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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-02
This Rainy Month of Nav

, We expect April shoWers-and we gener-
ally get them. We expect cool nights in
April, and they usually come along in due
season. but we do expect springtime, good
and wholesome in the month of May, and in
1928 we have missed out by "jugfull." l
have liyed long time and have had a faith
full memory as to farming difficulties, be-
cause all haG has been tied up in farming
and when we had unusual disasters in
farming l could not forget.
saw killing frost on May 1, 1854. 1t
had been an early spring. Corn was nearly
knee-high, for in those days we planted corn
in March and cotton in April Now we plant
cotton in April and plant corn later in the
season. The peach trees had young fruit on
them. Gardens were far advanced. We had
a measured acre in our home garden, and
planted potatoes, sweet and Irish, in the
patches. We had so many to feed in the
negro quarter that we put in garden truck
in abundance 1t was all growing apace,
when we experienced a cold southeast
wind, heavy rains, and a killing frost on
May 1.
We were wheat raisers in those days
nearly seventy years ago. The wheat was
nearly or quite in bloom. Our 100-acre
wheat field was beautiful thing to look at
before the cold wind and killing frost fell on
it. We did not make enough wheat that
usual supply of biscuits. I saw one peach in
the midsummer. I had been sick and some
body down in Middle Georgia sent me the
peach as a rare thing to look at.
We had to raise our eatables at home and
we fell shorten all lines in 1854. The
corn was replanted also cotton, but it proved
to be a fearfully hard year for all farming
interests. A drouth came in late May, and
lasted throughout June. 1t was a record
May for disasters in farming.
Is this 1928 May going to be record year
also? A farmer told me yesterday that our
young cotton stalks had the "sore-shin,' and
was turning yellow. If so, they are bound to
droop and die when the hot sun and dry
weather comes to us. If so, cotton will go
very high in the market, and but very few
sections will be favored with an average
crop of cotton in old Georgia. We are in a
crisis right now. This rainy weather would
not be so destructive if the ground was not
so cold, and the cotton plants so young and
tender.
But we must make the best of it, and pray
God to hold us in peace and health, and in
safety, until this crisis has past.
AS 1 see it, we can still make food crops
and feed man and beast, by economy, with
industry.
A Word ON Tax Collection
The wise men of the nation are struggling
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-02
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS."
THE OBESITY PROBLEM
By H. Addington Bruce

Once more a medical man emphatically
calls attention to the perils of obesity, while
at the same time taking an uncommonly
hopeful lew of the possibilities of weight
reduction. The medical man in this instance
is Dr. w. E. Prebe of Boston, and his find
ings are based on clinical and laboratory
survey of goo cases of obesity.
1t !, DR.. Preble's conviction that from the
age of thirty, persons who are fifteen pounds
or more overweight have a life expectancy
less than the average and that their life ex-
pectancy falls more and more below the
average the greater the Owe weight. This
because, his statistics go to show, overweight
tends to be accompanied by sundry degener-
alive diseases of internal organs.
Thus, of his 1000 cases, 662 were found
afflicted with some degree of heart disease,
functional organic. No fewer than 463
had kidney impairment And there was
found an unusual tendency t) diabetes, esti-
mated by DR.. Preble at seven and one-half
times above the ordinary expectation.
Still more striking was the showing with
regard to arterial trouble. For each age
group above thirty the blood pressure was
found to be abnormally high, often danger
ously so. In sixty-two obese persons the
blood pressure reading was 200 or more
On the other hand distinct improvement
in most cases of high blood pressure-as of
other organic difficulties-followed weight
reduction. And Dr. Preble's experience sat-
isles him that weight reduction is possible
in virtually any case of obesity.
Most fat patients" he remarks in the
Boston Medical and Surgical Journal like
to ascribe their condition to heredity, or to
some peculiar quirk in their body chemistry,
or to some mysterious abnormality of their
endocrine system.
But examination of the literature and
scientific Investigations reveal the fact that
the cause in the overwhelming majority of
cases lies in their habits of eating. In other
words, obesity is a habit, and dangerous
habit at that"
Consequently, the great corrective need is
to acquire better dietary habits And what
is chiefly requisite in most instances is a
reduction in the Intake of fats and carbo-
hydrates.
Also. however, Dr. Prebe notes:
THE daily habits as regards work, exer-
else, sleep etc, of the individual patient
must be carefully scrutinized and excuses
corrected.
Care should be taken that the patient
gets enough proteid, otherwise weakness
will result. rather high proteid det-9O
to 10 grams-is prescribed except for
nephritics in which class the amount is reg
ulated according to the kidney function"
Which, of course, suggests that weight re-
duction, to be undertaken safely and sue
cessfulIy, should be, not a matter of self
direction, but of guidance by an experienced
physician.
This is unquestionably Dr. PrebIe's view
And he holds out the glowing assurance that,
when such guidance is obtained and faith
fully followed, success in reducing weight
will be obtained in 100 per cent of cases.
copyright, 1929
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-02
QUIZ

Q. How much -four is there in a loaf of
bread? N R.
A. The department. of agriculture says that
there are twelve ounces of flour used in a
siXteen-ounce loaf of bakers bread.
@. Who said Beyond the Alps lies Italy?"
NJ. E. c.
A, The original of this is found in the Latin
of Livy.
@. Is there any light at the bottom of the
sea? T. S. V.
A. This depends upon the depth. The rays
of the sun are practically extinguished at a
depth of $50 fathoms. In deep waters there
is utter darkness, except for the occasional
presence of phosphorescent animals. assAn
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-02
YERKES ASTRONOMERS

WILLIAMS BAY, Wis.-Yerkes observa-
tory of the University of Chicago will send an
expedition under the direction of Prof. Edwin
B. Frost, director, to observe the total eclipse
of the sun next September TO- 1t will locate
on Catalina Island off the coast of California
and will specialize on Photographic and spec
troscopic Investigations. Observations to
check the Einstein theory of relatively will
not be made by the party, Prof. Frost stated,
For the past twenty-five years, Yerkes observ7
atory has made the regular observation Of the
sun principal item of its program and over
$1,000 photographs of our sun have been OBJ
tanned. Prof. Frost headed eclipse expeditions
in 1900 and 1918.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-02
DESTROYING Our Wild F1orOers

ANDALISM against woodland flowers
NJ is going such lengths around Atlanta
and other Southern cities that only a
counter attack by enlightened public senti-
ment can save these treasures from complete
destruction. The evil, while not peculiar to
this region, is apparently least combatted
here. A number of states have enacted pro-
tectiYe laws for wild plants threatened with
determination: Connecticut, for mountain
laurel, trailing arbutus and certain varieties
of fern; California, the Christmas berry; Yer
mont, for upwards of forty blossoms, ferns,
trees, and moses; while Maryland forbids by
planv material without the consent or per-
sonal supervision of the owner" But in Geor-
gia how frequently, each spring, do we see
dogwood trees stripped bare of boughs, and
all the Towering life of hillsides or forest
hooks torn away!
Among the available measures against
such practices the Review of Reviews points
out as particularly, effective educational
poster prepared by the Wild Flower Preser-
walton Society of America. protect Our Ma
tive Plants" this begins; and then gives these
good items of advice and appeal: MANY
kinds are disappearing from our fields and
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-02

when I was in India said the London
club bore, 81 saw tiger come down to the
water where some women were washing
clothes. 1t was very fierce tiger, but one
woman, with great presence of mind, splashed
some water in its face-and it skunk away"
"Gentlemen," said a man in an armchair
81 can vouch for the truth of this story. Some
minutes after the incident occurred I was
coming down to the water I met this tiger,
and, as is my habit, stroked it's whiskers.
Gentlemen, those whiskers were wet"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-02
QUIPS AND .OUIDDITIES

-- A promoter arrived in London from South
Africa to float gold mine. He brought with
him a large piece of quartz dotted all over
with nice little bits of gold. This proved so
attractive that the necessary capital was
quickly subscribed.
At the first meeting of directors, in order
to inspire confidence and boost the stock, he
dispatched cable to his friend in South
Africa saying, Company successfully foated.
Start crushing at once"
The reply came back: Congratulations.
Will start crushing when you return the
reef" . 81 .z.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-02

woods Pick these very sparingly, especially
il near large town or tourist point. Do not
buy rare wild flowers from street vendors or
florists. Do not pull them up by the roots;
leave plenty to go to seed, that all may enjoy
them another year. Pick other flowers in
moderation, unless they are abundant or
weedy. Do not break or tear off woody flow
ering branches; cut them close to the base,
so that the wound may heal over and prevent
fungous diseases from entering. Do not drop
lighted matches. cigars, or cigarettes in the
woods or fields, or burn them Intentionally,
as burning destroys the soil humus necessary
for the growth Of desirable plants, and causes
them to be replaced by troublesome weeds"
The Wild Flower Preservation Society, with
headquarters at Bronx Park, New York City,
and also at Washington, D. c., stands ready
to counsel and cooperate with any commu-
nifty in the beautiful and highly serviceable
cause to which it is devoted.
The surest protection for wild flower life,
and the one most appealing to watchful
hearts, is the instinct that prompted Robert
Burns to sing to mountain daisy, on turning
one down with his plowshare:
Wee, modest, crimson-tipped flow'r,
Thou's met me in an evil hour;
For maun crush amang the stour
Thy slender stem:
To spare thee now is past my pow'r,
Thou bonny gem.
There, In thy scanty mantle clad,
Thy snawie bosom sunward spread,
Thou lifts thy unassuming head
In humble guise;
But now the share uptears thy bed,
And low thou lies!
If, however, cold reasons be required for
sparing the wild loneliness which poetic wis
dom would instinctively shield, they are to
be had in abundance. The little plants of
forest and field are hardly less needful than
trees themselves as preventives of soil ero-
sion. Touching their vital importance in the
economy of the great outdoors, writer in
Nature magazine observes: "In the uncut
tivated fields volunteer plants from seeds,
scattered by the wind and birds, prevent
these fields from becoming barren wastes In
the woods similar plants form ground cover
essential to the retaining Of moisture ror
plant growth, and on forest slopes they pre-
vent serious erosion. These trees are also
fully as essential on slopes for the mainte-
nance of the shade-loving ground cover To-
'gether they hold back the delivery of heavy
rains to the river and subsequent floods be-
low. The denuding of our river slopes is
largely responsible both for floods and for
the drying up Of streams in summer, closing
manufacturing plants and rendering the
streams unnayigable."
Good sense and good sentiment usually
march together. Certainly in this matter
they do. Let Georgia communities all sup
port the women's clubs and nature societies
in their endeavors to prevent the extinction
of wild flower life
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-02

times there have been periods of abnormal
volcanic activity coincident with sunspot min
ina periods. This happened, for instance, at
the time of the eruption of Mount Katmai in
1912 and the result was a marked drop in the
earth's surface temperature owing to the pres
ence of an unusual amount of volcanic dust
in the earth's atmosphere which tends to act
as a screen to shut out solar radiations.
There are, then, many factors that may
more seriously affect the earth's temperature
for the time being than the change in solar
activity during the sunspot cycle, though IN
the long run this change is sure to be felt.
And so, whether the effects will be noted to
an appreciable extent or not it is certain that
the sun is now in an exceptionally quiescent
state from which he will probably not arouse
himself for some months to come.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-02

ment among the amphbious natives in
creased. In the hope of moving them to an
even more spirited exhibition of their pow
ers, the white benefactor ished about until
he found a silver dollar. He was in the act
of hurting it over the side, when the prime
minister caught his arm.
please, sir begged the Cockney, don't
do that, sir Hi ask you to restrain your
self, sir. You'll be 'aying is royal 'ighness
overheard next"
Copyright, 1929
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-02
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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-02
RAILROAD MOTOR COACHES

MONTREAL, Canada.-Important develop
ments in the use and design of railroad motor
cars were predicted by c. E. Brooks, chief of
motive power of the Canadian National rail-
roads, in an address before the American So
ciety of Mechanical Engineers here. The en-
croachment of the motor bus on railroad
earnings and the improvement in the design
of the motor and it's appurtenances in the last
few years, he gave as the causes of the revival
of interest in this form of transportation
among railroad officials.
Such gasoline or gas-electric cars are espe-
cially we'll suited for use on sparseysettled
branch lines, to connect small towns and sub
urbs to mainline junction points, and golf
clubs and summer resorts to branch or
through-line service.-Science Service.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-02
MUSINGS OF ABE MARTIN

Remember when we used t be foolish
enough t. think Germany would come across
One dandy thing about a late spring-it gives
winter elbows chance t. shed an clear up.
Copyright, 19230)
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-02

large track-laying tractor is used by a
mining company in northern Ontario to trans
port silver ore twenty-five miles from the
mine to the mill cheaper than by water
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-02
DO YOU KNOW THAT

1t seems probable that the mineral and
vitamin contents of dairy feed may have an
important bearing on the reproductive ability
of dairy cattle, a statement from the United
States department of agriculture says.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-02

Trachoma, a preventable eye disease is es-
pecially prevalent among reservation Indians
in Minnesota.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-02

Flashing flood lights were recently used at
Mitchell field, New York, to positively identify
the landing field to air pilots by spelling out
the Morse code.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-02
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THEY ALWAYS RUN
AGAIN
BY BERTON BRALEY
II ROM Washington to Harding,
r. Our presidents have sworn,

n
r. Our presidents have sworn,
II long to be discarding >
The office robes I've worn;
The thing on which l dote is
To live like common men"
But none the less you'll notice
They always run again!
"The cares of state are heavy"
Our presidents complain
"a tribute harsh they levy p"
Upon the nerves and brain,
We're always in subsection
To strains beyond your ken"
But at the next election
They always run again.
They say they hate the clamor
With which each days athrob,
They loathe the pomp and glamor-
That's bunk; they like the job
The height which they've assembled
They all enjoy, and when
Their four-year term is ended,
they always run again.
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OLD SOL is taking it easy these days and
l is in remarkably Quiescent state for
~ he is passing through the minimum
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-08

returning home by Yellowstone Park and Denver.
 Miss Ada White and Miss Bernice Reeves of Jasper have been the guests of MT. and Mrs. Walter White, in Hanover Circle, for the past 10 days. They will motor back to Jas per Sunday, accompanied by MT. and Mrs. White and little Miss Drury Harris White, who will spend the day with Mir. and Mrs. Jim Reeves.
 Mrs. Fred l.. Hume and son, Rob ert, sailed from Savannah Thursday for a two months trip to New York, Washington and other points in the east.
 Mir. J. o. Golden, son of Mir. and Mrs. J. F. Golden, has returned home after d few days visit with his par ents on the Auburn road.
 Mrs. M P. Hicks and daughter, Miss Elizabeth Hicks of Chattanooga, are visiting Mrs. A. S. Gift and Will liam Gift at their home on Fifteenth avenue, south.
 Misses Dorothy and Virginia Crab tree, attractive daughters of Mir. and Mrs. Fred Crabtree, left Thursday for Montevallo, to be the house guests yer Carmichael.
 Mrs. Joseph H. Strong and her two daughters, Amanda and Eva Mae, ar rived Thursday from Los Angeles Cal, to visit MT. Strong's mother in Woodlawn and Mrs. Falle H. Thomp- son at the Ridegely apartments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-08
SEEKS COMMON SENSE IN SAFETY TRAINING.
Prevention Of Accidents To Be
 Taught School Children

NEW HAVEN, July 7.-(By Associ- ated Press.)-Safety instruction in the public schools which teaches chill dren to avoid accidents in street traffic is as necessary a part of edu- cation as the three "R's" in this day of complex civilization, pr. E. George Payne, professor of education at New York university. told the convention of school superintendents and princi- pals of Connecticut n session at Yale university recently.
 Eighty thousand men, women and children met death by accident in the United States during the last year, the speaker said. Di 1his number, 49,000, a life every ten minutes, might have been saved by the gen eral application of safety instruction in schools. The reason for this needless sacrifice is that the devel- opment of modern civilization has been so rapid our intelligence has not kept up with it.
 ''Installation of safety instruction would require but inconsequential changes in present public school curriculums," Dr. Payne declared. "rhe method simply assumes that the teacher utilize accident situations to give purpose to the school work. In writing exercises, instead of writing the familiar Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party we can write In crossing the streets look first to the left and then to the right
 Instead of drawing sunsets and shady forests, something within the experience of the child should be chosen, such as the right way and the wrong way of getting on and off streets cars, and the right way of crossing streets"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-08
WHEN MERE MAN MUST COOK

WHEN MERE MAN MUST COOK
 Man, left to his own devices when his wife goes on a summer vacation, is inclined to be a little wild. He makes an evening meal on such an unholy combination as sardines and crackers and onions from back yard garden; so we learn from a subur- ban married friend who is occasion- ally left to his own devices
 The unbalanced ration makes it's grisly appearance at once so soon as the thoughtful care of the guardian of the household is withdrawn.
 If summer vacations lasted very long, to what state of wretched in nutrition would home staying man be reduced, removed as he may be from the life-saving station of fair to-middling restaurant for morning and evening sustenance?
 Breakfast and supper out of a box, in many instances. Why should not man add ito his accomplishments in sports the art of simple cooking? That also Is sport If practiced only on occasion.
 The more complex, of course, the sportier. Amateurs have been known who did not hesitate at lemon jelly cake. however much those invited to share it may have. And what a vic tory to achieve a really edible one! It is really as inspiring as a triumph In golf or tennis
 But talent is not absolutely neces- sary in griddle cakes only a sense of time and deftness in upsetting them at the proper instant
 Though it must be admitted that anyone dead set on sardines and crackers and back yard onions can't be restrained. from such an orgy when the dreadful craving comes.- F H. Collier, in the St. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-08
CRENSHAW ENTERTAINS
 AN EnI1NTRK HOWE.

Miss Lucille Beaird. who has been visiting her brother and sister, MT. and Mrs. A. l.. Beaird, for the past month was honoree on Saturday aft- ernoon when Mrs. Verdie Crenshaw entertained small party at her country home.
 An interesting feature of the party was a demonstration in the art of making bask cts, given by Mrs. Cren- shaw. During the demonstration, Mrs. CFenshaw made two baskets and pre- sented them to Miss Beaird and Miss Margaret Blake.
 At a late hour the party motored over to Kendriok- and Smiths and enjoyed cake and ice cream.
 Those included in the party were Mrs. Crenshaw, Mrs. Beaird, Misses Lucille Beaird, Margaret Blake, Rutl' Shows, Rachel Morgan, Gladys Rhodes, Mildred Shows, Lila Mae Tucker, and Willie Bell.