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Che Marietta Tonrwal
The
People’s
Paper
VOL. 55, NO, 37.
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ONE-MAN BILL LOSES
Réport of Canvassing Committees
Show That the Work Was High
ly Endorsed and Proffered the
Heartiest of Cooperation.
The campaign for the raising of
funds for the support of the Clarke
Library here Wednesday resulted in
a total of $l6OO with several hundred
dollars more in view. The canvassing
committees were highly commended
for theixicefforts by those in charge of
the wor
Every effort has been exerted dur
ing the past threet weeks to acquaint
the people of Marietta with the situ
ation that fas confronted the Clarke
Library since it became a free insti
tution more than a year ago. Its
worth and value to the schnol chil
dren as well as to the community as
a whole wag especially emphasized.
The committees report that every
one was highly pleased with the li
brary and the hearty cooperation and
endorsement with which they were
met on every side was even more than
could be reasonably expected. PhAE
A special effort was made to reach
everyone in the city Wednesday, how-}
ever, it is highly probable'that a num.
ber were gyerlooked. for various rea
sons. - Provided any of these are de
sireous of contributing they may yet
have the privilege according to Rglph
J. Hamf)ck, chairman of the drive.,
MRS. WARD IS BURIED
Mrs. A. I. Smith- Ward, a well
known and beloved resident af Mari
etta died at the residence -of her
davghter, Mrs. E. E. Mayes, on Mon
day after an extended illness.
Funeral services were held Tues
day afternoon at 3 o’clock at the Mid
way Presbyterian Church, with the
Rev. Monroe ‘Spinks, of Atlanta and
Rev. J. H. Patton of Marietta offici-
Mrs. Ward was the widow of the
late W. P. Ward to whom she was
married in the ‘year 1881. Their
home was at Lost Mountain, where
they lived and reared their family.
Five children were born to them of
whom two survive.
She is survived by two children,
Mr. R. J. Ward, of Atlanta, and Mrs.
F E. Mays, of aMrietta; one grond
child, little Nell Ward Mayes of Ma
letta; three brothers, Mr. J. G. W.
Smith, of Lowell, Ark.; Dr, J. M. T.
Smn}l, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., and Mr.
S. W. C. Smith of Hot Springs, Ark.,
fmd 4 number of nieces, nephews and
‘ousins.
GRADUATE NURSE’'S A’'SSN.
PLANS FOR ANNUAL MEET
The executive board of the Georgia
State Association of Graduate Nur
¢s will hold a special call meeting
al the Public Health office here in Ma-
Netta on Saturday evening at 8
0 (‘lo(;}\'_
The purpose of this meeting is to
Make preparations for the annual
gathering of the association to be
held soon. Miss Gibbs, the (Jobb coun-
Y health nurse, is president of the
“T€anization and hence this - meeting
o 0 Saturday is to be held here.
DANIEL WINS LOCAL
GOLF \CHAMPIONSHIP
scorge E. Daniel won the Ma
““'a Golf Championship at the
“eal golf club Thursday of last
Ye¢x after a hard fought contest
"ith young Mongin Brumby.
~ The game attracted no gmall
“cgree of interest in players and
JJeclators alike. Daniel was the
,vorite to win over Brumby in
‘o¢ finals, but all gave Mongin a
Jfance for the championship, for
¢ was playing good golf.
~ ' good sized gallery followed
" vlay during the last nine holes
7% saw Brumby do some of the
, “=est driving ever seen on the
1, @i course. Daniel admitted that
Bry by had given him the hardest
‘@b he ever had for the honor.
Superior Court Will Reopen October 3
OAK DISTRICT. MAKES
Golie Hamby Released on $9OO
Bond At Hearing Before Justice
Grier Tuesday.
Golie Hamby, a resident of Post
Oak district, against whom three
criminal charges have been lodged,
was released from custody on bonds
in the sum of $9OO after a prelimi.
nary hearing before Justice Greer in
the court house Tuesday morning.
The three counts are: Shooting at an
other, assault and attempt to rape,
and being drunk on the public high-i
way. {
) It is alleged that Hamby, while
under the influence of intoxicants,
secured a shot gun and run amuck in
that community until he was sup
pressed by force.
He is charged with criminal assault
on a woman for which he made bond
in the sum of $500; for shooting
point blank at a Mr. Southerland, one
of his neighbors, bond $2OO, and for
being drunk on the public highway,
also $2OO bond. .
The shot taken at Mr. Southerland,
however, went wild and he succeeded
in getting under cover before serious
damage was done.
The community was very much
stirred up over theé affair Monday
night and Tuesday, as Hambg had al
ways been considered as a respectable
citizen and neighbor. For ms rea
son it is very apparent that his ac
tions on Monday night were un
doubtedlfMdue to heavy intoxication.
AOMMISSIONER BILL
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Special Called Meeting Is Held At
~ The Home Of the President,!
P Mrs. I. A. White, ‘
A meeting of the Marietta "Wo-!
‘man’s Club was held at the home of
Mrs. I. A. White, the president Tues-‘
day afternoon for the purpose of
hearing a discussion of the proposed
one-man commission bili that is to be
submitted to the vote Thursday in
order that they might be enabled to
vote intelligently.
The speakers were Ralph Northcutt
and Dr, L. L. Blair. They explained
the méasure in detail and discussed
‘its merits. No attempt was made to
create sentiment either pro or gon
and no consensus of the majority
opinion was asked. The meeting was
primarily for the, purpose of explain
ing both sides of the question and
was not fostered by any political
group or faction. .
Interest in the matter was appar
estly keen in view of the large num
ber of club members present.
It was formerly planned to hold the
meeting in the Strand Theatre as
publicly announced, but this was
later changed to the residence of the
president, Mrs. I. A. White.
‘TWO CARS CONDEMNED ON
ACCOUNT OF LIQUOR SELL
FOR A TOTAL OF $229.00
Two cars, condemned because of
being found with liquor in them, were
lsold at auction thru the Cobb county
| sheriff before the court house door on
ilast Saturday morning. One was a
{Ford roadster, in good condition, and
;belonging' to Henry Gee, of Dawson
|ecounty, and was captured about the
124th of June It auctioned for $lB6
and was sold to a Mr. Brooks who
{lives on the Austell road.
| The other was a 5-passenger Ford
[touring car, in rather battered con
|dition. At the time of eapture it is
catd to have belonged to Willie Kell
iof this copinty, and Robert Faubush,
|of Atlantal, and J. W. Waters, of Can
lton, the tfme of capture being about
(the first ¢f April. The highest and
'succesgful} bidder was an Atlanta
I man who Yot the car for $43.
MARIETTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPT. 22 1921.
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Nearly 600 Bales Of New Cotton
Bought In Marietta This Season;
\/ Average Price Now Near 21 Cents
Despite boll weevils and all
other enemies, both natural and
artificial, the cotton season for
Marietta up to early Thursday
morning was far from being bad,
the total number of bales of this
seagon’s cotton bought by local
cotton buyers being 556, with a
total of new and old cotton
bought since the opening of the
present season running well
beyond the 600 mark. S
According to composite state
ments of all cotton buyers in the
city last Friday was the greatest
‘single cotton day with both
Thursday and Saturday of the
same week running as c¢lose sec
onds. It is estimated that on
each of these days the number of
Principal B. F. Whitney, Smyrna
Schools, Resigned Last Monday
Goes To Assume Duties As Pro
fessor of History At Tech High
In Atlanta, at a Much Higher
Salary.
The Smyrna schools are without a
principal this week owing to the re
signation last Monday morning of
Principal B. F. Whitney, who goes
to Tech High in Atlanta as teacher of
history, which was the pogition held
by Prof. Hugh Moore prior to his as
suming his duties as county+ school
superintendent the first of this year
A number of aplicants to take the
place of Prof. Whitney are being con
sidered and it is believed that the va
cancy will be supplied within a few
days. In the meantime County Su
perintendent Moore is assuming the
dutieg of principal in connection with
his regular duties, which, of course,
is throwing a rather heavy burden
temporarily upon his shoulders.
Ii is with regret that the people of
Smyrna give up the very valuable
services of Prof. Whitney. He has
brought the gchools of Smyrna up to
perhaps the second largest and most
efficient in the county during the sev
eral years that he has been head of
the schools. 2
No blame or censuré is attached to
the actiong of Prof. Whitney, coming
as they did in the middle of the open
ing month of school, as he was offered
a much higher salary than the people
of Smyrna could afford to pay. In
stead their best wishes go with him
in his new work.
BOOZE GONE; NO FORD
NOW GETS EREE BO
County officers Sanders and Groov
er, early Tuesday morning confis
cated a Ford car and more than eight
gallons of liquor and placed under
arrest Jim Neese for violation of the
state prohibition act. Neese’s son,
who was also an occupants of the car.
succeeded in making his escape and
up to the time this issue goes to press
has not been apprehended.
Acting on information to the effect
that the booze laden car was headed
in this direction the county officers
lay in wait for its arrival on Chero
kee street at a point a short distance
from the business section of the city.
The car hove into sight about 5
o'clock. Asg it came near where the
officers were they signalled it to stop.
The car slowed its speed, but before
i+ came to a full stop the youneger
Neese had alighted and made good his
escape. Jim Neese, however, was
placed under arrest and the car was
brought into Marietta, where the li
quor was poured out near the court
house steps. A crowd of thirsty look
ing spectators gathered about to view
the ceremony and many were the
melancholy sighs and longing looks as
the joy juice sped its way down the
gutter into the yawning mouth of the
gewer,
&les of cotton bought in Mariet
-2 went well over the 100 mark
th the highest reaching nearly
The actual average price paid
or cotton by the Marietta buy
irs for the entire geason is 20 1.2
nts. Last Saturday the aver
age price paid in this city was
ightly under 20 cents, with a
ight pickup beginning Monday
and. increasing to an average of
rly 21 cents Wednesday and
€Riry Thrusday morning, with an
idication of this price holding
yod for the remainder of the
eek,
* The average compogite price
paid Wednesday by all Marietta
buyers was 20.8 cents with some
bfixyers paying full 21 cents for
the day. :
DEPUTY SANDERS OFF TO
CINCINNATI FOR NEGRO
WHO JUMPED BAIL HERE
Deputy Sheriff T. M. Sanders left
Wednesday afternoon at 5.05 o’clock
for Cincinnati, Ohio, where he goes
to bring back a negro, Sam Little
john, who is wanted here for jumping
bail on a charge of assault ond at
tempt to murder. Littlejohn is al
leged to have commited the crime
some time back and was placed un
der a $7OO bond, Rev. Williams be
ing his bondsman.
Not liking, apparently, the idea of
standing trial, and it seeming so easy
to escape the cluthches of the law
when nothing more formidable than
a $7OO bond steod as a bar to free
dom, Shm left for parts unknown to
any but himself something like a
month: back. He wandered to the
“land of freedom for ‘culored people’
and for two or three weeks every
thing went fine. Then his identity
was ferreted out by the sleuths of
the northern city and his ramolings
came to a sudden and trazic end. :
Deputy Sanders expec's to return
at 11 o’clock Friday morning.
Movement to Btop Out Of the Sea
son Hunting Started By the
County Game: Warden.
Growing out of a continued dis
obedience to State game laws on the
part of many in Cobb county of late,
a movement has been started by
County Game Warden A. M. Hicks
and others, to curb such utter disre
gard to law and order and bring all
violators to the bar of justice.
Hicks has secured worthy assist.
ance in this work and it is stated that
vigilance would not be relaxed until
law and order in this regard was
maintained,
The promiscuous shooting of squir
rels out of season is one of the game
laws that a great many sportsraen are
violating at this time. The Journal
was requested to give space to the
following warning issued by Mr.
Hicks: .
“It has been reported that
there are some people in the
county that are violating the
game law. Those who have been
shooting squirrels, ete. out of
season may expect to answer
for the offense. ;
“I am asking the co-operation
of all law abiding men, and es
pecially sportsmen, to lend me
their efforts in seeing that the
law is carried out.
“A. M. HICKS,
“County Game Warden,”
The July adjourned term of Cobb
Superior court will be resumed here
n Monday, October 3, at which time
the several criminal cases which were
postponed will be taken up and dis
posed of. It became neeessary to post
vone a number of the criminal cases
vhich were represented by either
Senator Clay or Representatives
Gann and Dobbs to October due to
‘heir inability t 6 be present on ac
count of the fact that the General
Assembly was in session.
Probably the most important case
to come before this court is the Peek
murder case, in which Jewett -S.
Peek, a wealthy Cobb county farmer,
is charged with shooting his wife.
The counsel for the defence . claims
4hat Peek was mentally deranged at
the time that this occurred.
There are more than fifty cases to
be tried for violations of the State
orohibition act, and also quite a num
ber for adultry. '
It is believed that there is a full
week’s calender on the docket, though
it cannot be definitely said just how
long will be required to hear all the
cases postponed.
- The same jurors that served during
rthc-‘»fiuc%/m of. the July term-awill
again be called upon.
# DEPT. AT FLORENCE'S
i
- Little do some people know that
right here in Marietta can be found
the very acme in millinery creations.
To be more exact the millinery de
partment of W. A. Florence’s under
the able management of Mrs. Lillian
Rogers is one of the most complete
and offers as wide a variety of wo
men’s, misses’ and children’s hats as
can be found in any city twice the
size of Marietta.
Marietta as a city is signally hon
ored by this distinction and by the
same token should the buyiny public
appreciate the advantages offered,
In speaking of advantages your at
tention is called to the fact that
right here in our ¢ity can be bought
the most distinctive millinery cre
ations direct from Paris, the world
recognized authority on women’s hats
and wear.
In buying a hat hert you have
a variety 'to select from that ranges
from the best and most expensive im
ported hats to the most moderaaely
priced ones. There are women'’s,
misses’ and children’s hats in every
hue, color combination, size and
shape, hats for all places and occas
ions. The most discriminate and er.
acting buyer can be satisfied there,
er else they don’t want a hat,
This splendid deparament is a great
convenience and saving to hundreds
of women in this section who have
gone to Atlanta or elsewhere in the
past to secure their millinery.
Vflfimmzs AN ASSN,
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A number of the leading Marietta
merchants, at a special eall raeeting
held on Friday night organized them
selves into a Retail Merchants Associ
ation after the fashion of similar or
ganizations of this nature in other
cities.
The meeting and the orgoniaztion
was opened to all merchants in the
city and a cordial invitation was ex
tended to all.
Among_those present at this meet
ing were T. W. Read, R, A. Fine, W.
A. Florence, Fred T. Burton, C. E.
Epps and C. C. Glenn. All present
became members of the organiation,
C. C. Glenn, connected with Miller's
Cash store, was elected temporary
secretary to hold office until the mem
bership is increased and the perma
nent organization perfected.
It is announced that a speeia] ef
fort will be made to secure the mem
bership of every retail merchant in
Marietta, and toward this end every
means will be exerted. . v
This organization is primarily for
the purpose of improving local trade
conditions on a co-operative basis and
for the promotion of mutual helpful
ness among Marietta merchants.
ESTABLISHED 186§
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LACK OF INTEREST
AND CONFUSION IS
SAID RESPONSIBLE
VOTE BY DISTRICTS
(Unofficial)
District For Against
Marietta 491 355
Acworth 128 32
Kennesaw 45 36
Gritter - 24 &0
Post Oak 8 X%
Fullers unre ported
Merritts 1 471
Roswell - 1 128
Smyrna 83 50
Vinings an o 4
Lemons 7 27
Howells unreported
Coxes 4 83
Austell . B P
Powder Springs 1 21%
Macla"l 9 43]
Oregon 9 36
Lost Mountain 17 19
Red Rock unrepod:ci]
Total vote cast 856 1290]
; 'l‘he one-man . commissioner Bbilk
vxias _beater;hin bCobb county l‘& the:
election today a majority o '
around 2,300 with 856 for and 1,
against, accordipg to figures available
at the time of going to press with
only three small districts unreported.
The defeat of the bill was due mam
ly to confusion in regard to the eme
man provision and the bond commis
sion of 12 men, large numbers of
these voting against the bill being im
favor of the one man commissiones
but being opposed to the bond ecom
mission and believizg that the twe
were inseparable. Another contribut
ing facto¥ lay in the small vote east
and the general lack of interest. "The
result of the ballots cast in eaech dis
trict showed that those districts thag
have had satisfactory work domne am
the roads voted heavily against the
bil] anl those that have had little or
no road work done voting strangiv
for the bill. The only district east
ing a unanimous vote either for o
against, so far as the 15 districte
heard from are concerned, was Vin
ings, which cast 30 votes for the bil%
and none against,.
The Marietta vote gave the bill &
majority of 126.
Only Small Vote Polled.
A surprising feature of the election:
was the unusually small number of
votes cast in the county ag a whole.
With a registration of approximatehy
5,000 the total vote ran only slightiy
more than 2,000. The only distriets
voting near the full registration
strength were those casting hesvy
majorities against the bill, namelyy
Roswell, Austell and Powder Springs.
With a registration around 2,000 Ma~
rietta cast a very light vote the total
number being only 836.
This is the first election in Cebb
county in which the women partici
pated and their appearance at the
polling places marked a strong ewm
trast to all previous elections. Theiw
vote was very light in the coumtry
districts and heaviest in Aewortr,
Marietta and Austell. It is stated that:
a large majority of the women voters
were registered in favor of the bill.
As a rule they went to the polx
places with minds fully made up
in many instances cast their ballots
much quicker and in a more busimess:
like manner than did the old timers,
the men,
CITY REGISTRATION
BOOKS ARE NOW OPEN
The registration books for the:
city elections to be held in Novem
ber or December aa the calt of the
Mayor and Council have been open
since the fifteenth of September,
the current month. They are to
remain open until October 31.
The reason for this annoumee
ment is because of the fact that
a great many people have msade
inquiry in this regard. ;
A. small number of people have
registered up to the pregewt im
vroportion to the number of elig
ible voters in the city and umnless
the others 'do so before the Twst
day of October they will not have
the privilege of exercising thedr
franchise at the next city efiecfia‘n.,
$ 100
A icAR
