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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 it looks
very much as if their efforts and
the money spent in their investiga-
tons will come to naught. More
than half of the present session Of
the legislature is history, and house
bill No. 1852 seems to have been
placed in a snug resting place to
await its fate
From the report of the comp
troller general it will be seen that
nearly 100000 Of insurance is
carried by the citizens of this state.
The gross premiums paid for this
protection is nearly $1S,000,00O
year, and yet the same aatiouated
provision for taxing care of the In
terest of this vast and growing in
dustry is just what it was in 1887,
when there was only about $780,
100000 Of insurance carried In this
state.
There isn't a provision in the bill
introduced that any agent man
ager, official or institution doing
and proposing to do straight
honest business could object to-
and it seems to those who have
studied the situation that the gen
eral assembly could serve it's con-
stituency in no better way than 70
see that this bill is enacted into la"
at as early a date as is possible.
J. E. M'LAUCHLIN.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31
Civil Service" the
Service of Citizenship.

Now, you may be entirely salts
fed with your own work and not
care to enter the service Of the
government. In that case stop
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 it Quito
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 it 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 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 | 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 ! came to the hills.
They taught me how little and how
foolish and how ungrateful I was.
When the worry bit the deepest.
there stood the eternal hills, smiling
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 10000 inhabitants, approx
mately. 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 30O,-
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 conf1r-
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. II
he passes with a high average, he
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31
A LESSON PROM THE HILLS
By WINIFRED BLACK.

at me from under the scurrying
clouds.
Wait" they said, "be patient,
take comfort; see the little squir-
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 it make, really?
Why did he. worry SO, the worst
that came was not so bad, was 1t?
1t Won't Make 1t 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 it? Life is 90 short with
them One season we see them
and the next they are gone Just a
little season, rain. sunshine, wind,
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
I'VE 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 ali the chattering, and
the hurryng. and the boarding, and
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31

TIME other day. when | 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 couldn't seem to get
rid of it. The buster l was the
buster the worry was, too; and
when friends came to see me l
heard the worrys 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 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 l 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 fiecked with
foamy white, but always remote,
always unprecedented, always imper-
sonal.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31

"HESE illustrations show a 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 regular sheet
of sticky fly paper, made into a
cone and crinkled, or crepe. pa
per around the outside. At the bot
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31

Editor The Georgian
When a man writes, as you do on
the editorial page of your last issue,
| feel like taking him by the hanu
and calling him brother, because
believe only those who have a feel-
ing of brotherly love for all man
kind can express such thoughts ~
is ng earnest wish that you may
continue. for many years, to write
with increasing vigor for the cause
Of humanity. BEN WILSON
Keene. Ky
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31
The Education of the
Voter
THE FORCE THAT GOVERNS
Great Army Of Nearly $4,000 Men and Women
Garry the Nations Business
By THOMAS TAPER.

n T the present moment quite
~ 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-
tions that arise.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31

tom of the cone a piece of meat can
be placed, or, if preferred, 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
fly-paper, which is not only un-
slightly, but often falls on the floor
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31
THE INSURANCE BILL.

Editor The Georgian:
For the past year most compe-
tent committee of 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

the worrying do? Tell US that; we
want to know, we hills"
And it was while 1 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 1 live in the sunshine and
walk in the rain and rejoice in a
little weather just because am
alive, like the flower there on the
spur of the great mountain. Alive
and part of the great plan. Who
am I, 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, ye
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 it 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 a change, a
new point of view.
1t 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 a 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 a 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:
Il viii lift up mine eyes to the
hills from whence cometh my help
Psalm 1916.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31

When you awake the process occurs-reversed
The quickest way to awaken a is to pinch him. The
of touch quickly The quickest way
him. Hearing wakes him up The awaken
him by putting strong odor him.
of taste awakener.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31
How We Go to Sleep and
Wake Up
Nature Wisdom and Original Primitive Condition
= y y

Every twenty hours you sleep and wake Have
you devoted thought the sleeping and waking proess
Sleep condition of recuperaon and condition of dan
ger The forces of the bodhat protect and guide
through waking hoursa suspend their activities And
vital up fresh energy for the work of
coming day We unprotected and the mercy of
mics
Observe how cautiously does what she to protect
in this sleeping operation And ask yourself in going
sleep you do bring back dm the forest life of
ancestors
guardian do not leave you all at Each
turn succumbs sleep and gives up its watchfulness
OF all things that protect from danger eyes most
important But sleep normally with darkness when sight
useless anyhow Therefore when sleep first of all close
eyes cutting off sight and confdg welfare to the other
Next after sight taste AS gets drowsy
the of follow the optic into oblivion Next
the of smell goes sleep. Smell protector but
minor one, especially among ''higher primaes
When is "half asleep his sight is gone taste and
smell dormant Next hearing succumb and last of ALL the
of touch
The of touch warning of the closest possible APP
proach danger stays awake and guard the very last
Finally the little lying the surface of the skim
that tell when anything touches abandon their
work; the fluid is withdrawn the central batteries
and fast asleep.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31
THE CAUSE OF HUMANITY.

Atlanta, Ga.
Evening star., 1912-11-06
ANACOSTIA.

The annual meeting Of the congrega-
ton of the Anacostia Baptist Church was
held last night, with Rev Frank l.. Bar
dens presiding. Reports showed that
much progress had been made during the
year just closed, both in the way of i'm
provements to the church property and
congregation. The pastor. Rev. Frank l..
Bardens, is to continue in charge Of this
parish for another year.
Anacostia Council, No. 16, Junior Or
der of United American Mechanics, held
meeting last evening in Masonic Hall
and made arrangements for a special
meeting next week, when four candi-
dates are to be admitted to member
ship. Decision was also made to join
with the other councils in the District
in a Thanksgiving service this year for
the members of the organization in one
of the Washington churches. A commit
tee is to be named to assist in the ar
rangementS.
A meeting of the program committee
OF the Parent-Teacher Association of
Anacostia was held this afternoon. for the
purpose of completing the program for
the first evening meeting to be given
by this association since opening it's
present term. Miss Gertrude A. Phillips,
chairman, presided.
Mrs. Elizabeth King presided at a
meeting Of the Ladies' Guild of En-
manuel Episcopal Church held yesterday
afternoon in the parish hall.
The large intercepter sewer which is
being constructed between Poplar point
and Giesborc is rapidly approaching
Anacostia, and it is expected that within
another week operations will have
reached this suburb.
Evening star., 1912-11-06
Eczema Spread
AIl Over [Body
On Scalp First, Formed Thick
Scales on Scalp. Raw, Irritat-
ing Sores. Cuticura Remedies
Cured When All Others Failed.

r. +. y. No. l. Iewisburg. Ky.-"Fiftcen
years ago was badly affected with eczema upon
my scalp first. then il spread all over my body
and continued TO grow worse for four years Ii
began with dry rash forming scales After
forming thick scales or scabs the irritation forced
come out with them 3pon my face and body the
sores would get nhamed and they dshgured NV
face. 1t was worse where my clothes irrtated
them. The eruption was a yellowish watery kind
sometimes bloody In ware. weather ii was 20
had ! WAS not able 10 work on account of the
raw irritating sores my head and body Some
times the sores would spread until two or three
Of them would get together and form one large
sore.
AFTER trying various medicines without relief
] tried Cu.trura Soap and Ointment. After using
four csfs Of Cuficura Soap and four boxes OF
Cuticura Ointment and one bottle Of the Re-
Aeen for eleven years. Cuticura Soap and Oint.
rapt cured me when all others failed to do me
any good" (Signed) W. II. Williams Mar H.
1912
Cuticurs Soap and Cuticura Ointment are sold
throughout the world. A single set is often suf-
farEt. Liberal sample Of each mailed free with
323. Skin Book. Address postcard .Cuticura,
Beye. r. Boston"
0Tender-faced men SHOULD use Cuiicura Soap
easvins Stick. 2oc. Sample free.
Evening star., 1912-11-06
TWO FARMS SOLD.
Summer Home Destroyed by Fire,
Marriages-News Of Leesburg.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
LEESBURG. Va, November ), 1912.
G. L. Lilly has sold his farm of 134
acres. near Purcellville, Va, to Henry
Limerick, for 500 an acre. The farm was
purchased few years ago by Mr.. Lilly
from J. H. Limerick.
Rev. Fleet H. James has sold his farm
of ninety acres near Round Hill, Va, to
Prof. Dodd Of the Chicago University.
The latter will take possession January /.
Mr.. James has purchased lot in Round
Hill.
The summer home of Mrs. Peter of
Washington, on the Blue Ridge mountain
Friday night. The fire is thought to have
been caused by the explosion of lamp.
Announcement has been made of the
marriage of Miss Frances Earle Robey,
daughter of Frank E. Robey, who resides
near Bloomfield, and w. o. Whitman of
Airmont. Va. The ceremony was per-
formed Saturday by Rev. DR.. I. B. Lake
of Upperville, Va.
Monday Miss Beulah L. Whitman,
daughter Of w. o. Whitman, and James
Harrison Monroe, son of Madison Mon
roe. OF Unison, were married in Wash
ington, d. c. They will reside at Unison
Announcements have been received in
this county, where the bride has a large
number of relatives, of the marriage of
Miss Clara Wyndam Martin, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. William s. Martin, of
Charlottesville, Va, and George Lawton
Estes of st. Augustine, Fla.
The contract of James E. Bagley of
Washington as director of ST. James
Episcopal Church choir of this town has
expired, and will not be renewed for the
winter months.
Evening star., 1912-11-06
SUPPLIES FOR THE WINTER.
Lightships anu Stations Receive
Stores and Euel.

To supply the light stations and light.
ships between Cape Charles. Va, and the
entrance to Delaware bay with fuel and
stores. in preparation for the coming OF
cold weather, the tender Orchid, Capt.
Almey. has been working her way up
the coast since early in the week When
she completes this service she will re-
turn to the Portsmouth. Va, station, and
will there take aboard stores for the
lightships south of Cape Henry
From a supply cruise of several weeks.
during which she visited most of the
light stations in the Carolina sounds. the
tender Holly has returned to Portsmouth h
for duty among the lights and buoys
on the Chesapeake.
The tender Maple has returned to Bal
timore, after cruise on Chesapeake bay
and the Potomac river.
notice regarding lights and buoys on
Chesapeake bay and its tributaries has
been issued by the lighthouse authorities
in charge of this district, as follows:
Virginia bay, main chan
mel to Baltimore: Thirty-five-foot chan
Evening star., 1912-11-06
COLD BATHS LAzINEss CURE.
Court Prescribes Icy Plunges for
Boy Who Prefers Sleep.

The cold water cure for laziness was
prescribed for Theodore Peyton by Judge
LIE Lacy in the Juvenile Court yesterday
afternoon. Theodore was taken into
court by his father, who said the boy
was so lazy that it all but required the
aid of horses to drag him from bed in the
morning. Some times Theodore is so
tired his father said. that he won't
even dress himself. Theodore is often so
fatigued also that he can't get started
to school, or to work, or, in fact, to get
started anywhere to do anything except
sleep.
What you need. Theodore the judge
said, lis a cold bath every morning of
your life. Cold water is the best cure
for laziness in the world. Now. 1 will
place you on probation on the condition
that you get into the water every morn
ing whether you like it or not. and stay
in until you are thoroughly awake
Probation Officer John Dillon was in
strlcted by the court to see to it that
Theodore takes the icy plunge each day.
Theodore left the courtroom shivering in
anticipation.
Evening star., 1912-11-06
OFFICERS CHOSEN.
NJ Street High School Forms an Ath-
letic Association.

For the first time in several years NJ
Street High School will have an athletic
association. Girls, boys and teachers will
be members. Heretofore the athletics
have been conducted by the teachers.
with little or no student assistance. but
now it is intended that pupils and teach
ers equally share in the support and
management of school athletics. A cam
paign is now being conducted to boost the
membership in the various sections each
year.
The officers OF the association are:
Campbell Johnson, president: Miss Emma
Wallace vice president: David Lane, sec
retary: Joseph Allen, treasurer: Miss FL
sic Brown and Norvelle Barnett assist
ant treasurers.
The games committee Of the association
consists of the officers of the association
and the following teachers and pupils:
Miss NJ. kirkland, Miss NJ Perry, Miss
T. Lee. Haley Douglass, Matthew Nor
ton f. B. Henderson, Miss Edna Prout,
Fred Randall, Oscar Randall and George
Lacy.
Evening star., 1912-11-06
C0NFEssEs SHE IS FIRE BUG.
Nurse, ''for Excitement Started
Hotel Blaze Costing Three Lives.

ST. LOUIS, November 6-Miss Bar
bara Gladys Arnold, eighteen years old,
nurse girl. was arrested yesterday
charged with having set fire last Friday
night to the Berlin Hotel, in which three
persons lost their lives According to
the police she confessed that she started
the fire for the "love Of excitement
Her arrest followed the discovery of a
fire in the WIndemere Hotel early yes
terday. Her employer, the Rev. w. ].
Williamson, had moved his family and
the girl to the Windemere after the Ber-
lin Hotel was destroyed
The girl made written confession in
which she said that she started a fire in
the Windemere by throwing lighted
towel over the transom of her room The
flame was extinguished by Mrs. William
son.
Evening star., 1912-11-06
CARGOEs OF BANANAS,
Receipts at Baltimore Yesterday Ag-
gregate SO, 600 Bunches.

Receipts of bananas at the Baltimore
frult Wharves yesterday amounted to :s3,
600 punches brought in by two steamers,
but the total receipts will probably be
twice this amount, as two other vessels
are due at Baltimore with bananas and
other fruit aboard from the West Indies.
They should have arrived early in the
week. but a severe storm on the coast
has delayed them.
The arriving steamers were the Brugh-
ton, from Port Antonio. Jamaica, and the
Commodore Rollins, from another ia
maican port. The masters of both ves-
sells report having run into a heavy
northerly gale Saturday last, and it was
with them until they passed in the capes
OF the Chesapeake Monday morning.
A large proportion of the fruit will be
brought to this city for the trade.