Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-01

The Town
Little Facts and Fanclcs About
Well-known Atiantsns.

Albert l.. Dunn. Exalted Ruler Of the
local Elks Lodge, already is feeling the
Christmas spirit in his bones. lie De
lieves that once each year, if no ottener,
the sweet spirit of charity. uuOstenta
tious but generous, should be permitted
10 soak into a mans being entirely
There should not be one empty stock
ing in this town-nOr IN any other town.
for that matter-on Christmas day
said Dunn. specializing upon the outlook
to-day. IF ever there comes time
when men should open wide their hearts,
il is at Christmas time. Already the
flks about the clubhouse IN Ellis street
are beginning to talk Christmas ana
its relations to poor folks-and ! know
that means The lodge Is preparing TO
make the coming Christmas a little
brighter and better for a lot Of humble
folks in this world, anyway
An Albanian whose name Is not to-
mentioned here for obvious reasons. was
congratuating himself to-day upon get
ting rid Of an expensive nuisance a.
relatively little cost
This fellow" said ne. makes . prac-
tice of borrowing s. from me every four
or five months, but he never paws me
back until ! get after him three or -four
I times. For ceEtain reasons. however, |
have hated TO turn him down fat, so
generally let him have The five spot. De
spite the annoyance To-day, however
he borrowed Just 81 from me, ana J
never shall ask him 10 return that. He
never viii unless | do, but in the mean
time, lie viii not ask to borrow an!
more Therefore, / am rid of HIM, for
good, at the cheap price Of 81. Guess
I'll stand pat on that as good business,
Hamilton Douglas, Jr., VINO has been
made assistant and secretary to Attor-
ney General Fielder is a prime favorite
with the Boy Scouts of Atlanta.
Douglas goes hiking with them.
camping with them. meets regularly
with them, knows them all by their
first names, aud Is a good fellow among
them They all love him amazingly, Of
course.
Young Mr.. Douglas knows how TO
handle boys and many folks think that
rare and valuable art
Louis Gholstin the other night enter
tanned guest who came to his house
without an overcoat ~ everyone
knows. MIR. Gholst,n is shorl and sturdy
in stature. The guest, who recently
moved Go Atlanta, is very tall and thin.
"Whcres your oVercoat" asked the
host.
'Tt's coming here b, freight with my
| furniture" said the guest. II suppose
! VIII nave 10 guy ne" one 'o-h'o'
row
YOU will do no such thing said Mr..
| Gbolstin - have a new one l don I
like and YOU win wear it untii yours
| comes"
lie insisted. DESPITE protests, and any
day YOU can see this stranger thorough
! ~ happy in Mr.. GhoIstin's $50 coat.
Il Is foot or 50 too short and a
couple OF feet too wide. but 1t is very
comfortable and it pleases him as well
| AZ rip hl
w H. Leahy. secretary of tho Indus
trial Bureau OF the Chamber Of Com
merce, has what he claims is the lar
gest sweet potato in captivity. II
weighs exactly I pounds, is foot long,
az inches in diameter and l6 Inches
| In circumference.
The big potato was grown on the
farm If f. J Noss, of near smyrna,
! Ca, and was presented to MIR Leahy
| by Mr. Noss The secretary says he
| is going to have il made up into sweet
! potato pie. then declare holiday ano
! see how much of il he can eat
/ Solicitor Hug hDorsey and Reuben
| Arnold seemed about to come to blows
( or to passage at arms during one OF
/ their Superheated arguments I in the
/ Frauk trial hearing. Few adjecuVes
| had been left unused in the attacks
! and Counter-attackS. rive minutes Ia
Ter they were laughing and talking to
! gether as amicahN as any two cronies
Hugh aud / are like the two law
/ yers the timorous old woman saw eX-
planned Arnold. They were arguing
an important case and she thought
they were about to tear each other
limb from limb, When one of them
| followed the other from the courtroom,
| she was sure murder was about TO be
done. She called lrantically for po-
! iceman What the bluecoat saw when
| he arrived was the two lawyers in the
| nearest barroom having The friendliest
sort of a drink tOgether. The only
place where the analogy falls down is
| in the fact that | don't drink.