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GRAND JURY'S PLAN 1
Would Place Another Deputy at
the Sheriff's Disposal to do ‘
Special Work.
Presentments of July Term of the
Cobb County Grand Jury: :
GEORGIA, COBB COUNTY.
To the Honorable D. W. Blair, Judge
Superior Court, said County, we
the Grand Jurors, selected, chosen
~and sworn for this the regular
July Term, 1920—Cobb Superior
- Court.
’Beg leave to make the following
report. -
We recommend that the Sheriff’s
proposition before this body in re
gard to the appointment of extra
pdeputies for the County of Cobb
which is as follows:
That the Ordinary of Cobb County
appoint the said Deputy. And the
Sheriff agrees to pay this Dupty a
cey'tain salary and all expenses while
in his employment. This Dupty is
to be sent where ever needed and if
necessary is to be accompanied by a
Duputy, or the Sheriff himself. The
Sheriff agrees to keep an itemized
expense account of this special Dep
uty appointed by the Ordinary, and
also keep a list of the cases made by
the . special Deputy, and' also the
amount.of all the fines that is collect
ed from these cases. Should the
amount of fines collected exceed the
salary and expenses of the Depty,
then the remainder to be applied to
the insclvent costs lists. Should the
fines collected by said Deputy not be
sufficient to pay the salary and ex
penses of the said Deputy, then the
Sheriff agrees to pay deficiency of
his own accord. The Sheriff shall
reserve the right to’ discontinue said
extra Deputy or Deputies as when he
pdee)ms in necessary. :
"We recommend that the above plan
suggested by the Sheriff be carried
out instead of the plan made by the
County Commissioners. of said
"?ounty.
The Grand Jurors as a body rec
ommend that the Court- House be
thoroughly ecleansed by eleaning ,and
paintinz, and especially on the in
side—and to be kept in a more sani
tary condition. We also recommend
that individual drinking cups be plac
ed at all drinking places in the Court
House and especiaily in the main
Court room and the Jury rooms.
We also recommend that the Sher
iff be allowed one dollar($1.00) per
day instead of 75c as heretofore al
lowed for feeding prisoner’s, this
only be allowed when the actual
three meals are given.
- We most heartily thank our Judge,
D. W. Blair, Solicitor General Jno.
T. Dorsey, our Bailiff “Bill”” Morris,
and our Foreman Mr. J. B. Oglesby
and Sheriff Swanson, for their kind
nesses shown this body during this
term of the Grand Jury.
We recommend that these present
ments and papers attached hereto,
be published in the Marietta Journal,
The Cobb County Times and the
Four-County Post, and that the legal
fee charged for the printing of same
be equally divided between them.
Respectfully submitted
J. B. Oglesby, Foreman.
L. M. McCleskey, Clerk
The above and foregoing present
ments received and read in open
Court. Let the same be filed and
published as recommended.
This July 22, 1920.
D. W. Blair,
Judge Superior Courts B. R. C.
Filed in office July 22, 1920.
J. E. Dobbs, Clerk.
Office of Clerk Superior Court,
Cobb County, Georgia.
I, J. E. Dobbs, Clerk Superior
Court, Cobb County, Georgia, do
*hereby certify that the above and
foregoing is a true and correct copy
of the Grand Jury presentments for
the July Term, 1920, together with
the reports hereto attached, as ap
pears on file and record in this office.
Witness my hand and the seal of
said Court, this the 23rd day of July,
1920. J. E. Dobbs,
Clerk Superior Court
Cobb County, Ga.
July 19, 1920.
To the Honorable Grand Jurors,
July Term, 1920.
I bez leave to make the following
report from this office.
Since my last report, I have pur
chased for the office one Filing Dock
‘et No. “8”, lot of Grand Jury Sub,,
and one Book of State Sub. I have
purchased desk supplies not exceed
ing $7.50.
I hold $52.50 from the March ad
' (Continued on Page 3.)
THE MARIETTA JOURNAL
IS THERE AUTHORITY FOR 1
PAYING THIS DEPUTY ?‘
We call attention to the Grand
Jury presentments in this issue, ‘with
reference to the proposition of Sher
iff Swanson that the Ordinary ap
point a deputy sheriff, and their ap
proval of the proposition.
~There is no provision of law.for
the Ordinary to appoint a deputy
sheriff. He has no authority to do
so, and he refused to make any ap
pointment. However, the Sheriff has,
in writing, appointed —— Maddox
as a deputy. The sheriff has the
right to appoint as many deputies as
he sees proper, and has had this au
thority‘ all the time.
Under the present law the Solicit
or General is on a salary, paid by
the various counties. All fees accru
ing to his office for cases tried, fines
and forfeitures, and his insolvent
costs, go into the county treasury.
Now is this new deputy proposi
tion a move to divert these fees,that
are now. going into the the county
treasury, to the payment of this dep
‘uty’s salary and expenses, and in
that way make the county pay the
salary of the sheriff’s deputies when
there is no law for doing so? Their
pay properly comes from the fees,
fines and forfeitures allotted to the
gheriff’s office under the law.
CHAS. DAVIS LOSES APPEAL
MUST SERVE FOR FORGERY
Charles Davis, the Rome lawyer,
well known in Cobb county on ac
count of having been defendant in
the celebrated land fraud cases in
our county, has at last reach the end
of his defense on another forgery
charge in the Foulton County courts
and must serve for forgery of the
name of the late Judge Logan E.
Bleckley to a land deed.
He had able counsel and it was
only after a hard-fought legal bat
tle, that the verdict of the lower
court was sustained. :
The deed to which Justice Bleck
’ley’s name was forged was on an
engraved plate photographed sheet,
and was dated of the year 1852, at
least thirty years before such plate
pnoto printing was ever done in the
country.
In Rome last week he was con
victed on another charge of uttering
a forged paper, although he was not
found guilty of the actaul forgery.
HOLDER TO MAKE
CAMPAIGN LATER.
Speaker John N. Holder of the
house of representatives, expressed
regret in a statement this week, over
the fact that he is unable for the
present, to make more speeches to
the people of Georgia, upon the is
sues in the campaign for governor.
“I feel that as long as the legisla
tive session lasts, my duty to the peo
ple is here in the speaker’s chair,
from which I have never been volun
tarily absent during any one of my
four terms in this office,” Mr. Holder
said.
“While my opponents are taking
advantage of the opportunity, and
speaking all over Georgia, it is only
possible for me to get away occas
ionally on Saturday when the house
happens to adjourn over to Monday
morning. Following the final ad
journment of the session in August,
I shall go more actively upon thei
stump, reaching as many of the peo
ple as possible, and telling them of‘
the state’s needs as I see and under
stand them, from the vantage point
of my eighteen years legislative ex-!
perience. }
“It has ever been my policy to re-"
fuse to neglect the public businessi
even for my own political advance-}
ment, and I certainly shall not do so
now, even though it should mean my‘
defeat. It is a very important part
of my work to watch and help direct
legislation upon the matters of tax-%
ation and finance—problems which
the general assembly is now trying;
to unravel; and there are others, such
as good roads which we are trying to
provide for every county in Georgia.
“l am confident from the many
assurances I am Treceiving from all
parts of the state, that the people of
Georgia are appreciative of service,
and that while I am here on the watch
tower for them, they will not fail to
stand by me in this campaign for
governor which comes to a close with
the primary of September Bth.”
Thomas E. Watson has made his
officialy announcement for the seat
of Hoké Smith in the United States
Senate, and as Smith ig already in
the race with the probability of even
lanother candidate yet to come, hot
times may be expected on Georgia
‘stumps through August.
MARIETTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1920.
Editors Held Big Three Days Ses
sion in the Capitol of the Free
; State of Carroll. ¥
Last week, the Georgia Press As
sociation was entertained in the city
of Carrollton, and the attendance ex
ceeded two hundred, the largest in
recent years, if not in the entire his
tory of the association.
Carroll County, Georgia, has long
been known as the “Free State of
Carrcll,”” and we think she merits
the title and the honor, for it is an
Lhonor to hold the position she does
among the counties of the Empire
State of the South.
Blessed with all the natural ad
vantages common to the state, her
her sons and daughters have worked
to surpass her sister counties in the
social, religious, educational and in
dustrial affairs of life.
How well they have done this on
ly a visit of a few days to the town
of Carrollton, will disclose, for the
people of Carroll have been entirely
toc modest in proclaiming their vir
tues to the world.
Situated as it is, just off the beaten
paths of travel and traffic, and yet
within a few hours ride of our busi
est marts of trade, it has remained
a region practically unknown to very
many Georgians, and among these,
many Georgia editors.
Notwithstanding the unusually in
clement weather which swept over
our state last week, we now feel sure
that the Georgia newspaper men are
much better informed about one of
the best sections, inhabited. by one
one the best peoples in our state,
which is the same as saying, in the
whole world. When the weekly press
knows a thing, the rest of the people
are going to find it out also.
Although Carrollton has less than
five thousand people, the county has
thirty-five thousand,' and these are
nearly all are white farmers owning
smalli farms, prosperous, free anq
independent, the class who constitute
the best citizenship of our nation.
While the population of Carroliton
is comparatively small,, it must be
remembered that it is not numbers
alone that go to make a town, what
sort of people they are, and what
they are doing, has infinitely more
to do with it. In this respect Carroll
ton is ALL RIGHT!
The people of the “Free State of
Carroll” are producers, making what
they consume at home, and something
to sell the other fellow, and while
cotton has been the great money
crop. as in so many other counties,
the people are turning to diversity
in planting, and food crops are now
larger than they have ever been.
The number and character of the
church buildings show that spiritual
affairs have not been neglected, and
in educational matters the town and
county is well in the forefront. The
A. & M. College for the district is
situated at Carrollton, while at the
town of Bowdon is another great
school, which the weather prevented
our visiting. Carrollton is well pro
vided with city schools, and has al
ready raised its tax assessment to
a figure sufficient to make finances
for its schools no longer a problem.
Carrollton has a live trade board,
two of the best newspapers in the
state, two large cotton mills, and
other manufacturing enterprises as
are usual in the smaller cities of the
state. She has a good hotel, but her
guests of the press were entertained
most hospitably in the homes of her
people. Her banking facilities and
her business houses are equal to any
like community.
This year will long be remembered
by the Georgia press as the one in
which it discovered Carrollton.
The invitation of Washington, the
capital _city of Wilkes County, was
unanimously accepted for the 1921
meeting of the association.
The recent report of the life in
surance bureau of the government
shows that the death losses have not
exceeded forty percent of the expect
ed, as figured by the mortality tables
of comblned American life insurance
companies.
More than half a billion dollars
of the war insurance has already
been converted into regular life pol
icies on one of the various plans of
the American companies, {
Georgia Tech. the second school
of its character in America, is facing
disaster because of lack of funds to
continue to employ the best teach
ers, who have been offered larger
salaries elsewhere.
Would Ride District in F/s Own
Ford or With Mr. Lee in’
His Big Cadillac.
Claude H. Porter, Solicitor Gener
al of the Rome Circuit has entered
the race for Congress, and writes the
fellowing challenge to Congressman
Gordon Lee, who will ask for another
term. It is not considered likely that
Mr. Lee will accept, but Porter's
style of campaigning assures a lively
time beiween now and September.
Rome, Ga., July 24, 1920.
Hon. Gordon Lee,
Chickamauga, Ga.,
: Press reports indicate ycu will
again be a candidate for refelection
to congress. I presume you ask this
extended honor based on your for-j
mer record. I have your record and
am also a candidate, You probably
think your former record entitles
you to further service, but you are
not to be the judge, as the voters
are entitled to that privilege.
It is my purpose to freely discuss
vour public record, which is public
property, and I am desirous of yeur
being present. Won't you agree to
go with me before the whole people%
in the open, and franßly discuss, not
only your public record as a Con
gressman of many years experience,
but give them the benefit of our
views on vital, pending public issues.
'I have a good second hand Ford car‘
and am considered a fair driver, and
this will cost you nothing. If you pre
fer your chauffeur and Cadillac, I
will be glad to ride with you; any
thing to avoid the use of long range
arguments, or a resort to listening
post, trench e¢ampaign methods. ‘
I sincerely hope you will not de
cline, and that we may arrange a
clean, frank, open and intelligent
discussion of issues before the peo
ple, and ‘in this way best show our
sincerity and true colors, and shall be
disappointed if you 'decline.
* Sincerely yours,
CLAUDE H. PORTER
Porter’s official announcement is
presentfe‘jl below.
To the Vigters of the Seventh District
I announce myself a candidate for
Congress from the T7th District of
Georgia, subject to the Democratic
primary of September the Bth.
I' subscribe to the principles set
forth in the San Francisco platform
applicable "to the House of Repre
sentatives. ‘
I am in favor of a real democracy
and unalterably opposed to the cor
rupt use of money in any election,
and I hope the time has come when
every man offering for public office
will be defeated because of the use
of money in corrupting the elector
ate. It is criminal to do so and the
man who does it is unfit for office,
however genial he may be. I believe
public officials should sustain them
selves by proven ability and accom-f
plishments, and not by the flimsy use |
of a free distribution of garden seed‘
at the public expense.
We have helped make the worldl
safe for democracy, let’s now make
“the Tth District of Georgia safe fori
democraey,” otherwise every life lost;
and every dollar spent has been in
vain. I believe in open free discus
sions of public questions, and to that
end especially invite my opponent or
opponents to meet me any time or
anywhere. 1 am opposed to trench
or long range discussions, and I ask
the support of the unpurchasable,
right thinking, honest voters of the
district.
CLAUDE H. PORTER.
DEATH OF LITTLE BOY.
Fred Chance 3 years old, died atl
the home on the Canton road, on
July 21. The funeral was held at the’
Noonday church on July 23, the Re\'.'
Donehoo officiating, and the enter-,
ment was in the cemetery there. :
The little child is survived by his
parents, Mr. and Mrs, D. F. Chance.i
Mayor Key of Atlanta more thanl
held his own in the election there on
Wednesday, being re-elected by a!,
majority of more than 2700. }
By an overwhelming vote Atlanta!
folks declared in favor of the roud-l
ing of the Bible in the public '.;choo"xs‘
and the school authorities are now
directed to resume the practice. ‘
The latest reports have it that the
Mixican bandit, Villa has surrender
ed, and all will be peace down there
but if the present ruler does not
stretch Villa’s hide on a barn door,
he will probably have the barn door
decorated with his own hide before
many moons,
LOCAL MEN_ ANNOUNCE FOR
SENATE AND LEGISLATURE
Below will be found the announce
ments of Messrs. Gordon B. Gann
and C. Marion Dobbs for re-election
to the Legislature. Both these gen
!tlemen have made an excellent rec
ord as members of this body, and
‘their many friends thruout the coun
ty feel that they should be returned
‘without opposition. So far, we have
heard of none for either of them, and
consider opposition improbable.
Below also, will be found the card
‘of announcement of Hon. Bolan G.
‘Brumby for state Senator from the
Thirty-ninth District. Mr. Brumby
is a well known business man of Ma
rietta and has many friends through
out the county who will be pleased to
hear of his annovncement, Some
weeks ago we mentioned Mr. Brum
by as a probable candidate.
To the Voters of Cobb County:
I hereby announce my candidacy
for re-election as a member of the
Legislature, subject to the primary
to be held September 8, 1920.
You honored me by electing me
to this important position two years
ago; the vote you gave me was a dis
tinct compliment and I am indeed
grateful for it. I appreciate the hon
or the office bestows as fully as it
is possible for me to do so, but the
confidence which you have in me,
manifested by your vote is also an
honor which I appreciate and will
cherish all the davs of my life, for
it is indeed an honor to represent a
people like you and a county like
Cobb. ‘
I have endeavored to the very best
of my ability to make you a consci
entious, faithful representative, and
I feel that by reason of the experi
ence gained ‘and the friends made
that I will be in a position to make
you a better representative than 1
have in the past.
On account of being engaged in
the legislature a big portion of the
‘time between this and the date of
‘the primary, it will be impossible for
me to see each voter in person, but
if my services have been satisfactory
'to you and you desire me to coninue
l’Lhem, I shall deeply appreciate your
!favorable consideration, and should
'you again elect me, I will endeavor
‘to show my appreciation by render
ing faithful service in the discharge
of the duties of this important offce.
I will sincerely appreciate your
vote and influence. : ‘
Very respectfully,
GORDON B. GANN. |,
To the Citizgns of Cobb County:
I am a candidate for the Legisla
ture, subject to the Democratic Pri
mary to be held September next.
I have had the honor of represent
ing this county for one term, and I
have endeavored to do my full duty
and to fairly, faithfully and consci
entiously represent the whole peo
ple.
I respectfully submit my candidacy
to your consideration and earnestly
<olicit your vote and influence.
Sincerely,
: C. M. DOBBS.
To the Voters of Cobb County:
As a candidate for State Senator
from the 39th District, I solicit your
support, and if you honor me with
the place, 1 pledge myself to work
for an economic, business adminis
tration of the State finances.
I offer subject to the Primary to be
held September Bth, and hope be
tween now and that date to see as
many of the people as possible and
discuss with them the issues that
should come before the next Legis
lature. BOLAN G. BRUMBY.
SUPERIOR COURT RECESSES
TO 2ND MONDAY IN AUGUST
On Tuesday evening after trying
all jail cases, Superior Court of Cobb
was recessed until the second Monday
in August. This was to allow far
mers to keep up with their crops at
this critieal time. i
A few cases of general interest
were disposed of. One of these was
that of Elmer Randolph, who was
one of the escapes from jail last fall
who left the sheriff kindly messages
on perfumed note paper.
Flmer just naturally drifted back
to Cobb and to the sheriff’'s board
ing house, and he drew a year on a
charge of larceny from the house,
with the recommendation that he be
punished as for a misdemeanor.
John Moreland got five to ten
years for burglary, and Bryson Wise
¢ fine of $5OO and six months on
the gang for being caught with an
auto full of liquor.
ESTABLISHED 1866
Hardwick, Watson and Probakly all”
the other Candidates to Speak.
to Tobb County Folks i
Cobb County will not be slighted
or neglected at all by any of the sen
atorial or gubinatorial candidates so
far as speechmaking is concerned
this year.
Already Clif Walker has made a
speech here, as has Senator Smith,
although the senator was supposed
to be running for president =t that
time, and will probably come back
to explain it all and tell why he asks
now for re-election to the senate.
John Holder is still busy with the
legislature but explains that he will
endeavor to get around to see the
people and present his claims to the
governor’s chair, and it is to be pre
sumed that he will not neglect so
gobd a county as Cobb,
Tom Hardwick has been shelling"
the woods for some time, from one
end of the state to the other, and we
have the announcement that he will
speak in Marietta at four oclock on
the afternoon of August 4th, having
filled an appointment at Dallas at
ten oclock on the morning of the
same day.
The “Red Topped” one also is te
see the voters of Cobb. Thomas E.
Watson will speak in Marietta, on
Friday, August 20th, at 10 A. M.
So it is easy to foresee anything
but a dull time in the next forty days
for those who love political meetings
and oratory.
As all these candidates are pretty
well known in Cobb, and as the voters
have an opportunity to see and hear
them all, it is up to the voters to
pick the aright men, but we wish to
say just one word about “picking,”
don’t neglect to “pick” the boll wee
vils, or there will be very little cot
ton to “pick.” That is not political
advice, but it’s sound. six
CAPT. B. A. WHITE DEAD " -
Captain Benjamin Aspinwall
White, aged 85 years, died at the
residence of his daughter, M. W.
J. Black, on Friday night, July 23.
The funeral services were held at
the residence at 5.30 o’clock, on
Sunday aftrnoon, the Rev. Merling-
Jones, of Gainesville, Ga., officiat
ing. “There Is A Blessed Home'’
and “Nearer, My God To Thee”
were the lovely songs. The inter
ment was in the Episcopal cemetery,
the pall bearers being Mr. W. J..
Black, Mr. N. H. Collins, Mr. C. M.
Dobbs, Mr. George A. Grifin, Mr.
B. A. White and Mr. B. A. Black.
The grave was covered with masses
of beautiful flowers, sent by friends
from all over the state.
Among those from out of town at
tending the funeral were Mrs. T. H..
Kenan, Miss Pamela’ Wragg, Miss
Frances Bailey and Miss Bessie Ba
ker of Atlanta, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Barkalow of LaGrange, Mr. Joe
Covington, and Mr. Cooper Sheftail
of Atlanta.
Captain White is survived by six
children; Mrs. W. J. Black and Miss
Ella White of Marietta; Mr. S. G.
White of Cartersville; Capt. Ben. A.
White, Jr., of Brunswick; Mr. T. K.
White of Elizabeth, N. J.and Mr. A.
Kenan White of Marietta; sixteem
grand children and three great--
grand children.
Captain White was born in Mill
edgeville, January 31, 1835. He
graduated from the Georgia Military
Institute, of Marietta, in 1854. Im
1859 he was married to Miss Ella
Aurelia Kenan of Milledgeville..
When the war between the states be
gan, young Mr. White organized and
helped equip a company himself.
This was Company A, 26th Georgia
Regiment, and he served as captajn -
of this throughout the war.
Captain White and the late Col- -
onel Frobel were the state draughts.
men, so when the capitol was moved
from Milledgeville to Atlanta 'in
1868, they moved,up to Marietta.
Captain White was very skillful’
and accurate with his pen and the
maps of Georgia made by him are
the ones hanging on the walls of the
Capitol now.
He was one of the oldest and most "~
respected citizens of Cobb county.
Since the death of his wife, nearly
twenty years ago, he has made his
home with his daughter, Mrs. W. J.
Black and has ever been the object
of the solicitude and devotion of all
her family, as well as that of all his .
children. e e R
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