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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-02
Atlantic City Sees
AirDIane Bird Hunt

A gull or. an eagle or q condor
or a roc or some other huge bird
has been lowering over Atlantic
City recently. Estimates as to the
size of the bird differ but when it
appeared a few days ago, bird ex-
perts of the Aero League of America
sized it up as having wing spread
of fifteen feet-lnaybe more. 49,
1t was an eagle, they decided, and
Henry Woodhouse, vice president OF
the Aero League of America and
one of the best eagle catchers on
Madison avenue, New York, below
Forty-second street, set out in pur-.
suit in an airplane piloted by Earle
l.. Ovington. Another airplane and
a seaplane joined in the chase, which
led at once to an altitude of 5000
feet.
Each eagle chaser had a shotgun
and blazed away whenever the other
planes were out of the line of fire
The gull or eagle or condor or roc
or whatever it was tired of the
pastime after a while and started
for it's cyrie or rockery or what
ever 1t calls it's home, flying in the
direction of the Pennsylvania noun
tain region. The hunters returned.
each with n vivid and different de-.
ScriDtiOn of the nvStariouE bird
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-02
Belgian Glass Factories
Will Be Kept Very BUSY

Glass was not made for the con-
cussion of war. The glass factories
of Belgium can run for many months
on the job of replacing broken win
cow panes, and France looks to Bel
GUM to help in mending it's own
windows. Italy's one factory will
have long period of work if it is to
replace the destroyed windows in
the invaded district.
Not only window and plate glass
are in demand, but different forms
CT glassware. England needs bottles,
chimneys for lanterns, and cheap
tumblers. France and Belgium need
q. replenishing Of their glassware In
watch crystals = Alsace-Lorraine is
again asserting its ability in seeking
to GUST Japan from this trade,- in
which Japan made progress during
the war. -.
How far Belgium will regain it's
former position in exports of glass
remains to be seen. 1t has now to
compete with wartime expansion in
such countries as Japan and Can
ada.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-02
PELLAGRA sue
CESSFULLY TREATED
sSaS
Wonderful Results Obtained
by Use of Baughn's
Treatment

LAUREL, Miss.-Parrie Nicholas,
of this city, stated, Seems to me if
I had not obtained your treatment
when 1 did 1 Would not have lived
much longer. am glad you dis
covered this wonderful treatment for
Pellagra. When l began taking
Baughn's Pellagra Treatment my
weight was 60-odd pounds; now it is
90-odd. I would like to have this
published and sent to sufferers OF
Pe11agra.'
If you suffer from Pellagra or know
of anyone who suffers from Pellagra,
it is your duty to consult the re-
sourceful Baughn, who has fought
and conquered the dreaded malady
right in the Fellagra belt of Ala
bama. The symptoms-hands red
like sunburn, skin peSiing off, sore
mouth, the lips, throat and tongue a
flaming red with much mucous and
choking, indigestion and nausea;
either diarrhea or constipation.
There is hope if you have Pellagra.
You can be cured by Baughn's Pei
lagra Treatment. Get big free
book on Pellagra. Address Ameri.
can Compromising Co., Box 587-L,
Jasper, Ala, remembering money. is
refunded in any case where the treat
ment fails to cure.@-(AdVt)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-02
BY e. G. RODGERS.
IN. z. A. STAFF Correspondent. :,


HYDEN, .Ky.-Listen to some
good advice from the lips of the
OLDEST WORKINGMAN IN ALI.
THE WORLD, John Shell, 131 years
old on Sept. 3. ''
| "Work hard, but don't overwork;
"Too much work is as bad as too
| little; -
! The worllingm has to have all
the food his body needs, all the
sleep his body needs, and a little fun
besides. every, day, or he cant, do
| his work we'll ...s.z,-.,
| been working for the past 116 years,
ever since he was little over IA,
and lived in the Sciota valley, Ohio,
when reds" meant Indians and not
the Cincinnati baseball team.
His work in days long. gone by
was splitting wood for. the winter
fire, hunting game, fishing, and
chasing redskins westward. Years
ago, however, he took to farming,
and has been farming for three-Quar-
ters of century, hogs, and corn
principally. But he's a corking good
marksman even today, and only a
short time ago won sharpshoot1ng
contest in which his great-grandson
tried to show him up--and couldn't!
The worlds oldest workingman
was born Sept. 8, 1883, ten days be-
fore congress made New York City
the capital of the United States, and
something like six months before
George Washington was first in
augurated president of the United
States. Shell is the only living
American who has lived through the
row Of presidents.
He got his first job, splitting rails,
the year Ohio was admitted as
state, when the population OF New
York City was 10000. Later on, the
population got too thick for him In
Ohio, where often there were neigh
bors within Is miles of each other,
and blazed trail into southeastern
Kentucky, where he hunted and
fished to his hearts content. He's
been here ever since.
Then he married and went to work.
farming. When he first started
farming land was sold for less than
couldn't give away. Once Shell
day those acres are worth $1,000.
IT can remember when we burned
corn in winter to keep warm, the
oldest man told me; sit was, cheap
was to be had for the cutting. 1
guess I must have gone years with
out paying a cent for clothes, an
imal skins filled the bill. In those
days the cost of living was mainly
keeping the supply of ammunition
up. didn't know what "a meat bill
was until long after I was middle
aged, and I never have had an ice
bill. I can remember when the only
money we had was animal skins,
and when there was as big a fuss
made over the Monroe doctrine as
there now is over the League of
Nations"
Folks down here on Greasy
creek, Leslie county, call the old
est man Uncle John" They think
he's the grandest man in the
world, and pay far more attention
to what he says and thinks than
they do to- all the other wise men
put together. Uncle John can just
about tell when it's going to rain,
and when it's best to plant corn.
He has 200 descendants living near
here, the father of II children, old
est born 80 years ago, youngest
just four years old, and there are
grandchildren, and great grand-chil-
dren, and great great grand-chil-
dren. They all will come to Uncle
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-02
Workmen in New York Fil1d
Hessian Cann of 177o

Worknen eXcavating on Broadway,
New York. between 169th and 10th
streets, several days ago unearthed,
twelve feet below the surface of the
lot, the open fireplace and flooring
of house. Reginald P. Bolton and
William S. Calder, members of the
New York Historical society, who
were summoned, declared the ruin to
be a section of one of forty huts
used by Hessian soldiers during the
Revolutionary war.
Further digging by the wor5n1en
under the supervision Of Mr.. Bolton
brought to view several gold buttons
on which were stamped the Hessian
coat or arms. Several bullets were
also dug up.
The members of the New York His
torical society say that, according to
records, some forty huts, each about
II feet square, were built on the site
and that further digging will no
DOUBT unearth three roows of the
houses; According to Messrs. Bolton
f and Calder, the huts formed the
General Van, Donop camp" and
was occupied by the Hessians until
The fireplace unearthed is still in
good condition, having been made of
1Opi4O r.SQDD1eS COIlSS-',-, InQu2n 80 tn e
flooring Of the hut: is rotted,- the
thickness of the boards show the
huts were built carefully and strong
"The Memorial History of the City
Of New York, y published in 1892 by
the New York History company, tells
of an engagement in the vicinity of
where the ruins were dug up. Here.
according to, the, history, General
Washington, fought bloody battle
and British regiment. The fighting
took place along the Hudson and ex-
tended far into Harlem Heights,
where Washington retired to await
fresh troops. 1t is believed that the
HesSianS built the huts below an en-
bankmert and, hidden by a ledge of
rock and brush, established their
headquarters. The digging will go
on for several days more and it is
expected many other relics will be
HarthaS
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-02
Sc s. Call in Mid-Oce an Sends 10 Ships on
Wild-Coose Chase to Aid Vanished Vessel

Captain Giuli Simone, command
ing the italian Royal Mail steam
ship, Duca deli d'Abruzzi. encoun-
tered a mystery of the sea on the
voyage from Genoa and Naples, via
Gibraltar. 49s
On arrival last week in New
York, the sea captain said that
Sunday morning his radio operator
picked UP an S. o. S. from ship
giving her letters as KELx and
stating that she was sinking. I'M
mediate assistance was asked and
the position of the alleged derelict
was given as latitude 37:35 north,
longitude 64.24 west. This position
was ninety miles from the position
Of his own vessel, but Captain ST.
none crowded on all steam and
made the ninety mile run in a scant
six and a half hours. When he
reached the indicated position he
found fifteen other steamships
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-02
Wild Bears Attack Girl
And Man in Fierce Fiuhi

Attacked by Wild boars in a creek
bottom near Tadmore, Texas, Miss
Myrtle Patten and Thomas Handy
were rescued just in time to prevent
their being torn to death.
The couple took refuge in tree,
and succeeded in killing seven of the
bears, but were torn and bleeding
and faint with exhaustion when their
shots and cries finally brought
friends to their aid.
They went with others on a picnic
and went in search of squirrels in
that way becoming separated from
the crowd
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-02

Kidney disease Is no respecter of per-
sons. A majority of the ills atflicting
people today can be traced back to the
.1idney trouble.
The kidneys are the most important
organs OF the body. They are the fl-
terers Of your blood. If the poisons
which are swept from the tissues by
the blood are not eliminated through
the kidneys, disease of one form OF
another will claim you as a victim.
Kidney disease is usually indicated
by WEAKNESS, sleeplessness, nervous
ness, dependency, backaehe, stomach
trouble, pain in loins and lower aldo
men, gall stones. gravel, rheumatism,
5ciatica and lumbago
All these aera ngenents are nature 8
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-02
IT'S NOT YOUR HEART;
IT'S YOUR KIDNEYS,

signals that the kidneys need help.
You should use GOLD MEDAL Haar-
lem Oil Capsules immediately. The
soothing, healing oil stimulates the
kidneys, relieves inflammation ana de-
stroys the germs which have caused il.
Go to your druggist today and get a
box of GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil
Capsules. In twenty -four hours you
should feel health and vigor returning.
| After you feel somewhat improved
continue to take one or two capsules
each day, so as to keep the first-class
condition and ward off the danger of
other alta cl1s.
| Ask for the original imported GOLD
MEDAL, brand. Three Sizes Money
! refunded &c thev do mt hn1A vnA1
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-02

there, each of which had answered
the distress call.
Not trace of D. ship in distress
could be seen. The sixteen vessels
cruised about until dark and then
turned on their searchlights. Cap
tain Simone remained in the vicin-
ity until midnight, when he recumed
his voyage to New York
The letters given by the S. Q. S.
belong to the United States Ship
ping board steamship Kusdeca, be-
ing operated by a southern shipping
firm and which left Jacksonville,
Fla, on August Z, being due in Lon
don about August 81. At the local
offices of the shipping board it was
s ssId dhaI tne vessel ,, was WOODEN eSa IN
would have been plenty of evil
dence of wreckage, as such a craft
would have been unsuitable. but
thers was e6 mot IN sign I'm of ship des
mated by the S. O. S. call.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-02

with the best of them, although as
he admits, he doesn't work like he
used to. s... W..
when I was young, not much
over a hundred or So" he explained,
II never thought 1t hard to swing
an ak all day.
'I think" the Oldest working
man went on, that I have lived
right, never too much of anything,
and never too little. Most, of my
life has been spent outdoors. Wa
ter has been the strongest drink I
ever tried, and never had midi
gestion in my life. T never tried
to work harder or faster than /
thought I ought to. and I always
took off plenty of time to go fish
ing, even when the corn needed
hoeing, if 1 thought [ needed a
fishing trip more than the corn
needed hoeing"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-02
First Division Sends II
.--- Farewell 10 Erannn

The officers. and soldiers Of the
First division of the American Elk
.peditionary force, on the point of
embarl5ing for home sent an open
diers. After recalling their asso-
citation of twenty-five months with
the French soldiers, the Americans
Of the First division. the first to
land in France, express admiration
for the courage and sacrifices of
the French troops. The letters adds
after America, we love France
best of all"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-02
Brooklyn Child Enjoys
RaCjnu Bird in 'PIane

Virginia Marie Waibe1, of Brook
lyn,. N. Y, four-year-old aviatrix.
made her second flight from the
Queens aeTodrome.. Her ambition to
loop the loop, however, was not at
a single side slip by way Of aero
battles. ,rs--'t '.r
Eyes, like it, said the child upon
her return, and then she chucllled,
adding: 1T makes my tumny feel
been left behind on the ground when.
went up. Wevwent sailing through
the air like a bird and we raced one
bird and beat him.
A crowd which had watched the
ascent burst into applause when the
minute flight at a height of more
than 1000 feet
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-02
Man Bites Girls Throat:
And Is Arrested

On the charge of having bitten
Miss Mary Ashenburner on the
throat while they were out auto
mobile riding, Meier diversion, rs
wears old, of Portland, Ore. was
arrested recently by Mrs Elizabeth
Moorad, of the Womens Protective
bureau.
The screams of Miss Ashenburner.
who is sixteen years old, brought
Roy Smith, a dairy driver to her
assistance: He took her honxe and
reported the case to the police. The
girls throat was lacerated by the
mans teeth.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-02
Father Threatened to
Whip Son: Bow Suicides

Estill McKenney, twelve-year-old
son of Noah McKenney, of near AL
berta, Marion county, KY, shot and
killed himself after his father had
threatened to whip him. according to
reports.
EIstill is said to have had some,
trouble with his father about a horse,
when the boy had been running, and
his father had SAID he was going to
whip him.
Mr. and Mrs. McKenney left for
John Mays home to attend to Mr.. Nc.
Kenney's grandmother, Mrs. Tilly
Price, whose death was expected at
any time.
They had Just arrived at Mays
when word reached them that Estill
had killed himself. -
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-02

I on yoaalf@thave to walk purity fur up
| the road to find one: Well take care
of yofif, yeloeipede.'..> ..-.,.
Coates and Boullot were gone, for
more than an hour. When they re-
big, sign hanging up, where 1t could
be plainly seen down the road, read
ing: 49, "a"
''See the great American ace and
airplane that fell 1900 feet Admis-
sion, SO cents
They'll get a swell crowd in this
lonely place." remarked Coates.
''How's busNaess?' the lieutenant
inquired. walking up to the farltaRr.
Purity good, SO far" was there
ply. "Collected little more'n seventy
dollars up to date" .... :
Coates made quick repairs, crank
ed up and wfirred away.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-02
When Airplane Falls in Cornfield Shrewd I.
: '@ Farmer Sees His Chahce Is Make Money

Lieutenant William T. Coates and
his observer, Lieutenant Boullot
participants in the great aerial derby
of last week, were forced to descend
near Batavia on their way because
of motor trouble.
They landed in a cornf1eld. The
irate farmer galloped at them, shout
ing:
"Hey, what you fellers doin' in my
cornfield?'
1--WE just dropped in to make a
social CALL" replied Coates.
Then the lieutenant explained the
difficulty and said he would remove
the airplane as soon as he could make
repairs. Meantime he and his. OBJ
server would walk to telephone
and call up headquarters.
WALL" advised the farmer, "reck-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-02
Latest Air Invention
Is the F|Vinu BiCVC|e

Gabriel Poulian, noted French
cyclist, claims that he has perfect
ed an aerial bicycle which can be
raised into the air and propelled
along at a speed at % miles an
hour.
Poulain expects to demonstrate
the machine soon before the Franch
Aero club. He says great muscular
effort is necessary to raise the BIZ
cycle into the air. but that once
the machine is up propulsion is
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-02

Johns house for a grand birthday
party September 3. @
believe Uncle John is only a young
ster of III years, he has a tax
receipt Showing that he paid taxes
in 1909, when he was II years of
age. i e,..,
His eyesfght is good, doesn't need
glasses when he reads. His teeth
are better than mine They ought
to be s;for they are his third set,
and ha4just recently. cut them.
eating teeth after one is a
hundred years DID," he smiled, faint
no easy matter"
I saw Uncle John. swing an ak,
and if you have any idea that
man can't work at 13ts get rid of
that idea, for never saw a. your y
er man handle an AK in better ia: Al
ion. He can nloW.- hna and shade
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-02
France Is Strong 49,.
! rSr@ :. - ~. After PrnfifaarS

Cheap fixed-price restaurants are
to be established by the French gov
eminent, and surplus war food stocks
will be placed at the disposal of the
public through cooperative societies.
Steps will be taken to suppress il
licit speculation:
"A bill to be introduced increases
the penalties, and deprives the of
Tenders Of all civil and political
rights, while at the same time pro-
vtding for the temporary or perma-
ment closing Of their establishments.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-02
FREE ECZEMA REMEDY

Such wonderful results in eczema
and all skin diseases instantly fol-
low the soothing application Of
krano-zema, the new scientific treat
ment' and so confident is the eKranoI
any reader a .full-sized $1gO6 treat
ment by prepaid mail without one
cent in advance. If satisfied after
using the treatment two weeks, pav
$l.OO but if not, you do not pay one
cent. Take advantage of this amaz-
ing free offer today. Send no MONEY
Just your name and address to the
krano-Zema Co, 90 Phillips Bldg.
Girard. Kans - Advt
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-02
Dancing Will Aid Birth
Increase, Saw French

France may dance her way to
good health and a lusty birth
rate if the suggestion made by
Prof. Ballet, director of the
Paris Grand opera, happens to
find the government in a rhythmic
mood.
"If the government will or
ganize, protect and control pub
lie dancing in the parks, ath-
letic fields, and halls" he wrote
in an ardent appeal to the press.
I'VE will find France quickly and
vigorously repopulated.
Dancing will restore the quail
ity and redeem the decreasing
number of the French race. All
we must do is make dancing a
popular pastime-a sport. We
must encourage it by govern
mental subsidies just as we en-
couraged art and the OPERA
Dancing is the worlds greatest
aid to matrimony.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-02
Typhoid Deaths Few
AmOnu II 6. Soldiers

One marked result of the superior
hygienic measures taken to protect
the health of the American army was
the small number of typhoid cases
developing among the 100000 men
sent to Europe. If vaccination had
not been carried out, and if the same
rate of infection had prevailed as in
tie Spanish-American war, there
would in the American Expeditionary
Force have been 3S4,113 cases ana
29,266 deaths from typhoid fever. So
IA as the records show UP to date,
it is indicated that there have not
been more than 500 cases. In the
Spanish war, in a total strength OF
107,973 men there were 10,z3S cases,
of which 1850 were fatal
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-02
Plans a TWo-Year Tour
OF the World by AirpIane

Captain Charles J. Gidden, dom
or of the Glidden trophies for
automobile and airplane touring,
and who has driven the automo-
bile 100000 miles twice around
the world in thirty-nine countries,
contemplates touring the world by
airplane.
Captain G1idden says that he in
tends to cover in one or two years
all the points reached in his auto
mobile tour of the world, which re-
CURED eight years. On the auto
mobile tour the extreme points
were the Arctic Circle in Sweden
and the most southerIy road in the
world in New Zealand.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-02
At Last the Fat Mans
~ Flesh Is Desirable

Now it pays to be fat, and the
fat man doesn't have to go into
the circus to collect his money
The. e-e1nployment agency, Of
New. York City, has received
call from the Merchants Ship
building corporation, at Bristol,
q Men, weighing 1876 to 1870
pounds will be paid As cents an
hour and will be advanced to So
cents at the end of twelve days
Men who weigh 100 pounds will
be paid 54 cents an hour and will
be advanced to 70 cents as soon
as their work warrants it.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-02
Man, Disguised,
Gets LadV'S Prize

LONDON.-The judging at the
Epson fancy dress parade competi-
ton on Saturday night took place by
the light of the bonfire. After the
awards it was found that ladies'
prizes had been given to q gentle
man who was dressed as a Moorish
lady, and to boy who was dressed
as a b9by
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-02
$1,000 for q Name

SAN FRANCIsco.-To simplify
advocated adoption of metric sys-
TEN by all English speaking people.
the World Trade club offers 81 600
for the word best adapted to de
note the United States and British
empire. Suggestions so far include
"Drit-Am" and sam EuIl."
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-02
Fight Japanese
With Industry

While. diplomats, secret service
men and general observers have been
predicting an early war between
China and Japan, the anciently wise
Chinaman goes about his business
preparing what he believes will ulti-
mately be far more effective than
a gun. An inventory has been taken
of all goods imported from japan.
and Chinese capitalists are establish
ing factories to substitute all these
articles with made in China prod
nets
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-02
White Feathers
Hint to Quit

Women working on the street cars.
in engineering shops and groceries,,
in Manchester, England, receive
white feathers by mail They i'm
mediately quit work.
1t was a hint, sent them by ex-
soldiers who couldn't get back their
former jobs because women had
taken their places. ri
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-02
Berlin Police in PLANES
Nip S5.OOO.OOO Plot

According to the Berlin news
papers, policemen using air.
planes have frustrated an at
tempt to smuggle 100000
marks (nominally $5,000,000)
from Berlin to Switzerland.
The police overlook an express
train on which the smugglers
were fleeing and arrested the
men at Nuremberg, Bavaria.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-02
Freed From Austria,
Can Kill Deer

PRAGUE.--"This winter we shall
eat venison," say the Bohemians.
Deer abounds in freed Czecho-Slo-
vakia. Despite the terrible starva-
ton rate among the peasans during
the last three winters Austria didn't
allow them to kill deer