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The Marictta Toutnal
JOURNAL, ESTABLISHED 1866
ofiicial Organ of Cobb County Geo'rgia
vOL. 52.
Dean Replies to W, J. Harris’
Warning and Insiructions
April 10, 1918.
Hon. W. J. Harris, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir: I havejust received
and read your communication, ad
dressed to each member of the state
Jemocratic executive committee, giv
ing instructions and warning for our
guidance on the 11th.
I also note your announcement
that 1 am considering the race for
United States Senate.
Since you have brought up the sub
ject of the present senatorial race,
permit me to ask you: Since when
pave you become the exponent .and
representative of loyalty for the state
of Georgia? And since when did you
discover in your chief opponent, Sen
ator Hardwick, this arch' enemy, this
anti-adminstration advocate, this sud
den disloyalty and that the “lecpard
had changed his spots”?
Are you not the same W. J. Har
ris who was chief campaign mana
ger of Billy Hardwick in his race for
United States senate in 1914, and is
Senator Hardwick rot the same lit
tle bantam rooster which you placed
on exhibition in Macon four years
azo and vouched for as the man of
all men in Georgia who deserved to
be elected to the United States sen
ate? Is he not the same man whom
you publicly prociaimed as being the
only true, “loyal candidate” and as
being the only one that could be
trusted by the administration? And
did you not, as government affice
holder and trusted friend of Presi
iefit Wilson, urge every delegate in
Macon to support Hardwick, claim
ing that he and he alone should be
eleeted? Did you neot procure and
have published a letter from Presi
dent Wilson—very similar to the one
you now have from him regarding
vourself —indorsing Hardwick as the
loyal administration candidate? Did
you not, by promise of federal pat
ronage, absolutely induce members
of delegates pledged to other candi
dates, to violate their pledges and
vote for him, and did not poor Tom
Felder withdraw from the race in
favor of Hardwick upon assurances
that he was to receive your and Hard
wicks’ support for a federal appoint
ment? Was I not at the Macon con
vention supporting the candidate who
had received the largest popular, as
well as the largest county unit vote,
and therefore entitled under demo
cratic usage to be nominated, and did
I not see you during the three days of
the Macon convention working hand
in-hand witah Hardwick, inducing our
delegates to desert and go to Hard
wick, on the promise of federal pa
tronage to their friends and rela
tives?
You dare not deny it, for this is
as well known over the state of Geor
gia as the other fact that the Macon
Convention of 1914 was the rottenest
convention ever held in the state of
Georgia and that you and Hardwick,
glove in hand, surpassed Tammany
hall in manipulation of purchasakle
delegates.
You and Hardwick have been living
for the greater part of the last twen
ty yvears in Washington and you knew
him -as well then as you do now, and
your voice was never raised against
a single act of his, however disloyal,
until you and he fell out and you be
came a candidate against him.
Among ‘the charges you now bring
against him is that he voted against
the administration bill in the senate,
providing for the purchase and build
ing of ships necessary for the prose
cution' of the war and delayed its
passage for over a year, thus causing
the government many millions of dol
lars in the increased cost, enriching
the shipping trust and greatly embar
assing the transportation of supplies
to our soldiers in France. Yet, you
know as well as I do that Hardwick,
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AND (iR RIER
MARIETTA, GA., FRIDAY MORONING, APRIL 19, 1918.
EPROF . RICKENBAKER
j LEAVES SMYRNA
jThe People cf Smyrna Give Him
'; Up With Great Reluctance.
% \
: Prof. S. D. Rickenbaker, who has
ibeen Superintendent of Public
fSchools of Smyrna has resigned and
' will return to Hhis native state, South
' Carolina. He will engage in the Au
| tomobile business at York, S. C., one
tof South Carolina’s hustling towns.
jProf Rickenbaker is a gentleman of
{high character and splendid accom
| plishments, and has endeared him
fself to the people of Smyrna by his
| genial manners.
| Prof. Rickenbaker was engaged in
;t'ne Banking business before coming
| here. He leaves a strong impress
ision on the pupils of his school. In
| his farewell address to the pupils last
{ Friday there were tears in the eyes
|of the children who had learned to
!10'.'e and respect him.
| His family will remain in Smyrna
| for a while before going to their new
| honie. Prof. Rickenbaker is succeed
'ed by Prof. R. B. Benton, who comes
| highly recommended as an executive
Ea‘.ul teacher and we wish him much
| success.
It is not amissto say that Prof. Rick
enbaker as Chairman of the Thrift
Stamp Committee of Smyrna, sold
through . the children alone $628.50
of these stamps.
HENS SHOULD NOT BE :
HURRIED TO MARKET
Washington, D. C.—“A rush of
too many fowls to market as soon as
the restriction against selling laying
hens is removed, may result in food
losses,” says the United States De
partment of Agriculture. “Think
twice before selling a hen that is
still laying, Green food is becoming
more plentiful and the demand for
eces continues. Universal marketing
of fowls react on prices as well as
cause spoilage of dressed poultry.”
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For Rent or For Sale, use our
Wart Column. :
LEMONS DISTRICT
BUYS LIBERTY BONDS
Lemons District, 'which is purely
a country district, shows up well in
the Liberty Bond Campaign. They
organized and made personal effort
in the cause, this sort of work always
wins. \
The workers were W. N. Nichols,
Chairman, with Mrs. R. D. Webb and
Mrs. McClure as Captains and J. V.
Carmichael and Mrs. W. D. Ray, as
sistants.
The sales reported on Tuesday
were $3,500, and the work is still
going on. Mrs. Webb made the
largest sales and deserves special
credit for this success.
WILLIAM J. HARRIS
IS COMING AGAIN
{Washington, April 15.— (Special)
-,t-}(‘!zairman W. J .Harris, chairman
of the federal trade commission, can
didate for United States senate in
Georgia, will leave for Georgia
Thursday and attend a metting of
the Georgia Medical association at
Savannah Friday.
MARIETTA.
To every boy and girl
To fathers, mothers too
This town of Marietia
Our hats are off to you.
We can’t forget your people
You've had an open door,
And to show appreciation
We're going to win this war.
You've heard our constant firing
.Over yonder on the hill,
And every shot and rumble
Is a pill for Kaiser Bill.
- And when the war is over
And again the skys are blue
And we dream of days a soldier,
Marietta, we’ll think of you.
- By HOMER CROWELL,
Hdgs. Co., 319th F. A.
FARMERS SHOULD USE
BUREAU OF MARKETS
\
Freauent inquiries for Georgia
corn are now reaching the Georgia
State Bureau of Markets, and if there
are any producers who have corn for
sale, it would be well for them to let
the Bureau know about it.
Among the thousands of sales of
Georgia food products which have
been effected through the bureau,
corn has figured most prominently.
Of course, it must be apparent to
every producer that corn which is
shucked, shelled and free of weevil
will find always a more ready and a
better market.
Not only are Georgia corn and
other food products in good demand
now, but there are indications that
every pound of food and feed pro
ducts grovin in the state in 1918
will find prompt and ready con
sumers,
To illustrate the service which is
now being given Georgia farmers
throuch® the Department’s weekly
market bulletin, which is free for the
asking, the following may be quoted
from one of the numerous letters re
ceived regarding it: .
M. 4. Wade Johnson, of Mount
Vernon, Ga., writes: -
“As to the items in your weekly
bulletin, will say that I have never
in my life had so many inquiries,
both as to the hay and peas. If
everyone receives the service I have
had, there is no need of any one in
the state having anything for sale
that he cannot sell; and if they are
in the market for something, they
can certainly secure all the buying
information necessary.
The Bureau's weekly bulletin is
now mailed regularly to 4,000 pro
ducers and consumers. Any one
wiching it may have his name added
to the mailing list. Thousands of
sales of farm products have already
been made through it, and its service
in finding markets for farm products
is growing every time a new name
is added to the list.
COURIER, ESTABLISHED 1901
Official Organ of the City of Marietta
LAWYERS HELP ALIEN
WASHINGTON, April 18th.—An
army of 140,000 lawyers in the Unit
ed States was enlisted to-day in the
campaign to uncover enemy proper
ty. A. Mitchell Palmer, Alien Pro
perty Custodian, in a letter sent to
attorneys in every state, called on
them to locate and report to his of
fice all funds held by the enemy
in the vicinities in which they live.
“Property aggregating in value
many millions of dollars has been re
ported and taken over, but it is con
fidently believed that at least as
much, if not more, is still unreport
ed,” his letter said. ‘““The cduty of
locating and reporting such property
is placed by law not upon this office,
but upon the individual citizen. It
is here that I need your help.”
FERTILIZER MANUFACTURERS
AND DEALERS MUST SECURE
FEDERAL LICENSE
Attention of fertilizer manufac
turers and dealers has again been
celled to the necessity for taking out
Federal Licenses.
All fertilizer manufacturers, in
cluding mixers, even though their
output may be small, are required
to take out licenses. Agents and
dealers doing exclusively a retail
business, whise gross sales do not a
mount to more than $lOO,OOO a year,
are not required to take out licenses
or to make applications for blanks.
Mowever, any retail dealer or agent
whose gross sales amount to more
than $lOO,OOO and who does not ap
ply for a license is liable under the
provisions of the act of Congress pro
viding for the governmental control
of the industry.
Application for license should be
made to the law department, license
division, United States Food Admin
istration, Washington, D. C.
NO. 186.
