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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