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FLORENGE COMPANY IN
NEW MODERN BUILDING
Marietta Store that Equals Finest in{
its Line and a Credit to the |
Town and County
s {
Quietly and steadily improvement
in the business houses in Marietta is
going on,y, but the latest and most
important or these recently has been
the re-modeling, if we do not call it
the re-building, of the Blair Building
occupied by The W. A. Florence Dry-
Goods Company.
"~ No one who looks at either the out
side or the inside of this store could
take it for the same building, and if
we speak accurately it is not the
same, for the floor space has been
fully doubled by the enormous room
which has been -added for the ready
to-wear department, and the front
was torn out entirely, and rebuilt in
the most attractive style with mar
ble and pressed brick.
Every part of the interior which
was not in the new section, has been
renewed, so that the whole presents
an appearance equal to that of any
store in Atlanta. The front is partic
ularly striking in appearance, not on
ly on account of the building, but the
the show windows which form a sort
of arcade some thirty feet from the
street, a full plate-glass front all of
the way, the inside the windows all
floored with hard-wood of design to
please the eye in search of the beaut
iful, and giving a wonderful oppor
tunity for the skilled window artists
empl:yed by the company.
We' should fail of our duty if we
did not mention also that the new
clothng cabinets, showcases and other
fixtures of the latest and most ap
proved models which have just been
placed in this store are a credit to
the town and a source of reasonable
pride to the management, for they
too, are the equal to the finest in any
Atlanta house.
A most remarkable thing about all
these changes is that they have been
accomplished with closing the busi
ness for a day. Every day during the
time a way of entrance was provided
and the parts on which work was in
progress were cut off by canvas or
wall screens for protection of the
stock, and the customers who have
taxed the sales force to the limit this
early spring.
lAside *from any saving in your
buying list, the store is well worth
your time for a visit, and Mr. Flor
ence has assured us that that public
is welcome at all times, whether for
the purpose of shopping or of look
ing through this beautiful store.
So far as the stock i concerned,
our readears well know from the ads
in this paper each week that never
in the history of the town has there
ever been so many and so pretty a
display of those things that go to
make the feminine life one of joy
and happiness.
MRS. INNES IN MACON
JAL AWAITING BOND
Mrs. Ida Innes, who was arrested
upon a new charge upon her release
from the state farm, has been in Ma
con jail awaiting bond to be executed
by friends in Oregon. This charge
is using the mails to defraud and will
be tried in the United States Court.
AN UNSOLICITED HONOR
FOR A MARIETTA MAN
Mr. John T. Dorsey was much sur
prised last week to receive through
the mails a commission as Assistant
Judge Advocate in Chief of the Sons
of Confederate Veterans.
The commission came from Gene
ral Nathan B. Forrest, of Memphis,
who is now Commander in chief of
the Sons’ of Confederate Veterans,
and son of the famous general of the
same name.
Although the duties of the office
are rather vague, requiring only some
service at time of reunions, Mr. Dor
sey says that he highly appreciates
the honor as it came entirely unsoli
cited.
CENSUS REPORTS
The census office now is announc
ing the population of cities and
many surprises are in store for those
claiming big increases, but so far
few towns have shown a decrease.
MARIETTA LOSES GAME
AND THE CHAMPIONSHIP
In a hard fought battle in Atlanta
on Thursday afternoon the Girl’s
Basket Ball Team of the Marietta
High School lost the game and with
it sne championship for the year to
tde Fulton Team.
A large and enthusiastic crowd of
gupporters and rooters went over on
a special car to se the game, and they
were all in fine spirits and full of
hope for the championship to come to
Cobb, but it was not to be.
"The final score was ten to twenty
against Marietta, and it was a sad
dened but plucky team that returned
to" Marietta with their band of sor
rowing but true and tried rooters.
THE MARIETTA JOURNAIL
MAYORS’ DUAL SALARY HAS
| BEEN ATTACKED IN COURT
As the late lamented O. Henry
would say,“lt ain’t all jam, being a
mayor,”” no not even in Marietta, one
of the best towns in the country.
Things may look good from the dis
’tance but inside there are rough and
‘rugged places that give you jar, even
if they don’t throw you off the road.
If you don’t believe this ask Mayor
Brumby, who returns from a honey
moon to find the biggest portion of
‘his monthly stipend tied up in court
on an injunction.
Under the arrangement in force in
Marietta, the water and light board
has employed the mayor to also act
as the superintendent of the water
works, which plan was supposed to be
a satisfactory one until this week, at
least no official action was taken to
stop the arrangement until a petition
was presented to Judge Blair, hold
ing this arrangement to be illegal for
certain reasons set forth in the peti
tion. This petition was signed by
E. P. Dobbs and others.
The compensation as mayor of Ma
rietta is $500.00 per year, and as the
superintendent of the water works,
the additonal sum of $2,400.00 was
being paid to Mr. Brumby.
The court granted the injunction
temporarily and the mayor must at
a special hearing show cause why the
injunction should not be made per
manent, in which event the mayor
would have to resign his office if he
holds on to the other job.
The injunction is binding against
the members of the board of water
and lights, and strictly speaking it
is the board that is required to an
swer the court’s injunction.
There has recently been some
talk of a commission government in
Marietta, and it is possible that this
case may bring about more serious
consideration of that form of city
government which seems to work so
well in Rome and a great many oth
er towns and cities throughout the
country.
ALL FLIERS ARE ASKED
TO KEEP IN PRACTICE
~ Air service units will not be estab
lished in colleges along the lines of
the reserve officers’ training corps,
but qualified military aviators will be
encouraged to keep in training by
taking practice flights at regular fly
ing fields, General Menoher, director
of air service, announced today. Gen
eral Menoher ordered the establish
ment of ground courses in aeronauti
ca] entering colleges and universities
and announced his willingness to sup
ply engines for training purposes.
YOU MIGHT BE ARRESTED
WITHOUT A 1920 TAG
The thirty days of grace granted
to automobile owners by Secretary of
State S. G. McLendon expired on
April 1, and according to a letter
sent by him to all sheriffs in Georgia,
prosecutions will be in order for all
motorists failing to show 1919 motor
vehicle license tags on their cars.
The automobile department of the
secretary of state’s office has issued
about 116,000 tags to date and all ap
plications have been filed, says Mr.
McLendon. Thus there is no ground
for excuse on the part of automobile
owners that tags were not available.
There has been during the past thirty
days some difficulty in securing tags,
due to the inability of the manufac
turers to deliver on time, but this
handicap has been overcome and
there now is on hand an ample supply
of tags to fill all demands.
The motor vehicle license tax law
as passed in 1919 provides that auto
mobile owners shall secure their tags
by March 1 or be liable to arrest and
prosecution. On March 1, however,
Secretary McLendon advised the
sheriffs of Georgia not to make ar
rests, but to wait until April 1 to al
low the department to catch up with
the applications on hand. This has
been done, according to the secretary
of state and in his letter to the sher
iffs he advises them to proceed vigor
ously under the law, arrest all auto
mobile owners who do not carry 1920
tags.
NEWSPAPER MEN MEET ON
FRIDAY TO TALK BUSINESS
The Georgia State Press Associa
tion will meet in Atlanta on Friday
of this week to consider buslness that
is of vast importance to the country
newspapers of the state.
It is the oft spoken of mnewsprint
shortage that is ever before them,
with its constantly increasing menace
to the very life of every country pa
par, and the problem must be solved
or put on a stable basis for their se
curing the necessary paper if they
are to stay in business.
Long ago the matter passed a ques
tion of price, which has very nearly
approached five times the normal fig
ure, but it is now a serious question
if all the papers can get enough to
keep going at any figure.
This paper has been very fortunate
in the matter of looking ahead for
its paper stock up to this time, but
the time has come when it will have
to scramble for its share just as the
iothers who were less provident.
MARIETTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1920
POWER GOMPANY ASKS
FOR ADVANGE IN RATE
Your Light, Heat And Power Billl
To Go Up Onme-third If
Petition Is Granted
A matter of no little concern to
the people of Marietta is the peti
tion of the Georgia Railway & Power
Company, asking of the - Railroad
Commission the authority to raise
rates for electricity 33 one-third per
cent.
Such a petition has been decided
upon by the directors of that com-‘
pany and we laren that it will ‘bei
filed at once with the commission in.
Atlanta. It will ask for a raise of
two cents on the local car fares in
that city making an eight cent fare
and a general increanse of one-third
on all rates. ‘
As soon as it was learned that this
increase was proposed the mayor of
Atlanta called a meeting in his office
which was attended by the mayors of
East Point and Decatur and other
city officials of Atlanta for the pur
pose of considering means of oppos
ing the raise, and it was agreed to
ask the railroad commission to defer
the hearing of the petition for thirty
days inorder to give consumers time
to prepare their side of the case.
As the surburban line to Marietta
is operated by this company and as
the city buys from them all the elec
tricity for its own use as well as that
it sells to consumers here, the out
come of the matter is of much im
portance to our people.
A CLINIC FOR THE COUNTY
WOULD BE A GOOD THING
There has been some discussion of
the benefits to be derived from the
operation of the Ellis Health Law in
this county, and the extension of
health work generally, since the ex
aminations of the school children has
located so many defectives, and one
of the practical things that might be
done is the establishment of a clinic
}in Marietta.
For the benefit of some of our
[readers who may not understand it,
!we will say that a clinic is a place
ifitted and equipped for making all
sorts of physical examinations, and
iperforming the various minor oper
‘ations, for which many physicians’
offices are not properly prepared.
In some cities, in fact in most of
them, free clinics are established for
the benefit of those who are unable
to pay for these things, but if one is
‘to be opened here, asmall charge for
rent and maintainence would proba
‘bly have to be made in addition to
|the medicines furnished. ;
~ The health department will so far
| as it is possible, locate the cases but
a clinic fitted for any one who chose
}to go and be examined and treated
we believe would be of benefit to the
public, although it would not inter
fere with the business of the estab
lished sanitariums in any way.
MISS CLARA EVELYN GILBERT
‘ ——— e
A sad death was that of Miss Clara
Evelyn Gilbert who died on Tuesday
morning March 30th, at 8 o’clock
iafter a short illness.
She is survived by her mother, Mrs.
Lucy Gilbert, four brothers and three
sisters, and had many relatives and
friends in Marietta to whom her
death was a shock and grief.
- The funeral was conducted on
Wednesday morning from the resi
dence of her mother on Cherokee
street.
~ ““None knew her but to love her,
~ None named her but to praise.”
ATTORNEY GENERAL WALKER
‘ RESIGNS ON APRIL 30TH
! The resignation of Aattorney Gen
eral Clifford Walker was tendered
Governor Hugh M. Dorsey Wednes
lday, to take effect thirty days from
date. His successor will be Colonel
R. A. Denny, well-known attorney of
'Rome, Governor Dorsey having an
nounced some weeks ago that Mr.
Denny would be appointed in the
event Mr. Walker resigned.
Mr. Walker’s resignation was sub
’mitted in view of the fact that he
}wishes to devote his time to his can
didacy for governor.
Mr. Walker was in Marietta one
day last week shaking hands with
ould friends and making new ones in
;the cause of his candidacy.
BAPTIST YOUNG PEOPLE
| TO MEET IN MARIETTA
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The Baptist Young People’s union
%will hold a two-day institute at the
First Baptist church in Marietta on
April 17 and 18 for the purpose of in
teresting the churches in the Noon
day association with the Baptist
Young People’s union organization
for each church.
A number of churches now have a
Baptist Young People’s union and the
hélpful training received in the ser
vices has been so great that it is
planned to organize the young peo
ple in each church in view of train
ing them for future chruch work
leaders. y
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Seventh District Scholls To Hold An.
| nual Meet In Rome On
April 16-17 '
. The annual meet of the Seventh
District schools will be in Rome this
year and the date is fixed as April
16 and 17 which days come on Friday
and Saturday.
| Quite a number of the children will
;probably attend but the representa
tives of the local school are chosen
after competitive tests in the various
studies and athletics.
The literary contest was held in the
High School Auditorium, and the ath
letics on the school grounds, those
named below being the winners and
therefore the school representatives
to the meet.
Girls’ Essay, Isabella Manning.
Boys’ Essay, Weldon Underwood.
Declamation, Paxton Erwin.
Recitation, Sarah Frances North
cutt.
Music, Annie Bolling Claiborne.
100 yard dash, Lee Sessions.
220 yard dash, Clarence Jolly.
440 yard dash, Albert Bishop.
120 yard hurdles, Clarence Jolly.
Half-mile " relay, Jolly Sessions,
Clarke and Nolan.
Running high jump, Lewis Hibble.
Running broad jump, Fred Clarke.
Pole vault, Thomas Nolan.
Shot put, Clarence Jolly.
Marietta has always gotten a per
centage of the honors at these meets,
anl we feel sure that these young
people will gustain the previous high
record of the school.
MARETTA NEEDS AN UP
TO DATE LIBRARY
Marietta has had a library for
thirty-nine years. The Marietta Li
brary Association was organized in
1881, with a small collection of well
chosen boks, and a membership made
up of all the progressive, public
spirited citizens of that day. In 1893
Miss Sarah Freeman Clarke Zave her
library of two thonsand volumes and
a building, the Marietta Library As
sociation gave its books—nearly two
thousand—a number of generous
citizens donated two thousand dollars
for the Church street lot, and this
combination of the two libraries was
called the Clarke Library Association.
The present building was opened in
the fall of 1893. For twenty six
years the library has been maintained
by the small membership fee of two
dollars a year. This has meant a
very small sum to carry on library
work, as the city has made no appro
priation, and there was no endow
ment. The librarians have been vol
unteers all these years, as the income
has never been large enough to em
ploy a trained librarian.
' The time has come when Marietta
must have a more up to date, better
equipped library. Other towns whose
libraries have been established only
a few years are far ahead of us in
their efficiency. We need new books,
especially good reference books for
the benefit of the High School, the
books need to be rearranged and re
catalogued, and we need a trained
librarian who will give her time and
thought to extending the Library ser
vice, an dmaking it mean much more
to the community.
- Our newly organized Woman's
Club needs a well equipped library.
The chairman of the sections now
have to use the Carnegie in Atlanta
for much of their work. Owur High
School is in great need of an up to
date reference works, and the young
er children ned to be guided in their
choice of books, and be given an in
terest in good literature by the story
telling hour.
It is time for the citizens of Mari
etta to rally to the aid of the Li
brary. Headed by the Rotarians the
appeal will be made in April, every
one will be asked to help. With the
whole hearted co-operation of all we
can have a Library equal in efficiency
to any in the samller cities of Geor
gia.
) L
REED SAYS HE WILL NOT
| ENTER GEORGIA PRIMARY
Senator Reed spoke at Moultrie on
Thursday and in an interview stated
that he would not have his name upon
the ballot in Georgia on April 20, and
that he would wire Hiram Gardner,
the secretary of the state committee
to omit his name.
MILLER FOUNDRY COMPANY
IS BIG NEW BUSINESS HERE
For many years Marietta has had
one large foundry that hasbeendoing
work that was shipped all over the
earth, and now comes another which
will add materially to the weekly
pay-roll of the Marietta industries,
The new business comes from Dal
ton, where it has been in successful
operation for a number of years, but
recognizing the superior advantages
of Marietta, the plant has been mov
ed to this place and soon will be in
operation on the Atlanta car line,
just below the Butler crossing.
MARIETTA COTTON MILL
ELECTS ITS OFFICERS
The Marietta Cotton Mill comple
ted its organization this week by the
election of its directors and officers.
The officers are W. F. Hetrick, pre
sidept; J. W. Hancock, vice-president;
W. E. Schilling, Secty and Treu.,\
‘who with the following gentlemen
compose the board of directors: W.
T. Holland, J. A. Carlisle, J. E. Mas
sey and Guy Northeutt. {
! This company was oly recently w
ganized with the prime purpose of
affording a home market for the cot
ton crop of Cobb county but already
‘befote even a yard of goods is turn
ed out the stock is worth $125 per
share, |
’ This fact is partially due to the
promoters having purchased their
imachinery some time ago, and now
the markets of the whole world are
bare of machinery of almost every
description and particularly cotton
mill machinery.
It is said that the Japanese have
contracts covering the output of the
machinery makers for the next two
years and this practically creates a
monopoly for those who are already
supplied. The machinery has arrived
and is being placed for early ope
ration in the mill building on the
W. & A. railroad south of the Ste
hens lumber yard.
A small amount of the treasury
stock has not yet been sold and this
is yet available to the stockholders
at advantageous figures.
It would not be surprising to see
the Marietta mill stock worth double
within the current year.
DELAWARE PROSPERS SELLING
FAKE COMPANY CHARTERS
The state of Delaware has long
been a sort ofpirate in its easy busi
ness ways for the organization of
gold brick corporations, which prey
upon the guileless stockbuyers of
other states.
The present secretary of State in
Georgia has done much to show up
the laxity of the laws of Delaware,
and has made it hard for the “blue
sky” stock salesmen to bunko the
people of Georgia any more, but yet
Delaware prospers. Hear this.
Most states are poverty-stricken by
the high cost of government. But
not Delaware! |
As a financier Delaware has Wall
street beaten forty ways. 3
This state taps the purses of peo
ple in the other states! :
Wherefore $1,500,000 excess
funds now lie in the state treasury—
the most money Delaware ever had.
The easy income is derived from
issueing charters to corporations, Del-‘
aware has ‘“broad laws.” You can
take out a charter for a corporation
dealing in anything from yellow gold
to blue sky. Hundreds of corpora
tions all over the country are charter
ed under Delaware laws.
- Pay Delaware a charter fee, send
your attorney around once a year to
hold an “annual meeting,” pay your
yearly charter tax regularly—that’s
all there is to gn. Steck doesn’t even
have to be paid for, only subscribed.
~ The state has good as well as spu
rious corporations. The General
Motors company last year paid Del
awware a fee of more than $200,000
when it increased its capitalization,
because it was chartered there.
~ There’s so much money in the state
treasury the legislature at its coming
session will transfer $500.000 to the
school fund, enabing counties to keep
the school tax rate under 50 cents
per $lOO.
COUNTY PRIMARY LIST
CLOSED ON THURSDAY
~ The ballot for Cobb county offi
cers closed on Thursday of this week
according to the rules of the county
committee as previously advertised.
~ While the list of candidates an
nounced is not so long as in some
counties, more than twenty have
placed cards in The Journal as fol
lows:
~ For Clerk of Court—D. H. Collins.
~ For Sheriff—Mack Pair, W. E.
Swanson.
- For Ordinary—J. M. Gann.
~ For County School Commissioner
Bernard Awtrey, Hugh Moore.
For County Surveyor—J. J. San
ders.
~ For Treasurer—Hoyt L. Barfield,
Arch C. White.
~ For Tax Collector—Tom Collins,
J. C. Dunton, C. P. Hames, T. H. Le-
Croy, J. Horace Hamby.
’ For Tax Receiver—J, W. Gaines,
Horace (Bose) Groover, Robert Ma
ible, C. F. Morgan.
| For Coroner—J. A. (Daddy) Kile.
f For Commissioner of 3rd District
'W. L. Florence, N. W. Dunton. ‘
’ For Commissioner of sth Pistrict
I. C. Power, H. P. Carpenter. ", ‘
We have also had the announce
ment of John 8. Wood, for Solicitor
but this office is not to be voted upon
until Bth of September.
There has been little or no excite-i
ment over the presidential cand‘idates*
and nobody seems to care about that
but we have presented quite an as-!
sortment from which to choose your
county officers on the 20th.
ESTABLISHED 1866
Last Legislature Cut Out City Voters
From Race Of County School
Superintendent
In one of the races for county of
ficers, citizens of Marietaa can not
vote this year. Of course the voters
of each district only are permitted
to vote for their county commission
ers but there is another office for.
which the voting is restricted. We
refer to that of County Superintend
ent of Public Schools for which
Messrs. Bernard Awtrey and Hugh
Moore are the candidates.
Under the Act of the General As
sembly approved August 18, 1919, it
is provided (Georgia Laws, 1919, p.
349), as follows: “County Superin
tendents of Schools shall be elected
for a term of four years, as now pro
vided by law, at the same time and
place as state and county officers; Pro
vided, if there is in this county one or
more independent school systems not
under the supervision of the County
Superintendent, the voters of such in
dependent systems shall not vote in
the election for County Superinten
dent.”
The city of Marietta has an inde
pendent school system which is not
under the supervision of the County
Superintendent, and for this reason
the voters within the incorporate
limits will not be permitted to vote
for County Superintendent of
Schools.
We understand that Roswell also
has its independent system, and if
there is any other town in the county
that is similiarly situated, the voters
of that district will likewise not be
entitled to vote.
This is a just law, and there were
good reasons for its enactment. Only
the people over whom the County
Superintendent will have jurisdiction,
will be permitted to express their
choice by ballot for his election.
%HONOR ROLL FOR MARCH
| MARIETTA PUBLIC SCHOOL
First Grade A—Emma Sue Evans,
Helen Blakemore, Theresa Hamby,
Janie Lee, Evelyn Spinks, Charles
Ward, Marvin Garrison, Pat Bishop.
Second Grade B—Eugenia Black,
Laura Jean Dickson, Katherine Floyd
Yrma Daron Hancock, Dorothy Potts,
Elizabeth Upshaw, Annie Pearl Mec-
Collum.
Third Grade B—Marian Cox, Fran
ces Gaines, Irene Robinson, Hilland
Allgood, Peyton Randolph.
Third Grade A—Blanche Griggs.
Fourth Grade A—Evelyn Rodgers,
Fanny Bowles Rodgers, Helen Law
rence, Anna M. Richards.
Fourth Grade B-—Mary Frances
Fourth Grade C—Lois Langley.
Cheney, Mary Hodges, Elsie Boatner,
Frances Harrison.
Fifth Grade A—Sarah Lee Potts,
Laura Morris, Eva Miller, Irene
Moon, Regina Hicks.
Fifth Grade B—Roberta Sylvester,
Mary Lou Richardson, Eva Mae Nor
man, Elizabeth Milam, Katharine
Jameson, Edward Mims, Sara Lance,
Norine Scott, Roberta Rainey, Mary
Lawrence.
Sixth Grade B—Sterling Claiborne
E. W. Garrison, Kingsley Miller, Bill
Tate, Arnold Conyers, Ida Roberts,
Amanda Groves, J. M. Conroy,
Blanche Pendle, Addie Maddox.
Seventh Grade A—Randolph Clai
borne, Billie Cox, Edmund Gaines,
Douglas Northcutt, Edward Stephens,
Carl Harris, Virgie Lee Conroy, Hat
tie V. Griggs, Lillian Hyde, Ethelyn
Leard, Polly Webb.
Seventh Grade B—Merrill Awtrey,
Bank DuPre, William DuPre, Annie
Louise Comfort, Lucile Goodson, Nita
Belle Maddox, Lottie Mitchell, Hor
tense Smith, Pearl Wallace, Natilie
ROSWELL NEITHER SEAPORT
OR EVEN A RAILROAD TOWN
Roswell is still a country town so
far as railroad service is concerned,
for while the Railroad Commission
has issued an order to the Southern
Railway to resume the service on
the Roswell branch, railroad attor
neys can usually find a way to delay
if not defeat, the execution of orders
of the Railroad Commission.
We do not mean to say that there
is not merit in the contention of the
railroad in this case, or that the road
may not be entirely within their legal
rights at all, but there is always a
long litigation of matters pertaining
to these rights.
Judge Bell of the Fulton Superior
Court has granted an injunction re
straining the commission from the
enforcement of the order, and has
appointed a special receiver to take
charge of the affairs of the Roswell
branch of the road.
The final outcome of the matter
will probably rest upon the report of
the receiver, after he has had time
to make an examination of the affairs
of the road. In the meantime Ros
well will have have to wait, if its re
sourceful mayor can not match the
the moves of the railroad lawyers,
$lOO
A YEAR