The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1913-10-03
MARIETTA COTTON MARKET
Cottno sold in Marietta Wednes-
day for IA 3-6 cents a pound.
FOR RENT: My home on Cherokee
street. Phone 396 L. Mrs. L. B. Nc
Kinney. If

created under the old system which
we are now trying to improve Does
any honest man object to the pay
ment of an honest debt?
Objection is raised because the
bill does not specify white primary
thus allowing negroes to vote. Do
these directors know that the general
law of the state has long since elm
mated the negro from politics?
Such objections and arguments sug
gest the demagogue and are an insult
to the intelligence of the voters of
| Marietta. But l do not believe our
people will further tolerate the little
and mean practices of the profession
| al politician. We have had enough
OF that. Our lack of civic improve
ments tells us that we have had
enough and the twenty odd thousand
dollars Indebtedness tells US that we
have had enough. The value of real
estate in Marietta is no greater today
than it was ten years ago. AS many
or more families have moved away
| from Marietta in the last few years
than have moved into our city These
and countless other things that might
be mentioned, tell us that we have
had enough of fussing with one
another. The people of Marietta can
not afford to further delay their dis
approval of these little and mean
practices that have cost us so much
in the past. Now is the time for us
to get together. r'~''''s -''.s -r"~'s'
The Commission form of Govern
ment was suggested from desire to
get our people together. The twenty
men referred to met for the sole par-
pose Of outliningra plan, whereby the
opposing factions could be reconeil-'
ed. They all agreed to a man that
Marietta would never go forward so
long as our people continued to fight
among themselves. Every one agreed
that he Commission form of Govern
ment would be the best way posi-
Bile for our people to join hands for
the proportion of our city's interests.
and they all pledged their support
to the Commission plan and they said
they were ready to work together
Now some of these same men are
trying to renew these old conditions
| of hitfnTnpCc and ri h.
lieve that the people of Marietta will
stand for it. Is it not time for a
change? Surely everyone will ad-
NIT that it is. If any good business
man found that the plan on which
he was running his business was
losing him money every year, the
first thing he would do would be to
change that plan. The City of Mar
letta is the business of all it's citi-
zens and the plan that we are now
using Is losing our money every year
and it is time to make a change.
No better change can be made than
to adopt the thoroughly businesslike
plan prescribed by the Commission
form of Government Under the pro-
visions of our bill the Commissioners
can not run the city into debt one
penny. Their duties are definitely
prescribed and they are required to
manage the city's affairs in a good
business way Just as every good bus
mess man would require his own
business managed. Under this plan
we can get out of debt and can with
IN few years have the much needed
improvements our city ought to have.
Besides the benefits to be derived
fromthe Commission plan, this is an
opportunity for our people to get
together. If we fail this time to
Join hands, who knows how long il
will be before another such opportun.
: ity will come. Let us all make IN
our minds that we are through with
factional politics; that we are tired
OF our people fighting one another
and let us all pull together for the
best interests of our city, and we can
make it the prettiest and best in all
the land, OF course we may expect
to have few jingoes; - some few
will prefer to fight because of self.
ish interests,-but if enough of oul
= people will get together the few thai
will stay outside will get so cold anC
uncomfortable out there that it will
not be long before they too will joir
us.
Let us have a change and let IL.
get together Don't the people OF
Marietta think it is time to do this
Respectfully,
GEORGE F. MONTGOMERY.