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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-10-15

unpleasantly familiar. lengthens the
mouth from the lower jaws hang
ing down, and sharpens the whole
profile TO an edge, and an ugly one.
Adenoidsr
my tall girl | thought at first
was dull, but found the poor thing
was little deaf" said Grandma
Sharpless. shes got horrid skin;
so sallow and rough and pimply.
don't think her digestion is good.
In fact, she said she had trouble
with her stomach"
Naturally. Her teeth are all out
of place from facial maIformation
caused by Notwithstanding. That
means that she can't properly chew
her food. That means in turn that
her digestion must suffer. That,
again, means a bad complexion and
a debilitated constitution. Adenoids!
What's your analysis, Mr.. Clyde?"
THAT boy? He's two grades be-
hind where he should be in school.
1t takes him some time to get the
drift of anything that's said to him.
| should judge his brain is weak.
Anyway, | don't see where he keeps
it, for the upper part of his face is
all wrong, the roof of the mouth is
so push up. The poor little chaps
brain-pan must be contracted"
Perfectly correct, and all the re-
suit of adenoids again. The boy is
the worst example I've been able
to find. But all three Of the chill
dren are terribly handicapped; one
by a painful LONELINESS, one by
ruined digestion, and the boy by
a mental dellciency-and all simply
and solely because they were neg
lected by ignorant parents and still
more ignorant school authorities"
Would you have the public
schools deal with such details?"
asked Mr.. Clyde.
Certainly. Have you ever heard
what Goler, the Health Officer OF
Rochester, asked that city? Ought
MT we to close the schools and re-
pair the children he asked, and
he kept on asking, until now Roch-
ester has regular system of look
ing after the noses, mouths, and
eyes of its young. They want their
children, in that city, to start the
battle of life in fighting trim"
But you don't see many misshap-
en- children about" objected Mrs.
Sharpless.
Then it's because you don't look.
Call to your mind Hogarth's carica-
lures. Do you remember that in
his crowds there are always club
footed, or humpbacked, or deformed
people? In those days such de-
formities were very common because
medical science didn't know how
to correct them in the young. To-
day facsial deformities, to the scien-
tiilc eye, are quite as common, tho
not as obvious. We're just learn
ing how to correct them, and to
know that the hatchet-face is far
more serious clog on a human be-
ings career than is the clubfoot."
If Betty had a clubfoot, of course
~ began Mrs. Clyde.
"Of course, you'd have it repair
ed at whatever cost of suffering.
You'd submit her to long and Sc
riOus operation; and probably to
the constant pain of a rigid iron
frame upon her leg for months, per-
haps years. To Obviate the deform-
ity you'd consider that not too high
a price to pay, and rightly. Well,
here is the case of a more far-reach.
ing malformalion, durable by a min
or operation, without danger, mer-
cifully quick, with only the brief
est after-elIects of pain, and you
draw back from it. Why?n
Isis that all that needs atten-
tion for our baby girl?"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-10-15

moral. IL does NOT
seek to make law
yers, or doctors,
or clergymen, or
editors, or archi-
tects, or manufac-
turers. II does
seek to create
and to discipline
powers Of intel
lect. Of Will, Of
conscience, which
may be applied In
and adjusted to
whatever special
calling the stu
dent may finally
select. II IL not
q profe 8 Q ional
school. Il 10 q
preparation for q
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-10-15

n In our candid opinion that many
a man has escaped a surgical operSr
ton because the doctors didn't think
he had the prica
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-10-15

professional school. 1t Is both life
and preparation for life.
But there are two things which.
among and above all others, the COL
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-10-15

Mrs Newlywed-Oh, Fred, you've
broken our best bread plate.
Mr.. Newlywed -Awfully sorry, dear.
but accidentally dropped one Of your
biscuits Gu it.-Cincinnad Commercial
Tribune.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-10-15
BACK TO THE BIBLE

The Bible worth
D. Ii. Ens,sh
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-10-15
keepa ~ CatA

Ithaca. N. Y.-Becauss she keeps
~ cats. lunacy commission reported
that Miss Jennie Butts. sixty, should
have q guardian.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-10-15
MOUNTAIN AGRICULTURE
Conducted by Farm Demonstration and Special
Investigator

representatives. so plentiful on The
market should be discarded. These
substances so conspicuously adver-
tsed are needless drain on the
farmer, the results of which are
not beneficial in preventing or cur
ing hog cholera. If the money ex-
pended for fake cures were used to
purchase disinfcctants TO erect n
hog house, to secure better water
supply, etc, the returns would be
far greater and more profitable to
the owner.
The leading agricultural papers
are refusing space to the promul-
gators Of mysterious cures, and
their discrimination against such
products is a great protection to
the farmer. In the control Of any
infectious disease sanitation is OF
primary importance and there is no
medical substance which will cor
rect conditions resulting from i'm
proper feeding, insanitary quart
ers. poorly ventilated hog houses,
etc. Hog cholera serum can be
purchased at the Experimental
Station at the cost of production,
and So far as is known at the pres
ent time this is the only preyenta-
tive Of this disease. Serum is be-
ing distributed from the Expert
mcnt Station every day, and thous-
and of hogs are being protected
against the ravages Of this disease.
Farmers are warned to avoid the
numerous names applied TO out
breaks of hog cholera, such as: in
fictitious pneumonia, pig typhoid,
swine fever, etc, as these terms are
used frequently by unframed men.
II is estimated that 90 out Of every
100 deaths IN hogs result from hog
cholera, and it is a we'll established
fact that hog cholera. is the only
important infectious disease Of
swine at the present time. Every
hog raiser should be thoroughly
Informed on this subject, and the
Experiment station will gladly fur
nIsh advice and information in so
far as possible 10 all applicants.
Gratifying Results from Anti-hog
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-10-15
EDUCATION IN GREAT PRINCIPLES
BY CHARLES r. THwiNo. L. o.
president Of Western Reserve Universtv cJsvssnd,

The college seeks to train men in
the great principles, intellectual and
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-10-15
Cholera Serum

An interesting report received by
the department from county agents
IN - southern States affords addl-
tional evidence of the value of
antl-hog cholera serum IN prevent
ing the spread of this disease. Al
though many authorities do not ad-
vocate the treatment after the hog
has become visibly affected, this
report appears to indicate that a
considerable saving was effected in
this way.
Briefly summarized, the figures
are as follows:
1. Number of hogs given single
treatment 3i266.
,. Number of hogs that were we'll
when treated-21, 226.
3. Number died that were well
when treated-60S.
1. Per cent died that were well
when treated-2.22.
3. Number of hogs that were sick
when treated 1910.
6. Number died that were sick
when treated-2,057
:. Per cent died that were sick
when treated 1921.
4. Number of hogs given stimuli
taneous treatment-7,7i3.
Q. Number of hogs that were
we'll when treated-7,ii0.
10. Number died that were well
when treated-i79.
II. Per cent died that were well
when treated 2.ii.
II. Number of hogs that were
sick when treated-303.
IS. Number died that were sick
when treated 100.
ii. Per cent died that were sick
when treated -52.S5.
IS. Total number of hogs treated
-ii,979.
Is. Total number of hogs died
3,O0i.
II. Per cent of hogs died-7i5.
iS. Total number well when
treated-3i636
10. Total number died that were
we'll when treated-7S1.
20. Per cent died that were well
when treated-2.27.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-18
tlanta Has Become the Automobile Hub Of the South

1t was he who established the first garage. And
that establishment was typical of the first
stages Of the industry IL occupied the COM
modious space that once was the dressing room
of the old Star Theater on Decatur street. I'm
pretentious as 1t was however, still more
humble were It's claims to efficiency. Hardly
anybody knew what he was about when it came
to dissecting and grabbing among the vitals of
an automobile.
But the gasoline engine soon achieved de-
gree Of finish and simplicity. Automobile en-
terprses sprung up here and there. One Of the
first was the Atlanta Automobile Company then
Inman & Toole, then julius Deceive opened his
quarters in stable back of the Grand Theater
and the Capital City Automobile Company
tablished Its wares in deserted skating rink
Frank Steinhauer started In 1906.
About that time the less temperamental
horses and mules were becoming acquainted
with the motor monsters The little cars were
hardly large enough to do much damage, even
to decrepit old beast, anyhow.
But how ambitious they were, with their
frantic speed of 20 and % and-hardly credi-
ble-8O miles an hour. All of them were Red
Devils" or white Ghosts" or "Green Demons"
carded them as fresh subjects for jests, they
were taken up by wild-eyed evangelists, who
held them to public view for excoriation and
denunciation, as the instruments of the devil
and rapid transit agencies to the neither regions.
An occasional joy ride occurred, because now
the automobile had achieved degree of per-
lection at which ridin gwas a sort of pleasure.
Then came the first automobile show, and
the Speedway. That the first incubation
Of the automobile germ to which Atlanta really
was subjected. And it took. thoroughly and
well. In 1909 and 1910, when the Speedway
hourished, the days were fat indeed for the
automobile salesman About that time there
were between Is and 20 agencies, four five
branch houses, a handful of tire branches, and
an accessory house or two.
Sales run high. Automobile manufacturers
began to realize Atlanta's enthusiasm and At
lanta's railroad advantages. The automobile
shows waxed greater, more resplendent, more
effective And
There you are, the whole history, It's viclssi-
tudes and its glories i'll short space There
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drivers than in any other Southern city,
many, perhaps, as in any city anywhere. There
is a good sign that the automobile vogue is
planted deeply
There was time, and not many years
ago, when the sight of woman at the wheel of
a car was sufficient to bring gasp and a thrill
to the amazed ones the sidewalk. 1t is re
-. lated how the Calhoun twins Miss Willy and
Miss Floride-now Mrs Macon Martin-were
reputed to be the bravest women in the world
when they bought their atocky, one-luuged
Cadillac and learned to drive it proudly.
And how there were wistful signs of admira
ton when Mrs Joe Regenstein gracefully pilot
ed her car through the mazes of quadrupedal
traffic downtown, and how everybody mar
yelled at the intrepidity of Mrs Julian McGill.
who was daring driver at the first.
But those pioneer days are passed long ago
eight years. in fact. though it seems much
longer Now every other automobile is driven
by gauntleted woman, or a tiush-cheeked girl.
No longer do their faces bear look of grim
determination and selfconsciousness but they
are smiling and nochalant
OF course, men still look at the women
drivers, because they are women-Atanta
women and therefore good to look at, How
ever the glances are no longer inspired by
wonder. but by natural masculine admiration
But indeed it did require courage to drive
car in the old days courage on the part Of men
as well as women Even ten years ago an
automobile was curiosity. Twelve or thirteen
years ago, the crude motor cars were nne-day
wonders, to dra wcurious crowds by the dozens
wherever they stopped.
II can remember 200 men, women and chill
dren tocking about my little motoret," said
Mr. Tooe-J. F. Toole, he is, Of the Locomobile
concern.
Fine little boats they We're, these craft of
the motor Argonauts of Atlanta, built COM
pactly, selling for $3.50, and worth much less.
operating in blissful ignorance Of magnetos and
other devices that make automobiling to-day
practical luxury.
THAT first car that came to Atlanta" said
one dealer, was absolutely without ability to
reverse. The drivers couldn't get in a position
where reversing was necessary, and many were
the funny incidents that grew out Of the short
,omingS of the old cars.
I've heard that old taunt, Get horse so
often that I had murder in my heart. Time
and again the prospective purchaser was dis
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The junk heaps to which the automobiles and
their way at least are worthy Of interest
And now, because this Is an automobile
story. 1t must pass on to a regard Of facts and
figures, because many automobiles mean
much to city in dollars and cents and Incl
dental development, George Hanson, president
of the Atlanta Autombie and Accessory Asso-
citation, estimates that automobile industries
turn loose about 81, 5000 month in Atlanta.
in rent, salaries, and incidentals. He calculates
that there are 200 business houses in the city
occupied by automobile sales and industry con-
Germs, for which an average rental Of $3.50 each
is paid, total of 100000 month, or $1,000
600 year. A total of 5000 persons are work
ing In some department of the automobile
business in Atlanta. he estimates. drawing an
average salary Of $3.50 month, or a total OF
s5400 900 a year
Other automobile men have Endorsed MI.
Hansons figures generally. and while there are
various differences of opinion regarding some
of the details, It is considered that they are
substantially correct.
An increased significance of the automobile
business to Atlanta will come with the estab
lishment of the assembling plant Of the Ford
Motor Company the contemplated site on
the Southern Railway between Ponce DeLeon
and North avenues. About 500 persons will be
employed in the plant, 1t is given out, and
1900 Ford cars will be sent out each year from
Atlanta.
A great lack exists in Atlanta Of definite
statistics concerning the popular phases of
the automobile industry. However, there are
some approximate figures to be cleaned from
the registration books. revealing the growth
of the automobile In popular favor, and an In
dication of the probable causes Of that growth
In 1908, according to the records Of the
City Clerk, about 700 automobiles were regis
tered and licensed by Atlanta citizens. In
1909, there we're 1,400. That was the 1rst year
of the automobile shows and the Speedway. In
1910, the second year Of the show and the other
attraction, 2,400 were registered. The increase
since 1870 1t is estimated, has been annually
about 500 cars.
Since 1910 State law has been in force re-
quiring registrations to be made at the State
Capitol, instead of the city hall. Under tho
system no distinction has been made OF
tax payments in the various counties, and the
records Of Atlanta's registrations are inden-
mite.
The money paid to the State for automobile
licenses Is devoted to road Improvement
In Atlanta there are 20 agencies and branch
houses for the sale of automobiles, nine tire
branches, and four enterprises dealing In au-
tomoblle accessories,
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Judge Gambler Blames the Public for Lack of Civic Interest

Office, and knowing that you have the conf
dence and respect of your fellows. The thought
that you are giving service to the public is
pleasant, too. But the obstacles a man en-
counters when he seeks public office, and when
he hews to the line of conscentiousness and
unselishness great-too great, with the
present Indifference Of the public. to entice the
best men"
Judge Gambler has been in public Office since
his early manhood, having served as Circuit
Solicitor, Circuit Judge, and Associate Justice
OF the State Supreme Court besides holding,
for now his second term, the less respendent,
but no less stormy, position Of Alderman OF
the city of Atlanta
1T has been pleasant work" he summed
IL up. "rhe people have been good TO me, and
l have never been defeated for Office"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-18
Twelve Years Have Seen Progress From One
Asthmatic 'Motoret' to Streets Lined With
Silent, Luxurious Conveyances, 1900 of
Them---Sale Concerns Center Here.
By TARLETON COLLIER.

gusted, and sales were short in those early, lean
years."
Sometimes the pioneer cars ran. Often they
didn't, and when they baked, a conference of
mechanical engineers and steam engine experts
was necessary-and often they were puzzled.
Concerning those primitive days of 1900-01,
history is rather vague. 1t is generally but I'M
officially recorded that Marion johnson was the
first Atlanta purchaser of a car He bought
Mobile steamer and it was not long before
John W. Alexander took upon himself the re-
sponsbilities of stea near. DR.. Bosser
another.
Those were trying days for the infant In
dustry, and for the agents. first among whom
were H. M. Ashe and w. d. Alexander. They
accepted their burdens philosophically, depend
ing on automobile sales more as a staff than
as a crutch Mr.. Ashe was in the typewriter
business, and automobiles were his sdeline
Mr.. Alexander sold bicycles for a living and an
occasional rare Mobile steamer for pleasure.
Then entered the gasoline car and with its
advent, the clouds that had darkened the au-
tomobile world were shattered. The little snub-
nosed. rolled front Oldsmobile rooted its way
into popular favor. G. H. Johnson and W. ID.
Alexander were the agents. and by that token
became men OF some note. Ihey entlced
number of prominent Atlantans into buying.
Chronology at this Juncture is rather hazy
The identity of the man who bought the first
gasoline car in Atlanta is uncertain, but it is
generally believed that J. III. Nunnally was the
hardy pioneer. However, Ed Inman, ]. p.
Stevens and F. l.. Seeley were all purchasers
of gasoline cars at about the same time the
questionable prestige of being the first doesn't
matter.
w. d. Alexander was the Admiral Peary of
the automobile business in the city, however
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-18

ttNTO," said Judge John S. Gambler, Alderman
" from the Ninth Ward, the best men
are not in the public Offices OF our cities as
general rule The reason lies with the public
the people are not sufficiently interested in
getting the best men,"
Judge Gambler, who is thinking of retiring
uneouivocaly from politics at the end of his
present terms as Alderman, talked to Sunday
American reporter with frankness that might
make his statement a sort of Confessions Of
a Public Man" He has been In public office
almost continuously for 81 years.
"There are hundreds OF men in our city, in
every city, who would make capable, efficient,
admirable public officers" he continued There
are hundred | could name who would make
the best OF Mayors But, comfortable and con-
tented, they shy at plunging into the rather
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sordid atmosphere Of our politics, at canvass
ing and begging for votes, at advertising them
selves, at making themselves vulnerable to
mud-slinging and bitter attacks from oppo.
nents.
THE man entering public life must make us
his mind to this And 1t Is hard. The pleasure
of rendering public service Is not great enough
to overcome all this Consequently, few Of the
men who are most fit can make up their minds
to plunge into the maelstrom.
1T ID unfortunate that II is so. It should not
be 30. II the people would make themselves
interested in their government interested in
getting the best men, and in getting their bust
ness attended to In the most efficient manner
It would not be so.
IF all citizens voted, II would not be SO. But
1t 10 recorded that less than 80 per cent Of those
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qualified are actual voters. And the majority
Of the voters active because they in
terested in one issue or the other, and not from
the primary desire Of seeing good and efficient
government. AS a result, the forces Of selfish
ness are always at work while the passive
forces of morality an deficiency outnum-
bered.
once the people grasp the idea that their
government is to be run on the same principle
as big business-say bank, for instance
things will be better, and there will be less
strainng and scrapping for Office, and more
Of the Office seeking the man, The directors
OF bank, for instance are not men who seek
their positions They are the best men the
stockholders have among them and select
ed for their fitness.
"Of course, 1t is very pleasant, holding public
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Q Q
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Is the record Of great economic evolution. II
has grown out Of enthusiasm, out of the adap-
liability of people, out Of judicious we'll
planned automobile shows out of advantageous
position as regards railroad facilities, and out
OF good roads-ah, but there is a controversy
sprung at the last Are many automobiles the
result Of good roads, or are good roads the out.
growth of many automobiles There Is room
for much argument and logic and IL all de-
ponds on the premise from which you start At
any rate, Atlanta has both
Out Of the city, stretching in every direction
there are wonderful, smooth, even, roads run
ming, packed hard as the granite of Stone
Mountain, unduating and winding with the
magically beautiful country of north Georgia
Perhaps, by the way this scenic beauty has
helped automobile development also.
And over these roads, a fine day, you
can see superb procession, the token Of q
great industrial development Sedate leisure.
ly electrics sensitive to the touch Of a young
girls hand; stocky, dynamic roadsters, that
flash by with roar and dare; sensible dura,
BILE runabouts, conservatively taking care Of
the whole family; long, silent, aristocratio
1imousines, gliding with quiet rush like that
OF waters-all are there, symbols Of high de-
gree of civilization and progress that is At
lantas.
Elegant, deathless, always fresh they ap-
pear However, there S another side to the
picture Of the cars Wonderful, beautiful
things as they are, there must be an end to
them. The pessimist-the man who doesn't
own one-will tell you that their span Of life is
very, very short. However that is they come
at last to the end of their travels, and an
ignominious fate awaits them.
Like the humans whom they serve SO well.
the automobiles have cemetery-the ragged
heaps of Atlanta's junk dealers. Out Decatur
street, at the stein Junk Company; out lMariet-
ia street in Jackson's yard, and in one or two
other places, there many rusty. Jagged,
broken hulks thrown indifferently and topsy
turvy grotesquely at variance with the spick-
andspanness which was theirs during the term
of life and use. Out Of rusted pipes and dis
heveled cotton gin cachnery, and ragged
stoves, the once pround chassis rears itself.
The wheels stiff with rust, and the ma
chnery is beyond repair. and there is SOM
berness and a spirit Of tragedy about it all.