The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1921-03-04


badges and Jack Patterson to pin them on
change of administration always always leaves
lot of stranded politicians in Washington, common
ly called Tame ducks, who usually assume to the
practice of law there and this year the number will
be large, but suspect that Georgias senior sena
tor viii not be of the stranded ones if he
should not back to Georgia
Atlanta druggists are to form club and the first
meeting will be addressed by Coca-Coa man. who
will tell them what organization can do for drug
gists, after which they ought to be able to ''do
plenty to the people
We are now told that Col. R. G. Cholmely-Jones
director of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance is to
soon retire to private life We have often wondered
where he got that 'choming' name which his press
agent always used in full including the title but we
find consolation in the that we wont be asked
TO print it often in future
The report that the egg spectators lost heavily
on the recent decline will be received with pleasure
by the consumers who have long been at the mer-
cy of the profteers in food stuffs
Commissioner of Agriculture j. j. Brown says he
is tempted to advise the farmers plant no cotton
at all this year Wonder if He thinks his advice to
farmers would have any effect on the size of this
years cotton crop?
Mr. Burleson say that he took many blow aimed
at the president On the other hand no doubt, the
president had to take good many that were aimed
at Mr.. Burleson and his department.
q I'm tha huCina Of oI1
what to plant this year, but last years experience
will probably caution them to plant full share of
something that may be eaten if they cannot sell it
at profit.
The Dawson News depores even the suggestion of
war with England, and says ''Let the war dogs
sleep We will go that better-whle they
sleep let S chain them, and also bind the war god
with bands of steel he can never break
Lloyd George not only displayed recognition
Of the humorous but insight of German character
when listening to the German contemporaries, he
remarked to the French preimer If they keep on
we will be owing them money
The American Wooden company has Just fixed
future prices at average of fifty per cent less
than the prices Of last fall In view of the decline in
cotton and other materials, we suspect they
are not making great sacrifice as the figures
might indicate.
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Those sections of the Food Control Act under
which prosecution of the profteers being wag
ed have been declared unconstitutional by the Su-
preme Court This relieves that bunch of patriots
OF any anxiety that they may have felt.
Mr.. Hardwick has pledged himself to stop some of
the leaks in the ship of state when he becomes gov
erner, and will warrant enough of these to keep
him from having many idle hours
I'm view OF the present status of affairs in the
South, that Georgia farmer who sent off dollar
for method of getting rich, may have received
his moneys worth after all when he got this recipe
<'Work like hell, and spend little"
Reports have it that the inauguration message
will be devoted chiefly to domestic affairs How
could it be otherwise, since the republicans for the
past two years have spent their whole time in advo-
eacy of policy which would entirely wipe out all
FOREIGN relations