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THE MARIETTA JOURNAL
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MARIETTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPT. 5, 1919 -
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Your Last Chance to Honor Veterans
HE Confederate Reunion in Atlanta in October will
T bring to that city a number of the old soldiers who
fought in the battles around Marietta, and who have not
been able at any time since to revisit the scenes of those
strenuous days.
Many of the veterans, even during the reunion, may not
be able to find a way to get out of Atlanta, or to go any
where if they are not taken by someone who has a good
car and a generous disposition.
This will afford an excellent opportunity to many of
our people who have been so blessed, to sustain the rep
utation of our city and county in the eyes of the old he
roes of the sixties.
Possibly some organized effort might be had, but in any
event we wish to remind our peovple that this is possibly
the last reunion—certainly the last that Georgia will have
—and many can find a chance for individual action and
service.
No part of the expense of the entertainment has been
asked of Marietta, while our town and county will be on
the lips and in the thoughts of thousands of the men who
will form the tattered gray line for the last time.
Under the sod of the hillside to the south, in unidentified
graves, lie the bones of old comrades who fell in defense
of our land more than half a century ago, and shall we
not in all tenderness and reverence accord to these few
old survivors every attention and every favor within our
means?
And let us also not forget the noble band of women—
some in our own town—who have kept the memory of
those heroes green—have kept the altar firse burning—all
these years. Give to them due recognition of the highest
qualities of patriotic womanhood.
Swept from the map by the invader’s torch, Atlanta
lifts her head today in pride, to show that she has brought
victory out of defeat.
Let Marietta people honor their homes by opening their
doors to some old veteran, and see that their cars are
offered in a service to make the visitors’ brief stay a pleas
ant one. Let Marietta be one of the bright spots in the
mind and heart of the old soldier so soon to ‘“cross over
the river and rest in the shade of the trees.”
The Advance of the Weekly Paper
N NO line of business has there been so much improve-
I ment in the last few years as in the weekly and small
daily papers of the state.
This paper enjoys a rather large exchange list and so
marked has been the recent improvement in every depart
ment of almost every one of our exchanges that we are
safe in saying that there has been a general improvement
of a hundred per cent. during the last two years.
The weekly papers of today are much closer read than
are the dailies of the big cities. That the big dailies re
cognize this fact is shown by attention they give to their
Sunday editions, which are in reality just big weekly pa
pers.
- While the typographical and mechanical imprevement
of the weekly papers has been great, the greatest im
provement has been in the character of the matter con
tained in them.
Those members of the profession who had been long
in the business have either developed into good editors or
dropped out of the ranks entirely, while a man without
the ability to think clearly and write interestingly cannot
now qualify in a live Georgia community.
There has been a vast improvement also in the quality
of the advertising carried in the weekly press. Not only
are the advertisements better displayed and more inter
esting to read, but they are far more accurate and reliable
than they were a few years ago. So many of the old
quacks, nostrums and fakes have been cut out entirely,
and the general character of the advertising has been
elevated.
We feel sure that the weekly press of this state today
will compare most favorably with that of any other state
in the union, and is a potent factor in the progress of all
that which is best in every community.
A .
i i Vagraney Laws are Lax
ONPRODUCTION is one of the most Important fac-
N tors in the high cost of living, and vagrancy is one
of the chief causes of nonproduction. “No work, no eat”
would be a pretty good rule to apply to able-bodied va
grants, and while we do not believe our own community
is as bad as some others, we think it worth while to quote
from the Milledgeville News below:
The publishing of a story giving the number of idle
men in Baldwin county at this particular time would
certainly make interesting reading.
We could not recall the time when labor was so
sought as it is being sought now, and most postively
it would be out of the question to call to mind a time
when our efforts to secure help were much in vain.
Men to do work are not merely wanted but they are
actually needed and unless something is done to get
the wheels of progress moving we will face a reaction
such as we have never faced before.
There is a law on the statute books of Georgia pro
hibiting vagrancy and by all means let us take ad
vantage of this altogether worthwhile law and put
an end to so much idleness in Milledgeville and Bald
win county.
The Street Faker
HE Spaniards thought to find the fountain of youth
Tin the new world and there was a time when alchem
ists sought to turn the baser metals into gold. The tend
ency of men to use some easy method of securing those
things which they most desire is put into practical appli
cation by the street faker. He turns that which is worth
less into gold. He really has nothing to sell and yet by
a skillful use of his knowledge of human nature he man
ages to sell what he has at an immense profit.
The street faker flimflams the city authorities whenever
he sccures a permit to display and extol his wares upon
the streets of the city. He seeks to gain a living by the
expenditure of the least possible amount of toil and to
the extent that he is successful he places an added burden
upon those who come within the scope of his operations.
He carries out of the town money which should either be
saved or should be used in the payment of debts or the
purchase of the necessities of life. The street faker is
therefore a human leech which fastens himself upon the
financial veins of the town and whatever profit he makes
iz a direct loss to the community whick allows him to
stay temporarily within its bounds.
The days of the street faker should be brought to a
close. Every town should enact strict laws against the
venders of such articles as all intelligent men know to
be worthless. Such a law would be a protection to those
who are at present frequently cheated out of their hard
earned money and would be the means of turning this
money into the channels of legitimate trade.—Monroe
Advertiser.
We are in receipt of the first issue of the Daily Cordele
Sentinel under the able editorship of our friend John
Herring, also editor of the Tifton Gazette. Pat Griffin,
of the Bainbridge Post-Searchlight, also assumes editor
ship of the Grady County Progress, while Ralph Meeks,
of the Carroll Free Press, has bought the Calhoun Times.
This absolutely assures Cordele, Cairo and Calhoun about
the best editorial talent that can be had anywhere, and
we most heartily congratulate the three towns named, and
that without the least reflection upon the editors, for they
that without the least reflection upon the former editors,
for they were all good.
Having known Crawford Baggs longer than the people
of Atlanta have known him, we wish to assure them that
they made no mistake when they elected him councilman
from the seventh ward on Wednesday.
As this winter approaches it is said that thousands of
Negro families in the north are trying to get back south
where they belonged. Once back again you may be pretty
sure they are here to stay.
old George Washington said: “The credit, the saving,
and convenience of this country all require that our great
roads leading from one place to another should be straight
ened, shortened, and established by law.” A pretty plain
statement from a fairly able man.
So much is being said of Shantung, and so little known
of it, that we are sure many of our readers will appreciate
the article which we have elsewhere in this issue, clipped
from the Dearborn Independent.
Has anything been seen of September Morn this year?
? Robin Cooper, the slayer of Carmack, has been mur
‘dered and his body cast into a ditch. See Rev. 13:10.
“‘He that killeth with the sword must be killed with the
sword.”
The current issue of the Georgia Good Roads Bulletin
pays just tribute to the honor of a number of good men
who were active in the framing and passage of the new
state highway laws. Constructive legislation is always
tedious, and it requires much gkill and hard work, while
its promoters are rarely recognized after its benefits be
come operative. We wish to add our word of approval
to its commendation of the work of Craig Arnold, Morton
Turner, Julian Smith and Charles Strahan.
It would seem that the day has passed when it will do
any good to write editorials about the danger of grade
crossings, either for the purpose of having the railroads
eliminate them, or the automobilists observe caution in
approaching them, for each week the report of accidents
at the crossings are even more numerous.
As the president swings around the circle we predict
that the heads of some senators in Washington will grow
dizzzy as they attempt to keep an eye on him.
Those senators most opposed to this country having
anything to do with the peace treaty or the league of na
tions, are the most anxious to interpose in behalf of an
Irish republic, so now the friends of Ulster are asking the
U. S. Senate to hear their side of the Irish question.
We note by the Congressional Record of last Friday that
even Senator Lodge is shocked by the proposal of certain
American newspapers advertising that they will publish
Ludendorff’s story of the war, which is said to be another
piece of German propaganda.
Jack Patterson publishes Prof. Snider’s picture in a
recent issue and says he is willing to back him up against
‘he Atlanta weather bureau any time.
The Clarkesville Tri-County Advertiser runs a “Knock
ors Column” every weak, and in order to give both sides
a chance we suggest that they establish a “Boosters Bench”
somewhere in the paper.
" The Metter Advertiser has started a local “political
dope” column and as early as the season is it is pretty
well filled with candidates and prospective candidates.
Hon. S. G .McLendon seems to be making an active and
efficient secretary of state, but it is no more than we ex
pected of him.
Everywhere the schools are opening and the children
are flocking in to their books by the thousands. Never
before has the country had so many children in the schools,
and still in many communities there are some for whom
there is no room. Money invested in education is being
banked at big interest, and no matter what the cost of
jabor and material, it behooves every community to pro
| vide school houses for its children.
We are free to admit that our forecast of the work of
the last legislature was somewhat in error, for it did pass
many good bills and only a few that were a waste of time.
A lot of good time was wasted on the capital removal bill;
and a whole lot on the suffrage bill, which ought to have
been passed in one hour, instead of being defeated after
1 whole term of wranglinz, and the state time law passed
was entirely useless, as it means that we will still have
two times in the state—that is, state time and government
time in one section or the other, no matter how the hill
is constirued. Still the last legislature was perhaps the
most constructive we have had in recent years.
We recently had a call-down for somethiag never in our
paper, but we will let it go at that if the other fellow i 3
satisfed to let it stand.
THE MARIETTA JOURNAL
The Curfew Law
There has been a time when we
were of the copinion that the munici
pal authorities were going beyond
their jurisdiction in putting into oper
ation a law prohibiting boys within
a certain age limit from being on the
streets after certain hours at night.
This seemed to be a matter of en
croaching upon parential rights which
when unwarranted is in cur humble
opinion a gross injustice; however, it
has been proven beyond suestion here
some parents are either lacking in
the moral force that is necessary to
control their youngsters or else they
are indifferent to the danger of per
mitting them to loaf around the
streets at night and frequent places
where the atmosphere is not wholly
conducive to virtue,
The resuit is that a number of them
have participated in scrapes that
would do credit to an experienced
criminal and yet there has been no
outward evidence of any effort at re
straint on the part of the parents,
hence the necessity for the city to
adopt measures to safeguard the boys
and protect the public from damage
conductive to virtue.
The curfew law is a timely act on
the part of the officials. It is to be
hoped it will have some salutary ef
fect.—Vienna News. :
The most despicable creature living
is the public official who follows blind
ly the lead of other public officials
whom he considers public favorites.
There are crowds of this spineless
sort in Washington and not all of
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SMITH & POTTS
Marietta, Georgia
them are from states other than Geor
gia. A public official who can’t show
some iniative of his own, even if it's
in the wrong direction, should join
the army and work himself down to
a guard-house private.—Conyers
Times.
Couldn’t you modify the charge a
little, say ‘“one of the most despi
cable,” for instance, for we have
known others.
—The Government of the United States
has appropriated four million dollars with
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‘ Marietta Georgia
GENERAL AGENT
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