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Vol. 52. No. 49.
Marietta Will Lose Train
Service of L. &N. Line
Some Property Holders Ob
jected to Road Through
City; To Run Four Miles
West of Town
OAKHURST NEAREST POINT
Agents of Thi:;;od—Made an Effort
to Secure Right-of-Way Through
Marietta Some Time Ago But
Failed
The loss of the L. & N. R. R. to
Marieta, as a through line, now not
only seems eminent, but it is all but
an accomplished fact.
It has long been the purpose of
this road to build a cuff off from the
line above Cartersville down through
the corner of Cherokee and through
Cobb into Atlanta, not only to short
en the line but to secure trackage
over its own rails into Atlanta, in
stead of using the W. & A. tracks as
at present.
Some time ago the agents of this
road made an effort to secure right
of-way so that it would bring this line
through the city of Marietta, but
some of the property owners made
this so difficult that it was finally
abandoned and for some months they
have been buying outright the prop
erty on a line running north and
south four miles east of the city. |
A survey has been made of this,
and it locates the line as follows:
Leaving the L. & N. track at
Whites in Bartow county ten miles
above Cartersville, it runs through
the corner of Cherokee and thence
south through Cobb, crossing the old
L & N. railroad at Oakhurst, the
Marietta and Roswell road at the
Sewell place, four miles east of town,
and the Chattahoochee river above
the waterworks and thence into At
lanta.
This is the line on which they have
already bought nearly all of the right
of-way.
The first survey, on which they
failed to secure the right-of-way, left
the above line at the Benson place
above Qakhurst, crossing the Mariet
ta and Canton road at the Cogburn
and A. A. Bishop property, passing
through the Cole property, and cross
ing the Marietta and Roswell road
at the L. B. Robeson property, and
thence south, intersecting the first
described line at the Doss Delk place.
Over this new line would pass all
the through trains between Atlanta
and Knoxville, and these trains would
be lost to Marietta. That the pres
ent purpose is to cut out the town,
there can be no doubt, and it is also
doubtful if any action can now be
taken to prevent it, but we would
urge that the matter be given in
stant and serious consideration.
Railroad tracks mean traffic, and
traffic is one of the greatest factors
in the life and growth of cities.
Once this line is lost it can not be
recovered, and it is possible that it is
not yet too late to hold it to the line
through Marietta, if the matter is
properly handled.
WILSON WILL SPEND
CHRISTMAS IN LONDON
Manchester, England, December 4.
—President Wilson, The A Guardian
today says it understands, will spend
a few days conferring with Cclonel
E. M. House in Paris and will go
thence to Rome, returning from It
aly to spend Christmas in London,
and going again to Paris for the re
mainder of his visit.
Washington, December 4.— Be
tween 300,000 and 350,000 deaths
from influenza and pneumonia have
occured among the civilian popula
tion of the United States since Sep
tember 15, according to estimates‘to
day of the public health service.
These calculations were based on re
vorts from cities and states keeping
accurate records and public hea}lth
officials believe they are conservative.
The epidemic persists, but deaths
are much less numerous, according
W reports reaching here. A recru
descence of the disease is mow oc-
Qring in many communities through
it the country, but this is believed
0 be sporadic and not to indicate a
Zenera]l renewal of severe epidemic
tonditions.
Insurance companies have been
hard pit by the epidemic, govern-
Ment’s reports indicate, although
there are no figures available here
l 0 show total losses sustained by these
“mpanies, The government incurred
labilities of more than $170,000,00
I connection with life insurance car
"ed by soldieyd in army camps, not
Ncluding those in Europe. About
<%,000 deaths occured in the camps
Mthe United States, war department
cords show.
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PRIVATE GEO. E. BENSON, JR.
GEQ, BENSON YOUNGEST
Marietta Boy Probably Has Distinc
tion of Being the Youngest
Soldier ‘“Over There”
’ We present herewith the picture
of Private George E. Benson, Jr., pos
sibly the youngest regularly enlisted
soldier in France. |
George is the only son of Mr. and
‘Mrs. George E. Benson, on Waddell
‘Street, Marietta, and at the time of
‘his enlistment, May 25th, 1918, was
employed in the press room of the
Atlanta Journal.
_He is unusually well-developed for
h}S age and had no difficulty in get
ting inte the service. Leaving home
on the day of his enlistment, he took
his lunch, but did not show up for
work, and has since been putting in
full time for Uncle Sam.
George was 15 years old on August
Ist, 1918, the day he landed in France
and will be one of the youngest veter
ans of the great war who has seen
service with our boys in France.
George is the kind of boy Uncle
Sam can count on, and you will see
by his picture he wears a smile that
won’t come off.
Although he didn’t escape the in
fluenza epidemic, he has entirely re
covered and in his letters home states
that his parents need not worry, as
he is well and happy; has learned
enough French to get along with all
the pretty French girls, and is hav
ing the time of his life.
The Journal, as well as his many
other friends in Marietta wish for
George the best o’ luck and hope the
day is not far distant when he will
return to Marietta.
CORPORAL TALLEY INJURED
Mr. A. H. Talley has just received
a letter from his son Corporal Clar
ence Talley of the aviation service,
stating that he is in a hospital in
New York suffering from a seven
inch wound in the head, a broken
leg, and broken nose all received in
the service in France, on June 16th.
He states that he is doing well but
not yet able to make the trip home.l
GUY ROBERTS NOW A CA!’TAINi
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A cablegram received from Lt. J.
‘G. Roberts last week tells of his safe
ty in France, and also bears the news
that he has been promoted to a Cap
taincy.
Captain Roberts has been in some
of the most severe fighting over there
and his many friends rejoice to know
that he has escaped through it all un
hurt.
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’JUDSON L. STANLEY IS
WOUNDED IN ACTION
Through a letter received by his
parents in Kirkwood this week, we
learn that Judson L. Stanley, of the
Marines, was wounded in France, and
has been in a base hospital there
since the early part of October.
Mr. Stanley was associated with the
force of the Marietta Journal for
several years, leaving it to enlist in
the Marines, early in May of this
year.
No word had been received from
him since the 10th of August and
even the wherabouts of his company
was not known to his parents until
the letter from his own hand in the
hospital was received.
He states that his wound was not
' serious (a 2 flesh wound in the hip)
but has confined him for some time
.in the hospital, and he hoped to be
' sent home as soon as able to travel.
{ He wrote under date of November
6th and his arrival home is expected
at any time now. Mr. Stanley will
'receive a 2 warm greeting from his
friends in Marietta, and especially in
'The Journal office.
Marietta, Ga., Friday, December 6, 1918.
361, HORAGE ORR IS
ST WARETT O
KILLEDOVER THERE”
Killedi B Active Seevice on
October 16th, News Has
Just Reached His Parents
Here
ENTERED ARMY LAST FALL
Reports received this week, both by
letter from the front, and by ‘wire
from the War Department, advise Mr.
and Mrs. Emmett Orr, of Marietta, of
the death in action of their son,
Sergeant William Horace Orr, on
October 16th.
Horace Orr left Marietta on Sep
tember 22nd last year, at the same
time with Sergeant Davenport, of
Acworth, who was killed on October
15th, and whose death is also report
ed this week.
Reports received to this date, make
Sergeant Orr the first Marietta boy
to pay the great price of his life for
his country in this war.
It is yet too soon to attempt to
write his record, or to accord to him
the glory and honor due to his great
loyalty and courage.
Upon Marietta’s service flag, we
place in the center, his star of gold,
and to his sorrowing father and
mother we extend our most sincere
and heartfelt sympathy.
GEORGIAN'S PATENT IN
An order has just been given by
the Post Office Department to The
Comfort-Bennor Tie Company of Tif
ton for two million patented tying
devices to be used by the mail service
in tying letter packages in the mails.
These ties are to be shipped at
once to the larger post offices all over
the country 55,000 of them going to
the Atlanta office, 225,000 to New
York 192,000 to Chicago and the
others distributed over the country
in other cities.
This device is a very simple small
metal head on a braided cotton cord
and by its use in the Post Office De
partment it supplants jute cord now
used.
The Department through several
years has thoroughly tested the de
vice and it is no longer an experi
ment but a real economy as well as
making for efficiency, being much
more rapidly tied and untied than
twine.
The device was invented by Mr.
David Comfort of Marietta who is
president of the company receiving
the contract.
It was designed especially for the
‘mail service use but can be used in
a practical way commercially.
PRESIDENT APPOINTS
' M’ADOO’S SUGGESSOR
McAdoo’s Resignation as Secretary
Takes Place as Soon as His
Successor Is Appointed
Washington, December 4.—Repre
isentative Carter Glass, of Virginia,
chairman of the house banking and
Icurrency committee, is understood
'to have been offered the post of sec
|retary of the treasury by President
| Wilson and his nomination is ex
| pected to go to the senate immedi
iately if he decides to accept.
| Members of the house said today
| that Mr. Glass’ reluctance to sur
|render the seat in congress to which
{he has just been re-elected after 18
| years of service was the only con
| sideration holding up the appoint
{ment. Mr. Glass himself would not
| take further than to say that he was
(not ready to make any statement.
| The understanding both at the capi
| tol and in official circles generally is
that President Wilson had the nomin
ation prepared last night after a con
| ference with Mr. Glass. If Mr. Glass
' accepts, he will go in possibly after
| Secretary Tumulty communicates by
| wireless with the president aboard
the transport George Washington on
| his way to France.
| Secretary McAdoo’s resignation as
head of the treasury is to take effect
upon the appointment'of his succes
sor. He continues as director gener
|2] of railroads until January 1, or
until a successor is named. The indi
| cations now are that a new director
| general will not be named imme
‘diately.
Post Office Department In
augurates New Plan for
Relieving Congestion of
Parcel Post
HELP TO BUSINESS MEN
It Is Proposed to Establish a Motor
Truck Mail Route in South Geor
gia, Linking Atlanta, Macon, Co
lumbus and Albany
Motor truck mail service has been
established between Atlanta and
Montgomery, Ala., via Rome, Gads
den and Birmingham, and the system
is receiving the hearty co-operation
of farmers and business men through
owt its entire length. This statement
was made Friday by B. E. Strope,
government representative in charge
of the installation of new motor truck
routes in this territory.
The Montgomery-Birmingham link
of the system was put into operation
Thursday,®and Mr. Strope, who ar
rived in Atlanta Friday morning, de
clared that within a short time the
trucks would be operating at their
fullest capacity. The farmers are
utilizing the system to market their
produce in the cities and towns
through which the trucks pass, and
the business establishments are mak
ing use of the route to serve their
rural customers.
It is proposed to established a mo
tor truck mail route in south Georgia,
linking Atlanta, Macon, Columbus
and“ Albany, and thus relieving rail
congestion in the mail service and at
the same time affording better rural
service in the parcel post depart
ment. Preliminary surveys are now
being made for this latter route, and
it 18 considered probable that definite |
action will be taken as soon as suf
ficient interest is shown by the com
munijties along the proposed route.—
Atlanta Journal.
This service has been in operdtion
between Atlanta and Rome for some
time, but the P. O. Department gave
it no publicity here.
Under the schedule the truck leaves
Atlanta at 6 a. m., passing through
Smyrna, Marietta, Acworth, Carters
ville, and Rome, arriving at noon,
and a truck leaves Rome at 1 p. m.,
and returns via the same route, reach
ing Atlanta at 7 p. m.
We understand the department is
doing this in order to try to relieve
the mail cars of some of the parcel
post, some packages of which are not
easily handled on the cars.
HON. WM. BUTT TO BE
ASSISTANT SOLICITOR
Hon. Wm. Butt, of Blue Ridge, to Be
Assistant to Soliticor Dorsey
During His Administration
Solicitor General John T. Dorsey
will have Hon. Wm. Butt, of Blue
Ridge, associated with him as assis
tant solicitor during his administra
tion.
Mr. Butt is an able attorney and
has many friends in Cobb County and
throughout the Blue Ridge Circuit,
who will be delighted to know that
he will be the assistant prosecuting
attorney of the circuit. Court will
be held in Gilmer county next week,
and Solicitor Dorsey will have the
responsibility of prosecuting one or
two parties charged with murder,
along with many others charged with
lesser crimes. Mr. Dorsey’s friends
predict that he will make an able
prosecuting attorney. He has receiv
ed many letters of congratulation
over his appointment.
LT. HERBERT DOBBS
LANDS IN NEW YORK
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Dobbs were re
joicing on Tuesday over a telegram
from their son, Lieutenant Herbert
Dobbs, announcing his arrival in New
York from overseas.
Lieutenant Dobbs had not been
heard from since the fighting ceased,
and news of his safe arrival and
prospect of an early home-coming
overjoys his family and friends. He
is expected in Marietta at any time
now, possibly by the time this is
printed.
Lieuteant Dobbs was one of the
fiyers with the Italiane on the Aus
trian front, and being one of the first
to go over, has seen long and active
service,
Few have been through the exper
iences of so long an air service, and
escaped injury or death, so doubly
great will be the welcome awziting
him back home.
Board Urges the Farmers
To Organize Immediately
(GOBB COUNTY BEHIND
Cobb Stands Thirty-Second
For Entire State
County Is $437,730 Short in Sales of
Stamps; Must Make Up Deficit by
December 31st or Go Down as a
Back Number.
Hugh Richardson, State Director of
War Savings Stamps for Georgia has
just issued a statement showing the
standing of ‘every county in the state
in regard to War Savings Stamps, and
it presents some interesting figures in
regard to the county of Cobb.
The statement shows that up to
October 31st there had been actually
sold in Georgia only $13,337,998.00
of War Eavings Stamps, and yet the
people of Georgia pledged to take
thirty-three million dollars during the
campaign last June!
The quota for Cobb County is
$622,460 and the county is $437,730
short in sales of stamps, having only
purchased $184,730 to October 31st.
The citizens of the county purchased
during the month of October $24,5636
which shows that there were some
citizens in the county alive to their
duty in regard to the situation.
The county chairman, Mr. M. L.
McNeel, is exceedingly anxious for
his county to be a hundred per cent
county by the 31st of December. In
order to do this it will be necessary
for the citizens of the county to rally
to him very strongly during the next
three weeks.
DISABLED SOLDIERS AND
e o
That the Government is resov'
to do its best to restore him to health,
strength, and self-supporting activity.
That until his discharge from hos
pital care the medical and surgical
‘treatment necessary to restore him
to health and strength is under the
jurisdiction of the Military or Naval
authorities.
That the vocational training which
may be afterwards neecessary to res
tore his self-supporting activity is un
der the jurisdiction of the Federal
Board for Vocational Education.
That if he needs an artificial limb
or other orthopedic or mechanical ap
pliance the Government supplies it
free upon his discharge and renews
it when considered necessary. 1
That if, after his discharge, he
again needs madical treatment on ac
count of his disability the Govern-!
ment supplies it free.
That any man whose ability entitles
him to compensation under the War-‘
Risk Insurance Act may be provided
by the Federal Board with a course of |
vocational training for a new occupa-‘
tion.
That the Government strongly re-‘
commends each man who needs it to
undertake vocational training and
put himself under the care of the
Federal Board, but the decision to
do so is optional with each man. ‘
That if his disability does prevent
him from returning to employment
without training and he elects to fol
low a course of vocational training
provided by the Federal Board, the
course will be furnished free of cost,
and he will also be paid as long as the
training lasts a monthly compensa
tion equal to the sum of which he is
entitled under the War-Risk Insur
ance Act or a sum equal to the pay
of his last month of active service,
whichever is the greater, but in no
case will a single man or a man
required by his course of instruction
to live apart from his dependents re
ceive less than $65 per month, exclu
sive of the sum paid dependents; nor
will a man living with his dependents
receive less than $75 per month, in
clusive of sum paid to dependents.
That if his disability does not pre
vent him from returning to employ
ment without training and he elects
to follow a course of vocational train
ing provided by the Federal Board,
the course will be furnish free of
cost to him, and the compensation
provided by the War-Risk Insurance!
Act will be paid to him, but no al
lowance will be paid to his family.
That in addition te the above the!
family or dependents of each dis—‘
abled man will receive from the Gov
(Continued on Page Ten) |
THE PRESIDENT ACCEPTS
GARFIELD’S RESIGNATION
Washington, Dec. 4.-—Fuel Com
missioner Garfield has resigned and
President Wilson has accepted his
resignation. This was announced to
night at the White House.
Established 1866
J. J. Brown Urges Farmers
of Cobb County and State
to Organize and Held
Cotton
WE MUST GET OUR PRICE
“Show the Sp—i-:;:.;f- Europe That
You Won't Sell for Less Than 35¢,
As It Is Worth More,” Urges Mr.
Brown
The Cotton States Marketing
Board does not propose to let its ef
forts in behalf of holding cotton for
a living price, stop with mere reso
lutions. Much work has been done by
the organization in support of its ap
peal to the producers to held cotton
for not less than 35 gents a pound,
and now the active work of organiz
ing each county in the cotton belt is
in progress.
President J. J. Brown of the Cot
ton States Marketing Board, has just
writen to well known and progressive
men in each county in Georgia, urging
them to issue at once a call for a mass
meeting with a view to ferming an
organization to press the cotton hold
ing movement. It is suggested that
each county select a chairman and
a secretary, and appoint a committee
| for each militia district which will go
‘actively to work and see to it that no
cotton is sold for less than 35 ecents a
pound, basis middling.
“Show the spinners of Europe
that you are not going to sell your
cotton for less than this figure, be
cause it is worth more,” urges Presi
dent Brown, and he continues:
“This same work of organization
is going on all over the belt and this
office is securing the names of the
district committees that your county
organization appoints, in order that
we can correspond with them and
keep their efforts stimulated.
“We ask you to act quickly and
ene y. Don’t lay this letter
i ting someone ejse will at
tend t " This is a matter on which
we must all take a firm stand. Your
county’s action will strengthen and
encourage others to act.”
Similar work in the matter of coun
ty organization has been set on foot
in all of the cotton states. Members
of the Marketing Board in other cot
ton states have been asked to furnish
the names of committees in each of
their counties, so that correspondence
may be had with them in further
ance of the general plan.
It is specifically requested by Pres
ident Brown that all correspondence
relating to the holding campaign, be
addressed to the State Bureau of
Markets, State Capitol, Atlanta, Ga.,
where it will be given attention by
Secretary L. B. Jackson of the mar
keting board.
SERGEANT E. W. DAVENPORT -
KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE
On Monday a message from the
War Department announced the
death of Sergeant Earnest William
Davenport, of Acworth, on the battle
field in Farnce, October 15th.
Sergeant Davenport was the son of
former county commissioner S. H.
Davenport, and had many friends
and relatives in Cobb County, who
grieve to learn of his death. ‘
On the flag his star is made of gold,
and his name goes on the honor roll
of heroes, where it shall endure for
ever. ;
The official casualty list as it is
being published now in the daily pa
pers is so incomplete, and so slow,
as to make its value much less than
it should be.
Boys are wounded and killed and
the news seeps through to the home
foiks through letters or otherwise
ahead of the published list, in many
cases, and ahead of the special wires
which the department is supposed to
send to the families of dead and
wounded.
1t is therefore hard to publish even
for our own county, an abselutely ac
curate list of this date.
During the week since our last is
sue the names of the following men
have come to us through various
sources. ‘
George N. Guffin, of Powder Srings,
died of disease. :
Charles W. Moon, of Powder
Springs, wounded.
Judson I.J Stanley, of Marietta,
wounded.
William Horace Orr, of Marietta,
killed in aetion.
E. W. Davenport, of Acworth, kill.
ed in action.
1t is with sorrow that we must con
tinue to add names to our henor roll,
but the great unpublished list will
\yet add many to the names of these
heroces.