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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-05-19
Conservatism In Cotton.

Encouraging though it is, the improvement in
the cotton market should not lure Southern plant
ers the danger of overproduction Prices would
not be what they are today had the 1915 crop
Appropriated that of the preceding year; nor is
there any assurance that present values will con-
tinue if the crop is very large one. The
New York Commercial we'll observes in this con-
necton that early in the the price of cotton
lis fixed TO a large extent by the pressure of dis
tress cotton the market"
Wheat is not affected in the same way be-
cause those who raise wheat have live stock
and other crops and most of them can afford
TO hold their wheat The result is that wheat
usually commands fair price in the height
of the harvest. Too many cotton farmers are
forced to sell their cotton early turn it
TO the country storekeeper money lender
who has a lien on it, Were it not for egiti-
mate speculation the price would probably
be still lower in the early months of the crop
year. When peace is restored the demand
for cotton will improve, but the cotton trade
of Europe will hold off as long as possible if
there is a large stock in weak hands in the
United States"
The end of the war is purely conjectural.
While some observers infer that peace is not more
than six or eight months away, others
WINGED that hostilities will drag on year two
years longer The markets of Central Europe and
of Russia are now virtually closed to the American
producer. and not until they open will the world
demand for cotton be sufficient to justify normal,
much less an extraordinary output. 49, .'..r
For the immediate future. therefore. the South
ern farmers safest course lies in a maximum of
food products and minimum of cotton Indeed,
he never will be safe in planting large cotton
acreage until he provides first for ample supply
foodstuffs in order that he may be able to hold
his cotton whenever market conditions unfav-
orabe.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-05-19
A ChivalrOus .MOslem

HALL Pasha, commander of the Turkish forces
at Kut, declined to accept General Townshend's
offer to surrender the city and Notifications
tire to the coast. Soon thereafter Townshend
surrendered Internationally. HALL declined to
accent the British commanders sword, and
ceved him personally a distinguished guest.
No general or gentleman of Christian Europe could
have conducted himself more chivarously toward
a beaten foe.
For the army which surrendered the Brit
ish will feel only moderate misgivings. The CON
duet of the Turks in the present war has been
admirable that it has won the candid admiration
OF the British nation The who fought at the
Dardanelles had nothing but praise for Abdul
lah," johnny Turk" They left little notes
for him when they departed. expressing their ad-
miration of his fairness and his valor. They
left missives expressing their confidence that the
graves of their comrades would be honOred AMI
kept green by the gallant soldiers of Mo-
manned.
While England has been ringing with bitterest
denunciatiOn of the prison camps in Germany,
word of complaint has been heard regarding the
treatment of the British prisoners in the hands
of the Turks The British civilians apprehended
in Turkey at the beginning of the have raised
lamentation Britain today considers the lot
of the prisoners taken at Kut really enviable by
comparison.
Turkey has earned the obhorrence of civiliza-
ton by her horrible cruelties against her own
Armenians. She has followed her traditional pol
ICY and that policy shocks humanity. But
some Offset it is fair TO record the ma gnanimity
of the Ottomans toward their enemies in arms,
and the gracousness of Hail Pasha at Kut-el
Amara may be cited as typical instance of the
Turkish spirit.-Cleveland Plain Dealer
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-05-19
The Purpose of Fear.
BY H. ADDINGTON BRUCE.

BY H. ADDINGTON BRUCE.
THE modern theory of functional nervous and
mental diseases, with its emphasis on fear as
the underlying of many of these mala-
dies, naturally suggests that fear is an unmixed
evil. 1t is important to recognize that this is by
means the case
Fear, in fact is an instinct and like all in
stncts, it has highly useful function to perform
1t is intended to conserve and strengthen lfe not
to shorten it,
THE fear instinct" says the psychologist, Sidis,
arises from the impulse of sef-preservaton, with
out which animal life cannot exist. The fear in
stinct is of the most primitive and most fun
damental of all instincts.
Neither hunger nor sex nor maternal instinct
social instinct compare with the potency
of the fear instinct, rooted it is in selfpreserva
tion-the condition of life primordial."
The trouble is that the fear instinct. like other
instincts, needs to be guided and controlled to be
of true service to human beings. 1t is always
harmful if it functions to excess, yet we cannot
afford to try to get along without it.
And too many of us either fear too much or
fear too little.
When we fear too much, when We allow
selves to'be obsessed by all sorts of breads, then
we become nervous and mental patients. Some
times it is necessary to shut up in institutions
for our own good and the good of others.
When we fear too little we run the risk of COM
ing to an untmely end. We perish. because
do not know what ought to fear. or, knowing
it, obstinately refuse to let fear US.
In this way; for example, thousands yearly
lose their lives because they do not have saw
ing fear of the death-dealing agencies that lurk
in germ-infected food and drink.
Thousands of others suffer, perhaps die, be-
cause they have fear of infected dust, of over
eating OF under-exercsing and of other violations
of the laws of personal hygiene. They like
men who cannot swim, yet go canoeing without a
lifehelt
This lack of fear comes sometimes from reck-
lessness, but more often from ignorance of what
ought to be feared. Education in fear is of
the great needs of humanity.
1t is something that ought to be begun IN early
childhood, by the parent and by the teacher. But
also it ought to be continued throughout life.
Every day science is making discoveries con-
corning which people should seek information in
order to be able to fear wisely.
The man who fails to seek such information,
deliberately disregards it, is living in FOOLS para
dise-and is perDetually running chance of not
living anywhere long.
Cowardice is not to be extolled. But neither is
fear of itself to be despised
Remember this the next time you disposed
to bid defiance to the requirements of'healthy liv
ing established by scientific research.
And, remembering it, take pains to learn all
you to the things which science insists
things wise will fear
Copyright, 1916, by H. A. Bruce.)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-05-19
Canada'S Prosperity.

Canada is enjoying unusual prosperity despite
the heavy strain of her part in the European war.
Reports recently issued by the Dominion Govern
ment show that for the fiscal year ended March 81
last her exports of merchandise amounted in value
90 SAL, 1888, gain of .ome three hundred and
.hirty-two millions the preceding twelve
month In the same period, her imports reached
he impressive total of S5O7.7S3, 361 as compared
with S55,371,371 the year before. She thus had a
favorable trade balance of nearly two hundred
and thirty-four million dollars against an ad-
verse balance OF nearly forty-sx millions 19I4-15.
Commenting these figures, the New York
Commercial remarks that Canada's present ability
o pay for all her imports with exports of merchan-
Use "wiIl improve her credit and make easier
he financing OF her requirements
Since the war broke out Canadian munic-
qualities and provinces and the Dominion Gov
eminent have borrowed more than two hun
dred million dollars in the United States. Her
favorable trade position will encourage Amer-
can banks and investors to seek more of this
business
-anada's welfare is always matter of cordial in
crest 10 Americans from feeling OF neighbOry
friendship alone The more important relations
that have developed between the countries in mat
.ers of finance during the last year adds to the
substance and force of this sentiment.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-05-19
Bird Protection.

II is pleasing and significant that so practical
minded publication the Manufacturers Record
should lift its influence in the of protecting
bird life. In the course of a well-reasoned edito-
rial on the economic waste and i'll fortune involved
in the slaughter of birds. the Record says:
1T is now a matter of general knowledge
that the crops the fruits and the flowers are
dependent the work done in the destruc-
ton Of insects by the birds of the air 1t is
coming to be understood that of all the choice
meats served on American tables, probably the
most expensive is the bird, whether it be
bought at a fancy price given by a sports
man friend. For every bird killed, hundreds
OF thousands of insects that would have fur
,nished the bird food are left to destroy veg
citation, thereby increasing the price of farm
products by increasing the cost of production
and lessening the supply. The powder and
shot that so 10 kill any of great number
Of such birds as cartridges, doves, reed birds
larks and a host of Others destroy many
times the value of the bird in truck and
staple crops.
However fancifuI this line of argument once
might have been considered. il is recognized today
through actual demonstration, as being scienti-
fcaIy and economically sound. Authorities de-
clare that American agriculture loses billions of
dollars through insect ravages that would be con-
trolled and eventually botted out if the country's
bird life were duly conserved. Thanks to the recent
enactment of federal and State laws the subject
the reckless slaughter of American birds is being
checked. The Audubon societies. with the CO.
operation of public schools. also are rendering val
liable educational service TO the same end II is
to be hoped that the time is not distant when the
conservation Of bird life will be fosered as broadly
as that of forests and streams and other natural
resources.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-05-19

The Coffee county farmer who made a net
profit OF six thousand, one hundred and ninety-five
dollars last year on hundred and fifty acres of
peanuts presents striking example of the oppor-
tunties in food crops opposed to the Affection
system The land used for this purpose was OF
only average quality, and the methods employed
were such as are available to the average planter
There was nothing magical in the achievement
II was simply the natural reward of industry and
intelligence
AS related in a recent bulletin by the State De-
partment of Agriculture. this farmer, Elisha Lott
spent three dollars acre. for seed dollar an
acre for preparation, and fifty cents an acre for
planting Including the cost of cultivation harvest
ing land rental and other charges the total cost of
producing the crop was twenty-six and a half dol
lars and eighty cents acre; so that the net
profit amounted to forty-one dollars and thirty
cents an acre. After the vines had been taken up,
the field served for additional profit, as forage for
three hundred hogs; the hay yielded still further
income.
The agricultural authorities calculate that the
fairest profit which could have been expected from
this tract Of one hundred and fifty acres planted
in cotton would have been about four thousand
dollars; and cotton, besides requiring more labor
In cultivation and involving greater risks, would
have left the soil considerably poorer. The peanut
crop, on the other hand, produced easily and
increasing use of peanuts for the manufacture of
oils and other food products makes the market for
this crop ever more certain and profitable.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-05-19
The Final Army Bill.

The final agreement of the House and Senate
conferees on the army bill is substantial victory
for the cause of national defense. While the
promise measure is not all that the most Jealous
friends of preparedness desired, it is more than
they once expected and is vast improvement
the distressing conditions of today. Under the
proposed reorganization, the peace strength of the
regular army will be approximately two hundred
and sixty thousand, officers and all told, and
the federalized National Guard will constitute a
reserve of four hundred and forty-seven
thousand The aggregate force thus available for
prompt service will be upwards of seven hundred
thousand. The number may be increased if the
citizens training -camp plan works out well, it
may be diminished if the National Guards in the
various States do not develop and maintain their
expected quota In any event. the conference agree
ment points the way a system of military de-
tense which Senator Chamberlain we'll described
when he said:
For the first time in our history we have
provided for army that is we'll balanced
throughout and which will be an efficient
fighting machine"
Two incidental features of the perfected bill
are especially gratifying-the one providing for
the establishment of a Government nitrate plant
whereby the country will be protected against a
shortage of material for munitions, and the other
instituting system of vocational training for the
men of the regular army. The latter should do
much to encourage enlistment and to- develop re-
sources of productive skill that will be less val
liable in times of peace than in
1t is expected that the conference bill will meet
the speedy approval of both Houses. Continued
delay on this all-important issue would be unpar-
donable AS conditions the United States
lacks enough soldiers to patrol the Mexican
border, much less to meet anything like an emer-
gency of serious character At least five years will
be required to work out the maximum provisions
of the plan awaiting adoption The bill
should be passed forthwith. And it should be fol-
lowed as promptly as possible by adequate legisla-
ton for the navy, which after all must be our first
and mightiest line of defense
Remember, too, that there is food the end
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-05-19
PUMPING WATER BY ITS OWN FORCE

\ novel pump recently been installed upon q
California irrigation project 1t pumps the
a flowing stream by using the force of the
drive its wheel This wheel, which is eight in
diameter, includes broad paddles and is ioated
Upon pontoons anchored the bank of the
driving from this wheel connects with the handle
of an ordinary hand pump that the current in turn
ing the wheel operates the pump. conveying water
from pump into galvanized iron piping. This
pumping capacity of 500 gallons CT water raised
o a height of fifteen within twelve hours time.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-05-19
News from the front is to the effect that all is
quiet with the submarines.
The Searchlight
WATER LEAK INDICATOR


Heavy annual losses are incurred in every city by
undetected leaks in the water mains. These will be
overcome future by the use of newly invented
instrument known as a leak indicator. 1t resembles a
standard telephone receiver made of hard rubber and
aluminium \ metal post is driven down Into the
ground near the main. The point Of the nstru-
ment is placed the end of this post. If there is
leak near by, sound of the escaping water be
distinctly heard through the receiver The instru-
ment is light and easily operated
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-05-19
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-05-19

Remember, too, that there is food at the end
of every drouth.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-05

Kim read paper on the business
meetings, and Mrs. Jennie Wilson read
of the social meetings, Following the
reports program was given in charge
of the home, apd education department..
of which Mrs. G. A. Newcomer is the
chairman. Misses Rachel Patten and
Marjory Newcomer played duet, Miss
Carol Houghton gave two readings
and Miss Irene Mason sang. The pres
ident, Mrs. Susie White, closed the
meeting with an address of welcome.
social hour followed, during which
refreshments were served by the social
committee, of which Mrs. l.. j. Jarrett
is chairman. Misses Marie Healy,
Rose Flower. Eva Nickel Marie Glenn
ems Dorothy Schultz, and Margaret
Statler assisted in serving.
Guests in attendance from away
were Mrs George Gibson. of Dunkirk,
n. Y: Mrs. H. c. Collister, of Green
Valley, H.; Mrs. Frank Hummel OF
Cedar Rapids; and Mrs. I. \. Lierle, of
Norwalk.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-05
ORGANIZED CHARITIES TO MAKE
EFFORT TO COLLECT CLOTH
ING FOR POOR.
STORE ROOM NOW Is
PRACTICALLY DEPLETED
Prospect Of Much Need For Wearing
Apparel For Poor This Winter, and
Organization Desires to Make Early
Start-Saturday, Oct. ID Fixed as
Date.

Anticipating more than the usual
parel and shoes for the poor this win
Ter, the Organized Charities Associa-
ton OF this city is preparing to get
an early start on filing its store room
With this end in view bundle day" is
to be observed on Saturday, Oct IA. On
this day every person in the city who
has old clothing to donate will be eN
pected to see that 1t reaches the chari-
ties association for distribution where
it will do the most good at the proper
time.
The organizations store room now is
practically depleted. Some concerted
effort on the part OF people who have
old clothing to spare must be made if
the poor OF the city are not to suffer
for lack Of warm clothing this winter.
In almost every closet in the better
class Of homes in the city there are
some articles of wearing apparel not
In use that can be spared to make
able. It Is this class Of articles that
the O1SdniLSo SlldI Il1SS WI
VIII Name Sub-Stations.
Within a few days the association
VII designate certain sub stations
thruou+ the city where the bundles may
b =. From the sub-stations they
will be collected and taken to the as
sociation's main store room. Here they
VIII be sorted and classified and made
ready for distribution among worthy
persons who are IN need.
Need All Kinda.
wnf1e all kinds Of clothing, under
wear. stockings and shoes are needed,
there Is more Of a demand for mems
and children's clothing than other
kinds. All that IS required is that the
clothing or other articles be in such
condition that they will provide some
service for those to whom they are
given.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-05
BABY TOO WEAK
TO CRY

Mrs. +. 6. Putnam of Chippewa
Falls, Wisconsin, writes us: Little
Baby James came to us one Fri
day afternoon in most precarious
condition. sad case of malnutri-
ton, being too weak to even cry.
The doctor called and at once pre-
scribed Thompson's Food Pep
tonized).
Sunday morning we weighed him
Che was four months old, but just
an infanD and he weighed six
pounds. The following Sunday he
was weighed again and tipped the
scales at eight pounds-a gain OF
two pounds in one week. Began to
improve Immediately and was soon
on the way to healthy babyhood.
This unsolicited letter is one O
many that we receive from week
TO week.
Thompson's Food (Peptonizei) is
not milk modificr, but complete
food in itself. 1t is very easily pre-
pared by the mere addition OF water.
its use eliminates the danger usu-
ally associated with The lcca! milk
supply.
Try a SOC package with our guar
crtec of satisfaction.
B. A. Morgan. Druggist. Marshall
DOWN. Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-05
ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY.FiVE
ENRoLL<FoR TWO DAYS IN.
sTRUcTloN.
CLASSES. CONFERENCES
AND LECTURES PROGRAM
All Town and Country Schools Out
side Of Marshaltown Closed and
Teachers in Attendance - Institute
Meeting in Court House and Y. M.
c. A.-The Programs.

The entire force of teachers of the
town and country schools of the coun-
~, and some others, gathered in the
city today for two days institute fol
the instruction of teachers. At noon
the enrolment was 175. There are 160
teachers in schools outside of this city
which indicates that a number who
have certificates, but are not teaching
are attending. The program for to-
day and Friday includes series o!
round tables lectures. and cias: es OF
instruction. The gatherings are be-
ing held in the court house and the
\. NJ. c. \.
II Department meetings for principals
primary, and grade teachers and aNlec:
ture on Recent Studies in Teaching
Spelling occupied the first two hours
Of the forenoon. Prof. Z. E. Lewis, OF
State University of Iowa, delivered the
lecture. instruction was given in pen
manshIp and school games.
Three lectures and instruction in
school music, the latter by Miss Eliza
beth Wellemeyer, made up the after
noon program. The lecturers and their
subjects We're: School Hygiene" Mrs.
Ida Nolan Reynolds, Drake University /;
Vocational Education Professor
Lewis. Mrs. Reynolds also lectured on
M onteSSOri'S Methods"
This evening President II. H. Seer
ley. OF Iowa State Teachers College,
Will lecture in the east court room
Program For Friday.
Conferences with graded school
tpchers, in charge of Prof. j. c. Nc
Glade. of the Iowa State Teachers
College, and with rural teachers. in
charge of County Superintendent c. l..
Shut, will open the Friday program.
Department meetings for principals.
primary teachers and graded and high
school teachers will be held again Fri
DAY morning. Prof Frank Brown. Of
South Dakota State College, will lee
ture on Methods OF Reading" In
structlon will be given in penmanshp
by Prof. J. +. Powers, of Chicago. and
IN playing school games by Miss
Blanche <. Goudy, Of Mason City.
The afternoon program, with which
the institute ends, will consist of three
lectures and instruction in teaching
music. The lecturers and their sub
jects are: Five Fundamental Factors
in a Teachers Personality" Prof. J. c.
McGlade: Shakespeare, My Spokes-
man. Prof. Frank Brown Professor
McGlade will also speak on 'Enthus-
iasT in Our Profession"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-05
TIMES REPUBLICAN MARsHAILTowN IOWA: OCTOBER 1915

nee daily except Friday and Sunday.
the matinees will start promptly az
2:15 and the evening performances at
S:15 Come early, be In your seats
before the rise of the curtain. No chill
dren in arms admitted. Every child
must have a ticket and every child
over ) years of age should see this
stupendous dramatic spectacle. Seats
now selling for all performances. NO
telephone orders taken, no seats laid
away. Odeon.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-05
/ the Neal cromley home.

at the Neal Cromley home.
Miss Rosie Bear, who is attending
school at Drake university. spent SUN
day at her home.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Capron, OF Manil-
la, visited at the Mansfield home last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Thompson OF
Nebraska, are visiting the formers
brother, David Thompson. and family
Several members Of the Royal
Neighbors' lodge. OF Madrid, who are
old friends and neighbors Of Mrs. w.
H. Armstrong, spent very pleasant
day at the Armstrong homo Thursday,
A fine dinner and supper we're served
by Mrs. Armstrong.