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Vol. 53. No. 18.
Fine Weather Brings Qut An
Unusual Attendance
Court House, Park Square and Every
Other Available Nook and Corner
of the Town Filled With Visitors
at Big Singing Last Sunday. -
Anyone who doubts the prosperity
and happiness of the people of Cobb
and other nearby counties might have
had all doubts dispelled by a visit to
Marietta on last Sunday.
If smiling faces, well-dressed .and
well-fed people and great numbers of
automobiles can be taken as an evi
dence of prosperity, it was here in
abundance that day.
For years it has been a gala occa
sion when the annual singing of the
Sacred Harp Association is held in
Marietta, but on no other occasion
has the attendance been so large and
so happy as that which gathered here
this year.
The meetings are always held here
on the fourth Sunday in April, the
only officers being the chairman and
vice-chairman. Although it is a Cobb
county association it has grown to be
an affair of several counties. Some
fifty singers from Atlanta were in at
tendance here Sunday, while half as
many were from Milton county and a
number from all the other counties
adjoining.
Mr. P. A. Reed, of Roswell, was
the retiring charman, and presided
over this meeting, Mr. M. W. Mur
dock, of Marietta, being vice-chair
man. For the coming year, Mr. E.
G. McGarity, of route 3, Marietta,
was elected chairman, while Mr. Mur
dock was re-elected as the vice-chair
man.
The meeting was an exceedingly
happy and harmonious one, and the
singing good. It is with genuine
pleasure that we welcome such gather
ings to our town.
Here on Peaceful Mission Thursday,
May 8. 21-Piece Band Will Give
Two Concerts in City Park
When the Scotch Highlanders went
over the top in France, with their
red kilties and gleaming bayonets,
they struck terror to the hearts of
the Germans, and the cry went up,
“the ladies from Hell are coming!”
And now we have to announce that
“the ladies from Hell” are coming to
Marietta. They will be here Thurs
day, May Bth, but on a mission of
peace and joy this time. '
We refer to the coming of the
Royal Scotch Highlanders Band, who
use the kiltie uniform so striking in
appearance, wherever they go.
Perhaps we have used some poetic
or profane license when we refer to
them as ““the ladies of Hell,” but we
shall never see a Kkiltie-clad soldier
again but that the words will come
to our mind. We know that those
in France lived up to the name and
made a reputation for themselves
that will live forever in history.
This band which comes to Marietta
is the best of its type in America.
They carry twenty-one men, and have
solos, quartettes and sextettes, a real
musical treat for the people, and the
only reason that they can afford to
honor us With a visit is that they have
a little idle time between the season
at St. Petersburg, Florida, where they
spend the winter, and Atlantic City,
N. J., where they play in the sum
mer, so that they can stop off at a
few places en route north.
They are stopping here this year
under the auspices of the Girls’ Pa
triotic League, and will give two
open-air concerts in the park-—one at
3:30 in the afternoon and the other
at 8:00 in the evening.
They are under the direction of
Roy D. Smith, and have with them
the great Scotch tenor, Bobbie Brol
lier, who is second only to the world
famous Harry Lauder.
The girls propose to use tags rath
er than tickets, as the concerts will
be in the open, and will put on an
advance sale of tags, and at the time
of the concerts they will go through
the crowd and sell tags to those not
supplied. The price of the tags will
only be twenty-five cents and this
band will be as entertaining to you
as any grand opera at a price of as
many dollars. Having heard the band
at Atlantic City we can give personal
assurance of its quality.
We urge all our friends from the
country to try to see and hear this
famous Scotch kiltie band, either in
the afternoon or evening. It will not
disappoint you. They will be in town
all iay and the uniform is so striking
as to attract unusual attention, but
not so much as the quality of the
music they render.
THE MARIETTA JOURNAL
! INMARIETTA TUESDAY
Plans For Road Work and Designated
. Roads To Be Submitted To the
| People At This Meeting
For some Meeks the county com
missioners have been busy with the
committee of citizens, authorized the
mass meeting of April 15th, drawing
up plans for road work in Cobb Coun
ty, to be submitted to the people in
a mass meeting at the court house
at 10 o’clock on Tuesday, May 6th.
Under the plans which have been
prepared every part of the county will
have improved roads if the bond is
sue is called for and passed.
The sum to be spent on each road
is to be designated and the character
of the work to be done is also stated.
Much work and care has been spent
by the committee in going over the
various roads in an effort to make
a just apportionment.
On next Tuesday, May 6th, these
plans will be read to the open meet
ing and you will have an opportunity
to express your approval or otherwise.
Of course the plans are subject to
change but it is believed that the
general plan agreed on will very near
ly meet the approval of all sections.
’The committee has not made this
lpublic yet, but you are asked to be
at the court house next Tuesday when
!the matter will be decided, also by
ithe wishes of the people at this meet
infz, and expressed in the meeting,
'and will the commissioners decide
‘about calling the bond election.
We sincerely urge you to be on
hand Tuesday no matter what you
may wish in the matter.
'KING AWTREY HAS
i ANOTHER HONOR
| Lieutenant-Commander Robert King
iAwtrey now has been given perma
{nent command ef the U. S. S. Gamble.
lThis is one of the newest of Uncle
}.Sam’s torpedo boat destroyers of
1500 tons, one of the best, and for
’a man of the age of King Awtrey,
i the position is quite an expression of
! confidence.\
| His father, Mr. Bernard Awtrey,
lis just in receipt of a letter from
him in which he states that they are
!about to leave New York on duty
|along the proposed cross-ocean air
| flights, to help mark the way for the
!fiyers, “a pillar of cloud by day and
| a pillar of fire by night,” and for the
' further duty of rescuing any of those
' so unfortunate as to fall into the sea
Inear them, and to render any other
| possible assistance. ;
! It is only a matter of days, or per
i haps hours, until some one shall have
| flown . safely acros the Atlantic, and
{we are hoping the honor may fall to
| some American.
l The flying machine is an American
"invention and America should con
’tinue to lead the way in all progress
(and invention.
SIXTEEN PAGES
To the People of Cobb County and Section:
The War is over and we are going to put the! price of THE MARIETTA JOURNAL back to
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. . .
Bhe Journal has long been the paper of the people, and we are going to keep it so. There
is no better weekly paper in Georgia at any price than The Marietta Journal, and it is our purpose
to continue to improve it.
During the period of the war we had difficulty in getting equipment and supplies, and in
keeping experienced men necessary to keep the paper up to the high standard we wished. Four
men left our force to go into the service, but they are coming back now, and our paper will be
bigger and better than ever. ; ‘
We have decided that the way to get and hold subscribers is to give them a fearless and
honest paper at the least possible price. We have had agents apply to us to run circulation and prize
contests, but we are opposed to all so-called circulation contest schemes, which have been worked
on the people so often in the past.
Such schemes may be legal, but they have been discouraged and discountenanced by the
government, and discredited by the people. So often hassome hard worker been cut out of the prize
by an eleventh-hour complication, and so often has an unfair count been charged.
In any case there is disappointment and bitterness. Very often money is paid to some con
testant and never credited by the paper, and the contestants frequently make themselves a bore to
all their friends by their importunities. They are thus asking their friends to buy for them the prize
which they seek, and which, in the end, someone else may get.
When we have any gifts to make we will give them direct to our subscribers. We do not want
to force anyone to take our paper who does not want it, and we are not going to use any scheme to
do it. We are putting our paper before the people on its merit and at the very lowest possible price,
confident of the support of all those who wish a m essenger to bring to the people the truth about the
affairs of the city and county. You get this when' you take
THE MARIETTA JOURNAL AT $l.OO PER YEAR
Marietta, Georgia, Friday, May 2, 1919
What almost proved a fatal acci
dent occured on Monday when Aus
tin Boatner, and his cousin Glegn
Boatner, driving a Ferd ecar, were
wrecked at the foot of a hill on the
lower Roswell road.
Austin Boatner was driving and
discovered two holes in the road im
mediately in front of him, while his
car was going at high speed and in
trying to avert these the car was
thrown from the road and completely
over on the top, crushing it and the
windshield, and then righted itself
again upon its wheels.
The young men were both rendered
unconscious by the fall, but Austin
quickly recovered to find his left
collar bone broken. Assistance ar
rived about that time and both were
brought to Marietta, and given medi
cal aid. ‘Glenn’s injury was a blow
on the head, causing temporary con
cussion of the brain, and this kept
his in a semi-conscious condition for
a day, but both are now out again
friends are congratulating them upon
their escape from serious injury.
The young men had been on a
fishing trip and were going to the
home of an aunt nearby for dinner,
at the time of the accident, but that
dinner was one meal they missed.
! The new schedule of phone rates
| for Marietta amount practically to
a raise of fifty cents per months for
all phones, and outside the city an ad
ditional mileage charge is added to the
{ rent of all phones. This varies of
| course according to the distance of
!the station from the exchange base
| area, which is the city limits.
I While the new rate will only add
six dollars per year to the cost of
!city phones, it would seem that it
| is going to make country phones more
| expensive.
| All subscribers will recsive a bill
| which indicates the new rate, so that
1 ere this is printed you should be ad
!v;’sed of the new rate, as it becomes
]efi'ective May Ist.
| We expect, of course, to hear some
{ complaint of the raise, but when
lother prices are considered, and we
| remember that the phone companies
:have' gone through the war without
| any raise of rates, the new rates will
| not appear to be unreasonable.
f All war prices seem to be going to
{ hold on for some time yet, and we
| presume this is simply a matter of
| self-defense.
| One thing we can say for the phone
| service at Marietta, it is as good as
| the best in any town we know, and
hetter than that of most places. We
' have never had the slightest reason
i to complain of any feature of the
' service here, and we will gladly pay
| the price to continue its Present high
| standard of service.
Mell Phillips, aged seven, died at
the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
C. G. Phillips, en Frazier street, at
nine o’clock Sunday morning.
‘He died as the result of burns, ac
cidentally inflicted on Saturday after
noon as he was playing with several
other children at the home of Mr.
Silas Garrison.
‘Little Mell was engaged in a game
of marbles, while some of the other
boys discovered some trimmings from
a tar paper roof, and started to burn
it. This is highly inflammable and
made a great blaze, and either in play
or excitement, they threw some it
about, one piece of it striking on
Mell’'s back where the blazing tar
stuck to it, burning him horribly be
fore it could be e)éinguished.
He was taken to his home and med
ical aid summoned, and everything
possible done to relieve his sufferings.
Although the burns were extensive
and fearful, he did not complain, and
lay all through the night from the
time of the accident at five o’clock
Saturday afternoon until nine the
next morning, patiently enduring the
pain.
He was rational until the end, and
talked freely with those around, lis
tening to stexies being read and other
things done to divert his mind from
the suffering.
t He spoke of his teacher and his
playmates, apnd the Sunday school,
and his father, mother and brother in
the last hours, and met the end brave
ly. He was an attendant of the Meth
odist Sunday school and the 'first
grade in the Waterman street city
school.
The interment was in the Phillips
family lot in the city cemetery and the
service was performed by Dr. Hamby,
assisted by Dr. White.
MAJOR GILES SAILING HOME
Mrs. J. Glenn Giles received a cable
from Major Giles on Tuesday an
nouncing that hig regiment was sail
ing from France on April 26th. They
will probably reach New York about
May 10, to the great joy of all friends
and relatives. Other Marietta boys
coming at the same time that Major
Giles does arve Captain John R. North
cutt and Mr. Hoyt Johnson.
BIDS ARE ASKED FOR
NOSES CREEK PROJECT
At a meeting Tuesday, of the com
missioners of the Noses Creek Drain
age project all the preliminary work
vras closed up and specifications for
proposals were prepared and adopted.
This project will require the digging
of about 18% miles of ditches eight
feet deep, and lies along Noses Creek,
Mud Creek, Ward Creek, McEeachern
Creek and Cook’s Branch.
Legal advertisement for proposals
from contractors appears in this is
sue.
$l.OO PER YEAR
Will Be Presented at Dixie Theatre
Instead of Auditorium as
) First Advertised i
On account of the impossible con
dition of the stage equipment of the
auditorium the Girls’ Patriotic League
have found it necessary to change the
place and also the date for presenting
the comedy, “Breezy Point.”
They have arranged with the man
agement of the Dixie Theatre for the
exclusive use of the theatre on the
evening of Monday, May sth, and it
will be used.
It is thought that this change will
afford a much more comfortable seat
ing, and the capacity is also larger
than the auditorium.
Konigsmark Orchestra has been se
cured to furnish the music for the
occasion.
The tickets are only 25 and 35
cents and are now on sale at the
drug stores and also by members of
the league.
The cause is a most worthy one
and it is to be hoped that the girls
will have a large audience to show
due appreciation of their talent and
patriotism.
GOUNTY SUPT. MORRIS
When the county commissioners
meet on Tuesday, they will have be
fore them the resignation of Supt. N.
M. Morris.
Mr. Morris has served the county
faithfully and well since his first elec
tion to the office, and only a few
months of his present term has ex
pired, but he has other interests which
will now require his time.
He was recently the successful bid
der on the Powder Springs Creek
drainage project, and bought a dredg
ing outfit, which he is expecting at
once.
He will devote his time to this work;
in future and will be a bidder on oth{
er projects in this section. His large
experience in handling labor and in
public work of like character insures
his success in his new venture.
The election of his sucessor will
devolve/upon the commissioners at
their meeting on Tuesday.
PETITION TO AMEND
THE CITY CHARTER
One of the city employees this week
circulated a petition to repeal that
clause of the city charter which pro
vides that a mayor may not succeed
himself in office for a third term.
As it was not presented to us, we
have not been privileged to refuse it
or to sign it, so we conclude that
those interested have not counted us
as favorable to the proposed change.
Established.lB6%
EX-SENATOR HARDWICK
Mrs. Hardwick and Maid
Are Seriously Hurt
Mayor Hanson, of Seattle, Who Has
Opposed the I. W. W. in Northwest,
Also Has Narrow Escape From A
Similiar Package in His Mail.
Atlanta, April 80.—An infernal
machine addressed to former Sena
tor Thomas W. Hardwick and mail
ed in New York exploded shortily be
fore 3 o’oclock Tuesday afternoon
when it was opened by a negro ser=
vant employed at the Senator’s home,
at No. 789 Peachtree street, and
blew off the hands of the woman.
Mrs. Hardwick who was standing near
was seriously burned and cut about
the face and will be months recover
ing from the shock, in the opinion
of her physician,
Senator Hardwick stated after the
accident that the package came by
mail and appeared to be a dozen lead
pencils, or something about that size.
It was in a wrapper marked from Gim
bel Brothers, New York, and labeled
“Sample.” The servant started to
open it soon after it' was delivered,
and Mrs. Harwick was watching to see
‘what the package contained.
- The Federal authorities were noti
fied immediately after the explosion
and went to work in an effort to run
down the miscreant, calling in New
York operatives to get busy at that
end of the line.
Senator Hardwick recently moved
to Atlanta to practive law, and re
sides at the Wynnton Apartments,
No. 789 Peachtree street.
Physicians who attended Mrs. Hard
wick stated that her injuries must be
regarded as serious, as she had suf
fered severely from shock as well as
from cuts and bruises about the face
and hands.
The infernal madhine exploded
during the heavy downpour of rain
(Continued on page five)
Tom Brown, of Atlanta, Got Off At
Marietta With Two Much
Heavy Luggage
Sheriff Swanson made a haul last
Friday, when he met the L. & N. train
from Louisville, and found Tom
Brown getting off with four large
suit cases. Tom is a young Greek,
of the lower grade, and lives in At
lanta.
The sheriff was curious to know
why he should get off heére with so
much luggage, and when his wife
appeared in a car, with one John-
Towns, colored, driving, they pro
ceeded to load the suit cases into the
car,
Just as they were about to depart
for Atlanta the Sheriff came in and
arrested the trio, one other man, who
was aparently a companion, escaping.
A seach of the suit cases brought
to light 12 quarts and 132 pints of
as mean a whiskey as ever made a
man beat his wife, or the wife beat
her husband.
The three were placed in jail, where
Brown and his wife are still residing,
the negro driver having given bond
for his appearance at court. The car,
which evidently was the property of
Brown, is being held also.
FIRE DESTROYS
MABLETON HOME
Mr. Henry Brown, who:lives one
mile from Mableton, had the misfor
tune to lose his home by fire on
Sunday night.
The family were awakened at about
2:60 o’clock in the morning, to find
the house in flames, and they escaped
with little clothing. AUI of the house
nold goods were destroyed. Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Brown, who also lived in
the house, lost all they ‘had. No
insurance was carried on house or
furniture.
The origin of the fire is unknown,
and had gained such headway before
being discovered that no opinion of
it could be had. G
The many friends of the family
will regret to learn of their- loss.
Mrs. Paul Brown and baby are in
Marietta with her father, Mr. Henry
Ward. .
808 HOLLAND A SURGEON
Our young friend, Robert N. Hol
land, who has been assistant surgeon
at the big Charleston hospital for
the past year, has been made a full
fledged surgeon, and he is chief of a
large part of the hospital, which is
some honor for so young a man, but
n¢ more than his friends expected.
