The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1901-07-18
LOCAL ITEMS.

The movement to secure four-year
terms for all county officials in Geoi-
gia inaugurated at Columbus, should
be encouraged. 1t detracts from the
efficiency of public servant to be
forced to enter a campaign every two
years. The time is altogether too short
for an incumbent to become expert in
his office Macon News:
Tom Watson is going on the lecture
platform. 1t is said he refused $500
offered by GAINESVILLE Chautauqua. He
wanted $500. Watson won't be hired by
many Chautauquas at that price. He
couldn't draw $500 in patronage in
small city. Tom had just as we'll de-
eide to keep off the lecture platform il
$500 is his price. He will get no takers
While negro was being examined
before a school bonrd, he was asked to
spell pleurisy and make sentence with
the word in it, He spelled it pluricy
and his sentence was: "Pluricy il
practiced in Utah" Another more
wise than the first, spelled it plurisy,
and gave this sentence: John is got
the plurisy in his right hand"
The farm life in this country is the
freest and most independent that can
be found. Its attractions and opportu-
mites are not sufficiently set before the
rising generation. Tens of thousands
of youths who are now idling or plod-
ding along in the cities could vastly
improve both their present condition
and their prospects by responding to
the cry for help from the farmers from
season to season and remaining on the
farm.
The young man Of ability makes
mistake when he seeks departmental
or appointive position. There he bur-
les his talents. Far better seek en-
ployment elsewhere and begin at the
bottom, il necessary II he has the ca
pacity he will succeed. The offices must
and will be filled, but the young man
who feels that he has the ability, the
energy and the ambition to succeed In
life should never be willing to join the
mendicant army government SERVICE
seekers.-Nashville American.
We have still in North Carolina, Ten
nessee, Georgia ard Alabama many
fertile unoccupied acres which need to
easily support a population four times
as great as that which now occupies it,
1t is the best watered and healthiest
country in the world, free for the most
part from malaral and all climatic
diseases We have here what they lack
in the Southwest, d uniformly -distribu-
ted rainfall We never fail to have
good crops OF one kind or another, early
or late, in this South Appalachian i
country. In the Southwest they do
not have good growing season oftener
than one year in three. We see no
good reason, therefore, why our people
should be encouraged to leave this
country any longer. Let us give them
schools, good roads and all the other
advantages and they will not want to
leave.--Prof. Chas. w. Dabney, in
Southern Farm Magazine
This story, as told by farmer of his
experience with balky horse, is goinc
the rounds of the exchanges: "One
day was driving him along the rail
road, and just as we got on the crossing
he baked. At first / was afraid this
train would come along, then after
while didn't care whether a trait
came along or not. and in about an hou
was afraid one wouldn't come, and
Just asked to have train come along
prayed for one. Pretty. soon | saw
one coming. 1t made me smile. Whei
the engineer whistled for me to get 81
the track, laughed. / just elimed on,
of the end of the buggy, leaned agains
the fence and prepared TO enjoy tn
picnic. The balky horse went thai
time. He was distributed along TIL
track for twenty rods. And the oil
buggy and harness so comical / neve
had so much fun since / was a boy.
sued the railroad company for 500, &
jury of farmers gave me 1927 80. 1t
too hard TO drive balky horse and
a christian at the same time. / tried
two years ago and gave it up as a ba
job"
The hypocrisy of telling me
how to live, after robbing them
the means of living, is enough
get the DEVILS teeth on edge.
The virtues of the great are
ways exaggerated, and their faul
covered with the mantle Of dece
ton.
Music will persuade men to
things, where curses and thraa
fail.