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Che Mavietta Tonrnal
The
People’s
Paper
No. 40
$50,000 TAX INCREASE FOR COUNTY
Dallas Man Killed By Train In Austell Monday
JEATH RESULTS T 0
LM RAWLINGS IN
JUMP FROM TRAIN
Was Taking Ride on Through
Freight Unknown to Trainmen
- With Two Companions—His
Skull Crushed in Attempt To
Alight as Train Passes Austell.
Lum Dawlings, youth of 17 years,
and son of Bob Rawlings, of Dallas,
Georgia, was instantly kiilled about
11 o'clock Monday morning at Aus
tell as he was alighting from a rap
idly moving thru freight on which,
it is said, that he had been taking a
free ride.
Death is said to have resulted from
the boy being pulled back under the
train either by suction or by mo
mentum, and receiving a blow upon
the head, presumably by some pro
jection on a box car. This blow
crushed in the skull. One of his
hands was run over and amputated,
but otherwise it is said that he was
not mangled.
It seems from the best information
obtainable that young Rawlings withi
two friends had caught the thru
freight at Dallas, their home, or near
Dallas, thinking that it would s]owl
up before going into Atlanta. As
the train reached Austell it showedl
no signs of slacking up, or at least
only very slightly, and fearing to be
carried into Atlanta on account of
arrest or other trouble, young Raw
lings decided to take chances of|
alighting on the level open ground
at the Austell station. It was in the
attempt to do this that he was pulled’
under the train and killed. The acci-!
dent wag in full view of a number of
Austell people, it is said.
The identity of the dead _vouth'
was unknown it is stated, until his;
two companions, alighting at a stop
further up the road, told his name
and address. The body was shirped
to the boy’s parents in Dallas for'
funeral and interment. |
HOMING PIGEON FALLS
INTO CLAWS OF A CAT
IN CITY OF KENNESAW
A homing pigeon, apparently weak
from a long flight, fell recently near
the home of Mr. B. H. Carrie, of Ken
nesaw, and ran into the clutches of
a cat,
It is stated that a brass band was
found on one of the pigeon’s legs and
on the other a metal band bearing the
inscription B. O. 10264.
Races have recently been held by
owners of pigeons in Atlanta and it
is the opinion of some that this was
perhaps one of these racers.
Marietia Hi Takes 2nd Straight
By Downing Cartersville 18-0
In a game full of drive, pep, and
intense rivalry the Marietta High
School foothall team continued on its
march of victory last Friday after
noon by defeating the Cartersville
High School eleven by the score of
18 t 0 0, on the latter’s grounds.
The two teams averaged about the
same weight, around 143 pounds per
man, and for high school teams there
was an unusual amount of excellent
defensive and offensive work pulled.
On each of these the advantage was
decidedly in favor of the Marietta
boys as the closest the Cartersville
team ever came to a touchdown was
10 get the ball on the Marietta High's
20 yard line.
Marietta made 8 first downs and
Cartersville 4. The former team re
sorted to punts but one time in the
game and the latter four times.
Before the game started Carters
ville was certain of winning and ?o
Make this certainty still more certain
they had about 45 men on the field in
uniform.
But almost before the game was
Wwell under way the Marietta boys
had carried the ball over the Carters
lne by two splendid end runs, by
Reed and Field, a forward pass,
Fowler to Campbell, and then a buck
for touchdown by Fowler—only four
s'rokes on the part of Marietta and
the consumption of less than three
Minutes of play.
The game was fairly even from
then until the 2nd quarter when Field
for Marietta got away with a 20 yard
‘nd run for another touchd>wn.
Both efforts on the part of Capt.
PEEK MURDER TRIAL
HOLDING ATTENTION
OF SUPERIOR COURT
Trial Began Early On Thursday
Morning And At Night The
Evidence Was Still Being Tak
en—~Case of Dr. Knott Thrown
Out. ,
The trial of Mr. J. S. Peek on the
charge of murdering his wife began
the second thing onh the docket of the
Superior court adjourned July term
this morning, Thursday, and at the
close of court at dark on Thursday
night, the hearing of the evidence
was still in progress. It is expected
the case will come to a close some
time Friday, perhaps late in the af
ternoon. |
After considerable sparring on the
part of counsel for the state and the
tdefense the following jury was drawn
’J. P. Shipp, C. K. Carrouth, W. D.
lMcClesl«:y, C. McCollum, E. M. Cas
‘tleberry, M. L. Daniel, H. A. Medlin,
‘Henry Adair, J. B, Adair, H. S. Mar
tin, W. L. Howard and M. A. Griggs.
This is the case of most widespread
interest for the adjourned term. It
is stated that the counsel for the de
fense 75 making its sight on the
grounds of insanity on the part of
the defendant at the time the crime
was committed.
According to the statement of the
clerk of the court not more than 25
per cent of the cases that were to
come up for trial at this term have
as yet been disposed of and it is very
unlikely that more than half will be
gotten to before adjourning tomor
row afternoon. Most cases so far
disposed of have been for possesing
liquor. The case of Dr. Knott, loeal
Chiropractor, charged with practic
ing medicine without :lieense was nol
prossed owing to the fact that since
the charge was made the Georgia
legislature has legalized Chiropractic
in this state.
SNAKE KILLED IN DUE
WEST SEVEN FEET LONG;
COULD SWALLOW FRYER
Mr. E. T. Reed, of the Due West
community, has acquired a reputation
as being the champion snake killer
of his section, at least in regard to
size of snakes killed, according to the
Journal’s representative at that
place.
It is stated that he recently killed a
snake that measured 7 feet in length,
with a body, throat and mouth so
large that it was possible for it to
have swallowed a regular frying size
chicken.
The species of the snake was not
related to us, so this fact will have to
remain generally unknown until more
definite information can be acquired.
Campbell to kick goals were failures.
Cartersville, 0.
Marietta kicked off in the 3rd and
held the foe for downs. The ball
passed into the hands of the Mari
etta boys and was worked steadily
down the field, crushing all opposi
tion, which culminated only when
Field got away with another end run
this time for 15 yards, and 6 more
points were added to the score of the
winning team. Score end of 3rd
quarter, Marietta, 18, Cartersville,
6.
In the last quarter Marietta sent
in 6 subs and the scoring for them
ended. It was in this quarter that
Cartereville did most of her gaining.
They decidedly outplayed the Mari
etta substitutes. Gilreath, for Car
tersville, made several brilliant plays
for the opposition in this period.
The following is the line-up for
the two teams:
Marietta Position Cartersv.
K. Campbell, Capt. R. E. T. Gains
E. Gifford R. T. J. Wofford
H. Durham B .G E. Smith
S. Clay C J. Walton
J. Manning L. G. R. Haney
C. Gifford D ', W. Walton
R. Gilbert L. E. W. Colbert
T. Gober F. B. J. Gilreath
R. Reed R. H. B. D. Whitaker
H. Field 1. 8. 8. R Taff
R. Fowler Q. B. P. Jones
~ Substitutions: Marietta, W. DuPre
ifnr Gober, Groves for Gilbert, Brum-~
by for Manning, Dyson for E. Gifford
Anderson ‘for C. Gifford; Cartersville,
Smith for Walton, Hardin for Wof
ford, Settle for Taff, Taff for Whit
aker.
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MARIETTA. GEORGIA, THURSDAY. OCT. 6, 1921.
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1-3 of All Cobb County Farm
Land Has Necessary Drainage
According to Census Bureay
According to the Drainage std
tistics for the year 1920, Unitefl
States bureau of the census, just
made public, Cobb county
106 farms 'with drainage sy#
tems out of a total of 8,6
farms in the county. The aer
age on these farms having dnig
age was 1,917 out of a total of
225,920 acres for the entire
county.
206 fiarms were reported .
needing drainage with a total
4,211 .acres. Of this acreagé,
617 needed only drainage a
3,694 needed both drainage
clearing. \ :
The total number of acres o
land in farms in the county was
192,078, with 110,375 acres of
this listed as improved land. i
Under the heading “Operating
Drainage Enterprises” 2,502 ac
re were listed in the county as
being in operating drainage en
terprises, 1,500 acres of whick
was improved land. .
The total capital invested .ti
lands in the county in operati
drainage enterprises amounteg
I!}HII}KIEN THIEVES
! THRIVING AND FAT -
‘ AROUND KENNESAW
Chicken thieves have been extreme
ly busy around Kennesaw for the past
few days, stealing as many as 17
from one party in one night, and in
another case stealing nearly all be
longing to one family, says our Ken
nesaw correspondent. As yet the
best efforts on the part of Kennesaw
sleuths have been unable to intercept
any of the “fowl swipers,” or to tell
in the least what place to expect the
next raid.
Last Monday night the thieves vis
ited the chicken roost of Miss Melissi
Scott and left with quite a number in
their sack, on the same night; it
seems from reports, they also gave
the chicken yards of Mr. Elbert Flinn
and Mr. E. G. Gault the once over
and departed with an assortment of
the best fowls.
Getting tired of retail stealing the
prowlers recently pulled the whole
sale stunt at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. A. J. Cox and when the count
was made next morning it was found
that 17 were among the missing. Last
Friday night Mrs. S. J. Pyron was
relieved of the necessity of further
caring for 6 of her finest fryers and
roasters. |
It was at the home of Mr. George
Anderson, on the highway, that they
did themselves best. The entire flock
being either obnoxious to the thieves
or the milk of human kindness cours
ing so freely through their veins tha#
they hated to see such large feed bills
piling upon the owners of the coveted
birds, they simply without much ado
or ceremony proceeded to take the
flock off his hands, leaving only a few
as reminders of the fact that chickens
had once flourished there. i
The people of the community are
up in arms, so to speak, and are de
termined to end the night marauding.
VAUGHN DRUG COMPANY
. POWDER SPRINGS, SOLD
# " TOJ. L&J H BASSET
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'\ The Vaughn Drug company, of
P\)wder Springs, has recently been
purchased by Messrs. J. L. Baggett
‘and J. H. Baggett, Jr.
| It is understood that the new own
ers will continue to operate in the
same location. It ig not known whth
er the owners of the Vaughn Drug
company intend to open up another
‘business in Powder Springs or not.
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DAN CUPID BUSY DURING
' MONTH OF SEPTEMBER IN
2 HEARTS OF 36 COBBIANS
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é Dan Cupid has been busy in Cobb
‘county during the month of Septem
:ber to the tune of weilding a success
‘ful dart into the hearts of 26men
and women, there having been 18
'marriage licenses issued during this
time by Ordinary Gann.
' 15 of these licenses were issued to
whites and 3 to negro couple:.
to $53,000.00. $20,000.00 addi
tional capital was needed to com
plete these enterprises, making
the projects cost when complete
$73,000.00, or an average cost
per acre of $29.18. .
Drainage projects recently un
dertaken in the Noonday district
adding very largely to the total
number of drainage acres for the
county, were not included in the
abuve figures.
According to the same set of
statistics there were 15,121 farms
out of a total of 310,732 for the
entire state having drainage,
with 34,387 more acres reported
a 8 needing drainage. All land
in farms in the state amounted
to 25,441,061 acres, with 13,-
055,209 ,acres improved. The
number of acres of drainage on
farms was 274,688, with 1,819,-
611 acres reported as needing
drainage. The total capital in
vested in and required for com
pletion of operating drainage
enterprises amounted to $1,098,-
239; $794,585 having akready
been invested.
EDR. SHARP TO PREACH
- SUNDAY M. E. CHURCH
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DR, GLENN FOL, SUN.
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Dr. J. A. Sharp, htad of Emory
Academy, will deliver the morning
sermon at the Marietta Methodist‘
church next Sunday October 8. His
weputation as a preacher of stfong,
stirring sermons is well established
and all local people are urged to
hear him- with the assurance that it
will be well worth their efforts and
attention.
Beginning with the Sunday evening
service a week of evening services
will be conducted, beginning at 7:30.
Rev. England and Rev. Tumlin will
do the preaching.
~ The third Sunday is the special day
;for those who are not young any
more, Dr. W. F. Glenn, of Atlanta,
will conduct the service. The request
is made that the chairman of each
missionary circle get a definite per
sonal invitation to each elderly per
son within their respective circles,
and particularly to take the name and
street number of each one who will
need help in getting to and from
church and to learn of each if the
conveyance is wanted in time for
Sunday schoo} or church. If for
Sunday school to be in readiness not
later than twenty minutes after nine,
and for church fifteen minutes before
eleven. It is then requested that the
name and street number of each per
son, for whom a conveyance is want
ed, be phoned to the pasior, who will
act in the capacity of a clearingi
house. All who can are urged to
furnish cars with drivers and are re-!
quested to get in touch with the pas
tor. \
REV. RALPH DONEHOO
Rev. Ralph Donehoo, who has
served as pastor of the Noonday Bap
tist church for a number of years,
has accepted a call to the Acworth
Baptist church.
He was also recalled to serve the
Noonday church but saw fit to accept
the Acworth call instead. The Tatter
church has been unsupplied so far as
a pastor is concerned for several
months. . ,
Rev. Donehoo was held in the high
est esteem by the membership of the
Noonday church and it is with deep
regret that they give him up, but
their sincerest wishes go with him to
his new field.
PE-ORGANIZATION OF THE®
SUNDAY SCHOOL HAS BEEN
COMPLETED AT ELIZABETH
1t is announced by Rey. J. M. Tum
lin, of the Methodist church, that the
Sunday school at Elizabeth has been
reorganized, and that a cordial invi
tation is extended to all who live in
the community to co-operate in mak
ing the best possible success of the
services,
The regular Sunday school hour
will be 9:30,
TALENT IS SOUGHT
FOR Y. W, C. A, PLAY
HERE IN NOVEMBER
Marietta is being searched thor
oughly for the best dramatic and mu
sical talent to take part in the pro
duction of “Springtime,” the musical
attraction extraordinary, which is to
be presented here on November 8 and
4, under the auspices of the Dramatic
Council of the Y. W. C. A.
Already a substantial number of
the characters have been assigned and
the chances are being rapidly filled.
“Springtime,” a fantasy of mirth
and music is a production of merit.
The libretto, music, costumes and the
scenic equipment are the properties
of John B. Rogers Producing com
pany, and the show will be produced
by a member of that company. The
scenic equipment for the production
is far more elaborate than that usu
ally supplied for an amateur affair
and for splendor far surpasses any
thing ever offered in Marietta. ,
~ Rehearsals are expected to begin
about October 17th, at which time
‘the professional director from Johni
B. Rogers Producing company will
]an;P'e. : ¢ l
rs. W. E. Beuson, who is chair
man of the Dramatic Couneil, re- (
quests that anyone who will take part
in the chorus and dances confer with
her at once without waiting to be t‘e-;
quested by the committee. I
fi-fi CLUB HOLDS : ‘
. ANNUAL MEETING AND
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The annual meeting of the resident
members of the Marietta Golf Club
which was held at the club house on
Monday night waq the largest at-|
tended meeting in the history o fhe
club. Seventy eight members were on |
hand to hear the reports for the past |
year and to elect efficers for the com-.
ing twelve months. |
Dr. J. Malone, president; Geo. E.
Daniel, vice president; W. C.. Car
ricker, secretary, and D. R. Little,
treasurer, who had served the club
for 1920 and 1921 were all unani
mously elected for another year.
Geo. F. Montgomery, A. V. Cortel
you, M. L. McNeel, J. R. Brumby, V,
D. Neal and Floyd Northcutt were
lelected as directors.
~ After the election a report of the
club’s financial standing was read and
showed that the club had been able to
pay all expenses and pay for improve
ments without incurring any debt.
Dr. J. D. Malone reviewed the ac
tivities of the directors and officers
for the past year and his report was
heartily approved by the members of
the club.
A recommendation for needed im
provements was presented by the Wo
man’s Awuxfliary, approved by ex
pressions from the members and re
ferfed to the new directors.
A delightful dinner was served by
the ladies of the Auxiliary and thei
meeting was made a most delightful
affair. ‘
Following the usual custom, the
prizes for the annual tournament
were presented to the winners. 1‘
Mr. George Daniel was given a
silver loving cup for winning the
first flight and championship. Col. J.
Glenn Giles was given a golf stick for
winning the secohd flight and &ther
prizes were given to runners-up in
the contest,. |
Cobb County Fair Opens Next
" Tuesday In City Park Here
~ Next Tuesday, October 11, the big
Cobb County Club Fair will open its
gession.of one day in the Marietta
Wark. County Agent McMahan,
eports that the boys and girls are
anxious to exhibit their products of
their year’s work as club members,
and that they will have some unusu
‘ally good exhibits in the line of pigs,
corn, potatoes, wheat and poultry.
Mr. Harry L. Brown, agricultural
ageny for Fulton county, will judge
the pigs this year, while Mr. C. H.
Cox, agricultural agent for Bartow
county, will judge the agricultural
exhibits.
. The object of the fair, it is an
n&mced, is not for the purpose of
showing the biggest yield of grain,
ESTABLISHED 1866
LAST YEAR'S RATE
County Commissioners at Meeting
Tuesday Fix County and State
Tax Rate at $1.90; Expect In
- crease Will Pay off Entire In
debtedness This Year.,
I At their regular monthly meeting
Tuesday he Cobb county commission
ers of roads and revenues fixed the
state and county taxes for Cobb coun
ty for this year at $1.90 on the hun
dred dollars, which is an inérease of
40 cents on the hundred over last
year's rate, making the increase in
taxes that the citizens of the county
will have to pay over last year of ap
vroximately fifty thousand dollars.
Fifty cents on the hundred dollars
was levied for state s and
$1.40 on the hundred f r
poses.
This rate coupled with the
school tax of 3 1-2 mills, affecting
all parts of the county with the ex
ception of Marietta and Roswell, ‘will
make the total tax rate for the peo
ple of the couny $2.25 on the Ahufigfed
doHars. ; :
The people of Marietta will have a
tax rate, when the $1.40 rate for the
city is added, of $3.30 on the hun
dred dollars.
' The highest rate levied during the
past several years is $1.60, and it
‘may be that the present rate of $1.90
constitutes a high record mark in the
history of the county’s taxes.
l The reasons for increasing the tax
rabe to the extent announced is given
;by the commissioners as being for
the purpose of paying off the indebt
'edneu of the county, whch was ap
proximately $67,000 at the beginning
of this year, and which has changed
%:ver,v‘ littled‘;a;‘flu{n. it is stated,
|in‘crm‘se in taxes it is expected will
just about pay off the complete in
debtedness, which has been running
for about ten years, and start the
'county off free of debt the first of
next year. ;
It is said that most of the present
indebtedness was incurred thru the
construction of highways, primarily
‘that portion of the Dixie Highway
extending from Marietta to Smyrna,
which when completed will be a paved
road, and the highway extending
from Mason and Turner bridge to the
Paulding county line, a hard sand
clay road.
"OB CL BOYS, T 0
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Collier Ellison, of the Chalker
community, and Sam Turner, of near
Lost Mountain, will represent Cobb
county at the Southeastern Fair in
Atlanta this fall. They will report
at the Fair grounds Monday, October
17th, where they will spend a week
studying the agricultural and live
stock exhibits under the direction of
specialists from the State College of
Agriculture.
The boys attending this school will
camp on the fair grounds during the
week and will be under-the supervis
ion of the State Club Agent and the
District Agents.
Scholarships were awarded these
boys for good work done in the agri
cultural clubs last year. Ellison has
been a member of the corn club and
cotton club for the last two years,
while Turner has been a member of
the corn club and the pig club for
four years.
or the fattest hog-—but to be of the
greatest possible educational advan
tage to all in the way of economical
production, value of good &trains of
seed and breeds of hogs, seed selec
tion of grain, and the care of ani
mals.
The fair is a strictly county wide
affair and interest is beiag taken by
the older folks as well as the boys
and grls members of the various
clubs. : ;
Many prizes wiil be offered for this
fair and the exhibit is expected to be
thoroughly representative of every
part of the county. Large crowds
are expected as interest in the work
of the clubs is growing year by y@
with the older folk as well as the
boys and girls. R
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