The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-05-23
Current Events


Tiff county was added to the list
of good roads counties on Wednes-
day, when it voted 100000 bonds
for roads with 1900 votes for and
only SIS against the issue. AS rapidly
as they can get to it the people are
voting road bonds.
The republicans have announced
that they will not accept campaign
contributions in sums larger than one
thousand dollars, but it is very prob
able that way will be found to split
up and absorb any larger sums which
may become available for campaign
purposes.
President Wilson, in his reply to
the Irish-American ENJOYS who sought
his assistance in getting the Irish
question before the peace conference,
refuses to involve the United States
government, it was reported. His
reply is understood to rebuke the
Americans for their action in visit
ing Ireland.
When Congress met on Monday,
Victor Berger, the Socialist, who was
convicted under the espionage law,
was not sworn in as a member. Berg
er is out, under an appeal for new
trial, and his status was referred to
a committee to determine. He was
once before a member of the House
and was we'll received, but his dis
loyal utterances during the war es-
tranged many of his former friends.
Americas actual war expenditures
totalled twenty-three billion three
hundred sixty-three million dollars.
Two billions of this amount represent
ed normal expenditures of the gov
eminent. The balance was extra
war cost. A small part of this will
come back to us in various ways,
but it can be taken as being as nearly
the accurate cost to US as it is pos
sible to calculate.
A peculiar story comes from the
mountains of Alabama this week. One
neighbor reported another for rum
ming an illicit still. The owner hear
ing rumor of raid offer his still
for sale at a very low price. The
neighbor who had reported it, bought
it and when the raiding party arrived
was operating it in his own home.
Americas feat in sending the A.
+. F. overseas is unprecedented. This
was very difficult, even though the
Americans were landed on friendly
soil. So it is impossible for such an
army to land successfully on enemy
shores.
However, the future of aviation
may so change conditions of travel
even for cross-ocrean fights - so
that means of defense may still be
necessary.
The next General Assembly of the
Presbyterian church will meet in
Charlotte, N. c., which city is one of
the strongholds of Presbyterianism in
America. Mecklenberg county alone
has sixty Presbyterian churches, some
with more than a thousand members.
The federal government has just
paid claim of $4,000 arising from
the seizure of cotton during the civil
war. This is the claim of one cor
ooration whose stockholders have kept
their records and kept up the fight
during all these years. Millions of
dollars was lost in cotton by people
of the south where the records were
also destroyed and no claim could be
The Emory class in journalism had
charge of the city news gathering for
the Atlanta Constitution on Tuesday,
and they did their work well. This
little practical experience is worth
much to the students, and who shall
say that even the oldest reporter does
OF himself sometimes profit by watch
ing the work of recruits.
In event the Germans shall refuse
In sion the Daarn terms of the cnD-