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THE TRI WEEKLY JOURN AL. Atlanta. Ga.
"Boys, Get the Money!
EVERY bit of evidence which the inves
tigation thus far has disclosed tends
to substantiate Governor Cox’s
charge that the Republican party organiza
tion is raising “a stupendous fund, so stu
pendous as to exceed the realm of legitimate
expense, which means but one thing—im
minent danger of an odious and corrupt
campaign.” To this the G. O. P. purse liners
replied, with an air of wounded innocence,
that only a moderate amount, a trifle over
three million dolars, was budgeted, and that
no gift would be received in excess of a
thousand dollars!
It develops, however, through the testi
mony of Republican managers and agents
themselves, that the sum of four million nine
hundred and eighty-seven thousand five hun
dred dollars has been assessed against the
several States, and that an additional seven
hundred thousand is scheduled to be raised
for the special use of the Republican Congres
sional committee. It develops, furthermore,
by the mouths of still other witnesses, that
a five million-dollar fund was planned ex
clusively for the use of the National Commit
tee. Thus does the modest mole hill swell
to a mountain’s ambition.
Particularly interesting is the account of
how these millions were to be procured. Vul
gar publicity was to be eschewed. “Get the
right man to see the right people.—and do it
quickly and systematically.” Such were the
instructions of Assistant Treasurer Blair, who
originated the famous phrase, “Boys, get the
money.” And just how were the “boys” to
proceed? Nothing could be more elegant,
more fraught w’ith the odor of sanctity. “They
were to invite the, ‘prospects’ to luncheons
and dinners, at which ‘inspirational speakers’
should impress big business men with ‘the
of the situation,’ and there was to
be no hesitation in asking for subscriptions
‘ranging from $5,000 upward.’ There was to
be ‘a cream list’ made up of easy marks. To
keep up Chairman Hays’ pretense of a great
popular outpouring of small donations, it was
urged that ‘large subscriptions might well be
reported piecemeal,’ but in flagrant disregard
of his more or less sincere insistence upon
publicity everybody was warned that ‘care
must be used that nothing is left on tables
at luncheons and dinners that might fall into
the hands of any one that might give pub
licity to such material.’ ”
When It Is reflected that all this, and more,
which at first was vehemently denied by Re
publican managers, has been established by
Republican witnesses and documents, Gov
ernor Cox’s charge of a fifteen million-dollar
boodle bag seems in nowise extravagant.
There Is one supremely important question in
this matter: Is the Presidency of the United
States an elective or a purchasable office?
The Next State
ALASKA is looking earnestly forward
to a time when there will be a forty
ninth star on the American flag, tell
ing of her attainment to Statehood. Whether
or not this hope comes true within the life
span of those now cherishing it, there is
hardly a doubt that the territory will be
granted a larger measure of self-government
in keeping with her development and gains
in civically competent population.
It Is little more than fifty years since the
United States acquired this treasure-land of
the north, paying only some seven million
dollars for an area ten times the size of
Georgia. The purchase was ridiculed at the
time as an extravagant folly, and not until
recent years has general misinformation
given place to appreciative understanding. A
snow-bound waste, haunted by polar bears
and reindeer; peopled by Eskimos, with a
sprinkling of motley adventurers; gleaming,
no doubt, with chance veins or nooks of for
tune, but an impossible place for steady-go
ing industry and production—such was the
popular idea of Alaska. That this misappre
hension lingered so long is ascribed by keen
observers partly to monopolists in the fur
trade and other natural treasures, who con
sidered it to their interest to keep back the
competition which, with the arrival of am
bitious and capable settlers, would be cer
tain to come.
But now the Government issues highly
readable reports on Alaskan wheat, stock
raising and other food-producing industries,
while tourist parties are conducted througn
the land’s scenic splendors. The remarkable
activity which thus has set in will date his
torically from the spring of 1915, when Pres
ident Wilson announced the route of the
Alaska Railroad to be built by the Govern
ment. That epoch-marking construction is
to extend from Seward, on Resurrection
Bay, to Fairbanks, on the Tanana river, four
hundred and seventv-one miles. It is but a
question of vpars when branch lines and sys
tems of highways affording the transporta
tion facilities on which extensive develop
ment of the territory’s mineral, forestry and
agricultural resources depends will be es
tablished.
It Is significant that the United States navy
Is now mining its own coal in Alaska, and
that the Government is planning to establish
a coaling station for merchantmen plying be
tween Seattle and the Orient, a service which
officials say, “will mean a saving of thou
sands of tons in cargo-carrying capacity on
each voyage.” Steps like these will bring
Alaska into closer and closer touch with the
affairs and interests of the Union, and thus
make easy the way to that larger measure
of self-government which her sturdy pio
neers and builders are due.
THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
How to Melfa Georgia
TOUCHING the commendable ambition
to draw home-seekers and developers
to Georgia, the Moultrie Observer
well remarks that while our statistics for
this end are impressive enough, our farm
houses, tenant dwellings, barns and other
appurtenances do not sufficiently bear the
figures out. All too frequently there is a
run-down look, a washed-out and forsaken
appearance;” and it is in the very sections
where such conditions prevail that develop
ment is most needed. What, then, is the wis
est policy? Concentrate upon education, the
Observer answers, upon vocational training,
drainage, health and hygiene, farm demon
stration work, upbuilding of the livestock in
dustry, the establishment of evergreen pas
tures on the waste lands, and similar lines
of agricultural and domestic construction.
“This, with the institution of proper mar
keting methods and the inculcation of hab
its of thrift in our young people, will make
the land blossom as the rose.”
Sagacious counsel and truly patriotic! In
formed Georgians all know that theirs is
one of the goodliest of nature’s empires,
blest with a soil and sun and manifold fruit
fulness rarely to be found in even the rich
est lands. But they know, too, if they have
looked with seeing eyes that the greater part
of all this treasure remains to be developed,
and that a stranger who judged by appear
ances would ofttimes take away wholly in
adequate if not wholly erroneous impres
sions. The improvements which reflect hu
man interests and by which the prospective
investor is so largely guided are too fre
quently lacking. The efficiencies which only
widespread and intensive education can
bring are too frequently wanting.
The best that can be done for Georgia is
what she can do for herself. If her own en
ergy, her own enterprise, her own people
cannot make her great, then they should
have no part or lot in her prosperity. Build
ers from all regions of America should be
welcomed hither, and every reasonable in
ducements to bring them should be offered.
The farreaching, never-failing power of well
directed advertising should be liberally em
ployed. But let us not forget that it is Geor
gians who must make Georgia, and that
the mightiest of all upbuilders is education.
A Beneficent Revolution
NOT many years ago a tide of lamen
tation would have risen in the Geor
gia county of which it could have
been said that its cotton crop, reduced
two-thirds in acreage, would give only a
forty per cent yield. But now, with this
very state of affairs obtaining. Coffee
county looks forward to an unusually pros
perous autumn. Evidently a fundamental
change in the agricultural system has come
to pass.
Something of its nature and extent may
be gathered from a report of The Jour
nal’s Douglas correspondent, who points
out that the county’s corn crop is above
normal in both acreage and Indicated yield,
while the output of velvet beans promises
to be correspondingly large. Further, there
is almost a hundred per cent increase in
the peanut acreage, including the Spanish
variety, planted for the market, and an
other for hog feed. To these staples add
exceedingly large crops of sweet potatoes
and sugar cane, and it is clear why Coffee
county farmers face the coming-on of
winter with light hearts and easy minds,
notwithstanding the fate of cotton. They
are the more content and prosperous be
cause in addition to abundant food har
vests they are well off in hogs and cat
tle, a secure foundation for animal hus
bandry having been laid by their varied
and well chosen crops.
The happy significance of all this lies in
the fact that it is broadly typical. Georgia
has undergone a beneficent revolution since
the days when cotton was kaiser and held
the fortunes of the whole Commonwealth
in his uncertain palm. With diversified ag
riculture have come broader and richer de
velopment, sources of prosperity,
stronger bases for the State’s economic
life. May this sagacious policy continue
through all the seasons and years ahead.
A Better Sfint in Mexico
THE new political order south of the
Rio Grande emphasizes its “desire
to cultivate friendly relations with
all nations, and to create confidence in the
goodwill of Mexico.”
If this profession is lived consistently
out, there will be no more misunderstand
ings between the United States and its
long misgoverned neighbor. All that Amer
icans wish, all that their Government has
asked is a condition of affairs that will
make “friendly relations” possible and
permit “confidence in the goodwill of
Mexico.”
For years past this has been prevent
ed by a series of unfortunate incidents,
not one of which would have occurred had
those claiming authority across the bor
der shown a fair measure of tact and
considerateness or a reasonable sense of
justice. Even the worst of Villa’s depra
dations would not have threatened the
peaceful standing of the two countries if
those whose duty it was to put down ban
ditry in Mexico had shown themselves
truly concerned for law and order and
mindful of American rights.
Now that the regime of indiference and
bigotry has given place to one showing an
earnest desire to be friends with the out
side world, we may hope for happy and
mutually helpful relations. Both Obregon
and De la Huerta, the outstanding person
ages in present day Mexico, express them
selves to this effect, and moreover recom
mend definite policies that indicate their
good faith.
Though a fair sunrise does not always
vouchsafe an unclouded day, there is good
reason to take these professions as sincere
and likely to be fulfilled. No capable lead
er in Mexico can fail to see that his na
tion’s emergence from her present diffi
culties, economic and political alike de
pends largely upon the good will and aid
of others, particularly the United States;
and the rank and file of thinking Mexi
cans are apparently of that same opinion.
Why France Is Not Bolshevik
WHY is it that one never hears of
Bolshevism in France, not even
the faintest fear of its rooing and
spreading there?
The answer appears partly in the fact
that eighty-eight per cent of that country’s
cultivatable land is owned and tilled by
three million, two hundred thousand peas
ants; partly in the fact that industrial
securities and stocks are distributed on a
similarly wide scale, more than two mil
lion, three hundred persons, for instance,
being owners of bonds or shares in the
nation’s railroads; and partly in the fact
that of the national debt of France, total
ling two hundred and thirty-seven billion
francs, two hundred and three billion are
held by the French rank and file.
These and a host of kindred figures, re
cently compiled by students of economics,
bear eloquent witness to the thrift-making
qualities of patriotism as well as the pa
triot-making qualities of thrift. It was not
by strokes of mere good fortune that these
millions of French peasants, workingmen
and small tradesmen acquired so substan
tial and splendid a part in their country’s
wealth. But it was by steady, full-sin-
ewed labor, by foresight and frugality, by
the exercise of those individual and social
virtues which Bolshevism despises.
The ordinary man’s opportunities in
France have been no richer or more fre
quent than elsewhere, and by no means so
abundant as among Americans. Twice
within little more than four decades the
French people have been called upon to
pour out their treasure and blood for na
tional defense. Have they whimpered and
despaired? Have they turned pessimists or
radicals? The heavier their burdens, the
braver their hearts have been, and the
more loyal!
That is why France has prospered; that
is why she is free. Hers is the national
greatness that rests upon faithful labor
and willing sacrifice. No lesser foundation
ever has or ever will resist the tides of
time.
HOW TO GAIN SKILL
By H. Addington Bruce
PRACTICE, of course, is indispensable to
gaining skill in anything, from playing
the piano to excelling in golf. One must
keep everlastingly at it until the required
movements largely become automatic before
any noteworthy measure of skill results.
But practice alone is not enough.
There are innumerable pianists who prac
tice day after day, yet remain bunglers. And
numerous is the army of golfers conspicuous
as dubs or semi-dubs, despite a veritable mar
tyrdom of practice.
No; something is necessary over and above
repetition of effort. That something is suc
cinctly stated by the psycho-physiologist,
George V. N. Dearborn, when he remarks:
“In order to gain in faculty nearest to orig
inality, to become clever, skilful, expert, and
dexterous, one must put his soul into his work.
And the ground of one’s soul is not thought
but feeling, and will as well.”
Also:
“When a person has a feeling of satisfaction
or of delight in his work, then he does it
well: when of ennui and repugnance, he does
it ill. When creative work is pleasant to the
worker there is progress, when unpleasant, re
gress.”
And further, to quote W. F. Book’s concise
summary of his conclusions from a long ex
perimental research in the development of
skill in the use of a typewriting machine:
“It is not what the learner would like to
do, but what his mental and physical condi
tion at the time of study or practice will let
him do, that is important for determining his
progress.”
All of which is another way of saying that
the person who would gain in skill must, be
sides practicing faithfully, keep his attention
fixed on what he is doing, be enthusiastic
about what he is doing, and take care to keep
in good physical shape so that it will be easy
for him to hold his attention fixed and to be
an enthusiast.
This last proviso too many students com
pletely ignore.
They act as though mind and body were
separate entities. Trying sedulously to culti
vate their mental powers, they let their bodies
take care of themselvs.
Instead of exercising daily, they exercise
scarcely at all. They undereat or they bolt
their meals so that they can get back to their
studies. They work too long and in rooms
faulty in point both of ventilation and of
light.
Naturally their health is none too good.
Naturally they frequently experience feelings
of malaise, or organic discomfort. Naturally
they find little joy either in life as a whole
or in their work as a particular.
And naturally, no matter how faithfully they
practice on piano, typewriting machine, or
whatever it may be, they are far more likely
to break down than to become paragons of
skill.
Which explains why skill of a really high
order is a rarity in the world today.
Too few people take the trouble to learn
how to live. Yet learning how to live is in
truth a prerequisite to learning anything else
in high degree of attainment.
(Copyright, 1920, by The Associated News
papers.)
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
By Dr. Frank Crane
At Your Debating Society or your High
School or College, boys and girls, if you want
to take up a live issue, sharpen your wits
and perhaps learn something useful, sup
pose you attack the
Labor Question.
And to help you in preparing your pro
grame I would suggest the following topics:
Why do we have a holiday called Labor
Day?
What do we mean by Laborers? Are we
not all Laborers? Who are not?
Are strikes necessary, in order to secure
the rights, maintain the wages and improve
the conditions of wage-earners?
Is the Wage System wrong’ What is
meant by the Wage System? [s there any
better way of carrying on industry?
Should postoffice employes, policemen and
other government officials be allowed to
strike?
Is Compulsory Arbitration desirable? Feas
ible?
What is the Soviet idea?
What is Socialism?
Would Socialism be better than our pres
ent system?
What is meant by Capitalism? Why is
Capital needed?
Should the wage workers own the con
cern for which they work?
What is John Leitch’s plan?
To improve the condition of the wage
workers is it advisable to cultivate class feel
ing?
What is a Radical? Do Radicals do more
good than harm?
What is a Conservative? Are Conserva
tives valuable in a community?
How can the balance best be maintained
between Conservatism and Radicalism?
What is the difference between Democ
racy and Socialism? Between Democracy
and Sovietism?
If high prices make high wages necessary,
and if high wages cause higher prices, where
is the ascending scale to stop?
What will be the difference between the
effect of the election of a Republican as
against a Democratic president upon indus
trial conditions?
Give five why he should vote for Hardingi
should vote for Governor Cox.
Give five why he should vote for Marding.
Is there any better way to select govern
ment officers than by political parties?
Don’t be afraid to discuss questions the
whole nation is discussing.
Keep your temper. Listen carefully to your
opponent. Answer his arguments, if you can.
If you cannot, say so.
Keep good natured and open-minded.
Try to find out the truth, and stick to
facts. Truth and facts belong to no party.
Don’t admit anything unless you under
stand it. If you don’j; understand it, find out
about it. Don’t dodge, bluff nor repeat hear
say.
Learn to be a keen, live, well informed
American.
And always be a Good Sport.
Laundry charges must be high in Russia
if they kill everybody who wears a white
collar.
Newspapers now-a-days would be dull
reading were it not for the women humor
ists, but they don’t know it.
MARTIME HARMSEN.
A DIFFERENT
COUNTRY
By FREDERIC J. HASKIN
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 11.
A picture of a nation rap
idly changing, radically dif
ferent from what it was a
hajg a century ago, and even a
quarter of a century ago. is
drawn by the Census bureau as it
puts forth the results of the recent
decennial count.
The most striking thing in this
picture, of course, is the growing
preponderance of the city popula
tion over that in the country; and
the second most striking is the
growth of the large cities which
have alone swallowed up a fourth
of the population.
There will presently be a flood
of comment on the facts revealed,
and all sorts of interests and par
ties will find proof of their conten
tions in them, and glibly explain
them to the last detail. As a matter
of fact, no one knows just what the
changing character of our popula
tion means.
And it is changing not only in
the way of its lite, but in its hu
man make-up. More and metre the
United States is becoming a coun
try whose people are of Semitic,
Mediterranean and African origin,
while the old Nordic strains from
England, Germany and Scandinavia
are steadily declining. These facts
are well-known to anthropologists.
The America of our grandfathers
was a land of blond men of Nor
dic or so-called Anglo-Saxon blood,
who lived outdoors, tilled the soil,
herded cattle, hunted, fished and
sailed the seas from Arctic to Ant
arctic. The America of our grand
sons will be a heavily populated
country of short dark-skinned men,
living for the most part in the most
crowded, complicated and enormous
cities the world has ever seem, de
pending on manufacture, trade and
commerce for their livings.
Headed, Who Knovzs Where?
America is in the midst of transi
tion which is rapid, probably inevi
table, and the final results of which
no man can foresee. That our insti
tutions will have to undergo great
changes to meet these great changes
in our needs almost any fair-mind
ed man could guess. It seems prob
able that Our leading radicals will
soon be behind the times, just as the
radicals of 25 years ago are being
thrown into the discard now.
But when the prophets and sooth
sayers try to go b»yond such gen
eralizations as ihese, and tell us
just where the country is heading
and what it needs, it is time to add
a little salt to the discourse.
Take for example, this n mazing
growth of the city population. It
is predicted that the proportion of
Americans who live in cities will
this census pass the 50 per cent
mark. That is, heretofore more than
half the population has always been
what the census bureau classed rs
rural —living on farms and in vil
lages. Now more than half of it is
classed as urban, and lives in the
larger towns and cities. And this
change is still going on, and has
been rapid and steady. In 1910 only
46.3 per cent of the population
lived in cities and in 1900 only 40.5
per cent.
The common wail raised over this
state of affairs in editorial and
cartoon is that the people are all
leaving the country for the city,
that no one wants to stay on the
farm any more, that the food sup
ply is declining and that the cost
of living is rising for this reason.
The average citizen has come to
picture this movement as an
hegira of country boys, leaving the
plow in the furrow' and the old
folks weeping on the front porch,
hieing him to the city with its
fleshpots and high wages, leaving
the nation to starve.
Farmers Like the Country
The reactionaries and mossbacks
generally treat this movement as a
proof of the declining moral stamina
of the nation. Nobody wants to stay
on the farm and do a hard day’s
work. They all think they have to
go to the movies every night and
wear a stiff collar and work only six
hours a day. It’s disgusting! (The
author of this outburst often works
one hour a week' clipping coupons
off bonds.)
The farmers, on the other hand,
while they paint an equally alarming
picture of this national migration,
say it is all the fault of our economic
system, and that these young fel
lows are leaving the farms because
they can’t make a living there.
The farmers are right In their last
contention. You can easily prove
that for yourself by going into the
country districts anywhere and talk
ing to the people. It is very doubt
ful whether any more boys leave the
farms nowadays for the cities, out
of a deliberate preference for urban
life, than have always done so. Here
and there is a boy born in the coun
try whose greatest usefulness and
happiness is naturally found in the
city, and he usually gets there. But
if there is one thing certain about
country people, especially men, it is
that they like the Country. They like
the freedom, the old clothes, the out
door life, the animals. They do
not have to work as hard as city
folk, despite the popular belief to
the contrary. They work hard in
harvest time, but in January they go
coon-hunting.
Why They Leave
Why, then, do so many country
boys go to the cities? Chiefly be
cause there is no other place for
them to go. Go into any old, set
tled farming district, such as eastern
Maryland. Talk to a farmer who
has four boys. Three of them, he
will tell you, are going away. The
fourth boy will stay and inherit the
old homestead. Why don’t the others
buy farms? For several reasons. In
the first place, the good farms are
not for sale, and they don’t want
the poor ones. In the second place,
to buy unimproved land and put it
under cultivation takes more cap
ital than they can command.
So the boys go to New York or
to Philadelphia and become automo
bile mechanics or electricians or else
they go west in search of land.
But going west is getting to be a
poor expedient. The greater part of
its arable lands are as crowded as
those of the east. Os its public
lands little is left but desert. Just
as the east has its swamps and cut
overs which might be made into
farms, so the west has its Irrigable
deserts. But in both cases it will
take the strong hand of government
to make these lands available.
There is no mystery in this so
called movement of the country pop
ulation to the cities, nor does it rep
resent any great change in the feel
ing or viewpoint of the people, or
any new restlessness. The simple
fact is that there are just so many
farms in the United States. Every
one of them that will yield a living
for hard work is being tilled, and a
good many that will not yield a liv
ing in the long run are being tilled.
The area of cultivation is being ex
tended slowly, which is the only way
it can be extended by men working
singly, with little capital and upon
the least desirable land in the coun
try.
It is true that the population is
increasing faster than the food sup
ply. Nevertheless, the food supply
is still adequate. Its high price is
due almost wholly to the way it is
distributed.
The movement from the country
to the cities will go on steadily and
for a long time. It is inevitable in
a nation which is changing from an
agricultural basis to a comme"cia>
and manufacturing one. But the
farms will always be tilled, and as
soon as the government gets down
to the necessary work of creating
more farms, those will be tilled, too.
A smartly dressed woman, who
visited a department store recently
to make several purchases, noticed
that as one salesman passed her on
to another the remark was passed
in a stage whisper:
“Two-ten!”
She was struck by the oft-repeat
ed remark, and finally said:
“What does two-ten mean?”
‘lt’s nothing,” .eplied the man.
“just a password.”
But she was not satisfied. So
when the messenger brought her
purchases home she said to him:
“Boy, would you like to earn a
quarter?”
“You bet, miss,” was the reply.
“Tell me what does two-ten mean
and I’ll give you the money.”
"That’s easy,” replied the young
ster. “It means keep your two eyes
on her ten fingers.”
She had been taken -or a shop
lifter.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1920.
WITH THE GEORGIA
PRESS
The Third and Thirty-Third City
Atlanta is the thirty-third city in
point of population, but the third
city in point of get up and hustle,
as well as noise.—Thomasville
Times-Enterprise.
Lowering the High Coat
The high cost of running a news
paper for one dollar per week.—
shoes, shirts and overalls. There
is no doubt about it. For instance,
we are offered canned editorials in
sufficient quantity to fill up this
paper for one dollar per week”—
Lyons Progress.
A Righteous Protest
When a man has to pay all the
taxes which is now required of him
to drive an auto, and then has no
better roads than we have, he feels
mighty like cussing a little.—Wal
ton Tribune.
But why should a newspaper man
worry over roads that are too rough
for joy riding?
Uncle Jake is Mistaken
Uncle Jake says women will not
register to vote because they will
have to tell their correct age.—Carey
J. Williams in Greensboro Herald-
Journal.
They will be expected to veil their
correct age, “Uncle,” but they don’t
have to do it.
They Don’t Like Water
Seventy-five years ago it was a
violation of the law to own a bath
tub in the cultured city of Boston.—•
Dahlonega Echo.
And to this good day the citizens
of Boston are not overly fond of
water.
The Women Celebrate
So far the women who have been
celebrating the adoption of the 19th
amendment have all been able to
show up for work the next morning
at the usual hour.—Forsyth County
News.
Toticig $150,C00
The Atlanta man ought not to
have taken that $150,000 in a bag.
Most anybody else would have hired
a squad to tote it around in iron.—
Thomasville Times-Enuterprise.
It requires a larger amount than
a few hundred thousand dollars to
excite an Atlanta man.
The Other Fellow’s Bights
No. Elmer, the public highways
were not made for your convenience
alone. Generosity concedes an inch
to the other fellow.—Cornelia En
terprise.
Generosity makes the concession,
but Elmer is not always so consid
erate.
“Back to the Farm”
Maybe Billy Miske will now join
Jess Willard in the “back to the
farm” movement.”—Dublin Courier-
Herald.
But we hear that Jess may try to
“come back.”
May Dope cci the Bing
Only a few women will be reckless
enough to toss a SSO hat in the po
litical ring.—Brunswick News.
They may decide to fling in their
bonnet or head-rag, who knows?
Reviving an Old Industry
“Old-time people use to ‘rive’
boards with which to cover their
houses. New time people can see the
same process if they go out to John
Sirman’s place, where A. H. Yeomans
is engaged in this business. He has
already manufactured over 20,000
boards and has a contract for about
that many more. He says that split
boards last longer than sawed shin
gles, on account of the straight grain
which throws off the water.” —Mil-
town News.
Back to the Farm
A lot of people who moved from
the country to the city first of the
year are trying to find homes back
in the country for next year. They
find that high wages are not so at
tractive after all when the high cost
of rent and other necessities is taken
into consideration.—Pembroke Enter
prise.
The farmer has many effective
weapons with which to combat the
high cost of living and he is learn
ing to use them.
Misinformed Men
It is evident that the man who
says women will vote as their hus
bands do is not a married man.—
Brunswick News.
Test of Patriotism
Nothing but patriotism could sus
tain a candidate on a speaking tour
in August. There certainly is not
enough money l n the office to be
an inducement.—Quitman Free Press.
Some Folks Are That Way
The fellow who says you can’t be
lieve the newspapers is the same
gent who believes the scandal told
on one of his enemies by the big
gest liar in town. —Cary Williams, in
Greensboro Herald-Journal.
And Time For Low-Hecks
The Americus Times Recorder
notes that it will soon be too cool
for summer furs.—Griffin News
and Sun.
BABEL AND NINEVAH
ARE DISAPPEARING
When the ancient kingdom of the
Assyrians fell through effeminacy
and negligence 300 years after the
Trojan war many petty states arose
out of its ruins, two of which raised
themselves to a high degree of
power.
The kings of Media subdued the
mountain land of Persia and estab
lished relations of amity with hordes
that wandered on the eastern side
of the Caspian sea; they conquered
also a portion of the empire which
had centered in Nineveh. At the
same time the king of Babel, or
Babylon, flourished with still greater
magnificence and power.
In Babylon, ancient 'seat of learn
ing and science, Nabopolassar, after
a long period of anarchy and di
vision, erected a most powerful mon
archy, whose sceptre Nebuchadnezzar,
his son, extended from the Caucasus
mountains, where he defeated the
Iberians, to the sandy deserts of
Lybia. He burnt Jerusalem, defeated
Ammon, Moab and Edom, conquered
Tyre, the richest city of the Phoe
nicians; laid waste Egypt and form
ed his empire on new boundaries. He
adorned Babylon, the city of his
residence, with the noblest works of
architecture, but of this city the ruins
are scarcely discernible. It is still
more difficult to trace the vestiges
of Nineveh, which lay a three days’
journey from it, and whose ruins have
sunk in the marshy soil. —Detroit
News.
AERIAL BATTLES
OF THE FUTURE
The battle for the supremacy of
the air in future wars will be fought
at an elevation well beyond the
range of human vision, that is, at
an altitude above 20,000 feet, ac
cording to a prediction made by the
army air service. Fighting planes
in years to come will be made en
tirely of metal, heavily armored, and
will carry numerous machine guns
and small cannon, it says.
The planes must have a speed of
well over 200 miles an hour, and
must be able to climb 20,000 feet in
ten minutes, or at the rate of two
miles a minute. The pilot will have
to be provided with oxygen and
heating apparatus against the cold
of the higher atmosphere, and the
machine must be so constructed that
half the bracing can be shot away
and the plane still fly. The fuelc
tanks will have to be armored, and
will be placed in the wings, to be
protected against fire, the air serv
ice believes—New York World.
CURRENT EVENTS OF INTEREST p
Georges Carpentier, heavyweight
prizefignter of France, who made
nlmself an idol during the war by
nis daring exploits as an aviator,
arrived in New Yo.k this week. M.
Carpentier is here for a match with
•’Battling” Levinsky.
The people of England are be
ing told that America is on the verge
of ruin on account of prohibition,
according to a British scientist vis
iting this country. He declares that
the “wet” interests of Great Britain
paint vivid pictures of the dire
straights that have taken Uncle Sam
since the “dry” law became effective.
He seems to think that America is
getting along in fairly good shape,
however, after a few weeks spent
here.
United States Senator W. Murray
Crane, of Massachusetts, an old
“war of the Republican patty,
has been ill at his home in Dalton
for several days.
Caruso, the world-famous tenor,
who has been heard by thousands of
southerners during Atlanta's grand
opera seasons, was the featured sing
er at a Fiume Day celebration in
New York last wee!:. More than 590
Italian societies weie represented in
the festivities.
The first international Girl Scou
badge ever awarded, a gold pin call
ed the Thanks Badge, has been pre
sented to Captain Vera Mu t.iova,
chief of the Russian,_C'-’ .vcouts, an
organization of girls
among the refugee Russian children
who htve been staying at Fort
Wadsworth, New York, under the
protection of the Red Cross. This
pin was presented by Miss Esther
Eaton, assistant national director of
the Girl Scouts, in recognition of
the services rendered by Captain
Muraviova in forming the Russian
organization and for work done by
it in caring for the younger- children
of the party, heloing to make c’othes
for them out of army blankets a-'d
looking after their pleasure m the
long journey they are making to
Petrograd.
Cantain Vera, who is a nretty
blonde girl eighteen years old. but
small for her age, Is to continue the
organization of Russian Girl Scouts
°t Petrograd after she reaches there
if it is possible, she says.
The death of Captain George Guv
nemer. the famous French ace, who
was killed by a German aviator three
'■ears ago in a battle in the ar
near Poelcapelle. was commemorat
ed this week by all the aviation units
of the French army. Cantain Guv
nerer's Last citation was solemnly
read to the airmen.
Wall street betting odds on the
election in Maine showed a strong
preference for the Republicans’
chances for carrying the state. On
the general resuits the nrevailing
odds were, R tn 5 in favor of the
T? enublio''n ticket. One waver of .31.-
609 to SI,OOO was reported nlaced
Harding continues to be a 5 to 2
favorite in the p"es’dent{pi
with tho potentin] brokers of Gov
ernor Cox asking 3 to 1.
A cabin message has he»n ’-ecefv«d
in New York from the Rev. Dr T H
Fonditt. stating that the United
Stare* revenue enffor Rear has suc
ceeded fn?" the first time in two years
in hrenk’nr the ice nact and ] n
neachin<r the Prcsbvfe-ian ’’■'lspion ”
Point Rar-ov-. This is fha
most northn-lv mission of the Pres-
Lyterian chn-nh.
farthest north of any mission in
the world.
Thirty men were kiTed. score* we-e
“■mmded and damage amounting to
3250 000 was dcm A bv
of dvnamite ’n Gulino p ny . 1n
last week. Negligence in handlin'-
the explosive in decl"-cd to have
caused the accident. Thu wo-k O s
’oadi-rg Sivns ti'er© has not been ma
terially affected.
Former Emperor William h.o* de
cided to fence himself off completely
from his neighbors at Doorn. Hol
and. At a few nlaces about h’s
house, where persons walking on the
grounds could be seen from the road,
the forme- emne-or has n-dered the
erection of high fences. The work is
now being carried out.
With the ever-inc-easing supply of
electrical energy furnished bv the
development of Switzerland’s vast re
sources in water power, consideration
of various electrically driven house
hold appliances is growing from year
g vn a ... renorts Consul Francis R.
Stewart, Berne. Un to the nresent
time the use of washing machines in
Switzerland has been very limited
and electrically driven machines have
been utilized only in nublic laundries.
The hurried launching of lifeboats
from disabled vessels is usually at
tended by confusion and danger. An
eastern shipyard worker has devised
a new method of lowering the boats
that carries them forty feet away
from the ship’s side, lays them on an
even keel, and gives them a forward
impulse. The small 'boat, instead of
hanging in davits, rests in a cradle
supported by three parallel inclined
arms, which are pivoted near the
yater line and guyed by cables at
tached above.
Sugar cane infected with mosaic
disease near Thomasville. Ga.. has
been inspected by W. C. Herron,
plant entomologist of the state hoard
of entomology. He advises that as
the pulling out of stalks would be
too costly to grind the entire crop
into syrup, and next year plant seed
free from disease.
MUST A GENIUS
BE A FAT MAN?
The connection between feeding
and literary genius has been remark
ed more than once. Zola, It is said,
wrote best when he was very stout,
and when his bulk dwindled so did
his talent.
Theophle Gautier, himself enor
mous, maintained that a man of
genius should be fat, and for proof
of this pointed to “that more barrel
than man,” Balzac; to Alexander Du
mas, “always fat and jolly;” to “the
hippopotamus in breeches,” Rossini
and to the plump and well-fed ap
pearance of Victor Hugo and Sainte-
Beuve.
Byron would never have agreed
with Theophile Gautier’s dictum
that men of genius should be fat
For the increase of his, too, to solid
flesh was the one thing whereof he
was afraid, and various freak diets
were adopted to keep it under.
"Don Joan” was written almost
entirely on gin and water, and in
1813 he lived on six biscuits a day
and tea. Previously at Athens he
had tried a diet of rice in small
quantities, washed down by vinegar
and water, and later on he tried one
thin slice of bread for breakfast
and a vegetable dinner, keeping down
hunger by chewing tobacco. And ap
parently such diets stimulated the
brain while mortifying the flesh.
One of the fattest men of today is
Gilbert Chesterton, that sarcastic
and witty British writer.—Detroit
News.
QUEEREST RAT IS
FOUND IN TEXAS
A rat that looks like a kangaroo,
barks like a prairie dog and is the
size of a squirrel has made its ap
pearance in Caldwell and Bastrop
counties, Tex., according to M. M.
Mills, of Red Rock, who called at the
state department of health at Austin,
to tell of the great numbers of rats
that are now in his community.
Mr. Mills said:
“The tai] is longer than that of
the ordinary rat. There are three
different species, possibly all of the
same family—one with front legs a
little longer than the back, some
thing like the kangaroo rat, but is
not the kangaroo; another with front
legs about in proportion with the
hind ones, and the other just like;
the ordinary rat except for the long
tail.
“The rat with the long front legs
is the one that barks like the prairie
dog.
“They eat everything, crops, fruit,
etc., but are partial to corn. Chick
ens, too, are not spared.
“Cottontail rabits are dying very
rapidly in my section of Texas and I
thought perhaps the rats might be
causing this.”—Dallas News.
The dedication of the monument
erected by the state of New York
at the battlefield of Antietam on
September 17 will be participated in
by a battery of field artillery and
two troops of cavalry, Secretary ot
War Bauer announces. The artil
lerymen and cavalry will march to
the battlefield from Fort Myer, Va.
Lodging houses and “Wardrobes
of thy Poor,” where old clothing is
sold, are being multiplied by tnw
bTench Salvation Army, on much the
same lines as in the United States.
The work, so necessary, now tnat
cities are over-populated and tne
cost of living so nigh, is attracting
the attention of publicans interested
in social work ana French philan
thropic organizations are being
urged to follow the lead of
“L’Armee du Salut,” as the blue-uni- t
formed, tambourine contingent is
known.
Following the importation of wal
nuts to Ciuna by the early mission
aries the Chinese developed this in
dustry so carefully that it has now
reached tremendous proportions, ac
cording to George E. Young, of
Shanghai, China, who has been in
the Orient ten years. Mr. Young
says that the Chinese are growing
tnoie and more interested in their
lands and considerable development
will be seen during the next few
years.
American merchandise valued at ,
10, 000, 000 francs has been sold to
the needy in the devastated regions
of r rance for 3,500,000 francs dur
mg the last year and a half. This
work of fighting the high cost of
living has been carried on by wel
fare societies in co-operative stores
established and stocked bv tno
American Red Cross.
When there no longer is need of
the stores whatever funds may. re
main after the “selling below cost”
campaign, will be used to found a
permanent social welfare institution,
such as libraries and dispensaries, ’
to commemorate America’s aid.
Archaeological investigation will
be greatly facilitated by the use ot
the airplane. For instance, in his
recent flight along the length of
vY i^^„ f H ICa , 1 ? continent Dr. Chalmers
Mitchell, the English scientist, ob- *
r n>ned city on tne oanxs
p „ !e which was wholly un
known and which was to be clearly
cnn?i f h Onl heights, whereas it '
could have been readily overlooked
the a v y chFty PaSSing 011 the surfac ® ‘n
A large body of silver land which
promises to be of great commercial
talue, has been discovered ninety
miles from The Fas, Manitoba. The
• two prospectors, arrived
in Tlie las on the Hudson Bay rail
way bringing with them several
striking samples which have aroused
th® enthusiasm of local mining l men.
.The prospectors reported they made
their find at the north end of Herb
lake, which is reached by a road
twelve miles in length, running from
Mile 82 on the railway. Tile oxidiza
tion was traced for 1,000 feet over
a width of 150 feet. At the ends it
dipped beneath the clay and neither
wall was reached, so it is impossible
to say what the true dimensions
Will be.
Jesse Miller and Mike Stark, living
near Carrollton. Mo„ hold the record
for capturing the largest number of
wolves ever taken by farmers with
out the aid of guns or clubs, although
they admit that to get the nine they
gathered in one morning was not
child’s play.
The wolves were found in a log
near the Beatty farm while the men
were out on an exploring trip. It
was evident that the high water had
driven them from a den in the low
lands and they had sought shelter
in the hollow log, which furnished an
ideal place as protection from the
elements.
Moonshining in West Virginia is in
creasing, according to figures and
reports received at the state prohibi
tion department, there being more
stills raided in June than in any for-
month in the history of the state.
In one raid a still was found in the
attic of a church and the janitor was
charged with being engaged in moon
shining. Another was found in suc
cessful operation in a residence fifty
feet from the state capitol at Charles
ton.
A raid made by officers in Lin
coln county disclosed a still on the
premises of a rich farmer, showing
that poor and rich alike are doing it.
He owns two farms worth at least
SIO,OIO each and a large tobacco crop.
In Summers county a still was cap- .
tured in the home of a man who had
been a school teacher for sixteen
years. Another still was found in
the homo of a man who had been a
teacher fifteen years.
Memorials to two Confederate
generals, Dodson Ramseur
and James Johnston Pettigrew, both
North Carolinians, will be unveiled
near Winchester, Va.. during the
week at the places where they died.
Many southerners, principally North
Carolinians, are expected here for the
exercises, . which will be under the
joint auspices of the North Carolina
■ivioi-'-i Uni’.ed Confederate Veterans,
the North Carolina division of Unit
ed Daughters of the Confederacy and
the North Carolina historical com
mission.
Germany exported about 3,000,000
metric hundredweight of potash last
year, as compared with an annual
pre-war exnortaatiort of from 12,000,-
000 to 16,000.000. ♦
QUIPS AND QUIDDIES
In the vestry after the marriage
service a North London clergyman
reproved the bridegroom for his
burst of laughter in church when
the words of the service “With my
worldly goods I thee endow were
reached.
The bridegroom replied: Why,
bless you, I’ve cnly got this suit of
clothes to endow her with! If I
give her them I’ll have none for
myself, and she can’t wear them,
anyhow.”
A little girl walked into a con
fectionery, placed a nickel on the
counter, and called for an ice cream
cone. "Ice cream cones are seven
cents, little giH,” the fizz, clerk an
nounced. “Well, then* give me a
soda pop.” “Six cents.” “Got any
root beer?” “Yep; six cents, too.”
The little girl sighed disappointed
ly and started out, leaving her
nickel on the counter. “Here, lit
tle girl, you’re leaving your nickel,”
the clerk called to her. “Oh, that’s
all right.” the child shouted back. ,
“It’s no good to me—it won’t buy
anything. »
“The new French maid was all
that the heart could desire. As she
was putting a lovely marcel in her
mistress’ hair one afternoon tha
latter said: «
“I visited a fortune teller this
morning, Yvonne, and asked her
about my husband.”
The maid smiled. “If madame hais
asked me,” she said, “I could have
told madame more than the fortun*
teller could!”
HAMBONE’S MEDITATIONS
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