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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-21
DEMOCRACY AND lNDlFFER-
ENCEr
Rv n. Addington Bruce

The suicide of Democracy is indifference
The trouble with the U. S. A. is not TOO
much Politics, but not enough.
A Monarchy or a Government by trusts
nv Bosses, or by Grafters will work itself, re-
cause thre is a Glass whose self-interest Keeps
them on the job II is their bread ana puC-
ter. Also jam.
A Democracy will not work itself. 1t has
to be worked. The purer, decenter anu
cleaner it is, the more it is in danger, De-
cause nobody's immediate selfish interests
are engaged. 81,
into the hands of Grafters.
That is why there spring up Political Par
ties, which are compact organlzatlons VI
men who expect to get something out OF II
for themselves.
The cohesive power of public plumber is
stronger than the unifying energy OF an IDEAL.
Parties exist because we have to make 1t
worth somebody's while to run the govern
ment.
They are based upon the weakness of the
sentiment of Patriotism.
They arise from the lack of Civic Con-
science.
They substitute personal ambition, party
spirit and the pork barrel for those noble
motives, which are too watery.
For instance, they are saying now in Day
ton Ohio that the City Manager Plan they
have had quite while is to be abandoned.
The reason is that nobody seems to be in
terested enough in it to defend it.
The two political party organizations hate
it, of course. 1t keeps their hands out Of the
grab bag. Hence they have steadily done
their utmost to discredit it.
The have fomented discomfort, circulated
misleading reports, magnified every mistake,
and carried out the usual program of mis-
chief-makers.
They are banking on pretty safe thing
Public Indifference.
This sort of thing means the corroding,
possibly the collapse, of Dem in the
end.
There is only one way to remedy it.
That is through the PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Children there ought to be trained in De-
mocracy
= Every school ought to be little Republic,
not a little Monarchy as they almost all are
now.
The most important thing in all the world
for American children to learn is How to
Govern Themselves
Now how to obey Teacher, but how to
ascertain and obey the will of the majority.
If they knew Democracy they would love it,
for we love what we know.
Now children graduate hating, despising
Politics. Democracy is Politics.
Do you know what is the Biggest Idea in
the World.
1t is to make the school room working
Republic and train children in Democracy.
This is the only way to cure that Indiffer-
ence that threatens our national life.
Underlying any stable Democracy must be
Education in Democracy.
Any other way to attempt to cure our po-
litical ills is ''to heal the hurt of the daugh-
ter of my People slightly, crying Peace,
Peace, when there is no Peace!
Copyright 1920, by Frank Crane.)
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-21
AFTER YOUR VACATION
By H. Addington Bruce

VACATION days are done and you are
v back at the daily routine once more.
hope you have not merely had good
time during your vacation, but have really
fortified yourself to work to good purpose
through the months that lie ahead.
That, of course, is always one of the great
objects of vacation. 1t is break in work.
designed to help people to work better. 1t
should, for that matter, have the effect of
helping them want to work better.
On some people, unfortunately vacations have
precisely the opposite effect Vacations so dis
organize them that they return to work re-
luctantly and dawdle at their tasks in less
than half-hearted way.
They let their minds wander back to the
"fun" they have been having at seaShore, coun-
try, or mountain resort. They think of almost
everything except the work they have been
engaged to do.
In this respect they are like school children
after the long ten weeks summer holidays.
Every teacher knows that it is difficult to
induce children to- settle down to their books
for some time after the September reopenng
of school, Morale is leSSened, discipline is
hard to maintain. Which has led to serious
agitation to have the summer holidays cut
short.
But children have the excuse that in them
the critical faculty has not yet developed. IT
they 90 to work unwillingly it is because they
do not sense the real importance of work and
have no conception of how ruinouS perpetual
playtime would be to them
You an adult, do not have this excuse. At
any rate, you should not have it. If you 40
work poorly after your vacation, however, it is
a pretty sure sign that, like school child,
you are immature in point of Judgment
Also it juStiies the prediction that you are
unlikely to progress far in your chosen call
ing. For your failure to appreciate what WORK
should mean to you indicates that the chances
are all against your ever being an enthusiast
for work.
And without enthusiasm real success in any
vocation is impossible. Enthusiasm alone can
beget the creative effort which commands the
richest rewards.
You know, as do not, Just what your atti-
tude to your work is on returning to it from
a pleasant two or three weeks holiday.
You know, as !. do not, whether you have
come back to it eagerly or regrettully, Whether
you are attacking its problems vigorously or
feebly.
If the latter, sit down and have heart-to-
heart talk with yourself. Have several such
talks. Drop your time-killing amusement for
a few evenings-your billiards or pool or cards
or dancing or idle goSsiping-and instead ae-
vote those evenings to some serious meolta-
ton on your past and present and on the 1u-
ture in the light of your past and present.
Ask yourself candidly why you have been
tagging in 1fes race-as you most certainly
have been. So .,...
Don't pirate of luck, unrewarded industry,
favoritiSm unfair employers. LOOK 1actS
souarely in the face-something you may not
have done before. Try to visualize your TO
morrows as they are certain to be II you chns
to your easy-going todayS
Then get busy. w..
(Copyright, 1920, by the Associated NeWspa-
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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-21
Using the Merchant Fleet
THE feature of the recently enacted
Shipping bill which has drawn keen

THE feature of the recently enacted
Shipping bill which has drawn keen
est attention is that committing
America to an energetic and thoroughly in
dependent policy in the use of her new mer-
chant Ileet. Previous arrangements that
have bound our overseas trade to the keels
OF foreign carriers are to be given up, and
all needless restraints upon our marines
participation in world trade are to be put
aside Henceforward we are in ocean com
merce as competitors instead of dependents
What this will mean in the way of in
creased profits to American industry is
scarcely conceived by even the most obser-
want until they look into the record of what
this country has paid out in foreign freight
rates and associated charges. Remarking
that the toll has aggregated billions of dol
lars, an authority the subject points out
that from 1870 to 1890, alone, foreign ship
owners collected more than three billions
from u.s. that in the twelvemonth before the
war the bill amounted to nearly four hun
dred million dollars; and that last year 1--WE
paid in excess of seven hundred millions to
enrlch our competitors the high seas"
10 check this vast drain is of itself highly
important, but intellectually more so is the
advantage of having American bottoms ever
ready to ship American goods, instead of
hanging upon the favors and fortunes of for
eign interests.
%, The handicaps and periIs of that state of
affairs were brought sharply home to us
upon the outbreak of the World War; when
the European cargo fleets that were wont
to serve us were diverted to military needs
For while the nations export business was
almost paralyzed, and the manifold veins of
domestic prosperity dependent thereon we're
rendered well-nigh pulseless. Tens Of thou
sands Of Southern farmers and merchants
telt the deadening grip Of the situation
through a demoralized cotton market One
OF the heaviest crops Of that staple ever pro-
duced was left on the growers hands, largely
II not mainly, as a result of the war-made
~ap in ocean transportation; and the con-
sequences to every field of our business
threatened to wax disastrous.
Evidently, then, it is of vast significance
to the nations common interests to have
home-owned, home-contrOlled merchant fleet
which is already carrying sixty per cent OF
our overseas trade, and which has been given
at last the support of safeguarding and en-
couraging legislation. No part Of the coun-
try is more materially concerned than the
South, with her excellent but hitherto neg
lected ports, and her marvelously rich re-
sources for foreign commerce. Her business
leadership, accordingly, has the broadcast and
most urgent Of reasons to keep actively in
touch with the development Of the national
merchant marine.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-21
Gro1Oth of Southern, Cities
-HE growth of the South is interest
ingly evidenced in the fact that dur

-HE growth of the South is interest
ingly evidenced in the fact that dur
ing the last census decade five more
of her cities advanced to the one hundred
thousand rank and seven more to popu-
lation of twenty-five thousand. This makes
total of eleven in the first-class and thir-
ty-fve in the second, while forty-five South
ern cities have upwards of five and twenty
thousand inhabitants.
All parts of the region have shared in the
upbuilding which these figures indicate.
There could be no more impressive proof of
rich and varied resources than the concur
rent and unconflicting growth of cities only
a few score Or few hundred miles apart.
Atlanta and Birmingham both have forged
ahead by giant strides without others
trenching upon the others good fortune. So
has it been within Georgia and within Ala
bama; numerous neighboring towns have
waxed in population and prosperity, all draw
ing from common fund Of opportunity and
enterprise.
This Is markedly true in Texas where
four cities have made their way to the one
hundred thousand class-Dallas, San Anto-
MO, Fort Worth and Houston. OF the last
mentioned, the Birming CHAM Age-Herald aptly
remarks that no Southern city more deserves
the eminence to which it has attained. ''No
other has done more of it's own motion to
make itself grow. Houston owes much to
the building Of the ship canal that made it
real port with ocean liners docking at its
own municipal terminals. 1t entailed an
initial outlay of three million dollars years
ago when the city was smaller and had less
money. Houston invested in waterways and
the reward has been manifold"
Always it is investment for the common
interests and cooperation for the common
good that gives a community lasting yigor
and distinction. Atlanta's growth has sprung
not so much from her advantageous location.
highly important though that is, as from
the spirit of broad-visioned enterprise and
generous co-working that has animated her
people. Let city seek first the things that
make for contented homes, for general in
telligence for good health for productive
thought and labor, for wholesome living and
all else will be added
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-21
w H A T DO YOU
K NOW {?

1. What former Giant player has
been traded to Toronto?
2. What is a Mohammedan place
Of worship called?
8. What former president was Q
particularly heavy smoker?
4. Who was the famous sage Of
Athens?
5. What country has ar elephant
on it's flag.
What is the Japanese name for
Japan-'
Who composed the opera, THE
Flying DUtchman"?
8. How many dreams did Joseph
interpret tor the Egyptians?
Q What is the longest river in
Africa?
10. What are the provinces Of
Switzerland called?
II Who wrote Fables in
Slang?
IL. What was the title of the
priestesses Of the oracle Of Delphi
Answer to Questions
l, Benny Kauff; 2. mosque; 8.
Grant; 4, Scion; 5, Siam; s, Da! Nip
pom; Z, Wagner; 8, three; 9, Nile 10,
Cantons; II, George AIDE; ~, Py-
thOneSS.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-21
TRY AGAIN!
ny ROGER w HARsoN

Edison tried a great many things
before he found the carbon thread
that burns so brightly in the incan-
descent lamp.
Columbus met with much ridicule
before he finally won the help of
Queen Isabella for his journey to
America.
Shakespeare was long a poverty
stricken and unknown actor before
he attained some Success with the
plays that have since made him ia
nous.
Socrates, the beloved philosopher,
kept his way serenely in spite of
the threats of his countrymen. The
inspiration of his firmness and hon
esty has been handed down for CEN
turtles.
How many men Of genius and in
spiration have through persever-
ance risen from poverty and some
times misery to positions of honor
and fame! One might go on nam
ing them almost indefinitely.
Had these men been easily dis
couraged or depressed by ridicule
or failure, the world today would
not know their names They went
right on; they tried again and again
and again.
Think it over!
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-21
QUIPS AND QUIDDIES

There was an expression Of melan-
cho1y tinged with resentment on Mrs.
Browns face as she entered the
grocery store.
'I want" she began impressively,
"to talk to you about them eggs I
had last week. They weren't any
thing like as fresh as they might
have been"
That's strange" replied the grocer.
who thought himself something of
wit. I'VE always have an almanac
hanging up in the chicken run to
keep the hens up to date"
"Oh" came the rotor, with crush
ing emphasis. "Then all l have to
say is that somebody with brains
about as added as them eggs has
been misleadin' the hens with last
years calendar. Just you hang up a
1920 card, and maybe them chickens
'ull start working overtime To catch
up to it."
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-21
FARMER WINS
$4,000 A DAY
(charles O'Neil in Leslie's.)


There is a pot of gold at the end
of the rainbow. Bill Grassland, Of
Okmulgee, Okla, has found it after
a quest that spanned three quarters
of a century. AS a pioneer of the
type that soon will be seen no more.
he followed the rainbow Of fortune
from eastern Ohio, through the mid
die west, and along the frontier trails
CT Missouri and Oklahoma. His dream
Of a pot of gold at the end Of the
rainbow came true in the early part
of 1920 when the great West Okmul-
gee oil pool near Okmulgee, Okla,
was discovered and Bill Grassland
found his farm of $40 acres of land
lying in the heart Of the great pool.
AS the owner of the fee in his farm
Grassland receives the oil royalty or
one-eighth of the value of the OIL
produced on the land. Crosslands
income is now from $4,000 to $4,000
a day and steadily increasing.
At the time the big pool was dis s,
working year in and year out on his
land in the river bottoms twelve
miles west of okmulgee iCty. His
home was an old log and frame
mouse, Du1lC III the idle eIS lll1CS'
Bill Grassland, multi-milltonaire,
with an income of $2,O0o,OoO per
from the days when he was Bill
Grassland, poor farmer. The old
house is still his home and he still
spends most of his time laboring
with his son in the fields of his
farm.
Finding the pot Of gold has not
brought all happiness to the pioneer
who followed the rainbow so many
years ut came a little too late"
Grassland tells those who offer con-
gratulations on his good fortune "If
I could have had it a few years ago
it would have meant so much to me.
OF course, 1 am glad to have it now
and 1 aim to use what means | have
to proliong my life so that I may
see some of those near and dear to
me enjoy many of the'things that for
a number of causes have, SO far, been
denied to Them
Grassland, who is seventy-six years
old, is planning the first vacation OF
his lifetime. He has bought small
and inexpensive touring car and will
soon leave with his son for a fishing
trip in Characteristics Weekly.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-21
rWhat no You know About cseorgia p
ZEERRUGGE MOLE IS
NOW A SHOW-PLACE

Zeebrugge Mole, to which small
charge for admission is now made,
has become the show place on the
Belgian coast. A walk along the
Mole-a mile and half long, with a
good view of Blankenberghe. Heyst.
Knockle and the blockships in the
Bruges canal-has become very
popular.
A museum on the Mole, one of
the latest additions to its interest,
contains many German war RELICS
and large collection of photo
graphs by German officers howing
their handiwork-ships of the allies
in all the stages of sinking. There
is also to be shortly added gun
from the Thetis which fired the
first shot in the historic raid. and
a "tot" from which grog was for
the last time served out to the men
on the Vindictive. A large number
of notice-boards have been affixed
to historic spots on the Mole to en-
able visitors the more easily to re-
construct the daring deeds of the
great raid.-Detroit News.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-21
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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-21
The One Way to Prosber;tv
Tor sound gospel in things civic, a re-
cent remark by the manager of

-OR sound gospel in things civic, a re-
n cent remark by the manager of
Thomas county's Commercial Asso-
citation, Mr.. S. t., Kidder, Jr., is rarely ex.
celled Education" said he speaking OF
the forces that prosper and upDulld' Is Inc
prime factor" And the first duty OF com
munitv leadership is to foster thought that
will translate itself into "better schools, bet
ter homes better streets, highways and trans
portation facilities, better farming methods
farm machinery and farm products, more Ell
ficient government, and, above all, more cor
dial fellowship"
A commercial association that applies it.
self to the working out of such ideas is
of measureless value to its communltys
every interest. It is certain to go far and
fare richly in the business of prosperity
making because it has struck deep into the
soil that holds prosperitys real sustenance
The first element of success for a county or
a town is education; the second is education,
and the third is education. While it is
largely in the school room and the home that
this ever fundamental process is carried on,
there is not a phase or interest of the COM
munity's or individuals life that it does n:t
vitality concern. Is it Eot education that i'm
proves agricultural methods. and crystallizes
the public sentiment tfat passes bond issues
for better roads and establishes the stand
ards that make government more efficient?
Is it not education, too, that broadens the
common OUTLOOK anu tedcueS men W "olh
generously together for the community's
good?
Many are the so-called shortcuts to pros
perity and to the solution of civic, economic
and social problems. But there is only one
dependable way and that is education. Poll
tics cannot untangle our troubles, nor the
enactment of laws dispel our ills. Mere or
ganization cannot beget enterprise and public
spirit; mere institutions cannot do the work
of which good times and progressive tenden-
cies are born. Nothing will suffice but edu-
cation that is broad enough and high enough
to fit mans seen and unseen needs.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-21
The Vice President

TT is the custom of the day to rdicule the
Vice Presidency and to poke fun at the
Vice President. Mr. Marshall, the in
cumbent. with fine sense OF humor, rather
has encouraged the tendency He has made
his official position the subject of humorous
references that have shown him to be a
characteristic American.
Mr. Marshall has occupied a difficult po-
ition during a period of eight stressful years,
md he has discharged his duties with sound
sense and sober judgment, attesting his worth
as a man and his sterling integrity. During
the past several months his position and been
particularly delicate, but no false move or
illy-considered word has escaped him during
the period. When the false rumor of the
Presidents death was reported to him, and
for half an hour he thought himself the head
Of the Nation the sterner side of his person
atty manifested itself and he considered only
fbe gravity of the situation and his RESPONSE
Utilities to the country.
But Mr.. Marshall's genuine sense of
humor, his Americanism, if you please, and
the pleasant persiflage in which he has in
dulged about his office have caused many to
misjudge him and to withhold from him the
recognition to which he is entitled by the
discharge of difficult task. Republican and
Democratic Senators alike will bear witness
to the fact that the Senate has never had an
ADLER and more impartial presiding officer
than Vice President Marshall.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-21
PresidentiaI Materia.I

A New York baby fell out Of a
four-story window and landed in a
baby carriage unhurt. That, if you'd
ask us, is the stuff presidents are
made of.-Dublin Courier Herald.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-21
Wealth in the Soil

The Advertise Georgia" movement
means great deal. It's success is
sure to profit the state. There is
room here for many home-seeker.
We have many an acre of untitled
soil which could be made to yield
Wea1th-Augusta Chronicle
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-21

stogie is one of the few things that
travel on their merits and not on appearance
Canton (Ohio) News
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-21

ton is prepared to pay the entire
Indebtedness of the town. There is
talk of lowering taxes. This sounds
pretty good for Cordele.-Savannah
Press.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-21

A lot Of politicians would neveri staTve to
death If forced to eat their Notwithstanding
Banner.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-21

A litter of pups was born in an aeroplane
and the Mail thinks they must be Skye ter
riers. But why not Airedales?-Toronto Star.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-21

Many father makes a goat of his hid
Columbus (Ohio) Citizen.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-21
Editorial Echoes

One way to enlist the support of man
for any movement is to let him run It'll
Paso Herald.
Japan has a man-faced crab, which IS a
far pleasanter possession than a crabbed-face
man-St Louis Globe Democrat.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-21

The women who seeks a divorce, saying
her husband is in the penitentiary after hav-
ing pleaded guilty to marrying four others.
surely has at least faint legal grounds for a
separation.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-21

Good FIR Corda1a

The average woman Is not afraid
Of backbiters, If we may judge by
the kind of evening frock she
WearS.-Columbu Enuuirer-Sun.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-21

The sweet, demure, shy, modesC
little thing while out with the
sweeties can be as grouchy and mean
and tart as an old hen when there
amt anybody around but home folks
that don't count. - Thomasville
Times ENTERPRISE
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-21

TT Is the custom of the day to ridicule the
Vice Presidency and to poke fun at the
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-21

Belgium is to continue it's sugar
rationing scheme. 1t was begun as
one of the numerous efforts to cur
tail foreign purchases, that ex-
change might be reduced, and to as
sure the population a certain amount
of sugar at reasonable price. The
plan, according to the Ministry OF
Ravitaillement, is working success
fully.