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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-12-08
THE PROHIBITION LAW N
GEORGIA.

When I began to understand the work
ings of the revised prohibition law that
was railroaded through the legislature Il
year or more ago, after the regular ses.
sion had fizzled out and the called Ses-
sion acted on the revision of the law
passed in 1908, 1 said to myself: What
a farce" Then I also said, What d
tragedy" The statute which makes the
state of Georgia a regular partner in
the sale of deadly intoXicants is both
farce and a tragedy combined.
The ordinaries in every county will re-
ceive $500 annually, and the express
company will get three cents on every
liquor package that they deliver to the
ordinaries, and everything swims along.
and the goose hangs high" The only
time 1 ever went to the polls was with
my invalid husband (who requested me
to go with him), and it was for him 10
cast a ballot for the statewide prolA-
bition law of 1908. 1t was the last time
he ever voted for anything and he was
so rejoiced to feel that his labors for
temperance and prevention of the sale
of intoxicants had at last been success
full. Always increasingly and persistent
ly he had striven for this result.
1 felt like I should have been allowed
to express my appreciation in the same
way, at the same time, but the law of
Georgia deemed women unfit to vote
when the same election law gave the
privilege to negro men and all sorts OF
sorry whites, who have been known I'd
sell their ballots in days gone by.
Therefore 1 feel deeply concerned to
know that shrewd men, political trick
sters and office-seekers have finally
warped and twisted the law of 1908 into
a scheme which floods the state with
liquor and which pays the ordinaries
$500 extra, if that much can be sold
and distributed in each county. What
"give-away" it was! How dreadful for
the women and children of Georgia! 1
am mortified and ashamed that it has
been thus thwarted the honest people
of the state.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-12-08

hountifully. The greedy hen is usually
the best egg machine. And don't imagine
that you can save your mouldy grain
by giving il to the hens. The mould be-
comes a fine dust that permeates the
head as we'll as upsets the liver. 1 knew
Ia woman to lose q beautiful flock of baby
chicks by using some baby chick feed
she bought cheaper than the market
price.
These days find me boiling half gall
Ion OF corn in water that has a dozen
pepper pods in it; then l mix in bran
enough TO make a water bucket full of
dry mash. This amount l divide among
4 hundred chickens and turkeys once &
week. The laying hens need parched
oats or corn at least once a week. Rub
in enough "cracklings" or grease of some
sort to make it well oiled and feed it
at night, 1t is better to have 1t as warm
as the food you would eat yourself
This is not ''coddling" your fowls; they
need a change as well as full crop
when they go to roost. If you have al
ways had Scrubs" but no eggs, don't
imagine thai you can throw a stale bis
cult out and satisfy the appetite of a
dozen hens. Neither IS il good judg-
ment to excuse yourself for a heaping
plate of stale bread by saying it is not
wasted because the chickens will get it.
lNirst-class chicken food is not over three
cents a pound and you can't get -four
for that nor is corn meal as cheap.
bushel of corn sells here for ST.
and hundred pounds of hen feed Cmix-
ed grain) is $2.75.
Get your place in good shape; get a
good cockerel for your hens and turn off
all the young chickens that you can
in January, February and March Fix
up that chicken house so that the roosts
will not be in a draft and for mercy
sake don't let the rain fall on even the
scrubbie.st of scrubs. "a mercifuI man
regardeth (the comfort of his beasts"
Faithfully yours,
LIZZIE o. THOMAS.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-12-08

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A LMOST at once Fred Ellersleys
~ advice to me bore fruit. He had
- told me that "all a pretty girl
had to do, if she wanted a good time,
was to be agreeable and to circulate
By that last word he meant accept
pleasantly the various invitations of all
sorts of men until her list of acquaint-
ances was so long that she would be
justified in cutting adrift from some
of them. Also this young man had told
me that practically all of the gay, at
tractively dressed girls that l had seen
at the big dansants to which he had
taken me were shop girls who came
from the smart shops on the avenue.
why, you got to get a job of some
kind if you want to have good time
Fred Ellersley said to me. 1T isn't
the money, and it isn't the work. They
don't work you very hard in those
joints. But it's one way for a girl to
get out into the world; to get meeting
people. And, after all, if you're going
to get some rich guy to marry you some
day you've got to do that"
This seemed like perfectly good logic
to me. At least 1 was willing to give 1t
a fair trial of course, 1 hadn't the
faintest idea whether or not my mother
would permit me to work. even though
1 were able to obtain a position. But
time enough to cross that bridge when
| came TO Ii. So:
Fred" 1 said to my new found
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-12-08
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THE DISEASES or CIVILIZED PEo-

1t goes without saying that savages
have very little apprehension as to the
diseases that aff1ict their human family
Generally they depend on charms. in
carnations and hoodo prescriptions. Yet
they live out their allotted time and
about as many live to be old as do the
wiser ones
1 have been moved to discuss this
subject since reading of the enormous
increase in Bright's disease, something
like 1876 per cent within few decades.
Also by the increase in insanity, for by
the year 1866 half of the human family
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-12-08

THCS. weary of waiting for the joy
that should have been in my young
life. / reached out my hand and
clutched At il myself on a fine spring
day my mother had sent me to do some
unimportant shopping for her in a near
by store. As 1 walked a young man
had swung into step beside me and had
spoken
For a moment We stared at each other.
What 1 saw was pleasant TO me- \
slender. we'll built youth Of perhaps
twenty-five or three: clean, IL not
very intelligent young face. and GER
tain way of dressing which 1 thought
smart" Perhaps what my companion
saw was summed up in his own re-
mark:
MY goodness he said. What eyes!
Some lamps; what2'
His slang was a little unfamiliar to
me. but / knew what he meant
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-12-08
No. l2-My First the
Dansant

. Youth cares for the jewel; not =
. the setting. It is the tragedy Of y
age that the setting overshadows =
the jewel. =
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-12-08
No. IL" Just Walking -

Youth snatches at JOY SO Gag =
erly that all too often in its =
haste it goes wide Of the mark =
and clutches-misery. =
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-12-08
No. 14-Learning.


y We are born with our instinct y
y for good; 1t IL the world which y
y teaches us evil. =
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-12-08
The most popular coffee in America

Today there whole towns where Arbucdes is pract
cay only coffee used In State alone in four
pounds of Arbucles Coffee used for every
child in Statefour times many pounds of coffee
population of the State! Arbucke Bros New York
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-12-08

Like a million other women,
you can serve coffee that he
would give most anything to
have-coffee which starts the
day right" for all.
Everyone loves the rich flavor
of Arbuckles' Coffee. Of all the
coffees in America, today, it is
by far the most popularl
One woman says: My hus-
band used to swallow his coffee
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-12-08

and hurry off. Now we have
Arbuckles' and you'd think it
was Sunday the way he fingers
over his breakfast"
Serve it in your home-see
how the little early morning
troubles disappear.
Until you try Arbuckles' you
will never know what a differ
ence good coffee can make in
your home.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-12-08

Dear Mrs. Thomas: l raised all Of
the baby chicks to frying size. AS there
were eleven roosters l used eight of
them on the table and now have eight
fine hens and three cockerels. They are
beauties. Now, who can beat that in
day-old baby chicks shipped the
entire length of Alabama?
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-01-27
The Winter Wheat Crop Of 1915.

Present indications are that the
winter wheat crop of 1916 will not
be nearly so large as that of 1915
says Wallace's Farmer. The gov
eminent crop report, issued the
first of the year, indicates a re-
duction of II per cent in acreage
The entire corn belt, with the ex.
ception of southern Minnesota
-and southern Wisconsin, is SOW.
ing much less winter wheat this
year than year ago..
f., The government report also in
dicates that winter wheat went in
to the winter in somewhat poorer
condition than a year ago. The
condition of winter wheat in Kan
sas and Nebraska is somewhat
better than last year, but taking
the country as whole, the condi-
ton is 6 of a per cent worse.
If there is much winter killing,
or an unusual spring drouth, or
heavy rains at time of harvest, or
untimely weather of any sort, we
would expect shortage in the
winter wheatcrop.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-01-27
German Aeroplanes Raid English
Coast.

London, Jan. 23.-Hostile aero
planes made two raids on the east
coast of Kent today.
The first raid made early this
morning was conducted by one
aeroplane, which dropped nine
bombs. One person was killed,
six injured and considerable prop
erty damage was caused by the ex-
plosion and the following fires.
The second attack was made in
the afternoon by two aeroplanes.
This caused no casualties or dam
afe. The hostile machines escaped
pursued by English aeroplanes.
The county Of Kent forms the
southeasternmost portion of Eng
land to the south Of the Thames.
1t includes part of the City Of
London but the wording Of the Of
fetal statement indicates that the
aeroplane did not reach the city.
The point nearest London on the
eastern coast of Kent is some SO
miles from the center Of the city.
A point of interest in the Off
cial account of the raid is the
statement that it was made by an
aeroplane. Heretofore Germany
has relied principally on Zepoelins
for aerial attacks on England.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-01-27
WANT OLD AGE PENSION LAW
United Mine Workers Plan to Make q
Vigorous ampaign-Will Draw
Up Bill.

Indianapolis, Ind. Jan. 24.-The
United Mine Workers in convention
Saturday went on record for a moro
rigorous campaign for the enactment
Of a system Of old age pensions. The
executive board Of the international
organization was instructed after .
long debate to determine the best
method Of having such legislation en-
acted and TO draw up federal bin for
submission to congress or . uniform
measure for presentation to the lsgis-
lature Of the various states.
The delegates also adopted rssolu-
ton authorizing the appointment Of .
commission Of three to investigate the
feasfbility 0f sstAbiishiny home Tor
the aged and innrm members q IL
union.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-01-27

! Missouri, boasts of her corr
crop and well she might. On III,
farm Of the late David Rankin
| who was probably the wealthies,
| farmer in the world, at Tarkio
! Mo-, last year, more corn VA
grown than the total amo1R1
raised in the nine states Of Utah
Oregon, Washington, Arizona,
Idaho Montana, Wyoming, Ne.
vada and Rhode Islannd, says the
Kansas City Post.
When the harvest was over last
fall the Missouri farmer tucked
away $4,000 900 to his credfbip
the "corn column"
And along about that same time
100000 was being spent by Kan
sas City elevators in rushing to
enlarge the capacity Of grain ele-
vators some 100000 bushels. But
the Missouri farmer is too wise to
sell his corn for someone else to
make money on. He uses most Of
it to double his bank account by
fattening' hogs.
Missouri's total crop last year
was 2O9, 100000 bushels, enough
corn to feed eleven bushels to ev-
cry hog in the United States, and
enough to feed one bushel to ev-
cry domestic animal including cat
tie, horses, mules, sheep and swine
on farms in the entire Union.
Three of Missouri's best corn
producing counties grow more
corn than nineteen states in the |
Union, including he whole Of New
England. Missouri grows three
times as much corn as all Of South |
three-fifths as much as
all of Europe and one-half as
much as the whole world outside
of the United States
The value of the crop exceeds
an average of $1,O00,000 for each
Of the ia counties in the state.
The Missouri corn CROP would buy /,
The coal output of Illinois and
West Virginia for one year, and
these two states are of the biggest
producers of bituminous coal in
The United States. ;
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-01-27
MEXICO FILES A. COMPLAINT
carranza Officers At Juarez Demand
that United States Soldier Be
Punished for Shooting.

Ell Paso, Tex. Jan. 25.-Gen. Gabriel
Gabira, commandant of the Carranza
garrison at Juarez. presented to the
military authorities here today re.
quest that United States soldier
named Harrison be punished for hav.
Ing hred on and wounded Mexican
civilian Saturday afternoon. At the
same time representations to 2. L.
Cobb, United States customs collector
here, were made that American cattle
thieves were stealing cattle from Mex
lean owners south Of the border A
demand was made that the thieves be
apprehended and punished.
The Mexican authorities in their rep
referred to the prompt
punishment they melted out to the
Duran brothers, Mexican cattle thieves
who were put to death yesterday for
the murder Of Bert Akers, an Ameri-
can.
Mexican officials at Juarez said they
hoped prompt action would be taken
by the American authorities, saying
there was apparent in Juarez a pro-
feeling resulting from the
shooting of the two Mexicans for the
killing of one American and the shoot
ing Of the civilian, Alexandra Soto, by
the United States soldier last Satur-
day.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-01-27

0eaStle, wash, Jan. 24.-Tour bodies
Uut - The SIX persons killed today
when Two cars Of z vestbound Great
pgerthsrn train were caught n : sS0V
atalanc1s. had been roooyersd toaighE
Il Neas also ascsrtej1e1 stoaisAt that
1lteen persons werS injured vhsn {Ae
~ cars xsrs hurled thrse hundred
~ down the west siope q The Cas-
cade mountains near Corea station.'
! When the carr vere shpt dow ~
mountain side the diner caught nr6
~ was destroyed. One rdea1 man and
threo injured were sxtricated ffom Il.
a cAarred body was also toenA.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-01-27
ENDS ALONG FIGHT.
Federal Supreme Court Hands
-
Down Decision Declaring
Income Tax Valid Valid.
WAS IN LITIGATION 50 YEARS
Has Been in Courts at Various Times
Ever Since Civil War-knocked
Out Once.

Washington, Jan 25.-The fedora
income tax law was declared constitl
tional in the supreme court yesterday
Chief Justice White announced tn
decision in the case of Frank r. Brush
aber stakeholder of the Union Pacifi
railroad. who sought to enjoin the com
pany from paying the tax on tn
ground that it was unconstitutional.
The decision was unanimous. Justic,
McReynOlds, because of his connec
ton with the case as attorney Gen
eral. took no part in the decision
None of the other income tax case!
was disposed of formally.
Most of Justice Whites opinion wal
directed toward overruling the conten
ton that the income tax amendment
tax provided hitherto unknown pow
er of taxation. Going far into the
history Of income tax legislation the
chief justice concluded the argument
was without merit.
Advancing to other points. the CHIEF
justice held that the tax was not un
constitutional because it was retroac
tive. The argument that the law was
unconstitutional because labor, agri.
cultural organizations and such were
exempt, the chief justice held. was
answered by decisions under the cor
poration tax law.
He said the point was only another
illustration of an erroneous assump-
ton that the tax was imposed under a
new power conferred upon the govern
ment by the Sixteenth Amendment,
whereas it was power recognized to
exist from the beginning of the gov.
eminent and thus decisions defining
the taxing power previously rendered
were applicable to it.
e.. In Court Nearly Fifty Years.
Five separate suits to test the consti-
tutionality Of the new income tax were
brought in the federal courts through
out the country soon after the law be.
came effective and all found their way
to the supreme court Of. the United
States soon after.
For nearly fifty years the fight for
and against federal income tax has
been somewhere In the courts. The
income tax imposed In the Civil War
and the years Immediately following
was not attacked with the seriousness
of later cases. It was not until the
Cleveland administration placed an
income tax in the Wilson Tariff Act
that the fight became7 active.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-01-27
FIVE Ole ID OKLAHOMA FLOOD
cIoudburst North Of Sulphur Causes
Heavy Damage BY Swollen Streams
oil Field Hard Hit.

Oklahoma City, Jan. 22.--Keportl
received In Oklahoma City Friday
night indicate that damage done BY
The storm which swept over the state
Thursday night and early this morn
ing was greatest in Murray county
and in the oil fields.
Five persons are known to have
been drowned in Murray county dur.
ing Thursday night. The dead are
James Shenner, a reclure bachelor.
who lived in Sulphur; Mrs. Edward
Cleveland and three children, who
lived on a farm south Of Sulphur.
Shenner's body was recovered today,
three miles below his home. The body
Of Mrs. Cleveland was recovered from
the Washita river.
Plat National Park, at the edge Of
Sulphur, was inundated and the water
spread over large part Of the town.
The electric light plant vas inundated
and water was three feet deep In the
Frisco and Santa Fe railroad depots.
Several hundred persons were rescued
from roofs of houses. The flood was
caused by cloudburst north Of Sui
phur.
About twenty oil tanks, with ca
pacities ranging from $50 to 1000 bar
rels, situated in various parts Of the
Healdton field, were destroyed by
fire last night. The damage will ap-
proximate $4,000. The Ardworth
company lost two tanks, the Glen
wood company five, the Roxana COM
pany two, the Maloney company one
and Gunsberg & Foreman five. New
of the Writ Mercantile COM
pany were wrecked by wind.
A telegram from McAlester tonight
said that all train service from the
north and west was suspended be-
cause Of high water
During the heavy rain last night .
Frisco passenger train left the track
Schulter and Okmulgee, the
engine, tender, baggage car, chair car
and smoking car tipping over. A
wrecking train went out from Sapul-
"a. 1t is believed that no one was
seriously injured.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-01-27
CONFUSION BILL PASSES
Military Service Bill Through House Of
commons-Now Goes to the
~ Lords for Action.

~ London, Jan. 25.-The military serv.
Ice bill passed the third reading in the
house of commons tonight by a vote
OF 1888 to 36.
The bill Immediately was sent to
the house Of lords and given the first
reading. The second reading will be
taken In the house of lords on Wednes.
day, and parliament probably pro.
rogued Friday.
Although tonight's debate showed
that many Labor members are still
suspicious, there is no doubt that gen.
eral opposition to the measure has d.
minished enormously since its intro
duction, and that the feeling over the
country is strongly with the govern.
ment.
The bill passed without serious mod.
iacation. The government accepted
an amendment that capital punish
ment should not be inflicted for re.
fusal to obey call to the colors.
The principal discussion turned upon
safeguards against employing the
measure for industrial compulsion.
many q the members expressing sus-
picina regarding the attitude Of David
Lhyd George, minister Of munitions.
In this connection. especially ~ Mr.
Lloyd George had not participated In
the debates on the bill.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-01-27

j The following summary Of esti
mates Of numbers and values 81
i live stock on farms and ranges il
Missouri January ! ii compiled BY
1.-THE Bureau Of Crop Estimates y,
lis. Department Of Agriculture
HORSES l81 GOO compared
with 1895, 000sa year ago and 4 I
lO84, 900 five years ago, Value per
lhead, $50, compared with $88 9
year ago and $1O9 five years ago.
MULES 329, 900, compared
with $4,000 a year ago and 1885,
600 five years ago. Value per
head 500, compared with 1893 q
year ago and 1923 five years ago.
MICH cows 1897 900, COM
pared with 797, 900 year ago and
$50, 900 five years ago. Value per
head, $54:40, compared with
$3.50 a year ago and $3.50 five
years ago.
! OTHER CATTLE, $50, 900,
compared with 1,414,O00 q year
ago and 1871 900 five years ago.
Value per head, $500, compared
with $3.50 a year ago and $24.6O
five years ago. q
SHEEP, 100000, compared
with l, 100000 a year ago and J.
847, 900 five years ago. Value
per head, $3.50, compared with
$500 year ago and $4.34 five
years ago.
SWINE-4, 100000, compared
with 4,25O,00O a year ago and A.
8S2, 900 five years ago. Value per
head, $40, compared with $50
q year ago and $3.50 five years
ago. ~
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-01-27
300 Armed Japs Reported
0amped in Mexican Hills

Los Angeles, CAL, Jan. 21.-Tht
Los Angeles Times publishes this
dispatch from Calexico: s'The re.
port that 300 armed Japanese sol
diers art encamped in the Sierra
del Pinal Mountains, 20 miles
south of Jacumba and the Ameri.
can border has caused much un.
easiness among Carranza officials
of Lower California.
Information about the pres.
ence Of the soldiers, who are wear.
ing the regulation Japanese Army
uniforms, according to = report re-
ceived by immigration officials,
was brought here BY Carranza
Representatives.
"AppFehension i felt BY rep
resentatives Of Carransa because
it ID believed the reported camp i
one Of The many bonds q Japan
- that may b septtssed ID yssi-
ous parts Of the 49, eoast Of
Mexico.
Rpmors were revived tonight
about ! gigantic scheme . mobil-
ire Japanese soldiers 70 take Low
er California. O.. 49, 80.
The report Of the pro 10
,snch SOldiers has hen i 4 = IL
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-01-27
Former Butler Negro in Trouble.

Friday morning Arthur Cakes,
formerly a leading light in colored
circles in this city but now resid-
ing in Kansas City, met his wife,
from whom he was separated, at
18th and Main street in that city
and proceeded to carve her up.
She was taken to the General Hos
pital where she is in dangerous
condition from a wound in her
throat.
After cutting his wife Oaks ran
but was captured by men going to
work and taken to the Walnut
street police station. He attempt
ed to swallow carbolic acid but
was prevented by the police.
Cakes has for some time been
employed as porter on the Joplin
branch of the Missouri Pacific.