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" THURSDAY, SEPT. 8, 1921
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THE MARIETTA JOURNAL
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. The Marietta Publishing Company
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‘Wni. L Harris - - - Editor and Manager
‘Joe ‘Rhoden = ‘ Assistant Editor
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side of Cobb County $1.50 per Year.
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Entdffed at the Postoffice at Marietta, Georgia, as Second
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MARIETTA, GA., THURSDAY, SEPT. 8, 1921.
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" Communication With Mars
The recent announcement in the press to the‘
effeet that Mareone, the inventor of wireless, believes‘
that. the inhabitants of Mars, our second closest
nei@bor in the solar system, are endeavoring to get
in touch with the people of the earth through the
meatis of wireless is interesting to say the least.
.And? what is better still, is the possibility of truth
connected with the matter. This would result in
giving to earthly inhabitants the benefit of the
knowledge gained by the much older, racially
speaking, inhabitants of our neighbor planet, which,
it is believed, is of a much higher and more ad
vanced stage than ours,
1f suceessful, it would immediately give us ae
tual knowledge of things that have heretofore been
mere hypotheses and so impractical in the opinion
of the great mass of the people as to form scarcely
any part at all of their mental world. We have been
accustomed to think in terms of a world scope lim
it. This would give us a matter of fact cosmic view
point, and would perhaps mean more to the world
today than the discovery of America meant at the
time of Columbus.
It would also mean, and this is perhaps the
most vital effect, that many problems along every
line, agricultural, industrial, political, economical,
and the like, which up to the present have done little
more than ereate turmoil and strife in our inability
to properly dispose of them, could immediately be
analyzed in the fuller experiences and accomplish
ments of the more advanced Martians. From as
tronomical caleculations the Martians are many
thousands of years older than the peoples of the
earth. Therefore the stage of civilization through
which we are now passing was very probably exper
ienced by them ages ago. We, accordingly, coula
probably be placed in possession of the exact knowl:
edge of what our own civilization will ultimately be,
E‘h&nb faithful comparison can'be found in that
of the savage being suddenly placed in contact with
the most advanced civilization. Our position would
be something similar to that of the American indian
When first coming in eontact with Buropeans. And
the effects would probably be even greater.
There are many difficulties in the way of the
success of the matter, however., The apparent mes
sages may be the outcome of natural phenomena
either on the earth or of a cosmic origin, this, de
spite ‘the fact that Marconi helieves that all such
possibilities have been eliminated. Again, if certain
believers in spiritualism and theosophy are correct
in their premises, the origin of the messages may
be of an astral nature. Also it may be that the
conditions of the ether will never permit the trans
mission of electrical currents from one planet to
another in a way that will permit of communication.
Still, it would certainly be foolish to say that
such communication is beyond the realms of the
possible. It is no more impossible or unthinking
than the discovery of the new; world at a time when
little was known of geograbhy or of the heavens.
Neither is the actual transportation of inhabitants
from the earth to other members of our solar sys
tem entirely out of the realms of the possible Who
T 0 SALT PETER GAVE“
Many Interesting Sights Seeen In |
Historic Old Land Mark
Used during Civil War
By a Member of the Party
On last Wednesday week the Meth
odist choir and a few guests had an‘
enjoyable outing at Sait Peter Cave.
The party left here about 1 o’clock
in six cars,
The Cave is little known and be
cause of this many people miss ga
glorious sight. To reach the cave
you go through Cartersville to Eu
harlie. The cave is about five miles
from there. The roads, all except
the last mile, are fine.
This Cave, although it is scarcely
known areund Marietta, is one of the
most famous old landmarks of north
Georgia. The history of the cave is
very interesting and a few facts are
known are about it save that the
only time it was put to commercial
use was during the civil war when
materials were dug from it and used
in making gun powder by the Con
federacy. Then too, it is thought it
was inhabited by the Indians before
the White man ruled supreme in north
Georngia.
From the roof and walls hang pure
white ‘Stagligmites and Staligites-—
their whiteness only blurred in places
by the smoke from the numerous
torches carried in by the visitors. The
entrance to the cave is a large open
ing on the side of the mountain. As
you go in you are appalled by the
size of the cave. In the side of the
wall an exact likeness of a jug is
carved from the mineral. Who the
mwaster hand that carved this it is
not known,
There are two huge rooms carved
in the side of the wall, the| bat
roomand the {ball room, they are
called. But the most curious freak
in the cave is a pure bubbling spring
right in the midst of all the Salt
Peter.
~ The party came back by Kingston
‘and Roger's Camp, at Lime Kill
Springs, where they had supper with
)camp, Mr. Rogers, is Mrs. J. G. Giles’
the campers. The owner of this
brother. After an enjoyable supper
the party returned to Marietta. Of
the many trips the choir has had
this summer this one seemed to be
the most enjoyable one of all.
Those in the party were, Dr. and
Mrs. Warren Benson, and Regina Ann
their little daughter, Mr. and Murs,
J. G. Giles, Mr. and Mrs, Frank Har
deman and® sons, James and Frank
Lee, Mr. Calloway, Mr, and Mrs. J.
W. Hardeman, Misses Ruth and Ruby
Webb Frances Hardeman Margaret
and Elizabeth Northcutt, Eva Gar
ris and Willie Scott, Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie Northeutt, My. and Mrs. Geo.
Hardeman and Mr. and Mrs. Burton.
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We read that a form of baseball
was a favorite sport among the
Greeks. We do remember something
about a Homer.—Little Rock Arkan
'sas Gazette,
knows but that some day the different planets that
revolve around our sun may be as closely related
to each other in the consciousness and experience of
living things upon these planets as today are the
diffirent continents and seas to us, the inhabitants
of the earth? ¢ :
We noticed a sign somewhere the other day'
along a typical Marietta or other Cobb county city}
street warning all drivers of a heavy fine for the
violation of a certain very low speed limit. The
Joke cof the matter was that this was one instance
where an escaping of the fine was utterly impossible.
No car could possibly speed over such a street with
out a damage to the car exceeding in any case the
maximuny fine,
A cartoon coming to our desk the other day
depicted the unemployed wage worker as brooding
over his present predicament, that of no work and
no money, and bewailing the squandering of high
wages during and immediately following the war.
The cartoon is very timely and hits home at
a great truth. Its only short coming lies in the faet
‘that all blame is placed upon the wage worker.
‘Thought out carefully the question also arises as
to why a similar lesson should not be brought home
to the business man or manufacturer who during
the period of high wages and plenty of work for
the wage worker! did not save over out of his
profits, which occasionally ran as‘high as 1000 per
cent, enough money to tide him over the present
‘finamcial depression. ) .
‘The Commission Bill |
There seems to be some misunderstanding
about the proposed bill to create a one man commis
sion in lieu of the present five man commission in
regard to the eleven bhond commissioners that are
provided for in the bill in case a bhond election is
alled at some future date. :
The eleven commissioners do not come into ae
tion or have anything to do with the county’s af
fairs at all unless a bond election is called during
the time set forth in the bill 1922 to 1926 and will
have nothing to do with the county’s affairs further
than supervising the expenditure of funds arising
from such an election. In case a bond election ig
called they would be active onlv -, idng as there
were projeets under wav which were being paid for
by bond moncy.” And when the bond money was
cvpended as provided by law the commission would
automatically be dissolved.
If the people of Cobb county want a one man
commission they will have a chanee to say so on the
22 day of this month, :
The present system has proven a failure and the
county is rapidly going farther and farther in debt.
County warrants now sell at a discount as mueh as
50 per cent. The county is handicapped because of |
lack of credit, large demurrage bills haye to be paid
on account of insufficient funds to pay for mater
ials shipped here for improving roads. The county
has to pay exhorbitant prices because of the value
of the warrants they issue and the tax payers of the
county have to pay for all this with hard earned
100 cents dollars.
The personnel of the present commission is not
to blame. They probably do the best they can, but
under the system cannot give the county an efficient
management.
One man on the job every day can see that ef
ficient progress is made on county projects; person
ially see that all moneys are properly expended and
ave the tax payers thousands of dollars every year
‘hat are now being wasted through delays, demur
l ~age bills and the like. :
The price of cotton can’t soar too high for us.
So let it rise.
Mrs. J. M. Marvin has returned to
her home in Jacksonville, after a vis
it to her mother, Mrs. S. L. Garri
son.
Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Hall and Mrs.
L. E. York spent last week at Lake
mont, Ga.
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Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Langford an
nounce the birth of a son on Friday,
August 26, who has been named
George Curtis Langford, Jr,
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Miss Jemima Rohner has return
ed from a two months’ visit to rela
tives in Springfield, Mo., and Stur
geon Bay, Wis. Her aunt. Mrs. Lou-}
ise Gault, of Springfield, accom’pa
nied her home for a three weeks’
visit. ‘
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Miss Cleo Cannon spent the week
end in Canton, with relatives.
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The friends of Mrs. Willie Frey
Smith will be interested to learn of
her marriage to Mr. John Elder, on
Sunday ovening at St. Paul's Meth
odist church in Atlanta. Mrs Elder
formerly lived in Marietta, and is
related to many people.
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Miss Mary Norton Towers, of
Rome, is spending three weeks with
her. aunts, Misses Tallulah and Mary
Towers.
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Mrs. 0. G. Payden and daughter.
Miss Pauline Payden, of LeNoir Cit o
Tenn., spent the past two weeks W'HXI
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W. A. Florence Dry Goods Co.
MARIETTA, GA. |
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13th
Representatives of the Co-Ed Dresses as well as ones
from Fur, Suits and Coat manufacturers will be here
with their latest creations for Fall and Winter.
All these will be on display the 'entire day.
Live Models will work from two-thirty until five.
’ There will be seats for all and we want you and all
your friends to be here.
Fall Millinery will also be featured. 5
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W. A. Fiorence Dry Goods Co.
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School Days are here and every mother knows what a trial it
is to buy children’s shoes, they are more particular about their toes
than any one and their feet require more eare and skill in fitting.
We believe we have more good shoe friends among the school
children than any other store, that is because we have specialized
to-a large extent on that trade. nl
We have the largest and most complete stock of children’s
shoes we have ever carried and respectfully request an opportun
ity of showing all mothers just how well we understand selecting
and fitting children’s shoes. B » e |
We also have some excellent styles for the mothers themselv
es. We'll be glad to show you. L
WATCH OUR WINDOWS
For The Newest Styies In Footwear ’
W. A. Florence Dry Goods Co.
: * Shoe Dept. On Balcony
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