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The Marictta Tonrnal
JOURNAL, ESTABLISHED 1856
Official Organ of Cobb County Georgia
VOL. 52.
2088 COUNTY COURT
Dr. Jones Speaks at Court
House on Monday—Big
Rally Tuesday Night
The regular March Cobb County
Superior Court will begin it’s term
on Monday morning. We published
2 list of jurors at the time of draw
ing several weeks ago, and the calen
dar in our issue of February 22nd.
The Calendar contains quite a num
per of cases which are of more than
usual interest, and a large number
fro mall over the county are expected
to be here.
One matter of interest on Monday
will be an address by Dr. Ashby M.
Jones, on the war. Judge Morris has
consented to recess court to have
this speaking and music will be
furnished by the band from thé Ar
tillery camp on this occasion.
Dr. Jones is an earnest and elo
quent speaker, and if you are inter
ested in any phase of the war, come
and hear him tell of that front over
there where so many of our boys are
going.
On Tuesday night the court house
will be the scene of a thrift stamp
meeting, and a “real live” French of
ficer will be one of the speakers.
It goes without saying that a
French uniform is an unusual sight
(we whisper it to some of the old
folks, it is Confederate Grey, trim
med in red) in Cobb county, and to
hear one in that uniform from the
trenches in France should be enough
to bring you out.
As between these meetings and the
regular business of the court, next
week will furnish plenty of interest
in Marietta.
Our boys have begun their fighting
on the front in France, and the daily
casualty list is growing.
Soon the names of some of those
close to us must appear in the lists.
Attend these meetings and let us be
ready to do everything possible in
sapport of our boys.
BANKHEAD AND
DIXIE HIGHWAYS
Resolution Passed By Board Calls
For Top Soil On These Roads
' As Soon as Practicable.
A delegation from Powder Springs
headed by Dr. J. D. Middlebrooks, ap
peared before the Board of Commis
sioners on Monday asking that they
top soil the roads in the county, from
the river at the Mason and Turner
bridge, to Acworth on the north, and
to the Paulding county line on the
west. ’
This is the western branch of the
Dixie Highway, with the Bankhead
Highway turning West out of it at
a point between Mableton and Pow
der Springs.
It appears that on two previous
occasion the Board has passed a reso
lution that this work be done as soon
as practicable.
The matter was deferred for the
time, but just before the adjourn
ment of the Board on Tuesday after
noon it was again brought up and
again the resolution was passed, as
was also a resolution that all the
roads in the county be dragged as
soon as it is possible to have the work
done.
There was some discussion as to
whether the top soiling could be car
ried on at the same time that the
War Department may be using a
large part of the county force and
machinery on the Camp Gordon pro
jeet, but it was voted that the best
possible effort be made to do so.
Government aid was hoped for by
those interested in the Bankhead and
Dixie Highway roads, but they
seemed to conclude that the carrying
out of the camp Gordon, plan, would
bar any effort they might now make
to secure aid for these roads.
To us it seems more than probable
that the government will yet be in
terested in the establishment of a
highway between Atlanta and An
niston and Birmingham by this
route.
Deputy Hicks and Revenue
Men Bring In Copper
Still Tuesday.
On Tuesday afternoon Deputy
George Hicks accompanied by two
U. S. Deputy Collectors from Atlan
ta office, made a raid down in the
Howell district of Cobb County and
captured a 35 gallon still.
When the officers arrived the still
was not being operated, but a search
of the neighborhood disclosed a lot
of the new products in the hands of
one Charlie Smith, colored ,who con
fessed that he was the owner of the
still.
He said he had been operating for
some time and that he found a mar
ket at $lO per gallon for his whiskey
through parties along the river and
near the county line of Douglas.
He was brought to Marietta and
placed in jail, and the still was de
stroyed as provided by law.
The high prices being paid in some
instances for blockade whiskey is a
great temptation to many people to
make it but we believe that compara
tively few are so engaged, and wheen
they are captured they lose it all.
CAMP GORDON ROAD
TO MARIETTA
Agreement Has Been Reached and
Only Awaits Official Approval
Of the War Department.
Sl |
As per the forecast in our columns
two weeks ago, the War Department
has reached a practical agreement
with the Cobb County Board of Com
missioners, whereby a permanent
highway will be constructed between
Marietta and the river at Vinings,
via Smyrna,
This road will be first class in ev
ery respect, and under the terms of
arrangement Cobb county will not
furnish any cash but will use her
road outfit and machinery in co-op
eration with the War Departments
forces.
The contractor will keep a record
of the time made by these county
forces and a liberal allowance credit
ed on the Cobb county quota of the
expense. |
To make a short statement, the
agreement is practically that the Warj
Department will put into Cobb coun
ty part of this road $40,000, the State
Highway Commission will put in $40,-
000, while Cobb County will furnish
the same amount in labor of gang,
rental of tools, machinery, etc.
During Wednesday the Govern
ment Engineer Crosland, the contrac
tor Shelby Smith, the State Highway
Commissioner Patterson, went over
the road with the commissioners and
inspected it.
On this trip the final agreement
was reached and it only remains for
it to be approved by the War De
partment at Washington in order for
the work to begin.
There is hardly any doubt that
the project will be approved and put
through at once as the War Depart
ment is in sore need of a road, as
well as the county, if the range here
is to be used for the rest of th war.
From the unofficial news sources
we learn that the government anti
cipates a much larger use of the
range, and the camp must be of a
decided benefit to Marietta.
We trust that our people will let
no petty jealasies interfere with the
going forward with the work in the
best of spirit. All the roads cau not
be made permanent at one time.
IMPORTANT NOTICE.
All Cobb County Town and District
Liberty Loan Chairmen, are urgently
requested to meet in Mariettz, at the
office of the Sessions Loan & Trust
Co., at 10:30 o’clock, Monday morn
ing, March 11th, on important busi
-Iness. Also it is degired that they
‘hear Dr. Jones’ great lecture on the
war, on the same date, at the court
i house. '
J. E. MASSEY, County Chairm’n.
AND COURIER
MARIETTA, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 8, 1918.
A Plan So Each District Can
Either “Put Up” or “Shut
Up” About Roads.
We reproduce below a letter from
Judge Morris, which appeared in Sun
day’s Atlanta Journal. :
This letter outlines a constructive
policy for road building, or rather
for road financing, which is the first
step.
It is based on the same principles
as the drainage law, with which the
Judge has had experience, and we
commend it’s careful consideration by
all our people.
In order to become of use -the
legislature would have to enact the
law, but if the system works as well
as we believe it will, we feel that
the legislature will give it proper con
sideration. ;
Read the Judge’s letter and think
of the various phases of the matter,
and if you approve it, talk about it to
others and to your legislators.
Editor The Journal:
The building of permanent roads
is a live question in the minds of a
great majority of the people in this
state. I believe public sentiment has
at last crystalized around this propo
sition in favor of the building of such
roads if a feasible plan can be pres
ented. As the great bulk,of our
state is composed of rural counties
with a limited tax value the serious
question is, how can these , rural
counties build permanent highways?
It cannot be done by direct taxatqu‘
under the limitation of tax assess
ments for road purposes fixed by
law. As a general rule, efforts to
float bonds for this purpose has been
a failure for the reason that there
is always opposition among the vot
ers growing out of the fact that the
permanent roads will not be built
adjacent to property owned by them.
I have in mind a plan that I believe
to be the solution of the question.
I ask that you publish it for the con
sideration of your readers and the
law-making body of Georgia.
A state law should be enacted based
on the general principles of the drain
age laws of this state enacted in
1911, pages 108 to 114, incluscive.
This law has been held constitutional
by the supreme court and many
drainage districts have been estab
lished and are now being established
under the same for the reclaiming of
marshy and overflowed lands. Fol
lowing this general plan a law should
be enacted authorizing the establish
ing of permanent road districts pro
viding that the majority of the prop
erty owners, or the people owning
a majority of the land affected, may
petition the county commissioners,
or ordinary if there are no county
commissioners, for the establishment
of a permanent road district from
any given point to any other point
within or without the county. The
district should embrace all the lands
for one mile on each side of the road
to be permanently improved. When
this is done and the district estab
lished three viewers should be elect
ed to classify all the lands within
the district with reference to the
benefit it will receive from the con
struction of the permanent road im
provement. Provision should be made
that the land receiving the highest
benefit shall be parked in class A.
The next highest in class B, and so
on to class E. In connection with
this classification the property should
be assessed by the viewer as to its
value. When this is completed it
should be ascertained as near as prac
tical the cost of the construction of
the permanent highway and then zn
assessment made as against all the
property in the road district accord
ing to its classification sufficient to
raise the necessary fund to build the
road. Provision should be made, as
is provided in the drainage law, that
the land owners shall have the right
to pay their respective assessments
within a given time and if this is
‘not done bonds should be issued a
gainst the land of all that did not pay
to beretiredin tenannualinstallments
l Continued On Page Two.
This Work Must Grow As
The War Goes On and
Casualtv Li~*~ Grow |
Red Cross and Government. |
The following editorial in the Sat
urday Evening Post of March 2nd,
will answer some of the queries put
to Red Cross workers as to why the}
Government does not do the things!
that the Red Cross is called upon to
do for our soldiers. ‘
“Why doesn’t the Government do
it?” is the question you sometimes
hear concerning the work of the
American Red Cross. |
The answer is: ‘“‘Because the Red"
Cross can do it much better than the
Government could.”
It can do it more cheaply. A large
part of the personal services for the
Red Cross are performed by unpaid
volunteers. Chairman Davison re
cently declared that ten million peo
ple were working for the Red Cross
without pay.
The Red Cross is a much more flex
ible agency than the Government can
be. It had no real organization in
Italy when the Italian armies were
suddenly dislodged and driven back
to the Piave last fall. Some thous
and of families in the evacuated ter-‘
ritories fled from their homes. A
hurried summons brought the Eu
ropean chief to the American Red
Cross to the scene with aids. Imme
ditely the Red Cross was picking up
children who had been sparated from
their mothers, getting helpless fami-‘
lies under shelter, providing food.
Three million dollars was spent to
meet that unforseen need.
The Red Cross can work in a way |
that would be fairly impossible for
a government. For example, everyl
officer and agent of the French Gov
ernment will gladly assist the Red |
Cross to find and help a mutilated%
French soldier or a destitute French '
family. The French Governmentl
might have qualms about accepting |
charity from the American Govern-'
ment, No questions of national pride
or politics comes up when the Redl
Cross is concerned. Every where it
is received without reservation as a|
friend. :
The American public subscribed 2
million dollars to the Red Cross last
summer. Our Government might easi
ly have appropriated that sum for the
work. It would have been lost in the
mass of war appropriations and
meant nothing in particular to any
body. It would have been so much
impersonal cold-storage money. As
one-half of one per cent of the Gov
ernment’s total war appropriations
it would look meager and lifeless.
Freely subscribed by the people thc|
money is warm with human sympa
thy. France, Italy, Poland, see it not
as book-keeping entry made by a*
machine called Government of the
United States but as the generosity
of fellow creatures. It palpaly means
that to us also. The Red Cross can
do it much better than the Govern
ment could.” |
SURGICAL DRESSINGS |
CLASS NOTES |
The Surgical Dressings Class of
the Marietta Branch has accomplish
ed a great deal during the few weeks
that it has been at work.
The first and second division of
the First Class, and the Second Class
has finished the Standard Course.
The third class of 17 members start
its lessons on Friday and the Fourth
Class of 17 members will start very
soon. Already 42 women have fin
ished the Standard Course of les-
Sons.
When these four classes finish the
lessons in the making of surgical
dressings 76 women will be qualified
to make these dressings which means
so much for the comfort and very
life of our boys at the front.
Every member of these classes is
urged to put aside at least one morn
ing or afternoon each week to the
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L Continued om Page Six.
A FEOERAL PRISON
Arranges With Sheriff To
Place Federal Prisoners
In Cobb County Jail
Last week a Federal Prison In
spector Joseph F. Fishman visited
Marietta in the interest of the De
partment of Justice to arrange with
the local authorities for the keeping
of 'a number of federal prisoners
in the Cobb County Jail. Recently
the jail has been comparatively em
ptied and it was thought that a
suitable arrangement might be made
for this.
He reached an agreement with
Sheriff Swanson at that time and the
Board of ‘Commissioners at !thdir
meeting Monday gave approval, so
far as they were concerned, to this
arrangement.
A short time since the Federal au
thorities made complaint against the
slack management of prisons at some
places and it is rumored that some
of these may be transferred to the
Cobb county jail at an early dat.e
MR. HENRY ALLGOOD
HAS NARROW ESCAPE
Mr. Henry Allgood had a painful
experience and a narrow escape last
Friday, at Richardson’s crossing south
of town. He started to drive a
wagon across the tracks, both the
electric line and railroad being near
together there, and as he got on the
electric line track he saw a train com
ing on the railroad track too close
to go on while an electric car also
approached so rapidly that it struck
his wagon, demolishing it, throwing
him out and dislocating his arm, and
otherwise bruising him severely.
He was brought back to town and
Dr. Nolan gave him the necessary
attention. :
DRAFT EVADER WAS
CAUGHT ON MONDAY
On Monday Deputy Hicks tock the
first man from Cobb County to Camp
Gordon who had to be taken there
under guard. This was Pierce K.
Waters, a white man of 25 from near
Roswell who was in the first call, but
after he had passed physical examin
ation, he ran away and failed to re
port. ;
He was finally located in Milton
County, and arrested and brought
back. He was delivered to the au
thorities at Camp Gordon, and will
have to stand trial for desertion, and
no doubt will get a sévere sentence.
After his delivery at Camp Gor
don he confessed that he and some
others had entered a conspiracy not
to respond to the call.
Of this he now repents, but too
late to save his record, and will be
sides be punished for his action.
It is to be hoped we will have no
other such cases from Cobb Coun
ty.
BAPTIST CHURCH NEWS.
Last Sunday was one of the most
eventful days in the Marietta Bap
tist church.
There were 360 present at the
Sunday School, and the music was
furnished by the soldiers band from
the camp.
There was inspiration in the sing
ing of America by all the school to
the music of the band.
Dr. White preached an exception
ally fine sermon.
In the evening at the B. Y. P. U.
the Soldiers Glee Club furnished the
music.
At the night service the singing of
the Vaughn Quartette was very fine.
The Methodist Congregation join
ed in the night service and the crowd
was overflowing long before the ser
vice began.
Then Mr. Will D. Upshaw deliver
ed his great lecture “The life beauti
ful, the life that counts.”
One person remarked after the
service that it was the greatest day
for Marietta since he had lived here.
COURIER, ESTABLISHED 1901
Official Organ of the City of Marietta
MARIETTA GETS THE
Will Entertain Coming Men
and Women of the Dis
trict on April 12-13
Editor Marietta Journal:
Please allow me space in your pa
per to remind our people of the meet
ing of the Seventh District High
School Association to be held here’
April 12th and 13th.
Most of the high schools in the
district will send representatives each
school being allowed thirteen. These,
together with the judges, superin
tendents, principals, and teachers,
will total abeut one hundred and
eighty or two hundred.
We do not doubt that our people
will respond generously and cordially
to the request of the committee now
being appointed, mostly from the la
dies of the Civic League, to enter
tain these visitors. The various ex
ercises of the association will cover
only one day—from Friday noon un
til Saturday noon; so the burden of
hospitality swill not be great. :
This district has more first class
high schools than any other in the
state, and our town will be flooded
with a lot of enthusiastic young peo
ple whom we wish to make happy
while they are here and send away
with pleasant impressions of Mari
etta. To secure this result there
must be full co-operation between our
citizens and the schools. A recep
tion will be given our visitors and
owners of automobiles will be re
quested to offer the use of their cars
for a short time.
Our high school pupil; are busy
preparing their parts and are looking
forward to the meeting with mgéh
pleasure, %
W. T. DUMAS, Pres.
DOCTORS TO MEET.
The Seventh District Mediial So
ciety meets in Rome for one day next
week, Wednesday, March 13th, and
a large attendance is expected.
The war has brought about many
new things in medicine and surgery,
and interesting papers om current
topics will be read before the socie
ty. r
Dr. C. T. Nolan is on the program
for the response to the address of
welcome. :
DR. SAWYER’S NOTES.
In going over -the ecounty I see
some farmers burning corn stalks.
Let me beg you to stop this. Cut
them up with a stalk cutter and plow
them under, for each ton of these
stalks contain six dollars worth of
nitrogen alone. Do not destroy that
which your soil so much needs.
The prospects are bright for corn
and pig clubs, and premiums for these
will soon be announced. W, L.
Evans and T. W. Florence have
bought bred Duroc Sows, B. Awtrey
and Alexander Black, bred Hamp
shires from Tennessee, John Poor
and 1. C. Power got bred Poland sows
from Missouri. The Durocs from
Thomasville, Georgia, all are regis
tered, and these with the two Du
rocs owned by Horace Clay, and a
Berkshire that belongs to Mr. Me-
Lain, of Marietta, will furnish a good
lot of pigs for ¢lub work this spring.
Note this. If people would put
scme salt where cows could get it
all the time, and would feed some
variety of food such as wheat bran,
beet pulp, pea and alfalfa hay, and
not feed so much coton seed m
and hulls, the county agent wox‘:fi
have more time to do other things.
than doctor cows. ‘;
Where your cow gets “off her
feed” give her a pound of Epsum
salts and change her feed.”
A CARD OF THANKS.
We wish to extend our sincere
to those neighbors and friends who
were so kind and helpful during the
sickness and death of our loving wife
and mother.
J. T. McKINNEY and Children. '
NO. 10.
