The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-11-07

Carolina preacher Maynard who led the way all the wav
over and gack again, beaten in actual flying time by
two who traled him all the way but we are inclined
to hand the greatest credit to the parson anyway
California is the seventeenth to have ratified the
woman suffrage amendment There will be others
and enough to give the franchise Of all states
The Hapsburg crown jewels, including a hundred and
thirty nine carat diamond reported to have been
stolen good lot to lose but may the Hapsburg curse
and i'll luck with them has chung to the l-fate
Hapsburgs.
The Macon fireman Sullivan who melted and organic
ed most of the recent labor troubles in Macon plead
guilty to the charge of ntmidating working people who
wanted to work and given IL months the gang or
$1,000 fine, by Judge Guerry last week. 1t would have
bene two years srght and fine all if we had shaped
the penalty.
Alvin York, himself mountain boy caught the audi
ence with his plea for the Roswell school for boys in his
Atlanta address Saturday night In spite of all the
honors and praise heaped upon him. York still seems ur-
spoiled
The merging of the city Of Atlanta and the county
Fulton somewhat after the of the District of Co.
umba and the city of Washington is now proposed 1t
works all right in Washington and the District but we
don't quite understand all know about this Atlanta
and Fulton county business.
Peanuts selling at $500 per ton in Mitchell county
and still some farmers holding for higher prcse Do
you of these fellows worrying about the
boil weevil in Mitchell?
Billy Sunday is in Chattanooga this week and this
good chance for Editor Shope go up and hear him. But
we have feeling that he won't do it.
The Publishers Auxiliary most truthfuy SAYS: "Hon-
esty asset in all lines of business this espec
Tally true of the making of newspaper The editor who
fails to be honest with his readers will time wreck his
property This hes been proven in hundreds of cases.
"Some good whiskey may find market" reads head
line in exchange. If knew of place where good
whiskey could not find market we would be afraid to
move there it would probably be uncivzed COM
munity.
If the seed of discomfort sown in the labor unions of
this country was German made and planted Germany
could find delight in it's fruits when workers
here demand six hour day, while German workers are
putting in full twelve and rejoicing at the opportunity
to do
If the coal miners offer the hi-costa-livin as an ex
cuse for quitting work they may find in the hi-acosta-
loafn better for going back to work
When Lodge, Sherman, Borah, ct al, rage and tear
out hair the temporary" occupation of Shanung
Ihe HCtie rlpno Drother arises and inquiries how long
is temporary" And he is thinking about Uncle Sans
temporary government of the Philippines which Lodge
Sherman, Borah, ct al wish to make permanent
We ask farmers to read the letter of Charles Barrett
in this issue 1t is rather long but it contains food for
serious thought.
The Cordele Sentinel assures us that the peope of
Cobb will never regret the expenditure if they adopt
the Ellis Health Law, and competent officer secured
we not already personally satisfied about the mat
ter, could not ask fer reliable and competent
witness than Editor Herring.
England Australia and New Zealand use independent
and out of date systems of weights and coin
while the United States and Canada use the out of
date system of weights and measures but metric sys-
tenn of coinage the rest of the world the metric
tenn entire Our commercial interest calls for the
adoption of universal metric system Shall we not do
Massachusetts answered the police union question
properly when she reelected the who
the Boston riots by increased majority of more than
three hundred thousand
Cobb county farmer has oil on his farm It cost
him % cents per gallon and when he buys again it NAV
be higher still
Two of the midway show operators at the Southeast
ern Fair died from drinking wood vile third got
IL months for forgery which shows the average midway