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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-20
The Metho dntCentenary Fund

IN the one hundredth anniversary
Y of the founding of their church's first
missionary society, the Methodsts or
America are launching campaign to
secure special fund for forging their faith
into wider works for the betterment Of man
kind. Nationwide in scope, the movement
will be pressed with peculiar earnestness in
Georgia and neighboring States where lay the
scenes of Wesley's earliest labors on this
side of the water, and where the peoples
goodliest traditions are interviewer with her
itages of his WondrOus ministry.
Of the sum of thirty-five million dollars
which the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, is expected to give, two and quar-
ter million dollars is asked of the districts
comprising the North Georgia Conference,
which includes Atlanta. 1t is noteworthy
that no subscriptions will be solicited
from members of other denominations,
though of course voluntary offerings. from
outside friends will be gratefully welcomed.
The important fact is that the Methodists,
seeing the vast work which needs to be done
for the worlds good in these crucial times
have resolved to do their full share of it as
far as faith and willing sacrifice will take
them.
A portion of the fund thus raised will be
used for home missions, the term being here
employed in it's widest sense of Christian So
cia1 service; the farreachina Importance ct
such missions appears from the TACT thaC IN
the territory embraced NY Cho ooUIh0A
Methodist Church there are nine million ne
groes and some five million un-Americanized
foreigners. Another Part Of the fund will
go for relief and reconstructive aid to the
desolated lands of Europe. Still another
part will go for church extension both at
home and in foreign fields, and for the pro-
motion of those practical endeavors through
which the church seeks to serve the COM
munitys needs Of heart and spirit.
For it's civic and moral values alone this
cause would merit eminent success, for I'M
ioubted1y it will strengthen and exalt the
nation. When to these goods are added those
which concern the eternal faiths and hopes
on which the church is founded, it becomes
certain that no Methodist who is loyal to his
creed or his country can afford to do less
than his generous utmost in this epoch-mark-
ing campaign.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-20
If Germany Should Reject
The Allied Peace Terms.

wv THAT will be done if Germany re-
w, fuses to accept the Allied peace
terms? The question is compare
lively simple today because it was given so
ample a measure of consideration last au-
tumn The armistice framed by Foch ana
his advisers took keen-eyed account or all
possible contingencies, and was indeed SO
exhaustive in provisions for every concelV-
able sort Of emergency that Germany could
now make no move nor take any stand for
which the Allies would not be prepared,
Her acceptance of the armistice terms pre-
destined her acceptance OF the peace terms
Consider what she did to gain the truce she
damohilized her army, excepting small
forces retained to preserve internal order.
She gave I'D her air fleet and vast amount
of rolling stock, keeping enough TO serve
civilian needs She surrendered the greater
part of her navy, including all the U-boats'
In short she rendered herself utterly inca
pable of effectual military resistance ana
to this necessity she had been brought by
the mounting crescendo of the Allied Often
sive; she did but accept the inevitable.
How. then, can she reject the inevitable
now? Allied occupation OF her terrlIory' III
the event she terminated the ar1nlstce oy
refusing to sign the treaty, would De no
formidable task, though it would be ootner-
some and distasteful. But would occupa-
ton be necessary? Would not the re-es-
Establishment and retightening Of the blocKaoe
bv sea and land serve to break down the
stubbornest resolution of those shut within
the iron ring? How long could they nolo
ont with gaunt hunger staring skull-nke
upon them across crumbless table?
It is a safe conjecture that Germany VIII
take the proffered peace, as she did the
armistice, after preliminary shrugs ana
scowls. She will take it, not only as mat
ter Of necessity, but because she knows IN
her heart that it is just, and altogether
merciful compared with the terms she her-
self would have dictated hand kultur instead
of civilization triumphed. Moreover, her
clearest thinkers can but see that the soon
err she signs, the sooner will her regenera..
ton begin-her regeneration in the eyes OF
Tho world and within her own deepest self.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-20
From Feudalage to Freedom.

From the South will come fully a fourth
of the unexampled wheat harvest that is
promised for this years garnering. So runs
a Washington forecast, which adds that
never before has this region approached such
a record The most cheering aspect of the
situation is not that Southern farmers will
share in the rich returns from the prices
guaranteed by the Government, though that
of itself means much, but that the food
stability which this great output of wheat
represents will make for broadened indie
pendence and sustained prosperity.
So long as the South had to buy food
staples in distant markets, her fortunes were
anxiously uncertain. If cotton prices were
good she spent most of the proceeds fol
bread and meat; if they were bad she went
into debt for those necessaries. Moreover
the one-crop system was steadily impover
ishing the soil and was leaving neglected 6
great range and variety of invaluable re
sources.
Crop Investigation, with it's fat stores fol
crib and smokehouse, puts an end to tina
precarious and wastefuI order of things. AS
sured of comfortable living, the farmer
could hold his cotton-or at least goodly
portion of it--until the market was favor
able; whereas when he had nothing but cot
ton as a means to livelihood he was con
strained to sell at any price.
Thus the era of abundant food produc
ton so happily betokened by the extraor
binary wheat prospect is of basic Importance
to the South's wellbeing 1t marks transi
ton from economic fedudalage to freedom
and heartening assurance. It means tina
Southern agriculture with all the related
and interlocking arms of industry and com
merce, will have, instead of a single crop K
lean upon, a series of harvests encircling the
bountiful year.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-20
THE DESCENDANTS OF THE
HOUSE FLY
(The Birmingham Ledger)

Did you ever see fly Il the wall?
Yes, and she looks quite innocent up there
Did you ever see her the lid of baby's
nursing bottle, or sucking sore on baby's
mouth?
That is quite different, because that fly
carries disease germs. 1t may be typhoid it
may be tuberculosis, it may be infantile
paralysis. AS the bee carries healthy pollen
from one flower to another and fills the
earth with blossom and fruit, the fly carries
death from the infected to the uninfected
and fills charnel houses and new-made graves.
How about the wisdom Of swattng the few
flies that are beginning to appear? Is it inn
portant? In the light Of the flys fecundity
it is.
"Flies lay 100 eggs at batch, four to six
patches season. hey hatch in 10 days into
full grown flies. In so short days the de-
scendants of one mother fly can multiply into !
650,00O,000."
Rather advisable to swat the mother fly
now, is it rot? T., it is, patch up the worn
screen doors and windows; get the fly swat
ters and fly powders and go to it. Remem-
Der that every dead fly now means proven
ton of an increment of $50, 100000 of others
in 60 days.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-20
THE ABSENT COAT
(The Westminster Guardian. J

Apparently M. Clemenceaus practical mind
and hate of show are going to deprive his
admirers Of the right of gazing at the fa-
nous perforated coat and waistcoat IN one
of the Paris museums, for this is not to be
included among the relics of greatness for a
future age, like Nelson's coat and the Ma
poleon relics There have been some very
curious souvenirs Of the kind, apart from
the half-smoked cigars of royalties which are
treasured by Americans and others. Most
curious of all undoubtedly was Lord Angle
sey's '1eg" Lord Anglesey lost leg at
Waterloo, and it was buried in the garden
of the villa to which he was taken. In after
years he used to recall how parties of people
visited the spot ''to view the grave" relic
of another kind was George IT'S famous coat.
and it was pleasant trait in the fiery little
king that he squeezed himself at Dettingen
into the coat he had worn years before az
Oudenarde. Horace Walpole's researches
after Queen Mary's combs Wolsey's red hat,
the pipe which Van Tromp smoked during
his last sea fight, and the spur which King
William struck into the ang of Sorrels are
famous.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-20
Our Army of Bond Holders

An especially gratifying feature of the
Victory Loan, as of previous ones, is the
great number of individual SUBSCRIBERS
There are fifteen million of them, according
to the treasury estimate-a record highly
remarkable considering that it was made in
piping times of peace, or at least when the
wars full flame and stress had died away
In the preceding Loan, the fourth and largest
the five there were twentyone million
subscribers; seventeen million in the third
7ine million four hundred thousand in the
second and four million in the first. This
progressive increase has it's cause in leaven-
ing education as we'll as in patriotic zeal
The first Liberty Bond campaign found the
.anl and file Of Americans but slightly, if at
II. acauaintcd with such securities as forms
of investment. They took little time to learn
however, for when the second campaign was
launched a few months later the roll of sub
scribers was more than doubled. 1t is con-
servatively reckoned that Liberty bonds are
now held by at least twenty-one million per-
sons, or one in every five Of the population.
The New York World interestingly recalls
that during the War Between the States the
Federal Government "sold bonds to hardly
more than one in every forty of the popula-
ton"
The great army of subscribers to the Lib
erty Loans shows how fully the hearts of the
American people were enlisted in the World
War and argues also a remarkable increase
in their economic capacity for savings and
investment. More than this, the fact that so
many millions have learned the lesson of
thrift in this war period BODIES we'll for the
country's material future.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-20
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS

The label addressing shows the time
expires BY renewing at least two weeks
date this label you insure regular service
In ordering paper changed, to mention your OLD
as well as your new If route, please give
route number
we cannot subscriptions to begin with back num-
should be sent by postal order or regis
tered mail. 4.
Address all and notices for this Department to
THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. Atlanta, Ga.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-20
The Journals Service Flag

In honor OF the seventy-three Atlanta
Journal men who have entered the service of
their country. The two white stars are in
memory of Captain Meredith Gray and Cap
tain James S. Moore, Jr., Journal men, who
gave their lives for our country In France
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-20
OUIPS AND OUIDDITIES

Father liked pictures of western life, so
when he saw the poster of a cowboy outside
a cinema he and his little son went in.
1t wasn't very good sort of picture as to
theme, for it presented ruthless outlaw
and his gang of robbers, and there was also
a dance hall scene.
Father had some misgivings as to his
choice of movie and wondered whether at it's
close his son would elect to be the bold, bad
bandit or the vice-enmeshed owner of the
dance hall and gambling den. He said moth
ing, but anxiously awaited the verdict.
When "The End came Willie whispered.
Daddy, do you know who the cowboy
looks like?"
'No,' Willie, who?"
"Our milkman," was the reply.
ST tell you sir, the most admirable house
keeper that ever lived was by mother-in-
law"
"And she is no longer living?"
"Alas, no! Eaten by cannibals in Africa"
''You don't mean it?''
''It was even so. When the cannibals had
thrust her into the cauldron and she was be-
ginning to cook, she cried out family with her
last breath: Don't forget the salt and
pepper!'"
We are also advertised abroad by the Geor-
gia peach crop, which carried on" with but
few casualties through the unreasonable
spring campaign.
How to raise a garden where none grew
before is real, practical accomplishment.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-20

Generally speaking, propaganda IS thu
your own.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-20

How to raise a garden where none grew
before is real, practical accomplishment.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-20
CURRENT EVENTS

Sir Barton, the wonder horse of the Ken
lucky derby last week in Louisville, has
added new glory unto himself by winning the
Preakness race at Baltimore, Md, which
means that for the two races he brought in
$45,325. Heis owned by Commander J.
K. l.. Ross, of Canada.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-20

Life these days is one flight after another.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-20

In a burst of spontaneous interest in the
Scottish Rite Home for Crippled Children
near Atlanta, the John Leroy Duncan class
of the Scottish Rite Friday night in Atlanta,
subscribed nearly 100000 to the fund for
the maintenance of the hospital The exact
amount was $95,300. The hospital is main
tanned charitable institution and is open
to all children.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-20

Mrs. Stella Abbott, who shot and killed
her husband, John H. Abbott, in Atlanta
over another woman last January, and who
was sentenced to ten years, has been denied
a new trial by Judge John D. HUMPHREYS, Of
the Fulton county criminal court. The mo-
ton will be carried to the court of appeals
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-20

Edwin P. Morrow, of Somerset, has been
nominated for governor of Kentucky by the
state Republican convention and S. Thur
ston Ballard, of Louisville, has been nomi-
mated for lieutenant governor
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-20

Germany's total national debt, according
to a Berlin dispatch, is $46,250, 100000.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-20

WY E have been hearing a good deal late
wv about strange disease to which t.
doctors bava CivnO tho iaw-hreak XII
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-20

Italy has agreed to relinquish it's claims
to the Dodocanez Islands, off the coast oil
Asia Minor, in favor of Greece. The settle
ment of this controversy of long duration is
regarded as an important advance toward
the solution of the Italian problem as g
whole. No decision has yet been reached il
regard to Fiume.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-20

Finland's first minister to the United
States has reached New York. He is Armas
Saastamoinen formerly Finnish minister tt
Denmark. He is just thirty-two years old
and will be one of the youngest diplomats
in Washington.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-20

The Florida house has passed the bill
abolishing the convict lease system in that
state, and the bill will now go to the gov
ernor,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-20

Attorney General Palmer, in response to
Commissioner Roper's request for decision
on questions involved in the controversy
over making 2 ga per cent beer has replied
that the manufacture of any sort of beer is
in violation of the law and should be sc
treated.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-30
sN1CHlQ(HES

Second Presbyterian church, Reid
and G street, j. E. Cummings, pastor.
Sabbath school 9:45 a. m. Preach
ing II a. M At p. m, Present Day
Phases of the Labor Movement. A
special invitation to laboring men.
G. e. 7:15 p. N.
First Westminster Presbyterian
church, Seventh and Blondeau, Rev.
E. B. Newcomb, D. D., pastor
Preaching services at 10:45 a. m,
with sermon by the pastor on 1.-THE
Place of the Church in the World"
No evening service, on account of the
union meeting. Bible school at $50
a. M; Y. P. S. C. e. at GAS p. N.
Pilgrims Rest Baptist church, j.
Sterling Moore, pastor-Owing to re-
pairs being made on our house Of
worship, services will be held in the
Masonic hall, Twelfth and johnson
streets. Sunday school, 9:45 a. M,
George w. Smith, superintendent;
Mrs. Pearl Buckney in charge of
cradle department. Preaching at II
a. m. and s p. m; B. Y. P. U. at I
p. m. Miss Thelma Seals, president
First Methodist Protestant church,
corner of Twelfth and Exchange
streets. s. c. Benninger, pastor
Morning service at 10:45. Sermon by
Rev. H. W. Talley, of Lincoln, Nebras-
ka. Evening service at s. Subject of
sermon, Memory AS Source of Spir-
itual Pleasure" Sunday school at
$3.50 a. m Mr.. A. B. Grout, superin-
tendent. Christian Endeavor at Z
p. m. Subject, THE Christian Chal,
lenge for Life Service" Leader, Mrs.
Anna Morrison.
Trinity Methodist Episcopal church,
cornor Main and Tenth streets. Milton
e. Nethercut, D. D., pastor.-Sunday
school $50 a. m. Preaching services
10:45 a. m, subject: What Is Mani"
The union service will be held in this
church at p. m. DR.. F. W. Long of
the Congregational church will preach.
This Is the last Sunday of the confer
ence year. The hope that all persons
who are in arrears on their Centenary
subscriptions or the local budget will
be prepared to meet the claims in full
today. Conference convenes In Mus
catine, Iowa, Wednesday, Sept. 8.
Bethel A. NJ. E. church, Seventh
and Morgan streets, Rev. c. R.
Waters, pastor-Sunday school at
$50 a. NJ, A. W. Drain, superintend-
ent; preaching services at 10:45
a. m and p. m; class meeting at
1870 p. m. Mrs. Daisy Ware Triplet
will be in charge of Bethel's choir,
beginning Sunday, August 81. Miss
Ruth Johnson will preside at the
organ. Wednesday evening at
o'clock, prayer meeting; Friday, s
p M, class meeting. Allen c. E.
league Sunday topic, THE Christian
Challenge to Life Service" Matthew
i4:18-22. Do not forget your confer.
ence claims.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-30
Boys and Girls Between Ages Of Four
Y teen and Sixteen Who Work Will
q
Go to Glasses Twice Each
Week.
LETTERS ARE SENT OUT
Aldrich Explains Plan
in Announcement Which He is
Sending to Employees
Today.

/ School for boys and girls who are
not attending school regularly will be
Established in the Keokuk schools be-
ginning Thursday of next week, and
will be conducted two afternoons eacn
lFeek, on Tuesdays and Thursday be-
ginning at one o'clock in the after
loon. These sessions are for children
petween the ages of fourteen and six.
cen The school is established in
accordance with the provisions Of a
few law passed by the last general as.
emily.
3 Supt. Aldrich is sending out the fol-
owing letter to the children between
he ages of fourteen and sixteen:
AS you probably know, the state
legislature, during its session last
winter, passed a law requiring all
boys and girls between the ages
of fourteen and sixteen, who are
not attending school regularly, to
attend a part time school eight
hours per week.
The board of education have ar
ranged to provide for such school
work each Tuesday and Thurs
day afternoons beginning at one
o'clock D. N. A room will be pro-
vided in the high school building
where arrangements will be MADE
to give such work az shall be
found best suited to your require
ments.
The first session will be held
Thursday, Sept 4th. You will
hplease present yourself at my Of
flee at one p. m, on that date,
and enroll for the work.
Trusting that this work will
prove for the best interest OF all
concerned, | remain
Very truly yours,
WILLIAM ALDRICH.
AN attempt has been made to reacf
Il of the pupils and employers who
me under this law, but there hal
en- considerable moving about since
e data was collected, and the super
,.endent wishes to make it plain tina
people in the city who come unde
- meaning of this act, are invited t.
all themselves of the opportunity.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-30

years gone by silks were worn by
few women. now they are worn by
all women. Formerly the average
woman had two or three silk dresses
during her lifetime. The silk dress
es were taken off and carefully fold
ed, and laid to one side when the the
lady reached home from a party or
from church. Now. he says, silk
dresses are cared for about as ging-
ham or calico dresses were taken
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-30

care of in years gone by. He SAID
the explanation in regard to the hlgn
prices of silk would pass for an ex'
PLANTATION in regard to other products
in the line of wearing apparel. he
thought that when the world was
full OF silks and the same were on
counters of the merchants silks
would go down in price and the mer
chant Is right.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-30

st. Francis de Sales. Rev. ]. M.
Duninon, pastor.-Masses at a. m.
and 10 a. m; Sunday school at 800
o'clock.
st. Mary's Catholic church. Rev.
George Giglinger, pastor.-Masses at
500 and 1000 o'clock.
ST. Peters Catholic church. Rev.
J. W. Gillespie, pastor-Masses at
6:15. 1880, 600 and 1920 a. m.
Union services at the Trinity M. q.
church at p. m Rev F. W. Long OF
the Congregational church will preach.
First Christian church, Tenth and
Blondeau, Rev. Huelr Warren, minis
ular morning preaching service at
1915
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Mis-.
sion church, Fourteenth and Morgan,
A. E. Rundquist pastor. Sunday
school at 9:45 a. m. No other services
during the day.
st. Johns Episcopal church, cor
ner Of Fourth and Concert streets,
Rev. W. s. D. Lamont, rector-Elev-
enth Sunday after Trinity. Morning
prayer at o'clock, under the direc-
ton Of the Brotherhood of st. An.
drew.
st. Paul's Evangelical church, corner
Eleventh and Exchange street, Rev.
A H. Bisping, pastor.-Sunday school
at 9:15 a. m. Regular service at 1880
a m. No evening service; union ser
vice at Trinity NJ. e. church, Tenth
and Main streets.
Swedish Methodist church, corner
Twelfth and Concert streets.-Sunday
school at $50 a. m. Preaching ser.
vices at 10:45 a. m, and o'clock in
the evening. This will be Pastor
Swanson's last Sunday in Keokuk be-
fore he leaves for his new charge in
Ottumwa.
Congregational church-Dr. Fred
W. Long will speak at the union
service at the Trinity NJ. E. church
on Y. NJ. G. A. war work in France.
The regular services Of the Congre.
gational church will be resumed the
first Sunday in September.
First Church of Christ Scientist, No
GIG High street.-Services at 10:45
a. m, subject: Christ Jesus" Sunday
school at 9:45 a. M; Wednesday even
ing meeting at 7:45. Reading room
No 229 Masonic Temple, open every
day except Sundays and legal holidays
from 2 to p. m; Saturdays, to
/ p. N.
! First Lutheran church, corner OF
! Twelfth and Morgan streets (new
/ church, Eleventh and Blondeau)
manse, 1907 Orleans avenue Rev
T. L. Rydbecky pastor-9:30 a. m
| Sunday school. 1920 a. m, chill
dren's service. Special music, spe
cial talk to the children. Subject Of
sermon, 1.-THE Heavenly Hunter
s p. m. vesper service; subject, This
Secret of Daniels Success" D. m.
wednesday, prayer service.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-30

ties OF long-drawn-out fight against
theatre managers.
The sound of revelry by night came
from the dance hall where the
thespians gathered for an evening Of
gayety. Hazel Dawn and William
Courtenay led the grand march