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The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-01-24
BOARD RESTORES OFFICE
or COUNTY AGENT WHEN
CITIZENS MAKE APPEAL
The Employment of Another
Agent Authorized
Saws One Citizen: "You Can Not Es-
innate the Value of Education IN
Terms of Dollars and Cents.P Top
soil for City Streets.

Mayor Jim R. Brumby appeared
before the board and asked that in
accordance with the reciprocity
agreement between the city and coun-
ty, that the county furnish crew
for about two weeks to topsoil parts
of Roswell, Powder Springs and
Church streets.
BY resolution the road superinten-
dent was directed to perform this
work as quickly as possible.
1t was also decided to complete
with rock bed that small portion
of Atlanta road between the end OF
the paved street and beginning OF
the new county work below, this work
to be done after the completion OF
that below.
The board passed a resolution with
respect to a loan of 100000 from the
Merchants and Farmers Bank, that
the money be placed to the credit
of the lender, and that county war
rants be cashed by the bank in the
same manner as a check and charged
against this fund.
Quite a number of citizens from
all parts of the county were present
to ask the board to reconsider the
action of abolishing the office of
County Agent.
AS representation of the Georgia
State College of Agriculture, in put
ting on county agents and supervis-
ing their work in the seventh district,
Mr.. Strahan made a statement, re-
viewing the work of the last agent,
DR.. Sawyer, showing that the pig
club pigs raised in the county last
year cost about $4,000 while their
meat value was over $4,000, and their
breeding stock value, double that
sum. He further stated that these
pigs had brought some 81 200 into
the county in prizes from the fairs.
With regard to the work of DR..
Sawyer as a veterinarian he said he
felt sure that he had done as much
as $4,000 worth of this work for the
people of the county, all this being
aside from any work as farm dem
onstrator of crop growing.
Mr. Strahan was followed by Prof.
Hunt of the District Agricultural
College, Messrs. NJ M. Sessions, A.
N. Mayes, Kemp, and others, all ask
ing for the restoration of the office
of County Agent.
One speaker forcibly put the mat
ter thus: "You cannot estimate the
value of education in dollars and
cents"
After some consideration the board
voted to give the sum of $500 for
the support of a county agent, and
as the board of Education gives 5000
and the government supplies 81 1000,
this would make the sum of $4,000
available.
Mr. Strahan was advised to take
steps to secure man as soon as pos
sible, and the continuation of DR..
Sawyer in the office until February
was approved, after which time he
will be in the service of Fulton
County.
The action of the board will meet
the hearty approval of large major
ity of our people, and we trust unite
our farmers for a prosperous and a
busy year.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-01-24
ALLIES IN ARCHANGEL
DISTRICT ARE MENACED
BY BOLSHEvIKI FORCES
Some of Our Boys Among
Allied Forces There
Peace Conference Gets Down To Bust
ness. Commission To Meet Russian
fractional Leaders in Effort To De-
termine Who are Representatives.

The news of the day from other
lands may be condensed as follows:
The fighting between the allied
forces, which includes some Ameri-
can troops, in northern Russia, con-
tinues, and although the dispatches
try to reassure us, there is consider
able uneasiness about the fate of our
boys shut up there by vigorous win
ter, and surrounded by foes of the
character of the Bolsheviki.
A part of the SIND division was in
the parade reviewed by President Will
son on Christmas day, and they
marched past the presidents stand
to the tune of ''DiXie."
On good reports from England it
is said that President Wilson by his
visit there captured the masses of the
people, and that his visit will result
not only in support of his views at
the peace table, but will be the foun-
dalton of a better feeling between
the English speaking countries gen
orally.
The recent election in Germany
seems to have established the basis
of seven separate republics, which
will be confederated very much after
our own union of states. The cleo
ton defeated the radical or Bolshe-
wiki forces generally, and since the
murder of Rosa Luxembourg and Leib-
necht, it is thought the conservatives
will continue in control in that coun-
try.
The various Russian factions have
been invited to meet a commission of
the allies, who will hear their claims
for consideration at the peace table.
The allies are disposed to let Russia
form her own government, and only
ask that fighting shall cease and order
prevail, for until there is stable
and competent government there, Rus
STA will be a menace to the peace of
the rest of the world.
The peace conference is getting
down to work, and one of the first
questions taken up is fixing the re-
sponsibility for the war, the question
not only of national, but personal re-
sponsibility being considered. An
other early subject will be framing an
international policy of legislation in
regard to the interests of labor.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-01-24
SCHOOL CHILDREN
HELP ARMENIANS

When we told the children of the
fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh grades
of the Waterman Street school the
story of the 100000 starving orphans
of Armenia and asked them to help
in this cause, we knew they would do
their best. But they did better than
we dared hope for.
They went to work in earnest and
they worked with a will. They sold
bottles, they sold croker sacks, they
did without many of the things that
mean so much to children, they held
a rummage sale, and did numerous
other things, and the figures below
show the result up to last Monday:
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-01-24
GIRLS BASKETBALL

The best league game of the season,
except, of course, with Fulton, will
be played in Marietta Friday night
with Decatur. This DeKalb County
high school has always had strong
team, and this year Kirkwood doesn't
think we can beat them. Of course,
Kirkwood's judgment is immature,
and we are expecting to win if the
town people show their interest by
coming out; but at least the game
promises to furnish close score and
some excitement. Let's have the side
lines crowded Friday night at 1880.
We owe it to ours team as well as to
ourselves. If your hearts in the right
place you'll find the 15c. Help the
M. H. S. win the pennant!
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-01-24
SEC'Y HOUSTON THINKS
MEAT PACKERS SHOULD
NOT DOMINATE TRADE
Wheat Farmers Complain,
Yet South Suffers
General Wood Urges Continuation of
Preparedness BY Our Country.
Many Georgia Soldiers Returning
From France this Week.

Boiled down domestic news may be
classified as follows:
The matter of regulating the meat
packing industry is occupying the CEN
ter of attention in this country at
present. Secretary of Agriculture
Houston says of the matter:
"Pve got beyond the point of ar
guing about regulation of stock
yards. We do not want the distri-
button of meat, from the time pro-
duction is planned on the range until
the finished product is delivered to
the consumer, left in the hands of
few men," he said. "The packers
tell us that they are more efficient
and can do this work better than any
one else, but that is what paternal-
lists always have said. For my part,
| want less of paternalism and more
freedom"
The western wheat farmers are
making complaint about the great loss
to them on account of the government
price fixing of wheat. This is rather
paradoXical in view of the losses of
the cotton farmers on account of the
governments failure to fix cotton
prices, but the cotton farmer can not
forget that the break in the cotton
market was primarily caused by the
government threats of price fixing,
when the tendency of the market was
to rise.
The governor of Tennessee, in a
special article, urges the gallows as
means of stopping murder, and says
that at present he is only able to
advise, and not to assist the sheriffs
of his state to repel mob attacks.
General Leonard Wood urges con-
tinued preparedness as the best poll
cy for our country, saying: "To keep
the smallest number of men in uni
form as a standing army, but to have
the largest number thoroughly train
ed to be ready when the country calls,
is the plan. The prediction that there
will be no wars is as old as time,
but war is like pestilence.
1t comes unawares and the most dem
ocratic method for nation like ours
is to be prepared. You can not mas
sage away by fine rhetoric the pas
sions of nations whose methods and
morals are entirely different from
our own"
The great army, that went with
forty officers, one private, and six
newspaper reporters, to arrest the
murderous mountain moonshiners, has
gotten back safely without the men
it went after, but the reporters had
a good time, and filled several col
umns with mushy sentiment about
the hill country.
All over the country attacks are
being made on the legality of the new
phone rates named by the Postmaster
General, and it is set up that he has
not authority for this. In Indiana
an injunction has been granted, and
in Florida one has been asked to pre-
vent the collection of the advanced
rates. The old rates were generally
considered reasonable, and the man.
agement and service by the phone
companies most efficient.
Many Georgia soldiers got back
from France this week, and many
others are scheduled to sail at once,
so that many homes are happy
throughout the state.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-01-24
MISS robson CONTINUES
WORK FOR THE RED CROSS

At a recent meeting of the Red
Cross Board of Cobb County, res
olutions were passed expressing the
warm appreciation of the Board for
the excellent Civilian Relief Work
done by Miss Harriet Robson.
Miss Robson has given the past
six months of her time, free of charge,
to this important work for the coun-
ty, after taking a course at the In
stitute in Atlanta at her own ex-
pense.
In the future, she will be given q
salary of $50 month for the con-
tinuation of this much needed work.
which she does so well.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-01-24
FUEL RESTRICTIONS
TO BE REMOVED

On February first all restrictions
of the fuel administration on the pur-
chase of coal will be removed.
Mr. G. H. Keller, the local adj
ministrator, advises that after that
date you may buy coal in any guam
titles and from whom you wish.
The price regulation will also be
removed on that date, so that no fixed
rate will apply, so far as the govern
ment is concerned.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-01-24
Mr.. PETREE BUYS
THE DOBBINS PLACE

Mr.. r. R. Petree, one of Cobb
county's best farmers and business
men, has purchased the residence of
Mr.. John S. DobbinS on Atlanta
street, and moved into it.
Mr.. Petree has sold his farm which
was one of the best in the county,
and will retire from active farm life.
We welcome him and his family to
Marietta.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-01-24

They are still at work, too. This
week the 7-B has the Dixie Theater
for Wednesday and the IA has the
Strand Theater for Friday.
Both Mr.. Stringer and Mr.. March
man have been most liberal in the
commissions allowed on the tickets
sold by the children.
linda Harrison, Chm.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-24

lHTERNAT1OSA ton truck our
demonstration closing out this agency: 80
per cent discount. Richmond Motor Co.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-24
CHEAPER SHOES FAR OFF
Prize. SiumDS In Hide and Leather
Markets Seem Very Slows in
ib~ir Movement,

All Buyers OF footwear. and every
body may be included in This class,
VIII likel, have to wait u little longer
for the resumption OF normal prices
than buyers OF Amos; any other arti-
clcs. The shoes that people will wear
Tor the next twelve TO eighteen months
have been made OF leather that was
bought $crcrai months ago and ~ the
prices PFC va!!irG then.
The slump must start with tho raw
hide. 20 from there TO the finished
leather and then, perhaps. tarry with
the adjustment OF labor The reports
from the hide and leather markets
that have reached DunS agency within
The past week. do not promise any
marked reduction IN the cost OF foot
wear for very long time to come.
These reports show that no rcsump-
tiou OF important dealings has been
Witnessed il the hide markets, which
squirt Of activity tina; lately developed
in leather is now apparent; While
considerable eXpcr; business continues.
especially with French interests. do
mcSt'c buyers ar" mainly holding of,
and stable commitments for nome
account arc nov Tic exception. Ia
upper dissertations. trade is worry slow
in New York territory ana has uuictcd
down in Boston while some lines that
have accumulated have been offered at
concessions from roccu, advances. \
scarcity q. certain classes OF goods.
however, has caused footwear ma M
facturcrs 10 pay higher prices for stock
wanted 10 nh Immediate requirements.
although there is no general and
pressing demand from this quarter.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-24
ReOiew of Weeks
rade in Richmond
Dry Goods, millinery and
Clothing Buyers ont
IN Good Force.

GSne,rally spcakinr trade was good
IN richmond last wcck y ;ttlc OF
satisfactory to the ,radesman There
was some Improvement IN some retail
lines ana tho wholesalers generally
noted Improvement over the volume of
business of the week previous.
In retail circles the dry goods and
millinery people had something more
than the usually number of customers
20 wait on. More country people were
in the city thpn the week previous and
allied note books OF tho bargains
lhc% were supposed to bc looking FOR
Ihen, TOO, the dealers III dry goods
nave been doing some marking down
in their price figures aud they have not
failed 10 let the bargain hunters know
toout IL This brought out the shoppers
~ larger numbers than othCrW Use
might have been the case
The clothicrs have also been altering
pnrriec marks They usually do this
MS fcN winter goods as possible. The
marking down has been eagerly 1,ohcd
for this season and, as advertised it
enlarged the sales OF clothicrs last
week.
business for The week, rho new spring
styles IL footwear have been studied
sufficiently. especially by the women
,olk, and ;hcy are now ready TO buy.
further OF styles was manifested last
week IN larger sales OF spring goods.
i''S 't"p'hS| anu sumo lltA't InaEhl0S
down ot prices on the part OF fUrui-
,urc rctaiis Increased their sales during
tho week..
Tho grocery men again report
marked tendency on the part Of the
until the expected. hut long delayed.
slump IN prices for things calabc shall
como.
There vas some Improvement in
USincsS with the wholesalers in most
lines. The jobbcrs also report collc--
lions very satisfactory. really better
than = usual at this season Of the
yea. This leads them To look tor
iurihcr Increased business in tho very
near future.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-24
THE POTATO SITUATION
llr un" Eatnbic Thai stays ON IN,
foboEGan-i"N-r Price. in
All Markets.

io;ttoes sae'n To be the one eatabla
."s' "eeps on going down il price.
nc -nNcrnlncnt review OF The couGi-
20" al over the country has TINS 10
.HE concerning the potato situation :or
Las. '"CCN:
Declines o. to - cents were quite
general bringing. the level 10 about
'E- low Doint Of last November and 10
5o"i the level 81 two weeks ago i'm
l"a vest but below that point in the
cast Northern sacked white stock
sc ned - cents in Chicago and ; 10
ems a! .ShippinE points closing Al
LOU $lI5 per hundred weight in
GairaGo and $40 10 81 - free on t,oard
upact d!saic, Slt5 free on board
pF~"" itnpids district and 81 % free
" beard NoOrchead. MINI Tracks! dc
sales ir western and northern produc-
~ sections ranged - cents 10 $40
- .rp"crs. Nuw IorE round whites
i.i "a u again declined d cents. to 81 81.
~ cropped 10 cents IN consuming
Hl-.'.r.S 10 rang OF $50 - s@IG.
.,gm"nt* increased moderately with
~ cars compared with 1871 last
w'rh ana , .J9 for the corresponding
W'CI las, car.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-24
IRON AND STEEL NOTES
Buyers and Mig Manufacturers Nerd
ing the Good. Waiting ON Govern
mcntN I'Inn OF StHndnrdizinE

hesitation III iron and steel. cont
uing for many weeks, Vas acccntua tod
last week by what The dealers now
refer to as tho official price stauda I'd =
lH!nE plan that ~ now in process OF
inauguration
Opinion was and is divided as TO the
out come OF the new government pol
icy, the details OF which have not as
Yet been clearly made known. and the
existing uncertainty finds reflection in
the maintainancc OF a cautious attitude
among steel and iron buyers.
While broader purchasing in some
line is reported from some of the steel
ccntcrS, operations are still limited
chiefly to Immediate necessities and
new business everywhere, as in Rich
mpnd, lacks conspicuous activity.
Meantime, the downward rcadjust-
mcnt OF prices seems 10 he proceeding
~ natura! way. However. the iron
AGE. which claims Ia be an authority
on TINS subject. says that in general
il is confined 10 quotations and not 10
actual transactions"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-24
APPLES STILL CLIMBING
NirS,nia Works and Ninesaps In De.
demand AT sleeper Figures
IN Northern Markets.

-. nc still! .adyaucing apple markets
,a" bureau OF Markets report for la,t
Nyrk-a transactions says:
demand remained generally good a.
eI1Icrn chipping po.n's and In con.
aiming markets and was fair in north.
western shipping sections New York
i5.ld"I ms A-2i. from cold storage
"a IN rose - cents 20 81 Il: Chipping
s'ri ions. reaching $500 - :g2l per
barrel. free on board Consuming
markets strengthened moderately
ranginE from IS to $40. Pennsylvania
Virginia and West Virginia Yorns
h-2ia from cold storage, appeared in a
raW markets at $3.50 to $3.50 south
"rr Zen Davis. A-2i:. from cold sto-
rage. advanced so to "a cents ranging
from 81 10 IS. Northwestern extra
fancy boxed Wincsaps strengthened to
2 range OF 50 TO 1925 free on board in
shipping ncctions and TO $3.50 10 slo5
~ consuming markets Shipments dc
leased moderately with 25t cars OF
hos Ell SnnIcs and go barrclcd CON
l-pL year.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-24
ALL RECORDS BROKEN
Value of IMPORT. For Month OF jan
uar! Ahead Of An. In History
uf Country

~" government REPORTS 81 exports
.t..u IMPORTS for The record breaking
.no..h OF January We're slow coming
.pr'H nut they proved very interest
When they did Coms-!as; Friday
g, reports show that with the Third
rnEscSuiiNc.: ponthly Increase domestic
-ncfrhdndi.T. e%pat;S III me hrst month
a.. mo Fta.- fiaiucd = raluc never
70 ,,V'G e9ia!ed IN the nations history.
~ >s2%.Qo0,000. according 10 tho be-
20 :. oiic!n! statement. last months
9ta' not only cNcecaod that Of De
reH2e- by "7.oho oop. but also sur
j. $500 inc previous nlaNimum OF Jar
us Ei. l"l oE abou, $1,000. 1000 and -rs
''uup.cvH shove the January 1918.
I,iE' = ~ sharp contract TO this show d.
la JdnHar! imports, ~ :2i3.0Oo.-
90. "e7" only SG.Hvy.0oo larger than
c1eM"c! ana were. with that cN-
,roi.pH he smallest since last yrbru-
3caidas being S?l 900 900 below
"a. "f January, 1915. The result; Of
.~a, month movements was the great
lti h&resS Of exports over imports on
't-9"c the surplus OF $4,000 900 com :
ns; rs wiki S9Il,oOo,Coc IN January o.:
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-24
',l"i:W GROUP IN
NEW UIGt LE:NEi.S
miN, FLtCTI ArioN>
~ COTEO\ MARKET .

NEW ORLEANS. Feb % gluvtua
on. in cotton last wcclS carried price
nnth wei! AnoNc and wei! below the
,eNc: Of the close Of the prcccdin,,
NaCh, cat net changes were ama!.
amounting to advances of = To %
points. cNcort Oh July which was one
CONN net. Holders OF Ions contracts
vc.'u disposed to ilQuidAtc toward thc
cnt, and this. together with moderate
mort uifcrincs. made for a declining
t"ndcn.y. following the reaching OF
tie hiShc.; levels just prior 20 the
middle Q: The weck
iho main developments OF the week
Voc tho widening discounts on tho
,""" GRADES In the spot markets o.
Tire south and tho meetings and con
NcHtiors held in tho bclt for tho pur-
Noae ~ organizing movement To re-
r n"c the acreage Of the corpinS crop.
liOih OF these features helped TO give
Ne nlartc; steady undcr:cnC. and.
~ some measure, to check aggressive
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-24
BETTER DRY GOODS TONE
Recent Domestic Price Cutting Uc-
stored Confidence md Improved
business Ju All Biz Ccntcrs.

IN iSx,iIes wouId rcs,,i, f,o,' M ~. .
cent drastic price reductions have
proved Well founded. although the i'm
strengthened confidence than in any
material gain in business, says Duns
latest Review of the markets in gen
crai. Yet III the past week buyers have
been taking small lots for prompt
shipment more generally than at any
period OF this year, and jobbcrs have
done the best house trade of the sea
ION. Retailers. moreover, are rccos
n.z!ng more clearly the Importance Of
making peace time rcadjustmcntS, and
some OF the larger houses nave led in
revising prices in tho hope OF stimu-
-!atin@ puprchascs in consuming circles
Another favorable feature is tho grad =
ual broadening OF foreign commerce
while the la Dor situation is now less
disturbing. Yet there is sim a great
dcd! OF idle machinery. and uncmp!oy-
:ncnt has been increasing.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-24

roRDS-wE HAVE A FEW USED FoRDs
oH HAND. n r. TlLLER. 1908 WEST
BEChD STREET
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-24
BUSINESS ON CARY STREET;
SUPPLY AND DEMAND EQUAL
Good Week For Produce and Commits
sio" Mcn. But Little Change
shown In Prices,

Down on Cary and Thirteenth Streets.
Whcrc the commission merchants and
the produce dealers have first SAY with
pretty much all af the things catahle
mat come to Richmond people. a good
LAY or good week is not determined
by the weather directly. on b. rules and
regulations of government concerning
,oodstuHs nor. yet. by the high cost OF
living or the low cost of the same
and demand
y week in which each day the supply
OF most OF the things they deal out TO
mate consumer. is on par with the
demand from the ultimate consumer
is :, good week with the cary street
men and or any day OF that kind of
week their faces are generally wrcathcd
in smiles.
such a day was last wcck Nearly
everything in tho eating line WAS Jus;
plentiful enough TO nee; the demand
Of the Richmond and nearby out of
town caters and a; closing up time
salerS had comparatively empty Shops
TO he rolled TIC next morning from
brought ~ the night before.
Poultry was In such demand that tho
coops Of live lions ANA chickens and
other fowls and the boxes that held
nin: and SOME mornings following
said GOODS were not all prompiiy re.
higher in price. This was partly due
ais" - tic fac; that New Norl: was
Haliins on Richmond for n.ns and
and buyers for tina; city acre cEgcr
for. both live and dressed birds
Esss remained about as before. bu;
were very strong a; those quotations.
Contrary TO tho predictions OF some OF
the dealers. butter remained firm at
Fresh. Vegetables from down South.
although 81 little more plentiful. re-
NAMED firm AZ the quotations Of the
beans and peas were the articles hat