The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-08-22

was good start, and We pray that
every minister in the land may join
in the chase and never let up till
this danger is driven from our state
and nation. "-Alpharetta Free Press.
Well, We'll have a little friendly
Stint spute" with Brother Rucker,
who says that it requires no courage
now to fight whiskey, from which
might be inferred that we too, have
recently crawled on the water wag-
on. Rucker does not intend to con-
vey this idea, but the inference is
easy. The first time we went to the
polls to voteAthe first vote we ever
cast was placed in the ballot box 43
years ago in Franklin county, and that
vote was cast for the prohibition can
didate of the United States. Prior
to that time, we held membership in
the community temperance society.
We have never known the effects of
strong drink. We have never been
under the influence of strong drink.
We have been in the newspaper bust
ness nearly twenty years and we have
never inserted a whiskey advertise
ment. Long before we reached our
majority, we fought for prohibition.
We stood for prohibition when it was
exceedingly unpopular and when the
prohibitionists were mighty lonesome.
We do not belong to that class of pro-
hibitionists, if such there be, that
breaches prohibition and stores the
keg in the cellar. So much for that.
Now, as to Coca-Cola. We do not
drink it. We have never advertised
it, not because of conscientious scru-
pies, but because, we have never had
the opportunity. We would today
accept an advertisement Of Coca-Cola
at our regular rates, if it was ten
dered. So, we are under no sort OF
obligations to the Coca-Cola company.
The Free Press is conscientious. So
are we. The Free Press says that
"Coca-Cola is doing Georgia thou
sand times more harm than whiskey."
We do not believe word of it. From
our view point, there is not word
of truth in that statement. Coca-Cola
is not in a class with whiskey. Go
to the court records for evidence.
Where is the court record to show
that single crime committed was
ever produced by the use of Coca
Cola. The records do not show such
an instance while the records of every
court held in the land is crowded with
crimes produced by the use of strong
drink. How many men have gone
home at night and beat their wives
and children because they used Coca
Cola? Not single instance can be
given. How many murders have been
committed resulting from the use OF
Coca-Cola? Not one. And does
Brother Rucker know, that the re-
cords of all the courts are filled with
such crimes committed while under
the influence of strong drink? DIR.
Powell, who for many years wa sat
the head of the State Sanltarium
at Milledgeville, stated, over his own
signature, that during the years of
his service there has not been one sim
gle case brought there, whose history
was in the remotest degree connected
with Coca-Cola. We present herewith
the analysis of CocaCola:
Sugar, in the form of syrup, 6.58.
Caffein, derived from tea leaves
O.26.
Phosphoric acid, 3.34.
Citric acid, from lemon, O.O3.
Flavorings, carmoel, ETC., 4.96.
Mineral matter-Ash, 0.01.
Alcohol, from favoring extracts,
OTIS.
Water, 92.845.
Total, 100.
The analysis shows that there is
almost as much water in the drink as
there is in a turnip. The analysis also
shows, that there is no more catfeln