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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-07-05

In Georgia and throughout the south towns
before will celebrate the birthday of American
independence This significant and gratifying fact 1t ind
acquiring national consciousness and are CONF
ing feel what to be of the United States
This true of the south alone but of all sections We OBJ
serve sharply for period the Fourth of
July naturally calendar of festivals For that
matter the people of the north the east and the west
looked with indulgence rather than enthusiasm
on Fourth Perhaps this due to the
particular brand of oratoy served to them after year. or
perhaps fghu and manning of children
by fireworks But the fact that this coming independence day
will be celebrated widely and genuinely is due most of all
that the United States counts for
thing large and definite the of the ear ana IN e
history of the world
The keeny realize this the more forcby
it taught impressed upon citizen the
better will be nation and all states Patriotism is
practical 1t matter of whoops and adJectve
but of education and understanding.
by the majority of American col
ege students and citizens realize just what the United States
map the earth and in the history of the world
who know of Greece than OF
Georgia thousands travellers who have more of Eu
rope than of America
During the current summer thousands will sail
for the Old World that they will spend there not
hundred million dollars of this countrys money
splendid thing take trip abroad But how many OF
the breadth and richness OF their own
andi hey postcards home the Philadelphia North
American pcturng Mont Blanc and the ungfrau but how
many have seen dawn or the moonlight Rockies from Colo
RADIO Springs Buei They know Havre and Ply
mouth Queenstown but they have Puget Sound
where all the worlds could lie in landocked harbor
They dream Riviera and in their ignorance overase be-
cause they do not Florida and southern California
two Rveras surpass in beauty the Golden Coast
The United given world lessons in govern
ment people made records the conquest OF the
and capacity for organization has opened new
freedom for political and religious thought and mas
hundreds useful and wonderful The first electric
the United States The telephone and telegraph
American inventions.
political and mechanical genius of this country It's nat
beauties its rich human hstorythese are all worth knowing
men especially by ourselves here at home
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-07-05
The BUREAU OF MINES

The new bureau of mines, in the depart
ment of the interior begins its existence
today The act establishing the bureau was
approved by President Taft on May 1e
of this year. In the creation Of this bu-
reau the government gives tardy recog-
milton to the second greatest industry of
the nation, an industry which yields to
the nation more than two billion dollars
a year in wealth. The work of the bureau
OF mines will be a work OF conservation,
in that it's prime purposes are the saving
of human lives and the prevention of act
ual waste and loss in the mines of the
country The bureau will not undertake
the work of mine inspection, which will
remain under the control of the several
states, but will give the state inspectors
it's cooperation and advice, especially
along lines suggested by scientific inves-
tigation.
Nearly three years ago, under the direc-
ton of the geological survey, system
attic investigation Of the fuel supply was
undertaken. This investigation directed
attention to the wasteful methods of coal
mining in this country, and also to the
great loss of life among miners, espe-
cially those working in coal fields. The
work of this particular investigation
which included also the testing Of struc-
tural materials, expanded so rapidly and
was so productive of beneficial results,
that new life was given to the long dor
mant demand for a federal bureau of
mines This movement has its fruition
today in the establishment of the bureau.
Life saving is to be one of the CHIEF
purposes of the bureau. There are seven
hundred thousand coal miners in the
United States. and it is shameful fact
that a greater number of men are killed
In the mines of the United States every
year than in the mines of any other coun-
try. a number greater both in the aggre-
gate and In proportion to the number Of
men employed. Furthermore, the records
show that the proportion of deaths among
coal miners has been increasing in this
country while 1t has been decreasing In
all other countries In connection with this
statement 1t is interesting TO note that the
United States is the last mining nation to
establish a government bureau Of mines.
Tha rate per thousand Of man killed at
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-07-05
The Day of Appomattox Sur
render

PoWERSyILLE, Ca, June n, 1910.
Mrs. W. H. FELTON,, Atlanta, Ca:
Dear Madam very much interested
in reading about your trip down the James
river in The Journal OF June Il
was a Confederate soldier, a member OF
Company G. cath Georgia regiment wrighrs
brigade and was in several battles you mem
tion. Deep Bottom. Frazier's Farm, Drewry's
Fluff
II I'm not mistaken you made q mistake
where you spoke of visiting st. Paui's church
where jefferson Davis worshipped and that he
was sitting in his pew there on that Hateful
Sunday morning in April. 1865, when a message
from General Lee brought him tidings that the
surrender at Appomsttox could not be longer
delayed.
You make II appear that Jefferson Davis
was in the church on the day of the surrender,
which was the 9th of April. Richmond had
fallen In the hands OF the enemy on Sunday
morning. the I'd day Of April.
well remember the circumstances ABORT
General Lees sending a messenger to MI.
Davis. II was on Sunday morning the I'd day
Of April, the day the enemy broke our lines
in front of Petersburg and not on the day OF
the surrender at Appomattox.
I am glad to know that you are willing 10
give the old soldiers space in The Journal ~
tell of their hardships during the war.
l wish you would write more war letters
Please pardon me for calling your attention
y INV ave. J. n. n. CIIErr.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-07-05
A Word of Cheer
NEFNAN, Ca, June 81. 1910.

NEFNAN, Ga, June q, 1910.
Mrs W. f. Felton, Gainesville. Ca:
/ must tell you how i appreciate your COLI
umn In Semi Weekly Journal. don't see why
you are not given more space. admire your
positive ideas and wise counsels. IL all farmers
were as faithful and attentive to business as
you have ever been, what prosperous world
this would be. 1 greatly enjoyed reading Of
your trip to Washington, d. c. What keen
delight that would have been for my better
half she so much enjoys Sunday school work.
/ often tell her / wish we lived in town, but
make no effort to move there, because don't
want to quit farming. While I'm really not
physically able TO do the work that should
be done for first class farming, l love the
country the singing birds. Often while am
eating my morning meal a mocking bird sings
for me. While I write today all over the
yard the hens cackle. l do like to work with
chickens often ask my wife IL she has fed
them 1 think when she is quite busy she
dislikes to hear me, so I often feed them for
her. like II. 1 have had some experiences
with hogs. and like that too.
Your town home is where Sam Jones, BIN
Arp Charles n. SMITH, have lived and gone
forth to bless the world. May you live TO con-
time to bless humanity with your pen, for the
pen is mIghtier than the sword. II yoa shonid
ever come to Newman, our county seat or
Moreland, our church going town, two and ono
half lines away, I weuld make an extra er-
fort to get there TO you new school
building is going up in Moreland now, worth
$4,000 A good teacher is needed. Gerry re-
snac+fu1lv r. T. DRAKE.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-07-05
MRS. HEN PEN.

Mrs Hen Pen was the very vafnest
fowl that lived at Sleepy Hollow Farm.
She always passed the other hens step
pirg proudly and throwing her head back
with a loud cluck TO the large brood of
chickens behind her. Because these
broods were always so large was the rea-
son of her great pride and haughtiness.
In her time no other hen had come off
her nest with brood anywhere near the
size Of hers, and she was quite sure that
il was impossible &c find such fine chicks
as hers in all the world.
This spring she came off with 20 fuzzy
little beauties, and she was prouder than
ever, looking with pity upon Mrs. Brown
Ieghorn's brood of ten and Mrs. Ban
tam's poor little babies. She gathered
her children about her and marched all
over the farm.
But up by the house a surprise awaited
her. There were several little wire pens.
and in each pen as many as 90 chicks
all the same size and color and just
as pretty and lively as hers Poor Mrs.
Hen Pen! This was too much! There are
hens" she thought. who have broods
more than twice the size of mine, and
aren't proud of q at all-don't even
care enough to stay with them and show
them off"
She turned and went back TO the barn
yard slowly. her head down. her pride all
gone. She never again snubbed the other
hens, but was neighborly and kind to
them all.
But what do you think would happen
If she should ever find out that those
chickens all had one mother. and that
mother an incubator?
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-07-05
THE TERCENTENARY
OF THE KING JAMES
VERSION OF THE BIBLE

In the year 1911 the Oxford Press will
issue commemorative edition Of the
King James Version of the Holy Scrip
lures in recognition of the tercentenary
of that notable translation of Gods Word
into our English tongue. A company of
editors was organized some months ago
TO prepare the work, and they have re-
Gently held a meeting at Princeton, n. j..
for the purpose of reviewing some of the
results of their labors and Of arranging
for the completion of what remains.
1t should be noted that it is an edition,
and not another revision, which is pro-
posed.
The Revised Version, after twenty-five
years. has not been able to take the place
of the King James Version. 1t is used
by students as a commentary, but for
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-07-05
Working the Roads

Now that the convicts have been turned over
to the various counties in the state TO put the
highways in first-class order. there should t'c
concerted and thorough system inaugurated for
making our roads. 1t will cost each county
a pretty sum to keep up the convicts-thelr
provisions and their guards. and something
should come out from this outlay to repay the
taxpayers for this expense. and that something
should be good roads. A few days ago good
farmers wife said TO me: 1T is just shame.
Our roads out in the hills are simply impassa-
Bile. they are 80 quilted and rough, and all the
work that the county does around here il TO
scrape and smooth off the Tennessee road so
these rich people with automobiles can have a
fine time"
l do not travel out on the billy reads my
self. so cannot speak from experience. But
there is considerable feeling about the extensive
care OF the main roads. where auto machines
skim along as compared with the neishb 'r-
hood roads that come into the main roads from
the hills. These autos are :'orse AMI mute
scarers and some OF my neighbors feel obliged
to borrow stock about and around to find an
animal that viii not rear up and whirl about
when the smoking autos go whizzing by when
they SO to town on business.
A hint to the wise should be Sufficient. and
while the main roads should be kept in prime
order. there should be some attention paid to
the other and smaller roads owned by the eoun-
~.
As we have many convicts. there should be
some macadamized roads finished up during each
year. II only five miles can be completed in
first class order. finish the five miles, that
we count that much well done.
II employ the convicts on roads alone.
there certainly should be something done that
will reflect credit on the system. Nothing will
answer but a good firm roadbed that will show
up in good order after a rainy spell.
We have had serious spell Of rainy wealth
were lately scraped and the dirt pulled up to
the center are simply an expanse Of deep mud
and dirty water. 1t is time and money thrown
away to keep scraping the same dirt and
feel sure there will be outcry az this useless
work. unless somebody decides to haul in broken
stone and pack the dirt with something that
will stay in place and that will not wash down
Into the side bitches after every heavy rain.
There should be some neghborhood roads cut
across intersecting the main lines also so that
people can go to market or to the post office
without being obliged to go one or two miles
out Of their way TO reach outlet. / have
been begging for a road to be continued across
our farm for a solid three years. SO that people
who must get out to the main road shall not
feel obliged TO cut across my land and make q
dozen roads instead OF keeping to one good
one. but have been defeated up to date. When
get a chance am going to talk plainly
about it,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-07-05

daily reading most people prefer the Au-
thorized Version. More than ten copies
of the King James Version are sold for
every copy of the Revised Version which
is bought The various twentieth CEN
fury" versions and parephrases put forth
by sundry publishers and persons have
an inappreciable sale in comparison with
the vast number of copies of the King
James Version which the English-speak-
Ing people take annually.
1t is true that the great Bible societies
give the preference to the King James
Version, and that fact in part explains its
continued popularity but this preference
Of the Bible societies is itself a most
interesting fact which calls for eXplana-
ton. and II cannot be explained on any
other ground than the superior qualities
Of the Authorized Version. The bottom
fact is, the people want the King James
Version in preference to all others. A
pious Presbyterian expressed in my hear
ing, a few years ago, the feeling Of null
tiplied thousands concerning the various
revisions of the last twenty-five years.
He had been attending the Sunday school
class taught by young professor In one
Of cur southern colleges, who felt him
self far too advanced" to use the
old King James Version" and when he
came from the class, a friend said, How
did you enjoy the professors class?" to
which he replied. Not at all; he uses
one OF those slang Bibles"
There is the point: The recent versions
want the reverent form and commanding
dignity of the King James Version. Be-
tween the lofty truths set forth in the
Holy Scriptures and the English used by
our modern translators there is a very
displeasing dissonance.
Pascal long ago called attention to 1.-The
vast difference between a book which
one makes and throws among a people
and a book which of itself makes a peo-
ple" and this King James Version of
the Scriptures has had much to do with
making the English-spealSing people what
they are. 1t is wrought into their lam
guage and manners and life. AS the
great French essayist M. Tame has re-
marked, II has made them biblical" To
the same purpose speaks Professor Hulk
ley, when he says, For three centuries,
this book has been woven into the life of
all that Is best and noblest in English
history; IL has become the national epic
of Britain, and is as familiar to noble
and simple. from John O'Groat"s house
to Lands End, as Dante and Tasso once
were to the Italians" The case is even
stronger than Professor Huxley puts IL.
The Italians never knew Dante and Tasso
as the English-speaking people know the
English Bible, and the poets Of no land
whatsoever, ancient or modern, ever so
Influenced the men and women who read
their lines. The sixty-siX pamphlets OF
which the Bible is composed came to the
English peoples from afar; they are ORR
entail writings come down from ancient
times. But in the King James Version
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-07-05

frightened runaway horses, sometimes fast au-
tomobiIing kills the people who are driving their
own machines and much too often the machines
dare too much with railroad trains and gen
eral smash up takes place
That legislation is Imperative to prevent risks
and dangers goes without saying and great
many people in the rural sections are getting
restless and complaining that these horse-scar-
ing things are not curbed or made to navel
on specified roads where they may be avoid
cd. by going round another way.
1t is a fine thing Of course TO skin over the
road like a bird flies and there are plenty OF
people who will dare the danger until they
meet their fate but is ii right TO permit these
rash people either TO kill themselves or TO con-
tribute to the killing Of people who do not owl
automobiles?
/ am glad 10 that tn lie '-slnture Is
looking into these matters and will be glad
der still when machine owners will go slower
aud Sc manage as to reduce the risks to
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-07-05
Dangerous Automobiles

] know you read of the awful tragedy that
occurred where railroad train struck an au-
tomobile filled with happy people and all but
two are dead, and of these is in a dying
condition.
They were about to cross the track, not far
from Monticello, Ga, and they did not see
the train and the engineer did not see the
machine until the catastrophe was unavoida-
BILE. Anyhow there is nothing but agonixing
grief and lifelong regret for the portion of
the only survivor Of the automobile party. II
is no new subject with me to warn the readers
OF The Semi-Weekly Journal that automobTline
is too often death-dealing performance.
Sometimes the country people are killed by
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-07-05
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-07-05

II is highly probable that there viii
be more danger at Reno from the pick
pocket OF the effete east than the pro-
fessionsI bad man Of the far west.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-07-05

A Harvard student says he can live
on 81 q week. He doesn't say whether
he Is married or single.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-07-05

The past June was Chicago's best mar
rying month Divorce month statistics
are yet TO come.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-07-05

Recent estimates give Washington's
population as $4,000. not Including the
insurgents
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-07-05

There IL an opportunity at the big fight
10 establish both hitting and fielding
averages.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-07-05

Speaker Cannon still allows himself to
be quoted We must admire the speak
ers nerve.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-07-05

Hughes. Roosevelt. Taft, beaten I'm New
York Here was a case where there was
weakness in numbers.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-07-05
BY Frederic
]. Hask,n

up to 1886 In 1908. For the past ten years
the United States showed a death rate
per thousand coal miners of 3.46, as com
pared with 2.13 in Prussia, 1.29 in Great
Britain and 106 In Belgium. In Belgium,
where a scientific study of the problems
of coal mining has been carried on for
60 years, the death rate among coal min
ers has been decreased steadily, decade by
decade, so that the number of miners
killed per thousand has been decreased
from 3.2S, for the decade ending in 1880,
down to los for the last decade. In the
last ten years 1884 coal miners were kill
ed in the United States. the death rate
being 3.46 for each thousand EMPLOYED In
Belgium in the same period 9 400 miners
were killed, rate of LOG per thousand
If the United States had had Belgium's
death rate, 1855 lives would have been
saved in those ten years.
The records of accident in metal and
ore mines are not so complete as of those
in coal mines. But ii Is known that while
not nearly so many deaths occur. the
death rate per thousand is quite as high
among the metal miners of this country
as among the coal miners. For instance,
in the Minnesota iron mines the death
rate per thousand was 5.54 for three years
and in teh Missouri lead and zinc mines
lilC hCdbh AdbC Hd5 o.VL lot ten years.
These figures must be compared with the
record of the death rate of 1.1S for all
metal mines in Great Britain, and of los
for all ore mines in Belgium, to appre-
ciate how far the American mines lag be-
hind in the business of safeguarding the
lives Of their employees.
The new bureau will make scientific re-
searches such as make for safety in min
ing. These Investigations will be used
as the basis for legislation, both state
and national, which will tend to reduce
the loss of life. The bureau has no au-
thority to enforce any recommendations
that it may make nor has it the power
to make regulations or to compel ODE
dience to it's rules.
A great part of the work Of the new
bureal will be devoted to Investigations
looking toward establishing ways and
means of preventing waste in the mines
of the country. The coal production of
the United States now amounts to APP
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-07-05

The price Of meat is going down. but
not quite as fast as stocks on Wall
street
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-07-05

ST. Louis Is going 70 have a button day
Suggest that the ladies be in charge.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-07-05
Tuesday, July 5. 1910.

Reno VIII have the main Fourth Of
July celebration.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-07-05

why not let Italy have charIton7 We
can't use him very well here.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-03
HAVE BOOTH FOR
WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE
Noted Speaker 10 Make Open Air
Addresses to the Pco-

Haunting their flag with the motto
Vote for Women" emblazoned upon
II in large letters. the Equal Suffrage
League of Virginia have draped their
citadel in the suffrage color, yellow,
and in the street parlance. are "on
the job, at the State Fair. Miss Lus-
comb. of Boston. Mass. Will speak To
the crowds from a stand in front of
the booth both morning and afternoon,
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, be-
ginning with Monday afternoon. Miss
Luscomb ia we'll known cpen-air
speaker of the Northern leagues.
While, as one of the members of
the league said Monday morning. This
will be q bloodless war" nevertheless
will il be contested one. Members
of the league will be at the booth all
hours of the day to distribute flyers
and reams of suffrage literature, and
several of the Richmond women are
expected to speak Among those who
Will stay ut the booth at different times
during the week are Mrs. B. r, Nalen
tine. Mrs. Charles Meredith. Miss Nora
Houston, Mrs f. y. Everett. Miss
Ann Fletcher, Mrs. Todd Dabney. Miss
Annette DahneN. Miss coralie John
ston. Miss Marian Meade, Mrs clar-
ence CABOT. Mrs Lloyd. Mrs j. h. Job
SON. Mrs. George Harrington, Miss
Adele Clark. Mrs. s. Dahney CrenshaM
Mrs. Alice VI. Tyler. Mrs. William Mer-
Ger. Mrs Charles RoShef Miss Marie
Leahy and Misses Ethel aud Helena
Nolin.