Show M ted ed says news looks good atlanta ga feb 9 1924 W J PETERS pill panguitch tell utah dear bill thanks for your letter and the two photos otos A short cherry note and a thought from a friend at home shows a fellow that lie liaa has a friend and encourages him koput to put ito it over verso so to speak my aly responsibilities are varied and numerous in fact so numerous 0 its that I 1 am getting it a far bettor better and broader education than I 1 could have gotten in a school room law office or even in a college it is theall the all around experience and the responsibility that really makes a nian man get there after all have you ever been in atlanta bill thought perhaps you may have hit this section in your tours well it matter if you have or have not a few items of history lii story may be of interest the city has a population of about about three fifths white the balance colored atlanta is the home of the famous federal pr ision it was here that eugene V debs served his recent sentence tt it was here that the famous stone mountain of the civil war became famous at the present time the state is spending an enormous sum and having the statues of general lee and others on the mountain side and when completed is said to be the greatest piece of granite sculpturing the world has known atlanta is the home homb of aza J candler the millionaire coca cola king at our expense by buying his coca cola lie he has been able to build one of the largest business buildings in the city and has by far the most elaborate home in atlanta if not the entire state of georgia I 1 have made the acquaintance of a promising young physician of the city and in conversing with him on the historical development of the city he gives the following report the town was built along the circling channel of the river and gradually widened out along the cow trails and small creeks la iii the center of the city is what they call five points I 1 asked him how they come to lay the city off in five directions or five streets leading in opposite directions as they do he said that in the early days a couple of young surveyors were sent out to survey and lay out the town they ana to this point which was then the river bed and really the center here they came across an old sow pig with her young wallowing in the mud on the rivers edge she became excited gave the signal and the little pigs went in alladi all directions ions this gave them the idea and they made the streets to follow the directions taken by the pigs well bill how esthe is the old town getting along without me the bank broke just after I 1 left and the legion closed I 1 began to think the town could not run without me but I 1 hear we are going to have a new bank and that the legion is going on in full force at least there are a few bachelors continued ou on size jaee eight elg t y column co dmn three k t f iu T |