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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-10-03
HEADACHES
BY DIR. FRANK CRANE

reader can understand all he Teadt.
And he ought to read this kind of literature
if for no other he ought to read it to cure
himself of the habit of taking headache powders,
pills and syrups ItNcan pretty safely be asserted
that there is not one headache cure" sold at the
drug store that is not dangerous Many of these
nostrums weaken the heart and to exchange q
chronic headache for chronic heart disease is poor
trade.
The best cure for headaches. DR.. Riley shows,
and indeed about the only cure for physical all
ment is correct habits of living. When people
learn how eat exercise, and take care OF the bow
els they rarely need either drugs or mind cures.
''It is not too much TO say the author assures
us that most headaches preventable by COM
mon sense in eating, drinking. reading, and work
ing"
Only proper medical surgical attention, OF
course can remedy headaches that are due TO dis
eases of the eyes, bad blood, serious kidney, diges-
live and sexual complications and the like. But
still, fresh air, rational diet and sane habits Will
obviate most headaches.
The general rules for removing the causes or
headaches may be roughly given as follows:
l. Get all the fresh air you can.
9 Get sufficient sleep. Eight hours is the aver
age requirement.
8 Get all the sunshine you can.
a. Drink six eight glasses of water daily.
d Find out what diet is suited to you and stick
to that. Don't eat too much.
6, Keep the body in repair. Keep the eyes
ears, nose and teeth in good working order
Z. Wear clothing that is comfortable and cleah
and restricts no normal function of the body.
s. Avoid constipation by eating laxative foods
and obeying natures calls. And 49, --.-
9.Don't worry.
Copyright. 1916 by Frank Crane9
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-10-03
HINTS FOR statesmen
BY H. ARLINGTON BRUCE

~ ONT be fooled by the old saying, Statesmen
are born, not made" Salesmanship is not
- inherited gift, it is acquired ability.
When man fails salesman he should not
try to excuse himself by throwing the blame on his
ancestors. He should recognize that he failed
though not cultivating qualities open to every
bOdy's possession.
Many statesmen, for example, fail solely through
lack Of honesty. Trickery in business is way
to bring on business. disaster.
The 'smart" salesman may fool customer
time. Pretty soon he will find that he has
toners to fool
Overseeing customer is another hrst-clasS
means of helping a salesman to fail A salesman
who, through kind of hypnotic power, can gibly
persuade customers to buy more than they really
need cannot hope for lasting success.
He will get reputation that will make pros
pective customers shun him as they would pesti-
lence.
Study OF customers real needs is then, big
factor in successful craftsmanship. So is study of
the goods wishes to. SELL If a salesman would
achieve really notably success he must make him
self walking encyclopedia as regards the goods
he offers.
Otherwise he will find it difficult, perhaps I'm
possible, to correctly a customers unex-
pected questions And if he begins to guess" he
is doomed.
He may-indeed, he should-frankly avow
ignorance. But this will not help him much. For
will naturally prefer to deal with some
one who tell him what he wants to know.
Also the salesman must not only be able to an
questions correctly, he must be able to answer
them clearly and simply. If for this reason alone
he ought to school himself to talk well.
He should never, however, let himself become
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-10-03

too laxative Many statesmen are prone to talk too
much The good salesman does not make this mis-
take.
There are occasions to be sure, when the good
salesman will talk much. But his rule is to talk
always to the point and to talk only so much as he
sees is necessary to attain his end.
This means that he will vary his talk to suit
varying types of customers. And this, in turn,
means that he makes it his business to study hu-
man nature
knowing his goods he also strives to know men.
He recognizes that men differ from one another
in their psychic makeup, and that he cannot per-
suade, cannot convince, all men by the same means
Yet there are statesmen who ignore this obvious
truth. They would handle all men alike. is 1t any
wonder that they fail?
Other statesmen fail owing to bad personal hab
it's. No man do justice to himself or his en-
ployer if he disspates in working hours or out of
them.
His very appearance will be against him. Be-
sides which, the fatigue that results from dfsslpa-
ton will benumb his faculties.
To keep in good physical trim is absolutely
essential. The wise salesman will not merely
avoid dissipation he will make it a point to his
leisure hours proftably.
These few hints, addressed primarily to young
men who would sell merchandise successfully, are
really applicable to almost everybody.
Excepting for the few who do not have to work
for their living we are all of statesmen of some
sort. We may not sell merchandise, but we sell
something-ideas personal services, etc.
Consequently, everything that is helpful to the
seller of goods is helpful to the rest OF U.S. Please
remember this, you who have read these lines
Copyright, 1916, by The Associated Newspapers
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-10-03
The South as a Road Builder.

There could be better testimonial of the
South's constructive spirit than the Government
report showing that in 1916 this region spent up
wards of fifty million dollars on highways. That
amount, says the Manufacturers Record, represents
an increase of four hundred and forty-eight per
cent over the corresponding expenditure of 1904.
1t is doubtful that any part of America has gone
forward more rapidly in the important work OF
building good roads.
Fifty million dollars for highways means Dill
lions of dollars in increased land values improved
facilities for marketing crops quickened channels
of industry and trade and widened opportunities
for educational and social progress. To agricu-
tural interests alone the funds spent in the South
for road improvement last year will be intellectually
helpful Millions of dollars thus will be saved In
handling the cotton crop and millions more IN
handling grain and other food commodities, because
good roads reduce the cost of hauling farm products
anywhere from fifty to five hundred per cent More
than that however. good roads bring the rural
school and church nearer the farm home and foster
a spirit of neighborness that is invaluable.
Highway development in the South will be slim
ulated still further by the recently enacted law I'M
der which the federal Government will spend in the
course of the next five years seventy-fve million
dollars for road construction in cooperation with
the States Though comparatively small within
itself that fund will produce important results by
encouraging efficient methods of road building and
maintenance. To share in the federal grant, a
State must adopt approved standards or highway
construction and administration. 1t must employ
competent engineers and give buslness-hke ae-
count of road expenditures. This means that a
more efficient system of road building will be de-
veoped and greater efficiency will inspire greater
enthusiasm.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-10-03
The OgLethOrpe Book ShoWer.

The plan to establish library for Oglethorpe
University by gifts from the rank and file of book
lovers in Atlanta and throughout the State is pc
culiarly happy one. 1t enables tens of thousands
of men and women to have personal part in the
University's life.
OF all treasures, books are at once the cheapest
and most precious For the price of a pound of
chops, own Paradise Lost; for the cost of
a ton of coal, he can Shakespeare's CLOUD
capp'd towers and gorgeous palaces" The gift of
a book to the Oglethorpe library will be modest
indeed, reckoned in terms of money; but it's hui
man and spiritual value will be incalculable.
Any good book. whether new old, will be
welcome for the Oglethorpe shelves, but is espe
cially desired that the donations be of that char
aster which Lord Bacon had in mind when he
said Some books to be chewed and digested."
The masterpieces of fiction and poetry and drama,
history, science and standard works of reference
will be appropriate Southern literature, includ-
ing books by Southern authors and books about
the South, will be particularly priced The Old
Ogethorpe that succumbed to the trials of the Civil
War had library in which there rare price
less volumes. Numbers of these are in At
lanta homes-tucked away, perhaps in dusty, for
gotten corners Would it not be gracious deed to
restore to the University these precious remnants
of it's ante-bellum life?
Ogiethorpe means so much to Atlanta and the
aid in founding it's library; and from the instant
and generous response which the announcement of
the plan has inspired, feel sure that substan-
tial library worthy of the institution and worthy
of those who give will soon be in hand.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-10-03
Ouips and Quiddities

This is Indian summer with somewhat of
vengeance.
A. ono of the famous "frolics' given by the Lambs
o,,,h in New York a well-known theatrical manager
ode neat and very appropriate speech. There was
80 onr1ause at the finish, and then actor jumped
mon a chair and shouted, Author! Author
uA-Niss Banks-Edith-I love you! 1t is true
.rot an, not rich but young, strong and willing
to work.
Sbe-You may father
He-Then you think he'll consent?
She-No, but believe he is looking for junior
clerk with Just the qualifications you mention.
Auntie was coming o tea! You know what that
means The best service brought out, the best
electro spoons daintiest tablecloth and hurried
rush to the confectoners for the danest cakes Also,
the children carefully washed arrayed in best frocks
with strict instructions behavior and department,
on which subjects aunties always very strong.
All went we'll until the end of the meal, when
antie became that little Maisie had been staring
very hard at for time.
"Why are you looking closely at me, darling?"
she smpered.
Looking for dust" the reply.
Dust, darling?'
''Yes; / can't any Daddy said you'd been
on the years, but don't at all dusty
anywhere
And there silence until auntie had gone when
a small voice uplifted in pain.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-10-03
Cotton Fire Losses.

The fire waste of cotton subject of keen con-
Germ to the South, was discussed in a peculiarly
interesting address by Mr. Charles E. Meek, of New
York at a recent meeting of the National Associa-
ton of Cotton Manufacturers. As banker Mr.
Meek appreciates the value of fire safeguards as
buIwark to credit, and president of the National
Fire Protection Association he is engaged in far
reaching movement to extend and perfect those
safeguards.
or all agricultural commodities, cotton is han
died most carelessly. During the crop moving
season thousands OF bales dumped helter-
SHELTER along streets stations. without re-
gard TO fire hazards. Thus smokers match or
an engines spark often kndles distressing sacri-
fee Cotton ought to be handled with particular
caution because, Mr.. Meek points out. it is prob
ably the collateral behind more loans than is any
other product Of our soil:
1.-The planter borrows money TO buy seed
fertilizer and labor; the storekeeper borrows
money to pay for goods he supplies to the
planter; the local bank borrows money from
its correspondents to lend the planter and the
storekeeper: and the correspondents, in turn
borrow from the banks in the larger cities
When the crop has been harvested, the cotton
buyer bOrrows money to pay for his pur-
chases and then there begins another chain of
borrowings which ends only when you Dor
row to pay for your cotton purchases. The
converting of the raw material into a man
ufactured article starts new series of Dor
rowing transactions which doesn't end until
the ultimate consumer is reached, and even
he sometimes is compelled to touch friend
in order TO purchase a shirt. Therefore, cot
ton. as great factor of credit, is entitled to
more respect than it has been receiving. OF
course there is the protection against money
loss in these transactions through fire insur-
ance but it is impossible to replace the eco
means more than the mere money involved"
The cost OF -eaFelessness in this matter is in
dicated by the fact that during the first eight
months of the current year there were ffty-seven
cotton fires, involving aggregate loss of
than nine million dollars. These losses, il should
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-10-03
The Fight Against Malaria.

A Journal reader asks information regarding
efforts to rid the South of malaria.
As far as Georgia is concerned this matter has
the earnest attention of health authorities, medical
associations and the State Geological Survey.
Definite work has been undertaken and substantial
results have been accomplished. But as the State
has no system of gathering and recording vital sta
tstics there is no way of telling just what has been
achieved or what remains to be done.
The next effectual line of endeavor is that
begun bv DR.. S. w. McCalle, the State
Ceo1opist whose educational campaign for the
drainage of swamp lands has led to far-reaching
improvements The commonest source of malaria
is the swamp or wet land which breeds species of
mosouito that communicates the disease. In such
instances the surest and only permanent remedy is
the reclamation of the swamp area. In number
of western States, notably Indiana, Illinois and
Iowa the malaria death rate has been reduced from
fftv-two per thousand to virtually nothing simply
by drainage enterprises.
Following the efforts of the State Geological
Survey the Legislature enacted drainage law I'M
der which interested property owners can organize
district drainage associations and issue bonds for
carving forward such projects. In the same con-
nection there was established the Georgia Drainage
Association whose work and influence are of mon
.umental value Thousands of acres of swamp and
wet land have been reclaimed in Georgia in recent
wears and several important enterprises of the kind
are now in progress.
As this work progresses, malaria will steadily
decrease and eventually disappear The impor-
tance Of combating the disease by every possible
means Is shown by the fact that it costs the South
betveen fifty and one hundred million dollars
wear IN loss of labor and life besides lowered eff
cheney and hindered development.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-10-03
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.

TAe label used FOR address ing shows the time
fore the date this label 20 insure regular service
ordering changed mention old.
vel address IL route. please give the route
subscripti NUMBER
Remittance shoud order registered nail
Address a this Department THE
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-10-03
QUARRY OPERATED BY ELECTRICITY.

is claimed TO be the only electrically operated
marble quarry the world has recently been equipped
in New England. 1t includes gigantic for
handling blocks in the yard where they hauled
from underground galleries by electric locomotives A
six foot circular saw is operated by twenty-five
horsepower driving wheel. The plant contains
$40 electric motors ranging from two hundred
and fifty horsepower each, constituting $4,000 horse
power energy in all.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-10-03
The Searchlight
SHOES FOR LINEMEN.

4 number of linemen have lost their lives because
the shoes they not properly protected from
transmitting electric current A special lneman's
shoe has been patented recently will completely
overcome this risk Its sole is composed of two sep
rate LAYERS rubber which lessen the possibility
blow holes through which enough to produce
mis- carried Tests that this
shoe will prevent the passage Of a current of least
90 600 volts without I'm any way affecting wearer
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-10-03

Steam roller applied to conventions, armies
and the like will have to give way to farm tractor
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-10-03

Some of the statements seem to take 1t
for granted that you can fool all the people all the
time.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-03-08
Just Try This.

h'i' are twenty one common words
frequently m~i>Spellcd. accoriin. "a The
mira" 10y. Get someone Ia dictate
the i"ilowine paragraph 10 Won and se,,
new mahN % them ymu can spell cor.
~rectlv:
me privilege of separating ninety
miscellaneous calendars. arranged III
Two parallel lines. was against ~. mi,
'ilh'S ~ the superintendent. - his
niece. mot 10 di>appoin' The government
~ cause II Ia lose business. remo,dr the
principal calendars and thus relieved
"'f uncle Of a strain which might have
brought On a disease. Then She L..
1 had h"c"Hr necessary for her
- receive her instruction in !.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-03-08
St. Anthony Hotel Manager 1Hidalgo Co. Booster

ton-by rail. This i a condition that
we have only ourselves TO thank for. III
the company had the right kind of back
ing the San Antonio X Arkansas Pass
railroad would extend ills line from Fal
furrias on into Edinbnrg, which would
give San Antonio a tremendously pro
ductive agricultural community directly
tributary a. this city and practically
at its back door.
Every merchant and manufacturers III
San Antonio ought To pull for that rail
road extension. which will mean that II"
goods of the Rio Grande farming district
will be marketed here instead OF in
Houston-and not only that. but the ran
chers down there will trade here in
stead 81 M Houston. We can make this
city the citrus market If the world-a
title Los Angeles took away from Tam
pa and which We can just a. easily take
away from Los AngeleS-if everyone will
get busy and work TO get a railroad and
good rock roads into IIidalso county"
All grapefruit served in the Baker
string of hotels in future will come
from the Rio Grande.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-03-08

EXCELLENT STREET WORK.

Many are the cofuDlincut- heard on the
excellent work that b. being lone on
Brownsville -trcrt- at prcicnt. ~ a
cost not ID exceed 500 Y block thr Streets
treated are heing eravelcd and graded. and
will D. finished with V heavy dressing vi
oil. When completed they viii BE- almost
If not quite n good a~ paved streets. The
moderate cost. II l. hoped. wall enable the
city Ia improve several hundred blocks ~
this way duung the next two years. and
probably the work viii b. extended 20 al
"a connect with the main county road~
leading INTO the ciIv. linus forever rcmuy-
ing the just cause "t complaint I'M our
country friend when they rome into town
IN wet weather.
When tin- work j. completed. our ex-
cellent improved streets. combined with our
fine street lighting -~y~tein. which T.
cqualled hy few toau~ lho -ize of Browns
vile, viii 20 FAR towards placing Browns
Vile IA thc front rank ~! modern. VII ~
date cItir-.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-03-08
fSan Antonio Express

"Hidalgo County is San Antonio's OPP
po~rtuRity!' -
Thus spoke T. Il. Baker. president anu
general manager of the ST. Anthony ho-
tel. who returned from a trip TO his
ranch near Edinburg. Hidalgo county.
last night.
"Hidalgo county j. destined to he the
greatest citrus growing section in the
entire world" declared Mr.. Baker. No
body can fail To be an enthusiast after
seeing the wonderful land in the neigh
borhood of Edinburg The grapefruit
grown there is positively the finest |
have ever tasted. One needs no sugar
when eating il.
''Hidalgo county i san Antonio'> op-
portUnity but i only I'M opportunity. il
San Antonio doeSn't grasp il now. some
other city Will and wei Ne left at the
post
Right now. as the CROW flies, Edin-
burg. the center of the great citrus
growing country of the Rio Grande. is
only a matter Of 200 miles from San An
tonic. Yet il is 300 miles nearer ITous-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-03-08
Why Don't They Advertise?

Well, February ~ came and has gone
and from all the reliable sources that
We have looked into. we have failed "a
STE where the das held any especial -ig.
nifcancr Tor the many II PharrS would
bc b~IiehictS- Lap year and especially
tic 10Th ~ February has been looked
forward ~ by these worthy sons. Their
aspirations IN the latter particular have
been shattered. II remains 10 be seen
what the rest Of the year will bring
forth. From unauthentic sources Ne
learned hat one If the aforc mentioned
would be- bcncdici~ wonid in ail probA
biliiE succeed in yielding IA the enSnar
ing influences with which hr vas being
partially surrounded. btu this too rc-
mains 10 bc srrn.-Pharr Rio GFamIr
Clarion.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-03-08
More Grape Fruit a Mercedes.

Two or moro ears 81 grape fruit trees
and planted ont by Mercedes farmers.
Albert kalbtlci>ch manager " Ever
green Farm, received a car If balled
trees Moiday and yesterday a car of
balled trees was received 10y w. II.
Snow. to- fill orders he has taken here.
These last shipments make more than
II 0O trees thai have been planted on
the Mercedes canal within the past three
weeks. Mr.. Pomeroy will have another
ear If trees from California which will
reach here about the middle Of the
month.-Mcrccdes Tribune.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-03-08
Magic Valley Chorus


In Austin today was Caesar klcberg.
ranch properties in Southwestern Texas
with headquarters at the famous Santa
Gertrudis, near kingsville. Mr.. Klcbcrg
says the Rio Grandc Valley il just begin
ming To- feel the effects of substantial de
vclopmcnt. All lines of livestock are
fiourishing and Mr.. Klcberg says the
creamery and dairy business is wonder
fully successful; that il is lifting mort
cages and creating bank accounts and
that the demand il far greater han the
supply.
Regarding the conditions that exist in
that section of Texas a. compared 10 the
established creamery and dairy sections
of Wisconsin, Minnesota and other older
and colder regions. Mr.. kleb"rg saws the
farmers from those places gasp when
the contrast is evidenced. In Texas the
fine cattle are paStured twelve months
without shelter. being fed cnsilage or a
little corr while being MIXED. ~ the
North il is necessary 10 provide shelter
for the cattle four or five ncltn> and
feed them ut great expense He says the
butter fat is as large or larger III Texas
even though the maintenance Of lie
herds is far cheaper. And the ,iliry
and creamery business is in iiS infancy
in the Rio Grandc Valley IA asserted.
There il lots Of room and the Industry
is susceptible Of immense DEVELOPMENT.
he declared.
1T was necessary formerly 10 ship the
fine COWS south of the tick line and get
them acclimatcd. Now the fine herds in
that section are acclimatcd and their
offspring sold 10 the newcomers. who
have no trouble with the fever or tick
problem. That is a distinct advantage.
According to Mr.. klcbcrg. SouthweS-
tern Texas produces fine dairy cattle and
the hest beef herds hat can he found.
besides producing fat hogs in great num-
hers. which gives il a solid foundation
for permanent prosperity. Sufficient
grain and cnsilage crops are raised and
that makes il Sclf-supporiing. Some five
or six wears ago there were hardly tNcn-
~ hogs in klcbcrg county sail Mr..
Klebcrg. while nov that county j.
shipping fine. fat hogs by the ca loaG.
That shows its wonderful propagation
qualities"
While some of the farmers became dis
Outraged in raising onions. truck. ctc.
from various cauScs. such ms glnitcd
markets and the like the dairy. cream
cry. livestock and hog business has
brought prosperity 10 the Rio irindc
Valley. was the parting declaration Of
the well known visitor.-AuStin States
man and Hibune.