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THE BIGGEST YEAR
In Spite of 801 l Weevil Crop Vducs‘
Exceed by Far the Highest
of Former Years
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Georgia can easily hold her title of
‘The Empire State of the South so
far as agricultural products are con
cerned.
The Empire state produced over
sBix hundred million dollars worth of
agricultural products exclusive of &iny
live stock in 1919, almost three times
that of last census year and more
than at any time in history, according}
to the Cooperative Crop summary re
leased today by the union agency of
State and Federal Departments of
Agriculture. This is more than fif
teen millions greater than in the pre
vious year, in spite of the worst crop
season in a decade, and record boll
weevil damage.
The year has been marked agricul
turely by the placing of minor crops
such as tobacco and sugar cane on
a commercial basis and in a large
number of counties. The season of
1918 had already seen peanuts and
velvet beans become principal crops.
With the wide spread of the boll wee
vil further diversification is expected.
Indeed ,the early ravages of the in
sect caused heavy abandonment of
cotton in the season and this was
largelay replaced by food and feed
crops. -
Among other features of the re
port are the huge totals reached by
sweet potatoes, pecans, sorchum and
peaches. ;
Many important facts can be dis
covered by study of the figures, par
ticularly when this is placed on the
simple basis of valuation per acre.
Peanuts, sorghum, sugar cane and
sweet potatoes give splendid returns
which will compare very well with
cotton. This suggests the use of
these and other crops used with them
in rotation as solution of the problem
of what to do now that the weevil
has come.
The figures can only be reviewed
with pride by any loyal Georgian,
and yet there is even greater promise
of progress and wealth for the state
'in the future. ;
JUDGE MORRIS UPHELD
IN LAUREL MILL CASE
Judge Newt A. Morris decision dis
missing a suit by I. M. Roberts and
J. P. Brook against the Georgia Rail
way & Power company for $153,950
was upheld last week by the court of
appeals.
Messrs. Roberts and Brook based
their suit on the ground that the Bull
Sluice dam of the power company, on
the Chattahoochee river, gives rise to
disagreeable odors, mosquitoes and
malaria, thereby damaging the Laurel
Mill property near Roswell, which
they bought with the intention of sell
ing for residential purposes.
It was the decision of Judge Mor
ris- that the dam causes none of the
things alleged. From this decision
the plaintiffs took an appeal to the
court of appeals, with the result
‘stated.
D. A. R, TO MEET
Fielding Lewis Chapter D. A. R.
will meet with Mrs: J. J. Daniell at
3 o’clock on Thursday afternoon Jan
uary 15.
.ST, JAMES CHURCH NEWS
Early Communion Service Sunday
at 7:30 a. m. Sunday School and
Bible Class at 9:30. Other services
at 11%a. m, and 7 p. m.
DON'T ALWAYS WORK
Such an arrangement may nto be
possible, but it would be better, if
the pepole would choose the men who
run for office. There are instances,
of course, in which a man enters the
political arena because he has been
urged by the masses to take such
action. In a majority of cases, how
ever, a man seeks the office of his own
volition entirely. Democracy as thus
simmered down means no more than
that we take our choice of the candi
dates wh oare upon the ticket, while
in reality none of them may be our
real choice. We are saved by the
fact that the citizenry of American
is made up of good men in the main
and there is nearly always an op
portunity of voting a gaod man into
office.—Monroe Advertiser.
So"far as county officers are con
cerned there has been no small list
of candidates from which we may
choose our officers ,and vet it does
not always end in the election of the
fittest—just the reverse is often the
case. |
Join the club: The Marietta Jour
nal and The; Progressive Farmer both
one year for $1.65. &g
THE MARIETTA JOURNAL
MESSAGES WE APPRECIATE
From a capitalist in Brooklyn
this week we have the renewal of
his subseription with the following
words of commendation:
“I get the Journal from time to
time for investment purposes, and
while I have no interest in it apart
from that, I must congratulate you
on the general excellence of the
paper.”
‘“COGBURN’S”’ STYLE OF
A NEW CORPORATION
Another new mercantile corpora
tion was formed in Marietta this
week which took over the Standard
Mercantile Co., Store No. 1, next The
First National Bank.
The style of the new businesss will
be John C. Cogburn Co., the incor
porators being Messrs. John C. Cog
burn, Dempsey B. Medford, T. M.
Smithwick, N. K. Smith and G. P.
Reynolds. It will be a business like
that which has been heertofore con
ducted on the cash plan.
The young men are all popular and
well known in business circles of the
town, and the new incorporation is a
guarantee of increased business for
Cogburn'’s.
By Mrs. Joseph R. Lamar President
The National Society of
Colonial Dames
I am heartily in sympathy with the
plans of the Thrift and Savings De
partment of the United States Treas
ury and they have an especial appeal
for the members of the National So
ciety of the Colonial Dames of Ameri
ca.
" For this is an organization which
endeavors to teach patriotism through
the study of history, and by remem
bering and honoring those men and
women who founded our country, and
the things for which they stood; and
if there was one virture more than
another which our forefathers taught
and practised, it was the virtue of
economy; and the work which the
Treasury Department has wisely
chosen, “Thrift,” is borrowed from
the past and comes down to us redo
lent with the memory of the spinning
wheel and the distaff.
For thrift is something more and
better than mere economy. The miser
practises the latter and his treasure
is often destroyed by rust or eaten
of moths but the thrifty woman is she
who not only saves but wisely invests
her savings, who puts them to work
and leaves them at work by exer
cising her ingenuity in inventing sub
stitutes, in making over the old and
worn, and anticipating the needs of
her household so that they may be
suppled in time, without extravagant
expenditure.
As far back as we can trace her
footsteps down the dim corridors of
time, we see that the successful wo
man, was the thrifty woman. It was
not by accident that our Savior re
presented those who thriftily con
serve their supply of oil as wise wo
man and Soloman has drawn her like
ness with a firm, true touch which
leaves an indelible picture on our
minds, though his words were spoken
nearly three thousand years ago.
“She seeketh wool and flax and
~ worketh willingly with her hands,
She is like the merchants’ ships, she
~ bringeth her food from afar.
She riseth also while it is yet night
and giveth meat to her household,
and a portion to her maidens,
She considereth a field and buyeth it;
- with the fruit of her hands she
~ planteth a vineyard.
She layeth her hands to the spindle,
and her hands hold the distaff.
She stretcheth out her hand to the
poor. vea, she reacheth forth her
hands to the needy. ‘
She is not afraid of the snow for her
household; for all her household
are clothed in scarlet.
She maketh herself coverings of tape
stry; her clothing in silk and pur
ple.
She openeth her mouth with wisdom;
and in her tongue is the law of
kindness.
She looketh well to the ways of her
household, and eateth not the
bread of idleness.”
This is the portrait of a wise and
lovable 'woman, and the colors have
not faded with the passing of the
years,
I have not given the tenderer
lights of the picture;@how “the
heart of her husband may safely
trust in her”; how “strength and
honour are her clothing” and “her
children shall rise up and ealll her
blessed;” because we are considering
this one characteristic, perhaps the
most prominent one in the compasi
tion, and certainly worthy the imita
ton of all women. i
MARIETTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1920,
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FINE IN GOAL- CASES
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Defense Appeals From Mayor’'s De
cision And City Council Will
; Next Hear The Cases
A large number of witnesses were
iheard on Monday evening in the cases
‘made by the Chief of Police on com
;plaint of a number of citizens against
‘the Marietta Ice & Coal Co., which
‘were heard before the Mayor.
~ The cases were filed against Mr.
R. J. Hancock, an officer of the com
pany, who was represented by attor
ney Herbert Clay, while city attorney
‘Gordon Gann conducted the prosecu
‘tion.
A number of witnesses swore that
‘they had weighed coal delivered them
by the coal company, and found it
‘short of the invoices. The defense
‘did not deny that such was the fact
so far as the.deliveries made on a
'certain date were concerned, but in
troduced a witness who testified that
he was a scale expert, and that he
had examined the scales recently in
'stalled by the defendant company,
and found them to be out of grder,
and that in his opinion the fault lay
with the manufacturers of the scales
and not with the weigher of the coal.
The proceedings and examination
of the witnesses was interrupted by
frequent tilts between the attorneys
in the case, making it rather difficult
for the mayor, who disclaimed any
great legal qualifications, but seemed
‘ impressed by the number and manner
of the witnesses of the prosecution,
and he imposed a fine of $75.00
‘against the defendant.
~ Attorney Herbert Clay at once an
nounced an appeal to the council, and
at an early meeting of that body the
whole matter will be threshed over
again.
WE DO NOT NEED MORE
HORSES, BUT MORE WORK
FROM THOSE WE HAVE
The South keeps as many horses
and mules as she should, considering
the work they do, but we do not keep
enough to do the best work or the
best farming. The horse is an expen
sive animal to keep, his value is high
and his keep expensive and conse
quently it is important that no more
be kept than is necessary to do the
work required and also that those
kept be made to work as nearly all
the time as possible. Only by a bet
ter balanced cropping system or by a
more diversified agriculture can we
keep our work stock employed more
constantly and increase the number
so as to enable us to do good farm
ing. The number of horses and mules
should not be increased unless they
are to do more work per animal than
they are now doing. We already have
too many idle horses and mules too
many days in the year. It is true that
on many farms tsere is not enough
horse power to do good farming but
unless we are really going to do good
farming and keep the work stock
busy more days in the year, the num
ber should not be increased, for they
already cost too much for the work
they do.—The Progressive Farmer.
OUR SOLDIER DEAD
ON FOREIGN SOIL
Bodies of American soldier dead
outside France will be returned to
this country even though relatives
may wish them to remain on foreign
soil, it was learned at the war depart
ment today.
In cases where the relatives desire
te care for the bodies, they will be
turned over to them after reaching
this country. Otherwise the bodies
will be buried in some national ceme
tery, possibly Arlington.
American soilder dead outside
France number 5,186. In France 71-
000 American dead are buried. Of
course 18,800 are outside the zone of
the armies.
These bodies will be returned to
this country whenever desired by re
latives. Otherwise they will be con
centrated at the American cemetery
at Suresnes, near Paris.
The disposition of bodies within
the zone of the armies has not been
determined. France has prohibited
removal of these bodies, but the state
department is trying to have this ban
lifted.
OUR CENTER OF PCPULATION
How many of us can tell off-hand
the exact center of population of the
United States? Every ten years the
government calculates with great ac
curacy just where this point lies. The
center moves westward at the rate of
about fifty miles every ten years.
When the center was first calculated
in 1790 it lay three miles east of
Baltimore, Md. In the first ten years
it moved forty miles westward. "By
1860 it had reached the state of Ohio
and is today slowly crawling across
the State of Indiana. In 130 years
the point -has. travelled- westward
about 600 miles.—Boys’ Life for Jan
uary.
. AROUND THE WORLD
“Beats the Dutch” At The Making
Of Socks Is A Marietta |
Accomplishment
The ex-kaiser may be able to wear
socks made in Marietta, if his valet
is discriminating enough in the buy
ing of half hose for the deposed Ger
man monarch. As we may believe
that his ex-Royal Higness is still ap
preciative of the best in wearing ap
parel, we suspect he will wear Ra
dium Half Hose this summer.
We base this conclusion upon the
fact that the Marietta Knitting Com
pany has just made a shipment of
two-thousand dozen pair of the cele
brated Radium Half Hose to the
thrifty little kingdom of Holland,
where the ex-kaiser is still hiding
from an outraged world.
And whether the ex-kaiser is so
lucky or not a good many of the
Dutchmen will wear Marietta made
socks in their wooden shoes this year,
and if the youthful fashions of
America have reached that land, we
may expect to see pictures of pretty
girls, who have added to their charms
by a model display of Radium Half
Hose.
When all the cotton grown in
Georgia is thus manufactured in
Georgia into the finished product, and
exported to every other land, the
South will have then come into its
own. More mills, more factories, and
more progressive men to run them, is
what the south needs to lead the
world in trade, and finally in wealth
that comes from international trade.
MR. MANGET UNCOVERS
John A. Manget, fair-price com-i
missioner for eGorgia, issued a state
ment Friday to the effect that he
would buy out any drug store in‘
town, raise the salaries of prescrip
tion clerks ,allow liberally for rent
space, give a $5OO cash bonus above
the cash value of the stock, cut the‘
price of drugs in half and still make
money on the transaction, taking an
other shot at the Atlanta druggists.
“I am not giving my valuable time
to this work,” he said, “in order to
interfere with any line of business,
but I know what lam doing. I will
not be a party to any movement that}
will force retail grocers to handlei
sugar at 2 cents per pound gross pro
fit, and then if the grocer needs a
prescription filled have him forced to
pay 60 cents profit on a 75-cent
charge.” |
Since this announcement was made
one firm has made the proposal to
sell, but when Mr. Manget accepted
the proposal it was either withdrawn
or held up, so the commissioner seems
to have called the bluff of those who
complained of losses in this business.
THEATER CLOSED BY A
TEMPORARY INJUNCTION
On last Friday the Dixie Theater
was closed by an injunction issued
by the court some ten days before,
after a hearing in chambers.
The case was brought by F. G.
Marchman against Hugh Manning as
owner of the Dixie Theater upon the
basis of a contract signed by Man
ning some three years ago that he
would not again engage in the thea
ter business in Marietta for a period
of five years.
This agreement was made a part
of the terms of a sale of a picture
theater business by Manning to
Marchman at that time, and March
man asked the injunction alleging a
violation of this contract.
We have not been able to gzet the
version of the owners or operators of
the Dixie Theater but we understand
that the defense claims that the pres
ent Dixie Theater is not the property
of Hugh Manning and that there has
been no violation of contract.
The case now goes to the supreme
court for a hearing and in the mean
time we presume the Dixie will re
main closed.
GEORGIA BANKS TO CLOSE
NEXT MONDAY, JAN. 19TH
January the nineteenth being the
anniversary of the birth of Robert
E. Lee, and a legal holiday in Geor
gia, the banks of Marietta will be
closed on that date. If you have bank
ing business to attend to do it Sat
urday or you will have to wait until
Tuesday.
SHIPPEN.SNYDER WEDDING TO
-BE REPORTED NEXT WEEK
We have not attempted an account
of the Shippen-Snyder wedding, a
most important social event of the
week, which was solemnized on Wed
nesday evening, on account of going
to press early Thursday morning, but
an acéoynt will be given our readers
next week,
THE LID IS OFF
The lid is off and politics in
Cobb county has opened up. Sev
eral announcements for county
offices have already been filed with
us and appear elsewhere in this
issue. It is probable that there will
be an early primary for county
officers and the lure of a four-year
term is likely to make applicants
for office early and numerous.
EPWORTH LEAGUE HAS
EXCELLENT SERVICES
President Issues Cordial Invitation
To All Marietta Young People
To Enjoy the Meetings
The foliowing open letter to the
young people of Marietta has been
received from the president of the
Epworth League and it is the pleasure
of The Journal to publish it:
TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE:
The Epworth League was conceiv
ed of and organied to meet the re
ligious needs of young people of
Protestant prefergnce, to give them
an opportunity to arrange a religious
service to suit their own ideas. At
the same time the Epworth League
plans to give a proper amount of so
cial life an pleasure to its member
ship. It plans to train young men
and women for Christian work, at
the same time making all services
interesting and membership in the or
ganization certain to result in more
pleasant social relationships.
Young men arl women of any
Protestant denom -ation are eligible
to membership and office in this young
people’s society. Members of all the
Protestant churches in Marietta reg
ularly attend these Sunday night ser
vices, which begin at 6 o’clock and
continue for about an hour. But
whether you are a member of any
church or not, you are wanted and
welcome at these services. You will
find a-plenty more just like yourself
there.
The meetings are in charge of 100
per cent young folks. Representa
tives of all the high school athletie
teams, teachers, business men and
women, those who dance and play,
those who are sometimes profane of
speech—in all, representatives of ev
ery type of boy and girl, young men
or young women, are there. All of
them enjoy the sertices. You will,
too. You are welcome.
Every service will be interesting
an will suit you. Come sing with us
the songs you like. You will be kept
for less than an hour and will have
time for your ‘“dates” afterward—if
you like. The singing begins at 6
o’clock. "
THE PRESIDENT,
Fred P. Manget Chapter Epworth
League. \
Verdicts for the defendant in three
damage suits filed simultaneously
against Cherokee county by the moth
er of one of the victims and two prin
cipals in the accident at Steele’s
bridge, June 16, 1918, near Canton,
which resulted in the death of three
soldiers and serious injuries to sever
al others, were returned Wednesday
afternoon in the United States dis
trict court. The suits aggregated
$BO,OOO.
The morning session of the federal
court was devoted entirely to the con
sideration of these cases, the attor
neys for the three plaintiffs basing
their cases on allegations of negli
gence, aimed at the county commis
sioners and other officiasl of Cheror
kee county, while the defendant’s
counsel sought to show that the sol
diers were using the bridge for ex
traordinary purposes, and that they
vzere not forced to use Steele’s bridge
in effecting their purpose. The case
went to the jury shortly after the
noon hour, the verdict being brought
in after a short period of delibera
tion.
MERCHANTS & FARMERS BANK
IN VERY FINE CONDITION
The officers and directors of the
Merchants & Farmers Bank appear in
an advertisement in this issue and a
perusal of it will disclose a number
of changes in the personel, although
a number of former names still ap
pear.
Almost a complete reorganization
of this bank has recently been ef
fected, and the present strong and
conservative control has already done
much to improve the financial stand-.
ing of the institution. The deposits
have largely increased and the busi
ness outlook was never so bright and
promising as for the coming year. |
Its stockholders are to be congrat
ulated upon its present condition and
its prospects for the future.
‘The officers and directors are all
too well known for anything that we
might say to add anything to their
raputation for integrity ard high or
der of financial ability.
ESTABLISHED 1866
WOMAN SUFFRAGE IS
- NOW ASSURED IN 1920
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}Two-thirds Of The States Necessary
To Win Have Already
Ratified Amendment
James Hollomon in the Atlanta
Constitution has this story of the
status of woman suffrage in this
country:
Every indication points to the en
franchisement of the women of Amer
ica before the 1920 general elee
tions. In Georgia last summer I
made that statement and many people
believed it impracticable. Here is a
complete analysis of the situation to
day: ;
With the ratification today of the
suffrage amendment by Oregon suf
fragists will be able to point in their
campaigns of other states to the fact
that twenty-five states out of the to
tal of hirty-six necessary fer ratifica
tion have approved the amendment.
The suffragist leaders will concen
trate efforts on the five states—
Maryland, New Jersey, Virginia, Mis
sissippi and South Carolina—whose
legislatures meet this month in reg
ular session and are endeavoring to
have special sessions called in eight
other states which are deemed fa
vorable.
“There are approximately 28,000,-
000 women of voting age in the Uni
ted States,” the party asserted in a
statement just issued. ‘“‘Approxi
mately 17,000,000 women are al
ready eligible to vote for president in
1920. = But only 7,000,000 will be
able to vote for congress candidates if
the amendment is not ratified. East
and west a general scramble has ap
parently set in among the states to
secure a place on the list of thirty
six required for the ratification of
the suffrage amendment.
“Hot upon the news of the prompt
action by Kentucky and Rhode Island,
republican governors meeting in con
ference in Denver issued a statement
that they had agreed among them
selves to call special sessions of their
legislatures in Wyoming, Idaho and
New Mexico.
“These three states, added to the
twenty-five, including Oregon, which
have already ratified, bring the num
ber of states to have acted to twen
ty-eight. Hight more chances re
main for states to get on the honor
list. Action is expected from three
now in regular session—Maryland,
New Jersey and Mississippi. Eight
other legislatures stand ready to rat
ify if special sessions can be secured
—Arizona, Connecticut, Indiana, Ne
vada, Oklahoma, Vermont, Washing
ton and West Virginia.”
T. J. CONNOR GOES WITH
MESSRS. SMITH & REYNOLDS
Elsewhere in this issue will be
found the announcement of the firm
of Smith, Reynolds & Connor, in the
insurance business.
Everybody knows Til Connor of
the late firm of Connor Camp & Mec-
Cleskey, and Messrs. N. K. Smith and
G. P. Reynolds are as well known to
the people of this section.
Smith & Reynolds are indeed for
tunate in associating Mr. Connor with
them, thereby strengthening what
was one of the livest insurance firms
in the state.
They have broadened the scope of
their business so as to write insurance
in all of its various forms.
TRACTORS NOT LIABLE
FOR A LICENSE TAX
Secretary of state McLendon has
ruled that farm tractors are not re
quired to register or pay license tax
as automobiles, even when they are
used to haul fertilizers or other heavy
freights upn othe public roads. His
ruling is given below.
Section 6 provides that for each
non-passenger-carrying motor vehicle
or truck of one ton capacity or less,
the owner must pay $l5. The opera
tors of traction engines on the high
ways are not required to register or
pay the fee, and a traction engine is
not a truck.
As I understand 'it, a tractor is
practically a traction engine capable
of drawing plows, harrows, reapers,
or even ordinary farm wagons pro
perly arranged for that purpose.
It is well established that wherever
there is a just doubt that the legisla
ture intended to impose a tax, that
that doubt absolves the taxpayer
from his burden. Any lawyer can
cite you to the authorities.
MARIETTA TAKES BOTH
GAMES FROM KIRKWOOD
Marietta took both ends of the
game from Kirkwood on Friday even
ing, when a boys team and a girls
team of the local school, each de
feated teams from the Kirk‘vood,
school in a game of basketba;!“‘. j ::;
old academy. The local teams had
no trouble piling up rather heavy
scores, but were also lémlm
by Kirkwoad, but not heavily enough
to endanger the games.
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