropnd and about the
Kimball house lobby this morning-in-
Guiding the regular contingent of chair
warmers-was talking about Ed
Browns new baby.
Ed Brown didn't care 4 whoopee
about that
He was IN such a goud-natured frame
of mind that he actually went around
and shook hands with all the chair
warmers, and invited them to call again
and make themselves at home, any old
time!
Then he invited them all over to in
spect the hotel register. And there.
under date Of Sunday, June ,, was reg
istered Edward Brown, II, assistant
manager klmball house. Atlanta, Ga"
Edward, IT., came at 4 o'clock Sun
day morning.
mt tad n
though. to be sure, there was deep
and abiding terror IN Big Eds heart
that he might be Edwina.
The young mans arrival unquestion-
ably is matter of concern to the trav-
cling public in Georgia, and particu-
larly to the politicians who congregate
most in the Kimball house when there
is something doing.
Big Ed already has outlined the po-
litieal status of Little Ed.
The young man is to be Hoke-" Lit
tie Joe Watson Fielder Howell Gray
Bryan Wilson Underwood Roosevelt
Taft Democrat. with liberal Republican
lesnings.
Big Ed doesn't intend that Little Ed
shall miss anything worth while in this
world, political or otherwise, that Is
coming Little Eds way.
Little Ed weighs nine and one half
pounds and bids fair, so Big Ed SAYS. to
develop into a rafting good political
speaker. with voice of conspicuous
carrying qualities
"They ought to change the name of
Peachtree street" said the man on the
corner today.
why, and to what?" asked his chum
you've come home from your trip all
sweled up with knocks"
They ought to cut off the tree and
call it Peach lane said the returned
traveller Just look 81 that parade
I've stood on every main corner in
these United States since | went out
selling goods, but, honest, there's no
place Nike home when it comes to girls.
Eve watched the Creole bellies step de-
murely down Canal street. I've seen
Nashville's college girls turn from Fifth
avenue into Church street; I've stood
at Main and Madison and watched
Memphis women hurrying out to the
race track; I've seen the Easter parade
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on the Avenue in New York; I've mixed
up in the State street crush I'm Chi
cago, and I've admired the Quaker
beauties on Chestnut street in Phila :
delphia; but, believe me. as fancier
of some note, | put the blue ribbon on
Peachtree street on any sunny after
noon"
so that's why your neck is sore,
his friend came back. That's why YOU
put in an hour every afternoon on this
corner,
Sure said the traveller. why
/ waste good coin on matinees or sigh
! for the musical comedy season to open
again? You can see more pulchritude in
! Peachtree in half an hour than the
! Shuberts and klaw & Erlanger could
round up in Week, And clothes Well
| if Anna Held's girls had as many gala
| rags as that bunch now passing the
cigar store they'd have to raise the
price Of admission. Believe Fac. some
| papas In this town are either raking il
J in with shovel or they are headed for