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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-19
YOUR ONLY ENEMY
BY DR.. Frank Crane

a BOY of sixteen, in the City of New York,
"A came home went to his room, attached
l. H. one end of a tube to the gas pipe and
the other to his mouth, lay down upon a
couch, breathed in the deadly fumes, and went
to sleep forever.
He left letter remarkable for the maturity
of it's pessimism. Like an old man, he speaks
Of the burden of the world, saying that while
there is a great deal of talk about the coward
ice of suicide he believes "it is even still
more cowardly to submit weakly to social
conditions, to allow ones individuality to be
crushed in the grind of commercaism, to
live a semi-anmal existence"
He continues: Il believe serious blunder
has been made in bringing me into this world,
it has been made in the millions of toiling,
drudgng human beings condemned to a life
Of misery and degradation"
No word of blame for him. To us the dead
are all pardoned. But we may be permitted
to point out the secret despair in this child
that should have been playing in the sun and
not drinking the bitterness of his own soul.
And the secret is self pity.
When once the human mind has fallen into
the way of plying itself the wheels Of life
begin to run backward and to mark not the
hours of surprise and joy, but to give forth
the grinding Of disillusiOn and death.
Begin to study Yourself examine yourself,
criticize YOURSELF analyze your motives, probe
and take apart your emotions and thoughts,
and you have entered upon task the end of
which is impotence and not improbably vice
Look out! The windows of a house are
made to look out from, not to look into. The
eyes are turned to the outer world, not toward
the inner soul.
Look out! and the outer universe cures the
inward sickness
There is the majestic sun, and the stars
in the wheeling sky; there are the city streets
of adventure, and the wide wild waves Of the
sea; there the ends OF the earth to eX
plOre, and the bOundless mystery Of humanity
Why perish where you are, like rat IN a
hole? IT'S a wide EARTH take your hat Ind
fare forth.
How many thousands in the city, in the
cruel struggle for success, taste the hell Of
failure and cast sleeps eyes at suicide! o
for word that would summon them as q
trumpet to the fair field of life!
You have but enemy-self. Keep on
living with him. nursing him, listening to
his maudlin babble and it is your undoing.
Self-pity is hell. Get out Of 1t. You can
if you will
Do something for somebody If it's only a
dog Love somebody, not with your desires,
but with your self-devotion. Find great
idea to lose yourself in.
No matter where you are, even if on sick
bed, even if you are a tramp in the streets
you will find life very interesting and full Of
rich surprise if you can only get away from
yourself.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-19
COURTESY PAYS
BY H. AddingtOn Bruce

l. VERY once in a while the fact that
T. courtesy may be exceedingly profitable
N~ from a monetary point of view is
emphasized by items in the daily news.
1t was only short time ago that the
telegraph spread far and wide the story Of
young man whose courtesy had brought
to him fortune of 100000. AS a clerk
IN hotel he had made it a rule to be po-
lite and obiging Expressly because of his
politeness an elderly guest bequeathed to
him her entire estate.
Possibly this is a notwithstanding finan-
ciaI reward for courtesy I do not know
But [ do know that, whether he had in
herited fortune or not, the courteous
young man of this story would have been
repaid in other ways for his courteousness.
For even when it does not pay in dollars
and cents, to be polite is one of the best
investments any man make. Here are
a few of the dividends it returns:
It gives one a pleasurable feeling of haV-
ing done the right thing. Hence, because
of the benign influence pleasurabIe feellngS
on the bodily processes, it contributes d.
rectly to the conservation of ones health
u makes for an increase in self-confi-
dance. if only because Of the favorable re-
actions by those to whom courtesy IS SHOWN,
Those favorable reactions are themselves
M insfqnificant reward of courtesy, mas
much as they involve an augmented eooO
will, friendIiness and felloW-teeIlng'
And this may have consequences OF a Tar
reaching sort. AS an anohy hou" D"' QUO"
cious writer has put 1t;
courtesy is the one medium or eHchahse
which is accepted at par by the best people
Of every country on the globe
eft is the establishment that adds tone
and harmony to matter-of-fact routine, tne
oil which lubricates the machine OIL coul-
mercial good fellowship, and promotes the
smooth running of the many units Oh an OF
ganization."
Then. again, courtesy pays through rails
ING the. efficiency-leyeI as we'll as the health
level.
Here once more the dynamic influence Of
the Measurable feeling created by courtesy
comes into play Always, when pleasurable
feelings are present, there is a stimulating
of the mental as we'll as Of the physical
mowers The mere consciousness OF having
been polite helps many man to do better
work than would otherwise be possible to
him.
Rudeness, on the other hand, because Of
the inner seif-reproach it tends to provoke,
may be positively Gripping to efficiency as
we'll as detrimental to the health. 700
seldom is this appreciated, as eYlnced by
the rudeness so often shown by the eager
and ambitious.
If they realize their dreams it is never
because Of, but in spite Of, their rudenoss.
And many are those whose hopes are per-
petuaIly frustrated simply for the reason
that they persist all their lives in beng
rude.
SO that apart altogether from the posi-
billty of huge monetary rewards, there are
many, many reasons for being courteous.
A truth this that l commend more especial
Iy to the numerous folk who seem to think
it a matter of indifference whether they are
rude or polite.
Copyright, 1924)
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-19
BY MRS..

" HAVE fought good fight for nearly fifty
/ years mainly in the interest OF women
a and their children, but | have had no
wisdom to boast about. have had plenty
of experience. | am the mother of five
children and four Of them are in heaven.
These dead children were their mothers
darlngs. 1t Is JOY in my old life that | can
raise my prayers to God for preserving mer-
cy and can feel in my heart of hearts/t that l
did my very best, night and day, under all
disabilities, to do my duty to those dear de-
parted children. Not for a single minute did
it ever occur to me to relieve myself of this
responsibility. AS their mother l left moth
ing undone or unsaid to help them on to
become worthy citizens If God spared them
to maturity. | loved them too much to fan.
This twentieth amendment proposes to
give the federal government the right and
the opportunity to direct all children as to
their employment until they are eighteen
years old. No child is to be employed in
labor, no matter how poor the family may
be and how necessary it has become to raise
children in habits Of industry for their good,
as to character and happiness, until they
reach eighteen years. The state takes up
their education in books at six years, and
the only time left to the mother and father
is between infancy and six years.
Here we are, as parents, turning over the
education at six years and not allowed TO
discipline them with suitable employment IVA
til they are eighteen.
Just imag CINE what will be obliged to hap
pen when every white child and every negro
child in Georgia must thus remain idle If it
so chooses!
Surely the world has gone crazy to launch
out on such a gruesome proposition as this!
The one thing that counts in raising a
family is the discipline, especially the habit
of obedience to its parents. The first COM
mandment with a promise to it is Honor
thy father and mother, that thy days may
be long" etc, etc. I grant you there are
a good many sorry parents, neglectfuI of
their duty to themselves as well as their
children, but they are responsible ones in
the presence of Almighty God, and by His
authority as maker in heaven and earth,
they must train up the child in the way it
should go, or get what is surely coming to
them in disobedient and thankless offspring
20 the end of their lives.
I understand this amendment is aimed at
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-19
CHAPTER XNXTH
The Accident

II VEN with the knowledge that she had
II it in her power to ruin her career, that
~ in fact she was going straight down
the primrose path to ruin as her father mao
predicted, Gloria did not take stock Of her
self If possible she became more reckless,
more determined than ever to forget every
thing in her mad pursuit of pleasure.
ignoring all warnings, holding her head
high and pretending that she didn't care, she
plunged into the gay Whirl of the colony
with renewed attempts to do anything put
think Of course, it was inevitable under the
circumstances, that something should hap
pen, and what happened was serious enough
to bring her up with a terrible jolt.
She was driving her car one afternoon
along the open California roads. Berry was
beside her, and in the back were Nivyan La
Verne and Bobby Clyde They were return
ing from long ride, and Gloria, bent down
a little over the wheel, eyes fixed straight
ahead, had her foot pressed hard on the
acceleratOr. The car was leaping ahead, the
hand of the speedOmeter was slipping up, up,
until it had passed ffty-fve They were
nearing the edge of town, and even Barry,
who as general rule had no regard for
speed limits, leaned forward and spoke to
Gloria.
Better slow down, Old girl
She laughed aloud 1t was thrilling, eX-
hilarating, to drive like this. 1t made the
blood leap in her veins, she loved it. And
then suddenly as they rounded curve IN
the road some children darted out from
by-path. 1t seemed to Gloria afterward as
though they appeared from nowhere, and as
she sounded the horn, she jammed down the
brake with all her strength. 1t all happened
in a flash. There was a sound Of grinding
gears a sudden impact that was sickenins,
and they were a hundred feet down the
road before the car came OF a stop.
Gloria was dimply conscious of the fact
that Vivyan was shrieking Historically, and
hat POb
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-19
MOVIE MAD
BY HAZEL DEYO BACHELOR

BY HAZEL DEYO BACHELOR
What has gone bcforc.-Gloria King
comes to Hollywood with the idea of
making good in the movies. She be-
comes hardened by the life and is fool
ish enough to marry Rolf Templeton
the great screen star, a man she de
spises but who she feels can further her
career. Later she discovers that her
ideas are all wrong, for she makes good
through talent alone. But her life with
Templeton has changed her, and she
grows selfish and spoiled.-Now go on
with the story.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-19

1ned than that between the acceptance
speeches of Davis and Coolidge One
is a vision from a mountain top, the other a
multitude OF his fellow Americans, in the
hills of West Virginia, Mr.. Davis pleaded for
the honor that sustains and the righteousness
that exalts nation. Before an audience OF
federal officeholders at Washington Mr..
Coolidge with scarce note Of rebuke to
gross betrayals of public trust and never
flush of zeal for the high tasks of the time,
plodded his way through six thousand words
to this spiritless conclusion, '"rhe people want
a government of common sense
Truly enough, Americans want common
sense in government, but first of all they
want common honesty and common Justice.
They want material prosperity, but they are
not therefore blind to rights of humanity.
They want full dinner pail, but they know
also that man shall not live by bread alone,
In vain do we search Mr. Cooidges speech
for token that his mind Is fixed upon
these higher values or his he:rt enlisted in
the peoples struggle for their attainment.
We can hear the country asking For what
was it, Mr.. President, that our forbears died
at Bunker Hill and Ebenezer? For what did
our sons pour out their life at Chateau Thier-
ny and Argonne?" And back comes the Cool
idge answer: For government OF common
sense"
We shall have to concede, however, that
the most ardent soul would have found It
difficult to up in accepting Repub-
lican nomination to the Presidency in this
year of disgrace 1924. Naturally cautious
Mr.. Coolidge needs must become fearful
when he contemplates his party's record. On
every side specters as fatally accusing as
BanQuos start up. When he talks OF the
budget, thing sacred in common sense
government" he can but have visions of
bureau chief stealing money and supplies
from disabled World war veterans. When he
talks of government economy he can not put
back the image of Fall bartering away a
priceless birthright of the nation for a pot
tase OF personal graft When he talks Of
keeping elections clean, he can not forget
that in the Senate over which he himself pre-
sided as Vice President sat a Republican col
league convicted OF corrupt practice in the
purchase of his seat. No wonder that Mr.
Coolidge is at pains to avoid vital issues and
to stick to the acknowledged merits of com
mon sense government" when such history
haunts the party standard that he raises.
He delights in the thought that during his
administration taxes have been reduced
but he forgets to add that t was Demo-
cratic and insurgent Republican bill, passed
over his own and Secretary MELONS protest,
which reduced them. by means of pro-
tective tariff" he boasts, I'VE have saved
American agriculture, labor and industry
from the menace of having their great home
market destroyed through dumping upon it a
flood of foreign products" But he has moth
ing to say OF the bankruptcy and woe that
overswept the agricultural Vest when his
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-19

@. How long have boxers used boxing
gloves?
A. 1t has been supposed that the first glove
contest was the battle between John L. Sulli-
van and James j. Corbett for the heavyweight
championship in 1892 This was the first big
glove contest in America. There is record
Of boxing bout in France between two Eng
fish boxers in 1918 which mentions the fact
that both men wore huge padded gloves.
O. Did General Grant demand the surren-
der Of General Lees sword? o. V. G.
A. Contrary to the popular belief, this in
cident did not occur. IN the possession OF
Robert Underwood Johnson at the time that
he prepared Grants Memoirs were General
Grants signed words in his own handwriting:
There was no demand made for General Lees
sword and no tender Of it."
]. O. What does it cost the government to
but a boy through West Point? II. D.
A. The War Department says that the
APPROXIMATE cost to the United States Govern
ment in putting a cadet through the course at
the United States Military Academy is $4,000
for the four years. This includes the over
head EXPENSE, such as repairs and improve
ments to the academy etc. The approximate
cost of maintaining and educating cadet
excluding the overhead expenses is $6,253A
for the four years.
O. What does "sayOnara" at the end Of
letter mean? f. L. N.
A. 1t is the Japanese equivalent for the
English "good-by"
O. What became of the sword given to
George Washington by Frederick the Great?
W. E. c.
A. Mr.. Harrison Dodge, Superintendent Of
Mount Vernon, says: 1.-THE sword said to have
been given to General Washington by Fred
ericll the Great is owned now by the state Of
New York. When last saw it. it was in the
State House at Albany"
O. What is a good ant eXterminator for
lawn? W. A. D.
A To rid lawn OF ants, make several
holes in each ant hill with a stick. Pour into
each hole a small quantity of carbon bisul
phde. Cover the whole nest with canvas
until the fumes have Killed the ants 1t will
take about two ounces Of material to each
ant hill
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-19
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

The annoying thing about vacation is
the homecoming and the discovery that no.
body knew you were away.-Duluth Herald.
The waistline moves up and down from
year to year, but not in onepiece bathing
outfit-Detroit News.
Eternal party principles are as enduring
as permanent waves, or nearly so.-Colum-
bus (Ohio) State Journal.
"Brtish Columbia has voted to Iegalize
the sale Of beer by the glass" What's the
matter with the stein, seidel, schooner and
growler?-New Orleans Times-Picayune.
whimpering softly in the back seat. Barry
said nothing at all, simply kept his eyes on
the road and drove hard. They were flying
aIong and yet they seemed to drag. And
always there was the ominOus weight Of that
slight body held close against GIoria's heart
and the horrible fear that even now he
might be dead. he might never run again.
They stopped before the large hospital
building, and Barry jumped out and held out
his arms Gloria shook her head without
speaking She couldn't relnquish him to
any one until she heard the truth.
Thursday-"Thc Verdict" Renew your
subscription now to avoid missing chapter
of this splendid story,
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A BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY

Thou shalt ont raise a false report; put
not thine hand with the wicked to be an
unrighteous witneSs. Thou shalt not fol-
low a multitude to do epiI; neither shalt
thou speak in a cause to decline after
many to WreSt judgment. # you meet
thine enemy's OK or his ass going dstrdy,
thou shalt surely bring it back to him
again. Keep thee far from false mat
ter.-Exodus 23:1, 2, 4, I.
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SHAKESPEARE SAYS:

We gire express charge that, in our
marches through the country, there be
nothing compelled from the pilIages, moth
ing taken but paid for, none of the French
upbraided or abused in diSdainfuI Ian
guage. For when IeHity and cruelty play
for a Kingdom, the gentler gameSter is the
soonest winHcr.-Henry the Fifth SO.
The King is speaking.
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QUIPS AND Q UIDDITIES

"The Americans" remarked the distinguish
ed and deeply serious visitor, ARE singUlarly
lfght-hearted people. They keep singing about
the utter lack of bananas today"
do you dislike the song?"
"Not at all. But why should there be gen
eral rejoicing over the fact that the fruit crop
is failure?"
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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-19
THE SUMMER DAYS ARE SWIFTLY
GOING

r CAN feel the approach of autumn. There
is tang" in the air that betokens its
~ approach. Ere long we are likely to
have an equinOctial storm, and then the har-
vest time will soon arrive. How the time
flies!
We have had very peculiar year. this
1924. We had blizzard weather off and on
for three months, then we had mild winter
in April and springtime in May, all chilly
and cold The Old Sol took charge Of mat
ters and things when June made its advent
in heat, 1t has been hot, hotter, hottest for
a solid three months or so it will be if Au-
gust keeps on to the close with such unprece-
denied temperatures
Unless we have a protracted drouth to
make the cotton "sbed its squares" we viii
have more cotton gathered per acre than we
have since 1920. 1t takes cold weather to
kill deadly insects and it takes hot weather
to make cotton grow. l have watched the
seasons for many decades and 1 find
always provided for, somehow, by the Lords
care of us, and He knows what is best
The world turns on its axis and we get
cold weather at the right time, so we must
not complain Of the summer heat, which is
necessary to feed the world Of mankind
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One great source OF American discomfort
is that there are so many born leaders
who never set any fouowers.-Grand Rapids
Herald.
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Thomas was not a prime favorite whit his
rich uncle In vain did he try to impress
him, but the old man was not easily i'm.
pressed
One evening the young man went to his
uncle5 home for a CALL and in the course Of
conversation asked:
Uncle, don't you think it would be rather
foolish for me to marry a girl who was in
tellectualy my inferior?"
Worse than foolish, Thomas" was the re-
ply. Worse than foolish-impossible.
Little Boobies parents were vary proud
Of their son, and on more than one occa-
sion the proud father had been heard to
tell his friends that he was sure the lad
would make a great statesman one of these
days. After hearing the following story of
Bobbie one might be disposed to agree with
him.
Bobbie and his little sister were playing
in the garden. Their mother had given
them an apple each. Bobbie had eaten his
straightway; Mary was saving hers for the
time being.
Lets play Adam and Eve" Bobbie sug-
gested.
How do you play that?" asked Mary.
you tempt me to eat your apple and !
give way" was the explanation offered.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-19

Another way 20 put an end to wars would
be to have Jack Dempsey's manager arrange
for them. He'd make fighting so costly no
country could aiofrd it,-Macon Telegraph.
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LITTLE MISS FIXIT,
Care Tri-W eekly Journal,
Atlanta, Georgia.
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THE COUNTRY HOME
II. FELTON,

the parents who hire out the labor of their
children to taskmasterS where their strength
is oyertaXed and their growth retarded, but
the endeayOr is next to impossible whore
children must remain idle while the mother
and father must work night and day to feed
and ClOthe them until they reach the age Of
eighteen, without their assistance towards
the maintenance of the family. Honestly, it
looks like the world has gone crazy on these
matters Of Daternalism in government.
Common sense dictates that a child of six
years should remain at its mothers knee un-
til it accumulate physical yigOr and es-
pecially take care Of itself in mixed crowds
of children in public schools, as to its habits
and management of itself.
Common sense dictates that children
should get definite idea as to everyday
work and the duties Of everyday life, accord
ing to its opportunities, before it is eighteen.
For one / shall never vote for law that
turns loose society all children under
eighteen years, for the best of good reasons
there would be no law and order for any
body, and general chaos everywhere.