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YVol. §B. Na, 17.
Business Closed From Ten
To Four O’Clock
Fighting Tank and Brass Band Come
On Time, but Airplanes Get Off the
Track. Dr. Elwood Again Helps
With a Cobb County Loan.
Wednesday was a holiday in Mari
etta and a large crowd was enter
tained from all over the country. It
seemed, however that a larger pro
portion of women and children than
of men made up the visitors, which
perhaps was accounted for by the fine
planting weather and the keeping of
so many men busy in the fields.
The band arrived early, and soon
the park was well filled with people,
as it played a number of patriotic
airs.
The stores were all closed at ten
o'clock and from that hour until four
o’clock, when they opened again, the
park and surrounding streets were
full of people.
No hitching was allowed against
the park railing so that more room
was gained. The people were in a
good humor and bent on the enjoy
ment of the holiday.
It was nearly noon before the tank
and its attendant cars arrived. One
of the cars carried a captured Ger
man gun, and all were the center of
attraction during the whole day. The
men in charge were kept busy ex
plaining and answering questions of
the crowd. The band played and
speeches were made from the stand in
the park and orators even used the
tank for a rostrum. - :
The tank was one of the two-man
type and carried a one-pound rapid
fire gun. It could be moved about
with considerable speed and agility,
and a great many of the young folks
were treated to rides both inside and
on top of it as it made frequent trips
around the park. During the meet
ing in the courthouse it stood in
front and was continuously covered
with small boys, and looked like an
ant-hill covered with a colony of ants.
An examination of it could not fail
to impress one with the utility of
such tanks in battle. This type, it
is said, were used to break up machine
gun nests before an advance of the
infantry. It was rigged up for trans
portation upon one of the very heavy
special army trucks, but it was a mat
ter of only a few minutes to run it
off on the ground and upon its own
caterpillar feet.
The airplanes failed to materialize
in the program for the day, and much
regret was expressed on this account,
for many of the people had never
seen one, and not a few children were
brought to town with the expectation
of seeing the bird men fly.
The local committee made a posi
tive arrangement with the general
committee for the planes to visit Ma
rietta at four o’clock on Wednesday.
Major Schofield, in command of this
branch of the service, gave his per
sonal assurance, before’ this feature
was advertised, but it seems that not
yet is the art so well developed that
you can count on a fixed schedule as
good as the railroads observe.
Late in the afternoon Mr. Massen
gale wired Chairman Cortelyou ex
plaining the difficulties and Mr. Cor
telyou asks us to express to those
who may not have understood it, how
it came about.
The meeting in the courthouse at
two o'clock, was under the guiding
hand and persuasive tongue of Dr.
Elwood, who so ably assisted us in
the fourth loan last year.
We give elsewhere in this issue the
names and amounts subscribed in this
meeting. The workers will now see
all those who have not subscribed,
and we are asked to request all those
who can do so to phone their sub
scriptions and save the time of the
various committees who must other
wise call upon you to ask for it. |
ITALY THREATENS
SEPARATE PEACE
Vittorio Orlando, the Italian pre
mier, issued a length statement on
Thursday replying to President Wil
son in which the premier states in so
many words that he is compelled to
withdraw from the peace conference
after President Wilson’s action, which
is regarded as a departure from dip
lomatic custom and leaves the Italians
no other course.
King Victor Emmanuel has tele
graphed to Premier Orlando com
mending his action and insisting that
there be no recession from the posi
tion Italy has taken.
Premier Lloyd George called on
the Italian premier before the council
met on Thursday morning. The two
statemen had a long conference, the
British premier endeavoring to ob
tain a change in the Italian position
and induce Ttaly’s representatives to
remain. There is said to have been
no indication of the success of his
efforts.
THE MARIETTA JOURNAL
BANKS IN MARIETTA
WILL CLOSE SATURDAY
As Friday is a legal holiday and
will not be observed by the banks
of Marietta, they have agreed to close
on Saturday instead.
All ther banks will be closed on
Saturday, so your banking arrange
ments for that date must be trans
acted on Friday.
Courageous Conduct is Published in
the General Orders of the
Eighty-Second Division
We have at hand a copy of the Gen
eral Orders of the 82nd Division of
last January, and find therein the
name of Guy Roberts cited in a man
ner to give pride to his numerous
friends and relatives here.
We have previously mentioned that
he won his captaincy upon the field
of battle, and had otherwise sus
tained with great credit the honor of
his flag.
We reproduce below the official ci
tation from the General Orders of
January 13th:
HQ. 82d Div., American E. F., France.
13 January, 1919.
General Orders No. 1.
1. The Commanding General an
nounces to the Command the splen
did conduct of the following officers
and soldiers in action against the
enemy as described after their re
spective names:
(Extract)
Capt. John G. Roberts, 328th Inf.
During the period, October 14-31,
1918, during the fight in the vicinity
of Sommerance, France, this officer,
then a lieutenant, was Acting Batal
ion Adjutant and Scout Officer, and
in that capacity made numerous vis
its to the front line under heavy fire.
During one of these trips he spent
the entire day in a shell hole, furn
ishing valuable information as the
enemy targets, etc. By his coolness
and courage under fire he furnished
an inspiring example to the men.
. 2. The Commanding General takes
particular pride in announcing to the
Command these fine examples of cour
age and self-sacrifice. Such. deeds
are evidences of that spirit of hero
ism which is innate in the highest
type of the American soldier and re
sponds unfailingly to the call of duty,
‘whenever or wherever it miay come.
3. This order will be read to all
organizations at the first formation
after its receipt.
By command of Major General
Duncan:
Gordon Johnston,
. Chief of Staff.
}VININGS PAID UP ON
UNITED WAR WORK
\
.~ Mr. J. W. Legg, who was chair
‘man of the United War Work Cam
paign, is in receipt of a letter from
Mrs. C. L. Carter, who had charge
of the collections for Vinings, asking
an explanation of letters sent out by
the general committee‘ in Marietta
to people of Vinings who had paid
their pledges.
~ Mrs. Carter recites the dates and
amounts sent through her which prac
tically paid all pledges from Vinings,
and Mr. Legg asks us to publish the
following explanation:
Mr. T. L. Wallace was the secre
tary who handled the checks and
funds sent in and the last remittances
of Mrs. Carter were addressed to him,
although he was away from Marietta,
upon the road, and before he got
back and got Mrs. Carters remittan
ces to turn over to Mr. A . H. Gil
bert who had, taken over the work,
the letters Mrs. Carter mentioned
were written and mailed out.
Mr. Legg asks especially that we
commend the people of Vinings upon
the redemption of their pledges, and
he trusts that this explanation will
reach any who may have received
a letter after having paid.
ATLANTA WINS OPENING
BASEBALL CONTEST
"The Atlanta Club of the Southern
League Baseball Association won the
first game of the season in Atlanta
yesterday, defeating Chattanooga by
the score of 2 to 0. Last year they
lost their first five games.
FORSYTH COURT
This is court week in Forsyth coun
ty and Judge Morris, Solicitor Dor
sey and Assistant Solicitor William
Butt left Sunday to hold the court
in Cumming.
Attorneys H. B. Moss and J. E.
Mozley are among those in atten
dance.
TRACTOR DEMONSTRATION
The Fordson Tractor will have a
demostration by: the D. P. Butler
Motor Company, the local agents, on
Saturday, April 26th, at the Henry
Maore place on Page street. If you
wish to see this, free cars will be run
from the garage by the company to
the field. e
SIXTEEN PAGES
Marietta, Georgia, Friday, April 25, 1919
LEST WE FORGET!
Congress, in recognizing that a
state of war existed with Germany
on April 6, 1917, closed its resolu
tion with the following words:
“ . .and to bring the conflict
to a successful termination, all of
the resources of the country are
hereby pledged by the Congress of
the United States.”
Lest We Forget!
“Whereas, the Imperial German
Government has committed re
peated acts of war against the
Government and the people of the
United States of America: There
fore, be it
“Resolved by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Con
gress assembled, That the state of
war between the United States and
the Imperial German Government
which has been thrust upon the
United States is hereby formally
declared; and that the President
be, and he is hereby, authorized
and directed to employ the entire
naval and military forces of the
United States and the resources of
the Government to carry on war
against the Imperial German Gov
ernment; and to bring the con
flict to a successful termination
all of the resources of the country
are hereby pledged by the Congress
of the United States.”
Approved, April 6th, 1917.
WOODROW WILSON.
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'MONEY COMING IN
} TO STATE TREASURY
E Last week the money in the state
‘treasury was getting low, and the out
look for meeting the fixed liabilities
}were not at all bright, but in the last
few days the receipts have broken
‘all records.
For the first time in the history of
}-the State practically every County
‘Tax Collector will have made his final
annual settlement on the date pro
‘ vided by law.
~ Up to the present time 115 counties
‘have settled up. Others are expected
to come in Monday afternoon and
)Tuesday morning. This number has
‘been estimated at 25, making a total
of 140 counties, with only about a
dozen to hear from. Last year only
80 counites had reported by April 20.
. Collections. for the month have run
$lOO,OOO over the most optimistic es
tomates. W.-J..Speer; State Treaus
urer, had estimated that.the collec
tions up to May 1 would run about
$400,000, but the figures show that
more than $500,000 has been receiv
ed. In the past few days between
$150,000 and $200,000 has been turn=
ed in. ,
Monday it was estimated that there
was about $600,000 in the treasury
‘to meet the expenses of the State.
' Much of this increase in receipts is
‘attributed to the action of the last
Legislature ,in adding special taxes
‘to the list, and increasing the rate
on certain properties and businesses
i na number of instances.
PALMER DECLINES OPINION
‘ ON COTTON COMBINATION
- Washington, April 24.—Attorney
‘General Palmer has declined to give
an opinion on the legality of the ac
tion of southern cotton growers to
limit their crop this year in an effort
to maintain prices.
This opinion, it was explained to
day had been sought by Secretary
Houston to throw light on the situa
tion which had caused complaints
from a number of cotton consuming
interests. Since the question did not
involve directly any administrative
matters within the department of ag
riculture, however, the attorney gen
eral declined to rule. This, it was
said, is in accord with a law limiting
the attorney general’s opinion to
specific problems arising in govern
mental administration.
SAVE OUR TIME AND
YOUR OWN TIME TOO
To the farmers of Cobb County:
Realizing that it is a very busy
season with you, I wish to ask that
you -call up the Victory Loan Com
mittee and report your subscription.
Phone 468 or any member of the
committee. By doing this you can
save much of your own valuable time
and also that of some member of the
committee, who would have to come
to your home, and possibly out to
the field to see you, where you are
very busy with your planting.
This is Uncle Sam’s business and
must be attended to now. Help us
to meet our quota for Cobb, which
has to date been only about one third
subseribed.
This action on your part will be
greatly appreciated.
A. V. Cortelyou, Chm.
STEREOPTICAN LECTURE
We are asked to announce that
there will be a Centenary stereopti
can lecture at the Marietta Camp
Ground chuch on Monday night,
April 28th, and all who can come
should do so.- It will -be entertainifig
and instructive t&*both ‘grown folks
and children.
VICTORY LOAN RALLY
SCHEDULE IN COUNTY
The flying squadron of the Victory
Loan Drive, with Chairman Cartelyou
and Dr. Elwood in command attend
’ed a rally at Roswell Thursday night,
and are scheduled for one at Smyrna
}on Friday night, at Powder Springs
on Saturday afternoon and Acworth
on Saturday night.
}Marietta Made Some Good Records
| Although General Average
| Was Not Very High
' Prof. Kinnamon attended the
'Seventh District School meet at Cal
lhoun last week having charge of the
‘Trepresentation from Marietta.
~ While the school as a whole did
}not take very high place several of
‘the contestants upheld the honor of
Marietta in the events.
] Miss Myrtle Dodd won second
‘place in English composition while
‘in spelling, which was conducted by
‘schools as a whole Marietta held
third place.
S. A. Connor was winner of first
‘place in the 100 yard dash in the
athletic event and also winner of
first place in the 220 yard race.
Wallace Montgomery stood second
in pole vaulting and Joe Marchman
‘was third in the high jump.
~ William H. Christian, better
known as “Billie”” won for Marietta
first place in music, while he took
a medal for himself with a sixty dol-
Jar scholarship in Brenau on the side.
Billie is only 15 and he will now
have a chance at the prize in the state
meet at Athens, where a $3OO scholar
ship will be given the winner and his
friends have high hopes of his win
ning that also
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Christian, of Fair Oaks and
has been a music pupil of Mrs. Cam
blos.
Calhoun won first in the number of
points, Dalton came second, with
Cartersville third, Marietta fourth,
and Rome fifth.
- The next meet will be held in
Rome with the Darlington School as
‘the host.
U. S. FARM TRACTORS
o GOING TO EUROPE
Nearly $100,000,000 worth of
American farm tractors to be shipped
abroad this year will:
Replace war caused man shortages
in France and England.
~ Free peasant laborers for more
schooling and socializing influences
in the Balkans and Turkey.
Save camel and buffalo power in
Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, and
other tropical lands where horses are
little used in agriculture.
OFFICERS OF THE LAW
SEARCHED WRONG CAR
The boys coming back from For
syth court on Wednesday evening,
‘are telling a good one on General
Mozley. He was riding in a car with
a Mr. Cooley, of Buckhead, when they
came to a part of the road that comes
through Gwinnett county.
They noticed a car stopped in the
road in front of them and a man be
side it apparently working on a tire.
When they got to the car they found
a log placed so as to prevent their
going around it, and as they stopped
the General says the ground seemed
alive with men and guns. One of the
men near the car shoved a pistol in
the Gen '\"al’s face, which he claims
was as )zng as a fence rail, and said
“throw up your hands.” }
The boys say the general’s hands
went up so suddenly and so high that
they stuck through the top of the car. ‘
The general admits that he did hisi
best to comply with the gentleman’s
request. ‘
“We are looking for that liquor"l
gsays the gunman. “I am no liquor
man” says the General. ‘“You are a|
liar,” says the gunman, “I can tell
one in the dark.” |
A seach followed, no liquor was |
found, and apologies made for stop- |
ping the wrong car, but the General
is convinced that the officers of the
law in Gwinnett are doing their full
duty, and then some, in their efforts
to suppress the whiskey trafl“nc‘
through their county. g
We think however, that the officers |
may have become so embarassed by|
their mistake, that they failed en
tirely to search the right car.
THE FIVE MOST IMPORTANT
THINGS TO GEORGIANS:
. HEALTH
SCHOOLS
ROADS
TRACTORS
. DRAINAGE
THINK IT OVER! '
$1.50 PER YEAR
Brief Current Events of
the State and the Nation
On Wednesday at the polls in At
lanta the people defeated an increas
ed tax rate, also a bond issue for
putting in an electric plant at the
crematory. A fight has been on
through the columns of the papers,
between certain of the city officials
and the Georgia Railway & Power
Company, and at this distance we
have not undertaken to try to under
stand the merits of the case at all,
but we did rather doubt the wisdom,
judgement and good intentions of
some of the city officials.
Bodies of Amerlcans killed in
France are being collected and buried
in American cemeteries over there.
Care is being taken to identify the
graves and to keep them in goed con
dition and to preserve them from de
secration. The government will later
determine what its policy shall be
With regards to bringing the bodies
to America, but as many parents
have followed the course of Mr.
Roosevelt with regard to the body of
his own son and asked that it remain
in France, it is possible that this will
be the policy.
The former Alien Property Custo
dian, A. Mitchell Palmer, has already
collected of German property in this
country, a sum exceeding the whole
amount of the claims of the United
tates citizens against Germany. These
claims are for loss of lives on the
Lusitiana and similiar cases and for
loss of property. It is said that it
will be about $750,000,000 while Mr.
Palmer has collected about $800,000,-
000.
Bishop Embree Hoss, of the M. E.
Church died at his home in Oklahoma,
on Wednesday. He was a writer and
a churchman of great prominence,
and had occupied many very impor
tant places in the educational work
of the church. He had been confirm
ed as a bishop for more than fifteen
years. . :
The shipping board in Washington
is hearing the claims of the south At
lantic ports for a bigger share ofthe
shipping to be assigned by the board.
It has been claimed and we think
proven, that the southern ports have
been diseriminated against in the past
assignments.
The price of hogs in the Chicago
market this week reached the high
est point ever before $21.15 per
hundred Corn has also advanced, and
we would again remind Cobb county
farmers that even if there should be
no market at all for pork and corn
they make a fine table dressing.
Tampa, Florida, has closed its city
stoskade, the number ‘of prisoners
being too few to warrant its upkeep.
Since prohibition became effective the
police barracks have been large
enough to amply provide room for all
the prisoners. One by one the cities
learn the wholesale effect of prohi
bition.
The mayor of New Orleans de
clines to issue permits after this week
for any more ‘“tag days,” declaring
that the people are entitled to a rest
every Saturday for the past six
months having been a “tag day” for
something or other. That mayor
must be going to run for office again.
One of the Victory Loan tanks
“turned turtle” while doing a demon
stration at Calhoun one day this week.
‘No one was hurt and it was quickly
‘righted again by the large crowd of
‘spectators who were gathered to see
it climb banks and mash down trees
in its way.
Although the supreme court de
clared the federal child labor uncon
stitutional last year, a way around it
has been found by the government
by the application of the 10 per cent
tax on profits of mills employing
children under 16 years of age. The
internal revenue bureau will have
charge of the collection of this tax,
and it will become effective“on April
25th.
Georgia Tech has broken all re
cords this spring for enrollment, and
the register now announces a total
of 3017 names. Nearly half of these
students are listed for the collegiate
course, 1164 are government voca
tional students and nearly 500 in the
night school. Tech has done great
work for Georgia and the south but
its real day of service has just begun.
A Lieutenant who decamped from
service at Camp Gordon last Febru
ary with about four thousand of
government funds, has been caught
in St. Louis. A woman in his case
aided in his apprehension, and may
have had a hand in his downfall, al
though it is not so disclosed in records
so far published.
One negro will die and others were
injured in a-race riot in Chicage this
week, caused by negroes attempting
to live in others districts than that
Established 1866
set apart for them, known as tke
“black belt.” The police and the
military are now protecting the oth
ers, who will in future learn to live
un Chicago, only in districts assigned
them. But most of them are coming
ack home to the south, where the
races understand each other, and
where the better classes of each race
never have any trouble with the other.
Recent speeches of Senator Smoot,
who is now one of the leaders of the
Republicans, indicate that they will
not oppose further the amended lea
gue of nations, Of course he claims
that the opposition of the Republi
can party has brought about the
amendments to the original draft,
which make the league acceptable,
but it would hardly have been con
ceivable under any circumstances,
that the first draft of any measure
half so important, could be expected
to pass without some changes. The
real truth is that Smoot, and some
others, have seen a great light since
getting home and talking to the peo
ple about this thing._
Reports have it first that the Japs
are about to break up the peace con
ference, and then they have it that it
is the Italians who are about to kick
out of the traces, but whatever the
difficulties we are sure we have a
clear head and a steady hand holding
the shaky brothers in line. The presi
dent has undoubtedly made some mis
takes, but with it all he has been right
about measures in most of the cases,
so we can overlook his few mistakes,
which have usually been in reposing
too much confidence in certain of his
associates. °” i
The baseball season is now on its
way, and the fans are happy once
more. It may be of interest to some
to recall the fact that Henry W.
Grady was the first president of the
Southern League of baseball clubs
in the year 1884.- Evglgr year since
that interest in the gamé throughout
the world has increased.
Germany is holding an election, &
sort of referendum, to say whether
she shall accede to the demands of the
Allies in the matter of paying an
indemnity, but it is-probably not con
cerning the allies greatly what the
result of the election may be, as they
will very likely insist.upon the com
pliance of Germany to . whatever
terms agreed upon by themselves.
American casualties in Europe now
total more than 285,000 and names
are still being added. ~Of this num
ber 75,000 were dead from all causes,
200,000 were wounded, about 5000
were missing and 5000 prisoners. Had
the war continued for a month longer
it is very probable that the casualties
would have been more than doubled,
as American was preparing to throw
her forces most heavily against the
Germans. sr
TOP BINDER GOING ON :
THE FAIR OAKS ROAD
On Monday morning the county
force started work putting on the
“top binder” on the road from But
|lers crossing to Fair Qaks.
This work will progress rapidly
and soon the people can see just what
a piece of good hard road is. It cer
tainly should encourage the desire
for more of the same - sort in the
lcounty. : B
‘CAST OF CHARACTERS FOR
PATRIOTIC LEAGUE PLAY
“Breezy Point” is almost ready for
production. The Y. W.. C.-A. Patri
otic League girls are becoming- very
enthusiastic over the presentment of
lthis play as the time draws near, and
Friday evening, May. 2nd will be a
“big night” up at the auditorium.
There will be comedy and, music
(songs and orchestra) a-plenty, and
those who go out to hear ‘our home
talent will not be sorry.:
Tickets will be offered-for sale the
last of this week at 35 cents for the
adults and 25 cents for children.
The cast for “Breezy. Point is as
follows: .. i i :
Aunt Debby Dexter, the mistress of
Breezy Point_________Lois Welch
Elinor Pearl, of unknown parentage
o e RSN
Ashrael Grant, a workhouse waif
con e e L e i e I
Mrs. Hardscratch, with bysiness pro
pensities ___________Daisy White
The Hardscratch Twins, who “never
, tell nothin’ ”_Ruth and 'R_u,by Webb
Mehitibl€ Doolittle, manufacturer of
catarrh snuff and biftérs______._
m R da e e Doty AN
Aunt Debby’s summer boarders:
Bernice Vernon___Mary Lou Benson
Laura Leigh_..____Mary Kate Mell
Edith Norton_____Fannie Lou. Webb
Clarice Fenleigh. .._.__Lois_Benson.
Fantine, ‘Miss Vernon’s French maid
wewe-------Mary Frances Gilbert
old Clem, the Gipsy._Nita Chandies
