The Marietta journal and courier., 1917-11-23
MRS. CARTER RET|RES
AS EDITOR Of
JOURNAL
Condition of Health Forces
Change From Work
Of Her Lifetime.

Realizing that all our subscribers
: know that Mrs. Annie L. Carter has
been in very bad health for the past
several months, it will not be a sur
prise for you to know that she has
sold her interests in The Marietta
journal. This issue will be the last
one under her direction, although she
. will continue to give whatever assist
ance she can until the new managers
get "the lay of the land" as they say.
!. Her son, Josiah Carter Jr. who has
acted as business manager and associ-
ate editor with her for the past seven
years will also sever connections this
week.
Mrs. Carter has sold both her pre-
ferred and common stock, the latter
controlling the policy and manage
ment of the business. The parties
who have bought this stock are among
the most successful business men of
Marietta. They have paid one hun
dred per cent for it and have gone
into it because they know from ex-
perience that the Marietta Journal
is a paying investment. The gentle
men who owned it before Mr.. Carter
and his associates purchased it in
1909, retired with a comfortable COM
petence and the present stockholders
have been we'll satisfied with their in
vestment. We leave the Journal en-
tirely free from debt and with a much
better equipped plant than when we
took hold of the business. Personal
ly we leave Marietta much better off
financially than when we came here
and we trust that those who have
purchased Mrs. Carter's stock will
find they have made good invest
ment. We would not have sold it if
it had not been such.
So much for the business.
We feel that, even though accus-
toned to writing, we are unable to
say just how much we have learned
to love the people upon whom our
success here has depended Every
subscriber, we sincerely hope, will re-
member US. We will certainly remem-
Der you, for we will take with us a
proof of the mailing list as al con-
slant reminder of the devotion of the
thousands who have paid their dol
lar down and dollar year" for so
many years. We have tried to give
you a clean paper free from filthy
stories and from unpleasant happen
ings, one that can be read from
front page to back, aloud amid the
the family circle, without bringing
a blush to the cheeks of the most
innocent We have tried to "do
unto others" as we would have them
do unto us with regard to every news
item, and we hope we leave no one
behind who will remember us un-
pleasantly.
We can never forget old Cobb
| County, for we leave behind US ali
that is mortal of him who brought us
here, and beside him on the hillside
at Powder Springs also sleep DR.. and
Mrs. "Bill" Anderson, and Messrs.
Cary and "Bob" Anderson, the father
and mother and brothers of Mrs.
Carter, who was Miss Annie Logan
Anderson before her marriage. Some
day it is her wish to be gathered
together" with those dearest of all
to her and this wish shall be full
filled. So for her it is Eau revoir but
not goodbye"
She has been writing for newspa-
pers for more than forty years.
To the business men of Marietta
we leave the most substantial good
will. We have tried to be absolutely
on the level with them. We have
never claimed one more subscriber
than we really had and the splendid
patronage we have enjoyed from
them has been truly appreciated.
But after all it has been because we
had the subscribers to whom they
wished to tell their message. And this
brings to mind the humorous saying
that while we really lose money on
each subscriber, we make it in the
end because we have so many. This
is true because the advertisers are
willing to pay enough for their space
to make UP the deficit on this score
The Journal has been the choice of
majority of Marietta advertisers
and also those out Of town, COM
monty known as foreign advertisers"