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The Marietta Tonrnal
JOURNAL, ESTABLISHED 1866
Official Organ of Cobb County Georgia
VOL. 52
SHAINERS BOOSTED
\
Drive Was A Great Success
More Than Was Hoped
For Is Received
Never in the history of the City of
Marietta has more enthusiasm been
shown than in the recent Red Cross
Drive. The Bplendid organized ef
forts of the Shriners and the work of
the Red Cross members carried the
collection in Marietta, on Thursday,
to nearly $5,000. The quota for the
county being $5,000, and all other
branches thus far reported having
made the full quota of collection ap
portioned them, the county will make
a splendid showing to go over the top.
this collection will give the local
pranches help towards the different
lines of war work being done by them,
a¢ one-fourth of the fund collected
is returned to the chapter for the
purchase of materials.
Mr. Legg’'s Work
The work done by Mr. Legg in the
drive for the war fund has been all
aud more than the county officers
had expected when he was drafted
for this work. With him it has been
a labor of love and patriotism, and
the marvelous results show how well
the chapter selected the man for the
job. In addition to the regular war
fund drive work he has helped to or
ganize several new branches, and it
is to the number of branches in the
county that the future of the work
of the Red Cross will look for the
carrying out of the various lines of
great and good work planned by the
Red Cross Society.
Trinity Church Branch
The latest branch to be organized
was that at Trinity Church on last
Sunday. The Marietta members go
ing over for the purpose of assisting
the very enthusiastic members to per
fect their organization were Mrs. J.
M. Graham, Miss Cortelyou, Mr. Dan
iell, Mr. Legg, Mr. Graham, Mrs. Legg
Miss Gober and Mr. Betty of the
Army Y. M. C. A. The officers are
as follows: Chairman, R. D. Bryant;
Vice-Chairman, Miss Effie Howell;
Secretary, Miss Mary Ruth White;
Treasurer, Miss Lizzie May Howell;
the other members enrolled on Sun
day were Mrs. Will Howell, Mr. Will
Howard, Mrs. Meggs, Mr. Charlie
Howell, Miss Dora Coursey, Miss Re
nie Pittman, C C. Baker, Mr. Robert
Grove and Mrs. R. F. Strickler.
New Members
Smyrna reports four new members‘
for March and April, Mrs. W. A‘
Waddell, Miss Pauline Brinkley, Mrs.
F. M. Delay, and Mrs. C. D. Timo
thy. Blackwell reports seven new
members for March and April, Mrs.
R. A. McCollum, Miss Ida McCollum,
Mis. Will Beavers, Mrs. Will Dunn,
Mrs J T. Austin, Miss Agnes Kemp,
and Miss Sarah Kemp, the last two
named sent a donation of one dollar,
each. Marietta reports Miss Ida
Bray, Mrs. L. F. Gilbert, Miss Clara
Gilbert, Mrs. W R Power, Mrs. Luth
er Clayton, Mrs. H. S. Sauls, Mrs.
Rembert Smith, Miss Georgia Hunt,
Misses Allene Goodwin, Lucile Ses
sions, Dorothy Stephens, Mary San
ges, Mabel Thomas, Isabella Manning,
Miriam Butler, Gertie Morris, Nellie
Maddox.
Colored Circles
Marietta—Charity H. Pickens, Lu
l2 Alexander, Cleve Pinckney, George
(Gardner, Fannie Johnson, Lucy But
ler, Jeff Robeson, Rachel Barr and
Maggie Reid.
Powder Springs—Walter Bracken,
Edward Griffin, Charlie Sims, John
Taylor, Carrie Miller, Georgia Lind
ley, and Nath Radford.
Honor Roll
The pig donated by Mrs. John T.
Dorsey on the day of the drive netted
a large sum for the war fund, and
created much amusement at the meet
ing on Thursday evening.
The two little goats donated by
the Shriners were auctioned at a
splendid profit, and it is prophesied
that these goats will be treated as
mascots in their new homes.
The Shriners Band, no better band
can be found, was not only generous
with its musie but in a material way
added te the collection made follow-
Continued on page six :
STATE HAS SLUMPED ON
WAR SAVING STAMPS.
Atlanta, Ga., May 30—The state
of Georgia stands forty-sixth in the
\sale of War Saving Stamps for the
month of April, and stands forty
eixt\ in the list of states for the sale
of V&Saving Stamps up to May Ist,
according to figures given out here
by State Director, Hugh Richardson.
This means that Georgia will have to
smoke up tremendously to put over
her quota of $57,500,000, which is
more than half the Liberty Loan quo
ta of the entire sixth federal reserve
district, comprising six states. Peo
ple have got the erroneous impression
that War Saving Stamps are a-thrift
scheme for children, while grownups
are supposed to buy Liberty Bonds
and let the stamps alone. This is a
serious mistake which if not correct
ed by the W. S. S. chairman in every
county will ruin Georgia’s showing
at the end of the year, when the final
accounting is taken and the books
are closed on the government’s first
years business in War Saving Stamps.
In order to put Georgia’s quota over,
6,000 mass meetings will be held in
the 6,000 school houses of the state
on June 28 for the purpose of secur
img signed pledges to buy stipulated
amounts regularly from now until the
end of the year. The same plan will
be followed throughout the country
on the same day and at the same hour
2 o’clock in the afternoon. Georgia’s
quota, like that of all other states, is
based on $2O per capita of the pop
ulation. This means that many men
and women must buy more than $2O
worth in the course of the year to
make up for those who cannot or will
not'buy any at all.
PRAYER SERVICE IN THE
PARK THURSDAY AT 6:30
All churches will combine and all
the people of Marietta are asked to
meet in the park square at 6:30 P.
M. Thursday, where a shart prayer
service will be observed.
The various churches having sep
arately observed the President’s pro
clamation during the day, this joint
service will be appropriate.
WE HAVE TO DO IT
After this paper we will be forced
to cut off a few of our subscribers if
not paid up.
The law forbids mailing when more
than a year in arrears, and we could
not afford to send it anyway without
pay. The rate is so low any one who
wants the paper can afford to pay.
MERCHANTS TO CLOSE ON
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS.
We the undersigned merchants a
gree to close our places of business on
each Wednesday at twelve noon for
the balance of the day during the
months of June, July and August.
It is understood that should there
be a rain on Tuesday or on Tuesday
nlghs, and on Wednesday a lot of
people in town that we are to remain
open.
T. L. Wallace Clothing Co.
W. A. Florence Dry Goods Co.
Benson Bros & Co, Dry Goods
Dept., by W.L.Benson.
J. D. Northcutt
T. W. Read ;
Deraney Bros.
Smith & Potts
S. Jabaley
Joseph Deraney
The Fair
W. S. Kelly.
MecClure Ten Cent Co.
E. G. Gilbert Co.
This arrangement will give these
merchants a few hours holiday and in
no way interfere with the service as
soon as it is generally understood.
We would therefore advise people
not to come to town to trade on the
afternoon of Wednesdays.
JUDGE FRANK JENKINS WILL
ADDRESS BARACA CLASSES.
Next Sunday mornlng the Baraca
Class of the First Baptist Sunday
School will meet with the Wesley Ba
raca Class at the First Methodist
Church 2nd hear a brief address by
Judge Frank Jenkins of the Court of
Appeals. Judge Jenkins is very pop
‘ular in Marietta, and a record break
ing crowd is expected to hear him.
" Friends who are not members of
the classe will also be cordially wel
comed. The address willbegln at ten
oclock promptly.
AND COURIER
MARIETTA, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 31, 1918.
JUNE 5 MUST ALL
Give This Publicity And Let
There Be No Slackers
In Cobb County
Young man, you must register if
you have reached your 21st birthday
on or before June sth 1918.
On June sth between seven in the
morning and nine in the evening, all
young men in Cobb county who have
reached 21 since last June sth will
be required to register with the local
board at the Post Office Building in
Marietta.
No other registration place will be
open in the county.
Everybody knows how important
this is now, and we give it all the pub
licity possible, so that no one shall
forget it on that day.
Let no one plead ignorance of the
law, which is no excuse anyway.
America is awake today to the dan
ger which confronts her, and the rest
of the world, and what scemed to
some a hardship a year ago, is today
fully recognized as a patriotic duty.
BUILD TINY ONE-MAN TANKS
FOR USE IN FRANCE
“Mosquito’”’ tanks, which essenti
ally are diminutive replicas of the
powerful armored land dreadnaughts
used with great effect by the British
on the western front, represent the
latest type of fighting machine that
‘has been developed. These one-man
‘devices, illustrated in the June Popu
lar Mechanics Magazine, mount three
guns, and the controls are so arrang
ed that the drive ean pilot the ma
chine and keep the guns busy at the
same time.
MARKET BUREAU WILL
HELP PCTATO SHIPPERS
In the current market bulletin of
the State Bureau of Markets atten
tion is called to the fact that the har
vesting and shipping season for Irish
potatoes is near at hand. Growers
in nearly every section of the state
will soon be gathering their crop for
market. In this connection, the de
partment points out that it is vitally
important that the crop should be
properly harvested, graded and pack
ed. Proper attention to all of these
factors means better prices to the
grower. The same rules apply to the
harvesting and marketing of other
truck crops.
The bulletin carries an extensive
list of Georgia growers who have new
Irish potatoes for sale in large quan
tities. A campaign has been con
ducted urging the wide general use
of the Irish potato as a food, and the
food administration officials believe
it will have some effect.
Growers of Irish potatoes who are
not familiar with the grading rules,
should call on the State Bureau of
Markets for this information. It will
be furnished promptly upon request.
NOTICE SINGERS.
The Concord Union Singing will
meetwith the Baptist Church at Or
ange Hill the first Sunday in June.
All leaders, singers and lovers of
Gospel Songs are invited to come
and spend the day..
D. C. Moon
' President.
THE PATRIOTIC LEAGUE.
The Patriotic League, which was
organized here by Miss Overall of
Atlanta, numbers about thirty mem
bers now.
.The officers are Miss Daisy White,
President; Miss Ella Edwards, Secty;
Miss Frances Baker,e Treasurer; and
Miss Helen Griffin,Pub. Agent.
The members completing the sur
gical dressings course are; Misses
Frances Baker, ‘Nita Chandler, Ora
Chandler,Mary Frances Gilbert,Helen
Griffin, Daisy White, Lois and Ava
Welsh, and Mrs. Edgar Hamby.
The League members have com
pleted 75 surgical dressings, 14 pei
ticoats and one dress for Belgian chil
dren; 15 scrap books for wounded
soldiers in hospitals.
The. League extends & hearty invi
tation to new members.
The Proper Spirit and Great
Interest Shown in the
War Work
On Saturday afternoon, the color
ed people of Cobb county gave a very
creditable and spectacular parade in
Marietta.
It was also a most patriotic one,
the United States flag being in evi
dence, nearly every person carried a
small flag.
The flags of our allies were also
in the line.
The parade was headed by drums
followed by a colored Masonic Lodge,
then a colored Odd Fellows Lodge and
various lodge and church organiza
tions, from all over the county, each
with a patriotic banner of some sort.
One float in the parade carried a
representative of Columbia, and this
was followed by a group of young
women bearing between them a huge
American flag.
The colored Red Cross Circles were
well represented by women in the
uniform.
A large number of school children
were also in the line, bearing flags
and patriotic banners, expressing loy
alty to the government.
Although the costumes were simple
they were very ingenious and quite
spectacular.
Following the parade they marched
into the Court House and held a
Thrift Stamp meeting that was very
enthusiastic and successful.
The meeting was in charge of the
colored chairman, Williams, and some
short talks were also made by white
friends, Mr. R. R. Claiborne, Mrs.
George Montgomery, and M. L. Me-
Neel, who have all been active in the
work.
The sale of stamps for the day
amounted to more than $6OO.
JUNIORS ENTERTAIN - SENIORS
The banquet given to the Seniors
by the Juniors of the Marietta High
School, on Wednesday evening, was
one of the most delightful affairs
held here in a long time.
The banquet was given at the Golf
Club, which is an ideal place for such
parties and it looked particularly
pretty on this occasion. The three
long tables were in the form of a
double “T” and were all alight with
silver and crystal, with attractively
arranged decorations of Dorothy Per
kins and Crimson Rambler roses.
After the delicious five course ban
quet was served, ‘“a feast of reason
and a flow of soul” were indulged in.
Professor Kinnaman, principal of the
High School, was the toast master
and a most entertaining and witty
one he made, and some bright re
sponses were made by both Seniors
and Juniors.
This was the first entertainment
ever given here by the Juniors to the
Seniors, but it is hoped that this ex
cellent precedent will be followed by
all the succeeding ones.
The Seniors present were Misses
Charlotte Law, Audrey Boatner, Ka
therine Runyan, Augusta Cohen, Lu
lu Kemp, Alice Gober, Fleta Black,
Amilie Sewell, Louie Dean Stephens,
and Messrs Archie Sessions, George
Anderson, Onslow Milam, Dallas Os
born, ¢ Edwin Sage, Randolph Sim
monds, and James Smith, while their
hosts were Misses Helen Faw, Kath
erine Galley, Dorothy Lewis, Ruth Mc
Culloch, Mary Nash, Elizabeth Nolan,
Nancy Lee Polloch, Gertrude Reed,
Thelma Rickenbaker, Blanche Rice,
Muriel Williams, Rebecca Cole, Eliza
beth Smith, Myrtie Mae Fowler, Lois
Dobbs, Myrtle Dodd, Irma Dobbs,
Gertrude Kincaid, Katherine Bishop,
Wilma Butler, and Messrs S. A. Con
nor, Wallace Montgomery, and J. R.
Criggs.
The members of the faculty pre
sent were Miss Georgia Hunt, Dr.
Kinnaman, Mr. Guthrie, and Mr. Lee.
“All Germany asks is a place in
the sun” says one of her leaders. We
are willing to give her a hotter place
than the sun.
IE_YOU WANT TO BUY OR SELL,
USE JOURNAL WANT ADS.
FIELD PEAS URGED AS
AN ARMY RATION
Atlanta, Ga., May 30-—ln view of
the large amount of field or cow peas
beld by the farmers of Georgia, the
State Bureau of Markets, of the Ge
orgia Department of Agriculture, has
just addressed an urgent letter to the
subsistence division of the war De
partment at Washington, urging the
use of this valuable and nutritious
product as a part of the army ration.
It is pointed out that thousands of
soldiers who were regular consumers
of these field peas, have gone into the
army and are now deprived of a food
to which they were long accustomed,
since the army furnishes only a white
bean commonly called the navy bean.
For this white bean the govern
ment pays around 12 cents a pound,
while the well known Georgia field
pea can be had at about 5 cents a
pound.
The market bureau’s letter quotes
figures to show that the field pea is
of higher nutritious value than the
navy bean. It is richer both in pro
tein, carbohydrates and fat, the three
essential food elements. - While the
navy bean shows a total of 71.9 per
cent digestible food matter, the cow
pea shows 76.4 per cent and it is also
much more easily prepared for con
sumption.
While it is impossible to state ac
curately just what quantity of field
peas are now being held, the bureau
states it is within the bounds of rea
son to estimate it at ‘around twenty
five million pounds.
The use of these field peas as an
army ration would give the govern
ment a better food value at the cost
of less than fifty per cent of that of
navy beans and would, at the same
time, save the farmer a loss of many
hundreds of thousands of dollars. A
further good effect of such action
would be to encourage the south to
continue the planting of food crops.
The department has been asked to
give the matter immediate attention
as the situation is growing very se
rious.
METHODISTS WILL RAISE
BIG SUM FOR MISSIONS
The recent General Conference of
the Southern Methodist Episcopal
Church, which was held in Atlanta,
Georgia, gave its full approval to the
Centenary of Missions Movement,
which proposes to raise $35,000,000
in the next five years for home and
foreign missions, church extension,
and war work. Laymen in all sec
tions of the south are enthusiastic
regarding the measure and the lead
ers in the great movement are san
guine of success.
GOES TO GRAND LODGE
Mr. J. H. Groves is one of the rep
resentatives of the Odd Fellows of
Georgia to the Grand Soverign Lodge
of Odd Fellows, which meets at St.
Louis, next September. There are
three others from this state: J. E.
Bodenhamer, of Decatur; Homer Ash
ley, of Atlanta; and H. R. McClatch
ey, of Rome.
Mr. Groves was in attedance of
the state Grand Lodge, in Atlanta,
last week.
SPECIFIC ADDRESS NOW
FOR THE SOLDIERS’ MAIL
In the future mail for the Regular
Army, the National Army, or the Na
tional Guard, will not be dispatched
unless it is specifically addressed to
company and regiment or other mil
itary unit.
Avoid delay to your letters by us
ing full and plain address.
CARD OF THANKS
I want to thank the good people of
Cobb County for the very generous
support they have just given to the
American Red Cross Second War
Fund by subscribing about $B,OOO in
money and pledges, in addition to
their unstinted labor, which they so
willingly gave.
I will give 2 more detailed account
in next week‘s papers.
Yours to help win the war,
J. W. Legg
Chapter War Fund Chairman
2nd Red Cross War Fund.
P. S. You will find your pledge
cards at Hodges Drug Store. Please
call and pay them.
J. W. Legeg.
COURIER, ESTABLISHED 1901
Official Organ of the City of Marietta
Sixteen are Graduated from
Marietta High School
Last Week
High School Distinctions.
Archie Drake Sessions, first honor;
George Anderson and Dallas Osborn,
second honor.
In the District Meet. :
Louie Dean Stephens, first place
in Music; J. E. Sage,ssecond place
in Declamation; James Smith,
third place in Boys Essay; Helen
Faw, first place in Girls Essay; Geo.
Anderson, first place in Boy‘s Spel
ling.
To the Marietta High School, The
Literary Cup.
Perfect attendance.
Ist Grade A. Eugene Beshers.
2nd Grade A, J. H. Galt.
2nd Grade B, Georgia Shaw.
3rd Grade A, Carroll Dobbs.
4th Grade B, Addie Maddox.
Hsth Grade A, Lottie Mitchell and
Robert Benson. :
sth Grade B, Louise Land and
Douglass Northcutt.
6th Grade B, Annie Laurie Benson
and Willie Mae Gibson.
7th Grade A, Lorena Conyers.
7th Grade B,.Robert Fowler and
Eldridge Williams.
Ist Class High Schol, Gober Os
borne and Frances Brown.
* 2nd Class, H. S. Nellie Maddox.
3rd Class, H. S. James Smith.
History Prizes.
The D. A. R. prize for the best rec
ord in United States History for the
year, John Robert Fowler.
U. D. C. prize for the best record
in Georgia History in the 6th Grade
for the year, Robert Gilbert and to
Sue Nichols, Honorable Mention.
Thrift Stamp Prizes.
M. L. McNeel prizes for the great
est sales or purchases of Thrift
Stamps by any grade, First prize to
7th Grade B, $1240.29, Second to
2nd Grade A, $316.02,
Spelling Prizes.
Prizes offered by Mr. T. A. Gram
ling.
The following were perfect in spell
for the year:
2nd Grade A, Martha Johnson
Gramling, Rachel Galley, | Luther
Eenson, Bond Carswell.
2nd Grade B, Mary Hodgesand
Mary Frances Cheney.
sth Grade B, Max Pavlovsky.
7th Grade A. Sara Francis North
cutt.
7th Grade B, Emmaline Hamby.
The commencement exercises all
passed off pleasantly as planned and
outlined in program published last
week.
The School Annual is one of beau
ty and of unusual preportions for a
school in towns the size of Marietta.
To the faithful teachers, the young
graduates, and the pupils of the low
er grades, we extend the best wishes
for the future.
METHODIST CHURCH
The Holy Sacrament will be ad
ministered at the 11 o’clock service
at the Methodist Church on Sunday
morning. The children of the Sun
day School will remain for it, as usual
and the parents are urged to come
and take part with their children.
U. D. Cs. CELEBRATE
DAVIS’ BIRTHDAY
The U. D. Cs. will celebrate the
birthday of Jefferson Davis on next
Tuesday afternoon at the residence
of Mrs. Tom Florence on Henderson
Street, at 3 o’clock. All of the old
veterans are urged to be present and
the U. D. Cs. will be the guests of
honor. ,
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH NEWS
The Presbyterian Sunday School
is to have a service flag soon.
Prayer service was held in the
church at 7 o’clock on Thursday
morning with a good attendance.
The usual Sunday services will be
held and your pastor will be cheered
by your presence.
Remember the Community League
service Sunday night _
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