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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-22

TIME decade before 1912 had
been a busy and successful
one for the Devil. He had
organized several new trusts, rails
ed the prices of food, fuel. clothing
and rents, and kept the average
wage Of the working girl down to
SIS a week
Everything had moved satisfac-
torily in his Central Office and in
his branch stations on earth.
His emissaries had created false
standards of life, and men and
women in high circles had grown
money mad.
Wasteful extravaganza, unhealth-
ful excitement, unnatural appe-
tiles, and an utter disregard of the
rights of others characterized the
financial and social world.
Then came the TumorS to the
Central Office of great unrest
among the people. They were walk
ing. they We're thinking.
Labor unions, cooperative asso-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-22
WHY DALLAS TOOK ACTIO

TO the Editor of The Georgian:
] note in your paper of the 18th
an article on the front page from
Rome, Ga, that "since Dallas got
mad trains have to creep through"
etc.
Wish 10 say i'm explanation OF the
ordinance passed by city council
that this law was not made lust
because Dallas is mad" but be-
cause we have been unable to get
any sort of reasonable accommoda-
lions of the Southern railway, al
though we have appealed in every
reasonable way.
In the first place the fast trains,
which carry the mails, have been
allowed to go through Dallas at
such a high rate of speed that the
mails have been repeatedly drawn
under the wheels Of the moving
train and torn to shreds thus de-
stroying, many times, very valuable
letters and packages. which could
not be duplicated, and otherwise
delaying things Woefully.
This fact can he established by
the postmaster employees Of the
railroad (who We're Obliged to see
and know Of these frequent mis-
haps) and the citizens of the town
and community generally
The ordinance referred to was
passed mainly to prevent the fire.
qucnt destruction Of the mails at
this point. This NOV, has been
considered necessary f0T some time
Tho town docs uol cnioN II to-
specialize local schedule to aud
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-22
NEW CHARTER FOR ATLANTA

To the Editor of The Georgian .
Permit me to thank you for yo"
editorial on the Men and Re.islo"
Forward Movement and JUS Is..
ton TO the new charter night ID ~
lanta.
Atlanta needs a new and 'p'.ogt
date charter. That charter SUI ..
provide for the things A''"N.'.. %, h,
a progressive city, must nav. ..,.,
would 60 on to'better an. '' No
things. The charter hgh "....oe
neither "A fight FOR nor -.g8,.
Beavers and The Geof4 .a p. ''
eously. insists that it ls h'...f. Pr.
/. as "A sympathizer N... rt
Iglous movement hop" D.. az.
forever impair ms usriu.H rs
anta. los making blum. .
crisis In the ME Of both
mcut and iNp ,liN
Atlanta ga,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-22
Letters From Georgian Readers

from Atlanta, it is true. ana
had borne with all the past neon
Veniences as long IS it was poSs.'.
to do so before action was ta"''
for reasonable protection
Dallas has no particular : .'''
ance with the Southern. but slny.
the railroad company will noj s.O.
any disposition to aCconinoda,,I nj.
large travelling patronage rom '' ~.
point, the town means to proteCl ~ t,
rightful heritage and will MAKE = =
cost much more to the road than :"
reasonable accommodations W.
established. NII iHH.'
Dallas, Ga.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-22
Bv EBERT HUBBARD
Copyright, 1918, Interna tional News Service

The truth is, scraps never sets.
anything. Railroad men who WOW.
to fight should join the army az
go to Mexico.
Just remember that the money !,
the Kangaroo is as good as any
body's, and money is a necasso,n
factor in maintaining railroads
Good railroad men. in dearr.
with the public when they present
themselves for business, are we'll
dressed, but not too well dressed
| can remember when some rail
road men wore expansive sb,rt
fronts, with diamond studs and
wondrous jeWelry. also sidewbic.
kers. And these men had a way q,
making love to the pretty lady MOI.
sengers and leaving all old women
beautifully in the lurch.
Any special attention to any noe
senger is now out of place. as evarv
good railroad man knows. If Won
have any extra courtesy to mass
out, give it to those who need it
most, and let the chiffon and bonn.
bazine go chase itself.
Every passenger spots a train.
man who is trying to lay a corner
stone.
A good railroad man carries a
certain degree of dignity.
Above all things, he is personally
agreeable. He knows the use of a
toothbrush; but he does not carry
his toothbrush, comb. a pipe and
six lead pencils in the northwest
corner of his vest.
He is manicured. His shoes are
shined. His necktie is Of a mod.
est hue. He does not roll up his
trousers to show that his socks
match his tie.
He gets his regular sleep. and he
does not have the yellow forefnger
of the cigarette smoker. He has
a good breath and d bright eve
showing that he is on good terms
with himself and with the world.
Speaks Well for the Fraternity.
A railroad man should be proud
of his position. 1t is a wonderful
thing to speed the public on its
way, to pass out kindness, good
cheer, and help make the world a
better place because you are here
Travel is the great educator; Il
is the great civilizer
Good railroad men are sane, So
Der, and they take no chances in
the line of permissible blocking"
l have travelled on railroad trains
for 40 years, some years half the
time being spent in day coaches or
in sleepers.
And behold. in all that time |
have never lost Il grip, an umbrei-
Ia, a hat or my temper on the right
of way.
l have not been looking for trou-
BILE and no trouble has been passed
in my direction.
The intent of railroad men, ! be-
lieve, is toward courtesy and kind
ness as never before in all history,
and to a degree unequaled by any
other class of business men.
This speaks well for the railroad
fraternity. 1t is a great thing to
guard your tongue. and not only
meet kindness with kindness, but
to meet rudeness with untalIing
restraint.
The Smile Habit and the Safety
Habit pay dividends all day long,
They bring business to your ROAD
and keep it, and without the buSl'
ness there would be no railroad.
We get our money from the puo-
lie, and the buyer always CONSIDERS
that he has the privilege of klchlns
So let him kick!
We will smile just the same, ana
in the course of time he will learn
to smile, too.
So there you get 1t. Courtesy
kindness. good Will, good health
the Smile Habit and the SaleH
Habit. These are the winners.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-22
;: The Science of Agriculture ::
By REV. DIR. G.. H. PARKHURST.

beans in the shape of nodules that
fasten to the roots and feed them;
SO that if, before planting, the Glow
er seeds or beans are mixed with
the proper variety of bacteria, the
seeds will come up and flourish
even though planted in meal or
saWdust or even sand.
The reason why. under ordinary
circumstances soil becomes less
and less productive is that the nj
tlogen that is in it becomes more
and more exhausted by each sue
cessive crop that is raised upon it,
This is where these little creatures
come into play.
In a considerable way. although
not knowing that they are consid-
crate, they make good to the soil
what the previous crop takes out of
it, and under certain conditions
even more than make good, so that
the transaction of raising a crop
shows a credit balance, enriches the
soil instead of impoverishing it,
thus solving what is so serious a
problem--that of keeping the soil
up TO permanent condition of pro-
/
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-22
Will Nitrogenize an Acre.

And bacteria are cheap. too. I
am told that 81 worth of them will
nitrogenize an acre.
l have dozen letters in my
possession, written from all parts
of the country, showing what this
method of fertilization will accom-
pllsh. They are almost enough to
make one want to quit the city and
go into agriculture,
one of these letters ! give entire.
showing that acid soil requires to
be literally oVerspread with lime
and that by "iuocuated" the writor
means mixed with bacteria. This
one is expressive of the same scu-
tjmrnl as tile le~t ana is selected
iu preference tp the others because
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-22
The Earth Is Only a Front Yard
y y y

In Time the Will Have Solved Its Little Prob
lens Here-the Problems That Seem SO Vast Today-and
the Intelligent Mans Will Be Nearly All Outside
of the Earth Which He Lives
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-22

more detailed in its statements and
emanating from one whose agri-
cultural experience enables him to
speak with authority:
Louisiana State University Col
lege' of Agriculture and Agricul-
tural Experiment Stations.
;'Some time ago l wrote you stat
ing that 1 would send you results
of my alfalfa experiments as soon
as l obtained the data. In north
Louisiana, in the hill region. an
acre was planted which gave ex-
celIeht results. The results of this
plot are as follows:
Plot No. One quarter acre.
inoculated and lined at the rate
of 2.50O pounds to the acre. gave a
yield for four cuttings at the rate
of 5000 pounds per acre.
Results of Experiments.
Plot No. 2-One- quarter acre,
lined, but not inoculated, gave at
the rate of $50 pounds per acre.
plot No. 3-One-quarter acre,
the rate of $50 pounds per acre.
plot No. 4-One-quarter acre
not lined, not inOculated. gave at
the rate of 720 pounds per acre.
tSigned) &C. w. EDGERTON,
PLANT Pathologist"
II the facts are all that this let
ter implies-and they all tell the
same story and come from places
as widely scattered as Massachu-
sets, Kansas, New Jersey. North
Dakota. Pennsylvania Montana,
North Carolina, etc.-then there il
offered in these highly bred bacte-
ria and in the newly discovered
mode Of their transportation rea-
sons Of anticipating the commu-
nication Of new impetus to agri-
cultural industry and such AN aug
mentation 90 agricultural onclen-
cN us will increase tho product ana
letuvr u.s. expense
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-22
Hoo the DeUi/ Works

The of Smoothly justly
tanic Maesty
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-22
Rival Efforts of Scientists.

GlVal E1OrtS OF scientists.
Some of the readers Of The Geor-
gian know all about this, some do
not Even all those who are rails
ing crops do not. for they are
rather a conservative class and do
nrt always take kindly to new
ideas and methods
They all know this, at any rate
that soil that has in it no nitrogen,
no potash and no phosp horus-par-
ticularly nitrogen-is unproductiVe.
And nitrogen is expensive. the most
so of any fertilizer when purchased
in the market.
Now, these little bacteria make
nitrogen, and the beauty of the ar
rangement is that they work for
nothing.
When | say that they make nj
trogen ] mean 1t in the sense in
which oysters make pearls, or in
which rainmakers. If there are any
such people make rain. They do
not manufacture rain. but merely
draw IL down out of the sky. So
these bacteria do not literally make
nitrogen they extract 10 from the
atmosphere ana lodge DO upou tine
roots ui clover alfalfa peas aud
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-22
Scraps Never Settle Anything.


The railroad man reported the
case somewhat jubilantly to the
conductor, and said. Il gave him
just what was coming, and l bet
you we never see him on this rail-
road again!"
The conductor replied: 81 fear
that is just what win happen. We
have lost one customer"
A little kindness and diplomacy
would have made that scrap UNI
necessary.
The passenger asked a fool ques-
ton, and the railroad man gave a
sharp reply, and then the passenger
made an insulting remark and got
called.
No doubt the trainman was right
the man would travel by any 9TH
3 er route than that thereafter.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-22

~ VERIFYING has its uses.
= What we call nuisances, such
as snakes and mosquitoes,
are useful things. but whose use
fulness we have not yet succeeded
in discovering. Science interro-
gates them and finds what they are
good for.
Agricultural science is now turn
ing TO good account little micro
scopic objects in nature known as
bacteria. 1t has found what they
can do, has caught them and set
them to work producing forage and
kitchen vegetables. They do not
know that they are working and
render all the better service for
that N-rrNs WOO Gn,1
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-22

~ nee upon a time there was a
sailorman who told big stor-
les about the countries he
had visited.
One day a man asked him this:
Have you ever been to Australia"
Indeed l have" was the reply.
'And did you meet any of those
kangaroos?"
Sure l did" and here the sailor
was up in an aeroplane. Sure. l
met lots of kangaroos, and their
money is just as good as any
bodys."
Let every business man remem-
Der that the grouch's money is just
as good as anybody's.
1t takes money to meet the
Overhead" to take care of termi-
nal charges, to maintain the up
keep.
Cant Take a Vacation.
No railroad can shut down and
take a vacation. A lockout on
railroad is impossible The rail-
road has to keep trains moving,
whether passengers and freight
come or not. To stop means bank
ruptcy for stockholders, bondhold
ers. employees and the public:
Travellers expect safety and serv-
ice. To meet these expectations is
the business of railroad man.
l have noticed that there are
some railroads where courtesy to-
ward the public is practiced to a
degree that does not always prevail
and which certainly did not exist in
the good old time, when if you
asked a railroad man a question he
was apt to snap your head off.
No good railroad man now is
fresh toward passengers, nor does
he give an uncivil answer to any
body.
The same question may be asked
over and over again, but it is his
business to reply with unfailing pa
thence. Especially does a good rail-
road man look after the welfare of
+ elderly people, foreigners. buck
Wheats,' children, and all of those
who seem to need a little protecting
care.
Most of the railroad men in high
places today are men who came up
from the ranks, ana they were ad-
Vanced simply on account of their
superior ability in rendering a serv-
ice to the public. Pull" nowadays,
does not count.
The question is, How much
business can you divert to your
road, and take good care Off"
There are very few lines of rail-
road today that have a monopoly.
People can usually take their choice
of routes, and the public is pretty
sure to travel by the route where
courtesy, Kindness, good will and
the smile habit prevail
| remember once on a Western
road, about so years ago, of a train
man who got into an argument
with passenger. No doubt the
passenger was very trying, ard the
railroad man gave him what he de-
served-that was a backhand slap
in the mouth.
Scraps Never Settle Anything.
The railroad man reported the
case somewhat jubilantly to the
conductor, and said. Il gave him
just what was coming, and | bet
you we never see him on this rail-
road AGAIN."
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-22
Hubbard
The Railroad
Men

The Smile and the Kind, Civil
Answer Have Taken the Place
of the Frown and Perpetual
Crouch of the Old Days of
Travel.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-22

The geography class of the future will class in asron
9my HE REAL PROBLEMS OF THE FUTURE WILL BE
LIE PROBLEMS OUTSIDE OF THIS EARTH AND THE
REAL INTERESTS OF THE FUTURE WILL. BE INTERESTS
CoNMECIED WITH THE UNIVERSE AT LARGE,
we snail make OF this earth beautiful garden inhabited
by safe happy HUMAN beings We shall take pride in il and en-
Joy by day Our intellectual lives win begin with the going
Gown OF the sun and the gradual of those mighty
nelehbors in space that alone will interest," the thnknp man q"
future days
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-20
CHRISTMAS RUSH is
ON AT THE POSToFFICE

Quite a reception was held yesterday
at the Birmingham postoffice in the
parcel post department with Col. I. III.
Aldrich Assistant Postmaster Stapleton.
and Parcel Post Superintendent Smith in
receiving line. The colonel was becom-
ingly attired in a beaming smile and his
usual duds and mixed and mingled with
his guests regardless of size, color, or
state of irritability, and with graceful
bow and gallant demeanor showed them
to their proper places.
Mr.. Stapleton wore his own hair and
sure enough store bought clothes. Mr.
Smith was radiant In a check suit with a
green vest cut bias on the half shell. They
rendered ready aid to the sprightly
colonel
The Christmas rush, that the colonel
has been expecting and had prepared
for had arrived" and hundreds of post
office patrons with all kinds of bundles
and packages, some of them wonder
fully and fearfully made up" besieged the
parcel post department and kept the
many clerks busy from morning until
night. Colonel Aldrich and his assistants
aided the patrons materially by directing
them how to stamp the packages and
mail them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-20
ATLANTA MAN IS
GIVEN SURPRISE
John P. Little Says Wonder
full Stories About Birming-
ham Not Exaggerated

That Birmingham has shown the most
ern cities in the past five years is the
opinion of John p. Little, a prominent
attorney of Atlanta, who was in Bir-
mingham yesterday ON a flying business
trip. Mr.. Little returns to the Gate
City tonight.
This is my first trip to Birmingham
in five years." said Mr.. Little. land my
visit has proven a revelatont OF course
| had heard that Birmingham had grown,
but in Atlanta you know we had dis
counted much of that as boosting How
In your midst I can truthfully say that
the glowing reports of the marvellous
growth of Birmingham are not in the
least exaggerated. 1t Is in my opinion
the most Wonderful city in the south.
1.-The business which brought me to
Birmingham was terminated very
quickly Since that time l have been en-
tertained most royalty by some very hos
pitabe friends. We were out on the golf
links of the Country club-and, by the
way, | want to be quoted on this: OF the
numerous country clubs that | have vis-
tied in various parts of the country
none equalled the Birmingham Country
club in beauty and appointments. You
have splendid place out there-per-
fectly wonderful. The golf links are the
among the best in the country"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-20
MAGNITUDE OF TASK
DELAYS OPENING OF
NEW MOTOR CLUB
New Car Line and Drive
ways Are Being Rapidly
Completed on Shades
Valley Property

The Birmingham Motor and Country
club has been forced to postpone the
opening of it's clubhouse until after Jan
uary l. on account of not having the
improvements completed.
The officers have been rushing the work
as fast as possible endeavoring to open
the club in time for the Christmas holi-
days, but the magnitude of the task made
this impossible.
The extension of the car line into the
clubs property close to the clubhouse is
being pushed, and at the same time tho
driving, speedway and concrete bridge
are being completed as rapidly as possi-
BILE.
The lake site has been completely
cleared of all standing timber and within
two more weeks every stump will be out.
At that time the construction of the dam
will be started and completed in short
time
This dam will be across Shades creek,
and impound about 100000 gallons of
water. 1t will be constructed of concrete,
rock and dirt.
The landscape artist has completed the
work of dressing the grounds immedi-
ately surrounding the clubhouse and laid
out walkways and drives and planted
blue grass, hedges and evergreens.
The club has one magnificent artesian
we'll of pure water and is completing the
drilling of another preparatory to having
a sufficient supply of artesian water for
not only the clubs uses, but to furnish
the home builders on the clubs lots with
an abundant supply.
Immediately after January / the club
will begin work on its lots and in the
early spring there will be several homes
under construction.
The directors of the club at present are
Solon Jacobs, j. e. Shelby. Hugh f. Lati-
mer George A. Blinn, Jr.. and II. B.
Wheelock. After the holidays several
new names will be added to the board.
The present membership Of the club is
over 500 and increasing rapidly and the
membership Is very enthusiastic over the
prospects of this being the biggest club
in the south.
Definite announcement will be made
later of the opening date of the club
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-20
PLAN BOULEVARD
CONNECTING ALL
EASTERN SUBURBS
Realty Interests Would Build
a Picturesque Driveway
Along Side of Red Noun
tain on the South

To provide Birmingham with one of the
wards this country has ever known is said
to be the ambition of few realty owners
in this city, plans for which scheme are
maturing gradually but surely. 1t is
planned to connect Highland avenue,
Mountain Terrace, Glenview driveway,
Cliff road up to the home of Hill Fergu-
son with another road alongside the
mountain through the Avondale Land
company properties, the Woodlawn Realty
company properties and enter East Lake
in the reah of Howard college, connecting
at that point with the boulevards already
constructed or in course of construction
by the Roebuck Springs company.
The picturesque roadway has already
been constructed by the Jemison interests
to the home of Hill Ferguson The re-
mainder is yet to be planned out. The
scheme, it is said. is greatly favored by
the owners of Roebuck Springs, not only
for the benefit 1t will give that property
but for the general credit of the city. II
will cost the various companies interested
a great deal of money. it is asserted.
1t is generally known that at this time
there is a reasonably good driveway con-
recting the principal parts of Birming-
ham with the eastern section. However
there are innumerable railroad crossings
and hazards which could be entirely elm
mated IL the highway being contemplated
is constructed east along the mountain
side. 1t would necessitate a number OF
bridges, it is asserted. but in all general
details the roadway would be paying
proposition.
this highway scheme will be threshed out
and will be accomplished during the next
two years II the cooperation needed be-
tween the various interested parties can be
secured
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-20
HEWETT CONFIDENT OF
OVERWHELMING MAJORITY

Underwood campaign committee, is hard
at work in the interest of Oscar Under
woods campaign. He is not only con-
fident of success in jefferson county,
but of an overwhelming majority Yester-
day Mr.. Hewitt said:
Everything seems to be coming right
and while am not given to blowing or
making broad assertions do believe that
by the time the primary is pulled off that
the voters In this county will be so fully
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-20
PRESENT SITUATION is VERY
MUCH CONFUSED = GRADE
CROSSING EXPERT RETAINED

Engineer Stearnes, the grade crossing
expert, who has been connected with the
city engineering department for some time
working out the grade crossing system
recently reported to the city commission
is likely to be connected with the city for
some time. Mr.. Stearnes was originally
employed but for two or three months.
Mr.. Stearnes is now engaged in investi-
eating every franchise held by any cont
pany using the streets of Birmingham.
The commissioners find that the franchise
records of the city are extremely con-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-20
STEARNES INVESTIGATING
FRANCHISES GIVEN BY CITY

fused and Mr.. Stearnes is now attemptinr
to untangle them, find out who has a
franchise and who has not, why, where,
when and all about them.
Although the commissioners will give no
hint of any later developments there are
reports that following Mr.. Stearnes re-
port on the franchise conditions of the
city there may be some rather interesting
developments.
As is known, the city at the present
time is seeking to invalidate. or to take
steps toward that end. the franchises 7r
several public service corporations.
City Engineer Walter G. Kirkpatrick, as
reported some time ago in The Age-Her-
aid, will disassociate himself with the
city engineering department the last Of
this month,