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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-30
BECOME MORE ALIVE-By H. Addington Bruce

dead than alive in point of thinking, imag1n-
ing, and sympathzing.
Their thinking is thin it is little better than
dreaming. They scarcely know what it means to
use their Imagination. Because of this they are
deficient in power to sympathiZe. No one weak in
imagination can be strong in sympathy.
Such people are fearfully handicapped They
are doomed to an existence lonely, self-centered
inefficient inferiority. They find it hard even to
amuse themselves.
Whatever work they undertake, they are ce--
tain to be among the left behind. Thin thinking
never makes for success in anything. II makes only
for bungling mediocrity. .
Unhappily, people thus afflicted seldom suspect
what the real trouble is. They are lncllneu -
blame anything anybody except themselves.
Sometimes they bitterly complain, sometimes
they DULY endure their hard lot Sometimes, alas
they escape from it by making themselves pnyslo-
logically well mentally dead.
You, of course, not so badly on as these
poor people. But, honestly, you making all the
use you can and should make of the dynamic, sue
cess bringing happiness winning power OF real
thinking, vivid imagining, and keen sympathlzlng!
Study yourself. If you find the result OF your
self-study not wholly fattering, begin now to De-
come more alive Begin to think harder than you
have been doing Imagination and train yourself to
be increasingly sympathetic.
Copyright, 1917, by the Associated Newspapers
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-30
Universal Military Service
BY DR.. Frank Crane

am pacifst of the pacifsIs, extreme, radical,
uncompromisng, and altogether such All one,
L suppose, nOgle ure-eaung patriots
wouIu pussyIOOt ana molly cOddIe. For L con-
celye war to be mucous anacnronlsn, an outbreak
OF mediaevalism i'll an reason, gigantic llIu-
sion, the crime OF crimes, ana the sum Oh all VII
lanies.
And yet | am in favor of compulsory military
service for every person, male female for at
least one year between the ages OF eighteen anu
twenty-fOur.
And 1 will explain how hold two opinions that
apparently conflict
First, military service does not necessarily mean
training to make One can serve his country
in other ways than by shooting his country's enc
mics
/ would like to see great democratic army of
the youth of the nation working, not killing some
body preparing to do-wOrking at building
highways, conserving forests, improving waterways,
investigating social problems, curing diseases,
teaching the children, and doing the thousand and
one other things that best be done by the au-
thority of, and under the organization of, the
nation.
We need patriotism, not the kind that wants
to fight, but the kind that wants to serve. We
lack group consciousness. We too individual
istic 1t would not hurt any human being to give
one year of his life to Uncle SAM TO labor one
year for the common veal
OF course, to attain this the army would have
to be de-PrussianiZed, get rid of the autocratic
buncombe it has inherited from the monarchic sys-
TENS of the Old World, and organize upon the basis
of efficiency only just a railroad or factory is
organized.
The foreman in a steel plant does not wear
gold braid and clank "a sword, and the railway
superintendent maintains discipline without be-
ing martinez, and there is reason why cap
tain in the army cannot get 100 per cent obedience
out of his men without treating them as helots.
l believe in the nation and in national pride
and enthusiasm. National feeling ought to be as
wholesome as family feeling, and will be when the
mad world RECEIVERS from it's obsession
AS can love my own family without wanting
to whip other family, my love for my
country does not need to be fed upon hate for an
other country.
Copyright 1917, by Frank Crane)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-30
Within the Iron Ring: V-Housekeeping Card System
By Frederic j. HaSkin

organized German club women all
old clothes of the empire for distribution
poor. Collection stations opened i'll all the
darkened garres. fragrant chests and
dusty ransacked and the finds were sold
people the bare cost Of alteration Thus
after two of does not see single raga-
muffin in the German cities.
Soap, on account Of the fat shortage a highly
priced luxury In the washing
of clothes has become purely physical process-the
dirt is beaten out cayke soap is used for washing
clothes cleaning house The toilet gritty
and costly. cake of sells at 20 to &c cents and
works largely by friction
Whenever business takes German across the
Copenhagen, he brings back small guam
tity soap butter The soap of normal quality has
acquired unique value from its scarcity. value that
be only understood by suffering from the effects of
a shortage. An illustration will to make
something of this value plain. In the old days in
Germany, in this country, the young man made
offerings to the girl of his choice of costly flowers
and expensive chocolates. Today she gives him a,
brighter reception of old if he is able to
make a proud presentation Of genuine cake of
soap. would have been offering of questionable
delicacy in times; today it is certain testimony
of true esteem.
of foods ares of course, many kinds which
may bought without cards Garden vegetables and
fruits may purchased quantity.
chicken game do count meat and
may dine his fill upon them times week If he
can afford Strangely enough goose and chicken
much expensive than is meat They cost
between 81 and $50 pound. Rabbit and venison
also relatively cheap
Fish likewise sold without cards and the herring
reassuming his fifteenth century Importance
article of diet
One great drawback the card system has which is
only slowly being cured This drawback is the
loss of time in making purchases of daily pro-
visions. There have been food disturbances due
to the difficulties of making purchases under the
system those by actual lack of food. 1t
not uncommon sight to a throng of and
women waiting outside milk depot butcher shop
grocery a to get their coupon allowances.
Eacn must served the indicated OF
coupon, this portion not be less. The
dealer against When Of estab-
lished punished sterny, while the dealer, in turn
must account authorities for every pound of
provisions Therefore dare
to give an over-measure. This precise melting of
supplies consumes time and it rs a of come
first served
national housekeeping Under this system, state
served equal amount of bread and butter, at an
a day, the janitors wife what she
Upstairs, the amount of the kind of war
desserts have been discarded for the same reason
lions made; the sort of exceptions are
distributed among the children sick. The sick
given larger allowances of those nourishing foods
that they stand in need Of the members of
the greater family who do the hardest manual labor
allowed a bit larger share Of substantial foods
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-30

T IFE-real human life-is more than a matter
of working, playing, eating, and sleeping
It is than matter of biological
adjustment and physiological functioning.
1t cannot be adequately described in terms of
heart movements, lung movements, blood flow, and
forth. Neither it be adequately described
a ceaseIess process of physical transformation
Change, movement, activity are indeed basic
life elements But this is true of all kinds of lte
Real human life has other fundamental character
istics-which set it apart from, and stamp it as
superior to, the life of the beasts, the birds, the
fishes the insects the trees, the flowers, the waving
grain.
And not least among these other characteristics
is ability to think, TO imagine, to sympathze and
to develop selfenergy for the attaining of ends de-
termined by the thinking, the imagining, and the
sympathizing.
This means that human life differs from all
lower kinds of life in being sef-modihable to an
extraordinary degree.
1t means also that human beings are more
really alive than othersthat those are most alive
who think most vigorously, imagine most vlvldly
sympathize most keenly.
Reader, how does it stand with you? To what
degree are you really alive?
Be honest in answering these questions, for you
will find it only improbable to attempt to fool your
SELF Many men and women, let me tell you' are
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-30
The Land Shop and
Its OPPORTUNITIES.

peculiarly interesting and admirable feature
of the Southeastern Land Show, to be held in At
lanta February lis under the auspices of the
Georgia Chamber of Commerce, will be the award
ing of a number of free farms The plan in no
wise resembles lottery; indeed, it involves no ele
ment of chance whatsoever. 1t is thoroughly
businesslike piece of enterprise designed TO bring
into this region, as permanent settlers, between
fifty and hundred experienced livestock farmers
whose methods will be an object lesson. and whose
success will be an incentive to the communities in
which they make their new homes.
The. farm sites are donated by exhibitors at the
Land Show and will be given away on these terms:
each applicant must be experienced in animal hus-
bandry and must reside at present outside the
States comprised in the Land Show-Alabama,
Florida Georgia and South Carolina; he must at
tend the Show and official application
blank to be filled out with list of references and
other pertinent information; he must promise TO
invest in buildings general improvements and live
stock an amount equal to the appraised value of
the land given him. The application thus
ceived will be passed upon by competent COM
mitree which will allot the farms at its disposal
ito the applicants making the best showing in the
investigation" 1t is announced, furthermore, that
if the number of desirable applications exceeds the
number OF farms to be given away, the committee
will endeavor to obtain for this purpose additional
farms from land owners and communities. Per
sons who receive the farm sites shall live thereon
for period of five years. operating them live
stock farms for either hogs cattle; and at the
end of that period, the conditions having been duly
met, each applicant will receive a deed in fee
simple.
As a means of stimulating interest interest in
the resources for raising live stock in the Southeast
and developing those resources in districts where
they neglected this project should yield
substantial results. In respect, the approach
ing exposition promises to be of the most pro-
ductive enterprises of the kind undertaken in
the United States. 1t is the first Land Show to be
held in the South, and as such will attract from
other sections hundreds of visitors hundreds of
visitors, many of whom no doubt will become in
vestors, If not settlers, in the Southeast
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-30

The peace dove is becoming more and more
FESTIVE in its cage.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-30
The Searchlight
Fighting Sleeping Sickness

of the little islands in the Gulf of Guinea near
the African coast has been swept clear of sleeping
sickness by modern methods Sleeping sickness is
carried by fly, and the hundreds Of men in
the army sanitation were turned into walking fly
paper during the campaign. They suits
coated with a sticky substance similar to that used
in commercial fly papers Five years
sometimes caught 500 flies day. The squad of 800
caught II 900 a month For the last nine months not
fly has caught and the sickness has disappeared
from the island.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-30
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-30

1t will be noticed that in the end people of all
kinds of beliefs and political tendencies endorse
what Woodrow Wilson says
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-30

The worlds kings will have to form 'syndi
cate of republics.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-30

Charles NJ. Schwab has written book on how
to succeed. Two methods to us. One is to
open munitions plant and the other to start
corner in eggs.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-06-14
& PASTE
: Good Things Clipped from
: Our Exchanges with an
Occasional Comment
; By the Editor.
1t Should Be Done.

The future or this country will
be plain Americanism, and when
the war with Germany is over
the United States will cut out
the teaching Of all foreign
languages in the common schools,
and teach nothing but plain
English. The people of the Unit
ed States must come to the con-
clusion, from the present con-
dition of the country, that they
cannot afford to let foreigners
come here and keep up their
mother tongue in preference to
the language and customs of the
United States and becomes loyal
citizens. When a foreigner ar
rives on the soil of this country
to make it his home he must sub
NIT to the laws of the land or &c
back home. The melting pot
must be kept hotter in the future
than it has been in the past, if
we can expect united country.
-Morehead Mountaineer.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-06-14
UP TO UNCLE SAM.

World affairs have reached the point where it is up to
Uncle Sam to win the world war.
In the concise language of the Frenchman ''there is
Russia, at least far counting for VITAL
gressve force in the conflict.
If we in this country have not yet fully conceived
what this fact portends is we'll that consider the sit
uaton very seriously 1t that whereas the central
powers have heretofore maintained an enormous army of
seasoned fighters on the eastern 'front.' they with
drawing these veteran troops and hurng them in
upon the French and British lines
1t means that under present conditions it is physical
mpossbity for the entente allies to gain even nominal
victory.
And it means that the best we can expect until our
armies are in the field is a stand-off
And means that unless this country musters it's en-
tire strength in men and MEANS and USES that strength
to the limit the of human freedom will lose the
fight and America will 60 down in ruins For with Eng
land and France defeated even nomnaly vctors and
still powerful Prussan autocracy spreading itself over
the earth, the future of democracy will be dark indeed
If every man and woman in America will get firmly
in mind the fact that WE must win this war to be
won that if it is lost ideals and institutions are
in grave danger then and not until then will we be in an
attitude to face the task that is ours.
The God of Hosts can find no use for the man who
having put his hand to the plow, turneth back"
Licking Valley courier., 1917-06-14
MAKE LABOR FASHIONABLE.

One prominent American editor sounded vital note
when ne suggested that our people should make economy
fashionable" That wise suggestion and one that
should be needed by our professional high lvers.
But to it we wish to add this advice: MAKE LABOR
FASHIONABLE!
Put the two virtues side by side in double harness all
the country during the days that coming and the
United States will easily come into her own.
Seek to disguise it as we may our country when this
began fast drifting toward loafers' paradise
Thousands of young have been reared deness
with not the faintes conception of the true dignity of
manual labor. Starting with of wealthy parents it
extended downward in the scale of society," as class after
class attempted to initiate those financially above them
until not only there among all classes physical aver
sion to honest toll but the very idea seemed to carry with
it sense of nferiority and degradation.
Aside from the deplorable causes producing it, the
present national campaign of production is the salvation
of our country in ways than just that of providing
food for the world 1t will make useful citizens of bows
who fast becoming degeneraes from the need of
serious object in life 1t will give vital force to the aca
demic teachings of the honor and dignity of labor It
will toughen muscles long unaccustomed to exertion and
will transform weaklngs into that which the Almighty
intended they should beMEN. VITAL forceful red-bood
ed MEN.
No great forward stride of any people is ever accom-
pished without great sacrifice When our revolutionary
fathers conceived the vision of great nation that should
exempfy to the world the blessings of peace and liberty
they made great Sacrifices and made them willingly Un
till the entrance into this their descendants were in
danger of losing sight of that grand vision through the
curse of too great plenty of the creature comforts
But we are awake at last True, it took worldwide
calamity to u.s. but aroused we are going to
take different view of man and his mission
When we come into our own-which we will do when
we have the conflict before us-we will discover that
the true glory of man lies in EFFORT and ACHIEVEMENT
for their OWN sakes rather than in the enjoyment of their
fruits.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-06-14
Knew by the Voice.

Speaking Of the human voice"
said the disagreeable man, "have
you ever thought what an indi-
cation of character it is? Place
a woman | have never seen in
another room, and let me but
hear her voice, and | can tell
what kind of a woman she is. "
You are entirely right about
that" replied Won Blumer, land
| recently had this very thing
manifested to a remarkable de-
gree. A woman called on my
wife the other day, and although
| had never seen her before, !
knew by hearing her speak just
what she was."
What sort of a woman was
she? inquired the disagreeable
man, with intense eagerness.
Why" replied Won Blumer,
complacentiy, she was Scotch. y
-Ex.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-06-14
Two Of Them.

An Irish soldier went to his
colonel and asked for leave to go
home and help his wife with her
spring cleaning.
Il don't like to refuse you,
Murphy" said the c. o., but,
as a matter of fact, I've just had
a letter from your wife saying
that you are no help to her with
the spring cleaning, and asking
me not togive you leave"
The man saluted, and turned
to go. At the door he stopped,
turned aud remarked:
Colonel, there are two whoop-
ing felseiooders in this regiment
and Pm one Of them. Pm not
marriedp
Licking Valley courier., 1917-06-14
Optimistic.

Talk about optimists," said
Furbiston; "have you heard the
story about Woolby?"
No." said his friends.
well, the folks in the town
where he lives are getting up a
rattle in aid of charity. There
are to be 10000 tickets at six
pence each, and the prize is q
motor car. Woolby took one
ticket. Now he's busy erecting
a garage.
mot bad" said Johnson. 1T
reminds me of Joe Kelly. Ever
heard of him?"
mo said the others.
well, Joe was poor, but he
often used to go to a fashionable
restaurant without a dime in his
pocket, and order a fine oyster
supper. He calculated upon pay
ing for it with the pearls he
hoped to find in the oysters.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-06-14
ESQ Years Of Profitable Grass.

In England there is a park at
the famous Rothamsted expert
ment station, which has been
used as a meadow for more than
two and one-half centuries,
which was used as bayfield, at
the time of the Revolution, and
which was in sod when Amer
lea was being colonized. This
park has been top dressed an
nually for the last sixty years.
At the beginning of this period
it was producing about Ia tons
of hay per acre. When fertili.
GERS have been used, the aver.
age acre yield for so years has
been in one case OF tons, in an
other 1873 tons, and in a third
case Al tons, depending upon
the amount of top dressing ap.
piled. This is really a wonder.
full accomplishment, and should
make those farmers who are con.
tent with mining" instead Of
farming, with robbing the sol
and year after year getting
smaller and smaller crops, fee
that possibly they are not using
to the fullest, the opportunities
given them. Elk,
Licking Valley courier., 1917-06-14
Flowers on Icebergs.

Flowers blooming on icebergs
would certainly be a rare sight,
but persons travelling in tie
northern portion of the Pacific
and sometimes in the North At
lantic have witnessed this strange
but very beautiful spectacle. 1t
appears that some animals
carry on their feet a growth of
moss, which is deposited on the
ice while it is attached to the
mainland far in Polar regions.
In time this decays and forms a
shallow soil in which the seeds
of buttercups and dandelions oft
en- find lodging from currents
of winds that doubtless caught
them up in some southern cline.
These take root and bloom in pro-
fusion when the great cleaning
iceberg floats out to sea and is
carried southwark, where the
soft winds melt the surface and
give the seeds and plants the
moisture lhey need. Such float
ing gardens, with dazzling peaks
of dark green ice all about them,
have been seen far from The
home of the iceberg, which is
near the Arctic circle. Elk.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-06-14
Wireless Then.

An IriAman and a Scot were
arguing is to the merits of their
respective countries,
"Ah, veel," " said Sandy, "they
tore down an auld castle in Scot
land and 'ound many wires und, +
it, which shows that the telegraph
was knon there hoondreds O.
years ago"
"Well;' said Pat they tore
down an Culd castle in 0hland,
and begorIa there was no wires
undher it, which shows that they
knew all about wireless tele-
graphy in Oireland hundreds av
years ago.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-06-14
Good Enough Reason.

"Your honor, "said the solicitor
for the defense, Il wish to prove
by this question that the witness
is a man of quarrelsome DISPOSE
ton, hard to get along with, and
on bad terms with his neighbors.
Now, SIR" he continued, turning
again to the witness, "I'd like to
know whose farm is next to
yours?"
WELL" answered the witness,
there's the Billings farm, and
the
stop there. One at a time.
Are you on friendly terms with
Mr.. Billings?"
Il can't say l am."
Are you even on speaking
terms with him."
mo SIR"
Whose fault is it?"
1T his fault, reckon"
"Oh, yes; it's his fault, you
reckon. How long has it been
since you have spoken to him?"
About fourteen years, as near
as / can remember. "
Nov, sir, want you to tell
this jury why you have not
spoken to Mr.. Billings for four
teen years."
Gentleman, "said the witness,
turning to the jury, 'the reason
why | haven't spoken to Mr.. Bill
ings for fourteen years is because
that's the length of time he's
been dead"
Licking Valley courier., 1917-06-14
Morgan's Men.
Written on Registration Day, June
5, 1917, By Ed. @. NJ. Summers
at West Liberty, Ky.)

Written on Registration Day, June
5, 1917, By Ed. @. NJ. Summers
at West Liberty, KY
Through the rain and chill,
For the day was i'll,
Our Morgan boys came forth;
And their eager heed
Of the nations need
Was an index to their worth.
Not bugle tone
Nor a fife was blown;
Not a rhythmic, throbbing drum;
But regarding all
Just their country's call
Did our stalwart young men come
With the chosen named,
And the call proclaimed,
When they each one answered
"Aye!"
They will fare afar,
Like the men they are,
And will serve like men-or die
Hence in times yet due,
When the lands review
The lives of their heroes, then
Will our pride be great,
And our songs relate,
The exploits of Morgan's men.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-06-14

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We suggest, however, that tramps would make excel
lent dog meat this summer and would be quite in line
with our efforts at national economy. Sick em
Licking Valley courier., 1917-06-14
We are authorized to announce
ZOE ROE WELLS

asa candidate for the nomination for
Jailer of Morgan county, subject to the ac.
tion OF the democratic primary, August
1917.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-06-14
LICKING VALLEY COURIER

Entered as second class matter
April 7, 1910, at the post-office at West
Liberty, KY, under the Act of March
9, 1879.