The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-03-14
A HASH POT COLUMN OF
MIXED DOMESTIC AND
FOREIGN CURRENT NEWS
Macon's Big Farm Tractor
Demonstration
Wilson Now in France. The English
Channel Will Be Tunnelled Soon.
Veterans Will Meet in Savannah.
A Still On Wheels Captured.

The braying CT the "iron mule" is
heard in Macon this week, in a chal-
lenge of the old long-eared hay burn
err, so long the associate of the. south
ern farmer in the production of cot
ton. You can bet on the eventual
victory of the iron mule over the one
of flesh and blood and natural born
/ contrariness." At the same time we
have to hand it to the gas engine for
some of the same unaccountable GUS
sedness of the old mule. Macon has
| just had the biggest tractor show ever
| in the state.
The latest political announcement
is that j. j. Flynt, of Griffin, will
make the race for governor next year.
1t is already practically conceded that
John Holder and Cliff Walker will
also be in the race, and as the pri-
mary is still a year away, there is
still plenty of time for candidates to
get in or to drop out.
A whiskey still on four wheels is
the latest blind tiger story in the
state, such an animal having been
lassoed by the revenue men down near
Columbus last week. The outfit was
a complete one, and is said to have
done business from Atlanta to Flor
ida, but if it maintained a regular
schedule, many dry customers are no
doubt keeping an eye on the big road,
and wondering why the still is late
/ this week.
New York has barred German opera
and we understand that everything
German has been excluded from the
I Grand Opera program for Atlanta.
J This is all right as far as it goes,
! but we are more afraid of German
propaganda in our school books and
other insiduous channels through
which the poison was poured into this
! country.
The railroad administration was
left in the lurch by the failure of the
bill to provide funds, and now it is
proposed to use United States war
rants as collateral for securing the
necessary funds. There ought to be
no better security than Uncle Sans
due bills, and we see no reason why
this will not meet the immediate needs
of the roads.
The 18th is the last day to return
your income taxes, and if you have
not attended to it, you should give 1t
your Immediate attention. 1t is in
cun1bent upon every one liable to
! make and file the returns, without re-
| ceiving a special individual notice
from the government about it.
A peculiar situation exists about
the next meeting of the Confederate
! Veterans. General N. d. Forrest, the
head of the Veterans, has announced
that the next meeting will be held IN
Savannah, and at the same time DIS
matches from Savannah state that no
invitation had been given to meet
there. We guess, however, it Will be
all right, as during the Civil war, Con-
federate Veterans got in the habit OF
pushing into places where they had
not been invited, if we may belleve
the historians of the day.
France and Great Britain have
agreed to build a tunnel under the
English Channel, and thereby connect
the two countries by train service.
This has long been talked of and 1T
is onlv because of the bitter feeling
between the two peoples, and the GER
tainty of league of nations in the
near future that they have both con-
sented to be thus connected. A few
wears ago much excitement was Gre
ated by a Frenchman flying across
the channel, but now the airplane ana
the submarine have blotted out seas
and eliminated distance, and no coun-
try can longer be a land unto itself.
President Wilson was expected to
arrive at .Brest, France, on THURSDAY
night, and will be in Paris today (Frl-
day) where he will at once take up
his duties in connection with the
peace conference again. The SUI
preme council will meet this evening
also to consider and approve import
ant work. Mr.. Wilson hopes to re-
turn to America by the first OF June.
Railroad clerks of the n. c. & st. l..
Railroad have been out on strike for
two days and SO far no agreement
has been reached.
The Bolsheviki forces in Northern
Russia have again become active and
have been Smelling the allied lines,
which have held and are reported to
have repulsed the enemy with great
loss. This section is still in the grip
of winter and the deep snow prevents
any unusual activity of the military
forces.