Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 238, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1919 — Georgian Too Tired to Crank Up His Auto [ARTICLE]

Georgian Too Tired to Crank Up His Auto

Atlanta, Ga. —And now the laziest man! Lawson Collier, an autoist, was coming Into Atlanta, whep he overtook an old car stopped by tfie roadside. The occupants ’were in animated conversation. Thinking he might be of assistance,‘Collier stopped and asked if he could help. • “You might pull us down the road aXpiece to start my auto,” said the tired-looking owner. Coiner backed up, pulled out a piece of rope, and pulled the auto about 50 yards, and then asked what the trouble was. “Oh, nothing at all,” said his neighbor. “I just didn’t want to take the trouble to crank it.”