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Official Organ of Marietta and Cobb County, Georgia
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MARIETTA, GA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29th, 1918
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Optimism Versus Pessimism
Did you ever know a pessimist who was successful and
happy? We never knew one, and we have had the mis
fortune to meect pessimists at every turn in life.
Some of them were wealthy, but in hardly any case
had they acquired the wealth themselves, and in no case
, were they enjoying their wealth; generally they were
suffering more acutely on account of it.
In the very nature of things a pessimist’s only enjoy
ment must be in his own woes and miseries, or those of
others.
We were particularly interested lately by a creed of
optimism, which we read somewhere as the philosophy
of the drafted man.
. As we remember, it read something like this:
“You are either sent to the front, or you are not, and
it you are not, nothing matters; and if you are, you have
two u]temativ&s:
“You are either sent to the firing line or you are not,
and if you are not, nothing matters, and if you are, you
‘have two alternatives:
“You are either fizhting or you are not, and if you are
not, nothing matters; and if you are, you have two altern
atives:
“You are either wounded, or you are not, and if you
are not, nothing matters, and if you are, you have two
alternatives: |
“You are either seriously wounded, or you are not,
and if you are not, nothing matters, and if you are, you
have two alternatives:
“You either die, or you do not, and in either case
nothing matters.”
When you look at it in this light, it would seem that
a man has very little to worry about, and when we re
member that worry kills more men than almost any
other disease, we clearly see the reason our people con
sider the morale of our army as next in importance
to food and arms.
It is better to add a little sunshine to the path of life
than scatter gloom along the way.
You may think you have little to be thankful for, but
you will not have to look far to find some one who has less.
We believe that contentment is truly the “philosopher’s
stone,” through the proper application of which all the
successes of life may be attained.
Count yourself an optimist, and let all your neighbors
know by your words and deeds that you are one, and
your memory will last longer than the granite shaft
erected by all the money of the richest pessimist in the
land. ‘ R
The New Belgium
Who shall write the story of Belgium? Who shall
tell of the wrongs she endured, of the privations she
suffered, of the sacrifices she made in the mxme.of free
dom and honor? |
It is yet too early for the historian to begin the task,
and it will take many volumes to make anything like an
adequate record of the past five years.
How the land reposed in peace and plenty and pros
perity, and how with little warning the German hordes
swept down, murdering ravaging, and destroying as they
went. :
How for long years the land was crushed under the
heel of a despotic and merciless foe—how the food of
even the babes was taken from them—how the men were
sent as laves to toil in German mines and German trench
es, only to be beaten, and mutilated, and starved, when
they refused to do the work of their cruel masters.
How these men gave all for their country, and went
to their deaths singing their national hymn!
Brand Whitlock, our Minister to Belgium before the
war,saw it all, but in his story of Belgium he admits his
ircompetence to portray even faintly the great suffering
and indignities heaped upon a highly intelligent and
civilized people by the bloody hand of Germany.
And now the day of tribulation is over, and out of the
aches of sorrow and despair, rises a new Belgium, which
is but the crowning spirit of the old.
It was the spirit of Belgium which threw itself into
the breach and saved the freedom of the world. So long
as the world stands let the story be told. France, Eng
land and America, today the strongholds of liberty and
human rights, owe their safety and freedom to the spirit
of Belgium.
The spirit which said to the Kaiser ‘“Thou shall not
pass,” the spirit which gave up all save courage and
honor.
And yet while there is repoicing in the new Belgium,
hunger and suffering still holds a grip, and it is the least
that Americans can do to divide their food with this
noble people. \
To share your loaf with such a people is indeed an
honor, as well as a duty. All the powers of earth can
not restore the lives, or remove the bloody scars inflicted
by an ignoble foe, but America can, and America must,
relieve the shivering, hungry people who have shown the
world that they know the true meaning of the words,
Liberty and Patriotism.
Every Liberty Bond has the Indian sign on it—the
name of Houston B. Tehee, Register of the Treasury, who
is a Cherokee Indian. We need not add that this is one
place where the Indian sign means good luck.
America today occupies the spot-light in the eyes of
every liberty-loving people, and let us hope that our own
laborers and capitalists may be able to resume “business
as usual” without any such clashes as have heretofore
been too frequent.
Ex-President Taft has been offered the place of chief
of organized baseball, and while he was reasonably well
qualified for President of the United States, we venture
he will find his hands full when he goes to settle baseball
disputes.
As the manufacture of automobiles will soon again be
one of the chief industries of the world, why not appro
priate a little more time and money for roads on which
tc run them?
When the boys come home they will be apt to appre
ciate outdoor life as they never did before the war, so we
expect to see more of them looking for farms than city
clerkships.
As the end of the year approaches, it begins to look
like Congress will have to cut lower to give us any trouble
about paying our income taxes.
The Kaiser will have plenty of time now to write a
book on “My Mistakes,” and important among these must
be his former estimate of the American people.
That measley and troublesome postal zone law is still
coming in for, severe condemnation, not only from a
large part of the press, but from various other organiza
tions of the country. &
One after another the red-handed criminals flee be
fore the face of justice—Von Ludendorff is now re
ported to be in Sweden—and if the Swedes can stand it,
we can manage to worry along without him for a while.
The “flu,” after having been one of the most popular,
as well as fatal diseases, seems at last to be passing away
to the great relief of the country.
Now some of our national committees will have to
re-name themselves, and re-state their business, or “make
a noise like a hoop and roll away.”
The day of the ‘“steel mule,” as the farm tractor is
rightly called, is just beginning to dawn, and it will soon
help to reduce farm expenses and increase farm pro
ducts throughout the south.
If you always strive to do more than is required of
you, you may be sure that it will be noticed by the man
higher up.
The Red Cross needs your dollar to make the way
safe for the wounded heroes in foreign lands. Give the
dollar and give thanks for the great Red Cross.
Although the waters of the Rhine may be “verboten,”
we will bet our boys go ‘“a-fishing” in them.
It is possible that one result for the good may come
from Mr. Wilson’s proposed trip to Europe, in the estab
lishment of closer relations between France, England and
America.
After winning in Congress the Republicans still seem
to be all split up between “stand patters” and progres
sives, and may not be able to ‘“put over” anything on the
Democrats.
Mr. Hoover is back in Europe again, and the Germans
will show a great deal more respect for him than they
did in those early trying days in Belgium.
As they did not get to do any fighting in the big war,
now those two “pepper pots,” Chili and Peru, are boiling
over again.
Prudence directs you to shop early, common sense tells
you to do it carefully, and our columns show you where to
shop to the best advantage.
It is a pity that financial reasons should deprive the
Government of the services of so valuable a man as Mr.
McAdoo, but it is probably true that this alone is the rea
son for his leaving the service, where he has accomplished
s 0 much.
One Marietta man writes home to a friend who lives
in the Desert of Sahara of Cobb County: ‘“They don’t
have a thing to drink in France but wine, and you know
that nearly kills me.”
Although the Government took over the telegraph
lines, it was a sensible thing for Mr. Burleson to do when
he got the head of the Western Union to run the thing
for him.
“Made in America” dolls are the kind for the daugh
ters of American mothers.
The correspondence school detective, who was bound
over by the Atlanta recorder, was evidently not a reader
of Booth Tarkington’s stories.
If people were known by the gifts they give, we would
have a queer opinion of a lot of folks right after Christ
mas.
Writing paragraphs under pressure is very much like
the old negro fishing who knew his supper depended on
making the fish bite.
The multiplicity of boards, bureaus and commissions,
now gathering statistics for the Government, make it nec
essary for even the smallest corporation to have an expert
accountant to make out the reports asked for.
We can't help thinking that with all the schools for
nurses that we have had during the last year, we might
have had a few more schools for cooks.
In all the mess and mix-up over in Europe, poor old
Turkey does not seem able to get even a date line in the
papers these days.
Whenever the allies decide just what they want to do‘
with the Kaiser, they will find a way to get hold of his%
royal highness all right. |
We see no reason why the censorship should be con
tinued, or why the casualty lists should be held up longer
now.
Cobb County has set the rest of the state a fine ex
ample in the way of Boys' Pig Clubs, and has reason te
;be proud of both her boys and her pigs.
The Grand Jury of Cobb County took official notice
of the cotton market, and asked the farmers to hold
their cotton for a reasonable price, namely 35 cents.
Good permanent roads require bond issues and the
sooner the better for the people.
THE MARIETTA JOURNAL
The supply of groceries found
hoarded in the Kaiser’s palace is said
to have been sufficient to have kept
the wolf from the door for several
years, and they were not confined to
the necessities, luxuries of every sort
being plentiful.
Mr. McAdoo says he left Marietta
when he was very young. It is won
derful what even a start in the right
place will do for a man.
After December Ist you may use
four pounds of sugar per month, and
after January Ist you may eat all
you can pay for.
It is said that Shakespeare used
some 15,000 words in his writings,
while Mr. Wilson has used less than
7,000, but the main thing is, Wilson
used the right words in the right
place.
This is rat killing week. What are
you going to do about it?
The ban on Christmas buying has
been lifted, go as far as you like—
but make it safe and sane.
The farmer is “up against” a hard
proposition at present, when he goes
to decide whether to hold all his
cotton for an adequate price, or to
sell a few bales to have an easy
Christmas and get winter supplies.
As a business proposition we say
hold.
We note with approval that our
old friend, Wilson Hardy, of Rome,
has graduated from the journalistic
ir to the banking class, having become
president of the Citizens Bank of
Rome. :
Now comes Decatur county with
a 20%-pound potato story, and we
¢an not help wondering if Pat Griffin
kad anything to do with it—we mean
with raising the potato, Pat.
THE NEW BROTHERHOOD
The war must and should prove a
vietory for human brotherhood. For
the first time in their lives thousands
of our rich have known what it is to
make sacrifices. For the first time
in their lives men from cabin and
hovel have touched elbows in com
radship with men from palace and
mansion. We have seen men we
once thought were lovers of ease
and money show themselves willing
to suffer and die. Rich men who
thought that labor had no object ex
cept to plunder the rich have been
brought by suffering to see the jus
tice in the worker’s demand for a
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Thankful We Can
Be of Service to You
HANKSGIVING turkey ought to taste Dbetter
| this year than ever before, because we have so
much more for which to be thankful.
We are thankful that we are still able to supply
our customers with their usual wants in our line.
We looked ahead and bought wisely of the stap
les, which are necessary in every family. We also
secured a liberal stock of the dainty and beauti
ful things that go to make a woman’s dress per
fect.
We are thankful that we can still supply these
good things to our customers at a comparatively
moderate cost. Our foresight in buying has made
. it possible to do this, and we are willing to share
our good fortune with you.
For Women’s and Children’s wear, from head to
foot, for all that goes to comfortable and stylish
home-making, we invite you to call on us.
Smith & Pott
Marietta , , (Georgia
fairer distribution of the world’s
wealth. -
“And the stranger hath seen in the stranger
his brother at last
And. his sister in eyes that were strange.”
The new world that is to come out
of this war will evidently have small
use for idlers. No plea of inherited
wealth will excuse a man from mak
ing himself of some use in the world.
The new brotherhood will rest upon
a comradeship of service. The man
who works and works wisely, wasting
nothing, whether by hand or brain,
will be safe-guarded in his independ
ence, but those who inherit great
wealth unearned will be called upon
to share it with the public. The idle
and wasteful, the industrious and
thrifty, should not share alike, but a
genuine equality of OPPORTUNITY
should be aimed at. So in a world
in which war and hate and idleness
are discredited as never before, we
should strive toward the time—
“ When man to man the warld o’er
Shall brithers be for a’ that.”
—Clarence Poe in Progressive Farmer
Convenience in Banking
JTHEN the farmer sells his grain, his
stock or other produects, places his
money in a good Bank and pays all
bills by check, he gets a legal receipt for
each and every payment made, avoids the
worry and danger attending the carrying
of money in his pocket, or keeping it
around his home, and he has a complete
record of his business affairs without the
trouble and labor of keeping a set of com
plicated books.
The facilities of this bank are at the
disposal of our customers. '
Your account will be appreciated.
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Marietta Trust and
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~ Banking Co.
MARIETTA GEORGIA
Capital and Surplus over $110,000.00
FRIDAY, NOV. 29tp
FIVE THINGS THE BUSINESS
FARMER SHOULD DO NGO
1. In the lower south, keep putting
in oats, rye and vetch until the oy
of the month.
2. Order the fruit trees and orna
mentals in case this has not alrea ~
been done. )
3. Get wunder shelter all imple.
ments and machinery not likely 1,
be used right away. G B
4. Don’t let the fattening hoo.
“eat their heads off” of $2.00 corp,
Watch them, and butcher or sell the,,
the moment they stop making satis.
factory gains.
5. The end of the war may mea,
lower prices for most farm products.
This will call for better business
management, and every farme,
should begin now to make his farp,
an efficiently managed enterprise -
Progressive Farmer.
Marguerite Clark at The Strand,
Friday, Nov. 29th.