. The Southern States. THE Southern States, AUGUST, ON STREET. ATLANTA: THE GATE CITY OF THE SOUTH. Bv James I\. Randal/. For a period in many of the EasternStates, as well as in the West, nearlyevery prominent Georgian who traveledin those directions was presumed to bea resident of Atlanta. Other municipal-ities of the State had some more or lessmythical existence in the popular mem-ory, but Atlanta had real, practical anduniversal identity. This peculiar statuswas largely engendered by active spiritswho constituted the energizing forces ofthe city and stamped their characte
. The Southern States. THE Southern States, AUGUST, ON STREET. ATLANTA: THE GATE CITY OF THE SOUTH. Bv James I\. Randal/. For a period in many of the EasternStates, as well as in the West, nearlyevery prominent Georgian who traveledin those directions was presumed to bea resident of Atlanta. Other municipal-ities of the State had some more or lessmythical existence in the popular mem-ory, but Atlanta had real, practical anduniversal identity. This peculiar statuswas largely engendered by active spiritswho constituted the energizing forces ofthe city and stamped their characteris-tics upon the intelligence of the marked idiosyncrasy of the repre- sentative Atlanta man, like the ancientRoman, when Rome survi\-ed, wasand is to claim the superiority of hisresidence in a phenomenal wa}-, and toreflect in his own person the dominanceof his habitation. This naturally excitedthe envy or displeasure of rival orwould-be ri^al communities, and a veryentertaining volume could be compiledof these unfavorable or carping criti-cisms
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