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STATES RAILROAD
J. D. PRICE ANNOUNCES
UNITED
ADMINISTRATION ISSUES ORDER
Atlanta, Ga.—James D. Price, di
rector of the Georgia Experimental
Station and former commissioner of
Agriculture for Geo^ia, has formally
announced his candidacy for state
railroad commissioner to succeed
Farmers
Showing the Duty of Employ*
The Travel log Public
Washington, D. C., Aug 18, 1018.
To all employees in thdraiiroad serv
ice of the United-States:
Complaints have reached‘me from
time to time that employees are not
treating thep ublic with as much con
sideration and courtesy under Gov
ernment control of the railroads ■ as
under private control. I do not know
how much courtesy was accorded the
public under private control, and I
have no basis, therefore, for accurate
comparison. I hope, however, that
the reports of discourtesy under Gov
ernment administration of the rail
roads are incorrect, or that they are
at least confined to a relatively few
cases. Whatever may be the merits
of these complaints, they draw atten
tion to a question which is of the ut
most importance in the management
of the railroads.
For many years it was popularly
believed that "the public be damned”
policy was thep olicy of the railroads
under private control or Government
control. It would be particularly in
defensible under public control when
railroad employees arc the direct
servants of the public. “The public
be damned” policy will in on circum
stances be tolerated on the .railroads
under Government control. Every em
ployee of the railroad should take
pride in serving the public courteous
ly and efficiently. Courtesy costs
nothing and when it is dispensed, it
makes friends of the public and adds
to the self-respect of the employee.
My attention has also been called
. to the fact that employees hove some
times offered ns an excuse for their
own shortcomings, or as n justifica
tion for delayed trains or other diffi
culties the statement that, “Uncle
Sam is running the railroads now” or
“These arc McAdoo's orders,” etc.
Nothing could bo more reprehensible
than statements of this character,
and nothing could be more hurtful to
the success of the Railroad Adminis
tration or to the welfare of the rail-,
road employees themselves. No doubt
those who have made them have done
so thoughtlessly in most instances, but
the harm is Just ns great if a thing
of thin sort is done thoughtlessly ns
if it is done deliberately.
There are many people who for
partisan or selfish purposes wish Gov
ernment operation of thcr allroads to
be a failure. Every employee who Is
discourteous to thep ublic or makes
excuses or statements of tho kind 1
' have described, is helping these parti
san' or selfish interests to discredit
Government control of railroads.
Recently the wages of railroad em
ployees were largely increased, in
volving an addition to railroad ope
rating expenses of more than $475,-
000,000 ncr.nnnum. Tn order
meet this increase, thep ublic has been
called upon to pay largely increased
passenger and freight rates. The poo
pie hnvo accepted this new burden
cheerfully and patriotically. The
least that every employee can do in
return is to serve the public cour
teously faithfully and efficiently.
A great responsibility and duty rest
upon the railroad employees of the
United States. Upon thoir loyalty, ef
ficiency and patriotism depends in
large part America’s success and the
overthrow of the Kaiser and all that
he represents. Let us not fail to
measuro up to our duty, and to the
just demand of the public that rail-
RAISE MORE CORN
TO FEED MORE HOGS
There is an old saying in the mid-
dlewest that af armer “Raises more
corn to feed more hogs to buy more
land to raise more corn to food more
hogs.” The hog there is frequent
ly called the "mortgage lifter.” Here
ir. Georgia he is fast becoming a dis
turber of tho old-time credit system.
In 1910 the tonsus showed 33 coun
ties in Georgia raising a sufficiency of
home-raised meat with some to sell.
The counties were Bryan, Bullock,
Charlton,, Clinch, Coffee, Colquitt,
Decatur, Echols, Effingham, Emanuel,
Grady, Irwin, Liberty, Lowndes,
Montgomery, Pierce, Pulaski, Rabun,
Screven, Tattnall, Thomas, Tift, Un
ion, Toombs, Towns, Turner, Wayne
and Wilkinson.
It will be observed that only two
of these counties are in north Georgia
Rabun and Towns. All of the others
are in a warm climate; some of them
in a temperature where butchering
without ice is a gamble on the weath
er.
What a change has taken place since
then. Today there are 75 counties
that arep roducing onch undred
more cars of hogs a year. In these
counties are large pig club enroll
ments. As a rule, a dollar, under
normal conditions in the United
States changes hands 23 times during
a year, but in an all-cotton county,
only about two times. They say mon
ey talks, but air a cotton dollar says
is "good-bye.”
Denmark has a few more people
than Georgia and one-fourth as much
land, much of it poor, rough and rocky
Denmark in 1012 bought 97,590,174
rounds of cotton-seed meal for her
dairy cows. That year she sold Eng
land $45,000,000 worth of bufte
nnd $25,000,000 worth of bacon. Rais
ing more corn to feed more hogs is
putting Georgia on a better basis.
COLLECTING UNITED STATES
TAXES
In the execution of the policy of
paying as large a proportion of the
expenses of the war by taxation as
possible, the Treasury is making ev
ery effort to collect all Federal taxes
due to the United States.
The department has evidence against
many who haves ought to evade taxes.
Some of these tax evaders are Amer
ican citizens residing or sojourning in
Canada. A corps of specially trained
revenue agents will be sent to the Ca
nadian communities where* many of
these tax evaders reside to obtain tax
returns from them. .
GERMAN VIEW OF CHRISTI
ANITY
Frederick Wilheim Nietzche was
one of the most noted of modern Ger
man philosophers. How much has his
philosophy affected the views and
character of the German today? Is
not the answer written in the blood
of the women and children, the old
men of occupied France and Belgium?
Are not the Lusitania victims witness
es to German adoption of Nietzcho’s
faith?
Here is his indictment of Christi
anity:
“With this I conclude, nnd pro
nounce my sentence: I condemn Chris
tianity. To me it is the greatest of
all . imaginable corruptions. The
church is the great parasite; with its
anemic idea of holiness it drains life
of all its strength, its love, and its
hope. Tho other world is the motive
for tho denial of every reality. I call
Christianity the one great curse, the
one great intrinsic depravity, the
one great instinct of revenge, for
which no expedient is sufficiently
poisonous, secret, underhand, to gain
Its end. I call it the one immortal
shame nnd blemish upon the human
race.”
BUY NATIONAL TIRES AT
SNELL & SPEAR’S
GARAGE.
Your Uncle Sam wants you to «con<
omize and save your money and when
you buy your auto tires then do a pa
trfotic duty and go to Snell A Spears
and buy the National. Tire and thus
save your money. ..We.
these tires for 3,500 miles and save
you at least 25, per cent on regular
standard prices.
We also handle the Republic
United States Tires. We will
change ne wtires for your old ones
knd allow you a good price for them.
We have our running in machine
now and are ready to overhaul that
old worn out Ford and make it as
good as new.’ Remember that all our
work is guaranteed. ..Always go to
SNELL A SPEARS
The Busy Garage
and
We wish to annbunce that we are going to
operate this season the BUSBEE GIN on the A. B.
& A. Railroad track, also the RUSH IN GIN, in
East Vienna.
We are installing new machinery with a view
to handling you cotton quickly and to the best
advantage. Both gins will be ready for operation
as soon as the season opens.
We are prepared to serve you and solicit your
patronage through the coming season.
We will-be in the market for your surplus
cotton seed.
J. J. & J. L. LASHLEY.
Mr. Garfield, the U. S. Fuel Administrator,
suggests that each farmer furnish sufficient wood
to gin his cotton. We are in the market for cord
wood in any quantity.
road service shall not only be eff iclent-
but that it shall always be courteously
administered.
W. G. McADOO,
Director General of Railroads.
Five head of nice young cows with
young calves for sale, ranging in
price from $35 to $90. J. D. Taylor.
8-1-tf.
GOODTOTHE LAST DROP
MAXWELL
HOUSE
COFFEE
ASK YOUR GROCER
‘WORK OR FIGHT” LAW TO DO
AWAY WITH THE VAGRANTS
Atlanta, Ga.,—Following the. pas
sage of the “work or fight” law at the
session of the legislature just closed,
Georgia is preparing to eliminate for
good, the vagrant and the tramp and
others who refuse to work. In var
ious other states where the law has
become operative, the result has been
that the floating class of idlers has
been drawn into the industrial life of
the state.
For a time it looked as though Geor
gia’s law would not pass because of
disagreement, but it finally pulled
through though deprived of a part of
its force in that the clause making
it applicable to women was taken out.
There is much speculation in the j
state as to whether or not the trav
eling public will have the courage in
the face of long custom, to put into
effect the Anti-tipping bill passed . at
this session. This prohibits the giv
ing of gratuities in places of public
service.
My warehouse is empty. I have
room to handle your cotton this
season, and every facility to do it to
the best advantage, I will appreci
ate your business and try to please
you.
D. B. THOMPSON
WEVE COT THOSE"
MATERIALS
WANT FOR
YOU WILL JUST LOVE TO HEAR THE HU
ming of the sewing machine a-working t^e new fall and winter
outfit you need if you come and get your dress goods and trim
mings from us. We shall help you select the shades to suit your
complexion and will see that the trimmings match, so that there
will be no discord in your clothes’ color scheme.
Dressing well is an art.
WE keep the BEST, but sell it for LESS.'
The Allies and our own men are dependingon the courage and loyalty of the Americans
J. J. COOPER’S
Telephone Number 121 .*. VIENNA, GEORGIA