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THE MARIETTA JOURNAL
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Official Organ of Marietta and Cobb County, Georgia
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MARIETTA, GA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13th, 1918.
The President’s Foreign Trip
We don’t know whether we should call it a foreign
trip, for wherever our flag flies and our boys are, the
President should feel at home.
Some weeks ago we said we thought the President
should stay in Washington, and we still think it might
have been better but we are willing to trust Mr. Wilson
personally, much further than we are willing to trust
some of the men in whom he has reposed his confidence.
Since ‘he has chosen to go in person to France, we;
have nothing but support for him and our government.
We knew a how!l would go up from certain quarters if
he went and that howl might reach across the waters
and lead some fool there to believe the American people
were pot in accord with the President.
Some of the Republicans leaders are now trying to
make it appear that the recent election discredited the
president, but we take it to mean only that the Demo
crats who did not support the war and the president’s war
measures were justly rebuked by the people, and if the
Republicans want a like rebuke two years hence, just
let them keep up a senseless opposition of the president
when they get charge of Congress in March.
The Dalton Citizen says of the subject: “Presidents
Taft and Roosevelt both went to Panama while they were
chief executives. We don’t remember to have read any
thing about Wickersham rendering an opinion to the
broad general effect that they couldn’t go. But then
you see they were republicans while Wilson is a demo
crat. These ‘divine right’ republicans are funny at
times.”
Yes, and when they are not funny they are generally
foolish. One of our reasons for not wanting to see Mr.
Wilson go, was that a lot of folks would make fools of
themselves about it and discredit our country, and we
remember this fellow Wickersham was Taft’'s Attorney
General, who helped to make that administration extreme
ly foolish in the Glavis-Pinchot-Ballenger trial, the same
fellow who wrote an opinion for Mr. Taft, and predated
it several months, and offered it as evidence in the trial,
and let Mr. Brandies (now Supreme Court Justice) catch
up with the trick and expose him,
Fate played Wickersham the trick that he should in
corporate in that supposed three months’ old opinion, an
incident that had happened only a month before.
Remembering this, we felt peculiar satisfaction in Mr.
Wilson'’s appointment of Mr. Brandies to Supreme Court.
We trust that Mr. Wilson’s trip will be confined to
the necessary affairs of the peace conference, and his
return to this country early for we need him here all
the time.
How About This, Governor?
A legislature is said to be one of the most irresponsible
things on the face of the earth, and the Georgia Legisla
ture is certainly no execption to the rule.
When the members come together they are first and
almost wholly concerned in the passage of their own little
pet private bills ,and as the life of the session is limited,
they usually consume almost the entire session in trading
and pushing these bills, leaving to the tender mercies of
the few dying hours of the session, the vastly more im
portant legislation of a general welfare nature.
They always assume that there will be plenty of time,
and as a result most of the general legislation is ‘half
baked.”
Now, whether this be the cause or not, the law creating
our present highway commission is ‘“half baked,” and
the above causes have helped to keep it so.
If Georgia ever gets a cent of her share of the high
way money appropriated by the government, it will be
after she has enacted an adequate highway commission
law and put it into operation.
We believe every reasonably intelligent man will agree
that there is no hope under the commission as at present
organized.
‘Ahd we believe further they will agree that there can
be no more important matter to the people of the state
than road building.
Now, when we consider these facts, and look at the
money we are going to lose otherwise, we think it would
be & great economy as well as a wise thing, if the Gover
nor would call an extra session of the legislature to meet
at the earliest practical date to deal solely with this
matter. We believe an extra session for this purpose
would meet the approval of the entire state. |
. The war is over and more attention than ever before
will’ be paid to road building. Our boys in France have
seen some good roads and so know their value, and we
do not’ believe they will ever again be contented with
the unkept trails, which are accustomed to call roads. |
, How, about it Governor Dorsey? We believe this
matter is entirely in your hands now.
. Even if we could afford to wait for the next regular
session, it would be irresponsible, just as others have
been, but if you call a session charged specially with this
mattér, you can get something done about it.
While a duty still lies with the press of the state to
keep up the agitation for good roads, you, Governor, have
the initiative; call an extra session and charge it with
the work of enacting a real highway commission law, and
let us get for our suffering roads, the money so long tied
up in Washington.
The Outlook is Bright
In certain quarters much fear for the future is being
expressed, and in these expressions lie more danger than
in actual conditions. We commend the Progressive Farm
er in the following statement of fact:
Despite the fact that our financial system was un
sound, a long period of prosperity following the
Civil War. Today, with a Federal Reserve System
so elastic that panics would be almost or quite im
possible hereafter, the outlook for good times is ten
times brighter than it was after Appomattox. The
world scarcity of foods and cotton now, as then,
should insure good. prices for all farm produets. .In
! 1866 middling cotton went to 52 cents a pound in
New York. We don’t expect fifty-cent cotton now,
but we do believe that all signs point to continued
prosperity and good prices.
Of all people the farniing classes have the least. to
fear from the future. Everything points to high and
steady markets for everything they can raise, and with
!improved methods of farming every farm is being made
| to yield more each year.
' As to the labor shortage, by early spring thousands
{of our boys will be back on the farms and it will not
Ibe nearly so serious as it was last spring, when every
man in the draft was expecting to be called, and farmers
' were in doubt about what to plant and how much to plant.
l After the first draft calls, labor in shop and on farm
was entirely unsettled and almost demoralized. -Many a
good man under ordinary conditions, was all bat worth
less at that time.
Now the labor supply is an ever-increasing one and
every factor favors the farmer.
Then the rfierchants can look forward to a good
business, for when the farms are prospering the towns will
prosper. Few if any lines of b{siness have been destroy
ed by the war, although some of those least necessary
were put out or badly hurt.
| In some instances the war has worked a hardship on
‘certain necessary lines of business, but not many. The
newspapers are sufferers in this class. The prices of pa
per went up to three times the normal and the trained
labor necessary was both scarce and high. Added to this
war the endless amount of free work they were requiredi
to do, and the restrictions placed upon them by the gov
ernment at the same time. However, they were loyal‘
and uncomplaining.
The banks also were hard hit by the continuous with
drawal of funds put into the government loans and
other necessary war work, and at the same time the bank
ers themselves had to give a large percentage of their
time to this same work, for which they received not a
penny. Other people also worked but the bankers all
had to work and work all the time in these matters.
Now we can see no reason for any one to feel blue
about the future in this country, and we have so many
things for which to be thankful.
Let us all dismiss our fears for the future and get
down to work and proclaim good times throughout the
land.
Every man in this free land can have good or hard
times just as he wills, but if he wants good times he
will have to work for it.
The liquor forces are now basing their hopes on the
wine of France and the beer of Germany making them a
lot of customers for them when our boys get home again.
As the season approaches it looks like the Kaiser will
have to worry along without eating his Christmas dinner
in Paris again this year, if the allies don’t take a notion
to make a jail-bird of him.
As an abdicator and renouncer the Crown Prince
seems to be one of the best ever.
’ If the Kaiser should demand to be tried by a jury of
| his peers, where on earth could we get a jury of low
enough morals to qualify?
A press dispatch says the Prussian government has
'v.'ithdrawn the privilege heretofore held by the Hohen
zollern family of immunity from the law. Now ain’t
that nice.
This has been an off year for Kings and Emperors,
but the folks in Cobb County made good crops.
An exchange complains of too many ‘profiteering
hogs” in a neighboring county, but “Pigs is Pigs” in this
county, and they are both home feeders and prize win
ners.
The Brisbane investigation is uncovering an unsavory
‘mess of the operations and influence of the German pro
paganda in this country and its taint touches some Demo
crats, although we do not believe Hoke Smith to be
one of them, notwithstanding the labored efforts of The
Atlanta Constituiton to attach it to him.
The fellow who has been married twenty-five years
and never had an argument with his wife, had better just
keep on letting her do as she pleases about everything.
Mr. McAdoo resigned at a good time to carry off all
the honors attached to the office, and we may easily say
they are merited in his case.
A lot of folks who did not have the nerve to say a
word to Mr. Wilson about going to Europe, are now rais
ing all sorts of cain about it.
The first director of the aerial mail service has re
signed in anger, the cable company is asking an injunec
tion, and Mr. Burleson has enough other troubles to keep
him busy, whoever may be at fault in these matters, so
being Postmaster General ain’t all pie.
At this writing less than half of our foreign casualty
list has been reported by names in this country. Is it
possible that we are never to get a complete list?
Mr. Hearst and his papers are getting a good deal of
unfavorable mention on account of their pro-German ut
terances of the early days of the war, although to this
time no German money has been traced to them.
To say the least of it, the poor editor has a hard
task these days, making the work of each war committee
appear more important than the last one, and sometimes
he has several at once to boost, each asking first place.
If we are able to find our way back to normal peace
conditions, as quickly as we got on a war footing, we will
be fortunate, but our faith in.the good sense of the
American people is strong.
We did not want the president to go to Europe, but
we can see no good in barking at his heels, or otherwise
dividing our country in support of his efforts to help
solve the great questions which comfront the world at
the peace conference. >
It begins to look like the government is leaving the
railroads like babes in the wood since Mr. McAdoo is to
get out, so we are in favor of turning them back to their
owners as quickly as possible.
THE MARIETTA JOURNAL
I Oh! How times have changed; it
wasn't very long ago that we could
get 2 qts and 25 birds. New is a
darn hard job to get either.=~Chero
kee Advance.
And if it gets out that youcan get
either now, you are apt to have a lot
of company. ‘ .
| Not that it makes any. difference
here in dry old Georgia, it may be
stated that the brewing of beer in
the United States ceased Saturday
night and will not be resumed until
our armies are demchilized.—Cedar
town Standard.
Yes, and that may be so long that
some of us may lose our taste for it
i»by that time.
~ Only a very few Acworth citizens
‘borrow the Post from their neigh
bors. They pay subscriptions to
their home paper.—Acworth Post.
But Ray’s paper is worth borrow
ing if you can’t get it any other way.
President Wilson, in his address to
Congress Monday, stressed the need
of good public roads. The time will
come when a community will no more
tolerate bad roads than the indivi-‘
dual now does a house without a
roof.—Dalton Citizen. ‘
This is a subject which will stand
a lot of agitation in these parts for
the sooner the people get wise to the
need of real roads, the better.
Hon. Jesse Mercer is Hoke Smith’s
secretary. The Georgia senator
could not have made a better selec
tion.—Greensboro Herald-Journal.
He is the best one who ever came
down the pike.—Dalton Citizen.
Having known Mercer for, more
than a quarter of a century, we are
willing to endorse any good thing
you can say about him.
FRENCH MOTHERS CHARGE
KAISER WITH ABDUCTION
Paris, Tuesday, Dec. 10.—Legal ac
tion against the former German em
peror has been commenced by an or
ganization of ‘‘Lille mothers.” The
demand for prosecution states that
the commanders of the German army
in April, 1916, directed that minor
girls be carried away from their fami
lies, that they were submitted to
odious treatment and forced into
close contact with notorious women.
The statement of complaint says
that whereas said commanders were
thus guilty of the crime of abduc
tion and that they were under com
mand of their former emperor, prose
cution is demanded.
Remember, Fannie Ward in “The
Cheat,’ 'at The Strand next Wednes
day.
By Long Experience
We have Learned That
VERY WOMAN has her own ideas about cloth
ing for herself or children, but the vast majority
choose along certain well defined lines.
The chief thought of each is to get substantial
values and attractive styles and patterns, at rea
sonable price.s The difi"erent individual taste
does not vary greatly in the most essential things.
It is with this knowledge that whén buying, we
try to get quality and value first, and then to se
cure the patterns and styles of a range wide
L enough to satisfy the individual taste. :
We have been exceedingly fortunate in doing this.
and we are therefore at the present moment able
to please all customers within reason.
Our prices on shoes are away below city prices of
the same identical goods. Our underwear is also
one of the bargains of a most seasonable charaec
ter. Other bargains are plentiful here but we can
not attempt to name them. Come to see us.
Smith & P
Mari ’ 51
Marietta . (Georgia
HOSPITAL SHIP RETURNS
WITH 4,000 SOLDIERS
New York, Dec. 10.—After battling
heavy seas for many days and passing
through some of the rough weather
in history, the United States hospital
ship Comfort arrived in New York
harbor late today with more than 4,-
600 wounded or sick American sol
diers aboard.
- Some anxiety had been felt for the
safety of the Comfort, which was
more than three days overdue. For
several days nothing was heard from
the ship, as her wireless was render
ed useless by severe storms.
KING GEORGE NOT LIKELY
TO VISIT UNITED STATES
SRR RY T v \
London, Dee. 10.—That King
George will visit American as a re
turn courtesy for President Wilson’s
visit to England, is not regarded as
likely. It was pointed out today that
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stock or other products, places his
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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
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trouble and labor of keeping a set of com
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The facilities of this bank are at the
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Your account will be appreciated.
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MARIETTA GEORGIA
Capital and Surplus over $110,000.00
FRIDAY, DEC. 13¢5,
the president’s coming is not 5 per
sonal visit to the king, but a part of
his itinerary in attending the Peace
conference, as a result of which dip
lomatic custom will not require that
the visit be returned.
THEATER PRICES REDUCED
Begining on Saturday and contin.
uing every Saturday until furthey no
tice, the price of admission t, The
Strand Theater will be 5 and 10 cepry
war tax included.
It is our purpose to keep up oyp
high quality of shows, and we wish
to see if sufficient patronage cay be
obtained in Marietta to warrant tj)q
price. Quality will be kept up and
if we get the trade;, prices wij e
kept down permanently. -
In addition to the leading fllms we
show one or two good comedies every
day.
Our program is always filled witp,
good things.
