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SMITH AND THE
Jn our estimation it would be
very unfortunate thing for
and “the solid South” for
Hoke Smith to inject himself
the presidential primary in
Since the suggestion of this
bility has been made, the method
his “mild reservationist”
against President Wilson
more clear and the “fine
hand” with which he has
been playing the political game,
clining to move when it was his
in the selection of a party
clearly reveals his ambition and the
astuteness with which he eliminated
a most formidable opponent in Sen¬
ator Underwood.
Sermtor Smith has played fhe game
most cleverly to win the support of
the anti-Wilson and anti-League ele¬
ment in the South and he will natural¬
ly receive the support of this element
in Georgia, whereas there will be
many staunch admirers of President
Wilson and ardent advocates of the
unreserved ratification of the League
of Nations who would undoubtedly
vote for a more acceptable Republi¬
can or third party candidate rather
for a man who has so misrepresented
the real majority sentiment of the
State as has Senator Smith.
This situation could not but remit
in so splitting the vote of Georgia as
to make it quite possible for the
State’s preference to go to e Repub¬
lican qr other party candidate. The
Republican party is gaining strength
in Georgia with every presidential
ek'dic- nd unie-.- Democratic can
didatc. re put forward upon whom
all :>■ . r«.;s of i lie State can unite
it will je a question of but a very
short .ime before Georgia will no
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longer be a prirt and parcel of the
“Solid South” but will be in the list
of the “doubtful. Considering the
manner in which prominent leaders
of both parties have repudiated
party traditions and flouted their
constituency this possible breaking up
of the “Solid South might not re
suit in such a bad state of affairs;
might even give the doubtful South¬
ern states so resulting more impor¬
tance in national politics.
It seems to us inevitable that the
menace to the solidarity of the South
presented by the Anthony suffrage
amendment can not but be greatly
aggravated by Senator Smith’s candi¬
dacy for president and the result¬
ant split in the Democratic party in
this and other Southern States. We
do not. believe tha.t even the pride
that Georgians might Justly feel in
having a Georgia man as the nation’s
president could unite Georgians on
Senator Smith. It would seem au
even more futile hope that a suffi¬
cient number of other states of the
Union could unite upon a Southern
man who could not even carry his
own state solidly.
We confess that we personally
could feel no pride ev.en in the pros¬
pect, however promising, of Geov
gio’s furnishing the country with n
president so unrepresentative of the
patriotic, justice-loving people who
constitute the great majority of the
citizens of a State founded as a
refuge for the unjustly oppressed.
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One of the features of the exten¬
sion work, as carried out by the home
demonstration agents of the Georgia
State College of Agriculture during
1919, is the hot school lunch. Oil
stoves and the other necessary equip¬
ment has been secured for hundreds
of schools and hot lunches are pre¬
pared by classes in cooking for the
benefit of all. It has been definitely
shown that a hot drink of cocoa, for
instance, at the noon hour makes the
lunch much more palatable and en¬
joyable. The hot school lunch is add¬
ing materially to the general health
and class room work of the children.
YOUR NEWSPAPER'S “STYLE”
DOESN’T “JUST HAPPEN SO. *>
Did you ever stop to think what
it is that makes one newspaper im¬
press you more favorably at a glance
than another? It, is not merely the
character of reading matter or adver
tisements in a paper that affects the
mind of the reader favorably or
favorably. This is of primary im
portunCe, of course, but of little less
importance is “style” in the display
of advertisements and especially the
reading matter. Some weekly papers
are totally lacking in any effort at
style. There is a total lack of sym
metry or balance in make-up, no un
ifortuity in the size of head-letter
type, in the number of lines in the
“heaos” or in arrangement of lines.
Other papers impress you instantly
with their neat apearance aside from
the matter of clear print, but few
readers probably analyze this effect.
This difference is not a mere “hap
pen so. You can’t shake type up in
a dice box and throw them into the
“chases” and see them assume a
symmetrical arrangement of their
own accord, This effect of “style”
and balance are the result of much
thought.
Jn the first place the editor de¬
cides upon a certain size of head-let¬
ter type to be used over each article
and whether the article is to have a
single line or two line or three line
head and possibly a three line, four
line or five line sub-head, depending
mainly upon the importance of the
article, its news character or some¬
times more arbitrary reasons, He
then must know just how many let¬
ters and spaces of the particular size
type to be used in each head and sub¬
head can be gotten in a line without
filling it too full for good appearance,
and he must then choose words for
the head which will* go in the line or
lines in the particular size type se¬
lected and which will also convey an
adequate idea of the subject matter
the article deals with, .lust the
right number of articles must be
chosen for main “double-decker ’ •
head-liners for the front pages and
heads of the right -style and wording
written for these articles.
So much in brief for the editof’s
part as to style in newspaper appear¬
ance. Second only to the editor’s
part is that of the “make-up” man.
He too must use thought in putting
the type into the forms to give good
balance. A good deal of latitude
must be allowed him as to the posi¬
tion he gives articles. To instruct
him arbitrarily to put this particu¬
lar article at the top of the first col¬
umn and this other at the top of the
last column and this oilier at the top
of the two middle columns of the
front page might so tie his hands as
to give an exceedingly poor front¬
page make-up. The length of an ar¬
ticle is often the only determining
factor in the matter of position given
it. After an unimportant article
is given top column position while
a much more important one is given
bottom column or intermediate pos¬
ition—the length of the artiele solely
governing. Sometimes the heads of
articles are changed in style after
being put into the forms for the sake
of symmetry and to conform to the
symmetry and to conform to the
particular style being followed at
the time.
Readers very little appreciate the
amount of real thought that is ex¬
pended every week in getting out
a paper like The Leader-Tribune.
Not only is every article that goes
into the paper, whether written by the
editor, contributed or copied—se¬
lected with particular care as to what
is really in his estimation worth while
to his readers, but a great deal of
pains is taken to present this matter
in an attractive appearance—and it
costs us on an average not less than
iTi cents for every inch of matter
printed.
These are facts that should en¬
hance your appreciation of the
oaper.
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IN THE GLINT OF A TEAR.
She was a very little girl and he
was a big, rough man. He wasn’t
eally as rough as he seemed to be,
is heart wasn’t bad at all. A1
iis roughness was on the outside
Jut he had worked all day in a TO) S'.
hop, and his nerves were a wee hi;
as lie sat before the fire and
ead his magazine.
If the man’s nerves had been nor
nal, $he childish prattle that filled
room would have annoyed h'n
at all. Rut nerves can’t be
with, especially when
been under a strain for ter,
trying hours, The man was
a story in which he had be¬
very much interested, It was
his whole attention, Sev
times he had stopped to answer
and each time the wrinkle,
his forehead were a little more
drawn. Each time his an¬
were shorter and his tone more
impatient.
But the little girl appeared not tc
She was supremely happy
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the (loll to hed. and was
too care-free to be
quiet. Finally a question she
Wit i ignored, and when presently
! repeated it, the man turned on
almost fiercely. “Can’t you see
reading?” he demanded, then
“I don't want to hear another
from you tonight. If I do, off to bed
you go. *»
It wasn’t the heart of the man
that spoke. It was his tired, jan¬
gled nerves. His brow was
and his tone was rough, but hr
realized how fierce he looked and
how harsh was the sound of his
voice.
The little girl stopped in the
of motherly attentions to the doll.
Big, wondering eyes were turned
on the man, for something had
happened which she could not under¬
stand. She said no word, only
si.ood and looked, Then the little
mouth quivered, and into the widd,
bright eyes there sprang a midst of
tears.
Suddenly the man discovered the
story in the magazine had grown
stale. It no longer held his interest.
He wondered what it was which be¬
fore he had found in the story that
was so absorbing. For he had glanc¬
ed over the top of the magazine, and
in the little girl’s eye he’d beheld
the soft glimmer of her tears.
It lias already been said that the
heart of the man wasn’t bad. If
there was anything hard or harsh
about it, it wasn’t too hard or harsh
for the tears of a child to melt, He
laid the magazine on the table and
took the child in his arms. He kiss¬
ed away her tears and told her he
was sorry he had spoken so roughly,
lie loved her better than all the
l ooks that were ever printed, he told
her, and would rather see her happy
jjjmn have all the wealth of a king.
The glint of a tear in the eye of a
child can rench deeper into the soul
of a man, sometimes, than the great¬
est sermon ever preached or the most
wonderful picture ever placed upon
i anvas. Childrn cry a great deal
and their crying is about many things,
but when the hurt that calls forth
heir tears is in the trusting child
heart, whoever has caused it must he
more brute than man if he hang not
iiis head in shame. The sweetest
flower that grows is not in the garden
if a king or the conservatory of a
millionaire. It throbs in the breast
of a child. It is watered by inno
eency and nourished by more tender
love than those who have left child¬
hood far behind can always compre¬
hend; and it was planted by the hand
of God.
Men have wondered what the great¬
est of all teachers and readers of
human hearts meant when He gave
solemn warning against offending
children—‘-have wondered why He
declared it were better for one so of¬
fending if a millstone were tied about
his neck and he were cast into the
midst of the sea.
But it really isn’t to be wondered
at. No one wonders who has studied
children—who loves them and seeks
to know them as they are.—Albany
Herald.
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MY OWN WORK.
This is my work; my blessing, not
my doom;
Let me do my work from day to day
In field or forest, at the desk or
loom,
In roaring market place or tran¬
quil room;
Let me but find it in my heart to
say,
When vagrant wishes beckon me
astray,
“This is my work; my blessing,
not my doom;
Of all who live, 1 am the only one
by whom
The work can best be done in the
right way.”
Then shall I see it not too great, nor
small, '
To suit my spirit and to prove my
powers;
Then shall I cheerful greet the la¬
boring hours,
And cheerful turn, when the long
shadows fall
At eventide, to play and love and
rest,
Because 1 know for me my work is
best.
—Henry Van Dyke.
ve¬
There are no individual trade sea
any more. Every week and
month is a good one. The mer
who slackens up at any time
the idea that the "season is over
•obs himself of available profits.
stores take a lot of trade away
small towns in the winter and
months because the city
keep on advertising without a
while many dealers in the
mall towns have not fully grasped
he meaning and purpose of adver
Commerce Observer.
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, FLASHES FROM FLOYD *
of the Leader-Tribune Force it
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Some cold weather the first of the
week.
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Even King Winter seems reluctant
to leave
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Divorce is the digestive tablet that
settles many a feast of love.
Some women claim to have gotten
comic valentines for husbands
year
If beauty were only skin deep any
one could acquire it with a little
study.
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From all indications the boll weevil
will get a fair shot at this year’s cot¬
ton crop.
★
When a man begins to be his own
worst enemy he can get a lot of free
assistance.
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Poultry raising has never offered
such opportunities for profit as at
the present.
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Nothing is made in vain except
extemely fashionable girl—she is a
maiden vain.
Every engaged man would be a
perpetual fiance if he could get
away with it.
—*
Farmers in Georgia would do well
fo fill as many pork barrels as pos¬
sible this year.
There’s nobody quite so busy as
the man who doesn’t want to do
something else.
Only a wise girl selects for a hus¬
band a man whose mother didn’t
know how to cook.
If we always prepare ourselves for
the worst that may happen, we will
never he disappointed.
*
Even the lines of a pear poet are
apt to be cast in pleasant places—
when he g,e, fishing.
*
Nature has arranged things so that
a poor man is able to display as many
virtues as a millionaire.
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It’s a mean man who wi’l lead his
little boy to,believe he is penniless
when the kid asks for one.
Originality is nothing more than
doing something which so far no one
has thought of trying to do.
We would not be disappointed if
we should hear of someone around
here being stuck-up—in the mud.
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If everybody did his best there’d be
more men at the top and fewer at the
middle and bottom of the ladder. i
Some people even have to kick
when they drink this “moonshine”
dope with wood alcohol flavor to it.
★
What has become of the old-fash¬
ioned girl, who when a love affair
went wrong, pined away and died?
★
It takes only about three weeks
for a woman to learn to hate the bon¬
net that she fell in love with at first
sight.
¥
A man might succeed in feathering
his own nest if so much of his money
didn’t go toward putting them on his
wife’s hat.
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There has been so unusual an
amount of % this that farm
ra m year
work has been very much delayed
but all are still hoping for a bumper
crop.
Many politicians are playing a
shrewd hand and are refusing to
come out until they can see enough
votes coming their way to at least
assure a good race.
*
Creditable Advice.
“My son,” said old man Reddit,
“Take this advice from me:
less you use your credit,
The better it will be. ’ •
★
“The American Constitution is the
wonderful work ever struck off
a given moment by the brain and
of man.”—Gladstone.
★
Contributors r , to The Leade--Tri
will earn the gratitude of the
and force by getting their
publication. Friday is none too
Wednesday is often too late.
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of the sure business utilities, and
likewise just as big a necessity on
'the farm. Farming is surely a busi¬
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pends upon economical methods
with up-to-date machinery. The
Ford Truck will prove a great eco¬
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< < how the larmer got along without
it ail these years.” It is a servant
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always economical, Price $550,
without body, f. o. h. Detroit.
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