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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-02-23
TRAVELLING TO GEORGIA.

colony of several score Alaskans are preparing
to leave their frozen habitat and travel seven thou
sand miles to Georgia where they gather purer
gold from the everlasting sunshine and the fertile
soil than was ever stored in thousand Klondikes
From region whose temperature often falls to sew
enty degrees below zero they will come toa land
where the farmer sows and reaps the twelvemonth
around, land of plenty and prosperity.
The wonder is that these good folk of the far
northwest have not sooner awakened to the rlch
chances that await them here, or rather that we
have not been alert in pointing them the way
The south needs new settlers much the settlers
need the south It's latest resources demand more
minds to exploit it's natural treasure This state
and section have only to call the countrys notice 10
their opportunities in order to become the Mecca
of the entire continent Happily the important work
of doing this has begun and henceforth we may ex-
pect steady southwark trend of population
This particular colony of Alaskans is but the fore
guard of many others that will arrive Every month
the advantages of Georgia and the south to the home
seeker are becoming better and more widely known.
The railway officials declare that scarcely week
passes without bringing party of settlers to this
and neighboring states The are of sturdy
Saxon or Teutonic stock who will join tremendously
with our own people in the upbuiding of the section
and who will contribute to the general thrift and
prosperity.
This migration to the south has been brought
about by the consistent publicity work OF chambers
Of commerce and railway companies, and by such
institutions as the Southern Commercial Congress.
Let this good work continue and let every commun-
ity and citizen render it hearty support
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-02-23
THE COLOMBIAN SQUABBLE.

There is doubtless more smoke than fire in the
Colombian incident which has set our state depart
ment to sneezing. The most that come of it
will be severance of diplomatic relations, and that
will soon be sodered. To be sure, the little re-
public may wax pugnacious and may require bit
of gentle policing but it's size and its treasury will
prove an ample safeguard to peace.
There is however, this interesting possibility:
The emphatic manner in which the Colombian min
lister at Washington has voiced his countrys griev-
ance may direct more serious attention than has yet
been given to the rather roughshod and to say the
least informal conduct of the Roosevelt adminstra-
ton in seizing Panama some ten years ago.
1t has been the former presidents boast that he
took Panama and left congress to quarrel it out"
His act is the subject of an investigation pend
ing before a committee Of the house. and was re-
Gently described by Mr. Sulzer, chairman of the
committee on foreign affairs "unjustifed in
morals or law" The revolution against the Colon
bian government, which resulted in the splittingof
of what is now the republic of Panama and in the
ACQUISITION by the United States of its of in
fuence in the canal territory is said 10 have been
engineered with the sanction and aid of President
Roosevelt and the state department. Colombia has
since been pressing her claim for arbitration
and redress.
-Gestsia-it is that the United States cannot hope
to maintain the friendship and commercial goodwin
of Central and South America by such tactics
alleged to have been employed in this particular
case; and that wood-wi1l is becoming a matter of
larger import every year Indirectly therefore, the
Colombian incident may yet lead to interesting de-
veopments of which congress will have to take note
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-02-23
FOLLOW oHo.S EXAMPLE.

The progressive Ohioans who are engaged in
drafting revision of their states constitution have
naopted an amendment which permits the legisla-
ture TO issue bonds in the sum of fifty million dol
.ars for the construction and maintenance of pub
&c highways.
that is striking tribute to the good roads cause
ana also to the foresight of the convention delegates
rho would write into the fundamental law of the
state doctrine that is vitality close to the needs of
All the people.
In one form or another the gospel of good roads
is bearing fruit in every corner Of the Union where
men are awake to their common interests. Some
states arc appropriating millions of dollars TO high
way development. Others, Georgia among them,
have set their convicts to building public roads.
Many have created highway commissions and with
the aid of skilled engineers perfecting great sys-
TENS Of roads through all their length and breadth
To such an extent has popular sentiment on this
important matter grown that insistent appeals are
now being made that the federal government join
with the individual commonwealth in fastening
and expanding the good roads cause.
Surely a movement that has spread throughout
the Union and that touches the welfare of every
part OF the nation is entitled to national support
The people Of the United States, and particularly
the farmers are losing tremendous sums Of money
each year through poorly built illkept OF made
quate rOadways.
The cotton crop would be worth laandEeds Of thou
sands OF dollars to the south, If there we're
sunIcient number OF good roads over which to haul
it to market.
So. too with. the grain crops OF the west and
With every agricultural product the country over
Ohio viii do well to ratify the good roads amend
ment to its constitution and every state and the
ton ITSELF viii do well to follow the spirit Of that
example.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-02-23
THE GOING AWAY OF MISS MoLLIE
RUTHERFORD,

Years and years ago, when the Cotton
States and Atlanta exposition was at
the height of it's success, I CHANGED to
be attracted to a beautiful exhibit of
woman's work in the Georgia building,
and very soon found myself chatting
with Miss Rutherford, who made for
herself a notable name with all our sue
cessful state fairs thereafter. She lived
near Americus, Ga, A mutual liking
sprung up, and 1 never saw a mention
of her fine exhibits during later years
that my mind did not so back to our
first NEE ting.
She was a gracious gentlewoman, gen
erous. whole-hearted and a patriotic
Georgian.
On the day before our last Thanks
giving holiday the expressman delivered
to me box containing a jar Of candied
watermelon preserves, sent by Miss Ruth
eFford to her old friend, because I had
been in a railroad wreck, and she was
solicitous for my health and comfort.
Her graciousness made 1t a bright spot
in memory.
Just a little while ago I CHANGED TO
see notice OF Miss Rutherford's death
in a Macon paper, and a letter from her
heart-broken niece, Miss Katie Ross. has
just reached me. telling me particulars.
So many Of The Journal readers have
met Miss Rutherford at our state fairs
that brief notice of her going away
may be interesting to them. as her de-
mise has been sad and depressing to me.
Miss Rutherford was born and raised
near Culloden. Ga, but the most of her
very useful life was spent under the
roof of her beloved sister, Mrs. James
Ross, and all tho family are now dead,
except Miss Katie Ross, the niece. who
was tenderly attached to this beloved
aunt.
An acute attack of bilious collie even
tuated in paralysis, and her death oc-
CURED on February l. after violent ill
ness of a few days.
Miss Rutherford was a woman who
could do things. She planned useful
work, and her memory will remain green
in the hearts of those who knew and
loved her. My heart goes out in fearful
sympathy to Miss Katie, the beloved
one of this good woman's great heart.
her Indignation.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-02-23
What a SkilIfuI Boy Can Make
McCan's Magazine.


In these days when manual training in the
schools is suppIementlng such handicraft as
the home affords, there is scarcely any limit
TO what A boy can make. With his jackknife,
his saw, his lathe and other tools he can turn
out gifts both useful and beautiful. His skill
in drawing enables him TO decorate some OF
the articles with simple, strong designs, col
ored or not Then, with the knife or the red
hot pencil, he may make these hnes perIna-
nent.
really beautiful. One the writer knows OF is
Of oak, hand carved and stained, and would
be an ornament 10 the handsomest dining
table Ash or cucumber wood is easier to cut,
and as 1t is white, makes a very attractive
board. Too much or intricate ornamentauon
is out of place on a breadbOard, which should
be easy to free from crumbs. waste basket,
made of four thin pieces Of light wood, mar
rover at the bottom than at the top, and
having a square bottom, may be handsomely
decorated with the topographic pencil and
colored. Holes may be burned near the edges,
and raffa or thongs be used to sew OF te
the pieces together. This may be MADE SUD
stantial scrap basket which VIII not come 10
pieces at the wrong woment.
A boy with an eye for the sort OF thing may
find in the woods or orchard a limb or young
tree Of which he can make a most useful useful
walking stick, or alpenstock for some member
of the family who is fond OF tramping. |
know one made of a cherry branch and another
which was a small hickory tree around which
bitter-sweet vine had grown so tightly that
as the saplng grew In diameter. the vine be-
came embedded in the bark. At the hand
portion of the vine is wound round closely,
10 make the stick easy to grasp
Ferns and trailing evergreen vines from the
winter woods may be potted. and make ex-
ceedingly pretty table decorations In midwinter.
In a room more or less crowded as a boys
room Is likely to be, a folding table for games
bage board out Of heavy sole leather or Of
weed.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-02-23
DIsHoNoRED THROUGH OUR
EXAMPLE,

In one of King David's psalms this
sentence is found: Let not them that
seek Thee, be dishonored through me-"
David's life was human life. beset with
difficulties and temptations. His young
manhood was replete with courage and
enthusiasm. His old age was filled with
regrets and reproaches although his king
dom was great and he was the builder
thereof.
His conduct in the case of Uriah, placed
a brand of shame and dishonor on his
reputation. He carried 1t to his grave.
although he felt that God had forgiven
him. His children gave him untold sor
row and Solomon his successor, although
great in wisdom and wealth, inherited
from King David the dishonor that went
with the history of Uriah. Such is the
power of example. both good and bad.
Thus do transgressions follow in con-
tinuous train and to the end. Even to
the third and fourth generation they can
be counted says Holy Writ.
1t was the fatal effect of his errors
that King David dreaded. He was afraid
that those near and dear to him would
not seek the Lord in forgiveness of sins
because he, David, had discredited the
sanctity of an upright character and
tainted his reputation as a man of God,
by lust and murder. Through his author
ity as supreme ruler in his kingdom,
he placed poor hapless Uriah in the bat
tie front to get rid of him so that Da-
vid might obtain Uriah's wife for his
own use. Solomon multiplied wives and
concubines until his son and successor.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-02-23

Rehoaboam became a tyrant and largely
lost his kingdom.
Perhaps religion has no greater him
drance than the dishonor that goes with
the lives of many whose names are on
the church roll and whose private and
business characters give the lie 70 their
professions of godliness as examples OF
While it is true that omniscience alone
can judge truly of motives and conduct
II is a well known fact that church
books hold the names of people who have
made a lifetime business Of extertion and
sometimes graft. The church is burden
ed with such names Through them II Is
dishonored. BY them the cause of Christ
is dishonored and sinners sit back and
say, "If that is your exhibit we are
satisfied they are no better than we.
King David saw the great error of his
transgression in the prayer, Let not
them that seek Thee be dishonored
through me-"
When the old king was obliged to leave
his palace and seek shelter among his
old friends because his child endeavored
to wrest the kingdom from his father, he
saw himself dishonored through his chill
dren.
AbsaIom, his exceedingly handsome son,
had no respect for his old father, and
AbsaIom's beauty and grace had made
a strong following for him, among the
revolutionists who did not care much for
the king who contrived to get rid OF
Uriah because the latter was in his way.
Sorrows many and heavy fell upon the
| aged David and his prayer here noted
came from the bottom of King David s
heart.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-02-23
MIA cLARKE aAINEs.

Not many people now are living VINO
ever saw Mrs. Gaines, but DO remember
her. had the opportunity of her ae-
quaintance and had long talk with
her after her case was decided in the
supreme court after a struggle of 80 or
30 years of litigation.
Her father, Mr.. Clarke, owned large
amount of real estate in New Orleans,
and it was supposed that he died with
out heirs The city took charge and as
the property was valuable many millions
were passed in business transactions.
Myra was a young girl and she knew
that she was the child of Clarke, and
she made efforts to have her claim rec
ognized.
/ have not time or space to give the
story in full, but she won at last and
the city of New Orleans compromised
with her, and when she died she was
very rich woman.
Her struggles to regain her property
seemed like fiction, as she gave me
brief recital, after she had completely
won her case.
As 1 remember her she was a small
woman, over threescore, with fine black
ewes and very animated in her manners.
Her difficulties, seemed at times
unsurmountable, because 1t took
money to press the matter though vari-
Gus courts. Besides her own good name,
her legitimacy was involved. Her story
was much like the story OF Chauncey
Courts, in Dickens BLACK House.
she was a most remarkable person.
Justice Clifford, of the supreme bench,
gave me some Of the legal details and
he spoke admiringIy OF her courage and
indomitable determination.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-02-23
SAVING of Great Men
New York American.
l. .e..,.F1n1 imam tho


This list is compiled upon the assumption
that it Is quite as important to present the
world with a thought as with an invention or
discovery.
washington: TsPut none but Americans Oh
guard.
Columbus Gallieo: 1t moves. nevertheless.
Frederick the Great: Every man must get to
heaven his own way.
Lincoln: You can fool part OF the people
all Of the time, and all of the people part Of
the time, but you can't fool all of the people
all of the time.
Watts. Franklin: Love your neighbor as your
self, but don't take down your fence.
Cromwell: A battle ship is your best am
bassador.
Mahomet: There is no god but God.
Gutenberg, jefferson: Resistance to tyrants
Is obedience to God.
Confucius: Honor lies not in never falling.
but in rising every time you fall
Luther: To pray well is the better half Of
study
Morse. Magellan: The church saws the earth
is flat. but 7 know that it is round for I have
seen the shadow on the moon, and have more
faith in Il shadow than in the church.
Napoleon: Imagination rules the world.
Newton: i cannot calculate the madness of
a DeOple.
Grant Let us have peace.
Peter the Great: I would give half my king
dom to know how to govern the other half.
Caesar: Better first in the village than
second in Rome
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-02-23
A CURE FOR DEPENDENCY.

The Boston professor who recommends cats and
parrots as a preventive against suicide by lonely
maiden ladies shows keen insight into the needs
Of human nature Many time has the path of dreary
spinsterhood been frightened and turned from the
sloughs OF despOnd by a pet tabby or even prinky
little canary bird. Every heart, and particularly
woman's, demands something to reach toward; it
matters little whether this be a philanthropy or
kitten; best Of ALL if it be child As the professor
declares, Of the prime reasons why people sink
into the dumps and sometimes carry their moods to
the length of selfdesruction is that that they
weighed upon by their sheer useessness isolation
in the game Of life. The man who is struggling to
make bread for big family the woman who has
a house full CT children to for seldom takes
voluntary departure from the world. Singuary, yet
naturally enough these the very folk who are
most cheerful The fact is all need responsible
titles, il not troubles, TO keep well poised. AS
David Harum put il: Troubles keep man from
worrying over himself Just feas do a dog"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-02-23
Paris Abuses the Modern Hat

New York Tribune.
After the hobble skirt ii Is now the turn
Of the modern hat to be abused by Paris
milliners on the ground of unemployment
caused by present hat fashions Hats are 50
plain nowadays SO little trimmed. and the
shapes demand so little work that according
TO the Paris chamber of fashions. a large num-
Der of work girls are at present idle As the
result of rigorous rules prohibiting women
from wearing large hats in the thaates ole
giant PariSienncS are now forced 10 leave their
hats I'm the cOakroom. Thus, il Is pointed
cut the woman of fashion has no longer any
object In ordering new hat for every place
she goes to, since il cannot be worn in the
auditorium Motoring and the growing POM
larity of golf and other sports in France are
also RESPONSIBLE for the present crisis in .he
hAk fnnAla
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-02-23

Cottolene is made from the finest
vegetable oil--as pure and wholesome as
olive oil. Lard, on the contrary, is
made from the fat of the hog,-some-
times impure, often indigestible. Cotto-
Iene makes things taste better, makes
them digest better. 1t gives you butter
results at less than the price of lard.
There is no indigestion sold with cotto-
lene. Cottoiene is economical because
Won use one-third less.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-02-23

letter from a Maryland farmer recently pub
lished in the Baltimore Sun lays bare one of the
prime weaknesses, or rather shortcomings, in
present day system of agricultural education. The
writer declares that the attempt to improve farming
methods by bulletins and mere lectures is dismal
failure; what is needed, he insists, is actual demon
stration Of how better crops and herds be
produced.
This is precisely the point of view to which prac-
tical educators the country over have come 1t
is one of the chief glories of Georgia state college
of agriculture that it has led the in the south
by putting this vital idea into effect Several years
ago it naugurated the famous school on wheels"
with which carried the gospel of twenethcentury
farming into almost every section of the common
wealth; and this season it is conducting in various
districts object lessons and exhibits of what scen
tic farming really is.
The highest purpose of the college will never be
realized however, until il is enabled through ade-
quate funds to establish permanent demonstration
farms in each district if not each county of the
state That is the kind of work that counts definite
ly and strikes home to rural life and development.
The vital need of the national government and of
state institutions is to practical account the
vast stores of knowledge which have been accumu-
lated on the subject of agriculture The United
States department of agriculture has spent millions
of dollars in experiment and investigation. If a
1.-THE of the results of this research could be ac-
tually put into system of farming would
be revoIutionized.
This is not to be accomplished, however simply
by the distribution of literature There must be
campaign Of examples rather than precepts, If
the average farmer is to be over to progressive
methods and until this policy is adopted the nation
and the states will receive only limited returns on
the money they spend.
There is pending in the senate bill designed
for this very purpose and introduced by Senator
Smith, of Georgia 1t provides federal appropria-
tions which shall be devoted to the work of extend
ing agricultural education and of placing useful
knowledge of this character directly within the
reach of the farmers workaday life If enacted, it
will enable the states to give attention to DEM
onstration and will thus vitaze our entire system
of agricultural training.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-02-23
Hoods
Sarsa

Is Peculiar to Itself. There is
no real substitute for it. Don t
be led to take any preparation
said TO be 'just as good" but
insist ON having Hood s.
Get it today in usual liquid form or
chocolated tablets called sarsatabs.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-02-23

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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-02-23

A lot of these northern editors makes filings about
this time of the year about the southerner and his
mint julip whereas there are lot of southerners
who don't like the taste of mint.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-02-23

Justice has been done the oldfashioned parlor in
verse and it remains for give recognition
the old-fashioned flower bed with it's encircling
row of inverted bottles.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-02-23

By announcing that he will make known his de-
cision Monday, Col Roosevelt is allowing himself
plenty of time to get line on the situation
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-31
GOOD CROWDS ARE OUT
Topeka Gun Club Going Good
Thursdays Scores.

It was not generally known that
the local gun club would hold a shoot
Thursday afternoon. However, quite
a number of members, suspecting that
something would happen, went to the
club grounds and most successful
contest was the result.
Paul Mulvane, despite his irregular
attendance, carried away the honors,
making a score of AZ. This fact does
not seem nearly so remarkable when
Mr. Mulvane's shooting record is
taken down and gone over. Thomas
Fullerton of Fullerton Brothers was
second high man with a total of IS,
and DIR. Hogeboom third place, break
ing "a birds.
The following is list of scores in
order:
MuIvane. P. ..1O111 I'LL I'LL lilo Ol11O-21
It'll 11O11 I'LL IT'LL 10101-zI
Fullerton :. ...11101 10111 11O11 I'LL 0111o-so
O01O0 101O0 11011 Hill 11100-l5
b
Hogeboom .... 11O11 It'll OO1O1 I'LL 11o1O--19
OO1O1 11101 10010 COLL 11110-15
81
THOMPSON =. ..O111O 11OO1 OoO11 10000 1lO1O-II
I'LL O1O11 DILL lOO11 111O1-19
30
Wolf. A. .....1111O O111O COLO lilo 11O11-IT
COLL 11011 01O1 1000 11OO1-15
Stewart 11O01 O1111 1000 OIo11 11o10-I5
11O01 0OO01 011OO 1O010 11111-13
Is
Springer It'll 1900 1eO11 1OOo1 e10OO--l3
O0101 OOO11 1O0o1 110l1 0O101-12
%
Scott o1OOO 1910 11111 o11O1 11O1O-15
OO1O0 10000 11OO1 OOOOl 1OO11--
%
Starr .1OOO1 OoO1O OOeO1 11101 OOOO0- .
1OOO1 11010 1910 1000 11011--ft