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The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-11-05

Some Of the Home Corners" were
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Stanley. Mrs. Will
Morgan, Mr.. Sam Cason, Mrs. Hamr
Cason and sons, Oscar and Joe, Mr..
and Mrs. Mark Cason, Miss Emma
c.ason, Mr.. J. w. McCleskey, Mr.. j
Hall, Mrs. c. s. Baldwin, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harvey McCleskey. Mr.. Charlie
Bell, Mr.. Will Finn, Mrs. Lewis
Payne, Mr.. Charlie Guess and Mrs
Whitworth.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Brown are al
his fathers, Mr.. John Brown. Mr.
Brown came here from a government
hospital in North Carolina. He serv-
I ed with the American Army in France
land went with the army of occupa.
ton into Germany, returning to the
States in the summer of 1919, with
more medals than any other boy from
Cobb county.
Mr.. William Brimer, aged 83 years
passed to his heavenly home October
4th. The funeral and interment. was
at Shilo, his former home. He ii
survived by his wife. three daughters,
Mrs. c. Gatlin, Mrs. Joe Attaway and
Miss Alice Brimer, and two sons, Mr.
John Brimer and Mr.. George Brimer
The floral Offering were very beauti.
full, covering the grave. The family
have the sympathy of the entire COM
munity.
Mr.. Will Attaway, who lived in the
upper part of the county, died Friday
and was buried at Acworth Sunday
with Masonic honors.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. Brinkley were
called to Marietta Sunday to their
daughter and grand child, Mrs. w. D.
McAffe and baby, who were hurt in
the accident to the Marietta Ac-
worth bus.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. P. Magee announce
the birth of son.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. Paris an
nounce the birth of son.
Mr.. A. S. Lindsey and Mr.. Frank
Finn has purchased the drug store
from Mr.. w. E. Mcclure.
Mr.. Elmore Hill, student at Oxford
University, spent Sunday with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. G. Hill.
Rev. John Watkins of Atlanta
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Trial
Owen and family.
Mr.. P. L. Connor and family have
moved on the Oscar Edison place,
which he recently purchased.
Mrs. w. T. Boring has been in
Adairsville to see her grandson and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Jackson.
The last quarterly meeting of the
Acworth circuit will be held with the
Shilo church next Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan Durham, who
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-11-05
KENNESAW.

The Home Coming" services at
the Baptist church, although sadden-
ed by the news of the accident in
Marietta, at the Kennesaw avenue
crossing, were enjoyed by all present
Rev. E. T. Booth made an approp-
rate welcome address and was fol-
lowed by Rev. J. M. Sphinx, who has
just been called to the pastorate of
the church, who preached a good SER
mon. A basket dinner was served
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-11-05

lives on the Bell Ferry road, announce
the birth of daughter.
Mrs. w. E. Mcclure and little
daughter, have been visiting in Cal
houn.
Mr.. Frank Lewis has returned from
a visit to his daughter, Mrs. Lane, at
Rockmaret. ae ~
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-11-05
WINTER RESORT FARES
SEASON I92o-2I

Winter excursion tickets on sale to
winter resorts in the Southeast and
to resorts in Arizona and Texas daily
October 1, 1920 to April 80, 1921,
inclusive; final return limit May 81,
1921.
Stop-overs allowed at all stations
on either going or return trip, or
both, within final limit of ticket, upon
application to Conductor.
For full information as to rates.
schedules, ETC., apply to nearest
Agent or Passenger Representative.
Central of Georgia Railway
F. J. Robinson,
General Passenger Agent,
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-11-05
ORANGE HILL.

Mr., and Mrs. Owen Motley and
little daughter, Pauline, of Austell,
were the weekend guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. E. M. Vaughn.
Mr.. and Mrs. |. j. Tinsley, accom-
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-11-05

night at 7.3O.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jetu have moved into
their new home. -
Sunday school every Sunday at
9.3O.-Tell Me.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-01

who ran his own establishment more
than compensated for the advan-
tages of largeness. Andrew Car
negie for a long time kept out of
trusts because he held they carried
within them the seeds of failure.
But the theory was exploded by fact.
Now few, challenge the superior eff
cheney of bigness. The retailers may
save themselves, but scarcely if they
persist in clinging to traditional
methods of trafficking. They need
closer association and elimination of
waste, the gains to be given to Gus
toners.
However destructive to the cor
ner groceries of Lawrence the par
ticular venture Of the woolen COM
pany may be, it is one, viewed more
largely, that other retailers have no
great reason to fear. 1t contains a
fatal defect-it is proposed to sell
at cost. Only when concern car
ries itself and pays enough more to
attract capital is it based on stable
foundations. The mood of indigna-
tion passes, even philanthropy
grows weary; only selfishness is
force persistent enough to keep
doors open and wheels revolving.
Unless the company changes its
price policy it's enterprise will
scarcely bring lasting benefit. This
fact may be of small consequence to
one who is bankrupted by the con-
test, but it is of large significance
to those who look ahead.
1t is an open question whether it
is to the advantage of society to al
low any one in business to disregard
economic law. There are immediate
benefits, but they are offset by the
waste incident to cleaning up a mess
and to getting back to normal condi-
tons.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-01
The Daily Habits of Mrs Her

10 the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Just at the moment all the world
IS eating Christmas cheer and turkey
hxings; hence the drop in the egg mar
ket because of the usual daily habits
OF Mrs. Hen. But we producers. who
are faithful to the egg market all the
year, are still paying the high Federal
price Tor wheat, which is s4.30 to IS
per 100 pounds, according to quality
other grains in proportion. And if
labor is mentioned there are no pleas-
ant thoughts left. SO that eggs at
s-2o now represent only pre-war
price of GO cents, to say nothing Of
the added care during the winter
months, when Lady Hen needs lot Of
caJolng and lays only under the best
inducement.
nave been producing five years:
ut the beginning l had nine hens and
wheat was $1.75 per 100 pounds. etc To
speed up for war time | increased my
Rock to $50 hens. The grain prices have
scared. and very important point to
remember is that egg producers have
gone out OF the market by the score
yet consumption is heavier than ever
Your article of December 27 is mis-
leading to the gullible public. who ia
always ready to knock the producer.
Let the city man slave in the conn
try for a while!
JULIA LANCASTER BLOOD
New Canaan, Conn.,, Dec. %. 1919
New-York tribune., 1920-01-01
Selling at Cost

The American Woolen Company,
whose chief factories are at Law
renee, Mass, announces it will ham,
mer living costs by establishing a
department store whose goods will
be sold at cost. The protests of the
local Chamber of Commerce and
even of the state food administra-
tion have been disregarded, and the
experiment Of the Carnegie Steel
Company along similar lines is to be
initiated.
Up to the present "big business
has little intruded on the domain of
retail trade. 1t has been satisfied
to produce and distribute in larger
fields. But many signs have indi-
Gated that small traders were to be
attacked The Chain" store il seen
on many streets. The over-enthusi-
asm Of retailers in trying to get rich
all at once invites a competition
which is energized by resentment
The retailers of this country, who
for understandable reasons have
been slow about improving methods
and lessening profits per transac-
ton, face grave danger.
Time was when it was assumed.
as Adam Smith taught, that big
business could not compete with lit
tle--that the assiduity of a man
New-York tribune., 1920-01-01

without the dotting of an ''i" or the
crossing of "t' being changed he
violated it by rushing back to his four
long months of communion with the
silent Texas colonel in Paris and the
little cotere of Bulltts and Lippmans
and parlor Bolshevists who warmed
the chintz coverings of the antique
chairs in the little White House" on
the Seine; he violated it by writing his
name, to bind the United States of
and he violated it hundred times over
by vainly attempting to force it onto
the American people from the obser-
walton platform of his train to the
California coast and back, and he is
violating it now by obstinately refus-
ing to recognize that the American
Senate is appointed by the plain words
of the Constitution to assist in making
! treaty that is the most important
pact we have ever been called on to
make with foreign nations and the
| world.
Imagine, if you can, George Wash
ington, or Thomas jefferson, or Alex
ander Hamilton, sulkily refusing for
months to allow the Senate to exercise
is constitutional right to advise and
consent to the making Of a treaty it
had no part in moQding and the phrase
ology of which he regards as more
| sacred than the Constitution and the
independence of the greatest republic
of free men on earth.
The war is over. The Huns and
hlghbinders who made the Allies and
America lose millions of br~ve hearts
and billions of gold know we'll that it
was not treaty parchment nor any
written league of nations that brought
the United States to the bloody banks
Of the Aisne or into the Argonne Wood.
We were not even carrying out ver-
bal promise when our destroyers pa
trolled the ocean lanes. A people that
had kept faith with the letter and the
spirit OF the Constitution could not
fail humanity when it called And
surely these days of anarchy and nm
rest are not the time to hew chips off
the very rock that has been our ma
t'onal fundament for more than hun
dred years.
Who keeps faith with himself will
best keep faith with all the world
ALVIN NJ HIGGINS.
Nroton-on-Hu Hudson, N. Y, Dec. 20.
1919
New-York tribune., 1920-01-01
kept clean, and their time of serv.
ice is reduced to a minimum.

kept clean, and their time of serv.
ice is reduced to minimum.
How can New Workers hope to
progress and ultimately come
abreast of California in comfort
and convenience? A cheap rate
from the power companies is one
answer. Another is the construc-
tion of houses and apartments with
the proper wiring for electric serv-
ice. New York City is only 10 per
cent wired, it is estimated Nor
is new construction wired as COM
pletely as it should be. Here is a
point for the intelligent landlord
and the discerning tenant-at least
for the latter-as soon as tenants
are again permitted to discern or
do anything except pay more and
more rent.
The increased cost is small. In
new construction complete wiring
with base plugs, wherever full eIec-
trio service demands them, adds
only one-fiftieth of one per cent TO
the total construction cost. In nor
NAL times such installation is bound
to be demanded and bound to pay.
The builders with foresight have
already taken notice. If there are
enough of them another decade
may see the New York home as
comfortable and convenient as the
California! And think of the pub
lie and private gains of home-sav-
ing, of preserving an institution
concerning whose future there is
anxiety!
New-York tribune., 1920-01-01
Our Backwoods Town

A highly civilized spot we self
satisfied New Workers take our town
to be-thc last word in comfort and
convenience and luxury. Think of
the poor yaps by country cross
roads who have to get their water
from pump and fuss with a kero-
sene lamp! What backward folk!
How can they exist?
Nevertheless, comfort and con-
veniencc are wholly relative terms,
it behooves us to remember. And
New Workers should not be quite as
proud and pleased as they are.
They lead a very comfortable life
in some respects; in others they
are far behind the head of the pro-
cession. Take state like Califor-
MIA, for example, where electricity
is not a semi-luxury as in New
York but an accepted part of every
bodys home-living and home MAX
ing. The annual consumption Of
electricity in New York per capita
is $1.14. The consumption in Cali
fornia was $50 three years ago, and
is now estimated to be over $40.
That expresses mathematcally a
difference in comfort The Cali
fornia home uses thirty times as
much electricity as the New York
home; and, in one important re-
spect, is about thirty times as con-
venient.
All know the convenience of cleo
trio lighting-you press button
and the light is on. There is no
filing of lamp, no lighting of a
match, no dirt, no smell. We should
feel that we were going back a
hundred years if forced to use can
dies. Yet the coal stove belongs
with the candle period, whether for
heating or for cooking-so a pity
ing Californian will tell you. Light
ing has run ahead of general heat
ing; but the electric pad-shades
of the old warming pan and the
room heater are already practical
and marvelously convenient appli-
arces. And the electric toaster,
the electric vacuum cleaner, the
electric iron and the electric motor
for the sewing machine-who that
has ever used one would go back
to old methods without a feeling
akin to that of abandoning, let US
say, an automobile for buggy. or
giving up the central furnace for a
batch of stoves?
There is an especial and growing
need now for the electric house
hold appliance-a need that makes
its service an essential comfort, not
a mere luxury or convenience. AS
the houseworker tends to disappear,
the electric servant steps forward
to take her place. Hands are not
eliminated; but shey are helped and
New-York tribune., 1920-01-01
eaching Real French
Where Ollendor6 Is Sdpplanted BY
Actual Tongue Stuff

Actual Tongue Stuff
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Some time ago l read your edi-
torial on American French and was
rather surprised at your statements, for
my experience has not at all been along
those lines. | looked into the matter
and concluded that you must have had
your French in the past days when
teachers never used the spoken tongue
and when nearly all the textbooks were
built as per the German formula. viz.
lay down a more or less important
principle of grammar and then hurl at
the head of the defenseess student
numberless, meapingless sentences to
illustrate said principle; then move on
to a new one. Thus were built the old
fashioned books, like Chardenal, Fraser
and Squair, Keetel, etc. Look them over
in your leisure hours in the editorial
rooms. Practical, idomatc French :?
Practice in conversation No, no. none
of that Friends OF mine. who are
now in business, tell me that they
nevel- heard word of French in their
college courses
My experience (New York City. I
thank you'll has been quite different.
i have now had year and half of
French in the evening classes of the
College of the City of New York Our
professor, as far as l can Judge, is alb
solutely bi-lingual; we all talk French
in the class and he is awfuly fussy
about intonation, ease of delivery, etc.
The book we use, "Nouveau Cours Fran
GALS" is a live, practical, interesting
mixture Of grammar, oral and written
exercises and texts on daily life,
French customs, institutions. history,
government and SO forth; the whole
thing is developed along methodcal
lines, teaching idiomatic French that
one would use every day. In my line
Of business | often meet Frenchmen
versation and, haltingly, am able to
talk to them about our country and
our customs. | am able to inform them
that now our trains are "souvent
en- retard' ("c'est la meme chose chez
nous" they say, that, according to
their understanding. it is "treize
heures vngt," or that zee .soir Caruso
Va chanter l'opera"; again if hear
them say that 'cette cravate est tres
chere, ellie conte hut francs vinet
cinq," | know that old II. c. of L. in
the shape Of a s1.65 necktie staggers
them, and that when they And that
good United States dollar will buy
about nine of their francs and not
five, as they always figure, they will be
more dismayed than ever.
So, all in all, feel that your edi
torial is no longer fair, that American
French is not universal. Let us hope
that the numerous ex- German teachers
who have been thrust into the teaching
Of French (imagine that.) will not give
US something worse, Prussianized
French STUDENT
New York. Dec. 81, 1919
New-York tribune., 1920-01-01
When Is a House a House?

What does the Constitution mean
when it says that "the Congress.
whenever taro-thuds Of both houses
shall deem it necessary, shall pro-
pose amendments to this Constitu-
ton? Does this require two-thirds
of the members or merely two-thirds
of quorum to submit an amend
ment? Here is legal question like
~ to be much discussed in the COM
ing weeks. The prohibition amend
ment was submitted by vote of less
than two-thirds of the members of
both houses.
The contention of those who up
New-York tribune., 1920-01-01
Japan in Siberia

Whatever else happens in Siberia,
one thing is clear enough. The Jap
anese will oppose summary election.
They will take over the wreckage Of
Kolchak's Omsk government and
try to hold up the progress of the
Reds" probably on the line of Lake
Baikal. They will do this because
Soviet intrusion east of Baikal men
aces Japan.
According to Washington dis
patches, the japanese Ambassador
has conferred with Secretary Lam
sing and a joint program has been
agreed on. Americas part in it's
execution will be simple. The troops
which the United States sent to ST.
beria have done little or nothing be-
yond guarding the line of the Trans
Siberian Railway. The relations of
our high command with the Kolchak
regime were more or less strained.
The Omsk government professed
occasionally not to understand why
the American troops had come to
Siberia Our political and military
status there was i'll defined.
We evidently don't intend to fight
the "Reds" in Siberia. If Japan is
forced to, it is only proper that the
Siberian road east Of Baikal
be surrendered to her. She will need
it for strictly military purposes.
There are still about $4,000
Czecho- Slovak troops IN Siberia.
They have left the front and are con-
centrated about Vladivostok, await
ing transportation home. Bringing
them back to Europe is hold-over
obligation resting on the Allies. The
chief ostensible reason for Allied in
tervention in Siberia was the need of
reaching and rescuing these gallant
fighters, formerly Austro- Hungarian
prisoners in Russia. The United
States will help to pay the cost of
their repatriation, it is said. Once
they are af1oat, our own expedition
ary force is likely to be headed for
home.
Japan has about $4,000 men in ST.
IBERIA. She was undoubtedly re-
strained from sending more there by
pressure on the part of her associ-
ates. An attempt was made to
avoid recognizing her vital interest
in the Siberian situation. BY rein
forcing her army she can easily hold
the Baikal line The Bolsheviki are
said to have about 100000 men on
their Far Eastern front. But the
Bolshevik military organization is
fabby. The Japanese have little to
fear from Lenine's generals or SOL
diery. And as to the alleged diff
culties of campaigning in Siberia,
greatly exaggerated at the time when
Allied intervention was being dis
cussed, Japan demonstrated how ffc-
titious they were when, in the sum-
mer of 1918, she quickly overran the
Amur province and took Blagoves-
tchensk.
Japan can hold Eastern Siberia
without much effort. And she
seems justified in doing so-may
say extraordinary bunglng on the
part Of the other Allies forced her
to make a single Defense 1nciden-
tally her power on the Continent of
Asia will necessarily be solidified
and expanded. And no other Allied
government is in position to object
seriously to that soliditication and
expansion.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-01

hold the validity of the submission
is that the word House" means a
House organized for the transaction
of business, and that two-thirds of
the members present may legally SUBJ
NIT an amendment. To support this
contention Article |, Section a.,
Paragraph 1, is quoted, which says
that "a majority of each [house1
shall constitute a majority to do
business" Is the submission of an
amendment "business"?
Besides reliance on this clause
there is reliance on practice. The
roll call on the woman suffrage
amendment in Senate with ninety
six members was 81 to rs. Like
wise the income tax amendment did
not secure two-thirds of the men,
berships Of the houses.
On the other hand, the critics Of
submission make a strong case. The
Constitution defines the House of
Representatives, for example, and
other mentions Of "House" are, of
course, elliptical expressions which
refer back to this definition. This
definition is: "The House of Repre-
sentatives shall be composed of
members chosen every second year
by the people Of the several states"
Here the "House" is not mentioned
as quorum, and it is argued that
two-thirds Of the House means two
thirds Of the House as defined.
The Constitution in several in
stances is at pains to declare when
a specific fraction Of the members
present" is able to act. Twothirds
of the Senator'S present" may
ratify a treaty (Article II, Para
graph p. Again, with respect to
impeachments, conviction may fol-.
low the concurrence of two-thirds
of the Senators present" 1t is as
serted, inasmuch as the Constitu-
tion carefully mentions when two
thirds of the members present may
do a particular thing, that in other
cases when it requires two-thirds it
means two-thirds of the whole men,
bership.
1t is also pointed out that the
Constitution, in all, uses the word
House" twenty-five times; that in
nineteen cases it necessarily de-
notes a whole House, and that in
the three other cases the usage in
the nineteen cases is not contra
dicted. That the word "present"
is employed when it is clear that less
than two-thirds of the whole House
may act. is said to forbid reading
into the Constitution the word
"preseMt" when not expressly there
Finally, touching the claim of au-
thorty to do business by a majority
of a quorum, it is reasoned that this
refers only to ordinary business
not to such business as is separately
treated of in other parts Of the Con-
stitution. As to the practice fol-
lowed when the income tax and
woman's suffrage amendments were
considered, it is declared practice
cannot amend the Constitution, and
that thus the precedents are without
legal weight
New-York tribune., 1920-01-01
10 the Editor of The Tribune.

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir; Mr.. William P, F. Ferguson, n
to-day's Tribune. shows that he is on
the right side in regard to Nr. Frank H.
Vizetellys attack on your anti-Cyriling
crusade But, then, he spoils il all by
calling than" proposition. Of course.
It's conjunction. Wou d Mr.. Ferguson
say than him.? AS to "than whom
we say that, think. because Milton DID.
beelzebub than whom,
satan except, none higher sat"
And we haven't sufficient courage Of
cur convictions to admit that Milton
made mistake. \But if you want TO
start an anti-"than whom" crusade. I'll
piedge my support here and now. Ml.o,.
and Mr.. Ferguson-notwiths
ADELAIDE.
New York, Dec. 20, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-01
The Poor Railway Owners

TO the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: | beg to say that in the edition of
The New York Tribune of December Is,
there is an editorial entitled "The
Poor Railway Owners" enclose the
editorial, with the section marked to
which | invite your attention. IN it
you criticize railroad managers and
rather imply hat it is for selfish and
personal reasons that they oppose the
Cummins bill and that they are not
representative of the owners of the rail-
roads. All | have to say in reply is that
the Association of Railway Executives
represents about "a per cent of the
trackage of the country, and it also
represents the shareholders owning this
trackage through the boards of direct
ors of the various companies, and so far
as / am aware the shareholders are in
entire accord with the position of the
executives, who are solely desirous of
protecting their interests to the fullest
extent. They are not raising any fac
tlous objection to the Cummins bill
There are features of it that are admi-
rabe, but, on the other hand, there are
other features that need to be corrected
while the bill is in conference, and it is
to those features that they are directing
such criticism as they think proper to
make.
THOMAS DE WITT CUYLER.
Chairman.
New York. Dec 30. 1910.