The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1918-02-15
ATLANTA A HusTsLrNc CITY

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When the cotton crop sells high
there are good times in Georgia. Last
years crop is selling at 80 cents per
pound, and as a consequence things
are booming all over the good State
of Georgia, while Atlanta, the capital
city, is prospecting as she has never
before. 1t was my pleasure to spend
several days there last week, guest
of my brother, T. r. Walton, who re-
sided in Stanford some years in the
long ago, and who is remembered by
many of the older citizens of the
county. It may not interest any to
know that my stay with him was
very delightful, but it was and / am
thankful for the privilege of seeing
him again in the flesh. Time has
dealt gently with "Tom," as he was
known, and he looks about like he
did when he left Stanford. He is a
dyed-in-the-wool Atlanta booster and
that city has no citizen who is proud
er of his home town than he. His
faith in the "Gate City of the South"
is shown in his investing his last dol
lar in Atlanta property. He says At
lanta bank stock is good, but Atlanta
dirt is better, and he wants all of it
lie can get.
have for 20 years made OCCASION
al visits to Atlanta and have watched
the city grow and it has lost no
time in doing so. Wiped out by the
war of so years ago, its strides for
bigger and better Atlanta are little
less than marvellous. No city, South
or elsewhere, can boast of a finer
resident section, while the business
part at once impresses the sight-seer
that everybody is doing something
and that each person seems to be
successful. Since my last visit Of
some two years ago, much improve
ment has been made, notwithstand-
ing the $5,000,000 fire of last May:
Cities inhabited by authenticated
people might have been set back to
a point of giving up, but not so with
the Atlantians. They are rebuilding
the burnt district and replacing the
buildings with far better ones than
those that went up in the smoke.
The fire was the biggest the South
has ever had. II blocks were des-
troyed and the number of houses
burned was 1850, or perhaps 1000
or more than there are in Stanford.
The burnt district is about mile
wide and extends for mile and half.
| The loss, as stated above, was fixed
at $4,000, 900, with $3,000,000 in
surance. The Atlanta people made up
over 100000 for the fire sufferers.
Little or none of the contents OF the
homes and business houses were saw
ed.
Atlanta is a city of hotels and she
has some of the very finest to be
found in the South. Of recent cree
ton are the Georgian Terrace, The
Ponce de .Leons The Ainsiey. Inc
Piedmont, The Winecroff, while The
Terminal, The Kimball and The Ara
gon, have all been added to and made
better in many ways. Another notice.
able feature is the large number OF
elegant apartment houses. Some OF
the largest almost cover a block and
| they are among the handsomest
buildings in the city. The biggest as
well as finest of the apartment houses
| is now under construction. 1t will
cover an entire block and contain 30
| fine apartments, some OF these hav-
ing as many as eight rooms. 1t prom
ises to be the handsomest building OF
its kind in the South.
| There is not much doing political
ly in Georgia just now, but when 1t
comes time to elect a successor to
Senator Hardwick there will be. The
Senator has misrepresented his State
and the people are as sure to rebuke
him by defeat as anything can be.
He belongs to the bunch that Presi-
dent Wilson referred to as ga little
group of wilful men," and paid his
respects in rather scathing manner
to. He did not voice the sentiments OF
his constituency when he failed to
stand with the President, nor has he
done so on divers other occasions,
He is a "dead cock in the pitt" and
his burial will follow when his term
expires. Senator Hoke Smith, Presi-
dent Cleveland's Secretary of the In
terror, is in not too good repute with
the Georgia voters either and he may
| find it hard to succeed himself when
election day rolls around. Leaders
are casting about to find couple OF
men who will take better care OF
the trust reposed in them than either
Senator Hardwick or Senator Smith
has, and when the Georgians set
their heads to do q thing, they usual.
| lv do it. II Hon. Asa Gambler would
consent to run for Senator he could
defeat Senator Hardwick as easy as
falling off q log, but he won't do SO.
| In fact the maker of Coca-Cola does
not love the political game. and ne
would not now be holding the Office
of mayor Of Atlanta were It not for
| his love for his town and his desire
to serve his people. He is the richest
man by odds in the South, and the
pittance of $4,000 q. year he gets for
acting as mayor he divides equally
between the Red Cross and Y. M. C.
A. Mr.. Gambler is big-little man.
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