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The Marieta Tonetnal
The
People’s
Paper
VOL. 55, NO. 38,
Marietta Schools Have Record Enrollment
N LAKE NEAR HERE
Tragedy Oceurred About 5:30 O~
clock Suday and Though Sever.
al Engage in Resene Work,
Body is Not Recovered until
8:30 O’¢luck.
¥unera] services for Eugene York,
Jr., the fourteen year old boy who
was drowned in the old waterworks
lake about two miles South of Ma
rietta Sunday afternoon, were held
at the Heolly Springs church Tues
day merning.. Interment followed
in the ckurch cemetery.
Young York was the son of Mr.
and Mrs. P. B. York, of Mtlanta,
formerly residents of Cobb county
and has a number of relatives and
friends in Maretta. He was a mem
ver of a troup of Atlanta Boy Scouts
who were encamped near the lake
and at the time of the tragedy was
rowing about the lake in a canoe in
company with two other com
panions Wwhen the boat -capsized.
York was not a very good swimmer
and failed to reach land. Both boys
went to his assistance and one of them
succeeded in getting him almost out
of danger when thru violent strug
gling York wrenched himself from
his grasp. He failed to come to the
surface again and all efforts at res
cue in time to save his life were to
no avail, :
One of the drowned boys compan
ions, seout Clayton King, who was
considered an excellent swimmer ex
hausted himself in an’ e¥ort to res
cue the boy to such apn extent that
it became mnecessary for othess ar
riving on the scene to help him from
rhe water and prevent a second trag
eqay.
By nightfall, hundreds of people
«l gathered on the shores of the
ke andewery P.eans possible was
Ised to rescue the body. At eight
thirty o’cloeck Sunday evening the
body was. finaly--located by one of
the divers and brought to the surface.
In the meantime the valve on the
odgate of the dam had been open
cd in order to drain the lake.
The father if Eugene York, P. E.
York, is a brother to Frank and “Jap”
York of this city. The young man's
mother is a sister to Mr. Randolph
Chandler and he was related to the
Bensons and Bishops of this county.
A special car bore a large number
of York’s companions to Marietta
Tuesday to act as pall bearers and
an escort for the body of their dead
companion. -
Scout York was a fine specimen of
young manhood, a splendid looking
chap and popular with his boy com
panions, His sudden and tragic
death was keenly felt and many of
the little fellows were in tears over
the%oss of their companion.
Schedule is Announced by lounty
Chairman—SBpecial Speakers
- Are Promised
Quite a “ number, of important
meetings in the interest of the Geor
gia Cotton Growers Cooperative as
sociatios will be Méld the latter part
of this week and/during next week
in this county. ' [
The following/ scsedule has been
announced by dounty airman, J.
R. Morgan.
Sardis S.aturéay night, \Sept- 10;
Sandy Plains,/ Tuesday night,\ Sept.
13; Rocky Mount, Wednesday night,
Sept. 14; Benson School House,
Thursday night, Sept. 15; Piedmont
School House, Friday night, Sept. 16
It is announced that special speak
ers from headquarters have been se
cured for these meetings and the peo
ple in every section are urged to be
bresent where possible. A
CROWDS COULD NOT GET
IN BUILDING AT POW- |
DER SPRINGS REVIVAL
A ten day Protracted meeting
came to a close at the Powder
Springs Methodist church with the
€vening services last Tuesday, which
for attendance and results have sel
dom been surpassed anywhere in the
County. 21 new members were ad
ded to the church lists, 12 ¢f whom
Were receifed by lbaptism. Many
more were received for the other
churches of the city.
The services were conducted hv the
bastor, Rev. 8. M. Baker, atd soo
‘ager were the church goers of the
“ommunity to hear his message that,
't is stated, scarcely half of them
could get inside the building. . .-
‘H i E%fl%fi%{ |
A valuable service a library can
render a community is cooperation
with the schools, and assisting in ever
way possible both teachers ond pupils
The aim of the. Clarke Library is to
place all the Library resources at the
disposal of the schools, and to respond
to all requests for assistance to the
best of its ability. When bioks ar
asked for on special subjects that are
not on the shelves. the librarian bor
rows them from the State Library
Commission, which is always ready to
supply ‘desired books from its collect
ion.
Some of the teachers have express
ed their appreciation of the library
service during the past year, and we
are giving them, so that,the public
may know something of what a good
library means ta the schools.
Miss Georgia Hunt, principal of the
high school says:
“Everyone recognizes the fact that
to a well rounded education, access
to a good library is essential. Con
sequently the teachers in the publie
schools have for many years faced
a froublesome problem. In the past
the pupils had limited advantages in
this line. The schools haye had few
books, and it was hard to find space
even for them. They were given out
at spare moments during the day or
by the already overworked teachers.
The town library was a pay instit
ution, had no catalog, and the books
were given out by untrained help. A
teacher could not send an immature
pupil there even for information as
to current events, for there was not
a “Reader’s Guide”, and no way but
to take cut a book or a magazine and
go thru it for information, which in
an up-to-date library could have been
obtained in a few minutes. The past
vear has wrought a change. making
the library a free institution, eatalog
ing the books, putting a trained li
brarian in charge, have been of the
greatest assistance. The librarian has
been unfiring in her efforts hsth to
hélp the children in their work, and
to make the place attractive. ‘As to
help in thei®-assi”"auts, the writ;r
can speak personally, lor ¥+ "a study
of argument, over one half the cira
ren in a particular grade, obtained
facts from the Library. Again, in a
short story contest, the librarian gave
them many interesting examples from
famous authors, even taking suffici
ent interest to have the children meet
with her at the library in the eve
nings. In the future. plans for great
er usefulness have been made. Lists
of books have been prepared so thaht
the child will have his reading guided
for all the year.
It is to be hoped that so worthy
an institution will be upheld, and that
all the citizens will do their share
in this, and so help the boys and girls
of our town.”
Miss Louise Taylor, second grade A
says: The Clarke Library was useful
to me and to the children in my
schoolroom during the past year. 1
had books from the library in my
room for use with the children, and
I know that the library has been of
value to the schools and the town in
an educational way, and is needed.”
Will every one who reads these tes
timonials as to the library work, say
“Let it go on?”
Already Captain ‘“Nutty” Camp-l
bell of the Marietta High eleven for
next year has had his cohorts out on
‘the field of acticn getting them in
trim for the season which opens
soon.
’ To the most casual observed of
these practice workouts the Marietta
lHigh appears to have some excellent
material from’ which to pick her
team.
There are a total of 35 applicants|
for the eleven and of this number
seven were on the team last year.
The schedule as announced so far,
is as follows: ;
Sept. 30, Cartersville High (in |
Cartersville) ; Oct. 7, Seventh Dist.!
A. & M. school (open); Oct. 14,‘
' Rome High (in Marietta) Oect. 21|
and 22, Gainesville High (in Gaines- |
ville) ; Oct. 28, Griffin High (in Grif- |
fin) Nov. 4, Cedartown .in Cedar
town); Nov. 11, Rome (in Rome) ;|
‘Nov. 18, Cedartown (in Marietta.) '
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' CARD OF THANKS i
i We wish to thank the people of
'Marietta and Cibb county for their
generous eypressions of sympathy and
| aseistance in the funeral of our son,
‘Eugene York, Jr. Especially do we
{wrish to thank the person who gaye
‘t.heir service in the rescue of the body
from the lake.
l Your kindness is doubly apprecia
ted in such an hour of sorrow.
P. E. York and family, Atlanta, Ga
MARIETTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPT. 8, 1921,
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Copyright Commiserating the Wounded
Cotton Breaks on Opening |
Thursday; Drops One Cent
| Cotton futures, which have enjoyed
Ia perpendicular rise of approi(ixyate-_
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ly 1,000 points in the past few weeks,
saffering only two reactions, one of
about. seventy-five-‘points nefi"‘i’fi& an
other of the limit of 200 points, af
ter a like advance Wednesda ‘ap
narently were seeking a,normaliieyel
reday—-a- Tevel based on #&tua
| srowing crop eonditions, and unaf
fected by the large speculative inter
ests that were responsible for the
meteoric advance an_d likewise re
|sponsible for the breaks that came
as a resuit of heavy profit-taking and
short selling. Th o e
The technical position of the mar
ket at the close Wednesday was ex
actly the reverse of that of the close
Tuesday, as was manifested in the
fluctuations o 4 the Nw York and
New Orleans exchanges. The Tues
day e¢losie found the market with
scores of unexecuted buying orders,{
ready to be bid on the opening Wed
nesday, and which caused advances
of the limit of $lO per bale in New,
STEPS TAKEN TO IMPROVE
ROSWELL-ATLANA* ROAD
Plans for widening the Ruswell
road and transforming it into a six
ty foot boulevard leading from Ros
well to Atlanta, were put undér way
1t a meeting of the Fulton County
Commissioners Wednesday afternoon
when a number of property holders
appeared before that body and asked
that the road be widened and paving
rushed and the name changed from
Roswell road to the Roosevelt Boul
evard.
Since February Ist the Journal has increased in circulation
slightly over 1000. For the most part these new subscribers
have come without direct solicitation. Nearly 500 have been
added during the pasti twe months. September Fas started off
breaking all records with more than a hundred and fifty the
first week. :
The people of Cobb county take The Journal for its news
paper value. None of its present subscriptions were gained by
offering prizes. None are old out of date subscriptions left
over from contests and go te people who have no interest in
its eolumns. :
The Journal has served the People of Cobb county for 55
years., It sells for a reasonable priee. Why? Because it
does not have to pay for automobiles, furniture, bicycles and
other prizes to get subscriptions.
The Journal is the Paper of Tha People and has been for
half a century.
$l.OO a year is all we ask and give you a NEWSPAPER
52 times a year.
The Marietta J I
First With News ’
First With Circulation
First With the People
OPENING CLAUSE
Thursday, Sept. 8.
Janvary’ ....._...1885-—lBB2
March (. o ...1906—
May - ci---au.2-1920 Bid
October . ._._....1800—1850
December ___..__.__lB4o—lBBs
January _.._...._1868—1870
March --ovvn..--1880—
May —--o---....1884—1888
Qctober __.__...._1830—1840
December - __._._lB6s—-1873
"Orleans and advances of from $7 to
$9 per bale in New York as the sea
son opened. ; This was followed by a
collapse of th market in the closing
hours of trading, prices losing all
gains for the day, and more selling
orders left overnight for execution
Thursday.
FIRST CROSSING SIGNAL
IS ERECTED AT BUTLERS
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The safetf device for railroad
crossings has been erected at But
lers, where the Dixie Highwaf crosses
the railroad and will be ptu on trial
for a period of time, after which,
provided it proves satisfactory, oth-i
ers Mgill be [installed at all other
‘points in the city where it is nec
essary for traffic to cross the rail
road. |
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The Soviet Government seems al-‘
most as indignant that its hunger
should have been mistaken for repen
tance.—Dallas News. ‘
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Tenth Grade Will Be Added 1o
High School. Bright Pros
pect for Good Year
The Smyrna school was formally
opened Monday morning, Sept. sth,
at the school auditorium. The great
number of bright faced children and
interested ‘parents present made a
inspiring scene. America was su
and the devotional exercises we e
most ably led by Dr. Parker. After
which, Prof. W. T. Hanson, presi
dent of the Board of Trustees, made
a most happy and helpful talk to
pupils, teachers and parents. He was
followed by Supt. B. F. Whitney, who
in his characteristic way expressed
briefly the purposes of the school and |
the plans to be followed in the vear’s |
work, announcing that arrangements
had ben perfected to add a tenth
grade to the curriculum this year,
The teachers enrolled their respective
grades, and although it was “Labor
Day,” there was an enrollment of
360 pupils. Smyrna is proud of the
Jbrospeet for the school and expects
this to be the best school year in
h_er history with the following effi
cient corps of teachers in charge:
Miss Carolyn Magill, Mrs, Mary P,
Wells, Miss Miazie Whitfield, Mrs.
D. W. Godard, Miss Irene Dodgen,
Miss Ida Lee Brown, Mrs. D, A.
Crul, Miss Mary Russell, Miss Nolla
’Barrett and Brof. B, F. Whitnev
UP TO DATE PUBLIC
| Authoritive announcement was
[made recently that Marietta is to
(have. a first class plagground with
Mfih{g’ “Lools, WW chutes; 5o
inis courts and many othar-attrac
tions, made possible thra The courtesy
of Ex-Governoy -Jiseph M. Brown,
and in conngétion with the planned
improvement to Brown’s park on
Whitloek avenue, :
[~ Ire announcement comes as more
’than welcome news on the part of.
| Marietta’s younged set, and brings
much gratification to the parents as
’we]l. The need for such a place of .
amusement for the children of Mari
etta has long been felt and coming'
as it does at the present time thc‘
plan fills the proper niche.
~ An effort will be made to interest
the business men of the city, all or-l
ganizations, civic and otherwise, the |
factories and manufacturing plants,
in and near the city and other in
dividuals and bodies.
The plan was presented to a num-~
ber of the children and a few of the
parents at the regular meeting of
the county Junior Health Organiza
tion held at the court house on Sat
urday and very favorably received
both by the parents and the youngs
ters.
The location selected is an ideal
spot for the playground. The pond,
which it is planned to convert into
an up-to-date swimming pool is the
one which was formerly knows as
Winns pondjy [(The banks sloping
down to the pond on two sides pro
vide admirable settings for flower
beds and landscape gardening.
It is the purpose of the city to
clear off all the rubbish, trim out the
dead trees and limbs, deepen the old
drainage ditches, repair the dam to
the pond and otherwise improve the
premises. According to present plans
the park has every promise of be
coming one of the most attractive
spots in the city.
MARIETTA GOLFERS”
TOURNAMENT MONDAY
Twenty. golfers from Marietta
nlayed in the match game on the
Rome .course last Monday. The re
wult of the contest was very close
and uncertain up to the last minute.
The final count, howevey yhowed
Marietta ahead six points. 1
The Rome club gave the visitors
an excellent lunch, apd treated them
royally in every way.
Marietta had present most of her
best players.
The following engaged in the
game:
Ges. Daniell, Orrie Daniell, Mor
ran MeNeel, Jr., Frank McNeel, Mun
“n Brumhby, Joe Wyatt, Cortelyou,
Wade, Turner, Perkinson, Elder, Ma
lane Giles, Anderson, Neal, Little,
ey Hancock,s Trammel!l #lemp,
‘i{o‘berson, Northeutt Ferris and Mi
am.
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ESTABLISHED _iB66
}N[AHH 100 OVER
FHIRST MONTH OF
~ PRECEDING YEAR
45 Constitutes Senior Class Jee
ord; Many 6th Grade Pupils
Without Seats; New Building
Imperative; 3 Literary “Socie
" ties; Spanish Added to Studies.
The opening week of the Marietta
Public schools has witnessed the lar
gest total enrollment in the city’s
historys according to figures made
public Thursday by superintendent
of city schools, C. A, Keith. The
opening day enrollment for the white
schools was 1,065, which by Thursday
had swollen to approximately 1,150,
as compared to 1,080 for the first
month of 1920. The opening day of
the nefro schools showed an enroll
ment of 335 as compared to 382 for
the first month of 1920. Later figur
es indicate that the 1920 record will
be surpossed in the negro school be
fore the end of the month,
Figures for the high school snow
an enrollment of 212, with a senior
class of 45, constituting another rec
ord in the history of the city’s schools.
The record enrollment has brought
about almost unendurable crowded
conditions. Every grade has all the
“eats filled with the exception of the
9rd which has a few left, while the
6th is so overcrowded that 5 or 6 of
the pupils are compelled to sit upon
’any projection they can find. Many
luf the grades are so crowded that
'lhc-re is scarcely room for the teach
(er and pupils to move about for the
| purpose of adequately carrying on
i the necessary school work,
| Crowded Conditions Make New
i Building . " =~ \tive.
| . These, crowdeawoa— 08, accords
i'flé&“m% m&: Ndhe. ¢reo
| tion of another school building prae
tically imperative if the boys and
;;,,"il']fi of the city and communily are
ito be given a square deal in the
'matter of education. The present
{high school building/ he states, is
'given over completely on the first
floor for lower grade pupils. This
makes proper high school activities
almost impossible, manual training
and domestic’ [seience work, along
with many other essential subjects,
]beim: practically eliminated so~{av
'being treated in the manner in which
‘their importance demands. With an
other building for the righ school,
IP‘rof. Keifp states, the entire pres
lent high school building can be turn
ed over to the lower grades, thereby
relieving the generally crowded con
ditions with these graes and at the
same time affording the proper fac
}ilities for placing the high school on
}the accredited lists of high schools
for the state. This Jlatter is not
true at the present owing to the
fact that the maximum number of
pupils permitted to one teakcher is
30 whereas the number is now near
ly forty, owing to the lack of room
to put on another teacher.
All teachers were on hand at the
opening Monday. The only York
that was done was the assigning of
lessons, seats, ete., and the boys and
girls were given a holiday for the
remainder of the day. Tuesday the
teachers and pupils began settling
down to the long grind of the fall
term and by the middle of the week
evrything was proceeding with mid
seagon precision.
'Adding of Spanish Makes Joke of
1 Expectations
’ A feature that has been added to
the course this year is the study of
|Spanish. The first year of High
school work permits this year of the
choice of latin or Spanish. Owing
to the fact that Spanish is univer<
sally considered easier than Latin it
was expected that the Spanish class
would have to be divided into two
gsections. The joke was on the ex
pectation, however, or ab least on
those who did the expecting, for
when the choosing on the part of the
pupils was over it was found that the
Latin class wounld have to be divided
nto two parts as 80 had selected Lat
in and only -20 had selected Spanish.
3 Library Societies this Year Instead
of 2.
The literary and debating socie
ties which heretofore have numbered
two will be increased. to three on
account of the large number of pu
pils making it impracticable to get
along with two. The organization
along these lines will be completed
by the end of the week.
SR Y AT
Newspapér item says, “Telephone
"commvunicat:ion across the Atlantic
Ocean possible in six months” Only
about a month Tonger than it takes
to get a connection.on this continent.
—New York Evening Mail. e
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