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MARIETTA, GA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER, 12, 1919.
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Time Ripe for a Change
ENATOR HOKE SMITH had his picture in nearly all
the Georgia newspapers last week, accompanied by a
glowing tribute to himself, telling what a great friend of
the farmer he is. Some people may not have understood
that the matter was only a paid advertisement, and not a
real endorsement of the senator by the papers printing it.
The senator could have truthfully added to the article
the fact that by lining up with the republican party and
with Senator Lodge, the south’s most bitter enemy and
hater, during the last session of congress, he did more to
injure the farmers of this country, than all his efforts in
their behalf during his whole career can counteract. l
A “force bill” from the republican ranks, in ‘which he
was so recently enrolled, now threatens the south, but has
he not served the republican party sufficiently to be given
the power to defeat this, and thus regain his lost prestige
in the south?
If not, and the force bill must come and cut down our
representation in Washington, why not have that of a type
that can be relied on?
The time is ripe for the democrats of the state to get
together for some strong and loyal Georgian to make the
race and defeat our senior senator, ‘
This paper has supported Senator Smith in every race
he has made before the people, but we see no reason why
we should continue to do so.
We want to see some strong man enter -the race, and
let the “two by fours” stay out. We do not hesitate to
speak out about how we stand in the matter.
The Faith of a Little Child
HERE IS NOTHING MORE PLEAEING or more
T reassuring in all the realms of literature, either of
fact or fiction, than a well told story of the simple faith
of a little child.
The strongest story of faith ever written is recorded
in the eleventh chapter of Hebrews, but in that chapter
can we find anything stronger or clearer than the faith
of the little child? Now the approaching Christmas season
brings to the hearts of grows ups a renewed realization
of this truth.
Several little stories we recently heard of the children
of the Nacoochee Institute, which one of the churche:
maintains for mountain children in the Nacoochee Valley
of North Georgia, so much impressed us as appropriate
for Christmas use that we are going to repeat them here.
Last year when a new study hall was most urgentlyl
needed for a rapidly growing primary department, one of
the teachers took the little tots, every fair day, out into a
grove for their lessons, and at the end of the lessons the
class would join hands and form a circle, offering sentence
prayers. The need of the study hall being uppermost in
the minds of all many and frequent were these sentence
prayers appeals to the Lord for the means to build the
hall. After a time one day one of the little fellows of
fered this prayer: “Lord we thank you for the study hall
you are going to give us.” It is said that a check for the
sum necessary to build the hall came from an unexpected
source on the next day.
During these same sentence prayer services another
little tot offered this prayer: ‘“And Lord take good care
of our president and don’t let him get out of fix.” This
was a prayer in which we sometimes fear that some of our
people—yes, some of the senators of this great nation,
could not conscientiously join.
Faith, the great character builder, is also a stimulator
of every admirable quality, among others, the spirit of
true self-sacrifice.
It was in the same institution only recently when the
girls in the dormitory, after holding a prayer service for
the Armenian sufferers, came to the matron with the re
quest that they be allowed to do without their suppers for
a month, and that the saving thereby should be given to
the Armenian relief fund. After some consideration this
‘was practically agreed to, and in place of the evening
meal, these young girls held a short prayer service over
the empty plates, and were given nearly a hundred dollars
to go to the starving Armenians. We would like to say
however that during that month they were given dinner
at a little later hour, and possibly in a little more generous
cuantity.
Can-we doubt the faith of such as these, or can we
doubt that such faith will overcome all obstacles? Is
the “faith chapter” in the Bible too strong?
Subseription Rates
F A POUND of cotton is worth forty cents and we be-
I lieve it is, there are few weekly newspapers in the
state of Georgia that are not worth two dollars per year,
and there are many that are worth five dollars per year,
- although we do not know of a single paper that gets that
_ price. !
. When the war came on the price of The Marietta Jour
mal was only one ‘dollar per year, and although we labor
ed under many difficulties it was many months before we
- were forced to raise it to two dollars.
At the beginning of the last summer the price of print
;ppefr and some other supplies showed signs of declining,
. and in our desire to help bring down the high cost of living
80 far as we could, we reduced our price again to one
; But almost immmediately the trend of prices turned up
‘r{lfld and now it is absolutely sure that cotton and nearly
/all other farm products will remain near the present
Jevels, and it is just as sure that print paper and supplies
. will stay at the presént high levels. : ,
e W”emtherefore, forsee the inevitable return to a higher
- subscription rate, in order to maintain our place as one
of the best weekly newspapers in the state, and no less
- @ standard will satisfy us and our readers.
- For a very short time however, we will continue to ac
_cept the one dollar rate, and if you wish to still have The
Marietta Journal each week it will be wise to send vour
- subscription at that rate immediately.
At a meeting of the Georgia Press Association in Ma
~con last week this matter was thoroughly gone into, and
~after two days of serious consideration the resolution
which appears on our front page this week was unani-
Qow;, adopted as the only way out of the situation.
Muddying The Peace Treaty
E DOUBT IF THERE is a man among all of those
VV in public life today, who would not have been
proud to have claimed the authorship of the Declaration
of Independence. By the same rule every one of them
viould have acknowledged the honor of having been one of
the signers of that historic document.
Is there anywhere, to day, an American who would
not cherish as a precious treasure, a family tree that leads
back to one of the signers of that great paper? We hard
ly think so.
And yet in that document may be found a statement
that would make the hair of those gentlemen who see dan
ger in the labor clause of the peace treaty, to stand on
end. That statement is just this: ‘“That all men are cre
‘ated equal.” What do you suppose Senator Lodge or
‘Borah or Smith could do in the way amendments to a
statement like that? ~ -
Why, with that simple statement as a basis for argu
ment they could have debated and objected and amended
and rejected until Thomas Jefferson died of old age. The
fact, that although a committee of four drew up the De
claration, it was known to be almost wholly the work of
Thomas Jefferson, would have been abundant cause for
them to have called it “Jefferson’s Declaration,” and to
have defied all powers of Heaven and earth to cause them
to accept it.
And by the same rule, if these gentlement accept any
part of the Bible at all, it must be with serious mental
reservations. Had they been there when it was written
it would have been quite different. i
To our mind, the unsettled condition of the peoples
of the earth at this time is a far greater menace to the]
future peace and hapipness of the world than all clauses
in the peace treaty in which some people are ‘‘seeing
red.” =
A demonstration of terrace making was staged for
Cobb cuonty this week but was rained out. If there ever
was a time when the study of terracing and of drainage
seemed important to the farmers of this section, this
week was that time. -
The “flying parson” is said to have stated that whiskey
was responsible for some of the disasters in the recent
crosscountry event and now some superior officers of his
are going to ask him to prove it. One of the hardest
things on earth to prove is a “‘drunk’” even though you
may know one when you see it.
Although the coal strike is said to be over and the
miners have said they will go to work, we do not expect
any great improvement in the coal supply for some time
to come. Men of the caliber of the mine leaders will
hardly urge any haste on the part of the miners to re
lieve the suffering caused by the strike, even though the
sufferers be women and children and the most helpless of
the poorer- classes.
If Pershing makes much of a tour of the country he
will have to have a steady and level head to keep from
getting a presidential bee in his bonnet. We will state
however, we are against making a president of a military
leader, no matter how popular he may be.
With cotton above forty cents, and the Cobb county
crop approaching twenty-five thousand bales, it would
appear that there should be some prosperity in this coun
ty, for a great deal of food stuffs were also made this
year.,
With eggs selling at near a dollar a dozen this should
be a proud Christmas for the great American hen.
The day of the candidate approaches and the time of
the political argument draws nigh.
All Atlanta, and then some, belonged to Pershing on
Thursday.
A drink of whiskey was the cause of a killing in Col
lege Park on Wednesday. This is perfectly natural.
| With all due respect to the local pride and sound busi
}ness judgment of some of our merchant friends, we can
not help feeling that as an advertisement, a reasonable
statement of facts to the farmers of this county through
the columns of this paper would be worth much more than
the exhibition of a rain soaked and weather damaged bale
of cotton in front of their doors.
The way the Baptists of the country responded to their
great drive ought to convince any skeptic that the interest
in religion is not declining. We heartily congratulate the
church upon the loyalty and liberality of its members,
Last week we had a news item telling of a Georgia
bull winning the championship of the ‘world, while this
week we print the news of a Georgia hog taking like hon
ors. Georgia already wears the watermelon, the apple and
the peach honors. Show us something else to do.
The Moultrie Observer says that the farmers in that
section are still after stumps. Cultivating stumps bring
very poor returns, while they always make a mighty good
kindling wood to start a fire on a cold morning.
In the attendance of the press meeting in Macon last
week, we felt doubly repaid in the advice and counsel of
friends who are also vitally interested in making a clean
newspaper at the lowest possible cost.
If you think you have nothing for which to be thank
ful, go read again the story of Tiny Tim. And then think
a bit on the lot of the French war orphans, and the indes
cribable sufferings of the helpless Armenians. Surely no
one in America can do this and not call this a blessed
Christmas with so much for which to give thanks.
Only the extremely wealthy can fully appreciate the
gift of a sugar bowl this Christmas.
About the only preparation we have been able thus
far to make for Christmas, is to keep in first class physical
condition to enjoy a Christmas dinner, and our mind open
to the hope and belief that we will get it. And at that
we do not know but what we are vastly better off than
some we know,
Cuba will be a popular resort with the drinking class
of millionaires this winter. This class, we have been
veliably informed, is growing beautifully smaller every
vear, and perbaps the other class who are not slaves of
drink, will stay in this country to avoid the society of the
drinkers. We could hardly blame them for this, as the
company of a drunken man is very little pleasure at best.
It does look like old Carranza will keep on ignoring
the demands of this country urtil he adds his name to
the list of ex-presidents of that miserable republic.
THE MARIETTA JOURNAL
i ST. JAMES CHURCH NEWS
j Nation Wide Campaign
' Sunday was the climax of the Nation
EWide Campaign. Notwithstanding
the pouring rain, all the canvassers
freported at the Church in the after
‘noon with the exception of two. They
returned at different hours during the
evening; but all gathered at the Rec
tory after six o’clock and enjoyed a
conference and refreshments. One
car returned at 9:30; another stayed
‘in the mud al linhgafter
in the mud all night, but they worked
all the same.
- It was happy crowd. Rain could
not dampen their ardor. The reward
of faithfulness should always be hap
piness. And so they enjoyed doing
the work. The response was splen
did; and they were tremendously en
couraged. Publicity has its force.
and this campaign of education made
Christians of every member that it
reached. Just to present a program
for Social Service, Religious Educa
tion and preaching the Gospel to the
folks who have not received it had a
telling effect. Our request for $lO,-
000, to help build a parish house has
been approved; and so it may happen
that some New York or Boston money‘
may find a home in Marietta.
The results without doubt gives the |
black eye to a slogan that is some
times used, but which surely does
not command the support of many,
and that is Marietta money for Mari
etta” and ‘“Georgia Money for Geor
gians.” Tt is just a repetition of the
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the Jews only; Salvation for Jews
only; Messiah for Jews only.” It is
also the meaning of the Sinn Feiners,
and means the same thing, “For our
selves alone.” Now, of course, that
is not Christ at all. “He saved oth
ers.”
And so half of the amount asked
of us for the Nation Wide Campaign
Fund has already been given by the
members heard from, which are just
one half! Magnificent! Of course
this comes from weekly pledges, and
makes for regular giving to Christ’s
name.
. Important Request
Nearly half of the members have
not been seen. Rain caused the de
lay Sunday; “out of town” or “away
from home’ was another cause. And
LOOK! LOOK! LOOK!
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PRICE WILL BE RAISED AFTER THE ABOVE DATE
ou think of a Daily Paper for $2.0
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The Biggest Offer on the Market:
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1919.
old cry 2000 years ago: “Religion for
the canvassers have very little time
during the week. Yet we want the re
ports as seon as possible. PLEASE
everybody who can do so, send their
cards signed to Mr. Wellborn Rey
nolds; and that will save time and
labor. A report is desired from each
one who bears the Christian name—
and every member report. Thank you.
Team work tells. And we have sure
ly had it during the last glorious
month. R. R. C.
A fine Chrostmas present—a Delco-
Light plant.
For the entire family—a Delco-
Light plant.
