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The Marietta Fonenal
VOL. 55. NO. 10.
MARIETTA MAN DEAD
Approaching His 94th Birthday
Mr. M. G. Whitlock Died on
Sunday Morning,
“The hoary head is a erdwn of
glory if it be found in the paths of
righteousness.”’—Proverbs 16-31.
Mr. Milledge Greenwood Whit
lock, 93 years old, died at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. A. V_ Cortel
you on Sunday, March 6th. .
The funeral was held from the First
Presbyterian church on Tuesday af
ternoon, “the services conducted by
Dr. Patton, assisted by Dr. 1. A.
White. :
A quartette .choir, Mrs. W. H.
Wyatt, Mrs. E. P, Dobbs, Mr. Hemp,
and Mr. Fred Burton sang very
sweetly “Abide With Me.” ‘“Nearer
My Father’s Home,” and “How Firm
a Foundation.” :
The interment was in the Episcopal
cemetery, the pall bearers being the
members of the session, Messrs A. S.
Cohen, George Montgomery, E. L.
Faw, C. E, Daniell, James H. Groves
and E. P. Dobbs: The honorary es
cort were ex-governor Joseph E.
Brown, R. H. Northcutt, W. H. Wyatt,
J. B. Glover, J. L. Anderson, M. M.
Sessions, John Boston and Ed. Hunt,
All stores and public buildings in
town were closed as a mark of respect
during the services.
Among those from out of town who
attended the funeral were, Mr. and
Mrs. Vassar Wooley, Mrs. Hattie
Dunwoody Gole, Mrs. George Whit
lock, Mr. and Mrs. O. N. Worley, Mrs.
Forrest Green and Mrs. B, M. Wool
ey all of Atlanta, Mrs. Wooten and
Miss Alice Leake, of Covington. 1
Among the wealth of exquisite
flowers sent by loving friends and
relatives, was a handsome offering
from the Dixie club, of New York,
of/ which Mrd. Malcolm was once
president, and to which Mr. Whitlock
had been an honored visitor. Indeed
flowers, messages and letters of
sympathy came from all over the
country, for he truly numbered his
friends by his acquaintances.. Among‘
the floral offerings was the laurel!
wreath sent by the Daughters of the‘
Confederacy .to all U, C. V's for
during the Wwar between the states,
Mr. Whitlock was engaged in making
saltpetre for gunpowder for the Con
federate. army, and refugeed again
and again before the advancing Union
forces, {
Mr. Whitlock is survived by two|
daughters, Mrs. A. V. Cortlyou,.of
Marietta, and Mrs. E. E. Malcolm, ofi
New York, one son, Mr. Milledge
Whitlock, Jr.. and four grand-child
ren, Mrs. Leonora Vayer, Milledge
and George Whitlock, of New York:
and Malcolm Whitlock, of Marietta.
This ends a long and beautiful life
—a life full of good deeds, of gent
leness, of loving service for others,
of charity towards all and malice to
wards none.
Mr. Whitlock was the oldest resi
dent of Marietta,and was univer
sally beloved.
During his latter years, his time
has been divided between the homes
of his devoted daughters, Mrs. Cor
telyou here and Mrs. Malcolm in New
York, and he has always been tender
ly cared for also by his son, Mr. Mil
ledge Whitlock, Jr. Always young in
heart, he had retained all his facul
ties and his vivid interest in life and
his friends. Only a few weeks ago he
was playing golf out at the club, and
he daily walked about town, or to visit
his friends.
Milledge G. Whitlock, was born at
Wooley‘s Ford, Hall county, on April
17, 1828. He was married to Miss
Anna Elizabeth Leake, of Marietta, in
1858,and Marietta has been his home
practically ever since.
He has always had the welfare of
the town at heart and ever been
active in working for the town’s best
interests and even in latter years,
never lapsing into the looking back of
old age, but was always progressive
and eager for advancement. In the
early ’7o’s he begun the Whitlock
house, a hotel which became famous,
bringing here wealthy visitors from
the north and east, and giving a
strong impetus to the growth of the
little town improverished by the war.
When this handsome hotel was burn
ed in 1889, Mr. Whitlock, though al
ready advancing in years, with un
abated energy, and optism, embarked
on other enterprises, and continued in
busiess for many years.
He was a member of the firm,
Whitlock and Winters, cotton brokers
was also in the brokerage business
with Nickleberry in Atlanta, and was
part owner of the Kennesaw Flour
Mills. Always he was a prominent
respected citizen, noted for his busi
ness intergrity, but his outstanding
Characteristic was his consistent
christianity, his beautiful child like
trust, and his faithful performance
of every daty.
For sixty-five years he had been a
member of the First Presbyterian
church here, and most of that time
he had held some office in the church.
Verily it can be said:—*“Nome
knew him but to love him, none
hamed him but to praise.” :
SALVATION ARMY Wflfll]
Small Townships Will be Included
In Program of Relief Work
in Future.
Organization of advisory boards in
every community in the south that.
the work of relief may be extended to|
cover the entire country is contained |
in the Salvation Army Home Service
program for 1921. Work towards'
forming the boards in Georgia, Flori
da, North and South Carolina has al—l
ready begun. |
Heretofore the civilian relief work
of the Salvation Army has been con
fined largely to the social problem:
arising in the vicinity of the corps
headquarters located in the more po
pulous centers.. Under the new plan;
the Advisory Boards will be in touch
with local conditions in every com
munity and any problem which cannot
be solved locally will be referred to an
expert sent from the nearest corps
headquarters. The work of the Army
as, in the past, w ill not interfere with"
other agencies, but will co-operate
with them wherever possible,
The problem of finding migsing per
sons and looking after those from
smaller towns found in destitute cir
cumstances will be greatly facilitat
éd through the advisory boards as|
every neighborhood in the country
will have active representative from
The Army. Other funcitons of the
board will be the discovery and report
to Army officials of cases requiring
removal to homes and institutionsl
other than locally provided.
Each community board will be com
posed of ten to fifteen members, rom
various positions in life, so that all
the interests of the community will
at all times be under close observation
and cases needing relief may be found
and reported immdiately..
The advisory board will be devid
ed into sub-committees on organiza
tion, executive, educational, service,
finance, with the officers ex-officio
members of the committee. g
BOND ORDINANCE IS
: NOW BEING PREPARED,
The legal work of preparing a
notice of a street paving bond elec
tion is being done by Col. J. Z_Fogter,
and will soon be ready for advertis
ing. NaL i : ;
In order to insure the legality of
the bonds, great care in the prepara
tion of the papers is necessary, and
a rigid compliance with the law re
quires much work examining charter
provisions to make the bondg both
safe and acceptable to buyers. *
Eighty-five Civil Cases on Docket
to be Disposed of During Week.
Many Divorce Cases.
~ The March term of Cobb‘county
‘superior court will convene Monday
morning at the court house in Mari
etta and about 85 civil cases are on
'dooket scheduled to be tried during
‘the week. :
' The number of divorce cases re
'mains high though the number is less
‘than in the preceeding term.
} This is the first court in Cobb
‘county held by the new solicitor
‘general, Jno. S. Wood, and his ag
‘sistant, Lindley W. Camp and many
of their local friends will be present
at the court house Monday to see
them conducting the duties of their
office.
ROTARY CLUB LUNCHEON
HELD TUEESDAY AFTERNOON
The Marietta Rotary club met at
the local golf club Tuesday afternoon
for their regular luncheon.
No busines of importance came be
fore the club and the hour wag spent
in open discussion among the mem
bers,
U. ¢. D’'S. MEET MARCH 15th.
WITH MRS. GEORGE GOBER.
The Kennesaw Chapter United
Daughters of the Confederacy will
meet at the residence of Mrs. George
Gober, on Cherokee street, Tuesday
March 15th, at 3 p. m. All mem
bers are urged to attend this meet
ing.
BOOTLEGGERS ROUNDED
UP BY COUNTY OFFICERS
Deputy Sheriff Sanders and Baliff
Groover continue their raidg. on
booze traffickers in the county.
Saturday Jes Eler was arrested
and two gallons found in his house
on Keunesav road near. Marietta. The
same day Homer Holmes was arrested
with two gallons in his house near
Eler's home.
Monday morning three men from
Atlanta wi th a new 1921 model Ford
were captured with 30 gallons of
whiskey. The men who gave their
names as Whitfield, Spinks and Moon
were arrested, but later released on
‘bond.
MARIETTA, GEORGIA; FRIDAY, MARCH 11th, 1921
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* On last Saturday, at the court house in Marietta, a large number of the Junior Health Nurses and Junior
Health Commissioners from the schoals of the county, assembled at the invitation of County ‘Health Nurse,
Miss Virginia Gibbs, and County Health Commissioner, Dr. Todd.
The young people heard an illustratedfecture by Dr. Todd and Miss Gibbs, and manifested much interest in
the work agsigned them in their respect_?ve schools. School commissioner Moore also made a short talk.
+ We were not able to get the Mames of all those present, but we secured a picture of a part of the group
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Junior Health Commissioners—James P&ty, Jr.,Haynes street school, Marietta; Miss Eva Williamson,
Smyrna; Clinton Bowers, Mt. Bethel; haman\ Blackfell, Camp Ground; Cliff Beaverg, Rocky Mount; Andrew
. Gentry, Mt. Zion; Fred Nash, New Hope; Geonge Thackston, Lost Mountain.
. Junior Public Health Nurses—Emmie Mon ery, Marietta High; Polly Webb, Ist gradeA; Virginia Good
man, Ist grade B; Eliza Holmes, 2ndgrade;: Elizabeth Goodman, 3rd A; }t[,ena Anderson, 3rd grade B, Water
man Street ‘school,g)dene Landers, 7Tth grade A; Francegs Campbell, 7th grade B; Regina Hicks, 6th grade A;
Eva Miller, 6th grade B; Evelyn Rogers, sth grade A; Lois Langley, sth grade B; Clyde Miller, 4th grade;
Smyrna schgol, Sara Martin, Ist grade#Thelma Whitney, 2nd grade; Julian Davis, 3rd grade; Clarence
Whitney, 6th g rade; Kathleen Groee; Annie Shafe, Bth and 9th grade. Mt. Bethel school, Barbara Evanson,
Mt. Zion, Oneal Dyson; Camp Ground, wnie Mae Frey; Rocky M ount, Willie Dunn; New Hope, Ruby Jones;
Lost Mountain, Idell Pickens; anda miimber of others.
. ORI ey . :
aLLIES ENTER GERMANY
SEIZING GERMAN. CITIES
Following the failure of Germany
to accept the reparation demands of
the "Allies, troops of France, Eng
land ,and Belgium have entered a
large industrial section of Germany
and occupied a number of German
cities, in a movement to collect Ger
man customs and taxes until claims
are gatisfied. The position of the
American troops at Goblenz remains
unchanged. No opposition was of
fered by the Germans to the advance
of the allied troops,
TWO MERCHANTS ACCEPT
WARRENTS AT PAR VALUE
The Standard Mercantile Company
and the Jno. C. Cogburn
Company.
Two Marietta business firms have
offered to accept Cobb county war
rents at par in trade for anything
they carry in stock.
This announcement will be of inter
est to thoge who have county war
rants on hand and wish to dispose
of them at full value for merchandise
carried by these two firms.
HARDING’S PHYSICIAN NOW
A BRIGADIER GENERAL
Washington, D. C., March 10th.—
The nomination of Dr. C. E. Sawyer,
of Marion, Ohio, Presidents Harding’s
personal physician, to be a brigadier
general, was confirmed today.
MRS. JOHN BORING DEAD
Mrs. Narcissus Elizabeth PBoring,
76 years old, died at her home on
Washington avenue on February 22,
Although Mrs. Boring had been an
invalid for some years, her last ill
ness was brief and her death came
as a shock to her relatives and
friends.
Mrs. Boring was born and reared
in Marietta, right near the home in
which she died. She married Dr.
John Boring, of Woodstock, and at
his death, some fifteen years ago,
she returned to Manietta, making
her home with her brother, the late
Mr. J. A. Massey,
The funeral services were held at
the residence, conducted by Dr. J.
M. Tumlin, The interment was in
the Citizens cemetery. The pall
bearers being Messrs, Will Neal,
Oscar Shaw. Pearce Latimer, Virgil
Greer, Dr. W. H. Pérkinson and Mr.
Lilnton Dean, of Woodstock, |
Mrs. Boring is survived by several
step-children in Acworth, and by the
foliowing nieces and nephews, her
only near relatives: Mrs. J. R. Brum-l
by-and Mrs. J. E. Massey of Mari
etta, Mrs. Cliff King, of Dublin,
Mrs. E. W. Coleman, of Canton, and
Mr. Jack Massey of Washington, 1
AT S, S, CONVENTION
Meeting to be held in Macon on 19.
20- 21 of April. Others may
Attend if Convenient.
Cobb county hag alloted as a mini
mum of delegates for the State Sun
day schéol convention, to be held in
Macon on April 19, 20 and 21, by the
committee on arrangements. All Sun
day school workers who desire to at
tend may do so, but the counties
reaching their quota will secure spe
cial recognition, Besides this recogni
tion, special recognition will also be
given each county that has 100 per
cent attendance of its county officers.
The county officers will help make
up the quota of delegates, as well as
count omn this 100 per cent. atten
dance. It is expected that every sec
tion of the state will be represented
at the state convention, and it is
believed that Cobb county will exceed
its quota ofydelegates. Low railroad |
rates on the certificate plan havd heen
granted. Board for delegates will be
provided at reasonable rates. No reg
istration fee will be charged. Pastors,‘
Sunday school superintendents, teach-‘
wil]l recevie g'reaii inspigation from
ers, other school @nd class officers,
attending the convention.
Futher information regarding the
conventio may be secured from the
officers of the Couty Sunday school
association, J. R. Gentry, Smyrna,
President; J. J. Daniel, Marietta,
vice-president; A. H. Kent, Smyna,
H, I. Weaver, Roswell, A. N. Mayes,
Marietta, Floyd Akin, Acworth, dist-l
rist presidents, or from headquarters
of the Georgia Sunday school associa
tion, 917 Hurt building, Atlanta,
GO, ROAD GONTRACT
Western Branch of Dixie High
way to be Top Soiled by Birm
ingham Centracting Co.
At .an adjourned meeting of the
Cobb county commissioners, Tuesday
a contract was awarded to the Hill
coutracting company of Birmingham,
Ala., to top spil the western branch
of the Dixie P?[gqhway on a project of.
about nine miles in the county.
The Hill Contracting company will
taFe up the work at an early date and
will receive $lO,BOO for the comple
tion of the projeg&
FIRE AT BULLOCHVILLE
Bullochville, Ga., March 10.—Fire
on Monday destroyed the handsome
residence of Mr. W, Butts.
A. B, & A. RAILROAD IS
TIED UP BY STRIKE.
The strike on the A. B. and A.
railroad has completely tied up that
system and many towng in Georgia
are without trains of any sort.
- < TPhe Federal Meditation board is
in Atlanta, but so far no agreement
has been reached between the em
ployees and the receiver of th rail
road. The employees say they will
not accept any reduction of wages,
while the road officials point out
that the line hag lost a hundred
thousand dollars per month operat
ing under the high wage scale author
ized during the war, and it is im
possible to’increase freight rates,
which are already high.
There has been talk of a sympathe
tic strike by the employees of other
roadg in the south.
SIR KNIGHTS ATTENTION
You are summoned to appear at
the asylum of Constantine Comman
dery No. 26, K. T., 206 Atlanta St.,
Marietta, Ga., at two p. m.-Sunday,
March 13th in full uniform to at
tend Divine Services at the Methodist
church.
You are futher summonedto appear
at above asylum Wednesday, March
16th, 7:30 p. m. in full uniform for
annual inspection,
Sir Knights of other commandries
cordially invited to attend.
Clarence E. Power,
z Em. Commander,
J. R. Miller, Recorder.
FOUR RECORDS BROKEN
: AT AUTOMOBILE SHOW
Four records have been broken at
the Great Southern Automobile Show.
The previous high record for atten
danée at any Atlanta show was 7,000
for the 1910 show, More than 7,000
paid admissions already have begn re
corded this week at the auditorium,
and it is believed the total attendance
will reach 20,000 by Saturday night.
Never have there been more than 100
out.of-town dealers at a local show
until this yéar. More than 500 have
registered at the Great Southern
show. Other records broken are for
the number of sales and for the num
ber of prominent men in the national
automobile world attgnding the show.
REWARD OF $200.00 IS
POSTED BY GOVERNOR
Governor Dorsey, Thursday offer
ed a reward of $2OO for the arrest
and eonviction of the person or per
sons who burned the barn of J. E.
Lee in Fayettg county. An unidenti
fied man, supposed to have been a
tramp who slept in the barn, was
burned to death, Several mules and
a large quantity of supplies were de
stroyed.
ESTABLISHED 1866.
J. A. Peak’s Mind Becomes Unbal~
anced and Cummunity Given
Scare by Attemps at Life.
OFFICERS ARE SUMMONED
Insane Man is Stepped by Mr. Byrd
Who Narrowly Escaped Being
i Killed. .
Mr. J. A. Peak, ‘a prominent far
mer living in Pogt (gak’district in
Cobb codnty .stirred the community
in which he lived Tuesday morning
when he became swildenly mentally
deranged and began shooting at every
one in sight with a Winchestr rifle
and two 44 caliber pistols,
Mr. Peak was visiting his brother,
Mr. Roland Peak, and had left the
house early in the morning with the
vifle and pigtols saying that he was
going squirrel hunting. Soon after
wards he was seen on a hill in the
middle of a large field and when some
farmers in that section came near
on a road he began shooting a t them.
Sheriff Swanson was summoned from
Marietta about 7 a, m. and when he
and deputy sheXff, Sanders, and
baliff, Groover, arrived, Mr. Peak
was still stationed on the hill and
could not be safely approached.
Sheriff Swanson, telephoned bdck to
Marietta for police help and Chief
Bishop and Policeman Latimer went
to his assistance.
Unaware of the gituation, Mr. Eng
land and Mr. Byrd and another far
mer living in that section came with
in sight of Peak and he immediately
opened fire. When ‘they ran out of
sight he followed shooting as he went.
Finally Mr. Byrd was singled out and
followed about a mile and a half, to
his home where he secured a shot gun
and fired on Peak as he came around
the barn to the houge. The small
shot from Byrd’s gun struck Peak in
the face and chest and he threw down
his guns and surrendered,
When Sheriff Swanson and his
deputies came up Peak asked the
Sheriff why he did not come on to
him on the hill, that he wag waiting
for him, '
. It lis said that Mr. Peak had shown
signs of mental trouble for several
days before the incident. He was
brought to Marietia and later carried
to Brawners sanitarium where he is
beipg treated.. The ghot gun wound
is not considered serious and he will
probably recover in a short time.
[ Mr, Peak is wel] known in his com
‘munity and is a successgful and pro
'gressive farmer. He was a wife and
' five children.
Dr.l. A. White to Preach Sermon
at Methodist Church at 2
o’clock. ¢
Constintine Commandery No, 26,
Knights Templar wil]l hold theiir an
nual service at the Methodist church
Sunday afternoon, March 13th at
two o’clock,
Dr. 1. A. White, pastor of the First
Baptist church of Marietta will
preach the commandery sermon.
It is the cugtom of all Knight
Templar commanderies to hold a ser
vice at this time every year and the
members of the local organization
have beenh notified to be present
Sunday afternoon.
Nz‘v YORK EX-SOLDIER
FINED FOR ERROR IN
HIS ARMY ALLOTMENT.
Frank Elliott Seeman, of New York
was fined $lOO by United States
Judge Sibley, Thursday on the charge
of having made a false statement in
making out his allottment while in
the army. Requests that a light fine
be given were made by former Gover
nor Smith, of New York, and the dis
trict attorney and assistant distriet
attorney of New York,
It was alleged that Seeman made
out his allottment to his mother -
stead of his wife. He made the de
fense that he was not living with his
wife, and that, upon the advice of .a
second lieutenant at Camp Gordon,
who was in charge of making out the
allotments, his was made in favor of
his mother. L ot
His mother received his allotment
for two months, after which it was
sent to his wife. It was claimed that
the court of domestic relations of
Newl York was so impressed -with
Seeman’s claim that his mother shouid
receive the allottments that his wife
was ordered to pay half she had re
ceived to the mother.
PRESIDENT URGED TO USE
INFLUENCE FOR NEW PACT.
Paris, March 10.-—lt was stated at
‘the foreign office today that negotia
tions were under way between the
French embassy in Washington and
‘the state department in an effort to
induce President Harding to faver
acceptance of a modified League of
Nations. AR e
