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The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1916-10-20
Believe Me, THAT'S Some
Fair In Atlanta This Week"

BELIEVE ME that fair in At
lanta this week is SOME fair"
Passing ON a corner of the Park
Square a couple of days ago we
overheard this remark from one of
our well known young men so we
stopped to listen further.
and BELIEVE Me those roast
beef sandwiches are SOME sand
wiches, too" He continued to rave
and the more we listened the more
we were convinced that that guy
should have entered his bull in the
Cattle Show. Or more properly he
should have put it on exhibition as
a side show all to itself at dime,
ten cents, a peep.
And those TEDDY BEARS they
are carrying around with them are
SOME TEDDIES, TOO" Eth? No.
NO! Not on your life. Not the
kind you see on the clothes line
Monday he was speaking of the i'm
itation live bears that they sell at
Larkland" and which the ladies
carry around in their arms, not the
kind they (cue out by board of cen
sors.)
And those CHICKENS are
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1916-10-20
CARD FROM E. M. DYER

| noticed an editorial in the Jour
nal last week in reference to the
Treasurer's office being placed on
salary of 5000 l have been ex-
pecting just such an article as this
from some source, though not from
the Journal editorially. l recall
that when the measure was before
the legislature it received the Jour
nails unqualified approval. So far
from criticising the small salary
you congratulated the people on the
prospect of saving the county So
600, Or more, and suggested an even
smaller salary as entirely adequate
for so unimportant an office.
The fact is l had some very grave
| suspicious at the time, that the
movement in favor of this law was
not prompted entirely by an inter-
est in the counties welfare and re-
cent developments show these sus-
picions to have been we'll grounded.
l agree with the Journal on this
question in part only.
When the bill was before the leg
islature, | wrote our representative.
Mr. Dorsey that l believed the Of
flee should be placed on a salary.
but that 5000 was not a sufficient
salary, and | still believe this.
However, what the Journal saws
in reference to the present nomi-
nee's having been elected before the
law goes into effect is without
weight as the Journal very we'll
knows. In his announcement for
office he calls attention to this law
gives it his endorsement and prom
ises to use his influence to have it
approved at the polls. Not only SO.
| but he used it against me that was
opposed to this law which was onlv
truth in part.
l am in favor of putting all coun-
! ty officials on salaries and have
been for years. The statement that
the treasurer is by law required to
live in Marietta is also Incorrect
| The treasurer can live anywhere in
the county he wants to, though the
law requires him to keep an office
in one mile of the court house.
! Now believe firmly that the
movement to put the treasurer on
SO small a salary was a scheme On
the part of some of our shrewd 20
llticians, not to save expenses to
the county, but to get rid of me as
treasurer and serve their own finan-
cial interests.
The scheme having accomplished
It's purpose now they are going to
come back and try to defeat THAR
own legislation.
do not mean to accuse every
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1916-10-20

one connected with this legislation
of being IN on this scheme /
make no such accusations against
cur legislators, they were made to
believe public sentiment was behind
it. In fact this bill was not pre-
pared by our legislators, but was
prepared by others, and submitted
to them as a demand of the people.
However, | believe the people of
the county should ratify this law
and give it trial and if it is not
satisfactory it can be amended by
Legislative enactment
At any rate l am going to join
Mr.. Barfeld in supporting the meas
ure and urging my friends to do SO.
CT wonder If he is doing this) |
think he owes it to the public t.
state his attitude since the primary
was held.
l hope I am actuated by no
wrong motive in writing this ar
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1916-10-20

SOME CHICKENS, too. . Yes he
said it ali just alike, never forget
ing to add the too" after each re-
mark. They mad black leghorn,
white leghorn, all kinds, Chickens
with feathers on their legs and
chickens" with silk stockings on
their legs of every size and shape,
Che meant the chickens not the
legs) and "
'.Well, how about the roosters?'
we asked.
"Roosters?" he repeated. II did
not go to see the poultry"
And that LAKE is SOME LAKE
too, except it's awful muddy. Why
when you dip the oars in the water
it is so muddy it raises a dust"
At this point the funny wagon
drove up and got the fellow and
just as it drove away the driver ex-
planned that he had escaped from
LAKELAND" but really, I'VE know
better. We would give his name,
but if we did the members of the
Presbyterian church choir would
know it was their bass singer, and
it might be embarrassing following
so close after two weeks revival.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1916-10-20
JUDGE NEWT NORRIS"

Some fellows in the world are so
spunky that they will not stay down
when they get down. They struggle
with misfortune and reverses, rise
and stand again.
Such man lis Judge Newton A..
Morris, who has again been nomi-
mated for judge of the Blue Ridge
circuit. He was barely defeated in
1904. In 1908 he was elected A
gain in 1912 he lost by a narrow
margin, Gilmer County being
thrown out. This year he defeats
Judge Patterson, one of the best
men in the circuit, by small ma
iority. The fact that he beats so
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1916-10-20
SPECIAL MUSIC At
METHODIST CHURCH

Organ Prelude-Adeste Fidel as.
English Church Bells-in walking
through the country roads in Eng
land on a Sunday morning one
hears-in the distance or near by
the bells of the Parish churches.
These bells, always high pitch ed
and in number from two to four some
times a full peal" of ten, are us
ually rung by a man at each bell.
They rarely play tunes. The com
poser has tried to suggest this eff
feet in this little piece,) by Whit
ing
Solo-Mrs. Rossell.
Offertory
Prayer from Der Freischiitz," by
C. NJ. Won Weber.
Postlude
March of Priests, from "semir-
amide, by Rossini.
EVENING
Organ Prelude
A Memory by Armstrong.
Offertory
Berceuse-Lemon.
Postlude-Rink.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1916-10-20

good man as Judge Patterson is
proof of his great popularity.
There have been those who ac-
cused Newt. Morris of being vindic-
tive-of going too far to punish an
enemy as well as too far to reward
a friend. The Free Press knows him
to be intense in his likes and dis
likes, but we also know that age and
experience have softened him and
given him the judicial temperament.
We predict that all who deal with
him as judge will find him well-bal-
anced and considerate of the rights
and feelings of lawyers, litigants,
officers and witnesses lphareteta
Free Press.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1916-10-20


ticle. 1t is true / have never got en-
tirely over my disappointment in
my failure to secure the endorse
ment of the people in the last pri-
mary, and l intend before l retire
from office to give the people true
account of my stewardship. l, how
ever, have no i'll feeling towards my
opponent or any one else. Some one
may say that had l been elected my
attitude on this question would have
been different, and that is possibly
true, but had l made the endorse
ment of this law plank in my plat
form, l would have expected my OPP
ponents and all his friends to hold
me to my promises.
Yours truly,
E. NJ. DYER
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1916-10-20
EARTHQUAKE SHAKES
MARIETTA WEDNESDAY,

Wednesday afternoon shortly af-
ter O'Clock an earthquake was dis
timely felt in Marietta Recent
reports are that it was also felt
in several of the Southern states,
but no serious damage has been re-
ported. This is the second seismic
shocks in this section this year, the
first one bling February 21st.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1916-10-20
PROGRAM OF HIGH SCHOOL
SOCIETIES FOR LAST FRIDAY

The various high school societies
met on last Friday. The following
is the program for the First Glass.
March :. ....... Henrietta Gable
Recitation ... Marguerite White
Defamation 49,. Billie Christian
Piano Solo ..... Cecile Hill
Recitation ...... Lucille Watkins
Recitation .......... Marie Dobbs
The program for the Athenean
Literary Society:
ESSAY -. ........ Helen FaW
Local Items ...... Audrey Boatner
Dialogue-Della May Gaines, Cert
rude Kincaid, and Ruth Webb.
Reading ...... Constance Copper
The Jeffersonian Society held a
brief meeting on account of the alb
sence OF number of boys who were
attending the football game at Car
tersviile.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1916-10-20

COTTON IS 19c, BUT THE Ma
RIETTA JOURNAL IS STILL ONE
DOLLAR A YEAR.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1916-10-20
FOR SALE.

Fulghum Seed Oats, re-cleaned
and graded.
JOHN p. CHENEY.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-10-20

GUS single party in the Reichstag they have one
hundred and twelve members according to the
latest authentic report, compared with eighty
nine for the Centrists fortyseven for the National
Liberals forty-four for the Radicals, forty-two Tor
the Conservatives, thirteen for the Free Conserva-
tives. and about fifty scattered among other fac
tions Thus while in the minority, the Socialists
are a peculiarly representative political group.
Though opposed to war, German Socialists
have stood by their country with stanch patriotism
voting for all the credits the Government has
asked and insisting that only an honorable peace
should be considered But their conception oil an
honorable peace differs sharply from that of the
rank militarists. From the outset the Socialists
deprecated schemes of conquest and annexation
They were never dazzed by visions of war spoils
mr. world dominion Significantly enough, their
views which were. decried as gross heresy TWO
years ago are now tacitly accepted save by
minority of extremists.
When Herr Scheidemann declares Openly and
clearly that the nation wants peace" and makes
il plain that in his opinion Belgium should not be
held in bondage or France stripped of territory,
ne doubtless voices the mind OF large part OF the
German people. And when he says, I'VE desire
real peoples government" he voices spirit OF
democracy that has long been astir in German con-
seriousness and that is destined to hnd supstanual
expression in the years after the war
II is hardly to be inferred, however, that the
sentiments of the Socialist leader, representative
though they are of a considerable body of German
feeling indicate an early peace. For year or
more Germany has been willing, if not eager, to
negotiate for a settlement the basis of the war
man as it now stands, did stand until the con-
certed offensive of the Allies began. But the En-
tente Powers believe that they can change that
map completely, and they are determined to night
TO a decisive end. In Germany there is douOtless
a strong internal pressure for peace put II Is Oy
No means strong enough to force acceptance OF
farms that would be satisfactory to the Allies
Indeed. Herr Scheidemann himself. speaks of the
necessity of fighting on until the impossible war
aims of Germany's enemies have subsidized. APP
parently, then, the struggle must continue until
one side or the other has won an advantage con-
corning which there can be no denial or doubt
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-10-20
The Remarkable Achievment
of the Southeastern Fair i.

The mountaineering attendance at the South
eastern Fair Tuesday revealed to an astonishing
degree the future possibilities we'll the present
attachments of that splendid enterprise. There
was total of ffty-eight thousand six hundred and
ninety-one paid admissions for the day-the great
est throng ever gathered in Atlanta the greatest
ever known at an exposition in the South. This
fact is eloquent of many things 1t bespeaks the
prosperity of the times. 1t is tribute to the sub
santial and brilliant worth of the Fair itself 1t
demonstrates that Georgia and the South are ready
and eager to support Fair which is planned and
executed on truly great proportions But espe-
cially does it show that Atlanta and Fulton county
must prepare for even broader opportunities and
responsibilities of the kind in the future.
The exhibits and amusement features OF the
1916 Fair are we'll worthy of the extraordinary
crowds they have attracted. The agricultural dis
plays and particularly the live stock show are won
derful in their and character; and these are
but the nucleus of a varied, wel-rounded exposi-
ton in which instruction and pleasure, education
and diversion beckon every hand. But results
have exceeded expectations far that the pnyscal
equipment of the Fair is inadequate There is man
fest need of more space and facilities for exhibits
particularly in the live stock department. The
race-track grandstand was built to accommodate
five thousand people; it's capacity should be dou-
bled These are but two needs among many tnat
must be met in order that the future expansion OF
the Fair may be commensurate with its present
The duty of the municipal and the county gov
eminent is this connection is plain. They should
make liberal appropriations to assure the needed
increase in equipment for 1917 Public funds could
not be applied to better purpose. An attraction
that draws in single day nearly ffty-nine thou
sand people. a large portion of them being visitors
from other cities and States is an invaluable asset
TO the community. The unprecedented sue
cess of the present Fair leaves no doubt
that Atlanta has launched an enterprise to which
the entire Southeast will respond with sustained
and growing enthusiasm. The opportunities thus
offered for civic development and for service to the
State and section are incalculable. The Fair AS
ISOLATION has achieved wonders for the city and the
county on limited financial resources; it Will
achieve vast deal more if duly assisted The city
and the county should do their part with ungrudg-
ing loyalty.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-10-20
Cotton Consumption.

Notable increases both in the domestic con-
sumption and the foreign shipment of cotton are
shown in the latest figures from the Census Bureau
In September last the mills in the United States
consumed five hundred and twenty-nine thousand
two hundred and twenty-seven running bales, ex-
elusive of linters compared with four hundred and
ninety-eight thousand seven hundred and thirty
eight bales in September, 1915; for two months
ended with September, the mills consumed up
wards of one million bales, compared with about
nine hundred and sixty-three thousand for the
same period last year. September exports amounted
to five hundred and twenty-six thousand three hun
dred and forty-six bales, inters included gain of
some twenty-five thousand bales over September
amounted to nine hundred and fifty thousand, eight
hundred and eighty-fve bales, gain of more than
two hundred and eighty-seven thousand over the
1915 period
The tendencies here shown emphasized by
the fact that in September last miIlion-odd more
spindles were active than in September, 1915 Con-
Stunning establishments had on hand, September So
approximately million, three hundred and twenty
eight thousand bales, compared with a million and
ninety thousand on the same last year. In public
storage and at congresses. the other hand there
fewer bales this year than last the figures be-
ing two million, siA hundred and ten thousand for
September. 1916, and two mllion-eight hundred
and five thousand for September, 1915.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-10-20
Peace Sentiment in Germ any.

One of the most interesting speeches reported
from the present session of the Reichstag is that
of Philip Scheidemann, the Socialist leader. Said
Herr Scheidemann. in discussing the issues and
outlook of the
1--WE declare openly and clearly that the
nation wants peace. All the nations
heartily sick of being lured to death by high
sounding phrases and promises. The French
censorship prevents Frenchmen from knowing
that they could have the liberation of their
own country and of Belgium from the German
troops today. and without losing foot of
territory. We wish to the relations be-
tween nations regulated by treaties, not by
brute force :" We desire a real
peoples government, responsible to an Impe-
rial Ministry, the re-establishment Of the prin-
cipIe that nobody can be Chancellor who lacks
the confidence of the Reichstag. and a univer-
sal equal franchise"
The significance of these utterances lies in the
fact that the Socialists constitute the most
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-10-20
The Counties and the Roads.

II is a significant fact that at the first meeting
of the Georgia Highway Commission to hear april
cations for federal aid in road building thirty
seven counties submitted projects and accept the
provisions of the national law. Those provi-
sons include a binding agreement on the
part of the county receiving federal aid to furnish
the labor and material necessary to construct the
roads it projects and to levy a tax suincient lor
that purpose in consideration of being reimbursed
nv the federal Government of fifty per cent of the
cost of the labofe and material expended. The
county agrees further: ~. ~. 49,. -.
ITO maintain said road properly and to
levy tax for and to set aside each year dur
ing the period of five years sufficient funds to
guarantee the proper maintenance of and the
making of the needed repairs and the preser-
walton of reasonably smooth surface on said
highway considering the type of road, to be
constructed under this agreement with the
state highway department and the federal gov
eminent is-s.-.~:. &c.,,
The acceptance of these terms means that
every penny of the two million dollar fund to be
expended by the federal Government during the
next five years for highway improvement in Geor-
gia will bring substantial and enduring results.
1t means, moreover, that every penny which the
individual county spends in cooperation with the
Government will be spent efficiently. Taxpayers
will receive due returns on their investment, and
the cause of good roads will receive an impetus
which only thorough methods and a well-paid public
can give.
The thirty-seven counties which have applied
to the State Highway Commission and pledged
compliance with the terms of the national law
have set an example of sound policy and work.
manly progress which every county in Georgia, it
is to be hoped, will follow. The State Highway
Commission is the only medium through which
county can apply for federal aid. or receive such
aid in road building. 1t is important, therefore,
that every county wishing to secure its share of
the two million dollars allotted to Georgia should
communicate with the State Highway Commission.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-10-20
Farmers on Vacation.

1t is estimated that hundred and fifty
thousand farmers and farmers wives INDUCED in
New York vacations last winter; if those who took
pleasure trips to other cities and resorts we're
added, the number doubtless would reach far into
the millions This is significant not of prosperity
alone but also of a lighter and more genial spirit
in rural life. Vacations for farmers once were
considered as needless fans for Eskimos. The
farm was a place where everybody should work
from Monday till Saturday and from up to dark
the year around. The regime was cheerful enough,
perhaps for the man who enforced it, but it was
a bleak tyranny to the wife and young folk. The
latter deserted the farms by legions, while grim
reformers pleaded in vain against the ctyward
drift But there will be no need of pleading with
members of the present-day Boys Corn clubs to
stay on the farm. To them, the farm is place of
ideas and opportunities rather than of mental
tasks place where they can make name and in
time perhaps fortune Likewise, the farm house
hold has been relieved of its one-time drudgery
and isolation. The truly representative farmer of
today believes not only in comforts and
fences but also in giving those about him a good
time and in taking vacation himself and
then. \
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-10-20

For she is training little Johnny to grow to man
hood without the slightest vestige of sense of re-
sponsibility.
Unless she changes her tactics, or unless wise
school teacher gets hold of Johnny in time, he will
find it hard indeed to make his way in the world.
He will be the kind of man who forgets to keep
amendments. He will think it not am1ss to begin
work at ten, fifteen, thirty minutes late, anu 20
knock off work ahead of time whenever the within
seizes him.
He will make promises lightly and break them
Just as lightly. Nothing will matter much to him
except his desires of the moment A lovely, sweet
character Johnny the man will be-
Can you not picture him in your minds eye, I'M
able to hold positions, always in hot water always
plagued by poverty, unhappy, an abJect failure!
Can you not picture, too, his mothers attitude?
She will be amazed, cruelty disappointed, perhaps
perpetuaIly indignant at him. But will she blame
herself?
Will she appreciate that her picking up of the
neglected motor cars, her ceaseless running after
Johnny to do for him what he ought to have been
taught to do for himself made Johnny the worth
less fellow that he is in adult life?
Training to orderliness, to responsibility, and
duty, both to self and to Others" quote from an
authoritative handbook personal development,
"always should be fixed purpose in the rearing OF
children. .
'0The child should early be taught to dress itself,
to take charge of its clothes and toys, and do
its own putting away
Madam in the bringing up of your own children
trust you are not making the mistake made by lit
tie Johnny's mother
Copyright, 1916, by the Associated Newspapers.1
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-10-20

The smallest record of unemployment in it's his
tory has been reached by Massachusetts,, only four
and two-tenths per cent of it's trade union member
ship being out of work In many trades the per-
centage is or lower, while in some lines
the demand for labor is much greater than the sup
ply Conditions in Massachusetts are typical of
those throughout industrial New England and the
country at large. Never before labor so widely
employed and well paid.
The prosperity thus evidenced and produced is
of the kind that reaches the and file and keeps
money moving 1t reflects industrial activity that
is unexampled and leads to commercial activity
that is remarkable The dinner pail which Repub-
licans claimed would be empty unless they were in
government.