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A Christmas
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"By ALVAH GORDAN GARTH
“:Pn.ht. 1918, Western Newspaper Union.)
PR E passenger coach was
feg..;:'%?‘%flfilled with a merry
e(] p 4 crowd and the Christ-
L mas spirit was broad-
R (N 4 ly manifested. Luggage
- racks were filled with
- bundles giving st the
gfi; perfume 'of flowers;
5”) here the head of a doll,
there the wheels og a
4 ‘ toy peeped out. Some
s i\;\. - jovial traveling men
i were discussing their
‘welcome home and girls on college va
~cation bandied gay .repartee. All was
mirth and happiness—except with one,
- _Shrinking back into a dark corner
%e car was a bronzed young man.
The face under the drooping som
aro bore a wistful, anxious expres
gion. He went out to the platform as 1
the train slowed up, leaped to the
ground, skirted the main street, }
‘evaded a brilliantly lighted church |
where some Christmas eve festivity
‘was in progress and reached a house
‘get in the center of a large lot. He
gained the shadow of a great ever
green (ree.
“The forlorn lurker ventured a few
yards, gaining a view of an ell where |
@ dim light showed. He uttered a com
forting sigh and something about “the
folks probably being at the church,”
adding: “I can watch and wait. I
wonder if the old hideout in the tree is
still there?’ He reached for a branch,
lifted himself aloft, scrambled up the
trunk and came to where a few boards
formed a platform. He had placed it
there when a boy. It trembled from
age as he crept upon it.
. “Three years,” he whispered, dream
fly. “Christmas eve, home, and—
what?”
. He had left this selfsame spot a run
‘away, he had returned like some fear
filled fugitive. How vividly he recalled
his last day at home! He and others
“had been playing ball next to the home
of wealthy Judge Earll. A cheer had
greeted his strike which sent the
“sphere whirling. It landed against a
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window, crashed through it and a min
ute later there appeared a pale-faced,
excited servant, waving his arms wild
1y and shouting out: |
“Who did it? It has gone through |
the judge’s mgst valuable painting that \
cost him two thousand dgllars!” |
A wild thought came to Jasper. Tt |
would ruin his father to pay that big
two thousand dollars. Ah! he would ‘
earn it himself. Longingly he glanced
at the vine-clustered cottage where |
lived Edna Marsh, his first love, his
“girl.” Half an hour later he was
huddled in a boxcar, going west.
Then three years, weary, toilsome,
with no word from home. He had been
lured to the gold diggings. Most days
he picked up flakes and nuggets worth
a dollar or more. Twice he was lucky.
He lived at the cheapest rate. In his
snakeskin belt he stored the precious
dust. Then, just before Christmas, the
call of home was not to be resisted.
With a shock he aroused, chilled and
confused. Lantern lights dazzled him
from below. He made out half a dozen
forms. One wad swinging an ax. It
sunk deep into the base of the tree.
“Take turns!” called out a sten
torian voice. “Let all hands have a
chance at cutting down the biggest
Christmas tree in town. How she will
tower on the common tomorrow night;
all alive with colored electric globes
and gifts for the kids!”
“Hold on!” called down Jasper Wal
den, missed a clutch and fell to the
snowy ground.
He opened his eyes to find himself
lving on a couch in the house, his fa
ther, mother and sister bending over
him with solicitous care and there,
clinging to his sister’s arm, pale and
anxious, was his boyhood love, pret
tier than ever—Edna Marsh.
“My boy, Oh, my boy, heaven is
kind!” cried his mother.
Jasper unshipped the snakeskin belt,
“Father,” he said, “it's full of gold. It
will pay for Judge Earll’s two thou
sand-dollar picture,”
¢ “What! that sent you away?" cried
his mother. “Your ball never hurt the
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There was a crash outside, then a
cheer, The great Christmas tree had
«owe down. The throng had seized it
and were bearing it away, singing,
“Peace on earth, good will to men.”
ga.vper ran to the door, and Edna with
im.
“Men,” he shouted, a-thrill with joy,
waving Ms golden treasure, “trim that
tree fore and aft with the brightest,
prettiest ornaments money can buy
and send the bill to me!” and then, as
he led his sweetheart down the hall
back to the parlor, he whispered:
“A Christmas kiss for the wanderer
returned!” and Edna pressed her
r\ Bweet iips to his own,
~ FOOD EXPORTS
America Called on by End of
War to Supply Added
Millions. |
ECONOMY STILL NEEDED.
Over Three Times Pre-War Shipments
Required—Situation In Wheat and
Fats Proves Government’s
Policy Sound.
With the guns in Europe silenced,
we have now to consider a new world
food situation, But there can be no
hope that the volume of our exports
can be lightened to the slightest de
gree with the cessation of hostilities.
Millions of people liberated from the
Prussian yoke are now depending
upon us for the food which will keep
them from starvation.
With food the United States made
it possible for the forces of democ
racy to hold out to victory. To insure
democracy in the world, we must con
tinue to live simply in order that we
may supply these liberated nations of
Europe with food. Hunger among a
people inevitably breeds anarchy.
American food must complete the work
of making the world safe for democ
racy. |
L.ast vear we sent 11,820,000 tons of |
food to Europe. For the present year,
with only the European Allies to feed,
we had originally pledged ourselves to |
a program that would have increased
our exports to 17,500,000 tons. Now,
to feed the liberated nations, we will
have to export a total of not less than
20,000,000 toas—practically the limit
of loading capacity at our ports. Re
viewing the world food situation, we
find that some foods will be obtainable |
in quantities sufficient to meet all
world needs under a regime of eco
nomical consumption, On the other
hand, there will be marked world
shortages in some important commodi
ties.
Return to Normal Bread Loaf.
With the enlarged wheat crops
which American farmers have grown,
and the supplies of Australia, the Ar
gentine and other markets now acces
sible to shipping, there are bread
grains enough to enable the nations to
return to their normal wheat loaf,
provided we continue to mill flour at
a high percentage of extraction and
maintain economy lin eating and the
avoidance of waste,
In fats there will be a heavy short
age — about 3,000,000,000 pounds —in
pork products, dairy products and
vegetable ofls. While there will be a
shortage of about three million tons
in rich protein feeds for dalry anl
mals, there will be sufticient supplies
of other feedstuffs to allow economical
consumption,
In the matter of beef, the world's
supplies are limited to the capacity of
the available refrigerating ships. The
supplies of beef in Australia, the Ar
zentine and the United States are suf
ficient to load these ships. There will
be a shortage in the importing coun
tries, but we cannot hope to expand
exports materially for the next months
in vlew of the bottle neck in trans
portation,
We will have a sufficient supply of
sugar to allow normal consumption in
this country if the other nations re
tain their present short rations or in
crease them only slightly., For the
countries of Europe, however, to in
crease thelr present rations to a ma
terial extent will necessitate our shar
ing a part of our own supplies with
them,
Twenty Million Tons of Food.
Of the world total, North America
will furnish more than 60 per cent.
The United States, including the West
Indies, fwill be called upon to furnish
20,000,000 tons of food of all kinds as
compared with our pre-war exports of
about 6,000,000 tons.
While we will be able to change our
program in many respects, even a
casual survey of the world supplies
in comparison to world demands shows
conclugively that Kurope will know
famine unless the American people
bring their home consumption down
to the barest minimum that will main
tain health and strength.
There are conditions of famine in
Europe that will be beyond our power
to remedy. There are 40,000,000 peo
ple in North Russia whom there is
small chance of reaching with food
this winter. Their transportation is
demoralized in complete anarchy, and
shortly many of their ports will be
frozen, even if internal transport
could be realized.
To Preserve Civilization. :
At this moment Germany has not
alone sucked the food and animals
from all those masses of people she
has dominated and left starving, but
she has left behind her a total wreck
age of social institutions, and this
mass of people is now confronted with
absolute anarchy.
If we value our own safety and the
social organization of the world, if we
value the preservation of civilization
itself, we cannot permit growth of this
cancer in the world's vitals.
Famine is the mother of anarchy.
rom the inability of governments to
secure food for their people grows
revolution and chaos, From an ability
o supply thelr people grows stability
of zovernment and the defeat of an
archy. Did we put it on no higher
slane than ‘our interests in the’ pro
ection of our institutions, we wmust
sestir ourselves in solut.i;n of this
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Dance at Club
The beautiful dance at the Club
on Monday evening was particularly
pleasant and full of the joyous spirit
of the holiday season. Those pres
ent were:
Misses Katharine DuPre, Christine
Blair, Lucile Morris, Charloite North
cutt, Lillian Dobbs, Julia McNeel,
Sara Swift, Isabeila Amorous, Eliza
beth Nolan, Marie Shippen, Hattie
Black, Mary Byrd Tate, Emmie Mont
gomery, Virginia Boston, Mrs. Henry
Wyatt, Mrs. Roberts Everett; Messrs.
Lawrence Brumby, Robert Northcutt,i
Wiley Blair, Hugh Blair, George M.l
Morris, Frank McNeel, Douglas Mc-
Neel, Morgan McNeel, Paul Owenby,‘
Joe Wyatt, Jordan Black, Jarrelli
Black, Phil Holland, James Coryell,
Vivian Waddell, Onsiow Milam, Rich-{
ard Marchman, Bob Willingham, Mal
colm Whitlock, DeLeon Little, Geo.
Anderson, Maurice Suller, and Lawr
ence Kent, of Atlanta, B. D. Calhoun,
Fuzzy Dent, Kenon Mott, all of At—l
lanta, Hershel Griffin, Rome, Clifi|
Hatcher, and Hobert Carson, of At-i
lanta, C. T. Conyers, and John Con—l
vers, Cartersville, Harold Itner, At-t
lanta, Gaz White, Van White, Row-l
land White, all of Cartesrsville, Bill]
Shippen, Lemuel Carnes, Randolph
Simmons, Armstrong Hunt, Lee Ses
sions, and Mungin Brumby.
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Benson
Give Christmas Dinner
A very happy family party was
given by Mr. and Mrs. John B. Ben
son on Christmas day. As has been
their custom for years, they had all
their children and grand-children
with them for a merry and bountiful
Christmas dinner. Those present
viere Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Benson and
family, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Benson
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Moore and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank York and baby, and Mr. and
Mrs. Charley Brooks and family.
Lieutenant and Mrs. W. E. Benson,
who are in Arcadia, Florida, were
the only members of the family who
sions, and Mongin Brumby.
SEA ASSASSINS, BUT NOT
FIGHTERS
Whatever may be said of Germany!
as a fighting nation oy land, recent
developments in the North Sea prove
conclusively that she is an abject fail
ure on the high seas. In the war
just closed she played the part of
sea assassin with her skulking and
cowardly submarines, but only one
time would she risk her fleet in a
fight. After getting back safely into
its haven of refuge, her high seas
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Catarrh Cannct Be Cured
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Cutarrh is a local disease, greatly in
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Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Who Says He Now Feels Fine, Since Taking
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David Jones, of Forbus, Tenn,
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using Ziron will say I now feel fine
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you have a good medicine, and I can
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Medical authorities and text books
agree that iron is needed to keep the
gystem in good condition. Investiga
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THE MARIETTA JOURNAL
| fleet never ventured out until it was
tsent to surender to the Allied fleets.
iThere has never been a more shame
#ul or more cowardly page written in
!the history of any nation than the
one dealing with Germany’s boasted
, navy.
Imagination cannot conceive the
' American, British or French fleet sur
rendering to any navy without giv
ing fight. We are sure that had it
‘been either one of these navies
pottled up it would have lost all of
‘,its ships in honorable combat rather
‘than turn them over to the enemy
‘without a fight, as did Germany. Even
Spain, during the Spanish-American
war lost her fleet fighting, and not by
carrying it out to sea flying the
white flag of abject surrender. ‘
Germany is now reduced to a sixth
ratepower, so far as the high seas
are concerned. In other words, she
just about tails the list, and this is as]
it should be, for in very truth it is
hard to understand why Germany
should want a navy, even if there
were to be future wars, because, judg
ing by the war that has just ended,‘
she is too cowardly to use one.—
Dalton Citizen. i l
POPULAR RECOGNITION OF ‘
THE STRAND THEATER|
On Chrsitmas day the Strand Thea-l
ter here played to record breaking
crowds. l
This theater has always been one of
the best, but since Mr. Marchman’s
return to the management, it has
outdone itself in both the quality andi
the number of films shown.
Not only the people of Marietta,!
but those of the whole county, are|‘
taking advantage of the fine pictures,l
and the low rates recently put on at
the Strand are so popular that no!
doubt they will be continued. ‘
Mr. Marchman declares that he is
determined to give his patrons the
very best and fullest service, and
those who know him gre satisfied with
his ability to do this.? ‘
THE MILLIONS OF DEAD 1
Officially the French have not‘
stated their losses, but M. Lucien
Voilin, the Socialist Deputy, puts the
number of killed alone at 1,400,000,
which is probably from 300,000 to
400,000 below the actual figures for
those who died from all causes. Un
officially also, Germany’s dead have
been given as 2,000,000. The latest
official reports for the British armies
were 659,000 dead, and to date the
American killed and dead from
wounds and disease in Pershing’s
forces exceed 66,000. Over 4,000,-
000 dead from these four armies
would be a very conservative esti
mate.
Russia’s losses were apalling; they
run into the millions. For Italy the
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figures are high, but are not yet
definitely ¥no'wn. With Austria-
Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria, Serbia,
Roumania, Belgium, Portugal and
Greece still to be added, it would not
be far wrong to assume that the
total number of killed and dead in
all the armies in the great war will
reach at least 10,000,000.
It can never be accurately reck
oned how many more perished from
privation and sickness due to war
conditions. Of Armenians alone mas
sacred by the Turks, estimates exceed
1,500,000. It will never be known
with reasonable certainty how great
was the slaughter in all the countries
visited by war, or how many vic
tims outside the armies succumbed
to hunger, exposure and sickness.
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RHEUMATISM CAN BE CURED
While the new chemical remedies
are failing to cure rheumatism, the
old-time remedies are still certain.
All over the state you can hear of
pecple who have been completely re.-
lieved by the use of Todd’s Tonic
Bitters. It is composed of the time
tested remedies, prickly ash, poke
root, rattleweed and other blood med
icines combined with kidney and blad
der medicines, and digestive tonics,
It is giving wonderful results in ye
lieving rheumatism, indigestion ang
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