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MARIETTA, GA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22nd, 1918
Stay at Home, Mr. President
The papers have been making a fuss about Mr. Wilson
attending the peace conference in Europe, but up to this
time we have seen nothing on the subject from Mr.
Wilson, and it is more than probable that Mr. Wilson
has not even considered any such action.
We see no réason why he should attend the confer
ence at all. He is the head of the American Republic,
and as such, it seems to us that it would be more in
keeping with the honor and dignity of the great office
he holds, for him to remain in Washington at his usual
place of business.
The delegates to the coming peace conference will, of
course, have the benefit of his counsel and advice con
stantly by cable, but we believe it would in a way be
cheapening the great office he holds for him to leave it
to attend any other business out of our country.
Today America stands out in the great lime-light of
the world as the greatest nation on earth, and the office
of President of the United States is undoubtedly the
greatest honor in the whole world, so why should he even
think of leaving Washington, the most important seat of
government for any reason? }
Stay at home, Mr. Wilson, you are right now in
the center of the most important place on earth.
When the above editorial was written the president
had said nothing of his intention to go to France, and
as it still represents our views on the subject we let it
stand.
The trip would be exactly what we would expect of
Mr. Roosevelt, but we had no idea that Mr. Wilson
would yield to the desire to go.
If his presence will do any good toward the securing
of a permanent and binding league of nations for the
future prevention of war, it may be for the best that he
goes, but even that it seems to us might have been ar
ranged without his making this trip, which will be looked
at, we fear by many, as a sort of triumphal tour.
“Der Tag” Never Came \
“Der Tag” to which the Germans have been drinking}
toasts, and of which they have boasted for nearly fifty
years will never come. l
“Der Tag” is Germun for “The Day,” and when they
drank to “The Day” they meant that day when Germany
should be mistress of the seas, that day when Britania
should cease to “rule the wave.”
England and her navy was the thorn in the flesh of
Germany; America and her puny army and navy was not
important enough to even excite the hatred of the ambi
tious Huns, but England was always there with her navy,
and for many long months the English navy was the
sole bulwark of civilization, so the Huns drank their
toasts to “Der Tag”—the day when the British navy
should be wiped off the seas.
In fancy we can see the Kaiser and von Tirpitz and
his other war lords lift high their glasses to the toast,
“Der Tag.” For years they have seen visions of the day
that will never come.
It was to hasten the coming of “Der Tag” that the
Germans fortified the barren rock of Helgoland, dug the
Kiel canal, and built submarines to infest the sea. Their
only thought was to bring “England to her knees” by
whatever manner it might best be done, and the world
would be at the mercy of the Germany army and navy—
that would be “Der Tag.”
But the “yellow” in the heart of the braggart and
coward will show. No people could be so cruel as the
Germans proved themselves, without being also cowards,
and some time or other the ‘“‘yellow’ will come out strong.
No better illustration is possible than the craven ac
tion of Germany's boasted navy. For nearly five years
it slunk out of sight in mined and protected ports, mak
ing only one attempt to dash out to sea, and being driven
back to cover within a few hours by an inferior British
force. :
When at last all of Germany’s strength was gone save
her navy, it still hugged the shadowed places within her
harbors, until the crews mutined and the revolutionists
took over the ships with hardly a struggle.
~ Thus did the Kaiser’s dream of world dominion vanish,
thus did “Der Tag” become to the proud and cruel ty
rants, only a bitter memory of what might have been,
thus was democracy saved to the world, and the freedom
of man made secure upon the earth.
Today, indeed, has humanity a right to offer a toast
to the great deliverance of mankind from the menace of
SPDer Tag” .
The Will to Do
The will to do is more than half the battle in many
undertakings, and it is the first and most important part
of all successes.
The old saying “where there is a will, there is a way,”
is very generally the truth.
We had the will to win this war, and through our
president we put every energy in our land promptly and
wholly to work to that end.
Before we had the will to win, the proposition to raise
a loan of six billion dollars would have been laughed at,
and our best bankers would have told you that it was
impossible—utterly impossible—and yet we have raised
several times that amount through loans and taxes and
have loaned to our allies in the war a large sum.
As a local illustration, our county has each time
thought our quota of the war calls too large, but when our
committees got together they said “We must not fall
down. We must win.” And the word went around we
are going to do this, and it was done.
The will to do is the spirit of America—the spirit
which Germany could not understand. It is easy to see
how the Kaiser was mistaken in his estimate of us. He
little dreamed that we could raise such an army and
put it across the seas in spite of his U-boats and at the
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same time build ships and play so prominent a part in
feeding the world. But we did. _
Now there remains one other thing for us to will
to do. That thing is to continue to save food. No law
could force us to do it, but if we will it, we can do it.
Without any doubt, a large number of people in Eu
rope are on the verge of actual stravation, or will be
before this winter is over. An opportunity ils now pre
sented to us as a Christian nation to prove to the world
’that we are such, and at the same time our people can
give another example of thrift and efficiency.
" In this land of plenty a famine is unknown. The
idea of anyone going hungry—of little children suffering
for want of food, is preposterous. It is hard for us to
conceive that such things can be anywhere in the world,
but we know that for several years it has been so, and
we have the best authority for the statement that the
coming winter will be the worst of all, so far as food is
concerned.
To escape the sword and perish of hunger would be
indeed a hard fate, so we make this modest appeal to our
people to will that it shall not be so.
Wanted—a job. An experienced butcher and murder
er of women and children. Have had more than four
years of active experience. Have a large family, and
quite a number of associates, equally skilled. Can give
numerous references, but am perhaps better known in
France, Belgium and Poland. Would prefer a place
where English is not spoken, as it upsets my nerves. Can
come at once, as I am at present boarding out by the day,
and have worn out my ivelcome. Salary no object if it
is a good quiet place. Address William Hohenzollern, in
care of the Dutch. |
As the Germans retreat they should be required to fill
up all the trenches and shell holes in the soil of France
and Belgium, or,possibly that is a job for German pris
oners before their release.
In consideration of the food which we will be obliged
to furnish the Germans this winter, the farmers of the
south should be able to get some much-needed German
potash.
In fleeing to Switzerland, the German Admiral von
Tirpitz, evidently wished to get out of sight of the ocean
and out of range of any of the allied battleships, for
any submarine operations in that country will have to be
in the sewers.
One of the moving powers that caused the Kaiser to
hurry was the report that they had a lamp post in Berlin
picked out for him to ornament.
The coat of arms and crest on the car of the fleeing
Kaiser was concealed under a coat of mud, and at that
the car was whiter than the character of its occupant.
Advertising pays if you have the goods, and The
Journal is the medium to reach the best people in Mari
etta and Cobb County.
It’s a wise guy who can pick a girl with a face like
a cover page who will work lilke a cook-book, but the
boys will continue to try to do just that, and far be it
from us married men to say it can not be done.
Some of the Government special war bureaus are
going to be hard to shake loose, but no doubt the people
could very well share a number of them right now.
The News acknowledges receipt of a sample of ready
made editorials from a Northern supply house. While
our editorial page is subject to improvement it is not
open to ridicule.—Covington News.
We must say that the News is a paper whose editorial
page would not be improved by the use of any “canned
stuff” and only a rank outsider could suspect that it
was open to ridicule.
We would advise any one who feels himself getting
sentimental and mawkish about Germany, to read a chap
ter of Brand Whitlock’s story of Belgium.
When the Scotch Kilties first struck the German
line, the Germans termed them the “Ladies from Hell,”
when our first marines got there, they were called the
“Devil Dogs,” and we will bet when our full line struck,
the Huns thought all the “Gentlemen from Hades” had
arrived.
Some of our delinquents are as careless as the fish to
whom we have frequently “dropped a line”” without get
ting a reply.
The brightest spots on the face of the earth are in
shadow of the American Flag.
Well, at any rate Frank Simonds, the “famous mili
tary critic,” will have to cut out the “1919 campaign”
stuff.—Dalton Citizen.
As a prophet and forecaster Frank lost out with us
many moons ago.
Maybe the time will soon come when one can get at
least a nickel’s worth of something for a dime.—Dalton
Citizen.
And this from a paper that has been giving them
fifteen cents worth for a nickel!
The war has certainly brought the English speaking
peoples nearer together than they have been in the last
one hundred and fifty years.
If we are any judge of what we read, the compiler of
the Editor’s clip sheet of “Boys’ Life” is engaged in an
active job of press-agenting Theodore Roosevelt, and
while we are not registering any kick, we believe he might
exploit some other boy hero occasionally.
The Kings left in Europe today are just nominally
Kings, and do not amount to any more in the game than
an ordinary six spot does in America.
Charley Hapsburg, of Austria, has put on civilian
clothes and says he is entirely through with the King
business, and while Bill Hohenzollern still wears his old
uniform, his sword and pistol has been taken away.
The Postmaster General has issued an order merging
the Postal and the Western Union Telegraph Companies,
and the Government has also taken charge of the Cable
companies. It may be necessary for present purposes but
it is certainly building up a powerful and what may be
come a dangerous organization in the hands of one de
partment of our Government. In the hands of bad men
this machine would be very hard to overthrow, and it
will be well to watch it closely.
THE MARIETTA J OURNAL
" GREAT COMMONERS
Whatever else may be said of the
organization of the peace conference,
men of democratic origin will be in
“the saddle.”
The powers that guide whether
they actually sit as delegates at the
t-ble or not will be Woodrow Wilson,
whom we all know to be the friend
of the common people; Lloyd George,
the English Premier is a well known
commoner, and the French Premier
Clemenceau, who is equally demo
cratic in his statesmanship.
Wilson was once an unknown law
yer, Lloyd George an ordinary min
er’s son, and Clemenceau an unsuc
cessful doctor in the city of New
York for five years.
In the case of each the world did
not discover their ability until the
crisis came and there was need for
them.
Aside from all this the naval and
military leaders who will be advisers
in the conference, nearly all sprung
from poverty or very ordinary cir
cumstanes, 1
The world has no reason to fear
what these men will do when they
meet to do justice to all warring na
tions of the earth, and to establish
rules for the future conduct of the
armies and navies.
We can trust them to the limit
and whatever they do will be ratified
and enforced by the people.
We miss the bright columns of sev
eral of our most -valued exchanges
and we are afraid they are carry
ing this non-exchange foolishness
too far.
Switzerland has never had a navy
and we will bet a year’s subscription
that von Tirpitz will not try to in
duce them to start one.
On November first 2,532 Ameri
cans were in German prisons, all of
whom should be released and within
American camps within a few days.
Many a man who does not adver
tise because he “is so well known” is
playing right into the hands of Rears-
Soebuck and Company, and he gen
erdlly lays the blame on the local
newspaper that ‘“don’t boost home
things.”
Peanuts, potatoes and pigs will
make any county great, and if the
fame of Cobb County rested on noth
ing else it would still hold high rank
in the front row.
The government took over the ex
press service last week, so it will now
possibly help to divert attention
from the mail service, which has be
gun to ‘“bag at the knees” very
badly.
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For the Winter King?
INGS are going out of fashion in Europe as well
as the rest of the world, but King Winter will not
be denied. For more than four months each year
he rules the earth in these parts, and no army
can stay his progress.
; Preparedness for his coming is one of the most
important duties in every household. There are
so many little things that must be attended to.
Aside from the general needs of the house each
member of the family should have good warm
nnderwear and has other special needs to pro
vide.
If you start in time, and buy carefully, you will
find that all this is not hard to do. -
We ask the ladies to come to our store and ask
to see our goods, and get our prices, and make
our store headquarters while they do all their
trading.
We have the goods, bought at the right prices,
and every convenience to help you prepare to
meet King Winter without a shiver. 1
Smith & Pott
Marietta , - Georgia
Provisions are not declining in
price and there is no reason why cot
ton should be under 35 cents per
pound.
There are a lot of fellows in this
country who were going to “treat
’em rough” if they had not quit just
when they did.
SUNDAY SCHOOL AFFAIRS
Splendid progress was made in the
work of the Georgia Sunday School
Association for the last six months,
according to a report submitted by
Mr. D. W. Sims, State Superinten
dent to the semi-annual’ meeting of
the State Executive Committee in
Atlanta, Tuesday, November 12th.
The financial statement indicated
that the Association’s receipts for
the six months were considerably
more than what they had been for
the same period of any previous year.
The officers consider this a direct
result of the growing popularity and
appreciation of the work the organi
zation is doing.
Many plans for new and advanced
work were adopted by the commit
tee. Among other things it was de
cided to secure larger quarters for
the office. The Committee also voted
to request all county and division of
ficers of county Sunday School asso
ciations—about eleven hundred in
all—to meet for a “County Officers
Conference” in/ Atlanta, Dec. 18th.
The time, place and program for
the next annual State Convention
was referred to the Central Commit
tee of the Association.
A unanimous call was extended Mr.
P. E. Green, of Birmingham, Ala., to
become superintendent of the Young
People’s Division of the Georgia Sun
day School Association. It is under
stood Mr. Green has accepted the call
and will take up the work about
November 20th. In discussing Mr.
Green’s fitness for the work, Mr. D.
W. Sims, the State Superintendent,
said, “it is doubtful if any man in
the South is as well qualified for this
particular task as Mr. Green. He has
not only ‘specialized in a technical
way but has had eleven years exper
ience as a field worker and superin
tendent of Sunday School work Pres
byterian Church, U. S. A., Synod of
Alabama.”
In view of the splenddi services
Prof. Floyd Field, of Atlanta, ren
dered this summer and fall on part
time, the committee voted to retain
him as part time field worker, it not
being possible to secure him on full
time.
Remember the beautiful Annette
Kellermann, in “A Daughter of the
Gods” at The Strand, Thursday, Nov
2sth. 10 and 20 cents. Also comedy.
. FRIDAY, NOV. 22n4
A COMMON FACTORY HAND
NOW GOOD FOOD PRODUCER
Four years ago a garden-club boy
in Massachusetts faced what would
have seemed even to an adult a hard
problem. Born in Italy, but thor
oughly inoculated with American
ideas of the necessity of education,
James was told by his father while
in the eighth grade that no longer
could he be kept in schocl. His fy.
ture path was to lie toward the near-.
by factory.
Believing, because of his
club experience under the a%Jasl:i?e];
of the local leader for the United
States Department of Agriculture.
tkat he could earn as much by potato
raising outside of school hours as he
could in a factory by' devoting his
whole time, he finally obtained per
mission from his father to try it. So
successful was he that summer that
his father was willing he should en
ter the ninth grade in the fall.
The next spring the superintendent
let him have land to use for a large
garden. To 10 boys he had selected
from the upper grammar grades he
made the proposition to pay so much
an hour and to give each a garden
plot. The following excellent ad
vice he offered to them in addition:
“If you are going to quit, quit now
while it is cool and not when it is
hot next August.” .
By fall he had decided that enough
could be earned in the summers to
enable him to attend high school and
the agricultural college later. Now
a junior in high school, he has a
good-sized hothouse under Ilease,
where he raises cabbage, cauliflower,
and tomato plants; he owns an auto
truck to handle his produce; has a
bank account and pays his bills by
check, and owns at least one Govern
ment bond.
With all the school and business
cares, he still has time to look after
the school welfare of his younger
brothers and sisters, visiting their
teachers and watching their progress.
A factory hand, probably only a
mediocre one, has ben lost, but a
good food producer has been gained
through the vision given James by
his boy’s agricultural club leader.—
Agricultural Bulletin.
NOTICE!_
I am prepared to
do all kinds of auto
mobile trimming and
painting. Give me a
call.
W. W. Watkins
