Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-12-25
'PRESIDENT-ELECT
AND MRS. HARDING
ARELATE TO SHOP
by ROBERT r. SMALL
Leased Wire Service to The Journal. J
DOWNRIGHT 1920

NCOpJAISHLI Lo@V.
MARION, O., Dec. 23.-Having
failed to do their Christmas shopping
early, Senator and Mrs. Harding are
making a few belated holiday pur-
chases. The Christmas list at the
Harding home will not be long one
this year. There has simply been no
opportunity for shopping and If Sem
ator Harding were to attempt to give
a remembrance to every person In
the whole United States to whom he
feels grateful for what has come to
him this year, he would enter the
white house poor man indeed.
Many gifts are pouring into Marion
for the president-elect and his Wife,
and, happily, most of them are of
the transformations variety and seem
truly intended in the Christmas spir-
it rather than as bid for poSslDle
favor in the eyes of the new chlef
executive. Several very fine turkeys
have arrived and one or them Wl14
grace the Harding table on Christmas
day when the senator probably Will
entertain a very small company.
In former years, whether in Mari.
on or Washington, the senator any
on Christmas day, but this year II
has been found impracticable to FOL
low the old custom. They Will spetiu
the day quietly and unquestlonapiy
will receive calls from many OF tnelr
close Marion friends. There pelng
Immediate family. there will be no
christmas tree. Taken altogether
Christmas at the Harding, home IN
Nounr Vernon avenue will pc celes
brated largely in the spirit OF
thanksgiving.
Back to Ola Haunts
When oeua .or fiar4ng goes 70
Florida soon after the hrst OIL ene
YEAR for his pre-inauguration vaca-
iion. he will be returning to a. HAPPY
hunting and. fishing ground; tlllea
with memories and associations o.
former visits. The senator mas neen
a great lover of the Indian RIVER
country and under his Is lea leaae mseca
Of many Marion folk, Now that the
word had spread about Marion tnat
the president-el is to carry ms
new distinction to the old haunts you
can hear at the club some flne sto-
ries of what Marion people ' acGGn o.
fine in Florida in the days gone by.
Colonel Jim Prendergast, who has
taken a leading part in helping 10
entertain the many distinguished
visitors who have been in Marion
since the start of the pres1dentlal
campaign last June, declares that one
dav while fishing in the Indian river
he got such tremendous 'plte ne
thought he had hooked snag, wiser
hands took the tackle, however. ana
presently there appeared on the
surface Of the stream particularly
evil looking alligator seemingly
oh in len 9th
Senator Eardi1g's father-1n-laW,
Mr., King, an expert rifle shot, was
a member of the party that year and
while the fishing line was held taut
he aimed and fired. The bullet
struck true at the vulnerable spot so5 just tbe
beast Topped over on his back. He
was towed ashore and proved to be
only about six feet long but that was
voted enough and the skin was
brought to Marion as highly valued
trophy.
Senator Harding has made no plans
for his stay in the south, but his
time will be about equally divided
between fishing, boating, cunning
and golfing. He has had little oppor-
tunity for consistent exercise since
the election and naturally is DESTROYS
Of going into the White House as fit
as possible.
Before he leaves for Florida SEN
ator Harding has busy time ahead
of him. There will be a let UP, of
course, over the Christmas weekend,
hut his engagement list for the later
days of next week is very heavy. The
senator said today he had not by
any means completed his conferences
on the association of nations. He
also has agreed to receive a number
of delegations interesting in having
certain men appointed to cabinet posi-
tions.
While speculation in the public
prints centers largely about the port
folios of state and treasury, the mail
received at Senator Harding's head
quarters would indicate that the
great majority of people who are in
terested in cabinet at all are more
concerned about the type of men
to be placed at the head of the
agricultural, labor and interior de-
partments. These are the depart
ments which come close to the peo-
pie and the president-elect is begin
ming to believe that the success of
his administration and the success
of his plans to do the greatest pos
sible good for the greatest number,
will rest largely in the man who will
fill these cabinet chairs.