The courier-index., 1920-07-09

| shooter of note and he has sent in- vitations to all of them to be pres ent and participate in the tourna- ment here. On account of limited hotel facilities many of the visitors will be entertained in private homes here.
 Don't worry over little thing like having your. sugar rationed to you again. We humble individuals should do nothing to interfere with those amiable gentlemen who so delight in exporting enormous quan- titles of sugar to Europe at stu pendous profits to themselves. For how else can they get richer quick CT?
 innocently finds its way upon the streets, but has not yet discovered the source of a potential typhoid endemic that has been in existence more than a year." Replying to this. we feel justified in saying that if the editor of the Courier-lndex had been as jealous in the pubic m terest as his statements in the edl- torial would lead us to believe, II he had allotted a small part of the time and effort in keeping us 1n- formed of this distressing condl- tion that he has invariably done 10 his favorite pastime, we should prop ablv have been even sooner informv ed and would be inclined with more grace at this time to treat With the spirit in which he now derides our tefforts.FT -'-------,N-,y's. q '...-. ...
 The League holds no brief Tor those in authority who neglect their duties and it plays no favorites and selects no victims in its modest ef- forts to beautify the town and to keep it clean. It sees no reason; therefore, why it should be placed under fire by the Courier-lndex' the towns only newspaper, put De- Il ing so placed, does not feel It's use fulness at all impaired, nor its pur- poses discouraged.
 The invitation your paper eA- tended to "half dozen ladies 70 ;nsnect the situation at the approach Il to the river bridge, must in chalfty he credited to at least one editor idea of wit. A large part of the nublic. we believe, has frequently | ;ndulged in a laugh after reading tba Courier-Index. Those who have not should do sc, heartily. The snectacle of civic body in the act of straining at a gnat and swallow inc a camel is not more ludlcrous than an editor who swallows gnat' camel and all and strains at nothing nrovided his feast is set at the taple of his adoption.
 Very respectfully,
 | CIVIC IPROVEMENT LEAGoE' The editor of the Courier-lndex hasn't the slightest desire to enter into an argument with the mem hers of the Civic Improvement I League. It has promoted and sue cessfully carried out many com mendable cleanup campaigns m Marianna and it has received tne hearty cooperation of thls paper III all it's efforts to improve sahitaly conditions and beautity the cl.y' Reference to the League m con, nect;on with the deploraole anu wholly inexcusable condition that e4- ists at the sewer outlet was pred icated upon the very natural assuIhp- tion that the League makes It part of it's work to keep Marianne sanl- tarv and to bestir the authorities when thru negligence or ignorance they permit improper conditiohs ~ evist If this in fact, IS not one of the prime purposes of the or oanization, then the Courler-ihuesS is due the League an apology IT. mon the other hand, 1t IS the pusl- ness of the League to co-operale with the authorities in eradicacins conditions that prove menace to nnblic health, then the Courier fndev was right in linking the Lea, cue with the city authorities anu tbe sewer commissions in It's critl- cisms. and the fact that none or ies ,,,anohers had been apprised or the nnisance Gas is claimed in the com. ,,,,nication above) only argues that Iaaoue is not as diligent Tn some sections of the city as in others.
 The personal reference to the @ editor and the suggestion that ne was influenced by improper motives ;n bis allusions to the League need m refutation or even the dignity of a denial. Over-keen risibllities nav find something ludricous~ in situation so fraught with danger, hut those who have sense ot the proper proportion of things Will view the subject under discussion only in it's serious and menacing as-