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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-03

The practical uses of the town and rural
library are interestingly described by the
Dublin Courier-Herald when it says, after
pointing out the broadly educational ad-
vantages thus afforded:
"Here, too, the merchant can come
and find facts as to raw materials, proc
esses of manufacture and the markets
for his goods in different parts of the
country or the world. The mother who
wants to know moro about the care and
feeding of her baby, the farmer who
wants advice about wheat or moving
machines, the tired-out dry goods clerk
who wants to turn chicken farmer-au
these should find material suited to
their need in the house of books. A we'll
stocked public library, administered by
a staff that understand the possibilities
it offers for public service, and patron
lied freely by all classes and conditions
of readers, will repay it's upkeep
thousandfold in any community"
These observations are particularly sea-
sonable in view of the effort that will be
made at the forthcoming session of the Leg
islature to secure the States assistance in es-
tablishing county-serving libraries. Far from
being of the nature of mere luxuries or diver
siOns, these institutions would be of the most
substantial benefit to the rank and file. If
they did no more than afford wholesome di-
version, that of itself would abundantly justi-
fly them, for life is not truly life when it is
only meat and drink But a properly ad-
ministered :ural library will serve the home
lest of daily needs and strengthen. the basic
resources of material progress and prosper
ity. 1t is worthy of note in this connection
that in Massachusetts where, as the saying
there is, "eIcrybody can walk to a library,
the average value of farm lands, according
to the 1917 census is sixty-four dollars an
acre. In Wisconsin where every home can
have library books brought to its door; the
average value is eighty dollars an acre. In
Georgia where rural libraries are exceeding
ly rare, the average of farm land values is
twenty-seven dollars and half an acre.
AS a matter of practical wisdom, there
fore, and of justice to their constituents, the
Legislators should give the State Library
Commission full encouragement and ample
means to carry out it's plans for establishing
rural library service in Georgia. Once
wakened to the material Importance and the
rich possibilities of this enterprise, the peo-
Pile of the individual counties could be de-
pended upon to support it with enthusiasm.
But there must be initiative and leadership
of the kind which the State Library Com
mission so effectually take if it is pro-
vided with adequate funds. It is earnestly
to be hoped that the Legislature will honor
this meritorious claim at it's next session. and
thereby add fresh and potent force to Geor-
gia's upbUilding.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-03

ton are millions of acres of "cut-over'
lands on which the stumps are standing In
connection with the Governments plans for
locating soldiers in Southern farm colonies,
the demonstrations take on further signiti-
canoe.
Rapidly, easily and economically can "cut-
over lands in South Georgia and other
states be cleared of stumps and sifted of
dead roots by dynamite and harrCws. Then
comes the wonderful tractor plow to turn
up the subsoil and let in the moisture form
ing rich loan ideal for intensive cultiva-
ton.
Someone has said that the present might
be termed by future historians as 1.-The dyna-
mite age" Truly this remarkable and
frightfully efficient explosive is playing a big
part in tho worlds development. Train
loads of dynamite, placed and timed, severed
the Isthmus of Panama and produced for
the world an UNNECESSARILY important COM
mercial gateway. Dynamite employed in
quantity anG backed by American daring
blew up the Hindenburg line and saved
civilization from the brutal Hun. And now
dynamite is to open in the South new stores
of wealth locked deep in the soil for count
less ages.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-03

is such a prodigy of vice anC meanness that
to describe him would sicken the magma
ton and exhaust invective. In Scotland
years ago there was a man whose trade was
murder, who earned a living by selling
the bodies of his victim for gold, He linked
his name to his crime, anu today throughout
the world it is known as 'Burking.'"
At this point the speaker attempted to in
terfere. docs the clair understand the gen
tleman to be referring in this language to
member of the house?'t he asked.
"No sir, I cell names,' replied the
angry gentleman from Kentucky, But if 1
wished to describe ali that is pusillanimous
in war, inhuman in peace, forbidden in NOR
ais and infamous in olitics, 1 should call it
'Butlerism.'
Having 4elieved himself of this eloquent
vituperation, the gentleman from Kentucky
allowed himself to b. arrested by the
geant-at-arms, and later received the official
censure of til houGe
No less a person than John Quincy Adams
once received the censure of the house of
representatives for presenting a petition from
a group of fOrty-siX citizens of Haverhill,
Mass, which implored congress tt take
peaceable measures Immediately to dissolve
the union. Mr.. Adams requested that the
petition be turned over to a special commit
tee which Ould report to the ouse the
reasons VIII, The petition should be granted.
The first instance of congressional eXpul-
sion occurred in 1897 when Senator William
son by the senate. "A etter was sent to the
senate by the president which revealed the
fact that --lount was Using his influence with
an official in the United States Indian service
to secure "the co-operati1n of certain Indians
of the south with British agents in an enter
~"is9 dangeTou. to the interests of the, Unit
ed States and of Spain" After long trial,
in which Blount was permitted t. employ
counsel, the senate declared him to be guilty
and evicted him.
Later, in Jefferson's administration, an at
tempt was made to expel Senator John Smith
for having taken part in the conspiracy of
Aaron Burr but, in the absence of conclusive
evidence, many members refused to believe
he was guilty, and the senator was permitted
to remain in congress by the grace of one
vote.
The constitution provides that leach house
may determine the rules of its proceedings
punish it's members for disorderly behavior
and, with the concurrence of two-thirds, ex-
pei member" It also provides that "sen-
ators and representatives shall in all cases,
except treason, felony and breach of the
peace, be privileged from arrest during their
attedance at the sessions of their respective
houses, and in going to and returning from
same" For some time it not known
just what Interpretation should he placed
upon the terms, ''felOLy and breach of the
peace" nor just how far congress could go
in rescuing it's members from the jurisdic-
tion of local courts. The matter was compli-
Gated also, by the fact that offenses which
were punishable in some states were not
punishable in others--bribery, for example
Not until 1877 was decision reached upon
this point.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-03
Georgia Lands for Settlers.

Looking forward to the virtually certain
enactment of the bill to provide farms for
discharged soldiers, the Rome Tribune-Her-
aid truly says that no better field for this
enterprise can be found than that afforded
by the cut-over and wet lands of the South.
In Georgia alone there are hundreds OF thou
sands of fertile acres which need only to be
cleared or drained to make farm sites excel
lently suited to the Interior Departments
plan They are of the richest natural en-
climate are capable of producing almost ev-
cry crop that grows under temperate or
semi-tropic suns. These lands, moreover,
are either within easy distances of railroads
or are assured of ample communication in
the not distant future. They are much
nearer the nations great market centers than
are the Western regions proposed for settle
ment. They are in the midst, or on the ever
widening flank, of as progressive and pros
porous country as any beneath the Amer
lean flag.
Such resources. if rightly exploited, can
not fail to appeal keenly to farm-seekers in
general as well as to the soldiers. But it is
essential that there be thorough going Coop
GRAFTON both within Georgia and amongst all
Southern States if due results are to be OBJ
tanned. AS the Tribune-Herald sensibly
urges. it is needful that the South's repre-
sentatives at Washington work heartily to-
gether land not leave one or two of their
number to fight lone battle simply because
the rest feel there is nothing of particular
interest to them in the matter" Vast enter
prises like that of the soldiers farm-settle-
ment plan will be projected in the next few
years enterprises of great import to Georgia
and her neghbor States. If we would share
| in them to the extent that our resources
merit we must, above all else cooperate.
--p----
| The more you read about Sergeant York the
better you like him. This is not generally
! true of heroes
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-03
CAUSES OF MALNUTRITION
By Il. Addinptnn Rrnce
child is to be we'll nourished his die

d L CHllQ is 10 pc we'll nOuflSned MS diet
must be carefully regulated in point of
quality as we'll as quantity. Many
parents overlook this vitality important re-
qurement.
They give their children plenty to eat, yet
the children show obvious signs of malnutri-
and anaemic looking. No matter how gen
erously fed they remain underweight for age
and height -
But what, exactly, do these children eat?
Usually it will be found that they are I'M
commonly partial to meats and sweets. Or
perhaps they are eating to much bread and
potatoes and not enough Of eggs, milk, green
vegetables, and fresh fruits.
What their parents ought to do is to pro-
cure a good handbook on correct eating or go
to the family physician and let him prescribe
diet for the undernourished children. Then
they should see to it that the dietetic errors
of the past are avoided.
Malnutrition, again, may be caused by over
eating as we'll as by eating the wrong foods
or not enough food. child who eats more
than he can digest will not be a properly
nourished child
Anything, in fact, which interferes with
the proper digestion and assimilation of food
causes malnutriton. For this reason it is
particularly desirable to keep the teeth and
mouth in good condition.
Decayed teeth, adenoid growths, and dis
eased tonsils have a markedly unfavOrable
effect on assimilation. The correcting OF such
defects is imperative if a child is to be we'll
nourished.
Or a child's malnutrition may be due to
faulty living habits, such as getting too lit
tie exercise, sleeping in poorly ventilated
rooms, and staying up too late at night To
this last would specially call attention.
Parental indulgence in gratifying the
whms of children as regards their craving
for excitement, and entertainment is I'M
doubtedly a commoner cause of malnutrition
in children than is generally supposed.
It is all very we'll to say that child must
have "fun." But when that "fun" involves
loss of sleep and energy waste through fire.
quent attendance at movies, dances and so
forth, the parent is doing the child anything
but real kindness.
, On the other hand, malnutrition may ire
quently be traced to undue severity on the
part of parents.
Emotional states, as is widely recognized
affect profoundly the digestion and assimlla-
ton of food by adults. It is not to be eX-
pected that a child subjected to perpetual
nagging can remain we'll nourished child
however carefully his diet is regulated.
TO keep the child bright and happy, to
rear him in an atmosphere Of enlightened
love- to direct him to healthful modes OF
amusement to make sure that he leads a
hvgienic life in generaI-all this is incumbent
on every parent who would have his child
profit fully from eating the right kinds ana
amounts of food.
| Copyright 1919 by the Associated News
papers.)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-03
1.-THE Dynamite Age. y

In the olden days of the pioneers, when
lands. were plentiful and the soil was virgin.
the farmer cleared a field by the simple
device of gashing a circle around the tree
trunks to kill theft leaves and limbs then
planted his crops in meandering rows that
lodged the trees and fiourished in a soil
which needed no stimulus of artificial fer
tiization.
Today on thousands of acres of Georgia
land the new ground" farm has progressed
but little beyond the pioneer days. Trees
no longer are left standing in cultivated
fields, but millions of stumps still handicap
the farmers. Getting them out by ordinary
methods is an undertaking of tremendous Ia
Dor. One stubborn stump will defy the ak
and pick of q strong man hammering at it
for days Hence many farmers prefer to
cultivate around them instead of bothering
to dig them out.
But the modern farmer, utilizing the lat
est inventions of science to increase the
profits of his farming operations, needs only
one day to clear a big field. He bores hole
diagonally to the root of a stump puts in
a stick Of dynamite connects many stumps
together with an electric wire. steps off to
a safe distance and pushes buttOn-up go
the stumps and down comes the debris in
a shower.
Then the modern farmer hauls away the
stumps, Sits out the soil with a tooth har-
row, turns it deep with a subsoil pillow drawn
by a tractor, and thus in a day he has a
finished field, ready for intensive cultiva-
ton, which would have taken a decade to
clear by the old-time methods.
In pursuance of its established and we'll
known poll y of aiding the farmers by prac-
tical demonstrations to utilize the great Ia
bor-saving and profit-promoting inventions
of the age, the Southern Bell Telephone
Company has arranged for a series of stump
blowing demonstrations to be given in At
lanta, Augusta, Savannah and possibly other
cities. Dynamite will be furnished by the
Dupont Company and harrOws and tractor
plows by the International Harvester Com
pany. Typical fields filled with stumps will
be used in these demonstrations, and farm
ers will be assembled for miles around tc
witness the ease and speed with which d
field can be cleared.
q In the South, especially, are these devices
of interest and Importance, for in this sec
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-03
OIuPc AND OI1IND!TIFc

"some people," shifted the PASSENGER who
wanted the seat upon which tired man
had put his feet-''some people think
they've bought the railway. when they've
taken a two-penny ticket on the line" F.
"Referring to me?" said the tired man
aggrosively
'No, to your vast belongings" said the
other, glancing with scorn at the intruding
boots.
"I'n put nv feet where I like; put EN-
on the rack if I want to-"
f'It was the opportunity for a master
stroke of sarcasm and the other seized it.
you'll be fined if Won do, The racks
for small articles only
The etdior was fright fully busy. He
couldn't see any one. When an old friend
sent up his card he sighed. but decided not
to see him. He called in the office boy.
''Look here" he said, ''you must tell
this man I'm out I cant Gee him; end I
,on117't offend him for Tho world 50 he
sure to convince him that I an really out.
vow see?"
'Tos, sir" said the hey Chen, ~stor =
rcroo: az think I should be sure to con
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-03
The Cheapest Roads.

More and more is public opinion in Geor-
gia approaching a practical truth which the
Sandersville Progress states in this wise
when people learn from experience
that it will require less than half of the
gasoline for motor vehicles on concrete
roads that it does on ordinary dirt roads,
and begin to figure how much can be
saved on this one item they will agree
that concrete roads, although expensive
to build will save them big sum Of
money annually, and therefore viewed
from point of investment the concrete
roads will be the cheapest besides being
whole lot more satisfactory
Even where horse-urawn vehicles are con-
cerned the economy of well-built and we'll
kept roads is abundantly manifest. Authori-
ties estimated number of years ago that
many millions of dollars were lost annually
in the hauls of corn, cotton and other farm
staples because of poor roads. That was be-
fore the motor truck was noticeably employ
ed in rural transportation. Now that gaso-
line and rubber tires are entering more and
more largely into the calculation, the con
slant losses incident to poor roads will be
incompatible greater. Paved highways o.
the best quality that money and engineering
skill can produce are far and away cheapest
in the period upon which Georgia is entering.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-03
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS

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In changed be to mention your OLD
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We cannot subscriptions to begin with back num-
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THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. Atlanta, Ga.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-03

William Jennings Bryan was in Atlanta
Saturday. He spoke twice on the world pro-
hibition movement.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-03

More and more is public opinion in Geor-
gia approaching a practical truth which the
Sandersville Progress states in this wise
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-03

Howard Wilcox, of Indianapolis, won the
seventh international sweepstakes race Sat-
urday at Indianapolis The distance was 500
miles, and Wilcox made it in 5:44:21.75.
His victory entities him to $4,000, the first
ten drivers sharing $4,000.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-03

England's great universities are again be-
ing filled with students, and the war atmos-
nhere is giving away to normal life again.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-03

vince him you were out if I went to him
smoking one Of your best cigars!"
laugh is going the rounds over the an
swer made to a question by a girl at Poly
technic. The question was:
"SuppOsing that by some CONFUSION of ma
ture, certain land which now forms the bed
of the ocean, was raised above the sea level.
What would be the most prominent charac-
teristic of this new landscape?"
And the pretty girl answered:
German submarine"
The fop had fallen in love at last and he
actually contemplated marriage.
He laid his somewhat overWorked heart
at the feet of his 'Iadye fayre"
"Amatyllis," he said in his nicely m0du-
lated tenor, Ger your birthday gift l offer
you-myGclf."
'Thank you" said Amaryllis ae"ency. but
in these hard times l can only accept useful
rrcsonf@,"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-03

The bill of Senator Hoke Smith extending
the scope of his previously enacted bill for
vocational rehabilitation and education OF re-
turned soldiers injured in the world war has
been unanimously reported by the Senate
committee on education and labor. The sup
plemenatry bill extends the benefits of the
vocational education act to those injured in
industry as we'll as battle.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-03
The Use of Rural Libraries.

The practical uses of the town and rural
library are interestingly described by the
Dublin Courier-Herald when it says, after
pointing out the broadly educational ad-
vantages thus afforded:
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-03

The Swiss government will not aid the AL
lies in tightening the blockade against Ger
many should the Hun decline to sign the
peace treaty. Such compliance would be an
infringement of Swiss neutrality, the govern
ment holds
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-03

According to the Master of Balliol, Oxford
sent approximately 10000 OF its men TO the
war or into the government service OF these
2394 were killed and 100 are missing. More
than 1000 won honors in the war including
sixteen Victoria Crosses. The figures of
Cambridge would be about the same, the
writer estimates TO-,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-03

The more you read about Sergeant York the
better you like him. This is not generally
truc of heroes.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-03
At Least Worth Trying.

IN the hillside of the ancient fortress
of valerien, overlooking the graves
~ of Americas soldier dead in France,
President Wilson declared in his heart
moving address on Memorial Day:
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-03

The Yukon legislature has passed an act
extending the franchise to women in all ter
ritorial elections on full equality with men,
and has asked the Canadian Federal Govern
ment to grant similar rights to women in all
future elections.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-03

To put the League of Nations discussion
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-03

Louis LeCocq, his mechanician, R. BandiRi,
and A. Thurman were killed Saturday in the
motor speedway races at Indianapolis. Lee
COCO and Bandini we're caught beneath their
car when it turned over and were burned to
death. Thurmans car left the track in
triple spin and turned over.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-03

The Atlanta Leaguu of Women Voters
which intends to MAJ, hal all the suffrage
forces Of the city for participation in the city
white primary has been organized with Miss
Eleanor RaOul as president, and Mrs. Haynes
McFadden, vice president.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-03

DR.. Syngman Rhe, head of the Korean
mission to the United States, has received
cablegram from the president of the Ko-
rean provisional congress at Shanghai, in
forming him of his election as prime min
lister by the congress.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-03

American citizens who served with the
Canadian forces and were discharged as ply
sically disabled and have returned to their
homes in the United States, will receive hos
pital treatment under the War Risk Bureau
provisions.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-03

Sergeant alvin G. York, the Tennessee
Conscientious objector," has received his dis
charge from the army; and after six or eight
fete days in New York, Washington and Chat
tanooga, has gone alone to the quite hills of
Pail Mall. Fentress county, where his home
folks live
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-11-14
RlNcLNc AND sARauM 4lwHAT CANNING CLUB GIRL
DONE

The University News Service gives
out the following which we hope will
be read by every canning club girl
in our county:
The record made by Ailene Young,
a Hillsboro county club girl, is an
example of the good work that is
being done by the club girls of
Florida as a whole. While this rec
ord is one of the best, there are a
great many others who are doing a
splendid work, which speaks we'll not
only for the individual, but for the
parents of these children. the home
demonstration agents of the counties
and for the extension work as a
whole. Let Aileene tell YOU her story
in her own words:
Fer my crop on one tenth acre
Tor 1918, had Strawberries and to-
matoes. picked by first berries
January 10, and from that time until
May 10. sold $50 pounds of berries,
Tor which / received S166.S9. My eX-
penses were $500.
Il planted my tomatoes on January
- and picked the first ones on March
10. Only sold 4O5 pounds from
the patch. for which l received $S.05.
The price was not good so l canned
the rest of the crop, and these were
kept for home use. The cost OF this
crop was only s110.
From the two crops | realized a
net profit of~$170G4 and I still have
my berry patch which has been
worked out clean and is now growing
plants. will have several thous-
and plants, for which + expect to get
from $3.50 to $500 per thousand.