Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-24
The Country Home
BY MRS. w. I'll. FELTON,


For more than ten days in my i'm
mediate section of the country we
have had drenching rain, storms.
oc 2sasi o ally ali day. The electrical
storms have been many. Fortunate
ly we have had no violent wind
storms during this flood experience.
In the gardens the vegetables have
been injured. The tomato crop has
suffered.
The weeds have grown to unusual
height and choked the plants.
l saw a notice in the newspapers
reporting the wise sayings Of the
weather man where fifty-two inches
of rain have fallen since 1920 was
ushered in. If L am not mistaken
in my readings or remembrance,
forty-two is our allowance during
the entire twelve months.
SO we are going ahead at most
unusual pace, as to the annual rain
fall.
Scarcity of labor has made repairs
very difficult. Rotten roofs are both
ering all sorts of house owners. The
continuous rain has made piazZas
and porches need attention, etc, etc.
So there are various hindrances be-
side the overflows in the low
grounds and a great deal more weed
for cotton stalks than usual. Never
theless there is some comfort to be
extracted. Oplduu COIn llclo 1Aotd oil
extraordinary showing. In a drouthy
wear upland corn always has a dull
time Of it and a general poor yield.
A wet wear will give you more corn
and more fodder Gf it can be cured
and housed) than a dry one; With
good seasons potatoes will yield
more literally.
To sum it up we generally get
along with what the Almighty sends
on US, and it also rains on the just
as we'll as the unjust-and there is
seed for the sower-next year. So
take heart, and be thankful.
We should be thankful 1t is as
we'll with US as it is. We have been
blessed!
The spectators are hammering
the cotton market, so it is well to
add a word of caution about selling
too soon.
1t stands to reason and common
sense that the world is anxious and
ready to handle cotton. Don't allow
yourself to be persuaded to sell as
soon as the cotton price is lowered
to catch the unwary farmers.
1t is obliged to bring good price
when the manufacturer wants it SO
much and the need of raw cotton is
so great.
Don't get scared at your own
shadow. If you are wise you will
not dump it on the market until you
have time to recollect how anxious
the world is for the southern cotton.
Unrest ana Uncertainty
A state of unrest in any country
will upset the existing order and will
initiate against contentment and
public quiet. Therefore it was to be
expected that all Europe would get
in a tangle after the late war be-
tween the allied nations of Great
Britain, France, Italy and Russia
against Germany and Austria.
War has broken out again be.
tween Russia and Poland Ireland is
in a seething state Of revolt against
England, and bloodshed is reported
in every days newspaper.
But this article does not propose
We have unrest and uncertainty here
in the United States quite suffi-
cient to awaken apprehension among
the sane and sensible. citizens of
America. Strikes are getting more
has been in civil strife for a week
or more. Such strikes affect the
general reputation of our common
country. They will hinder progress
and shrink the population. Those
who We're preparing to build new
couraging production-win postpone
such efforts until a more proportions
season. They disorganize, they scat
ter labor, they block transportation
and cause a tendency towards hoard
ling capital rather than exploiting it
in public endeavors or private in
vestments. They chill the properties
involved, almost to bankruptcy.
They create suspicious, while de-
stroying confidence between the man
who works for daily wages and
the man who signs the paychecks
for the 1aborer at the end of the
week. An eXodJs commonly succeeds
a strike.
The United States Is feeling this
unrest at a time when it more than
ever needs producers. The drain on