The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-01-02

General Wood went to school at Tech SO if he
should ever get to be president Atlanta would claim
him as a full-hedged citizen.
We have kind of got in practice writing 1920 in set
ting up subscription dates most pleasant pastme, in
which subscribers have been indugng lately Most
of them already running into 1921 which shows that
they going to stand by a while yet.
test check kept at railroad crossing in half dozen
Georgia towns last week, confirmed what already
knewthat not third the automobile drivers check
speed look both ways before running the tracks
Hence the daily casualties.
headline says the public is to blame for the high
| cost of clothes. Sure it is, don't it 'em?
The Association of Railroad Executive is trying the
virtue of little advertising in the country press for
which said press will receive remuneration. There
least the virtue of novelty in the plan, and doubt
that it may be the of bringing about little better
| understanding all around. We for it.
Pershng says the American troops the only
who could go through the Argonne Forest. We don't
believe allies the Germans thought could
do it.
Atlanta bank cearngs have increased more than sew
hundred and sixty million dollars the figures for
1918 and it is located close enough to Cobb county to
continue TO do we'll.
Those of the boys wso did not get out paper last
week, and who did not hit any wood K ought to get
out first class sheet this week. Come on boys
For time have had more than suspicion that
Oscar Underwood going to be candidate for the pres
dency and although not in the newspaper game
when he before, have been told he knew how to
| reach em, all right.
Some Texas oil company has declared dividend of
three dollars per share its stock and now three thou
sand other oil companies will each be able to sell mil
lion shares of series XYZ of their common stock for the
benefit of the promoters.
The youthful murderer Webb, has made his third es-
capped in as many months, and it begins to look as if it
would have been economical to have hung him in
the first place.
School again next week! Oh, how they love it!
While swearing off" the bad things why not "swear
on few good to take their places. 1t might help
you to stay put.
Marietta newspaper, years ago, after humor-
ousy and geographically commenting on writing the date
issued with the year old line at the head
of the paper 1t wasn't The Journal and we are going to
try to keep it straight this year of the camel.
This year will down in history the first year of
the great drouh, although large part of the country
has been less the waterwagon for several
years
After all the prevalence of wood alcohol like the war;
the boil weev and some other evils may prove blessing
in diguise. Give it little time before we pronounce it
curse.
The country to have lost all interest in this
eap-year proposition and from the reports we have had
it really netted the girls anything worth while any,
| way.
The new state banking law goes into effect this week
and the first Superintendent of Banks T. R. Bennett has
his ability and integrity predict that he will hold the
Office SO long he likes.
We have done best to conserve the print paper
supply and we think many others have but there is still
evidence of Me profgate of good white paper
OF the week.-Mrs. and in nearly all the daies
! Now thye dSn't know whether Hoover is Democrat
or Republican and it won't make lot of difference if
f they never find out
Inc Baptist Tabernacle may be free of the debt
70 Vne jim Smith eate but at the last minute an extra
e thousand eres charge discovered to he raised
hurry We hope they got it and able to stay out
of debt hereafter
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