The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-09-26
Clippings and Comments

While discussing the anarchy that
uervails in Mexico, let US not forget
the same brand that is rearing Its
head in our own country. House
cleaning at home is good policy at
times-Eastman Times-Journal
Yes, Mexico may be able to show
more cold blooded murders per cap
ita, but she can not hope to ever reach
our status of disorder.
The candidates for governor are
very considerable of the peoples feel
ings and rights-they are letting
them alone until they gather their
crops.-Alpharett Free Press.
For which the people should be
thankful. One year such as next
year will be in politics ought to be
enough for anybody.
What makes woman want to Jug
gle the furniture around the house
about once a month, and put one
piece where. another piece was? 1t is
very disheartening to come home late
and try to go to bed on chlffonler.-
Hartwell Sun.
This sounds like somebody has
been trying to sneak in late.
Dave Comfort is worried about the
way the women are going to get by
with less clothes and not get arrested
for sailing under an unl--false pre-
tencse. When are clothes not clothes!
Grady County Progress.
No Pat, the thing that bothers US
is the less clothes a woman wears
the more she has to pay for them.
Some of our correspondents have
been making pleas for better schools
and such pleas are to be commended
The building of central high schools
is perhaps the best method of solving
the problem. 1t would eliminate the
duplication of buildings and teachers
and would make possible better bet
ter buildings and better teachers. 1t
might also be the means of keeping
at home those talented young people
who become dissatisfied after they
have been sent away to school.-Mon-
roe Advertiser.
This is what the country must dc
in order to get the best schools, but
before it is practical we must have
good roads. So many things are de
pendant on good roads that they
should have the first consideration.
Once upon a time it was genera
hobby among practically all negroe:
and some whites to take a water
melon at any place and any time the
occasion presented itself and it was
hardly considered as great crime
as stealing. Today the watermelon
has been refrigerated into past history
and the Ford car is taking its place
as the temptation for one to take
Observation-Disclosures News.
Grover c. EdmUndson, lawyer al
Moultrie, who gained considerable
publicity during the war on account
of his OPPOSITION to the draft law says
some of the boys of America went tc
France against their will. Edmund
son went to France himself. We have
never encountered soldier who went
to France, who said he was sorry
that he went Col. Edmundson was
in the wrong army-he should have
belonged to the army worm or navy
bean and combed his hair with a mill.
tary brush. - Greensboro Herald
journal.
The Barnes law still further con
fused the situation as to time. After
numerous and sundry lawyers took
a hand at constituting it, it was finally
decided that it affected only about
half of the state, and in many places
the clock was not turned back at all
Dawson News.
The Barnes law served only as a
diversion for the legislature for d day
or so which should have been put in
on consideration of schools or roads
The law itself is worse than useless
THE MIRACLE MAN is COMING,