The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, March 31, 1921, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextThe Marietta Tonrnal : The People’s Paper - VOL. 55. NO. 13. J. S. Peek Kills Wife; Shoots Self In Arm IMPORTANT CASES . | TRIED LAST WEEK Judge Blair Fines Users of Punch Boards. Gambling Given 3 Set Back by Court. HETRICK 6 MONTHS AND $lOOO “Shine” Fowler Given 2 to 5 Years For Stabbing White Man Seve ral Months Ago. The March term of Cobb county Superior court adjourned here last Saturday after a busy week with criminal cases. : Gambling in Marietta was given a set back by some of the court de cisions and punch boards users fined by Judge Blair. A. S. “Shine” Fowler was senten ced to 2 to 5 years in the chaingang for stabbing Ernest Wilson, a white man, several months ago. Fowler was driving a public auto in Marietta when the trouble occured. The most important case tried was that of W. F. Hetrick, charged with misappropriation of Acworth Cotton Mill funds. This case was hotly contested, Sol icitor General John S. Wood being assisted by Judge N. A. Morris, while the defense was represented by Clay & Blair and H. B. Moss. No stones were left unturned on ejther side. After considerable altercation the jury rendered a verdict of guilty, and under the law, as the Judge charged them, fixed his punishment at two years minimum and four years maxi mum, but the Judge further charged that they could reduce his punish ment to that of a misdeameanor ifl they saw fit; they did recommend a misdemeanor punjshment. The Judgel could have disregarded this recom mendation but he stated that he had not seen proper so far in the admin-! istratjon of the duties of his office to disregard the recommendation of the‘ juries and that in view of this recom= mendatjon he would fine him slooo‘ and add to that six months in the chaingang. 1 Hetricks counsel immediately made a motion for a new trial and gave bond. It is said that pending the hearing he is assisting in the operation of a cotton mill or hosiery mil] at Cornelia. The motion is set for a hearing on May 9th at Mari etta. | & gt g MR, RALPH NORTHCUTT IS RECOVERING Mr. R. W. Northeutt, who has been so ill with pneumonia since last Wed nesday, hag passed the crisis, and is now on the road to recovery. This is most gratifying news to his legion of warm friends, not only in Marietta but all over the state, who have watched aniously for daily bul letins from the sickroom. Hig room looks like a conservatory such quantities of exquisite flowers are sent by loving friends. The question on every lip has been “How is Ralph now?” and the whole town seems brighter since his improve ment, Here’s to his rapid convalescence. Will .Make .Improvements .And Conduct Business Under Same { Policy as Heretofore | Mr. Allen Pybass, who has been manager of the Music Store since it was organized nearly two years. ago, has bought out the former owners and will conduct the Music Store along the same business policy as hereto fore with impsovement in equipment and business facilities. Mr. Pybass came here from Knox ville where he has heen engaged in the Music store business for several vears. His friends here will be glad to know that he has purchased the Music Store and will look for pro gressive movements in the business he is conductng. ROTARIANS GONE TO BIRMINGHAM Dr. 1. A. White left on Monday for Birmingham, Ala., where he went as a delegate to the great'Rotarian Convention. Mr. George Welsh and Mr. Otis Brmby, prominent members of the Marietta Rotary Club went also. . Mr. J. W. Hancock, the president of our cluh, was prevented by busi ness from attending th econvention. PEEK IN COBB JAIL - J. 8. Peek was brought to Cobb county this afternoon and lodged in jail. Peek claims he is not crazy, that he accidently shot his wife vesterday., | 1 Many Nationally Prominentl Speakers Will Be On Program The program for the State Sun day School Convention, which will be held in Macon,.on April 19, 20, 21,i has been practically completed, ac cording to R. D. Webb, General Sup—! erintendent of the Georgia Sunday School Association, and contains thé; names of six out-of-state speakers, and a large number of the well known leaders in the religious life of the State. | Dr. William A. Brown, Chicago, Director of Evangelism in the depart ment of the International Sunday School Association, a former mis sionary to the Phillipine Islands, and later, missionary superintendent of the International Sunday School As sociation, -will be one of the most popular speakers on the Convention program. Other out of state speak ers include Mrs. Maud J. Baldwin, Chicago, Children’s Division Superin tendent of the International Sunday School Association. Dr. H. E. Tralle, Philadelphia, _edlt"li of training publications of the American Baptist - Publication So ciety, and the author of severa] well known text-books on teacher train ing and Sunday School work, will prove a valuable addition to the pro gram. This will be Dr. Tralle’s first visit to Georgia. Dr. George R. Stuart, of Birming ham, pastor of the First Methodist Church, has been secured to deliver three lectures during the Conven tion. Another well known Sunday School worker from Birmingham is Mrs. M. M. Huges, Elementary Sup erintendent of the North Alabama Methodist Episcopal Church South, conference who is a specialist in this division of the Sunday School work. Myron C. Settle, of Kansas City General Secretary of the Kansas City Sunday School Association, will speak several times on the general program, and in the young people’s and administrative division confer ences on subjects relating to week day religious instruction. Among the Georgia speakers who have accepted places on the program, are Dr. Rufus W. Weaver, Macon, President of Mercer University, Dr. W. F. Quillian, Macon, President of Wesleyan College; Prof. M. L. Brit tain, Atlanta, State Superintendent of Education, and Chairman of the Educational Committee for the Geor gia Sunday School Association; Dr. J. R. Sevier, Augusta, pastor of the First Baptist Church. " The specialization work in the four ‘division conferences will be directed by the following well known Sunday ’School leaders in the State; Dr. Joseph Broughton, Atlanta, Superin }tendent of the Tabernacle Baptist Sunday School; Mrs. W. L. Blankin ship, Atlanta, Associate Superintend ent of the Tabernacle Baptist Sun day School; Burr Blackburn, Atlanta, a specialist in young people’s work, formerly Young People’s Division Superintendent of the Ohio Sunday School Association; Prof. and Mrs. Floyd Field, Atlanta; Mrs. Archibald Davis, Atlanta; Prof. George Rosser, Macon; W. S. Nicholson, Augusta; A. M. Smith, Atlanta; Dr. Jere Pound Athens; Deppish Kirkland, Savannah, Superintendent of the Second Bap tist Sunday School, and Vice-Presi dent of the Georgia Sunday School Association; Miss Edwina Wood, Co tumbus; and the following employed workers of the Georgia Sunday School Aksociation, Miss Myra Ba}t chelder, ‘Misss Flora Davis, Miss Daisy Magee, and R. D. Webb, Gen aral Superintendent. The general sessions of the con vention will be presided over by Hin ton Booth, Statesboro, President of the Georgia Sunday School Associa tion; and the following Vice-Presi dents; L. K. Jordan, Monticello; T 0. Hatheock, Atlanta. MARIETTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH' 31st, 1921. MARIETTA HI SCHOOL - Contestants Selected to Represent Local School in District Meet Next Month WILL MEET IN CEDARTOWN Marietta To Send Strong Delegation To Look After Literary And 4 Athletic Interests. | i T N | iThe Tewelfth Annual Meeting of the high schools of the Seventh Con gressional District will be held at Cedartown on April 15 and 16. - The preliminary contests were held at the High School on Wednesday e The judges for Recitation and De clamation were Dr..J. H. Patton, Mr. R. R. Claiborne, 'anfl Mrs. W. E. Ben son, and their (:esk ‘was most difficult, for all the cont stints did really re markably well. "{r}leed it came near er being a tie in both cases than a matter of first and second choice. { The declamations were, particular ly good. Steve Clay’s subject was “Spartacus To The Gladiators,” and Emmett Kemp’s was “Emmett’s De fense.’¥ It is interesting to note that Emnfet was named for Robert Em mett, and is of Irish descent, so he spoke most feelingly. y The girls were equally fine, and Miss Catharine Cogburn was very good. i The judges in the music contest were Mrs. Sam L. Rambo, Mrs. M. D. Hodges, and Miss Glennnis Hancock and they also found it very hard to decide on the winner. Eliza Holmes, who player the first, Waltz, by Gonnod, brilliantly, was finally given first place, and Anne Bolling Claiborne was given second. l But the playing of Miss Ma:‘gm*et4 Black and Miss Nancy Boston certain ly deservies special mention. l Marietta, as usual, will be proud of her representatives at the mee this year. 3 ] f"" * Preliminary Contest g 3% {Music—Eliza Holmes, first Anpn é_o_lli_pg Claibourne, second. " Recitation—Wilma - Watson, first Nancy Boston, second. Girl’s Essay—Ss’{a Frances North cutt, first Elizabeth: Goodman, second. Athletics—loo yayd dash, Lee Ses sions. 1 Running High"Junip, Louis Hibble: Shot Put—Ed Mages. Pole Vault, Kenneth Campbell. 220 Yard Dash. Running Broad Jump, Weldon Un derwood. 440 Yard Dash, Lee Sessions. 120 Yard Hurdles, Albert Bishop. 1-2 Mile Relay Race, Robert Fow ler, Weldon Underwood, Louis Hib ble, Albert Bishop;j SAGRED HARP SINGERS MEET AT MT. GALVARY| Annual Singing Will Be Held Again This Year On Second Sunday in April l The United Sacred Harp singersi will hold their annual meeting at Mount. Calvary 'Church three miles west of Marietta the Second Sunday in April All lovers of good singing are in vited to be present for the occasion and assist in the singing. l A great crowd attends these sing ings every year and much interest is'already shown in the coming meet-l ing. Speaking of Quality And Getting Resulis 8 ‘ T S————. T —————. k It is expected that every man boosts his own business, but here’s what others have to say about the Marietta Jour nal. ' QUALITY A large Merchant whose store is quality from the front door through, and who depends on the quality of his adver tising copy for results had the following fo say VOLUN TARILY. : The Journal Ads are by far the best. ; RESULTS One of the largest general merchants in Marietta, and one of the most progressive as well, was skeptical about, newspaper results. He kept a elose tab on the sales through his advertisements and this is his experience in his own words: *‘Eight out of ten enstomers told me they read the ads in the Marietta Journal.”’ : Suggest 3700,(‘)3:;01!(1 Issue For Oounty Roads. Other Matters Are Commended to Citizens A pi ﬁ:'eping improvements in Cobb nty were recommended by the grand jury of the March term of court whioh adjourned last week. \ ~ The Jurymen reviewed and inves ;tigated the road situation and deci ded that there was just one way to lget good roads and maintain them in ;the county. According to their judgement it is impossible to build ’sarvicoable roads and keep them up on the funds now available for that purpose and they saw no other way than a bond isswe to put the county roads g the condition they ought to be m-% r travel. Followihg the lead of & flumber of other counties in the state they recommended 4 bond issue of $700,000 to buil bb county roads. The unsanitary condition of the Marietta court house was looked into by the jurymen and recommendations regarding repairs and improvements' were made. ‘ The health work under the Ellis Law was reviewed and Dr. Todd com mended by the jury. } The jury also investigated the county school superintendents salary and found it inadequate and recom mended that it b ised from $l2OO to $lBOO per year. HISTORY SECTION WOMAN'S 'CLUB TO MEET APRIL 7TH. The History and Current Events ‘Bection of the Woman’s Club will ‘meet Thursday, April 7th,53:30 p. m. at the home of Miss Mabel Cortel you. The gecond program on Japan awill be festured by a paper by Mrs, J. M. ‘J::ﬁr, “The Opening of Ja ipan {8 the Western Nations.” Ebrief resume of the first pro g will be given for the ‘benefit -0 ~members who could not at 'tend the March meeting. - ... s 'WOMAN'’S CLUB ASKS ' FOR NEW MEMBERS The members of the Woman’s Club of Marietta work for the weifare of the community and banded together they can bring about a wonderful amount of improvement in public af fairs at present, the Club is working for the the safety of the public at the lrailroad crossings. They are striving to install a sys item of signals, or gates, to prevent %such loss of life. Join the club and work for many mneeded reforms. There is strength in numbers, Members of Local Church Assist In Organization Sunday Night. Fourth In County A nse—— ¥ Several members.of the Epworth ieague of the Marietta Methodist church went to Camp Ground Sunday night and assisted in'the organization of a League in the c*turch ;}g Thig is the fourth ﬂeagu to be or ganized in Cobb county gnd has a good outlook for a large mbership. Sixty three were prese Sunday night. ' The following were elected as the first officers: president, Mr. John Le- Croy; vice-pesident, Mr. Henry Frey; secty; treasurer, Miss Edna Lewell. COTTON MARKET - Spots for May Qpen Close Monday ....._._12.30 12.52 Tuesday _-___---12.56 12.22 Wednesday __.__12.35 12.84 Thursday ______.l2.2o 12.35 } : | Tie For Commercial Champion ship To Be Settled on Atlan ta Boys' High Court. To-night the sesdond team from Marietta will go to Atlanta to play off a tie for championship of a lea gue. This time the girls of the local Y. W. C. A. will journey down to the Boys’ High School court next to the Atlanta Auditorium to con test with the Georgia Baptist Nur ses for championship of the Com mercial League. - The Y girls have made a splendid record this season and when they have had their regular quintet on hand they have been invincible. The Georgia Baptist nurses also have a very strong team and the contest to night promises to be one of the best games this season. A large delegation will go with the team from Marietta to witness the last game of the season by a Ma rietta team. ‘ STANDARD AND 0%“&3' | PUTTING ON BIG 84 s| Big Ads In Journal This Week Show List of Bargains Offer- | ed The People. ‘ e Standard” Mercantile Company and the Cogburn Company two well known and progressive Mariettai firms are putting on big sales begin ning Saturday. ‘ l In this weeks issue of the Journal large advertisements show a list of bargains they have to offer now. ; ‘ The Standard and the Cogburn stores have established a resutation for bargains in this section and when they put on a sale the people know what to expect. They are large ad-‘ vertisers and depend on volume of sales for profits. | WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY GETS MINIMUM PENALTY Some comment has been heard in regard to the fine imposed upon Mrs. Mary Moore, charged with forging a check for $2O on Sheriff Swanson severa] weeks ago. ~ Mrs. Moore wag charged with for gery which is a felony. She asked for no one to represent her in the case and came upon the stand and pleaded guilty. The presiding judge stated in his remarks while sentencing Mrs. Moore that he would like to make the sen tence lighter, but no law was on the statute that would permit him to make the sentence less than two years. BOYS ORGANIZE LOCAL AGRICULTURAL CLUBS The boys of the Osborne School met with the County Agent last Thursday afternoon and organized the Osborne Boy’s Agricultural Club with fourteen members in the. corn club, potato club and pig clug. Elzie Cantrell and Floyd Owens were chos en as club leaders. The members of this club will hold regular meetings during the vear and practical demonstrations relating to some phase of their work will be by the county agent at these meet ings. Their next meeting will be Sat urday afternoon, April 2, at the home of their leader Elzie Cantrell. The Cross Roads Agricultural Club was organized Wednesday afternoen with twelve members. Ben King and Ruby MecClure were chosen to be the leaders of this club. Local clubs similiar to the above have been organized in » number of communities in the county, and these clubs with individual members from other parts of the county make up the county club. The time for en rollment in these clubs is out April 15th. Any boys who want to join some of these clubs should get in toueh with the county agent right aweay. ESTABLISHED 1866 Shoots Wife When Men Come To Take Him Back to Sanitari um For Treatment,. GOES TO ATLANTA IN CAR Forces Children And Aunt In Auto~ mobile and Speeds To Police : Headquarters. - J. Stewart Peek, a prosperous Cobb county farmer, who suddenly became mentally deranged about three weeks Ago and was released from Brawners Sanitarium only last week, shot and killed his wife Wednesday afternoon at about 3 ’clock at their home near Roswell in Cobb county, 11 miles north of Marietta. ' Peek had enly been at home a few days from the sanitarium where he was sent when he became insane and shot at several neighbors three weeks ago. His family and neighbors no ticed that he was becoming mentally unbalanced again and Mr. Mabray, a neighbor, phoned his brother Roland Peek, who with Jim Dawson started to his house to investigate his condi ton and see if they could take him back to the sanitarium. According to Mr. Dawson’s and his prother’s statements when they ap prpached the house Peek was out in ﬁ.ﬁ%bpnt yard scuffling with his wife and ddughter over a pistol. Dawsen and Peek’s brother Roland, were frightened away and as they left Peel§ went into the house with his wife and a moment later shots were heard in the house and another in the front yard, supposedly to be aimed at Pawson and Peek’s brother. : One of Peek’s son's about 16 years old was plowing in the field and rgq‘ told about the matter and immediate ly went to the house where his father was and attempted to take the gun 2way from him. Later Peck forced his children into a car and Went'by Mrs. Clyde Peek’s house, an aunt, and forced her to get in the car and made his son drive to Atlanta to police head quarters where he gave himself up. Peek had shot himself in the right wrist during the scuffle. Neighbors who went to the house two hours later found the dead body of Mrs. Peak lying on the floor in & pool of blood with a bullet wound in the head. The small child that was reported missing last night was found in the automobile driven to Atlanta. The children, five in all, with their aunt, were brought back te Cobb county last night and spent the night with relatjves in another community. Peek was carried to Grady’s Hos pital and was guarded during the night. Sheriff Swanson will go to Atlanta today to bring him to Cobb county and he will be placed in & cell in the county jail. Peek has five children, the oldest ayout 16 and the youngest one year old. Their names are Leßoy, Alma, Ingram, Denver and the baby. Mrs. Peek’s body was brought to the Black Undertaking establishment in Marietta and prepared for burial The funeral will probably be held at the church near their home. She was Miss Emma Lewis, the daughter of Mr. Elzie Lewis, before her marriage to Peek. EIG“T Yl WI cl Al Glnls ; - TOGET CERTIFICATES Award Given for Several Months Training in Home Hygiene } ~And Care of the Sick (L™ #Next Tuesday night at the Y. W. €. A. Auditorium eight Y girls will receive their certificates in Home Hygiene and care of the sicg»htvlnc taken a course for several menths un der the direction and i)o&ucﬁon‘l of Miss Virginia Gih’beg, " the county ‘health nurse. \w”’ . Fxaminations were held this week ‘and the eight names below qualified for the certificates: ; } Misses Nell Mahoney, Ora Chand ler, Nita Chandler, Almyrt * Smith, Lois Welsh, Audrev Boa ~ . Elim Edwards 21d Dorothy Lewis.) =~ } Expert training has be2;m~ the ‘girls by Miss Gibbes and they have shown & commendable interest in the studies. Hise i There. will be four G",Cl%pSf : ‘two of the sun and two of ; Dates—April 8 and 22, C / and 6. 2 16 Pages