The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, November 15, 1918, Image 1

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    Vol. 52. No. 46.
WORLDPEACEATLAST
Thrones and Emperors Go
Into Scrap Pile; Victori
ous Allies Make Future
» ' Safe
THURSDAY, NOV. 11 SHOULD BE
WORLD’S THANKSGIVING DAY
Entire County Awakened at 3 A. M.
. By Whistles, Bells, Guns and
@ Fire Alarm In Marietta
At three o’clock Monday morning,
when thie bells and whistles turned
loose every citizen within miles of
Marietta knew that an armistice had
been signed-—that Germany had sur
rendered—that the war was over.
By previous arrangement it had
been agreed that immediately upon
o nfirmation of the news, the whistles
and bells were to announce it, and
in mediately the citizens were to as
cemble on the square as rapidly as
possible.
Long before daylight the streets
around the square were alive with
scething humanity. Every possible
means of producing noise was
hreught inte play. Guns and pistols
were discharged so rapidly that it
weuld have made the men from the
front line trenches seem at home.
William S. Hart, nor any other
gunman in the movies, ever excelled
the speed and skill of some of the
young men and girls in the use of
revolvers.
But just at daylight came a quiet
and serious moment. The big flag
was brought out and instantly the
cowd surged around the flag pole in
{te park. For a moment silence pre
viiled, then the folds of Old Glory
were hauled up the staff to the top,
while heads were uncovered and
“America’” was sung by the assem
bled throng. Then a wild burst of
cheering and the noie making pro
ceeded as before. The occasion and
sceme was an impressive one, as it
vas unusual, the silent assemblage
around the flag at the break of day.
A new day had indeed dawned for
the world. The rights of humanity
had been made secure. Autocracy
bad been overthrown, and the world
was free and safe to live in once
more. No longer could it be said
“Right forever on the scaffold, Wronz
fcrever on the throne.” No longer
free men trembled at the tyrant’s
wrath.
In the history of the human race,
November the eleventh will be fixed
as one of the milestones. It will
stand out on the calendar in letters
of red. It should become the inter
national holiday.
Locally, before daybreak, a holiday
Lad been declared. The president
said something about it later, but we
Leat him to it. All business was sus
vended and the entire day given over
to» celebration and thanksgiving.
The latest reports seem to estab-
Ish the Kaiser in Holland, whither
he had managed to escape the fury
(Continued on Page Eight)
MORRIS HAS ACTIVE
SPEECH-MAKING TOUR
Judge N. A. Morri¢ made a tour
of eight counties last week, speaking
in each of them in the interest of
the Urnited War Work Campaign.
He wound up the week with a
meeting at Cedartown on Saturday
evening at 7:30, and just as he was
zoing on the stand to speak, he was
somewhat disconeerted by the mnews
that N. A. Morris, Jr., had arrived at
his home during his absence.
Assurances, however, that the
Young man had come to stay, enabled
the Judge to put some of his en
“thusiasm into his address.
3 He returned to . Cartersville on
}M."“dfly and spoke to an outdoor au
dience of several thousand people, the
f'courthouse being too small to hold
the crowd.
The Judge reports an active -inter
&t taken by the people in the cam-
Paign in all counties visited.
JOHN RUSSEL DODGEN, OF
SMYRNA, DIES IN FRANCE
In the Tuesday’s easualty list ap-
Pears the name of John Russell Dod
#l, of Smyrna, as having died of
deease in France. No less honor at
“tiches o his name, than those of our
b 3 Who died on the battlefield.
er. Dodgen was born Deec. Ist,
lf,{,;,‘ He was married to Miss An
t}f Belle Medlock on Qect 28th, 1917,
,"(“d)"-"i‘f:t into the service at Camp
‘Tdon on August sth, 1918.
Lo Vas the son of Mr. N. W. B.
1 “2¢. of Cobb County, living be
¥ Smyrna, His name is added to
Cr Jist of heroes,
THE MARIETTA JOURNAL
Warehouses Bare
of Cotton Goods
Washington, Nov. 13.—(Special.)
—Our committee of the cotton states’
marketing board has been in confer
ence here today with government of
ficials relative to the cotton situa
tion and the unjustified decline in
the cotton market during the last twe
days.
Mr. Charles J. Brand, chairman of
the government committee on cotton
distribution, issued a statement late
this afternoon which, in our opinion,
will strengthen the cotton market.
Mr. Brand points out that the ship
room which may be devoted to cot
ton should increase very rapidly as
a result of the armistice, thus re
lieving the congestion at the ports.
He also shows that the world’s
warehouses and shelves outside the
United States are bare of cotton
goods, and that Europe’s consump
tion of raw cotton during this sea
son should exceed the consumption
of last season by not less than two
n:illion bales.
This statement, coming from an of
ficial of the governmentin charge of
cotton distribution, should bear out
fuily the action taken at the recent
ccnference of cotton producers where
ir the farmer was advised to refuse
to sell a bale of cotton for less than
75 cents a pound.
. L. B. JACKSON,
Director Georgia Bureau of Markets.
GR§AT WAR, OUR ARMY
The American army had reached
a total strength of 3,764,677 men
when hostilities ceased, according to
cflicial figures at the war department
Of that -number, 2,200,000 had been
sent to France, Italy or Russia. The
remainder were under arms in camps
in this country.
Congidering the number of men
ir our armies our casualty list is
sm.all:
Army casualties to date— Total
Killed an aébion - . 7 :..."18,838
SO R Bey . o o 293
Died of wennds. .......... 5,636
Accident or other causes _.. 1,248
Dikenae oo o o e oy B b 6
Tatal deaths . ... .. ... 26,120
Bounded ... -5 3E 868
Missing, including prisoners 8,942
Grand tofal .. &= . oo 73,0986
Marine Casualties to date— Total
Pegtha A o o cie o T Rg6D
Mennded - o S Al
gimesbnene. o 2 e 33%
Total marine casualties .. 4,112
Total army casuvalties ... 73,936
Grand total army and marine
cacutilhies sol 0r 7048
Of course this list is yet incom
plete and many will yet be added.
Canada wilth little more than one
twelfth of our popnlation had a cas
uzlty list of more that 211,000, but
Canada was in the war for more thar
four years, while we were in only a
year and seven months, and in the
f:ghting for only a few months. ‘
In this connection it may be inter
asting to recall the countries at war
with Germany and dates of their en
tiance:
Bbasta ... ... KAugust 1, 1944
Tesnes .. ... August 8, 191%
Belgium _..___-. August 3, 1914
Gt. Britain _.__. August 3, 1914
Servia .._...-..- August 6, 1914
Montenegro -.--- August 9, 1914
dehan s.. August 23, 1914
San Marino --_--.- May 24, 1915
Yortugal .. - March 9, 1916
Hely: - - August 28, 1916
Pumania __.__--- August 28, 1916
SN Al & 1917
Cub iol AP 1918
POnaie oo April 19, 1917
Crelbe . eanen- U 0 29, 1917
S o July 22, 1917
liberia -.....--- August 4 1917
Phlae . ..o ANEWE 14, 1917
Braptl: el s October 26, 1917
FEouador - December 8. 1917
Gautemala - ----- April 23, 1918
fiedgo s o . July 35 191¥
In addition to these the following
countries severed diplomatic relations
with Germany on the dates given:
Belivin -.~ a<= April 13, 1917
Nicaragua ---—------ May 18, 1917
Santo Domingo ——--- July, 1917
Costa Rica --- September 21, 1917
Pers . - October -6, 1917
Uruguay ------- October 17, 1917
Honduras —-------- July 22, 1918
Se E e
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sams at
tended the funeral of Licutenant
Springer in Aztlanta on Saturday. Lt.
Springer was 2 cousin of Mrs. Sams.
He died at the officers training camp
at Cornell. The family resided in
Marietta for a number of ytais and
have many friends here.
Marietta, Ga., Friday, November 15, 1918.
PROVISIONS WON'T DECLINE
IN PRICE FOR SOME TIME
At least four years more of
high prices is J. Ogden Armour’s
prophecy, following the advent of
peace. The Chicago packer was
quoted today as saying:
“I do not think provisions will
go any higher, but at the same
time they are not likely to de
cline for some time to come.
There will be a big trade for the
next four years. It looks to me
as though prices for grains will
not recede rapidly and the same
applies to other things. It will
be some years before prices get
down to normai. It is fortun
ate that we have good stocks, as
Europe will need a lot, the home
supplies being used up.”
Instead of the regular Red Cross
Notes this week, the following mes
sage has been furnished us by the
publicity department: =
By proclamation of President Wil
son the week of November 11 to 18
has been set aside for a campaign for
funds by the seven recreational or
ganizations which have been endorsed
by the government. These organiza
tions—the Y. M. €. A,, the Y. W. C.
A., the National Catholic War Coun
cil, the Jewish Welfare Board, the
War Camp Community Service, the
American Library Association, and
the Salvation Army—are doing very
important work, and every Red Cross
Chapter and member throughout the
Socuthern Division is asked to co-oper
ate in this campaign to the_greatest
pessible extent. .
But it can not be*too strongly im
pressed upon Chapters that no appeal
for funds or members for the Red
Cross must be made, either directly
or indirectly, in connection with this
campaign, nor must the Red Cross
Christmas Roll Call be confused in
any way with a campaign for funds.
The object of the Roll Call is uni
versal membership, not the raising of
a large sum of money, and this can,
not be combined in any possible way
with a campaign for funds by any
organization or group of organiza
tions. ]
In making this perfectly clear to
all members and to the public at largq
Chapters will be conforming with the
request of the President of the Unit
ed States and with the resolution
adopted by the War Council of the
American Red Cross.
In recognition of the importance of
the activities of these seven organi
zations Chapters are also requested|
to withhold from the papers all Red
Cross publicity except that necessary
to the successful carrying on of
their work until after November 18.
November for the United War
Work Drive; December for the Red
Cross Christmas Roll Call.
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I’ Says General Pershing, referring to jz! {
one of the war work ordanizations : ,"H !7
¢;\ SENSE of cbligation for the varied | "hi
and useful service rendered to the Hi
army in France ... . . prompts me to il
: join in the appeal for its further financial zi!‘“
{ = support. I have opportunity to observe xMH
| i its operations, measure the quality of its il
l personnel and mark its beneficial influence »fi‘;‘
it upon our troops, and I wish unreservedly i it
- * to commend its work for the army. 2 i ‘i,
| —General Pershing fi"i‘ l';
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e UNITED WAR WORK CAMPAIGN Wik
__‘ A ovER (K [—
QL THEIRE i p
THE BOYS WILL BE OVER THERE UNDER GENERAL PERSHIN(
FOR MANY MONTHS YET. WON'T YOU RESPECT AND SUPPORT
HIS OPINION?
None Are Being Inducted
Into Service; Men Over 36
Need Not Fill Out Their
Questionnaires
!
i The offices of the local board is
still & scene of activity as the men
between 19 and 36 years of age on
Sept. 12th are being physically ex
amined. |
This, however, is nearing comple
tion, after which the men who are
between 18 and 19 years of age on!
Supt. 12th will be taken up, and thesc
men will complete and return the
¢ estionnaires sent them.
None are being inducted into the
guryvice or sent to camp however, an‘
prabably will not be at all.
The board desires us to say to the
men who were over 36 years of age
on ' Sept. 12th, that they need not
fili out or sign them at all, but are to
put them in the envelope which was
sent them at the same time and re
turn to the local beard.
~ It is not yet definitely known just
what will be ‘done about all these
things but it is safé to assume that
ro more men will be taken and those
in the camps will be returned to
civil life as rapidly as possible.
‘ . . .
List of Burials in
z "
National Cemetery
Below we give the names of the
scldiers buried in the National Ceme
tery at Marietta since the begin
ning of the war. These have been
furnished us by the Kennesaw Chap
ter, U. D. C.
Private Leonard Bekaerts, died at
Camp Gordon, cause not stated.
Private Joe Barnes, (col.), died at
Camp Gordon, Lobar Pneumonia.
Private Orazia Cornett, died at
Camp Gordon, Lobar Pneumonia.
Private Lanier Droke, died at
Camp Sherman, Ohio, cause not stat
ed.
Private Clifford Hightower, (col ),
died at Camp Gordon, Spinal Menin
gitis.
l:rivate Frank Jackaekeck, died at
Camp Hancock, Lobar Pneumonia.
Private John E. Lindenburg, died
at Camp Hancock, cause not stated.
Private Sephus Madson, shipped
from Camp Hancock, cause of death
not stated.
Private Americo Manti, Camp Han
¢ ck, Lobar Preumonia.
Private Zacharigh Miller, died at
Fcrt McPherson, railroad accident.
Private Tom J. Pantazes, died at
Camp Gordon, of pneumonia.
Private William J. Pratt, died at
Csmp Hancock, of influenza.
Private Robert Perry, (col.), died
at Camp Hancock, of influenza.
Private Jeff Richardson, (col.) died
#t Camp Hancock, of influenza
Private John A. Stein, died at
Camp Hancock, cause not stated.
Private Dock Stone, (col.), died at
Camp Gordon, cause not stated.
(Continued on Page Eight)
All War Work
Committees Busy
On Monday morning Chairman
Legg was up before day, working
2mong the crowds of joyous men who
ruashed down town at 3 a. m. to cele
brate the peace signing.
He secured many good subscrip
tions and reports from all over the
county show that a fine start was
made on that day, Austell goine away
over the top with her quota by 10
¢’clock. ;
Acworth, Smyrna and other * dis
‘tricts have followed with oversub
s riptions, and of course the whole
county will do so. It is only a ques
tion of how much over the top we
go, and it is our hope that our quota
may be doubled before this paper is
in the hands of our readers.
In town the activities of the War
Work organizers for the past week
have been continuous, and a number
o' good meetings have been held.
The thanksgiving meeting on Mon
day evening at the Methodist Church
was an enthusiastic one. The house
was filled to overflowing and many
of our citizens made fine talks,
On Wednesday evening the Ladies
United War Work Committee held a
great meeting at the Court House,
giving screen pictures and the cause
of each of the seven divisions of the
war work was presented by some one
in a short talk.
On Thursday as we go to press
the great one day drive of the Ma
rietta district by committees is in
] -ogress. |
THE WORK-FIGHT RULE
HAS BEEN DISCARDED
Cancellations of all draft calls has
practically nullified the celebrated
work-or-ficht rules of last summer.
Thizs rule caused thousands who
might have remained idle to seek
employment in the essential indus
tries of the land, and thus speeded
up production to some extent.
With draft calls stopped the gov
ernment loses power to enforce the
rule and aside from the fact that this
may cause idleness among a worth
legs class of negroes, ne harm can
be done.
By degrees all normal working
conditions will be resumed.
GOVERNMENT URGES
W. S. S. PLEDGES
By T. L. Wallace, Secretary
Men’s Patriotic League
During the War Savings Stamp
drive last June there was some fif
teen hundred people pledged them
selves to purchase War Savings
Stamps during the remainder of the
year.
These pledges represent only the
people in the Marietta District and
tctaled $lOO,OOO.
There was pledges in the county of
$300,000 and of this amount orfly
$150,000 has been bought.
The Government is urging the peo
ple to fulfill their pledges and pur
chase these stamps at once.
Although the armistice is signed
with Germany the Government is ex
pecting all these pledges to be re
deemed, as this money has already
b een spent.
All of the pledge cards designated
some place at which the party sign
ing the crad wanted to purchase these
stamps. Some people designated one
of the three banks in Marietta and
others designated the post office.
Owing to the fact that the Chair
man for the Marietta District became
ill shortly after the drive was made,
the cards were not distributed to the
banks and post office as they should
have been and for this reason the
cards have not been properly credit
ed when the stamps were brought.
The banks also have been very busy
with Liberty Bond applications and
etc., and they have not been able to
properly credit the cards.
The three banks in Marietta and
the post office have a great many
cards that are upaid and that show
ne credit, and the Committee who
has this matter in charge feel that
quite a number of these cards have
been taken up and in many instances
some purchases have been made that
are not credited.
The committee who has this matter
ir charge have taken from the banks
and the post office ail the unpaid
cards and have turned them over to
the Mens Patriotic League Office to
get them ready for the Government
auditor’s inspection.
It is necessary and urgently re
quested that yeu at once take this
matter up with the League, and if
you have purchased your stamps co
notify them that your card may be
stamped paid. If you have purchasel
a part of your stamps you should im
mediately notify the League that the
proper credits may be made on your
card. If you eannot call in y%erson;
got in touch with-the League oflice
by telephone, 292.
Establiched 1866
FARMERS ADVISED BY
MARKETING BUARD TO
HOLD THEIR COTTON
Agr. Com’r. Brown Tells the
People to Put Themselves
In Accord With Board’s
Action
Following the meeting of the Cot
ton States Official Advisory Market
ing Board, just held in Atlanta, and
attended by governors of cotton
states, commissioners of Agriculture,
market bureau directors and Farm
ers’ Union pesidents, Commissioner
J. J. Brown, who is president of the
board, feels that he must put it
squarely before the farmers of Geor
gia and the south, that their salva
tion in the matter of cotton prices is
in their own hands, if they will only
put themselves in accord with the
board’s action.
At this meeting, which was one of
the most eanthusiastic and largely at
tended the board has ever held, reso
lutions were adopted unanimously de
claring that the recent break in cot
ten was wholly unjustified, and
strongly urging farmers, bankers and
merchants throughout the cotton belt
to organize firmly for the purpose of
holding all cotton, until it reaches a
price which will cover the cost of
production plus a reasonable profit,
Particularly were producers of cot
ton urged not to sell a single pound
of cotton, until it reaches 35 cents or
more, because it has been found that
the average cost of making this year’s
crop thirougout the cetton belt was
in excess of 3b cents. -
Responsibility for the drop in the
cotton market was put upon the war
industries board; and in a separate
rezolution it was demanded that the
war industries board be dissolved im
mediately upon the declaration of an
armistice in Europe. ;
President Brown, who presided,
oordially favored the resolutions
adopted, sgpeaking in their behalf;
and stated at the conclusion of the
meeting his firm helief that its ac
tion would result in a holding move
ment throaghout the South, that will
soon bring te the producer a just and
fair price for the staple.
While cotton occupied most of the
time and attention of the marketing
hoard, the meeting did not overlook
the important situation in the pea
nut market to which the Georgia
State Bureau of Markets has been
devoting its attention for some weeks,
in the effort to secure a more satis
factory price to the producer.
Following the refusal of the Geor
gia Food Administration to remove
the restrictions governing the mar
keting of peanuts, the matter - has
been taken up with the food admin-’
istration at Washington; and the
marketing board, at the instance of
Director L. B. Jackson of the Geor
gia Market Bureau, appointed a com
mittee which includes in addition to
himself, Commissioners of Agricul
ture J. A. Wade, of Alabama; W. A.
Mcßae, of Florida and Fred W. Davis
of Texas, to go to Washington to
present the matter to the feod ad
ministration there.
Already the effect of the activity
of the Georgia market bureau has
been felt in the receipt from Nor
folk, Va., of an offer for peanuts to
net the producer approximately $llO
per won, f. o. b. shipping point. The
quantity desired, however, is limit
ed.
The government regulation prohi
biting buyers of peanuts from holding
them longer than 60 days, before
selling them to the millg, has forced
this product along regardless of the .
law of supply and demand, resulting
in extremely low prices.
It is the confident belief of Direc
tor Jackson that when the matter is
properly presented to the food ad
ministration in Washington, it will
remove this objectionable restriction,
and that peanuts will soon bring the
producer $l2O or more, for which
figure the bureau urges the farmer
to hold, as a minimum. hop s
THE FIRST DAY OF
WAR WORK DRIVE -
The initial returns from the Unit
e«. War Work Drive on Thursday
morning were rather disappoiuting. -
It was clearly evident that any
dc not attach so much importance
to the need of this fund as the; did
before the war ended, while it is real
ly more important than ever.
Many who should have givén twen
tv-five dollars were giving only five,
and many who should give five werz
giving only one, while a few who were
amply able to give twenty-five gav:
rothing.
To the latter class, we can only
say that they fail to appreeiate the
( kristian land in which they held citi;
zenship. They are certainly nof en-,
titled to any place in the catalogue.
of patriots, and that they are con-.
d mned to remain within the Fourds -
of their own narrow lives is L
a 5 severe a reilribution as we <»oid -
wish them,