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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-21
Sku-War on the WeeU1 Foe

WY HEN Tennyson sang Of "the nations
w airy navies" graphing Gin the cen
trail blue" he probably had no
vision of such a war as will be waged
above Georgia cotton fields on the twenty
sixth and twenty-eighth of this August yet
the .work-a~day outcome here may we'll be-
tide; more to humankind than that romantic
combat which the bard foregimpsed. The
bolE weevil is to be assaulted from the skies.
Science, in its years OF battle against
that parasite, has been somewhat as would
David if, after finding the smooth pebbles
with which to meet the giant Of Gath, he
had been at loss for a sling Long sea-
sons ago it was found that calcium arsenate
properly applied, would do the boil weevi
to death. But how to distribute the poison
economically over large areas of growing
cotton remained a troublous problem.
Sundry devices, more less adequate, were
tried; but all took a vast deal of time and
pains Then to some delightfully."- adventur-
GUS mind occurred the idea OF busting the
fields from airplanes No sooner thought
of than tried the first experiments, though
made with old army flying machines Ill
suited to the occasion, were successful
enough to warrant further efforts. Now,
with planes designed especially for the
purpose, demonstration dustings are to be
given at Athens on the twenty-sixth instant,
and at Cordele on the twenty-eighth.
Distinguished officials and scientists of the
federal department will be in attendance
including Dr.. B. r. Coad, to whose patient
genius in seeking and finding an effective
poison for the boil weeviI the cotton-grow-
ing states are indebted beyond all measure
In accommodation to the thousands who
will be eager to witness the anti-weevi
flights, the railroads will put on special
trains and one-fare rates. 1t is said that
the aircraft can cover six hundred acres
with calcium arsenate in one hour. Think
OF exterminating an acre Of boil weevls in
ten minutes! 1t is cheerful companion
picture of the doomsday angels raining
down their Walls of wrath.
Though airplanes, as now constructed
and maneuyered, would be of doubtful
value in the hill country, on the coastal
plain and even in the more level regions
OF the Piedmont, they should prove to be
OF substantial service-especially where
large plantations are to be treated or
where owners of adjoining farmlands CO.
operate. Peach orchards and pecan groves
also afford interesting fields for expert
ment.
So lies the field of battle A billion
strong the weevil villain waits Up with
the srsenate! Forth with the planes! For
ward the war,
Lay on Macduft
And damn'd be him that first cries
."Hold, enough"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-21

@. Where is Eleonora Duse buried? r. l. B.
A. The Italian tragedenne is buried in the
cemetery of Asoo, Italy. Her grave is beau
tfully marked.
Q. Does Uncle Sam credit to profit and
loss the paper money that is considered lost?
A. S. F.
A. The government charged off certain
amount of paper, money as lost after the Chi
cago fire. This is the only time that this has
been done. This count is not taken periodical
ly. The government does not actually realize
any profit from paper money which is lost
even though theoretically 1t does. The money
is still held in the treasury vaults against
outstanding paper currency and unless con-
gross passed a bill that this money might be
taken out of a reserve fund, no actual profit
would be derived
@. What was the height Of the averag
American soldier in the World War? f. NJ. G.
A. The average height of men who served
in the United States army during the World
War was 67.49 inches
Q. How do frefies produce light? B. B.
A. The freely produces light practically
without loss of heat or chemical rays but
little is really known concerning the method
of this production. The seat of the light is
the luminous area situated in the abdomen
1t is a specialized portion of the fat body,
being plate consisting of polygonal cells.
located under the integument, and supplied
with nerves and fine tracheal branches
These cells secrete, under the control of the
nervous system, substance which is burned
during the appearance of light: this combus-
ton takes place by means of the oXveen
conveyed to the cells of the tracheae which
branch profusely in it and break up into
capillaries.
Q, To settle an argument please state
whether a star has ever appeared between
the horns Of the new moon? \. F. s
\. The Naval Observatory says a star cam
not possibly appear within the horns of the
crescent moon.
Q. What is the orisin of the sentence, I'VE
who are about to die. salute you?" J. T. l..
A. The sentence, we who are about to
die salute thee" was the salutation of the
Roman sladiators to the emperor. upon en-
terms the arena just before the fight.
=. How much is the church property Of
the United States worth. and is there a tax
on it? c. H.
\. The entire church property of the
United States is valued At $1.671.O00 600.
Such property is not taxed unless used for
3 commercial purpose.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-21

" RIENDS of the good highway movement
II should not be discouraged over the
failure of our departed legislature to go
into the bond issue feature. 1t was recog-
nized early in the session that the time was
not proptious for pressing the subject and
that statewide discussion was advisable
Nevertheless, there has been great disap-
pointment among the progressive, and far
seeing element Of our population that moth
ing, in a legislative way, was done. While
her neighbors march forward, Georgia marks
time
But what is past is past and nothing is to
be gained by repining. The duty of the
has been made, is to promptly reorganize
their forces and begin a campaign that will
when opportunity offers, put proper road
program into operation. To do this every
county should, through public agitation and
popular assembly, give definite expression of
it's will and desires to its representative and
senator, and by united effort make the road
program the leading issue in the next legis-
lative session. In such movement The
Journal pledges it's hearty support. The time
to begin is now, when their appointment
may be made a constructive force. Another
failure in 1925 will postpone action on the
roads until 1927, as the legislative sessions
will have become biennial. 1t should not be
forgotten that if road improvement calls for
bond issue, the legislature can only sub
nit it to the people. The wider the discus
sion, the more complete will be the educa-
ton Of the public and it is just vital to
the highways to inform the voter as it is to
inform the LEGISLATOR.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-21
CHAPTER XIV
The Telegram
THEN Monty Fisher reached home
w that night, he found Dora waiting
up for him.

w THEN Monty Fisher reached home
w that night he found Dora waiting
up for him.
What perfect mistress she would make
for the Red Grange! Jealousy for her
sake filled his heart as he recalled his
conversation with David that evening, and
the dangerously quiet way in which he
had champoned Mary's cause.
He had thought the whole matter care
fully over since coming up in the train,
and looked at from every point of view
he could only one explanation Of it
all.
David was in love with Mary
Comparing the two Women--his sister
and that other-it seemed almost an alb
surdity that any man could prefer the
quiet, almost subdued charm of the one
against the dazzling beauty of this woman
wing half asleep in the shaded light of the
room.
We went across the room softly, and
bending, laid a hand on her shoulder.
DORA"
She started up with little stifled ex-
camation
Monty! At last! 7 though you were
never coming. I've been waiting up for
you. Wen'-she looked up at him with
sort of queruIous suspicion in her nret NV.
eyes-'welI, did you see David and the
wonderful sister-in-law?"
Eyes"
She seemed not to notice the cur+ness
~ ms IepI!' SHe rose to her feet pushing
PACK the ruffled waves of her golden
"A very extraordinary thing happened
his afternoon" she said.
There was a suppressed eyciton,er+ :,
her voice; she did not look at him as she
She walked to the man+o1s1e,+ and
! took folded paper that looked like .
| telegram from behind pho+ogranh fro1,oo
brother III 10 heF
This came this afternoon: # IS for Won
put l opened it. as I though it might he
important What does it mean .,
Fisher took the paper; If was tho CON-
tine: ~ '"e 4iseh-
Please. ask David Bretherton cable me-
Two Two nundred pounds. Letter explaining
'oL0"S.-DoI.y Durham"
He read it through with mvs+.s.a5
face my S1''-@o
Who in the world is Dolly Durham B."
he asked bIankly
Dora shook her head; her ewes wora very
! bright and excited
I don't know at all; YOUR new cIerl, Mr.
Evans, brought it down from the Office as
YOU were not there. He thougbr If mfgh+
. be important. he said" She paused +ban.
Monty. are Won sure that You don't know
who she iso"
My dear child. what question, I've
never heard of anyone of that name in all
my life There is some mistake. Of course =
You mean that YOU think it is some on7
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-21
MOVIE MAD
BY HAZEL DEYO BACHELOR

BY HAZEL DEYO BACHELOR
What has gone before-Gloria King
comes to Hollywood with the idea that
she can make good in the movies. She
becomes hardened by the life, and is
foolish enough to marry Rolf Temple
ton, the great screen star, man she
despises but who can further her Co.
reer Later she dicovers that her ideas
are wrong, for she makes good through
talent alone. She becomes spoiled,
however, and fOrgets her ideals in an
effort to have a good time and avoid
boredom. One afternoon she is OUT
driving with a gay crowd 8nd they run
over a child.-Now go on with the
story.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-21

David knows-some one he perhaps met
when he was abroad?"
There was a sharp note of inquiry in
her voice. Monty laughed.
My dear child, David is the last man in
the world to give any woman the right to
demand money from him like this. Why
are you looking at me like that"
Because" said Dora deliberately, Mr.
Evans knows who she is if you don't"
Fisher stared at her bIankly.
Evans. What on earth are you driving
at?"
She shrugged her shoulders
He knows! I could see by his face that
he knew. 1 asked him. but he would tell
me nothing-he will tell you"
Il am sure you are mistaken. How could
he know? He has only been in the office
few weeks, and he knows nothing OF
David's affairs"
But Dora was obstinate.
"He knows about this I saw it in his
face; it was impossible not to have seem
"YoU are imagining it,
Il believe YOU know more about it than
YOU viii tell me. l hate being treated like
child. If this woman is anything to
David"
There was a suggestion Of angry tears in
her voice.
Dora, I give YOU my word Of honor that
7 have never heard OF the woman and
don't believe that David has. either"
She laughed scOrnfuIly.
Your word of honor, I wouldn't give a
fig for any mans word of honor.
She walked out OF the room, slamming
the door behind her.
Saturday-"Gouc." Renew your subscrip-
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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-21
Do the IMPOSSIBLE
BY DR.. Frank Crane
&c IMPOSSIBLE null nest tenu"-n

GcN IMPOSSIBLE null NEST tenu"-no
n one is bound to do the impossible
runs French proverb
Which is quite comfortable but wholly I'm.
Inc very opposite is true. Nine times out
or ten it is the impossible to which our COM
handing conscience points.
You feel you may do, can do would like
or hate to do what you can do; but it ia
usually what you think you can not do that
you feel you ought to do.
Now, the most of this matter the solution
Of the puzzle, is this: that conscience is NOT
so much a law of action as it is a principle
Of the development.
Nature is not so much concerned about
your doing just so, as she is about your
growing constantly. Gods purpose, il | may
so speak, is not so much 1awless conduct
as the continuous development of our moral
stature.
1t is only by trying to reach the unat-
tainable that our reach becomes ever higher
Our powers rise toward our ideas of perfec-
ton, flowers grow toward the sun II
was not intended that any flower should at
tain to the sun.
Responsibility" says Bushnell, lis not
measured by ability"
Mistaken people are discouraged when
they see how far they fall short of their
ideals. They never do quite what they ought
to do; hence, despair. What's the use? says
one; I can't be good; so, to the bottle and
the wallow of the senses.
Others, who will not sink so low, keep
trying, yet are necessarily ;-ritated pessimis-
tic, in the dumps.
1t seems to me all such might be COM
forted not little, and their lives maze much
more even and poiseful, if they would realize
the fact that our sense of thought always
points to something out Of reach and
that natures design is that we keep reach
ing, and so develop. And even If some rars
soul did reach the highest mark set by his
conscience, straightway another and higher
mark would appear.
Growth is a deeper word even than right
eousness.
ance It simply means tactful avoidance of
remarks and Of behavior calculated to i'm
plant or to eXaggerate a harmful emotional
stress
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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-21
LITTLE MISS FIXIT,
Care Tri-Weekly Journal,
Atlanta, Georgia.
A BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TODAY

A BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY
And many of them that sleep in the
dust of the earth \staH awake, some to
everlasting life, and some to shame and
everlasting contempt. And they that be
Mise shall shine as the brightness Of the
armament; and they that turn many to
righteousness, as the stars for ever and
eper-From the Book Of Daniel, Second
Verse.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-21
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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-21
MY FAVORITE STORIES
BY Irving S. Cobb

~ Viz -. OUUU
Two women with the decorations Of an
apartment as a commission, were passing
on wallpaper but had not finished their
selections when luncheon time arrived.
The salesman had been particularly obig-
ing and instructive and on the way out
they asked the manager for his name.
His name is Sheridan" said the man
ager.
By way Of cIinching recollection Of the
name they thought Of "Sheridan's Ride, -
went out to luncheon and return. On en-
tering the main door one of them said to
an employee:
Eve would like to see Mr.. Paul Revere"
Copyright, 1924)
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-21

This is the time Wilcox county farmers
should have planted tobacco. The same thing
is true with any crop or business-the man
who jumps in and jumps out always hits it
wrong II pays to keep eternally at it, no
matter what it is.-Rochele New Era.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-21

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ance. It simply means tactful avoidance Of
remarks and of behavior calculated TO i'm
plant or to exaggerate harmful emotional
stress.
Copyright, 1920
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wv THEN Tennyson sang of "the nations
w airy navies" graphing "in the cen
ha nrohah1v NO
New Britain herald., 1924-11-29

On return to Chicago from Nova Scotia, where he was captured, Leo Koretz, who, it is alleged. swindled $lo,000,000 from the people of Chicago, will tell jury folks forced him to take their money.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-03

D. v the federal bureau of mines, department of the Pacific Safety conference in San Francisco.
 In New York city, he pointed out several hundred deaths occur each year from carbon monoxide poisoning, due chiefly to domestic use of gas where ,sufficient care as to proper use of ap- pliances and ventilation is not taken . Records from the state department of health of Ohio, which are said to be incomplete, show that 63 deaths and 113 partial asphyxiations occurred in that state in the winter of 1922-23 Fifty-fiye of the deaths were due to gas heaters and stoves, and five to exposure to automobile exhaust gas.
 "The human race has probably been exposed to this gas since men first be. gan using fires in confined or sheltered places, continued Dr. Sayers. "A mum. Der of cases described in the ancient literature indicate that cafbons monox. idle was frequent cause of death by accident, suicide and as means oi punishment or torture. Aristotle, who lived in1 3S4-322 B. O., stated that animals collapse from harmful odors as man >gets severe headache and often dies through charcoal vapors. The Romans knew that smoke was poisonous, and used the greenest, most moke-producing wood to put persons to death. The occurrence of carbor monoxide poisoning has increased ir frequency through the years, until d the present time 1t Is found in thu home as well ns in many industries
 Na.s York 1'inrS 4
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-03

your amour propre, in your relations with your fellow men. Never more ap- plicable than now was that old maxim, Money is q good servant but bad master.' 'ls
 "Why should the richest of people let it be their master? Prosperity, pros perity for the whole-which is the prosperity for the individual-goes with thrift; and one honors and respects the leaders and organizers of industry when they keep the faith of the lean, if one is not merely phrase-maker whose barking at the heels of giants may turn to cynical materialism.
 'Money-worship is confined to no one class. Money-worshippers of mod crate incomes, of which they fail to make the most, only contribute to a firmer adherence to the money-stand- ard among those who have large in comes.
 ''The public may have a part in the education of the 10000 millionaires who have risen since the war, and es- pecially in educating their children to standards whieh they will find make life a thing to enjoy fruitfully and wisely and not thing that is tire some, hard and sordid.
 Recently I was talking on this sub ject with man of great wealth who gives bounteously to good causes and in a sense of understanding that comes only from the high sense of service He complained against the money-stand- ard warping the minds of other men of financial and commercial power with whom he had to deal. I found him in agreement that more unity on part of the leans, who think that money really cannot buy it all, toward those who think that it can, would help him as we'll as the rest of us, in our every day life and in our social groups, to hold to those principles of conduct which supply the best preventive medi- cine against present-day ills. He shared my view, too, that we must realize how well off we are in order to keep the money enthusiasts from defeating true prosperity, or, indeed, destroying all prosperity"
 MT. Palmer concludes his Harper's article with ~
 Having in mind external and inter- nal upheaVals which have happened, with little or no warning, to several nations in the last quarter century of this speedy age, my own contribution to the subject is thriftily concerned with preserving the value of pieces of paper upon which l depend to relieve me from standing in line before a public soup kitchen in my old age. However, if a catyclysm does come-wen, I prefer to face it as a lean."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-03
ARE YOU 4
 SAFE DRIVER
By Barney Oldfield

Many persons assume that by safe Irving is mean slow driving. Now don't get the idea at all. For a good many years my business was driving as fast as I could and yet in all that time was a safe driver. never took need less chances nor forced other racing drivers to take them. You can be a safe driver and yet go fast on occa- sions. But don't take that as meaning that am advising excess speed and law breaking. Nothing of the sort. Always drive sanely and in keeping with the conditions on the road at the time. t
 What I consider a safe driver is the nan who is always careful and who ias his car always prepared to meet he condition of maximum danger. Now just think that over carefully.
 The man whom I would call safe driver never will take his car out with steering system that is not function ing exactly right. He will inspect the steering system at frequent intervals and will give it the fabrication that it must have to perform at it's best. He will take up undue play in. the sys- tenn, wherever he may find it.
 This same safe and sane driver never
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-03
FIsH RETuRNs THE BAIT
Jerks Artificial Minnow Into Fisher
 mans Boat After Line BrealKs

AAAaeAA Q AfCAt <AApOA 1AAhAC ArA Oe4HAD
 Some fish show their contempt for bait by ignoring it. Others merely stea1 it and leave nothing behind but clean hook, but what can policeman say fo fish that samples the bait, and, not finding it to his liking, throws it back to the donor?
 Police Sergeant Howard K. GaiseR of Pittsburg, who recently returned from fishing trip to Lake Webster, in Northern Indiana, brings back this tale of woe: My brother and were fish ing for bass from a flatboat," said he. Using a small artificial minnie which camoufiaged several hooks as bait, endeaFored to cast about 40 feet from the boat.
 "At the end of the throw the line snapped, breaking about eight inches from the hook. As it hit, the water a large bass took it under. began to reel in my line preparatory to attach ing new hook and bait.
 "while groping around the tackle for the twin of the one that the fish had carried away heard a splashing near the boat looked up just in time to see the fish rise out of the water, jerk ing it's body like bucking horse, and trying to dislodge the hooks. With a violent twist 1t succeeded. the force of the effort hHrling> it. through the air l into the boat, and had not moved my 1 foot the hooks would have struck me-" --I'itishnrg Telegraph.