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VOL. 54. NO. 16.
Full Official Ticket With Other In
formation In Regard To
Various Precincts
Take a squint at this and see if
you can locate your men for office.
It is the official ticket as finally pass
ed by the Democratic Executive Com
mittee of Cobb County, the men
whose names appear thereon having
qualified as candidates.
There will be seen the names of
three candidates for president of the
United States, but this probably only
means that the friends of one of
these three will control the delega
tion to the convention.
After that come the county office
seekers, all of whom have opposition,
gxcept Gann for Ordinary, Collins for
Clerk of Court, Sanders for Survey
or, Kile for Coronor, and McLain for
commissioner of the second road dis
trict.
It will also be seen that the ballots
cast by residents within the corporate
limits of Roswell and Marietta will
not have the candidates for County
School Superintendent upon them as
they may not legally vote for this
office. < Y
The names of the Road Commis
sioners will only appear on the bal
lots to be voted in the second, third
and fourth districts,
In Marietta two polling places will
be open in the Court House, in one
of these will be cast the ballots of
citizens of the city who can not vote
for County School Superintendent,
while at the other box the votes of
’citiz‘ns who live in the Marietta dis
trict” outside the city limits will be
polled.
Marietta has the Australian ballot
system and only the official ballot
furnished each voter by the election
managers should be voted. >
Remember also that the old rule of
“voting early and often” has been
abolished, although you may vate
just as early as you wish after the
polls open but only in the precinet
in which you are registered.
The polls will be open from 7 a.m.
to 6 p. m. in Marietta, in other pre
cincts they will be open from 8 a. m.
until 3 p. m. In the incorporated
towns, however, the polls may be
opened at 7 a. m. if they see fit to do
sO.
COBB COUNTY. GEORGIA.
Democratic Primary, April 20, 1920.
Vote for one—strike name or names
not voted for.
For President of the United States
A Mitchell Palmer,
Hoke Smith,
Thos. E. Watson.
FOR ORDINARY
J. M. Gann.
Blde esey e
FOR CLERK OF THE SUPERIOR
COURT
B. ‘H. Collins.
SE L e
FOR SHERIFF
Mack Pair,” s
W. E. Swanson.
egt o e
FOR TAX COLLECTOR
Tom Collins,
J. C. Dunton,
J. Horace Hamby,
C. P. Hames,
T. H. LeCroy.
00l T D G e e
FOR TAX RECEIVER
Jas. W. Gaines,
~Horace (Bose) Groover,
Robert Mable.
C. F. Morgan.
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FOR COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT
OF SCHOOLS
Bernard Awtrey,
Hugh Moore.:
FOR SURVEYOR
J. J. Sanders.
FOR CORONER
J. A. Kile,
FOR TREASURER
Hoyt L. Barfield,
A. C. White.
S g LU
FOR ROAD COMMISSIONER
2nd DISTRICT
To be voted for only in Acworth,
Kennesaw and Red Rock Districts.
G. W. McClain.
Cemi sL o e
FOR ROAD COMMISSIONER
3rd DISTRICT
To be’voted for only in Lost Moun
tain, Powder Springs, Macland and
Oregon districts.
N. W. Dunton.
W. L. Florence,
Rl L e
FOR ROAD COMMISSIONER
sth DISTRICT
To be voted for omly in Roswell,
Gritter, Merritts, Fullers and Post
Oak Districts
H. P. Carpenter,
I. C. Power.
THE MARIETTA JOURNAT
~ Sheriff W. E. Swanson had a full page advertisement in
|this week’s issue of the Cobb County Times concerning his
candidacy for Sheriff. Did you read it? If you didn't,
Vou might have missed something, and you might not. At
any rate, Sheriff Swanson sure did write nice things about
Sheriff Swanson. He evidently was so much pleased with
the article that he wrote and signed about himself, that he
paid to have it published in big letters—a whole page.
Sheriff, you must be badly scared about what the voters
are going to do next Tuesday, or you wouldn’t be throw
ing so many boquets in your own lap.
WANTS TO RUN HIS OFFICE
The Sheriff first wanted it advertised to the voters'that
some Marietta man wanted to run his office, and he
wouldn’t let them do it. He didn’t call any names. Who
do you suppose he referred to? Simp Jackson, or Tom
Jackson, or both? Isn’t it too bad that the Jacksons want
to run the Sheriff’s office, and Sheriff Swanson, just before
the primary, wont let them run it? The Sheriff is evident
ly well acquainted with the Jackson outfit. They do busi
ness day and night right across the street from where the
Sheriff lives. He would have to shut his eyes to keep from
seeing their business, and hold his nose to keep from smel
ling it.
LOCAL EXEMPTION BOARD
The Sheriff’s next complaint in his letter is that he is
being opposed because of his record on the local exemp
tion board of Cobb County. We know n6thing about that
record. That is a question that the drafted men can
answer for themselves at the ballot box. However, the‘
Sheriff seems to be badly frightened about that record.‘
At any rate, Uncle Sam paid him a large salary, in ad
dition to what he recejved as Sheriff, to do this work pro
perly, without favor to any one. If he did that, he was
doing nothing more than his sworn duty, and if he didn’t
do it, he failed to do his duty. ;
NEGRO POOL ROOM
The Sheriff says in this paid advertisement that he has
done his duty as God gave him the light to see it, and he
will meet whatever issue may be raised against him with a
clear conscience. That sounds good, at least; but Sheriff
just between us, not to go any further, let us turn the light
on that duty and clear conscience a little, and see how it
looks—llet us put the acid test to it. You appointed Tom
Sanders as your deputy Sheriff. He was not elected by
the voters. You are now asking that you be elected with
him as your deputy for the next four years. Sanders has
been running a negro pool room for many months; just
around the corner off the public square on Lawrence
Street in Marietta. If you will look on the books where
the registration is kept for special taxes in the Ordinary’s
office you ‘will find the following: “T. M. Sanders 4 pool
tables,” We do not mean to say Sanders stays in the pool,
room all the time and runs it personally, he has a negro
hired to do this for him in his absence. This negro
pool room is the hang out place for the loafing negroes
around Marietta. As long as they are spending money
with your deputy, they evidently feel that they have the{
protection of the Sheriff’s office. We have heard many
men say that they have gone in this pool room, and would
find from ten to thirty or forty negroes, but couldn’t hire al
one of them for love or money. We do not see how it will
increase the confidence of any farmer, or any manufactur-‘
er, or any business man who is short of labor and paying
extra high wages for the same, to know that the adminis—\
tration of the Sheriff’s office is operating a negro pool
room, a place where nothing is produced for the support
or the good of ejther the County or the State. Certainly
we can not imagine people who work, either in the town
or county, crowding about the polls to cast their votes to
sustain any such an administration in the Sheriff’s office
of Cobb county. According to our way of thinking, such
a place should be closed by the Sherift’s office instead of
being maintained by it, and the men who loaf there should
either be put to work on the farms, or in some manufac
turing industry, or else put to work on the public roads of
THE ELECTION NOT ONLY
BUSINESS OF APRIL 20
Next Tuesday is election day in
Cobb, and there will be plenty of
excitement for some in the fight for
county offices, but there is another
matter to be looked after on that day,
which no patriotic citizen should for
get, and that is to remember as liber
ally as your means will permit the
Clarke Library of Marietta.
The organization for the Library
Drive on Tuesday has been complet
ed, and the teams are ready for the
signal to begin work. Mr. J. H. Bos
ton is captain of Team No. 1 while
Mr. R. J. Hancock heads Team No.
2. There are four committees on
each team, the personnel consisting
of three Rotarians, and three ladies,
representing the newly organized
Woman’s Club of Marietta, and the
wives of Rotarians. Any one looking
over the names of the workers will
quickly realize that they have all the
qualities, including plenty of “pep”,
Is This The “Last Minute” Attack @
- - The Sheriff Speaks of In His Card?
MARIETTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1920.
necessary to carry the drive "~ to a
wonderfully successful finish.
This is an opportunity for Mari
etta to show what she can do for one
of her own institutions, one that
greatly needs support and encourage
ment, one that has possibilities of
vaiuable service to the town if the
people will only rally to its aid, and
give the financial support necessary
to equip it for modern, efficient libra
ry service,
The first subscription for the drive
is $25.00 from Miss Lillian Freeman
Clarke, of Boston, who has been such
a friend to the Library these past
months, sending donations of both
money and books several times.
MAYOR BRUMBY IMPROVING
Mayor Jim Brumby, who has been
in the Davis-Fischer sanitarium in
Atlanta for an operation is reported
as being fast recovering from the
effects of the®operation and will be
at home very soon, if the weather
continues good.
the county. If these facts give you a clear conscience,
We must say that you conscience is very easily sptisfied.
‘ BRUMBY AND GANN
Sheriff Swanson undertakes to give in his paid adver
tisement as a reason why he should be re-elected for an
other term of four years, which would give him twelve
years in office as Sheriff, the fact that Mayor Jim Brumby
has again been elected Mayor, and the fact that Judge
Gann is to be re-elected Ordinary without opposition.
‘When Mayor Brumby serves out his present term, he will
only have been in office six years. Mr. Sheriff, you are
now serving your eighth year. Asto Judge Gann, he has
never appointed a deputy who runs a negro pool room. It
is a compliment to him that he has so conducted his office
as not to have opposition.
‘ LAST MINUTE ATTACK
The Sheriff winds up his paid advertisement letter by
stating that he is reliably infl())rmed that a last minute at
tack is to made upon him through one of the Marietta
papers. We presume you have reference to this paper.
The only thing we have said about you was to a news item
concerning your conduct towards Simp Jackson. This
item was published March sth, 1920. fn part, it was as
follows:
“GEORGIA, COBB COUNTY: ‘
I hereby agree to be a volunteer probation officer for J.
S. Jackson w%:ose sentence has this day been moulded bK
the Superior Court of said county. I agree to comply wit
all the conditions prescribed for such Probation Officer as
are required under the Acts of the General Assembly of
Georgia, of 1913, pages 112 and 118.
“I also agree to see that said defendant complies with
all the foregoing provisions of the order of probation pre
scribed by the Court, and also agree that in the event said
defendant fails to comply . therewith, or meet any of the
requirements thereof, that I will immediately, without
warrant, arrest the probationer and bring him before the
Court to be dealt with as the Court may direct.
“This the 14th day of June, 1919.
W. E. Swanson.
“What is the matter, Mr. Sheriff, that you don’t arrest
this notorious law violator and bring him before the court,
ag your solemn obligation binds you to do? Why haven’t
you done it before now? Why didn’t you hold him when
he was discharged on the ground that he was not brought
before Judge Morris before his probation sentence was re
voked, and then immediately bring him again before the
court for violating the probation sentences, by having
liquor in his possession, and for leaving the jurisdiction
of the court? He was arrested beyond the jurisdiction of
the court. You were certainly aware of that fact.”
We asked you some pointed questions in this article,
and you have never seen proper to answer either of them.
They have been publishd for'more than a month.
JUDGE BLAIR ISSUES WARRANT FOR JACKSON
Mr. Sheriff, about the time the above article was pub
lished, Judge Blair issued and signed a warrant for the
arrest of Simp Jackson, turned the same over to you with
instructions t%r you to arrest him and bring him before
the Court. You have had this warrant for more than a
month. You are well aware of the fact that if you arrest
Jackson, it means that the probation sentences will be re
voked, and he will go to the chain gang for two years,
where he deserves to be. * Yet you have not arrested him,
and it is common report that Jackson has been in Marietta
frequently since you havehad this warrant. Simp’s broth
er, Tom, who operates just across the street from you, is
one of your active supports. Has this anything to do with
your failing to discharge your duty as an officer towards
Simp? You failed to say anything about this pool room
business and Jackson business in your paid advertisement.
These are some things that you evidently want the voters
to forget on election day. But they wont, forget them.
Sheriff, stay in a good humor; don’t get mad about
these facts. You are a clever fellow, but you are like “Old
Tray;”” you have unfortunately gotten into bad company,
and besides, you are not the first clever man who has been
told by the voters that eight years is long enough to holdl
office.
YOU CAN ONLY VOTE
| IN YOUR OWN DISTRICT
Under the law now, no man can
vote in the primary in any district
other then the one in which he is re
gistered. He can not as under the old
plan, come in to the county seat and
vote, but must vote in his own pre
cinet. 3
MARIETTA MAN NOT THE
FINDER OF LIBERTY BONDS
A story in the Atlanta Journal on
Saturday evening told of the finding
of $10,500 worth of Liberty Bonds
by Mr. J. W. Petty, of Marietta.
Mr. Petty knew nothing at all of
the matter until shown the story, and
was at a loss to say how his name got
into the story. |
Later it was discovered that an
agent of the same insurance company
for which Mr. Petty works found a
package of stock certificates and
some war savings stamps upon the
staircase of the insurance office in
iAtlanta, and these were registered
so that the owner was easily located.
| Mr. Petty says he is quite sure that
he would know the difference be
tween a Liberty Bond and a stock
certificate of a corporation.
' SACRED HARP SINGERS
| TO BE HERE ON APRIL 25.
Mr. E. G. McGarity, president of
the Cobb County Sacred Harp Sing
ing Association, announces that the
;annual meeting will be held in the
"Court House, Marietta, Sunday, April
- 25th.
; He expects the usual ‘“Biggest
iCrowd" ever in Marietta to be here.
Everybody invited to come and help
in singing and entertaining the visit
ors.
~ He has appointed Messrs. Bernard
Awtrey, W. H. Power and M. W.|
Murdock as a committee on arrange
ments who will look after all the in
terests of the occasion. Singing be
gins at nine a. m., sharp. Be on hand
‘with your book.
ESTABLISHED 1866
|But Mother Goose Never Drove A
Car Or Stuck In The Mud On
A Cobb County Road y
By Mrs. A. B. Caldwell,
Conway Station
I had a little “fliver
I went to town one day
But quite near the river
On the Dixie Highway
I sunk in the mud
I stuck in the mire
I'll never go that road again
For anybody’s hire.
We have no authentic records as
to what particular road the pony
Dapple Gray, of Mother Goose fame
was ridden over, but believe me it
’had nothing’ on the stretch of road
that extends from Fair Oaks to the
River. .
The arguments for good roads are
too well known to be repeated, but
I do want to give a few reasons why
this particular stretch of road should
be given immediate attention.
In the first place, a safe estimate
would be that travelers and tourists
from one-third of the States in the
Union pass over that road in the
course of a year. Can’t you just hear
them telling the folks back home
“The tightest place we got in was on
the Dixie Highway—the Dixie High
way, mind you! in Cobb county, Ga.,
between Marietta and the Chatta
hoochie river. Five of us stuck at
one time! Traveled thousands of
miles and this was the first time we’d
been stuck.”
Do the citizens of Cobb county
want such a report as that spread
over these whole United States?
| In the second place Atlanta is over
crowded. Homeseekers are con
stantly coming out in this section
looking for homes and sites. Shacks
and tents appear from time to time.
Many of these “tenters” become per
manent residents and tax payers.
Good roads would attract more tax
payers. When our friends come to
visit us we are so proud of the roads
from town till we get to Cobb county
and then it is a pitiful apology we
make. Good all the way from town
except—the last mile. And, oh!
that last mile. If it isn’t mud it’s
dust, and if it isn’t dust it’s mud.
Formerly engineers began a tun
nel and dug straight through a
mountain; now they start forces at
opposite sides of the mountain and
dig till they meet each other:
“Where there’s a will there’s a
way.”” Can't our commissioners find
the way to set a force at work at
each end of this road and thus do
the work in half the time?
But if they can’t, just please ask
them to fill up the holes!
CENSUS SHOWS MARIETTA
HAS ONLY 6,190 PEOPLE
Marietta has a decided right to feel
that the census takers were not on
the job in counting her population
this year. y
During %he last ten years many
new residences have gone up in Ma
rieta, and not only are all of them
occupied to their reasonble capacity,
there are few houses which do not
claim more occupants than they did
ten years ago, therefore we have ev
ery reason to believe that the four
per cent increase in population given
Marietta is decidedly in error.
However if the census bureau is
satisfied that its figures are correct,
we will have to be also, although we
were not impressed with the reliabil
ity of a part of the census force em
ployed here,
After all it is not what the census
gives a town that counts half as
much as what the people in a town
are doing for themselves and their
town, so we feel no cause to worry
over the census man’s figures.
Marietta has just 6,190 inhabit
ants according to the census report
just announced.
) i A
COBB’S HEALTH REPORT
FROM STATE BOARD
The State Board of Health reports
the number of cases of communicable
disease reported to it during March
from the various countles of the.
state and from three of the counties
in the Seventh District the reports
are complete,
‘ This report shows in Floyd 769
cases of influenza during March, 427
in Cobb and 331 in Bartow.
~ The other communicable cases of
disease reported during the month in
Cobb are, chicken pox 7, diptheria 2,
gonorrhea 4, measles 8, pneumonia 9,
scarlet fever 1, small pox 4, syphilis
3, tuberculosis of lungs 3, whooping
cough 15. ‘
TO ELECTION MANAGERS
Ballots, reglstration lists, ete., will
be prepared for each distriet and
ready for delivery at the Ordinary’s
office by 10 o’clock Saturday morning
April 17, 1920. Managers please ar
range to get these after that time,
- J. G. ROBERTS,
Sect’y Dem, E!-»
$122
A TEAR
