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Letters should be addressed to Dr. Andrew M. Soule, resident State Agri
cultural College, Athns. Ga
PERCHERONS IN THE SOUTH
The old theory of scratching the
surface of the land with a bull tongue
or with a light and shallow riding type
of turning plow has received some rude
r-hocks of late Many farmers now re
al iae that this method of practice has
been responsible in large measure for
the erosion of their lands. This con
uition became so aggravated in some
cases that the surface of the ground
was practically washed away, and the
land of necessity had to be reclaimed
ot else a new piece cleared. For awhile
«he theory held that it was more profit
able to clear new ground rather than
through the concentration of effort re
claim and improve what was once a
good piece of land, but now sadly de
pleted in fertility by reason of care
less management and shallow cultiva
tion. Recently it has occtirred to many
termers that* the old and abandoned
lands could be reclaimed, built up and
made profitable easier than the foiest
growth could be cut down and the
St unips eliminated from the new ground.
Since This idea oegan to develop the
question of accomplishing the regerera
t on of-the old land brought home to
the owner’s attention in the most em
phatic manner the necessity ’of having
bigger and heaviei types of implements,
and then there was naturally a demand
for a bigger and heavier type of mule
in order that there might be sufficient
power in the collar to operate the im
plements with success and economy.
It costs a lot of money to buy a pair
or good mules, anywhere from SSOO to
S7OO. and at the end of* a few years
the investment must be marked off the
credit side of the ledger, for these ani
mals having completed a limited period
of service must now be consigned to the
boneyard. without having left any
progeny to take their place. It was not
surp<ising under such conditions
hese that the progressive farmer of the
south and the man with an inherent love
ol live stock should begin to cast about
tor a means of replacing his mules with
some regularity and degree of efficiency
and without the tremendous monetary
outlay which has been necessary in the
past.
For a long time the opinion prevailed
** that draft animals could not be success
fully raised in the south. This was
due probably to some of the sad experi
ences which farmers had in purchas
ing either singly or in groups sires at
a fancy price which did not possess
the qualities claimed for them and
whose use in the stud proved a delusion
and a snare. a Moreover, when sires of
this kind were brought in. there were
as a rule few mares of a satisfactory
type with .which to mate them, and
hence a rather -mongrel type of progeny
was obtained, lacking often in bone, size
and quality. There has Jong been a be
lief that the summer temperatures were
such as to make the working of draft
animals impracticable. Those who ex
perimented with them often turned them
over to careless farm hands and they
were not fed and managed properly, and
'his coupled with the rather strong
prejudice existing against the draft
types kept them from being as widely
owned and disseminated r.s was desir
able
Recently, a change has come about in
public sentiment, due in large measure
to the activities of the agricultural press,
progressive citizens and farmers, and the
young men who have graduated from the
agricultural colleges. The result has
been a comparatively wide distribution
in the last your or five years of draft
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types of which the Percheron is the most
favorably known. In a good many com
munities grade Percheron mares were
purchased and brought in from various
western states and a stallion secured at
a reasonable cost, and the production of
draft vnimals undertaken in a rational
and successful manner. More recently,
a considerable number of purebred mares
have been introduced, and the industry
seems no wto have passed through the
initial stages and promises to become a
factor of some importance in molding
the practice on southern farms and in
increasing the interest in animal hus
bandry now so strongly, evidenced
throughout the south. Just as soon as
people recognize the stability of the
draft animal for work purposes and come
to appreciate the care and attention
which this class of animals should re
ceive. there is bound to be a boom in
the breeding of horses of this type for
the supply is quite inadequate to‘meet
the existing needs, and this is bound to
be true for some years to come.
The southern land owner is beginning
to realize that if he can keep grade or
purebred draft mares on his farm and
work them to a reasonable degree, he
has an asset of great importance. He
can, of course, raise mule colts if he de
sires to do so, but the chances are that
for many years to come he will find it
more profitable to raise horses. He can
count on a considerable part of the prog
eny being mares and they should be kept
for the increase of his stud, while stal
lion colts of the right type can be sold
to very good advantage in the outlying
communities. Whenever a reasonable
number of mares are kept on a farm, the
question of maintaining the supply of
work stock will be solved with great
economy and advantage as well.
While .of course, there are other
breeeds of draft horses adapted to the
south, the Percheron is now quite widely
Oisseinir a ted and favorably known and
promises to increase in popularity as the
years gy by. That this class of stock
can be maintained successfully undet
good management is now admitted by all
who have had experience with them. The
south is quite capable of producing that
variety of roughage essential to their
satisfactory upkeep. Moreover, targe
quantities of corn are being raised every
year and there will be a steady increase
in the production of cereals for many
years to come. There is, of course, ob
jection to the feeding of corn alone,
based on the idea that it is deficient
m ash and protein. This condition can
easily be offset, however, by adding two
pounds of cotton seed meal to 12 to 14
pounds ’of corn or corn and cob meal.
When a grain ration of this kind is ted
with properly made and preserved sor
ghum fodder, shredded corn stover, Ber
muda and Japan clover hay. crimson
clover, alfalfa, cowpeas, vetch and oats
or vetch and wheat. Sudan or even John
son grass hay, a palatable and sufficient
ly varied ration as to both concentrates
and roughness has been provided at a
reasonable cost. We know this to be
true because Percheron horses, of both
grade and pure red types, have been
successfully maintained on the college
farm at Athens for some years vast
under conditions not dissimilar to those
which obtain on many hundreds of south
ern farms
Experience on the college farm there
fore leads to these conclusions: That the
Percherori as a draft type is admirably
adapted to the south: that both grades
and pure breds can be maintained suc
cessfully: that there is an abundance of
fcods available for the proper nutrition
of animals of this type; that they will
perform excellently i nthe collar and tor
all practical purposes wil take the pace
of the mule; that by reason of their
greater draft they can pull and oper
ate heavy types of machinery with great
er ease and advantage than lighter ani
mals: that their supposed clumsiness
and awkwardness Is not a detriment to
their use in the south as has been so
long held: that they take kindly to the
climate, and while performing a large
amount of w*ork will still carry and
mature foals which will sell quite readily
at good prices, thereby making their
maintenance on the average plantation
a great desideratum.
With the advent of the draft type of
horse .agriculture in the south is bound
to receive a new Impetus and a very con
siderable number of the live stock needed
on southern farms will in the future be
grown at home. Moreover, the founda
tion stock will be obtained from w’hich
to secure the draft type of mule which
is now gradually replacing the lighter
type so long held in favor. tl seems,
therefore .that the outlook, for the draft
horse breeding Industry in the south of
fers fine encouragement and attraction to
the man who loves animals and will
study their needs and adaptability, and
handle them wtih that degree of skill
which the attainment of success in any
business requires.
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FERTILIZING VALUE OF WASTE
SALT.
8. A. W . Tignall. Ga.. writes: What is
the fertUlxinc value of refuse or dirty
Mitt
Common salt as you doubtless know,
consists largely of sodium chloride. It
has been used from very ancient times
in agriculture. Impure salt which can
not be utilized commercially can be
applied to lands without objection. Ap
parently the chief value of salt lies In
changing the potassium from insoluble
to soluble forms. Salt seems to econo
mize the amount of potash used by
crops. There Is some reason to believe
that salt may also be useful tn render
ing insoluble phosphates available. Do
not use over 200 to €OO pounds per
acre.
Salt is of some value as a holder of
moisture but its influence in this di
rection is probably not as great as is
commonly supposed. Remember that
such crops as tobacco, sugar beets and
potatoes are injured by applications of
salt on account of the chlorine it con
tains. Its use can not be advised where
It would cost more than $2 to $3 per
ton. Kalnit as you probably know, con
tains a good deal of common salt.
ORGANIZING A LIVE STOCK
FARM
A correspondent writes: Wc have recently
entne into f-neaeesion of a I.t-OO nrre cotton'
plantation tn aontt-wvat Georgia. Tt has
occurred to ua that it might he desirable
to enter Into an arrangement with some live
stock man whereby Wt would furnish the
land and hr the cattle and Logs. The land
is well equipped with hams and tenant
houeca hut not tools or live stnea. What
would be a fair and equitable arrangement
that would enable ua to go into a lot nt
account, we to furnish the land which Is
said to be worth S2S an acre?
It is customary, as we understand It.
for the man owning the land to put
this in as his share and receive one
third of the crop where the operator
furnishes tools. Implements, live stock
and half the fertilizer. In other words.
THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA,, TUESDAY, AUG. 22, 1916.
the operator or lessee receiver, two
thirds of the crop. When the teed
raised is fed to live stock each pays
for his part and the land owner re
ceives one-third of the increase as hts
share. With a proposition such as you
have in mind, necessitating the lessee
provide the implements, equipment and
live stock, we do not think you could
expect more than one-fourth of the in
crease of the live stock as your share of
the proceeds. In other words, if you
secure a fair rent on your land you
should be satisfied. If a considerable
portion of the land in question is in
a good state of cultivation and well
fenced, it should probably be expected
to bring you a rental of $1.50 per acre.
Otherwise, you probably cannot antici
pate a return of more than $1 per acre.
There is no reason why a plantation of
the sort in question if managed by a
ciapable and efficient individual with
plenty of working capital should not be
able to pay you through the increase
of live stock and a rental equivalent to
the above; under unfavorable conditions
it would be decreased. We suggest that
if you are not willing to put in more
than the land as your share that it
would be better for all the parties con
cerned if you could find a party* who
would lease this property for a number
of years. It will require a capital in
vestment of anywhere from $15,000 to
$20,000 to purchase the machinery,
work stock, implements and gen
eral equipment needed to stock
this plantation. Very few men
having this much capital would
be willing to operate on a share basis,
but you might find some man who
would be willing to lease for a consid
erable term of years.
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BUILDING A CONCRETE SILO.
J S. K., Cave Spring. Ga., writes: 1
wish to erect a concrete silo thia .season
if you advise this kind where we have an
abundance of material and labor on the
farm. 1 keep about fifteen head of milk
cows for butter and as many more heifers.
I want all the information I can get about
the erection and filling of the silo. * ;
1 would certainly advise you to build
a concrete silo if you have most of the
material and labor avialable for this pur
pose. It costs more to build a concrete
silo, possibly, than some other types,
but if the ■work is properly done, you
have virtually erected a permanent
structure. You may build a silo ten
feet in diameter, but in our experience it
is better to build them larger. We think
fifteen feet is the best size to use. A
silo 15 feet in diameter and 30 feet
higli will hold enough feed to provide
4u pounds per head per day for 29 cows
for the average feeding season. I real
ize that you only have fifteen head a$
the present ttane, with a few more heif
ers, and that you probably think this is
a larger structure than you need. In
this I think I am safe in saying you
will find you are mistaken. Just about
the time you get your silo completed
and have used it long enough to come to
appreciate its value to the daityman,
you will wish you had built it twice as
large. It will be much easier and
cheaper to build a larger structure now
than at any time in the future. If you
build this silo with sufficiently thick
walls and make it thirty feet high, you
can raise it to forty at any time, and
thus add materially to its holding ca
pacity. If you have a good capable man
to superintend the job, you can haul the
sand, and the brick or rock needed, and
get most of the rough lumber on the
ground at this season of the year when
the land is often too wet to work. In
fact, if one started soon enough, he
could build a silo at odd times and hard
ly miss the labor. There would be no
objection to building it and letting it
stand to season; in fact, this would be
an advantage. We suggest that you do
not put a roof on the silo at first. We
have one on the college farm which has
not been covered for several years, and
the silage keeps in very good condition.
The only objection we can urge against
leaving the roof off is that when very
heavy rains occur too much water gets
into the silo. You should put a drain
in the bottom of the silo to carry off
any surplus water. The silo can be
filled readily by the various types of
machinery on the market for this pur
pose. We think the blower type of ma
chine the best for you to use, and you
should purchase a sufficiently large en
gine of the gasoline or steam type to
successfully operate the machinery.
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SOUR VERSUS SWEET MILK FOR
CALVES AND PIGS.
K. M. C., Bullochv’lle. Ga., writes: 1
would like to know the value of soar milk
or clabber compared with sweet milk for
calves and pig*.
Skim milk is a very excellent food
for young pigs and calves. It is almost
equal under general conditions to whole
milk. Milk which Is only slightly sour
would be about equal in feeding value
to sweet skim milk. If allowed to sour
and ferment, however, it may become
a very dangerous food for either calves
or pigs. Especially is this true if the
milk is kept in a dirty tank which is
not thoroughly cleaned and sweetened
by scouring every day.
Skim milk is worth anywhere from
40 to 50 per 100 pounds for feeding to
pigs and calves. Slightly sour milk or
milk just turning would have about the
same value though it could be fed prob
ably with better advantage to pigs than
to calves. In a climate as warm as that
of Georgia, we are Inclined to think
that it is very Important to send the
sweet milk back and feed it on the
farm as quickly as possible. It certain
ly would sour and get in bad condition
in warm weather if kept for 24 hours
or more. Os course, it is possible by
means of a pasteurizer to treat milk
so as to hold fermentation in check.
It would, of course, be a rather expen
tive undertaking as it would be neces
sary to cool the milk down immediate
ly and hold It at a temperature of 35
to 40 degrees until ready to use.
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ALONG DIXIE HIGHWAY
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
DUBLIN, Ga., Aug. 19.—Secretary
Bartlett of the chamber of commerce
has been notified by Secretary Hen
derson of the Dixie Overland Highway
association that Laurens county has been
elected as a portion of the official route
of the transcontinental highway across
the southern portion of the United
States. Proper sign boards marking
route will be placed as soon as possible
making It easy for motorists to follow
the line across the county.
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Self-Denial the Lau)
Os Life for Men and
Nations—By Candler
The law of life in Christ Jesus is self
denial. This is the fundamental condi
tion of discipleship in the Christian re
ligion. “if any man will come after me,
let him deny himself and take up his
cross and follow me." So said the Mas
ter, and in so saying he fixed the law of
self-sacrifice at the very core of Chris
tian experience.
If self-denial is the law of life in
Christ Jesus, self-indulgence must be
the condition of death. Hence, St. Paul
said most truly and most profoundly,
“She that liveth in pleasure is dead
while she liveth.”
Self-denial being the law of life and
self-indulgence the condition of death,
an age of luxury is extremely unfriend
ly to Christian life. Men and women
under conditions of ease and self-indul
gence become truly incapable of “en
during hardness as true soldiers of Jesus
Christ.” They deify their physical com
fort and. become “lovers of pleasure
more than lovers of God.” Self-gratifi
cation becomes the law of their life, and
all things are looked upon by them from
a self-centered point of view. They can
do nothing that subjects them to any
discomfort whatsoever.
They easily succumb to temptation;
the Indulgence of self being with them
an imperative necessity, whenever the
path of duty leads away from that of
indulgence they refuse to walk in it; and
whenever the law of God conflicts with
that which they wish to enjoy, the law
is trampled under foot as a thing of
Secondary importance to the gratification
of their desires. All sorts of sinful
things become to them matters of neces
sity, and they live under one deadly and
immoral maxim that “necessity knows
no law," whereas the Christian life must
be pursued under the divine axiom
that “God’s law knows no necessity."
Let us see hbw many of the command
ments are daily trampled under foot un
der the plea of necessity. The observ
ance of the Sabbath day is made yield
to the gratification of appetite ana tne
indulgence of amusement. For these in
iractions the children of luxury plead
necessity. They must have certain lux
uries on the Sabbath day, even if they
buy and sell on the sacred day. They
must go to the golf club on the Sabbutn
to get fresh air and exercise. And a
thousand other profanations of the day
are justified to tjiemseives by pleas oi
necessity.
T4obtain money required for the in
dulgence of their appetites t’hey em
ploy methods wnicn involve essential
untrutntumess and disnonesty in trade.
But they plead in extenuation or these
methods that tney can not succeed com
mercially without them.
The commandment against covetous
ness is scarcely regaiuea by them as a
divine precept wortay Or recognition dr
capable or violation. Covetousness witn
them is so altogether respectable that
they can not even understand the com
mandment tnat toroids it. so tnrougn
all the scale of moral law the children
ot seif-mauigence walk heedlessly and
defiantly over the divine statutes. Per
fect obedience to Goa s law seems io
tnem to be a visionary anu impractica
ble and puritanic tning. ,
It is to be ooserved also that men and
women who live lives of self-indulgence
always demote themselves to the indul
gence or their lowest sell. Tney run
greedily alter the gratification of the
animal appetites ana starve the mind
as well as defile the soul. They count
tne indulgence of the body above all
intellectual attainments or spiritual ex
cellences. Thus they consent to live on
a plane scarcely above the level of
brutes. And while tney may clothe
inemselves in modish aparel and feeu
themselves with dainty food they be
come brutal In their nature and truly
coarse in their indulgences. Brutality
marks an age of luxury.
Our country was never more than now
in danger of being thus brutalized. The
wealth of the nation has become fabu
lous in amount. It has increased incal
culably during the destructive war in
Europe; for the American people have
fattened on the misfortunes of the Eu
ropean belligerents. Millions upon mil- '
lions have been sent to America for i
munitions and other military supplies
Fortunes have risen to enormous mag - i
nitude wiu. the utmost swiftness.
Most of these enormous gains have
come to manufacturers and financiers
living in the north; but the south and
west have not been without their prof
its from the war In Europe. Our whole
country was never so rich as now: But
there were never so many ways open
for self-indulgence. By consequence,
many of the people have grown wanton
in luxury and are rushing to ruin. They
have already reached a point where any I
restraining hand laid upon their indul
gences is met with resentment and re
sistence. They will not endure any
measure of self-denial, and they clamor
for every form of self-indulgence.
Amid such conditions a generation
may grow up utterly Incapable of the
self-sacrifice required for the preserva
tion of the Republic. Such was the case
in ancient Rome. The rude barbarians,
when they came to the Eternal City,
found it defended by effeminate weak
lings and incapables. The heart of the
Roman commonwealth had dried up and
the barbarians found when they came to
it nothing but an empty shell to crush
with their strong, rude hapds.
A similar fate awaits our own. or any
other nation, which pursues paths of
eimilar self-indulgence. No barbarian
hordes may rush in upon us from with
out: but hordes of hardened men may
rise up in the very midst of un to
make riots and work every form of
ruin.
Indeed, we live in sight of such a
peril every day. The opulent classes set
standards of living tempt multi
tudes to do evil and provoke the dis
content and resentment of still larger
multitudes who find themselves unable
to keep up with the pace set by the
wealthy classes around them. While
relfish indifference riots in luxury on
the one hand, a selfish sullenness, oni
the other hand, looks on the scene
with jealous eyes. These conditions
have in them potentially all forms of
social disorder and disturbance.
The remedy for these conditions is not
found in statutes. Legislative enact
ments can only restrain outward and
visible things. They cannot penetrate
the unseen depths of the soul where
irritable discontent broods over imag
inary wrongs and fixes its purposes ot
revolution.
Civil statutes cannot purge the heart
of selfishness, whether that heart is di.">-,
eased with the fatty degeneration of}
luxury or with the palpitation engen-i
dered by want.
What is needed is a nobler spirit pr.’-|
vailing among all classes through the
indwelling of the mind of Christ. This;
spirit will rise to the heights ot' hero*,
ism, and only men of heroic spirit can l
save our times from Incurable corrup-'
tion.
Our wealth must become heroic, or it|
will become destructive. It must walk
in paths of heroic simplicity, eschew
ing empty pomps and vanities. It must}
give itself to heroic deeds of generosity.!
In like manner the less opulent must 1
be subject to the spirit of a heroic con-'
tentment and self-respect which excludes!
al Ithought of envy or jealousy with ref-I
erence to more favored persons or
classes.
Unless this spirit of Christian heroism
pervade our people our fortunate cir
cumstances of prosperity and peace will
lead us into a degrading paganism,
even though we call ourselves a Chris-
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“ROOT HOG OR DIE,” NO. 2.
Sung by Atlanta Amateurs.
BY W. H. BARNES.
“vVe come out here this evening, with an
other batch of rhymes,
We think the song most suitable that’s
suited to the times.
A battle now is raging—by their
armory our troops stand by.
They'll make the Black Republicans
root hog or die.
“Old Abe is at the capitol, and Scott is
flying round —
They've come to the conclusion they
are daily losing ground.
When they heard the news from Fair
fax, Scott to Abrham did fly,
And said “I’m fearful. President, we
must root hog or die.
“Lincoln was on his message—he sent
Wingfield to see.
What has become of Davis. Johnson.
Beauregard and Lee,
Saying watch them, Dictator, to come
here they will try,
If they descend on Washington we must
root hog or die.
“Just at that very moment a runner
came in sight,
And handed Lincoln documents about
the Bethel flght.
•Bill Seward, bring my cap and cloak,’
old Abraham did cry;
‘Five hundred troops gone under- I
must root hog or die.’
“He sent his trusty Zouaves to go pro
tect the ground.
When they arrived they saw the Ger
mans poking ’round.
They pitched into each other and made
the bullets fly.
Till they found they’d made their own
troops root hog or die.
“And thus it always will be. while we
defend the right,
Whenever we have met ’em our boys
have whipped the fight.
Rail-splitter and his cabinet, to Spring
field soon will fly.
For if they stay in »v’ashington they’ll
root hog or die.”
Mr. Bill Barnes had a new song after
every fight in Virginia. The people were
simply crazy with excitement and tnese
amateurs gave them a delightful di
version. The singing hall was crowded
to overflowing. The dollars for soldiers’
relief poured in * .
MRS. FELTON.
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THE DIXIE CAKE~Or WAI TIME.
The closing years of the wai - times
were hardship years without doubt.
Sugar reached the price of sl2 (Confed
erate money) a pound before we failed
to buy sugar for our coffee, bilt it was
entirely too costly to make cakes or to
use for any other purpose than coffee
and tea sweetening.
The so-called coffee was made from
rye. parched and ground, and also wheat
and sweet potatoes cut into small cubes
and dried in the sun awhile and then
parched brown in the oven with open
fireplace. But we were fond of cakes
that had sweetening in them, anfl we
used sorghum molasses (and regular
sugar cane syrup when we could get it).
I am copying here my standard recipe
and I might truly say 1 made many
dozens of Dixie cakes in that strenuous,
difficult war time:
DIXIE CAKE.
“Six eggs, 3 cups of molasses, 1 cup
of sugar, 5 cups of flour, 1 cup of but
ter, 1 tablespoonful of spice, one of
ginger, 1 teaspoonful of soda, dissolved
in a little buttermilk.”
At one time there were a number of
officers encamped near Macon (and
nearer our refuge farm), who were sent
there until recruits or conscript sol
diers were gathered for a command, and
time hung heavily on their hands. There
were also some girls around, who were
delighted to have the officers visit them,
and picnics were in fashion, etc. Final
ly, I was besought and besieged to give
a “party,’’ and I made Dixie cakes, boiled
a ham, made light bread in ovens, and
pickles of artichokes, and the crowd en
joyed the “party” and praised the re
freshments ad libitum. We had little
platforms erected in the yard, covered
them a foot deep in dirt and piled on fat
lightwood and had all the light we need
ed for the young people who chose to
play games in the open, and the whole
premises resounded with laughter and
gaiety. The girls primped a plenty and
the officers were glad to have clean
shirts and shoes that were polished with
soot dissolved In sorghum syrup and
well brushed in the leather.
In less than a month General Wilson
raided over us. and the officers had to
hide in the canebrakes. Some of them
were more than glad to creep In before
midnight and sleep on pallets in our,
front room until day-dawn.
WHAT A STRIKE WILL STAND FOB.
This morning’* dispatches—vouched,
for by the Associated Press to be re
liable —disclosed the gravity of the
strike situation in the United States.
The vote shows that nearly 150,009 men
voted for a strike in the late poll of
votes, and considerably less than 5,000
disfavored it. That vote means a great
deal more than appears on the face of
it. Before what I am now writing is
printed in the Country Home Column
every railroad car may be standing still
in the yards or on the track in the open
and when they fail to move commerce
stops—no coal is hauled —no food prod
ucts can pass along, and the suffering
thus entailed would not cover half the
loss and trouble that would result in a
general tie-up.
This state of things has been threat
ening for a long term of years. It has
just reached a crisis. How it will end
nobody is prepared to say, and unless
there is an amicable settlement and
satisfactorj* agreement between the em
ployers and the employed the initiation
is bound to menace until something
much harsher will be shoved along. 1
chanced to pass through Pittsburg.
Pa., nearly forty years ago, just after
a strike had been quelled by the militia,
and I was in Chicago soon after Presi
dent Cleveland had called out troops to,
force railroad employes to surrender
their demands.
The Pittsburg employes were not
satisfied, and there has been an element
in the west since that time which has
never ceased to relate the*wrongs they
suffered. There are similar influences
in Chicago today, and as there is an
immense foreign element in the Wiijdy
City a little spark may ignite an im
mense conflagration. President Wilson
is conferring with the combatants at
this time, and if he fails the strike is
certainly on. I shall be one of the first
to applaud the success of the execu
tive if he can “make peace” between
those who are so fiercely arrayed
against each other, because the nation
is holding its breath, so to speak, on
this fateful August day.
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tian nation. A vast deal of paganism
may disguise itself under Christianj
forms, even as satan himself may ne
transformed into an angel of light. Al
ready we have an American paganism
which is as putrescent as any which
festers in heathen lands
Only the spirit of self-denial enjoin
ed by Christ and inspired by His Spirit
can turn us awav from this destructive
and degraded paganism. Onlv the Cros.-
shall lift us to the heights of a worthv
humanity. We must be a Christian,
people or perish; for self-denial is the
law of life for nations as well ss fo>
individuals.
Jl X AND MRS PUPEPT
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(Continued irom Last Issue.)
CHAPTER 111.
Never before in all her luxurious
young life had Gloria encountered the
slightest hardship. The most exquisite
of the niceties of existence had been
hers as regularly as the breath she
drew. So she had wearied of them and
rebelled. And now she found that ad
venture was not Altogether pleasant,
either. A primeval Jungle inhabited ly
a primeval people was, to say the least,
distinctly uncomfortable.
It had been a busy day for one jouns
girl. Within twenty-four hours she had
stolen her brother s automobile, wreck
ed tt in the waves, explored the ever
glades. and endured Indian captivity.
She had had her first proposal of mar
riage—and from an Indian chief! For
the first time she had wanted to die.
For the first time she had fainted. She
was rather proud of that—it was so
nice and old fashioned to faint. Also
she had been rescued —and by such a
handsome man! And so modest he was
about it! •
She had had all these thrilling expe
riences and there waa a happy ending;
also a happy future. She believed she
was in for a romance. When handsome
young men save the lives of young wom
en they have to marry them, don’t they?
Os course they do. It is absolutely nec
essary. Anything else is inartistic.
Gloria felt it especially lucky *hat
since she had to be rescued fate bad
been polite enough to select a good look
ing r «scuer for her. The more she stud
ied Mr. Freneau the better sfie liked
him. He had a nice name, too —a nice,
marriageable name.
The only fly in the ointment was die
bad behavior of Dr. Royce. She ha-.l
thought him charming. But now he
sulked and moped. He did not want
even to come along back to Palm Beach
in the big motor that had brought her
father and brother down to the edge
of ate everglades. But her father made
him get in.
Fortunately there was long dust
coats in the car to cover Gloria’s squaw
costume and Dr. Royce's disreputable
wreck of evening dress.’ Mr. Freneau
epic and span. He was like a hero
in a play or a novel. He could save a
heroine from frightful danger and no;
spot a collar or rumple | cuff.
Dr. Royce was a sight; muddy, black
and blue, hhs clothes full of holes and
himself full of aches and bruises. The
knuckles of his left hand were bleeding.
He nursed them as if they were broken
but did not mention that he had
smashed them on the jawbone of a
knife-brandishing Indian while Freneau
was stealing Gloria and the credit for
her rescue and even her affections.
Dr. Royce was glum because he did
not know just what he ought to do. He
was confronted with a duty that he
eotlld not solve. It was like some ob
scure disease, hard to diagnosticate.
To speak up and denounce Freneau as
a Bar and thief was Impossible. Royce
had i,o proof that Freneau has played
either the cad or the coward. He knew
only that Freneau ifiust have seen him
battling.with the Indians, and a decent
rr-an would have come to the
of a fei ow white. Even if Freneau had
felt that he ought to put Gloria In the
boat first, ne might have come back to
help Royce. But Freneau had left Royce
to his fate. That was ugly.
Now Rpyce felt that' he understood.
Freneau had been coaxed into the ever
glades by that $5,000 lottery prize. He
had won it; and It looked as if Freneau
were expecting to win Gloria’s love in
the barffaln. For Gloria was simply de
vouring him with her eyes.
Doyce knew little about Freneau, and
that little was not to his advantage.
Freneau neglected his office but neglect
ed no opportunity for a love affair. Dr.
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Royce had come to Palm Beach as
private physician of old Judge Freeraaui
and had abundant opportunity to s«s<
the influence of Freneau on the judgel
daughter, Lois. It was not a wholesomd
influence. Royce dreaded the look ol
cdoration in Gloria’s eyes as they dwell
on Freneau. But what could Royce doj
He could not order Mr. Stafford not t<
pay Freneau the reward. He oould not
boast of his own deeds. So he kept sU
lence. *
On the long ride back to Palm Beacl
they passed the spot where Gloria had
left her frother’s racing car in thd
ocean. They paused to look at It. eev4
eral men ana a team of mules wer4
struggling to drag it out of the water.
David grew angry and wapted t 4
know* wna» Gloria was going to do about
getting han toother car. She -u-ghes
at that. Her father did no-, al’ow he!
much spending money. She was not buy 4
ing motor presents with what she got,
B<.t when Pierpont saw the big wave!
sprawling over the car and imagine!
what danger Gloria had escaped he had
not the heart to rebuke Gloria. He said!
“If you behave yourself. David, I’ll
buy you a new. car. It’s worth a hun
dred of them to have the child safe.”
“You're a very nice dad?’ said Gloria.
“And I promise you I’ll never run aw - ay
in the everglades or elope with a SemP
nole again.”
But that was no proof that she might
not run into just as great danger In so
called civilization.
When they reached the Royal Poin
ciana, Gloria passed through a- throng
of welcoming friends, and Freneau re
ceived *congratulations innumerable.
Royce sneaked off to his room and
plunged into a hot bath, treated his
wounds as best he could, shaved, and
put on fresh clothes.
Then he strolled out to order a new
evening dress in a hurry from a Palm
Beach tailor. He met Freneau, carry
ing his honors juantitly. Royce went to
him and held him skewered with his
eyes as he said:
“Look here. Freneau, haven’t you a
little something to say to me.’’
Freneau colored a. trifle, but ne star
ed back at Royce without discomfort
and he laughed no less easily than
usual:
“Why. no old man; nothing that 1
know of—except that I suppose I ought
to feel sorry that $-ou arrived too late.
But I can’t feel sorry. I didn’t even
know you were there.”
Royce glared at him. then laughe-1
harshly and said:
“The diagnosis in your case Is clear-
You are hopelessly Infected with yel
low fever; but you are Immune to al!
honorable sentiments. Don’t lose your
head, though; and don't try any of yous
tricks on little Gloria Stafford.”
Freneau laughed again, a more ugly
laugh this time: "That seems to me to
be Miss Safford’s business, and certain-*
ly none of yours.”
‘T’m going to make it mine.” said
Royce.
Freneau walked away. He would not
even give Royce the satisfaction of an
excuse for trouncing -him. Royce al
most smothered with suppressed rage-
He had an uppercut in his undamaged
right haQd which he was fairly aching
to plant on Freneau’s Jaw —an exact
duplicate of the one he had administer
ed to Chief Kathalani.
(Continued in Next Issue.)
' Postmaster Named
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19. —Postmaster
appointed. Settle. Spalding county, Ga.,
Horace C. Byne, vice Eddie R. Rogers,
resigned; rural carriers appointed, Geor
gia, Jones, route A, Frank B. Williams;
Tifton, route 1, Albert b. Blalock, vice
Eddie L. Powell.
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