The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, June 14, 1918, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextThe Marietta Fournal | JOURNAL, ESTABLISHED 1886 Official Organ. of Cobb. County Georgia VOL. 52 IH%EA:AIIIA’IIE Ifls“ N Is Advised To Look For Job To Which He Can Be Appointed Theé following letter from Judge N. A. Morris appeared in the Atlanta Sunday -papers.. - o ie - “Marietta, Ga., June 8, 1918. “Hon. W. J. Harris, Kimball House, Atlanta, Georgia. “Dear Sir: I notice from the daily press that in your Crawfordville speech-this week you had quite a lot to say in criticism of me, and, as 1 have seen no repudiation by you of the press articles, I presume you were correctly quoted. “You state that “Judge Morris call ed upon Governor Dorsey to enter the race, and 1 presume that Gov ernor Dorsey told him, as he had teld hundreds of others, that he would not oppose me.” “To the charge that I call‘ed upon Governor Dorsey and solicited him to run for the senate, I plead guilty, and if he should enter the senatorial race, if there is any other job to which you can get appointed in Washington, you had better get you -a “flivver” and make a bee-line therefor and not stop on the road long enough for How ard’s wood-peckers to locate you. A Challenge S “Only a short time ago you were very energetically endeavoring to get before the public the conversation and correspondence between the pres ident and Congressman Howard in re gard to Howard’s entering the race for the senate. Now if you will dis play a little of the same sort of en ergy and join me in getting Governor Dorsey to give to the public just what he said to me in that interview to which you refer concerning your can didacy for the senate, I will give $5O to any Red Cross Chapter in Georgia that you will designate. “As to my going to Washington: I have mever gone there to confer with anyone on matters political, but dur ing the time referred to by you, you dave done practically nothing but run backwards and forwards to Georgia in the interest of your own candidacy, I do not know of a convention which has been held in Georgia during the past year that you have not “butted in” on, when at the same time you were drawing $lO,OOO salary from the government and supposed to be lookinf after important business for it. “You also charge that I got control of a newspaper recently. I simply bought stock in a paper which you then held and now hold stock, but this paper is not supporting you in your race for the reason that it is acquaint ed with you and knows that there are at least one hundred thousand men in Georgia more capable and better qualified to represent this great state in the United States senate than you. As To Congressman Lee “You further state that 1 announc ed that I expected to run against Congressman Gordon Lee, who had loyally supported the President, in peace as well as in war. Onthe 28th day of April, 1917, when the milita ry bill was under -consideration, which provided that an army should be raised by volunteers, Congressman Kahn, at the instance and request of President Wilson, offered an amend ment striking out ‘volunteers” and providing that an army be raisedby the selective draft system; on the call of the yeas and nays, as appears on page 1434 of the congressional record, Hon. Gordon Lee voted against this amendment. This was the most important meas ure before Congress since the begin ning of the war, and one that( the President urged mest earnestly to have passed; Congressman Lee show ed his ‘Joyalty’ by voting against it. “Mr. Lee at other times showed his ‘loyalty’ to the President by voting against the woman suffrage bill which he urged to have passed, and which was passed by the house; he also voted against the bill to prohibit the sale of whiskey in Washington, which was also passed in spite of his vote. This is only a part of what the record shows as to Mr. Lee‘s ‘loyalty.’ “You are doing, Mr. Lee a very great injustice by trying to load him dewn REGISTRATION: LIST OF JUNE STH COMPLETED. We print below the names of the young men of Cobb county who reg istered on June sth, who have reach ed 21 years of age since last June. WHITE D. Abercrombie Robert Lee Adair James Floyd Aiken Walker Aikins John A. -Allen : Thomas Rogers Austin . Samuel Grady Barfield Hershel Eugene Barrett Arnold C. Bearden Tyra Stanmore Beavers Howard Vester Bivens Dilmus Burneétt - William Jordan Black, Jr. William Guy Boring James Fred Brooks Manning Brown ' William Carl Brown H. N. Bullard James N. Camp Thomas J. Cantrell Thomas Jasper Carlisle Carlton L Cart'er Roy Causey Steve Chalker Frank Cooper Chandler Emory Winn Chastain . John K. Christian Henry Walter Clay ‘Alfred Cogburn William Paul Cook E. L. Cooper : William David Cottrell Hubert Croft James Arthur Crow George Sidney Daniell Byron Defoor ‘Guy Dickerson : Albert Dobbs Claude Lee Dobbs Robert Dobbs ; Ernest Gilbert Dover James William Dunn Sidney R. Durham ‘Samuel Edwards Ben Eller George Columbus Elliott Malvin Ellison Thomas G. Eubanks Charlie Evans Thomas Judson Farmer Marion Harvey Fleming John Lewis Foster Luther Foster Roy Foster . John L. Cloer Ralph Kemp Greer William F. Griggs Continued on page five se S R R ‘with the dead weight of your race. ‘Mr. Lee will have all his shoulders can carry to take care of himself and ‘his record when the farmers are through laying by, and the congress jonal race in the old seventh warms up. : “You complain against the Fannin county Grand Jury because they stat ed that the masses of the people would not support you; you say that you have never been_in Fannin coun ty and are not acquainted with them; there is no use of your going there, Billy; they seem to be acquainted with you. These sturdy men from the from the Blue Ridge Mountains are /answering every call of the President for soldiers, Red Cress contributions, and in the purchase of Thrift Stamps and Liberty Bonds, but they seem to have reserved to themselves the right to select some one to represent them in the Senate. “Humiliating Administration” _“] quote from your Crawfordville speech again as follows: _“They (men who formerly supported Hardwick) wish my defeat so they can humiliate President Wilson; they would like to say to the rest of the country, ‘Geor gia has repudiated the administration’ “When did you get to be ‘the admin istration?’ What right have you to <o designate yourself? ‘Humiliate the President!” Ye gods and little fishes! Your defeat would no more humiliate him than a mosquito could humiliate a bull elephant in the jun gies of Africa. “Your whining, erying and sniff ling metheds would indicate that you are better qualified for the office of coroner than Senator. If you would quit trying to swing on to the coat tails of other people and run on your own merit, if you have any, the peo ple of this state would have more res pect for ycur candidacy. Respectfully, N. A. MORRIS. «p. S.: Your continued and often repeated expression of ‘me and the President’ is just about as appropl:i ate as the Kalser's of ‘me and God?’ it is disgusting to all sensiblespeople; cut it out.” : F ANFP) CHOIURIER MARIETTA, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 14, 1918. AN ATTEMPTED JAIL l | “The Best Laid Plans Of% Mice And Men Aft Gang Awry” | On last Monday morning at about; 4 o’clock the night police noticed someone up in the jail and. reported the matter to Sheriff Swanson, who immediately made an investigation. He found that four of the prison ers, namely: George Long, Fred Har per, Jim Franklin, and John R. Banks bad eobtained a hack saw by .some. means, and had already succeeded in cutting one of the bars and started on another. | When they found that they hadi been discovered they tried to con ceal the hack saw and covered thei cuts on the bars with wax. | The Sheriff, however, took charge} of the saw and made a search whichi revealed the cut bar. He will see that further restrictions are put a round this quartette, and no further such operations go on. NEW DISTRICT AGENT Mr. Elmer C. Straham has been. made District Agricultural Agent for the Seventh District. He has supervision over the county agents. He supersedes Dr. William Bradford, who becomes State Club Agent. Mr. Straham has not yet located his headquarters but will probably reside in Powder Springs. This is no pemny war, but every penny counts! Work and Save! YOUNG LADIES AUXILIARY Below is the report of the Young Ladies Auxiliary No. 1, for the mon th of May, Mrs. N. K. Smith, Chair man. Miss Julia Anderson, 1 sweater, 1 pair of socks, 69 surgical dressings. Miss Marie Shippen, 1 sweater, 1 pair of socks, 30 surgical dressings. Miss Cora Brown, 1 sweater, 50 surgical dressings. Miss Jean Wallace, 1 sweater, 50 surgical dressings. Miss Martha Shippen, 1 sweater, 2 pair of socks, 20 surgical dressings. Miss Mary Robeson, 2 sweaters, 13 surgi cal dressings, 6 hours auto service. Miss Constance - Cole, 16 surgical dressings, 9 hours auto service. Miss Harriet Robeson, 1 sweater, cut 15 hospital bed shirts. \Miss Sara Pat ton, 30 surgical dressings. Miss An nie Hahr Dobbs, 1 sweater, 1 pair of socks, 3 surgical dressings. Miss Lu cy Cole, Miss Irene Malone, and Miss Minnie Lou McNeel worked with the committee on the day of the drive, and on the Coca-Cola car on the ev ening of the drive. The new members during May are Misses Lillian Dobbs, Lucile Morris, Elizabeth Anderson, Mary Frances Gilbert, Hattie Black, and Frances Dobbs. This is a splendid showing for this committee, and the Director for the Woman’s Work congratulates Mrs. Smith and the young ladies. Save, and save more! Buy War Savings Stamps! Push the war work and save the lives of our boys! “THE BLUE BIRD” Mr. Marchman has secured for the Strand for next Thursday, Maeter linck’s, “The Blue Bird,” which is one of the most wonderful productions of the film world. : The art of photography gives to this film the latest discoveries and makes it seem supernatural in the highest degree. Science and art combine in the realization of this great spectacular production, and it will bring to you both wonder and amazement. It was the effort of a master mind, taking months to complete, and that at an enormous expenditure. It is very justly considered the masterpiece of the famous Belgian philosopher, and well worth seeing. The local board has a call for 10 colored men to go to camp on the 22 ‘but they bave not yet been selected. “We will-publish mames next week. IF YOU CAN'T FIGHT Make Your Time And Your Dollars Count For The Boys Over There All of the Branches in the county will be at work during the week of June the 23xd.. -The Drive is suppos ed to be completed by the 25th so that it will not interfere with the W. S. S. National week. . Miss Cortelyou has sent to each of the Chairmen in the county a letter of instructions regarding: the .drive. In cases where the members were en rolled in September or later they will not be expected to renew until the time their membership has expired, although it would be a great help with the bookkeeping if we could have all of our members in the county renew at this time. It would be an act of patriotism if those whe joined in the fall would disregard the few inter vening months and renew at this time. . We hope to make a record break ing drive of this one, and to at the very least, double the membership in the county. Just think what the dol lar you give to be a member of the Red Cross will do. You give a dol lar and it helps to keep warm and well the boys who are fighting for all of us. You give a dollar and it helps to bandage the wounds that our boys are willing to bear that our homes, our women, our children and our old people may be spared the hor rors of the war on our own land. Isn’t a dollar as little as we can do? The membership in the Red Cross dees not mean that you will have to do a single thing more. All work and service of every kind is absolute ly voluntary. It would seem that this is a statement necessary for the officers of the Cobb county Chapter to make again and again, as we are 'so often asked, “If I join the Red Cross, will 1 have to go to France or will T have to nurse the soldiers”? Of course we tell such inquirers that to nurse in a Red Cross Hospital, requires that the nurse must be a registered graduate nurse who has had certain training. Red Cross Nurses There is a great need for addition al nurses and a request has come from headquarters for the registra tion of all graduate nurses. Al the graduate nurses in the county are requested to register with Miss Cor telyou. A committee on nurses will be announced next week, but in the meantime Miss Cortelyou will receive the registration. There will be a need ofr nurses in their own commu nity for those who are so situated that they cannot volunteer for active service, in this way a nurse who can not serve her country at the front, can release some other nurse who can do active work. Next Surgical Dressings Class Register at the work room for the next class in Surgical Dressings by the 17th of June. It requires a week to receive permission from headquar ters for the starting of a new class. Roll of Henor Mrs. E. L. Stringer to Surgical Dressings, $5.00. Miss Lottie Lou Murray’s Sunday School class to Sur gical Dressings, $12.00. The Surgical Dressings rooms will be opened at 4 o'clock during the hot weather. Remember that the boys are fighting even if the weather is hot, and that Surgical Dresgings are needed as much if not more during the hot weather. Unless the women who have learned to make the dress ings, come to the work room rezular ly, the allotment for the month of June will not be finished. New Members Mrs. A. J. Triggs, J. P. Irwin, Jr., Mr. J. S. Blackwell, Mrs. Carl Hill, Mrs. Lula Black, and Mr. W. J. Head on. Renewals: Mr. J. D. Northcutt, and Miss Ella White. Marietta Colored Circle Lizzie Hopgood, Luia Hill, Lula Watson, Willie Jackson, Amanda Les ter, Georgia Strickland, Sallie John son, George B. Brooks, Katie Hill, Theo Johnsen, Jim Wilson, May Ber ry, Della Ware, Maggie Cotton, Es sie Clarke, Tayler Wallace, Eddie Hollingsworth, Buck Williams, and Lucious Jacksem: — == % £ SALUTE LIEUTENANT } BOLAN BRUMBY, JR. | e i Rolan G. Brumby, Jr., is now wear ing the uniform of a Lieutenant. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Brumby, of Marietta, and although a very young man, he has earned this honor. He went into the Army as a volun teer private, went to Mexico with the boys, and was then sent to Camp Wheeler, where although still a pri vate, he was used as a drillmaster, on account of his ability. Then came the selection of a lim ited number of the boys to go to an officers training camp in Texas, and by all rights Bolan was one of the men. He earned his commissien,, but still it was not given him, he was made a sergeant and sent back to Camp Wheeler, where he uncomplain ingly took up his former duties for a time. _ But now he has been rewarded with a commission, and is a full fledged Second Lieutenant, and has been as signed to duty at Fort Pike, Arkan sas, where he went on Sunuday, last, after a brief visit to the home folks. Having earned his rank by his own patriotfc faithfulness and ability, he will wear his uniform to the honor and credit of his state and country. BOY SCOUT SERVICE AT METHODIST CHURCH On next Sunday night, June 16th, at the Methodist Church, there will be a special service for the Marietta Boy Scouts. Dr. Smith will have-fif ty stereoptican views of the work of the Boy Scouts, also a good lecture. The parents of the boys are especi ally invited to attend this service. The Marietta Troop of Boy Scouts have more than fifty members now. ALL DRY GOODS STORES : CLOSED ON WEDNESDAYS All the Dry Goods stores are clos ing on Wednesday afternoons now and not a few country people, and city folks too, who have failed to no tice the publication of the fact, are being disappointed by coming for things which they are unable to get. Take note of this fact ond do not come to get dry goods on Wednesday afternoons. G. N. 1. C. SUMMER SCHOOL The Georgia Normal and Industrial College at Milledgeville is keeping summer school for teachers again this year. We have before called attention to the high excellence of the college, and we wish to assure our readers that this summer course is a most desir able thing. The cost is less than ordinary board the total expense being at the rate of $1 per day, or $4 per week. This includes board, room, lights, enter tainment, lectures and all fees. The school opened on June 10th, but later entries may be secured by writing the secretary, J. W. Good, at Milledgeville. Among the educators and lecturers are: Dr. W.,H. Kilpatrick, Teachers College, Columbia University. (Lec tures on Education) Professor Hen vy E. Jackson, Bureau of Education, Washington, D. C. Professor Will iam McKeever, University of Kansas. Dr. F. B. Dresslar, George Peabody College for Teachers. Dr. Charles McMurry, George Peabody College for Teachers. The summer school last year was a great success and this is sure to be even more largely attended. Thou sands of young women throughout the state who are loyal to the G. N. 1. C. and it’s President, have spread the fame of this school far beyond the borders of the state. ! RAINED AGAIN Yes, it rained again, and off goes the lights and power, and stays off for an indefinite time and at the very period when we need it most. This is no penny war, but every penny counts! Work and Save! G e Powder Springs Colored Circle A. J. Turner, Annie Harris, H. K. Reynolds, Harward Stokes, and Ge orgia Richardson. Post Oak Branch The officers elected by the Post Oak Branch last Sunday were: Chair man, Mr. T. W. Hagood; Vice Chair man, Mrs. L. M. Crissey; Secretary, Miss Estelle Lassiter; Treasurer, Mr. L. N. Lassiter. COURIER, ESTABLISHED 1901 Official Organ of the City of Marietta THE. SHERIFF HAS A Bones Found Last March In Lemon’s District Are Yet A Mystery i A mystery is still unsolved, in the Lemon District of Cobb county, and what is_ more, it.may never. be solved now, although the saying that ‘“mur der will out” may yet come true here. And yet there is even some doubt as to whether it was a murder. , About the first of last March, one Sam Sanders, a negro man, passing through the woods on the Nickajack Creek, beyond the Southern Railway tracks, found the skeleton of a human being, the bones scattered and bleach ed in the sun. No clothing was about but not very far away was a bundle of woman’s clothing, which had rot ted and mildewed so with exposure as to be almost in shreds. These were reported to Sheriff Swanson who has since been at work on the case. He first found that about three miles away lived Charles N. McMickens, whose daughter, about 20 years of age, had disappeared from her home last September and had not been heard from since. This clue put the officers on the trail to find some connection between the skeleton and this missing girl, but nothing could be learned, so it was thought by all that this was the girl’s skeleton. The skull had what appeared to be a fracture on one side. The teeth were sound, no dental work gppearing but two or three of the teeth had been pulled and the bone had healed. ' Physicians pronounced it to be ap parently the skull of a woman, and the teeth would indicate .that of a young person. Last week the girl’s father receiv ed a letter from her, and he at once came by Marietta and went with Sheriff Swanson to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Powell, an old cou ple who live just beyond Roswell, and found the girl. The Powells say she came to them at the time she disappeared from her home, and gave an assumed name at first, but later gave her true name and asked not to be sent home. She was employed by the Powells and ap peared to be satisfied. This discovery still leaves a mys tery of the skeleton which Sheriff Swangon has on his hands. We are publishing the matter, al though an old one, with much detail in the hope that someone may see it and give information leading to it’s clearing up. Was it a murder? If so, when? And who was the victim? And who the murderer? Several theories are entertained by the officers but no distinct clues are uncovered so far. SHORT COURSE IN HOME ECONOMICS On July 30, 31, August 1, and 2, a short course of canning, drying, bread-making, and home economics will be given at the Macland school building. This will be in charge of Proffessor Hunt, but it will be under the super vision of the state Agricultural Col lege at Athens, and they will furnish such demonstrators and material as may be necessary. This will be a great opportunity for those who have not been able to 2o to the Athens meetings, to get much of the good near héme. The course is free and it is expected that quite a number will take advantage of it. Mrs. Sawyer is anxious to get a party of four girls who will go with her to the full course at Macland, staying there the four days, which will not exceed $lO, each for the ex pense of board, lodging, etc. However, anyone may go for a day, or every day, free of tuition charge. War Savings Stamps June 28. On the 15th J. W. Mozley, Earl W. Westmoreland, C. C. Steinhaur and Gilbert G. Osborn will report to Tech under orders of the local beard; and will be given a special course of train ing for the service. e NO. 24