The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-09-12
CurrentEUents

The management of the Southeast
ern Fair in Atlanta, October 11-21,
will have free boys school during
the fair. Two boys from each county
in the state will be given free trip
and free board at the Southeastern
Fair while attending this school. There
will be teachers here to teach these
boys how to Judge livestock, etc.,
throughout the entire week.
Governor Dorsey has mailed out
$250,OO0 to the counties of Georgia,
an installment of their pro rata share
of the Motor Vehicle License fund,
which had been withheld by authority
of the Georgia Legislature which al
lowed the Governor to use the money
until September 10 for other purposes
considered to be more pressing.
On October 7, Brunswick has either
got to buy or lose a railroad. The
road is a short line, extending from
Collins to Brunswick, distance of
100 miles. 1t has ocean terminals at
Brunswick and Darien and is consld-
cred one of the most important small
lines in the state. Citizens of Bruins
wick and other places on the line pro-
pose to purchase the road as a going
concern. It is understood New York
Junk dealers will also make bids. In
the event the junk dealers make the
highest bid, the road will be disman-
tied
Speaking in Chicago to a confer
ence of business men, James P. Orr
declared that unless the business men
of the country Immediately awake
and take the position in politics to
which they are entitled and SO put an
end to the dilly-dallying policy OF
present politicians they will be caught
in the vortex of radicalism and unrest
sweeping the world.
How to make three stalks of corn
grow where nothing grew before,
through selling the right kind OF fer
tilizer to the farmers who need 1t,
will be the principal course in sales
manship school to be held IN Atlanta
October 21 to "a, as announced Tues
dav by the Atlanta Convention Bu-
reau.
This year promises to be one of the
greatest in the history of the South
eastern Fairs, which are held eaen
wear at Lakewood park, near Atlanta.
The dates this year are October 11-2l
and the attractions will be unusually
fine. The Southeastern Fair is an ed
ucational institution and is not run Tor
nroft. There is no one connected
with the institution that receives one
nennv. either for their services or
dividends, except the office force.
During the stringent financial times
of 1915 the grocery firm OF The BROW
r-Manget Company went into bank
runtcv. After the assets had all been
figured up and closed out there sun
remained $4,000 in debts that could
not be settled. A few days ago an
advertisement in the Atlanta papers
announced that any person who held
anv claim against the bankrupt con-
Germ could come to the Office OF John
A. Manget and get his money, ana the
advertisement further stated that 1t
was notice to all persons who owned
the firm anything that their debts had
been Cancelled.
After the Atlanta Democratic Ex-
ecutive Committee had passed on the
question favorably of allowing white
women to vote in the city primary
thew made the mistake of refusing 10
allow the women the right to use as
thew liked their registration fees, TO
which no one seems to have had
legal claim. In the primary the COM
mittee was defeated by the votes OF
the women and now the committee
is said to favor denying further votes
to women, but new committee IS 70
take charge this week.
Fulton county tax returns show an
increase of more than $6,7OO,O0O,
while the increase for the whole state
is registered at about $4,000 900
AS Liberty Bonds are not taxable TINS
would indicate healthy increase OF
wealth in the state.
The police of the city Of Boston,
having Joined the unions in actual
fact, as well as in sympathy it has
become necessary to call troops to pro-
tect life and property in that place
Rioting is in progress and the fruits
of mislead unionism are ripening very
rapidly.
Key West and South Florida has
been swept by gale that devastated
Cuba a few days ago. In Key west
r,,o,.a fban two million dollars of dam