Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-02


The sisters of Charlie McAfee are
seeking him. He lives near Mt.
Pleasant, Tenn. The brother left his
home fifteen years ago. The last
heard from him he was at Fairburn,
Ga.
will write to Edd McAfee, Mt.
Pleasant, Tenn, they will confer
favor. They have appealed to me
to aid them in their search for a
long-lost brother, in this way.
A Wonderful October for Gathering
Crops
We have had long continuous
spell of dry weather in the section
Is some inches deep. The atmos-
phere is clogged with dust.
Every leaf and patch Of grass are
covered with it. Yon can sweep your
piazza floors every morning ard by
noon, foot-tracks are visible all over
it. You can write your name on
the tables in the hall, and you are
t.elp yourself.
But it has been warm and dry and
the farmers can possibly gather all
their cotton in good time and order
before a rainy spell reaches US.
Turnips have been checked in
growing can complain of the dry
weather. 49,
All the cotton which has been
picked in October has been picked
dry. The dust may have soiled the
beautiful white staple along the pub
lie roads, but the cotton that is be
ing hauled to the gin is white as
driven snow" It is q great thing
to have warm, dry weather in which
to gather crOpS-1n 1920.
It is especially welcome this year
while coal is soaring in price and
cotton is going down the Slide-leSs
than half of 1919 price.
We feel considerably sore that cot
ton should slump while foodstuffs are
at high cost, but there is nothing to
do but make the best of it. If we
save and economic and keep out of
debt, we will be all right
To Steer Safe Course Nowadays
We are flooded with advice in our
section of the country as to the best
course to pursue in these changing
days of what is called reconstruction
after war.
The wise men are overlooking with
counsel and admonitions. The poll
for and against the League of Ma
tions. And these wise men and the
politicians are only human like the
rest of us and only know what they
see or what has already happened.
They assume the calling of prophets
and it Is "hit and miss game" the
most of the time.
There are, however, a few things
that stand out clearly that they can
be safely counted. The first one is
the over-burden of taxation. The ma
tional and state debts are simply
staggering. Somebody must pay
them. We may as we'll understand
"a mi lot l.
ing war obligations fifty years from
today and the pension debt was al
ready burdensome before the war
began.
There is said to be two certain
things for all Of us. namely, death
and Taxes" That's the truth in a
nut she'll. The only thing we can
do with either death or taxes is pre-
Misunderstanding ready. The tax
on the productive capacity of the
United States right now is astound-
ing, and we would be more anxious
II we could only grasp the immensely
OF it. We are like butterflies. We
enjoy the. sunshine and perish in the
dark rainy days--like the foolish
virgins" who took mo oil in their
lamps"
If we had cotton crop this year
IKE the crop of f919-both in volume
and price, we would have a heavy
load to carry. With the present crop
ana the present. price of cotton
1t is going to pinch until we feel II
The high cost of living continues.
w hen L go to the butcher shops to
get little fresh meat, I can carry
quarters worth tied with a string
on my little finger and not be much
impressed with the weight When
you eat meat these days you can al
most taste the money.
we plain folks down in Dixie have
never been stinted as to meat-until
the world war came over us. We
are going to be much like the folks
overseas in certain great principali-
Ties where the plain working class
hardly know the taste of meat, es-
pecially in childhood Down in Italy
and thereabouts they are glad to get
bread and season it with a flavor of
garlic.
The American wage-earner has
been reared on strong diet and the
average worker is going to have some
meat if it is come-at-i- ble-unless
he is well fed he is rabid.
1t is as plain as the nose on your
face that retrenchment and economy
are the chief orders of the day we
live in.
1t will work out just like it is
here stated-that the people who
save their money. rather than spend
it on movies, soft drinks, fancy
clothes and joy rides, will have some
to live on. and will not be caught in