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THE ATLANTIAN
May, 1918
Only One Way To
Acquire a Competence
For most people there is but ONE way to acquire a
competence; that is the sure way of SAVING MONEY.
With one dollar you can open an account with our Savings
Department. Your money deposited here will earn more
money at the rate of 3J4 per cent interest, compounded
semi-annually. Persistent saving will give you the neces
sary start in business, or pay the first installment on a home,
or insure for you and your family comfort and independence
during old age. The following table shows how fast $5.00
a month deposited here will grow:
1 year $ 61.06 3 year* $189.71
2 years 12426 5 years 327.60
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Fulton National Bank
Atlanta, Ga.
WILLIAM J. BLALOCK, President
ARTHUR B. SIMMS, Vice President.
BOLLING H. JONES, Vice President
HENRY B. KENNEDY, Cashier.
RYBURN G. CLAY, Assistant Cashier.
ON A PULLMAN.
Among those present in line when
a misty dawn broke over the scene
of the third world’s series game in
New York was a large darky fan.
“Nobody can have this child’s place
in line,” he warned loudly. “Ah came
on a Pullman all the way from
Nawth Ca-lina to see disser game.”
“You came on a Pullman?” asked
his neighbor.
“Yessuh, on it is right. On the
roof of it, thats where Ah was. Oh,
boy!’’—Argonaut.
Americans have such an enthusi
asm to start something that it’s a
pity they can’t lend some to those
who have to finish what they start.
BUSINESS.
“Getting out any new lines?”
“No,” replied the manufacturer;
•‘Iwe're merely relabeling the old
lines with military names and raised
the price fifty per cent."
unnecessary;
“I don’t skurcely see how Nephew
Adrian is going to get along over
there in Europe,” said Mrs. Horn-
beak. “He can’t speak enough of
any foreign language to make him
self understood.”
“I don’t suppose he’ll need to,” re
turned Farmer Hornbeak. “As I un
derstand it , he has gone to shoot
Germans, not to debate with ’em.’’—
Kansas City Star.
EVEN YOU.
It takes all kinds of queer people
to make a world and you are one
of the queer kind.—E. W. Howe's
Monthly.
GOOD HEAVEN 1
Oh, harken to this song of mine l
’Tis true, you may rely l
St. Peter has hung out a sign:
“No Germans need apply 1 !”
FALSE ALARM.
Tve been out with Glippering
time and time again, but he never
does his share of the buying.”
“Doesn’t even pretent to, eh?”
“No. Once I thought he raised
his hand to reach for a check, but he
was merely waving to an acquaint
ance.”—Birmingham Age-Herald.
A BIGAMOUS WISH.
A visitor to the household of a
colored man in Georgia was much
impressed by the thriftiness of the
mistress of the house.
“That’s a hard-workin’ wife you’ve
got. Joe,” said he.
“Yes,” said joe, with the utmost
gravity, “I wish I had a couple more
like her.”—Harper’s Magazine.
THE BUTTER AND FIDO.
David Belasco was smiling at the
extravagant attentions that are lav
ished by the rich upon pet dogs. He
spolke of the canine operations for
appendicitis, canine tooth crownings,
and canine wardrobe, and then he
said:
“How servants hate these'pamper
ed curst At a house where I was
calling one cold day the fat and pom
pous butler entered the drawing
room and said ‘Did you ring, ma
dam?’ Yes, Harrison, I wish you to
take Fido out walking for two hours.’
Harrison frowned slightly. ‘But Fido
won’t follow me, madam,’ he said.
‘Then, Harrison, you must follow
Fido.’ ’’—Argonaut.
CALLING.
“I thought they intended Harold
to be a clergyman.”
“They did. But he was so much
brighter than they expected that
they decided on a floorwalker's ca
reer for him.”
NOT MUSICAL.
Mrs. Johnsing—Can’t stay long,
Mrs. Snow. I just come to see ef
yo’ wouldn’t join the mission band.
Mrs. Snow—Fo’ de lan’ sakes, hon
ey, doan come to mel I can’t even
play a mouf organ.—Christian Reg
ister.
NO SECURITY.
Caillaux kept his safe-deposit box
in Rime while Von Bernstorff pa
tronized New York. Neither appa
rently seemed to be sure of the val
ue of a permanent residence in his
home capital.—Odd Lot Review.
“He didn’t until liquor became so
scarce. He’s now experimenting with
grapejuice to see if there is a way
to make a soft drink hard.” Birming
ham Age-Herald.
SMALL BOY’S EXPLANATION.
Stranger—(At the front gait)—Do
you thing your mother could let me
have some eggs?
Small boy—No ma’am. Our chick
ens have all gone drty.—Akron Times.
NO PLACE.
Little Richard’s mother took him
for a visit to his grandparents. When
bedtime approached he was instruct
ed to kiss each one of his relatives
goodnight. He hesitated when he
came to his grandfather, who wore a
long, heavy beard.
“Arn’t you going to tell grandfath
er good-night, dear?” his mother
asked.
“No mother, I can’t,” was the re
ply, “there isn’t any place to tell
him.”—Argonaut.
Here’s How You Can Save
At the Birthplace of Cut Prices
50c Listerine 37c
50c Cuticura Ointment 39c
$1.00 Lavoris 89c
50c Mulsified Cocoanut Oil 41c
$1.00 Bottle S. S. S 69c
75c Mellin’s Food 63c
50c Limestone Phosphate 39c
30c Bromo-Seltzer 21c
25c Carter’s Liver Pills 14c
60c California Syrup of Figs 47c
25c Beecham’s Pills 18c
50c Dioxogen 33c
35c Freezone 29c
$1.50 Fellows’ Syrup, large $1.13
50c Danderine Hair Tonic 43c
25c Foley’s Cough Syrup 1 19c
50c Glover’s Mange Cure ; 44c
60c Doan’s Kidney Pills 46c
75c Q-Ban Hair Restorer 59c
$1.00 Nuxated Iron 73c
50c Pape’s Diapepsin ;. 37c
25c Sloan’s Liniment 19c
25c Lysol ; 21c
60c Resinol Ointment 43c
34 YEARS IN ATLANTA