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The Maricta Fonrwa
JOURNAL, ESTABLISHED 1866
vOL. 51.
North Georgia Mineral Asks
For Right to Sell Its
Stock and Bonds _ °
That work will soon commence on
ihe new line of railroad to pass
through Cobb county is evidenced by
. legal notice in this issue of the
\larietta Journal, It is the petition
to the railroad commission to author
se the issuance of stock and bonds
by the North Georgia Mineral Rail
road, and specifies that the money
Jerived from the sale of such stock
and bonds is to be-used to buy the
right of way,_z«gonstmct and equip the
line.
The right of way has been survey
od and since the State antiparallel
law has been nullified this company |
s ready to begin construction. Just
when the actual work will(})egin is
not intimated.
This line will open up a new sec
tion of Cobb County and be a great
bewefit in both transportation and
figacially.
Lo
E%.GOV. BROWN IS ¢
BACKING W. J. HARRIS
IN RACE FOR SENATE.
Fermer Governor Joseph M. Brown
oes im tomen for a short time yestéer
dey, and announced himself for Wil:
lwemn J. Harris for the senate, say
-11608
“I see that Hon. William J. Harris
s announced that he will be a can
disdkae for the United States sen
ate.
“T intemd to support him, net @mly{
vecause of his capacity for filling the
office most acceptably to the people,
but because of the high favor in
which he stands with the president
and in “the present crisis it is my
judgment that our state ought to be
represented by those who will co
operate with the presideat. Hence,
as 1 have just said, I shall support
Mr. Harris, and hope he will be elect
ed.”—Atlanta Constitution.
COMMUNION SERVICE SUNDAY
AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
The regular quarterly comifiiunion
service will be held at the Presby
terian Church next Sunday morning
at 11 o’clock. Dr. Patton requests
every member to be present.
MR. DOWEY COMING HERE.
Dr. George K. Dowey will be in
Marietta on October 17th to address
all the members of the Men’s Bible
Classes of the city. The meeting will
be held at the Presbyterian church
on Wednesday night at 8 o’clock and
every man in the city is invited and
urged to be present. Dr. Dowey is
the advance man of Rev. Billy Sun
day whe will hold a revival in At
lanta this fall and his object is to
organize the Bible classes in the
towns surrounding Atlanta. He wants
to meet every man in the city and
everybody is invited to be present.
AN HISTORICAL FLAG.
General Pershing has just received
a magnificent silken U. S. flag sent
by the Secretary of War in Washing
ton as a gift from the National So
ciety of Colonial Dames to the first
e?(peditionary force in France. A
51l.ver plate on the flag staff bears
this inscription: “Presented to the
first American troops sent abroad to
serve in the war of 1917 by the Na
tional Society of Colonian Dames.”
It was given to the troops through
the national war authorities.
N. B. MARIETTA CIRCUIT.
_The Fourth Quarterly Conference
will convene at New Lebanon (Camp
Ground Church) on Friday Oct. 12th.
Let all the officials of the charge be
present as this is a very important
session of the Quarterly Conference.
TTPStees will be expected to submit
written reports.
JOHN P. ERWIN, P. E.
Marietta, Ga., Oct. 4, 1917.
REWARD FOR DESERTERS
A reward of $50.00 is payable for the delivery at the nearest
army eamp, or post, of a deserter. This reward is in full satis
faction of all expenses incurred in said delivery. A ‘person who
fails to report to his local board for military service at the time
specified in his order to report is a deserter. A person who fails
to report for military service to the adjutant general of the State
by the date specified in the order of the adjutant general to said
prson, is a deserter. It is highly desirable from every standpoint
that an effort now be made to round up all persons who are de
linquent in reporting for military service.
: (SIGNED) - CROWDER,
Provast Marshal General.
MRS. S. A. ANDERSON
DIED HERE TUESDAY
‘ “I pray thee then
Write me as one who loves his fel
low men.”
It is a beautiful and consoling re
membrance to the family of Mrs.
Saxon A. Anderson that her last
conscious words were such as these
noted lines. When her nephew, Mr.
Guy Lindley, came to her bedside a
few days ago she recognized him
and said: “I love you, Guy. oI leve
everybody.” 'Then she closed her
eyes and did not open them again up
on earthly scenes. Everyone whe
knew her can testify that she was
such a woman as must hawe been in
the poet’s mind when he wrote “feel
ing or thought that.was not trwe ne’er
made less beautiful the blwe unclewud
ed heaven of he» eyes.” She was a
qneenly woman in every way, a tall
stately blende with a wealth of gol
den hair and blue eyes that were al
ways responsive te the emeotions of
her friemds ard evem aequaintances.
She was always an agreeable compan
ion, a gvacious and admirable hos
tess, a kind friend, a true wife, an
affectionate amnd devoted mother.
Since the death of her husband she
has had a cloud of sexrew in her
heart bat it did not affect ker sym:-
pathetic interest in her dearest loved |
ones and friemds.
She was bern in Powder Springs
October 27th 1848 and was ~ Miss
Nannie, Lindley before her marriage
on November 13th 1873 in the house
where she was born, to Mr. Saxon
Askew Anderson. She is survived
by one sister, Mrs. W. J. Manning,
one brother, Mr. J. F. P. Lindley,
two widowed isters-in-law, Mrs. Ke-i
ren Kirkpatrick Lindley and Mrs.
Margaret Anderson Lindley, two chil-j
dren, Mrs. Tilden Conner and Mr.
‘William Patrick Anderson, and two
grand children, Saxon Anderson Con
ner 4nd Nannie Lindley Conner. Be
’side these she leaves many nephews
and nieces, cousins and countless dear
friends.
The pall-bearers were Mr. Geaorge
Griffin, her own nephews, Charles
Guy, and Joe Lindley, and her hus
band’s nephew, William A. DuPre and
Mr. Austin McCleskey. =
The funeral services were conduct
ed by Mrs. Anderson’s pastor, Dr.
Rembert Smith, assisted by the pre
siding elder, Rev. J. P. Erwin, who
led in prayer and Dr. J. H. Patton,
of the Presbyterian church, who read
the New Testament lesson from the
15th chapter of First Corinthians and
made a very tender and appropriate
talk.
Dr. Smith read the 23rd Psalm by
her special request and also instead
of an Old Testament lesson only the
926th verse of the sth Chapter of
Job: “Thou shalt come to thy grave
in full age, like as a shock of corn
cometh in in his season”. From this
verse and the sweet comforting’
psalm Dr. Smith made an address on,
the life and character of the dear
sister who had passed away near the
close of the three score and ten years
allotted to man as a ripe age, and
closed with a fervent prayer.
Those who had known and loved
her could only gaze with dim eyes
upon her face so placid and peaceful
and think
| “He giveth His beloved sleep”.
Mrs. M. D. Hodges was at the
piano and Mrs. Patton, Mrs.-Wyatt,
Mr. George Beyerle and Mr. Homer
Lewis sang “Nearer My God: -To
Thee”, “Sometime We’ll Understand”
and “Abide With Me”. Mrs. Wyatt
[sang as a solo, tenderly and softly,
i“God Will Take Care of You.”
l The flowers were very fresh and
loVay as it was a golden day with
only a breath of autumnal coolness
in the air. The casket held only the
long cross of white asters and lilies
AND COURIER
MARIETTA, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 5, 1917.
HOME GUARD HELD ITS
FIRST DRILL MONDAY
Capt. Bolan Brumby called out the
Home Guard Monday night for its
first drill, They had it on the old
Marietta Rifles to the extent of a
paved street t¢ drill en, but their
drilling was far from as smootl® as
the street. This; of course, was to
be expeoted as the new orders are
far from what they used to be. .
Capt. Brumby not being familiar
with the mew methods induced. Hugh
Blair to act as Captain and that boy
went right after the job: He was
giving orders and calling down men
old enough to Be his grand father
just as f they were a squad of Boy
Sceuts. But the men were as seri
ous as their “Captain’ and knew that
all were working for the good of
their tewn and country.
“Captain’ Bilair was drilled last
year at. Dahlonega by a West Point
graduate and the Honve Guard was
glad to have his instructions.
Another call has been issued for
a drill next Moenday night and if
i&h“@ere is anyone who is not already a
‘memab@r they can come out and join.
The company drills in frent of the
‘coqamt house.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS :
% AT THE GOLF CLUB.
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. The annual election of officers took
place on Monday evening at the Golf
club after such a dinner as men de
light to linger over.
White and pink cosmos were the
flowers used.
The committee of ladies in charge
included Mrs. Adrian Cortelyoun,
chairman, Mrs. Rosser Little, Mrs.
George Daniell, Mrs. John Boston,
Mrs. W. C. Carriker, and Mrs. George
Montgomery.
Misses Sarah Patton and Irene Ma
lone assisted in serving. About 30
members of the club were present.
Some were out of town.
The original officers were re-elect
ed as follows: Mr. Morgan McNeel
President, Mr. A. V. Cortelyou, vice
president, Mr. D. R. Little Tréasurer,
Mr. W. C. Carriker, secretary.
The directors include the officers
and Messrs. George Daniell and T.
M. Brumby, Jr., who were re-elected
and the new directors are Messrs.
lDoyle Butler, W. A. DuPre, E. R.
Hunt and W. H. Wyatt. The ladies
ltoumament will begin next week.
el R e e
‘ 1 tribute from her children and grand
’children and the immense wreath of
iwhite and pink dahlias, roses and li
lies sent by Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Du
iPre. &
The U. D. C. Chapter sent an ever
‘green wreath with rgd and white rib
'bons, and there were sheaves of rip
ened grain, baskets of various flowers
and many wreaths and bouquets of
10ses, gladioli, asters and dahlias.
' At the cemetery, as Dr. Smith rea.l
'the commitment service, a handful
{of shattered rose petals floated soft
ly intc the grave in place of the,
}usual dust of the earth.
| She was laid to rest beside the
jbeloved husband who had Zone be
fore on a bright spring day over
| three years ago.
! Among out of town friends and
relatives attending the funeral were
]Judge and Mrs. John S. Candler, Mr.
|and Mrs. Osborne, Mrs. Lula Camp
| Mr. and Mrs. Guy Lindley, Mrs. Coy
| Hunt, Mrs. Ben Gibson, and Mrs.
|Hattie Dunwoody, of Atlanta,
| Mrs. John Arderson, of Cartersviile,
iMrs. Edgar Anderson, o_f Smyrna,
| Mr. and Mzs. J. F. P. Lindley, Mrs.
}Margaret Lindley and Mr. and Mrs.
| Charles Lindley, of Powder Springs.
| Mr. John Chuck Anderson voiced
the opinion of all who knew her when
ihe caid: ““A better woman never liv
ed than Cousin Nan.”
CAMP GORDON ON
White People Asked To Tell
Negroes About Order
5 To Report Here
The first quota of negroes to be
sent from Cobb County to the new
draft army will leave Sunday morn
ing. Thirty men will be sent by the
local board but on omders from the
district board in Atlanta, forty five
men have been called to report at
Marietta on Saturday.
This will give a margin of fifteen
alternates in case of medical or ex
emption claims disqualifying any.
Col. Campbell Wallace said that
the board will greatly appreciate any
help that the public will give in get
ting word to the negroes who must
answer the call. He says that a great
deal of trouble has been experienced
in getting maih to the negroes. If
any of those whose names appear be
low are working for any white people
in the county it will be a favor to
the negroes and the local board if you
will notify himoof his call.
The names of the negroes ordered
to report and their addresses as re
giStered with the beard are as fol
lows:
Roebert Young, Mableton, Ga.
Homer Florence, Floyd, Ga. .
Freeman Kiser, 109 Reynolds St.,
~ Marietta, Ga.
Ben Rogers, Polk St.p Marietta, Ga.
Fred Hamilton, Rt. 2, Marietta, Ga.
Eugene Boyd, 102 Harrell St., Mari
etta, Ga.
Andrew Thornton, Rt. 2, Marietta,
Ga.
Homer James Mathes, Phatt St., Aus
| t'ell, Ga:
Russell Knuckles, Roswell, Ga.
James Gay, Kennesaw, Ga.
Geo. W. Blalock, Rt. 3, Acworth,
Will Grogan, Rt. 4, Marietta, Ga.
Otis Mozley, Rt. 3, Lithia Springs,
Ga.
J. E. Blanchard, R. F. D. Mariectta,
Ga. ;
Joseph James Adams, 609 S. Broad
St., Knoxville, Tenn.
Ben Lee, Marietta, Ga.
G. T. Gaither, 107 Lake St., Mari
etta, Ga.
Sam Lindley, Powder Springs, Ga.
Joe Terrell, Dunwoody, Ga.
Dick Davenport, Smyrna, Ga.
Pat Jackson, 116 Henderson St.,
Marietta, Ga.
George Wynn, 112 Maxwell St., Ma-
Willie H. Craft, Howells Alley, Ma
rietta, Ga.
Vollie Heath, Roswell, Ga.
Ed Brown, Route 2, Powder Springs,
Ga.
George Kenebrew, R. F. D. 1, Smyr
na, Ga.
Samuel Gholston, R. F. D., Marietta,
Ga.
Kinyon Hamilton, Rt. 2, Marieta, Ga.
Will Hollemon, Powder Springs, Ga.
Oscar Leonard, care A. L. Dixon,
Marietta, Ga.
Willie Jordon, 132 Green St., Mari
etta, Ga.
Rush Mitchell, Powder Springs, Ga.
Simpson Bailey, Rt. 6, Marietta, Ga.
G. Duncan, 500 Roswell St., Mariet
ta, Ga.
Henry F. Buffington, Acworth, Ga.
Luther Martin, Rt. 2, Marietta, Ga.
A. C. Clem, Rt. 1, Lithia Springs,
Ga.
Robert Walker,, Smyrna, Ga.
Henry Williams, Smyrna, Ga.
Elder Henton, Acworth, Ga. ©
J. B. Harris, Powder Springs, Ga.
M. D. Brown, Jr., Austell, Ga.
Alfred Hinton, Rt. 6, Marietta, Ga.
Willie Manning, 137 Green St., Ma
rietta, Ga. ”
Archie McLarin, Powder Springs, Ga.
o “
MR. EARL MEDFORD WITH
SESSION LOAN & TRUST CO.
Mr. Earl Medford, who has been
private secretary to Solicitor General
Herbert Clay for some time, has be
come associated with the Sessions
Loan & Trust Co., He will be pri
vate secretary to Mr. Sessions.
Mr. Medford is a Marietta boy that
has risen rapidly since leaving school
and is a faithful and energetic work
er. He will have a fine opportunity
to show his ability in his new posi
tion and this growing loan company
will provide plenty of room for him
to grow with it.
NEVER MORE WILL
“OLD OAKEN BUCKET"”
HANG IN THE WELL
The bone dry law was hard enough
but, shades of Ponce de Leon, they
have gone and put the old well on
the "square out of busifess. It has
always been said that if ever a man
drank from that weli and left Mari
etta he would have to come back.
Like a murderer will come back to
the scene of his crime there was
something uncanny about it. But
Thursday morning when the top was
taken off so the grading for the
paving could be done, it was seen
;that surface water had been draining
into the old well and it was dangerous
to drink from it! So it was ordered
filled up and the concrete and bricks
will soon forever hide the old spot
that made the “Old Oaken Bucket”
famous, .
COUNTY HAS $B,OOO IN BANK
AND CANNOT USE ONE CENT
At the regular monthly meeting
of the Board of County Commission
ers the contract for food supplies was
awarded to Anderson Brothers Co.,
and the contract for Hardware to
Norton Hardware Co.
The only thing of interest at the
meeting was the petition to be pre
sented to the Superior Court for au
thority to use $B,OOO which the coun
‘ty has deposited in the First National
Bank. This money was raised to pay
Cébb County’s share in the building
of a néw bridge across the Chatta
hoochee river at Roswell. This was
thought necessary when a storm blew
the present wooden bridge about two
feet out of place, but since then the
bridge has been put back in posi
tion. It now develops that Fulton
county will not help in the work and
says that it will be probably ten years
before they will be able to. Fulton
pays about eighty per cent of the
cost of such bridges, which is accord
ing to taxable property valuation.
The commissioners wish to use this
money to pay outstanding warrants,
or at least put the money out at in
terest instead of letting it stay in the
bank. At present it is earning noth
ing, and is useless for the parpose
for which it was raised until Fulton
county decides to co-operate in the
Iconstruction of the bridge.
WCOBB COUNTY BOY WITH U. S.
MARINES IN SANTO DOMINGO
Santo Domingo City,
Fort Ozama, Sept 10, 1917,
The Marietta Journal and Courier.
Dear Mr. Editor:
I am a Cobb county boy a few
miles from home but I am as happy
as I can be for I am one of Uncle
Sam’s boys, a U. S, Marine, and I
want to let you know how proud and
happy 1 was this a. m. when I got
my mail. I got a Marietta Journal
and Courier, so you see your paper
crosses the Atlantic and comes to
me. 1 have been in foreign service
for 4 months and like down here
fine.
With best wishes to all.
A happy soldier from Cobb County
Pvt. R. J. SPRATLIN,
10th Co. 3rd Prov. Reg.,
Fort Ozama, Santo Domingo, City,
D. R care P M. N. Y.
' FORMER MARIETTA MAN HAS
FINE POSITION OUT IN TEXAS
Friends of A. Q. Smith, who was
formerly superintendent of the Board
lof Lights and Water Works will be
interested to know that since going
to Texas his health has improved very
much and he is now employed as
assistant engineer of the Stone &
Webster Co. in the construction of an
| aviation camp at Waco Texas.
MONEY TO LOAN
We have several thousand dollars on
hand for good real estate loans. . Can
make good farm loans at 6% interest. No
delay. See us if you want to borrow
money. ,
HOLLAND & McCLESKEY,
ATTORNEYS
REYNOLDS BUILDING, MARIETTA, GA.
COURIER, ESTABLISHED 1901
Contract Has Been Let For
- Big Ditch To Reclaim
Much Fine Land
o Lt
* The contract for the drainage of
Allatoona Creek has been let by the
drainage commissioners and prepar
ations for work will begin at once.
Thompson and Mosely, of Atlanta,
will do the work and the contract calls
for completion by June 1, aext. This
will be in time for a corn crop to
be planted next summer.
The work will begin as soon as the
boat for the dredging machine can
be built and the machinery installed.
The boat will be built at the upper
end of the stream on the Shipp pro
perty, and will float down as it cuts
the ditch. It will taken about sixty
days to build the boat.
The ditch will be cut down the bed
of Allatoona creek to Moore's Mill
shoals in Bartow county, and also on
the west fork of Allatoona for about
a mile and a half from fhe junction,
Proctor and Butler creeks will also
be ditched beginning just below Ac
worth on the Dixie Highway and run
ning to where it intersects with Alla
toona. ‘
The drainage commissioners for
this project are Judge N. A. Morris,
and Messrs. Roy Tippin and R. M.
Arnold. Col. Joe Abbott is secre
tary.
The cost of the work will be about
$32,500 and 1,400 acres of fine land
will be reclaimed for ecultivation,
BAPTIST CHURCH LADIES AID
WINS BIG CAMPAIGN PRIZE
The Mariettar Merchants Sales
Campaign, in which $l,OOO in prizes
was offered for the largest number
of votes secured, closed on Oct, Ist
after running for six meonths. This
is the longest prize centest ever run
in Marietta.
The First Baptist Church won the
capital prize of $5OO and the Episco
pal Church won the prize for the
largest number of votes secured by a
Marietta Organization, being $2OO,
The Smyrna Civic League won the
prize for the largest number of
votes secured by an organization out
side of Marietta which was $200; The
prize offered for the largest number
of votes secured by a negre organiza
tion was won by the A. M. E. Church,
being $lOO.
', The report of the judges is as fol
lows: . .
- Marietta, Ga., Oct. 3, 1917.
This is to certify that the follow»
ing contestants are winners in the
Marietta Merchants Sales Campaign,
and that the following vote is cor
rect.
Ladies Aid Seciety of First
Baptist Church .__.____12,403,180
St. James Episcopal
Cheelh o . L 12400 10
Smyrna Civie League___ 3,051,435
A. M. E. Church (col’d) _ 3,368,035
(Signed)
D. R. LITTLE,
W. E.-SCHILLING,
HUGH A. HILL.
Judges“and Counters.
Voting coupons were given by
Strand Theatre, Hodges Drug Co,
Marietta Book Store, Brumby Furni
ture Co. D. P. Butler Motor Co., Ken
nessw Meat Market, Smith and
Ward, T. W. Read, W. A. Florence
Dry Goods Company, F. E. A. Schil
ling, and Cobb County Times.
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