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FRIDAY. MARCH 11th. 1921
THE MARIETTA JOURNAL
S PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
. The Marietta Publishing Company
‘,*: e Business Phone 18
R e e s
David Comfort - - - . z
Al e b ey
Subscriptions withia Cobb County $l.OO per Year—Out
: side of Cobb County $1.50 per Year.
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Entered at the Postoffice at Marietta, Georgia, as Second
Class Mail Matter. %
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MARIETTA, GA., FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1921,
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The Days of Opportunity
During the last few weeks, since we have been
publishing the honor rolls and news of the ceunty
sehools, we have taken great interest in these mat
ters—more than we had thought it possible to have
in 80 many people who are nearly all personally
strangers to us. We have read every item sent us
carefully, and we feel now so much nearer to the
teachers and the children than before.
We have noted with interest that many of the
ekildren’s names have appeared on every honor
roll, and we cannot but feel assured that these are
n regular attendance, and that they are in earnest
and appreciate the value of an education. *
It is with regret that we find in some of the re
ports that other causes than sickness are keeping
some of the children out of school—some have work
they are obliged to do—others find less important
Teasons for absence. We wish they could realize
Just how much these school days mean to them. and
will mean to them as long as they live. Missing a
day from school is almost like taking a link out of a
ehain—certainly it is like damaging the link.
We are interested in the club work of the schools,
and all the other activities—the planting of trees
and flowers, and improving buildings and grounds.
‘We wish we could make every teacher and every
pupil know the genuine interest we feel in the work
they are doing. In after years many of you will
ook back and know the same feeling we have about
our schools. They are the factories that are build
ng our men and women of tomorrow, forming their
<haraeters and laying the foundation stones upon
‘which they are to build their future lives.
The parents, also, have important duties to per
form for their children in co-operation with the
sehools, and without this children often fail in spite
of te best efforts of the teachers. We are happy
*to see the parents, morz and more, recognizing this.
‘We have great confidence in the future of our
‘eounty and section and we base our hopes upon the
"work now being done in our schools. It is a great
pity that we are forced to so limit our school terms,
and it is our hope and wish that the time may soon
eome when every child in the county may enjoy the
benefit of a full school year out of each 12 months.
Our most sincere wish is for the upbuilding of our
wehools, and the good of every child, parent and
every Geacher in the county, and we are gratified at
the manifestations of school spirit and unity being
displayed.
At has-been recognized that tire chains are effi
cient in reducing auto aceidents, but it has more re
ewmtly been suggested that a few leg-chains, judie
¥aily preseribed, and officially appended, would fur
ther tend to keep down casualties of the road and
istreet. 'We are perfectly willing to see it tried out.
Anyway.
* Reports indicate an ever increasing demand for
sweet potatoes in the northern markets. Anybody
in Cobb county got more potatoes than they can
sell? o 4 :
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T "A pretty safe way to get an ‘!timate of a town is
to glance through the columns of it’s local paper.
When you find mothing but patent medicine adver
tisements and ofher foreign stuff—ecall the coroner
~—the town’s dead. A glance through our columns
will convinee you that Marietta is alive and going
to get better.
P — i e
/Tho Atlanta widow, who loaned the savings of a
Ffetime to an unknown voung man with a smooth
“tongue, never consulted either her lawyer or her
" bavker, s 0 you can guess how much of her money
~ she will #ver recover.
It s reported that the Egyptian government has
-amsned a decree than only one-third of tht land may
Ve 1 slanted in cotton this year. We don’t know
wium wort of government Egypt has, but this coun
try = %o darned free for the government to tell
any farwmer what he shall, or shall not plant. Yet
when cotton looked like forty cents, they didn’t
want the price ‘‘fixed’” at twenty-five, and now
wrhen it looks like ten cents, the same bunch is ‘‘de
wanding’’ that it be fixed at twenty-five. First we
~deny that our government has the power, and defy
‘lt to try to use it, then we claim it has the power,
‘and demand that it be used in our behalf. |
Cobb county farmers are right at the doorway of
@ hungry city of about two hundred thousand peo
e, and we don’t believe anybody will have to
throw away any food erops this fall. Another fact
wou should remember, also, is that the capital stock
of every bank in the county would not pay for one
!‘fih the food shipped into the county every vear.
Was Mrs. Armor’s Charge True? 1
It is surprising how many people will accept as!
fact any sort of a statement that is cleverly put.
and without any thought or analysis of it at all,
make it a part of the evidenee upon which they
form opinions of important matters. Some of the
most intelligent and shrewd business men are often
influenced by a smooth or witty paragraph, whea
but a moment’s serious reflection would expose the
utter foolishness of it. :
It is the knowledge of this trait or weakness of
human nature that helps those who have any sort
of specious argiment or propaganda to promote.
All they have to do is to make it sound good and the
public will do the rest. Put on a little sugar coat
ing, and nine-tenths of the.readers or hearers will
swallow it without trying to find out what is inside.
They aceept it as solid sugar. very much as if their
heads had been made of solid ivory. :
Yet we do not mean to insinuate that the people
who do this are fogls. It is just a careless habit of
unthoughtedness into which it is so easy to fall.
And all those misleading statements were not made
with any intention of deceiving or doing any harm.
Frequently they were only intended to be humar
ous. 8
In order to illustrate just what we mean read the
following paragraph :
Property taken in prohibition raids in five
States last .vear netted the Governmént over
$1.000,000, and it cost only %7,000,000 to cap
ture it.
This was clipped from last week's Literary Di
gest, which paper crédits it to the Washington Post.
Just why the Literary Digest man reprinted it, we
cannot say. Possibly he %«:uflxt it suffigiently
humorous to reproduce. ANhough Mrs. Mary ‘Har
ris Armor, the celebrated temperance lecturer,
charges that there is an anti-prohibition propagan
da being promoted by paid cartoonists and para
graphers in the newspapers and magazines, we do
not believe the Literary Digest is guilty of being
knowingly used for this ‘purpose. We would be
glad to say as much for the Washingtoms Post, but
knowing the reputation of that paper—claiming. de
moeracy and practicing republicanism—we are
ready to suspect it of any sort of insiduous propa
ganda.
But perhaps you are wondering what faultswe
find with the paragraph, and saying to yourself,
“Why 1 believe that is true, and itdoes look bad for
prohibition.”” No doubt some people are saying that
if this true, it alone would be sufficient cause for
the repeal of the probibition law. We stand ready
to admit that the statement is eorrect, that the fig
ures are based on actual faet, although, of cmfi’rse.
we do not know of which five states the paragféph—
}er was speaking, we submit for yvour consideration
‘along with a paragraph of our own:
! Property taken from people charged with
. murder in five States last vear did not net the
I government as much as one dollar, and vet it
cost the government millions of dollars to pros
ecute murder cases, '
The prohibition law was no more intended to be
a revenue raising bill than was the law against mur
der. We have gotten too much iu®the habit of as
sociating the liquor business with revenue raising.
We should re-classify it, and associate it with mur
der, and arson, and theft, and other ecrimes for
which it has so long been directly responsible, ‘ln
#ll the vears the government has licensed the liquor
business, it has cost the people one hundred, or
probably one thousand dollars for every dollar the
government got out of it, |
The Washington Post paragraph may be a state
ment of fact, but we deny that there is any sense,
or any humor, or any argument at all in it. So
many paragraphs of this character are now appear
ing, that we are sometimes tempted to believe Mrs.
Armor has good grounds for her char‘es‘against
many of our newspapers, y ‘
If we understand correctly the government has
ruled that prohibition laws are not to apply to lig
uors meant for medicinal pugposes, ~lf this is (~m'-;
rect we feel like we are going to be the sickest na
tion on the face of the earth in a very short time.
and we mean just what we say—morally sick. i
Washington is now swarmed with office seekers,
99 out of 100 of whom must be dissapointed. but
they will hang on for weeks and months until their
cash and credit is entirely gone, then they will go
home and spend the next four years “‘cussing’’ the
administration.
A lot of fishing poles going out toward the river
is no indication that the people are going to eat
more fish than the markets can supply. '
~ We have one vacant factory building in Marietta
that would afford working room for several hun
dred operatives. Is there no way to arrange for its
oecupancy and profitable operation?
|i " | SPEE Nl
A good many people in this country are kicking
about the taxes they are having to pay the United
States, but we would like to remind them that it is
not'a drop in the bucket to what they would be pay
ing if Germany had won the war.
Atlanta voted practically solid—more than twen
ty thousand votes—for honds.to get the necessary
funds to let the city grow. Marietta should hemjust
as unanimous, if she cannot east so many votes, for
bonds for paving her streets. ‘
THE MARIETTA JOURNAL
STOCK MEN ARE TO
PROMOTE noc‘uxsnm_.-l
At a 2 meeting of the associatio!fli
recently held in Atlanta, much inter
est and enthusiasm was evidenced by
the pure bred swinemen of the state.
It is realized that livestock will
play a more and more conspicious part
‘in the agriculturial program for 1921,
than it has at any time in the past.
The sensafional improvement in re
igard to both number and quality ut'l
‘Ehc«gs during the past five years in
‘Georgia has proved that class of farm
animals is preeminently suited to the
Esonth and the cotton farm.
" In order to encourage the feeding
and showing of commercial hogs in
tended for slaughter, the association
pledged itself to supplement the prize
money coffered at the Southeastern
!Fair for fat barrows to the extent of
$500.00. 2
Representatives of several breeds
pledged themeslves to see that car
load exhibits of fat barrows were
made to all standard breeds of hogs.
This barrow should show in both in
dividual and carload lots and will be
a potent factor in demonstrating to
the farmers the value of improved
blood in producing meat hogs.
Probably the most important thing
attempted by the association s the
promotion show and sale of bred sows
that will be held at the agricultural
college in Athens, May 10th and 11th,
1921. Five outstanding sows of each
of the principal breeds in Georgia will
be“donated for this sale and the pro
ceeds will go into the treasury of the
‘association. Speakers of national and
international reputation will be on the
program for the 10th of May. On the
morning of the 11th, all of the hogs
will be judged by a competent breed
er. Suitable prizes and ribbons will
be awarded. In the afternoon they
will be sold at public auction in the
order in which they were placed in
the morning. Any farmer in Georgia
interested in acquiring more know
ledge about hogs or in purchasing
foundation breeding stock cannot af
ford to miss this meting show and
sale.
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CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our many friends
for their Jovea nd kindnesg shown us
during the recent illnéss and death
of our husband and father, also the
ones that were so kind as to send their
cars. May God bless you all.
Mrs. V. B. Channell and children.
SPECIAL PRICES ON
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and FEED STUFFS
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We are offering the following prices for the time be
ing on feed stuffs, hay, grain, shorts, bran and on bulk
groceries and articles listed below.
PR (Rt el o e 75¢ i
Shorts, best grade, 1001bs __--________ <0
Good Plain Flour. bbl. b& e R SR
Wheat bran, 100 B e e
Pure Lard, 10 Ib. BN v R
60 ibs. Compound Lard e 2bt B R ]
Q 0 Ibs Swift Pore Lard.. . - . U --9.85
Karo Syrup, BB N 0
Blue Ridge Coffee, per pound_,_______ i gc
No. 2. Desert Peaches, sLI D e e
o NG, 2 348 Desert Pégehes. ... < i ci. e
BROOMS AT SPECIAL PRICES
While they last we are offering brooms of different
grades at the following prices, 49¢- 65¢-75¢ andsl.2s
They are bargains.
GARDEN AND FIELD SEEDS
We are carrying a full line of all Garden and Field
: seeds and we are selling them at prices that will save
you money. See us before you purchase your supply
for spring planting.
The Store of Qualty Prompt Service Courteous Treatment
MARIETTA - . - - GEORGIA
PRESBYTERIAN.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Rev. J. H. Patton, Pastor.
Church Street. Phone 221-J.
Sunday School 9:30 A. M.
Preaching 11 A. M. and 7 P. M.
Christian Endeavor 6.15 P. M.
Prayer Service Wednesday 7 P. M. |
EPISCOPAL. ;
ST. JAMES CHURCH. ?
Rev: Randolph R. Claiborne, Rector
Church Street. Phone 364. f
Sunday School 9:30 A. M.
Preaching 11 A. M. and 7 P. M.
Prayer Service Friday 4 P. M.
BAPTIST.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
| Rev. 1. A. White, Pastor.
208 Church Street. Phone 296.
Sunday School 9:30 A. M.
Prégdn,g 11 A. M. and 7P. M.
+Junior B. Y. P.U.4 P. M.
Senior B. Y. P. U. 6 P. M.
: Pm%r Service Wednesday 7 P. M.
" SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. Geo. Crowe, Pastor.
Atlanta Street
W. J. Bishop, Sunday School Supt.
Miss Cecil Watson, Leader Sunbeam
Band
A. A. Thacker, Pres. B. Y. P. U.
ROSE LANE CHURCH
Rev. J. T. Langley, "Pastor
Stewart Avenue.
Sunday School 9:30 A. M.
Preaching 11 A. M. and 7 P. M.
Second and Fourth Sundays
B. Y. P. U. Sunday 6 P. M.
Prayer Service Wednesday 7 P. M.
METHODIST.
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. J. M. Tumlin, Pastor.
Atlanta Street. Phone 125
Sunday School 9:30 A. M.
Preaching 11 A. M. and 7 P. M.
Epworth League 6 P. M.
Prayer Serfice Wednesday 7 P. M.
MAPLE AVENUE METHODIST.
Rev W.’L. Hampton, Pastor.
Maple Avenue.
Sunday School 9:30 A, M.
Preaching 11 A. M. and 7 P. M.
Prayer Service Wednesday 7 P. M.
Children’s Service every Ist and 3rd
| Sunday 2 P. M.
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FOR LODGE PINS AND
JEWELRY SEE
DANIELL_ BROTHERS
YOUR H(_)MB JEWELERS
Kennesaw Lodge No. 33 F. & A.
Meets Ist and 3rd
Friday Nights
@ Guy Northcutt, W. M.
E. G. Dyson, Sec'y.
Work in the Fellowcraft degree Mar:h,
4th.
| \.{mtmg Masons are welcomed.
Cherokee Chapter No. 13 R. A. )
Meets every 2nd Friday
S night in the month.
‘ -g Wm. R. Mountecatle, H.p,
: E: L. Moore, Sec'y.
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f Meets on sth Friday
nights, April,
July, Sept., Dec.
. R. J. Hancock, I. M.
E. L. Moore, Rec.
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Constantine Commandery No. 25
Knights Templar
Meets every 4th Fri.
day night in the month
3 C. E. Power, E. C.
J. R. Miller, Rec.
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Marietta Shrine Club
Meets at the call of the
President
Len C. Baldwin, Pres.
i J.‘Connor, Sec’y
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Marble City Lodge No. 252, 1.0.0. F.
C. L. Johnson- Noble Grand
L. C. Land, Recordixllg Secretary
Meets every Tuesday night 7.30
Masonic Hall
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Wnd\dell Encampment No. 15, 1.0.0. F
Geo. M. Benson, Chief Patriarch
I. C. Ferris, Scribe
Meets every 2nd and 4th Monday
nights, 7:30, at the Masonic Hall.
Jr. 0. U. A M.
Marietta Council No. 24, Jr.O.U.AM.
; : E. M. Cheek, Councilor s
J. E. Sanders, Secretary !
Meets every Thursday 7 P. M.
State Good of the Order Council.
H. E. Kerley, Vice Chairman
lMeets 1-B‘l Sunday, 28 1-2 Capitol
Avenue, Atlanta.
