Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-20

dangerous. Some Of them are perfectly
safe now-those that are not should be
made so, for the benefit Of the railroads
and the people jointly.
Il fined the engineer in the Dubose
accident 81 900 for violating the law
which he did But did not blame him
so much as | blamed those higher up
who told him to violate it,"
General William A. Wright the comp
troller and state insurance commits
sioner has moved from his Peachtree
street home, after % years residence
therein and now resides in East Fiji
teenth street.
when | first moved into my Peach
tree street home" said the general to-
day, Il thought / was getting about as
near the ragged edge of town as | pos
sibly might. l thought l was much
nearer the Jumping Off place then than
am now on East Fifteenth.
Beyond my residence % years ago
there was nothing much to see save
the natural woods and country roads.
Now, my old home is so far down
town that / felt almost as II my old
Jumping Off place had become the
jumping on place. Business houses so
crowded upon me, and real estate val
ues so rapidly climbed up around me,
that / decided to make another move
toward the woods. and see what came
of it.
Atlanta is a wonderful city, and it is
not at all unlikely that l shall have to
move again some day to escape the
crowding of the market places into my
very front door,"
Thomas e, Watson, who has been re-
operating in Fort Lauderdale, Fla for
the past three weeks, is reported decid-
edly better, and very much mis- old self
again.
To a friend in Atlanta Mr. Watson
writes that he spends his days eating
fishing and chopping wood. He says
he finds that the chopping of load of
wood induces sleep-sweet and refresh
ing-far better than any pill, powder or
potion he ever swallowed for that pur-
pose.
Thomson within week or so, where he
thinks he will be as fit as fiddle,
mentally and physically, for a frolic or
a fight, and ready to meet all corners.
Georgians returning from Washing
ton report growing Democratic differ
ences in congress that are interesting.
if more or less disconcerting
Some returning pilgrims predict a
general. old fashioned Democratic row
in the next house of representatives
unless the new president gets speedily
on the job of holding the lid on.
This, however many of them think, Is
exactly what he will do, once he is To-
Gated in the white house, for he is said
to realize that about the worst thing
that could happen would be an admin
istration getaway with a congressional
row.
Those statesmen, near and far who
look upon the railroads as raging lions
rushing around seeking whom they may
devour, doubtless will be interested ir
the following excerpt from a circular
the Central of Georgia is distributing
throughout the South:
A bushel of corn grown in Geor-
gia is worth more to this railway
than bushel of corn grown In
Kansas, even though the railway
may receive a freight charge for
hauling the Kansas bushel, while
the Georgia bushel may never see a
railway train. Why? Because the
Georgia bushel represents a dollar
which stays at home and adds TO
prosperity of the territory served
! by the Central, while the Kansas
pushe! represents a Georgia dollar
gone to enrich another section.