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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-21

priceless value to Mercer university ana Ine
South.
jealous Supporter of Common Schools
This leader of educational Thought ana
opinion has breathed his spirit and energy
into Georgias educational system, and 1t Is
pulsating with new life, bright ana 1resh
hopes.
President Weaver is an earnest believer IN
and jealous supporter of the common
schools of Georgia. AS member or the state
board of education President Weaver is DONG
a. great work for the advancement and devel-
opment of these Institutions He realizes that
they are ''the rounds of the ascending ladder
up which man is climbing to higher and h1gn-
er levels of conquest and achievements.
He believes with eminent DR.. James w; Lee
that when the common school Is starved ana
cramped the children are sent hoDDllng on
crutches into the years to come" For every
dollar the taxpayer takes out OF MS pocket
for the support of the common school today
his children will put thousand eacn pack
into their pockets tomorrow.
He Is Southern to the Core
Born in Greensboro, N. c., President Weav-'
err is typical of the best southern traditions
and ideals. Anxious to enhance the prestlss
and glory of the American name around ne
world, President Weaver exhibited in many
ways his loyalty and patriotism during tha
World war, and as member of the Tennes-
see state executive committee of the food ad-
ministration his services were particularly ac-
tive and valuable.
the national spirit as one. There is pro-
found intimacy between the two. You will re-
member that Edmund Burke attributed the
"intractable spirit of the American people to
their college education" In this connection,
it may be interesting to say that Hampden-
Sidney College, in Virginia, which was found"
ed about the time the Revolution for Amerl-
can independence blazed forth, incorporated
in its charter the following clause:
I'm order to preserve in the minds of the
students that sacred love and attachment
which they should ever bear to the principles
of the every glorious Revolution, the greatest
care and caution shall be used in selecting
such professors and masters, to the end that
no person shall be selected unless the uni
form tenor of his conduct manifests to the
world his sincere affection for the liberty and
independence of the United States OF Amer
lea"
President Weaver's devotion to his country
is reflected in the above sentiment.
Is Profound Author
President Weaver is the author of a number
of profound works. He has had numerous
high official connections in his church, and
has been at the head of various educational
boards and commissions. He is a 32d-degreS
Mason, and in 1909-11, was grand chaplain
of the grand lodge of Masons of Tennessee.
He has been the recipient of several high de-
grees from colleges.
Southern civilization has never produced
richer frutage than the young manhood
which goes forth from Mercer University with
his blessings.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-21

Y. How many women are licensed pilots
of airpanes? D. A.
A. Miss Amelia M. Earhart is the only
woman who has been licensed by the Ma
t1onal Aeronautic association since its organ~
ization last October She is a native of Kan.
sas, but resides in Los Angeles.
Q. How does the price of the synthetic
ruby compare with real one? D. S.
A. One-carat native ruby would retail at
price between SIS and $4,000, depending
upon the quality of the stone. Synthetic
rubies retail at 81 carat and may be OBJ.
ta1ned in any size up 20 10 carats, while the
average native stones of less than one
quarter carat weight.
Q. Which is the largest star? r. H. n
A. Antares is the largest star of which
we have reasonably accurate measurements
its diameter being about 400, 100000 miles:
in volume it is 100, 900, 900 times as large al
the sun, and $4,000, 600, 100000 times as
large as the earth.
expression Put in black sheet for me-.
What does it mean? A. d. S.
A. This is an expression common among
newspaper men, and is equivalent to saying,
Make me carbon copy"
Q. What were the main features of the
decision of the United States Supreme Court
as to territorial expansion? r. o. P.
A. The principles settled by the decision
of the Supreme Court of December 2, 1901,
are summarized as follows: Cd The Consti-
tuition does not follow the flag until it is
planted on territory by special act of
Congress; CD The extension of the sover-
eighty of the United States to new territory
guarantees the enjoyment of liberty, the
right to property and the protection of the
United States to the people thus affected in
securing Justice and public order and pro-
noting peaceful progress; CD The islands
ac-'tred from Spain by tie treaty of Paris
the Philippinc5-aIv property of the
United States and Congress can dispose of
these islands in any way conducive to the
interests of the people Of the United States
and of these ISLANDS.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-21

TINE fact that the brilliant commencement
exercises of Mercer University have just
come to a close gives me the appropr1-
ate opportunity, and the pleasure, of saying
the following:
The world admires genius. President Ru-
fus w. Weaver, of Mercer University, is an
object of admiration. There is no stronger
personality in the educational life of the south
than this distinguished educator. He is typ1-
cal of all that is purest and most attractive In
university circles
All the world has an interest In man who
can accomplish things President Weaver is
the militant leader of a great intellectual
crusade-an extensive, remarkable, construc-
tive program-which has transformed Mercer
into university in every meaning of the term
with learned faculties of the arts, sciences,
philosophy, letters, law, medicine, theology,
Journalism and other offsprings of knowledge.
1t has placed Mercer at the head of an
aspiring and elaborate system of affiliated
schools and colleges.
Splendid Intellectual Specimen
President Weaver is superb specimen of
intellectual enterprise, performance and per-
sistency. He occupies high plane ct human
endowment. His duties require the highest
faculties of the mind. Upon his brow nature
has set the unmistakable pattern of her no.
blity.
He possesses the twin virtue of knowledge
and action. He is lofty example of this re-
1ationship. He not only has a clear concep-
ton OF his duties, but the energy 10 execute
them. With him, action is the emblem of
life; inaction is the symbol of death.
He is living, creative, moving reality.
In the discharge of his duties, President
Weaver has demonstrated ability so consplcu-
Gus, executive power so superlative, heart so
strong, spirit so reSOlute, soul so lofty, that
Mercer University today reflects the wonder
full diversified progress of this country, and
has become a shrine where the heart and mind
may catch new inspiration and life, new dig
nifty and purpose. There intelligence rules
and merit is the test.
Around him religion sheds her hallOwing
influence; there is neither cant nor affecta-
ton nor pretense in his faith; consequently,
the Christian life in Mercer University is real
and pervasive.
President Viewers Fine Influence
His influence inspires young manhood to
nobler efforts in the direction of making the
world better and brighter.
His example lights to paths of honor,
purity, right motive and lofty aim.
He develops and stimulates the noblest in
stincts.
President Weavers aspirations and hopes
and prayers centered and impearled in
the Christian education of the students of
Mercer University. 1t is his belief that call
the glories of ancient Greece all the oracles of
Athens, of Ephesus and the world cannot be
compared to Christian education in the great
of it's design, the brilliancy of its achieve
ments and the magnitude of it's benefits.
The administration of President Weaver
has been signalized by many notable achieve
ments; they are garner of treasures, of
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-21
A BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TODAY

A BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY
And it came to pass on the seventh day
that the child died. And the servants of
Ddpid feared to tell him. But when Dapid
sdw that his servants whispered, David per-
ceiped that the child was dead. Therefore
Ddpid said unto his SERVANTS, as the child
dedd2" And they said, 'He is dead" Then
David arose from the earth, and vaShed
and anointed himself, and changed his ap-
parel, and came into the house of the Lord
and worshped And he said, ''While the
child Was yet alipe, | tasted and wept.
But nom he is dead, wherefore should
faSte Can bring him back again? / shall
go to him, but he shall not return to e.
Second Samuel: Excerpts from the 18th
chapter.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-21

has said, is the more deplorable in that few
simple measures. well-designed and weIl-ad-
ministered, would remedy them. Authorities
say that the forests of the entire country
could be safeguarded against fire for about
three cents an acre. Certainly, protection for
Georgia can be provided at a microscopic
fraction of what the commonwealth now loses
for-want of control. twenty-five per cent of
Georgia forest fires are incendiary, seventeen
per cent are from brush burning, while nine
ty per cent of the total are set down to care
lessness or design. All hese causes are sub
ject to regulation. If twenty-seven other
states have found it practicable and profit
able to organize their energies for the pre-
vention of forest fires, assuredly Georgia can
do so. The system of fire wardens proposed
by the state forestry association has given
results for the country at large. 1t should
commend itself to the incoming Legislature.
Next in Importance to fire prevention is
the adjustment of taxation on forest lands,
with a view to encouraging owners to look
to future interests and permanent values, not
merely to immediate profits. AS matters
now are, the incentive Is to rapid If not
reckless cutting, with little thought to
steady yields in years ahead. Touching this
problem, President Stone, of the State For
estry association, has well said: when a
farmer grows crop of corn he knows how to
figure his taxes In advance for the full pc
Rod that it takes the crop to mature; this
crop. Unless we get standardized taxes on
second growth timber for the period of ma
turty, the owner will face the discourage
ment Of having his taxes raised perhaps be-
fore he can cut the next crop of timber. 1t
is this uncertainty, next to lack Of fire pro-
lection, which is the big drawback to for
estry practice On the other hand, when
crop of timber Is mature, good logging helps
both buyer and seller privilege tax on
forest products at the time the crop is har-
vested would raise sufficient revenue in
Georgia for forest fire protection"
BY all means the Legislature should pro-
vide for these ARRANGING needs. Wood
using manufactures represent nearly fifty
per cent of Georgias industrial establish
ments and employ twenty-five per cent of
her wage-earners: while numbering and
naval stores have yielded her people, within
the last twenty-five years, upwards of one
vast at stake, action should be prompt Pro-
lection against fire, and encoura cement by
just and reasonable taxation, these are the
essential measures. Surely they will be
vouchsafed by faithful representatives of the
people,
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-21
COUNSELS OF PERFECTION
BY H. Addington Bruce
TT E had gone to the physician exp 4
II to have snme m edicina nrescrihef

TT E had gone to the physician EXP letting
to have some medicine prescribed for
the fatigue, insomnia, restlessness,
and other nervous symptoms of which he had
long been complaining. Instead the physi-
clan had told him that what J ) needed, and
all that he needed, was to make certain
changes in his ways of thinking and living.
With ill-concealed impat nee h listened
to the advice fir nkly and emphatically given
him. Finally he interrupted with:
"All you say is no doubt true enough. But
what's the use of giving n -ounsels Of per-
lection that I csIt possibly live Up to-"
"You can at least try to live up to them"
was the quick retort. And tt trying will
itself help to free you from your nervous
ness"
Then the physician went on:
Don't imagine that l expecting the
impossible of you, prt~cNi ing to you. My
cOunsels of perfection, you call them are
merely com on sense aids to the regaining
of the health and happiness you have lost.
"And you must make use of them to the
best of your ability if re 'ly want to be
well again. The thing that counts, [ would
ask you to remember, is not the achieving Of
perfection, but the striving. for perfection"
Too many people are like this nervous
patient
They are il lined to be cynical, perhaps
even derisive, when they hear or read maxims
bearing on the management Of life. How
easy it is, they reflect to phrase ideals which,
for all their wisdom and soundness, are be-
yond human realization.
These scoffe. forget h t the great pur-
pose of ideals is to establis standards of
value and to chart courses of action.
They forget that, without a cherishing OF
ideals life, if only because it then is aimless,
is certain to seem vain and empty, certain
to become burdened with long succession
of sorrows and disappointments.
And it is the great merit of counsels of
perfection that they fix more firmly in the
mind, through bringing into holder relief,
essential features of the ideal. To be sure,
though they do this only for those who will
take the trouble to look and listen.
Which is what the cynics and the scoffers,
luckless folk, will not do. Hence it remains
their miserable fate to stumble blindly
through existence, perpetually sustaining in
jures which acceptance of the guidance of
counsels of perfection would have enabled
them to escape.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-21
The World Moves

TTHE few farmers who still oppose dip
ping cattle for tick eradication be-
cause, as they insist without ever hav-
ing made the test, 1t can do no good, are in
historic company. When Calico, charged
with rank heresy for teaching that the earth
moves around the sun, invited certain dis
tinguished prelates to look through his tele-
scope at the moons of Jupiter, they holly re-
moons were there to see! In process of
time, however, one indignant doubter after
another was induced to take a peep, until
at last they all came to prize the telescope
and to believe with Calico that the earth
does move.
Such will be the end of the dipping vat
prejudice, as a dispatch from Washington
Interestingly attests. Mr.. E. F. Pickering,
field agent of the department of agriculture
has just returned from Southern tour with
the departments educational film, "Mollie of
Pine Grove Vat" which is exhibited to rural
audiences for the purpose of showing, par
able-wise, the virtues and profits and delights
Of cattle dipping against the tick I'm one
county" he reports, where threats were
made to blow up the damn tick wagon the
opposition, mainly crowd of DULLES and the
local bad men, melted as the story unfolded
on th1 screen. The leader, instead of carry
ing out the threat, came forward at the close
of the picture, shook hands with the demon
strator, and congratulated him on the work"
Yes, the world moves-whenever light
shines into the human mind, and the dark
ness there breaks into comprehension.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-21
AN ECHO FROM "BUY A BALE
Detroit Athletic Club News.)


Senator James Couzens, in company with
Senator pat Harrison, Of Mississippi; SEN
ator McNary, OF. Oregon, and Senator Fetch
er, of Florida, recently paid Detroit visit
as one of the ports of call on their re-forestra-
ton tour. Our own senator chaperoned the
delegation on a visit to the Ford plant, an
establishment with which, as you may re-
member, he was at one time tolerably ia
miliar In the course of their rambles
through the Highland Park factory, one of
the senators picked up piece of upholstery
fabric and asked Senator Harrison what it
was made of.
wool" promptly replied the senator from
Mississippi.
wrong" said Senator Couzens cts cot
tom"
Then it developed that the reason Mr.. Cou-
zens knew because cotton hi been
adopted as the material while he was still
connected with the Ford Motor company.
When the slogan, BUY a Bale of Cotton"
zens decided that they would help out the
product as they could. The decision has re-
suited in the purchases of millions of dollars
worth of the staple since then. The origi-
nator of that slogan probably had slight no.
ton that his catch phrase would get the
money like that.
Senator McNary did not overlook the
chance to ride" his colleague from the great
cotton pro ucing state of Mississippi about
not knowing cotton when he it. He threat
ems to expose Senator HarrisOn's ignorance
the first time that guardian of southern rights
opens his mouth about cotton on the floor
of the senate.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-21
An Imberat;ve Georgia Need

+ nv AULpS|OCTCS soSOFSJN 'NSSU
20 serious has grown the peril in the
fast-decreasing timber supply that in
dustrial interests which once were in
different if not opposed to conservation laws,
now urge the prompt adoption of such meas
ures. Lumbermen are among the especially
earnest advocates of we'll considered plans for
protecting and replenishing forests, and are
heartily supported by watchful manufacture
ers. At the recent national convention, in
Chicago of the Hardwood Manufacturers In
stitute, Mr.. C. H. Sheriff., president of that
body, declared: "Stop the Strengthening of the
forests by telling timber too small to develop
merchantable lumber. If there is no econom-
icaI value in bringing six-inch and eight-inch
diameter logs to the mill, why do we do it?
Why not leave them growing for the succeed
ing generations? This is the surest, quickest
and cheapest plan for reforestation." To the
same purport speaks the National Lumber
Manufacturers Association. Both as owners
OF forest land and as citizens, both as manu-
facturers and as taxpayers" runs their Off
cial statement, 1.-The lumbermen want to see
this forestry problem settled now while it can
be done easily and at comparatively small ex-
pense, and not years later when the forest
conditions will perhaps invite whether or not
they necessitate, more drastic and certainly
much more expensive action to achieve the
same end that now can be achieved simply, at
low cost, and without embarrassment to the
forest industries themselves"
This being the attitude of the interests
most directly concerned as investors and most
thoroughly informed in that respect, what
should be done by legislators, who represent
not only the Iumbermen and the manufac-
turers, but also the farmers, the consumers,
the taxpayers, the public rank and file? All
these are concerned, and nowhere more vital
ly than in Georgia. All these will suffer if
our General Assembly at its forthcoE---., ses-
sion fails to enact certain protective and con-
serving laws.
BY protective" forestry laws we mean,
first of all, those that will prevent the burning
OF hundreds of thousands of acres of valu-
able woodland. This, the most conspicuous
and least excusable form of timber waste, is
shamefully uncontrolled in Georgia. Official
records show that within six-year period
there were twice as many forest fires in this
as in any other state of he Union. The di-
rect monetary loss thus accruing : computed
to be at least four and quarter million dol
lars; and when the total, INMATE damage
+, such as the killing of little trees, the burning
up of soil fertility, and the bringing on of
erosion, is counted, the loss runs to ~ypalling
figures.
This condition, as The Journal repeatedly
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-21
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

No, George, it doesn't require much effort
to grumble.
Dignity carried to excess becomes chronic
disease.
Prolonged visits are apt to deal hospitality
a death blow.
Use the hammer of truth when you have &C.
casion to tell lies.
1t costs more to avenge ones wrongs than
it. does to protect ones rights.
Some brands of reform make the world bet
ter, and some make it more uncomfortable.
When some people tell that they did
their best we wonder what their worst is like.
Never stand anywhere within four five
feet of a woman who has occasion to throw
an old bottle at hen.
SHAKESPEARE SAYS
0, it is excellent
To hare a giants strength; but it is tyran-
nous
To use it like a giant.
,-NsSsG5E jOs Measure 2:2.
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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-21
DESTINY'S CHILD
BY HAZEL DEYO BACHELOR

What has gone befOre.-Courtney Her
rington has a queer influence over Lorry
Grenville, and when Tom Ransome, the
man she has promised to marry, proves
unworthy, Lorry yields to Herringtons
demands that she marry him.-Now go
with the story.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-21

Stories of the late Richard Croker were
oelng told in a Democratic club. Croker was
III a hurry to get to Albany one day." said
contractor. He reached the station just as
tne Tram started so he ran a step or two
and grabbed the hand rail of coach and
was about to jump aboard when somebody
clutched him by the coattails and pulled him
Off 1t was brakeman, very angry and
clustering, There, I've saved your life the
brakeman said Don't try to hop a train
when she's in motion again Then, as the
train continued to gather speed, the brake
man sk1llfully swung himself on the steps of
the last car but Croker, with a strong jerk,
plucked MIN or like ripe peach. You saved
my life,' said the Tammany boss. Allow me
to save yours