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THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF COBB COUNTY, GEORGIA
Che Marietta Tournal
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/OLUME 58. _
SILENT ENEMIES,
\URDERERS, THIEVES
Thousands of Them in Our City.
Exterminating Campaign Starts
In Marietta Friday
How many human deaths for which
they are responsible will never be
known, but the United States govern
ment estimates thgy have destroyed
in this city alone over a million dol
lars worth of propertfi They are do
ing their nefarious work in every city
in the United States. They all ccine
from foreign countries, they are fil
thy, and possess nothing of their own,
their descendants are never Ameri
canized. They never produce nor
build, and they exist but to deal
death and destruction.
Good afithority estimates they are
increasing 25 per cent yearly.
It is estimated that in the city of
Chicage in 1923 they despoiled her
citizens of more than five millions of
dollars.
They are here,’ firmly established.,‘
What are our citizens going to do
about it? Will you sit down quietly!
with this great terror in our midst?%
The insurance companies say these
terrorists are responsible for five per
cent of the fires. : |
In the 14th century they were ram- |
pant, and were the primary cause of 1‘
the deaths of four-fifths of the popu
lation. |
There is no country wild nor civi
lized where they have not a foothold.
During the world war in Australia
they destroyed and consumed 50,-
000,000 bushels of wheat. In 1909
in India they caused the deaths of
three million of Hindos.
The general public is not aware
that our government has special
agents to visit every ship that comes
from foreign ports to see that none
of them land, and if one of them 1s
discovered attempting to land, orders
are to shoot to kill, and many of
them are put to death and no record
made,
For scveral days a corpse of spe
cially appointed men well adapted for
the work have been ferreting out
their hiding places and places fre
qu-ted by them. A well organiz: d
and systematic :campaign against
them will begin Friday. Orders will
be given to kill at sight, entire fam
ilies of them will be wiped out irre
spective of age or sect. Every citi
zen who loves his flag and country
will do all they can to assist'in ex
terminating them rot and branch:
The entire city will be suryeyed
and where they abide will be notated
by street and number, government
literature on our worst enemy will be
freely distributed. .
Are any of them in your house,
place of business or residence? As a
good law abiding citizen don’t fail to
report it. That is provided you won’t
kill them yourself and save the offi
cial workers that muczx valuable time.
Be ready for the big nation-wide,
state-wide and city-wide rat cam
paign. They carry the germs of the
fatal bubonic plague and many other
diseases fatal to man. The entire
city must join in this fight if it is to
he a success. .
For information on the rat cam
paign which starts Friday, apply to
Chamber of Commerce.
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A A G WILL PLAY
DEMOLAY TEAM ON
LOGAL COURT SAT.
Raymond Rice
The highly tooted Acworth Athletic
Club will make its_ first appearance
here Saturday night in a game with
the local DeMolay team. These two
teams have met only once before this
vear. This was on the Acworth court
and the Acworth boys won the'de
cision, ’
A very spirited rivelry exists be
tween the two teams, so a real fast
game is assured. The game will be
held in the Y. W. C. A. Auditorium.
The admission charge will be only 25
cents, Everyone is urged to. be on
hand to lend their voices in cheering
the local boys on to victory.
andi .
Automobile Ass’n.
Being Formed In
County This Week
An automobile assoeiatiohm
formed in Cobb county by the garages
and automobile dealers this week. A,
committee composed of C. C. James,
E. L. Pylant and D. P. Butler are
completing details. All the Marietta
automobile interests are signed up ac
cording to the committee and several
garages and dealers in other towns
of the county.
Further information about the as
sociation can be had by any garage
owner or automobile dealer by call
ing on any of the above named com
mittee.
GOBB POULTRYMEN
TO-ORGANIZE ASSN,
AT EARLY DATE
Many Breeders Hear Prof. McCoy,
Poultry Expert, Speak
Here Monday
At a very enthusiastic meeting
held Monday afternoon in the assem
bly rooms of the Marietta C‘namber}
of Commercé, some fy‘kt; or fifty
poultry producers of Cobb county lis- i
tened to a very inspiring talk on[
“profitable poultry production” by
Prof. W. C. McCoy, State Poultry
Specialist. Prof. McCoy made a
strong appeal to the beginner in the
poultry business to start on a small
scale and grow into the business as
his information and experience in
creases. He also stressed the impor—?
tance of Cobb county poultry raisers
organizing an association for the pur
pose of promoting the industry on a
‘profitable basis. .
So keen was the interest in the
formation of a Cobb County Poultry
Breeders Association that the breed
ers present voted to organize. The
temporary officers elected are as fol
lows: C. W. Fowler, president; J. L.
Steinhauer, vice-president, and Sam_
Wilcox, secretary and treasurer.
These temporary officers will meet
with the County Agent on Saturdayi
wufternoon to draw up the by-laws and
‘constitution for the permanent organ
‘ization which will be perfected at an
early date.
' R. L. Vansant, County Agent,
‘states that the formation of a poul
}try association for Cobb county is a
‘very progressive move, and that with
!the interest that is being shown jn
this important industry by farmers
land business men, he believes that
considerable progress will be made.
LOCAL . E. SOGIETY
MAKING PLANS FOR
ANNUAL CONVENTION
Homes For 100 Delegates Needed.
Convention Will Last From
Saturday to Monday
The committees in charge of the
arfangements for the Northwest
Georgia Chitian Endeavor Conven
tion to be held here February 9 and
10, are working hard to make this the
best convention ever held in this dis
trict. Word of appreciation was
sent the local Christian Endeavor so
ciety by the state officers for under
taking the task of entertaining the
delegates during the convention.
There will be a special program,
probably Sunday evening to which the
general public will be invited. More
detail announcements in regard to
the program will be made later.
Names of Cobb Co.
Men Who Served in
C.S. A. Are Wanted
We are compiling a history of
Cobb Co. and are anxious to have the
’list of Cobb County men who served
in the Confederate or World War ar
mies as complete as possible.
Will anyone interested please send
me the names of any of their family
or friends who served in either army
and what Company they were in.
Any help in this matter will be
much appreciated.
(Miss) Fannie W. Glover,
- Chairman,
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MARIETTA, COBB COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1924.
War to Death Will Be Waged On
Marietia Rats Beginning Friday
National Expert Rat Killer Will be Here to Su
pervise Extermination of Destructive Little
: Pests. Asks Citizens to Co-operate
Mr. J. E. Nichols, nationally
known rat killer and recommended
by the government as an efficient
man at the job, will be in Marietta
Friday (tomorrow) to start the war
on rats in the city which will cover
a period of two weeks. .
Mr. Nichols will have a force of
thirty men with him in Atlanta in a
short time and while making his
plans there will bring several of his
men to Marietta to supervise the rat
killing here.
The full co-operation of the eciti
zens and business men of Marietta
DINNER MEETING ~
ENJOYED BY AD GLUB
HASTINGS SPEAKER
Fake Advertising Schemes Are
Doom. Advertising Expert
& Is Heard .
Despite the fact that the eity of
Marietta was in darkness Tuesday
night did not prevent members of the
Advertising Club of Marietta from
enjoying a dinner meeting at the Y.
W. C. A. Emergency lights wore
thrown into sevrcie and the very in
teresting program which had b
prepared was carried out ,A. o i
single hitch. o
After the heavy laden table of
good things to eat had received the
“proper attention,” President H. G.
Conway explained objects and purpo
ses of the club and introduced Mr.
W. G. Hastings, Advertising Expert
of Atlanta, as the speaker of the
evening. Mr. Hastings had been as
signed to the subject of “True and
effective advertising,” and the man
ner in which he handled the subject
was evidenfe that he knows the real
meaning of the word& advertise.
At the conclusion of Mr. Hastings
address, many matters of importance
regarding the future activities of the
club were discussed and acted upon.
Five new, members who had made
application since the club was or
ganized were received.
It was unanimously decided that
the club should hold regular monthly
meetings, the date of which will be
within one week after the monthly
sales day. .
The Golden Rule Sales Days being
the most important matter before the
club, considerable attention and dis
cussion '‘was directed to this plan. It
was decided that these days would be
inaugurated beginning the first Mon
day in March. The club wishes it
known that these days are of benefit
to every farmer in €obb county as
well as to every merchant, as on the
first Monday in each month the far
mers will be permitted to bring any
thing they have to sell in the way of
farm implements, livestock and
household goods to the city which
will be sold at auction. Final details
and plans for the first day will be
‘worked out at the February meeting
of the wclub.
Fake Schemes
Another feature of the meeting
which caused considerable discussion
was that of the many fake advertis
ing schemes and unworthy solicita
tions that are presented to the mer
chant and business men every day of
the year. In order to put a check to
these propositions a committee was
named to pass on all advertising
schemes, with the exception of news
paper advertising, also all solicita
tion propositions, and the members of
the club are requested to turn down
every proposition that has not been
endorsed by the committee. All ap
plications for endorsement must be
presented to the President or Secre
‘tary who will turn same over to the
committee for action, If the mer
chants who are members of the club,
as well as those who are not will co
operate with the club in this move
ment thousands of dollars will be
saved by the merchants annuslly. .
will be asked in the campaign for
exterminating rats. Much of the
work can be done by citizens in rid
ding their homes and places of busi
ness from the ravages, and waste of
this annoying little rodent. No
charges will be made for the service
rendered. Full information can be
had about the campaign by calling at
the Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Nichols has conducted rat kill
ing campaigns in hundreds of cities
from the Lakes to the Gulf and has
high recommendations from cities
where his work has been done.
LOSER IN CLOSE GON
TN ~
Students Win From DeMolays by
21 to 19 Score. Read Leads
Scoring of Both Teams
Raymond Rice
In a game full of thrids the Ma
sietta High ~School quintet finally
nosed out a victory over the local
DeMolay chapter before a small but
enthpsiastic crowd Saturday nighi: by
the close score of 21 to 19. Not un
til the final whistle had blown was
anyone sure of who would wear the
victors’ crown.
xw was one of the fastest
and clednest ever played on the local
court. Referee Campbell only called
three fouls during the entire game.
Read, who is captain of both teams,
led his high school team to victory
by shooting 16 of their 21 points.
Benson accounted for four of the
other, while Fine annexed the other
one.
For the DeMolays, Dobbs was the
outstanding light. Crowder, however,
played a remarkable game. Holmes
and Groves, for the DeMolay and
Fine and Benson for the students
play good games.
This is the second time these two
teamg have met. The first ended in
a tie. Im the second the High schol
ars won by two points. It would
seem that the two teams are very
evenly matched. They will meet
again some time soon. A word to
the wise is sufficient.
Cobb County Shows
Gain of 568 Bales
Over Report 1922
Official report shows that 6,350
bales of cotton were ginned in Cobb
county prior to January 1, 1924, as
compared to 5,782 bales prior to Jan.
1, 1928. This was an increase of
568 bzles. *
CLAIMS TO BE OLD
GA. PHARMAGIST
Dr. G. A. Vinson Says He Re
ceived License in 1882. Disputes
Claims of Sparta Druggist
It seems that a pharmacist down in
Sparta got the idea that he was the
oldest living licensed pharmacist in
the State, and he had a good basic
for his supposition, in fact he had a
basic that was exactly forty years
old.
There was only one hitch in his
story and that was Dr. G. A. Vinson,
formerly of Roswell and Marietta,
but now of Atlanta. According to
Dr. Vinson he secured his license to
mix drugs forty-two years ago—ex
actly two years before Dr. G. S. Var
deman, the Sparta entrant in this
pharmacist marathon.
This race seems to be like the fa
mous cross-continent race between
Spark-Plug and Sassy Susie, in which
the Google entrant won “by a hoof.”
Both men should be congratulated on
their records. Wiy fes o
Cartersville A. C.
Will Play DeMolay
Team Wed. at Y. W.
The Cartersville Athletic Club will
make its first appearance here this
year against the local DeMolay team
Wednesday night. The Cartersville
team is composed of some of the old
high school stars and has been play
ing havoc with all the teams in their
section.
The caliber of the DeMolay outfit
is well known already The game will
start promptly at 8 o’clock Wednes
day night at the Y. W. C. A. audi
torium.
MRS, EMMA A, GILBERT
Was Beloved Woman and Estima
ble Leader in Smyrna Baptist
Church For Many Years
Mrs. Emma A. Gilbert, wife of the
late Matthew S. Gilbert, died at 7:80
o’clock Sunday morning, Jan. 13,
1924, after an illness of three days.
Mrs. Gilbert was in apparently
good health until late Wednesday
evening when she was stricken with
neuritis caused gfrom toxine poison.
She suffered intensely until just be
fore the end came, when she became
quiet and passed peacefully into the
great beyond.
Mrs. Gilbert’s death is the source
of sadness to her many friends. She
was well-beloved by, all w?\ose priv
ilege it was to know her.
She had been a resident of Cobb
county the greater part of her life,
and a member of the Baptist church
gince early girlhood. For twenty
two years she had been treasurer of
the Smyrna Baptist Sunday school,
and a teacher in the Sunday school
for thirty-five years.
- The funeral services were con
ducted Tuesday by Rev. A. B. Couch
from the Smyrna Baptist church.
The floral offerings were numerous
and beautiful, expressive of the love
and high esteem felt for Mrs. Gil
bert. \
She is survived by two sons, Mr.
Howard H. Gilbert, of Miami, Fla.,
and Mr. Lacy C. Gilbert, of Orlando,
Fla.; four daughters, Misses Leila,
Ida, and Alma Gilbert, of Smyrna,
and Mrs. George E. Daniell, of Mari
etta; one brother, Mr. A. Newport
Durham, of Atlanta, and one sister,
Mrs. Olive E. McGriff, of Atlanta.
GOUNTY SCHOOL BD.
SELEGTS SUBJEGTS
FOR PRIZE PAPERS
$lO.OO Will Be Given Pupil Who
Sends in best Paper on Any
of Seven Subjects Named
The Cobb County Board of Edu
cation met in special session on Jan
nary 15. At this meeting Wikle’s
Book Store was again designated as
agent to nandle county school books
in the future.
Superintendent Hugh Moore was
instructed to see that all schools in
the county had an average attend
ance of forty pupils throughout the
school months. .
The board expressed_their gratifi
cation over the marked improvement
and increased interest in penmanship
for which they had offered a prize.
They selected and submitted the
following subjects for the best com
position on an agricultural project:
1. How to grow cotton at a profit
under boll weevil conditions.
2. How to succeed with pure bred
poultry on the farm.
3. The advantages that farm life
offers over city life.
4. The advantages that agricultural
clubs offer the farm boy or girl.
5. How I would grow an acre of
corn.
6. The advantages that Agricultur
al schools of Georgia offer® the farm
ing interests of the State. :
7. How to make a brood sow profit
able on a Cobb county farm.
A prize of $lO in gold is offered
any boy or girl in the grammar
grades of the county schools who
sends in the best paper on any of
the above subjects.
Will Put Plant on Dauble Shift.
New Machinery to Be Added
to Equipment
The Browning Hosiery Mills, of
Chattanooga, Tenn.,, has purchased
the Kennesaw Hosiery Mill, of Mari
etta, and put the plant to work on a
day and night shift at full capacity
according to agents who were connec
ted with the deal. 4
Forty new machines will be added
to the equipment already installed
and the number of employees will He
more than doubled it is announced.
The Kennesaw Hosiery Mill had
been operating on a part time sched
ule for some time and the above
mentioned plans will be of finterest
to the people of this community.
The law firm of Morris-Hawking &
Wallace handled the deal for Brown
ing Hosiery Mills. The sale price
was around $50,000.00.
ROY COLLINS '
" GASHIER OF
CITIZENS BANK
Popular Local Merchant and For
mer Banker., New Bank to
Open for Business Soon
~ Mr. L. R. Collins, popularly known
in Marietta and throughout Cobb
county as Roy Colljns, has been se
lected as cashier of the Citizens Bank.
No more popular. selection could have
‘been made, as Roy numbers his
friends by all who know him.
For several years he has been a
member of the firm of Colling Bros.,
druggists, and was the founder of
Collins Drug and Seed Store, one of
the best and most up-to-date seed
stores in North Georgia, the need for
such a store having been long felt in
Marietta and Cobb county. This bus
inegs will be continued by his broth
er, Mr. John Collins. {
Prior to coming to Marietta Mr.
Collins had six years experience in
the banking business, and this expe
rience with his long and suecessful
experience as a merchant, coupled
with his popularity and natura! gift
for making friends, eminently fits
him for his duties as cashier.
When seen by the Journal reporter
this morning Mr. Collins was full of
enthusiasm over his new businéss con
nection and freely discussed the plans
of the new bank. : o
“I am delighted to be associated
with this splendid institution,” he
said, “and I am perfectly confident
not only of the bank’s success, but
that it will successfully and satigfae
torily serve its large number of
friends and patrons. The same men
and stockholders who so successfully
operated the Citizens National Bank
are behind the Citizens Bank, and this
alone would insure success, but we
also have additional support and new
interests which wonderfully increase
our prospects. We realize the neces-
sity for increased banking facilities
in our city and county, and our bank
will have ample capital and every fa
cility for properly serving its pat
rons. Our policy will be laid out
along progressive lines and we pro
pose to extend to our customers full
co-operation and all assistance in
keeping with sound banking princi
ples.
“We are extending in advance our
sincere thanks for the patronage of
the people of Marietta and Cobb
county, but we are going to do more
than that-—we are going to show our
genuine appreciation by prompt, cour
teous and efficient service.”
MUSIC FOR FIRST M. E.
CHURCH SUNDAY, JAN. 20
Organ Prelude, Tours.
Offertory, Gavotte.
N. A., Gluck-Brahms.
Domestic Quartet—Mr. and Mrs.
Chas. Northeutt, Mr. and Mrs, Fred
Burton. : !
Postlude, Marche Nuptiale, Rock
well. .. : 4
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