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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-19
UnWiSe and ExirapagQnt.

1t has been proposed, rather impulsvely that
an extra session of the Legislature be called for
the purpose of making Georgias prohibition law
stringent, pursuance of the recent decision
of the United States Supreme Court, upholding
the Webb-Kenyon act. On a second sober thought,
even the most ardent advocares this suggestion
should perceive it's unwisdom and extravaganza.
To incur the heavy expense of a special Legis-
lative session for any purpose short of grave
emergency in the States affairs; when regular
session is hardly five months away, would be
wanton waste of public funds. There is no cal
culating just how much time and money special
session of the General Assembly would consume in
considering the most drastic prohibition measures
devisable. The estimate that week or too would
suffice rests on the supposition that there would be
little or difference of opinion concerning either
the principles or the details of the contemplated
legislation On the contrary, there is every reason
10 believe that sharp differences of opinion would
be expressed and stoutly maintained in which
event the session probably would run the longest
allowable period and would divert from the public
treasury thousands upon thousands of dollars that
are needed urgently by the States scantly sup
ported institutions
Would it be just to taxpayers or to the highest
interests of the Commonwealth to spend consider
allie fortune on an session of the Legislature
when for lack of funds the common schools are
stinted and imperative lines of public policy are
neglected and State institutions positively
beggared and disgraced? If there is moral issue
involved in the proposal for extra session at this
;: ncture. it consists in the fact that it would be
fundamentally dishonest TO squander the peoples
taxes for an affair that easily and safely wait
the few months between now and the regular ses-
sion in June.
The demand for immediate action on this mat
ter betrays so whimsical a disregard of plain
facts and common justice and so childish an i'm
patience with orderly processes that cannot be-
lieve it is entertained by any considerable number
of people.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-19
=zTittOa'S ProiSeW0rthy Example.

The Triton Gazette gives interesting account
of how the business men or that community rallied
10 the farmers support in the fight against the
boil weeyil The sure5t OF combating that
is crop diversicatiOn and stock raising. But
If the planter has dependable market for food
stufs. he will have no inducement to raise them
. except in small quantities for his family and,
So the problem Of getting cash-crop substitute for
cotton during the weevil menace will remain
solved.
= The leading mercantile and manufacturing in
Sterests of Tiff county have met this situation in
--manner that commends itself to the enire State
They have offered to buy for cash all the peanuts
sveIver beans and the farmers in that territory
will raise One concern has purchased machinery
sfor thirty thousand dollar feed mill; another
contracted for a plant capable of utilizing for oil
and other products many peanuts the sur
rounding country raises. Further, hundred and
ATTY thousand dollars subscribed for the estab-
@iishment of packing plant, which has so promis-
ling outlook that its facilities probably will be
-doubtSd.
= These concerted movements" says the
= Gazette. ARE faith offerings of the broadest
= character. and jointly embody type of pre-
= paredness absolutely unassailable. With this
= assured cooperation, farmers who do not
make money in this good year. 1917, have only
: themselves TO blame. The business men of
= Triton have made peanuts velvet beans and
: corn immediate money crops and in doing
= have destroyed the fetish that cotton is the
:. only ready-mOney crop for the Georgia
planter"
= II this wise and helpful policy is adopted by
business communities throughout the State not
only will the boil weeviI menace be overcome but
: foundations OF prosperity will be laid and new
forces of progress will be released.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-19

ought to be named only on probation, better,
numbered simply, Jones One, Jones Two, or
Jones Three, the last three might be called
Jones UIt, Jones Penult and Jones Antepenult, the
only difficulty being the facility with which the
last two cognomens would lend themselves to the
ncknames Peanut and Aunty.
The point is that when one has shown what
manner of he is, aspires to be, he should
be allowed to appropriate create his own name.
How can any bright and ambitious youth hope to
make a for himself if he is already hight
Woofenpif1e?
There's a great deal in a name. They tell the
story that David Belasco, who attaches Importance
to names as being real factors in dramatic effect.
was once walking the floor and saying to himself.
Julius Caesar, Napoleon Bonaparte, Oliver Crom-
weIl-no wonder they succeeded, with such
namesi"
Our practice is barbarous. Our labels are no
indications of our contents 1 know Williams that
ought to be Sans they look Sammy, they were
born Sans; and Georgiana l have rechr1stened
Beth because she is Beth, and Georgiana applied
to her is a falsehood- Ella is no Ella, she Is as
clearly Madge as will meet in days journey!
My own name is a queer thing. There is not a
craney or otherwise birdlike trait to my body or
soul. Still perhaps it is just as we'll. Ii 1t was
to do again my name might be Mud
Copyright, 1916, by Frank Crane-)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-19
Three LuSty Youngsters
In Georgia Enterprise.

At Athens yesterday the State Horticultural So
eiety the Georgia Dairy Livestock Association and
the Georgia Breeders Association all held their an
nuaI convention. Meeting at the time and in
the same community. these organizations gave I'M
usual emphasis to the fields of enterprise they rep
resent.
As extensive industries. horticulture, dairying
and stock breeding are of comparatively recent
growth in Georgia; long ago, OF course, they had
their lobbyists and pioneers but not until the last
decade or so did they begin to assume farreaching
proportions. The present Importance of horticul-
indicated by the fact that GeOrgia's income
from its fruit crops in 1916 amounted to more
than seven million dollars. of which about and
a half million represented by apples. and three
million, seven hundred thousand by peaches For
the same twelvemonth. the States output of dairy
products was valued at eight million dollars,
and the sale of food-animal products. not includ-
ing poultry. exceeded twenty million dollars. The
significance Of these figures is not in their size,
but in the fact that a few years ago the income
from such sources in Georgia almost negli-
gible.
For the progress vh'th has BEEN abe the
Horticultural So' Iety, ~. Dairy iivestocG Asso-
citation and the Breeders Association due a
generous measure of credit. The examples their
members have set in scientific methods have been.
valuable supplements to the work of the State
College of Agriculture and other educational
agencies. Each of the organizations is to be COM
aended for its helpful influence IN the past and
for its liberal undertakings for the year newly
begun
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-19
Admiral Dewey.

Admiral Dewey held, and will hold forever, in
the hearts of his countrymen a goodly share of
that shining realm which people reserves for it's
heroes. Sixty-two years of service to the navy
would be of itself a golden attainment, but Ad-
miral Deweys service was remarkable not simply
for steadfsstness but for its determining part in
the nations destiny. At Manila Bay he made his
tory of profound consequence to America and to
the world, history which the ensuing develop
ment Of the United States world Power very
largely depended. IL was characteristic of Admiral
Dewey's great vgor of body and spirit that he
maintained until the last days, almost until the
last hours. of his life Jealous interest and a
weighty influence in the affairs of the fleet His
advice to me-" said Secretary Daniels, has been
more like that of father to a son than of a high
ranking navy officer TO a Government official" That
was the keynote of the Admral's feeling toward
the navy and the country; he loved them with a
fathers heart, as he had served them with heros
will.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-19

S ignorance a protection in the matter ii
health? Is it better for man to live without
any knowledge of the laws of personal hygi-
ene than to make an earnest study of these laws?
Strange it may seem, there are persons who
would such questions in the affirmative
Secretly openly they rebel against the modern
campaign for health education They would have
man trust to instinct to live healthily.
Savages and illiterate peasants they argue
know nothing of hygiene, yet are healthy, sturd! ,
vigorous folk Whereas many familiar with hygl-
fuss themselves to death about their health
1t is of course, foolish for anybody to have his
health perpetualy his mind. But this does not
that it is foolish for people to gain knowledge
of the ways of healthy living.
As to the health of savages and peasants, 1t 1t
their ignorance of hygiene that keeps them we'll?
Do they not in reality their health to the fact
that their lives conditioned that of necessity
they live in accordance with many of the funda-
mental principles of hygiene?
Their undeveloped minds do not experience any
great degree of mental strain They live out in the
open. Their habits of the simplest. They eat
plain food. They exercise vigorously. No wonder
their health is good.
Yet we of the cities and of this marvellous
complicated twentieth century would not willingly
exchange places with them. If they lead simple
lives, they also lead monotonously primitive lives.
Having tasted the fruits of culture and civiliza-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-19
IGNORANCE AND HEALTH-By H. Addngton Bruce

ton. we should perish from boredom if compelled
to live precisely the savages and peasants do
For that matter if wished to do SO, We
could not live precisely they. As stated by Prof.
R. S. Woodwork in his admirable handbook Oh
The Care of the Body:
I'VE have to live under complex and artificial
conditions and must learn to make the best Of
them. 1t is by means certain that these condii
ions are necessarily unhealthy. What is certain Is
that they call for something more than the plain
animal instincts
1T is all right to follow the intuitive light OF
nature out among the woods and mountains, but it
wouldn't do in a dynamo room. One of the most
stringent rules for him who would keep his health
is not to touch live wre-but it is rule not
provided by instinct 1t depends on knowledge.
There are dozens of rules of similar charac-
ter that must be followed but not instructive.
Some of these are not absolutely stringent; they
may be disobeyed without instant death, but bad
effects follow sooner or later"
Place your ignorant savage or your 1nlterate
peasant in the hurly-burly of modern city life,
and how long do you suppose his ignorance would
protect his health, instinct prove safe guide to
him?
No. In matters of health, under the conditions
of life today, ignorance is positive vice. 1t is
among the most dangerous of vices, carrying with
it the heaviest of penalties
Copyright, 1917, by the Associated Newspapers)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-19
Why, Of Course
Waycross Herald.)

The Albany Herald is Dragging about Dougherty
county shipping carload hogs market,
of the people Shellman laughing
because Herald proud of the the
first carload shipped out of the county, while
Shellman shipped fifteen. We do blame
Herald for being proud of this swine Dougherty
had to begin time now 5 always best
The Shellman folks should remember there
are more people living DOugherty be fef
than Randolph county and therefore it requires
more pork for home consumption. would brag, too
if we were Ehe Herald.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-19
Russia S Political Operturns.

While there have been important political
changes in all the belligerent countries in recent
months, those in Russia have been peculiarly sig
ni1cant In the latter part of 1916 the reactionary
Boris Sturner was displaced Prime Minister
= by Alexander TrepoH, Liberal to his hearts core
and statesman of great constructive ability. But
now tidings that 1repOh has been displaced
in turn, by Galitzin. who is almost as much of
reactiOnary Sturmer was. The reasons behind
the former Overturn we're apparent. Sturmer not
u only had proved incompetent, but also known
TO favor separate peace with Germany thing
10 which neither the Car nor the Russian people
would hear. II is altogether clear however
why Trepof's administration short. IL
his downfall is to be taken a victory for the
back ward-IOOking. bureaucratic forces, its effect
may handicap RUssias prosecution of the war. but
it can merely delay. not dispense. the advance of
progressive ideas in that country; for Russia is
going to liberalize itself if not by we'll ordered
steps, then by leap to revolution
F,sr &
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-19
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-19

Some man has invented sound ampifer; but
what we need in America is sound reducer.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-03-29
GOLLMAR BROS. CIRCUS COMING
The Combined Gollmar Bros. Circus
and PattersOn's Trained Wild Ami
NAL Show Here June =.

Fred A. Morgan, former advance
man for the Gollmar Bros. circus, is IN
the city today making arrangements
for two performances of the Gollmar
Bros. and Patterson's Trained Wild
Animal Show which will be given IN
Minot on Friday, June 8. !,
Mr.. Morgan has made arrangements
with the Minot Lodge No. 1889, 3. I.
O. E., to act as ticket agents prior to
the circus and on the day of the show.
This arrangement will be made this
season in only three cities in the
United States and Mr.. Morgan e e.!
plains that it is being done with MI
not because of the many personal
friends of Mr.. Patterson, owner OF
the combined shows, living in Mlnot.
The Elks will be enabled to clear sew
eral hundred dollars in this way.
Gollmar Bros. show is the very best
that has ever visited Minot., Under
the new arrangement, it has been e en-
larged, especially it's menagerie: The
show that will appear in Minot is bet
ter and larger even than the Gollmar
show of year ago.
MANY in Minot will remember Mr..
Patterson, who spent week here sew
eral years ago with his excellent car
nival company.
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he claimed had been collected as rent

dis.
Jennie Ogg, the notorious Kenmare
woman, who was found guilty Of sec
ond offense plugging, was sentenced to
serve two years in the penitentiary
The luckless Jennie has lived at Ken
mare for years, where she has admin
istered to the wants of the thirsty.
She filed $4,000 bond pending an APP
peal.
Charles Sackett was convicted of
burglary in the third degree and drew
four years, The transportation Of
ficer is coming up from Bismarck for
Charlie today, to take him back home
Charlie broke plate glass window
at the Peoples Meat Market and stole
some fish, bacon and hams, in order
to reduce the h. C. |. Officers located
the stuff in his shack Some years
ago he was convicted Of burglarizing
the Bearman Fruit Co. building in
Minot and served time.
Harold Hartford, the young Canad-
ian who threw a stone through the
window of the Dacotah barber shop
and stole five razors from his benefac-
tor, pleaded guilty and drew a year in
the pen.
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HAPPENINGS IN DISTRICT COURT
Sackett Gets Four Years-Jennie Ogg
to Reside at Bismarck Two Years
Razor Thief Draws Year.

District court ended Saturday night,
Judge Leighton bringing the business
to close in order to give the farmer
Jurors chance to return home and
get ready for spring work.
One Of the last cases tried was that
If the Scofield Implement Co.. VS.. the
Minot Farmers Grain Association. The
plaintiff got verdict for S769.5O. 1t
anpears that the Scofield Implement
CO. held a chattel mortgage, on 5; some m
crops and property given by Philip
Kerstein. Jourgen Olson, it appears,
financed Kerstein. Kerstein hauled
the grain and the elevator paid Olson.
The case was once tried before Judge
Leighton, who dismissed it. The Su-
nreme court sent it back for trial:
The First National Bank OF Ken
mare secured Judgment against An
ton Klemmens, administrator Of the
Geo. Ohnstedt estate, for $142,l3, on
promissory note given by Ohnstedt:
The Frank j. Bush case against T..
=. Johnson Of Ryder was brot abrupt
" to a close just after the case was
ready for the arguments. Attorneys
agreed on Judgment for $3.50. Bush
lad sued for $1,000 for money which
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NAVAL RECRUITING
station OPENS
Capt. Reiman, of the U. S. Navy Ar.
rived in MinOt Today Throws
Light on Submarine Warfare.

G. Reiman, chief turret captain in
the U. S. navy, arrived from the east
today and is opening naval recruit
ingIstation at the Mnot federal build
ing this week. He will remain in Mi
not all of next week and if he is sue
cessful, he may establish a permanent
station.
President Wilson signed bill Sun
day to bring the navy up to full war
strength, which means that 10000 will
be added There are good places open
for mechanics and tradesmen of all
kinds. 1t requires about three years
to complete course of training in
the navy. Young men between II and
80 are desired, the younger the better
If they show an aptitude to become
good gunners, they are given a try
at Uncle Sans big guns. There are
excellent opportunities offered the
right kind Of young men who enlist
in the navy. Nine out of ten Of the
young men desire to join the aviation
corps, only to be disappointed, for
these places are usually filled by
trained men from Annapolis. 1t is not
unusual for a young man to earn S33
month and his board, almost from
the beginning, in the navy.
Capt. Reiman for three years was
stationed on the battleship Wyoming
and established a fine record as a
marksman. Regarding the submarine
warfare now being waged by the Ger
mans against the world, he said:
"The submarine blockade has failed
Some damage is being done to ship
ping, but only small percentage OF
the ships are being sunk. Not many
attacks have been made against bat
| tleships or armed merchant vessels
Submarines to do effective work, must
get within about 500 yards of a YES
sci. The submarines have to come
just up to the surface to shoot and
am certain that with one or three
FOUNDER, l could get every submarine
attacking within distance of LOCO
yards at the first or second shot,
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W. S. Young, cashier of the First
State Bank of Surrey, is remodelling
his dwelling on his fine farm at Sur
rey, putting in large brick chimney,
with the old-time fireplace, hard wood
floors, glass doors, china closets and
sun parlor, also will install hot water
system, which when finished will be
modern in every respect. Mr.. Mower.
one Of Surveys contractors, is doing
the work.
Mrs. Foster and Mrs. Carroll Shorb
are visiting at the home Of Elder D.
M Shorb.
Prof. D. A. Stouffer of Lanark, ILL.,,
will be Surveys superintendent of
schools the coming year. He is at
present teaching as assistant prin-
cipal. We understand Misses Berg,
Conner and Lawrence will also remain
another year. Surrey community will
much appreciate to have this part of
the faculty remain. So cheer up,
Pete, don't worry
Surrey Brethren church decided to
have two love-feasts this year, one on
May 10, and the other in November,
after a series of meetings.
Professor Jackson's lecture was Ger
tainly enjoyed by all who heard him.
1t was given by the school lecture
course. gun
Mr.. Heinis of Minot was out to Sur
rey Tuesday in his car, also VIM.
Clouse made the trip from Surrey to
MinOt last week in his Ford
The Ladies' Aid of the Brethren
church will meet next week, April 4
at the Shorb home.
William Sweeney and wife, from
Granville were visitors over Sunday
at the home Of VIM. Clouse and Israel
Yoder.
George Wegner is talking of return
ing to his old home in York State.
E. H. Ray is shipping baled hay in
for SALE
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flee supplies and legal blanks. He
has stopped the leaks here and there,
which have amounted to a large sum.
The tax records are in splendid shape.
Everything is ship-shape.
Mr.. Thompson could not have ac-
complished this without the assistance
of competent assistants. r. w. Ken
nard has been Mr.. Thompson's deputy
for years. The work of the office will
60 on uninterruptedly and Mr.. Ken
nard will make fully as good record
The taxpayers of Ward county are in
deed fortunate that they have been
able to secure the services of such men
as L. J. Thompson and r. w. Knnard
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methods, he placed the office in as fine
shape as any to be found in the state.
He dug into the records and found
200 descriptions Of property which
had in some manner escaped taxation
The additional taxes paid from this
source has amounted to fully $500
He has been economical. The amount
Of salaries in his office during the past
four years has been $500 less than
during the preceding four years. The
cost of the job printing which passed
thru his Office has been $500 less, de-
spite that during the most of this
time the work has been done on the
open market and distributed among
the printers Of the county. Nine hun
bred dollars has been saved in the Of
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eral days and their rs centimeter bat
teries are likely to be turned loose at
an ytime. Trench warfare has been
abandoned the forces are out in the
open, but the true display of strength
will not be known until after the votes
are counted on the evening of April 2.
John Lynch, candidate for police
magistrate, isn't worrying any over
results. 1t is generally conceded that
his opponent, L. w. Torgerson, was
defeated before he ever filed his petit
ton.
Two city commissioners, besides the
president, are to be elected. There
are five candidates, all prominent cit
liens, and it appears at this writing to
be most anybody's fight.
A. P. Scotield, one of the old-time
and popular citizens, is one of the can
didates for commissioner.
E. A. Malm, successful business
man, who has been manager of the
Altman-Taylor Tractor Co.'s Minot
house for years, is going after one OF
the places in dead earnest.
II. S. Johnson, manager of the Rog.
ers Lumber Co., and who has won al
enviable reputation in this capacity, is
the third candidate, while the old re
liable Charles W. Moore, who has
built up an exceedingly large business
selling Ford automobiles, is the
fourth.
George Mcclure, prominent young
businessman of the city, has entered
politics for the first time and while he
is considered an unknown quantity pc,
litically, he's apt to make a rather sur.
prising showing.
F. B. Lambert and r. H. Emerson
have "locked horns" for place on the
park board.
4. B. Dill is trying to wrest from
j. E. Burke his office as city justice.