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The Marietta Tonrnal
JOURNAL, ESTABLISHED 1866
VOL. 51.
The three county commissioners
elected last summer—J. J. Thomas,
J. E. Cagle and W. D. Bullard aeld
their first meeting with Commis
sioners Wing and Headden on Tues
day and went right after things.
When a set of resolutions was of
fered criticising the management of
the convicts commissioners Wing
and Headden left the room and re
fused to be a party to the proceed
ings. The resolutions. were passed
by the three new commissioners.
The main sensation in the action
was removing from office Mr. P. H.
Randall, the Superintendent of the
scounty convicts.
The resolutions follow:
BE IT RESOLVED by the Board
of County Commissioners of Roads
and Revenue of Cobb County, Geor
gia, this day assembled as fol
lows:
1. That it is the sense of this
vody that there is too much over
nead expense connected with the
management of the chain-gang and
with the working .and building ot
the public highways and bridges of
the county;
(2.) That it is also the sense
of this body that the present plan
of said work could be and should
be consolicated and readjusted in
such a way and manner as to ac
complish more work in the building
and improving of said highways and
tridges at a greatly reduced ex-“
pense to the taxpayers and to the
county;
(3.) That in order te accom
plish the aforesaid results we deem
it practicable and advisable to make
changes in the present management
as follows:
(a) To consolidate -the bridge‘
¢rew camp with the two main
Ccamps of the county and to buil(l!
the new bridges and repair thei
¢ld ones in conjunction with thel
work and improvement of the roads |
as they are being built, requiringi
the bridge crew. to alternate be- |
tween the two camps as the neces- |
sity may exist, thereby saving tae |
unty the expense of an extra
night crew guard, cooks, and (lay?
'ew guard of the bridge camp and |
e heavy expense in connection |
Lerewith: I
th To consolidate tne floating |
€W With the two main camps of |
the county as far as practicable,
YlB saving the same expense as
@bOVe referred to in . connection |
With the bridge camp. |
7 {¢) To require the Supz}rinten-i
1"” “"f tie Alms House which is |
IOW located on the main stockade |
?‘”'”.\' Where the camp garden is |
.3 PL 1o superintend and manage |
Erowing of garden supplies for |
° Chaingane: {
& m To require the Clerk of Illi.<§
":;‘l‘ Superiy id and check out :
080 k wonns .. Tennsed g SOS Bogel
fwieiri “ IVe month, with the
! « z.m_m‘rh;-! be shall see all|
u.:fr'q,.{“‘.,\,» I\?,&}‘;}.“’" and that taeé
the bige: . BoCOB are aceording to
héck 11 "“I""‘_ he keep a complete |
fame ,I‘,.;‘.‘; ,;L”“:b,‘l & repert of thei
Dabte 1. -, o roard; sud ket thg
1;-“1‘-; 11& of each of the re—%
i, »-::(-v,l;‘,lll.::, Sll;,XII likewise weigh’
ceived apg x:L ?\hm PEEN W
month 1o ;!‘i;' l( . ’ report each‘
togethep “m-.' t;Ud!‘l. of the same, |
ed: w Ml - EPAdes furnish-l
‘ i‘:r Ta T‘”;uire Ha Su 0 1
G _ Superinten
one of (. M 8 headquarters atl
there ¢ ~ . 20 camps and’ stay.
(f) : "‘f ‘_:_'\’-"lh the men; '
bid on sy C Wholesale men to
blied !?'{'!3'-.\ as can be syp-
Ot ~7 Mlnishad iw wholesa]el
83id. Br 1 'L the ends afore
lows: TA 14;':-\")14\'[‘;13 as fol-
N o {
'Erfn\‘vn.;_{,"”_,l ‘!Zl' Services and é‘m-;
L D 8 of tp, tohde ent of the build
. % Sounty am‘ \A and bridges of
25, Caaingay o be ','““““g'fment of the
\l’ensednwml ‘(“"”1 are hereby dis
| ?m his fialan.m,.a?'l after this date
ms:c?“‘inuedf 1 $125.00 per montn
e That th e
g T2questeq to dig y are‘
®8 of sayg p continue the
\ * H. Randall as
'Southeastern Land
Show In Atlanta
The Southeastern Land Show has
announced as one of its drawing
cards, a Motion Picture Contest,
through which contest it will en
deavor to discover what young wo
man in the Southeast will make the
most artistic and attractive appear
ance on the motion picture screen.
. “The management of the South
eastern Land Show” said Edward
Young Clarke, the General Manager
of the Show ‘“believes tnat some
where in the southeast there is an
agtner Mary Pickford or a more won
derful movie star than Hazel Dawn.
With this belief firmly fixed in our
niinds, we haveddetermined to make
a diligent search through a series
of contests culminating in one
Gnand Contest in Atlanta to find
this wksome and attractive young
woman’.’
The final contest in Atlanta dur
ing the Land Show will be from
amongst candidates who have been
selected through Popularity Con
tests at various theatres in the
soutiteast. Only one theatre in a
town will be allowed to conduct
the.contest to select the Candidates
in the Grand Contest in Atlanta
from their town. :
’ Ore candidate for each 20,000 of
population will be allowed to
‘enter the Grand Contest from each
town, and one for each additional
20,000 population of fractional part.
| Indications now point to the fact
that fully 200,000 people will pass
through tha doors of the Land Show
during the operation from February
Ist to 15th. The railroads have
granted exceedingly low rates from
all parts of the nation, and especi
ally low rates from every city in the
states of Gecrgia, Florida, Alabama
and South Carolina. _ This is the
first “Land Show ever held in tae
South gnd is the beginning of a se
ries of Land Shows to be held an
nually, and which it is believed will
attract more attention from invest
aors and settlers to the southeast
than any movement ever under
taken in this section. i
Seea bt Lo B S S
County Warden of Cobb County.
(6.) That Mr. N. M. Morris wno
has been Deupty Wardén of the
county and conneeted with the ac
tive management and operation of
the chaingang from the date of its
establishment in Cobb County down
to the present time witnout a charge
of any kind being made against him
before” tnis Board Or the
Prison Commission, be and ‘is
hereby elected Superintendent
of the County in place of said
P. H. Randali for the ensuing year
or until the further order of thisi
Board: ta2 salary of said Morris us!
Superintendent shall be $85.00 per |
menth, and in the event he is ap
pointed County’ Warden sai® salary
shall net be inereased hut remain
the same; '
(7.) That we. respeetfully ukk'
and rezaquest tne. Prison U-m;nis\iml{
of Georgia to immediately n;an:u‘
and appoint said N, M. Morris war
den c¢f the Chaingang of Cobb t'mm-l
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(8.) That a committee of three |
consisting of the Chairman and two |
members of this Board named by
him ¢hall be appointed to visit all
tne camps and obtain a compleal2 in
ventery of all the property of the
County, and in connection there
with report in writing at the next
meeting ef this Board such recom
mendations as they may deem pro
per concerning the consolidation of
the camps, cnanges in the plan of
work as set forth in the first part
of thase resolutions, and any other
<hange in the management of tae
affairs of the county and of this
Board as they deem proper; said
committee shall also. be reqguired to
ascertain all outstanding liabilities
of the’county and its resources and
report same to this Board.
The foregoing resolution passed
this January 2nd, 1917, and order
ed spread on tne minutes.
J. J. THOMAS, Chairman,
P. D. McCLESKEY, Secretary.
METHODIST CHURCH MUSIC
Organ Prelude.
Duke St.—by Whiting.
Duet—-Migs Rambo and Mr, Scott
Offertory_ _Meodie in F by Rock
well.
~ Organ—Reve Angelique by Ru
‘benstein. ;
| Postlude.
} ~ Petite Mfimhe, by Dubois. .
AND COURIER
MARIETTA, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY sth. 1917.
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! The Cobb County Boys’' Pig Club
;was organized on January 2nd, the
' meeting being held in the court
’ronm at 10 a, m. This Club, whica
!is being organized and promoted by
'The Southern Bell Telephone. &
}Telegraph Company with the as
%sistum-e and co-operation of the
prominent Atlanta banker, Mr. W.
S. Witham, and others, is expectad
to put Cobb County ‘“on the map"
as a nog raising county.
The Club is being started by the
Bell Telephone Company as an ex
periment, the result of which will
be watched by the officers of that
Company witnp much interest. This
action is in line with the policy of
the Company to actively help any
movement for the advancement of
the communities in which it oper
ates and is evidence’ of the broad
minded spirit in whicn the large
\puhli(- service corporations are now
operated. Its action is much ap
preciated by our citizens.
Cobb County was selected by the
Telephone Company from a large
‘number of others considered by it
on account of the nigh character
and intelligence of its citizens and
farmers and the prospect held out
by its fine farming land of its be
coming one of the banner hog pro
ducing counties of the State. An
other reason was the enthusiasm for
the Club sinown by our progressive
Farm Demonstrator, Mr. Hasty, who
took off his coat and worked for
the Club from the time it was first
-suggested. Mr.. Hasty will have
the supervision of the Pig Club
just as le has of the ¢orn Club
and the Canning Club.
The pigs will be presented to the
boys in March, that baing the time
recommended by the State Agricul
tural School. In the meantime Mr.
Hasty will be instructing the boys
in the best ways to handle the pigs
after they are ‘rec;eived, how t o
build houses and pens, raise forage,
etc. The Telephone Company will
then give to each of twenty boys
nominated for it by Mr. Hasty and
selected from the members of the
Corn Club having *’e best records,
a registered gilt, der an agree
ment to be signed by the boy to
return to- the Company two pigs
from the first litter produced. With
these the Company expects to ex
tend the work.
Mr. Witham will similarly pro
vide pigs for a number of boys to
be selected by him, and it is hoped
that others may join in the “help
along” movement. KEvery boy in
the county wio will provide him
self with a pig zithier through his
own efforts or the assistance of oth
ers is eligible as a member of the
Club, |
There were present thne follow
ing boys: ‘
J. Leonard Rutledge, Robt. Ma(-—‘
Donald, Ewen MacDonald, John
Stork, Bryan Alexander, Cecil Har
dage, Herman Smith, Elzie 1.(,)w0.{‘
Robt. Baldwin, . Frank ()glosby.;
John Mann, Ryburn Nix, Alfred |
Guntar, Rhea Cunningham and El
mer Daniell.
Mr. Hasty explained the origin |
and purpose of the Club, and the
following were elected as of-}
ficers: ]
President, J. Leonard Rutledge. |
Vice-President, John Mann, '
Temporary Sect-Treas., Mr. Has-
The Constitution and By-Laws
were then adopted as follows:
ARTICLE 1. NAME,
The name of this association shall |
be the Cobb County Boys’ Pig Club‘
Association.
ARTICLE 2.° OBJECT.
The object of this associatipn
shall be to promote interest in the
breeding and improvement of high- |
grade and purezbred swine; to in
étr:r‘t its members in the preven
tiecn and eradication of the diseases
peculiar to swine; and to. instill in
the boys a love for farm animals
which will result in their taking
more interest in farm life,
ARTICLE 3. MEMBERSHIP,
Any boy or girl between the ages
of ten and 18 years who will agrae
to secure at least one pig and care
for it under the instructions fur
nished by the State agent in pig
club work may at any time become
Union Services In
St. James Church
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The annual Union Service for all
the congregations of the city will
be held in St. James Church next
Sunday night at 7:30 o’clock.
The public is cordially invited to
attend the service. It is for the
public. The sermon will be preach
ed by Dr. Patton, the secripture reag
by Dr. Smith, and prayer offered
by Dr. Jamison.
The Choral Club will lead in the
singing. On this, the first Lord’s
day in the New Year, let us all
worship together with one. heart
and mind the one Father of us all.
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MEETING OF DIST. STEWARDS.
Rev. J. P. Erwin held a meeting
of district stewards on the 27th in
the parlor of the Kennesaw House
after a delightful turkey dinner
served by Mrs. Edge. Those present
were Rev, J. P. Brwin, Dr. R. G.
Smith, Dr. J. D. Malone, Col. B. T.
Frey, Messrs, (. C. Wolfe, Powder
Springs, C. C. Otwell, Roswell, T. B.
Martin, Smyrna, J. H. Johnson,
Woodstock, A. D, Cox, Holly Springs
'C. M. Head, Elizabeth, Roy Crisler,
‘Canton. E. F. Smita, Cumming, Rev.
‘F. E: Jenkins, Powder Springs, Rev.
‘Fir]ey Baum, Tate,
sl diatisisiencsii i
a member. : |
ARTICLE 4. ORGANIZATION,
The officers shall be a president,
a vice-president and a secretary
treasurer. |
ARTICLE i, MEETINGS.
There shall be a regular annual
mezting of the association and such
special meetings at times and
places as may he determined by the
president. .
ARTICLE 6, ELECTIONS.
I "The election of officers shall be
held at the regular annual meet
'ing and such election shall be by
Ibullot.
. ARTICLE 7. AMENDMENTS.
Amendmeants to this constitution
may be made by a two-thirds vote
of the members present at the an
inual meeting.
| BY-LAWS.
ESI‘ZCTJO,\' 1. Duties and I’rivileges.;
It shall be the duty of each mem
ber to co-operate as far as possible
with his fellow membegs in the
use of purebred hoars; also to §ohi
cit new meinbers and to encourage |
them in better methods of carin-,:':
for their animals. Each nmmhm"’
shall he entitled to one vote in the !
business meetings of the itfi&‘()t’iil-{
tion. |
SECTION 2, OFFICERS. i
The officers siall he elected to]
serve one year and perform sm'hfi
services as are ordinarily r(aquiredi
by their position. They shall serve |
until election of their suceessors. ‘
SECTION 3. PRESIDENT '
The president shall preside at|
all meetings of the association. He |
shtll also collect all reports from|
the club members and send them to |
the State ;(.:'f~xzt. |
SECTION 4. VICE PRESIDENT. |
The vice-prezsident shall pw‘fflrnyF
the duties of the president in his |
absence, ‘
SECTION 5. SECT.-TREAS. i
The secretary-treasurer shall k(*(rnl
a record of all proceedings of the |
association, and shall render a re-l
port of the same at the annual |
meeting; shall act as (~orrespon(l'entl
in matters pertaining to the busi—!
ness of the associatoin, and shalli
keep a correct enrollment of all|
members. ; l
SECTION 6. ORDER OF BUSINESS
Reading of the minutes of the!
previous meeting. |
Report of the secretary-treasur:
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Reports of committess.
Unfinished business,
New business.
Election of officers.
Mr. Witham then gave the boys
a very interesting talk which they
enjoyed greatly and he was follow
ed by Mr. J. J. fardage aand Mr.
Chauncy Smith, Special Agent of
the ‘Bell Telephone Company, who
gave siort addresses, The meeting
then adjourned. The next meeting
will be in March when the pigs|
will be distributed and a perma
nent secretary-treasurer elected.
Each membeyr of the Club will be
presented by the Telephone Com
pany with a pig pen to be 'securad
from the United States Agricultural
Department in Washington and an
exhibit by the Club will be sent to
TR AR R o 4 i ol P R
iKY DON'T You"
“\\'h)j in the world don’'t you
pave the square?”
How many people have asked me
tnat in the last few days?
Well, why domt YOU pave it?
It is not in my power to pave the
square and one block in each di
rection. If it was, believe ma, 1t
would surely be paved.
Now, for the facts about the
case. First it is necessary to get
an engineer to tell us the exact cost
or very close to what it should cost,
to do this paving. We have tae
engineer, and ne is on the job, and
has about completed his figures on
the work. He is figuring on pav
nig the square, curbing the park
and putting down new sidewalks
with curbing all around the
square and one block in every di
rection. If we are going to do it
we ALL want to see it done wall.
We have been a long time talking
about it, so if we do pave lets have
Ia job we will ALL be proud of.
Next comes the money part and
’the law., The law says, ‘“‘one third
' to the property holders, one third
Im the car company and one third
to the ecity.” Why not the city
pay its third? Let all the tax pay
ers put their shoulders to. the
wheel. It doesn/t matter where
| you own property, it will help you
land your town.
‘ The man who gets the biggefit'
{ benefit is the man who lives nearest
’the square, and pe pays the most
jtux. We benefit about in propor
( tion to the taxes we pay.
J Now here is the city’s condition.
|lt is just about even or out of
| debt. While we are borrowing $B,-
Emm, we have assets even more than
ithat in unpaid taxes. Now to pay
jour part of the paving will put the
city about $B,OOO to $lO,OOO back |
l‘in debt, but we pave a twenty y -m"
pavement to show for It ang
PRACTICALLY NO money to spend |
on the square and one block ufr'.i
Now ‘this business section of th(eT
city is costing the city at Ivnsl;
$2,600 per year to keep up like it |
is, so why not make tais pav smt'm!
imprecvement and save this s;u'iuk—i
ling and MUD hauling. ’
Now listen to this. The Public
Square—The Public Park. Who
owns tane park? The City does.
Well then, the city should come in
for its one-third as a PROPERTY
HOLDER, by the number of feet
around the park, and also one third
by tiie law which requires the city
to pay one third, not only on the
suare, but one block off. The
c¢ity is HIT HARD, but it doesn’t
amount to as much as you think,
and makes it absoluteiy fair to the
property owners facing the park.
Now, by the city owning the park,
it brings the, property owners share
down to a very rosasonable figure,
and T cant see how any one can
possibly kick about it.
Now, last of all, will the tax rate
be raised? NO! and especially as
long as I can fight to keep' it down.
We will not raise the assessments
on the business property. Why
siaould we? We won’t have to
spend anything fop repairs on the
pavement for a long time. We have
enough tax money now to get out
of debt so it will be easy to get out
of debt incurred by paving ‘and
have the paving to SHOW FOR IT.
I am not in favor of either raising
the taxes or cutting them. We
nave the rest of the city to care
for, and how 1 do wish we could
give every one a good sidewaik and
sireet,
It is certainfy disheartening to
me, and I know to every citizen to
see our smooth streets of a month
ago now all mua.
I will do my best to put better
top dressing on the streets off of the
square this year. S
It is a waste of money to keep
hauling dirt to the square, where
most of Marietta’s traffic is, to fill
up heles which wilt";bo-ea,u‘,efl’lf’fi
such weather conditions as we _t e
had this past week. This is what
has been dome ever since Marietta
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COURIER, ESTABLISHED 1901
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‘Mr. George B. Burtz
Died Tuesday Night
Mr, George Butler Burtz died of
apoplexy Tuesday night at nis home
in the country and was buried at
Wesley Chapel Thursday morning.
Rev. P. P. Manning conducted
the funeral, '
He leaves his wife and three sons,
A. H. Burtz, of Ellijay, Dr. C. W.
Burtz, of Aeworth and G. C. Burtz
who lived with nis parents,
The pall-bearers were his ne
phews L. B. Pickens, J, L. Pickens,
E. W. Garrison, T. W. Hagood, W.
W. Hagood and vr. G. F., Hagood.
DEATH OF COL. W. R. WILLIAMS.
Mrs. H. R. Oldson has returned
from Houstonville, Ky., where she
attended the funeral of her father,
Col. W. R. Willlams, who was
buried wita Masoni¢c honors.
He was also a Knight Templar
and a confederate veteran and was
wounded in a battle near Atlanta.
He has visited Mrs. Oldson in Ma
rietta and recalled many scenes in
’ this neighborhood after riding about
the country.
Beside his wife and one son, Dr,
O. 8. Williams, he leaves six daugh
ters, Mrs. Oldson, of Marietta, Mrs,
Bowen Reese, of Newnan, Mrs. Hen
ry Waller, of Salt Lake, Mrs. K. QG.
Daughtry, of Okalona, Miss., and
Mrs. Frank Mansfield, of Winches
ter, Ky.
Mrs. Oldson is expecting a visit
soon from her mother and brother.
DEATH OF MRS. REED.
Mrs. S. K. Reed, wino has made
her home with Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Benson for the past 12 years, went
to Jesup on a wvisit to her son, Dr.
W. R. Reed, and died there on
Thursday, Deec.. 21st. She was
stricken suddenly witnp neuralgia of
‘the heart and passed away without
suffering.
She had been a member of the
Baptist Church over 560 years and
was in her 70th year. The funeral
was conducted by her pastor, Dr.
S. Y. Jameson, assisted by Rev. A.
J. Morgan and she was laid to rest
in Acworth beside her husband.
Rev. Mr. Fagin, Dr. Reed’s pastor
in Jesup, accompanied his family
on their sad journey to Acworth.
Beside Mrs, Benson, ner only
daughter, Mrs. Reed leaves one son
in_ Acworth, BF. J & Reed, Dr.
8. ¢P. Reed, of Lexington, and Dr.
W. R. Reed, of Jesup, beside 11
grand children and many relatives
and friends.
SACRED T 0 THE MEMORY
OF ONE WE LOVED:
On November 26th, God in His
wisdom and mercy saw fit to send
his death angel to the pome of Mrs.
Neporia Channell, and carry home
to heaven the immortal spirit of
that sainted mother,
Mrs. Channell was 64 years of
age. A devoted Christian, lhas bden
a member of the Baptist Church for
10 years, she had been an invalid
and helpless for the past five years,
she bore her suffering as none but
a Christian will, was perfectly sub
missive to the will of her savior,
and her affliction only seemed to
strengthen her hope in Christ.
One of the most admirable charac
teristics of her life was her devo
tion to her children, who did all
that obedient hearts and lovingj’;
hands could to relieve her suffer
ings and add to her comfort.
Mrs, Channell is survived by sev
en caildren as follows: Mrs. Jas. A
Chalker and Mrs. J. C. Chastaeu;.
of Kennzsaw, Mrs. J. D, Chastegn‘;;.
and Miss Edna Channell, of Mari
etta, Messrs. H. G., David and J’a‘p%
Channell, of other points, whe
our heart felt sympathy in heir
sad bereavement., b “;i;’
Interment in the city cemetaryd
at Marietta, Ga., Rev. A, J. Mo
gan conducted the lunet&f
vices. / ,@23‘
- By a frienad, . *J‘f /
\ LEANDSR T. FLIN
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at prasont. Let's. FHOGHENES I
stop filling up S A
| Let's all pull for a paved e
204 we Wil get: the s G (
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