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JOURNAL, ESTABLISHED 1836
VOL. 51.
primary Election For Mayor Set-For
Tuesday November 20, at Meeting of
City Executive Committee Held Monday
RULES FOR PRIMARY
ARE ALSO AGREED ON
M e e
Twenty Days Later The Gen
eral Election Will Be
: Held On Dec. 11.
s
City Executive Committee of the
City of Marietta, met at the Court
House in said eity on Monday night,
October Bth, 1917, being present,
william Attaway, from First Ward;
E. L. Milam from Second Ward; W.
¢. Carriker from Fourth Ward; B.
G. Brumby from Fifth Ward; D. H.
McCleskey from Sixth Ward; Wm.
Tate Holland from Third Ward was
absent.
B. G. Brumby elected Chairman,
and Willam Attaway Secretary.
The following provision made and
resolution passed:
Resolved, by the City Executive
Committee of the City of Marietta,
this day assembled, as follows:
|. That a white primary election
< hereby called for the 20th day of
November 1917 for the nomination
of a Mayor and 6 Councilmen for the
City of Marietta for the General e-"
jection for Mayor and Councilmen
to be held on the 11th day of Decem-?
ber, 1917, | ‘
9. Said primary election shall be
held under the law now in force gov
erning Primary Elections, only the
white registered voters who are en-?
title to vote under the.registration
law governing the qualificatfon of
voters shall be permitted to vote in
said primary.
3. The polls shall be opened at 7
o'clock A. M. and closed at 6 o’clock
P M
4, The polls shall be opened and
voting places provided in each, of the
six Wards of the city of Marietta; no
voter shall be permitted to vote ex
cept in the ward of his residence.
5. Each voter shall be permitted
to vote for his choice for the nomin
ation of a Mayor in his respective
Ward; that is, the Ward cf the resi
dence of the voter, but each voter
shall only be permitted to vote for
one candidate for Councilman and
that candidate must be a resident of
the Ward in which the voter resides.
6. At the same time and place and
under the same rules and regulations
herein provided as to nomination of
Councilmen, there shall be six mem
bers of the City Executive Commit
tee nominated for the ensuing two
vears, one from each Ward, the vo
ters of each ward to elect a mem
ber of the Executive Committee who
resides in their ward.
7. The polling place for the First
W ard shall be held at Lawson Field’s
Irint shop on Washington Avenue;
[he polling place for the Second
Ward shall be held at Hick’s Stable
on Powder Springs Street; The pol
;mk Dlace for the Third Ward shall
e }}’f‘ld at W. P. Stephens’ lumber
vard on Church street; The polling
: of the man
who works on a salary and who aspires someday to be
an enfployer instead of an_employee.
We want him to know that a strong financial connec
tion is absolutely necessary to business success, and that
this Bank gladly accepts small accounts because experi
ence shows that such accounts increase where the right
motive prompts the depositor.
Come in and meet our Officers.
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I'he First National Bank
| - MARIETTA, GEORGIA
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, - $180,000.00
place for the Fourth Ward shall be
held at the stable of N. M. Mayes on
Cherokee Street. The polling place
for the Fifth Ward shall be held in
the old Marietta Male Academy gon
Dobbs Street. The polling place for
the Sixth Ward shall be held in the
store room and house of Barnes Es
tate on Lawrence Street. The man.
agers and clerks of all said voting
places shall be named by said Execu
tive Committee.
8. Immediately after the consoli
dation ofethe votes at each of the}
respective voting precincts the man
agers of all the voting precincts shall
meet with the present Executive Com
mittee at the Council Chamber, at
the Court House. in the City of Ma
rietta, and consolidate the whole vote
and declare the result; and the can
didate for Mayor receiving the high
est number of votes in the consolida
tion shall be declared the nominee
for Mayor, and the candidate receiv
ing the highest number of votes in
each of the respective wards shall
be declared the nominee of his ward
provided the rules herein set forth
are complied with by said eandidate.
9. The tickets for each ward shall
be furnished by the Executive Com
mittee; on these tickets shall be print
ed the names of all candidates who
qualify'under these regulations, and
the tickets used for each ward shall
only have the names of the candi
dates for Councilmen for that res
pective ward who qualify under these
regulations; no tielset voted other
than that furnished by the Executive
Committee shall be counted in the
consolidation of the votes cast,
10. Each candidate for Mayor is
‘hereby assessed the sum of Twenty
Five ($25.00) Dollars, and each can
‘didate for Councilman is hereby as
‘sessed the sum of Seven and 50-100
Dollars to defray .the expenses of
iholding -this primary.
11. Any candidate failing to pay
his assessment as herein provided, on
or before Friday the 16th day of No
vember 1917 at 6 o'clock P. M. to
B. G. Brumby, Chairman or William
Attaway, Secretary of this Executive
Committee shall not have his name
printed on the official ticket to be
furnished by the Executive Commit
tee, and no ticket voted for him shall
be counted. .
12. This Executive Committee, to
gether with the managers to be se
lected, shall provide for the election
to be held under the Australian Bal
lot System as far as practicable.
I 13. No candidate who shall direct
ly or indirectly us any money, whis
key, or other thing of value to in
fluence any voter shall be declared
the nominee, even though he receives
the highest number of votes.
B. G. BRUMBY, Chairman,
WILLIAM ATTAWAY, Secty
D. H. McCLESKEY,
E. L. MILAM,
W. C. CARRIKER,
Executive Committee of
Marietta, Ga.
This October Bth, 1917.
AND COURIER
MARIETTA, GA., FRIDAY - MORNING, OCTOBER 12, 1917.
CAPTAIN ANDERSON
FOUND DEAD IN BED
WEDNESDAY MORNING
Captain John A. G. Anderson,
known as ‘“Chuck” Anderson, was
found dead in bed Wednesday morn
ing by one of his servants in pis
room on Whitlock Avenue. He was
72 years old and his livery stable had
been one of the city’s institutions for
many years. v
He was a handsome man in his
youth and his wife, who was Miss
Luella McAfee, was noted for her
beauty. She died in her early years
but her memory was always cherish
ed by her husband. .
Mr. Anderson leaves no relatives
nearer than his cousins Messrs. James
T., Dan and Elmer Anderson, T. W.
Read and Wayland Camp who, with
Mr. W. A. DuPre were his pall bear
ers. |
- The funeral was conducted in
Black’s Chapel by Dr. Rembert Smith
and he was laid beside his wife in the
city cemetery. The hymns were sung
by the Presbyterian choir and were
“Abide With Me” and two other ap
propriate ones with similar petitions.
Dr. Smith paid a tribute to the kind
generous nature of the brother who
had so suddenly been taken from the
scenes of his long life. He had al
ways responded to any calls by min
isters to help “those in need and in
trouble. He had always been con
siderate of colored people and often
allowed them to use his hearses and
carriages for funerals. No tramp
passing his place of business ever ap
pealed for help in vain. All who had
known him could recall some inci
dent of his thoughtfulness for others.
On summer Sundays he sent a
sprinkling cart to lay the dust near
the churches.
At the cemetery where his life’s
journey ended there were many ma
sons and these devoted brothers con
‘ducted the impressive and solemn
obsequies of their ancient order led
by Mr. James R. Brumby, Worshipful
Master of the Kennesaw Lodge, as
sisted by Mr. J. J. Daniell and Mr.
Stanley Welsh.
- Mr. Andersons horse and buggy
led by one of his colored drivers,
headed his funeral procession. A
‘mong those attending from out of
‘town were Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Me-
Afee, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Anderson,
'Mr. John Anderson, of Cartersville,
lEx-Mayor of Atlanta, James G. Wood
'ward, Miss Pauline Schoenthal, Mr.
A. H. Talley, and many others.
Among the beautiful floral tri
butes were two immense wreaths and
the evergreen cross with red and
lwhite ribbons always given a Con-
Ifederate veteran. He was truly a
!iandmark of Marietta. '
MARIETTA TO HAVE PART IN
BILLY SUNDAY’S MEETING.
On Wednesday Evening, October
17th, at 7:30 o’clock, Rev. Geo. G.
'Dowey, the special representative of
[Billy Sunday in Men’s Bible Class
Iwork, will speak at the Presbyterian
| Church. This will furnish a great
treat to the people of Marietta and
€obb County. The meeting is spe
' cially for men but all dre welcome.
! Billy Sunday is the most widely
talked of evangelist ofe®the present
'day and our people are greatly pri
vileged to hear his special represen
,tative.
| BOARD OF U. S. EXAMINING
! PHYSICIANS HERE OCT. 17.
i The War Department has appoint
|ed a Board of Examiners consisting
of Dr. W. C. Eyle and Dr. H. 'W.
Shaw, to visit various points in Geor
gia for the purpose of securing and
examining applicants for appoint
'ment in the Medical Reserve Corps.
| They will visit Marietta Wednes
' day, Oct. 17th. Any Physicians in
' Cobb or adjoining counties who de
!sire to make application to this
’board for appointment, are hereby
' requested to report on that date at
' the office of Dr. C. T. Nolan of this
Zcity, where the examinations will be
held.
. There will be a public meeting at
the Court House at 8 P. M., to which
exerybody is invited. At this meet
ing talks will be made by the visiting
fßoard and others, not only concern
ing the medical work in the Army
and Navy service, but also to the
"Red Cross and other activities.
J. D. MALONE, M. D.,
~ Chairman County Auxiliary Com
‘ Lo mikted.
Brick On Concrete Base To
Be Used With Cement
For Sidewalks.
At the regular monthly meeting
of the city council held last Thurs
day night an ordinance was passed
ordering Atlanta street paved. Notice
of this intention had been duly ad
vertised and those opposed to the
work were notified to be present to
make their objections known.
" The work will begin at once as the
contract was awarded to the Merrill
Road Improvement Company, of
Chattanooga, and their men and ma
chinery are already here. This is
the same company that is doing the
paving on the square and as soon as
that is completed the Atlanta street
work will begin. There were no other
bids for the work although the bid
of this company was slightly higher
than the price charged for the work
on the square.
Councilman Wallace was out of the
city and of the five counciimen pre
sent Messrs Hodges and Welsh op
posed the work on the grounds that
the city was not in proper financial
condition at present to pay for the
work. Also that there were no com
petitive bids for the work and that
the price asked by the Merrill com
pany was higher tham that charged
for the same work on the square.
They also opposed the testing of the
brick to be used at the brick plants
instead of the test being made after
the brick are received in Marietta.
These two gentlemen of course are
for the improvements but said their
opposition on the grounds stated was
justified and was conscientious.
The street will-be paved with brick
on a‘concrete base same as the work
on the square, and cement will be
used for the sidewalks. The work
will cost $38,000.
LIBRARIES FOR SOLDIERS
; AND SAILORS.
The Commission on Training Camp
Activities has asked the American
Library Association to assume the
responsibility for providing adequate
library facilities for the Thirty Two
Cantonments and National Guard
Training Camps now being located in
the United States.
The War Department has given its
approval to the movement and the
Library War Council will assist in
‘the campaign to provide libraries with
suitable books which will mean much
for the men during their hours of
inforced inactivity.
The plan is To raise ONE MIL
LION DOLLARS with which one mil
lion select books are to be purchased
and circulated among our soldiers.
Ré&quests have been sent to the
Libraries in the United States to
assist in raising this fund.
The Clarke Library Association has
a_committee engaged in taking do
‘nations and any contribution will be
greatly appreciated.
As president of the Clarke Library
Association and chairman of the
committee I take pleasurd in ac
knowledging the following generous
contributions.
T. A. Gramling $l.OO
J. J. Daniell 1.00
R. M. McNeel 1.00
W. R. Power 1.00
R. A. Hill 1.00
Jno. S. Dobbins 1.00
J. H. Boston 1.00
J. J. Black 1.00
J. M. Stone 1.00
D. W. B{air 1.00
The plan is to have a name of con
tributor placed in one of the books
and perhaps some friend will get the
book and it will bring cheer to him
in lonely hours.
W. R. POWER, Chairman.
HONOR ROLL FOR SEPTEMBER.
Sixth Grade A.
Sue Nichols, 96.; Susie Kile, 95.5;
Robert Gilbert 94.7; Scheuler Chris
tian 94.; Mary Hicks 94.; Elizabeth
Northcutt 93; Steve Clay 92.; Mary
Belisle 92.; Naney Boston 91.; Jar
rel Priest 90.;
Pay Your Subscription Now
FUNERAL OF GERMAN
SAILOR HELD HERE
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
At the base of a tall pine tree in a
corner of our magnificent National
Cemetery a most pathetic burial took
place Sunday afternoon. It was un
der the direction of Capt. E. I. Small
and Major of Cavalry Adna T.
Cloude, of Fort McPherson. The
victim of pneumonia was Adolph
Brandes one of the sailors on the
Kronprinz Wilhelm which was in
terned at Norfolk, Va., in May 1915.
These sailors have been in Atlanta
since April 1917 confined as prison
ers of war. The funeral service had
been conducted at the camp in At
lanta but a brief service was held ati
the grave by Chaplain H. A, Brown,
who has recently filled the pulpit of I
St. James church and delivered fine
sermons. '
The casket came from Atlanta in
a big army truck and in automobiles‘
following were the six comrade sail
ors who were pall-bearers and the
firing squad of soldiers who fired
three volleys over the grave.
There were two officers from the
crew of the interned German ship.i
Mr. #einert and Mr. Schilling, who
are native Germans, shook hands
with their unfortunate country men
and expressed greetings in their own
language as no conversation is al
lowed between the sailors and others.
There were a great many people
present as Mrs. Wilson had kindly
'phoned her friends all over town so
it would not be a drearier experience
for the unfortunate foreigners than
is usual on such occasions.
Mrs. Lyon brought a bouquet to
place on the grave for his mother’s
sake; Mrs. Meinert brought a big
bunch of roses and another of scarlet
sage; Miss Mary Cole also placed a
bouquet of ros¢ buds on the fresh
earth. At the foot of the grave was
an immense wreath of galax leaves,
with white lilies drooping on one
side, from his comrades and at, the
head a great heart with center of
crimson roses, then a row of white
sweet peas and after this a row of
blue violets in clusters ax)ld bordered
with asparagus fern. This was front
the German-Americansin Atlantsand
seemed to typify affection and pa
triotism.
This poor sailor’s fate is a happy
one compared with that of many
others who are mangled and die a
lone in agony and are never laid to
rest in any grave. He was 32 years
old and may leave a wife and chil
dren in his home across the sea, but
it will be some solace to his loved
ones if they ever see the pictures
taken at the burial and have written
to them a description of the beauti
ful spot where he lies under Geor
gia's blue sky.
WOMAN’S TOURNAMENT
AT THE GOLF CLUB.
The toarnament at the golf club
began Tuesday with the following en
trants:
First flight: Mrs. W. A. DuPre,
Miss Regina Rambo, Mrs. Howell
Trezevant and Mrs. W. H. Wyatt.
Second flight: Mrs A. V. Cortei
you, Mrs. L. A. Gilbert, Miss Mabel
Cortelyou, and Miss Emma May Ram
bo.
Third fight: Mrs. Len Baldwin,
Mrs. Campbell Wallace, Mrs. George
Montgomery, and Mrs. Ralph North
cutt.
Fourth flight: Mrs. Lewis Turner,
Mrs. Floyd Northcutt, Mrs. W. A.
Sams and Mrs. Campbell Wallace, Jr.
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 BULILDING, MARIETTA, GA.
COURIER, ESTABLISHED 1901
$65.000 Worth of Prizes To
Be Awarded During 8
Days of Fair.
I_——'_—'"“'
‘With the greatest exhibit list
ever assembled in one enclosure rea
dy for the big crowds that are com
ing, the Southeastern Fair, at At
lanta, will open its doors Saturday
morning Oct. 13th, for an eight day
session.
Bigger, brighter, better than ever
describes not-only the fair as a whole,
but each imdividual department in
particular., The greatly increased
prizes, aggregating $65,060 have
spurred the farmers, stock raisers and
housewives of the southeast to enter
all their finest products with the re
sult that cvery booth is running over
with the very pick of all the farm
products.
Foremost in interest to the huge
crowds that are coming will be the
cattle show, automobile show, Grand
Circuit races and the long list of
free attractions.
The cattle show will reveal the
most magnificent collection of blood
ed stock ever seen in the south. To
the farmer who is interested in grow
ing meat or producing dairy pro
ducts, the opportunity for learning
what is best in cattle will be unsur
passed. The kings and queens of
cattledom will be there, some of them
direct from the Royal Cattle Show
of Kansas City, others from the prize
farms of the middle west, while still
others will bear the colors of south
ern establishments.
The automobile show will include
special displays of farm tractors and
trucks, many of which embody the
very latest ideas in applying the mo
tor to farm work.
The greatest of the Grand Circuit
performers this year will be seen on
Lakewood track.
The women’s exhibits will draw
thousands of women to the fair
grounds from every walk of life.
Jams and jellies will share interest
with knitting for the soldiers and
educational exhibitions.
Children‘s Day will be on Tuesday
when all school children will be ad
mitted for ten cents. Of special in
terest on this day will be the exhi
bits of the boys’ corn clubs and the
girl’s canning clubs. The fireworks
every night, the free vaudeville, and
the wonderful midway attractions
will also keep the eyes and ears of
those who attend busy from the time
they step in the grounds until they
finally are dragged away late at
night to go to bed theroughly tired
but wonderfully happy.
WANTED 500 BOYS. A
i To raise an acre of wheat in Cobb
County this year, Join the wheat club
let us have the largest and best club
in the state.
Start keeping a record, Lime the
land well if possible, use 200 Ibs acid
As soon as I get the wheat records
I will start to giving them out to
members.
All members of corn, calf and pig
clubs will be admited to the S. E.
Fair FREE Oect. 17th and 18th. All
come and be sure and see the corn
exhibits as well as the pigs. 1 will
be there and will help you any way
I can to enjoy the day.
Respectfully yeours,
D. E. SAWYER, County Agent.
NO. 41.
