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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-28

O. To whom do we owe the the expression
"pussyfooting?' H. A
A. 1t is said to have been popularized by
the late Theodore Roosevelt
Q. Is appendicitis more prevalent among
men than women? D. F. w.
A. About so per cent of the cases occur in
males, because of their greater exposure to
weather and injury, and because the female
appendix has greater arterial supply.
O. Was Colonel Robert f. Lee offered the
command of the Union forces at the outbreak
of the Civil War? c. w
A. The command Of the United States
army offered to Robert E. Lee by Presi-
dent Lincoln on April IS 1851. Francis
Preston Blair was designated to approach
Lee on the subject The following reply of
Lee is recorded: Il declined the offer he
made to me to take command of the army
that was to be brought into the field stating
as candidly as | could that. though opposed
to secession and deprecating war, 1 could
take no part in an invasion of the Southern
StateS.''
Q. What is the origin of Halloween? s. T.
A. Halloween is a relic of pagan times.
In England the influence of Druidical cere-
monies is evidenced in the ancient Halloween
fires. Certain of the customs which used to
prevail in England were survivals of the fes-
tfyal of Pomona. the goddess Of fruit Hal
lowe'en is called by this name because the
lesINdl IdIlS on the evening OF OCTOBER Is :,
which is the eve OF vigil of All Hallows the
festival Of All Saints; this falls on Novem-
Der /.
Q. Did Henry VIII put on black for his
various wives? NJ. T. r.
A. Jane Seymour was the only consow for
whom he wore mourning
Q. What is the popular abbrevia ton for
Q. Just what constitutes family? F.
I. s.
A. The term family as used by the cen
sus signifies a group of persons whether re-
lated by blood or not who live together as
one household, usually sharing the same ia
BILE One person living alone is counted a
family, and the other hand, all the occu-
pants Of a hotel, boarding house or lodging
house, if that is their usual place of abode,
and all the inmates of an institution, how
ever numerous, are treated as constituting a
single family. The private or natural fam
lily commonly comprises husband, wife and
children.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-28
DRUG ADDICTION TODAY
BY H. Addington Bruce

II VERY once in a while the statement is
r. publicly and insistently made that
drug addiction is on the increase Only
recently in addressing a social service con-
ference, Mr.. w. K McKibbon is reported as
having declared;
Forty per cent Of the inmates Of prisons
in the United States are drug addicts, as
are so per cent of all court cases"
This habit permeates all classes of So
ciety. There is no use blinking our eyes to
the fact that the habitual use of narcotics
has been steadily on the increase since the
war"
On the other hand there are those who
contend, with at least equal emphasis, that
the situation with regard to drug addiction
has actually been changing, not for the
worse but for the better.
Almost at the very time Mr. McKibbon
voiced his warning, the United States Public
Health Service issued a reassuring report by
two Of its workers, Drs Lawrence Kolb
and A. G. Du Mez, giving findings based on
an analysis Of narcotic surveys and statistics
obtained from Internal Revenue agents,
heads Of narcotic clinics, and practicing
physicians.
To summarize them briefly, these find
ings indicate that there has been a steady
decrease in drug addiction since 1900, until
today, in the entire United States, there are
not more than 10000 persons who have
drug habit. Bearing in mind Mr.. McKib-
bon's alarmist utterance-and, still more,
recent estimate which placed the number of
heroin addicts alone at 1000, 000-this gov
ernmental figure is surprisingly as it is
gratifyingly low.
1t is impossible to give here any adequate
account Of the various reports on which it
is based Only outline mention of few
can be made.
Drs KoID and Du Mez call attention, for
one thing to the results of the United
States Army medical examinations of the
World war Among the men recommended
for rejection from the army, out Of about
100000 examined only 1924 were drug
addicts On the basis Of the 1920 census
this would give not more than $4,000 ad-
diets in the general population.
A slightly higher total is indicated by the
statistics Of "a narcotic clinics established
during and after 1919 in various parts Of
the country. These statistics show a total
of 4,123 addicts in 81 cities with popula-
ton of 4182,952. For the country in gen
eral this would mean 104300 addicts
The New York City narcotic clinic, not
included among the 81 for statistical pur-
poses, registered 1894 addicts from April,
1919, to January. 1920. Even assuming
that drug addiction is as common in the
country whole in thickly settled New
York, the total for the country, on the New
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-28
That Par1ous Avalanche

THE profiteers' tariff with it's favors
to special interests and its burdens for
the consuming rank and file, is put
ting its Republican authors to a desperate
defense. Driven from one sophistry to an
other, they now plead that when the Ford
ney-McCumber law was enacted in 1921
America was imperiled from abroad by an
Impending avalanche Of suddenly cheap
ened merchandise" and that only their tow
ering tariff wall averted ruin. Just what
does a high protectionist like President
Coolidge mean when he speaks of that "im-
pending avalanche?"
In his incisive speech at Seagirt, John W.
Davis answered with these thought-provok-
ing illustrations: Under Democratic tariff
sewing machines, necessary in every home,
we're on the free list and we were importing
scarcely one per cent of the value of our
domestic production. This was avalanche,
however, not to be tamely borne, and a
duty of thirty-three and one-third per cent
"
kitchen ware, now in such universal use,
we were importing less than two per cent
OF the amount which we consumed. Such
an avalanche, accordingly, was permanently
barred by taxing the domestic consumer
three times the existing rate. In rubber
footwear our imports were too small to be
was raised one hundred and fifty per cent
In manufactures of wool our imports were
less than six per cent of the domestic pro-
duction, so the rates of duty were increased
by eighty per cent Truly Republican pro-
tectionist's avalanche is a fearful thing to
witness, even from affair"
IneXcusable it was to leave the national
treasure exposed to plunderers and thieves,
still less to be extenuated is this act of
of dollars by unnecessary and unwarranted
import levied for the benefit of particular
interests to whom Republican politicians are
beholden. The party's highest heads did not
know, though they ought to have known.
. that Fall was playing fast and loose with
F.. the governments oil reserves or that Forbes
was stealing funds appropriated for the re-
lief Of disabled ex-servce men. But the
:partys leaders in the administration and in
Congress needs must have known that the
Fordney-McCumber tariff act was in a num-
cher Of its provisions, means OF extracting
from >t.ts rank and file OF American con-
.sumers money which swelled the profits of
Republican patrons.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-28

une says: There is apparently no law in
New York State penalzing in any way the
gross carelessness which alone causes grade
crossing disasters. The Legislature would
do we'll to consider the North Carolina meas
ure, as we'll as similar ones in other States
basis of legislation at the next session.
A law that would reduce the number of such
accidents by as much five per cent would
be we'll worth enacting."
Records show that the actual reduction
has been much more than five per cent ana
that the practice of stopping at railway
grade crossings tends to make motorists
more careful at other points of peril. In
the States where this requirement has been
in force during the last few years hundreds
of lives have been saved and one-time op-
ponents of the law have become its earnest
friends. The bill rejected by the Georgia
Legislature specified that failure on the
drivers part to come to a stop at grade
crossings should not be considered as con-
tributory negligence in suits for damages
Surely, that clause removed the last rea-
sonably tenable ground for objection
1t is to be hoped that legislation to this
life-saying end will fare better il the next
General Assembly. Meanwhile, it behooves
all motorists when approaching a grade
crossing to observe voluntarily the one rule
that assures safety. stop, look and listen!"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-28
4 Ne1o Song Heard IN the Land

n JNStO Dong II cara IN the Land
I'VE different money crops now grow in
r. Georgia, where aforetime grew only
one. Fruits and melons, sweet pota-
toes, peanuts, tobacco, and cotton all pour
in their tributes of cash. To these add the
returns from dairying, from poultry products
and from those sleek herds that literally
bring home the bacon, and it is no marvel
that a new song of prosperity rises in the
land.
Reporting for It's own fertile region, the
Albany Herald declares: $50 satisfactory
has this years experience been that there is
no danger Of relapse into one-crop or
all-cotton system, or that the farmers will
run the risk Of putting all their eggs into
fairly good for all crops, and satisfactory
yields promised-in the main, assured
BY persistently fighting the boil weevil, most
of those who planted cotton will get a bet
ter average yield than in recent years.
Watermelons and tobacco have put millions
Of dollars into circulation. The peanut crop.
the sweet potato crop, the corn crop and
the hay crop are yet to be accounted for
Several creameries are in successful opera
ton; large shipments of poultry have been
made; and there will be more hogs for this
fall and winter perhaps than ever before
Diversifcation has won out, and now ap-
pears to be firmly established
SO long as Georgia, remembering this
happy lesson, resists temptation to go back
to a less secure and less efficient system of
agriculture, good times will be youchsafed.
Five cash crops are better than one, regard
less of what prices the one may fetch for
lucky season or two. They are better for
the soil, better for the growers finances
better for the manifold business interests
that lean upon the farm.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-28
QUIPS AND QUIDDITIES

At horse race in Ireland one of the ami
mails proved refractory and despite all efforts
his rider could not get him into the line
The patience of the starter became exhausted
as he shouted for the tenth time, Bring
up that horse! Bring him up"
81 can't, sir" yelled back the rider of the
stubborn equine. This here's been cab
horse; he won't bulge till he hears the door
shut, an 1 amt got no door,
why all the black eyes, old mani" no.
toriously much-married man was asked by
friend
We'll, you see" said the back-eyed one,
Il came home rather unsteady the other
night and thought I'd read little before 60
ing to bed. Ny wife came down and caught
me and there was some very pronounced
trouble"
What were you reading?"
by i'll luck I'd chosen the chessboard,"
In many parts Of Mexico hot springs and
cold springs are found side by side. One
see native women boiling clothes in a hot
spring, rubbing them on a fiat rock and rims
ing them in a clear cold spring
A visitor watched this process for some
time and then said:
Il suppose the natives think old Mother
Nature is pretty generous, eh?"
mo, senior" replied his host. There is
much grumbing because she supplies no
soap
Some people have a subtle way OF deliver
ing knock, and Tom B is one Of them.
One day after his fellow-workmen had made
a very stupid blunder, he remarked:
Joe, wish you would will me your head
when you die"
What do you want of my head?" asked
the other unexpectedly.
Why" said Tom, lit would be just like
new one; you never use it,
ed her soft cheek with his lips.
II am only keeping it back for your good"
My good! What rubbish you talk. How
can it be for my good not to tell me things
about Nigels stupid wife,"
There was subdued passion in her voice;
she pushed him angrily away.
Monty lost his temper; he let her go.
Very well, then, if you insist, will tell
you. She is not Nigels wife-this girl-that
is the whole truth"
Saturday-"A Woman Scorned." Renew
your subscription now to avoid missing
chapter of this thrilling story.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-28
A BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY

a Bible THOUGHT FOX TO-DAY
Faithful, are the mounds of friend,
but the kisses Of an enemy are deceitful.
The full soul Lodtheth an honeycomb; but
to the hungry soul every bitter thing is
sweet. Ointment and perfume rejoice the
heart; so doth the Sweetness of a. man S
friend by hearty counsel. Let another man
praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a
stranger, and not thine own lips. Iron
sharpenet hron; so a man Shdrpeneth the
countenance of his friend. As in water
face anSwereth to face, so the heart of
man to mdn-Properbs.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-28
MY FAVORITE STORIES
By Irving S. Cobb

Ns montague Glass has pointed ont n !,
~ ueo as exceedingly bad form on tsat
20. " an earthquake should It be so AZ
~ i'eu as 10 occur in the vicinity of anv
o. estate development along the Pacific
oo"ol' nevertheless, and either through iq
~ dnpe or deliberate carelessness earth.
auohes 10 from time to time, occur As a
ei on proposition, they do no great dam
So put they are annoying, and often new.
oonIeIS 10 California get trifle nervous
over tnese tremors. AS result If is some
L IinIeS oIlIlcult to secure competent domestic
oIp' III some towns almost any general
nouse"orker is given a hearty welcome in
almost any home and such shortcomings aa
aug may manifest are generally condoned.
UldSS Tells or young matron of his ao
qualntance who lived in one of these towns
She hadn,t been living there very long. She
had heard about earthquakes, but she had
never experienced one. Still, she had other
Croubles Her one servant meant well M
douot' put had destructive way about
her. ""o"'
one afternoon the lady was taking o
nap Suddenly ohe awakened. The house
was filled with clamor. Downstairs she
could hear chinaware smashing and cook
ing utensils banging about with a. loud
metallic changing; then, as the kitchen cell
ing 1eI' there was a tremendous thud
But the lady was not in the least fright.
ened. She did not think of earthouaTe,
she merely associated disturbance with
the days routine She arose, sighed deep1v.
went to the head Of the back stairs and IN
resigned and patient tone called down:
well, Lizzie, what are you doing now"
(CnDVrioht
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-28
The Grade Crossing La,O

THOUGH the Georgia Legislature failed
70 enact even a modified form of the
North Carolina statute requiring mo-
florists to stop within fifty feet OF unguarded
grade crossings, the plan is winning favor
far and wide as preventive of fatal acct
dents.
Declaring that some means to that end
pust be found, the New York Herald Trb-
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-28
MOVIE MAD
nv HAZEL DEYO BACHELOR

What has gone before-Gloria King
comes to Hollywood with the idea OF max
ing good in the movies. She becomes hard
ened by the life and is foolish enough to
marry Rolf Templeton, the great screen
star, man she despises, but who can fur
Their her career. Later she is so unhappy
that she leaves him, and it is then that she
makes good through talent alone. She
punges into life of gayety, but is brought
to a realization of where she is drifting
when she runs over a little boy in her car.
Just as she makes plans for divorce, Rolf
is seized with pneum onia.-Now go on with
the story,
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-28

York basis, would be but 100000 drug adj
diets.
In fact according TO Drs. Kolb and bu
Mez, through the period 1915 to 1922 the
highest estimate derivable from any ey.,
tematic narcotic survey is 100000 and the
lowest exclusive OF the army survey, is
1O4,3O0.
These figures" they comment, may
therefore be accepted as the maximum and
minimum numbers for the period. But,
from what has been brought out relative
to the surveys, it would seem that 215,000
is more nearly correct for the beginning,
and about 10000 the approximate number
for the end Of the period"
1t is not to be expected that this OPP
timistic conclusion will be accepted unques-
tioningly by all interested in the problem
Of drug addiction. But certainly it is to be
hoped that it more nearly represents the
true situation than do the estimates which
suggest menacing rate Of increase.
Copyright, 1920
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HIS BROTHERS WIFE
Ply RUBY M. AYRES
CHAPTER 1HSX
Not NipeI'S Wife

TOR moment Miss Varney stared blank
II ly at her nephew, then she drew her
self UP with a sort Of prim dignity.
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Saturday-"A Woman Scorned." Renew
your subscription now to avoid missing a
chapter of this thrilling story.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-08-06
DoNA CARMEN G. vIUDA DE
~ BENEDICT

En- Ia tarde de aver dej6 de existir
en- esta capital la distingulda y noble
matrona, Do6a Carmen G.. viuda de
Benedicto, madre amantfsima de los
prestigiosos caballeros Don jose y Don
Raul Benedicto y Geigel.
Desde hace algtin tempo la noble
sefiora venia padeciendo de una peril
rag dolencia que teIlia en- constante pc.
ligro su preciosa vida, hasta que en- la
tarde de aver, sobrevino Ell fatal de-
senlace.
Hace solamente unos dfas, Ell fellE
hogar de la familia Benedicto Sc vi3
abatido por ell golpe terrible que lie oca.
sionara La muerte del prominente ciu-
dadano Don Jose E. Benedicto, aho-
rs Ia desgracia ha venido a ensafiarse
implacab'emente contra la estimable IA
milia arrebatandole ell Garlic de la
digna matrona, cuyo fallecimiento tie
ne que haber producido verdadera cons
ternaci6n v pesadumbre, no solaments
euLI0 SuS 1dmAl1dE0S S11O Ell COOa IluCS.
ira sociedad en- donde la familia Be-
nedicto goza de tan merecidas simpa-
tfas.
Toda una vida consagrada al quito
Gel bien y al amor los suyos; modela-
da en- Ell ejercicio de todas las virtudes
" en- la formation de un hogar que ha
sido todo ejemplaridad y prestigio, ha-
cen que el recuerdo de esta noble DANA
extinta viva imperecedero en- ell cora
z6n de los suyos y en- ell de aquellos q.
LA conocieron, para reverenciarlo Y ben
decirlo.
d Ell MUNDO, al consignar la nota
triste de este doloroso acontecimiento,
sc .uns al dolor y la amargura que ago.
bfa en- estos momentos la distingmda
familia Benedicto, muy particular
mente al de nuestro estimadisimo ami
go, Don Raul, quien le deseamos re-
signaci6n Y consuelo para sobreponerse
al sufrtmiento que han tenido que cau-
sarle estas dos irreparables p6rdidas
que en- tan pocos dias ha sufrido.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-08-06
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DON EULALIo TORRES

Ell spreciable caballero cuyo nombre
sirve de epigrafe q estas llneas, na
legado nuestra isla, ostentando mere
tidamente, la representation cycnisi-
W para Puerto Rico de la atamada
rama americana. "Armory Brown "
Co.., importantisima casa manufactr-
iera de tejidos de algod6n, ore goza de
gran pres+igio y s6lido cr6dito en- TO-.
dos los Estados Unidos. Ademas, Ell Sc
hor Torres, trae representations de
Yarias frlnas mas, cuyos productos son
muy populares en- nuestro mercado. Z
al efecto abfira en- esta capital ma
oicina. donds estara al frsnte de sus
numerosos negocios, represe ntando cum
piidamente las firmas Que tan mere
cidamente lie han honrado con su con-
fianza.
Exito, mucho 6xito deselmos al se-
nor Torres en- sus actividades conner
ciAIss.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-08-06
UNA CARTA DE DON CARLOS
MARIN FERNANDEZ

Hace algunos dias dim6s cuenta en-
estas colunnas de que Ell sefior Arturo
Marin. rrominente lider socialista de
Ia ciudad de Arecibo SO separaba de
dicha cclectiv1dad adoptando una ac-
titud independents.
Ahora Sc nos informa que ell sehor
Carlos Marin Fernandez, adopta igual
actitud dando Ia publicidad las 81
gmentes interesantes declaraciones.
AL ELECToRADO Y AL CoMITE
SOCIALISM, DE ARECIBO
Por la presente me separo del Par
lido Socialista al cual perteneci desde
su fundaci6n Y por Ell cual sufri perss-
cusiones, habiendo empleado los afios
de mi juventud en- defender la causa y
ell ideal del partido.
Son muchos los motives de esta dolo-
rosa resolution y no quiero explicarlos,
por no nacer dafio al ideal que he sus-
tentado toda mi vida.
Por ahora permanecer6 en- actitud
independence.
Carlos MARIN FERNANDEZ
Ell senior Marin es hermano de Don
Arturo Marin, Quien Sc RETRO hace unos
dias del partido socialista Y es tambien,
como el, uno de los elementos mas en-
tusiastas con que contaba ell partido so.
cialista Gil ell distrito de Arecibo.
En- la Ultima campa1a electoral ell
sefior Carlos Marin Fernandez figure
en- ell ticket socialista como candidate
a la Camara por ell distrito representa-
two de Eatillo. Camuy y Quebradillas
v en- la poblaci6n de Hatillo, principal
mente Ell Ell barrio Bayaney, gracias a
sus esfuerzos v a sus entusiasmos
logr6 formar un fuerte nucleo de OPT
nion socialista.
La retirada del senior Marin Fernan-
dez del campo socialista significa para
ell partido de Iglesias un gran vacio
dificil dc llenar una perdida en- ex-
tremo vsliosa por la cooperation v Ia
ayuda tan enthusiasts delicadas que
el habia venido prestando a la causa
Y los ideales del sociaismo.