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The Marietta Journal
The Mnrl:rt‘toa Courier.
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i ARIETR PUBLISHNG CONPANY
~ JOSIAH CARTER, Jr,
Business Manager.
MRS. ANNIE L. CARTER,
Associate Editor.
SUBSCRIPTION $l.OO PER YEAR.
Entered a\ the Postoffice at Marietta,
Ga., as Second Class Mail Matter.
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Official Organ of Cobb County.
Marietta, Ga., Aug. 13th, 1915,
BRI A e s, 2.
fl TO PLOUGH AND HOE. 8}
A recent Governor of Georgia com
muted the sentence of a man, know
ing that his action would bring down
upon him the wrath of a majority of
the people of the State. A news
paper quotes him as saying that he
could afford ‘“‘to go into obscurity,
that he was able to plough and hoe.”
Of course, that was all buncombe
as his family is rich, and he will
not need to work hard to live, but
that phrase expresses a state of mind
which is far too common.
“To plough and to hoe” is syn
omymous in the minds of far too
many people with the hardest drud
gery and the lowest of human oc
cufiationn. Here is a man who was
governor of a state and who had no
more sense than to betray the fact
that he shared in this opinion of
fools.
Agriculture was the very begin
ning of civilization as it is still the
most useful of human occupations.
What would become of the world if
all men refused to plough and hoe?
Cincinnatus, the great Roman dicta
tor, left his plow in the furrow to
take up the government, and after
he had saved the nation returned to
his plow with added zest.
David, King of Israel, and Psal
mist for all mankind was a shep
herd.
Moses, Isaac, Jacob, Abraham,
were all men who lived by flocks and
herds and the produce of the land.
Our farmers won our indepen
dence,
Washington, Jefferson, Madison,
Jackson, Lincoln, Garfield, among
other presidents, were lovers of the
farm, and on the farm some of them
endured heroic labor. |
Washington said: “Agriculture iz
the most ancient, the most uset‘ul.i
and the most honorable oooupati(m;
of man.” Language could be zmi
stronger than that statement. '1
And yet, there has grown up i_n?
this country a feeling that this gre-.at,}
and old, and honorable occupation isi
inferior in dignity and worth to the
selling of ribbons and laces, to run
ning soft drink stands, or moving‘
picture shows, to lending money at
usurious rates or dealing in junk.
Out upon such wooden heads and
long ears. The people who enter
tain such folly are not fit either to
plough or hoe for that requires a
sturdiness beyond the comprehension
of these flabby souls.
And then, too, farmers prefer for
farm work either horses, or mules,
to jackasses which bray mightily and’
have mighty opinions of the music
they make when in fact they truly
syemplify the old Latin motto!
“Yoice and nothing else.” "
Fifteen of our Presidents were'
sons of farmers. Don’t forget that.
-—The National Field,.
COMPULSORY:- EDUCATION.
From a long editorial in the At
‘antz Jourral cn the need of compell
ing children to attend school we take
the following extract:
“If a man persists in keeping his
back yard in such a condition as tOl
endanger his n#hbor’s health, he is
sent to jail. ‘But if he insists on’
rearing his child in such a manner as
to lower public intelligence, he is
indulgently let alome. Illiteracy is
more"lifan a misfortune to individ
uals: it is a menace to society. Un
der our system of government, the
people are the State, electing its off
icers, molding its politics and decid
ing issues of gravest concern to prop
erty and human interests. Their
will is the basic law and the court of
final appeal. How important, then,
that they be prepared for thoughtful
and righteous use of this tremen
dous power,
Yet, in Georgia there are 30,085
native whites of voting age who can
not read the ballots they cast—a
number sufficient, at times, to con
trol the outcome of an election.
These illiterates, it is true, do not
vote as a unit, and some, perhaps,
.do not vote at all; but their political
Influence is present, some times de-
Migive. Georgia has 76,242 native
white children between tine ages of’
six and fourteen who are not attend-l
ing school. Of these a considerable
precentage is mad: up of boys, whoj
are approaching the duties of citiz
onship unprepar:d. 7o be thorou: -
ly iafe, indeed, we had batter assuiie
(without rushing in whore only an-(
gels dare to tread; that the giris also
are apboroachiny responsibilities of
suffrage. But wiether voting or not,
illitecrate womankood is even worse'
than illiterate manhcod; for the|
home is the heart of society and wo
man is the heart of the homne.
When every child in Georgia has
its educational due, we shall have
richer farms, fairer cities, abler in
dustries, a happier and nobler Com
monwealth. Prosperity does not
spring from cunning machines and
fertile soil; it springs from cunning
hands and fertile minds. People are
more important than property. A
child’s mind harbors more wealth
than all the farms and factories of
the world; for, in that mind what
inventions may be waiting, what dis
coveries to prosper and enlighten
mankind| Railroads and telegraphs
and cotton gins, all have sprung from
the energy that throbs in a human
brain. It is to this energy, fostered
and trained by education, that wel
owe our progress in agriculture and
industry. The surest way to make
Georgia a richer State is to arouse
and free the people’s minds.
That is the pecuiiar function of
education. That is the mission of
the country school no less than of the
college and university. Public inter
ests as well as individual rights de
mand that every child be given his
educational due. The Legislature
cshould see to it, without further de
lay, that this is done through the
enactment of a compulsory school at~|
tendance law.”
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Special Train Will Leave Marietia
Over W. &A. . At 9:49 a. m.
THURSDAY and FRIDAY IN CHATTANOOGA
RETURNING. Tickets will be good on any regular train, except
No. 95, up 0 and including train Leaving Chattanoo
ga at 3:60 a. m., Saturday, Augusi 21, 1915,
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THE BANKER IS INTERESTED IN HIS DEPOSITORS.
HE IS THE ONLY MAN IN TOWN WHO WILL GIVE YOU
HIS ADVICE FREE. THE BANKER LIKES TO SEE YOU
RND EVERYONE IN HIS COMMUNITY GETTING RICH.
SUCCESS BREEDS SUCCESS AND SUCCESSFUL MEN
CAN AND DO RSSIST EACH OTHER.
BE A SUCCESSFUL MAN. PUT SOME MONEY IN THE
BANK OFTEN AND BECOME ONE OF THE RICH MEN IN
OUR TOWN.
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MARIETTA, GEORGIA
Capital . $100,000.00
Surplus and Profits 75,000.00
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Over 25 Years of Successful . Business
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OFFICERS. '
1. E. MASSEY, President. @. P. REYNOLDS, Cashier
TlOB. M. BROWN, Vice President D. R. LITTLE, Asst. Cashier.
ASK FOR ONE OF OUR POCKET SAVINGS BANKS.
MARIETTA JOURNAL AND COURIER
I REMEMBER.
I remember, I remember
The house where I ;was born,
The little window where the sun
Came= peeping in at morn;
You'd hardly know the old place now !
For dad is up-to-date,
And the farm is scientific
From the back lot to the gate.
The house and barn are lighted
With bright acetylene,
The engine in the laundry
Is run by gasoline.
We have silos, we have autos,
We have dynamos and things;
A telephone for gossip,
And a phonograph that sings.
The hired man has left us, Sid
We miss his homely face; . .
A lot of college graduates TN
Are working in his place, '
There’s an engineer and fireman,”
A chauffeur and a vet. . o-f
'Lectrician and mechanic—
Oh, the farm’s run right, you bet.
The little window where the sun
Came peeping in at morn
Now brightens up a bathroom
That cost a car of corn.
Our milkmaid is peunmatic \
And she'g sanitary, too;
But dad gets 15 cents a quart |
For milk that once brought two. ‘
Our cattle came from Jersey, |
And the hogs are all Duroc; |
The sheep are Southdown beautier
And the hens are Plymouth Rock.
To have the best of everything— |
That is our aim and plan— 1
For dad not only farms it, |
But he’s a business man. \
—Canadian Courier.
TIME TO ACT. .
Elitor Constitution: 1 reaq with in
terest the letter of Mr. Thad Adams,
of the Moultrie Grocery company, in
today’s Constitution in regard to the
cotton situation. 1 agree with him
and your paper in the stand that you
have taken in this matter and join
in the protest against the blockading
of neutral ports. I, for one, will
write our state department and urge
all business men and farmers of the
south to do the same at once. Our
state department must act, and act
quickly, if the south is to expect any
relief this fall. This way of waiting
to settle an international difference
with one belligerent before you make
no effort at all to settle with the
other, will not do as common sense
;ought to tell our authorities at Wash
ington that Germany is not going to
‘make a favorable reply until she sees
what action England will take in
this blockade, and England waits up
on Germany in the same manner. Tt
is due time that our country put the
question squarely up to England as
she has to Germany, and demand
that something be done immediately
in regard to the shipping to neutral
ports, and not until then can the
south expect relief from thiz war on
commerce,
F. E. A. SCHILLING, JR.,\
(Hardware.)
Marietta, Ga., July 28th, 1915,
--- From the Constitutions Editorials,
Whenever You Need a (General Tornic
Take Grove’s
The Old Standard Grove’s Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as a
General Tonic because it contains the
well known tonic propertiesof QUININE
and IRON. It actson the Liver, Drives
out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
Builds up the Whole System. 50 cents.
NSO OHX
Smith
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486 Phones 487
10 Ibs..Silver Leaf
Lard
$l.lB
10 Ibs. Snowdrift Lard
95c
48 Ibs Purity Flour
$1.60
No. 10 White Way C.
P. Lard
90c
No. 10 Cottolene
$1.25
No 10 Silver Leaf Pure
LLard
$1.25
i 5 Ibs. Arbuckle Coffee
7 Ibs. good Bulk Cof
fee
$l.OO
3 Ib. pail Red Ring
Coffee
| Pee
Good Brooms each
25c¢
Smith
AND
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- Friday August 13, 1615
PROFESSIONALCARDS
R s e et e S
ND. W. B AIR.
LAWYER,
Noria Side Public Square
MARIETTA, GA.
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HOLLAND & McCLESKEY,
Attorneys At Law.
CFFICE IN REYNOLDS BUILDINQ
MARIETTA, GEORGIA.
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DR. C. L. McCLESKEY,
—DENTIST—
Office in Anderson Building,
MARIETTA, ~ - GEORGIA,
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GORDON B. IiANN.
Attorney at Law and
Rea! Estate Agent.
Marietta, : 3 : Georgs
Office up stars over Sams Drug Stors
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FRED MORRIS.
LAWYER
Office in Manning’s New Building,
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J. GLENN GILES
ATTORNEY AT LAW
MARIETTA, 2 : GCEOKGIL
Office over Marietta Restanraat,
in building mext to Court House.
Dr. J. 3. Vlaione
Gffice over Yowler Bro‘hers’ Store
Office Hours
JOto 12 a. m. and 5 tc 5 p. m.
Office Phone 93. Residence Phone 73
North Sde Public Square,
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W. H. Perkinson L. L. Blair.
Res. Phore 151 Res, Phone 159 J
DRS. PERKINSON & BLAIR
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS
Office Cver Book Store.
C)tfice Telephone 23.
i DR. W. M. KEMP,
' GENERAL PRACTITIONER
MAKLETTA. GA, Office. in Gober bhail:
weg over Ward Bros. store. Residence ailen Wion
niace, Lawrence street.
'Residence phone 78. Office phone %
IJOHN H. BOSTON, JR.
i ATTCRNEY AT LAW.
ißeal Estate Loans, and Title Work
[ Handled Especially.
Gffice with D. W. Blair.
LINDLEY W. CAMP,
I LAWYER.
iOffice in Manning’s new Building.
{ MARIETTA, - GEORGIA.
JNO T. DORSEY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Marietta, - - - Georgia.
Office in Ordinary’s Office.
e e e e Y APR Aok BASCP SV 2AT 5 T
B. T. FREY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
MARIETTA, GA. Office over H.
A. Ward's store, Pnblic Square. Col.
ections aspecialty. Money loaned.
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Phone 136. ‘
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WE WANT
AT ONCE, LOAN APPLICATIONS
FOR $5OO TO $2500 ON EITHER
CITY OR FARM REAL ESTATE
SECURITY. WE HAVE FIN®
LISTS OF REAI ESTATE FOR
SALE. .CALL BY AND SEE
US. WILLIAM TATE HOLLAND,
SUCCESSOR T 0 R. N. HOLLAND
AND SON, No. 1 REYNOLDSA
BUILDING, MARIFITA GA.
