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Vol. 53. No. 19.
County Highway Association l
Is Provided For :
Committee Recommended Half Mil
lion Dollar Bond Issue to Match
Like Sum From Government For |
Use on Roads Named in Report. ‘
So small was the gathering, and so
little the enthusiasm manifested in 4
the good roads mass meeting at the(
Court House on Tuesday that we are
at a loss to form an intelligent opin-i
ion of the real attitude of the mass
of the pepole of the county toward |
good roads. }
Expressions from some not in the |
meeting indicated that a jealosy of‘
one section against the other would
be so strong as to defeat all efiorts'
at real road improvement in t:hel
county, including of course a bond
issue.
That Cobb is‘ losing time and is
going to lose much more before she
gets roads seemed clear to even a
causal observer. :
The committee appointed at the
April meeting which has been work
ing with the county commissioners,
made a report and recommendation
which are given below and which was
adopted by the meeting without ob
jection from a single person present.
There were present some very ear
nest and interested citizens who of
fered words of advice and encourage
ment, also some visitors from Atlanta,
who were kind enough to offer some
information about bonds, road con
tracts and other subjects of interest.
The waeeting after adopting the re
port of the committee elected Mr.
J. P. Cheney as chairman of the
County Highway Association, which
was provided for in the resolution and
gave him authority to name a vice
president from each militia district
in the county also a secretary.
Mr. Cheney stated that he would
not now announce these, but would
try to secure from each district men
who would assist in the work, and
that another meeting would be called
later. ' :
The committee which formulated
the report was composed of J. s
Cheney, Roy S. Mather, J D. Mid
dlebrooks, C. C. Foster, I. C. Power
and W. M. Webb, and Mr. Cheney as
the chairman presided over the meet
ing.
For the convenience of our readers,
we have published in heavy type on
another page the roads and estimated
cost of improvements as adopted by
the committee. There was an amend
ment to the original resolution which
we have incorporated in the list, tak
ing care of a two mile gap in the Lost
Mountain road. \
“We recommend the issuance of
$500,000.00 in bonds, to run for a
period of ———— years, with a maxi
mum interest rate of 6%, and that
the same be sold by the County Com
missioners as the money may be need
ed in the building of the said roads;
and we recommend that an election
be held for the purpose of voting on
the said bonds and special bond com
missioners, as hereinafter refered to,
on August 2nd, 1919.
“The County Commissioners will
have charge of validating the bonds
and selling the same, and they are
to turn over the proceeds thereof to
a bond commission, to be expended
as hereinafter set out; and the county
commissioners pledge to the people
that they have designated the roads,
and classified the roads to be made
as set out in Exhibit A, and that these
roads shall be the ones said money
will be spend upon.
“We recommend that a special Act
be passed by the Legislature provid
ing for a bond commission to be com
posed of five commissioners, one from
each road ward in the County, to be
elected in the same manner as our
present Board of Commissioners, and
that their terms of office shall begin
upon their election and qualification,
is to be in the same way as our county
Commissioners; and that their terms
of office shall be as follows: three of
the said bond commissioners shall be
elected for a period of ——— years,
and two shall be lected for a period
of — years; and when their
terms o foffice shall expire their suc
cessors shall be elected for a term of
——— years; and their compensa
tion shall be the same as that of the
County Commissioners. It shall be
the duty of the bond commissioners
to take charge of the money derived
from the sale of the said bonds and
to expend the same upon said roads
as is set out in Exhibit A, and all
roads to be built by contract let to
the lowest and best bidder, the con
tracts to be let in the same manner
as that of bridges under the present
law. They shall spend said money
only as set out in Exhibit A. In other
words, the percentages used shall be
governed by the amount set out for
each road in said Exhibit A, as com
(Continued on page eight)
THE MARIETTA JOURNAL
MRS. CAMPBELL AGAIN
RENEWS HOSTILITIES
Jail Life is too Quiet For Her Stren
uous Disposition So She
Starts Something
Mrs. Naomi Campbell, of Orphans
Home fame, has broken into the
lime-light once more, that is she has
broken into the light as far as it is
possible for her to do without break
ing out jail.
Solicitor Dorsey has been laboring
under the impression that he was the
only human being for whom Mrs.
Campbell did not entertain the kind
est feelings. In fact, following the
Bibical injunction, she claimed that
her love covered all humanity, ex
cepting of course the Solicitor, whom
she had consigned to the bottomless
pit.
But now there is another story to
tell, another chapter has been written
in the play. While she has been
confined in the Cobb jail, awaiting the
decision of her case by the Court of
Appeals, the sheriff with a view to
being as humane as possible, has al
lowed her to occupy a cell with an
other woman, the wife of the Atlanta
‘Greek, Tom Brown, arrested last
week on a liquor charge.
‘ Alll went well for a few days and
then the flame broke out at an un
expected moment. The Brown wo
'man, who is rather under-sized, got
into a quarrell with her husband, who
occupied a nearby cell, and Mrs.
Campbell also took a hand. She as
sailed the Brown woman so feroci
|ously that she was soon down and
out, minus some hair and most of
her clothing.
This was done before the sheriff
knew of the trouble and could in
terfere in any way. Mrs. Campbell
will now have a cell to herself so
long as she is a guest of Cobb county.
The Brown woman claims that Mrs.
Campbell’s attack upon her was
wholly without any cause. The jail
life perhaps, is wearing on Mrs.
Campbell’s nerves, or possibly she
can give Scriptural authority for her
latest act.
DEATH OF J. E. GABLE
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On last Wednesday, April 30, 1919,
Mr. Joseph Edwin Gable, age 52
years, died at his home on Powder
Springs street, in this city.
Mr. Gable was stricken with paral
| ysis eleven years ago, and since that
time has borne his suffering with
great patience and Christian fortitude.
He was always cheerful, and greeted
his many friends with a bright smile
whenever they called to see him.. He
was a kind and loving husband and
father, and will be greatly missed
from this devoted family circle.
Mr. Gable is survived by his wife,
Mrs. J. E. Gable, two sons, Dewey
and Joe Gable, and four daughters,
Mrs. W. H. Malone, of Villa Rica,
Misses Edna and Annie Brown Gable,
and Mrs. R. W. Earnest, of Atlanta;
'also one brother, Mr. W. B. Gable,
lone sister, Mrs. Jennie Hamby, and a
half sister, Mrs. J. P. Groover.
| The funeral services were conduct
[ed by Rev. W. T. Hamby, of the Ma
rietta First Methodist church, assisted
by Rev. Mr. Shell, at the Marietta
Camp Ground on Friday afternoon at
3:00 o’clock and interment was in
the Camp Ground cemetery.
The pall bearers were Messrs. How
ard, Joe, Otis and Quillian Hamby,
Luther Groover and C. L. Bray, all
nephews of Mr. Gable’s. There were
many beautiful floral offerings.
The high esteem in which Mr. Gable
was held was shown by the large num
ber of friends who came together to
show him their last tribute of respect.
'U. S. TO GIVE 20,000
1 MOTOR TRUCKS TO STATES
i Washington, May 7.—Forty-five
million dollars worth motor trucks
'are to be given to the state by the
Federal government with the only
proviso that they be used only for
road construction, the department of
Agriculture announced today.
These trucks, which are surplus
'army equipment, range from two to
five tons in capacity. The states are
expected to pay the loading and fre
ight charges on the 20,000 trucks.
Eleven thousand of the trucks are
new. Nine thousand have been used.
But all are in exceilent condition.
SOLICITOR-GENERAL SALARY
CASE TO BE TRIED SATURDAY
By direction of the commissioners,
County Attorney D. W. Blair brought
mandamus proceedings against Clerk
of Court Dobbs this week to compel
him to comply with the provisions of
the Solicitor-General salary law which
was passed last year.
By the terms of the law, it becomes
the duty of the clerk of the court to
collect and turn into the county treas
!urer all fees, fines and forfeitures,
| heretofore going to the Solicitor.
| This case is brought as a test case
!to determine the validity of the law,
| about which there has been much dif
| ference of opinion.
Judge Morris has set Saturday for
a hearing of the case.
SIXTEEN PAGES
Marietta, Georgia, Friday, May 9, 1919
Appropriation Measures To
; Be Passed
No Time for Return of President is
Fixed But it is Probable That
Treaty Will be Signed Before he
Leaves France.
The President has issued a call for
congress to convene on May 19th and
the call sent by cable to Secretary
Tumulty.
~ The Secretary has given out the
proclamation and is now advising with
the Democratic leaders concerning af
fairs to come before the extra ses
sion. y
The Republicans also are calling a
caucus for May 14th when they will
consider the details of organiation of
the congress.
It is evident that Mr. Wilson ex
pects an early signing of the peace
treaty. He has not indicated when
he will start back yet.
This is the proclamation calling the
session:
Whereas, public interest requires
‘that congress of the United States
‘should convene in extra session at
| 12 o’clock noon on the nineteenth day
of May, 1919, to receive such com
munications as may be made by the
executive;
Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wil
son, president of the United States
of America, do hereby proclaim and
declare that an extraordinary occa
sion requires the congress of the
United States to convene in extra
session at the capitol in the District
of Columbia on the nineteenth day
of May, 1919, at 12 o’clock noon, of
which all persons who shall be at that
time entitled to act as members ther
of are hereby required to take notice.
Given under my hand and seal og‘
the United States of America, the
seventh day of May, in the year of
our Lord, one thousand nine hun-'
ured and nineteen, and of the inde
pendance of the United States, the
one hundred and forty-third. ,
WOODROW WILSON. ¢
“RIP” BLAIR IS A
JUDGE IN GERMANY
Lieutenant Leon Blair is now lo
cated in Germany on the line of the
northern border of the Dutchy of
Luxemburg.
He is acting as Judge of the In
ferior Provost Court in the section,
and the chief duty of this court is to
try Germans for infractions of the
rules.
The court has the power to punish,
60 days imprisonment or by fines not
exceeding 1000 marks, or about $2OO
of our money.
And there is one other point we
wish to make about this, if “Rip’’ has
not learned to speak the German
language yet we will bet he can just
look at one and tell whether he is
guilty or not.
Marietta boys are doing their part
in running affairs in the occupied
zone of Germany and France.
Lieutenant Stanton Reed is acting
as Mayor of a town in the military
section of the country and is no
doubt making a first class American
town of it. From what we have heard
of some of the French towns a good
American clean up will be of benefit
to them.
Stanton writes that he is billeted
with his Major, who happens to be a
son of Secretary of the Treasury
Glass, and very comfortably situa
ted as things go over there.
He is no doubt having a novel ex
perience over there, but writes that
he hopes to get home again by July,
MAN ARRESTED CHARGED
WITH BANK ROBBERY
One John Nolan has been arrested
nd is now in the county jail of Chero
kee, charged with robbing the Bank
of Ball Ground some time ago.
A lot of Liberty Bonds were taken
and it is said these were traced to
Griffin where Nolan had disposed of
them.
This man Nolan will be remem
bered here as the party who was
charged with the robbery of the L.
& N. train at Vinings in this county
some years ago.
He was tried here before Judge H.
L. Patterson four times, for this gne
crime, and in the three first trials,
the case was caried up and a new
trial granted, because of some error
in the trial.
In the fourth trial he was ac
quitted, after remaining in jail here
for many months, and the four trials
cost Cobb county many thousands of
doliars.
COBB COUNTY NOTES l
NOW ALL IN VAULT
All the county notes, which were
handled by Frank Scarboro, have
been returned to the clerk of the
county commissioners by the receiver
of the Scarboro Company, and are
now in the vault of the county.
These are the notes for $60,000, on
which the county expected to get a
loan for this year’s business, but the
notes were not sold.
The county now has no outstanding
notes, but the warrants bear interest
and are being handled by banks or
local financiers.
We believe that the financial con
dition of the county is being greatly
improved this year, as it was last
yvear, and we congratulate the com
missioners upon the situation.
Mrs. Jas. R. Brumby, Jr.
Mrs. Marianne Gendron Brumby,
31 years old, died on Monday, May 5,
at Nolan’s Sanatorium.
The funeral services were held at
4:30 o’clock on Wednesday afternoon
at St. James Episcopal church, the
Rev. R. R. Claiborne officiating. The
hymns “Lead Kindly Light,” “Asleep
in Jesus,” and ‘“For All Thy Saints,”
were beautifully sung by the Episco
pal choir, assisted by Mrs. Ralph
Northcutt, Mrs. E. P. Dobbs, and
Mrs. D. C. Cole.
The interment was in the Episcopal
cemetery, the ball-bearers being
Messrs. Otis Brumby, George H. Ses
sions, Ralph Northcutt, Henry Cohen,
George Welsh and Welborn Reynolds.
Besides the hundreds of friends at
the services, the City Councilmen
and Police force attended in a body.
All stores and public buildings were
closed for the hour, as a mark of sym
pathy and respect.
Mrs. Brumby is survived by her
husband, James R. Brumby, Jr., two
little girls, Marianne and an infant,
her mother, Mrs. Edgar Nichols, two
sisters, Misses Sabine and Sue Nichols
two brothers, Ed and George Nichols,
and other relatives.
St. James has been the scene of
many sad funerals, but this was per
haps the saddest ever held there. The
Church was decked by loving friends
as though for a bridal. The chancel
was carpeted with flowers, and masses
of beautiful fiowers were used every
where. The snow-white casket was
wcovered with a drapery of delicate
‘maiden-hair fern and white roses.
Among the many handsome designs
sent by the City and by various busi
ness firms, were quantities of flowers
brought from their own gardens by
numbers of sorrowing friends.
On Saturday our town was congrat
ulating Mayor Brumby on the new
little daughter who had come to bless
his home; on Monday afternoon the
whole town was shocked and grieved
beyond expression by the sudden
death of his lovely young wife. Peo
ple of every denomination, and from
the highest and lowest walks of life,
mourn as one the untimely death of
this young woman. Beloved and ad
mired by all she was exceptionally
gentle, modest and unostentatious,
living as sweetly, serenely and beau
tifuly as a flower and like a flower
broken from its stem she died quickly
and peacefully at the very zenith of
her happiness, mistress of a handsome
new home, with an adoring husband
and two lovely little daughters “in
the twinkling of an eye she was cut
off.” _
As Mr. Claiborne said in the im
pressive talk he made during the
funeral services, “It could be said of
Annie Brumby as it was said of
Enoch in the Bible, she “walked with
God and was not, for God took her.”
The funeral services were preceded
by the administration of the Holy
Communion to the members of the
family, at 3:30; and the baptism of
the infant daughter, so soon mother
less, who was christened Sabine Als
ton. :
Those present felt that the dead
are not gone from us, but are still
with us in spirit.
How death does love a shining
mark! God looked down into this
garden of flowers, and saw fit to take
to Himself one of the sweetest and
most beautiful of all.
There is a message for all in the
passing of Mrs. Brumby. The super
ficial things of the world were of no
importance to her beside the essen
tial ,the spiritual things of life.
She filled every relation in life
loyally, faithfully, lovingly. As
daughter, as wife, as mother, she was
as near perfect as a human being
could be. In the Church she was
ever ready to do more than her share.
In the Sunday School and in the
Chureh Societies she was a power for
good, and her noble influence will
be sorely missed.
Only last Sunday she was teaching
her little daughter this verse, for
Sunday School which no one could
say more earnestly, more truly than
“Annie” Brumby. “I have fought a
good fight; I have finished my course;
I have kept the faith.”
How about those Victory Bonds
to prove your real unadulterated and
simon pure patriotism? It is a test
that will show how much you really
care for your gzovernment now.
$l.OO PER YEAR
GOVERNOR TURNS I.OIISE]
ON PEOPLE uf'é'fi‘dfi'?# ’
Some Influence Used To Get
Pardon For Negro
Court Dockets of Cobbh County Full
of Criminal History Made By This
Negro. Once Convicted of Assault
With Intent To Murder.
Considering Governor Dorsey’s pre
election attitude on the subject, he is
far t?rom consistent in sustaining the:
verdicts of the courts. i
He has just pardoned one of the
most notorious negro criminals who
ever figured in Cobb County Courts.i
Last fall George Gardner, colored,
was convicted in a liquor case before
Judge Morris at the November term
of court, and was sentenced to 12
months jin the chaingang without the
right to pay out.
This week, although less than half
this sentence has been served, George
Gardner is free, by the grace of Gov
ernor Dorsey, and the activity of his
attorney, Herbert Clay.
Let us tell you who George Gard
ner is in order that you may appre
ciate the full meaning of this.
Georgie is a negro, whose court
reord we have just looked up for a
dozen years only, and this is what
we find on the Cobb County records.
We quote from the docket and we
only looked back to 1905, and it’s
a plenty.
1905—Convicted of a misdemeanor.
1906—Convicted of a misdegpneanor.
1906—Convicted of assault with
intent to murder, his victim being an
old and respected white man, Billie
Mason, whom he also robbed. He
was tried by Judge Gober who gave
him 10 years in the penitentiary
which was the limit under the statute.
He only served about one-third of
this term, securing a pardon through
his attorney Herbert Clay.
1910—Indicted for a misdemeanor.
b 1911—Indicted for assault with in
tent to murder, and convicte’d of
assault and battery, and sentenced to
8 months in the chain gang by Judge
Morris.
1911—Convicted of liquor selling
and sentenced to 8 months in chain
gang by Judge Morris.
1911—Indicted for misdemeanor
and case nolle prossed.
1913—Plead guilty to misdemean
or and sentenced to 7 months in
chaingang or $lOO fine by Judge Pat
terson. .
1915—Indicted for misdemeanor
and case nolle possed by Judge Pat
terson and Solicitor Herbert Clay.
1918—Plead guilty to liquor charge
and sentenced to 12 months in the
chaingang by Judge Morris, and this
is the case in which he has just se
cured a pardon of Governor Dorsey
through his attorney Herbert Clay.
1918—Indicted on a liquor charge
still pending against him.
Now isn’t that a nice record for
you? And rumors of other events
in the history of George Gardner are
current, but for lack of time we have
not traced these rumors, but we are
sure they will not reflect credit upon
George as a citizen.
Some former governors may have
abused the pardoning power—we are
sure they have—but it would be hard
to find a worse case of abuse than
turning this negro loose on the com
munity again.
How can the courts of Georgia be
expected to enforce the liquor law or
any other law and order when we
have a governor who thus uses his
power to free notorious negro crim
inals upon the country.
DEATH OF E. N. DAVENPORT
Mr. E. N. Davenport, 70 years old,
died at his home on Rose Lane on
Sunday. The remains were taken to
Acworth on Tuesday morning, the
funeral services and interment being
at Mars Hill. The Rev. J. H. Patton
officiated. Mr. Davenport is survived
by his wife, four daughters, Mrs. W.
E. Swanson, and Miss Clara Daven
port, of Marietta, Mrs. V. T. Swan
son and Mrs. Pitner, of Acworth, and
three sons, J. Walter Davenport, of
Hallsville, Texas, T. H. Davenport,
of Blakely, Ga., and Arthur Daven
port, of Marietta.
Mr. Davenport has been in feeble
health since moving here from Ac
worth some years ago, but his death
was unexpected. He had always been
a member of the Presbyterian church.
PATRIOTIC LEAGUE GIRL’S
PLAY A GREAT SUCCESS
The play “Breezy Point” rendered
by the Patriotic League Girls at the
Dixie Theater on Monday evening
was a brilliant success. .
Although the talent was all ama
tuer, we have heard many compli
ments upon the splendid acting of
the parts.
The play was also a success from
the financial standpoint also, $lO6
boine retted by the League after pay
ing all expenses. .
Established 1866
NEW ROAD OFFICERS
- ELECTED ON TUESDAY
At the meeting of the commission
'ers on Tuesday the resignation of
Warden N. M. Morris was accepted
and Mr. A. Cliff Mayes was elected
to succeed him.
Mr. Mayes has been the first deputy
warden and he is succeeded by Alon
zo Carter as first deputy, and Lee
McCutcheon was elected second dep
uty.
These gentlemen have had exper
| ience with the work and will no doubt
fill their positions with ability.
. Mr. Morris, the retiring warden
‘who resigned, has served the county
most satisfactorily, and has a fine let
ter of commendation from the sec
retary of the State Prison Commis
sion.
|
PEACE TREATY
- IS PRESENTED
\ TO GERMANY
~ The treaty provides that Germany
shall be bound to accept any agree
ment reached with her former allies.
It promulgates the League of Nations,
and Germany restores Alsace-Lorraine
to France, Danzig permanently inter
nationalized, Germany agrees to ter
ritorial changes toward Belgium and
Denmark and in east Prussia, Ger
many cedes most of upper Silesia to
Poland and also renounces all her
territorial and political rights outside
of Europe.
Other provisions of the treaty are
as follows:
Germany recognizes total independ
ence of German Austria, Czecho-Slo
vakia and Poland.
German army reduced to 100,000
men, including officers.
Conscription within German ter
ritories abolished.
All German forts for fifty kilo
meters east of the Rhine razed.
All importation, exportation and
nearly all production of war mate
rials stopped.
Allied occupation of parts of Ger
many to continue until reparation is
made.
Any German violation of conditions
pertaining to the Rhine zone consti
tute an act of war.
German navy reduced to six bat
tleships, six light cruisers and twelve
torpedo boats with no submarines.
- German navy personnel] to consist
of not over 15,000. All other war
vessels must be surrendered or de
stroyed, and also that Germany is
forbidden to build forts controlling
the Baltic.
All Heligoland fortifications must
be demolished, the Kiel canal ‘to be
open to all nations, she must surren
der her fourteen submarine cables,
and abolish her naval and military air
forces after October f.
Germany is to accept full responsi
bility for all damages to allied and
associated governments and nations.
Germany to accept League of Na
tions in principle, but without mem
bership. International labor body
(Continued on page eight)
STRAND CHANGES HANDS
Mr. F. G. Marchman has sold the
Strand Theatre to the Lynch Syndi
cate which operates picture theatres
in many Southern cities. The Strand
will be under the personal manage
ment of Mr. A. H. Cobb, Jr.
CHANGE ON BOARD
OF TAX EQUALIZERS
On Tuesday, the resignation of Mr.
B. H. Carrie, of Kennesaw, as a
member of the board of tax equalizers
was handed to the board of commis
‘gioners at their monthly meeting.
It was accepted by the board and
Mr. W. M. Webb, of Acworth, was
elected to fill the vacancy.
Mr. Carrie made a good man on
the board but his business was such
as to require that he give up the
board work.
Mr. Webb will fill the place with
credit and ability.
ATLANTA WOMEN TO GET VOTE
White women of Atlanta will be
alowed to vote in ‘the next white pri
mary of that city. It is a good way
on the road toward the ultimate des
tination, full woman suffrage. It will
make it easier for those who have
so long fought it, to give up grace
fully. Again it will accustom women
to the exercise of the right, when it
is finally granted. Not much longer
can it be delayed. In this connection
we see that “old Bill” Keeler is in
favor of women voting but he wants
to restrict the suffrage to those wo
men who have enough consideration
for the rights of others, to shut a
street car door after them in cold
weather.
NEW INSURANCE AGENCY
The Dobbs & Gurley Insurance
Azenc'y was sold this week to a new
firm composed of Messrs. Wm. Tate
Holland and Arthur L. Crowe, both
~f whom have recently returned from
France.
