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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-12-18
OUIPS AND OUIDDITIES

Il wish I could think of something to
keep my husband at home in the evenings.
said Mrs. Johnson.
"Give him motor car" suggested Mrs.
Smthson.
He'd be out more than ever"
'No, indeed. My husband bought one last
week and the doctor says he won't be out for
six weeks"
Ky
The doctor on his round of golf was cross
ing the field with his small negro caddie,
when the latter opened the conversation
with:
Doctor, amt you got some shoes up yon-
der in yo' locker you don't want? I need
some bad"
maybe so,'' said the doctor. what size
do you wear?"
Il dunno, sab, cause I amt never bought
none dat-erway-I either kin get in 'em, or
l CANT" ~
The teacher examining her class IN
what she considered the rudiments of his
tory. ~
you, William" she exclaimed, pointing to
a small, freckled-faced boy, "tell me where
Elizabeth was crowned queen"
ION the head, ma am" was the startling
rejoinder. u .sA.zas IN. saMx 600
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-12-18
Why 1t Rains on the Lake
By DR.. Frank Crane

II I'D you never wonder why it rains on
the lake?
49, We are presumed to be under the
direction of a purposeful Providence who
does things for reasons. But why should
water be lifted from the seven only
to be poured back again upon those already
deeply wet acres?
And why do weeds grow by roadsides and
superfluity of seeds sprout between corn
rows?
If you were general manager of the uni
verse would you make a million blossoms
to produce a bare thousand apples? Why
this apparent waste in nature, this prodigall-
ty of fish-roe and hens eggs. this teeming
over abundance of summer insects and polar
ice?
When we think it over we are driven to
the conclusion that the SNUG explanation
like is to skimp. Nature, God bless her! is
no miser penny-pnching housewife, nor
is she dull chemist.
When she makes a world she makes a
t11llion of EN-, of fishes a sea full of men
myrads, and of rocks, heaped up noun
tains.
Her table is like dinner on the old
farm, with more upon it than the family
can possibly eat.
She is royal, liberal, bounteous, not count
ing what she gives but throwing it and
scattering. yet her recklessness is but
seeming, for she refuses all fragments.) Be
generous then, as God is for it is written,
THE Lord loveth a hilarious giver."
= We love abundance. We We're born into
the world full of a number of things" And
perhaps our deepest craving is for the in
finite.
The strongest appeal of the night sky
is the countless stars that crowd it and the
knowledge that each Of these is a world
like our own Something of its Tastness
descends upon as we gaze at it.
We love the forest more than the single
tree, for it is the myriad trees that crowd
our souls with peculiar rest.
There is joy in being upon the ocean
out of sight of land 1t is the measureless
distance, the hugeness of the great water,
that gives to us a message which the river
or lake does not have.
We love the city and that love can be
partially explained by the fact that it Is
overlooking with lives.
Great numbers have peculiar fascina-
ton. People like to read about billions and
trilIions.
new-rch family in Cleveland, who were
beginning to put on a lot of airs, hired a
colored girl just arrived from the south
to act as their serving-maid. The mistress
insisted that all meals should be served in
courses. Even when there wasn't very much
to eat it was brought to the table in courses
At the end of the week the girl threw up
her job. Being pressed for a reason for quit
ting so suddenly, she said:
I'll tell you, lady-in dis yere house dey's
too much shifting of de dishes for de few
ness of de vittles.'
On my last visit to Kentucky I heard of
a somewhat similar incident. A colored girl
having been hired for dining room service
failed to give satisfaction and was dis
charged.
Use glad to go she announced. yes
sum, Use downright glad. Dis amt place
fur me. Befo' now, 1 alluz has wu'ked fur
de real quality. Wy, you wife folks, yere,
you amt even got enough style to pass
round de toothpicks Wen you gifts tn ough
eatin.' "
Copyright 1929 1.~
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-12-18
A BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TODAY

Let lore be Without assimilation Abhor
that which is epiI cleape to that which is
good. Be kindly affectioned one to an
other NTH brotherly love; in honour pre-
ferring one another; not SIothfuL in bust
ness, ferpent in spirit, serving the Lord;
rejoicing in hope, patient in tri5ulation,
continuing instant in prayer; distributing
to the necessity of saints, gipen to hospi-
tality.-RomdnS 1918.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-12-18
The Long and the Short Of
The Legislative Session

TVHE Georgia Legislature, called by the
Governor into special session to deal
with tax and fiscal problems has
struck sail after voyage more or less siren
uous and only two days shorter than the de-
cisive adventure of Noah. To say that this
adjournment will be as momentous in its eff
feet upon history as was the landing on Ara
rat would, we fear, strain the prosaic truth
The sun would have continued to rise be-
times, even if this extraordinary session had
not been called; and now that the gavel has
fallen sine die, the rain will continue to fall
as aforetime the just and the unjust
mostly upon the just, as the bishop remark
ed, because the unjust have made away with
the umbrellas.
Mayhap we are wont to lay greater store
by things legislative, gubernatorial political
and such like than the facts usually warrant
How many times has the country been lost.
in the view of defeated candidate and his
more ardent followers, only to come up smfI-
ing with prosperity ere the election din had
fairly died away Truth to tell the greater
part of human history is made between
pIoWshares and in schoolhouses, at anvil and
forge and market place, around quiet fire
sides, and in the hearts of men and women
who live faithfully work-a-day life and who
will sleep at last "in unvisited tombs."
Leastwise, this should be comforting philoso-
ply for those who may be prone to look too
lugubriously on the omissions If not the COM
missions of our Georgia solons.
The Journal questioned the advisabilitv Of
the call for the extra session; but the Gov
ernor having spoken and the issues being
Joined, we urged that all pride of opinion be
put away for united effort to serve the
common veal. To what extent has this been
done?
Some there are who regard the session as
nat desert of failure, with never an oasis
of good amid the rolling waste of words. Not
so thinks The Journal. That the House
and Senate were unable to agree on a State
income tax proposal was by no means alto
gether unnatural: nor. in the judgment of a
number of busine minded observers. alto
sether unfortunate. For our own part, we
were not affrighted at the thought of
an income tax, provided it should be rea-
sonable and equitable, and were heartily OBJ
posed to any policy or mere obstruction. But
il there could be no agreement, at this ses-
sion, on an income tax plan that would be
economically sound and politically just, then
assuredly the best to be done for the COM
monwealth was to let the matter be. Inac-
ton may seem inglorous, but rash action
may be ruinous; and the Hotspurs are more
Oft in error than the Slows.
So experienced and devoted State Of
fetal Comptroller General Wright said
months ago that under efficient government
Georgias existing tax system would produce
ample revenue If it were but made duly en-
forceable. Well, three specific bills for that
purpose were passed at the special session
There is the general tax act, which orders
sundry changes in the present law assessing
general and occupational taxes There is
also the act establishing a state department
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-12-18
CIRCUS SHOWS IN THE EARLY TINE

NIAHNAo cAAONo IInE
r HAVE been reading about Barnum's cir
Gus and Forepaughs circus in early days,
but my earliest view of circus shows ante
dates them both, because Barnum and Fore
paugh travelled by rail, and there were no
railroads in Georgia for a number of years
after [ was born. My impression is that my
first circus attendance was John Robinsons,
and exactly wagon affair. Where the pro-
cession started from 1 do not know but that
veteran Snowman travelled the principal
southern states, with horses and wagons l
remember my father took me to the first one
Of the kind, and he and l had a jolly time
when we went on a lark, always. They had
animals to exhibit but my concern was with
the clown, the riding actresses and the
music. We attended in the afternoon and
travelled a number of miles in a barouche to
get there. Crowds were immense. The Cir
Gus was advertised weeks ahead with pictures
galore. In those primitive days it was tre-
mendous sensation. There were only two
performances-afterno and evening" We
had to drive home after the performance in
the afternoon, and were glad to make it
safely. After we moved to town | saw much
more of the travelling circus shows. and the
sameness became apparent to even such
young people as myself.
/ saw one of Barnum's big circus shows in
Washington City in the middle seventies He
prepared we'll for the occasion. Congressman
and senators could be seen all about and
around.
Barnum was born Snowman
During the full tide Of sensations that dav
he was pointed out to me, near to us by
some one who knew him before. He was
entirely engrOssed with the exercises going
on in front and he had seen the congressman
and senators before. They did not seem to
interest him. The bareback riding was mag
nifcent. His pictures made him look like a
portlY person, but he would really have
passed without particular attention in the
prime of his business activities as a fairly
Well-to-do hustler in plain stores and modest
surroundings. AS l watched him l remem-
bered he had invited Jenny Lind to America,
the Swedish Nightingale" He offered her
the largest salary any woman had ever
cepted up to that time He pulled off that
stunt admirably.
Even Daniel Webster acclaimed the real
greatness of P. IT. Barnum, after Jenny
Lind's success When you recall conditions
in the south; when circus shows in rural dis
tricts made great sensations before there
were railroads or telegraphs, and only weekly
newspapers, we can understand their sue
cess, also their gathering ability.
Horse racing was the only rival as notable
and exciting. And horse racing was in its
prime in old Georgia-then and later.
A race horse had to run four heats-each
four miles long; and other four heats, six
teen miles in ALTO win the money, and a
good many horses did run such races and
great racing prizes.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-12-18
THE COUNTRY HOME,
BY MRS. w. II. FELTON,

AS I remember the sight of those mad
dened beasts, scared to madness by fright,
have an idea that I may compare the rush
Of frantic politicians, when they go wild in
congress-
This republic has prospered and endured
longer than any which ever bore the name.
1t has weathered many storms and gained
quiet harbors. But horses will always run,
like horses-and men in political races have
gone nearly to the limit frantic with sectional
hatred and race anta.gonisms, as it appears
to me.
Doubtless if we go under We will start
with a military dictator, or be absorbed by
foreign intrigues and alliances with other
countries.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-12-18
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

You can't pay girl much finer compli-
ment than to say she is worth her weight in
turkey.-Duluth Herald
Safety first Look out for trains this win
ter while picking up coal along the railroad
notwithstanding Progress-Index.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-12-18

If taxpayer" got paid for his newspaper
articles he wouldn't have t. worry about
taxes. College girls feet haint gittin big
ger, they're only giyin 'em more rope.
Copyright, 1929
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-12-18

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II I'D you never wonder why it rains on
| J the lake?
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-17
ANTI-UNION OWNERS
USE CHECK-OFF
SYSTEM

Atlantic City. "The anti-union
members of the national coal associa-
tion are not as bitterly opposed to the
check-off as they would have the pub
lie believe" said President Lewis. of
the United Mine Workers. These
coal owners have joined with the an
thracite coal owners have joined the
anthracite coal owiers in resisting
the union shop and check-off demand
of the miners.
"The anti-union members of the
coal association daily apply the check
off system in deducting from the
wages of their employees money for
payment of store bills from their
sWindling company stores, doctors
fees, blacksmithing, house rent, house
coal, tools, fuse, mining supplies,
taxes and funds for the maintenance
of baseball clubs, and so forth and
so forth, said President Lewis.
They prevaricate when they state
that the United Mine Workers forci-
bly, compel them to contribute to the
organization. The miners only ask
that the check-off in the anthracite
region, as elsewhere, operate in be-
half of members of the United Mine
Workers when they file individual Or
ders constituting legal consignment
with the coal operators for their
monthly dues to be deducted"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-17

I'm the opinion of the men who
made this analysis the unexpected Sc
verify of machinery accidents is ac-
counted for by the fact that the point
of operation is the accident cause to
which workmen are exposed the
greater part of the time, and by the
fact that the point of operation of a
machine presents the most difficult
problem to be met with in mechanical
guarding. They found that in the
case of some machines it is not diff
ficult to design guards for the point
of operation which will preventn acci-
dents without reducing production; on
the other hand, it is extremely diff
cult to meet both these conditions in
the case of many other machines"
Furthermore, it was recognized
that there is constant tendency in
industry to substitute mechanical for
manual operations, and as result
machine accidents are bound to cause
an increasing proportion of the total
number of accidents"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-17
WORKERS INJURIES
BLAMED ON PENNSY

Washington. - Defective work by
Pennsylvania railroad strikebreakers
was responsible for boiler explosions
and the scalding of engineers and fire
men last May and June.
The railroad was sharply criticised
in two accident reports made to the
interstate commerce commission by
A. G. Pack, chief safety inspector. In
both cases the accidents resulted from
defective boiler tubes. One occurred
June 7, near Logansport, Ind, and
the other at Wilmerding, Pa, May 5
Firemen and enginemen were seri-
ously scalded in each instance, and in
vestigations disclosed, the reports de-
clared, that the locomotives had beer
improperly and inadequately repaired
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-17
MINERS NOT BLAMED

Worcester, Mass-Burton H. Alden,
cola merchant of this city, refuses
to be blinded by coal owners propa-
ganda. In speech before the XII
responsible for high coal prices. The
speaker placed the blame on the coal
owners and the railroads.
From 1918 the price of coal has
been gradually raised in price" said
Mr.. Alden. "Some would make you
believe that the miners are response
BILE. Now, did they ever get $6.25
raise in pay per ton? That is the diff
ference between 1918 and 1922 and
1923 prices.
Mining started in September, 1922,
with a bang. Coal was mined faster
than we could burn it all winter long.
Then what? A car shortage was the
play A count was made. There was
no car shortage. Then they were
short of engines"
Mr.. Alden said he visited Norfolk
and Baltimore last year Retail deal
ers told him they could get no coal
for their trade on account of car and
power shortage, "but at the same mo-
ment 7,0O0-ton ships could be loaded
for export in few hours.
"Can you read between the lines?
Railroads can not get S4.54 freight
from coal retailing at $40 a ton, but
they can get it on present prices and
higher prices, which they hope for. .
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-17
Safety or Great Output?
Industry Must Make Choice
Accident Analysis Reveals

BY International Labor News Service.
Washington, D. c. Safety or
greater production, which?
This is the choice confronting in
dustry. There is little doubt that
many employers will chose greater
production at the expense of safety
unless organized labor is vigilant in
guarding its interests.
That safety VS.. greater produc-
tion is vital issue in scores of in
dustries was revealed in recent
analysis of industrial accidents made
by the national bureau of casualty
and surety underwriters. The anal
ysis, which shows for the first time
the exact degree of seriousness OF
each of the principal causes of indus
trial accidents, reveals that machines
exposed at the point of operation
are the big factor in accidents that
MAIN and kill workers in shop, mine
and factory
Investigators for the bureau found
that the point of operation presented
the most difficult problem to be met
in safeguarding machinery and that
in the case of many machines it is
difficult to safeguard the point of OPP
Grafton without decreasing the ma
chimes output
Accidents covered by the analysis
all occurred within one year in the
plants insured by members of the
casualty bureau, which is the repre-
sentative national organization of the
chief stock casualty companies in the
United States.
"The most striking revelation OF
this analysis was the seriousness OF
the point of operation on machines
as an accident factor" says the re.
port, which continues:
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-17
PITILESS PUBLICITY
Makes Gary Squirm and He
Promises CD to Be Good
Would Make Little of Union
Organizing Campaign,
But Knows Diff
ferent

Washington n-Bombardment of the
steel trusts 12-hour day continues,
and Judge Gary is squirming. He now
says within six weeks" start will
be made to abolish the long work
day.
The judges promise is as indefinite
as former pledges, but they indicate
| that the forces arrayed against him
have put him on the defensive to
greater degree than ever before
The steel barons are taking no
chances with the organizing campaign
being conducted in this industry by
trade unionists. These employers
know that their Accent rate for So
called common" labor can only be
maintained under anti-union condi-
tions. While the steel barons and
their newspapers assure the public
that steel employees "are not interest
ed in trade unions" this gesture is
for publicity purposes. 1t is on par
with Judge Gary's claim that steel en-
ployes demand the 12-hour day.
Other forces that are bombarding
the steel trust are church men and
civic organizations that insist on the
shorter workday, and civil engineers
who declare that the eight-hour day
is practical.
or ,.lr rat
that is operating against Judge Gary.
At the present time the industry has
taken decided slump, although Judge
Gary continues to talk about addi-
tional workers being necessary be-
fore the eight-hour day is established
| The steel slump is natural. All
| production records were broken dur
| ing the second quarter of the year
! When the steel barons were bemoan-
| ing labor shortage" the mills were
producing at the rate of 50,000,000
tons a year. Nothing like this was
ever dreamed of before, even during
war times.
| With lessening of demand for
steel, the trade union organizing cam
paign, the claim of engineers that an
eight-hour day is practical, and the
protests of church men and civic or
ganizations, Judge Gary is facing an
unexpected situation. A few years
ago this opposition could be ignored,
but this is impossible today and the
Judge is doing the next best thing
attempting to appease an increasing
public opinion by vague promises.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-17

Safety engineers have always
recognized that unguarded points of
operation on machines constituted
one of the most prolific sources of
accidents. But the high percentage
of this type of accident revealed by
the survey surprised all the insur-
ance companies engineers and re-
search men.
"These men were not surprised to
find that in the machine shop indus
tries machinery was responsible for
about 32 per cent of the total acci-
dent costs of those industries and
that the point of operation of ma
chimes alone was responsible for 20
per cent of the total accident cost
Contrary to all expectations, however
the analysis revealed that in many in
dustries the cost of accidents due to
machines, and particularly to the
point of operation of machines, was
greater than for machine shop indus
tries.
"In some industries the point of
operation hazard was found to be re-
sponsible for so per cent or more of
the total accident cost of the indus
try.
"The percentage of costs resulting
from machine accidents and the per-
centage of costs resulting from acci-
dents at the point of operation of ma
chimes, compared with the total acci-
dent costs of the industry as deter
mined by this analysis, follow;
Point
All of
ma oper-
chine tion
Industry acc'ts acc'ts
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