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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-30
Tells HoU to Stop q
Bad Cough
Surprising Results from this
homemade syrup. Easily
prepared and costs little.

II you have a severe cough or chest
cold accompanied with soreness. throat
tickle. hoarseness, or difficult breath
ing. or IL your child wakes up during
the night with Group and you want
quick help, just try this pleasant tast-
ing homemade cough remedy. Any
druggist can supply you with , 1-2
ounces OF Pinex GO cents WORTH. Pour
this into a pint bottle and fill the bot
tie with plain granulated sugar syrup.
Thus prepared. you have a pint
of really remarkable cough remedy
one that can be depended upon to give
quick and lasting relief at all times.
You can feel this take hold OF a
cough in a way that means business.
IL loosens and raises the phlegm, stops
throat tickle and soothes and heals the
irritated membranes that line the throat
and bronchial tubes with such prompt
ness. ease and certainty that IT is really
astonishing.
Pfnex Is special and highly concen-
/. trzted compound OF genuine Norway
pine extract. and is noted for its speed
in overcoming severe coughs, throat
and chest colds. Its millions OF enthu-
siastic users have made IL famous the
world over
There are many worthless limitations
OF this noted mixture. To avoid dis
appointment. ask for 80 1-2 ounces OF
Pinex" with full directions and don't
accept anything else 4 guarantee Of
absolute satisfaction or money promptly
refunded. goes with this preparation.
The Pinex Co. Fit Wayne. Ind-CAdvtO
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-30

had occasion to purchase a few
yards of common white factory cloth
today and it was OF the quality for which
1 have paid cents per yard in nor
NAL times.
The merchant said "I am obliged to ask
II la cents, and it is going up stead
lily at a cent per yard. You will pay
20 cents per yard If you buy some
like this in the spring.
The high price of cotton, he said was
forcing up the price of common cotton
goods. 1 think he would be nearer the
mark if he should say it is the short
crop of cotton that is making prices
increase so fast.
November is nearly gone and the hne
weather has helped the farmers in steady
picking-and as 1 see it, the crop is
nearly all ginned and marketed in our
section of the country. l doubt very
much if the crop Of 1917 reaches nine
million bales-and it is by far the
shortest crop within the last ten years.
The army will need much of this
cotton to convert into uniforms-tents
and underwear for the men in camps.
The ammunition makers will be Obliged
to have cotton Of some sort to convert
into gun cotton. 1t would not surprise
me If cotton sold for 40 cents per pound
in the Spring-because of the impera-
tive need for the staple. The CONVEX
sion of cotton seed into food products
lard and COW feed-will keep the price
of cotton seed up to present prices
and higher.
As I see it, the plain country folk
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-30
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~ ~ LIZZIE O TH0r1AS MS9

we can let the thrill of the sixties
prompt us to do as much as our fathers
and mothers did. My father was on
Johnson's Island in Lake Erie, a pris-
oner from the army of Northern Vir-
ginia. When their captors marched
them across the ice. to that prison their
way was marked by bloody footprints.
Men whose feet had been protected by
the worlds finest leather were glad Of
rags to keep of the sharp edges of the
frozen waves of that great lake. There
were a few slackers in those days, and
the stigma has been with them up to
now. Let this war find that class even
smaller.
How can | help the boys?' has been
in several of the letters 1 have received
since the pledges began to come in.
So many of those pledges were signeu
by women in isolated places, women who
had never before had the pledge before
them. There is great need of money
for clothing and all who can knit should
go to their nearest town and ask for the
Red Cross headquarters. They will be
glad to start you to knitting socks or
sweaters. We do not want our boys to
be cold and hungry, nor mark their way
with bloody footsteps. The material is
furnished by the ladies at the Red Cross
headquarters, and that is one reason
that they are calling on all of us for
money.
The American Bible society's desire
is to put a Testament in the hand of
every soldier. To do that we must
give the society money to buy them.
They are made we'll to bear much
handling, and cost 25 cents. Surely few
of us are too poor to give one Testament,
or a dollar for four. Most of the
churches have taken up this matter,
but If you are where you cannot give
it to some one that is getting up money
to send to the Bible society, will be
pleased to have you send 1t to me. Our
pastors wife came for our "bit" last
week and said that she hoped to send
off at least IS from her nedghbors.
Thanksgiving will mean more to us,
and we will mean more to our country
if we deny ourselves and send our sur
plus to those who are upholding the
nag that waves so proudly over this
land. Remember, however, that mate
rial blessings are not all that call forth
thanks. Sometimes our Father turns
our feet into other paths, lest We stray
too far from Him. and in the future
we may see the wisdom and the good
ness of His denial. Let us thank God
for the things He has removed from
our path as we'll as the blessings He
has allowed us to see. Let US try to
remember that only as long as we keep
close to Him can we indeed be sus-
tanned by Him.
"Give thanks for griefs that seem to
march .SsaSc.& q. ~ "
Like marshalled hosts along: L..
Outlines in midst of blacklist night,
Is born the sweetest-song.
f-y4s1srF~ zsu sfy-a
'Give thanks for all that comes;
Sun, cloud. joy, grief and pain
For in our Gods eternal plan,
Each one shall have it's gain"
Faithfully yours,
LIZZIE o. THOMAS
Tuscumb ia, Ala.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-30
CROWDER POINTS
OUT PROVISIONS
OF NEW ARMY LAW
Ignorance Will Not Be an Ex-
clse and Failure to Comply
Will Be Considered MiSde-
meanor Punishable by Prison

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2S.-All persons
subject to the selective service law.
Provost Marshal Crowder announced to-
day, are charged with knowing the law
and accompanying regulations, and fall
ure to comply will be considered a mis-
demeanor, punishable by years Inn
prisonment Failure also may cause
immediate induction into military serv-
Ice and will operate as a waiver of any
right or privilege which might other
wise have been claimed.
General Crowder pointed out that all
previous exemptions are revoked under
a section of the regulations which reads:
"All exemptions and discharges made
prior to noon on December Is, and Sll
certificates in evidence thereof are here
by revoked from and after noon on De-
cember 10, and all such certificates
Heretofore issued shall have no further
validity.
"In any case of deferred classified
ton made under these rules and regu-
lations. the secretary Of war may order
such deferred classification. and any
certificate issued in evidence thereof. to
be revoked and rescinded, and the regis
trant to be transferred to any less de-
ferred class designated by the secre-
tary, except only as to such registrants
as have been in class five on account of
legal exemption"
On it's part, the local board is to do
everything possible to acquaint regis
trants with their order of liability. 1t
is absolutely necessary that each regis
trant shall know his order number. The
board is to mail to registrants notices
of its actions concerning them of any
duties that they are required to perform
and notice of its disposition Of the
claims Of other persons regarding reg
istrants shall be mailed to the registrant
and the other persons as well.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-30
GIVE THANKS TO GOD

GIVE THANKS TO GOD.
Give thanks to God for sun and rains
And summers fruit crowned trees;
For spring times bright unfolding
buds,
And autumn's garnered sheaves.
Give thanks to God for darkened days,
When wintry winds blow high:
When leafless trees stand bleak and
lone,
Beneath a sunless sky"
There is no doubt about these being
darkened days. The sun has been a
rare visitor all of this month, though l
must confess that October really was
colder month The farmers have much
to be thankful for, crops and prices have
been in their favor. Thanks to Mr..
Hoover and his helpers there are hum
dreds OF homes with well-stocked pam
tries that have never before canned
their winters supply Of fruits and vege-
tables And right here let me again
caution YOU not to be too lavish. Next
year is not in our hands to do as we
please with the seasons. The Egyp-
ians had seven fat years and then seven
lean ones, we may have only one fat
one Europe is calling on Us for food
and men. The farmers should plan TO
raise small grain this winter and pas
ture their stock for truly our cattle are
now worth the best of care.
l hear of men and women going
through the country frightening the
ignorant by telling them that President
Wilson is going to take their canned
goods from them. Some, L am told,
represent themselves as friends and
suggest that the people hide the cans.
soc &C
My washerwoman gave them as fine
an answer as I've ever heard or read:
NO" she said, "My boy is in the army
and If the president needs half of my
things he can have them. Somebody
is good enough to feed my boy and it's
the least that 1 can do to help feed
another's boy. hide nothing"
Wasn't that patriotism? Have you
said as much? And we that have no
sons somewhere in France" are we
doing our bit? If you have not already
done so. get the Semi-Week1y Journal
of the 23rd and clip out Judge Emory
Speer's charge to the grand jury of the
Federal Court. America is fighting for
the principles which have made the
United States a blessed country in which
to live" His entire charge is worth
memorizing. And when mothers and
fathers encourage their children to
memorize gems of thought, and have
them try to live up to the sentiment,
they are building characters that will
be true and loyal when the evil days
come And come they will, the dark
days of life as we'll as of the years
Thanksgiving day will soon be day
to look back to, one more pearl on
memory's rosary or thorn in the side.
Which shall 1t be? Have your Thanks
giving dinner by all means, even II there
should be no meat in the house and
affection has seemed your portion. There
are many empty chairs, the boys are
gone, somewhere, we know not the name
of their location, but we can be proud
and thankful that we have no slackers.
AS one of our friends said last week,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-30
WINTER EGeS-SURE

ANY pouItry raiser can easily double bis
urofits by douslfnE the egg production OF hi.
hers. scfentfne tonic has been discovered
that revitarpss the f1oek and makes hens
work an ire tine. The tonic is called More
Erxs." Give your hens q few cents worth
Of more Eggs' and you VIII be amazed ana
deurhted with results. A dollars worth or
.sNsora Fxxss' win doubIe this years produc-
ten Of eggs. 80 II you vish TO try this great
p-ofit-naksr. write E J. Refer, poultry ex-
pert, 5I5s Refer Bldg, Kansas City. NO.
Who viii ssnd yOu a seasons supply Of More
Eggs" Tonic for 800 (prepaidI. So conf
eent Is Mr.. Refer OF the results that 8
nFIlion-doIIar bank guarantees II you are not
Absolutely satisfied Jour dollar viii be returned
On request and the More EGGS cost yOC
nothing Send 4 dollar today or ask Mr.. Reefel
for his Free Poultry book that tells the expe-
rience Of q man who has made fortune out
Of pouItry.-(AdTt-)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-30

The farm Of today. If properly oper-
ated. requires a good deal Of special
equipment The time when any sort OF
a barn will answer is past Specializa-
ton IN agriculture is now necessary, and
a dairy farmer cannot operate success
fully with the equipment suited to a
tobacco or truck farm. or vice versa.
And so II has come about that a great
variety OF barns and other outbuildings
are required on the modern farm. These
buildings are different from those I'm use
by Industrial concerns and their con-
struction requires a special study of
many factors and conditions II they are
20 be economically built and prove sat
isfectory after their completion. Many
fafyns also require to be drained: where
the land Is rolling II must be terraced;
and in many sections OF the country
irrigation Is essential to the success of
an agricultural enterprise.
How are these things to be accom-
plishsd7 DO they call for a new type
OF farming or for a new type OF farm
adviser specialist in agricultural en-
cheering which up TO This time we have
not developed in numbers proportionate
to- the needs OF our primary industry
We have rocked along since the DAYS of
independence doing the best we could
on the old farm. We have managed to
dig much wealth out Of Il. We have
built up a great fabric OF commerce and
industry by main strength and awkward
ness We have wasted more OF our
natural resources than we have con-
served We have abused the soil until
IL has become Thoroughly disheartened.
and in many instances has taken
French leave and Joined our rivers on
their way 20 the sea Now we are face
20 face with the thenkless task OF try
ing 70 restore and rebuild what our fore
fathers and we ourselves so consist
entity endesvored. through mismanage-
ment and ignorance, to dissipate and
destroy To accomplish the restoration
OF our soils to a state OF fertility even
approxfmating that OF a century ago
will call for all the strength. fortitude.
Industry and energy which the people
Of the United States can summon TO
their aid through every resource or ed
ucafiou tostheir command
We are also face TO face with another
question OF. rather recent origin / refer
N the problem OF labor. There was
time when a hired man could be OBJ
tanned for a few dollars and induced to
submit TO any sort OF treatment with
ont complaint There was a super
nhundance Of this type OF labor when !
was a boy, but all that has been changed
bv recent Industrial developments and
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TGi0Q4gIRRMSf.
Timely Topics
& 1 ssjsesslss&
Stranger Than Fiction.

The life of Hon. James NJ. Smith. of
Smithonia. Oglethorpe County, Ca, was
life full of strange happenings. AS
a self-made man he made rapid strides
In fortune and promotion. He was more
than once elected to the legislature of
Georgia, and at one time a candidate
for the office of governor His begin
nings were humble, but he raced ahead,
until he left a fortune of several mil
lions of dollars, made by farming on
the old red hills of Georgia" He had
no schemes for fortune-making. He
used the good old plan Of blowing the
soil and gathering the crops, and he
was a success, as the result iproves.
He knew his own parents. doubtless
supported them in life, and when they
died he placed markers on their burial
place. When he died, and no will could
be found at first, or for several years
later, pandomonium broke loose. Scores
of kinspeople put in an appearance,
claiming to be heirs to his property, as
he left no wife or children. They did
not hesitate to defame his parentage
From ocean to ocean, from the Great
Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico it was
blazoned everywhere that he was illegit-
imately born and his various mothers
were set down as very sorry people
Dozens of lawyers jumped into the ring,
to represent these various claimants
Judges were clamoring in one place and
another. to pronounce judgment and d.
vide the millions. 1t was a tremendous
racket
Yet this dead man lived nowhere save
in Georgia, made his millions from one
dollar upward, by his own industry and
good judgment, and so far as known
he lived a peaceable lifetime almost in
one neighborhood and known to hun
dreds of people, who were familiar with
his everyday life. But a will came to
light. as the readers of the Semi-Weekly
Journal know. All the witnesses to the
will, will appear in few days to testify
that they signed their names to the
document Mr.. Smith bequeathed his
property as he desired, giving the bulk
of it to kinsmen who lived with him,
and to tenants who lived and worked
with the testator. This Smith will con-
nected with the Smith millions reads
like the story of Monte Cristo. 1t is
stranger than fiction.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-30

would do well to start the looms and
wheels for domestic uses. l am sftis-
fed that homemade cloth will I'LL a
great want for heavy cloth-because
wool is too high now for general use.
Cotton must do the work of providing
blankets and army overcoats for sol
liers.
AS soon as the winter blasts come
along there must be thick, heavy wrap
pings or the men will suffer from cold
and what cold produces in sickness.
Thanksgiving Prayer for Old People
Dear Heavenly Master: We aged ones
thank Thee for food and warm shelter
in our declining days. We thank Thee.
dear Lord. for eyesight and strength to
wait on our aged selves. along with
hearing and reasonable health. The
world is convulsed with war. and IL is a
time of confusion, anxiety and bloody
carnage. Keep our minds in quiet.
resting upon the promises of God. Have
mercy upon the suffering and distressed
ones at home and abroad. Help US, bur-
dened as we are with the infirmities of
ago, to do our part in patience and with
fortitude. Help US to do Thy will, to
the end and save us at last in heaven.
This we ask in Jesus name!
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-30
Four Men Are Commended
BY Daniels for Bravery

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2s.-Four naval
men were commended by Secretary of
the Navy Daniels today for bravery and
devotion to duty. They are Glenn Carl
ton Hiatt, indianapolis. a second-class
seaman on the U. s. S. Maine who
Jumped overheard on October 29 and
rescued a drowning shipmate; Christie
pher Smith,, chief machinist's mate,
Erie, aP.; Floyd McCurdy. Williams,
Iowa, and AIoysius Fawcett, Covington.
KY, fremen, who went through steam
filled fire and engine rooms on an
American warship after q valve had
blown off a boiler and hauled the fires.
saving the vessel from serious damage.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-30

course sow them in eight-inch. rows if
you prefer. They should be planted
about the first of December. We seed
them with Burt oats in the spring,
using one bushel of oats and one bushel
of Canadian peas. In a favorable sea-
son If you can seed them in late Janu-
airy or early February fairly good re-
suits may be obtained from this COM
bination crop. When these two crops
planted together do well they make a
very fine hay. We have grazed these
crops with hogs with some success on
several occasions The Canadian field
pea is strictly a field crop though, OF
course it could be cultivated in gar
den. They are smaller than garden
peas and not nearly so sweet. They
can, of course, be eaten just as people
will eat field corn in preference to
sweet corn.
COMBINING ACID AND VELVET
BEANS TO FEED PLANTS.
D. G. c., Dawson, Ca, writes. What do
you think Of 1000 pounds OF ground velvet
beans and the same amount OF 10 per
cent acid phosphate as fertilizer? How
available is velvet bean meal as compared
with cottonseed meal and tankage1
mixture of equal parts of velvet
bean meal and acid phosphate makes a
fair fertilizer. A ton Of beans minus
the hulls contains about 80 pounds or
nitrogen, "a pounds of potash and 20
pounds Of phosphoric acid. ton of
beans contains about 80 pounds less
nitrogen, and 80 pounds less phosphoric
acid than a ton Of fair grade cottonseed
meal mixture such as you propose
to use IS lower In nitrogen and phos-
phoric acid than where cottonseed meal
Is used. The fertilizer constituents In
velvet bean meal no doubt become avail
able with sufficient rapidity to meet
the needs of average Georgia crops.
A correspondent wishes to know the
influence of the different carriers OF
nitrogen on the yield, of corn.
A great deal of interest has been evil
denced in the influence of different
sources of nitrogen on crop yields. Some
have held, for instance, that nitrate of
soda was much more valuable than sui
phate Of ammonia, calcium syanamid or
cottonseed meal. AS a matter of fact,
| tests carried on at the College of Agri-
culture for the past I'VE years indicate
that there is practically no difference
| in the benefits which a pound of avail
| able nitrogen in any one of the four
| forms mentioned may be expected to
| exercise The records show that the
average yields for three years were as
! follows: With nitrate of soda, 41.55
bushels; with ammonium sulphate,
! 42.04 bushels with calcium cyanamid,
1925 bushels. and with cottonseed meal,
42.43 bushels.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-30
A Good Letter
Talking Rock, Ga,

| r. 2. B. s, Nov. "a, 1917.
Dear Mrs. FELTON,: / am an old veter-
an of the Civil war now in my eightieth
year. 1 have always read your letters
in The Atlanta Semi-Weekly Journal.
and have long thought of writing to you.
but did not want to intrude, as I know
your time is all occupied and you are a
very busy woman. / have oftimes
wished to meet you and talk with you
face to face, but as I've never had the
opportunity 1 sure would enjoy getting
letter from you.
read with interest all your letters on
economiZing, and thought 1 would tell
you how l have made some good quilts.
L have four grandsons and 1t takes a
great many socks to run them, so when
the feet are worn out L use the tops to
make quilts. There are SO many DIFF
ferent colors they make very pretty
quilts and also good lasting one.
Mrs. FELTON,, I have an old acquaint-
ance of yours as my husband, T. NJ.
Stokes, and my brother-in-law, Captain
L H. Paxton, Company F, First regiment
of Georgia cavalry, drilled on DR.. Fell
toms land, and the officers Of the 1egi-
ment were highly entertained at dinner
given by DIR. FELTON, in honor of the
cause. No doubt you remember my nus
band contracted measles while there In
camps, from the effects of which he died
in one short year, and was left with
my baby girl of eighteen months, ana l
know all the hardships of wtdowhood
and war; My heart goes out In sympa-
thy for poor mothers who are giving up
their sons in this present war.
So 1 will close, hoping the good Lord
will spare and give You lstrength for
many years to brighten the hearts OF
your many readers with your CHEEKY and
instructive letters, trusting If we never
meet on earth we will meet where htere
is no more trouble.
MRS. MARY E STOKES.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-30
Fulton Cotton Ginning
Cut Fifty Per Cent

Cotton ginning in Fulton county this
year was decreased by nearly so per cent
under the amount ginned last year, ac-
cording to a statement issued by the de-
partment of agriculture.
The statement shows that up to No
vember IA, 1917, there were $50 bales Of
cotton ginned as against GIT bales up to
the same time year previous.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-30
Six Men Are Arrested
In $4,000 Robbery;
Telephone Girl Held

TOLEDO, o., Nov. 2S.-Six men were
arrested Tuesday afternoon in connection
with the robbery at noon or $4,000
from the paymaster of a local brew
cry. The money was recovered. A
telephone girl operator. a sitter OF one
of the suspects, is being held.
Police pursued the bandits into Mich
igan and there made the captures. A
deputy sheriff and farmer captured
two of the men In a field near Erie,
Mich. Fred Grudginski, twenty, Of To-
ledo, was wounded. Frank Newman,
twenty-eight, Of Cleveland, Canadian
soldier on furlough, was with him.
Each carried $500 in gold Both are
reported to have confessed and said the
robbery was planned six months ago.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-30

BOYS, GIRLs-Earn Christmas money Send
for ten Pioneer Garden Seed Collections. Sell
for 25 cents each, you keep 81 and send US
81. 80. You promise to return all unsold seeds.
Have parents sign letter for reference. Write
for ten collections today. We trust you Pho
neer Seed Co., Dept A., Shenandoah, Iowa.