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Vol. 52. No. 50.
The History of a Number of
Cases Given Showing Big
Returns for Small Qutlay
In Bred Pigs
Cobb County Now Leads in This Sec
tion; Took Most of Prizes This
Year and Should Startle the State
Next Year
There can be no doubt that pig
raising pays well in Cobb County, but
just how well few of our people real
ize. :
Because of the fact that the actual
cost in so many cases is not avail
able it is hard to figure out the pro
fits, but we have a case in which ev
ery item is established and it shows
how well pigs pay.
We are speaking now of good stock
and not the common varieties built
for speed rather than meat.
We propose to give the history of
several cases which have come under
our obeservation, and there are oth
ers equally good in the county, in
fact, we do not know of a single boy‘
or girl who has made a failure in
this line. |
Kingsley Miller is a Marietta boy,
lives on Atlanta Street close in and
has small room for raising pigs, and
besides he had to buy all the food
for his pigs and therefore has a com
plete record.
In August, 1917, Kingsley bought a
Duroc sow pig for $15.00, and in
June of this year she farrowed eight
pigs. This sow and litter won $3.00
at the local fair, first prize silver cup
and $25.00 at Southeastern Fair in
Atlanta and first prize and $25.00 at
State Fair in Macon.
He sold five of the pigs for $185.00,
the sow for $lOO.OO and still has
three pigs worth $150.00. The fig
ures on these show the total original
cost and feed to have been $250.00,
therefore Kingsley has made a clear
profit of $238.00 on the $15.00 pig
in 15 months. He was not so well
situated as the country boys as he
had to buy all of his feed. The fer
titlizer from the litter for the garden
was worth all the labor he put on
them, and this is a clear-cut case of
profit in pigs.
Another case is that of John and
Tom Stark at Smyrna. They got a
Berkshire sow pig in April, 1917, for
$lB.OO and won a $4.00 prize in the
fall at the Southeastern Fair in At
lanta. This sow farrowed 6 pigs in
June, 1918, one going to the owner
of the sire, one sold for $15.00, the
four others won prizes, silver cup and
$103,50 cash at the Atlanta and Ma
con Fairs. The boys still have four
pigs worth $300.00 and a sow worth
$200.00. These were raised on a
small lot. :
We next call attention to the ex
perience of Merrill Awtrey, of Mari
etta. At a cost of $57.21, he bought
a Hampshire bred gilt in February,
1918, and she farrowed eight pigs in
March, losing one of them, raised sev
en. He sold five of the young pigs
for $65.00, and got an $B.OO prize
on the pigs. He has the sow and two
pigs yet worth $300.00, and the feed
cost has been only $85.00 to date.
Then there is J. Senger White, out
six miles on the Macland road, who
bought a Poland China sow pig in
May, 1918, for $20.00. He has spent
about $lO.OO for bought food and the
rest was scraps at home. He had
pasture about the latter half of feed
ing period. His sow won $31.00 in
prizes at Marietta, Macon and Atlan
ta, and he sold her on Nov. 21st, for
$150.0¢, to S. M. Clark, of Louis
ville, Ga., who will exhibit her next
year. Senger has since bought a
litter mate to this sow for $lOO.OO.
(Continued on page ten)
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MR. F. G. MARCHMAN
RETURNS TO STRAND
Mr. F. G. Marchman, who has been
Southern Manager for the Fox Film
Corporation, with office in Atlanta,
has resigned and will return at once
to Marietta.
Mr. Marchman had never ceased
to make Marietta his home, although
his business was in Atlanta.
Under his management the Strand
Theater here was built up to become
one of the best in the South, which
high class it has since maintained,
and it is to assume the active and per
sonal charge of this property that
Mr. Marchman returns to us now.
His numerous friends here are glad
to welcome him back, and we feel
sure that under his progressive man
agement The Strand Theater will con
tinue to excell in public amusement.
THE MARIETTA JOURNAL
New York, December 11.—Wel
comed home as heroic sons of the
nation, 7,740 more soldiers, sailors,
marines and aviators, representing
virtually every state in the union, en
tered fog-bound New York harbor to
day on six large transports from Eu
rope. The tales these men told about
one another were mnarrations of
American high courage on French
battlefields, on the open seas and in
the air above France and England.
Hundreds of the men, maimed for
life by wounds received in some of
the war’s heaviest fighting, were hur
ried to hospitals, and the others went
to camps, where they will be demob
ilized.
CAMPING PARTY FINDS PLENTY
OF RAIN BUT RETURNS HAPPY
Dr. and Mrs. D. E. Sawyer and Party
- Travel Through South Georgia |
In Automobile and Ford
Dr. D. E. Sawyer and wife have
returned from their vacation which
they spent on a camping trip in South‘
Georgia.
If we accept the doctor’s report ofi
the trip it was in a measure success—‘
ful in the way of game, the doctor re
porting one deer, which from ac-.
counts, School Commissioner Awtrey
believes to have been a jack rabbit.
In the party, who went through in
a Ford and an automobile, was J. W.
Arnold, of Lost Mountain, L. J. Stein
hour, of Blackwells, Max Durham, of
Kennesaw, and Dr. and Mrs. Sawyer;!
At Darien they were joined by J.
W. Arnold, Jr., who is county agent}
for Glynn County, and in a gasoline
launch they went up the Altamaha
river some 12 miles and camped for
ten days, all of which time the doc
tor reports rain and more rain.
Squirrels, fish and oysters were
plentiful, however, and the aforesaidi
deer met its fate during the stay. ‘
Coming back via Brunswick they
witnessed the launching of one of the
big concrete vessels built there, and
by easy &tages, camping en route,!
reached home .on last Saturday. }
The doctor reports the party as
highly organized as follows: ‘
Mrs. Sawyer, General Boss; Dr.
Sawyer, Cook; Mr. Arnold, Wood Get
ter; Mr. Durham, Dishwasher; Mr.
Steinhour and young Arnold, Gener
al Utility. This organizadion, the
doctor explains, was just perfect, and
in spite of the rain they came home
well and happy.
P. S.: The doctor explains that the
Ford was for starting purposes, and
the automobile to travel in.
EXAMINATIONS FOR
FEDERAL FOSITIONS
A number of government positions
are now open for persons of merit,
who can pass the civil service ex
amniations, that will be given in At
lanta early in January, according to
the federal building by the civil ser
vice commission.
The following examinations will be
given to applicants: Biological assig
tant, on January 7. Laboratory a;‘d
in chemistry and physics, automatic
scale expert, copyist draftsman on
January 8, and clerk to commercial
attache on January 14.
War Savings Stamps Pledge Notice
The Treasury Department ex
pects every pledge to be redeemed.
A representative from the Treas
ury Department at Washington is
here now to look after redemption,
assisted by the war workers of the
county. A canvass will be made in
a few days. See your postmaster
or banker at once, and redeem
vour pledge before being called
upon.
GORDON MEN START
HOME NEXT WEEK
Camp Gordon, Ga., Dec. 11.—All
soldiers of this camp who live within
a radius of 350 miles from the re
servation and who are physically qual
ified for discharge, will be sent home
next week, according to an announce
ment which has been made from
camp headquarters. The homeward
bound movement of these men will
begin Monday.
The new plan of demobilization,
which will be followed, it is stated,
in all camps, will free practically all
Georgians at the camp of army duty
and will also result in the discharge
of Tennesseeans and Alabamians
and South Carolinians.
Men who do not ilve in the 350-
mile zone, it is stated, will be sent
to demobilization points nearest their
homes, and will be discharged in ac
cordance with the nation-wide plan.
It is not known when the replace
ment troops living outside of the 350-
mile zone will be sent to orthe camps.
Physicial examinations of the men
who live within a radius of 350 miles
from Camp Gordon will begin imme
diately. |
Marietta, Ga., Friday, December 13, 1918.
!GUNTINUES FIVE YEARS
If Recommendation of McAdoo Is
Complied With Government Will
Run Railroads for Some Time
Washington, December 11.——Ex-‘
tension of the period of government
contrel of railroads for five years,
until January 1, 1924, was recom
mended te congress tonight by Di
rector General McAdoo. Advantages
of this, Mr. McAdoo said, are that'
it would take the railroad question‘
out of politics for the present, give
time for carrying out an extensive
program of improvements, and pro
vide the opportunity for a fair test
of unified control to ‘indicate the
permanent solution of the railroad
problem.
“The president has given me per
mission to say that this conclusion
accords with his own view of the
matter,” Mr. McAdoo concluded.
The letter was addressed to Sen
ator Smith, of South Carolina, and
Representative Sims, chairmen, re
spectively, of the senate and house
interstate commeree committees.
Mr. McAdoo explained that to con
tinue government operation for
twenty-one months after formal
declaration of peace under present
- conditions would mean disruption of
morale among emplbyees and officers,
and could not enable the government
to go ahead with improvements and
purchase of equipment. Another al
ternative, the prompt return of the
railroads to private control, without
legislation to permit elimination of
the old wasteful competition, would
be “hurtful alike to the public inter
est and to the railroads themselves,”
he said, and the difficulty of obtain
ing immediate legislation providing a
permanent solution, is apparent.
CORN CLUB RECORD IS
96 BUSHELS PER ACRE
The record yield this year by Cobb
County Corn Club boys was made by
Jesse Davis, of Blackwells.
He produced 96 bushels per acre,
and this with a rather low cost for
manure or fertilizers.
It is with pleasure that we speak
of the success of our club boys, for
the boys of today are the farmers of
tomorrow.
Money that comes from corn and
pigs is just as good as that whicn
cotton brings and is about as safe
and sure.
BELGIAN FORCES REACH RHINE
London, Dec. 10.—The Belgian for
ces aiding in the occupation of Ger
man territory have reached the Rhine.
Cavalry units of the Belgian army,
it was announced today, have pro
gressed to Urdingen, on the Rhine,
twelve miles northwest of Dussel
dorff.
BACK FROM FORT SCREVEN
Five of our boys from Battery A,
at Fort Screven, returned last Thurs
day: Robert Dobbs, Ralph Kemp
Greer, John W. Martin, Roy T. Mc-
Cutcheon, and Frank Sanges, and
they report a fine time in the camp
down there.
They only left here on November
4th, and it was really just a bit of
vacation for the boys. They claim
Battery A as the crack battery at the
camp, and they have some good stor
ies to tell of their short “war ex
periences.”
WQOL WILL BE SOLD
BY WAR DEPARTMENT
Washington, December 9.—W00l
now held by the war department will
be disposed of at public auction, Bri
gadier General Fobert E. Wood, act
ing quartermaster general, announced
today. The amount to be offered at
each sale will be such “as in the opin
ion of the wool experts the market
can easily absorb.” A minimum re
serve will be fixed below which no
bids will be entertained.
President Wiison Asks All to Help
For more than three years American philanthrophy has been a large
factor in keeping alive Armenian, Syrian, Greek and other exiles and
refugees of Western Asia.
On two former occasions I have appealed to the American people
in behalf of these homeless sufferers, whom the vicissitudes of war
and massacre had brought to the extremest need.
The response has been most generous, but now the period of re
habilitation is at hand. Vastly larger sums will be required to restore
these once prosperous, but now impoverished, refugees to their former
homes than were required merely to sustain life in their desert exile.
It is estimated than about 4,000,000 Armenian, Syrian, Greek and
other war sufferers in the Near East will require outcide help to
custain them through the winter. The vast majority of them are help-
Jezs< women and children, including 400,000 orphans. ’
The American Committee for Relief in ,the Near East 1s appealing
for a minimum of $30,000,000 to be subscribed January 12-19, 1919,
wi‘h which to meet the most urgent needs of these people.
1, therefore, again call upon the people of the United States to
make even more generous contributions than they have made hereto
fore to sustain through the winter months those who, through no
fault of their own, have been left in a starving, shelterless condition,
and to help re-establish these ancient and sorely oppressed people in
their former homes on a seft-supporting basis.
(Signed) WOOBROW WILSON.
The White House, 29th November, 1918.
Seven More Cobb County Boys Are
Reported as Wounded or Missing;
Lists Are Large As Usual
The casualty list as released daily
to the papers, continues to carry the
usual number of names, very much as
if the whole number of casualties had
been divided into equal lists to be
released daily for six months or a
year.
If the total is as large as reported,
it will take nearly six months to finish
at the present rate of publication.
The following names from Cobb
County have appeared since our last
issue:
William E. Hill, Powder Springs,
wounded seriously.
Silas P. Brown, Austell, wounded
seriously.
Chas Scott, Roswell, missing.
Elmer Petty, Marietta, wounded. }
Ernest W. Bannister, Marietta R.
F. D. 2, wounded seriously.
In addition to these, the names of
Capt. Ed Groves and Sergeant Wm.
M. Caldwell, of Marietta, appear
among the wounded, but they have
been previously reported here.
We note that many of our farmer
friends are holding their cotton at
home and in many cases leave it out
in the weather and flat on the
ground.
Cotton is worth too much to lose
any by rotting or water damage.
If you hold it at home, pile it on
wooden supports which will hold it at
least a foot above the ground, it is
better higher, and cover it to protect
it from the weather.
The editor has had several years’
experience in cotton buying, and some
years’ experience in raising it, and
knows how easy it is to damage it.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR
SGT. WILLIAM HORACE ORR
In the Sunday School room at the
Presbyterian Church, on Sunday
morning, at 10 o’clock, will be held
a special service in the memory of
William Horace Orr.
Horace Orr died on the field of bat
tle in France, on October 15th, 1918.
His father only received the news
of his death from the War Depart
ment last week, and the members of
the church and Sunday school will
hold this memorial in his honor.
His name will be the second star
on the Honor Roll flag hanging in
the room, to be changed from blue to
gold, Harrison Smith, who died in
the service being the other.
All his relatives and friends are
invited to attend this service and join
in paying tribute to the life and char
acter of the first Marietta hero to
give his life in battle for his coun
try.
MAJ. EDWARD A. GROVES
RECOVERED FROM WOUND
Mrs. Ed. Groves is just in receipt
of a letter from her husband, Capt.
Ed. Groves, saying that he had en
tirely recovered from his wound, and
had returned to duty, having been
transferred to the 54th Infantry.
He further states that he had on
the day he was writing (Nov. 15th),
received his commission as major,
dating from November sth.
His friends will be delighted to
know of his recovery and of his pro
motion, so well earned.
CHARLES PIEZ SLATED
FOR SHIP DIRECTOR
Washington, December 11.——Chas.
Piez, vice-president and general
manager of the Emergency Fleet
corporation, is to succeed Charles M.
Schwab as director general of the
corporation, it was said today at
headquarters of the shipping board.
Influenza Epidemic Still Raging
Washington December 11.—
Warning to the country that the
influenza epidemic is by no means
ended and that all possible precau
tions against the disease should be
taken was issued tonight by Sur
geon General Blue, of the public
health service. Reports from all
parts of the country show that
there has been slight decrease in
deaths.
URGES PAYMENT OF
~ WAR WORK PLEDGES
~ Will R. McCord, Director of Col
lections for Georgia of the United
War Work Campaign, has sent an ur
gent appeal to all county chairmen to
speed up on collections and to make
remittance as large as possible. “All
the organizations affiliated with the
United War Work Campaign,” said
Mr. McCord, ‘“are badly in need of
funds and the New York office is
writing us very urgently to get funds
to them at once. We hope that the
people of Georgia who have subsecrib
ed so cheerfully and liberally will now
pay up their pledges in the same spirit
of patriotism and enthusiasm. Those
who have not paid up to the present
time have a PAST DUE obligation
outstanding against them, which they
ought to pay, and it ought not to bei
necessary for the county chairman or
treasurer to call for the funds. The
first installment was due on Decem
ber the 2nd. If anyone can pay in
full at this time, it ought to be done-—{
the money is needed vitally at this
time.” ‘
Some of the counties of Georgia
have in the bank practically everyl
dollar of the funds subscribed during
the week of the drive. 5 1
THE MILLS CAN NOT
SPIN COTTON FUTURES
Spot Cotton Only Is What Makes
the Price and the Farmers
Certainly Have That
Atlanta, December 12, (Special)—
Commissoiner of Agriculture J. J.
Brown, as president of the Cotton
States Marketing Board, has just
given out a statement in which he
says the cotton holding movement
is making splendid headway, and
urges every producer and merchant
to stand fast for the victory that is
sure to come, if they stick.
“The cotton holding movement
throughout the south, is in splendid
shape now,” said President Brown,
“and if every loyal man in the cotton
belt will stand solidly back of it,
and hold out for the legitimate price,
our opinion is that cotton will go to
40 cents in the next ninety days or
less, |
“The Washington authorities seem
to be convinced of the righteousness
of our contention that cotton ex-,
changes should be forced to deliver‘
spinnable grades of cotton on all
contracts for future delivery. As
soon as this policy is throughly es
tablished, and the short sellers are
forced to deliver good cotton, they
will have to go to the farmers and
business men for it. Then we can
demand and get a fair and legitimate
price with a margin above the cost
of production, and the tide will
change from a bear raid to a bull
movement.
“It is a well established fact that
35 cents a pound as a minimum,
makes cotton the cheapest raw ma
terial sold, in comparison with the
price of the finished product. Less
than 35 cents will practically bank
rupt the south, while 40 cents will
give us a small margin above the
cost of production.
“We appeal to every farmer, mer
chant, banker and business man to
stand firm. If there are any banks
which have advanced money on cot
ton and are demanding liquidation;
or, if there are any which refuse to
discount cotton paper, we request
that it be reported to Chairman W.
P. G. Harding of the Federal Reserve‘
Board at Washington, who, I under-|
stand, is in thorough sympathy withi
the cotton producers of the south and’!
in a position to assist through the |
federal reserve banks. ‘
“We urge holders of cotton not tol
sell their product on any basis, whilei
the market remains below 35 cents.|
There are many schemes on foot'
seeking to undermine the market|
and to keep cotton down, and the!
holder of cotton should not permit |
himself even unknowingly, to be,
drawn into them. l
“The war is over. The govern-|
ment is rapidly taking off all em-|
bargoes, and we shall soon have ships|
for foreign transportation. = Then, iff
the war cotton distribution board is|
dismissed, and the consumers of the§
coantry are given a chance to bhid,|
we sall see higher cotton in the next|
six months than the south has known§
any time since the civil war. !
“Spot cotton is what the world]
must have to spin into manufactured |
goods to meet contracts. If every
man in the cotton state does his
duty, it will not be long before the
spinners will have to come to us for
it; and when they come they will
have to pay us a fair price.”
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Committees Are Named for
Marietta District Who
~ Will Work for Members in
' Christmas Roll Call
1 SRR
*CHAIRMEN ARE APPOINTED
Meeting of Committees In Methodist
} Church at Three O’'Clock Sunday;
‘ Speaking at Court House 7:30 p.
~ m. Monday
The Committees for Marietta Dis
trict for Red Cross Christmas Roll
Call Drive, week of Dec. 16th to 23rd
inclusive will be Will Eph Roberts,
Director of Details; Mrs. N.' K. Smith
Square Committee and Booths; D_r.
J 0. Kinnneman and Miss Georgia
Hunt, High School; Miss Mary Brad
ford and Miss India Harrison, Gram
mar School.
First Ward: Allen Hardeman,
Chairman, Dr., Hamby, Mrs. J. H.
Boston, Mrs. Enoch Faw.
Second Ward: J. T. Anderson,
Chairman, Mrs. W, E. Roberts, Mrs.
Wilder Glover, George Welsh, Gecrge
Daniell.
Third Ward: George H. Keeler,
Chairman, Mrs. George Sessions,
Ralph Hancock, Mrs. J. J. Daniell.
Fourth Ward: Lewis Turner, chair
man, Mrs. R. M. Wade, Mrs. Acosta,
Tom Brumby.
Fifth Ward: George Montgomery,
Chairman, Miss Clare Thornton, Miss
Mary Cole, J. B. Galt, Mrs. E. L.
Robertson.
Manufacturers Committee: R. W.
Northeutt, M. L. McNeel, A. V. Cor
telyou, J. Wilder Glover.
Tuberculosis Committee: Mrs. W.
H. Shippen, Chairman, Mrs. Acosta,
Miss Mary Cole, Mrs. Enoch Faw,
Mrs. J. J. Daniell, Mrs. W. J. Glover,
Mrs. Morgan McNeel,
These Committeees are asked to
meet at the Methodist Church at 8
o’clock on. Sunday afterneon Dec.
15th to confer about the details of
this important work.
In connection with the Red Cross
drive it is proposed to have a Masque
Pageant Parade on Thursday evening.
Mr. A. V. Cortelyou has been made
chairman of all arrangements, with
Mrs. W. H. Trezevant and Mrs. Len
Baldwin as his assistants, which is
sufficient to guarantee that this will
be a most interesting feature of the
week.
Not all the plans has yet been con
fided to us, but it will include a pa
rade around the square in masks and
then asssembling in the auditorium
for further exercises the nature of
vhich we cannot reveal, but ean say
they are sure to be interesting.
Everybody is invited to join in this
who is a member of the Red Cross,
or who will become a member, (the
membership fee is $1.00) and you
can get your mask ready now, for you
can not afford to miss this fun.
The exact hour for the parade has
not yet been fixed, but it will be given
publicity later.
Hon. Charles Garrett, of Augusta,
will speak for the Red Cross in the
Court House Monday at 7:30 p. m.
NO SOLDIER EXECUTED
FOR MILITARY OFFENSE
Very Few Death Sentences Imposed
and None of Them Carried Out,
For Military Offense
- Washington, December 9.—Not a
single member of the American army
has been put to death since the be
gining of the war because of the com
mission of a purely military offense,
Major General Crowder, judge advo
cate general, declared in his annual
report today to Secretary Baker.
General Crowder said this fact ig the
outstanding feature of his report.
“Very few death sentences have
been imposed,” he said “and none of
those imposed for purely military of
fenses have been carried into execu
tion.”
Records of the judge advoeate gen
and men were brought before general
courts-martial, of whom 10,873, or 88
eral’s cffice show that 12,337 officers
per cent, were convicted. . More than
half the charges against officers were
listed under these heads: Absent with
out leave, drunkenness, and conduct
unbecoming an officer.
Convictions of enlisted men for de
sertion, the general said, were actual
ly less than in the previous year, al
though the strength of the army has
increased many fold.
The report shows that one enlisted
man was tried and convicted of “be
ing a spy,” and that 773 men were
convicted of sleeping on post.