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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-09-10
Meyer Will Study
Farming Conditions
In West and South

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8.-Eugene
Meyer, Jr- managing director of the
war finance corporation, plans to
leave soon for a personal survey of
the agricultural and live stock Sec
t1ons of the west and south.
Mr.. Meyer said today he probably
would leave in a week for Chicago
and from there would visit the prin-
cipal sections of the country in
which the advances of credits under
the enlarged powers of the war fl
nance corporation are to be made.
He said he wished to study condi-
lions on the ground and learn the
credit needs of the farmers at first
hand before the actual distribution of
the increased funds is begun.
Mr.. Meyer also will take up with
bankers and ffnanciers in the vari-
Gus sections the handling of loans
quickly and efficiently
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-09-10
CAL LIONEL MAKES
YOU SICK, Ugh!
"Dodson's Liver Tone" bet
Z ter than caIomeI and can
not saIivate

Ca1omel loses you a. day! You know
what calomel is. It's mercury; quick
silver. Calomel is dangerous. 1t
crashes into sour bile like dynamite,
cramping and sickening you. Calomel
attacks the bones and should never
be put into your system.
When you feel bilious, sluggish,
constipated and all knocked out and
believe you need a dose of dangerous
calomel just remember that your
druggist sells for few cents a
large bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone,
which is entirely vegetable and
pleasant to take and is a perfect
substitute for calomel. 1t is guaran-
teed to start your liver without stir
ring you up inside. and can not sail
waite.
Don't take calomel! 1t makes you
sick the next day: 1t loses you a
days work Dodson's Liver Tone
Strengthens you right up and you
feel great. Give it to the children
because it is perfectly harmless and
doesn't eripe, -( AdVt.)
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-09-10
Missing Knoxville
Man Still Alive

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Sept. s.
The two words 81 do'' in a telegram
received by Mrs. w D. Egly, of
Pineville, KY, from Erie, Pa, assure
her that her husband, one Of the
proprietors of the Sweet Shoppe in
Knoxville, is still alive after having
been mysteriously missing since the
night of June ID.
The words are love code which
they used in all messages. The tel
cgram says further that Mr.. Egly
was blackjacked, robbed and had
been suffering from lost identity.
Police of many cities searched for
him.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-09-10
Extended Cruise Is
Planned by Harding
ToNew England Coast

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8.-President
Harding expects to leave Saturday on
an extended cruise, probably reach
ing to the New England coast, it
was learned today.
If officials do not call him back
Monday, he will steam northWard
possibly as far a Bar Harbor, Me,
where E. B. Mclean, Washington
publisher and personal friend, has a
summer villa. President Harding
would return to Washington by Sep
TENDER 21, when congress recon
venes, probably making the home
ward trip by rail or motor. He plans
to stop off to play golf while going
en- route at various places.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-09-10
Girl Has Completed
Her 145-Mile Swim

NEW YORK, Sept. accomplishing
a 145-mile swim begun at Albany
last Friday, Miss Mile Gade, %
years old, swimming instructor at
the New York Young Women's
Christian association, arrived at Bat
terry Park at 1857 o'clock this morn
ing. A launch and a row boat ac-
companied her down the Hudson and
she slept and ate aboard the launch.
She left Albany at $3.50 o'clock
last Friday morning and covered,
including detours, approximately 1873
miles. She was in the water SO
hours and 35 minutes.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-09-10
Five-Douar Note
Issued In 1866

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Sept. s.
What is believed to be one Of the
oldest pieces of currency in circula-
ton in the United States reached
Montgomery yesterday and came into
the possession of H, H. Gerrish, local
insurance man. The currency is a
five dollar note of the Merchants
National bank, of New Bedford,
Mass, bears the date of February
IA, 1865, and which was issued be-
fore the close of the Civil war.
The note is in good condition,
which indicates that it has been
boarded, as continuous circulation
would have caused it's withdrawal
many years ago. The paper represents
that the bank had deposited with the
United States government, valid bonds
to cover the amount Of the note. S.
B. Cobbs was register of the treas
ury at the time, while the name of
r. C. Spinner appears as United
States treasurer.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-09-10
Charlie Willis Flees
g.. After Wife S Death

PELHAM, Ga, Sept. s.-Charlie
Willis, white man living on the
farm. of d. f, PiclSren, has fled the
country following the verdict of a
coroner's jury which held that his
wife came to her death from i'll treat
ment at the hands of, her husband.
Testimony was to the effect that
Willis, during an argument with his
wife on the public road about two
miles from town last Monday, knock
ed her down, fracturing her skull.
She died Wednesday. Willis is about
As years old, and this was his third
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-09-10
Harding Not to Visit
Muscle Shoals Plant

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Sept. s.
President Harding will not visit
Muscle Shoals during his visit to
Birmingham October Is.
Replying to an invitation from the
local chamber of commerce, which
was one of many organizations in
viting him to inspect the Muscle
Shoals project during his Alabama
trip. the president replied that the
press of official duties was too
great to permit any other trips ex
cept his visit to Birmingham. A
letter from the White House, con-
tanning this information, was receiv-
ed today by o. L. Bum, manager of
the local chamber of commerce.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-09-10
Fox and Gappins Taken
To S. c. Penitentiary

CHARLESTON, S. c., Sept SC.
0. Fox and Jesse Gappins are now
in the state penltentiary at Column
bia, having been taken by deputy
sheriffs from Charleston early this
morning without incident. They have
been in Charleston jail for some
weeks for safekeeping, after being
brought here from Savannah They
are the alleged slayers of william
,Brazell, a chauffeur. of Columbia.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-09-10
Fear Missing Man
Drowned at Tybee

SAVANNAH. Ca, Sept. S.-Disap-
pearance Sunday afternoon, having
last been seen in the surf at Tybee,
together with the finding of his
clothes Monday night in a bath
Emil Evergreen, a local painter, to
believe that he has been drowned
since last Sunday.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-09-10
100000 Fire Visits
Mobile Fair Grounds

determined origin destroyed the, Au4
tomobile building, together with d
large number of automobiles, trucks
and tractors at the fair grounds
shortly before midnight Wednesday
night, with a property loss estimated
at approximately 100000.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-09-10
CO u D =

(Any reader can get the answer
to any question by writing The At
1anta journal Information Bureau,
Frederic J. Haskin. Director, Wash
ington, d. c. This offer applies
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New Questions
lis asbestos mined?
2-What events are included in q
decathlon?
3-Why are hangnails so-called?
Alas President Harding a larg'
err cabinet than Wilson had?
5-Was a parasol ever carried by
men as well as women?
6-Why were Vikings so-called?
How many languages are there
in the world?
S-What is it in the waters Of some
rivers and springs that petrltles
wood?
9-From what countries do we gel
walnuts
lU-W HdG pIdHI was hIOW1 AS LAAS
white man's foot?"
Questions Answered
10. What causes lightning anc
long continued thunder?
A. The bureau Of standards says
the difference in potential between
the clouds charged with electricity
and the earth causes a spark to pass
between the two in exactly the same
way as a spark on the so-called "elec'
trio machines The reverberatior
Of thunder is caused by the sudden
expansion Of the air in the vicinity
Of a lightning discharge. Reflection
of the sound from the clouds anG
other objects causes the long drawn
out roll sometimes heard when the
discharge takes place several miles
away.
90. Are there any wild indians
left?
A. There are not today in North
America any wild tribes of Indians
In parts of South America, notably
the forest regions of the Amazon
there are tribes of Indians which
have not yet reached any degree Of
civilization.
3-What was the greatest out
put of wheat in the United States?
A. To date the greatest output o.
wheat was in 1915. There were CO.,
469, 900 acres harvested, making sew
enteen bushels the average yield pei
qprp
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-07-21
ANGER TRAVELLERS

eral, but how to correct that evil
without discouraging the most profit
able trade is question.
Undersecretary of State Paisant'
discussing the question with Ameri-
cans, proposes publicity as remedy.
He has invited American visitors to
Join in a protest which will be pub
Hshed in the Paris press, and he also
will take up personally individual
cases of extortion brought to his at
tention.
The most frequent causes of COM
plant are charges for lodgings in no
tells and apartments. Mr.. Paisant told
the Americans he had decided to ask
hotels to publish their rates in the
papers. This remedy would not, how
ever. affect apartments, which are the
subject of profiteering on scale
hitherto unknown.
There are very few unfinished
apartments to let, according to the
real estate agencies; as fast as
vacated by tenants, they are trans
formed into furnished apartments and
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-07-21

At each turn it was the same. dis
heartening story-bridges gone and
no way of fording the turbulent
waters.
Just when all hope seemed gone,
DR.. Selby remembered something.
Somewhere he had read that the post
master general was @'humaniZing" the
postoffice department.. He rushed to
the telephone and asked C. A. Sluder,
manager of the air mail field at North
Platte, to take him across the river in
an afrplane.
Sorry" said Sluder, ''but couldn't
without getting authority from Wash
ington first"
But the woman is dying" the ply
stefan urged.
I'm that case," replied Sluder, 1--WE
will take you first and get the author
fty afterward."
So it was that the life of woman
in an humble Nebraska farmhouse
was saved just because the postoffice
department has been humanized. And
so it is that Postmaster General Hays
is probably the happiest man in Was|S
ingtOn.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-07-21
w rites FINS to
Guffey's Career

Late in February Guffey's pool tried
to rout the bears and boosted the stock
from q to 80. The effort exhausted
his strength. and the bears, buying In
New York and selling by wire in Pitts
burgh, flooded the latter market. When
the price reached 20 the Pittsburgh
banks called their loans
The Underwater Oil company took
over the stock held as collateral and
bought enough more to give it voting
control Guffey, Gillespie and the old
directors attempted to fight for places
In the recognized company. Tide
water asked for their designations, and
called for a receiver.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-07-21
THIS MAKES Mr.. HAYS HAPPY
His Policy Of Humanizing the Post
office Department Results in Saw
ing a Woman's Life.

hfngton.-Postmaste Will 81.
Hays probably is the happiest man in
Washington today. His slogan
"Humanize the Postofice Department
has been carried out to what appears
to be the limit. Here is the story:
In a little Nebraska farmhouse a
woman lay dying for lack of medical
attention. The nearest physician YVES
DR.. Selby at North Platte. True, North
Platte was only two miles away, but
between the dying woman and the
physician was the South Platte river,
flooded to a raging torrent that had
swept away every bridge near and
far.
DR.. Selby had telephoned to every
town within a radius of twenty miles
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-07-21
Wall Street Once More Puts Her
QuIetus on Man Who Was
Too Ambitious.
HIS STORY IS SENSATIONAL
Nephew Of Colonel Gutfey, Who Made
and Lost Many Fortunes, Himself
pid Some Very Spectacular
Things With Oil Stocks.

New York.-When the directors re
signed the other day and the Tide
water Oil company, Standard Oil
subsidiary, thus got control of the
Guffey- Gillespie Oil company, insiders
knew Wall street once more had writ.
ten fins" to the career of man who
bit Off more than he could chew"
The victim was Joe Guffey. more
formally Joseph F. Guffey of Pitts
burgh, and fully described thus: y
President of the Guffey-Gillespie Oil
company, with leases covering 100000
acres in the Mid-Continent and Texas
fields.
President of the Atlantic Gulf Oil
corporation, controlled by the Atlantic,
Gulf & West Indies Steamship lines
and operating around Tampico.
President of the Colombia syndicate,
controlled by Guffey- Gillespie and
"Agwi" and owning a million acres OF
Oil lands along the Magdalena river in
South America.
Director of Reliance Life Insurance
company, and several Pittsburgh
banks.
Democratic national committeeman
from Pennsylvania. promoter and
"anger" of A. Mitchell Palmer's last
presidential boom.
Former director of sales for the
alien property custodian.
Uncle Lost Many Fortunes.
Back of this announcement lies a
story seldom eQualed in American
business and political biography. 1t
parallels the story of another Guffey of
a preceding generation. For Joe Cuff
fey is a nephew of old Col. James NJ.
Guffey, also of Pittsburgh, said to have
made and lost more fortunes in Oil
than any other person in the United
States.
By 1919, when the partnership was
reorganized as the Guffey Gillespie Oil
company, it had become one of the
largest in the midcontinent field. In
addition, Guffey & Gillespie, with 9TH
er Pittsburghers,~ acquired 125,O0O
acres of oil lands in Colombia, and the
Colombia syndicate was formed.
Then "Agwi" entered the Mexican
field, organized the Atlantic Gulf Oil
company, and elected Guffey president.
Boosted Stock to $50.
Last summer Guffey found the bears
out cunning for ey-Gillespie stock,
although it had earned 50 a share the
year before. Guffey began the fight
which ended Tuesday in total defeat.
Putting in almost every dollar he had
and borrowing 100000, he formed a
pool to peg" the stock with New York
and Pittsburgh friends.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-07-21
ASPIRIN
Name 'fBayer" on Genuine

Take Aspirin only as told in each
package of genuine Bayer Tablets Of
Aspirin. Then you will be following
the directions and dosage worked out
by physicians during II years, and
proved safe by millions. Take no
chances with substitutes. If you see
the Bayer Cross on tablets, you can
take them without fear for Colds,
Headache, Neuralgia, Rheumatism,
Earache, Toothache, Lumbago and
for Pain. Handy tin boxes of twelve
tablets cost few cents. Druggists also
sell larger packages. Aspirin IS the
trade mark of Bayer Manufacture Of
MonOaceticacidester of Salicylicacid.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-07-21

entirely vegetable and pleasant 10
take and is perfect substitute for
calomel. It is guaranteed to start your
liver without stirring you up inside,
and can not sali7ate.
Don't take calomel! 1t can not be
trusted any more than a leopard or
wild cat. Take Dodson's Liver Tone,
which Strengthens you right up and
makes you feel fine. Give it to the
children because it is perfectly harm
less and doesn't grippe.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-07-21
Extortion Practice6 in Paris
Arouses Americans.
French Authorities Tell lnem '''e
Remedy Is in Their own
Hands.

paris-The effect of the high cost
If living in Paris upon tourist trade.
az indicated by the growing frequency
of complaints of extortion by amer e,
c.ns visiting France, is occupying the
attention of the government,
The authorities hold that the tour
tots have the cure largely In their
own hands. exaggerated prices being
due in large part TO lnuisc'In a.
spending by visitors aloeu ~ nr .ne
snendthrift tendency Of French PROF
iteers. - ,roc.
It is admitted that abuses prac s
+iced in amusement resorts "nere
meals wine and dancing are PROVIDED
have their effect upon prices IN gen
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-07-21
a WfuI Sick
with Gas


II have been awful sick with gas"
writes Mrs. w. H. Person, "and
Eatonic is all I can get to give me
Acidity and gas on the stomach
quickly taken up and carried out by
Eaton1c, then appetite and strength
come back. And many other bodily
m1serles disappear when the stomach
is right. Don't let sourness, belching,
bloating, indigestion and other stom-
ach ills go on. Take Eatonic tablets
after you eat-see how much better
you feel. Big box costs only a trife
with your druggists guarantee.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-07-21
CAL0MEL DANGER
TOLD BY DODSON
Says You Cannot GRIPPE, Sicken. SalVate Yourself
You Take "Dodson's Liver Tone Instead

Calomel loses you day! You know
what calomel is. It's mercury; quick
silver. Calomel is dangerous. It
crashes into sour bile like dynamite,
cramping and sickening you. Calomel
attacks the bones and should never be
put into your system.
When you feel bilious, sluggish,
constipated and all knocked out and
believe you need a, dose Of dangerous
calomel Just remember that your drug
gist sells for a few cents large bot
tie of Dodson's Liver Tone, which is
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-07-21
Decrepit Old John Shebec Took
But One Dose and Did Some
Great Stunts.
GLIMPSE OF DICKS" STAR
SeniIe Cripple Overlook Trolley Car
and Would Have Defeated Police
FIivver If the Street Crowds
Had Not Hampered Him.

Chicago.-John Shebec, who is 81
years old, discovered the elixir Of
youth the other day. Before taking
he was stopped, lame. decrepit, hope
lessly senile. After one dose he was
able to hop a speeding street car.
OUTRAGE a flivver, and stand on his ear.
Mr.. Shebec was first observed by
Detective Sergeants Bierndt and
Janaczak at Western avenue and Madi-
son street. He was limping.
"Give me a quarter for carfare,
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-07-21
Ancient Relic to Harding.

A theater ticket not made Of paper
but of a stony substance that has
stood the test Of two thousand years
has been presented to President Har-
ding by DR.. John Constas, assistant
surgeon at Georgetown university
hospital.
Doctor Constas stated that the the
alter ticket was probably used during
the earliest period of Grecian drama.
It bears on one side the engraved head
of a gorgon and on the reverse the
head of fox. 1t is believed to be of
Athenian origin.-New York Times.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-07-21

~ vial | have been very glad that
. f e IN now feel much stronger and do
d M ~ ~ nv work. I tell my friends when
they y ask me What helped me; and they
think must be ,sa g f6in Lined MEDICINE ELM And
Es,riaI # YOU wish. MRS. HARRY A.
WILSON SON. r. F. D. 5, Clearield, Pa.
" The expecience and testimony of such
.,o1nen as Mrs. Wilson prove beyond q
T %Ui that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
tsbIe Compound will correct such trou-
Nos los by removing the cause and restor>
; mo- the system to healthy normal con-
d AZ When such symptoms develop
os backaches, bearing down pains, dis
uIscements, nervousness and ''the
Rnps a woman cannot act too promptly
n H,1 irving Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound if she values her future com
fort qnd happneSS'
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-07-21
Elixir of Youth
Found inChiCagO

please" he asked them. Bierndt
started to explain that transportation
in this City Of the Horn may be pur-
chased, theoretically, at nickel ride
and, if one is travelling in the SUBJ
urbS outside the precincts of the city
hall, at 8 cents. He meant to follow
up this information with remark that
the old mans two-bit demand was a
bit exOrbitant. He was interrupted,
however, by citizen who burst from
the corner saloon. ~
He Sees a Star.
you old rascal, l just gave you
carfare," shouted the man.
Aha" quoth Bierndt. "come with
me.''
He exhibited his star. One casual
glance at the glittering elixir worked
a marvellous transformation. It pene-
trated the ancient's system instanter
and invested his feet with a zest for
voyage.
The next instant Shebec was ten
yards, away. The instant after that
he was scarcely discernible for dust.
Holy haste!" exclaimed Bierndt.
THAT guys exceeding the speed limit
What he needs is pair of brakes"
The detectives jumped into their
f1ivver and tore after the vanishing
Shebec. About block ahead was a
street car, traveling> at the rate of
numerous miles per hour. 1t saw
the ancient chasing it and tried to get
away.
"Too burned Slow"
No use! With an easy leap Shebec
had achieved the step. Then he
looked behind him and saw that the
police f1ivver was making better time
than the street car.
You're too burned slow" said he to
the conductor-and off he jumped. The
particular section of the metropolis
into which the ancient leaped was a
bit populated. The abundant citizenry
impeded his progress and made
straight running impossible. IN the
zigzagging which ensued the f1ivYer
had time to catch up and Shebec was
apprehended. In his pockets were
found twenty 81 bills and about S. in
coins.
81 think I'll enter that bird in the
indianapolis sweepstakes next year."
said Bierndt at the station. "He runs
without gas and never has tire
trouble. He's the fastest thing l ever
saw in pants."
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-07-21
Only Passing Injury.

OHIy Fa5sIHg injury,
A bricklayer was working On a scat
fold. Suddenly a brick slipped from
his hand. Down through the air it
whizzed, to alight mercilessly on the
head of his mate, who was working
below.
The unfortunate man started dane
ing about and groaning in agony.
The bricklayer stared down at him,
with something like contempt in his
eyes.
Come, mel" he called down at
last. 'It can't have hurt as much as
that, man! Why, it wasn't on your
head half second !"-Pittsburg
Chronicle Telegraph.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-07-21
Heavenly Dust Cloud
of Vast Bulk Is Found

LOndon.-Dr. A. Pannekeck,
Dutch scientist, has been demon
strating the existence Of an In
conceivably vast object in the
heavens. It's mass. he says, is
10000, 100000 times greater than
that of the sun. He calls it a
. celestial gas or dust cloud.
Doctor Pannekeck says this huge
body is situated in the constel-
lation Of Taurus and his esti-
mate of It's size is greater than
many-estimates of the combined
mass of the whole universe it.
self.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-07-21

1000 per cent higher than the average
before the war for furnished apart
ments of the same class, or rented at
an increase Of 200 to 800 per cent
above the average for unfinished
apartments, with the proviso that the
tenant buy the furniture at excessive
figures
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-07-21
Wool Gin Of West

Winnipeg; Man.-The wool clip for
western Canada this year will be in
the neigEborhood Of 100000 pounds.
Alberta's wool clip is estimated at
100000, which is about. the same as
last year. Manitoba, Saskatchewan
and British Columbia are expected TO
contribute about 100000 pounds to
the total.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-07-21

W OO GA Va A1Ay OWu
work. / had severe
pains in my left side
every month and had
fever and sick dizzy
spells and such pains
during my periods,
which lasted two
weeks. / heard Of
Lydia E. Pinkham's
We ge t a Bile Com
pound doing others
so much good and
thought I would give