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THE CARROLL TREE V ESS, CARROLLTON, CARROLL COUNTY, GEORGIA
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 19iT
THE CARROLL FREE PRESS
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changed from one address to another should give the OLD
address as well as tin* NKW.
Our army and navy will dig the gra'e of Ger
many, hut we must furnish the spade.
—Billy Sunday on Fourth Liberty Loan.,
Hindenburg to Foch—Dear Sir: 1 am drop
ping you a line.
Foch to Hindenburg—Dear Sir: 1 have your
line of recent date.
Every Hundred
Dread More.
Dollar Bond Makes a Hun
President Wilson has handled the war situa
tion with a wisdom of divine inspiration, and
the world recognizes in him a leader who has
the confidence and esteem of a people that be
lieve in justice.—LaGrange Graphic.
If there ever was a time in which one should
keep his balance, that time is now. If there
ever was a time in which one should strive to
get close to God, that time is now. But in spite
of the crucible in which the whole world is be
ing tried today, it seems as if the people are los
ing their balance, and getting further and fur
ther from God. Greed for money and a craze
for pleasure have dominated the minds of the
people, and grafters and profiteers are plying
their trade as never before. We are crying pa
triotism and at the same time we are trying to
commercialize patriotism. God still lives and
there is hound to be a fearful reckoning some
day.—LaGrange Graphic.
A number of our exchanges have been specu
lating on what would happen if the Government
took over the newspapers. Well, the first thing,
the subscription price would be raised about 50
per cent, and the Sheriff would be kept busy
chasing delinquents. The next step would In
to raise wages about 25 per cent., and Editors
who hadn’t had a cent in six months they could
call their own would be placed on a salary. The
merchants who failed to get the ad. in before
Press day would be hauled before the Council oi
Defense, and the printer man who hired to us
tor six months and quit his job in a week, would
be sent to the Federal prison for ten years as a
deserter. It looks like a good proposition, and
we’re for it.—Fairburn (Neb.) News.
COLONEL ROOSEVELT
In the October Metropolitan Colonel Roose
velt has an article on the ‘'Great Adventure.”
Throughout the whole article one can see him
gazing at the tomb of his son, Lieutenant Quen
tin Roosevelt, now resting on the field of honor.
Among other things the Colonel says: “Both
life and death are Parts of the same Great Ad
venture. Never yet was worthy adventure
worthily carried through by the man who put
his personal safety first. Never yet was coun
try worth living in unless its sons and daughters
were of that stern stuff which bade them die for
it, at need. . . . Unless men are willing to
fight and die for great ideals, including love of
country, ideals will vanish, and the world will
become one huge sty of materialism.
“In America today all our people are sum
moned to service and sacrifice. Pride is the
portion of those who know bitter sorrow or the
forebodying of bitter sorrow. But all of us
who give sacrifice and stand ready for sacrifice
are the torch-bearers. We run with the torches
until we fall, content if we can then pass them
to the hands of other runners. The torches
whose flame is brighter are borne by the gal
lant men at the front and by the gallant women
whose husbands and lovers, whose sons and
brothers are at the front. These men are high
of soul as they face their fate on the shell-shat
tered earth or in the skies above or in the wa
ters beneath: and no less high of soul are the
women with torn hearts and shining eyes, the
girls whose boy lovers have been struck down
in their golden morning, and the mothers and
wives to whom word has been brought that
henceforth they must walk in the shadow.”
Quentin Roosevelt left an imperishable mes
sage to his country. The son of an ex-Presiden 1 ;
of the United States, he set example to all the
sons of America not to fear the great adventure,
but take if for country’s sake.
Evjen the Germans respected the- patriofcigin
of the young soldier and gave him decent bur
ial, encircling stones around the grave for pro
tection. and now it is re-decorated by Ameri
cans, who will be on guard until the end of the
war. / v
While resting in foreign soil may “mocking
birds’ ’perch above his grave and pour forth
their melodies “like a rich flood of light.”
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
The President is the greatest man in the
world hut he is mistaken in his position on this
measure. Women’s suffrage is coming, but
with it is coming evils which will a hundred
fold over-balance (he imaginary good results iof
it. Many good women desire the ballot but' a
majority of them do not wish to have this re
sponsibility thrust upon them. Discussion
seems useless but God pity the day when wo
man is called upon to enter the arena of poli
tics. The home and church will suffer because
of it. My protest is feeble to stem the tide but
time will attest the wisdom of my position.—
II. 11. R., in the Meriwether Vindicator.
In spite of President Wilson’s appeal the sen
ate failed to support the woman suffrage amend
ment. That the war program can be carried
out without giving the ballot to woman is the
belief of many leaders in both houses and con
gress.—Commerce Observer.
THE FAIRS
October, the month of county and state fairs,
is here, and the managements, through the
newspapers and flaring posters, are inviting the
presence of the people.
Because of war conditions the agricultural
shows are of more rather than less importance
this year, and the attendance, if the weather be
propitious, will be larger than in normal times.
In two principal ways the fair is ofi great im
portance this year. It affords to urban and ru
ral thousands of wholesome opportunities for
recreation and amusement, and it emphatically
supports the national cause of maximum food
production and conservation.
From time to time it has been tound neces
sary to curtail amusements. That has not been
because the authorities at Washington wished
to do it, but because the growing exigencies of
war required it. The Washington attitude has
been intelligently friendly to entertainment,
find has through the lips of President Wilson
himself specifically approved the taking advan
tage of such legitimate recreations as are avail
able. The sheer fun that is provided in such
large gatherings as the fair is worth while.
Educationally the fair touches on about ev
erything of really vital importance. One of
our problems is the necessity of raising larger
crops; and to that problem the fair addresses it
self. Another problem is thqt of live stock de
velopment; and live stock is a principal feature
of the fair. This section—all of Georgia—
faces and will face a labor shortage, and th•
i fair advertises the best and most efficient means
Men on the batlefield who have studied every
angle of the war and are acquainted with the
inner details of the v ast struggle and alliances
do not look for a cessation of hostilities until
1020. Yet, headline readers look for the war
to close by Christmas. Such misguided opti
mism is dangerous as well as silly.—Commerce
ObeRrver.
JOHN SHANNON ON NEWSPAPER RULING
We have mailed out our last statement to
subscribers. When the terms are spot cash no
need for “duns.”
We used a new broom on our mailing list this
week and swept it clean in obedience to the
command of Uncle Sam.
And now the country editor must walk up to
the postmaster every week and tell him how
much space in that issue is devoted to advertis
ing. Paul might have been mistaken about it
when he said : "We are not under law, but un
der grace.”
Hilton of the Banks County Journal puts his
subscribers on notice that the price is to be in
creased to one fifty. That is the last of the
weeklies to so decide except the Alpharetta
Free Press and all who have read that paper
know its well worth two dollars a year.
Something like three hundred subscribers will
! tail to get the News this week. They were
dropped, not because we thought they would
not pay. not because they are not able to pay.
nor yet because they are not. in most instance
willing to pay, (nit, because they did not pav
When the cariers go out this week, a whole
lot of fellows will meet’em and say: Where is
\ overcoming that shortage, and the fair ad- j my Commerce News. Then the carrier, he wil'
vertises the best and other major tasks of the i up and say: Why you goose you; don’t you
? 3f Par ' | know this is October the first and don’t you
I The whole country profits by these annual o | know you haven’t paid your subscription’
casions.—Dawson News. ] Commerce News.
WHEN THE WAR IS OVER—WHAT?
<By Warren Wright.)
How will the termination of war on Euro
pean battle fronts effect business in America?
That is a question second in importance to
the problem of pushing the war to a speed .’ a id
successful conclusion; a conclusion which will
insure the safety of Democracy.
Get the war “over with”—that should be the
dominant ambition of every American. But
while directing every effort in that direction we
should not forget for an instant the after-the-
war period.
When the last hope of Prussianism has been
crushed and the Kaiser’s ambition to grind tlm
world beneath the heel of military bule is stran
gled, there will follow an epoch of radical read
justment in commercial and industrial circles.
Merchandising and manufacturing conditions
will be considerably altered. Production of
war-time essentials will he wholly given over
to the making and marketing of other useful
and necessary merchandise.
This change in trade and industry cannot he
accomplished without serious harm to business,
industriifl and individual interests unless we are
well prepared and prepared well in advance.
We should keep the object of after-the-wav
prqpa;rednes^ constantly in mind. We must
take thought of others. We must rise above
self-centered affairs. We must work for the
good of the country in general and our fighting
men in particular.
We must make proper commercial prepara
tions in this country for the return of our boys.
Our boys—boys' you know—boys of blood re
lationship perhaps—are in the fighting lines to
day. They are there to make the world a de
cent place to live in. They are suffering the
horrors and hardships of the bitterest, most
brutal war ever waged that Liberty may en
dure—that we at home may live in security.
While we are making the “supreme sacrifice”
—while they are holding back and driving back
the most vicious enemy an army ever came to
grips with—we at home must supply them with
an abundance of war-time necessities—and
every possible comfort. We are depending on
them. They in turn are depending on us.
But is not enough that we furnish food, am
munition and instruments of war.
Our duty doesn’t cease there. To do only
that which self-protection demands would be io
smear American ideals with a blotch that could
never be eradicated.
Those boys—not all of them—are coming
back home some day—and soon, we hope.
When they do, what are they going to find
here—business and industrial disorder?
Patriotic bombast and blare of brass bands
alone would be a mighty rickety conveyanc?
for our gratitude to them. Bare words of
praise will not suffice.
They’ll want to slip back into civil life—in
dustrial life—business life and we’ve got to
make a place for them. In fact, if we do our
duty to those who are so valiantly doing their
duty on the blood-soaked sod of Europe—we
will have an “opening” ready and waiting for
every solitary son of them.
Our aim right now should be double-lv»- ’
We should suport the government to the full
extent of our ability and resources.
There can be no sopping of conscinece with
the mere purchasing of Liberty Bonds and
Thrift Stamps—with a bowing to compulsory
rulings as to the making and selling merchan
dise. We owe a bigger, higher, broader service
to the country and those who are serving the
country in a military capacity.
A big burden rests squarely on our shoulders
and we should be strong enough, courageous
enough to stand up squarely under it. We’ve
got to overstep the boundaries of what govern
ment officials say we must do. We’ve got to
go the limit. We’ve got to educate the masses
through print and by word of mouth—along
lines of sensible, economical buying. We’ve
got to advocate sane conservatism. We’ve got
to drop the non from the non-essential, produce
and deal in esentials, that every penny of mon
ey, ounce of material and of human and me
chanical energy bo liberated for strict war-time
needs.
A high order of tact and diplomacy must be
utilized. In checking waste—in plugging loop
holes of loss—in eliminating extravagance—
there must be no scare—no panic. That
would defeat our purpose—a two-fold one, re
member; i. e„ to bring the war to a quick close
—and to mould conditions commercially and in
dustrially so that when our boys lay down their
.tapun sn 3uoiun ajq dn a^ti] a'iuu ^aq} siu.n?
the most favorable conditions.
When the war is oyer—what? The answer
to that question is disclosed by your present ac
tions. To conduct business today without
thought of the future invites, yes. insures, dis
couraging after-the-war, blunders.
The final victory of moral right can’t and
won’t right business methods for right after-the-
war demands. We here at home must do that.
We who are not facing the enemy over there
must carry a smile on our faces over here. We
1 must preach and practice commercial ''atriot-
1
ism. We must create confidence and dispense?
optimism.
We must work in lock-step with the govern
ment. We must, to all outward appearances
do business as usual. It’s no time to put up a
poor mouth. It’s no time to hang crepe on bus
iness interests. It’s no time to yell calamity
and wonder what is going to become of us.
For remember while the army over there con
stitutes the fighting fists of our country—we. the
producers and purveyors of merchandise, are its
backbone. So let us stiffen up. Let us sustain
business balance and be in shape to maintain
it at the close of the war.
Advertise as usual. But trim your publicity
appeal to dovetail with war-time demands.
Develop trade along new channels instead of al
lowing it to dwindle into lanes that are frowned
on by Washington. Advocate thrift. Discour
age hoarding. Push merchandise least needed
by the patriots in khaki.
When the war is over—What? There wil’
follow a period of reconstruction. There will
bd a greater foreign and home demand than
ever before for American made goods.
Business? It’sgoing to be good. Better than
we’ve ever seen it. But the termination of the
war and prosperity of peace times must bo
bridged by a readjustment of industrial and
commercial life.
The world forgets and you will forget to re
new your subscription if th etime is about out.
UNLESS you do it now. When you miss the
first copy in November you will then think what
is the‘matter. Just send a check or money or
der by iViail and you will not miss a copy.
We are not going to violate any of the gov
ernment orders, if we know it. If your sub
scription expires in October, renew NOW, if you
want the p: ter to come on. The government
is just as sti| : t on newspaper publishers as it is
on dealers in ugar, flour, coal, etc.
If the German people want peace the roacl
is pointed out to them—they can never find it
by following the Kaiser. The imperial chan
cellor will not meet the President’s questions,
fairly and squarely so long as the Kaiser rules; |
he cannot. And so the reply, while not com
plete answer, is plain enough for even a Ger
man to understand,—Savannah Morning News,
MARY’S COLD
(Mrs. Fish)
Mary had a cold,
That started in her head;
And everywhere that Mary went
That cold was sure to spread.
It followed her to school one day,
There wasn’t any rule;
It made the children cough and sneeze,
To have that cold in school.
The teachers tried to drive it out;
It didn’t do a bit of good,
She tried hard.—But—Kerchoo !
For teachers caught it too!
SWAT ’EM
Of many pestilential types
This planet I would rid;
But first, I think, I’d lose the gink
Who calls his wife “the kid.”
Cleveland Plain Dealer.l
And after he’s been laid to rest
Why not attach a can
Onto the dame who speaks of her
Life partner as “my man”?
—Macon Telegraph.]
We sure would hail with joy;
The exit of another one
The silly, out-of-date old dame
Who calls her husband “my boy.”
—The Carroll Free Press.
Bride of Battle
By VICTOR ROUSSEAU
Author oC'The Meriiah ofthe Cylinder.”
“Hit Second Sell.” Etc.
This is a gripping romance of
the American army fighting
in France, picturing scenes
that are being enacted now
by the boys in khaki on the
battlefields across the sea.
> It is the story ofthe hour end
{ it will be our next eerial. 5
i Watch for the First Chapter f
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