The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, April 21, 1921, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextThe Marietta Fournal The People’s Paper VOL. 55. NO. 17. Legislators Will Be Asked to Pass Bill Creating a Bond Commission. PEOPLE ARE SAFEGUARDED Government Will Have Part In Selecting Highways to be Per manently Improved. The chairman of the Cobb coun ty commissioners, the clerk of the commissioners, the county attorney, the state senior Senator and one of the representatives together with the citizens committee appointed by the commissioners to act with them in forming plans for the county road bond election, met at the court house Wednesday afternoon at 3:30, and went into further detalils concerning the election which has been called for May 28. . The proposed bond election was discussed from every angle and legal technicalities, were cleared up and observed so that no hitch would like ly occur after progress was made to ward the election. It seemed to be the wunanimous opinion of the men present that the recommendation of the grand jury should be followed as nearly as pos sible; In providing for the permanent commission which was proposed to work in conjunction with*the county commissioners in expending the funds, supervising the work, etec., the county attorney together with the state officials were requested to draw up a bill ereating such a commission and specifying the duties of same. The bill to be passed at the next session of the Georgia legislature which meets in June. It was propos ed in providing this bill, that the state representatives should agree in writing to pass the measure in June and 31e county commissioners should pass d resolution to act with the bond commission in selling bonds, expend ing the funds, supervising’ the work and other details , concerning the road improvment movement. When the bil] is dra“ﬁf‘?ﬁ‘r’xa?efm?“a? the commisioners, the citizens com mittee and other officials will be call ed to take further steps preparatory to the election in May. A few legal points are yet undetermined, but will be settl&" at the next joint meeting, which will probably be call ed within a few days. The interest of the general public will be safeguarded in every way in regard to expending the money and promoting the work of improving the roads. In the mattey of designating the roads to be improved the high way commission is an assurance that the proper roads will be improved. The government meets the county fifty-fifty in the amount to be spent on the roads and will see that the work is done in the proper highways. Reports from differént sections of the county indicate that the people are ready to vote for bonds and will do so practically unanimously when the issue is presented to them in pro per shape. OUR MEMORIAL DAY Lt o Remembered in True Faith are Our Sleeping Heroes. For- | given Are Our Victors. 1 In 1890, when General Lee’s statue was unveiled at Richmond and even as late as the last great re union held in the same dear old city in 1907, the controlling spirit came from the men who themselves had fought. But when men pass three Score years each succeding decade decimates with fearful ravages their already thinned ranks. It is now fifty-six years .since 'Appomattox, and in that time a new, generation has arisen. There are men today N middle age who have never seen 2 slave in America, and who were born long after the doetrine'of con ®itutional secession has been for €ver settled in favor of the largest battaliong, No man born since 1870 an feel about State’s rights as did the men who raised the issue and fought in the “War Between The States,” 1861-1865. To all such of the modern generation the doctrines 3nd the constitutional beliefs of the ?ecesgionis"s have assumed a more or tesg tenuous and distant aspect. But hh(‘ fundamenta] emotions of the l“m:m beart are not founded upon Ezal hmr-splittinm‘a, noy do they de bend upon logical ability, Men love ﬁ:;‘l “';‘ﬂ'*r!j and die in response to a Per: {fm s far higher and more im of d, 'V¢ than any possible arguments Slatesmen or politicians. (()untinued on page ten). New Librarian Coming to Clarke Native Georgian Secured to Take Place of Miss Porter Who g Leaves. i Miss Sallie Mae Akin has been en gaged by the Board of Directors of the Clarke Library as Librariarn for the coming year, taking the place of Miss Porter, who goes to Greenville, S 0 Miss Akin is-a Georgian, her home being Cartersville. She is a gradu ate of the Part Institute Library School, and has had several years ex perience in the work. Her last posi tion has been in Bakersfield, Calif., where she has been in county library work, Miss Akin comes highly re commended .as a capable Librarian, with a most pleasing personality, and Marietta may Mo congratulated in securing her services, MR. E. A. NICHOLS BUILDING BUNGALOW //Mr. E. A. Nichols is building a very attractive bungalow on the beautiful lot he bought from Mr, E. G. Gilbert, which lies between the homes of Mr. E. G. Gilbert and Mr. J. M. Fowler on Forrest Avenu‘e? Mr. Nichols hag” already refused several very advantageous offers for this desirable place, as he expects to make it his home. Gets First Place In Girls Essay. Several Second and Third Places in other Events /{L;;rietta made a very creditable showing at the district high school meet in Cedartown last Friday and Saturday winning first and third plades in the Literary contest, two second and third places in the Ath letic contest, one second and three third placgs in the note book display contest. “Thé‘h Marietta did not win eith €r ¢ et showing was good considering the fact that the district has grown considerably in the past few years, several more schools en tering to contest for the prizes. Next year the district meet will be held at Cartersville and Marietta has already announced that she will try hard to win one or more of the cups offered for the most points, The winners at Cedartown were: Literary Cup—Calhoun. Athletic Cup—Cartersville. Notebook Cup—Dalton. For Marictta Literary six points— -Ist prize girl’s essay—Sara Fran ces Northcutt. 3rd prize Music—Eliza Holmes. Notehooks eight points— 2nd Mathematics. 2nd Science. 3rd History. 3rd English. Athletics six poirgs—— 2nd—44o yard dash, Lewis Hibble. 3rd—22o yard dash, Lee Sessions. 3rd—loo yard dash., Lee Sessions, 3rd relay—Bishop, Sessions, Fow ler, Underwood. PARK JS BEJNG TMPROVED BY THE WOMAN'S CLUB {/in keeping with their interest in the welfare and appearance of Ma rietta the Woman’s Club is having the park cleaned up and improved this week and it is a delightful sight to the people who cross the park every day going home or to business. The park alreadv looks consider ablv better and when the work is finished will be far more beautiful and inviting. : Temporarily the park is closeg while the park benches are being painted and the walks fixed u;:./ BUSINESS GIRL’'S CLUB PREPARING MINISTREL On TuesAay night the regular‘ meeting of the Business Girl’s Club was held at the Y. W. C. A. rooms. The Club at present is quite busy preparing for the Ladies Ministrel which it will present during the early part of May. | The Club has also taken over the. business of canvassing the town in the interest of Y. W, C. A. ﬁnance,‘f and on Wednesday, at 6:30, supper was served in the Club rooms to the gpecial Committee selected for this work, and exhaustive plans were made as to how this matter should be gone about. | Mrs. Wilder Glover who is chair man of Finance was present. The meeting was presided over by Miss Allene Fields, who is in charge of the committee, | MARIETTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1921. | FTIGLY PREPARED \ —_— 1 Confederate Dead Will Be Honor ed by People of Marietta Next Tuesday. PROCESSION WILL MARCH Services Will Be Held At Cemetery And Graves Decorated With Flowers. : . Appropriate plans are being made for Memorial Day which will be held at the Confederate cemetery next Tuesday immdiately after’ a proces sion of Marietta citizens and child ren marches from the court house at ten o’clock. JMarietta has always shown her tQ%y in honoring the memory of the men who died for the South, and this year the graves of the soldiers who gave their lives near Marietta will," as usual, be decorated with flowers, and Memorial Day observed with a program fitting for the oc casion. ® Below is the program for the day and other information regarding. the ceremonies. Memorial Day Exercises Annual Confederate Memorial Day will be observed as usual April 26, with a procession to the cemetery, and a program consiting of Music Recitations and a Memorial address. Alll participants in the parade are requested to meet in front of the court housk where procession will move promptly at ten o’clock. J Stanton Read will act as Marshal of the Day assisted by Capt. Crowe, Lindley Camp, and others of the American Legion. Automobiles will be provided for} Confederate Veterans, Officers of Memorial Association, U. D. C’s, and D. A, R’s.; also for officiating Minis ters. The school children and Boy_‘ Scouts will .be interesting features of the line of march. At the cemetery the following pro gram wil] be given: » Songs—School children. ' Prayer—-Rev. J.. M.. Tumlin, 2 ' Original Reading—Mrs. J. H. Bos ton. 1‘ Song—Quartette. | Memorial Address—Rev. 1 A. White. Delivery of History Prizes—Mrs. John M. Graham. Decoration of Graves—Everybody. U. D. C’s. MEET —_— \ Kennesaw Chapter, U. D. C., had a particularly pleasant meeting on Tuesday afternoon at the home of the secretary, Mrs. J. E. Mozley. The main business of the afternoon was the perfecting -of the plans and ar rangements for Memorial Day. The members of the D. A. R. C'hapter,! and Marietta Women’s Club will march in the parade and co-operate with the U. D. C’s. and Memorial Association in every way to make the dag a suceess. | The chairman of the Tech cam paign in Cobb county announces that the plans are al] ready and the drive will start Friday morning, Committees will canvass the coun ty and give every one a chance to con tribute to the worthy cause. Reports from a number of counties over the state indicate that the drive is going over in good shape. Mr. Guy Northcutt is in charge of the campaign in Cobb county and will start his co-workers out tomor row to put this county over the top for v assigned quota. ; LIBRARY A MEETING | PLACE FOR CITIZEN 'Bi The Clarke Library management is pleased to note how many people': are now using the library as a meet ing place. This is one of the minor uses of a library in a community. l As a meeting place a library is ideal, for there are not only chairs to rest in, but magazines to pass the minutes which seem so long when one is waiting. I We hope Marietta shoppers, mov ing picture patrons and all others who wish to meet their friends in a 4 convenient place, will use the Clark Library for that purpose. / P. A. R. CHAPTER TO : MEET TODA‘{' The D. A, R. meeting, which waa‘ postponeg,on account of the death of one of the members, will be held at 2:30 o'clock this (Friday) afternoon, at the residence of Miss Mabel Cor telvou. ERRE SCHOOLS AND MM]SI (SRR i ' — | Dr. J. D. Malone, Who Has Just Returned From Vigit There ' Tells About Progress. i IMPROVEMENT BY BONDS Japanese Are Exceptionally Industri ous and Hard to Compete With '3 In Farming. Editor Journal: Having just retuned from a three ‘months’ sojurn in Southern Califor nid, you ask that I give your readers some of my impessions of that coun try. It is a big subject and I will con fine myself to such things as I think will be of interest to the majority of our people, and especially to those X are trying to develop and ad afice Marietta and Cobb county. ios Angeles, where we stayed, is center of a section that has made elous development during the past ten or fifteen years, and is still advancing with rapid strides. The last census gave the city about 600,000, and they claim a hundred ‘thousand more now, and confidently predict a million inhabitants by 19- 30. » ‘What accounts for this wondeful gowth in population and wealth? The climate, of course, has some thing to do with it, but not all by ‘any means, ¢t Their public improvements in the w? of roads and schools, and their suecessful efforts to beautify, and mi(e‘ things ‘attractive, are in my judgement, some of the main rea soms, Asphalt streets all -over the cities, and from Los Angeles out in every direction leading to the smaller cities’ are wide, smooth, asphalt-covered concrete roads. - o " With the speed limit of 35 miles an hour on the country roads, dis tace don’t count for much, One vegy seldom sees a horse drawn ve higle on the streets or cduntry roads. The number of automobile licenses issped in Los Angeles county for 19- 20 was 161,000, about one car to -~ Handsome, large public school buildings are seen everywhere. In the High Schools they give courses in businss, domestic science, manual training, etc, besides the re gular courses, and there are no tui tion charges. School books and sup plies are furnished to all the pupils free of charge. . One is impressed with the way they handle public improvements. Whatever is necessary to be done, they do it, and they do it right, and in the best way, regardless of cost. How have they accomplished such marelous things? Largely by voting big, long time, bond issues, for the public schools, and for building per manent roads. Doesn’t that male taxes mighty high? Yes, their pres ent city tax rate is $1.60 and their resent county rate is $2.41, making a total of $4.00, but it is based on a 50 per cent property valuation. They have tax appraisers for both city a-d county, who appraise all property at fifty per cent of its real value, and the tax levy is made ac cording iy. 32 Such things that I have mentioned come hivh, but it has certainly pzaid in California, for they have what people want, and they hold what citi zens they have, and are drawing oth ers from every part of the compass. I talked with scores of the people, and I failed to find one that was not satisfied, and apparently happy, and had no desire or intention of ever coming back “East” as they call it, Space forbids me from speaking of the great and diversified agricul tural products of that section, and theiy improved farming methods. Im proved lands range from $3OO to $7OO per acre and perhaps more. It only costs about $B.OO per aere for water toll for irrigation. - The Jap does most of the truck farming, leas ing the land and on account of his intensive methods, and his wonder ful industry, the white tenant can’t compete with him. This aecounts for a great deal of the fight, that is gen stantly waged in California - against the Japanese. We have here in North Georgia an all the year climate, far better than in many sections of the United States, and we also have a country of great possibilities. If our people could only get a vision, forget the past and look to the future, and be gin to do things, we would soon have a country of contented and posper ous people, and one that would draw and hold others as well. J. D. Mazlone, Mariotta, Ga. April 18, 1921, \ The Marietta Journal $l.OO Per Year, COTTON MARKET Spots for May Open Close Monday .....___12.20 1211 TURsdRY 1208 1170 Wednesday _____ll.7o 11.92 Thursday ___._.__ll.9s 11.88 BARENTS’ AND WORKERS' INSTITUTE The parents and Sunday School workers of Marietta will have an op portunity for a treat on May 4th, and sth, when Mrs. Mina Colburn Hillis, of Cincinnati, will be here to speak at an Institute to be held in the Maple Ave. Methodist Epgscopal Church. Mrs. Hillis was for years the Super intendent of the Training School for Kindergartners and had charge of all the public school kindergartens of the city. : : She will speak each day of the In stitute, hzr subjects being, “Train ing the Child” and “Teaching the Child about God”. She is an attrac tive speaker. The other speaker at the Institute will be the Rev. Jas, B. Crippen, Dist. Supt. and Sunday School spe cialist. He will present different phases of Sunday School work. Drive to California In Auto Using - Camping Outfit For Sleep /,aing and Eating Purposes The following news item from the Los Angeles Examiner will be of interest to Marietta, for all were in terested in the cross-continent trip of those popular young chaps, Rich~ ard and Joe Marchman and George Mitchell Morris. They left here an March 4 arriving at their destination the last of the month, and this is a good account of their geip: . ‘The Marchman’s are now making ge Mitchell will remain out there for some time, having a good posi!,bion with an automobile company. V. “California roads and ‘ﬂ@hways and the delightful climate ‘of South ern California has gained another strong boster in Richard Marchman, of Marietta, Georgia, who just drove across the continent via the southern route through Louisiana, Texas and over the El Paso route. Marchman drove his Buick car through the swamps of the south and the sandy desert roads of the southwest, and came through without a particle of trouble. He reported to the service station of the Howard Automobile Company to tell how wonderfully well the Bulick behaved wunder all sorts of conditions. “Marchman kept a close tab on the gasoline and oil consumxion and states that ‘his Buick only used 298 gallons of gasoline and burned up 35 quart of oil in the 2035 miles traveled. This proves how economical a motorist can drive all over the United States, through muddy, swampy districts, desert roads, and highway stretches. However, March man says that hcre in California was about the only place where he had pavement to drive over. In other sections where the roadway was good it was dirt or gravel roadbed. Hotels were given the overlook by Marchman and his Iwo com panions on the trip. Camping para phernalia was carried on the running board and every night wherever there was a comfortable and inviting camping ground the three young men stopped. Although Marchman already has driven the Buick 20,300 miles, he says it is still running as good as it did when he first purchased it.” Letters of Appreciation Sent to ~ Journal For Publishing Hcenor Rolls. ' Most all of the county schools have closed the spring term and the child ren are busily engaged helping with the crops in the county. The Journal will continue to print the honor rolls of those that remain open and trust that it will be an incentive to.the ‘children in keeping up attendance and good lessons, Many expressions of appreciation have reached the Journal office from different schools in the county and we are very glad to know we have been some assistance to our conunty schools through our columns. When (Continued on page ten.) ESTABLISHED 1866. Drama Gouacil of Y. W. C. A. To Present Best Shows Ever by Local Talent. CAST OF THE CHARACTERS Plays Selected With Much Care. Big Attendance Expected At Auditorium, Mariettans who attend the play to be given by the Drama Council of the local Y. W. C. A. Friday night are as sured of an evening of pleasant en tertainment. The three one act plays are consideed the best yet produced in Marietta by local tallent. The plays were selected with much care by Mrs. W. E. Benson and the Y. W. C. A. is paying a royalty for produc ing each of them, People taking part in the plays have given time and practice to mak ing the plays a big successs and a large attendance is expected to be on hand when the curtains rise at 8:15 Friday night at the auditorium. The admission will be 75¢ for adults. The cast for the three plays fol lows: j “THREE PILLS N A BOTTLE” By Rachel Lyman Field. TIME—Now or then. PLACE—Anywhere or nowhere. Scene—A room in Widow Simms’ house. CHARACTERS Tony Simms— Thornton Fields. The Widow Simms, his mother— —~Badie Sibley. A Middle-aged Gentleman— ~—C. H, Goodson, His Soul— , T. N. Hemp. A Scissors Grinder— F. Burton "Hiis Soul—- Frank Hardeman, A Scrub Woman— Mrs. F. Burton Heml—— Porothy Nutting. ghed by Mrs.'W. E. Benson. Mrs, Lawson Fields, Art Director. “TRIFLES” By Susan Glaspell, TIME—Now. ; - SCENE-—The kitchen in the now mg, farmhouse =of John Bty iAR BNTEL st Sv A s CAST. 4% George Henderson, County Attorney: —C. M. Brown. Henry Peters, Sheriffs— —R. L. Benson, Lewis Hale, a neighbor of John Wright— Glover Parks. Mrs. Peters— Mrs. Geo. Daniell, Mrs. Hale— Mrs. D. C. Cole Coached by Mrs. W. E. Benson. “JOINT OWNERS IN SPAIN” By Alice Brown. TlME—Early afternoon of .a win ter's day. PLACE~—Room in Old Ladies Home, CAST. Mrs. Mitchell director of Old Ladies Home— Mary Grant. Inmates of the Home— Mrs. Fullerton— Mrs. J. E. Williams Mrs. Blair— Daisy White. Miss Dyer— Fannie Lou Webb. There will be an interesting ques tionaire attached to the program to be answered by each member of the audience—Bring your pencil—we want to know what you think of us, Mary L. Benson, WOMAN'S GLUB MAKES Federated Clubs of Seventh Dis trict Will Meet At Golf Club May Fifth. The Woman’s Club is making ela borate preparations for the Conven tion of the Federated Clubs of the Seventh District whieh is to be held at the Golf Club on Thursday, May sth. The program will begin at 10 o’clock in the morning, luncheon is to be served by the hestess Club at 1 o‘clock, and a three hour sessions will. be held in the afternoen. Mrs. J. E. Hayes, of Montezuma, the state’ president will be preszent, also Mrs. Martin, of Dalton, the vice-president of the Seventh District, besides num bers of other prominent women. Twenty-five clubs will be represen ted, among them being Rome, Cedar town, Dalton, Adairsville, Carters ville, ete. ' ‘The following committees. have' been appointed by the Woman’s Clab to serve during the preparation and - continaance of the meeting of the Seventh Distriet Federated Clubs on May 5. If any lady finds that she cannot serve ¢he will please notify the chair- - man of her committee and oblige the executive board, e Credential Committee~<Mrs, 8. H, Sibley, chairman; Miss Mabel Cortel you, Miss Sadie Gober, (Cortinued on page ten,) 10 Pages