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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-03-31
Has Grown Rapidly

Has Grown Rapidly
One Of these IS the money-order
service. This was first established IN
1864 and has grown to immense pro
portions. In 1866 there were 419
money-order Offices; 74.277 money or
ders were issued. Of the value of ST.
100000 In 1928 there were 541S1
money order Offices the total amount
Of money transmitted by domestic
money orders was $l3SS.0 90.680. and
the number Of separate orders was
173.O83,S17 In addition, in 1928 there
were !. POI .312 orders issued to trans
init $50. 4S8.617 10 foreign lands.
A few figures with reference to the
Rural Mail Service are interesting.
This branch Of the service was estab-
ushed in about 1891 The number Of
routes in that year was 81. They
have increased until now there are
A ,439 routes. covering 1,190.534 miles
and costing $S6,172. $50. There are g.
066 counties In the United States and
2,73O Of them have rural delivery serv-
Ice. The rural routes furnish service
to approximately 29.845,232 individ-
uals The rural carriers covered dur
ing the fiscal year 1928 total Of $780,
256.364 miles.
Seventy Perpect of Volume
Since the establishment Of the par
eel post in 1913 it has grown to i'm
mense proportions. It now constl-
tutes 20 per cent Of the volume Of
mail. In 1917, 693,553,176 packages
were carried. IN 1928, 1875. 943, 942.
There are 51,6f3 postofflces under
the jurisdiction of the Postoffice De-
partment, 1913 first class, 2,931 second
class. .437 third class. the post
masters of which are appointed by the
President. and 1882 fourth class.
There We're issued to postmasters
during the fiscal year 1923:
Much Foreign Mail
There were S,741 1853 pieces of mail
registered. insured or sent Q. o. D.
during the fiscal year.
Some idea Of the magnitude of the
foreign mail handled by the depart
ment is Indicated by the fact that
415 ,2S2.337 pieces, exclusive Of parcel
post, were dispatched from the United
States and 362,267. 1886 pieces received.
I have referred to the many and
varied activities of the Postoffioe De-
partmert to bring to your mind the
close relation that it bears to the life
Of almost every individual in the
country. 1t works so smoothly that
many, many people do not give IL
though: to what 1t means to them.
1t has become an absolute essential to
living and business. II it's activities
should cease fol an instant the whole
country would be in a panic
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What Is the description Of the
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1t is about four inches long. Chalky
white, marked with black. has teeth
bearing lower jaw. and feeds almost
entirely upon the sap Of trees.
Name three great French paint
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Jean Francois Mrlet GS14-1875);
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Ettenne Rousseau QS12186O.
What does vivisection mean?
The dissection of a living animal
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What is a good lotion to pro
mote the growth of eyelashes2
Beauty specialists recommend sui
phate of quinine. 10 grains; oil of
sweet almonds. ounces.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-11-22
Let There Be L;qht

-HE creates. sentence in present-day
medicine is LET there be light" The
sun cures as well creates Years
ago experiment showed that disease mi
crobe which would live a year between the
leaves of a closed book, would not survive
month if exposed in a weE-wndowed room,
and would die in an hour under the clear
noontide heavens
Now comes a distin guished physician head
of the welfare work of a large industrial life
insurance company, declaring: Sunlight is
been recommending it for years, but many
mothers do not take such prescription Sc
riously because the sun is free. That it was
good for babies to get plenty of air and light
they readily understood. But that the actual
touch of the suns rays on the skin would
work specific cure of ricketts,, good or
better than any medicine could buy, has not
been generally believed
Men will search afar and pour out their
Treasure Tor empty mdfVelS, all the WHIle
ignoring that mighty miracle which shines
upon their daily path.
Here is bit OF news from the University
of Maine worth bordering. Scientists at
that institution experimental with three
groups Of chicks. Zone group" runs the
story, received the sunlight through quartz
which filtered out all the rays except the
ultra violet. These chicks had remarkably
apid growth. The second growth received
the sunlight direct, and grew normally. The
third group received the sunlight through
panes of glass and were stunted in thier
growth. They developed a disease which
corresponds exactly to ricketts, in children"
The moral of so plain tale needs no urg-
ing, except perhaps. a reminder that the light
which is good for little ones is good for all
and free. Merrily the milkmaid can say of
the king
The self-same sun that shines upon his
court
Hides not its visage from our cottage.
Millions who NOPE and all could be happy
if they would but give the sun chance with
them. Let there be light"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-11-22
Friendly Gestures

TT is APPARENT from the speeches OF the
/ new British premier, Mr.. Stanley Bald
win, that there is to be no essential
change in his predecessors foreign policy at
least so far as France and Germany are con-
cerned. Indeed, he blithely appropriates the
major part OF that policy as being originally
his own. I'VE stand on the peace treaties
he says. "and their basis will cultivate
good relations with all countries. That this
Is no course OF stagnation is shown by the ac-
ton taken by the last Unionist administra.
ton, that led directly to the Dawes report
and the London conference which, under the
able direction of Ramsay Macdonald, proved
so successful
The canny Scot to whom this deft trib-
ute is paid would hardly agree, we imagine,
that as the Labor party prime minister he
took his cue in foreign affairs entirely from
Unionist sources. The fact is. Mr.. MacDon-
old. by methods as frank and simple and
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kindly as those of one man of good will deal
ing with another brought about the friend
Hest and altogether most satisfactory Anglo
French relations known since the signing of
the peace of Versailles 1t is not to be gain
said however, that Mr. Baldwin himself, dur
ing the latter stages of his premiership. was
moving toward those adjustments which at
length found official sanction in the accept
ance of the Dawes report
Nor is it to be doubted that he will steer
for still happier understandings in the
months ahead. Particularly welcome on this
side of the water is that part Of his most re-
cent address in which he decared Not
only was the London conference valuable in
itself, but it had special significance, in that
it marked the re-entry of the United States
into European affairs. His Maiestys gov
eminent, while fully understanding the Pc
culiar circumstances which render difficult
continuous cooperation of America in Eu-
ropean affairs can but express their appreca-
ton and gratitude for the leading part played
by America in the negotiations which culmi-
mated in the London protocol, now in a fair
way toward execution
Equally cordial was Mr.. Baldwin's tribute
to Premier Herriot, whose "statesmanlike
moderation and loyalty" he said, "merited
Europe's gratitude" The British govern
ment is to CONTINUE to furnish M, HerrOt
with the most friendly and consistent sup
port in the execution of the policy which he
himself has SO largely facilitated" This is
indeed significant for it augurs full CO.
operation in plans to bring Germany fairly
into the march of forces that will make for
liability and peace. That she will enter the
League of Nations at no distant day is now
highly probable, If not indeed foregone. A
new era lin international affairs appears to
be almost upon us.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-11-22
CONGRESS- MEETS IN TWO WEEKS
BY MRS. Y

CONGRESS- MEETS IN TWO WEEkS
AM hoping we shall have some attention
| to public business when the gavel falls
in both house and senate on the first
Monday in December, 1924 If there was
ever a time needed to quit boisterousness
and behave in decent order that time has ar
rived in the history of the United States.
The people of this country are weary beyond
expression with noisy politics, and anxious
(even to praying for it) that there may be
an interlude of peace and business pros
perity.
| remember the meeting Of the forty
fourth congress, after Tilden and Hayes
politics had held the floor for a solid year Of
rancorous oratory and sectional hatred, and
[ saw the continuation of strife and furious
debating in Washington City. | remember
the unhealthy political atmosphere which be-
clouded the situation and believe, /
believe anything | never with mortal
vision, that the sell out" in South Carolina
where Hayes was counted in as president and
Wade Hampton was counted in as governor,
placed the south in an unenviable position
from which it has never been able to en-
tirelY fling off in f0rty-eight long years. 1t
was abnormal, and thoroughly understood
where and when the people were given the
facts in the public press. That "seH OUT
occurred before the meeting of congress on
| the first Monday in December 1876. 1t will
be written into United States history some
day, for kilograms were finally captured and
HnalV exposed, where Illden was "0Hered
the state" for certain amount OF money
(and his nephew, Pelton, went to Baltimore
with The promised money!. when certain
agreements were entered into by certain
men in the north and some certain men in
the south which put South Carolina in the
Hayes column and which made it essential
to put Hayes in the White House make
such treason odious, from the lakes to the
gulf and from ocean to ocean. | was, | re-
peat, In Washington City when congress as
sembled on the first Monday in December,
1876, and heard the mutterings of thunder
and listened to the debates in the house of
representatives, when Henry Watterson de-
livered his manifesto that one hundred thou
sand unarmed Democrats could the
country if the traders and traitors could be
brought to face the music and declare Til
den elected when the latter had only to
secure one electoral vote to become presi-
dent of the United States
History will also write of that 1876 period
as the beginning of new campaign for
1880, when Blaine intended to make himself
president and joined forces with the far
west, where Stephen j. Field was to be
made the Democratic nominee for 1880 and
in the event that Blaine defeated for the
nomination Field was to get the vote of the
Blaine following in certain western states
which could be controlled by a powerful
Blaine syndicate.
The Solid South, which latter then count
ed Missouri and Indiana as Democratic as
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QUIZ

Any Tri-Weekly journal reader can
get the answer to any question puzzling
him by writing to The Atlanta journal
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ATLANTA OFFICE.
Q. Was there a Jewish woman corre-
spending to Joan of Arc? A. S. D..
A. Deborah, the wife of Lapodeth. was
one of the earliest judges of Israel and
urged the Israelites to rise against the Ca
NANTES who had oppressed them for gen.
erations. Barak, leader Of the Israelites.
refused to go into battle unless accompa-
MED by Deborah. With small force she
trumphed over the Canaanites The Song
of Deborah is considered a masterpiece OF
Hebrew literature
y. What is common scold?" e. d. r.
A. common scold is defined as one
why by the practice of habtual scolding,
dlsturbs the peace of the neighborhood The
common law took cognizance of the offense
ana resorted to various unpleasant devices
as punishment for those convicted of It.
Among the punishments were the stocks the
oucklng stool and the Drank Ga form OF,
Drldle). The practice of furnishing common
scolds survives sporadicaly in the United
States, in some of which it is recognized in
Inc penal statutes, but the punishment has
been changed to fine and imprisonment. e:
Y. Why are dog days so called? w. A. r..
a. Tvs udyS comprise the hot sultry sea-.
son or summer during parts of July and.
August; so called from the fact that the:
rising OF the dog-star, Sirius, the brightest:
star in the heavens, is coincident with the
rising or the sun. The ancients thought this
conjunction caused the intense heat of sum-
mer, and the maladies which then prevailed.
hence the popular supposition that dogs are
specially liable to go mad at this season. IT
was by mere accident that the rising of the
star conceded with the hottest season of the
year in the times and countries of the old
astronomers
Q. Did the government ever coin Is and
50-cent gold pieces? c. K.
A. The government has never issued gold
pieces of less than 81. The rs and 50-cent
gold pieces private issues. Following
are the denominations Of gold coinage of the,
United States: fifty dollars, coined in 1918
to the amount OF s105,950 as Panama-Pa-
cfc International Exposition coins; doubts
ca giles, eagles, half-eagles, quarter-eagIes
and dollars.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-11-22
Welcome to the Conference

A TLANTA heartily welcomes all and
"A each OF the ministers and laymen
gathered within her gates for the
ffty-eighth annual session of the North
Georgia Conference of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church, South. They come as represent
atives of the happiest and highest interests
OF their several communities, to counsel to-
gether on matters of utmost concern to the
common veal. Education, philanthropy, So
cial service, world progress and world peace
are all within the compass of their liberal
Good will ward men," Naturally, warm
greeting goes out to them.
1t was seven and fifty years ,so that the
first of these conferences met in Atlanta, on
which occasion Bishop George F. Pierce pre-.
sided while DR.. Atticus G. Haygood served
as secretary Historic names, ever and ever
to be cherished by Georgians and by South
rons all! Something of the growth which
has marked the ensuing decades may be in
were stationed in Fulton county four minis
ters of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South, today there are err forty. Within
this period, moreover, the churches in the
Conference have increased in number from
five hundred and thirty mine to eight hun
bred and twenty nine; the parsonages from
forty-two to two hundred and forty. ght
the members from forty-four thousand
eight HUI -dred and ninety-six to one hundred
forty thousand, two hundred and four;
the Sunday schools from four hundred and
seventy-or to eight hundred and forty
three; and their pupils from twenty-three
thousand, eight hundred and ten to one hun
dred thousand and ninety-two. Striking as
the figures are, they tell of the work done
and OF the harvests gathered, only as the
symbols in an almanac tell Of the wide
heavens consultations
To Bishop Darlington who presides over
the present conference, to the members OF
his cabinet, and all other officials and to the
attending rank and fle The Journal extends
greetings and the best of good wishes
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-11-22
THE COUNTRY HOME
IL

surely are Tennessee and Kentucky today,
as Dixie states in 1924
| was again in Washington City after the
1880 election, and heard the whisperngs of
the crowd which had defeated General Han
cock, the Democrat, and which defeat was
comprised after General Garfield had been
nominated by the Blaine people and Cen
eral Grant had been defeated in a Repub-
ican convention. In old Georgia. during
the year 1880 Stephen J. Field of Califor-
MIA was nominated for president by the
Democrats more easily than A. Mitchell
Palmer acclaimed at the Frisco conven-
ton the choice of Georgia for the chief
executive of the natiOni l have no wisdom
to brag about, but | have had experience,
which is a reliable teacher. | say here
whenever the Solid South puts in an ap-
pearance as an ally of Pacific coast politics.
makes political alliance with north
western Republicans the country wakes up
to examine the why and the wherefore and
remembers past campaigns for the south
gets nothing anywhere, or from anybody,
and always appears on the map as owned by
northern or western politicians at the close
of struggle in national politics.
The Solid South is become a sort of scare
crow to the rest of the forty-eight states We
have one appreciate value in national poll
tics we can be counted as easily in a ma
tional election so many beef cattle are
counted in. the cattle yards of Chicago and
Kansas City. III mas maze our Georgia pr-
mary elections the real elections not only
for state officers but national representa-
tives, and we will learn after awhile that
such primary elections will disgust the plain
voters of the south and revolt will come
certainly it did in Oklahoma and new
methods and new officials will be signed up,
as in Texas and Missouri in 1924.
There were some egregious mistakes made
when Candidate Davis called Calvin Cool
dge a myth and when he openly advo-
Gated the League of Nations as his own
party platform for the White House
There are two things this nation has
adopted as an accepted plan or purpose in
national legislation, namely: an ingrained
determination not to participate in foreign
wars again by command or direction of a
president, and second, not to overturn this
republic by the aid of so-called hybrid farm
blocs in the United States senate, or by en-
ploying little two by four so-called Protes-
tant preachers to advocate a government
using mayhem and murder in secret punish
ment for all the people they dislike who are
still taXpayng citizens in a country which
boasts of its freedom and protection to the
lives and property Of its citizens
In my county the election returns
show that while nearly fourteen hundred
votes we're cast for governor and United
States senator. Mr. Davis had something over
eight hundred. Add the Davis vote to the
Coolidge vote and you they about equal
the other vote here mentioned | was too
ill to go to the polls
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-11-22
MY FAVORlTE STORIES
BY Irwin S. Cobb
SIGHT UNSEEN

DROBABLY this story has been told at
= the expense Of every great American
lawyer. In the version l heard, the
central figure the late Joseph Choate,
who afterwards, as will be recalled became
one of Americas most distinguished barris-
ters and served his country as Ambassador
at the Court of st. James.
The story dates back to the time when he
was a very young man, newly admitted to
the bar and very much in need of what all
lawyers need-and that is clients.
On an Indictment for a serious felony a
shabby-looking person arraigned for
trial in one of the high courts of the state.
who represents you?" asked the judge.
Nobody, your honor.
Can you afford to hire a lawyer to de-
fend you?"
mo, your homer"
We'll then, in that case" stated the
justice, ut dscSives upon me to assign you
counsel in order that all your rights may be
protected. l shall name some younger prac.
titioner as your attorney.
He pointed to three acknowledging youths
sitting in eXpectant group within the bar.
"Yonder," he added. ARE Mr. Jones, Mr..
Robertson and Mr.. Brown. And" he added.
'Mr. Choate is just outside in the corridor,
believe Which one will you choose?"
The defendant eyed the three present crit
ically
I'll take the one that's outside" he said.
Copyright, 1924
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EITTL MISS FIXIT,
Care Tri-W eekly Journal,
Atlanta, Georgia.
A BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY

A BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY
In the beginning mas the Word, and the
Word mas with God, and the Word mas
God In Him mas life; and the life Was
the light of men. And the light shineth
in the darkness, and the darkness compre-
hended it not. And the Word mas made
flesh and dWeH among US; and NE behetd
Ills glory the glory as of the only 6egot-
ten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
And of His fullness have all NE receiped,
and grace for grace.-From the First Chap
ter of the Gospel Of John.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-11-22
The Second Mrs. Strong
BY HAZEL DEYD BACHELOR

BY HAZEL DEYr) BACHELOR
What has gone before-Matthew
Strong marries his stenographer Julie
Benton, and when he brings her home
after the honeymoon his daughter,
Claudia, does everything in her power
to make things unpleasant. 1t isn't
long before Matthew feels that he has
made a mistake, and this feeling is in
tensified by his knowledge that he
might have married Margaret Daven-
port, a woman in his own class. Brad
ford Pierce, a friend of Matthews, Is
kind to Julie, and later falls in love
with her. Claudia poisons her fathers
mind against Julie, and then falls des-
perately in love with Harris Fiske, a.
married man. In the meantime Mat.
thew believes that Julie is in love with
Bradford.-NOw go on with the story.
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had been far indeed from connecting him
with Oliver Tressilan. Now that his identi-
ty was established by Pitts testimony it was
an easy matter to induce the courts to ac-
count him dead and give Lionel the coveted
Inheritance
This TO Rosamund was a small matter.
But great one that Sir Oliver was
dead at law, and must be so in fact, should
he ever again set foot in England. 1t eXtin-
guished finally that curiously hopeless and
almost subconscious hope of hers that one
day he would return Thus it helped her
perhaps to face and accept the future which
Sir John was resolved to thrust upon her.
Continued Tuesday. Renew YOUR subscrip-
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The average woman detect flattery
every time-eXcept, Of course when it is
lavished upon her.
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Why does the divorce suit Of her friends
own marriage?
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When an optimist gets the worst Of it h
makes the best OF it.
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What lot of stitches men drop when
they attempt to mend their ways.