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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-26
POOR ADAM
BY DR.. Frank Crane

| The war between the evolutionists and
the anti-evolutionists goes merrily forward.
William Jennings Bryan, the plumed
knight who leads the forces of liberalism,
! free coinage of silver and other mixed
hordes of reaction and reform, continues
to take his stand upon the theory that crea-
ton Is entirely dramatic and artificial, and
that those who insist upon the law OF
growth are outraging the Scriptures and un-
dermining the morals of youth.
DR.. Charles w. Stiles, of Wilmington,
N c., in an address before the Washington
Bryan's denial of the theory of evolution
is correct, our forefather, Adam, must dur
ing his career of $50 years have had in his
body all the germ diseases which afflict
man today.
Further, he said that Noah must have been
not only a capable ship captain, but the
worlds first successful public health Off
GER, since he must have preserved all the
animals in the Ark without losing a single
elephant flea. He also must have kept
all the germs alive which today are actively
engaged in business.
If it is conceded that these germs were
created originally in some other form than
as disease germs, then the theory of eyolu-
ton stands admitted
Germs could not have been created and
could not have existed prior to the creation
Of their victims.
Therefore" said DR. Stiles, 1--WE must
disease which is characteristic of man or
dependent on man for its life cycle"
According to- this conclusion Adam, IL
Mr.. Bryan Is correct must have had
among other troubles various species of
coolies, typhus fever, hookworm, pneumo-
MIA, tapeworm, Jacksomin epilepsy, three
kinds OF malaria, sleeping sickness, tuber-
culosis, typhoid fever, Asiatic cholera,
mumps, whooping cough, yellow fever, scar
let fever, measles, meningitis, infantile pa
ralysis and smallpox.
We have sometimes felt keenly the crowd
ed condition Of the earth and have thought,
particularly when trying to get something
In department store or get somewhere on
subway, that there are entirely too many
people. We have longed for "a lodge in
some vast wilderness, some boiindess con-
mind to Adam and pictured what a blessed
and quiet time he must have had in the
Garden of Eden before his wife got the
family into trouble.
We have imagined the delight of hav-
ing plenty to eat from the breadfruit trees
and the ham and eggs bushes with bever-
ages flowing from the cooling spring and
roast chicken hanging on the Christmas
tree.
Then also all the animals we're tame and
when we needed recreation we could go out
and play without alarm with the lion the
wart hog and the giraffe and watch the
amusing capers of the ornithorincus para
doxus which as all little boys-and little
girls-know, is a species of duckbilled
platippus.
But since Dir. Stiles tells us now that
Adam must have been nursing along
whole biological laboratory full of deadly
diseases, germs, microbes and septic seeds,
the idea seems not so good.
Copyright 1929
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-26
MY FAVORITE STORIES
Bv Irwin Cobb


Two of Broadway's typical products were
invited to spend an evening at the Fifth
avenue home of wealthy patron. The guests
knew a great deal about musical shows and
about picking winners at the tracks and,
when it came to rolling a sucker for his
money, they acknowledged no superiors Blu
in certain other departments of knowledge
both of them were just trifTe shy:
Observing that they seemed somewhat
self-conscious, their host undertook to make
them feel more at home. He made the mis-
take, though, of picking literature as a
topic. Across the dinner-table he said to one
of them:
How do you like Omar Khayyam?"
'Oh, pretty good" said the person adj
dressed; "but bottle of this here red Chianti
suits me better"
On the way home the second Broadwayite
took his friend to task for his ignorance.
"Bo," he said, when you don't under
stand thing why don't you keep your mouth
shut? Why, you big stiff, this here Omar
Khayyam amt no wine. It's brand Of
cheese"
Copyright, 1929
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-26
IMPROVING Southern Cotton

TN urging that upland cotton growing be
standardized to a few superior varieties.
and that the staple be improved in even
ness Of, strength and other desirable spinning
qualities the federal department Of agricul-
ture points the way to the South's continued
supremacy in vastly important realm OF
production. True it is that a century OF
European effort to develop other than Amer
lean sources OF cotton supply has yielded,
thus far, no decisvely important results. But
the endeavor goes resolutely on, supported
with much money and much scientific talent.
In India and in China is grown cotton that
bids fair to compete more and more success
fully with the inferior American types. 1t is
by way of forearming against that contin-
gency that the department Of agriculture
gives its present counsel.
Official inquiries in six cotton states east
month, brought out some highly significant
facts County agents were asked to list the
varieties of cotton grown in their several
districts and to estimate the percentage of
the total acreage planted to each "It is
certain" runs the report, that not all the
varieties being grown are included in the
replies, but those listed serve to emphasize
the large number in use and also suggests
the practical certainty that with the large
- Oft In oil
mixing of seed in gins and cross pollinization
in the fields is resulting in steady deterioria-
ton of most, If not all, the varieties reported
upon. Ninety-four distinct varietal names
are given in the answers, not including diff
ferent strains of comparatively widely used
varieties, such as Cleveland, Toole, Cook.
Columbus, etc."
The Importance Of altering this condition
is plain. When the worlds supply Of cotton
is barely abreast of demand, the price diff
ference between the better and poorer staples
may not be pronounced. But when markets
are of a more normal trend, the better staple
has great advantage in readiness Of sale as
we'll as in price. Clearly, then, 1t behooves
the South to develop the higher strains and
to keep them pure. especially in view of the
departments discovery, through experiments
conducted over decade, that cit does not
affect the cost of production to
grow superior varieties in single variety
as compared with the present
scattered system of growing a large number
of varieties in single region"
Georgia has profited greatly by cooperative
cotton marketing, which eliminates waste
and guarantees accuracy of grading. This
Improvement may we'll be supplemented
along the lines which the federal department
of agriculture now recommends.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-26
A BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY

And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat
in the house, behold many pabHcanS and
sinners came and sat DOM with Him and
His disciples. And when the Phorisees sarV
it, they said unto His disciples, 'Why eat
eth, your Master Nth publicdns and sin
ners ?"-Matthew 9:1O, II. And when
Jesus came to the place, He looked up and
sap him, and said unto him, "ZdccheHS,
make haste, and come DOM; for today /
must abide at thy house And he made
haste, and came DOM, and received Him
joyfuly And when they SAM it, they all
murmured, saying that He mas gone to be
guest with man that is SinneT.-Luke
1857. The Son of man is come to- seek
and to sdpe that Which is loSt.-Luke 1910.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-26
Thursday-A Clash OF Wills
QUIPS AND QUlDDITIES

Vincent Aston. homeward bound on the
Mauritania, said one evening: II like the
English accent. l attended dance last
week on an English man-of-war, and as l
arrived I saw some sailors putting the fin
ishing touches to a lot of queer canvas con-
trivances. What are these things you're
building?" I asked a sailor He might
have answered that they were shelters for
sitting out, but he put it more neatly than
that '''Uts for 'uggin M" he said,
One of our naval vessels is commanded
by hard-boiled skipper renowned for his
flintiness about shore leave. In the history
of that ship every excuse that could be in1
Finally a desperate absentee telegfaphed:
mo excuse for staying away except that
money is not all spent. Would like five
days extension He got it.
The small boy had climbed on TO the table
and his father told him to get down, as he
was sure he would fall. The, child took
no notice and shortly afterward feel down.
AS he was crying he said between his
sobs: Daddy, why didn't you catch me?
You knew I was going to fall-you said
So"
A love-smitten youth who was studying
the approved method of proposal asked one
of his bachelor friends if he thought that
young man should propose to a girl on
his knees.
eff he doesn't" replied his friend, 1.-The
girl should get off"
cat last I have found you out" said the
angry wife. You were seen flirting with
a woman yesterdays
cit was a mistake" protested the hus-
band. She had on a hat just like yours.
Come with me and buy an exclusive hat
I don't want to be embarrassed again"
speaking OF dumbbells," said recently
returned traveller from the nations capital,
there was one that picked me out to be
her shiek in a diplomatic dinner If Cleo
patra had dressed like her she needn't have
got that snake to sting her to death
she'd have died OF pneumonia first And
she thought the Lincoln family was Jewish
because they named their son Abe"
An elderly gentleman was pressed into
service to escort niece to flapper dance.
Finding himself very much out of place he
sought secluded spot behind a screen and
fell into half doze. A couple Of flappers
happened along and he overheard the fol-
lowing conversation:
'Lo, grille"
"'Lo."
Can you femme have q puff"
Powder or cigarette?"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-26
FOOLS
BY BERTON BRALEY

BY BERTON BRALEY
TIME wise men said, "Why, the world is
fiat!
- Our fathers fathers have taught us
that;
And all experience goes to show
That what our fathers have said Is so.
It's only fools who would dare allege
That one could sail DER the ocean s edge"
But the fools-the fools!-let the toxin
sound it
Sailed to the blue-sky's edge-and round
it.
The wise men said, eft is all dream,
That anything can be done with steam"
The wise men said, "Hes fool for fair,
Who thinks we ever shall ride the air"
But the fools believed, and the fools held
true
To their foolishness, till they saw it
through;
And a fool must follow his natural bent
So now we swoop through the armament.
The fools, the fools! how they loom in
sight,
Calico, Columbus, Wright.
Watts and Stephenson-piOneers
Conquering nature, charting spheres
And ever the wise men-learning naught,
Jeered the aims and the ends they sought,
In the teeth of all of the creeds and
schools,
Man is led to the heights-by Fools!
Copyright, 1929
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-26
The POPULATION Drift

-HE most important economic develop
ment revealed by the last census, accord
- ing to Government analysts of the fig
ures was ''the tendency of the American peo-
pie to concentrate in Cities For decades
past this drift has been observable, but never
before to SO marked a degree as in the period
190O-192O. The enumeration for the latter
year showed that the counties which had
gained in number of inhabitants were those
which included "either large cities, industrial
areas, active mining developments, or rich ag-
ricultural regions, the products of which con-
tinued to prove profitable, or lent themselves
to organized marketing or specialization"
There were some two thousand counties In
this group. More than one thousand, on the
contrary, showed a decrease in population
These were distinctly rural, or had not the
natural resources capable of affording the
particular profits encouraged by war opera
tions."
1t was the war, in the judgment of the
analysts, that gave marked an impetus to
centers, whose labor supply had been dimin-
ished by the draft, drew multitudes from viii
lagos and fields. 1t can hardly be commended,
however that war conditions alone were re-
sponsible. In its interesting summary of the
census bureau conclusions the Literary Digest
notes that until 1900 the tide of population
rolled mainly westward" From that census
1t appeared that the current had slackened,
and changes became more dependent upon
isolated developments in different sections,
such as irrigation, the settlement of Oklaho-
ma, orcharding in the far northwest, and the
mining and oil discoveries in the Southwest"
1t appears, moreover. that the decade 1910
1920, as we'll as in that preceding, the South
and the Central States grew in Industrial fna-
portance.
Georgia and her neghbor commemorative
reflect these general tendencies in so far as
industrial development is concerned. 1t is
true also that their cities have waned in num-
bers. But country losses in the South have
not yet been extensive enough to change the
predominanity rural character of the region.
1t is possible indeed that the South may grow
both industrialIy and agriculturally without
: conflict between those interests. Certainly,
her resources are varied enough and inviting
enough to render that possible
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MUSINGS OF ABE MARTIN

If it's dangerous business t. even talk t.
motorman that's runnin' a street car on a
iron track, it must be awful hazardous t. hug
an auto driver Experience is a great teach
er, but he don't seem t. be eittin' anywhere
with Russia.
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Copyright, 1929

II fond lovers were to talk their sweet
nothings into a monograph how it would
shock them to hear the reproduction ground
out few years hence
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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-26

The young man who flies high doesn't stop
to worry about where he is going to light.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-26

With no motive in life man is like an
automobile minus the steering wheel.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-26

A girls idea of hopeless idiot is young
man who doesn't kiss her when he has
chance.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-26

What has gone before. - Courtney
Harrington has queer influence over
Lorry Granville, and when Tom Ran
some, the man she has promised to mar
ry. proves unworthy. Lorry yields to
Herrington's demand that she marry
him. On the day before her marriage
Tom comes to see. her. He pleads that
she take him back, but, in spite of her
love for him, Lorry sends him away.
Now go on with the story.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-26

Can you femme have puff"
Powder or cigarette?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-08
Rail Buying Prospect Points To Actiuity

NEW YORK, Octt. 7.--The demands for steel continued moderate through the past week with buyers cautious because of uncertainty over the future due to conditions prevailing in raw materials. Prices held steady, however. and consumption was quite active resulting in a decrease in holdings by the distributors. Pros poets of large purchases of rails and other equipment by railroads point to future activity and in some quar- ters a more active market was ex- pected. Pig iron was dull, with the tone rather weak, despite a further curtailment of production.
 Copper ruled easy with business quiet. This, with the easier de- velopment abroad, had an unsettling effect on sentiment and increased offerings by second hands sent prices off to about the lowest levels of the year. Some of the larger producers are understood to have practically withdrawn from the market below the 1874 cent level. Buyers, however, refused to pay above 13 cents.
 Tin was firmer on buying of spot and October. inspired by expectations of small arrivals this month, and by bullish English cables
 Lead was steady but easy in the west while buying was not keen the general trade outlook was regarded as satisfactory.
 Zinc was irregular, but consum- ing demand was fairly good, the un- dertone was fairly steady.
 Antimony continued easy and lower K
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-08
ACTIVITY OF RAIL SHARES FEATURES llIrFU,n nnAIn HOT Wttk J bUNU Ll1l
Active Government Issues Are Thrown On Market At De-
 cIining Prices

NEW YORK, Oct. 7.-tBy Asso- ciated Press.)-The activity and strength of railroad mortgages was the outstanding feature of last weeks bond market. At the same time active United States govern ment bonds were thrown on the mar ket in fair sized blocks at declining prices, selling being influenced large iy by Washington dispatches that bonus bill probably would be passed soon after Congress is convened.
 The week on the whole was one of the best the investment market has experienced in sometime, new offers aggregating $43,23S,000, an increase from s17.657,00 the previous week. The new bonds were notably well re- ceived and bond traders and invest ment bankers express the opinion that new financing is easy of accom- pMshment provided the bonds are priced right with regard to yield. ror.,rn Group Seners,ly puii.
 While foreign bonds generally closed the week somewhat higher. trading in that group was compara- lively dull and fluctuations irregular, & natural result of mixed opinions as to the outlook for early settlement of European problems.
 The major trading in the rail group centered in the adjustment and in come issues which were favorably influenced by the excellent August earnings statements. Convertible is- sues, however, were not overlooked and there was a fair demand for gen. eral debentures.
 Speculative industrial liens moved with the stock market. In general net changes in industrials were ir- regular. with steel, sugar and oil company liens displaying moderate strength. Copper Company issues were somewhat lower.
 Average Somewhat Lower.
 The New York Trust company's index of security prices showed that the average price of 66 bonds on Sep tember was 63 points below the av- craze price of the same bonds on August 31 and IT points under their average price on December 31, 1922.
 Wednesday was the banner day of several weeks in point of amount of new bond offerings. the total for that day being in excess of $27,00O. 900. The largest single offering of the week was S17,340,0o0 per cent one to 14-year equipment trust certifi- cates of the New York Central lines. priced to yield 5.45 per cent.
 Other important offerings were: S5,000,0 ,000 S0-year 6 per cent mortgage bonds of the public service company of Colorado at .93 to yield 6.55 Der cent; S4,050,000 one to 15-year 5n per cent equipment trust certificates Of the Fruit Growers Express com pany at prices to yield 5.3o to 5To per cent; and s2.5o0,00O one and one half year per cent gold notes of the Standard Gas and Electric company at par.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-08
LOCAL SECURITIES

STATE AND MUNICIPAL BONDS
 Bid. Ask. Alabama 3hs. Is5s........... e3 ag Alabama 4%s, isso-ss,. t:asgs.ts bssia City of Birmingham. 4.k0 @S.oe basis. Jefferson county, t.5o0e basis. Jefferson coYnty wsTrSSts NrIns s;2s9s;s basis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-08

establishment and the body was dis covered when an automobile owner entered the place to loow at ma chine he had left there. He notified
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-08
Early Trading Sees
 Top Prices Of Week

NEW ORLEANS, oct. 7.-Highest prices of last week in the cotton market were made in the early trad ing, when the active months were 94 to 103 points over the close of the preceding week. Lowest levels were reached on the closing session, when prices were S2 to ST points under the close of the preceding week. On the close prices showed net losses on the week of 53 to 61 points. December. after reaching up to 26.TS cents q pound traded off to 2s.s0 and closed ding lost 50 points In the net results, closing at 2S cents a pound, which compared with 20.SS as the closing price this week year ago.
 Bureau day furnished the most ex- citement, prices rising to their high est on the returns of only 3,215,5s bales ginned to September 25, but ment's indicated crop figures of Ill., 015,000 bales, an altogether larger figure than expected. In the later trading the market came under the influence of reports of poor trade at mill centers in New England and some of the heaviest selling of the week followed the report that one of the largest mill concerns in the country and in the world was clos ing down at the end of the week for an indefinite period.
 The weather of the week was more unfayorable than favorable, taking the belt as a whole, because of wet weather in large areas in the west and scattered areas to the east of Texas and Oklahoma. Rains on open cotton created a serious low grade situation which at the end of week was discounted 150 points on low middling as compared with middling on this market, while at Houston the discount was widened to 200 points. This feature seems likely to become of increasing importance this next week and more attention will be given the matter of ginning because by the end of this next week the third ginning period of the season will be nearly over