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JOURNAL, ESTABLISHED 1866.
VOL. 47,
~ ON COUNGIL GRIODLE
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City Fathers Pass Lengthy
Resolution Relative To
; Personalty Returns.
At the joint meeting of citizens
and Chamber of, Commerce with the
Mayor and Council recently it was
foynd that considerably more revenue
could be raised by a careful revision
o:ég:‘rax Digest as regards personal
property; It was practically agreed by
many citizens that this would be the
the best manner for increasing the
revénue of the city without actually
rafBing the tax rate, which is not de
sire by anybody. & |
After careful consideration by the
Mayor and Council at their regular
monthly meeting last Monday night
thg resolution below was adopted.
A RESOLUTION.
WHEREAS: It appears from an ex
amination of the City Tax Digest of
the past year that a very large num
ber of the tax payers of the City are
returning their personal property at
a figure far below its true market
value, especially as to household
goods, stocks of goods, notes and ac
counts, and money loaned out, and
WHEREAS: It is not fair and just
for one to pay his just share of taxes
for the support of our City govern
ment while his neighbor neglects or |
refuses to pay his part, and \
WHEREAS: The financial ('ondi-i
tion of the City demands a greater
revenue and a stricter enforcement
of the tax laws, and it being undoubt
edly the duty of the City Council to
see that all tax payers are treated
alike, and all required to contribute
their just proportion in the matter of
taxation:
THEREFORE; BE IT RESOLVED
By This Council:
(1) That all of our people are
but on notice that our laws relating
to the return of personal property in
the City of Marietta for taxation will
be strictly enforced, and every person
required to return his or her person
alty at its true market value, and at
no less figure;
(2) That our City Clerk be in
structed not to leave his office for the
purpose of securing these returns, but
the tax payer shall be required to call
at his office for this purpose as the
law now provides;
(3) That said City Clerk be fur
ther directed not to copy any tax re
turng from the previous digests;
(4) That every party returning
personalty for taxation be actually
sworn to the same;
(5) That the returns, after being
so signed, and actually sworn to, be
filed by said Clerk and turned over
by him at the end of each week to a
Committee of three Councilmen to be
named by the Mayor, for inspection;
(6) That after full investigation
this committee, or a majority thereof,
shall receive and approve said tax re
turns, or if they are not satisfied that
the party has given in all of his or
her property at its true market value,
they are hereby authorized and di
rected to reject such return, and in
event a return is rejected, the Com
mitte shall cause the City Clerk to
so notify the party who made such re
turns to appear before said Commit- |
tee at a stated time for the purpose
of correcting and adjusting said re
turns, and should+*the committee and
such party fail to agree upon said
returns and valuation, then such re
turns shall be referred by said Com
mitte to this Council for action;
(7) That said Committe is here
by especially instructed to examine
and inquire into said returns relating
to money loaned out, and in order to
aid them in this, the Mayor is hereby
authorized and directed to employ u{
competent attorney whose duty it
shall be to examine the records in the |
office of the Clerk of the Superior
Court as to all loans made by the tax l
payer, and how secured, and what
amount loaned; l
(8) That said attorney be in
structed to gather information from
any and all sources bearing upon the
subject, such as the County Tax Di
#est and insurance policies on person
alty, ete., and to report same to said
Comniittee;
(9) That said Committe inspect
said returns also with reference to
the stocks of goods, notes and ac
counts, and merchandise returned,
and if the same be not fair and just,
to reject them as aforesaid; «
(10) That said Committee make |
Marietta To Be Governed
by Commission Government
Committee Composed of Three Mayors,
Officers of Chamber of Commerce and
Business Men Have Agreed on Plan. "
There was a meeting at the New
Kenngsaw House on Wednesday night
of the joint committe of representa
tives of the various so-called political
factions of Marietta and members of
the Chamber of Commerce-—eighteen
in all--when it was formally ana
unanimously agreed by this large com
mittee that Marietta should adopt
commission government;
There were present as members of
this committee, ex-Mayors E. P.
Dobbs, E. H. Clay, and@ Mayor J. J.
Black, so you ‘may-understand that
this is really a unanimous representa
tiom of the past:tlhiree City adminis
trations and the Chamber of Com
merce, as President J. T. Anderson
and Vice-president M. L. MecNeel,
were also present.
This committee has been working
for several weeks in an effort to get
at a plan for the City government
that would eliminate the factional
ism which has hindered the progress
of Marietta. The business men and
citizens are tired of seeing the city
stand still in growth of population
and business and grow deeper and
deeper in debt with each succeeding
year.
This meeting was held tco late for
the publication of the details of the
plans but there will be a bill passed
by the legislature naming three com
missioners and these will be ratified
at an election held in place of the
regular Mayoralty election next fall.
1 Commission Goevernment has work
}ed so suceessfully ‘wherever it has
‘been tried that those who have had
experience with the government of
Marietta now firmly believe it is the
solution of the problem of City gov-!
ernment, and that it will be to the
advantage of Marietta to adopt it. l
Under he terms of the bill agreed
upon the present Mayor and Council‘
will continue in office until their‘
term expires and then the commission !
ers will take office. 1
The bill which will be put through
the legislature next Summer was pre- l
sented, read paragraph by paragraph |
and adopted by paragraph at thie
meeting. It names the three commis
sioners and there is nothing left to
be done except for the people to get
out and vote for it next fall.
It must be borne in mind that this
bill is not the product of any one man
cr any one political party or faction
but is the combined BEST OF ALL{
OF THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED AS
MAYOR AND COUNCILMEN TO
GETHER WITH THE MEMRBERS OF
THE .CHAMBER .0F .COMMERCE
AND BUSINESS MEN WHO WANT
TO SEE MARIETTA GO FORWARD.
MR. CITIZEN, IT’S UP TO YOU!
The Journal suggests that a big
mass meeting be held as soon as pos-f
sible in the auditorium and every
body get together to ‘‘push and pull
for Marietta”—remember that slo—‘J
gan? |
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MISS REGINA RAMBO BITTEN |
BY MAD DOG LAST SATURDAY.
Miss Regina Rambo was bitten by!
her pet fox terrier “Scrapper” at heri
winter home in Rockledge, Fla., last:
Saturday. The pet had been so severe- |
ly torn by a mad dog that he died
from the effects. ;
Miss Rambo is in Atlanta with Mrs,
Brown at the executive mansion and
is taking treatment at the Pasteur lu
stitute. She came up to Marietta
Tuesday for an hour and will be in
Atlanta for a month.
She is enjoying life without any
fear of serious consequences.
s
a careful investigation of all personal
property that may be returned by any
of the factories and manufacturing
plants in said City, and see that they
are given in full, and at its true mar
ket value:
(11) That they also pay particu
lar attention to the return of house
hold goods, silverware, home libraries
law libraries, old and valuable mahog
any furniture, jewelry, etc.,;
(12) That any and all parties
‘who fail or refuse to make their
returns as required by law, and with
in the time prescribed, be double tax
ed as a penalty for such failure.
MARIETTA, GA,, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 7, 1913,
GLENN NARGHMAN 1§
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UP AGAINST 1T HERE
Can’t Get Either Money or
Monument Qut of Central
The National Marble and Granite
Company made & contract with the
Woman’s Monument Association, of
Macon, Ga., once upon a time, so.
we are told by one Glen Marchman,
one of those genial ‘“knights of the
grip” whose sample case is full of
monuments or rather pictures of mon
uments. And furthermore the mon
ument was erected, as per said con
tract, and $1,400.00 goocd solid dol
lars paid on the purchase price. But,
that was not all—of theprice. There
is still a balance of $2,200.00 due
[the aforesaid marble company as
a lawyer would say and thats what
‘gets Glenn’s goat’ because he not
cnly cannot get the money but the
(City Council refuses to grant Glenn
permission to move the.monument
and the Monument Association has
“laid down on the job” and won't
pay the balance.
And still Macon thinks she ought
to have the Capitol. Looks from this
like they ought to take up the plan |
of “the Journal’s absent editor and
“move Macon to the Capitol” any- |
way and get rid of that troblesome |
burg.
How about moving that monument
to Marietta. There’s plenty of good
room for it in the City park.
BERRY CIRCLE IS
AHEAD IN CONTEST
In the M. & M. Contest the Martha
Berry circle has the $1,000.00 prize
in its grasp if the friends of these
young ladies will only put forth suf
ficient effort the coming week. Ev
ery housekeepr e¢an order extra
quantities of canned goods that will
keep and also Cottolene, which
counts so much in the contest, and
stays fresh in cool weather. It is as
good as butter in cakes and pastry. |
Remember the contest closes the 14 |
of February and there are only al
few days remaining in which as-i
sistance can be given the circle now‘l
working in such a worthy cause. Con- i
sider also what a magnificent plume |
it wiil make for Marietta’'s hat.
IN MEMORIAM.
Mr. Claude Terrell husband of Mrs. |
Bessie Terrell, Memphis Tenn. and son |
of Mrs. B. V. Terrell of Smyrna died |
in a Sanintarium at Knoxville Tenn. |
Jan. 17th 1913. His remains were,
carried to Anna 111. his wifes old home, ;
He had for quite a while been afflicted !
with something like paralysis. Physic
ians, devoted wife and other loved ones
did all they couldfto relieve the suffer—;
ing, but alas the Lord who doeth all|
things well took him from this worldof}
sorrow, affliction and cares, to en,poylf
the sweet rest of the heavenly home
prepared for him, He has never mace %
a public profession of his Christianity, ;
or united with the church, but had told |
his compaion of his sweet Christain ex- |
perience and what the Lord had d()no!
for him. Claud was a noble boy and |
obedient son, a kind husband and a!
friend to humanity. He leaves a wife, |
a mother, seven brothers and four
sisters to mourn his death. May God's’
richest blessings be upon the bereaved.
A FRIEND |
We want at once, loan appli- |
cations for $5OO tn $2500 on either'
eity or farm real estate security. i
We have fine lists of real estate'
for sale. Call by and see us’'|
William Tate Holland, successor |
to R. N. Holland and Son, No. 1
Reynoids Building, Marietta,l
®a.
NEW ENTERPRISE HAS
-~ APPLIED FOR CHARTER
‘The Champion Stump Pulle.rj
. Company Now Being «
i Organized,
i SIS
[ hla?let!a is to have a new manu
facturing plant. Mr. J. M. Mitchell,
Mr. J. C. Dyson and Mr. J. H. Haw
kins filed an application for charter
in the Superior -Court Monday for a/
company to be capitalized at
$50,000.00 with right to increase to
BLOONOONM Y, L o
. Mr. Mitchell is the patentee of a
machine which will revolutionize the
“stump pulling” on farms and roads.
« The machine has been thoraughly
tested and its worth demonstrated be
yond guestion. It will pull any stump
up to ihiree feet in diameter and re-
Quires only two men to opergte it, no
mules, cables or other appliances be
ing necessary. There is absolutely
no danger to the operators. Mr. Mit-
Pchell has invented a number of useful ‘
things and is at present at work on a
compressed air engine.
Both Mr. Mitchell and Mr. I)yson;I
have been out on the road for the |
past three weeks selling the machines 'f
and find that they can sell more afi
them than the small plant now #ak
ing them can supply, so they Aave!
decided to organize a (‘()lfii)'dlly and |
build a larger plant. » ‘
. Mr. Mitehell evidently has a goml=
fhing, one man has offered him
$2,800.00 - for the patent which he
refused to accept. The legal affairs
of the company are being looked af
ter by Col. Fred Morris and only a
few thousand dollars of the stock will
be offered for sale.
MILL-END
SALE.
One big lot of nice large Counter-
BRUREROW . L e A
Good Bleaching Remnants now.. Sc
Men’s good Shoes, worth $1.75, sell-
BERE i ke B
Yard wide Percale remnants now 7%
M
Men’s Hats worth $1.50, now 1.00
40 inch nice grade Long Cloth 122 ¢
Best Gingham, worth 10 cents, rem-
BB v i ey v LY
Gocd $1.50 Blankets selling now
00, o« vl e i e i, SlOO
Men’s $2.00 Pants going at $1.50
Men’s Wash Shirts going at 35¢
Men’s 75c. Driving Gloves at 50c¢
Blue, Grey and Red Calico Rem-
BRI o e e
Fine grade Dimityin remnants, worth
25 cents, in boss and stripes, now Ilc
Your credit good. Parties who are gizood pay can have
goods charged for 30 days or we will sell on time until fall.
Be sure to get cash tickets in Mill-End Sale. =
HENRY A. WARD & CO.
’MH. PAUL LEAKE LAID
|Popular and Prominent Citizen
| Mourned by His Many
' Friends.
Mr. James Paul Leake died at the
home of his niece, Mrs. Adrian Cor
telyou last Friday just before two
o'clock after a painful illness. He had
come to his old home from New Or
leans several weeks before; He was
Mrs. Lewis Turner’s father and leaves
his wife and other children.,
~ The funeral was conducted at the
Presbyterian Chureh by Dr. J. H.
Patton who had once been Mr. Leake’
pastor. The choir sang ‘“Nearer My
God To Thee” and “Saved By Grace’
Mrs. Henry Wyatt sang “One Sweet
1y Solemn. Thought”, which has been
sung at the funerals of so many of
Mr. Leake’s relatives. At the ceme
tery the Masons honored their de-l
parted brother with ther significant
rites of burial. He had been a Mason
of high degree and had many friends“
here who sent exquisite floral trib-l
utes, l
The pall bearers were James .
Groves, E. P. Dobbs, Henry 8. Love, |
Henry Wyatt, R. H. Northcutt, andl
James T. Anderson. |
Among those coming to the fun
eral from out of town were his broth- I
er Mr. George Leake, his nephew Dr, (
Vassar Woolly and his niece Miss“
Alice Leake. 1
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NOTICE. g
Geod three horse crop for
rent. Standing rent or third and
fourth. Apply to C. M. Dobbs
Marietta. tfl
COURIER, ESTABLISHED IDOI.
Bleaching Remnants, in fine grade
ofgoodsi ii, .ci. R ind i 12 BB
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Men’s Hats worth up 1w $3.00
BOW i Loiihidiiminins tfissinn R
m
Good Oil Cloth, all colors, yard 15¢
e ————
Child’s Shoes, now 50, 65, 75, 85¢
M
Old ladies’ Comfort Shoes now 1.25
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A big lot of Hair Switches 'in fine
goods bought cheap, now going at
half-price.
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3 good Tablets, now selling for 10¢
e ———————
Men’s 25c. Mufflers on sale at 15¢
M
Men’s 10c. Handkerchiefs now 5c
M
Ladies’ nice Vici Patent Tip Shoes,
worth $1.75 selling now at. .....$1.25
M
Ladies' Black Hose, with white
MR . L G ekl L
m
Boys’ good Pants in sizes 5 to
17, sow vlin . L e s ivaini o i
w
A fine line of Trunks, $.75 to 16.50.
A
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REUNION COMMITTEE
-~ GIVES FUNDS T 0 VETS
|P, § ’
!Balance Left After All The
! Expenses of Reunion Had
i Been - Paid.- - :
l ikl i
| Capt. Fred Morris, Chairman of the
Confederate Veterans Reunion Comi-'
;mitte, turned over to the local camp
of Veterans $253.98 after all contii+
butors who asked it had received
their share of the surplus fund re’
maining after all expenses had bees
paldy The Veterans gaveé $25.00 of
this ‘money to the Bay Scouts in reeci
ognition of their valuable and faitk
ful services during the reunion. Capt.
Morris deserves the sincerest thaics
of Marietta citizens for the splendid
results of his etforts to makg the
reunion a success. >, 7
To all parties whom
Tax Fi Fas have been
issued. On Feb. 15th,
1913, I will levy and ad
vertise all Fi. Fas. not
setiled. Please call
and save further cost.
R.S. LINDLEY,
Sheriff
(- COAL~ I"hone 270 and get the best
forked Jellico Coal.
Marietta Ice Co.
NO. 6
