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The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1922-05-04
POWDER SPRINGS BOY
ENLISTS IN MARINES

ATLANTA, Ga, Among the many
Georgians who have reenlisted in the
United States Marine Corpse during
the past few days was Ralph Hobbs
McTyre, son of Mr.. Marshall McTyre,
of Powder Springs, Ca, according to
a list of successful applicants made
public by Captain George Bowers, u.
s. M. c., who is in charge of the local
recruiting station of the Marines at
Room $40 Postoffice building.
Young McTyre has had prior ex-
perience in the service of MS country,
as he served one year in the Navy
and then Two years in the Marines
during which time the Georgian visi-
ted many parts of the world. Private
McTyre was transferred to the Naval
Operating Base, at Hampton Roads,
Va, where he will be assigned to duty
with the Marines.
Travel is something that appeals
to everybody, and the Marine recruit
receives his share of it, as the Soldi-
ers of the Sea are always on the 90,
TODAY in China, the next bound for
Cuba or goodness knows where, and
this wonderful opportunity offered
the red blooded American youth is
what is filling the recruiting stations
/ with such fine specimens of manhood
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1922-05-04

and maintenance of the roads in their
respective counties, and for tn ex-
penditure of the county's revenues.
They know as no others can, per-
haps, just what Georgia's road prob
lem is. They realize that the stu
alton is too acute to be dealt with by
individual counties, and their hearty
endorsement of the bond issue for
good roads indicates that they re-
gard this at the solution of the road
problem of the state.
Judge OH Inward, attorney for
the state highway department, made
one of the most brilliant speeches of
his career before the Commissioners
meeting. He explained to them the
legal phrases of the bond plan, why
1t is necessary to have the bonds in
order to obtain federal aid in road
building, how the bond plan
had been carefully thought out bv
expert economists, attorneys and ac-
countants, all of whom agreed that
the proposed plan is practical, feas-
IDLE and entirely possible.
Declaring that he regarded the
bond issue the greatest constructive
measure before the people since the
Civil war, Judge Howard said:
''The State of Georgia is facing a
crisis. We stand, as is were, at the
parting of the ways. We cannot
mark time under existing conditions.
We are going to move forward under
wise, constructive legislation; or,
! lacking that, Georgia will certainly go
backward and be the pity of the
other states rather than the envy to
which her matchless resources and
and wonderful climate would entitle
her, provided she puts herself in line
for progress by completing her state
highway system, which can only be
done by means of the bonds.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1922-05-04
OBSERVANCE OF DAYS
BY SUNDAY SCHOOLS

"Mother and Daughter Week.
Jointly promoted by the Internation-
al Sunday School Association and the
National Board of the Young Wo-
mems Christian Association. through
out all America, will be observed this
year May IA to 81.
A most attractive program, out
lined in every detail, has been pre-
pared for this week, and is being is
sued IN Georgia through the State
and County Sunday School Associ-
alton young peoples workers. The
program, as outlined, may be carried
out IN part or in full, by both city
and rural communities.
Beginning with Sunday, Nav ID.
winch IS recognized everywhere as
Mothers Day." three services have
6een arranged, one for the SUNDAY
ochool hour, one for the morning
service and sermon, and the evening
service and sermon, which is designa
ted as old folks night.
Monday is community day: Tines
DAY, nome night; Wednesday. mid
week prayer meeting; Thursday. visi-
tor or chum night; Friday. Motbar
and daughter banquet; Saturday re-
creation day; and Sunday, Nav 21st.
Girls, or Daughters Day. The nro.
gram for this Sunday includes a sne-
car 6. worship service in the Sunday
ochoob morning worship service and
sermon centered about the daughter
and a special girls evening service at
regular church hour.
The program for the week NAV he
secured from the State Young Peo-
pies Mission Workers.
~ Hurt Building, Atlanta.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1922-05-04
NEW PROCESS MAKES
COTTON FIREPRooF


Baled cotton, which easily catches
fire, or quickly rots when exposed to
the weather, is to be largely saved
from both huge losses by new chem
ical process which is to apply at the
time the cotton is ginned and does
not injure the quality of the cotton.
Anyone who has touched a match
to piece of cotton batten knows
how the flame spreads over the sur
face in a flash. This has led to the
adoption of the term Flash fire" in
the cotton industry, and is one of the
menaces. to be guarded against in
shipping or storing cotton bales. An
other form of fire risk is the so-called
"burrowing fire." which refers to
the fire which eats its way into the
bale. One would think that this fire
hazard was sufficient handicap to
be placed upon any industry, but cot
ton is also subject to another loss,
called country damage" caused by
fermentation among the fibers when
the bales are stored in contact with
the ground or under adverse weather
conditions. This country damage
spreads into the bale, and may occa-
sion the loss of as much as 80 per
cent of the cotton in the bale.
When consideration is given the
fact that, with the single exception of
corn, cotton is the most valuable
of our agricultural products, and far
exceeds in value any other exported
commodity, the economic Importance
of any process that will reduce the
fire loss and prevent the loss through
country damage, can be appreciated.
The process of treatment described
and illustrated in the May Popular
Mechanics Magazine, is extremely
simple and has been tested to
point where commercial value is
proved.
Many tests have shown that treat.
ed bales are practically immune from
country daage, even when stored I'M
der adverse weather conditions. One
test showed that the loss after three
years was only two pounds on a 500.
pound bale, while with the untreated
bales the loss in only few months
may range from 80 pounds to as
much as 400 pounds per bale.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1922-05-04
STEAM TOURING CAR SIMILAR
IN FORM TO GASOLINE CAR

Past experience with steam cars
has shown that, while some would
operate as economically, it has been
difficult to manufacture them at as
a first cost as equivalent gasoline
engine cars. Built in many respects
on the lines of a gasoline car, there
is now being constructed a commo-
dious steam touring car, described
and illustrated in the May Popular
Mechanics Magazine, which the manu-
facturers expect to be able to market
for about 81 900. Viewed externally,
it is difficult to distinguish it from
any ordinary gasoline car.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1922-05-04
ARTIFICIAL PLASTIC WOOD
JUST LIKE REAL TIMBER

An artificial wood that is so like
the real thing that if it can be worked
with carpenters tools and finished
with a file or sandpaper, is now be-
ing produced by an English manufac-
fore be nodded into any shape. It
known as plastic wood and can there
fore be nodded into amp shape. 1t
can then be hardened by exposure to
the air, and becomes a tough, solid.
waterproof substance. 1t is expected
to be of special use for making pat
terms for castings
From the May Popular Mechanics
Magazine.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1922-05-04
MAY PASS LAW TO
PROBE JURY LISTS

Atlanta, Ga. The establishments of
commission to investigate the eligi-
bility of prospective Jurors beforo
Chey are summoned for jury duty.
"hich is the provisions of bill
soon to be submitted in the Ohio leo
's'2tnre' has attracted considerable
attention here.
S an instance of the need for
such investigation, the author of the
bill, lawyer, says that on one occa-
sion man whom he had convicted of
theft showed him a jury summons.
Where there is a commission to look
up all names drawn from the Jury
wheel, such ineligibles would never
be summoned at all, let alone get
ting chance to serve through some
fluke due to the hurry of court ex-
animation at the time of trial.
In order that the investigating
body might act effectively, it would
be necessary to have certain definite
standards of honesty and intelligence
which could be established by easy
tests, it is pointed out here. The
combination should certainly mean
the uplifting of jury personnel, say
Atlanta lawyers.
The Ohio legislature has proved
a matter of considerable interest to
the Georgia league for the enforce
mont Of law through the constituted
authorities, which has inagurated a
movement to create a better respecs
for law in this state.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1922-05-04
WITHOUT STREET ADDRESS
YOUR MAIL is DELAYED
AT OFFICE OF DELIVERY

The Dead Letter Office has been in
existence ever since Ben Franklin
started our postal service. Even then
people addressed mail to Mr. Ezekiel
Smithers, Atlantic Coast" and ex-
pected Ben to know just where Zeke
lived.
Perhaps they had Zekes address in
letters up in the garnet, maybe chest
full of 'em, but then it was easier to
let Ben hunt Zeke. Today people are
addressing letters to John Smith, New
York, n T., or Chicago, H., thinking
Uncle Sam can locate him. which is
just as incomplete as was Zeke's adj
dress of yore. The Postoffice Depart.
ment asks you to put the number and
street in the address. 1t helps you.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1922-05-04
Flint Hill High School.
Mrs. Coy White, PRINCIPAL

Mise Grace Hardage, Teacher.
LIST Grade-Ralph Fur, J. W John-
ston Curtis Bonds.
End Grade-Alfred Bonds, Kenneth
Bonds, Oneil Grogan, Raymond Mad
dox
3rd Grade-Jack Brown, Gaines
Brown.
4th Gra de-Elmo Johnston.
5th Grade Frank Brown, Lois
9TH Grade-Helen Brown, Angint
Atkins, Bessie Aikens. Lou Forr.
9Th Mccoy White.
10th Florence Legg.
Owing tothe sickness and death
among relatives of some Of the pupil,
our attendance for the past week was
very irregular.
We wish to publicly commend thost
pupils who of their own volition art
always busy trying to keep school
room clean, yards free from scattered
papers etc, and continually helping
the younger pupils.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1922-05-04
NEWS ITEMS FROM GEORGIA
GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION

A tidal wave of enthusiasm in
IaVor OF the proposed $75,00O,O00
road bond issue seems to be sweeping
over the state, according to reports
coming into the Headquarters of the
georgia Good Roads Association.
Last week the Carrollton Civic Club
enrolled one hundred per cert in
favor of the bond issue, and declared
itself ready to get into the fight for
good roads and stay in until Georgia
IS Pulled out of the Mud"
The Dublin Chamber of Commerce
also adpoted resolutions unanimous
~ endorsing the road bond issue.
Augusta Chamber of Commerce
Tell IN line and voted to support the
bond issue, declaring that thew re-
garded 1t as the safest and sanest
investment ever proposed for the
state.
With only one dissenting vote, the
stewart County grand jury voted
endorsement of the proposal to COM
plete the state highway system by
means OF the road bonds. This act
ION on the part of the Stewart County
grand jury simply registers the senti-
ment OF that county which is over
Whelmlngly for the bond issue.
from Towns county comes reports
OF enthusiastic approval of the bond
issue, Towns is one on the mountain
counties, lying next to the border of
North Carolina, which state last wear
voted a bond issue of $50,OOO.OOO to
complete her highway system. and as
consequence has felt the recent de-
preston less, possibly, than has anv
81 the Southern states. Towns county
cltlezns have seen the effects of oads
bonds in North Carolina, and thew
neheVe Georgia should pass the bond
ISSUE and keep pace with other Sou
Fhern states in the. progress that
naturally comes to a commonwealth
mat has good roads. The represent
atIve from Towns County, Hon. Gus
W. FRANKS, of Hiawassee. has regis
fered his approval of the bond issue
and declared himself ready to sup
port it both in his County and in the
state legislature.
Polk County has notified the Geo
rgla Good Roads Association that it
IS completely solid on the bond issue.
and ready to aid in any other section
OF the state where the issue NAV be
doubtful. Hon. William w. Mundy.
OF Cedartown, representative in, the
a@lslature from Polk County, is a.
nong the strongest advocates of the
9ond issue in that County.
Treutlen and Wheeler Counties. in
the Southern part of the state. have
written in that they are solidly for
the bond issue, and want to know
what section of the state could oppose
such constructive measure, if thew
properly understand it,
Probably the most significant and
encouraging action thus far taken in
connection with the road bond cam
paign, however, was the endorsement
Of the bond issue by the County Com
missioners of Georgia in their 8th
annual convention held at cambridge
the 18th and goth.
At this meeting were commission
ers from every county in the State.
These commissioners are the men who
are responsible for the construction
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1922-05-04
HUMANIZING THE
POSTAL SERVICE

There is no unimportant person or
part OF our service. 1t is a total of
human units and their Cooperation is
the key to its success. In it's last
analysis, postal duties are accommo-
dations performed for our neighbors
and friends and should be so regarded,
rather than as hired service per-
formed for an absentee employer"-
Postmaster General Hubert Work.
Subscribe to the Journal, $1.OO year
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1922-05-04
HERE COMES A STRAIN GER!

Let's make our post Office look neat,
Mr.. Postmaster Straighten up the
rural letter box, Mr.. Farmer. Tidy
up some, Mr. Rural Carrier. First
impressions are lasting Maybe Mr..
Stranger, raking notice of these i'm
provements, will come back, bringing
you benefits. Start these with POS
tai IMPROVEMENT WEEK" May
1-6
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1922-05-04

How do you expect the Postal Clerk
to know whether you mean Trinidad,
California. or Trinidad, Colorado?
ALWAYS SPELL OUT THE NAME
OF THE STATE IN FULL IN TIE
ADDRESS.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1922-05-04

to the Journal, $500 a year
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1922-05-04
"MORE BUSINESS
IN GOVERNMENT

This apt phrase was used in Presi-
dent Harding's first message to Con
gress and applies particularly in postal
management where postmasters are
being impressed with the fact that
they are managers Of local branches
of the biggest business in the world.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-12
Character o. MOneY MUker-By the Spectator

one of the most nO1iOus weeds to be
rooted out of young persons mind
is the notion that the reason he Is
unpopular or unsuccessful is that he Is
right and that everybody else is wrong.
Hazing is not to be defended. It is
cruel and brutal. And yet we should
learn to see that there is something Of
truth in every custom. no matter how
evil 1t has become. And the truth that
underlies hazing is that most boys have
been coddled too much, and have devel
oped their vanity too greatly, and are
improved by having their freshness
salted Q bit
The Washington herald., 1922-12-12
The Unjust
BOrLdnd LaU
THE Commissioners undoubtedly
represent united public
u sentiment in asking Congress

"HE Commissioners undoubtedly
represent a united public
i sentiment in asking Congress
to repeal or amend the meanest
piece of legislation ever enacted for
the District of Columbia-the Bor-
land law.
That law imposes indirect special
taxation in addition to an already
burdensome direct taxation. 1t
places upon property owners of the
District virtually the entire burden
of paying the cost of construction
of new roadways and streets, be-
sides the requirement that they pay
the cost of sidewalk construction.
Property owners, under this law,
pay a special assessment of one
half the cost of paving new road
ways and, on top of that, pay the
general taxes from which 60 per
cent goes for highway maintenance.
Roadways and streets are for the
benefit of the whole community and
for Uncle Sans many activities in
this, his own Federal Capital.
If Congress wishes to do the
square thing it will order an in
vestigation of the unjust workings
of the Borland act, calling in those
District officials who have been
compelled to make and collect the
assessments upon properties.
Congress will find that, in many
cases affecting poor people owning
small pieces of land, the assess
ments imposed under the Borland
act virtually amounted to confisca-
ton and deprivation of the hope of
owning homes.
There are many instances where
the special assessments were larger
than the assessed values of the
properties.
This sort of thing is bad enough
for the rich, but for the poor it is
actual robbery.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-12

WE trust this will not be misunder-
" stood. Consistency is for the high
gods only. As for us mortals, while we
condemn corporal punishment, there are
certain ones We would enjoy to see
spanked.
The fact is, that material success
success in the business world, success
in making money-does not rest upon
selfshness nor any form of immortality.
The general rule is that It rests upon
honor, integrity. industry and the COM
plex of all the other virtues.
fOHN @. SHEDD, president Of Marshall
Field & Co. OF Chicago, stated the
other day that In answer to the question
The Washington herald., 1922-12-12
Too Drastic Orders
Won't Help Efficiency

1.-TWO recent executive orders
are calculated to arouse
i some bitterness among clerks
in Washington.
The first, issued by Colonel
Forbes, of the Veterans Bureau,
calls for the deduction of a day s
pay as punishment for tardiness in
punching the time clock mornings.
The second, put out by District
Commissioner Keller, takes away
from employees in the engineer de-
partment the privilege of sick leave
unless it is deducted from annual
leave.
Both orders, of course, were in
tended in the interest of efficiency,
which is highly desirable end.
But the best sort of efficiency
often is not promoted by iron boot
methods.
United States Government clerks
are not chain-gang slaves from
whom the overseer can get more
work with a whip.
Their work is mental-and bitter
ness and hatred are not good oils
for the human mind.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-12
"a. - Star Oomp1ny.

as to what ideals contribute most to
success In life, he unhesitatingly put the
emphasis first Of all upon the importance
of sound character-'that innate and
acquired disposition to do the right
thing at the right time in tine right way"
He added that there II practically no
hope Of building . successful life upon
the foundation Of . faulty character.
The more complex civilization becomes.
the more the need. and. indeed. the
absolute essentially Of the moral vir-
tues ID demonstrated.
In former days the immoral man was
condemned because he was wicked: In
these days he II no less condemned.
but Il is because he is an ass.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-12
Advertising

"HE advertising of American
business in American month
i lies and weeklies amounts
to about $150.O00,000 a year, and
newspaper advertising to about
$650,000,000 year, $S00,OOO,OOO
in all, which is about as high as
the bill for America s chewing
gum, or lip sticks, rouge and
powder.
George W. Hinman asks whether
this is worth the money.
And he answers his question in
the affirmative.
For he says that the value of
what the United States produces
amounts to about 100000, 900,
and this advertising bill of $780,
100000 is therefore only about .
per cent of the total amount of
goods produced. Advertising is an
important and essential element in
distribution. 1t is more than that;
it is the self-expression of business
enterprise, and keeps it wholesome.
Russia tried the abandonment of
advertising and found that adver-
tising and business both departed
together. If you are going to cut
off all the blossoms from a plant,
YOU are going, after awhile, to have
no more plant.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-12
SCIENCE QUERIES AND
REPLIES
BY Edgar Lucien Larkin

Director Mt. Lone Observatory.
Have many continents ap-
peared and disappeared? Were
they inhabited by animals and
men? Are accounts or tradi-
tions based on facts?--C. N.
COLBY. Louisville, Eg.
MAST areas OF land hare been
' above ater for ages and
then submerged. And the same
land has been elevated again
ard covered with vegetation and
large trees. Thus excavators
for the New York Board of
Water Supply have dug down
into forests of vast antiquity-in
fact, the first large trees known.
Three epochs Of growth have
been discovered. Thus a forest
would grow and then the land
would sink and be covered dur
ing centuries by ocean sedi-
ment. An upheaval came, new
forests grew during thousands
of years. and sank again. So
far, three huge forest areas have
been excavated-three submer-
gences and three risings, all in
Devonian period and near GIL.
boa, N. Y.
1t is not known when man
first appeared II earth. but
from my reading l have arrived
at a date of about 1,500,0 900
years ago.
One Of the most perple1ing
things to explain is the enor-
nous amount Of strange writ
ings appearing in many parts Of
the world about two submerged
continents. Atlantis under the
Atlantic Ocean, and one that
was far larger, Pan, now be-
meath the Pacific. The &C
counts of Atlantis now so
strangely appearing add to the
historic account of Plato.
Blu. greater in quantity is the
immense series Of writing about
the continent Pan and its 200,-
100000 people, all submerged
$4,000 wears B. c.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-12

outside Of courts. since we
" are trying to arrive at
truth instead OF merely win
ming a case, we should look to
the intrinsic value of the state
ment rather than at the ap-
pearance or health or charac-
ter of its maker.
Not who or what you are.
but how true is what you state
as truth-this alone should
really count. Abuse is no an
swer.
Is Carlyle, for instance, cor
rect in intimating that the
masses are asses? Is the av-
erage of US asinine, stupid.
foolish?
You know that most OF the
rest of us are dolts. How
about yourself. Seriously. now
are you or are you not one Of
the masses-leaving aside, for
the moment, Carlyle's play
with the words?
What are the masses, any,
how?
The word as such suggests
bulk, magnitude, the greater
part. Commonly. as applied to
human beings, 1t means the
The Washington herald., 1922-12-12

VOU hear a great deal Of
= talk these days about de
structive criticism" II comes.
as a rule, from amiable, ofti-
mistic, immature minds whose
reasoning runs something like
this:
do not destroy peoples be-
liefs unless you can give them
something better in return.
Do not tear down unless you
can build up. Do not point
out errors unless you can in.
dicate the truth. Do not take
away unless you can restore"
1t makes rather pleasant
reading. These apostles Of
hope never have difficulty in
finding an audience. Most
people would rather look
toward a rosy future than take
q cold-blooded inventory OF
the present. But II accom-
plishes no good. The path OF
learning and OF Improvement
does not run In this direction.
TUE shattsring Of illusions
i IL the beginning Of wis
dom. II you want to learn you
have to pay, quite often, In
coin or disappointment.