The Marietta journal and courier., 1918-04-05
Mr.. WHITE REPLIES
TO Mr.. c. w. FOWLER
Editor Journal:

Editor Journal:
Having read Mr.. C. W. Fowlers
card in last weeks Journal in which
he raps the Marietta people for what
a few may have said or thought of
the lack of patriotism the Cobb Coun-
ty farmers are showing in supporting
our government in the war program
l as a genuinely born country man
and farmer wish to reply as briefly
as can to his card.
Mr.. Fowler says if he is wrong in
his viewpoint of the matter, that he
is sorry. Doubtless by this time he
knows he was wrong but what l
wished to bring out is the correct
ness or truth of what those in town
have been saying or thinking of US
farmers. One of the Marietta pa
pers reports over $4,000 collected
in sale of w. S. Stamps of last week
and of this amount only about ST.,
600 was bought by the highly favor
ed war class-the farmers. The Ma
rietta people buying stamps to the
amount of $500 per capita, includ
ing women and children, white and
black. Wonder what it would be
per capita for the country people of
old Cobb. We had R. F. D. carrier
to tell us last week he was trying to
sell W, S. Stamps to his patrons but
they were not buying. say here,
that if the farmers who own their
homes and lending money to other
sources, are not willing to lend Uncle
Sam, the greatest nation in the world
a few dollars, ought not to complain
at patriotic people speaking of true
conditions. In fact am ashamed
of my own lack of patriotism, al
though I've bought a few dollars
worth of stamps, and told the r. F.
D. carrier I'd take more this week,
and have eaten oats for breakfast
and corn for dinner and supper for
years, as Mr.. Fowler has done, more
on account of choice than patriotism,
although Mr.. Fowler ! believe, says
he is a patriot because he has eaten
corn bread and gotten up at 8 a. m.
to work for Mr.. Fowler, as / start
ed to say, | am ashamed of what the
undersigned hasn't done, and to be
plain spoken ! am ashamed of what
the farmers of Cobb haven't done to
date England and France suffer
ing as they are and that especially
the women and children being mur-
dered as they are, ought to cause
every man and woman, white and
black, in country or town, to support
our government in any way they can.
There is one thing that is not neces-
sary to tell the farmers and their
wives, and that is to use economy.
We do that as Mr.. Fowler has said
The Marietta people have given US
the right to hitch in their beautiful
paved front yard, going to furnish
a rest room for our wives and chill
dren, and always considerate for
welfare of the country people, so
lets not ride a free horse to death
especially in war times, when our
brothers and boys are going to be
furloughed to raise high priced food
and cotton.
There are lots of US like Mr.. Fow-
Ter now, who are rising early because
it pays self, and we eat corn bread
because we have it, and it pays and
we have cows back of houses, and
good pastures back of cows, hence
it all pays, but not so with people
shut up in town.
This is not written to sting but to
awaken, and we hope it will accom-
plish the purpose for which is was
written.
ARCH C. WHITE,
Acworth, Ga, April l, 1918