The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1891-12-10
lCoMMUSICATED.
WHY LIKE THE MARIETTA JOUR-
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am fond of reading and subscribe reg
ularly for the leading magazines and pa
pers of our country and Europe yet can
say truthfully if were compelled to con,
fine myself to one publication, it would be
our home paper the Marietta Journal.
You may accuse me OF being curious to
hear the news True it is, l do not deny
it. My dear reader, you will never know
how TO appreciate the news your town pa
per furnishes you until you take trip
away from home. Then it will all come
so unexpectedly, bringing a charm you bad
not hitherto found.
First OF all. the Marietta JOURNAL is a
clean paper. Parents, after reading it, do
not feel obliged to burn it or hide it away
to guard their children from contamina.
ton. have known of unsavory and SEN
sational news in Marietta that was careful
~ concealed by the Journal. Such would
have been regarded by many city papers
as rich find" IT you and your husband
indulge IN little 90 as-you please scuffle
over the possession Of dime, which he has
dropped OH the carpet, you need not ex>
pect to have representative of the Jour
NRL' TO call to quizz you about your fight
and exaGgerate erything told to him.
1t does notannounce our daughter mar
rage before you were aware of her having
lover. your relatives die of insanity or
indulgence in liquor the JOURNAL simply
states that they are dead, and that is all
1t spares your feelings, and is that not to
be appreciated
The JOURNAL labors with earnestness at
all times for the upbuilding Of Marietta.
1t you can recall how one town appeared
ten years ago and contrast it with the pres
ent, you may safely give the JOURNAL
three>tourths of the credit. 1t has iuhu~
enced the emigration Of good citizens to
our community, who spend their time and
money in promoting substantial progress
Its editorials are always sensible and on
the side OF the right. 1t discourages debt
making and encourages debt paying. The
two or more of columns devoted to reig-
ious matters must certainly be appreciated
by Christian people. 1t takes no part n
jobbery or wire >pulling politics. It's opin-
ions are not for sale. 1t does not pander
to the rich or ignore the poor. 1t does
not convict prisoner ere he has had a
trial before Il jury Of his countrymen.
1t is regular in its issues, not like the
weekly paper out in the wild and woolIy
west which comes out every other week, =
and not then if any of the editors family
are indisposed.
The Journal prints all church notices
free of charge-also spring poetry 1t does
not charge you for the favor of publishing
your articles. If they go into the waste
basket it does not call attention to tie
fact that you sent lot of rot" which had
been refused.
When you marry, the Journal does full
justice to the occasion. When your first
| born comes, and the light in your dear
! wife's eyes has grown tenderer-when the
prayer of thanktulness for the wee blossom
has hardly assembled, out comes the news
in the Journal. How proud it makes you
feel If you keep on till your family
numbers bakers dozen, the patient and
long>suffering paper records them all.
Then when you are dead the journal will
contain your obituary. 1t will conceal
your faults like thesnow from heaven, which
hides all impurity and deformities on the
face of Nature.
The career of Neal and Massey gives
evidence CT the truth OF the proverb There
is no royal road to success" They have
built up their large business by the exer
else of honesty, patience, hard work
punetuality and economy. Long live the
| JOURNAL! A SUBSCRIBER.