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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-23
How An Old Darkey Got Ahead of the
Confederate Government

To the Editor--Sir: The present agi-
tation of the food question will remind
some of the odd boys" of the days Of
81. That year Virginia harvested the
largest and best crop of wheat ever
known, and if II had been taken care
of it would have supplied the army for
two years, and by the end of SO things
began to be sort of scarce. Bacon was
hard to find, and to help it out the SOL
6iers were given half pound of sugar
a day in place of that quantity of ba-
con. Things got so bad toward the end
of the year that the Confederate con-
gress passed what was called THE Tax
in Kind law" BY this law every farm
er who raised any food for man or
beast had to turn one-tenth of it over to
the nearest quartermaster for the use of
the army. Like all similar laws. this
one was not very welcome. and all kinds
Of expedients were dsed to avoid COM
plying with it, None of the schemes
were more original or more successful
than that employed by an old darkey,
head man for a farmer near Staunton
The hay had been cut and he was going
to house 1t that day. His master went
to the stable, where the darkey was
hitching up, and said to him, Zoe,
am going to town today and l want you
to haul nine loads of hay and put 1t in
the barn, and the tenth load 1 want you
to haul to town and deliver 1t to Major
Harmon" Joe said, "Yessir" The farm
er stayed all day in town but saw moth
ing of Joe or the hay. Upon reaching
home about dark Joe was at the stable
waiting to put his horse away. He said
Joe, did not see you in town today"
mo sar, did not 60" Didn't you An
ish the hay?" "Yessir." well. why
didn't you carry the load to Major Har-
mon, as I told you to do?" ''Kase dar
wa no tenth load. I, squeezed it all in
nine"
Sugar was more plentiful than bacon
and was sold to the officers for three
cents pound. This wss brown sugar,
right from the plantations in Louisiana.
.. GEO. Q. PEYTON.
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keeps the family healthy.
So one of the things to resolve on is
that this winter will find more than just
bread and meat three times day. l
hear of plenty of new stoves this win
ter Some who can i'll afford them have
let agents flatter the man of the fam
/ lily into swapping off comparatively
good stoves for expensive ranges. !
heard one woman say that she would
have preferred her good stove and even
/ half the money paid out. Then she
could have made her home more con-
venient She could have put water In
her kitchen. The idea of a husband
ruling the kitchen. If the wife should
try to dictate about the sort OF Guilt
vator or harrow or any farm machinery
what would be the result? Respect your
partner.
And now comes the children! What
have you done for them? What have
they TO show for weeks of toll in sun
and rain, and peas shelled after sup
per? VIII they have a dollar to spend
that hasn't a string tied to IT? A labor
er Is worthy of his hire, and many a
child despises his father because Of his
Rrasping WAYS at home and his genial
liberality outside. II makes me sick
TO hear some men tell how much they
have made when everybody knows that
the wife and children have worked like
the slaves that they really are. Why
can't such men have decency enough to
say "we?" Moses, you remember, got
into such a streak. and God punished
him. Honor to whom honor is due.
There is, or should be, a farm paper in
every home Is there a magazine for
the housekeeper and one for the chill
dren2 Their ideas must be enlarged, or
they will wander off and seek pleas
ures not so uplifting. There are some
frpthy. cheap things sent out simply to
convey advertising, that such papers as
The Journal, the Progressive Farmer.
and RuraIist will not publish. Let them
alone. You want clean, wholesome food
on YOUR table. See that the minds or
your children are as carefully fed.
When YOU hear Of women sitting half
a day eavesdropping the telephone or
Eossiping over the things she has pick
ed up that way, you may say that she
knows how to read perhaps, but her
youth was not spent in a home where
books and magazines were as much A
part of life as they should have been.
Teach the children to go to books for
recreation. inspiration and clean pleas
ure. To my mind, there is no greater
unkindness to children than to let them
grow I'D without the reading habit.
what resources have they within them
selves IL the mind is not stored with
the thoughts and word pictures of really
great writer's? A dollar year Will get
a good magazine and two viii put a
weekly paper in the home for them.
Feed their minds as well as their bod
les
Some may say that they haven't the
money. In the sight of God be hon.
est. Do they enjoy your tobacco money?
First subscribe for the papers. then If
you are honestly able to do so, throw
away five or ten dollars a year imi-
tating the goat Faithfully yours.
LIZZIE o. THOMAS.
Tuscumbia, Ala.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-23
A Look at Billy Sunday

i
tabernacle last Tuesday afternoon. An
obliging friend came for us in his auto
car and also gave me my first view Of
the burned-out district in Atlanta Botn
of these scenes will lihger in my MEM
DRY for long time, for the confiagration
was as tragic as Billy Sunday is re-
markable. The burned district lies con-
tiguous to the tabernacle site and both
will be worth seeing for long time to
come. .t ',H
The Sunday tabernacle is of queer
construction. 1t is doubtless similar to
other speaking places in the west and
the east, warm in winter time and doubt
less also warm in summer time. Atlanta
needs such a great gathering place 10
accommodate the crowds that attend
conventions of various kinds in the
capital city of Georgia. st. Louis had
one of the mammoth assembling places
in 1904, and Washington City has an
other that was used for the United Con-
federate Veterans reunion in June, 1917.
1 know more of these two because l
was a visitor at both places.
Billy Sunday is wiry chap. So also
was Sam Jones. There is no surplus
flesh on Billy's anatomy, and 1 guess
the physical strain of both these men
kept them in fit and proper shape. Sam
Jones was a much handsomer person
than Billy as to facial beauty, but Billy's
baseball training has been valuable In
keeping him ripe and, ready for a six
weeks siege of preaching. / doubt If
Sam Jones could have. held out for SUCH
continuous strain on mind and body.
Billy talks faster than Sam did, and it
must be a rushing job to report his
sermons. There is great similarity In
their slang and wit. If either had
chosen to be a circus clown they would
have been extraordinary performers in
circus rings or wild west shows. The two
men are much alike in methods and pull
pit gymnastics. Both are originals. II
Sam Jones' time he had lot of third
and fourth-rate imitators. 1 guess there
are also good many preparing to copy
after Mr.. Sunday. Both were and are
able to reach large crowds of hearers
that would not attend regular church
assemblies, and the good seed often fell
on fruitful ground in these tabernacle
meetings. ..
Ma" Sunday has an attractive face,
smooth, without lines and reposeful. !
expect she is Billy's guardian angel
guess she takes 1t all in and keeps UP
all the corners l was too late for the
music as there is no singing at the
close, and no benediction. 1t will pay
you to take look at Billy and sec
how perfect he is in keeping close to
his published sermons
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-23
Easy to Make This
Pine Cough Remedy
Thousands OF families swear by
its prompt results. inexpensive,
and saves about 81.

You know that pine is used IN nearly
all prescriptions and remedies for
coughs. The reason is that pine contains
several peculiar. elements that have a
remarkable effect in soothing and heal
ing the membranes OF the throat and
chest Pine 5 famous for this purpose.
Pine cough syEups are combinations of
pine and syrup The syrup" part Is usu-
ally plain granulated sugar syrup.
Nothing better. but why buy it2 You can
easily make IL yourself in FIVE minutes.
To make the best pine cough remedy
that money can buy. put l-2 ounces
OF Pinex $50 cents WORTH in a pint
bottle and I'll up with homemade sugar
ryTup. This gives you a full pint-more
than you can buy ready-made for s2.s0.
u is pure. good and very pleasant
children take IL eagerly
You can feel this take hold OF a cough
or cold in a way that means business.
TIL cough may be dry. hOarse and tight
o. may be persistently loose from the
formation Of phlegm. The cause Is the
same-infiamed membrances-and this
Pinex and Syrup combination will stop
it-usually in 20 hours or less Splendid
too. for bronchial asthma, hOarseness
or any ordinary throat aiIment
Pinex is a highly concentrated COM
pound of genuine Norway pine extract
and is famous the world over for its
prompt results
Beware OF substitutes Ask your drug
gisg for SO 1-2 ounces OF PineX" with d.
rections, and don't accept anything
else. Guaranteed to give absolute satic-
faction or money promptly refunded
The PInex Co. TT Wayne. Ind--(Advt]
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-23
DOING HER BIT.

Dear Mrs Thomas have thought
for some time that l would write you,
but there are other letters of much more
interest that 1 feel like my letter will
be dull My chief object is to sign the
pledge that 1 have fully Intended to
do before, but sadly neglected. So when
Mr.. Opportunity knocked at my door
Saturday 1 said to myself, Now is my
time"
1 am threatened with blood poison IN
my hand and can scarcely use 1t, but If
I wait / may not send In my bit at all.
1 am a farmers wife with eight in
the family, and keep no servants. 1 do
all my own work and have very little
time to call my own.
1 can enough fruit and vegetables TO
last us through the winter. 1t saves SO
much and is better for the children
than so much meat. We live from the
farm, with the exception of -four, sugar
and coffee, and have decided now that
we have potatoes in abundance to make
that forty-eight pounds of flour last
four weeks instead of three, and IL
works 20. K" too. And as syrup is
here and shall use less sugar than ever
for / have my jelly and preserves and
can do without so much sugar. We
have milk and butter with a garden of
Georgia collards, and the turnip patch
NOW can't we 90 something lot lnOSe
that are in the trenches? l for one
can. 1 have no boys old enough to give
to my country, but l can and will dc
my bit.
My oldest boy went to God sixteen
years ago, but there Is something for
me to do besides being a Stacker.
am with our president in the stand
he has taken and think every true
American should see just as he does, fol-
did he not keep us in peace as long es
he could honorably do so? And now
that he says war" we should throw
our shoulders to the wheel and pray and
push with might and main.
We have had frost down here III
southwest Georgia and a busy lot we
are with corn to gather. syrup to make
beans to pick and all must be gathered
If we don't need IL all. others will and
have bunch of bronze turkeys anC
bunch of good sized chickens that are
asking in their way for supper, and
must go. May. you live long to do the
good work you have begun
Lovingly,
| DORA d.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-23

Farmers have had more money thi.
fall than ever before. Some of then
have let IL "go to their heads" and hav,
very little to show for the good pric,
cotton, corn and wheat brought Only
yesterday / heard Of 4 man who dis
played a roll OF bills and bOasted that
he had no fears of the policeman
Didn't he have money enough TO pay
out?"
That's a thoroughly selfish way tc
look at money. to spend IL so that the
family, who helped make il. not only
had no share in il, but were mortified
that the man who should be looked VI
to and Be respected acted like beast
Not only no actual good. but a lasting
disgrace
Then I've heard Of others who got
the. swapping fever" and when Jan
uary comes will be worse of than this
time last year.
But. Mrs. Thomas" a man said e
me, "a fellow must have some fun"
I admitted that all work and no play
made any of US dull But that fun
that could not be shared and enjoyed
by all OF the family is poor material
Matrimony Is a double cross" TO many
a woman. She works hard, does without
when the crops are gathered. the sur
plus sold, does the wife often get even
a tenth2 When 1 see women go to
town. hunt from store TO store for
things and then have to find the man
who once promised to cherish and pro-
tect and love her and take him there
20 see IL she has selected wisely-may-
be he then decides that the family must
do on Iess-I feel like telling him how
contemplate he is. Is there any other
partnership so one-sided?
Many a heart IS filled with bitterness
and disappointment right now because
their share OF the cotton money is go
ing on riding pillow or some labor saver
FOR the farmer. and the old washtub.
or stone churn. or water at the end OF
The lane, at the barn or in neighoor's
ward must be endured by the working
partner OF the frm-
THANKSGIVING day will soon be here
Let the wife who has never spent one
ueuny of the money that her thrift and
economy. have helped TO make have al
least IS in her purse And don't lie
awake at night trying to find way to
spend her money. 1 know plenty OF
good providers" who wouldn't have a
thing on the table. nor in the smoke
house. If eating three square meals a
day did not count more to them than
their hopes OF heaven Have you ever
r. ticed how many more women than
men have pellagra? That is a disease
cs.rsed by insufficient food Of a nour-
Eshing sort The man perhaps, has the
appetite OF a healthy animal, and the
x0man has catered to his whims till
she has literally starved I'D starve
because my appetite was never 'ro-
bust" as I heard a self-satisied woman
say. I don't want sweets. but do
want variety. And it's as cheap 10 have
a variety as the same thing day in and
sIay out That is where home canning
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-23
From a Shut In.

Dear Mrs. Thomas: My husband has
been a subscriber. to The Journal for a
long time and often L have written you
how much 1 enjoy your letters only to
throw them aside as not fit to trouble
YOU. But wnen / read your request
that we all sign the printed pledge In
The oJurnal, 1 thought This is my
time. can do this and tell Mrs. Thomas
how helpful her letters have been TO
me. shut-in for seven years now"
Ny health has been bad. so 1 get
great deal of pleasure out of yours and
the others letters.
L have seen so much "wilful waste"
in country homes and on the farms L
have felt sure there would be no distant
day come a time of "woeful want"
will do all in my power to influence
others to economic. l never could find
Il in my heart to waste anything after
reading the command of Christ to his
disciples to gather the fragments that
nothing be lost
am praying that the eyes of the
people may be opened by the Holy spir-
IL that they may see the right thing 10
do and then have the courage to go on
with il. The Lord said: Not by might
or by power but by his Split" If
only all would be guided by that spirit
how different things would be. Since
they won't do il we can only live our
lives trying to guide them into right
WAYS. sowing beside all the highways,
casting our bread upon the waters.
Nav YOU live long to bles sthis good
old world, is the wish of your un-
known friend,
MRS. E. ]. BURKHALTER.
Hr-,--o,,o, ca p z ID 4 Nov G. 1917
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getting even with the people who for
merly ruled them, and the chances are
good for civil war, and utter disregard
of the efforts extended by the United
States for financial relief or military
assistance, as to a republican form OF
government.
1 wish I might look upon the situa-
ton with. more hopefulness as to the
outcome in Russia.
If an alliance is made with Germany
and Austria the first thing will be the
restoration OF the royal family of Rus
STA to- former authority under Ger
manic control. That much is plain.
Civil war will exhaust the fighters and
then an ignoble peace Will follow.
AS goes the old proverb-"Can't make
a purse out of sow's ear."-You have
to deal with long ages of humiliating
serfdom. They are not prepared for
what we call worldwide democracy.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-23
TEE JOURNAL IS FINE

Dear Mrs. Lizzie o. Thomas: l have
been a silent reader of The Atlanta
Journal for several years. My husband
and 1 think IL is a fine paper, and we
especially like to read your good and
wholesome columns conducted by you
We read il all and thank you very otter
for your good advice May the LORD
bless you in your good work.
1 herewith send you the pledge you
have asked for. I have worked for II
ever since Mr. Hoover made the request
of saving the food for the poor, starv-
ing nations. and hope that the Lord may
soon end this cruel war.
Very respectfully yours,
MRS. HENRY POPE.
Sarcoxie. Mo.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-23

TO Try Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound as she had taken it with good
results. / did so, my weakness dis
appeared, i gained in strength, moved
into our new home, did all kinds or
garden work, shoveled dirt, did build
ing and cement work, and raised hum
dreds of chickens and ducks. / can
not say enough in praise of Lydia E:
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
il these facts are useful you may pub
lish them for the benefit Of other
women. Mrs. NJ. o. JOHNSTON, Route
D, Box $50, Richmond, Ind
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-23
what About Russiap

I have been profoundly impressed
from the staft-that the kingdom or
empire of Russia was not capable Of
self government. They are too lately
relieved from serfdom---to understand
what 1t means In their relief from
the Gear Nicholas they are bewildered
as to what they want in this crisis. 1t
is exactly like giving a steam engine
to a clodhopper who hasn't any idea as
to how to run 1t. And the chances are
that an attempt to run it will end in
running it, In the dim future we may
discover that the Russians are learn
ing by experience. Up to date they are
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-23
Our New York Member

Dear Mrs. Thomas: We are sub
scribers TO The Atlanta Semi-Weekly
Journal. and i am answering your card
printed in il of Friday. / am. saving and
careful of every bit of food. AS we are
vegetarians, we have a good many meat
less days. so IL is no hardship to go
without meat. / cannot say as much
about wheat and sugar, as my husband
Is regular "pie-face," and as he has
to carry his dinner pail, 1 cannot deprive
HIN of it, / have two little boys. aged
three and five years, who call them
selves little war boys and eat every
crumb so as not to waste it.
also save everything I can in cloth
ing. mending and patching as long as
IL will hold together.
/ enjoy your column i'm the paper
very much. / will now close, hoping
you will tell us how many cards you
get back from IL.
Very truly yours,
LIZZIE MBRIDE.
EDDY ~
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-23

from my age that
when goin G up
stairs / had to go
very slowly with
my hands on the
steps, thensit down
at the top to rest.
The doctor said he
thought / should
have an operation,
and my friends
thought would not
live TO move into
our new house. Ny
daughter asked me
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-23
RASpUEI ]s!ec::!sg5!l:l]Efn

the religious censorship had been sur
passed and books to any amount treat
ing of every conceivable subject had
been allowed to circulate. freely in the
country, the former attachment to
Mother Church mad waXed fainter and
fainter, until this church appeared in
the eyes of many as simply a question
of good breeding, to which it was nee
essary to conform when one belonged
to good society, but which, beyond this.
was treated entirely as matter devoid
of Importance.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-23

1 pledge myself to live up to all of
the obligations you asked, and more, If
necessary. I have only read in the
paper the plans. I can't cook cornbread
fit to eat. but if can't eat II will do
without eating one day in the week
anyhow TO let the soldiers or hungry
women have plenty.
don't buy any clothes that are
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-23
A SOLDIERS MOTHER

Mrs. Lizzie o. Thomas: 1 have beer
reading your good letters for many
years and hope to read them many
more Our baby boy. twenty-one years
old the 23d of last March, is in training
at Camp Wheeler. Macon, Ga. Long
may you live to carry on your gooo
work.
A subscribers wife.
MRS. F. B. BARRETT.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-23
Spain Warns u, S,

LONDON, Nov. 20.-A Madrid dis
patch says the Spanish government has
issued a special warning that Spain
would regard any flight of American
airplanes over her territory as in viola
tion Of neutrality and would instruct
the military to fire on such airplanes,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-23
Apples of Gold

Mrs Lizzie o. Thamas.
Dear Mrs. Thomas: / hope every
housekeeper that reads The Atlanta
journal has signed the food conserva-
ton pledge in your column and sent II
to you. I'm late getting mine to YOU
but it could hardly be avoided. l want
to tell you that I'm trying every way l
can to help my boy and all our boys and
Uncle Sam to win this war. And right
here I'm going to tell you one way I'm
saving -four. I'm the first place we
don't use It as often. as we used to. L
have been using yeast and making rolls
and light bread, and i take cold baked
or boiled potatoes, mash and use an
equal measure of potatoes and flour, then
the lard and enough yeast to make a
stiff dough. L have only used the Irish
potatoes one time and the bread was
very light and good. The sweet potatoes
make a delicious sweet roll.
The yeast l use has salt and sugar
put in Il sufficient for the bread.
So often when 1 read your column l
wish 1 could see and talk with you.
Yours truly MRS. w. G. H.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-23

dyed with German dye, nor buy any
thing from a German sympathizer, nor
would 1 sell anything to one. This is
how loyal L am. Do you buy and sell
to them? j. NJ. G.
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CLIMBED STAIRS
ON her HANDS
Too iii to Walk Upright. Operation
Advised. Saved by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.

This woman now raises chickens and
does manual labor. Read her story:
Richmond, Ind.-''For two years I
was so sick and weak with troubles
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-23
An Inspiration

Dear Mrs. Thomas: AS 1 am return
ing the pledge card to you, will take
this occasion to tell you how very much
1 appreciate your weekly contribution
10 The Journal. 1 always feel like 1
had met you face TO face and catch an
inspiration from your big-hearted,
broad-minded. worldwide Interest in
everything that is helpful at home and
abroad I am sixty-eight years old and,
Of course. remember all about the Civil
war. how loyal and true we were to the
cause. and somehow the thrill of serv-
ice and willingness help in this great
world war has possessed me. we can't
even say il it could have been prevented.
For it seems just to have been thrust
upon US. l am going to try 10 do my
bit
Wishing you success In everything
you undertake and with love for you
and the Farmer. Sincerely yours,
MRS. Z. A. ALLEN