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The Marictta Touenul
JOURNAL, ESTABLISHED 1886
VOL. 51.
'F"H Yl Ml EI Al
On Sunday evening at 7:30 a union
meeting Was held at the Methodist
church to formulate plans for rais
ing war funds for the MOk
The house was well filled and all the
pastors of the city were present. The
cervice was opened by singing “The
Battle Hymn of the Republic,” fol
lowed by prayer and Scripture read
ing.
Mr. Edwards, who "is associated
with the Y. M. C. A. at Fort Ogle
thorpe, made an interesting appeal
of ten minutes. He outlined the work
peing done at the army camps for the
soldiers, telling how they looked
after the physical life of the boys,
giving them games for recreation
after the work was over.
He related how educational work
was carried on, how they taught
classes of boys who could not read,
appealing to his hearers to think of
these boys as human beings, just
average human beings as are else
where who have not had the advant
ages of learning. One company at
Fort Oglethorpe was composed of
men of seventeen different nationali
ties, and with them the work was
progressing. One Georgia soldier of
35 had only learned to write his
name.
Books, magazines and papers were
kept for the boys, and writing ma
terial and even more, sometimes the
secretaries write letters—yes, even
love letters—for the boys and then
read the answers for them. Every
help was given the boys to improve
the social condition and make a real
home for them.
But the religious work is the in
spiration of the Y. M. C. A. secre
taries. Bible classes are held twice
) 2 week, and every possible help is
given the men through personal con
tact with them, to avoid the tempta
tions and pitfalls which beset on
B cvery side in camp. .
He paid tribute to the patriotism
and heroism of the secretaries, who
are voluntarily serving in France,
calling attention to the fact that 9
per cent of those who have gone have
already been killed. They occupy
places of the greatest danger always
there, and another contingent of sec-{
retaries had orders to sail about the
12th of this month. He urged the‘
:_'topie to place the Y. M. C. A. on a
firm feundation to enable it to follow |
the boys and keep hold of them and
bring them home again safe and
c.ean.
Mr. W. T. Forbes, general secre
tary of the Y. M. C. A. at Athens for
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$8.000.00
Over Eight Thousand Dollars will be distributed by this bank on Dec. 10th to the members of its
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C hristmas Banking Club.
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ARE YOU ONE OF THE FORTUNATE MEMBERS OF THE CLUB? .
Just think of it! The above amount, the pennies, nickels and dimes deposited each week by those who
adopted the “saving habit” and kept it up. Hundreds of men, women and children joined our Club last
December and the result of their systematic saving is even surprising to us. '
This means of saving has proven such a splendid thing for those who want to deposit small amounts each week, that we are
going to open another Christmas Banking Club on December 18th, and we invite you to join. It is so easy to save a few cents
each week, that you will be glad when you get vour check from us next December for the pennies or dimes you have accum
ulated during the year. Come in and get a book and be ready to start when the Club opens on December 18th. '
he First National Bank
| Marietta, - - Georgia.
ARTILLERY ARRIVES
320th HERE THURSDAY
The first section of field artillery
from Camp Gordon for gun practice
at the Blackjack Mountain Range
near town, arrived about five o'clock
on Thursday evening, and at once
went into camp. The boys all ap
peared in good spirits as they march
ed through town singing “Over
There.” They are a fine looking
body of men and the mountains of
old Cobb will now resound again
with the echoes of the big guns af
ter a peaceful quiet of more than
fifty years.
We join with all our citizens in a
hearty welcome to the boys and will
seek to do all we can to make their
brief stay here pleasant.
ROSWELL BRIDGE FUND
LOANED BY COURT ORDER
The case of the Board of County
Commissioners against J. B. Barfield,
)county treasurer, to require him to
|loan at interest the special fund of
$B,OOO levied and collected in 1916
|to rebuild the Roswell bridge was up
‘for a hearing before Judge Morris
‘Saturday.
1 The petitioners alleged that after
Ithis fund was collected that the au
thorities of Fulton County refused to
pay their part for rebuilding the
bridge, and that the bridge has not
been reluii: Tor that reason; that ever
since its collection it has been in the
bank, drawing no interest; that while
under the law the money could not be
to rebuild the bridge, they prayed
an order of court directing the
county treasurer to loan the money
out at interest until it could be used
for the purpose it was collected.
D. W. Blair represented the county
board and Campbell Wallace as at
torney for the county treasurer,
stated that his client was willing to
do anything he could legally do so as
to protect himself and bondsmen
under the law. Judge Morris stated
that he was going to pass an order
directing that the fund be loaned
at interest, and suggested that the at
torneys and parties gei together and
see if they could not agree on a con
sent order disposing of the matter.
In a very few minutes they arrived
at an agreement for the First Na
tional Bank, where the money was on
deposit, to pay the county interest at
the rate of 4 per cent per annum
from September 1, 1917, until the
fund was used to rebuild the bridge
in question, the bank consenting
thereto.
The court signed an order to this
effect disposing of the matter.
AND COURIER
MARIETTA, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 7, 1917.
NOV. GRAND JURY
Presentments of the Grand Jury
for the November Term, 1917.
GEORGIA, COBB COUNTY:
To Honorable N. A. Morris, Judge
of the Superior Courts of the Blue
Ridge Circuit.
We the Grand Jury, chosen and
sworn for the November Term, 1917,
of Cobb Superior Court, beg leave
to make these, our general Present
ments.
A vacancy having occurred on the
the Board of County Commissioners
on account of the death of Mr. J.
B. Wing, we have after careful con
sideration, elected by a unanimous
vote, Mr. Jasper L. Gantt, to fill the
unexpired term. We believe Mr.
Gantt to be a thoroughly competent
and qualified man, and commend him
to our Board of Commissioners and
citizens generally.
Mr. T. V. Coléman, having resign
ed as N. P. and Off J. P. for the
845th district of Cobb County, we
recommend that Mr. C. P. Wallace be
appointed to fill the vacancy.
Mr. G. L. Lemon having resigned
as N. P. and Ex-Off J. P. for the
851st district of Cobb County, we
recommend that Mr. S. H. Davenport
be appointed to fill the vacancy.
The term of Mr. C. A. Jamilton of
the 1017th district and Mr. R. D.
Bryant of the 1395th district having
expired, we recommend that they be
re-appointed to these offices. |
We recommend that on account of
the greatly increased cost of food-\
stuffs, that the Sheriff be allowed
65 cents per day for feeding prison
ers, instead of 60 cents as'is now al
lowed.
We recommend that the County
Commissioners take immediate steps
to compel the Southern Railroad to
replace or repair the bridge over
their tracks at Oakdale, same being
in a dangerous condition, and they
having postponed the matter from
time to time for a long period.
. Through committees, we have ex
amined, so far as our time would
pérmit, the offices and books of all
the County Officials, their offices
and records are all in good shape and
correct so far as we are able to de
termine, their reports in detail are
attached to and made a part of these
presentments.
We have carefully examined the
pension rolls and checked same and
we find no one drawing pensions not
entitled to same.
We have carefully investigated the
claim of the County against Solici
tor Clay, concerning which the Court
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The trial of Solicitor General Her
bert Clay attracted a large crowd in
Cobb Superior Court last Friday
afternoon and Saturday morning.
The jury, after being out several
hours, reported to the court that they
were hopelessly divided and could not
agrée on a verdict; that they stood
seven one way and five the other,
and a mistrial was declared.
The indictment charged Mr. Clay
with having followed Mrs. Bobbie
Lee Greer when she alighted from the
12:30 midnight car from Atlanta
several months ago, and started to
ward her home on Whitlock avenue,
and with having placed his hand upon
her and making improper remarks to
her when he overtook her just west
of Anderson Bros. store.
Mrs. Greer testified emphatically
to these allegations, and Policemen
Groover and Sanders testified that
they saw Mr. Clay and Claud Mad
‘dox standing near the car when Mrs.
Gregr alighted, and that Mr. Clay
left Mr. Maddox and followed Mrs.
}Greer as she started toward her
\home.
Mr. Clay introduced no evidence,
‘but made a statement in his own be
half to the jury, in which he admitted
that he approached Mrs. Greer, spoke
to her and shook hands with her near
Anderson Bros. store on the night in
question, but most positively denied
making any improper remarks to her.
He claimed that prosecution was a
frame-up by his political enemies.
He stated that he had known Mrs.
Greer for several years and had
never heard anything against her
icharacter.
Many witnesses were in court to
tes?y to the excellent character of
Mr¢. Greer-if it had been attacked.
The case was hard fought on both
sides. Hon. Walter McElreath, of
Atlanta, and Gordon Gann, of Mari
etta, represented the prosecution,
while the defense was represented by
Hon. Charles H. Grifin and Judge
George F. Gober.
A mistrial having been declared,
the case stands for trial again at the
next term of court.
REAL ESTATE SALES.
Judge J. M. Gann sold his farm in
Gritter district, known as the Gresh
am place, consisting of ‘l6O acres, to
Mr. J. L. Davis, of Red Reck district.
Mr. T. B. Bentley sold his farm
near Blackwells to Mr. A. H. Mec-
Cleskey for $7,000.
WHISKEY GALORE
AND A FULL CAR
Last Sunday night about nine
o'clock a Buick Six automobile driven
by a negro and occupied by two
white men and one white woman, was
seen coming toward Marietta down
?the Cherokee road at a high rate of
‘speed, turning to the right at the Mec-
Cliskey gin to come into the Bell’s
Ferry road toward Chucch street,
near John Brown’s store they could
not make the sharp turn, so over the
bank they went, crushing the two
front wheels of the car and spilling
the occupants together with about
150 gallons of apple brandy and corn
whiskey, mostly in gallon tin cans.
The white occupants of the car, ap
pearing to be badly bruised, got into
another automobile that was follow
ing the wrecked car, after having re
moved the number plate from same,
and were driven away.
The negro driver of the wrecked
car began at once to hide the liquor
in the vines, bushes and gulleys
nearby, but a large crowd quickly
gathered and the goods began to rap
idly disappear in every direction.
Constable Dave Latimer and Police
man Tom Sanders were the first offi
cers on the scene, and by this time
the negro driver had gene. l
The officers took charge of the!
wrecked car, together with twenty
six gallons of the booze, and brought
it to Marietta. After they had gone,
Sheriff Swanson’s son found about
twenty-five gallons more of the hid
dep goods, but the mob which had
gathered took it all and made for the
woods with it.
Sheriff Swanson was osut of town
at the time, and on his return poured
out the captured whiskey, and is now
looking for the occupants of the car,
and no doubt he will locate them
through the register number of the
engine.
The scenes around the wrecked
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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
On Friday of last week Selicitor
General Herbert Clay, in open court,
asked an order ofthe court discharg
ing and acquitting Charles E. Davis
and L. P. Weathers, in the famous
land fraud indictments.
He also asked in open court that
the court permit him to take a ver
dict in the J. E. Mozley case as fol
lows: “We, the jury, find the de
fendant not guilty; we further find
that the prosecution was unfounded,”
}and the verdict was taken.
At the July term of court he asked
that a verdict be given H. B. Moss
finding him not guilty, which was
done.
In August he dismissed the cases
in Cherokee county against C, E.
Davis. In September he dismissed
the cases in Pickens county against
Davis.
These indictments were all re
turned just before the primary elec
tions for solicitor and judge last sum
mer and a great deal of political
capital was made out ofthem. Many
speeches were made by Solicitor Clay
telling how he was going to put all
these parties in the penitentiary.
They are all out of court now, and
on the motion of Soliciter Clay him
self. These cases have cost the
county a large sum of money at the
expense of the taxpayers.
HAMBY PROPERTY SOLD
The B. J. Hamby place, three miles
east of Marietta, consisting of thirty
seven acres, was sold at public out
cry by C. E. Hamby, executor, before
the courthouse Tuesday, for $3,065,
this being at the rate of $B3 per acre.
Mr. J. H. Hamby, son of the decease'd,
was the purchaser.
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