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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-07

"for the improvement of public SCHOOLS or
less than college grade, with the definite aim
Of extending school terms and of stimulating
state and local interest in improving, through
better instruction and graduation and through
consolidation and supervision, the rural
schools and the schools in sparsely settled
localities" Georgia would receive under this
head $1,208,795.64 annually.
3. The bill provides $40, 200, 900 annual
ly "to cooperate with the state in the pro-
motion Of physical and health education and
recreation including "the medical and den
tai examination of children of school age, the
determination OF mental and physical defects
in such children, the employment of school
nurses the establishment and maintenance
of school dental clinics, and the instruction
of the people in the principles of health and
sanitation" Georgia would receive under
this head 1857 483.82 annually.
g. The bill provides $15,000,000 annually
"to cooperate with the states in preparing
teachers for tho schools particularly of rural
schools" Georgia would receive under this
head 1852, 6O8.60 annually.
Under the provisions of the bill, Georgia's
share Of the 500, 100000 to be appropriated
annually would be $2,922, 828.73. This fund
from the federal government must be
matched dollar for dollar by state or local
funds or both This would mean practically
S6,OOO.0O0 to be spent annually in Georgia
for the five above mentioned phases of edu-
cation. The bill. has the Endorsement Of the
National Educational association.
The war has revealed the unequal oppor
tunities for education throughout the nation
and the unequal financial ability of the sew
eral states. This bill hopes to equalize these
advantages and to remove the glazing def
ciences in our education as revealed during
the past two years.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-07
ADOCTOR'S SLEEP PERSUADER

fectly How? The childs attendant sur
rounds the child with the love thoughts men
toned above, and the child catches the in
fuence and falls asleep even more readily
than the adult. I have known of its being
so operated times without nmber. 1t Isl
specific.
Like Corr no, at the age of thirty-seveI
was a physical wreck and given up by doc
tors to die soCn Today l am sixty-seve
in an active medical practice, doing Dusl-
ness that warranted my taking ten $4,000
government bonds during the month of
September and meeting all cure expenses
and using some money for other purposes.
1 mention this to show that 1 have
strength to do u mans work at sixty-seven.
But for a knowledge of the law upon
which this system is based 1 should not be
here today to offer this sure and certain
method to sleepless
1 have had personal experience and know
whereof ! speak
Someone has said: Zone of the kindest
;rs is to p@ss On to d friend some thought
-r hope or incentive. that h, especially
- and GC; which we looked, remember
60" him
F1ta is ar unf: ilinr hope for you, sleep-
..5 one l pass it On-Russell G. Marx
nam, NJ. D., IN January Nautilus.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-07
Thrifty America.

Once truly described as the most wasteful
of nations, America now seems fairly on the
way to become of the thriftiest. Savings
banks deposits as reported for November
amounted to four billion, eight hundred mil
lion dollars, and the subsequent increase is
believed to have been extraordinary. Much
of this was accumulated during the war, in
spite of the dizzy cost of living and repeated
subscriptions to Liberty loans. 1t appears,
indeed, that the literally answered appeals
for support of Government credits instead of
encroaching upon the ordinary savings &C
counts tended to multiply them. Wise
economy was in the air and Influenced mil
lions for self-interest as we'll as patriotism.
In savings accounts and Liberty Bonds
combined, the American people now have
more than twenty billion dollars to their
credit, approximately two hundred dollars
per capita. And to that can be added
two billion dollars of War Savings Stamps
This is a ecord to be proud Of and grateful
for, not merely because of the material well
fare it betokens but chiefly because of the
substantial virtues it represents, the resolu-
ton and foresight and persistence and self
control it indicates.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-07

After retiring for the night ir well VEN
tiIated room, preferably alone, relax the
body fully take at least a dozen deep full
breaths, and then before trying to go to sleep
picture yourself in your minds eye as you
desire to BE- in the morning, Go to sleep
thinking of y. 'rself as courageous, kind
Y orryless, modest, courteous, ge erous,
unselfish, of good temper, guileless, honest
truthful, patient, filled with faith hope and
charity. Fall asleep surrounded it'll these
attributes of love.
You will awaken in the morning with a
new lease of life. People will tell you how
we'll you look. Thank them and agree with
them and do not forget to think silently the
source of this wonderful law that has made
slcep and bcClth possible to you.
You ask if you will sleep the first night
you try this plan You may and you may
not. IF you do no. it will be becaus there
there is some part of the plan that has
been omitted. Seek for the reason Of fail
ure. It lies within yourself It viii ALWAYS
crl5 Il you Go YOU naTt ctt2-wi3 not
To mo- bIar O &c cT2,~:a If /, +@.' YOU Tn
,.-rtoln is al. I'D" co.rcce l. is hc~N2
~0Gn re- rt;tc t,-cU,~ '~c II works Jus the
~3,ne whether yol. u1dc@9;Gnd its underlying
-2or2~G Cv
Is the ma~nod applicable to ch.llen? Per
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-07
A HERO EVERY DAY

The secretary OF the navy has commended
Gordon Hammond, quartermaster, first class,
U. S. N. R. F., attached to the Fifth Naval
district, for his gallant conduct in going into
a gas-flled we'll a farm located near Ash
land, Va, on September 8, 1918, when at the
risk of his own safety Hammond rescued
Howard Lane who had been overcome and
who would have otherwise succumbed but for
Hammonds fearless rescue.
He enrolled in the reserves May %, 1917.
His father, William A, Hammond, lives at
Ashland, Va.
ED PAGE MEASURE Semi Weekly Ed
SLUG FABLE
A cock came down from his roost at break
of day, and set up loud shrill crow; he
went to work to scratch the groun( in search
of food for the hens. BY and by. what should
he turn up but bright gem. He gave j. a
kick and said "Ha! you are fine thing, no
doubt; but, to my mind one gOod grain OF
wheat is worth all the gems in the world
Do not cast pearls TO SWINE.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-07
Improving Georgia Pasturage.

Peculiarly interesting evidence of Georgia's
forward trend in cattle-raising appears in an
enterprise recently projected through the
joint effort of the State College of Agricul-
ture and the Georgia Landowners Associa-
ton with view to determining what grasses
best suited, in this soil and climate, to
furnish fat-producing pasture. Carefully di-
rected experil ents will be conducted in forty
two counties on nineteen dtfferent soil Sc
ries, with nine different forage plants and
grasses.
The Waycross correspondent of the Man
ufacturers' Record emphasizes the point that
the work sis not to be Of the kid-glove long
distance kind but will be carried on under
conditions thoroughly practical and with an
eye to definite results. The tests, are told
will be in the hands of seasoned formers and
live stock men and will be supervised by able
scientists.
From three to ten acres o selected
soil types on each of the experimental
farms are to be seeded during next
spring with seeds furnished by the State
College Of Agriculture and under the
personal supervision of college men.
Each test area is to be fenced by the
farmer, and when the varieties of seeds
ripen the catt2 will be turned in and
will scatter the the seed in tho adjacent
woods or native pasture. Observations
will be made of results, and a careful
record will be kept showing which of the
grass varieties turn out best on the vari-
Gus soil types"
South Georgia, or more strictly speaking,
the Coastal Plain region of the State, is ex-
pertly considered as regards natural re-
sources, one of the two or three most favor
Nhle sectors in all America To- Rising live
stock, When the congenial climate and
ABUNDANCE Of available land are supplement-
ed by a 'p1entitude of nutri, 'ous grasses, Geor-
gia will have, it is believed, incomparably
the most advantageous cattle country to be
found in the United States
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-07
Diversity and Prosper.

From the current bulletin of State Bureau
of Markets, the services of which grow con-
tinualIy more valuable to Georgia agricul-
tural and business interests, we quote this
pithy paragraph
every successful farmer exercises
great care in planning his crops far in
advance of the planting season. This
years experience with both cotton and
cotton seed should prove valuable les
son to Southern farmers and we hope
will prove a determining factor in the
campaign to reduce the cotton acreage
this year. Remember the price of two
cotton crops depends on the acreage you
plant to cotton this spring. When you
know ten million bales of cotton will
bring as much money as twelve million
bales, why not reduce your acreage
twenty per cent thus saving labor and
fertilizer and enabling you to make
more money on other crops. Diversity
and grow independent"
The wisdom of this advice is confirmed by
the records of the last four years, or, for the
matter of that, of the last ten or twenty
years. The SOuth's most prosperous seasons
have been those in which a comparatively
small cotton crop sold at good prices and a
bountiful production Of food staples made
the farms virtually self-sustaining. Without
Investigation and it's resultant food sup
plies, neither the largest cotton crop nor the
highest prices therefor will brin% prosperity
For if the grower must spend the proceeds of
his cotton for grain and meat, wherein has
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-07
LAUGH AND GROW FAT

YES said the American, recounting his
battle adventures to an admiring listener,
open-mouthed before him, "a Boche
shell came along and hit me in the neck
and you are alive now?" gasped the lis
tener
yep replied the American. ''You see,
stranger, the shell was made in Germany,
but my little ole collar stud was made in
the U. S. A And guess the squib subsidized
1t was some stud"
An architect remarked to a lady that he
had been to see the great nave in the new
church. .......
Don't mention names" the lady replied
81 know the man you refer to!
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-07
INITIATIVE
By H. AddingtOn Bruce

J
q ON, have YOU ever questioned yourself
y as to your power of initiative? Have
you clear idea of what initiative
means?
During the greet war, now happ!l. ended,
certain steamship crossing the Atlantic was
waylaid by piraica German submarine.
The submarines presence was not detected
until it was very close to it's prosecti~ prey.
Then it was useless attempt escape by
flight The situation seemed hopeless, cap
ture and sinking inevitable
! But the captain of the steamship, signal
ling to the engine room for full speed in
stantly changed the course of his vessel so
that it bore directly the submarine. At
once the tables were turned, the inter be-
came the hunted.
Frantically the submarine sought conceal
ment in the depths of the ocean. Too late.
There was crashing impact-and that par
ticular submarine could never again do
devils work for the kaiser.
QUICK THINKING on it's captains part.
INTELLIGENT PLANNING, DECISIVE
ACTING, had saved the steamship. And
quick thinking, intelligent planning, decisive
acting constitute initiative.
COuIIOuCSu Ill yOu1 udIly WO1h Ny uuSA-
pected problems, how do you react to them?
Do you attack them boldly and confidently?
Or do you wait for some one else to instruct
you what to do?
Do you, indeed, in your daily work, give
alert thought to the devising of methods to
get more satisfactory results? Or are you con-
tent with accurately following the directions
given you?
To be abb, to follow directions accurately
is itself good thing. But it is far better to
be able to originate improvements Then
you are an INITIATOR, not merely an mi
TATOR.
And it is to the initiators thai the big re-
wards of erdeavor go.
Scan the annals of business life, of the pro-
fessional world, of scientific, literary, and ar
tistic activity. Always you will find that it
is the initiators who gain the greatest wealth
and fame
How to grow in power of initiative?
It is largely, though not wholly, matter
of practice in CONSTRUCTIVE THINKING.
Study the work you now are doing, with
reference both to methods and to results.
Ask yourself if there is not some way in
which of your own accord you effect i'm
prOvements.
Do not try to achieve too much at once.
Be satisfied at first with working out bet
terment in some detail however petty. Then
promptly act to realize that betterment.
The outcome may show that you have been
thinking feebly or over hastily. The expect
ed improvement may turn out to be no i'm
provement at all. Do not let that discourage
you.
Keep on trying to think constructively.
Learn from your failures. When you have
decided on new attempt let action quickly
| follow decision.
In time unless your intelligence is much
below the average your thinking will begin
to bear abundant fruit And meanwhile you
! will have acquired the habit of Independent
confident DOING without which no man need
hope to travel far along the highway of sue
cess.
Copyright, 1919, by the Associated News
papers)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-07
NOT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY

One morning Mr.. Smith was heard talking
to himself while making his morning toilet
in manner that denoted much perturbation.
st wonder" said Mrs. Smith, whats pro-
yoked father now?"
ooh, it's nothing much, mother" answer
ed little William. "I just put a tube of sis
ter's oil paints in place of his tube of tooth
paste"
1t is, of course, we'll known that Sir
Douglas Haig is a soldier first, last and all
the time, regarding all other professions as
of quite Negligible Importance.
He was inspecting a cavalry troop and was
particularly struck with the neat way in
which repairs had been made in some Of the
saddles.
Every good work. he remarked to the
troop sergeant major. ''Who did it?'
'Two of my troopers, SIR was the reply.
you're fortunate to have two such ex-
pert saddlers in your troop" said Haig.
GAS a matter of fact, sir" was the reply,
they're not saddlers in civil life, being law
yers."
well" calculated Sir Douglas, chow men
who can do work like that could have wasted
their lives over law I can't imagine
The American in England affords cause for
much perplexity and establishment to his Eng
lish knsmen. A Yankee soldier was being
shown over an old church, where hundreds
of people of a bygone age were buried.
"a great many people sleep beneath these
walls,'' said the guide in his very best style,
indicating the inscription coverei floor with
a sweep of his hand.
49," said the Sammy, ''same way over in
our country. Why don't ye get more in
teresting preacher?" Collapse of guide.
There had been heavy downfall of rain,
and the district freight manager was quickly
on the warpath. He telegraphed along diff
ferent sections of the line as follows: "Send
full particulars of the food
Now there was a man in a particular sec
tion of the Ene where no flooding had taken
place, and he decided that the message was
a joke, so h. wired back as follows: Look
in the Book of Genesis
Customer-By jove, I am glad to see you
back. Has the strike been settled?
Waiter-What strike, sir?
Customer-Oh, come, now! Where have
you been since you took my order?
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-07
BY JOSEPH S. STEWART
professor of Secondary Education, University
of Georgia.

professor of Secondary Education, University
of Georgia.
During the six years that the Democrats
have been i1- power, Senator HOke Smith mas
secured the passage of three educational laws.
First the Smith-Lever act, which provides
for over 1000 demonstration agents, giving
instruction OIL the farms and in the homes;
second, the Smitb-Hughes act, providing for
instruction of those who have entered on en-
ployment or who must soon enter upon en-
ployment; and third, the Smith-Searls act
providing for the instruction and rehabilita-
ton of wounded soldiers.
On October 10, 1918, Senator Smith intro
duced into The senate the most important
educational measure ever proposed to con-
gress, equaling that of the Fisher bill which
has just passed parliament.
/. The bill provides for the creation of
a department OF education with secretary
in the presidents cabinet, and for three as
sistant secretaries, and for the transfer to
this department Of all the educational work
now done by the government that may be
assigned to it by congress or the president.
2. The bill provides for the appropria-
ton of $7,500,000 annually to be "appro-
priated to the states in the proportion which
their respective illiterate populations OF ten
years of age and over (not including for
eign born illiterates) bear to the total 1llit-
crate population of the United States
Georgia would receive under this section
$775,350.95 annually.
8. The bill provides $75OO,0O0 annually
'Fto cooperate with the state in the Amerl-
canization of immigrants" Georgia would
receive under this head $S,589.73 annually.
4. The bill provides $5O,OOO,OOO annually
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-07
A POEM FOR TODAY
A CONTRAST

1918.
A New Year ne'er has dawned upon
A world so dark and drear
With all the hopes of life shut out
By horror, grief and fear.
Not ever yet have war clouds black,
The whole world shrived in sin,
AS these that greet with lowering folds
The New Year coming in.
And all because self-blinded folk
Forgot the great, just God,
Who never sleeps, but guides us on
With tender Christening rod.
Oh, somewhere past the cold gray dawn
Sits Justice weeping till
The day when she again shall Weigh
Not Nights, but Gods own will.
Though horror-wea' ened, failing Faith
Is fainting meath the strife,
We know X holds within His hands
The peace and joy of life.
Undaunted still the brave old World
Will greet the glad New Years
Gods love will keep us, for He knows
Our hearts are drowned in tears.
And though the New Years Day may dawl
With Wars black crimsOned skies,
Well have to smile to bring again
The smile to smileless eyes.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-07
ANOTHER LETTER THAT CHEERS US

week that this remarked upon the cheering
the editorial desk
Comes another one written from Front Royal Va
made this day brighter and happier for
days than did yesterday
and why
Dear
Iordkn Ion
ter OF
check TO t
wiIn miss O.
OF
e the
A
" p"'A"N Iateof Co. D., Virginia
shall occupy TINS space ana as inter
hepully as Mr.. COmponS?
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-07

he profited? Or if, lacking tn necessaries
which own elds could produce, he must sell
his cotton regardless of market conditions,
what is he sdvantaged?
Now that Georgia has a State Bureau OF
Markets standing ever eager and able to aid
the food grower in disposing of his products,
there is more wisdom than ever in the cOun-
sci, DIVERSITY and grow independent"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-07
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-07
The Journals Service Flag

In honor of the seventy-three Atlanta Jour-
nal men who have entered the service Of their
country. The two white stars are in memory
of Captain Meredith Gray and Captain James
S. Moore, Jr., Journal men, who gave their
lives for our county in France.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-07

It matters not if New Years Day,
With gray skies, dawns again,
For Freedoms flag floats free and far,
With peace on earth, goodwill to men,
-MAUDE STEINHAUER WOOLF.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-07

Apparently the Poles want to occupy Ger
many too, but not peacefully.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-07

Excessive weather is necessaIy now and
then to reduce the complacency Of the oldest
inhabitant.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-07

Europe oughtn't to blame the United State
for Lodge. massachusetts has that respOr
sibility.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-07

Even in Germany there are few pro-Ger-
mans left now.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-19
Court Records
UNDERHIIL INDICTED

After the grand jury had indicted
him Friday evening on serious statu-
tory charge, Alfred Underhill was ar
rested Saturday morning and put i'll
jail until he could produce bail OF
$4,000. Underhill had not been able
to secure his release late Saturday
afternoon.
In addition to the count in the in
dictment. Underhill will be tried on
the original complaint by affidavit.
He is still under $4,000 bond on this
complaint. Underhill was warned by
the court to stay away from the fan
lily of the prosecuting witness, as evil
dence was presented that he had been
annoying them since his arrest.
The cases of Forest Davis and Fred
Knuchel, on charges of grand larceny
and viola ton of the liquor law, res
pectively, were considered Saturday
Davis is said to have confessed steal
Ing the Dodge touring car of Frank
Huffman, on the New Paris pike, and
Knuchel is charged with selling
liquor from his dry saloon at Sixth
and North d streets. .-r
Nerna Lewis, who asked for suit
money in her case against Ira Lewis
for divorce and change of name, was
denied the money by Judge Bond on
her testimony that she had been
given about 1920 by her husband since
February, and had spent all of it.
Suit was brought by John W. Stin-
son against John G. and Mary Frank
lin, for damage done to a truck owned
by him in a collision on the Green's
fork road. He asks $500. Suit to
quiet title to real estate was brought
by John II. and Blanche Nolte, against
William Bright William Jordan and
others. The Peoples Coal and Pro
duce company sued ]. u. Jones. and
the Second National bank as a gar
nishe defendant