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The MarieHa Tonrnal
The
People’s
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VOLUME 56.
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N CLOSED BANK
Btreet Paving Program to be Push
ed Forward Rapidly With
in A Few Weeks
The Joumnal .is reliably informed
that city nmmoney held in the Mmvietta
‘Trust and Banking Company, will be
released within a week or two, and
that work will :then pregress rapidly
on the pafving program.
Streets incvluded in *he last paw
ing schedule awre Lawrence Street,
Cherokee Street to a peint within a
short distance of the city fimits, @nd
Powder 'Springs Street Trom tthe
square ¥ the railroad.
With *he addition of ‘this paving
Marietts will stand first in street pav
ing as compared to any cxy of a'like
populatton in the State of Georgia.
It is anticipated ‘that further
schedules will be made, upon comple
tion of *he present outline of pav
ing, and no doubt many of the anter
secting streets will be puved.
Georgia Farmers Exgect 1o Put
Cotton Pool Over in Big
Drive Next Week
A meeting of all those whe signed
the cetton pool contracts, and «athers
who may be interested, will he held
at the court house in Marietta, Sat
urday Mareh 11th.
Next week, known as “Vactory
Week,” .in the Georgia 200,000 bale
cotton ;nool campaign, will determine
the success or failure of the whole
movement, according te the farmers
now working upon it. |
Saturday, March 11 at 2:00 p. m.
a meeting of all signing cotton .con
iracts has been called at the Cenurt
House of 75 counties in which the
campaign is now going en. Three
delegates from . every campaigning
county have been called to Atlanta
for a manster “pep” meeting this
week, and at this immense gathering
it is expected that plans will be pre
pared in detail for the “Victory
Week” drize. : |
More than 8000 farmers have al
ready pledges more than 125,000
to the state paol, it is expected that
the “Victory Week” drive will result
in the pool going over the top. Be
tween nine and ten hundred farmers
have been organized into teams for
all six days of mext week. ;
“There is a time to do everything,”
says J. E. Conwell, Hart County farm
er in charge of the drive, “and the
time has come when the life and death
of the movement is up to each farm
er of Georgia. This next week is go
ing to decide whether we farmers are
good enough men to ¢io something for
ourselves.
“The eyes of the whole world are
now on Georgia, watching to see
what we are going to do about our
cotton marketing. TFarmers of' Tex
as, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Arizona,
Arkansas and North Carolina have all
zone over the top, and they are wat
<hing to see what we are going to
do about it. .
“I know that we Georgia farmers
are not going to fail the other farm
ers of the South. We are going to
change cotton marketing from an
individual method to a co-operative
method.”
The Marietta Civitan Club held an
interesting meeting at the club rooms
Friday afternoon.
Dy, . & Patton, Dr. Wauchope
and Mr. Taylor who are conducting
4 series of services at the Presbyter
ian church this week are present at
the meeting. :
Dr. Wauchope made an interesting
talk to the club and emphasized the
need for unselfish service among
people of today.
He was followed by Dr. Patton and
Mr. Taylor who also made interesting
talks.
A large number of the members
Were present and several matters of
'mportance in the club activities were
discussed,
EX . SERVICE MEN ARE
| TO MEET HERE TONIGHT
' Ex-service men of Cobb county will
hold a meeting at the Y. W. C. A.
Auditorium tonight.
A program interesting to all ex
"‘:}"\'f(:e men hag been arranged and
a4ll men who are in the service re
gardless of time or branch of service
&re invited to attend.
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JUST $49,565.09
Finance Committee Submite Figu
res and Plan to get City
Out of Predicament
| At the regular meeting of the city
ceuncil Wednesday night, Chairman
‘Guy. H. Nerthcutt, of the Finance
Commitiee, submitted 'a report to
aeet the cify’s current indebtedness.
The report was accepted by a una
mous vote of the council and placed
on the minutes.
Mr. Northcut calls attention to the
‘urgent need for legislative action to
increase tax rates sufficiently to pay
off Marietta’s current indebtedngss.
He states that there is no way to pay
this indebtedness umless such actiern
is taken, and submits figures show
ing that the city’s «current liablities
are $49,565.09. The report follows:
March Bth, 1922.
To The Mayor and Council,
‘Marielta, ‘Georgia.
Gentlemen:
An audit of the City’s finances as
of December 31st, 1921 has been
completed and discloses some fucts
which your finance committee thinks
shoutd be brouglit to the atteniion
of your body and to the voters at
large.
‘ Under date of November 15th,
1920,a judgemerit amounting to $42,-
‘OOO.UO was isswed against the City
in favor of the First National Bank
of Boston and by amiable agreement
with this bank, it was agreed to pay
$4,000.00 annually plus accrued in
terest until the judgement was retir
ed. Only one -payment of $4,000.00
plus accrued ‘interest to December
31st has been made leaving payments
due as follows:
Date Due "Principal Interest
12-31-21 $4,000.00
12-31-22 4,000.00 $2,280.00
12-31-23 4,000.00 1,800.00
12-31-24 4,000.00 1,560.00
12-31-25 4,000.00 1,320.00
12-31-26 4000.00 1,080.00
12-31-27 45000.00 840.00
12-31-28 4,000.00 600.00
12-31-29 47000.00 360.00
12-31-30 2:000.00 120.00
TOTALS $38,000.00 $9,960.00
In addition to the above indebted
ness, the audit shows outstanding
warrants on December 31st, 1921, to
the amount of $11,565.09, a great
Lnum’bex of WQ;QWW&
offsets’ a Tas, the taxvaver re
fusing to pay nntil he could collect
his warrants. To break this deadlocl:
we borrowed $5,000.00 from the Ma
rietta Trust & Banking Company
and retired these offset warrants thus
collecting about the same amount of
tack taxes. We are pledged to pav
his $5,000 next December and have
herefore included it in our 1922 es
timate of expenses. |
I am attaching hereto a statement
of the City’s Revenues and Expenses
for 1921 and an estimate of the Rev
ennes and Expenses for 1922, Pleasrzl
note that, although our evcess of rev
enues over expenses for 1921 shows
$2,323.10, we failed to make thv'
$4,000.00 payment on judgement due |
December 31, 1921, and should well
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Marietta Camp of Redmen Was
Organized at Carpenter’s
Hall Wednesday Night
Mr. John Wood, Great Sachem of
the Tribe of Redmen for the State
of Georgia was here from Canton, on
Wednesday night. With him came
twenty-four braves and warriors,who
took part in the organization of a
Tribe of Redmen in Marietta.
- Ye organization was started off
lwith a big boost, and forty-four char
‘ter members received the degree. The
‘meeting was held at Capenters hall
‘and after the initiation work, a sum
ptuous banquet was served.
Frank Smith, acting Great Chief of
;Records, was here from Atlanta with
a band of twelve Redmen, and help
‘ed with the work. In all about one
hundred Redmen enjoyed work and
he banquet.
I The following officers of the Mari
‘etta Tribe were elected: Walter Wil
son, Prophet; D. O. Lindsey, sachem
T. 0. Wilson, senior sagamore; Her
‘shel Riggins, junior sagamore; Cliff
‘Black, keeper of records; Harris
iScoggins, keeper of wampus.
' A meeting of the Tribe will be
held at Carpenters Hall next Wed
‘nesday night, at which time braves
land warriors will be elected, and reg
iular meeting dates set.
" MAYOR WEDNESDAY
‘ Gordon Gann was elected Mayor
‘of Marietta Wednesday without ~on
position. Mr. Gann received 228
|votes, a large number considering
‘the fact that there was no contest.
| Mr. Gann was declared elected by
the city council at a meeting Wed
‘nesday night and took the oath of
imayor on Thursday morning.
MARIETTA, COBB COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1922
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Dr. Malone Gives Out Statement{
. Showing Result of Audit,
Also Other Informatioh
Dr. J. D. Malone, president of the
Marietta Trust and Banking Compa
ny, by request of the editor of the
Journal, has given the following sta
‘tement as te the facts learned by the
laudit of the books and records of the
{flosgd bank, which has been going
‘on during the past month;
“The audit was completed last
week, and the notes and securities
were ‘appraised by a local committee
composed of D. W. Blair, H. N. Du
[Pro\ J. E. Massey, T. J. Connor, and
|\ Fred Morris.
“The loans aggregated about $300,-
000, and only about $B,OOO of the
jamount was charged off as not be
‘in;: good. The assets of the bank as
]shown by the audit, after the apprai
sement, amount to $345,436. This
lamount should be increased by more
than $lOO,OOO, after the collection of
ithe surety bonds of $25,000, and the
{return by the Government of some
$B,OOO income taves paid bv the bank
lduring the past five vears, and the
liability assessment against the stock
iholders.
“The total liabilities are $489,276,
practically all of which 'is to the de
positors.
“The combined shortage of Gilbert
and Sessions is shown by the audit
to be -approximately $233,000, which
includes all irregularities, as well as
the amount of the bank’s funds lost
in speculation. It does not show the
amourit of each one’s individual
shortage with the banl;.
l “The records and evidence found
by the auditors show that they specu
{lated n various stocks through two
(different firms of Wall street brok
jers, who are members of the New
|York Stock Exchange. With one of
|these firms they carvried three ae
‘counts, one in the bank’s name, and
;or}\le in euchfoirt;eitl" individual n;mas.
Thev transfe large su p'#
{used the monev to buy various stocks
on margin in the stock market. The
records also show specific transac
(tions in which large sums of money
iwere lost.
l “Quite a eood deal of their personal
correspondence with the brokers,
statements of accounts. ete., together
with other evidence. is now in the
/possession of the State Superinten
‘dent of Banks, and the Attorney
General. Legal steps will be taken
at on~e to try to recover some of the
thbanl’s money thus lost. as it i« il
l ee~] in New York State for brokers
| 0 kmowinely accept money from
tankers for sveculation. |
| “The records indicate that the
'smoenlation has been goine on some.
I'eirzht or ten years, but the larger|
ipart of the monev is shown to havp‘l
‘heen lost from 1917 to 1920. Since)
the earlv part of 1920, a shortage!
'}.,.; evicted sccording to the andit. nf'E
comething like $200.000, and thm';
have kept it covered nn with firti.|
tions paper. false entries and false!
statements.” |
SPARKS CIRCUS
| ON APRIL STH
‘ Mr. Len C. Baldwin informs the
Journal that the Sparks circus will
be in Marietta on April sth, instead
'of the 12th as previously announced.
.« Mr. Baldwin was instrumental in
bringing the Sparks Circus to Mari
etta in 1920 under the auspices of
the local Shrine Club, and the day
ywas so thoroughly enjoyed and such
a big financial success was made that
he has had hundreds of requests to
,bring the circus back this year.
' The advertising car will be here
about March 15th, and announcement
,wi]l be made later of several local
(features that will be added to the
‘circus program. One of the big new
;fe.ature acts that has been added sin
ce Sparks was here in 1920 is a
trained pig act, which is said to be
the most novel attraction carried by
jany circus.
| It is anticiated that April sth
'will be a great dav in Marietta, and
the local Shrine club are planning on
‘entertaining hundreds of out-of-town
(visitors,
iBANKRUPTCY PETITION
- MARIETTA COTTON MTT,L
| WILL BE HEARD FRIDAY
| A netition has been filed by the
creditors of the Marietta Cotton
mills. throuch Attornev Lindlev W.
Camp, to put the mill in bankruptev.
‘ The netition will be heard before
Judge Siblev in Marietta Fridav.
Tt ig understood that ‘he stork
holders will oppose such a move and
present their side of the case at the
lhe.:u'ing.
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Shows Much Interest in move
to Stabilize Cotton Price |
| At a c_all meeting of the Merchants
‘Association at the Civitan club rooms
| Wednesday afternoon, co-operative
lcotton marketing was explained by
Mr. Dee Erwin and Mr. Boyd Con
well. Mr. Erwin is active in the or
ganization of the Georgia pool. Mr.
Conwell is a farmer-banker -from
Lavonia.
After the .California marketing
plan had been thoroughly explained
fby the speakers, the members of the
}n_norchants association present unan
{imougly voted endorsement of the
{plan.
l The great benefits to the farmers
l\\'("‘o‘ no.ated out by Mr. Erwin and
EM' Cuawell, and the speakers fur
|the vuilined in detail how the mer
j¢hants would benefit from the plan.
i Mr. Erwin stated that the cotton
{mill men over the country were in
if:wm‘ of the plan because it would
|stabilize the price of cotton and make
ithc manufactgre of cloth lexs a
gamble than at the present time.
Cne of the main points stresged by
the gpeakers was the elimination of
the middlemen in the sale of cotton,
and a better price for the farmer and
manafacturer, with no increase in
the prive of cotton goods.
The speakers showed conclusively
how the ecotton asgociation would
practically control the price of cotton
and could assure farmers a profit on
the crop every year, If sufficient
lcotton is sigmed up, according to Mr.
Erwin, the New York exchange
would no longer be able to fluctuate
ithe maget and cause farmers to sell
below cost and the mills to pay a
|high price for cotton.
Many of the men present promiged
their ce-operation in putting Cobb
county ever with her quota, and to
assist i 1 explaining the marketing
plan to %helr friends.
Tnfl Af,‘j ”’:’l BOARD WITT 5
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Wy Lo o~ BE ShHLEUTED"SUUN
|Terms of Dodgen, Mayes and Chastin
; Expire this Year. C.ranz Jury
, Recommends Boar
Three members of the county
‘board are recommended by the
'Grand Jury which meets next week
ito succeed Messrs. Mayes, f‘hasti‘n
land Dodgen whose terms expire this
{yval'. |
' Much interest is centered in the
members of the school board and al
so whether the present members will|
he reappointed or whether they \‘~'s”_‘
accept another term is a matter of:
i\p«,»gul.a\tion at present. }
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PHILATHEA CLASS WILL |
| CONDUCT MARKET SAT.|
The Philathea Class of the Moth(‘»-‘
dist church will conduct a PUth‘
market in front of the Dixie Theatre |
on *he square next Saturday, March
11 !
Homemade breads, pies, cakes, sa]-;
ads and other delicacies will be uf—t’
fored for sale at attractive prices. |
GRLANDO HOTELS
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| SAYS DR, WHITE
f Dr. I. A. White, pastor of the First
| Baptist Church, Marietta, who recent
ly returned from Orlando, Florida,
'says that on every hand one notes
evidence of progress and prosperity
lin that fast-growing and beautiful
‘Fhorida city.
Dr. White says that several of the
‘hotels have undergone improvements
\and additions, one new $350,000 ho
itel is now wunder construction and
iplans are well under way for the
‘building of a million dollzr hotel.
| The city is full of tourists, and
'the present season has been a very
'prosperous one for Orlando.
""" =ateh from Orlando to the
Jac!'sonville Times-Union, contains
!the following mention of Dr. White’s
address to the Rotary Club of that
city: !
~ “The Kotary Club held its regular
wieekly cession Wednesday noon, at
%-.vhich the special feature was the
'address by the Rev. I. A. White, of
Marietta, Ga., who spoke on Enthu
iviasm and Character, He urged his
‘hearers to asvire to the higher things
of life, be true and to =zerve, as ser
vice was the noblest virture of all
‘attributes.”
D. C. COLE TRANSFZERRED
| TO NASHVILLE, TENIN.
. Mr. D. C. Cole, who has been with
the Daprtment of Justice, with off
ccs in Atlanta for the past three
‘months has been transferred and will
‘hereafter have his headquarters in
Na-hville. Tenn. He left Monday
evening to tale up his new dutie:
lthere.
FLAGS AND FLOWERS
PROFUSE IN LAST
RITES FOR SGT. ORR
Marietta Boy's Funeral is Occa
sion for Tribute by Many
of Admiring Friends
The funeral services for Sergeant
William Horace Orr held at the Pres
byterian Church in Marietta, last
Sunday morning, was attended by
hundreds of people from Marietta
and this part of Georgia. The fol
lowing contribution to the Journal
hy Col. J. Colton Lynes, gives ex
nlicit account of the young man’s
service to his country, and the tri
bute paid to him at the sad but nota
ble occasion of his funeral Sunday:
REQUIEM VICTORIOUS |
| WILLIAM HORACE ORR |
Sergeant in the 325th Infantry, Co.
A, 82nd Division; enlisted September
2nd; left Camp Gordon\April 10th,
1918, embarked for France, April
22nd, 1918. Reaching London, he
paraded with his division before the
King of England. Cheerfully contin
'uinzr his way in response to his coun
fry’s bidding he yvielded his life on the
soil of France in the terrific battle of
!.—\rx,:'(mne Forest on October 14th,
while charging a machine gun ‘nest.
iHis remains were returned to his
father and motter, Mr. and Mrs. A.
EE. Orr, in Marietta, Ga., on March
2nd, 1922, and Marietta in sadness
"out with pride, received her first and
onlv Gold Star. But—
| “Not the loud acelaim of victors,
| Not the wreath the hero won,
Will be sweeter in life’s future
Than the thought of duty done.”
The funeral of Sergeant Orr was
held on Sunday, March sth, 1922,
from the Presbyterian Church, Rev.
J. H. Patton officiated, assisted by
Rev. I. A. White, whose opening pray
'er was exceedingly beautiful and ap
propriate. »The pall bearems were
selected from the Horace Orr Post,
No. 29, American Legion and were
as follows: Captains William Helland,
Lindley Camp, Lieutenants Jack
Brumby, Leon Blair, Eugene North
cutt and Stanley Read.
A firing squad of soldiers from
Fort McPherson under command of
Corporal Chas. Scott, in connection
with ex-soldiers of the World War
acted gs honorary escort under com
imand . of .Ci un - William Holias
and 4«“‘l**‘ > g '%r&: % et e H‘:}‘ "y ‘j »\’:‘e‘é
for the occasion %”mfi’ |
Mrs. Wyatt, ™Mrs. James Collins, Mr.
Taylor and Mr. MeCrindle and ren
dered most beautifully the appropri
ate songs: “Jesus, Savior, Pilot }\l4-,"“
“One Sweetly Solemn Thought’,,and
at the end of the services, “Beyond
the Bmiling and the Weeping.”
Among the numerous floral offer
ings was a vross placed by the Pres- |
byterian church. Extending in part
over the arms of the cross were the |
words, “Our Hero’, Quite as notice
able also was a fioral pillow in white
and red carnations., with blue rib-|
bon streamers placed by the Ameri- |
can Legion. ‘
~ Dr. Patton began his excellent and |
Instructive sermon by directing hisl
hearer’s attention to the writings of
Paul to Timothy, wherein he saidl
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FORD BOOSTERS
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\Marietta Citizens CGoing to Atlan.
| ta ta Hear Ex-Gov. O'Neel
! Speak at Auditorium
,i A monster mass meeting is to be
held at the auditorium in Atlanta
next Sunday afternoon, March 12th,
at three o’clock, as an endorgement
of the Ford proposal to take over
' Muscle Shoals.
. Ex-Governor Emmett O'Neel, of
iA]abama, is the principal speaker,
and it is anticipated that he will de
liver an address that will long be
{remembered. He is an eloquent and
forceful speaker, and on thig occa
sion has for his subject one in which
every good citizen of the South has
a vital interest.
‘ A State organization will be effect
ed to help carry on the movement in
'Georgia. Music at the big meeting
'will be furnished by Chas. A. Shel
idon and the Tech Band. Mayor Key
will preside over the meeting.
i Messrs. C. W. McClure and James
B. Moore, of Atlanta, were in Mariet
!ta ‘oday in congultation with local
citizens who are lending hearty sup
lpmt of the movement. A large num
ber from here are expecting to attend
'the Atlanta meeting Sunday.
CHATTAHOOCHEE S. S.
| IS ORGANIZED SUNDAY
. A Sunday School and prayer meet
'ing was organized at Chatiahoochee
' Bartist Church Sunday afternoon. ..
. Sunday schoo! will be held in the
morning on Sunday and prajer ser
(vicos in the afternoon,
' Reverend Alfred Ledbetter was el
r=ted suverintendent of the Sunday
irchool and a good attendance .is ex
ivected each Sunday.
Cobb County Superior Court to
Open Monday With 24 Cases
for Divorce—lo 3 Others ‘
The March Term of Cobb Superior
Court conveneg at nine o’clock Mon
day morning, March 13, at the court
house in Marietta with Judge Blair
pregiding.
It is evident that the bark of mat
’rimony has not been gliding so
smoothly in Cobb county in the past
few months as twenty-four of the
one hnudred and twenty-seven cases
listed are for divorce actions.
Nothing of gpecial importance to
the public is included in the docket
of cages, but it is anticipated that
'this will be a very busy session. 4
Mr. Bridges to be in Marietta On
Monday to Assist in Pushing
Work over with funds - !,
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The work of organizing the Cobb
county grain elevator is progressing
very satisthctorily according to a
report of the committees in charge.
~ Nearly half of the money neces
sary to build the elevator hag been
subscribed and the balance is being
raised by the committees.
~ Mr. Bridges, an expert in this line
will be back to Marietta Monday and
will lend his co-operation in pushing
the propogition over in this section.
Interegt in the grain plant and the
market is growing and it will only be
a matter of time until Cobb county
will probably have a modern grad
ing and selling plant for all the grain
grown here. 1
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‘SO %s o | R TN w;"-! ci ok ey
| SAYS HARDWIGK
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} Atlanta, Ga.. March 8, 1922-—When
all taxes in Georgia for the year of
1921 have been paid, the State will
have at last reached a firm financial
Ifooting, according to Governor Hard
(wick, who in a statement, declared
ithat after paying all appropriations
for 1921, a balance of almost a mil
(lion dollars will have been left in the
treasury.
‘ Governor Hardwick said that ap
proximately $1,750,000 was yet to be
lpaid into the state by the county tax
collectors, and that the only appro
priation for 1921 to be met was about
$1,000,000 toward the school fund.
There is at present $350,000 in the
‘troasuary, he said.
“If all the taxes are paid at once,
the State would be in a most com
fortable financial c¢ondition,” khe
governor said. “On a surplus of a
|bout three quarters of a million dol
'lars, with what the gasoline tax will
(bring in quarterly, we can run very
jnicely until the taxes are¢ due again
next year.
l “The taxes are a litte slow in com
ing in, of course. In years before,
;’most of them have been paid before
{this time, but I am sure they will
|have been paid before April 20, the
ilast day.”
' The governor said that he recently
borrowed $500,000 to pay half of the
‘remainder of the school appropria
“tion, and would nay the other half as
soon as sufficient money had come in
to the treasury. He pointed out that
he had obtained this loan at a five
per cent rate of interest, payable in
September, with the privilege of pay
ing at any time. He said that this
amount would be paid immediately
on receipt of sufficent money.
. “There is one thing that worries
me,” the governor said, “that is the
|payment of the $600,000 due the pen
sioners this month. Of course, this
is not a total 1921 debt, and for that
reason I have given orders that the
school funds are to be paid first.
| “I think, however, that when we
have received all of the tax monev
ll can care for the pensioners too.”
FUNERAL HELD TUESDAY
- FOR MRS. MARY. C. BROOKS
] Funeral services for Mrs. Marv C,
‘Brooks ,of Austell, who died Sun
dav night at a private sanitarivm in
Atlanta, were held Tuesday at the
Sacred Heart church in Austell, con
ducted by Father James Horton.
. Mrs .Brooks has been in bad health
for some time. She is survived by
‘her husband, J. L. rooks.and three
children, James" L., Jr.,Mary Ann and
Erin Brooks.
| The funer=l was well attended by
manv friends and acquaintances of
the family. and interment was made
in the family cemetery at Austell.
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