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WOL. 54. No. 38.
Paving and Sewers
Much has been beard during the progress of
the charter campaign concerning the paving
of the streets and the extension of the sewer
age system. Probably these two subjects, more
than any others, have been used by the advo
cates of the new charter as a basis for argu
ments and alluring prdmises in their efforts
to secure votes for the charter.
We understand that the report is being cir
culated that THE JOURNAL is opposed to
paving; also, that it has been represented to
the people that the ONLY hope of getting the
streets paved lies in ratifying the new charter;
and that under the present charter, paving
cannot be accomplished, but under the propos
ed all the streets not only CAN but WILL be
paved. As.; a matter of fact, all of these prop
ositions, advanced 'in a desperate effort to
sustain a losing cause, are ABSURD.
THE JOURNAL stated in its first issue un
der its present management that it would ASK
FOR ‘‘improvements of roads and streets,”’
and it meant REAL IMPROVEMENT. THE
JOURNAL IS EMPHATICALLY IN FAVOR
OF PAVING EVERY STREET IN THE CITY
WHICH THE PROPERTY OWNERS ON
THAT STREET WANT PAVED. And, since
the abutting property owners pay for the pav
ing, we believe THEY should have a voice in
the selection of the kind of paving to be put
down.
And, like any other work to be done by the
municipality, we feel that the matter of paving
should be approached and accomplished in a
business-like and economical manner. Compet
itive bids upon ALL KINDS of paving should
be sought, and the property owners interested
- should have the right to say what kind of pav
ing they wish to have put down and to pay for.
There are some streets in the city, however,
where paving at this time or in the immediate
future is impracticable ; where the property
owners are not able to pay for paving, and will
not be for years to comes While consideration
is being given to paving the main streets, these
out-lying or side streets should ALL be put in
good repair, and properly shaped up so they
will shed water, and should be top-soiled. The
sidewalks on these streets also should be put
in good condition.
We ask each voter living on these side streets
to try to remember when HIS street was last
worked and put in proper condition, and when
HIS sidewalk received ANY attention from the
city authorities.
There are streets in Marietta today half a
-mile long that have not been properly worked
in years, and we could point to one stretch of
sidewalk a mile long that has net had five dol
lars worth of work done on it in five years.
The people who live on these streets and side
walks are entitled to have them kept in good
condition. THE PEOPLE KNOW THAT THIS
IS NOT BEING DONE.
Paving of certain MAIN streets is being con
stantly agitated, and while this goes on, all of
the streets of the city are heing neglected and
some of them permitted to get in such condition
as to render travel over the same not only ex
tremely uncomfortable but actually dangerous
to person and property.
WE REPEAT; THE JOURNAL FAVORS
PAVING, at the proper time, in the right way,
and with due regard to the interests of not on
ly those who happen to live on the streets pro
posed to be paved but also of ALL THE PEO
PLE OF THE CITY. So much for our position.
In reference to the ABSURD CLAIM that
‘“if we want more paving, we've GOT TO RAT
IFY THE NEW CHARTER,”’ we have just
this to say. THE SQUARE and one block on
each street leading into it, WAS PAVED UN
DER THE PRESENT CHARTER. ATLANTA
AN APPEAL TO BOYS.
" “Be True to Your After-Self.”
Your first duty in life is toward
your after-self. So live that your
after-self—that man you ought to be
—may in his time be possible and
actual.
Far away in the years he is waiting
his turn. His body, his brain, his
soul, are in your boyish hands. He
cannot help himself.
What will you Jeave for him?
Will it be a brain unspoiled by lust
of dissipation, 2 mind trained to think
THE MARIETTA JOURNATI
and act, a nervous system true as a
dial in its response to the truth about
you? Will you, boy, let him come
as a man among men in his time? Or
will you throw away his inheritance
before he has had the chance to touch
it? Will you turn over to him a
brain distorted, a mind diseased? A
will untrained to action? A spinal
cord grown through and through with
the devi] grass of that vile barvest we
call wild oats?
Will you let him come, taking your
place, gaining through your experi
ences, hallowed through your joys,
building on them his own?
STREET WAS PAVED UNDER THE PRES.
ENT CHARTER. SIDEWALKS ON CERTAIN
STREETS HAVE BEEN PAVED UNDER
THE PRESENT CHARTER.
And what about this? The ONLY Act of the
Legislature relating in any manner, shape or
torm to the City of Marietta and its munieipal
government that is not specifically REPEAL.
ED AND SUPERSEDED BY THE NEW
CHARTER IS OUR PRESENT PAVING ACT.
Section 61 of the NEW CHARTER is as fol
lows:
“That this Act supersedes and repeals
all Acts heretofore passed creating a char
ter for said City, and the Acts amendatory
thereof, EXCEPT THAT THIS ACT
SHALL NOT IN ANY WAY AFFECT
THE ACT APPROVED July 28, 1917,
CREATING A SYSTEM OF PAVING
FOR SAID CITY, which Act is set forth
on pages 757 to 767 inclusive of the Acts
of 1917.) /
THE NEW CHARTER REPEALS the Act
of 1904, in which is embodied the most of our
present charter; THE NEW CHARTER RE.
PEALS the Act of 1890 which established our
present public school system and board of ed
ucation; THE NEW CHARTER REPEALS
the Act of 1906 which created the Board of
Light and Waterworks and defined its powers
and duties; BUT THE NEW CHARTER
' SAVES AND CONTINUES IN FORCE THE
ACT OF 1917, OUR PAVING ACT.
Yet they tell you that paving can’t be done
under the present charter. It is to laugh.
THE JOURNAL DOES NOT BELIEVE that
the people can be ‘‘fooled” with this kind of
“bunkum.”’
ABOUT SEWERS i
We understand that the people in certain
particular sections of the city who are now
without sewerage connections are being led to
believe that if they will just ratify the new
charter, THEY WILL. GET SEWERS AT
ONCE. They may do it; but if so, THEY WILL
CERTAINLY PAY FOR IT, and not in the way
the present sewerage system of the city was
constructed and paid for. THE JOURNAL
FAVORS putting sewers on all streets in Ma
rietta just as soon as it can possibly be done.
BUT, THE SEWERS SHOULD BE PAID FOR
BY THE CITY AT LARGE: NOT BY THE
ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNERS. All the
sewers that are now laid in Marietta WERE
PAID FOR OUT OF A BOND ISSUR.
The interest on these bonds and the sinking
fund to retire them is taken out of the taxes
of EVERY TAXPAYER in the city. The man
who owns property in the city and now has no
sewerage connections is paying taxes to help
pay for the sewers already laid. Such sewer
age extensions as are made in the future, IN
FAIRNESS AND JUSTICE TO THOSE WHO
ARE NOW WITHOUT SEWERS, should be
made in the same manner as those that we now
have, It would be GROSSLY UNFAIR to prop
erty owners on streets where there are now
no sewers to be required to continue to pay tax
es for sewers now being used by other citizens
of the city, AND THEN BE MADE TO PAY
FOR THEIR OWN SEWERS BY THEM.-
SELVES.
THE SEWER PROBLEM is a burden that
should be borne by the people of the entire
city. IT CAN BE SETTLED THAT WAY
UNDER THE PRESENT CHARTER. THE
ONLY OTHER WAY THAT IT CAN BE SET
TLED UNDER THE NEW CHARTER IS FOR
THOSE WHO WANT SEWERS TO PAY
FOR THEM THEMSELVES. - And THE
JOURNAL submits that THAT WAY IS NOT
RIGHT NOR FAIR. |
MARIETTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1920
Or will you fling his hope away,
decreeing wanton-like that the man
you might have been shall never be?
This is your problem in life; the
problme of more inpertance to you
than any or all others. How will you
meet it, as a man or as a fool?
When jyou answer this, we shall
know what use the world can make
of you.—David Starr Jordan.
’ . BIRD-WARD.
~ Mr. and Mrs. Charley Bird an
nounce the marriage of their daugh
lter, Dovie, to Mr: Hugh Ward, Wed
nesday “evening, Sept. 18th.
JURIES DRAWN FOR
NOVEMBER TERM
List of Grand Jurors drawn by the
Jury Revisors, August 24th, 1920,
for the regular November Term, 1920
Cobb Superior Court.
1. J. A. Benson
2. C. P. Chalker
3. J. M. Hardage
4. Geo. B. McKinney
5. John A. Ford
6. A. A. Bishop
7. J. U. Fountain
8. H. C. Lassiter
9. R. E. Daniell
10. Jim R. Brumby, Jr.
11:+ B C. Pullex
12. G. P. Reynolds
13. M. L. McNeel
14;:. W. E. Coker
15. J. H. Foster
16. J. T. Bookout
17. Jas. J. Daniel] i
18. W. B. Ballenger
19. Edd Adams
20. W. H. Hadaway
21. J. R. Fowler
22. W. R. McCord j
23. W. Z. Patterson
24. E. P. Dobbs .
25. A. E. Davis
26. W. B. Blair
27. E.T. Booth
28. R. M. Brown
29. R. H. Barnes
30. A. N. Mayes
~ List of Petit Jurors drawn by the
Jury Revisors, August 24th, 1920,
for the regular November Term,
Cobb Superior Court.
First Week.
L W. O. Hardy
2. C. C. Owens _
3. T. M. Lindley
4. H. R. Dawson
5. E. E. Yarborough
6. C. G. Carter
7. H. F. Cantrell
‘ 8. J. E. Gardner
9. J. A. Rogers
10. C. H. West :
b L. Gatlin
12.” W. H. Kemp
13. A. S. Holmes
14. J. J. Kemp (Gritter)
[l5. J. H. Moore ;
'l6. Alvin Hendon
17. T. L. Manning
18. W. C. Chalker
19. *¥. G: Power :
20. J. O. Hembree
21. L. A. Brantley
22. T. T. Alexander
23, L. A. Johnson
24. W. P, Mozley
25. R. C. Bullard
26. R, H Cobb
‘27. W. W. Kemp
28. H. H. Brown
;29. H. E. Bush X
'3O. J. D. Perkenson :
31. H. R. Hunt :
32.° W. 8. Stone -
33. V. P. Gorden v
34. W. E. Schillings
135. W. E. Owens
‘36. O. C. Hicks
37. J. J. Leavell
38. J. B. Croker
39. W. P, Jiles . Edrge
40. C. W. DuPre -
41. W. P. Grover b
42. Hugh A. Hill
43. W. J. Beavers
44. Roy Foster
45. W. B. Roberts
46. R. E. Goodson
47. H. M. Tanner
48. Roy M. Mitchell
49. J. M. Gantt |
50. H. V. Hamby 1
List of Petit Jurors drawn by the
Jury Revisors, August 24,th 1920
for the regular November Term,
Cobb Superior Court.
Second Week.
1. J. E. Williams
2. Glenn Walden
8. W. @ Carter
4. R L. Pylant '
6. W. T. Fricks
6. W. T. Guffin
7. Carl Medford
8. J. E. Groover
9. W. N. Boring ”
10. G. S. Baker
11. G. E. Crow
12. P. S. Stephens
13. B. B. Jones
14. Cecil Cogburn
15. M. C. Hawkins
16. Homer Ragsdale
17. H. F. Jordan :
18. H. A. Ensley
19. Guy E. Brooks : i
20. J. D. Hudgins
21. B. A. Burnette :
w 22. A. T. Armstrong £
23. J. M. Owens a 2
24. J. L. Butner
25. R. R. Coleman :
26. J. A. Tawzer L
27. Joe T. Camp 3"
28. L. P. Miles :
29. A. W. Kemp :
30. T. L. Collins ol
31. G. W. Bennett
32. J. H. Hendrix
33. L. N. Dobbs
84. A.F. McDonald . . i
FLAG RAISING AT
THE SMYRNA SCHOOL.
Council No. 84, Junior Order Un
ited American Mechanics, will pre
sent the Smyrna school a Bible and
an American flag, at 10:30 A. M.,
Tuesday, Sept. 21. The flag will be
raised by the council with approp
riate ceremonies. G. C. Green will
be master of ceremonies. Brief talks
will be made by Rev. Jno. S. Wilder
and R. B. Blackburn on Junior Or
derism. The Board of Trustees will
be represented by Prof. Whitney,
Supt. of Smyrna school, who wil] ac
cept the Bible and flag.
Everybody is invited to attend.
Neighboring councils are urged to be
present and to be provided with pro
per regalia. Respectfully,
L. B. DANIELL.
MRS. T. A. GRAMLING NEW
PRESIDENT OF Y. W. C. A.
At the meeting of the Board of
Directors, held Tuesday afternoon at
four o’clock, the following officers
were elected to hold office for the
corhing year:
Mrs. T. A. Gramling, President
Mrs. A. S. J. Gardner, Ist V.-P.
Mrs. J. M. Brown, 2nd v
Miss Allene Fields, Secretary.
Mrs. J. E. Lege, Treasurer.
ANNUAL SINGING AT
SANDY PLAINS.
The Sandy Plains annual singing
will be held Sept. 19, at the Holly
Springs church, one and -one-half
miles east of Sandy Plains. Every
body is invited to come, espgeially all
Sacred Harp singers.
C. D. BANNISTER.
ICE CREAM FESTIVAL.
There will be an ice cream festival
on the lawn of R. E. Ruff’, Smyrna,
Sept. 25, .for the benefit of the Till
man Chapel church. Everybody in
vited.
DEDICATION OF SMYRNA
M. E. CHURCH.
Rev. C. L. Bray announces that the
Smyrna church will be dedicated next
Sunday, Sept. 19, at 11.00 A. M. Dr.
S. N. Parker, of Emory University
will preache at that hour. Dinner
will be spread on the grounds at the
noon hour. At 3P. M., Rev. Dr. De
Bardelaben, of Atlanta will preach,
and at night new members will be re
ceived into the church at 7. 30.
Everybody is invited to be present
at all meetings.
TAX RATE SAME AS IN 1919.
The tax rate for state and county
taxes remains the same as last year.
The commissioners hope to get quite
a bit more revenue though, as the
county tax digest shows a very de
cided increase over 1919.
Severa]l school districts, too, in
creased the rates for the support of
their schools, and several new ones
were added to those already support
ing their schools by taxation. Among
the new districts are Powder Springs
and Rehbboth, making a total now of
eleven local tax districts in the coun
ty. They are Smyrna, Daniells, Loc
ust Grove, Milford, Allatoona, Os
borne, Olive Springs, Mableton,
Orange Hill, Vinings and Kennesaw.
Smyrna, in addition to her tax for
the support of her schools, also levies
a tax for interest on her school bonds
and for a payment on them. The
county-wide rate is $l.OO per hun
dred.
35. W. N. Davenport
36. J. D. Middlebrooks
37. T. H. McCleskey (Gritter)
38. W. O. Bowden
39. Luther Chalker
40. W. N. A. Jameson
41. Thos. J. Williams
42. D. P. Butler
43. A. G. Hollifield
44. J. W. Mayes
45. J. F. Dewberry
46. A. L. Moon & Az
47. M. A. McCoy S
48. J. B. McLain
49. T. J. Brooke
50. J. S. Braswel]
61. W.. 0. Cobb
52, 8. J. Maddox g
53. R. W. Maner -
54. J.T. Garrett o
55. J. W. Pledger ST
56. Carl Brown :
57. A. M. Rakestraw 2
58, Geo. M. Orr
59. C. P. Wallace y
60. W. H. Benson b
61. W. L. Putnam il
62. H. M. Tanner, Jr. A
63. L. V. Haney
64. L. D. Spinks A2R e e
O WBl T
ESTABLISHED 1866.
TRUST & BANKING CO.
GETS FIRST BALE COTTON.
The Marietta Trust & Banking
Company got the first bale of 1920
Cobb county cotton Thursday, Sept.
16. It was grown by Mr. W. M.
Cantrell, who lives out three and a
half miles north on the Bell’s Ferry
road. The bank paid FIFTY CENTS
per pound for it. Next?
The musicale section of the Wo
mans'Club will meet with Mrs. War
ren Benson, at her home on McDon
ald street, Wednesday Sept. 22nd, at
3.30 P. M. A good program has
been prepared and all lovers of mus
ic are urged to be present.
BIG BANK WRECKED BY BOMB.
The J. P. Morgan banking build
ing, New York, was the scene of a
terrific explosion Thursday, believed
by the police to have been causedby
a bomb used for that purpose. Twen
ty-four people were killed outright
and some two hundred others hurt,
many seriously. The injury to the
building is said to be 5500,000.00
employes in the bank were hurt, but
Mr. Morgan himself was in Europe.
EXTRA SESSION PROBABLE.
It is said that Gov. Dorsey is con
sidering the necessity of calling the
legislature together in extra session.
The immediate necessity for the ex
tra session is that the legislature
failed to make the necessary pro
visions for the state’s educational
institutions, but other maters will be
considered, if the session is called.
CLAY NOMINATED
g FOR THE SENATE.
7 —_——
The Democratic Senatorial Com
mitte of the 39th Senatorial District
has this day declared the Honorable
Herbert Clay , of Cobb county, the
nominee for Senator from said dis
trict, it being Cobb County’s time to
nomir\::q the Senator and it appear
ing that Herbert Clay has carried
Cobb County by an overwhelming
majority.
Knowing Herbert Clay as we do
and realizing his ability to success
fully fill the office of the President
of the Georgia State Senate, we un
animously endorse him for this im
portant office, which was so ably fil
led by his illustrious father, the late
Senator A. S. Clay, during his term of
office as Senator from the old 35th
district.
We urge and will appreciate the
support of the various Senators in
Georgia of the candidacy of Herbert
Clay. Respectfully,
Democratic Senatorial Com
mittee 39th Senatorial Dist.
J. R. MILLER, Clerk.
H. S. WILLINGHAM, Chairman.
OFFICIAL MAJORITIES IN
RACE FOR CONGRESS.
Lee Porter
8art0w...... ... .. 840
COBD . L ib civs b TE
Catoode ... Laiio, OO
Chatones . ... ... .. 20F
PRAB . oo i 98
Plove. Lo 954
CPOPBON . v 63
Havkison. . ol 135
MUY .. L Lau. ADB
Yamome .. .. ... 137
08, 137
Wahlker. .- . ... B&b
Whitfield - ... ....:. 860
4876 1226
1226
Lee’s Majority in Dist. 3650
GIRLS CLUB ENTERTAINS
MARIETTA TEACHERS.
The Business Girls Club of the Y.
W. C. A. entertained the Marietta
teachers with quite a unique party
on Tuesday night. Dressed as “gen
tlemen” the ilub members esrorted
the teachers to the “Y’ rooms, where
they were thereupon questioned and
examined for entrance into the ‘“scat
ter-brained conservatory,” upon be
ing classified accordingly as Fresh
men, Sophmores, Juniors and Sen
jors, the classes met and elected their
leaders and practiced class songs and
yells. The groups then selected their
representatives for the various col
lege events, much interest and excite
ment being shown over the different
contests. The Juniors having re
ceived most points, won the entire
meet. Partners were then chosen
and the company marched into the
“college cafeerea” where refresh
ments were “sold.” Later in the
evening Mrs, S. P. Hewitt gave a very
interesting story and delighted the
guests with her réalistic palm read
ing. The party broke up with a live
ly Virginia reel. About sixty teach
ers andclub members were present.
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