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VOL. XXIII. NO. 18.
J l. ARM IST I C Y
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Bankers Join in
Helping Farmers
Through Exports
Formation of Huge Corpor
ation for Exporting Cotton,
Etc., Is Progressing Rap
idly and Successfully
Viewing the Feedral Foreign Fi
nance corporation, organized at New
Orleans last Saturday with a capital
Stock of $12,000,000, as second in im
portance only to the federal reserve
banking system and the establish
ment of a regional bank in the south,
the bankers of Atlanta and Georgiy
today are preparing to subscribe th
a large block of the capital stock
of the foreign finance institution.
_Jt is regarded as certain that the
banks of Georgia will subscribe for
not less than $1,500,000 of the capital
stock, and, if all sign. •
.The certainty of the participation
of Atlanta banks in the organization
of the Federal Foreign Finance cor
poration was .forecast- Tuesday after
noon at a meeting of the senior of
ficers and direcsrs of Atlanta banks
at the Federal Reserve bank, on Ma
rietta street. Here speeches, ex
plaining in ’detail and approving the
objects of the-foreign finance corpo
ration, were made by Senator Hoke
Smith, Robert F. Maddox, president
pf the Atlanta National bank; John
K. Ottley, president of the Fourth.
National bank; Mills B. Lane, of
Savannah, president of the Citizens
and Southern bank; Governor M. B.
Wellborn, of the Federal Reserve
bank, and Joseph A. McCord, chair
man of the board of the federal
bank.
The reflected assurance of Atlan
ta bankers’ indorsement of the for
eign finance corporation was con
firmed Wednesday morhing when of
ficers of leading local banks an
nounced special meetings of their
boards of directors to consider the
question of subscriptions to the cap
ital stock of the institution.
Idst of
The meetings announced Wednes
day morning, with the dates, follow:
Fulton National bank —Wednesday
ifternoon.
Atlanta National bank —Thursday.
Central Bank and Trust corpora
tion —Friday.
Fourth National Bank —Saturday.
Lowry National Bank —Monday.
Citizens and Southern Bank —No-
vember 17, at Savannah.
Trust Company of Georgia—Next
Tuesday.
Other Atlanta banks, members and
non-members of the federal reser\e
system, will hold special meetings of
their boards within the week to de
termine upon their course of action
with reference to participation in the
Foderal Foreign Finance corpora
tion. It is believed that without ex
ception they will vote to subscHh- to
the capital stock.
H Warner Martin, president of the
Georgia Pointers’ association, an
nounced Wednesday morning that a
special meeting of the association
would be called to consider the for
eign finance corporation. The meet
ing. he said, probably will be held
next week at Macon, but the date
could not be announced, pending moje
definite arrangements.
Mr. Warner was among the bank
ers present at the federal reserve
bank Tuesday when the projected
Corporation was outlined, and he be
lieved the matter of such importance
and consequence to the bankers of
the state that he will* assemble them
in special meeting to consider the
Question of participation. .
The Federal Foreign Finance cor
poration is a bank, and being or
ganized and will operate under the
provisions of the Kdge act, subject
to the approval of the federal reserve
board, at Washington. The capital
(Continued on Page 7, Column 4)
Arithm-a-Letta Is
Published Again
Has Arithm-a-Letta talked to
you yet?
“The Nation’s Newest Play
thing” was published for the first
time in Monday’s issue of The
Tri-Weekiy Journal.
For the benefit of anybody who
failed to get a copy, or for those
who may have "worn it out” in
getting answers to questions on
business, luck -’Wshes, wealth or
me latest fad of the
day’is'reprinted today on the last
page. It will appear once more
—in Saturday’s issue.
Arithm-a-Letta has stirred up
a small-sized sensation in At
lanta and other cities where it
has been introduced to the pub
lic.
Don’t fail to take full advan
tage of this exclusive Tri-Weekly
Journal feature.
POLICEMAN HELD;
SAY HE TRIED TO
HOLD UP COUPLE
G. M. Bell, of 15 Vanira street, an
Atlanta policeman, was held Wednes
day under $3,000 bond on disorderly
conduct charges. It is charged that
while under suspension from the
force, he used the insignia of the
police in an attempt to defraud H.
H. Lane, a bookkeeper for the A. L.
Bell Isle Taxicab company.
According to the police, Bell was
suspended one week ago on charges
of conduct unbecoming an officer. He
was directed by Chief Beavers to
turn in all of his badges and revol
vers, but is said to have retained the
insignia on his, cap.
Early Tuesday night, according to
the police, Bell approached young
Lane, who was 'with a lady near
QZant park. Bell, it is said, was at
tired in a police uniform, with a
badge on his cap. He is said to have
told Lane and the lady they were
under arrest for "disorderly con
duct,” and that he would have to
take them to the police barracks un
less they posted a cash bond of sl6
each. ' 1
Trap X® Xaid
Lane is said to have told the sus
pended officer that he did not have
$32 with him, but that he would re
turn with the money at any hour
suggested by‘Bell. According to the
officers, Bell then told Lane to re
turn with the money before mid
night.
Lane is said to have called the
Belle Aisle taxicab offices and re
ported the affair. Mr. Belle Aisle
then communicated with the police.
Officers McWilliams and Fain were
dispatched to Grant park, and Officer
McWilliams exchanged clothing with
-Lane.
Shortly before midnight. Officer
McWilliams said, he whistled, and
Bell promptly 'walked up to him.
"You are not the same man who
was to meet me here,” Bolle is said
to have remarked.
"No, but I came in his place, and
you are under arrest,” Officer -McWil
liams replied, and brought Bell to
police barracks, where he was held
under bond 4 of $3,000.
Bell Denies Charge
A preliminary hearing will be given
•h>; suspended ofi’icer befc/e Reco'-d
--er Johnson f.Vednesday'afte; r-oon at
2 o’clock.
The defendant made a statement
;•£ rhe affair Wednesday morning,
d'jcia r, ng he found Mr. Lare arc! tbq
young lady acting in an improper
manner, and that as he li-fd in that
part of the e’tv, h* <eit it his duty
to place them under arrest, despite
the fact thst he was under suspen
sion. He declared he had intended
to bring the Abash bonds posted by
the couple to police headquarters im
mediately after he received the
money, make a full report of
the affair to the officer in charge.
48 Believed Drowned
When Typhoon Strikes
Ship Near Philippines
MANILA, Philippine Islands, Nov.
9.—Forty-eight persons are believed
to have perished when the coastwise
steamer San Basilic was struck by a
typhoon last Wednesday, en route* to
Puerto Bello, Leyte island, South
Philippines, according to a survivor
reaching here today. Fifteen sur
vivors reached Cebu. There were
sixty-four persons aboard the vessel.
News of the disaster was brought
here today by Concordia Eardo, a
survivor picked up by the steamer
Samal, after drifting four days in an
open boat. Puerto Bello is on the.
south coast of Leyte, more than 300
miles sout,h of Manila, and in the cen
ter of a typhoon belt. It is the only
safe anchorage from typhoons on the 1
south coast of ."Leyte.
SELLS TAILOR MADE SUITS
FOR $lB
The Lincoln Woolen Mills, Division
No. 637, Chicago, Hl., will send any
interested reader of this paper (with
out charge) a book of high-grade
clofch samples in many different col
ors and patterns Their prices are
extremely low and you will find it
to your advantage to send for this
free book and compare their prices
with others before you order new
clothes. An example of their values
is a durable and attractive, smooth
finished worsted at $lB for a three
piece suit, worth at least S3O at re
tail. Another big bargain is their
.heavyweight, pure Australian virgin
wool blue serge on which they guar
antee to save you not less than S3O.
The company is large and reliable.
All garments are sent on approval.
Money will be returned any time cus
tomer is not well pleased. If inter
ested, write them today for their
latest price list, self-measuring
charts and free book.—(Advt.) „
LOBBY-CHARGE MAY
CALL LEGISLATURE
INTOEOASESSION
Governor Dorsey Refuses to
Make Statement —Solici-
tor General Boykin Said to
Be Studying Accusations
That an extra session of the leg
islature may be by Governor
Dorsey for the purpose of probing
charges that money and other im
proper influences have been used
to procure the passage of new coun
ty bills, was the report current in
the state capitol Wednesday follow
ing publication of such charges in
the Municipal League Bulletin, which
is the organ of the v Municipal League
of Georgia and is edited by Marion
M. Jackson, a well-known Atlanta
lawyer.
When asked about this report.
Governor Dorsey declined to confirm
or deny it. He did, however, make
the remark that he had in his pos
session certain affidavits made by
certain members of the legislature
concerning . offers alleged to have
been made to them to vote in fa
vor of the bill to create the new
county of Lamar with Barnesville
as the county site.
These are the affidavits obtained
by Representative S. S. Barrett, of
Pike county, immediately following
the last session of the legislature.
Lamar county will consist of por
tions cf Pike and Upson countiefs. As
the representative of Pike county.
Mr. Barrett fought the new county
in the legislature. His fight failed
and the bill passed. He was plan
ning to inaugurate court proceedings
to prevent the bill, which was, like
all new county bills, in the form of
a constitutional amendment, from
being submitted to the people in gen
eral election. These steps were not
taken, however, and the creation of
Lamar county was ratified on No
vember 2.
Those affidavits obtained by Rep
resentative Barrett were laid before
the governor at that time, and are
in . the governor’s possession at the
.present time. The governor declined
to discuss the report that he in
tended to turn the affidavits over
to Solicitor General John A. Boy
kin, of the Fulton superior court,
wih a requee for a grand jury in
vestigation. ' Neither would he make
any comment on the report that he
might call an extra session of the
legislature for the purpose of such
an investigation.
Hearsay Evidence
Both reports, however, were cur
rent in the capital, and there was
reason to believe.that they were well
founded. It was understood on re
liable authority that the governor
has heard much talk of large "cam
paign funds!” being used in connec
tion with movements for the Crea
tion of new counties.
Solicitor Boykin was making a
study Wednesday of the charges
contained in the last issue of the
Municipal League bulletin. It was
indicated that he might request Mr.
.Jackson to furnish him all the in
formation in his possession concern
ing the charges and the basis for
their publication.
In his editorial Mr. Jackson does
not claim to be able to prove his
charges. He admits that they are
based upon hearsay evidence, but de
clares his belief that they are true.
His charges, in substance, are that
there is a well established lobby
headq.uarters in an Atlanta hotel,
that this lobby engages in the busi
ness Os promoting new county move
ments and using money io put the
bills through the legislature, that
the\lobby does r»ot control a major
ity of the house or senate, but con
trols a minority v.ho are able to exp
ert a strong influence in naming the
speaker of the house and president
of the senate, and through them the
naming of important committees,
and through the committees, to ex
ert a strop.v fntluer.ee upon the prog
ress of bills which the authors are
anxious to pass, thus coercing them
to vote for new county bills in
order to expedite their own bills.
Mr. Jackson says . "it is ..common
report that the .creation of new
counties has become an established
business with a regular scale of
prices which are said to range from
SIO,OOO to $50,000 per new county.”
Two Years Away
BT EDMUND VANCE COOKE
Armistice day
Two years away.
And still with a wavering mind,
The poised pen waits
And hesitates
And the treaty iis still un
signed. ■
Armistice day
Two years away,
And the war-doubt still ob
scures
And the tangled skein
Os its stranils remain
While the armistice still en
dures.
Armistice day
Two years away.
And such is our right, no
doubt, •
That we, who have been
The last to get in,
Are the last in getting out!
(Copyright, 1920, N. E. A.)
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1920.
Marriageby Correspondence,
Delayed by Bridegroom,
Is Finally Consummated
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J. D, STRICKLAND AND MISS CASSIE HOLDAWAY—now
Mrs. Strickland —never saw each other before they met in Atlanta
to get married, and Mr. Strickland didn’t get hie fiancee’s telegram,
at the end of the “correspondence courtship,’’ and was lamentably
late for his wedding, while the bride-elect was the guest of the po
lice matron. ♦
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Strickland—
the latter very recently Miss Cassie
Holdaway—probably are about reach
ing their home in Phenix City, Ala.,
after a wedding in Atlanta to which
the city police and the Travelers' Aid
department contributed materially.
Miss Holdaway arrived in the city
Sunday afternoon and dissolved in
tears at the Terminal station, owing
to the absence of Mr. Strickland.
"I wired 'him to meet me here,
right at this time,” she informed the
sympathetic Travelers’ Aid bureau.’
“T live in. Bristol, Va. I’m eighteen
years old and I’m going to marry Mr.
Strickland. We never have seen
each other, but here’s his photograph
—and he has mine. We got to cor
responding through mutual friends.
He asked me to set the date for him
to meet me in Atlanta, and 1 tele
graphed him. and here *1 am. But
where is he?”
That was the question; The 'trav
elers’ Aid directed Miss Holdaway to
police headquarters, and there sne
told her story again, and became the
guest of the matron while the police
Armistice Day Pledge
BY F. W. GALBRAITH, JR. A
National Commander, American Legion
The swift triumph of our arms and those of our gallant allies
which two years ago gave us the victory, the anniversary of which
we observe today, marks the
high-light of the present century
in American affairs. Victories
such as Armistice Day commemo
rates are not the issues solely of
clashes of flesh and steel. They
have a finer quality than that.
They are the triumphs, as well,
of an unconquerable spirit.
I, No victory, however complete,
long can survive the spirit that
conceived it. The annals of man
kind are replete with example;
splendid triumphs in behalf of
splendid causes that have gone
for naught because the spirit that
made them ceased to endure.
This is only the second anni
versary of Armistice Day—a day
destined, if we will, to keep com
pany with the immortals of the
calendar which mark great mo
ments of history that shall never
die. Succeeding generations will
acclaim Armistice Day. God
grant they always shall acclaim it
in the spirit that made it, and
that this spirit, like the day, shall
be imperishable. *
With this prayer in our hearts
let us renew each year our vows
of fealty, repledge and keep un
shakable ' our faith in the high
ideals, the lofty purposes, the un-
selfish aspirations and exalted, holy hopes that fired the hearts of
Americans in 1918 and made ours a land from whence crusaders
came, with souls a-flame, worthy of their victory.
To this end the American Legion today and forever solemnly
pledges its all.
Two Sinn Feiners
Killed by Police
Raiding Ambush
LONDON, Nov. 9. —Two Sinn Fein
ers were killed at Ardfert, Ireland,
last night when police broke up an
ambuscade, the Irish office announced
today. <■
telegraphed her apparently recalci
trant fian<&.
It developed that Mr. Strickland
had not received the telegram from
his sweetheart and was’ anxiously
awaiting her answer. He got 4 . the
wire from the police, and didn’t wait
for a train —he jumped in his auto
mobile and his route to Atlanta was
marked by clouds of dust.
At 2 o’clock Monday afternoon, the
groom-elect, dusty and anxious,
rushed into the police station.
“Is she here —where is she?.” he
demanded.
As soon as it was made known
who "she” was, the chief informed
him that “she” was waiting for him
in the matron’s ward. Mr. Strick
land tried to embrace the chief, who
evaded his grasp with some, dignity,
not to say sternness, and then dashed
to the matron’s ward, in which ro
mantic spot he first be held his bridfe
to-be.
Both were delighted. In a very few
minutes they had completed ad
dresses of thanks to Chief Beavers
and were on their way to Judge A. A.
Owens at the courthouse, who per
formed the ceremony in his best J.
P. manner, and soon thereafter th6
happy pair embarked in the dusty
automobile on their honeymoon trip
to Phenix City.
1
Negro Laborer Makes
More Than Professors;
Only $l4B Last Week
DUQUOIN., Hl.. Nov. 9.—-College
professors and others of the "white
collar” class had another grievance
against the status quo Tuesday when
it became known that Charles Gant,
negro laborer, earned $l4B last week.
METHODISTS MEET
IN ANNUAL SESSION;
MANYJELEMTES
Bishop Candler Opens Con
ference With Strong Ap
peal Dr. Fraser Asks
Character Investigation
With lay and ministerial delegates
present from practically every Meth
odist church in north Georgia the
annual session of the north Georgia
conference of the Methodist Episco
pal church, south, opened in Wes
ley Memorial church Wednesday
morning with Bishop Warren A. Can
dler presiding. The conference will
continue in sessoln through Monday.
The opening, session was devoted
largely to devotional exercises, the
selection of conference officers and
committees, and reports of presiding
elders and superannuates. Towards
the close of the morning session Dr.
B. F. Fraser, pastor of Wesley Me
morial church, and one of the best
known members of the conference,
arose to a point of personal privilege
and asked that his character be re
ferred to a committee for investiga
tion.
"I arise to a point of personal,
privilege,” said Dr. Fraser. "I had a
local minister come in from Texas
to be superintendent of our Sunday
school. He did not seem to enter into
the work very satisfactorily, and he
told the presiding elder and various
church members that either he or I
must move. He seemed to think that
he had a contract with me. to stay
here more than one year, and when
the quarterly conference elected an-'
other superintendent in his plac§ he
wanted me tried for lying. I want
to ask that the conference refer this
matter to a committee so that his
charges may be gone into fully. I
ask this because I welcome an in
vestigation.”
The superintendent to whom Dr.
Fraser referred was J. D. Swagger
ty. Dr. Fraser said that Mr. Swag
gerty’s work had been entirely un
satisfactory, and that when a change
was made for the good of the church,
false rumors were circulated to the
effect that the cburch was violat
ing the contract, and that he natur
ally wanted an investigation, which,
he said, would result in his complete
vindication.
The committee appointed by Bishop
Candler to investigate the Fraser
matter, consists of Rev. S. P. Wig
gins, Rev. M. L. Under Wood anß Rev.
W. T. Hamby.
Resignations as members of the
Wesleyan Christian Advocate board
of trustees were submitted by Judge
H. E. W. Palmer and by Governor
Joseph A. McCord, of the federal
reserve bank. Their successors will
be elected Friday morning.
, Governor McCord, in his letter to
the conference, took • occasion ,to
praise the work of Dr. R, F. Eakes,
retiring business manager of the Ad
vocate.
Session Opens
The opening of the conference was
characterized by much of the religious
fervor of an old-time Methodist love
feast. Men taking part came from
the most prosperous of city churches
and from circuits where the income
of the preachers is barely sufficient
to provide them with necessities.
There were young men jwjt out of
college. There were deaf, old men
and feeble superannuates who looked
toward reward after death with boy
ish enthusiasm and who seemed al
most glorified when they spoke brief
ly as theii names were called.
Bishop Candler conducted the de
votional, exhorting the preachers not
to be conformed to world but
transformed by the renewal of their
lives. He warned them not to yield
to the “shifting worldly spirit” and
not to resort to so-called modern
methods to "hold” people.
"Put away everything that sug
gests we are of ttte world,” he said.
“Show that we are men of an* abid
ing, changeless world.
‘The titles of Sunday sermons you
see in the Saturday afternoon papers
remind me of the table of contents
of 'Current Topics.’
Bishop Candler’s Remarks
"I’d rather have three people who
want to Jiear the gospel than a gap
ing world of the curious.
"Why don’t some of these fellows
get an organ-grinder and axjmonkey
and’ announce that they wll appear
,4n church? The preacher would have
np standng room. He also would
have no standing with decent people.
Rededicate yourselves, brethren, to
the gospel of God.”
At the close of the bishop’s re
marks the three Misses Wisdom,
evangelistic singers of Missouri,
sang “Amazing Gface,” the confer-
XConttnnad on Page 7, Column 5)
America Honors
Former Fighters
On Armistice Day
SHEPARD’S WIDOW
IS EXPECTED TO
CONTEST WILL
PERRY, Ga., Nov. 10.—Efforts
will be made here next week to pro-
Jute the will of Mr. Fred D.' Shep
ard, the Fort Valley peach ■ grower
whose body was exhumed by court
order last Saturday, the viscera be
ing sent to Atlanta for examination
by a chemist to determine whether
Mr. Shepard’s death was due to poi
soning.
According to the terms of the will,
Mr. Shepard’s widow, who married
Dr. F. E. Elmer, of Jacksonville,
shortly after her husband’s death,
was to receive SIO,OOO and SIOO a
month as long as she lives. After
Mrs. Elmer is alleged to have given
out a statement in Jacksonville de
claring that the signatures to the
will were forgeries and that she
wtiuld contest the document, three
affidavits were filed with Ordinary
I. T. Woodward here Tuesday certi
fying the will’s genuineness. The af
fidavits are by J. W. Bloodworth, an
attorney of Perry, who drew the
will, and W. L. Henry and his wife,
who claim to have been witnesses
to the signing of the will. Mrs.
Henry is a sister of Mr. Shepard’s
widow. The affidavits set forth
that not only is the signature at
tached to the will that of Fred D.
Shepard, but also that the document
was signed voluntarily.
The will was filed for probate in
the ordinary’s court of Houston
county by Mrs. Alice Crandall, Mr.
Shepard’s sister, who received • the
will October 26 in an anonymous let
ter. Up to that time, Mrs. Elmer,
knowing of no will, had had com
plete charge of the administering of
the estate. Mr>. CrandaU, her chu
dren, and Mrs. Elmer’s son, the step
son of Mr. Shepard, are the princi
pal beneficiaries under the will.
Mrs. Elmer and Dr. Elmer, accord
to a statement given out by her at
torney in Jacksonville, is now on a
visit to the home of her brother on
the coast.
Fanners ‘Threaten
Selling Company
To Fix All Prices
BOSTON, Nov. 11. —The estab
lishment of “nation-wide selling or
ganizations which shall fix the
price of farm products” if the farm
er’does not receive “the same pay
for the same hours of work that
others receive,”, was-'Predicted to
day of Shernian J. Lowell, of
Fredonia, N. Y., master of the Na
tional Grange of the Patrons of
Husbandry, in opening the annual
convention of the grange.
“We are willing to have a fair
• understanding of values, the f ai ?P'
ers receiving the same pay for tne
the same hours work that others re
ceive, no more, no less, hut we feel
that this is the last call, ’ "he said
“lf no attention is paid to this now
by bankers, manufacturers. rail
roads and labor organizations, and
if the government continues to use
its great power to import raw ma
terial free of duty to reduce costs,
then the grange will be the first to
help, organize nation-wide selling or
ganizations" which shall fix the
price of farm products.
"There is no threat in this, we
will have ben driven to it/in self
defense to preserve our agriculture.
"This condition is repugnant to
us all. We desir® no class regula
tions or class divisions; we desire
to labor for humanity and to bo able
to keep the earth fertile, always
bringing fo-t.h its harvest suf
ficient to feed the increasing mil
lions of our people. It is no sma ‘l
task, however, and it can only be
safely done by a proper apprecia
tion of this task by our urban popu-
Lowell rejoiced that labor
has been able to secure a much
higher rate of wage, but added:
"We little expected that they
would turn and demand cheaper food
from us without first ascertaining
the cost of production, and thereby
prbving whether or not we we-ye
taking too large a margin of profit.
The national master declared that
the great changes that have taken
place since the beginning of the war
have been to the disadvantage of
agriculture and many laws and
rulings of our national government
have proven of injury to the farm 1
er “We have searched faithfully to
find one law or ruling to our ad
vantage and failed to find it. We
have urged for a fair show, but all
our efforts have met with a like
fate.”
Mr. Lowell said the recast, census
showed a net decrease of 100,000
farms in seven states —New York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, In
diana, Michigan and West Virginia—
and he charged that the attitude of
the men in legislative halls and
departments of government was re
sponsible to a large degree for this
condition.
“So long as we remain passive
, this state of affairs will continue,”
he declared.
Concerning taxation, he said:
"There is but one equitable form of
taxation and that is when' every
form of wealth pays its just pro
portion of taxes. There is. no tax
more just than an income tax, for
it is never a charge against any
one has not the means to pay."
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Celebration in All Cities and
Communities of Nation
Mark Second Anniversary
of War’s End
America, along with almost all the
rest of the world, is celebrating
Armistice Day .today.
Just two years ago the Hun sur
rendered the sword that had run
red with ciyjYization’s blood through
four yearKof misery and fear.
No date on mankind’s calendar
overshadows November 11, 1918.
And as the years roll by, its anni
versaries ought to mean more and
more.
Just as the Fourth of July com
memorates the birth of a nation to
Americans, so should November 11
memoralize the re-birth of a world
to all the world.
The two years that have passed
since the ’ last fighter died on the
eleventh Hour of the eleventh day of
the eleventh month of 1918, have so
brimmed over with turbulence that
It' is difficult to realize that the 1
wal 3 of war still seethes.
It may look like many Americans
died for nothing. It may seem that
the glory of a righteous victory has
faded. ' •
But the truth can’t be dodged.
Bestial ambition was beaten. Decency
won. The world is better off.
In the tempestuous interlude that
divides the patriotic sacrifice of
uninvited war from the re-estab
lishment of ordinary ways of living. ,
it is easy to forget many vital
things.
The men who fought and woq the
war should be uppermost in the
minds of Americans today.
They who the uniform, who
submitted to the military yoke, who
risked their liberty for the sake of
liberty, who altered their lives to
fill the need of their country and
the right—they are the heroes of
Armistice day.
It really makes little difference
whether they lived or died.
Whether ’ they fell in action.
Whether they came back scarred or '
unscathed, whether they were de
nied. the chance to go over—it makes
little difference. They were all
willing. ",
More than four million Americans
took up arms for America. And
America’s strength turned a wave
of defeat into a tide of victory.
Arms and uniforms have been laid *
aside. The young men who used
and wore them are now clerking in
stores, following the plow, practic
ing law, selling goods, building
buildings, mining coal, running
trains, writing books, teaching
schools, adding figures, setting type,
treating patients, driving trucks,
idling, or otherwise prosaicly con
ducting themselves.
But wherever they may be or
whatever they are doing Armistice
day is theirs/ They ended the Ho
henzollern d r eam. They stopped
war.
In Atlanta, in Georgia, In the
south and all oyer the United States.
Armistice day will be observed. And
the major part of the thankfulness
and the rejoicing and the prid® of
the day w’ill be to the credit and
glory of the Wien who so lately wgre
America’s champions in combat.
Uncle Sam today bows In humble
gratitude to the one-time A. E. F.,
to the American Legion, to all those
valiant young Americans who con
tributed to the victory of justice
and democracy. %
Candy Maker Burned
By Boiling Mixture
When Kettle Explodes
W. M. McClelland, 39 years old, a
>dy maker employed by the-Mag
nolia Candy company, 89 East Ala,
bama street, was painfully if not f*
riously burned Tuesday noon, when
n kettle of boiling candy blew
up, throwing the hot mixture over
bis face, hands and shoulders.
The injured man was talen to the
Grady hospital, where physicians, aft
er an examination, said • his burns
would not prove fatal urk.ss compll
caiions develop.
The damage to the ca%dy kitchen
was confined to a few broken steam ■
pipes and a badly torn up steam ket
tle.
Absorbing New Serial
Begins Next Thursday
In the Tri-Weekly
Thursday, November 18, is the
day.
On the Monday before that, th®
last chapter of “Wilful Ouija,"
The Tri-Weekly Journal’s contin
ued story, reaches its last chap
ter.
In the next issue of the paper,
the first interesting chapter of
"The Only Thing That Counts”
will be published.
Look out for the beginning!
"The Only Thing That Counts”
was written by Carolyn Beecher,
one of America's most fascinat
ing writers.
It’s an entirely'new type or se
rial story. Its scenes are laid in
picturesque Greenwich Village,
New York. Its heroine Is a
.charming western girl with a
mysterious past.
It’s a great novel—overflowing
with romance and mystery and
surprises.
Remember the date—Thursday,
November 18.