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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-12
Meyer Pleads for a Patri-
otto Naval Policy

The message secretary navy should awaken
millions of eepers in this countryand short their
dreams
Mr. Meyers rosing cry demand for adequate navy
He says nearly strong enough sea power
compel the turbulent nations of the world us alone
We have about thirty capital warshps Measuring by
the strength neghbors ought have
battleshps and battle cruisers
Mr. Meyer admits that the Panama will in practical effect
nearly double naval strength but insists that
duly allowed for his present estimates says
the canal security would demand the doubling greater
navy that is required
The Hearst newspapers their insstence
that there should be two bateshp this year minimum
calmprobaby quite insufficient The board
that should have at least four battesp year
that should merely replace those go
to the junk heap
The secretary of the navy points the we are to
have only two batteshps shall sink
second to fourth place in the scale of powers
Here Mr. Meyers catalogue of the additions navy that
should be undertaken year:
Five baeshps three dreadnoughts and two of them
battle cruisers of type not exempfed navy!
Sixteen destroyers, six submarines and two gmboats
feet Of auxiaes including transports supply ships tugs
tenders and dry dock
Mr. Meyer asks also for the creation naval reserve of m
thousand He insists that the provision for the dev opment
of military aviation should be of unlimited scope
This naval program adjusted actual facts of orr in
te1naona situation Those who do not like the program NAV
quarrel with the facts but they likely to change them
Whoever will take the trouble glance the world in
these days will hand the of international an
u
Every should be taken aay antagonsm What
ever will help to establish relations and friend
y understanding political frontiers should favored and
assisted by all good We should develop international com
merce international culture, morals laws
But IN the meantime stand ground without
malice with universal chartybut and strong We
must be strong not merely for the sake defending
our property but mainly for the sake of guarding perpetual
ing the democratic civilization that laboring to build up
On the day when Secretary Meyer his new naval
program Premier Borden of Canada up the Dominion
parliament and asks for $350O00OO the building of
three batueshiIs great s any afoat.
dc explains his plan to give Canada in the foreign mol
cy OF the British Empire, words that
continental peace Perhaps such threat intended Let
nevertheless there other quarters that
unquestionably real 49, 4''' 'i"'
walls Of peace e " " 0' "'ofn's
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-12
Party Gone; Ring Off
BY N. P. BABCoCK

TINE telephone rang, she answered CALL
l. He stood with his hat and his stick in the hall
He heard her say Eyes" he heard her say "goose
Then, after pause, heard say, great use"
He was an eavesdropper but what could do.
When only the back of her neck in view?
He couldn't give warning that he close by.
He just had to wait would you, or would I
Yes DEAR" she said next I'm expecting him
Not quite that amount; OH you did, did you? How?
Perhaps are jealous. You're not? l don't know.
He's the prize of the year. I couldn't slow.
Yes father is willing, and mother is glad
She says neglected the last chance had.
You haven't forgotten; well, a Ounce.
1 won't let good thing escape than once.
Get used to his looks? They're really bad
/ don't have to kiss him Oh that's just fad
She does? We'll. always thought Bess a goose.
Why, a protector I'll him of use
Now, hsten know what I'm talking about:
He comes of the very best stock-yes doubt.
They all tried get him; they hadn't chance
l pulled few wires before he left France"
The Count dc la Paree turned pale where he stood.
"Perdition!" he muttered. and to the wood.
For how could he know she making report
To friend Of costly French bulldog she'd boushs3
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-12

TIME other day I met a man who
was on the Inflated Titanic.
When the boilers burst, and
the great ship took her final plunge,
my friend felt himself going down
into the waters. Being an expert
enced swimmer, he involuntarily
knew enough not to inhale. He held
his breath, but he did a good deal
OF thinking.
So down he went. but he knew,
though, that soon he would be COM
ing to the top, and it was only a
question Of being able to hold his
breath long enough to escape i'm
mediate drowning.
When he felt himself coming to
the surface a great JOY possessed
his soul. AS his head came above
the water he reached out his arms.
hattened himself on the surface of
the wave, as nearly as possible,
and took in a great big sbreath.
Then he looked up at the stars and
gratitude filled his mind.
He was still alive; his senses
were intact; he was able to think,
to breathe, to realize, to see the
shining stars. He felt as one who
had been dead like Lazarus. and
returned to earth. He was alive!
His Sense of Gratitude.
But suddenly there came to him
the thought that he could only
swim for little while. The water
was icy cold, and he began to look
around for deliverance.
About 100 feet away he saw
floating spar, and It came to him
that if he could reach that spar il
would, indeed. be Paradise. So he
struck out for the spar. 1t seemed
TO be floating away from him as he
swan, but through great effort he
reached 1t, grasped It with his
hands. drew himself up and then
sat on II.
When he felix that It was holding
his weight he was relieved. Again
he waa iillcd with n great sense OF
gratitude. And as he sat on that
spar, holding on with hands and
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-12

dren in the crowded steerage made
room for him. and when he was in
the bunk he said to himself, Sure
~, this is paradise!" and he closed
his eyes in gratitude.
But after an hour or two the cry
ing of the children, the smell of
cooking, the presence of many peo-
pie began to pail on him. He felt
that he must get away from this
mob. SO he called to a petty officer
and begged that he might have a
cabin
And bunk was found for him in
a cabin. And here in this cabin he
was very happy, and he said, This
is paradise. indeed" And he rest
ed and thought, and tried to write
out kilograms to send to his friends
when he reached shore.
He slept soundly that night but
when he awoke in the morning he
realized that the cabin wasn't ex-
actly right. And so he asked the
steward who came to wait on him
"a tHNAN was llOl d DeIIn SOlueWHeGe
in a cabin on the upper deck. And
the steward said that every bunk
was full excepting, possibly. one
berth in the captains cabin.
This Story's Moral.
And so my friend took pencil in
hand and wrote a letter to the cap
tain Of the ship. And this is copy
of the letter:
Dear Sir-This cabin in
which l am located is right
alongside of the engines. 1 hear
the clank and clash OF machin-
cry all the night time through
! am awakened by the noise
and foul air. for this cabin is
very small and lily ventilated
Il understand that you have
vacant bunk in your cabin
on the upper deck. Kind sir,
please send word by bearer, al
lowing me TO occupy this cabin
with you, and ! will ever be
YOUR SINCERE FRIEND"
No answer came from the cap
tain. But the moral OF this true
story Is this: Nobody is ever sails
lied with anything after he gets It.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-12
The Privilege He Asked.

he FrIVlISSe ne ASheu.
Just then he saw boat pulling
away, at so or 100 yards distance.
He shouted, and called again and
again. And slowly the boat turned
in his direction. 1t came nearer
and nearer, and he knew that If he
could once get in that boat and
feel that the boat was under him il
would be Paradise indeed.
And in a few minutes the wish
came to pass, and he was in the
boat. He was exhausted, too weak
to even lift his hand. But the
joy was exquisite; he was with hu-
man beings.
So they tioated with the tide, and
they pulled the oars. After long
time flush of pink came into the
east, and they knew that day would
soon come.
And then they saw a great gray
like form, with many lights, away
off in the distance. They prayed.
they wept, they waited-there was
nothing else to do.
The Carpathia came nearer, and
my friend breathed a great prayer
that he might be able to climb the
side of the ship and lie on the deck.
That was all he would ask-sim-
ply the privilege Of lying fiat on the
deck, and knowing that the ship
was beneath him.
And his prayer was answered.
He climbed up the rope ladder and
knelt on the deck in thankfulness.
But soon he realized that strength
had gone out OF him, and he begged
that he be placed in the meanest
room in the steerage just so Il was
bed and he was covered with
blankets.
Some OF the mothers ana chill
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-12
ARTICLE I.

AS a judge of the superior court
of the Atlanta circuit, l have pre-
sided in hundreds of divorce cases
and have, of course, had unusual
opportunity of observing the effect
upon the home, the lives Of sepa-
rated husbands and wives, the chill
dren of divorced parties, and upon
the community at large, as brought
about by family jars" culminat-
ing in applications for alimony and
suits for annulment of the mar
riage tie. / have become accus-
toned to regard the divorce case
as the divorce evil" and l never
close that particular part Of the
court proceedings known as "the
divorce docket" without apprehen-
sion for the future, and without
general disgust for much of what
in this regard is now upon US.
A Growing Evil.
The trouble is that it is growing
evil; it grows out of all proportion
to most other ills of life, and a
study of statistics will show that
it grows not only with rapid
strides, but it grows in its appli-
cation to all classes of people, and
apparently grows in the federation
of people who once looked upon it
with horror.
In volume issued by the United
States census Office in 1911, entitled
Special Reports-Marriage and
Divorce, 1867 to 1906" is set forth
an immense amount Of statistical
information on this subject, and
from the two volumes / have culled
the figures and conclusions which
will be set forth In this paper.
1t is demonstrated that the di-
vorce rate is higher in the United
States than in any foreign country
except Japan, and that, in an aver
age, the annual number of divorces
per thousand population the United
States exceeds France, England,
Germany, Norway, Sweden and
Austria almost two to one. This is
a bad showing for our boosted civ
ilization, for our claim to exalted
ideals, for our demand for the sane
tity of home, for our efforts to ele-
vate and educate our children, for
opr religious views and for our
clamor for pure and intelligent citi-
zenship.
Great Number of Divorces.
Another distressing situation is
shown in the fact that in the United
States the rate of increase in di-
vorce is far greater than the in
crease in population. Between the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-12
Separation Is Increasing More
Rapidly Than Population;
One of Every Twelve
Unions Dissolved.
Written for The Atlanta Georgian
By Judge VIM. D. Ellis
OF the Allan ia Circuit.

years 1870 and 1880 the increase
in population was 30.1 per cent, and
of divorce 79.4 per cent, while IN
the decade from 1890 TO 1900 the
rate of increase in divorce was
three times the rate of the increase
in population.
Statistical evidence declares this
census report tends to show that
the chances are that not less than
one marriage in every sixteen will
probably be terminated by divorce
and that it seems reasonable to
suppose that the ratio will be near.
er one out of every twelve. What
a horrid spectacle this presents 10
the man and woman who. doing
their duty in the present, hope for
the future of their children and
children's children, who yearn for
the time when posterity will enjoy
all we have today and be more
enlightened and elevated to enjoy
the good things that may be dis
covered, or enlarged, or perfected
in the future. This statistical in.
formation develops many interest.
ing questions, none of which. how.
ever, tend to encourage the hope
that this divorce evil will abate, un-
less some raical effort is made and
put into effect to make divorce
! more difficult to obtain and less
respectable In the estimation Of the
best people Of our country.
Higher in West.
The divorce rate in the United
States increases as one goes West
ward. The highest rate per 100000
estimated population was in the
Western division In that division
it is four times that reported in the
Atlantic division. The North cen.
trail division was almost two and
two thirds times that of the North
Atlantic division, while that for the
South central division was two and
three quarters that of the South
Atlantic division, which latter in
cludes the states Of North and
South Carolina and Georgia.
Including all causes for divorce
permitted by the several states Of
the Union, twice as many divorces
are granted to the wife as to the
husband. For habitual drunken
ness about three times as many d.
Vorces are granted to the wife as
are granted to the husband. For
cruel treatment divorces granted to
the wife exceed those granted to
the husband by approximately ten
to one. For desertion divorces
granted to the wife exceed those
granted to the husband in the pro-
portion Of about two to one.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-12
"A Titanic Recollection
By EBERT HUBBARD.
Copyright, 1912, by International News servic

: feet, he looked up at the sky in :,
thankfulness.
He was alive; and TO know that
this spar was holding his weight
filled his soul with joy
But the wind was cold. His frame
was chilled and he knew that it
was only little time that he could
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-12
Great Number of Divorces.

Another distressing situation is
shown in the fact that in the United
States the rate of increase in di-
vorce is far greater than the in
crease in population. Between the
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-09-28
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Of study covering every book on the
adopted list, but shall use from the
said adopted list the books that are
necessary to meet the demands Of
the course Of study required in the
school.
In testimony whereof, ] have hero
unto set my hand and caused the
great seal Of the State to be affixed
at Tallahassee, the capital, this 4th
day Of November, A. D. 1911.
ALBERT w. GILCHRIsT.
Governor
(seal)
BY the governor. Attest:
H CLAY CRAWFORD,
Secretary Of State.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-09-28
Scrub Chickens.

The skin Of poultry is frequently
very dirty when brought from market
and fowls should not only be washed,
hut scrubbed with q soft brush and
warm water in which a teaspoonful OF
baking soda has been dissolved. Such
treatment will prevent The disagree.
able ehepnya taste often noticeable "a
cooked poultry.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-09-28
ExceIIent Evldenes.

A witness at Shoreditch (England),
asked why hp had borrowed certain
pencil from the plaintiff. replle To
sign that document" "But It Is alsn.
ID In fink" said bis honor Ihen
couldn't have had the pencil replied
tie witness.
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Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-07-16
Miss Croker a Bride,

San Mato, Cal, July 16.-Perhaps
no wedding in recent years has at
tracted so mingled an assemblege as
that of Miss Jennie Crocker, of the
wealthy California family, to Malcolm
ID Whitman, solemnized at the church
of St Matthew here today. TWO
weeks ago special police were EN-
ployed to guard the vast Crocker es'
tate, against the throng that would wit
nsss the wedding, for the nupitals
have been the chief topic in social
circles for the past three months.
Miss Crocker, who is worth several
millions in her own right, is popular
in the East. as well as in the West,
and is noted as golf player. Today s
gathering included society from East,
North and South, to say nothing OF
curious country-folk and few Grim
inals. who were the subject of atten-
ton from the police.
This evening the Crocker estate
will be the scene of brilliant re-
ception and again the trustees of the
estate have provided corps of pri
vate detectives and special policemen
to guard the interests of the bridal
couple and their guests.
1t is estibated cnservatively that
the presents of the bride exceed a
million dollars in value. for she is
connected both by ties of blood and
marriage with some of the richest
families in the United States.