THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF COBB COUNTY. GEORGIA
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VOLUME 58.
FRANK McDOWELL CONFESSES KILLING
~ FATHER, MOTHER: BURNING SISTERS
JOE M. DOBBINS FILES SUIT FOR
$lOO,OOO DAMAGE AGAINSTW. & A.
TRAINMOVING AT EX
GESSIVE SPEED RATE
PETITIONER ALLEGED
Mother and Babe Killed by Fast
‘“‘Dixie Limited’’ While Cross
ing Tracks at Dixie Avenue,
December 8, 1923.
A petition was filed in the Clerk’s
office of the Cobb county superior
court Tuesday by Joe M. Dobbins
and Joe M. Dobbins, Jr., against the
Western and Atlantic Railroad ask
ing for $lOO,OOO damages for the
death of Mrs. Dobbins and her small
child, Dorothy Louise.
It will be remembered that Mrs.
Dobbins and child were killed while
crossing the tracks of the railroad
at Dixie avenue on the morning of
December 8, 1923. The _tragedy
shocked the entire community.
The petition states that the train
was going at a speed of sixty miles
per hour when the accident occurred
while the city ordinance requires
the train to slow down to a speed of
ten miles per hour. The petition also
alleges that the railroad did not have
a watchman at the crossing at the
time and that the engineer failed to
blow his warning whistle until after
he had hit the victims.
Attorneys Fred Morris and J. Z.
Foster represent the plaintiffs. The
case will not be heard during the
March term of court but it is likely
that it will come up at the next
term.
COBB-BARTOW ROAD
M. L. McNeel Appointed Chair
man ‘‘Promotion Committee.’’
Meet in Cartersville Friday
In respond to an invitation sent out
by the Acworth Board of Trade a
large and representative body of cit
izens of Marietta, Acworth and Car
tersville and the county commission
ers of Cobb and Bartow counties met
in Acworth last Monday afternoon to
discuss plans of paving the stretch
of the Dixie Highway from Marietta
to Cartersville, thus completing a 47
mile stretch from Atlanta to Carters
ville,
L. M. Awtrey was made chgirman
of the body formed to be known as
the Cobb-Bartow Highway Associa
tion. M. L. Fleetwood, editor of the
Bartow Tribune was made Secreta
ry.
The meeting was laregely attended
and enthusiastic expressions were
heard from many representative bus
iness men of the several towns in
terested and by the county commis
sioners.
The following were appointed a
tommittee on promotion and finance:
Morgan L. McNeel, chairman, and A.
L. Crowe, Marietta; J. S. Calhoun
and B. C. Gilreath, Cartersville; G.
W. MeMillan and J. E. Carnes, Ac
worth; Lamar Lewis and R. Russom,
Kennesaw; N. E. Parris and B. C.
Sloan, Emerson.
This committee will meet as the
guests of the Cartersville Chamber
of Commerce Friday morning of this
week, and shortly thereafter with the
Marietta Chamber of Commerce, af
ter which it will hold conferences
with the commissioners of Bartow
and Cobb Counties.
Dairy Cow Industry
To Be Boosted at
Acworth Meeting
An announcement comes from R.
L. Vansant, County Agent, that Prof.
F. W. Fitch, Dairy Specialist for
Georgia and a representative of the
American Jersey Cattle Club will at
tend a farmers meeting at the Ac
worth Hotel on Wednesday, Feb. 27,
at 2 P. M. These livestock men are
coming to Acworth for the purpose
of boosting the dairy cow industry
in Cobb county and to promote the
organization of community bull clubs.
They will illustrate their talks with
moving pictures and will be very in
teresting to the Jersey fanciers of
the county.
At this meeting the Acworth Board
of Trade will make an announcement
of their plans for promoting better
farming in the Acworth community
and will let the farmers know that
they are ready to co-operate with the
county agent in the work he will
conduct with the farmers. A good
attendance of farmers is expected at
this meeting.
LOGAL DEMOLAY CHAP-
Will Confer DeMolay Degree on
Class at Regular Meeting
. On Monday
The Marietta Chapter of DeMolay
will confer the DeMolay degree on a
class at their regular meeting Mon
day night. All Master Masons are
cordially invited to witness the cere
mony. The members of the chapter
are especially urged to be present.
The chapter will hold its first so
cial event since its installation last
November, at Roxana Hall Thursday
evening, February 28, in the form of
a leap year party. Many novel fea
tures carrying out the leap year idea
are being planned by the committee
in charge of arrangements. Invita
‘tions have been mailed to about
‘se'.'mty-five guests.
- The DeMolay basketball team will
%agraiu meet the fast team represent
ing the Atlanta chapter of the order
ISaturday, March 1. All who saw the
!}avt game between these two teams
will not fail to see them in their
second encounter. The game will be
played on the local Y. W. C. A.
icoux't.
METHODIST CHURCH MUSIC
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24th
Organ prelude—Andante Pastorale
—Stephens.
Solo—Mr. T. N. Hemp; violin ob
ligato by Mr. Geo. Hardeman, “The
Light of Hearen’s Own Day”, Briggs.
Offertory, “Orgnus Dei,” by Bizet.
Anthem, “The Shepherd’s Good
Care,” Nevin.
Postlude, Claussmann.
Hundreds Enjoy Band
Concert Here Friday
Afternoon and Night
Several hundred Marietta people
attended the band concert given Fri
day afternoon and evening by Lau
rier and his band at the Y. W. C. A.
Auditorium. The concert was given
under the auspices of the Marietta
Shrine Club and was a big success
and much enjoyed by the music lov
ing citizens of the community.
Laurier's band is playing for the
Atlanta Automobile Show this week
and daily broadcasts are being made
from WSB.
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MARIETTA, COBB COUNTY, GA,, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1924
syttt e i s o NSRS
MARIETTA MADE PROH,
ENFORCEMENT GENTER
G. C. GOYLE IN CHARGE
Office Here to Serve Nine Outly
ing Counties. Will Co-operate
With Sheriffs in Each County
Marietta has been chosen as a pro
hibition enforcement center to serfi:}
the nine surrounding counties, wi@h
C. C. Coyle in charge, according to
an announcement made public the
first of the week. The counties in
cluded in this district are Cobb, Cher
okee, Forsyth, Milton, Polk, Pauld
ing, Haralson, Douglas and Bartow,
Besides being the Federal agent in
charge of this district, Mr. Coyle was
sworn in Monday as Deputy Collec
tor of Internal Revenue. His prin
cipal duties will be to co-operate with
the various sheriffs of the counties
in his district in the enforcement of
the Federal prohibition law. He
paying especial attention to the bo#
der lines at present. Besides «ig
county officers he has a number
government men under his supervis
ion. His offices are on the fim
of the post office building and >
says he wants everyone to feel at
liberty to report any violation of the
law to him.
The Citizens Bank
Opens New Channel
The Citizens Bank, in a spirit of
progressiveness, has opened a chan
nel to responsible parties of the com
munity to procure pedigreed chick
ens at a cost that is negligible com
pared to the benefit derived from
the contract entered into.
The move to compare Cobb coun
ty favorably with other progressive
counties of the state has taken hold
of the business institutions of the
county in no unmistakable terms and
the Citizens Bank is helping ‘lead
the way.”
BARN, FOUND BY WIFE
Wife of Sim Anderson Gives De
spondency as Reason. Had Been
Blue Several Days
The lifeless form of Sim Anderson,
a middle agd farmer of Floyd, was
found hanging by a rope from a
beam in the barn back of his house
early Tuesday morning by his wife.
Despondency is given by his wife as
the reason for Mr. Anderson taking
his life. 3
According to Mrs. Anderson her
husband had been despondent for
several weeks but appeared to be in
better spirits at breakfast Tuesday
morning. After breakfast he went
about his regular <chores around the
farm and about nine o’clock went
into the barn. As he did not come
out again Mrs. Anderson became sus
picious and called to him several
times. Getting no reply she sent
one of the children in the barn to
find him. In answer to a scream by
the child she rushed into the barn to
ifind her husband hanging by a rope
from a beam. She cut him down
‘herself but he was already dead.
’ Mr. Anderson is one of the best
known farmers in Cobb county and
his many friends throughout the
’county will regret to learn of his un
timely death, _
SCHOOL AT A, & M.
Opportunity Afforded all Teachers
to Better Prepare
For Work
The Seventh District A. & M.
School is offering a summer school
to the teachers in the public schools
of the district. This summer insti
tute will begin on Tuesday, July 1,
and will close with the State exam
ination of Friday, August 1. The en
tire cost for attending this school will
be $l6 for board and $4 for inciden
tals.
The reason for the institute is a
desire on the part of the Seventh
District A. & M. School to make this
institution, during the summer
months when the regular student
body is away, of a practical value to
the district. In no way can it serve
the district better than by helping
the teachers of the district to help
the boys and girls at home. - Also,
there is a need now for good grade
teachers in all parts of our state,
and by this means our state school
superintendent is trying to solve this
need. It will supply the deficiency
and help those already in the work to
advance to better positions, and to
tg_t confidence in their
“and - more genuine
pleasure in teaching. =~ T
Some Reasons for Attending
1. The State examination will be
held on Friday, August 1, at the close
of the institute.
2. The teachers assigned to the
school by State Superintendent N. H.
Ballard, will have furnished them his
idea of essentials, a line of ques
tions that will be asked on the exam
inations.
3. You will be enabled thereby to
get an idea of the essentials for the
examinations. You will be prepared
to secure a better grade of license.
4. You will be better prepared to
render service at your school next
year.
5. You will receive inspiration for
your work.
The State School Superintendent
will make all the assignments as to
the faculty of the institute. To quote
from him, “The faculty of these
schools will be, as far as possible,
master teachers. The student body
will be organized into classes and
taught by master teachers the same
subjects they will present in a short
time to their children with the hope
of imitating the master teacher that
they may better present the same sub
jects to their own schools.
There will be a course of talks and
lectures at least three evenings per
week. Excursions to interesting
points will be made from time to
time.
For further information, please
address your county school superin
tendent, the State school superinten
dent, or the principal of the A. &
M. School, Powder Springs Ga.
H. R. Hunt, Principal.
DR. P. L. KNOTT TO RE
ORGANIZE LEGION POST
AT DALTON NEXT FRIDAY
Dr. P. L. Knott, former commander
of the Horace Orr Post of the Amer
ican Legion and executive commit
teeman for the Seventh District of
the American Legion, will go to Dal
ton Friday to reorganize the Ameri
can Legion Post in that city.
The ex-service men of Dalton and
Whitfield count yare planning a big
reception for Dr. Knott. Dr. Knott
is one of the most active legionaires
in the state and his selection to re
organize the Dalton post is an honor
well deserved.
Methodist Church
Raise Superanuate
Endowment Quota
In conformity with an organized
movement throughout the Southern
Methodist church, the First church of
this city plans to raise in the near
future its quota of $3,500 toward an
endowment fund with which to care
for its superanuated preachers and
widows of preachers.
It is the purpose of the denomi
nation to raise a minimum sum of
$10,000,000 as an endowment, the in
terest from which will be used to
care for the superanuated preachers
numbering at present nearly 1,000,
and widows of preachers numbering
more than 1300.
A Board of Finance created at the
General Conference in 1918 for the
purpose of handling this neglected
but very humane task has marked
time szince that date because of oth
er pressing financial claims on the
church.
A very interesting booklet entitled
“The Call of the Forgotten Man’ is
being distributed locally this week by
the special effort committee of which
Mr. Rosser Little is chairman, in or
der that every Methodist may learn
from authorative sources the actual
conditions of need among these worn
out veterans of the ministry.
T. W. READ GLOTHING
- STORE BEING GLOSED
OUT, BIG SALE EVENT
Entire Stock of Well Known
Men’s Furnishings Firm Of
fered to Public in 10 Days
One of the biggest sale events of
its kind ever attempted in Marietta
is taking place at the T. W. Read
Clothing Store. The entire stock of
this high class firm has been pur
chased and is being sold lock, stock
and barrel including the fixtures.
After thirty-five years of suecess
ful and satisfactory business Mr.
Read decided to retire from the cloth
ing business and in order to clean
out at once sold his stock and fix
tures in a lump.
Ten days is the time set for mov
ing the entire stock of high grade
men’s clothing which includeg every
article worn by men and boys.
The goods have been arranged
and marked down for the tremen
dous sale event and many of the ar
ticles are listed in a double page ad
which appears in this issue of the
Journal.
The magnitude of the sale is tre
mendous, but the people in charge
of disposing of the T. W. Read stock
say that it must all move in ten days.
MCADOO TELEGRAPHS
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T 0 ASSURE SUPPORTERS
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Regrets Circumstances Prevented
His Appearance Here This
Week, SBays Telegram
In a telegram to Mr. Newt Morris,
president of the Cobb County Me-
Adoo Club, the Georgia candidate for
the Democratic nomination stated
that circumstances made it impossi
ble for him to reach Marietta this
week as he had intended, but that he
would surely be here before the pri
mary in March. The exact date will
be announced later.
Mr. Morris stated that the pros
pects for Mr. McAdoo carrying his
home county were very bright; also
said that the date of Mr. McAdoo's
speech here would be announced
early enough to allow every ome to
make arrangements to hear him.
ON GIRL'S: BED SET
Four of Five Members of Family
Wiped Out By Youth in
One Years’ Time
St. Petersburg, Fla., Feb. 20.—
Full and complete confession of the
murder of his father and mothr here
last night and his two gisters in De
catur, Ga., a year ago, was made
here this afternoon by Frank Me-
Dowell, according to Chief of Police
Coslick and Detective John Trotter.
Frank told the police that when he
was 12 years old, he committed a
sin against the Holy Ghost, and ever
since then there had been an anti-
Christ element in his family, and he
felt he had to remove it. He said
that last night soon after his father
and mother went to bed, the anti-
Christ became dominant and he got
his pistol and shot his father and his
‘mother. They were to him, not his
lfather and mother, he said, but the
anti-Christ. He said he shot his
father first and then his mother, and
fired five shots, all that were in his
weapon.
Then he went back to bed. This
was early, soon after 10 o’clock. He
said he woke up later when it began
and that there might be co \sequen
ces. So he said he got up and went
to the kitchen and bumped his head
against a shelf and then gave the
alarm to the neighbors.
Describes Burning Girls
Frank told the police that he had
realized long before the fire in which
his sisters were burned to death, that
they were the anti-Christ element in
‘his family, and that he must remove
‘them.
He said he went into the room
where they were sleeping and threw
gasoline over their bed and then took
fire from the fireplace and set the
gasoline ablaze He said he then ran
out of the room, after locking the
door leading from the house and af
ter he got out locked the other door,
which opened into the yard.
Frank went into details when
asked to do so. He said that he had
written the old letter, typewritten on
a piece of paper cut heart-shaped
Monday and had taken it home with
him. After shooting his parents, he
said he put the letter on the bed be
tween them.
This letter read as follows:
“Our father who are in Heaven,
hallowed be Thy name; Thy king
dom come; Thy will be done on earth
as it is in Heaven; give us this day
our daily bread and forgive us our
debts as we forgive our debtors and
lead us not into temptation, but de
liver us from evil for Thine is the
kingdom and the power and the glory
forever and ever, Oh, Jehovah, for
thrust in the defiled womb of the
elder virgin of the issue of anti-
Christ didst I offer up this prayer to
the spirit writ upon the likeness of
the cross of sin, which didst weigh
heavily upon mine heart, till purged
in the consuming flames of the evil
one; and it was the end of the first
year of sin with me and the end of
mine sin before the spirit; and now
in the mouth of the father of the
house of Satan do I offer up this
prayer of mine Heavenly Father writ
on the likeness of mine heart, des
tined to the blackness of sin that it
shall be washed away in the blood
of the lamb as it gusheth from the
body of thine slain enemy; and it is
the end of the second year of sin
with me and the end of mine sin be
fore thee and likewise in the watery
sepulchre of the Son of the House
of anti-Christ shall I mingled this
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