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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-11
Safety In Cotton Selling

N TUESDAY morning the United States
department of agriculture issued a re-
port, the substance of which was that
the American cotton crop was not doing SO
well on September Is it appeared to be
doing on September l.. Production for the
season was estimated at 12,596,O0O bales,
which is 191 900 bales less than the predic-
ton made two weeks ago.
The upshot Of this report was that the
price of cotton throughout the world rose
two cents pound, or ten dollars bale,
within few minutes.
Such an increase in price is Of consider
able Importance to Georgia. If our State is
to produce, as the government estimates,
1.19S,OOO bales this season, ten dollars a
bale added value means $12,O00,0OO, a
sum Of money which in any circumstances
would have not little lubricating effect on
the wheels of industry.
Up to September 16, total of 2S8,131
bales had been gnned in Georgia There is
had been sold The presumption is that the
greater part OF it had gone out Of the
hands of the producers. And Of this greater
part that had been sold previously to Sep
TENDER 16, it is quite certain that the
greater part had brought more than
twenty-one cents, for this was the prevail
abs 81 Cor
TENDER; and before that time but little cot
ton had been ginned and ready for market.
In the light of Tuesdays price action, it
would seem that farmers who sold their
cotton on Monday were in hard luck. They
got ten dollars a bale less than they might
have obtained twenty-four hours later. This
Is an important amount OF money to a Geor-
gia grower, who is expert indeed II he is
able to produce cotton in this year of grace
at cost OF less than one hundred dollars a
bale.
Those who sold Monday lost ten dollars a
bale, as contrasted with what they might
have got the next day.
Those who sell Thursday may lose ten
dollars as contrasted with what they may
be able to get twenty-four hours later.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-11
P1ow Ub the Stalks

yHILE The Journal does not presume
M on it's own account to tell the farmer
what to do in his field, we welcome
opportunity to hand on the good counsel of
one who knows whereof he speaks particu-
larly when he speaks from such an album
dance OF experience and success as Mr.. c.
W. Hillhouse, of Sylvester.
"Plow UP your cotton stalks" urges Mr..
Hillhouse, in an interesting letter to the
Albany Herald, and goes on to show how
that s.~,ple precaution, il taken betimes, will
save Georgia a vast deal OF agricultural
wealth. 1.-The cold winter" he writes,
KILLED many boil weevils; the dry, hot sum-
mer destroyed more, so that az present there
are not many. Furthermore, the dry wealth
er has stopped the cotton from putting on
any top crop, and in few days all cotton
will be picked. Therefore. destruction of the
stalks ought to begin shortly. II not, they
will take new growth, putting on new
squares and young hollis for late weevils to
feed on and multiply to large numbers be-
fore frost; so that there will be many
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-11
MY FAVORITE STORIES
Copyright, 1924.)
By Irving S. Cobb

Some years ago the musical union of New
York passed rule to do away with "dou-
ling'-that is, to stop man from Jump
ing, say, from a tuba in a band to an or
chestra cello. The spirit Of the rule was
Of course, to give employment to as many
individuals as possible.
Then the union designated a number of
One-man committees to see that the order
obeyed Sunday was the likeiest day
for infractiOns account of the number
of pfcncs and outings. and the ferry houses
made natural lurking spots for investiga-
tors.
An agent thus assigned approached the
New York end of the journey to Hoboken.
Ahead of him was a German with a tuba
over one shoulder and who was also trans
From the rear the sight would have been
mystifying to anyone but a musician, it
seemed to suggest an animated mountain
peak equipped with legs.
The investigator overhauled the battery of
instruments and asked sharply: What are
you doing?"
The Teuton knew he was trapped, but
was inclined to stall, so he rcsorted to
the old who, me?"
Yes, you"
why, amt doing nutting. Tn chust
out for a leetle walk"
Copyright, 1924
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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-11
THE NEW TEACHER
BY DR.. Frank Crane


A r the close of the first day of school the
~ new teacher said
Now, children, listen, and l will tell
you how I have marked you, and give you
my reasons.
In the first place l will explain that do
not mark at all upon how we'll you get your
lessons Y GU may really know much more
about the subject than you tell. Besides,
you are not here to get lessons and pass ex-
aminations. You are here to grow So l
mark you upon how you show that you are
making that kind of effort which forms char
acter.
Jimmy Fitch, l have given good mark
because he was the only one in the room
who asked what the word syndicate meant.
None of the rest of you knew. Why didn' t
you ask? Asking questions is the best way
to learn Surring over things you don t
understand is the best way to become an ig-
noramus. If you are not curious it is sign
you are stupid.
willie Waters l have given high mark
because when | asked him who Napoleon
Bonaparte was he said, L don't know He
probably had a vague notion, but he did not
seek to deceive me. | want you, when you
hem and haw, but to say at once, L don t
know To have honest mind is better
than having a stuffed one.
Charles Stuart is commended because he
stands up straight, sits properly in his seat,
and is not otherwise slovenly in his habits.
when Jennie Jones failed in her spellin g
the word 'choler' she went to the foot of the
class with a smile, and for that she gets a
high mark. Some others Of you .pouted and
suked There is nothing you can do that
is so commendable as to be good loser.
Anybody can succeed pleasantly; it takes a
noble nature to fail good naturally.
During the day six promises made
me by six pupils Only one Of them, Henry
Clark, did what he promised to do. So he
has high rating. When you become men
and women and get the habit of promising
thoughtlessly and not keeping your word
you will be nuisance to all those who have
to do with you. Do what you say you will
do; that is better than being able to bound
Illinois tell the capital of Kamchatka.
Now you may run home, children And
remember that in the school there are no
rules but two: Do what you think is right
and be cheerful And in case you don't
know ask"
Copyright, 1924.)
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-11
THE SEA HAWK
BY RAFAEL SABATINI

Published by Arrangement With First National Picture
Inc. Copyrighted by Houghton- Mfflin Company
What Has Gone Before-Sir Oliver
Tressilian, renowned for his exploits
on the Spanish MAN, is betrothed to
Rosamund Godolphin; but because of
personal enmity growing out of land
disputes the marriage is opposed by
both Rosamund's brother, Peter, and
her guardian, Sir John Kiligrew. Peter
takes every opportunity to manifest his
antagonism. In a drunken rage one
day, in the presence Of Parson Flack
and Justice Baine, he insults Oliver,
strikes him with his whip and rides off.
Uttering a threat to kill him, Oliver
starts in furious pursuit. But good
Judgment masters his temper and he
foregoes the pleasure Of what he feels
would be justifiable murder for the
sake of Rosamund who, he knows,
would never forgive him if Peter were
harmed at his hands.
But divers young half brother, Lilo
mel, that evening accomplishes what
oliver would have liked to do, and
comes home wounded from the en-
counter. Peter, still drunk, Lionel re-
lates, had affronted him, and drawn
his sword; his own he drew merely in
self-defense. But with no witnesses to
attest to the truth of this statement
Lionel could be accused of Peters muir
der, were his part in it to be known.
Terror striker, he beseeches Oliver to
tell no one of his wounds.-Now go on
with the story.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-11

@. What is the average Irice Of passenger
automobiles" j. X. R.
A. The acreage price Of new cars sold is
SSH. and IS per cent Of all cars sold retail
for under $1,000.
O. When did the late President Wilson
say would that We could do something
at once dgnified and effective to knock
Mr.. Bryan once for all into cooked hat?'
f. T. P.
A. The Clark campaign managers gave
out on the eve of Jackson day dinner in
Washington in January, 1912, Wilson'S let
ter to Adrain II. Joline, president of the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas railway, which
contained the celebrated statement.
Q. Why is twelve inches called a foot,
and why is the name foot used for unit
of measure? w. W. D.
A. The foot used in the present
measurement of length is derived from the
human foot. The inch was selected for
purposes of convenience. The word is from
the Latin "unica," meaning "a twelfth
part"
@. How did Thermopylae get its name?
G. W. G.
A. Thermopylae. Greece, means hot
gates and was given TO this pass on account
Of thermo hot springs. This pass con
sttuted the only good road from Thessaly
10 central Greece.
Q. How fast does the moon travel in
its orbit H. r. d.
4. The moon travels through space at
a speed OF $3.50 feet per second.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-11
RY JOHN CARLYLE


tn ARM products sold by farmers in our
! II markets today bring only about per
cent more than they did before the
great war. q
In the same time the cost of living has
gone up 81 per cent. MA
The American farmer hasn't been doing
as we'll he should. Just now wheat and
corn are up. Things look better for the
farmer. He will do better But he must
be helped to do better on permanent
basis.
Poor returns to the farmer have had mo-
than one effect. They have done lore
discourage the farmer -
Bad news has discouraged young men~~no
would like to farmland the country might
lily needs them. And it has discouraged
schools and teachers from the promotion Of
agricultural courses. That is serious.
Some state legislatures have sensed the
need. The Michigan Agricultural College,
and Agricultural Station is asking for more
than four and a half millions of dollars for
operating expenses, new buildings and equip-
ment. The Michigan legislature will be
liberal.
Thirty-two states lave legislation relat-
ing to agricultural instruction in the schools
iTwenty-eight require agriculture to be
taught in rural schools.
But boys and young men are doubtful
about farms and farming and farm courses
in schools and colleges because they are
properly doubtful about being able to make
good living for themselves and the fam
lilies they hope to rear.
There is not problem of more funda-.
mental importance demanding solution in
the United States today
The 28 states in which agriculture ss .
required study in rural schools ought to be-
made As.
The millions which the legislature Of
Michigan will give to a state college ought
to be duplicated in other states
But above all the farmer himself should
be given the largest support the govern
ment can devise to the end that middle
mans profits shall be cut and the farmer
get living price for his wares.
Copyright, 1924.)
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-11
Restoring EUROPE
weevil

~ Z must be admitted that when a President
of the United States is speaking on a
subject so far removed from politics as
the dedication of a monument to fallen sol
diers some allowance must be made for pa
triotic platitudes even though they have no
bearing on the sacred subject to which the
hour is consecrated. President Coolidge
very forcibly voiced the heart of the whole
First Division in Washington the unveil-
ing of the shaft erected in honor of their
noble dead, when he dealt with their sacri-
fee and heroism but his generalities as to
the whole country smack of party and carry
the reminder that this is election year.
On the day the President delivered his
address the League of Nations published it's
findings in the carefully studed-out issue of
trade in arms and explosives as between ma
covering all countries thoroughly, except
Russia Germany, Austria and Mexico, that
for the three years of 1920, 1921 and 1922,
this trade amounted to $230,O00,O00, and
of that amount the United States sold $18,-
100000. This is not a record for boasting
in a country which fought the Great War
in the interest of peace and for the advance
ment of the cause of civilization. But the
story does not end here. The report Of the
T he hum loft inf rr matt inn
that the traffic in war material was made
possible by the action of the United States
in frowning on the international convention
on this subject in 1919. 1.-THE other manu-
featuring countries" says the report, were
afraid to ratify the treaty, lest all the orders
they refused, largely because it was not
acceptable to the United States" Just how
much moral responsibility this country, I'M
der the direction of the Republican party,
by two hundred million dollars worth of
agencies of murder distributed among them
for price, only the Almighty. whose chill
dren they are, knows. We only certain
that He does know.
In the face of this revelation the follow
ing lines from the speech of President Cool
idge sound like mockery: 1--WE cannot claim
that our Government is perfect, but we have
the right to believe that it is the best that
there is. We do not claim we have been
able to discharge our full duty toward the
other nations of the earth, but we have a
right to believe that we have been the most
effectual agency in helping to restore Eu
rope"
Nothing is needed to "restore Europe" but
the entrance of the United States into the
League Of Nations, and the extension of the
World Court to include us. 1t is our alb
sence that complexities the situation, and
makes difficult the task Of great humanitari-
ans who are struggling with it SO heroically;
and it is the Republican party that keeps us
out. If President Coolidge had said to the
assembled veterans at Washington, you did
all for human liberty that men could do, on
the field of battle, but the real enemy was
always in your rear" he would have inter-
preted history in advance of the final YER
diet, but not in conflict with it.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-11

The advertising columns of many maya
zines carry pictures of bird troughs and
foun tains bath bowls. They are invari-
ably expensive, and intended for ornaments
on the lawns of the rich. They are not more
necessary to the comfort or life of any bird
than simple and inexpensive arrangements.
In the first place in this climate, bird houses
are not needed at all. A little box or two
to please the wren and win her song at sun
set may be stuck around in the porches, but
the other birds do better in the trees and
bushes. The simplest form Of feed trough is
made from four-inch stuff fifteen inches long
Suspend this from another made of ten
inch stuff twenty inches long. Suspend the
large trough, inverted, from limb out of
reach Of cats and the small under it.
The large one keeps the rain from the food
Scatter few handfuls of seed on the ground
and place the rest in the little trough,
which should be a few inches lower than
its roof and the birds will come The neces-
sary animal food may be supplied by the
candles Of chopped beef and melted tallow
The whole system is cheap and will repay
a hundred fold the boy girl who instals
and cares for it. But keep the cat indoors
at night, and chase her away from the feed
trough if she starts loafng around it, in the
daytime.
The value of birds on the farm has long
ago been demonstrated, and some once
classed as injurious are better understood.
The crow, once the Ishmael Of the air, is
now justly valued servant of man; even
the English sparrow is kindly spoken Of
The sapsucker--little peekabois, the Gre
oles call him-has been found to consume
larvae as well as sap. They all have their
missions, and divide the hunting fields very
skillfully. The thrushes keep to the coverts
and the bushes scratching in the mold and
dead leaves; the wren searches the brush
heaps and house crevices; the jay, the fly
catchers, chats, pee-wees and cuckoos guard
the trees, the mockingbirds and sparrows
look after the orchards, and the butcher
birds and larks clear the gardens of cut
worms. The sparrows help them all. Oc-
casionally-perhaps a little oftener-some
of the birds get into the figs, grapes and
peaches; but they earn their dessert. The
insects they have destroyed would have in
ficted more damage. And besides, they are
just as much the children of the Almighty
we, and not one of them falls to the
ground unseen. The Friend of little chill
dren has said This same Friend link ed
together the child and the bird as subjects
of His especial care. Why not teach them
to love each other? 1t is easy to teach them
both; the bird will love the hand that feeds
it; the child instinctively loves that which is
dependent on it.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-11
THE ESSENTIAL
By DR.. Frank Crane

tn HE most marked trait that distinguishes
the strong from the weak is the ability
to see what is essential and what is
non-essental.
The power of the artist is first of all the
power of choice, his ability to select from
the bewildering complexities Of life the one
thing that is meaningful
The modern realistic novel lacks the pow
er. All facts are of equal Importance The
slop jar in the house is as worthy to be de-
scribed as woman's soul. Hence the dreary
intolerable commonplaceness and the feeling
of ennu1 tediousness, and cynicism of the
average novel published by Tauchnitz
The cheap reds and yellows of Mrs.
Holmes and The Duchess of a former day
were better than the sick drabness the hope
lessness and sadness of many modern au-
thors. The former had at least some selec-
tive power.
Every great passion is selective. Love
chooses, emphasizes. Religion has the same
blessed quality of disproportion.
Homer, Dante, Victor Hugo, every undying
author, has been like the Parthenon at Ath-
ems or the Cathedral at Cologne, not like the
world is was but like the world wants
to be-
Men are inspired by soaring ideals; they
are deadened by the pitiful commonplace.
The master merchant differs from the ped
dler chiefly in his power to grasp essentials.
And the strong, victorious life has the
same gift, simply the skill to choose what is
worth while
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-11
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS

Manufacturers Of fancy hatpins report
heavy slump in their business.
India is practically soapless country.
Very few death sentences are passed in
England.
Many authors write five or six thousand
words a day.
Years sometimes pass before a race horses
value is realized.
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LITTLE MISS FIXIT,
Care Tri-W eekly Journal,
Atlanta, Georgia.
A BlRIE THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY

a IIN0 = UT IT
And | say unto you, my friends, be not
afraid of them that kill the body, and
after that hare no more that they can do
But I Mill foreman you whom ye shall
fear. Fear him who, after he hath killed,
hath power to cast into hell; yea, say
unto you, fear him.-Fior the Gospel OF
St. Luke 12:4, S.
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that things are made
right.
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The Second Mrs. Strong
BY HAZEL DEYO BACHELOR

d TTFNHlI-I< III = z u
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 uncomfortable for her new step
Other-NOw go on with the story.
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BY Harry Sti11We11 Edwards

neglected mockingbrd sustained himself on
holly berries and a redbird picked up
stuffed to suffocation with chnaberries. Ev
erybody apolOgiZed in a practical way.
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Birds Are Southwark Bound

"HE birds are beginning their annual
migration to south Georgia and Flor
ida. The swallows already have de-
parted, and with them, the blue martins.
Obeying an herited instinct, the latter gath
cred slowly from their wide cruising ground,
circled high in air, and took their departure.
They are the first to 90 because their food
is the winged insect and the life and season
of these is cut off by the first chilly weather.
Next will follow the purely insectiyorous
birds of the ground, driven by necessity to
follow the 2rasshopper wave. Those that
divide their food as between the insect and
the seed will linger a little longer and then
follow the season southwark.
Among the latter are the bluebird, thrash
! er, ground thrush, brown thrush, red thrush
mockingbird, catbird, fnches, jaybirds and
song sparrows. The French mockingbird
depending on insects, leaves early. The
yelowhammers (golder ammers) will re-
main long as they can dig larvae from
the rOtting leaves and earth mold; and so
will the woodpeckers 1t is probably true
that none of the birds that can subsist on
seed and vegetation would leave us if plen-
tifully supplied with food. They do not
seem to suffer from cold. I have seen prac-
tically all of them spend the winter along
my creek when fed. On notable occa-
sion redbirds, jaybirds, robins, thrashers
yelowhammers, and even a red-headed
observed in midwinter feeding with the
chickens in a back yard at Holly Bluff Of
course the sparrows were there. There are
seven varieties Of sparrow in middle Geor
ga and one, the swamp song sparrow, comes
from the north in winter.
The desolation of the country in the
winter season is due largely to the absence
of birds. 1t is the absence of birds from the
upper treeless levels of Spain that makes the
loneliness there oppressive. The Moors cut
away the trees to adapt the country to the
eyolutions of their horses and when chival-
ry died the freed falcons of every degree
swept the country of birds. The fields and
forests of Georgia would abound with birds
all winter if they were consistently and
abundantly fed. A few bushels of small
grain scattered about the coyerts of a farm
will soon cause the assembling of a surpris-
ing number of birds, and they will continue
as long as the food is provided. Make few
candles of tallow and chopped beef, stick
them in the forks of trees, and watch the
mockingbirds and woodpeckers find them!
OF all birds that seem to enjoy the presence
of the human race, tho mockingbird and car
dlnal stick longest. Indeed, there are al
ways a few that risk starvation to stay
around their old haunts In the city of At
lanta, last winter, one little girl kept her
bird friends throughout by casting abundant
food for them into the back yard. At Holly
Bluff, the main station on my creek,