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FIRST
SECTION
VOLUME 58.
LOGALS TAKE FAQT
GAME FROM CANTON
15 BRYANT STARS
Canton Leads in Ist, Tie in 3rd.
Canton Doubles Score in 4th.
Marietta Leads in Tth
In a nine-inning battle filled with
thrills galore and enough bad base
ball and enough good baseball to suit
all the classes of fans, the Marietta
lads, led by their swatting captain,
Pug Bryant, took another game from
Canton here Wednesday afternoon.
The final score read 5-4 and tells only
half of the true story about this par
ticular game of baseball.
The Canton management brought
down a team they said would surely
whip our boys, but their hopes were
again blasted as they have been
three other distinct times this season.
They will bear close watch however,
for when those Canton fellows set
out to win a game they usually get
what they want. This is especially
true of games with Marietta as past
history plainly shows. 4
Canton Scores First
Canton jumped into the lead in the
very first inning when they scored
two runs as a result of a hit and a
little wild playing by our home boys.
Martin and Coggins, the first Canton
ies up, grounded out to Jay Partridge
at second. Dowis, the third man up,
reached first on Wall’s error. Breed
love walked placing two on base.
Then Esau Settle, old Tech star and
of Buford fame, crashed out a three
bagger, scoring Dowis and Breedlove
and half of Canton’s total runs Ham
ilton retired the side by throwing Ter
rell out at first.
. “The ‘“smokers” scored in the sec
o'xgdfi and third innings tying the score
tetwo all. It wa MW 1 0. ook
like a real bfié now and old Sol
just to do his bit had hidden away al
lowing us folks in the bleachers to
enjoy the game No one was in doubt
yet as to the final outcome of the
game but expected it to be a hard
fought contest with the final victory
going to the Cobb County color bear
ers.
Porter Gets Home Run
But Marietta supporters were made
to know how it feels for their team
to trail behind, when in the fourth in
ning Canton got two more runs,
placing them as many in front of the
locals. Terrell” had gotten on base
as the result of a walk and two were
out when Porter, catcher and back
bone of the team, came to bat. He
evidently got one just where he likes
’em for he knocked it high over the
‘left field fence for the only home run
of the day.
The ‘‘fighting smokers” now, set
about to overcome this two run lead
and they did. Louie Hawkins, in the
sixth, got a three-bagger and scored
on Walls’ single. In the seventh
frame the heavy end of the batting
list came to bat and as the dust of
this inning cleared away found Ma
rietta sitting on top. Maurer walked
and stole second. Bryant doubled,
getting his third hit of the day, and
scored Maurer. He then scored when
Jake Morris singled over second base.
The Canton management yanked
Monk Dorfan at this jpncture of the
game and Hammock, who replaced
him,; retired the side without further
scoring.
Hamilton Pitches Well
“Hambones” Hamilton was on
mound duty for the locals and he
again came across with the brand of
pitching the fans have become accus
tomed to see from this hefty right
hander., Ham kept things pretty well
in hand all during the game. Only at
times was he in close places and then
usually as a result of loose playing
on the part of his teamnfates. Cap
tain Pug swelled his batting average
by getting three hits out of four
times at bat. One of these was a
three-bagger while both the others
were good for two bases.
« The entire Marieta line-up played
well and only the excitement caused
the two bobles of the day. D. B.
Eskew and Clay Parrish each got
two hits, one of Clay’s being good for
an extra base, Wall and Partridge
played their usual good game around
second, and Cotton Maurer and Jake
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MARIETTA CHAMBER
COMMERGE SELECTS
\EARS (IMMITTEES
Publicity Committee to Publish
Booklet Setting Forth Advan
. tages of Marietta
A very busy and important session
marked the meeting of the board of
directors of the Marietta Chamber of
Commerce held Tuesday night of this
week, at which time about one dozen
committees were named and many
other important matters discussed.
While all the committees named
Tuesday night are permanent ones,
many sspecial tommittees will be ap
pointed as needed. More than two
hundred members will be lined ‘l‘fi)
for duty by the appointment of these
committees, however, with the ap
pointment of special committees
more than three hundred members
will be lined up for active duty. Com
mittees named Tuesday are as fol
lows: Industrial Development, Res
idential Development, Public Health
and City Beautiful, Agricultural, Fo
rum Executive (with four sub-divi
sions), Publicity, Tourists Informa
tion Bureau, In and Out, Financial.
Other matters demanding the at
tention of the directors at Tuesday’s
session were the completion of the
program of work for the coming
year, publicity campaign, better
marking of highways, etc. By the
time committees are lined up for
work the program for the year will
be complete and each committee will
be assigned its share of the work.
About the first work of the publici
ty committee will be the considera-
W&&&wmh all advan
tages of Marfetta “and Cobb county
will be thoroughly outlined. This
booklet will be distributed through
‘mails of all business houses of Mari
etta and through regular channels of
the Chamber of Commerce. The
matter of better marking of high
ways will be taken up with the State
Highway Department immediately, a
specigl effort to be made to interest
the highway department to place sev
eral electric signs at the most impor
tant street corners. )
It is very evident that real results
will be accomplished by the Marietta
Chamber of Commerce during the
next twelve months, and it behooves
every member and every intefested
citizen to lend a helping hand, so
let’s fall in line right now.
FIRST BAPTIST /
CHURCH NOTES
We had only 336 in Sunday school
last Sunday. Out of a membership
of 600 we should have at least 500
in Sunday school.
Come and hear the pastor next
Sunday. Morning subject will be
“Does a Baptist church need a pas
tor. If not, why call one? Or “How
and why call a pastor?”
Sunday evening, 8 o’clock, subject,
“Marietta’s great detective.” Good
music and an interesting program.
Sunday School Convention at
Noonday, 29th and 30th.
Tomato Culture
On Large Scale
: In Cobb County
Fifty acres of the place known as
the Gresham farm about six miles
from Marietta on the Chattahoochee
river has been rented by Mr. Will
Braddock, of Florida. He will raise
only tomatoes on this place and it will
be one of the largest tomato farms
in Georgia.
Mr. John Preston, of Five Points,
is overseer of the farm. The exten
sive tomato raising is giving many
men and boys employment around
the section, as many are finished with
their crops.
Mr. Braddock has been growing to
matoes for several years, having
farms in South Georgia and ilorida,
with these three farms he is Able to
grow three crops a year,
Mr. Braddock and his family are
now living in Marietta,
MARIETTA, COBB COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1924.
Active Officers of Merchanis & Farmers Bank
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GIVE BENEFIT MUSI
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Mrs. Lillian Bennett Sullivan, of
New York, and Lozal Talent
_ Feature Program ,
The Woman’s Club will give a de
lightful musical program for the
benefit of the city library on Friday
afternoon, June 25, at 5 o’clock.
The program will be given at the
home of Mrs. Warren Benson on
Whitlock Avenue. Admission fifty
cents. :
Program
Valse Brillante, Manna-Zueca—
Glennis Hancock. sl :
~ (a) Lascia ¢hio prauga—Handey
(b) Aria, Werther (Les Larmes)-—
Massenet. (c) L’hetre an
drain—Lillian Bennett Sullivan, (ac
companied by Glennis Hancock.
Seventeen — Original. Carlotta
Mia—Daly—Mrs. John Boston.
~ (a) I Breathe Thy Name—Mary
Salter. (b) Songs My Mother
Taught Me—D’Vorak. (¢) Spring—
Eugene Hildach. (d) Ava Maria—
Schubert—Sarah Patton, (accompa
nied by Glennis Hancock.
Two Old Fashioned Dances—Gri
selle—Minuett. Bouree — Eliza
Holmes.
(a) Come and Trip It—Handel.
(b) Homing—Del Prego. (c¢) Dream
Children—Hernter. (dy To The
Sun—Pearl Curran—Lillian Bennett
Sullivan, (accompanied by Glennis
Hancock.
FLORENCE'S CLEAR
ANCE SALE DRAWS
. BIG CRCWD HERE
Florence’s big July Clearance Sale
continues to draw people from all
around this section to Marietta after
the bargains the sale has to offer.
The sale is one of the biggest that
has ever taken place in Marietta, and
after rurning for half a month, the
goods seem to be inexhaustible. A
new list of special bargains is pub
lished every week so that the ones
who haven’t yet attended the sale
will know what they are missing.
Thousands of dollars worth of mer
chandise have been sold since the
sale opening and the sales continue
in tremendous nutmbers each day.
HIGH SCHOOL BASE
BALL TEAM HAS A
BANQUET WEDNESDAY
The friends of the Marietta High
School baseball team gave the team
a banquet at the Kennesaw Hotel
Wednesday night. A fine three
course supper was served and the
members showed speed in eating that
equalied the speed with which they
played ball last year. A great many
friends of the team were present as
well as the members.
After the banquet was over an
election was held for next years offi
cers. The following were elected:
Captain, John MecCollum; manager,
Sterling Claiborne; and treasurer,
George Goodman.
Under these officers and the future
prospects of a team M. H. S. will be
able to overcome every opponent
next year,
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GOV, WALKER AND MAY-
Governor Declares ‘‘The Chasm
of Ignorance Must Be Bridged
In Georgia’’
Tuesday evening was a momentous '
occasion for the members of Mariet
ta Council No. 24, Junior Order Uni
ted American Mechanics and Kenne
saw Council No. 10, Daughters of
America when they played host to
Roswell, Mableton, Dallas and River
side Councils in an informal meeting
to worship at the shrine of this noble
order in the local hall.
Gov. Walker and Mayor Sims, of
tlanta, distinguished members of
he order, were the principal speak
ers of the evening and delivered stir
ing addresses along patriotic lines. ‘
v Goy, fmwvnt»~mi&srml
tribute for his“achievements of pro--
gressiveness in Georgia in an intro
ductory by the Rev. Geo. V. Crow.
Likewise Mayor Sims was given full
credit for the lions share in the af
fairs of Atlanta by Hon. Lindley
Camp when he presented the Mayor
to the three hundred members and
visitors. :
The governor brought forth ap
plause when he said “The chasm of
ignorance must be bridged in Geor
gia and every child given an equal
opportunity to throw off the shackles
of ignorance and I here and now
throw my challenge at your feet, as
patriotic, liberty loving citizens.” He
said that the day must come when
every militia district in Georgia
would demand a modern school with
teachers and equipment second’ to
none.
Mayor Sims struck the keynote angd
the crowd was unmistakably evith
him when he thundered forth ‘“Let
every American be on guard, and see
that no enemy of the ‘Little Red
School House’ gain a stronghold in
this nation.” ’
After the speaking an informal re
ception was held and light refresh
ments served.
Georgia Sunday
School Associa
tion Will Meet
A meeting under the auspices of
the Georgia Sunday School Associa
tion will be held next Sunday morn
ing, July 27th, at the A. & M. School
Building, Powder Springs, 10:30
o’clock.
The Georgia Sunday School Asso
ciation is holding this meeting upon
the invitation of Dr. Ballard, State
Superintendent of Education. The
meeting will be primarily for the
teachers attending the summer school
but Sunday School workers from the
entire county are invited to attend,
also.
Miss lone Alversoon Office Secre
tary and Young People’s Superinten
dent of the Georagia Sunday School
Association and Mr. P. H. Jeter, an
active Sunday School worker and for
mer Superintendent of the Decatur
Baptist Sunday School, will speak on
“The Challenge of the Sunday School
Miss Alverson will speak on “The
New Day in Religious Education.”
The program will be in charge of
Prof. D. D. Scarborough, Principle of
the A. & M. School.
Merchants and Farmers Bank
One of Strongest In Counfy
Personnel One of the Best
SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSO-
Program For This Years Conven
tion is Exceptionally Fine;
Several Good Quartetts
The program for the Noonday Bap
tist Sunday School Asso}:iation has
been arranged and announced. The
convention will convene Tuesday,
July 29, at 2 p. m.,, and will last
through Wednesday evening. Many
good speakers and singers are on the
program. The program follows:
Tuesday Morning, July 30
Music. ;
Devotional.
Welcome address, Rev. Eugene T.
Booth, pastor Noonday church.
Response—Mr. H. L. Corn, Ist
vice president Noonday Sunday
School Convention, Canton, Ga.
Music.
“Evangelism in thé Sunday School”
—Rev. J. R. Meeks, Locust Grove
church.
Prayer.
“One of the Sunday School’s
Greatest Needs”—Mr. S. O. Penland,
Ellijay, Ga. Mr. J. 8. Blackwell,
Noonday church :
Music. \
“What Are the Great Necessities
in Our Sunday School Today, and
Why?”—Mrs. B. D. Bolling, L’)cust
Grove church.
Address—Rev. W. H. Moody, Can
ton, Ga.
.Jlntermission.. .
" Convention Sermon—Rev. A. "B,
Couch, Smyrna, Ga. 2
Wednesday Morning, July 30
Music.
Devotional.
“Pe\rsonal Touch in Sunday School
Work,”—Rev. G. G. Ward, Ellijay,
Ga.
Music.
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Mrs. Benson Makes
Dramatic Appeal for
Confederate Graves
Dressed in crinoline and lace, Mrs.
W. E. Benson, of Marietta, formerly
Miss Regina Rambo, appeared Tues
day afternoon before the house com
mittee on appropriations and made
an earnest appeal for funds with
which to keep fresh and well-kept the
graves of the Confederate dead who
were killed in fighting around Kenne
saw mountain,
Representing a figure of ante-bel
lum days, Mrs. Benson told the com
mittee of the deplorable condition of
the last sleeping place of the Con
federate heroes, contrasting the con
dition of the mounds of 3,500 south
ern soldiers with the 11,000 graves
of federal soldiers in their eternal
bivouac across the road.
“It is pitiful to see the untidy
graves of our own heroes while a
few yards away the graves of Union
goldiers are in perfect order,” Mrs.
Benson said. ‘“We people of Mariet
ta and Cobb county sincerely hope
that the legislature will see fit to
make the small appropriations we ask
so that visitors and the younger gen
erations may think that we at least
approximate in our honor to our no
ble dead the reverence the north
holds for her slain.”
Mrs. Benson pointed out that the
United Daughters of the Confedera
cy, until 1916, accepted responsibili
ty of caring for the Confederate
graves but then found the task was
too great for their resources. The
state, through the legislature, she
said, was asked to assume the respon
sibility and in that year, $l,OOO was
appropriated for the cemetery but
only $250 was paid out of the treas
ury. She said she was appearing be
fore the committee seeking $750 to
make up the balance.
Mrs. Benson was presented to the
committee by Representative Head,
of Cobb county,—Atlanta Journal,
BANK HAS' GAPITAL
0F $50,000 AND -
SOURGES $500,00
"Thirteen years ago the Merchants
and Farmers Bank applied to the Leg
islature for a charter, which was
granted on June fifteenth, 1911, and
the bank opened its doors to the pub
lic on June 17, 1911,
Since the time it was organized to
the present day the banking house
has been the old building on the cor
ner of Lawrence and Cherokee sts.
The first president to be elected
was B. F. Simpson, with E. C. Gur
ley, cashier and R. A. Hill vice—pregi
dent. On the death of Mr. Simpson
shortly afterwards, Mr. Hill took his
place as president and John P. Che
ney was elected vice president to sue
ceed Mr, Hill. This staff of officers
carried the business on with such ef
ficiency and good management that.
the bank made great strides. The
first directors of the bank were B. F.
Simpson, E. C. Gurley, R. A, Hill, J.
E. Mozley, J. J. Hardage, Ase Darlez
and W. J. Phagan.
Mr. R. A. Hill served as president
of the Merchants and Farmers bank
until he retired from active connee
tion with the bank on January Ist,
1920. Mr. R. E. Butler was elected
to succeed him and Mr. Hill became
‘vice-president. fir*.n’?’idbm
for_two-years, being succeeded by E,
R. Hunt who is now prwdefi%%
The cash capital of the bank is
fifty thousand dollars. The pn.ll{
resources are five hundred thousand
dollars, two hundred thousand having
been added to the resources during
the past year,
The Merchants and Farmers bank
now has one of the best equipped
banking houses in this part of the
country and is better than ever pre
pared to serve its patrons.
The present officers of the institu
tion are as follows: E. R. Hunt,
president. He is not in active ser
vice with the bank, but is engaged
with Southern Mortgage Company.
Was elected president in 1922. Was
raised in Marietta.
J. D. Corn, active vice-president.
Mr. Corn was born in Hiwassee coun
ty, Ga. Traveled out of St. Louis
and Cincinnati for fifteen years. Was
bank auditor for two years. Cashier
of Citizens National Bank, Marietta.
Was elected vice president of Mer
chants and Farmers bank when the
two combined Jan. 1, 1924,
W. E. Schilling, ecashier. Born
and raised in Marietta. Had posi
tions with Marietta Trust and Bank
ing Co., Marietta, and Citizens and
Southern, Atlanta, leaving the latter
to become cashier of the Merchants
and Farmers bank in 1920.
R. A. Hill, vice president, not ac
tive. Born in Powder Springs, later
moved to Marietta. Tax receiver for
six years. First vice-president of
Merchants and Farmers bank, presi
dent on death of Mr. Simpson. Re
tired from active service in bank in
1920, made vice president.
The directors are as follows:
A. V. Cortelyou, vice president
Georgia Marble Co.
S. Groover, dentist in Marietta.
E. R. Hunt, president;, not active,
Southern Mortgage Co.
R. A. Hill, vice president, not ac
tive.
W. D. Manley, president Bankers
Trust Co., of Atlanta.
W. E. Schilling, cashier.,
J. E. Dobbs, former grocer, former
clerk of court.
G. F. Hagood, doctor in Marietta.
M. D. Hodges, druggist.
A. A. Irwin, freight solicitor, B. &
Qk R )
G. P. Reynolds, head of Golden
Rule Cash Stores,
H. S. Willingham, president Wil.-
lingham Stone Co., of A&ldnh.‘
; '.fm Gable, contractor, L
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