Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-09-29
USE GOOD COMMON SENSE

OF course, Alabama Methodist read
ers of this paper also read the Ala
bamas Christian Advocate, and will
see that am going to tell you some
thing DIR. Steele wrote in that paper.
but it is good enough to be told many
times, especially if it can ClinCh an
argument on the side of righteous
ness: Sam Jones made one of his
Whlrlwind temperance speeches in
Nashville, Tenn, in which he urged
the voters to so to the polls and
throw a clean white vote for DR.. ID.
&. Kelly for governor of Tennessee.
The reXt day L took dinner with him
a II General JaCksons out Al Belle
Meade. We were sitting together on
the porch, and Jackson. who was de-
voted TO Kelly. except when it came
to politics, said, L can't understand,
Mr.. Jones, why a man of your sense
will waste your influence advocating
the election of my friend Kelly. the
prohibition candidate, for governor
of Tennessee. He has about as much
change TO be elected as l would have
to be elected president of the United
States
You are right. general, but it's
this way: A man was sitting on
fence when he saw cloud of dust
coming down the lane. When it
passed him he saw man holding
cow. by the. tail. He shouted to the
man., turn her loose you can't stop
her. But the man yelled back, I
know it, but darn her old hide, If /
can hang on I can slow her down.
And that is my opinion of many
Of the evils, and why many so-called
Christians are in the pleasant places
today instead of in the midst of the
struggle against evils of many kinds,
they are not willing to try to slow
down. And some of them, think that
they are showing a lot of courage of
their convictions by doing the things
that the churches have stood against
for centuries. l heard a man that
can't tell the difference between con-
crete and abstract, nor what is the
real foundation of his politics, say
that he voted the way that ne
thought best for himself and family.
He is muchly interested in bootleg"
and you can see why prohibition is
a thorn in his right hand when it
comes to handling a ballot.
1 always read what Uncle Henry
says in Golfers and the issue Of
August 18th had some thoughts that
are so helpful for the younger set,
well as for some of them. He says:
IAN adult intelligence knows bet
ter than to. write nonsense about
people leading their own lives. 1t
simply can't be done-like hitting
hard or runnin' fast in a nightmare.
As you grow older, my boy, you will
find that revolt is only profitable
and possible in minor appearances,
such as six-cent fares, the price of
gasoline, an gettin' up Sunday morn
in to go to church. AS far as the
big things of life are concerned, it's
best to take them lynn down, for
while the position may seem a bit
unidentified, you don't have to fall
so far.
after all, Jimmie, what is it that
the rebellion is about? Gettin' mar
ried an stayin' married, isn't it?
Sure 1T is.
Now, I try to he broad. even il
I was brought up on E. p. Roe, but
I've never yet been able to see
where it took any great amount Of
courage TO go on loose. No, sir. Not
any more than to overeat. When
you come down to it, a natural in
stinct is a natural instinct. Why is
it any more daring to be Don
Juan than it is to be a glutton? You
can be just as much a rebel with
ham AN eggs as you can with the
emotions, an eatin' a leg of lamb 1t
one sfttin' is no less a challenge to
society than free love.
Another thing that puzzles me is
how you get the idea that there is
anything big an brave in breakin'
rules, repudiatin' obligations, an
desertin' responsibilities. There's
nothin' in all the world that calls