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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31
Civil Service" the
Service of Citizenship.

Now, you may be entirely satig-
fed with your own work and not
care to enter the service of the
government In that case stop a
moment and think over the ex-
preston civil service. 1t means
SERVICE OF CITIZENSHIP.
This service of citizenship i'm
plies that you give first attention
to your business. or your job,
whatever it is, and carry 1t out to
the best of your ability for the
sake Of the republic at large, be-
cause, by that very simple process,
you not only assure yourself of
prosperity. but you contribute 1t to
all Through this form of service
you and your work are stamped
with the same legend: e PLURI-
BUS UNUM. one Of many, which
means all doing business for one
purpose-Common Prosperity.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31
THE VETO POWER.

Editor The Georgian
From historic instances we are
forced to conclude that the veto
power should be exercised with
great care. Our present governor
has explained very clearly, fully
and forcibly his view Of the only
circumstances under which an ex-
ecutive should exercise the pardon,
and there is little doubt that his
conception is clear as to when he
would be justified in exercising the
veto. 1t is incDnceivable that he
would feel justified in vetoing
measure passed so deliberately by
the legislature as was the Tippns-
Alexander bill, and with such de-
cided majority IN both houses.
The governor knows full well
that the people can not hold him
personally responsible for the de-
liberate acts Of the legislature, and
that it Is simply a duty for him
to put his approval on them. just
as the approval of the whole legis-
lature goes with what the legal
majority finally agrees to. OF
course, the governor does not per-
sonally agree, IN many cases. with
the views of the majority Of
us do not-but we have before
hand agreed to act with the legal
majority and, after the vote is
taken, if we act in good faith. all
then become Of one mind, and in
dividual differences are lost sight
Of
There should be clear-cut idea
in the minds OF the people as to
the conditions under which the veto
and pardon powers should be exer-
cised JOS. S. COOK.
Atlanta. Ga
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31
The Education of the
Voter
THE FORCE THAT GOVERNS
A Great Army of Nearly $4,000 Men and Women
Carry on the Nations Business
BY THOMAS TAPER.

will receive an early appointment.
He keeps his position on his mer-
its and conduct, but he may be re-
moved by the president at any
time, with or without cause.
The purpose of the civil service
is ito regulate and improve the civil
service of the United States" This
means that, by examination, the
government tries to secure the peo-
pie best fitted for those positions
that do not fall within the direct
appointing power of the president
About 100000 positions are subject
to competitive appointment. These
positions carry an aggregate of SAL
aries amounting to nearly $780, 0s--
600 annually.
If you want to become part OF
this executive force and enter a
civil service examination, you must
first file an application blank In
order to be eligible for examina-
ton, you must be a citizen of the
United States and not gwen to the
use of intoxicating liquors. Sex.
color, religion and political affilia
ton are not considered.
Besides the qualification Of citi-
zenships the commission requires
the facts as to your legal resi-
dence. your health and general
character. There is a wide variety
of positions open to applicants on
the examination basis, details Of
which may be had by application
to the civil service commission.
Washington, D. c. The commits
sion issues a manual OF examina-
lions, a list of civil service rules,
an annual report Of the work of the
commission. In the manual of ex-
animation you will find a list Of
places and dates where and when
examinations are to be held, and
list of rules by which your paper
will be rated IL you enter as q
candidate.
The appointment OF so large a
number of people to public service
on the basis of individual test and
record is one of the most progress
sive steps a nation can possibly
take
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31
About 500 officers Perform
Duties in Washington.

This is an important body Of
men In the public service But
there are two others-the senate,
over which the vice president of the
United States presides, and the
house OF representatives. The SEN
ate is composed of two senators
from each state. The house of rep
resentatives is chosen from each
state on the basis Of population,
there being one representative to
every $4,000 inhabitants. approx
mateiy. This gives, for example,
to Delaware one member to the
house, while New York has thirty
seven.
The officers of the government
thus far enumerated are about 500
in number, and they all perform
their official duties in Washington.
But the entire organization of men
and women active in carrying on
the business of the national gov
eminent numbers far above this,
the total being nearly $4,000, ex-
elusive of the army and navy.
About 10 per cent Of this great
army Of workers reside in Wash
ington The remainder, nearly 300,-
600 in number, are scattered over
the country, and some are sent to
foreign countries to represent our
government.
1t is interesting to ask how these
$4,000 workers in behalf Of the
government secure their positions.
About 5000 of them are appointed
by the president, subject to confir-
nation by the senate Others are
appointed by heads of departments.
In order that heads Of departments
may secure the best service for
their purpose, there has been es-
tablished for their assistance a civil
service commission. This commits
sion examines applicants for posi-
tions and reports on their fitness.
When a candidate has passed the
required examination set by the
civil service commission, his name
is referred to the department head
as an available public servant. If
he passes with a high average, he
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31
Letters From the People

reported, in the shape OF a bill,
laws to regulate the transaction of
insurance business in Georgia: but
to a man on the outside 1t looks
very much as if their efforts and
the money spent in their investiga-
lions will come to naught More
than half Of the present session Of
the legislature is history, and house
bill No. 752 seems to have been
placed in a snug resting place to
await its fate.
From the report Of the comp
troller general 1t will be seen that
nearly $1,000, 900 900 of insurance is
carried by the citizens Of this state.
The gross premiums paid for this
protection is nearly SIS, 900
year, and yet the same antiquated
provision for taking care Of the in
terest Of this vast and growing in
dustry is just what It was in 1887,
when there was only about s140.-
100000 of insurance carried in this
state.
There isn't provision in the bill
introduced that any agent, man
ager, official or institution doing
and proposing to do a straight.
honest business could object to.
and it seems to those who have
studied the situation that the gem
eral assembly could serve its con-
stituency in no better way than to
see that this bin is enacted into law
at as early a date as is possible.
J. e. M'LAUCHLIN.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31
A LESSON FROM THE HILLS
WINIFRED BLACK.
By WINIFRED BLACK.

at me from under the scurrying
clouds.
Wait" they said, 'be patient,
take comfort; see the little SPUR
rel down there in the shadow-see
how he hurries about his business?
He's worried for fear he won't have
enough to last him through the Bit
ter winter. He will know he will
for I have seen his grandfather
worry the same way. all for moth
ing.
Once when the season was poor.
the squirrels great grandfather
did run short of food late in the
cold snow, and he died, just as east
ly as he would have died a while
later, anyhow, If he had had all
the fruit Of the great oak stored in
his cellar under the cedar roots.
What difference did 1t make, really?
Why did he worry so, the worst
that came was not so bad, was it?
1t Won't Make It Better.
"The little striped squirrels there
on the rocks are quarreling among
themselves; they call each other
the most awful names. Why do
they do 1t? Life is 80 short with
them. One season we see them
and the next they are gone. Just
little season. rain. sunshine. wind.
a full stream, low water, hail, sleet,
lightning they are all so wonder
ful-and the little striped squirrels
there on the rock do not see any
of these things; they just chatter
and scold and fight. For what? We
wonder and wonder
THE great mountain there, the
king of us all, he never worries; he
can not. There is so much for him
to do.
There are the clouds always get
ting lost and wandering around like
white sheep forgotten by the shep-
herd; he has to call up the wind,
the singing shepherd, to whistle
them all home again.
There is the sunrise; what would
that be without the great peak, and
the waters fall and rise, and the
sun sets. and the moon sails in calm
grandeur through the glorious sky.
1--WE wonder among ourselves, we
hills; we laugh together, we noun
tain treams. Why, even the yell
low flowers there on the spur Of
the mountain know enough to smile
in the sunshine, and be happy.
What poor things you are. you hui
mans, you and the squirrels. what
good does all the chattering, and
the hurrying, and the boarding, and
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31

the worrying do? Tell us that; we
want to know, we hills"
And it was while I listened to
them that the worry disappeared.
and my heart is light again, for
I know that all Is well in the end,
and that all the worrying in the
world will not make it better.
And SO live in the sunshine and
walk in the rain and rejoice in
little weather just because I am
alive like the flower there on the
spur of the great mountain. Alive
and part OF the great plan. Who
am /, to sit and make the day sad
and the night forlorn with my
meanings?
Come up into the hills, the glo-
rious hills, and learn peace, oh, We
of troubled minds. The hills that
endure, and smile, and rejoice that
they. too. are part of the great
scheme.
Come. forget for while the little
frets; leave behind you the small
annoyances, put care in the stove
and burn 1t up, and most important
of all, leave yourself, your conscious
self at home with the last years
clothes. Pack your self conscious
ness in the garnet with the Paris
hat that was such a beauty a year
or so ago and Is such a caricature
now.
You are out Of fashion, too, you
yourself. You need change,
new point Of view.
It isn't half so important as you
think, whether you make that deal
or not. Who will care ten years
from now whether you paid $40
day for your room or so cents; you
won't even know yourself.
Let Your Soul Keep Pace.
The cut Of your soul is out of
date. It's too small here. and it
bags there, and what wrinkle
right there at the heart line Dear,
DEAR that will never do. Make it
over, that soul Of yours.
You live in town with a thousand
people staring at you whenever you
try TO eat quite meal? HE to
the mountains, build a shack Of
boughs, and let your soul grow
The worry that walked with me
at noon and wept with me at mid
night has gone with the rain Of
yesterday; the hills have fright
ened it away.
The poet-king OF Israel knew all
this, for he sang:
81 viii lift up mine eyes 10 the
hills from whence cometh my help
Psalm 1916.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31
The Worry Was Gone.

And one day. all at once the wor-
ry was gone, vanished. disappeared
from view and almost from mem
DRY.
Gone down stream with the lit
tie bits of brown bark l learned to
sail in the giggling water, gone up
the canyon to listen to the Groom
ing of the wind in the cedars and
the gusty signs Of the pines. gone
to play with the fiutterlng leaves Of
the aspen, in the shade by the turn
Of the trail, gone forever For the
hills will not let a worry stay with
you.
am glad l came to the hills.
They taught me how little and how
foolish and how ungratefu was.
When the worry bit the deepest,
there stood the eternal hills, smiling
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31
Whom Won awake the same process occurs-reversed.
Perhaps you will ask the usual question;
"What of it,"

"What Of it? -
out to caous humanity the marvellous wisdom IN the smallest
details of the Providence of laws that guard us
m sIeen the most ygan important of them last to off
dutv and first to duty again
Bv considering these little things you become interested in
M hg things of the unverse learn to take interest IN your
sefyhh is the beginning of posophyand you learn rever
onca for Divine wisdom which is the end of philosophy
To nrove that small things important we shall quote TO
WOW mart Of Socrates talk the wonderful human organism
ocrates name is that you compelled to treat 1t
respectfully. !,
xanonbon who relates the conversation declares that he
board Socrates dcoursng with Asodemus, surnamed the Int
"a and varv well surnamed by the since he (Arsto-
demusl denied the existence of God
rates as proof of God wisdom points out various fine
POINTS abont the human being, and continues;
1 MT that Providence Astodemu most eminent manner con
because Of delicate in its conjecture hath
reor whereby to secure It, which extend
30 h whenever again close when sleep approaches?
en r the wind and guard the eyebrow itself not
t,on+ a prepared to turn off the sweat
and annoy that no less ten
E.k astonishing part OF us
Socrates Goes on to admire which take IN sounds
err sort et are not too much filed with them, and
10 Front ones for biting the for grinding etc.
have ooted enough from the wise old man to show that
men observed LITTLE things and that 1t is worth your
Reader TO contemplate in detail the wisdom that guides
pg waking
mainly intended to shield the eyes
49,. hr,ght invites that like
bothered
Darwin have probably TAXED a' matter over To-
tim anyhow its too long subject Tor discussion here
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31

"A T the present moment quite a
~ number of prominent men are
being discussed as candidates
for the office Of president. The
final choice next November may be
one of them. or it may be a man
whose name is at present unknown.
When your vote has helped to
elect a president he becomes the
president elect until the next fourth
of March. Then he is inaugurated
and turns his attention to business.
His immediate associates are his
cabinet, representing nine Depart
ments of government. Each mem
Der of the cabinet takes up a de-
partment of necessary work of the
government and becomes RESPONSE
BILE for it to the president. These
men help the president, bring mat
tiers to his attention, and enter into
conference with him on all ques-
ffOuc that a y-iqa
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31
How We Go to Sleep and
Wake Up
Natures Wisdom and Proof of Our Original Primitive Condition

Every wentfour hours to sleep and wake up Have
you devoted thought the sleeping waking procssY
Sleep condition of recuperation and condition of dan
ger The forces of the bodythat protect and guide
through waking hours all suspend their activities And
each Of vital enters stores fresh energy for the work of
the coming day We unprotected and the mercy of
mics
Observe how nature cautiously does what she protect
ns this sleeping operation And ask yourself in going
sleep you do bring back dm forest life of your
ancestors?
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31
The INSURANCE BILL.

Editor The Georgian
For the past year a most compe-
tent committee ~ the legislature
has worked upon the subject OF
better protection for those who pat
ronize insurance companies and or
ganizations. This committee has
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31

"HESE illustrations show new
and effective way to use fly
paper. The large picture in
the center shows an inoffensive fly
trap for use in the home
This is made of a regular sheet
of sticky fly-paper, made into q
cone and crinkled, or crepe. pa
per around the outside At the bot
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31
THE CAUSE OF HUMANITY.

Editor The Georgian
When a man writes. as you do on
the editorial page OF your last issue,
I feel like taking him by the hand
and calling him brother because !
believe only those who have feel
ing OF brotherly love for all man
kind can express such thoughts. 1t
IS my earnest wish that you may
continue, for many years. to wri'
with increasing yigor for the
OF humanity. BEN wills
Keeue. Ky.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31

TIME other day, when I went up
into the hills, had a worry, a
gnawing, tearing, agonizing
worry. 1t kept me awake at night
and it walked with me at noon day,
and when the gray evening step
ped, yelled, from the sunset skies,
there was the worry coming, too,
like the disagreeable cousin that al
ways hears of the party and comes
without waiting for an invitation"
l was pretty tired of the worry,
but somehow 1 couldn't seem to get
rid of it. The buster I was the
buster the worry was, too; and
when friends came to see me
heard the worry's voice above all
that the friends were trying to say,
and life was getting to be a good
deal Of a nuisance
And then went to the hills,
and the worry went along, of
course. Catch a good sized, able
bodied worry staying at home with
the old clothes and the idle fur
mace and the empty icebox.
Every day in the hills I went
walking, short walks at first, then
long ones. over sun-soaked trails
that led higher and ever higher up
the red hills. Shady paths winding
among cedars that looked a thou
sand years old. Down soft valleys
with the green a benediction to
tired eyes. Along little streams
that laughed and gurgled at the
joke of life as human beings live it,
always walking, always out under
the great dispassionate skies. now
blue, now gray. now hecked with
foamy white, but always remote,
always unprejudiced, always imper-
sonal,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31
Your guardian senses do not leave you all a

Your guardian do you all Each, in
turn succurnbs sleep and gives up its watchuness.
Of all things that protect from danger most
important But sleep normally with darkness, when sight
useless anyhow. Therefore, when sleep first of all close
our eyes cutting off sight and confdng welfare to the other
after sight taste As gets drowsy
the of follow the optic into oblivion Next
the sense smell goes sleep Smell protector but
minor one especially among "higher primates.'
When man "half asleep" his sight gone, taste and
smell are Next hearing succumbs and last of ALL the
sense of touch
The sense touch warning of the closest possible
proac Of danger stays awake and guard to the last
Finally the little lying at the surface of the skim
the nerves that anything touches abandon their
work the fluid Withdrawn to the central batteries
and fast asleep
When you awake the process occurs reversed
The ouiclest way o awaken to pinch him. The
sense Of touch quickly The next quickest way is to
shout him Hearing wakes him up The next is to awaken
of taste awakener
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31

tom Of the cone a piece of meat can
be placed, or, if preferred, a lump
of sugar
The small drawing on the right
shows a similar fly trap placed out
side the house. Both of these de-
vices are preferable to the exposed
1y-paper, which is not only I'M
slightly, but often falls on the floor
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-05-02
TIMES BUREAU.
AT SITE CAPITAL.

Indianapolis Ind, May Indiana
last week so. on account of the
spectacular hair pulling match that
has been going on in Massachusetts
In fact there has been no interest TAX
en- in anything political in this state
in the last two weeks except the Mas
sachusetts fight between Roosevelt
and Taft. Everything else was laid
aside. Republicans and Democrats
alike practically quit work and laid
down their tools to watch this fight.
OF course, the Democrats enjoyed
the Massachusetts fight, for they said
it meant that no matter whether one
not be elected after such a fight as
that But there has come over the In
diana politicians a different feeling
since 1t has been settled that President
won out in Massachusetts. and the
opinion is now freely expressed that
Taft is sure of denomination, and that
the Democrats will have the battle of
their lives to defeat him. The Taft
Republicans who We're little bit
doubtful as to the result in Massa-
chusetts and who feared that a Roose-
Welt victory in that state might mean
his nomination and the defeat of Taft
have taken new enthusiasm. for
they say that it will now be Impossible
for Roosevelt to take enough votes
away from the president to beat him.
Much interest was expressed yester-
day afternoon in the announcement
that Roosevelt had issued a statement
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-05-02
LULL IN INDIANA
POLITICS THIS WEEK

surrendering the eight Massachusetts
delegates at large to Taft. Roosevelt
said Taft had carried the state for the
presidential preference and that there
fore he was entitled to the delegates.
But the real reason pointed out by the
Taft men for this action on the part of
Roosevelt is that 1t was the only thing
Roosevelt could do. They say that IL
me had insisted on setting aside the
presidential preference vote in Massa-
-chusetts it would have released about
twenty five delegates in Illinois who
are Taft men at heart but who are
bound to Roosevelt by the vote of the
recent presidential preference pri-
maries: that it would have released
something like forty in Pennsylvania
for the same reason, and that 1T would
also have released some in Oregon. In
view of this situation, they say Roose
welt could not do anything but release
in order to be consistent. So after all.
they say. it was not so much that he
wanted to give up the Massachusetts
delegates as it was that he either had
to give them up or lose a lot of others.
The Taft people here admit that Taft
did better in Massachusetts than they
ticians are in very close touch with the
Taft campaign. In fact a large part
of the Taft campaign is handled by In
diana Republicans, and therefore they
are in position to know what is go
| ing on. And some of them are saying
that they really expected the President
| to lose Massachusetts. They say. too.
that he probably would have lost Mas
sachusetts If he had not put on his