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¢ Marietta Tonfnal
JOURNAL, ESTABLISHED 1866.
VOL. 47,
Many Citizens Attended Meet
ing at The Armory Last
Friday Night.
The joint meeting of the City Coun
cil and the Chamber of Commerce at
the Armory last Friday night was
lgrgely attended many citizens not
mémbers of either body being present.
A string band furnished music
while the crowd was gathering.
The object of the meeting was to
congider plans for handling the float
ing indebtedness of the city, which
amounts to about $21,000.00.
Major R. J. Guinn and Hon. Aldine
Chambers, of Atlanta, had been in
vitel to be present amd deliver ad
répges. Both were on hand and made .
excgllent talks.
Mr. James T. Anderson presided
and first introduced Mr. Chambers
who explained how Atlanta met mun
icipal problems. His most valuable
suggestion, perhaps, was in regard to
pergsonal property returns. Atlanta
has men specially engaged in looking
after personal property returns in ad- ‘
dition to the regular real estate as-%
SesEOTS. |
Major Guinn’s address was largely
devoted to the importance of unity
and the great disadvantage to a town
from political bitterness and wrang
ling.
Mr. George Montgomery made a
good talk along progressive lines and
said the floating indebtedness was
a bagatelle to a city like Marietta.
Mr. Arthur S. Potter made a splen
did talk on harmony as a force in
building a town; praised our beaut
tiful city and it’s advantages and
said he would gladly pay an increase
on his home, which is assessed at
$11,000.00.
¢+ Mr. Robert H. Northcutt said he
would cheerfully pay an increased
tax.
Mrs. John M. Graham was called
on to speak for the Civic League and
responded gracefully, saying the la
\iies could be depended upon to co
operate with any movement that was
made for the beterment of Marieta.
After the speeches the ladies serv
ed coffee and sandwiches and then
followed a meeting of the Chamber
of Commerce.
The committe that had been pre
viously appointed to report on the
situation was unable to do so on ac
count of the serious illness of Mrs.
D. W. Blair which had made it im
possible for Col. Blair to meet with
them, He is Chairman of the commit
tee and further consideration of the
plan to meet the situation was deferr
ed until a meeting of the committe
can be held.
SUNDAY SCHOCL FOR
MEN NEXT SUNDAY
o g g e
On next Sunday morning at 9:30
I want to meet the men and boys
of the city who don’t attend Sunday
school at any of the churches at W. J.
Black's chapel next door to Hick's
stable. My purpose is to get up a good
Sunday School for the men nd boys
who are not connected with any
other morning Sunday School. Mr.
W. M. Goode will lead the singing.
Come around and :ets see what we
can do.
HENRY A WARD.
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MR. I. P. SEWELL
DEAD AT SMYRNA
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‘Mr. 1. P. Sewell died at his home in
Smyrna last Thursday in his 76th
vear. He had lived all his life in this
county, spending his boyhood in Mar
jetta( He was a member of the Meth
odist church and was buried at New
Hope, the funeral being conducted
by Rev. Gresham and Rev. Manning.
Mr. T. B. Frey also paid a tribute to
his character. He is survived by his
wite; one son, Mr. 1. P, Sewell, of
Nashville, and six daughters, Mrs. D.
T. Baker, of Marietta; Mrs. W. E.
Wallace, of Elberton; Mrs. W.O. Bag
well, and Mrs. J. W. Frey, of Atlanta,
and Mrg# Elizabeth Frey and Mrs..
sHzabg ks ‘haffin, of Smyrna.
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Bitthday of Lee
Observed Sunday
Sunday afternoon at the First Bap
tist Church in the Sunday School
room a large congregation met to
celebrate the hirthday of General
Robert E. Lee. A portrait of this
great Southern leader had been
drawn on a blackboard by Mary Liz
zie Benson and was draped with Con
federate flags.
. Miss Maud Foster played accom
paniments to the songs. The opening
song was one of General Lee’s favor
ite hymns, “How Firm a Foundation"
Rev. G. W. Duval made the first
address which was a tribute to Lee
as a soldier especially, Rev. G. S.
Tumlin spoke of Lee as an example
’for boys to emulate in forming char
acters. A double quartette consisting
of Mrs. E. P. Dobbs, Mrs. C. P. Steph
ens, Mrs. H. C. Dobbs, Mrs. Henry
‘Wyatt, Messrs. Beyerle, Matthews,
Austin and Gatlin sang “Tenting on
‘The Old Camp Ground”. Miss Mary
Atkinson sang ‘“Hold Thou My Hand”
and the congregation sang “‘Onward
Christian Soldiers”, The Confederate
Veterans, the Boy Scouts, and the
‘Daughters of The Confederacy at
tended and had reserved seats. The
occasion was very interesting and
compensating.
W. . BIVINS' STORE
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The store of Mr. W. H. Bivins at
Elizabeth was burned on Tuesday
morning at two o’clock and it is al
leged that the fire was of incendiary
origin. Mr. Bivins says that he has
received several letters threatening
to burn his store unless he discharged
his negro help but that he did not
take the matter seriously.
The store and stock of goods was
valued at about $2,000.00 and the in
surance was only $1,000.00 so the
loss is a heavy one for Mr. Bivins.,
It is reported that several others‘
have received threatening letters in |
regard to the employment of negroes, ]
NOTICE.
That statement sent you on the
first of the year was for payment.
If you owe us—this means you—-call
and settle,
MARIETTA ICE COMPANY.
WHAT WOULD
YOU DO?
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If your home with all its contents
should burn and had no fire protection?
The loss would be morefithan you feel
like bearing.
If you have'nt fire protection, I would
be glad to have you call or drop me a
card and I will call on you. The cost of
a policy is very small in comparison to
the protection. I have taken over all the
Companys formerly represented by Mr.
H. G. Coryell. These are amongst the
strongest and largest in the United States.
Trusting that I may be favored with a
part of your business, I am,
Very truly,
CHAS. A. WIKLE.
Office: Front Room Frever Building.
AND COURIER.
MARIETTA, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 24, 1913.
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~ (PENS COURT HERE
! ;
!Court House Was Packed When
| Sheriff Searight Lindley
Called Order.. §
The Court House was packed to the
doors Monday when Judge Henry L.
Patterson for the first time occupied
the bench of Cobb Superior Court.
Not a seat was vacant and many per
sons were standing in the aisles. ;
Solicitor General Herbert Clay was
on hand ready for business.
The new Sheriff, Hon. R. S. Lind
ley was in his place and opened court
while at the Clerks desk were the
genial faces of Hon. Virgil McCleskey
and his deputy, Mr. B, H. Carrie, of
Acworth. At the reporters table sat
| Mr. Charlie Willingham, who had
'been appointed to his old place by
Judge Patterson. :
[ Business started off with a rush.
’The petty jurors were called and
sworn in by Mr. Clay and then the
Grand Jury was completed by the
addition of three jurors sworn in to
‘take the places of three absentees.
} Judge Patterson’s charge to the
‘Grand Jury was brief, as this jury
[lma(l been previously charged by
Judge Morris. He dwelt on the laws
}against whiskey selling, gambling,
}carrying concealed weapons and the
dessecration of the Sabbath. |
Court met at ten o'clock and at
quarter of eleven the hearing of cases
‘was begun. |
In his rulings during the day it
seemed that Judge Patterson was a
little disposed to lettechnisalities get
in the way. He was rather after get
ting at the facts.
The following gentlemen composé
the Grand Jury for this week:
E. Christian, Foreman:W. W. Hun
ton; L. T. Ward; B. H. Hill; Jos. H.
Burton; H. G. Coryell; E. J. Cog-.
burn; O. D. Gann; M. A. J. Landefs:
P. A. Reed; 1. E. Hill; J. G. Lazenby; t
George H. Keeler; D. T. Miller; W.
T. Brown; R. L. Gann; W. A. McDon—'
ald; J. E. Carnes; W. E. McCollum;
F. M. Lacy; A. J. Ward; J. W. Lyle;
Clerk—James L. Brooks. '
This week is being devoted to (‘iv-!
il cases and it is probable they will
run over into next week. The crimin
al cases will be taken as soon as the
civil cases are heard. There are a!
dozen people in the jail, most 01‘,
whom are charged with selling whis-l
key.
NORTHERK PACIFIC
Many People Saw Fine Crops
Raised Aling The Line of
Great System.
A minature exposition in special
ly built car, was visited by throngs
of Marietta and Cobb County people
last Monday. On each side of the car
were booth’s decorated in fancy de
signs of wheat, oats millet, clover, al
falfa etc. Under these were potatoes,
onions, and other vegetables. In glass
Jars were beautiful flowers, berries,
and fish. All these were in perfect
condition as if they had been cleaned
by fairy brooms. There were peaches
as fine as ever came from California
and in one tall jar was a limb with
leaves and big red apples just as it
was cut from the tree. It was of a
degree of beauty needing to be seen
to be believed. The grapes were the
finest possible and of many varieties.
Indeed visitors to this car could hard
ly realize the evidence of their own
eyes. Celery, Potatoes and onions
were almost as white as snow. Straw
berries, gooseberries and all except!
blackberries were superlatively fino.{
I The finest exhibit in the car to
our mind was the Irish potatoes. Sev- !
eral barrels were there and the aver
age weight must have been in the’
neighborhood of two pounds each.
They were cerfainly fine, Single cu-i
cumbers that would make a meal for |
}a family—provided it was not a fam- |
];ily of college girls—were on exhibi-}
tion and canteloupes that would cre- |
fate an appetite for a Georgia dinner‘
made everybody's mouth water. l
Charlie Head says in his letter this |
‘week that “the agricultural car at‘
‘Marietta Monday was well worth any |
go\x;e:’s time to see”. And he is farmer
snough to know. ‘
" Abeautiful picture, in color, of the |
famous Yakima valley on one side |
of the car was a temptation to spend '
some perfectly good money for rail
road fare——it was beautiful. !
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V&l | Friaay and Saturday,
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; = | Jan. 24th and 25th,
0
) £ \ we will sell our entire stock of Ladies
[K2 pJ | Tan Shoes for cash at the following
“;? iAI prices :
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' | $4.50 Shoes now $3.20
l 4.00 Shoes now 2.95
== 3.50 Shoes now 2.70
3.00 Shoes now 2.35
\ - You cannot afford to pass up these
=P
= bargains, so be on hand Friday morn
<o : : ,
/| ing promptly at eight o’clock.
£ il
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N A// Remember, these prices apply only to
; Ladies’ Tan Shoes and these prices good only
Friday and Saturday.
i iaiicieipuiens |GI e S L R
TERMS STRICTLY CASH.
T.L.Wallace Clo.Co
SMART SHOES FOR WOMEN.
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Florence’s New
Store Opens Soon
’ The new store of Mr. W. A, Flor
ence will be ready for ocupancy in a
{few days and it will be one of the
‘most beautiful stores in North Geor
gia. A new front and show windows,
new counters and shelving are being
put in and the entire building remod
eled into as convenient and complete
ly arranged store as experience and
money can produce.
The first floor will be taken up
entirely with dry goods and ladies
furnishings. The balcony will be oc
cupied by a shoe department which
will be one of the new features added
to the business. The most welcome
news to the women of Marietta and
Cobb County will be that the leading
brand in the shoe department will be
“Queen Quality” which is famous the
world over,
The second floor will be devoted to
Mjllinery which will be another of
the prominent features which will
give Marietta as complete and attrac
tive department store as could be de
sired.
~ Mr. Jens Johnson, of the immigra
tion department of the Northern
Pacific railroad, who advertises this
exhibit car is another Mr. J. Gid Mor
ris with seven great big states to se
lect from. He gathered the exhibits
and had them arranged in the car
to the wonderful advantage in which
they were shown. He even caught the
fish and shot the wild duck that
peeps so shyly from its niche in the
roof of the car. It I 8 enough to make
a misanthropic man in love with life
just to see this wealth of natural
beauty and delicious food provided
by the Creator. The seven great states
of the Northwest are marvels of fer
tility and find markets for their pro
ducts in Japan and Burope besides
the United States. Horace Greeley’s
famous advice to young men to “go
West and grow up with the country
could be changed now to ‘“‘go West
and get rich in the country.”
COURIER, ESTABLISHED 1901.
MARIETTA RIFLES TO
’ <5 t‘ ‘.;w - ')‘
Ask Citizens to Help Them
’ * Pay Heavy Expenses
i of The Trip.
There is a movement on foot im
M:arieta to send the Marieta Rifles to
take part in the inauguration exer~
cises in Washington in March. Every
other city and town that has a mil
itary post in this state and al other
sates are raising enough money to
send them to Washington. Our sister
city, Rome, Ga. is raising a fund of
$1,600.00 to send the company from
Lindale, Ga., which is the nearest
company to Rome. It will only take
about $500.0 to send our home com
apny .to Washington, at least this
amount will about pay their railroad
fare and the men state that they are
willing to payfor their own subsist
‘encgw_énd sleep in school houses if the
people of Cobb county and Marieetta
will raise enough for :railroad fare.
Marietta should by all means be rep
resented. Cobb is the Banner County
of the state and should not fall be
hind at this time. The money con
tributed toward this will be a good
advertisement for Cobb County and
Marietta and the citizens as a whole
should get behind this movement and
send our military to Washington.
Several of the old members of this
company are re-enlisting and the
company s has a good membership,
They are here for home protection in
case of need and turn about is fair
pluy~thex should be helped when
they need it, as in this case. Mr. Len
C. Baldwin, Capt. Fred Morris and
Capt. Amos Way will take the matter
in hand and try to raise the amount
needed for this movement at onece..
The Rifles can only enlist a very fin:fg
men berore the trip is made as thetr
ranks are about up te the limit now.
FOR RENT: 207 Atlanta street,
W. M. Reynolds, phone 63 L.
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