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Friday Morning, August 30th, 1918.
News From Over The County.
MOUNT ZION
‘Miss Versia Alexander, of Olive
Springs visited her sister, Mrs. For
rest Brooks, last week.
Miss Connie Mae Maddox spent
Tuesday with Miss Pauline Moore.
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Brooks spent
Tuesday night with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Brooks.
Mr. W. L. Evans is recovering from
a case of measles.
We are glad to say that Roy, the
young son of Mr. and Mrs. A. E.
Benson, who has been very ill, is
improving.
Mr. and Mrs. Allan Edwards and
daughter, Ferrell, visited his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Edwards, last
week.
Miss Pauline Moore spent Wednes
day with Miss Connie Mae Maddox.
Mrs. Mollie Johnson; of Atlanta,
who has been visiting her sister, Mrs.
D. P. Kirk, returned home Thursday.
Miss Lucile Harington spent Thurs
day with the Misses Boring.
Mrs. G. E. Brooks spent Thursday
with her mother, Mrs. Hardage, of
Kirks Chapel.
Miss Connie Mae Maddox spent
Thursday with Miss Ruby Davis.
Mrs. Pat Edwards and daughter,
Evelyn, visited her mother, Mrs. Lew
is, of Pawder Springs, last week.
Miss Louise Boring spent Friday
with the Misses Harrington.
Miss Eva Benson spent Sunday
with Mrs. G. E. Tinsley.
Miss Ruby Davis spent Friday with
the Misses Wallace.
Miss Bobbie Turner, of Powder
Springs, visited-her cousins, Misses
Maddox, last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kirk and child
ren, of Atlanta, spent a few days
last week with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. D. P. Kirk.
Mr. and Mrs. Luther White, of
Atlanta, were the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. John Petree, a few days last
week.
Messrs Forrest and Ray Dyson, of
Camp Gordon, spent the week-end
with home folks.
Mr. Howard Chastain, of Benson,
spent the week-end with his sister,
Mrs. Clyde Brooks.
Mr. Dock Brantley, of Camp Gor
don, spent a few hours with his pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Brantley,
Saturday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Robinson and
children, of Marietta, visited rela
tives in this community on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Alexander, of
Olive Springs, spent Sunday with
their daughter, Mrs. Forrest Brooks.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Brooks and
Messrs. Howard and Emory Chastain
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Brooks.
Our protracted meeting closed here
Sunday with twelve new members.
Mount Zion Church now has a ser
vice flag with ten stars, representing
our boys who have gone. They are:
Messrs. Volney, Charles and Albert
Edwards, Leonard and Fields Brant
ley, Forrest and Ray Dyson, Owen
and Robert Mitchell, and Robert Le
mons.
DEWDROPS
McAFEE
Mrs. Roberts, who has been con-“
fined to her room for some time, by
a fall, passed away to a land of rest,
Friday.
Mrs. Eshton Howe, of Leesburg,
was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. R. A.
Cunningham last week.
Mrs. Perkins, Mrs. Carlisle, and Mr.
and Mrs. Patrick, of Alabama, are
the guests of Messrs. Goodson and!
Wallace. ‘
Miss Mae Cunningham is leaving
for school at Mary P. Willingham.
She will be greatly missed here, but
we wish for her success.
Mrs. J .L. Blackwell is spending
this week at Smyrna with her daugh
ter, Mrs. Ed Wilkie.
Best wishes to the Journal and its
many readers.
SMILES
SMYRNA
Miss Floy Matthews has returned
home from St. Simons, where she
spent her vacation. e
Miss Leila Crook and Miss Lucile
Matthews spent Sunday in Marietta.
One of our most enjoyable affairs
was a party last Saturday night at
the home of Mr. Floyd Vansant.
Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Martin and
family are spending their vacation
at St. Simonds.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Rutledge were
the guests of Mrs. C. G. Matthews on
Sunday.
There wes a party last Tuesday
night at “Camp Ireland,” which was
greatly enjoyed. 4
Mr. Al Harrison passed away last
Saturday morning at his home on
Atlanta Street.
Miss Blanche Rice spent last week
in Atlanta.
MOUNT BETHEL
Miss Sallie May Mackey visited
Miss Floy Moon Sunday.
Mrs. Mary Sanders had a bad ac
cident on Sunday. She was stand
ing in a wagon and the mule started
and she fell backwards bruising her
self some. We hope to see her out
again soon. ‘
Miss Tishie Ledbetter visited Miss
Gertie May Pence Sunday.
Mr. Reynold Bishop from Camp
Gordon visited home folks at this
place Saturday night.
Protracted services began at this
place Sunday night. We hope to have
a good meeting and a good atten
dance.
Mrs. Maggie Fraiser visited Mrs.
Aifred Ledbetter and family Sunday.
Aunt Sallie Mitchell is visiting Mrs.
Lizzie Johnson and family this week.
MERRILY
DUE WEST
The health of this community is
very good at present.
Mrs. Nancy Prather returned home
Sunday after spending a few days
with her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Nor
man Prather in Paulding, who is con
fined to her bed with typhoid fever.
Several from around here are
going to South Georgia. But old
Cobb county is good enough for us.
Miss Jannie Long of Acworth is
spending this week with her cousins
near here.
Messrs Charlie Hamliton and Geor
ge Abernathy, Misses Bessie and Ed
na Storey of this place attended the
baptizing at Poular Springs near Hi
ram, Sunday, and reported 26 bap
tized.
Rob Gasaway wife and family of
Woolsey, Ga., were the delightful
guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. L. Prather, last week.
Mrs. J. J. Story and daughters,
Misses Minnie and Vickie spent the
latter part of last week with rela
tives in and near Hiram.
the literary school here is going to
I am requested to announce that
have @ picnic in Mr. Andrew Kemp’s
pasture on September 6th. All the
parents are requested to be present
and every body else come and bring
well filled baskets.
AMOR
LOST MOUNTAIN
Prof. P. B. Jones will close his sing
ing school at Midway Saturday and
will close with a concert Saturday
night. The public is invited.
Col. Emmett McElreath and wife
and Miss Cora McElreath and Mrs.
Carmichael of Kingsland, and Miss
Ala McElreath of Cordele, Ga., paid
a short visit to their friends here
this week.
There is a clas of politicians cry
ing out disloyalty if yon do not sup
port their particular candidate,.if we
understand a democracy it gives
every man a right to vote as he
‘pleases and if he is not allowed to
idosoit is not a democracy. If some
‘of these fellows who are crying out
‘patriotism so loud and trying to con
vert the public to what they have
done, would volunteer and go where
the guns are roaring, the public
would have more faith in them.
“Oh Consistency thou art a Jewel.”
Webster Guffin and wife of Bir
rmingham, Ala. have been visiting the
family of T. B. Guffin.
After several weeks recess on ac
count of .protracted meetings the
Midway local Farmer's Union will
‘meet next Tuesday night. Come out
;the price of coton wil be considered.
A very interesting protracted meet
ing at the Baptist Church closed Sun
day with 14 accessions to the church,
7 by letter, and 7 by experience.
"l'he candidates were baptized Sunday
morning at 10 o’clock. Rev. Bur
well did some faithful and earnest
preaching that resulted in much good
to the church and the entire com
‘ n:unity.
| Charlie Ward has sold his farm
here of 80 acres to Walter Dobbins.
, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Taylor, of At
'lanta, spent several days here with
!their daughter. The friends of Mr.
Taylor are glad to know that he is
imuch improved.
| Walter Dobbins and family spent
gSaturday and Sunday at Clarkston,
| Georgia.
{ If you have any Ford troubles call
on J. R. Thackston, he knows the
Ford tricks like he knows a mule.
The dust bath is very common here,
we take them every day.
Judson Nichols, Rholie Robinson,
and Newt Guffin, of Camp Gordon,
spent a short time here Saturday
evening.
Roy Thackston, of Camp Jessup,
spent Saturday at home.
ALLEN
THE MARIETTA JOURNAL AND COURIER
MACLAND
The hot dry weather of the past
fe w days has causd th ecoton to
open prematurely and the crop wil be
very short.
Mqiss Agnes Rice will close her
school here this week.
Mrs. Lizzie Pittman left last week
for an extended visit to relatives at
Mableton.
Miss Nanie Griggs has closed her
school 2t Osborn.
Miss Elser Cole of near Villa Rica
is visiting her grand-parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Cole this week.
Miss Mabel Simpson of Tallapoosa,
Ga., spent last week with Miss Min
nie Lester.
Mr. and Mrs .V R. Cantrell had
as their guests for the week-end, Mr.
and Mrs .Collins and children, of
Columbus, Ga., and Mr. and Mrs. Vir
gil Cantrell of Atlanta.
RUBY
POWDER SPRINGS
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Griffin sopped
ovr for a few days with Mrs. W. W.
Florence on their return to their
home in Florida, from Alabama. Mr.
T. N. Butner accompanied them
home.
Miss Mattie Baggett has returned
from Atlanta where she was the guest
of Miss Grace Babb.
The friends of Mrs. J.W. Wolf are
sympathizing with her in the death of
her mother, Mrs. Burge, who died at
her home near Cordele last Monday.
Mrs. Wolf has returned home.
Mr. and Mrs. Clark and Miss Daisy
Davis, from Ocoee, Fla., who have
been spending the summer in North
Carolina, were the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. J. L. Butner last week, on their
way home.
Mrs. J. D.Frazier, from Atlanta, is
vigiting Mrs. W. L. Florence.
Mrs. Bulah Camp is on a three
weeks visit to her fathers family near
Villa Rica.
Mrs. C. F. Hunt spent a few days
here last week with her parents and
joined Mr. Hunt Saturday on his way
to visit his parents in Cedartown.
Miss Hettie Lewis is visiting in Dal
las.
Mrs. John Hardin and Miss Evora
Fardin, from Douglassville spent Fri
day with Mrs. J. W. Florence.
Mr. G. F. Lewis from Kennesaw}
and Mr. John Ware from Lost Moun
tain spent the week-end with Mr.
John A. Lewis.
Mrs. Pat Miller and three children,
from Birmingham are visiting Mrs.
Elanche Scott.
After two weeks at home Miss
Edith Baggett has returned to At
lanta.
After spending some time with her
mother here, Mrs. R. A. Smith and
caughter have returned to their home
in, Thomaston.
Mrs. Walter McElreath from At
lanta, spent Sunday night with her
si: ter, Mrs. Maggie Lindley. _
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. P. Lindley have
received news of the safe arrival
overseas of their son, Mr. Elmer
Lindley.
Services closed at the Methodist
Church Sunday night v‘vith one acces
sion to the church.
POLLY
NEW SALEM
Mr. Dan Cantrell is teaching a ten
days singing school at this place.
Messrs Will and Oscar Orr, made
a business trip to South Georgia last
week.
A Good rain is needed in this com
raunity. The cotton crop is going to
be short on account of the dry weath
er.
Mr. P. M. Hairston visited relatives
around here last week.
Mr. Jim Cantrell and family spent
part of last wek with relatives around
Acworth. >
Mrs. Jim Meeks and children of
College Park spent the week-end with
Minie and Anna Greene.
Fodder pulling is the order of the
day in this community.
'LUCY
NOTICE SINGERS
The forty-fifth annual session of
the Concord Singing Convention will
convene with Pleasant Hill Church,
four miles southwest of Powder
Springs, on the first Sunday in Sep
tember and the Saturday before.
Only one session will be held on
Saturday, from 1 P. M. to 4:30 P. M.
All leaders and singers, and lovers
of music are cordially invited.
Classes and choirs are requested
to send delegates.
D. C. MOON, Pres.
C. C. BAKER. Sec.
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- AUSTELL
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Willis, announ
ce the marriage oftheir daughter,
Mattie, to Mr.- O. B. Edgar. The
wedding to take place, Thursday,
August 22, at the Methodist parson
age, ceremony performed by Rev. J.
E. Russell. Congratulations.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Westmoreland,
Mrs. M. F. Strickland and Miss Zua
Strickland motored to Powder Spring
Tuesday to spend the day with Mr.
ansZ Mrs. Lindley.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Smith, and
children of Atlanta, stopped over on
their return from Rome, and spent
several days with Mr. and Mrs. B.
W. Smtih, and other relatives.
Mrs. Ruby Moore Hamliton, and
little daughter, spent last week with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. N.
Moore, enroute to Memphis, Tenn,,
to make their future home.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Miller had as
visitors Thursday night, Mrs. Lizzie
Miller, Mrs. J. C. Brown and Sump
ter Brown of Mountain View.
News has been received from Mr.
Charlie Strickland, by some of his
friends, that he has been wounded,
and is in a hospital some where in
France. Charlie is one of Cobb’s
boys, he has two brothers “over
there.”
Mr. Earl Westmoreland, finish
ed the special course at Tech, and has
been transferred to Camp Jackson,
Columbia, S. C., while Mr. Willis
Mosley has been sent to Jacksonville,
Fla., and Mr. Clyde Bennett to Gains
ville, Fla., these three boys are from
Austell and were selected for special
training for Uucle Sam.
Mrs. C H. Winters, had visiting her
this last week, her sister, Mrs. Grif
fith.
Another of our boys will leave for
the training camp, H. Grady Win
ters. Grady comes of patriotic blood
and wants to share the victory of our
boys “over there.”
As these boys are going from us
to share in this great conflict, let us
that are left, not forget for one mo
ment what we can do to shorten this
strife, buy Thrift Stamps, and don’t
stop buying, everyone is a bullet for
the Kaiser. How ungrateful we will
feel *when the victory is won, and
our boys come marching home, if we
have not helped to the uttemmost we
cennot share in their joy.
We hear of some cotton thick
enough to pick. There will be about
cne half crop made.
Mr. J. B. Wilson, is fixing to have
meat at home. He has a Duroc Jer
sey brood sow, one year old August\
ard, with ten little Durocs, perfect
beauties. .
DELLA
MOUNTAIN VIEW 1
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Boozer and wife
of Jacksonville, Fla., visited relatives
here one day last week.
Mr. Thomas Watkins of Charleston
S C. is spending a few days here
with his parents. :
Mrs .A. H. Talley is very sick at
this writing.
Mrs. Fletcher Leavell is spending
a few days with relatives in Mari
etta. -
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Wiliams and
children of near Marietta spent Sat
urday night with his parents here.
Miss Annie Belle Leavell spent last
week-end with relatives and friends
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GRANDMA’'S Powdered
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Cobb County Farm for Sale
Sixty acres geod red land three miles east
of Kennesaw on Noonday road. Excellent
community, running water. Buildings fair.
This is your chance to buy a nice little home
on your own terms.
J. A. HALL, Owner,
+ Decatur, Ga.
LOCAL BOARD NEWS
The registration of August 24th,
of all men who reached 21 years of
age after June sth and on or before
August 24th, produced 61 names in
Cobb county. ¥
Of these 47 were white men and
are as follows: ; :
Paul Merrett Alley, George Walter
‘Bozeman, Isaazc A. Baker, Jr., Clar
ence Bennett, Forest Brooks, Clyde
A. Baldin, James Norman Braswell,
Floyd M. Clayton, Thomas Lee Col
lins, Jos. M. Dobbins, Roland Dover,
William Floyd Earwood, Allan Greer
Edwards, William Guy Eidson, Jiml
Franklin, Clyde Elijah Fortner, Ed
gar Frey, Thos. Paul Garrison, Clar
ence Hunecutt, Garlin Merrell Hill,
T. P. Holleman, Robt. F. Hill, Sam
J. Ireland, Jr., Robt. C. Irwin, Jr.,
M. H. Knex, William Lafayette Lea
vell, William Henry McTyre; Leßoy
Morris, Ed Murner, Roy C. Maner,
M. H. McClesky, E. A. Meir, Clifford
Murdock, S. B. McCollum, Fred New
tcn, Henry New, Ernest Russell, Hen
ry Summerhill, Dan J. Summerour,
Frank L. Sanges, Bryan Taylor, Bob
Warren, Ralph Wilson, Richard Wil
kins, Sam Williams, Homer Glenn
Waldin, Arthur Wilson.
The 14 names below are of the
colored men who registered on the
same date in Cobb county:
McKinley Brock, Joe Brawner, Joe
Banks, Robert Gragg, Walter Jones,
Samuel Knuckles, Carl Latham, N.
V. Luster, Solomon Luster, Jeff Pe
ters, Willie Rogers, William Thomas,
Mat Tripp, Fred Wright.
The local board has been asked to
enlist white men of group C who are
stenographers with legal training for
special service under General Crowd
er.
Inquire of the board for particu
lars.
In addition to this men in class 1
who are qualified for limited service
may enlist for clerical or adminis
trative work at State Headquarters,
Local, District, and Medical Advisory
Boards.
Messrs Philip B. Holland and M.
Stanley Welsh left on Wednesday
evening for Louisville, Ky., wherel
they have entered the service at the
Field Artillery Central Officers
Training School at Camp Zachery
Taylor. |
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at Kirks Chapel.
Cotton is opening very fast in this
section.
Mrs. N. E. Williams is very poorly
at present.
VISTA
CARD OF THANKS
Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Westbrook and
Mrs. Albert Herrison, of Smyrna,
wish to express their appreciation for
the manifold evidence of kindness
and sympathy extended to them du
ring their recent bereavement.
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FOR RENT
FOR RENT —'Five room cottage.
Apply to J. S. Dobbins. tf
FOR SALE OR RENT — Four room
residence on Atlanta read at Wor
ley’s Station. Lot 130x450 feet with
cut-houses. Garden planted. Phone
67. W. W. Watkins, Marietta, Ga. tf
—
WANTED
WANTED — First class Jersey cow,
fresh in milk. H. Mozen, Rt. 2,
Smyrna, Ga. tf
WANTED-—Ten granite cutters, one
granite letterer, one tool smith, two
marble cutters. Regular work, good
pay. Write Schneider Marble Co.,
Americus, Ga. 8-16—tf
WANAED—The name of every man
in the county who contemplates
putting out 100 or more peach trees.
Can quote you attractive prices, and
give you all the leading varieties.
E M. Dyer, Kennesaw, Ga. 8-30—9-6
FOR SALE
FOR SALE-—Dry forest pine wood
by the cord. C. M. Head. Phone
269. 8-30—tf
I'OR SALE—One eight hore power
boiler. The Dixie Bakery, Mari
etta, Ga. 8-16—8-30
FOR SALE-—A few loads of stable
manure. Apply at L. W. Rogers
Grocery Store. 104 Cherokee St.
FOR SALE or TRADE -— Fine Shet.
land pony, buggy, and harness.
R. A. Hill. ; tf
FOR SALE — A 1918 model Max
well five passenger touring car.
Can give terms., C. F. Ward. tf
FOR SALE—A Poland-China brood
sow for sale on the square in Ma
rietta, on Tuesday, September 3rd.
W. A. Wright. 8-30
FOR SALE—A good mowing ma
chine and rake. Also a bundling
attachment. V. B. Channell, Route 5,
Marietta, Ga. 8-23—9-2
FOR SALE — One six room house,
large lot, good garden, and large
barn. Close in on Powder Springs
Street. W. W. Watkins, Marietta,
Ga. tf
FOR SALE—I,OOO budded, paper
shell pecan trees. Write me the
number you want and I will quote
you the lowest prices. E. M. Dyer,
Kennesaw, Ga. 8-30—9-6
FOR SALE or EXCHANGE—A nice
farm, 57 acres, 3 miles south of
Forsyth in Monroe county. Has two
3 room houses. Miss Lula J. Nelson,
222 Campbell St., Marietta. 8-30
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LOST
LOST-—On last Friday, one roll of
roofing out of wagon, just back of
car barn. My name is on the roofing,
and whoever found it will please re
turn it at once. W. G. Owenby. 8-30
LOST-——A small cameo pin, black
ground with white set, between
Waterman Street and Mrs. Calvin’s
on Church Street. Finder please re
turn to Miss Setze. 8-30
NOTICE—I will appreciate your or
ders for fruit trees of any kind.
E. M. Dyer, Kennesaw, Ga. 8-30—9-6
NOTICE!
I am prepared
to do all kinds of
automobile trim
ming and paint
ing. Give me a
call.
W. W. Watkins.
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