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Che Marieita Fontnal 12 PAGES VOLUME 58. HOMECOMING DAY PLANS COMPLETED Royal Reception Given Scribes on Weeks’ Tour of Southeastern Section of State The meeting of the Georgia Press Association in Waycross last week was an eye opener to many Georgia editors who had not visited the southern part of the state in the past few years. The old ideas of South Georgia being a wilderness of swamps, mosquitoes, boll weevils and depression was blown to oblivion when they found a land abounding in fruits, vegetables, tobacco, melons and prosperity reigning everywhere. A more contented, optimistic and busy set of people could scarcely be found anywhere. South Georgia is truly a great place to live in and any one of the wcitizens of that section will gladly and promptly inform you of that fact on the first opportunity. That boasted Southern hospitality certainty has a stronghold among the citizenry of the southern section of the state. From the first stop at Douglas, a fine little town of some 4000 people, to the final dip in the surf at Brunswick the editors of Georgia were given a hearty, sincere and enthusiastic reception on every hand. If there has ever been any de pression in South Georgia the tables tpared for the Georgia editors did ot give any evidence of it. I Waycross where the business ses sions of the association were held, is one of the fastest growing cities i the south. Being admirably sitm as a business center for that section and having advantage of railroads from every direction Waycross is bus tling with business and expect to dou ble in population within a few years. Douglas, Blackshear, Alma, Odom, Nichols, Broxton and Jesup have all taken on new life and with the pros perous farming around them are planning great expansion. One striking thing about south Georgia is the fact that the farmers have gone into diversified farming in earnest. Where cotton was once the principal and practically the only money crop, now you will find mel ons, potatoes, tobacco, pecans, pea nuts, corn and tomatoes. South Georgia, like many other sections of the country, has gone through a period of depression, but no section in the world has more ful ly recovered and gotten back to bus iness with a determination to succeed and one only needs to visit the sec tion to convince himselw that the peopie are happy and prosperous. BAND CONCERT SUN. IN PARK 5 T 0 6.30 8Y POWER GO, BAND Atlanta Citizens Send in Donation For Park Improvement to Mr. Len Baldwin On Sunday afternoon August 3rd from five to six thirty P. M. in the city park a band concert will be' given by the 50 piece band of thei Ga. Railway & Power Co. of Atlan ta. Mr. D. N. Baldwin director. The band has arranged a special pro gram for this occasion, this being the first band concert given in the park since the improvements were made No doubt they will have a good au dience and everybody is invited. Mr. Len C. Baldwin, chairman of the park, obtained this band from Mr. Arkwright, president Ga. Ry. & Pow er Co. l Mr. A. Montgomery, general man viger of the Coca-Cola Co., Atlanta, has sent Mr. Baldwin a check for $25, a donation on the park improve ment. Mr. Montgomery is 4 property owner in Marietta and wants to do his part, b Work on Kennesaw Mountain Road is Rapidly Advancing Work on the new Kennesaw Moun- Toll road is being advanced as rap idly as possible it was stated by authorities and it is still expected that the road will be completed by October 1. The toll gate was constructed some time ago and has been attract ing the attention of tourists since its completion. Every day tourists stop and ask question about the work and a great many climb to the top and have a sight of one of the most beau tiful and inspiring landscape views. Mr. J. T. Rose, Internal Revenue Collector for Georgia, who has in vested largely in the development has come out to Marieta often to see the progress of the work. Last week, while on a visit to the moun tain he said that each time he went up on the mountain he was more im pressed by the vast beauty and at tractiveness of the spot. Huge boulders have been blasted out of the side of the mountain to make way for every foot of the new road but especially difficult has been the work on the South side, which is almost perpendicular. The construc tion of the road is a great engineer ing feat, part of it having been cut into the sheer side of rock and hav ing a rock surface. ; ‘CULTURE IN COUNTY Committee Meets and Decides on ““November 11-13. Arrangements Will be Made for Prizes A committee wconsisting of R. L. Vansant, chairman, Marvin Norton, secretary and treasurer, J. W. All good, A. N. Mayes, A. F. Davenport and E. G. Dyson has been named to make definite arrangements for hold ing a Cobb County Poultry Show and Agricultural Club Fair in Marietta this fall. , This committee at a meeting on Tuesday decided to hold a three day show on November 11, 12 and 13. A splendid premium list is being pre pared by the committee and will be ready for publication and free dis tribution within a few weeks. All poultry fanciers and agricul tural club me.nbers are urged to be gin making pians for exhibiting pro ducts at this show. Negro Cuts Anoth er on Church Step and Gets 2-4 Years At the Cobb County Superior Court Tuesday afternoon a very pe culiar case was tried and the defen dant got from two to four years on the chaingang. The case was some what similar to that of Thomas Beck-' ett, in England, many years ago, when he was murdered at the altar of Canterbury Cathedral. This case differed from that in that the victim was not murdered but merely got three slices on the back and a stab in the stomach. The defendent was John Henry Buffington, who cut up Alexander‘ Jones last August as the latter was“ entering the church door on Page} stregt in Baptisttown. | There had been a rather heated ar gument in front of the church about Buffington’s wife and when violence became evident Alexander decided to seek protection within the walls of the church. But on advancing two or three steps Buffington jumped on him with a long knife. On seeing the knife Alexander put his hand in his pocket and pulied a pistol out half way (according to frightened black witnesses) and when he was jabbed in the stomach put the pistol back in his pocket and got on his hands and knees and stayed there while Buffing ton sliced him three times a the back. The wounds were a year old ‘but they were still very plain. ~Buf fington got two years, MARIETTA, COBB COUNTY, GA., f[URSDAY, JULY 31, 1924. GRAND JURY RICOMMENDS ONE MAN CIMMISSIONER Both Deaths Are Charged to Strokes. One Drowns in 2 Feet Water. Other Good Swimmer Two deaths occurred in the ticini ty of Marietta from drowning last Thursday and one was in onl}i two feet of water. Both were thoufl:t toj be from strokes of apoplexy. l-s The deaths occurred at almost pre&se]y the same time, ‘? J. L. Nicholson, 46, an emp*yee of the Kurtz Canning Company,‘ost his life in two feet of water \iile! taking a bath. The water was yed sometimes by churches for baptmg'.‘ Mr. Nicholson, who had made\is home with Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Kz for the past several years was seerto be leaving his home Thursday moj ing about eight o’cleck and his b was discovered some three or fo hours later at the place on the ere where he had gone, supposedly f the purpose of swimming or bathin The body was not clothed. As thes were no eye-witnesses to the deat an inquest was held and it wa learned that Mr. Nicholson’s healt ‘ had not been good for some time. He was subject to nervous attacks, and from one of the witnesses it was learned that he had suffered from an attack on the -day before-his death. The verdict rendered by the coroner was to the effect that Mr. Nicholson had gone to the creek and while swimming was seized with an epilep tic fit and was drowned while under the influence of his affliction. No foul play was suspected in any way as Mr. Nicholson was highly es teemed by all who knew him and he was admired for his Christian char acter. . Frank Hembry, 36, a sawmill em-: ployee, came to his death when he! dived into a ten-foot pool in Sweet-I water creek. He never came to the! top and when his body was finallyi rescued, investigation revealed that' his head had not been injured fromg striking a rock. The theory that! cramps struck him was not substan-! tiated, as Hembrey was robust and a | strong swimmer. | Nicholson is survived by his pa-| rents, Mr. and Mrs. G. I. Nicholson, | of Clermont, Ga. i Hembrey leaves his wife and two | small children, who live near Kenne-f saw Mountain. | SIM EDWARDS GON VIGTED ON STATU TORY CHARGE WED. Given 12 Months. Awaits Decree of Prison Commission to Start Sentence Sim Edwards was convicted on a statutory charge in the Cobb Supe rior Court Wednesday and sentenced to serve twelve months on the chain gang. He was previously convicted of gttempt to murder and given a two year sentence. The prison com mission of Georgia is now consider ing a plea to change the place of sen tence to some other county besides Cobb. After the Edwards case was dis posed of the case of his alleged ac complice, Mrs. Ruth Bullard, was called, ‘but all parties agreed to con tinue this case until the November term, The court then adjourned un til the first of November, ~ This is a sad world for the poor 'girl whose only new clothes are made out of her mother's old ones. £o Passes Recommendation to hange Collection of Tax fi. fas. ~ From Sheriff to Collector - s oAR A ‘resolution requesting the Cobb inty Representatives in the State islature to introduce a bill that W allow and empower the tax col i¢or of counties in Georgia that hje a population of 25,000 or more, tdevy and collect all tax fi. fas. though the tax collector, was inclu dl in the presentments of the July m Grand Jury. [ n explaining the resolution the sentments read, “It is not our rpose to take away any authority the sheriff but to have this impor t matter under the direct super ion of county authority who can held directly accountable to the ople of the county, and at the same tme give smaller counties the same thority in this respect as has been pven counties with a population of ,000 or more. e-Man Commissioner Recommen ded. he Grand Jury also recommended tht the present County Board of Cenmissioners, consisting of five mimbers, be abolished in favor of the one-man system. A resolution h 4 been put in the hands of the Cobb refresentatives asking them to pre sef such a bill before the General A mbly during the present session. MRCHANTS & FARM- | SR’ 1S OPENING GREAT }PM( . T IAI ~ o A Fivef'housand Present on Open inay. Attractive Souvenirs Given to All There | O't)f the largest crowds ever as sembfl for a thing of the kind was preset at the formal opening of the Mercints and Farmers Bank build ing Vich has just been completed. Favo] were given to all present in cludit men, women and children and an omestra rendered music all dur ing tl day. All visitors who wished to dodo were allowed to inspect the new jult as well as the other parts of th|building. | It ‘Las estimated that five thou sand prsons were present during the openpours Saturday and the lobby was fowded all the time. Thiwhole building was beautiful ly debrated with ferns and baskets of cuflowers but a remarkable thing aboulthe decorations is the fact that the Ink did,not buy a single flower All ¢re sent by the patrons of the Merdants and Farmers and by frienly banks in Atlanta and else when In the consultation room was placd a table on which were the fa vors'or the visitors. Little boxes of Norn’ candy were given to the la dies Ind the men had the choice of cigal or cigarettes. 1500 boxes of cand were given away and 2000 ci garswith a countiess number of «ci gareles, Otthe balcony was a Marietta or chesta which made the opening more enjopble with its music. Viitors were taken all over the new juilding and were allowed to in-l specithe vault on the first floor and in th basement and see everything theywished to. A great many new acconts were made with the bank on Satuday and more new ones have coméin continuously since that time. Man! people who were unable to at tend the opening on Saturday have com¢ in since and were allowed the samd privilege in looking over the buildng as were the first ones. ‘ Sl. JAMES CHURCH NOTES Tiere will be service at St. James chueh next Sunday morning at 11 o'click. A celebration of the Holy Communion will take place at this servee. The evening service will be disemtinued for awhile longer during the hot weather. . 2 Georgia Sunday ‘ School Associa- ‘ tion Met Sunday Sunday school teachers attending the Macland Summer school and teachers from all over the county at tended a meting under the auspices of the Georgia Sunday School Asso ciatien last Sunday morning, July 27 ‘at the A. & M. School building in Powder Springs. The Georgia Sunday School As sociation held the meeting on the invitation of Dr. Ballard, State Super intendent of KEducation. A good crowd was present and a great deal of good came of the meeting. Miss lone Alverson, office secret ary and Young People’s superinten dendent of the Georgia Sunda School Association and Mr, P. H. Jeter made the principle addresses. Miss Alver son spoke on “The New Day in Reli ' gious Education,” and Dr Jeter spoke on “The Challenge of the Sunday ' School.” The meeting was very sue cessful indeed. Professor D. D. Scarborough, prin ciple of the A. & M. school was in charge of the program. INSTITUTE TO CON em————— . All Homes Becured For Entertain ment of Delegates. Auto Trip Main Feature All arrangements for the enter tainment of the Marietta District Epworth League Institute have been the homes in which the delegates are to be entertained the two days of the institute have been secured. A very delightful as well as instructive pro gram has been arranged by Miss Grace McCree, of Woodstock, the district secretary. The feature address will be heard Saturday evening at eight o’clock from Rev. Marvin Williams, presi dent of the Epworth League board,‘ North Georgia Conference. A spe cial sermon will be heard Sunday morning at eleven o’clock. Rev. R. C. Cleckler, of Marietta will preach. An item of interest to a great many people is the fact that Rev. Frank Pim, of Rockmart, will be present and make a talk to the institute. 'Rev. Pim was dean of the assembly i at Oxford and is known and admired by all who have -heard him. One of the features on the enter tainment program will be the auto mobile ride Saturday afternoon. The cars will start at the Methodist Church and go out to historic Ken nesaw Mountain, where the dele gates will be shown the old battle grounds. If any one has a car he would like to offer for the aufo trip the Fed P. Manget chapter would certainly appreciate the kindness. The president of the Fred P. Man get Chapter of the First Methodist Church, issues a special invitation to the young people’s organizations of Marietta to attend this Institute in cluding in the invitation, the Y. P. S. L. the Christian Endeavor, and the B Y. P. V. APPROPRIATION COM MITTEE FAILS TO MAKE REPORT ON LOCAL EILL The Appropriation Committee ofl the House of Representatives failed to return a report on the Confederate cemetery appropriation bill, accord ing to a report from the Georgia capitol. | The bill requested an appropria-‘ tion of $750 for the maintenance of the local Confederate cemetery. Ac cording to Judge Gann, who went be fore the committee to appeal for the passage of the bill, the committee men were none too favorable to the bill. As ugsual the assembly is cut ting appropriations and while the representstive didn’t give a positive answer that they would vote against the bill, they did not promise.their support. e Many Seasonable Bargains Of fered by Members of Marietta Ad Club Sales Day Next Monday, August 4, will be a great day for both the merchants of Marietta and the farmers in Cobb county and vicinity., The greatest Golden Rule Sales Day that has ever been held in Marietta will be started early Monday morning and last till closing time on Monday night, It is expected that the largest crowd that has ever attended a sale in Marietta will be here Monday. There are two reasons. First, the merchants are offering their best and most desirable goods to the public farmer has made a good fight against at extremely low prices. Second, the the boll weevil and plant insects and is sure to have the best crop in years. The day will be turned into a reg ular home-coming when all the far mers of this section will come to town and discuss their crop condi tions with each other and with the merchants. The merchants could not live if the farmers did not succeed and for this reason they are vitally interested in the welfare of the jar “mer. ¢ When the farmer comes to *town Monday he will be congratulated on every hand for the fight he has made and he deserves the congratulation. * In preparing the circulars the greatest care has been taken to select only the articles that will appeal to the people and the articles that they need at this time of the year. For instance there will be Mason fruit jars and jelly glasses for sale cheap right at the time when the most can ning is being done. But it also takes sugar to can fruits and so you will find sugar on the sale list too. In fact you will find nearly everything that you can think of that is needed most at this time of the year. The circulars were mailed Tuesday but if for any reason you failed to get one, ask your neighbor to lend you his so that you might get the benefit of this wonderful sale the same as he. “SHOELESS * JOE JACKSON BRINGS FAST TEAM HERE "uShoeless” Joe Jackson and his slugging Waycross clan are due here Tuesday for a four day seige. The first game of the series will be played in Cartersville Tuesday afternoon while the remainder will be played on the locals’ own lot the following three days. Jackson, who has made a national reputation in the big league for his hard hitting and clean fielding, has collected one of the best teams in the state. He has amassed a team of hard hitters that any pitcher would tremble to face. It is going to take some hard playing on the part of the locals to stop the habitual winning of the South Georgians. I?ever, the locals have the repu tafion of hard fighting and it is up to the fans to back them up with their attendance at all games, HAPPY HOUR POSTPONED The Happy Hour, which was due to be held next Sunday at the Y. W. C. A, will be postponed until the next Sunday, Aug. 10, on account of the concert to he given in the park by. the Georgia Ry. & Power Co. band. | PAGES NUMBER 21