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OUR VICTORIES CALL FOR
RED CROSS SUPPLIES
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according to the Revenue act exempts
the war tax when all the net receipts
go to religious, educational, or char
itable institutions. This war tax has
‘been appropriated to the Home Ser
vice Section of the Cobb County
Chapter.
$43.81 has been credited to the
Surgical Dressings fund for the Ma
rietta Branéh, $21.91 to the Hos
pital Supplies, and §21.91 to the wool
Fund.
This Benefit represents the gene
rosity of the owners of the new Dix
je Theatre, Mr. E. L. Stringer, and
Mr. D. A. Summerour.
It is suggested that when the other
Branches in the county have benefits
they appropriate a certain amount to
the Home Service Section.
This section of the Red Cross is
aveilable to every part of the county
and some funds are necessary to the
proper working out of the relief that
the department plans to give and lend |
to those who are left behind by our
boys who have gone to the front to‘
defend us.
Honor roll.
From the swimming pool of Mr.
Thom, $2.10, appropriated to the
Home Service Section..
The Marietta Colored Circle turn
ed in six hospital bed shirts beauti
fully laundered this week. This com
pletes twelve shirts made by a small
band of the circle.
The Juniors, Mrs. Otis Brumby, as
Chairman, deserve special mention
for the number of tickets sold by
them for the Dixie benefit. :
One little girl sold fifty-five and
when offered a ticket for every ten
she sold, refused saying, ‘“This is my
Red Cross work.” :
Strand Theatre benefit.
The Strand Theatre management
has generously donated the entire net
receipts for the week of the 22nd of
July to the Marietta Branch of Red
Cross. :
The bill for Monday was very fine
and the program for every day is all
that the most exacting Movie fan can
possibly desire.
The Tuesday bill with the adorable
Ann Little and the charming Wallace
Reid drew many picture parties to
the Strand.
On Wednesday Enid Bennett and
Jack Holt justified the popularity of
these two stars.
Let us commend to all lovers of
e s
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THURSDAY, AUGUST IST., 1918,
We will sell for CASH ONLY during the remainder of the war. It
will be impossible for us to hold even the present prices and continue to -
do a¥credit business, for the following reasons: .
4 : The additional cost of bookkeeping. .
The loss in bad and slow accounts and express collections
Thg interest on the account for the time it is uncollected
25 per cent increase in freight rates from factory .
: 25 per cent increase in freight rates on raw material to factory
. Ten days’ time in which to discount our own bills , -
Now, because of the fact that most all Drug Store merchandise is
made up of Nationally Advertised Products which are sold at fixed pri
ces we are unable, like other merchants, to make our own price. We
must of necessity eliminate every pessible overhead expense,and Credit
heads the list. :
Our employees and ourselves will pay cash for our purchases as will
every one else in the near future.
W. A. Sams Drug Company Griffith’s Pharmacy
Hodges Drug Company | Collins Brothers
the beautiful and uplifting in the si
lent drama the bill for Thursday,
when dear little Mae Marsh will be
the attraction. ]‘
Friday brings to us a royal treat
in the great picture of James 01iver§
Curwood’s book, “Baree, son of Ka
zan.” This picturization is said by}
critics and authors to be his finest]
book. The little folks will see after
your comfort on that day. !
Now for the great bill of the great
veek. We told you that we had some
thing great for Saturday, but did
you think that we were going to give
you a double bill, such a treat as Jack
Pickford in “Huck and Tom” that
‘masterpiece of Mark Twain, done in
a picture for a veritable living per
sonification of the greatest of this|
great American humorist. ‘
Then on this same wonderful day
we have Fatty Arbckle in his )utestj
scream, “Good Night Nurse.”
The Boy Scouts are going to -do
their best to make you have a good
time on Saturday. We are calling
Saturday ‘Boy Scouts Red Cross Day’
and we want the good people of Ma
rietta to help the Scouts to put up
the sign, “Standing Room Only.” '
GOVERNMENT TAKES OVER
THE WIRES ON AUGUST IST.
On midnight of July 31st the Gov
ernment will take charge of the tel
egraph and telephone lines of the
country, and operate them on the
same basis they operate the railroad.
It was probably necessary as a
war measure, and possibly the gov
ernment control may extend beyond
the war.
We should have some misgivings
about the management by the Post
master General and his associates,
but we presume there will be little
change in he actual management in
the details.
Unlike the railroads, the wire sys
tems have few big offices not abso
lutely necessary, and few big salaried
officials who can be eliminated to
save money. ] |
Locally we trust there will be no
change, for we are satisfied with
both the personel and the service at
Marietta.
PLEDGE REDEMPTION DAY
The War Savings Administration
has asked us to call especial atten
tipn-te-the redemption of War Stamp
pledges.
If you have obligated to purchase
any in July which you have not yet
THE MARIETTA JQURNAL AND COURIER
‘bought, they earnestly request you to
make Saturday redemption day, and
hereafter o make the last Saturday
in each month redemption day.
. And in this connection let us urge
you to more than ‘“make good” your
pledges. Many will be able to make
purchases in excess of their pledges.
Our boys over there are not stopping
their drive on the Germans.
Let us more than support them in
the good work they are doing and
the victory will be ours.
CITY TAX DEFAULTERS
The Board of City Tax Assessors
have been going over the returns
made this year, and have made the
amazing discovery that a large num
,ber of people, and some corporations,
!made po returns and paid no taxes
{at all last year.
] Furthermore they have found in
many cases that the returns made
were unreasonably low, and that for
many years this condition has pre
vailed, there being no adequate sys
tem of locating those who fail to
make returns.
The law provides that those who
fail to make returns may be double
taxed, but on account of the previous
laxity in the system there is no dis
position to deal harshly, and notices
are being sent out, returnable within
five days, calling for a return of all
property.
Whether there is now any legal
way to collect from defaulters of last
year or not, the moral obligation ex
ists, and they should not hesitate to
pay up at this time. |
The Board is going into the matter
of listing defaulters, and providing a
system which should reach every one,
‘and make an equitable division of
the burden taxes. |
~ That some should pay and others
do not pay, and are not forced to pay,
is an injustice which we are sure the
present Mayor and Council will cor
rect.
We feel that some are defaulters
by reason of oversight, and we have
no disposition to criticize them se
verely at this time.
If all property is given in correctly
the rate could be materially reduced.
A large party of Marietta gentle
men left on Thursday for a camping
and fishing trip to Enharlee. More
will go tomorrow and quite a gather
ing is expected by Saturday. ‘
THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL
ENDORSE MR. THOMAS
' We have from the Mayor and the
members of the Marietta City Counecil
an appreciation, which it gives us
much pleasure to publish, and which
speaks for itself.
Webelieve that a large majority of
our citizens will also give endorse
ment to the merited thanks expressed
in same.
Georgia, Cobb County: :
We, the undersigned citizens of
Marietta, desire to express to our
Board of County Commissioners, our
our deep appreciation for the help
they have given us during the last
few months in the permanent im
provement of the streets of Marietta.
We especially desire to thank Mr.
J. J. Thomas, a member of the coun
ty board from Marietta District, for
his active help in this matter, and in
event he offers for re-election, in the
coming primary, we will give him our
support.
JIM R. BRUMBY, Jr., Mayor of
the City of Marietta.
T. L. WALLACE, Mayor pro tem.
J. J. BLACK
E. L. ROBERTSON
GEO. T. NORTHCUTT
VIRGIL McCLESKEY
J. J. DANIELL
Members of Council.
This 24th day of July 1918.
STILL TRYING TO BUCK
| THE PROHIBITION LAWS
Sunday was a holiday, but a very
expensive one, for a couple of Ma
rietta’s colored citizens.
George Gardner, a porter for the
Brumby Furniture Company, and
Dewey Dean, who gperforms like ser
vice for Hodges Drug Company, se
cured an automobile and made a trip
up into Cherokee county.
For some time the sheriff and his
deputies have had reason to suspect
orie of these paries of doing a tiger
business and when it was learned that
they had gone toward Cherokee in a
car, the officers put out sentinels on
the two main roads in that directoin
and about noon were rewarded by the
return of the quarry.
The car was stopped and on search,
it was found to contain some 15 gal
lons of whiskey in cans.
Accompanied by the officers, the
drive was continued into town and to
the jail, where George and Dewey
were given lodging pending action of
the courts. The whiskey was poured
on the ground in the presence of an
accumulation of witnesses, while the
car is being held under the law which
subjects it to confiscation by the
state. 5
It is said that another party claims
ownership of the car, and will make
bond for it and try to regain possess
jon on the plea that the purpose of
the trip was unknown to the owner.
~ George and Dewey have not been
iable to give bond at this writing and
will very probably be able to vouch
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D. M. DOCKSTADER, President. AXSON SMITH, Sec.-Treas.
Friday Morning, July 26th, 1918
for the efficieney of one of Judge
Morris’ chaingang sentences.
Mr. Luther Crow, who has been Jiv
ing at Elizabeth and was employeq
by the Georgia Marble Company, was
adjudged insane by a lunacy com
mission on Monday.
Mr. R. A. Hill has sufficiently
recovered from his wounds to be out
on the streets again, to the delight
of his friends.
