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FRIDAY, DEC. 27th
STATE AND NATIONAL AID 5
FOR SWA.AP RECLAMATION
The reclamation of swamp lands,
of which there are some seven and
a half million acres in Georgia, is no
longer a matter of merely individual
or local concern. The welfare of the
entire State and the entire Nation is
promoted by converting these useless
and hes\lath-menacing areas into pro
ductive &nd inviting farms.
If the eradication of malaria were
the only benefit from drainage, that
of itself would be warrant enough
for devoting public funds to this pur
pose, because the saving of human
energy and life would be indeed price
less. But besides this, the reclama
tion of these lands would add millions
to the public treausury and well nigh
incalculable sums to agricultural and
industrial wealth. In a highly in
forming article recently published in
The Journal, Prof. S. W. McCallie,
State Geologist for Georgia, declares:
“Jt can be demonstrated that the re
clamation of every acre of swamp
land should increase the State’s rev
enue in the form of taxes at least
twenty-fold.” This, be it noted, is
an authorative estimate based upon
scientific surveys. Bogs and jungles
which now are unsalable at any price
and which- are assessed, if at all, at
hardly more than a dollar or so an
acre, would easily fetch from fifty
to a hundred dollars an acre if drain
ed; for it is a matter of common
proof that such lands, with their long
ages of accumulated fertility, yield
for above the average crop bounties
when once they are made arable. In
the South there are approximately
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Experienced Veterinary Surgeon
1 have had 12 years’ experience
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you best of service and advice in
my line. Terms reasonable.
Phone 44, 3 Rings, Austell, Ga
D. W. BLAIR
Lawyer
North side Public Square
MARIETTA, GA.
Holland & McCleskey
Attorneys At Law
Office in Reynolds Building
MARIETTA, GEORGIA
SRS e R O SRR
FRED MORRIS
LAWYER
Office in Manning’s new building.
MARIETTA, GA.
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W. H. PERKINSON L. L. BLAIR
Res. Phone 191 Res. Phone 159-J
Drs. Perkinson & Blair
Physicians and Surgeons
Office Over Medford’s Cash Grocery
Office Telephone 23.
et
DR. W. M. KEMP
General Practitioner.
Office in Gober Building.
Residence Phone 78. Office phone 9
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JOHN H. BOSTON, Jr.
Attorney at Law
Real Estate, Loans, and Title Work
Handled Especially.
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Campbell Wallace
Attorney at Law
Office in New Manning Building
MARIETTA, - - GEORGIA
Bl i i i
H. E. KERLEY
Licensed Optometrist
Eyes Tested and Prescriptions Given;
North Side Square |
MARIETTA, . - GEORGIA 1
fifty million acres of overflowed land.
If it is worth under present condi
tions as much as ten dollars an acre
(an extremely high estimate) it
viould be worth a hundred after being
reclaimed. That is to say, its value
would increase from five hundred
million to five billion dollars.
These figures are chiefly signifi
cant in that they suggest, though
faintly, the vast gains in agricultural
productiveness which are obtainable
through swamp reclamation. It is
conservatively reckoned that Geor
gia lands of this nature could be
mode to 'produce annually two hun
dren and twenty-five million bushels
of corn, and other crops in propor
tion. Prof. McCallie truly observes
that in time of need like the present,
“when the nations of the world are
lookin to the United States for food
and our returning soldiers must find
employment, it would seem that in
difference to the vast possibilities of
reclamation would be almost criminal
and that the subject of drainage
would appeal from a business stand
point to the citizens and the officials
of the State and National Govern
ments.”” Where the common good is
so broadly and so vitally involved, it
is obviously the duty of State and
Nation alike to co-operate with com
munities and individuals in carrying
out well-advised drainage projects.
Under the existing Georgia law,
interested persons and counties can
organize drainage districts and, with
in the presctibed rules, issue bonds
for meeting the cost of reclamation.
Forty-three such districts have been
formed and exceedingly valuable im
provements thereby accomplished.
But the greater part of the swamp
land problem, both in Georgia and
throughout the Union, remains un
touched. Hence the importance of
present efforts to secure more liberal
co-operation from the National Gov
ernment and from the States to the
end that reclamation may be en
couraged and its imraeasurable bene
fits vouch-safed to the American
people.—Atlanta Journal.
STATUS OF NEUTRALS
AT CONFERENCE FIXED
Paris, Dec. 23.—The visit of Pre
mier Romanones, of Spain, to Paris
has brought about a definite under
standing concerning the status of
neutral nations before the peace con
gress. While no formal decision has
been taken, a member of the Ameri
can peace commission said to the As
sociated Press today that whenever
a question arose affecting the inter
est of any particular neutral nation,
it would have its opportunity of be
ing heard, probably through dele
gates.
These delegates, it was added, will
not sit regularly in the congress and
will have no vote om questions be
tween the allies and the central pow
ers bearing directly on the war but
will be called in when their interests
are affected.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Referring to the report that cer
tain persons are circulating false
statements among ignorant and illit
erate holders of War Savings Stamps,
questioning their value and inducing
people to sell them at heavy discounts,
you are advised that persons guilty
b= One
' 5\ Experience
M\ N\ .
%@*\ ’i , Convinced Me
A4S ‘; < é
%1 BK/ A of its Value
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/A!>\l e “One of our salesmen
0 demonstrated the value of the
‘\“" Long Distance Telephone to
us. He was at Huntsville, Ala., and upon
his own responsibility put in Long Distance
calls for fifteen merchants within a radius
of several hundred miles.
“In less than one hour he had sold 2100
barrels of flour at a total cost to us of less
than six dollars.
“Since then we have applied the Long
Distance Bell Telephone to every feature of
our business with most profitable results.
The service is fine, the rates are reasonable
and there is more satisfaction in one Long
Distance Telephone talk than in half a dozen
letters.”
Every Bell Telephone is a Long Distance Station
SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE {7 A
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of this sort of conduct are common
cheats and swindlers, and any Grand
Jury to whom the facts are submit
ted in the State Courts will indict
such persons as such cheats and
swindlers.
You are further advised that if it
can be shown that these false state
ments are made “with intent to ob
struct the sale by the United States”
of such Stamps, the person guilty of
such offense violates the sedition law,
and, upon conviction, is liable to a
fine of not more than $10,000.00, or
mprisonment for not more than twen
ty (20) years or both. In case any
such swindle is attempted by a Gov
ernment employee, he is liable to im
mediate dismissal from the service.
My attention has also been called
to the fact that in certain communi
ties in Georgia there is believed to be
an organized effort to induce the pre
sentation of War Savings Stamps for
redemption, with the purpose of em
barassing the Government. Any per
son holding War Savings Stamps is
entitled to redeem the same upon ten
(10) day’s notice, and without any
discount,—indeed with a small addi
tion of interest; but organized propa
ganda for the purpose of alarming
the holders of these Stamps and in
ducing them to present them for re
demption is a crime. .
(Signed) HOOPER ALEXANDER,
U. S. District Attorney for the
Northern District of Georgia.
Atlanta, Ga., December 5, 1918.
Official Surrender of the Entire
German Fleet, absolutely authentic
and complete official pictures of the
world’s greatest naval event at The
Strand Theater, Saturday Decfl 28th.
Physicians and druggists are elated
over the fact that they have at last
found a genuine and dependable rem
edy for colds, sore throat, influenza,
and la grippe. For years they have
depended chiefly upon the old style
calomel, which is certainly fine, but
unfortunately many people would
not take it because of its nauseating
and dangerous qualities.
Now that the pharmaceutical chem
ists have perfected a nausealess cal
omel, called ‘“Calotabs” whose medi
cinal virtues are vastly improved,
the doctors and druggists are claim
ing that Calotabs are the ideal rem
edy to abort a cold over night and
cut short an attack of sore throat or
la grippe. They, are also finding it
most effective as the first step in the
treatment of pneumonia.
One Calotab on the tongue at bed
thme with a swallow of water,—that’s
all. No salts, no nausea nor the
slichtest interference with your eat
ing or your work and pleasure. The
next morning your cold has vanished
and your whole system is purified
and refreshed. Calotabs are sold only
in original sealed packages; price
thirty-five cents. Your druggist re
commends and guarantees them by
refunding the price if you are not
delighted.—adyv. .
THE MARIETTA JOURNAL
(Copyright, 1918, Western Newspaper Union.)
ET her go!”
“That will wake him
up !n
“Run fellows! Old
Tightwad is coming
out of his hut.”
It was the day be
fore Christmas. “Her”
was a giant snowball,
the hut in question
was a dilapidated
hovel at the bottom of
¢« a long steep hill, “Old
Tightwad” was the familiar epithet be
stowed upon Elias Greene,
A crowd of energetic urchins had
been busy with a giant snow Santa
Claus. The great rotund trunk had
bq‘gn duly rolled into shape. The fol
lowing morning there had come a soft
rain, then a sharp freeze. The
snow would pack no longer so the dis
appointed lads went back to their
sieds, coasting down the long incline
that ended at the edge of Elias
Greene's domain,
A coasting sled had broken two pick
ets in the rickety fence and Old Tight
wad came out . e
furious, wheeled ? =
a barrow full of S
ashes to the base S
of the hill, scat- 6 4
tering it about @ "’
and spoiling the 4
end of the slide. /'
His tormentors e
hooted him and T
drove him into the PA ) 2
house amid a 9 /
fusillade of snow- 7~
balls, he roaring
up at them that he -~y
would have the
law on them, The v
boys hid behind
the mammoth
snowball. One of their number uttered
a quick chuckle.
“I say, fellows,” he grinned, “let’s
send Old Tightwad a Christmas pres
ent—the big snowball.”
And then the eclimax. The great
body of ice and snow went thundering
down the hill with terrifte momentum.
It cleared the open gatgway, ran 20
feet and, just as the denizen of the
hut half-opened the door, it was torn
from its hinges by the impact of the
great projectile which broke into frag
ments and the old man was thrown
back amid its ruins, the shattered door
striking him with stunning force,
Elias Greene had once been a mag
nate of the village. He had never
married and that was why his numer
ous relatives coddled and plundered
and finally ruined him.
He retired to the old hut to lead a
hermitlike existence. His despoilers
never went near him. Of all his kin
Alice Wayne, an orphan half-niece, of
fored to keep house for him, but was
rudely repelled. She had found work
in the village and faithfully visited the
old hut, bearing some dainty and ten
derly inquiring as to his health.
That very afternoon Alice had
wrapped up a warm sweater she had
knitted and bent her steps toward
the wretched habitation. Her Christ
mas present fell from her hands as
¢he discovered the plight of its in
jured inmate,
Alice summoned a physician and sat
up all night, nursing her patient. He
A was improved by
— 2 U morning. She pre-
A 7 pared his break-
P fast and went to
e e report to her em
" |: ployers. When
: " Y Alice returned she
; i was not alone.
% She introduced
Mark Seaton,
/ N Elias eyed him
S IE closely, for he
//@ i knew that this
%f 7 NUSREE was her flance
‘f‘%’(’; “ W “'Orkim,'itn ron}cl;
20l Yiite e sl
%’,_t‘__’ i) afford to marry.
Mark was at once
interested in the welfare of the old
man. He suggested fhat they move
the stove into the sickroom, and re
moved from the stovepipe hole a mass
of paper. As he pulled it out his eyes
discovered that it comprised a lot of
documents bearing impressive seals
and signatures. His eye caught an
engfaved name: “Acme Smelter Com
pany.”
“Mr. Greene,” he spoke, “do you
know what these are?”
“Do 1?” returned old Elias, with a
derigsive laugh. “Yes; worthless pa
per! There’s a trunk full of them up
in the attic.”
“Alice,” whispered Mark, “I have
made an important discovery. I will
return soon,” and was away for the ho
tel to find a newspaper he had left
there.
He returned and folded it at an
item stating that a leading brokerage
house in the city would redeem all
bonds of the Acme Smelter company
at fifty cents on the dollar. FElias
Greene became intensely excited as he
read the brief paragraph. He direct
ed Mark to bring down the trunk from
the attie.
“Alice,” he spoke, “make two even
piles of those documents,” which she
did, wonderfully. He kept one and
handed the other to Alice,
“The only true soul among all the
wretched brood who devoured my for
tune,” he said, *I give you these as
your Chrbq:u present—and your
'# The
Snow ‘‘Santy”’
" By ALLISON LEB
In a formal proclamation, Marshal
von Hindenburg speaks of ‘“‘the Ger
man nation in arms, trained to war
fare, which did not collapse before
a wvorld of enemies.” That is pre
cisely what the ‘‘nation in arms"” did
do. It collapsed. In the end, the
front was stronger than the rear.—
New York World.
The demobilization of the army is
now progressing at the rate of nearly
30,000 men a day. To keep that
number of men moving homeward is
no small matter for the railroads
alone. But however fast they are
discharged, the War Department will
never be able to keep up with the
demands heard in every section of
the country. It is of the men still
in the service that their friends and
relatives are thinking, not of the enor
mous task with which the Govern
ment is confronted in returning to
civil life the millions of soldiers here
and abroad.—New York World.
FOR SALE
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FOR SALE—Seven room house, all
modern conveniences, running wat
er in all rooms, lights and bath. Lot
85 by 185, bearing fruit trees and
raspberry bushes. E. T. Sheftall, 111
Gramling St. 10-11-tf
"OR SALE — A 1918 model Max
well five passenger touring car.
Can give terms. C. F. Ward. tf
FOR SALE — Five-passenger 1918
model Ford with extra set of tires.
In splendid condition. Phone 16-W.
J. W. Fuller, Smyrna, Ga. b2+
FOR SALE OR RENT—The R. W.
Smith property on Roswell St. Easy
terms. Title guaranteed. Give pos
session January Ist. Apply to Rev.
F. R. Smith, Varnell’s Sta., Ga. 52
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WANTED-—Marble cutter and letter
er wanted. Thomasville Marble Co.
R. A. Weldon. Thomasville, Ga. 52*
GIRLS WANTED!
To do special folding. Apply imme
diately to the Cobb County Times.
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BLOCK COAL
J. W. LEGG
AT ANDERSON’S STABLE
PHONE 22-J)
Arriving and Departing Time at Marietta, Ga.
a—daily b—daily except Sunday c—=Sunday only
ARRIVE LEAVE
Cincinnati and Louisville xa 6:46 am xa 11411 2%
Cincinnati and Louisville a 4:43 pm a 11:45 pm
Murphy, Knoxville and North s 85:10 am a 4:35 P
Blue Ridge a 4:31 pm a 9:40 am
Atlanta a 9:45 am a 4:31
Atlanta a 4:20 pm a 8:10 am
Atlanta =8 131 »m xa 6:46 am
Atlanta a 11:45 am a 4:43 pm &
Copperhill ¢ 4:31 pm c 9:40 mm
Trains marked (x) will stop only to take on or let off passengers for or
from Knoxville and beyond, and to and from points on the thru car line
to Macon and beyond.
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Funeral Directors and ‘
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DAY PHONE 400 NIGHT PHONE 246
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Fire, Accident, Liability & Automobile Insurance
100 Whitlock Avenue
Place your business with the oldes* agency in Marietta.
Money To Loan
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Notice To Real Estate Owners
If you need money, you can get all you are entitled to on
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or elsewhese. Its your loss as well as ours if you fail to see us.
We also have loans for sale.
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