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Che Murietta Fonrwal
JOURNAL, ESTABLISHED 1866.
VOL. 48.
OFTECTIVE BURNS IS
AN OUT OF TOWN
Famous Detective In Mary Pha
gan Case Flees From An- ‘
gry Crowd Here. 1
william J. Burns, world famous
detective, was driven from Mariettal
Jast Friday afternoon by a crowd of‘
angry citizens to whom his presence
waé obnoxious. Burns is at present
working on the Mary Phagan murder!
case in Atlanta and the testimony
which he is alleged to have dug up
in connection with that ‘case has
turned public sentiment strongly
against him. There had been talk
in Marietta for more than a week
pefore last Friday that indicated a
warm reception for Burns should he
come to this city, and hardly sooner
than his presence was known a crowd
gathered and threatened him. |
Robert Howell walked up to Burus
at the Brumby garage on Church
street and ask if ‘‘this is William J. '
Burns!” The detective is said to
have denied his identy whereupon
Mr. Howell proceeded to slap the de
tective's face on each side. Burns
offered no resistance and when the
crowd began further threatening
Burns fled. He ran up Church street
to the car barn, through the car barn
and around about until he reached
the Whitlock House, where he took
refuge.
Judge N. A, Morris, Deputy Sheriff
Geo. Hicks, Mayor E. P. Dobbs, Mr.‘
F. ;. Marchman and the editor of
the Journal went to the Hotel to try
to prevent further violence. This!
was finally done by agreement be-i
tween the crowd and Judge Morris‘
that Burns be allowed to leave the
city at once in an automobile. Mr.‘
T. M. Brumby happeired along in his
big six eylinder White car and agreed
to take the detective to Atlanta.‘
Aviator Beech should have stuck
around another week to learn some-‘
thing on speed. Mr. Brumby put‘
Burns out at the Piedmont Hotel justl
thirty two minutes after he got in
the car at the Whitlock House.
D). 5. Lehon, another detective who
is associated with Burns in this case
and who accompanied him to Mari
etta was also threatened. He was
mistaken for C. W. Burke, who is al
leged to have been responsible for
other work of which the public dis
approves, and was forced to take re
fuge with sheriff Swanson in the
county jail. About eight o’clock he
was taken out the back way and sent‘
to Atlanta in an automobile with Mr. ]
J. F. Shaw.
[t is safe to say had it not been]
for the bravery of Judge Morris and
Deputy Sheriff Geo. Hicks, Burnsi
would have been very badly handled
by the crowd which surrounded the
Whitlock House. Burns was greatly
frizhtened and requested Judge Mor
s and Mayor Dobbs to telegraph
President Wilson, who he said was a
personal friend, to send troops to
Marietta to protect him. And it was
10 casy matter to persuade the de
tective that the erowd would let him
leave Marietta in peace. He seemed
10 feel that the crowd was bent on
]j\v‘”"t‘rlm him when as a matter of
fact they only wanted him to get out
of Marietta “but to get out quick.”
Just as the automobile started
SCie one threw an egg that struck
Judee Morris on the side of the head
Al ruined a nice hat but otherwise
4il no damage,
All the way to Atlanta Burns
Soowcd his uneasiness but the speed
¢t the big six over the fine new road
Was tOO much for any possibility of
‘I and any how all that the peo-
Pie wanted had been accomplished
(‘ the automobile crossed the
' Jmits just below Butler’s.
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ACCIDENT TO MR. PROCTOR.
4 vr, '“. F. -Proctor was painfully
‘ " by a fall last Friday morning
.= L€ Was trying to extingush a
} _".”1 the roof of his house. He
L»".‘ :':dj'*fd a long ladder on a wagen
~ ¢ the house so he could reach
. 0f but the ladder slipped and
r ‘roctor fell to the ground. Dr.
. 1:“'"“ Soon reached him and
; " f]if' bones broken. Neighbors
i t.hP fire and a new flue has
= b H.m. It was a narrow escape
T serlous {njie
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“00fing of all kinds. Dobbs H
Ware Stong, inds. Dobbs Hard-
Sz:rie fence at Dobbs Hardware
COMMISSIONERS GIVE
COUNTY FAIR BODST
Will Furnish Crew of Convicts
For Ten Days To Help
Grade Race Track.
Decidedly the biggest boost that
has been offered the Cobb County
Fair Association came Tuesday when
the Board of County Commissioners
agreed to help build a race track on
the site that has been leased for
the fair. There is not much work
to be done but to hire it by private
contract would be a burden so heavy
that it is doubtful if the Fair Asso
ciation could have been able to build
a track and it is a certainty that the
fair would never be a success finan
cially without good races.
Tuesday the committee from the
Fair Association went before the
Commissioners at their regular meet
ing and asked them to help in the
work. The result was that the Com
missioners went with the ecmmittee
Tuesday afternoon to the Reynolds
property just below Fair Oaks and
looked the stuaton over. They fe
turned to Marietta and after debat
ing the question for some time de
cided that they would tender the use
of Mr. Cliff Mayes crew of convicts
together with all his road building
equipment for ten days. This equip
ment includes one of the big new gas
oline roadworking engines and it is
probable that the track can be built
within the ten days.
The Fair Association is singing the
praises of the Commissioners loudly
and folks are asking for stock ranid
ly sirce the decision of the Commis
sione, .
The Editor of the Journal went
with the Commissioners and the Fair
Committee and the site selected for
the Fair is a dandy. A fine race
track can be built and the grand
stand will be placed on a hill at the
home stretch and face the east so
that the afternoon sun will not both
er the spectators. There is plenty of
land for the buildings and it is just
about half way between Marietta and
Smyrna and right on the car line.
It is confidently believed that at
least one thousand people a day can
be brought to see the fair and the
races from Atlanta.
COUNTY PRIMARY WAS
VERY OUIET AFFAIR
The Democratic Primary election
for the nomination of county officers
was held last Friday and was one of
the quietest affairs that has been seen
in a long time. There was very lit
tle interest manifested L,'/ the voters
and the farmers especially stayed at
work. Out of the registration of
4,800 only 2.600 went to the polls—
a little more than half. Several of
the candidates who expected their
main strength to come from the
country precincts were disappointed
on this account.
The ticket as it was voted appears
below. A full table of the returns
for each candidate and for each pre
cinct is on the last page. It is taken
from the records of the Clerk of the
Superior Court.
OFFICIAL BALLOT.
Democratic Primary.
| MAY 1, 1914,
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| For Clerk Superior Court
| J. E. DOBBS.
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For Sheriff.
W. E. SWANSON.
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For Tax Collector.
T H LeCROY.
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For Tax Receiver.
J. W. GAINES.
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For County Treasurer.
E. M. DYER.
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For Coroner.
JOHN A. BOOTH.
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For Surveyor.
H. B. WESTBROOKS.
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For County Commissioner
First District
l JESSE N. GANTT.
St il ey
For County Commissioner
Fourth District.
W. J. HEADDEN.
AND COURIER.
MARIETTA, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 8, 1914,
EVERYBODY JOINING
HANDS ON THE FAIR
Application For Charter Made
To Superior Court
This Week.
Application for charter for the
Cobb County Fair Association was
filed in the Superior Court Tuesday
with a long list of names. The Clerk
tendered his srevices free as did the
attorneys who drew up the charter
and the Marietta Journal is publish
ing the application free. Everybody
is working for the Fair and the pros
pects are looking better every day.
A statement from Col. Cheney
follows:
We are going to offer big cash
premiums from the Fair Association.
On the best acre of oats $50.00 to
$lOO.OO.
On the best acre of wheat $50.00
to $lOO.OO.
This will apply also to acre of
corn and cotton.
In addition to these premiums
there will be a large number of
special premiums offered on the
same articles. Anyone desiring to
contest for these premiums must noti
fy the Fair Association at once sa
that they may receive a copy of the
rules and regulations governing the
contest. The farmers are urged to
plant pure seed and fertilize heavily
so that they can make a good show
ing at the fair this fall. There will
be a big cash premivm offered on
every article grown in the county,
The premium list will be gotten out
as soon as possible. Don’t forget to
apply for rules and regulations if
you wish to enter the contest on
wheat and oats.
There will also be good premiums
offered on the best single bushel of
wheat, cats, rye ete., in fact on all
kinds of grain, and also on the best
ten bundles of grain or single bun
dles. If you have anything extra
good, take good care of it and save
it for the fair. You might win pre
miums amounting to a hundred
times the value of the article.
JOHN P. CHENEY,
Temp. Pres. of Cobb Co. Fair Assn
THE LADY MINSTRELS.
This entertainment is in three
parts opening with a number of 6
little girls. Next 19 little boys ex
ploit their aff’iction of mumps. Next
comes the Lady Minstrels with 1u
songs. The third part includes 1
speech on Women'’s rights, dance and
songs. The pianists are Mrs. Fred
Morris, Mrs. Pearl Welch and Mrs.
James Smith.
LIEUT. JOHN H. TOWERS OF
GA. FLIES OVER VERA CRUZ
A few days ago Lieut. Towers, o°
Rome, and a nephew of Misses Tow
ers in Marietta, flew above and
around Vera Cruz making the first
army aeroplane recounoitering flight
ever made in time of war and proved
successful in every way. He main
tained a speed of 78 miles an hour
and a height of 2,000 feet, with
strong glasses he could see the corn
try well,
Lieut. Towers flizht not only
proved the value of an aeroplane in
scouting, but brought relief to those
who were concerned for the safetv
of Americans in Mexico City. It had
been feared that all rail communica
tion between Vera Cruz and the
Mexican Capital had been destroyed.
The air flight disproved this.
The old idea that an aviator in
time of war would have to fly so
high that his observations would be
of little value was disproved. The
aviator reported that from a height
of almost half a mile he could see
the railroad tracks. Soledad, 24
miles from Vera Cruz, where Gen-
Maas was stationed, wag clearly seen
by Ijeut. Towers. He discovered
that instead of having 4,000 troops,
Maas had only about 700,
MOTHER'S DAY SUNDAY
Mother’s Day will be celebrated
next Sunday, May 10th, at the First
Baptist church at 11 a. m. by the
Baraca and Philathea classes of the
First Baptist and First Methodist
Sunday Schools. All Baracas and
Philatheas cordially invited to at
tend, Special sermon by pastor, G,
S. Tumlin.
Opal nest eggs at Dobbs Hardware
Universal Film Manufacturing Company
’ A PHOTO DRAMA IN SIX PARTS
3 @ 8N | PROERERRROR 3 g;;\k
CRNICER Y IR RO
5(33@5:3 M |RA FFIC IN SOU B ’
A POWERFUL, dramatic, full-blooded sermon, in which human
emotions and adventures blend stirringly. Based on actual re
ports of the Rockefeller Investigating Committee and District Attor
ney Whitman’s Report for the suppression of White Slavery. With
Jane Gail, Ethel Grandin, Mat Moore and 600 others.
This 1s the first moving picture theatre this wonderful picture has
played, having played the opera houses in big towns only. '
kFriday, May Bth. One Day Only at The Princess
il iAot e b i S L
THE BIGGEST AND BEST VAUDEVILLE ACT EVER
SEEN IN MARIETTA
“The South S Birds.”
The Southern Song Birds.
WILL BE AT THE GEM
THURSDAY, FRIDAY & SATURDAY
Change of Programme Daily. Admission 5 and 10 Cents,
FOUR FIRST RUN PICTURES EVERY DAY.
THURSDAY, MAY 7th,
: ‘tAs KFate Willed.’
Two Reel Victor_ with Warren Kerrigan.
‘Exposing The Hand King.’ And A Big Nestor Comedy.
(POWERS)
FRIDAY, Bth,
“WHOM GOD HATH JOINED.” (Two Reel Eclair.)
UNIVERSAL IKE. ALMOST A HERO.
Universal Ike.
AND A GOOD IMP DRAMA.
SATURDAY, 9%th,
LUCILLE LOVE No. 4, the biggest film now running in picture.
GOLD SEAL.
“ROLL YOUR PEANUTS.” (Joker) And Another Good Joker.
The House With The Big Show. The Home of The
Universal Pictures.
COURIER, ESTABLISHED IDOOI.
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