Newspaper Page Text
ATLANTA.
-THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN-
TURNING PQHUT OF WAR, SAYS BELLOC
Expert, iu Review of First Yea:
Front, Declares Nothin# Since
Weeks of Oenna
That Period in l
on Western
First Three
i Invasion Has Overbalanced
istoric and Military Results.
By HILAIRE BELLOC.
(Foremo*t Military Critic in Europe.)
What number of men per mile are
the least required w^ith the aid of
prolonged intrenchment and of mod
ern military machine*) to hold a cer
tain front In open country is *iii< epti-
ble of endless debate. One hundred
varying factors, from the quality of
troops to the mere nature of soil,
come into such guess-work. Twenty
good authorities may come to twenty
different figures.
But here again we lemain quite
confident, under the conditions of
this war and with the machines it
uses, that 5.000 men, fully equipped
.and gunned, per mile, will certainly
hold such a line; that anything
.much under 3,000 will not.
If the total potential military
power—that is the total power ulti
mately obtainable—of the live great
nations—(Jermany, Austria- Hungary,
Russia, Franco and Britain—were
alone considered, we should make a
very false estimate of Get many's plan
and of its chances of success.
A NATION’S POTENTIAL
MILITARY RESOURCES.
The potential military resources of
any nation, though limited as a maxi
mum by the number of adult males
capable of taking the field at any
moment, vary indifinitely in the num
ber of trained men actually present
at the moment and in the rate at
which even theae can be put into the •by roughly two to one.
modern siege train against permanent
works. They were right in perceiv
ing the enormous opportunities of au
tomobile transportation. They were
mai n|y right in their decision to use
great masses of heavy artillery in the
field; they were certainly right in pro
viding themselves with such an enor
mous superiority in machine guns.
They were wrong in their theory of
field artillery, ana here allowed the
French a considerable advantage.
They were disastrously wrong » n their
choice of dense tactical formations.
Yet they had in their judgment of
what modern warfare would be a clear
advantage with which their intelli
gence and foresight must be credited,
and which gravely added to their
enormoui numerical superiority dur
ing the first months of the campaign.
CON8EQUENCE8 OF
INVASION OF BELGIUM.
So much being said by way of in
troduction to our summary, let us
proceed to the story of the campaign
and show first why Prussia was
tempted to violate the neutrality of
Belgium, and, next, what were the
immediate consequences of that ac
tion.
The German Invader, with admira
ble organization and In a few days,
brought up against the Belgian fron
tier of France, never properly forti
fied because protected by treaty, not
nine or ten, but no less than seven
teen army corps, lie, therefore, out
numbered the seven and three-fourths
corps of his opponents on this front
field and maintained there.
When we speak of the
or potential military power of any
State we further necessarily consider
the factor of time A State may en
ter war with a military power not a
tenth of that which it will develop
before, say, two ysars of such war
fare have elapsed, or it may be so
organized that the whole of Its po
tential power is developed within i
much shorter time.
Though the combined manhood of
Great Britain and France was far
Mess numerous than that of the Teu
ton* (in proportion of about 8 to 12).
yet the enormous resources in men
of Russia alone was more than
equivalent to all the Teuton’s ulti
mate man power
The Industrial resources of the Al
lies. their power of producing arms
and munitions and equipment, were.
Indeed, inferior as a whole to those
of Austria-Hungary and Germany,
would necessarily long remain In
ferior on account of the imperfect and
backward Industrial organisation of
Russia.
, Of the various States erfgaged,
'Great Britain alone could have com
pared with the Teutons’ opportuni
ties. and oven this only after many
months and tho transformation of her
national Industries.
TEUTONS’ ADVANTAGE
AT 8TART-OF WAR.
It was the number of soldiers, guns
and munitions actually present
against France in the first shock of
the campaign—somewhere In the first
four months—that ought, by all rea
sonable calculation, to determine the
. result.
In this concrete piece of calcula-
a£tl°n. concerned—aa potential power
not—With real issues, the Austro-
nermann could prove an advantage so
' overwhelming ^hat, with all the facts
* *>*forq him. an impartial observer
would not have hesitated to prophesy
as certain that complete and swift
victory of the Germanic bodv and Its
’ dependents over the Allies which the
, Government of Berlin took for grant-
• ed. and which its commanders had a
full and reasonable right to expect
The advantage the Teutons pos
sessed was composed of the follow
ing factors:
1— In mere numbers the Austro-
Germans could put into the field dur
ing the first few- weeks of the war
men equipped, officered nnd trained,
with their due complement of guns
•and munitions, in the ratio of about
eight to five ns against the Allies.
France alone was fully conscript
and had possessed for a generation
the organization and material plant
required for the putting into the field
within a few months her maximum
total force. But France was in pop
ulation not nearly a third of the Teii-
ton*, while even of men of military
age her proportion was less than a
third
DIFFICULTIES OF RUSSIA
AND GREAT BRITAIN.
Russia possessed a certain number
of troops, organized. officered.
. equipped, gunned and the rest, of
equal or superior value, unit for unit
to anything the Germans could nut
forward. But those numbers were
• limited by the difficulty of discover-
ing a trained officer class, by the eco.
nomic situation of the Russian Em
pire. and by Its narrow Industrial op
portunities
For the supoort in food alone, as in
munitions and in every other necessi
ty. of a great modern army counted by
millions of men, requires imperatively
a oood railway system and ample
rolling stock.
Great Britain, the third of the Al
lies. though able to exercise increas
ing economic pressure upon the Ger
mans by her naval superiority, had
not envisaged the use In a continental
war of more at the most than four
corps—say. 160.000 men.
2— Prussia and those whom Prits-
fia controlled—n population of 122.-
000.000. with a total man-power In
- the field of at least 12.000.000 In the
first year—was forcing the war at her
own moment after preparation exact -
, ly calculated for that moment"
The advantage given by this posi
tion can not be exaggerated
GERMAN FORESIGHT
PROVED SUPERIOR.
3— The third advantage which
Prussia and her allies possessed may
be exaggerated, and has been exag
gerated considerably, but should, nev
ertheless, be noticed In its due propor
tion.
The theories with regard to modern
war which Germany held as against
those held by her rivals were to prove
upon the whole superior. The guesses
which various services had made as to
the new uses admitted upon new arms
and the new results following upon
new methods of communication and
observation varied In correctness.
Some of the French guesses were
right, some of the German guesses
were wrong, but the balance of judg
ment in this department lay with the 1
(Germans.
Tbay were right in baching the
t And, upon the top of this, Namur
ultimate . -wholly failed to resist. By the morn
ing of Saturday, August 23, the Junc
tion of the Sarnhre and the Meuse
and the bridges across these rivers,
all of which are contained within the
circle of the Namur forts, were In
the hands of the Germans, the two
branches of the French force on the
Middle Meuse, the Sambre, were in
full retreat and suffering the pressure
of forces about double their own.
Two moments of peculiar anxiety
to the higher command were present
during this retreat.
The firet was that when the fort
ress of Maubeuge, offering itself as a
refuge upon the British right, might
have tempted the British field mar-
shal to take advantage of ite works
and to have shut hie army up within
them. It was the intention of the
Germans to compel this conclusion,
and they undoubtedly believed that
the threat to the exposed flank of the
British force would lead to that con*
elusion. It was avoided.
Maubeuge wai left to It* fate, and,
aa the event proved, most wisely. For
it was destined to fall after a resist
ance of less than a fortnight, and
with it would have disappeared, had
they fallen behind the protection of
ite permanent works, all the British
forces in the field.
BATTLE OF MARNE
WAR'S TURNING POINT.
As it was, these forces maintained
their retreat against the heaviest
pressure, fighting in particular, at Le
Gateau, a detaining rear-guard ac
tion which at once checked the pur
suit and frustrated the German at
tempt at enyelopment. This particu
larly brilliant action, fought against
an offensive perhaps fourfold the de
fensive, and certainly in that propor
tion of superiority In guns, was de
cisive in the sense that it saved the
British army.
The decisive action could no longer
take the form of enveloping round by
the west. The Germans would rath
er attempt to pierce the line at one or
more points between the Verdun and
Pari*. The line so pierced, its left, or
western, portion would be isolated and
could be dealt with at leisure and in
detail.
The German effort, therefore (from
this decisive date, September 2 to 4.
which marks the end of their great
advance), had for Its task the break
ing of the allied line between Ver
dun and Paris.
In the way in which he set about
this task, his blunders in the accom
plishment of it, the corresponding op-
injrtunltles seized by the French and
the consequent retirement imposed
upon the Germans, has turned, prob
ably. the histor> of the whole war:
•ertainly (hat of this, its first vear.
It is known to history as “The Battle j
of the Marne.”
It was discovered that this extreme
right, known to the Germans as the
First Army (under the command of '
Von Kluck) was turning at right an
gles to its former direction of ad-
van< e, no longer facing southwest to
ward Pans, but southeast, and was
for the greater part on the march and
in column.
Its object w’hs. combined with the
Second German Army upon its imme
diate left, to bring at a point about 30
or 40 miles from the Paris end of the
line an overwhelming weight of men
that should there break the line.
Thin movement upon the part of
Von Kluck and the westernmost army
of the German line obviously Involved
what is called "a march across the
enemy’s front.”
This Is always a very dangerous
maneuver, because while one's men
are on the march they are not ready
for fighting, and If one's enemy
spreads out parallel to one’s march,
himself ready for fighting, and at
tacks one’s marching columns before
they have time to deploy, those
inarching columns would be destroyed.
A vast amount of diacuasion has
turned upon Von Kluck's motives or'
excuses for this exceedingly rash ac
tion. Whatever they were, he thought
the risk could oe run, and suffered the
consequences of his miscalculation.
The French commander-in-chief at
tacked Von Kluck as he was passing
by »’n column during the whole course
of September 6, and the German plan
fell to pieces.
Von Kluck was, of course, himself
bound to precipitate a retreat, which
he conducted with admirable skill and
with oomparati vely small loss, but
which entailed the corresponding re
treat of every German army in suc
cession eastward right away to the
Argonne and the pivot point of Ver
dun.
The German resistance was suffi
ciently prolonged to enable the Fir."
German Army to retire to the line of
the Aisne.
Along the course of that river and
on across the plain of Ghampagne,
through the middle of the Argonne,
and so to the neighborhood of Verdun,
the German line stretched when, by
the 13th of September, It stood to
cheek the pursuit. The Germans had
prepared defensive positions along the
line. They were chosen, and already
sufficient to afford opportunities for
defense.
From that defensiv® line the Ger
mans were not dislodqed through the
whole of the remaining period to the
moment of writino these lines.
FI RAT THRFF WEEKS
“CAPITAL PERIODS OF WAR.”
With this date, the middle of Sep
tember. we conclude the first chapter
of the great war, which history will
also probably or certainly regard aa
the capital period In the whole story.
The succeeding period up to the mo
ment of writing Is nearly twelve times
as long In mere time. It has cost 1n-
culnblv more in human lives and in
economic values.
Yet it remains true to sav that all
that has passed between Reotember
14, 1914, and August 1, 1915, is no
more than eoual fn historic value and
military meaning to the bare three
weeks which saw the failure of the
German invasion in the west.
Roughly speaking, something be
tween nine and ten men had, In the
battle of the Marne, pushed back be
tween sixteen and seventeen oppo
nents. and on the lines of the Aisne
pinned these opponents to the defen
sive.
HOW GERMANS
E8CAPED OUTFLANKING.
So successful had been the counter
attack of this minority upon that ma
jority which had blundered that the
minority even attempted the task of
getting round the extreme western
end of the German defensive line, out.
flanking it. and so threatening It with
envelopment and compelling Its fur
ther retreat.
Rut with numbers so gravely In
ferior. n task which properlv belongs
nly to considerably superior num
bers was Impossible of achievement
As one French attempt after the
other was thus foiled, as each failed to
oet round the end of the increasing
German line, the onposinq forces nec
essarily stretched farther and farther
north until at last the sea was
reached, and all efforts of either to
outflank the other were forbidden by
this obstacle.
The battle line jao formed efretches
4 r .O miles from tho English Channel to
Switzerland.
(In the next end concluding Install
ment of this article Mr Relloc will re-
Wew the first year of the war on the
eastern front )
Right Will Crush
Knavery .France Is
Told by ex-Queen
(By International News Service.)
P ARIS, Aug. 2G.—“To doubt
for a tingle instant that wa
will be victorious or contsm-
plate the crumbling of our nation
would be not only cowardice but
blasphemy," says former Queen
Amelie of Portugal, in a message
to the women of France made
public to-day. Queen Amelie it
now nursing wounded soldiers tn
a London Hospital.
The message follows:
“Women of France, we have no
right to weep. It is our honor to
suffer silently pending the day
whan national victory will avenge
all our sufferings. Our duty is to
hide our woe and to see in our
distress only the sublime will of
God, who renders heroic every
death in this war. It it not pos
sible that right, sustained by cour
age, will not triumph over knavery
even though it is backed by big
guns. It is an honor to French
women that, by their silent grief
they have paved the way to vic
tory. Later, when normal life is
resumed, we can take up the load
of human woe and then only may
we French women give way to
tears.
-THURSDAY.. AUGUST 26, 191,->.
By TEUTONS TO
(By International News Service.)
ATHENS, Aug. 26.—Dispatches re
ceived from Salonika to-day state that
Constantinople advices report that
Turkish mobs have attacked the
American embassy at the Ottoman
capital three times In attempts to
capture Italians who took refuge
there during the outbreaks that fol
lowed Italy’s declaration of war.
“Several members of the mobs
were killed by troops sent to the em
bassy at the request of Ambassador
Morgenthau,” said one dispatch. “The
soldiers are still on duty. The Ameri
can ambassador has declared his In
tention of protecting the Italians
while they seek protection under the
stars and stripes.”
Supreme News Immense Grain
Rests in U.S. GraftCharged
—Bennett in France
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.
The funeral of Captain Charles H.
Lewis, 77, who died at the home,
No. 31 Cleburne terrace, was held
there Thursday, the Rev. YV. S. Ja
cobs officiating, and the interment
was private in Greenwood.
The funeral of Albert A. Wood, 75,
who died at the home, No. 201
North Jackson street, was held
there Thursday, the Rev. Russell K.
Smith officiating, and the interment
was in Oakland The pallbearers
were George R. Lowndes, Isaac A.
Brady, C. .1. Hamper, A. P. Tripod,
James T. Wright and John R. Dick
ey.
The funeral of Mrs. Daisy Chastain
Tanner, 35, of Ben Hill, who died at
a private hospital, was held Thurs
day from Barclay & Brandon's, and
the interment was in Oakland.
The funeral of Mrs. Era 8. Reid, 27,
who d*ed at a private hospital, was
held Thursday from the home, No.
157 Curran street, and the inter
ment was in Westview.
News has been received here of the
death in New England of Mrs. Roy
S. Hunt, of Chicago, formerly Mis*
Eula Foute, of AtlaYita. Mrs. Hunt
was a sister of Mrs. Charles R
81ms.
The body of Mrs. Nancy Jane Cook,
fl, of Canton, who died at a pri
vate hospital, was sent Thursday to
Canton for funeral and interment.
The funeral of Mrs. Ella Maness, 36,
who died Wednesday at the home,
No. 112 Jefferson street, was held
there Thursday and the body was
pent to Gainesville for interment.
Mrs. Maness is survlded by her
husband. H. Maness; two sons,
Henry A. and Claude Is. Maness; a
daughter. Miss Bessie May Maness.
and a brother. U A. Whitter.
Th
New Offensive on Serbia Shifted
to Threaten the Wavering
Balkan Nation.
PARIS, Aug. 26.—Serbia is re
ported to have given a favorable
reply to the powers of the Quad
ruple Entente relative to the de
mands of Bulgaria for Macedo
nian territory.
Acceptance of Bulgarian de
mands by Serbia it expected to
line up Bulgaria as a friendly
neutral or else bring the Buigar
kingdom into the war on the side
of the Allies.
Gets
Exclusive War Dispatcher of The At
lanta Georgian and The Lon
don Timer.
BUCHAREST, Aug. 26.—Reporfcs
are arriving from many quartos of
the concentration of Austro-Geiman
troops along the north bank of the
Danube. Freight traffic between
Koumania and A ustro-Hungary is
completely suspended; paisenger
traffic is limited to one train each
way This Is undoubtedly due to the
progress of troops southwest of
Galicia.
The new offensive against Serbia
will, it is stated, be carried out on
a different plan from the last cam
paign. Western Serbia will be avoid
ed, the invading forces will be con
centrated in the northeastern dis
tricts with a view to eventually con
tinuing the advance through Bul
garia via Widin, Pelogradchik and
Sofia.
There is reason to believe the Bul
garian Government has been inform
ed of the intended aggression, ad
monished of the futility of all oppo
sition and Invited to co-operate with
the central powers. In case of re
sistance the fate of Belgium awaits
Bulgaria. If she acquiesces in their
plans she w!l! obtain cart blanche In
dealing with Serbia and exacting
vengeance for the humiliation of
tsiz
Whether Bulgaria can be induced
to yield to this temptation, practi
cally repeating the disastrous policy
of that year will, to a large extent,
depend on the attitude of Roumania.
The Bulgarian Government is wait
ing. Roumania is averse to the idea
of another Balkan conflict, and would
consequently disapprove an attack
upon Serbia but so far there has
been no indication in regard to the
prospective attitude of Roumania in
caw the central powers carry opt the
threatened invasion. This would be
practically rendered impossible should
the two Danubian states combine
forces. Together they could put
1,000,000 men in the field.
Atlanta’s Godmother
Celebrates Birthday
Mrs Martha Lumpkin Compton,
from whom Atlanta got its name
when it was Marthasville, celebrated
her $8tn birthday at her home In De
catur Wednesday. A surprise lunch
eon was given In her honor.
When Mrs. Compton was a little
girl and Atlanta but a village, her
father. Governor Lumpkin. w r as>
Georgia’s chief executive, and he
named the village for his daughter.
Mrs. Compti n has made her home in
Decatur for the last seven years,
moving there from Athens. Ga.
‘Cussing Is Cussing/
Says Macon Judge
MACON. Aug. 20.—It Is Just
much a violation of law to curse in a
foreign language on the streets of
Macon a$ It is to use obscene or pro
fane English.
This was held by Recorder Cochran
In fining an Assyrian who. In his na
tlve tongue, told one of his country
men to go to a warmer climate, spec
ifying the place.
By ARNOLD BENNETT.
(Noted English Novelist.)
LONDON. Aug. 26.—The su
preme news will *oon come, not
from the east, but the west. The
question is not whether we shall
get help from the United {Mates
In this war; that question is not
Important, because we do not
need the help of the United
States. The question is: Will the
United States, to whom destiny
for the present has given the cus
tody of the general rights of hu
manity. make the sacrifice which
alone can prove to the world that
she appreciates the greatness of
her rule? No outstanding ques
tion equals this in gravity.
The last American note to
Germany said the Government of
the United States would continue
to contend for "that freedom,
from whatever quarter violated,
without compromise and at ajiy
cost.’’
The note said that “repetitions
by commanders of German naval
vessels of acts In contravention
of those rights must be regarded
by the Government of the United
Stale.', when they affect Ameri
can citizens, as deliberately un
friendly.”
This language >s plain The
German reply, which happened to
take the shape of a torpedo, also
Is fairly plain.
(By International News Service.)
PARIS. Aug. 26. Charges of graft
in Government grain contracts
amounting to $400,000 are In the hands
of the budget committee of the cham
ber of deputies, having been made In
a secret report by Deputy Boret. The
irregularities took place in the pur
chase of wheat for the army, it Is
said. Lucian Baumann, one of the
biggest wheat dealers in France,
handled the contracts. Some time
ago M. Baumann was appointed sole
agent for the purchase of American
wheat and oats and was allowed com
missions of $133,000 by the Govern
ment.
According to the allegations of
Deputy Boret the grain agent induced
the military supply department to ac
cept a quotation of >4.70 per hundred,
weight for wheat when the market
price was fluctuating around $4. This,
according to M. Boret. gave Baumann
a much laiger profit than he was en
titled to.
BIG STEAMER TORPEDOED.
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Aug. 26.—The British
steamship Windsor. 6,055 tons, has
been sunk by a German submarine.
Her crew was rescued by the Nor
wegian steamer Haytor. and later
transferred to the New Zealand liner
Remuera The W indsor sailed from
London.
body of Mrs. Mary Lou Foster,
58. who died Wednesday at the
home. No. 1300 DeKalb avenue. Is
survived by her husband. J. J Fos
ter; nine *ons. Miles, Daniel, James,
Robert. Walter, Homer, Mark,
Frarjk and Edward Foster, three
daughter?, Mrs. J. C. Orr, Mrs. YV.
O. Stinchcomb and Mrs. 8. E. Hope,
and 49 grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren.
Sam Stark Is Back
From Eastern Trip
Samuel M. Stark, formerly^ in
charge of Eiseman Brothers' tailoring
department, has returned with his
family from New York
KODAK
•a** Sint for SRIl DKVEIOPMINT LmM
■Him <or fclefcMt Hkm SeNhle#. *«•* if
KtStfc Mltlti »n* ftoitxhit tritM- Mall irOw
rtitfiN ■ man Minn mpftt* d 0. D.
HAWKES
CAROLINA PORTLAND
CEMENT COMPANY
ATLANTA. QA.
Wholesale Lumber. Shingles, Lathe
6late-eoated Asphalt Shingle#
Acme Plaster, Keystone White
Lime. Hydrated Lime. Standard
Cement.
Postmaster Jones
To Return Sunday
Postmaster Bolling H. Jones, who has
been away on a four week’s vacation,
will return Sunday and he at his office
Monday morning.
Mr. Jones has kept his summer re
sort unknown, for he said on leaving
that he did not want any mail to fol
low' him It is assumed that he went
to the North Carolina mountains, far
from railroads and postoffices.
Do You Want
White Skin?
I DLE wishing never yet
changed an ugly complex*
Ion. Do something. Find the
remedy. There is a remedy
for every evil. If you have a
very dark, coarse, swarthy
looking skin. TRY
Society Splashes and
Splashed as Diving Venus
Crowned by Crowd.
Continued From Page 1.
Jinks. By 8 o'clock you could hear
that swimming pool as far south
Smyrna. Within the magic inclosure
jou could hear a pin drop—if it was
a coupling pin dropped from a con
siderable height upon your alleged
dome of thought.
Quite a long time ago i heard a
petite but plump little British vaude-
villian sing a song about “Won t You
Come and Splash Me in the Ocean
Blue?” and I did wish that smal
Briton had been at the Crystal Pool
last, night. She called in "splosh.”
She would have been sploshed, all
right. And I think the stage bathing
suit she wore would have run con
siderably.
Well, 1 was going on to say that
Miss Esther Maddox got the majority
of the votes, or at least a plurality,
whichever It is; and she was entitled
to name the pool, which she chris
tened The Crystal, without wasting
any champagne by busting it over the
prow.
Acre of Small Boys.
And it Is a thoroughly good pool—
21 by 60 feel, ranging in depth from
less then a yard to more than eight
feet, holding 48,000 gallons of water
and half an acre of Small Boys—at
least, it did last night.
Splash! Splash! SPLOSH!
That’s the way it sounded, and
every now and then a bucket of tepid
water hitting you in that part of your
Palm Beach anatomy nearest the
breakers. The springboard at the
eastern end sprang up and down like
a maternal slipper over the western
side of a refractory youth—that is,
the side the son sets on. The clear
green water was speckied with bob
bing heads and one young woman in
the reddest bathing costume 1 ever
hope to see, only it looks the same as
the rest in a photograph.
There were four young women In
the pool, and if they did any swim
ming it was while l was blinking the
surf out of my eyes. But they helped
the looks of things amazingly. Bath
ing suits are eminently b©com!fig to
some people. The four were among
that number. It appeared that the
millinery and dressmaking establish
ments has been swamped with orders
for tailored suits, and couldn’t get
them ready in time, or there w’ould
have been a regular Beauty Chorus
on display. Also, the jam of Small
Fry kept numerous Diving Vbnuses.
or Van!, or whatever the plural is,
out of the surf. At that, they got good
and wet standing on the beach.
Couldn’t Get Full Chorus.
I pleaded with several to line up for
the camera with the Intrepid Four,
who were very kind about it. I want
ed a regular shoal of Youth and
Beauty—the four were fine samples,
but I wanted a regular Follies of 1915
effect.
They wouldn’t. They were obdu
rate They were the obduratest bunch
of damsels I ever made speeches to.
They didn’t mind being photographed,
it seemed, but they did hate the trou
ble of dress! ng—that's what they
called it. I had one especially pro-
Thin Men and Women
Do You Want to Get Fat and Be
Strong ?
The trouble with mnat thin folks who
wish to gain weight is that they insist
on drugging their stomach or stuffing It
with greasy food; rubbing on useless
‘‘flesh creams." or following some fool
ish physical culture stunt, while the real
cause of thinness goes untouched. You
can not get fat until your digestive tract
property assimilates the food you cat.
There is a preparation known to re
liable druggists almost everywhere,
which seemingly embodies the missing
elements needed by the digestive organs
to help them convert food into rich, fat
laden blood. This preparation is called
Sargol and much remarkable testimony
Is given as to its successful use in flesh
building. Sargol, which comes in the
form of a small non-lnjurious tablet,
taken at meals and mixing with the di
gesting food, tends to prepare its fat.
flesh and muscle-building elements so
that the blood can readily accept and
carry them to the starved portions of
the body. You can readily picture the
transformation that additional and pre
viously lacking flesh-making material
should bring with your cheeks Ailing
out. hollows about your neck, shoulders
and bust disappearing and your taking
on from 10 to 20 pounds of solid healthy
flesh. Sargol is harmless, inexpensive,
efficient. Jacobs' Pharmacy and other
leading druggists of this vicinity have it
and are authorized to refund your mon
ey if weight increase is not obtained as
per the guarantee found in each large
package.
NOTE:—Sargol Is recommended only
as a flesh-builder, and while excellent
results in cases of nervous indigestion,
etc., have been reported, care should be
taken about using it unless a gain of
weight is desired.—Advertisement.
SACK
PAINS
traded squabble with an absolutely
| Raving Beauty, although I was doing
| the bulk of the raving.
I assured her that we would wait
until daylight to get her in the group
or would take her solo, or sitting
down, or diving, or she needn’t get
wet. even; but just look as if she
were thinking about it; or September
Morn, or squeezing out her Raven
Tresses, op anything.
And she said that her bathing suit
(which was a pippin) was at home,
and that it would take her half an
hour to get into it, if she had it there,
and even longer to—that she was
going to something else that evening.
And that her Complexion probably
woqld come off.
That was too many for me. and.
after daring her once or twice, I gave
up. And now I hope the picture of
the other damsels will be just half as
good looking a* they are. so this one
and some others will be good and en
vious and break out with Green
Lumps like Gooseberries, which
would be worse for the complexion
than getting It wet.
“Among Those Present."
Anyway, we had a great old time,
and there were several hundred there,
swimming and spectating, during the
evening. And it is a first-class pool
in every respect, and the water really
is warmed. And among those pres
ent at the opening night were Mrs
Joseph M. Brown, and Mrs. S. V. San
ford, and Mrs. Pierre Cambios, and
Mrs. H. N. DuPre, and Mrs. Henry
Wyatt Jr., and a lot more, and the
four Venuses were Miss Ellen Cam
bios and Miss Esther Maddox—
Queen of the Ball—and Miss Kather
ine Coryew, and Mrs. Sarah Worley:
and there were a lot of men there, too.
cnly it’s too much trouble to recall
them for the space they fill up. And
a pleasant time was had by all. and I
went home and had myself run
through a Clothes Wringer.
It was a good show.
Coles Says Cotton
Is 27 Per Cent Off
Georgia will produce 2.030,000 bales
of cotton this year, which is 18 per
cent less than last year and 27 per
cent less than the normal crop, ac
cording to the estimate of A. P. Coles,
vice president of the Central Bank
and Trust Corporation, which hie
been sent out to patrons. The esti
mate was made up of reports from
correspondent banks.
For seven years Mr. Coles has sent
out these estimates, and his opinion
is considered authoritative. Last year
he missed his guess only one-half of
1 per cent.
P
Husband Charged
With Old, Old Crime
Parks Walker, who was said by his
wife, Mrs. Ida Walker, to have de-
serted her and to be living some
where in Texas. Thursday was de
fendant in a divorce suit, in which
the wife charged him with a capital
brand of meanness. She declared he
forced her to work, and then took her
wages and squandered it.
She said he drank and gambled,
ar.d treated her cruelly. Attorneys
Moon and Candler represent Mrs.
Walker.
Poslam does wonders In clearing com
plexions overnight; soothes Inflamed
skin; relieves Sunburn, Ivy-Poisoning,
Mosquito Bites, taking out all sore
ness. The same positive healing power
by which Poslam eradicates worst cases
of stubborn Eczema will serve you. if
you will but employ It, to be rid of any
affection or disordered condition of the
skin. Minor troubles require few ap
plications. Pimples quickly go.
Poslam Soap is tne absolutely safe
soap for tender, sensitive skin—a daily
delight for Toilet and Bath.
For samples, send 4c stamps to Emer
gency Laboratories. 32 West 2nth Rt.,
New York City. Sold by all Druggists.
—Advertisement.
Governor Harris Off
For Trip to Macon
Governor Nat E. Harris left Thurs- i
day morning for Macon to look after
some personal business matters. He
will return Friday to resume his du- i
ties at the Capitol.
He has fully recovered from his I
illness, it was stated.
THREE WEEKS
EXPOSITION SPECIAL
September 5th
This tour goes via Chicago, Den
ver. Colorado Springs, Salt Lake
City and San Francisco. Returning
by way of Los Angeles. San Diego,
William#,. Kansas City and St. Louis.
This tour is personally conducted
and chaperoned. Transportation,
tourist and standard Pullmans, lodg
ing at high-class hotels and transfer
of hand baggage Included. Arrive at
cost by adding $50 for local trans
portation If an upper Is desired, and
$45 where two use a lower In a tour-
1st Pullman. Standard Pullman $20
extra for a lower and $10 extra for
an upper.
For further Information, map or
folder, write the
McFarland tourist agency,
Atlanta. Ga.
VALUES
Low Prices—
No matter how low the prices may be,
the customer expects the article bought
from any store to give satisfaction!
A ridiculously low price does not atone
for the disappointment the customer ex
periences in getting stung!
Atlanta’s X-Ray Stores combine good
merchandise with the right prices—and
your comfort and ease while shopping is
assured by competent and up-to-the-min
ute business methods!
Atlanta’s Business X-Ray is the best
guide for you!
ATLANTA RETAIL MERCHANTS
ASSOCIATION.
A GUARANTEE OF TRUTH
LOOK FOR IT IN THE ADS IN THIS PAPER
DR. J.T. GAULT
SPECIALIST (for m*n'
32 Inman Building
Atlanta Georgia
Dr. Palmer’s
Skin Whitener
Th«re Is no doubt whatever
about Its marreloua whitening
effect upon a dark, sallow com
plexion. and It makes the akin
soft and cleer.
Of course you won't believe
thle unless yon try It. But one
box will show you how eeev tt
U to Improve your complexion.
25r postpaid anywhere.
Oood agent* wanted In ov>
dry town. Write for term*.
For Sale by
All Jacobs’ Stores
and Druggists Generally
Twinges in Fingers or Joints,
Swollen Ankles or Eyelids Signs
of Weak Kidneys—Try Stuart’s
Buchu and Juniper.
Swollen or puffy eyelids or ankles,
twinges or back pains in the region
of kidneys, aching bones, spots be
fore the eyes, yellow skin, shortness
of breath, dizziness, dropsy, diabetes,
difficulty in urinating, rheumatism,
headaches are sure signs of weak
kidneys. Get at pnee from any re
liable druggist a bottle of Stuart's
Buchu and Juniper Compound. Take
tablespoonful after each meal.
Drink plenty of water In a day or
so vour kidneys and bladder will act
fine and natural The symptoms dis
appear like magic, for Stuart’s Buchu
and Juniper Compound acts quickly
on the kidneys and bladder, strength
ens these organs and drains all im
purities from the kidneys. You then
quickly regain your buoyancy and
ambition, the skin taking on the red
hue of pure rich blood. All swellings
In ankles or eyelids pass away. Dia
bates and dropsy are .tired Back
pains and shortness «*f breath cease
to worry you.—Advertisement.
IN THE FIELD
For a Good Agency Proposition?
Then study each proposition listed in the
Agents Wanted Columns in The Georgian's
Want Ad Section. There' s surely some propo
sition that will appeal to you as filled with
money-making possibilities.
Many successful business men who have
handled agency propositions feel that it is the
best training for any man, no matter what field
he may enter later on.
To-day there are assured profits for wide
awake men and women who are engaged in
this line of work. If you want to become an
agent for a truly reliable firm, don’t fail to read
the exceptional list of agency offerings in
i
i IF