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The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-12-28

Mr.. Charlie Wikle spent Christmas
Nth his parents, DR.. and Mrs. Wikle.
Miss Hope Allin, of New Haven,
Cam. is the guest of Mrs. John Ora
ham.
Marguerite Clark at The Strand
Friday in "Bab's Burglar"
Lieutenant Lindley Camp was the
.,,ast of friends here for the holt
days.
Lieutenant Chas. Brown, of Camp
Gordon, was the guest of his parents
Christmas.
Misses Kate Palmer and Louise
Couper are the guests of Miss Char
lotte Northcutt.
Mr.. George Adams, of Eatonton,
was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd
Northcutt Christmas.
Lieutenant Thomas Patton spent
several days with his parents, DR..
and Mrs. Patton this week.
Mr., and Mrs. John Holmes, of
Jacksonville, were the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. L. D. Hoppe Sunday.
Mr.. Bolan Brumby Jr., spent sew
eral days with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. B. G. Brumby this week.
Messrs. Morgan and Frank McNeel
Malcolm Whitlock, and Onslow Mi
lam. were among those attending the
SIGMA Phi NJ dance in Atlanta Fri
day evening.
Miss Cora Brown entertained in
formally at dinner Thursday evening,
inviting Miss Laura Margaret Hoppe,
Lieutenant Garrett and Lieutenant
Anderson.
Your address label shows the date
to which your Journal subscription
was paid. If you are behind, won't
vc1 pay UP now. 1t is only one dol
Ia per year.
Miss Katherine DuPre and Miss
Av-1-ta Cohen spent Friday and
Sz.u-day with Miss Christine Nc
E--7o~a last week. They attended
the Sigma Phi NJ dance Friday ev-
,ening.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Brown have
as their guests, for the Holidays,
Mr.. Browns mother, Mrs. j. W.
Brown, of Chattanooga, Tenn, and
Mr.. and Mrs. R. G. Allison, of At
lanta.
Miss Christine Blair was the guest
of Miss Sarah Schaen, of Atlanta, for
few days last week. She attended
the Venox dance Thursday evening
and the Sigma Phi M dance on Fri
day evening.
Mrs. Walter Sans has as her guests
for the Holidays, her mother, Mrs. A.
W. Dobbs, of New Britain, Conn,
and her sister, Miss Maxine Dobbs,
who has been attending school at
Lucy CdDD III ACHeHS.
DR.. H. S. Hedges, of The Universe
ty of Virginia, is visiting his brother,
Mr.. C. E. Hedges. DIR. Hedges came
south to attend the Southeastern
Section Y. M. C. A. Conference, re-
resenting Virginia in the Conference.
Mr.. Morgan McNeel spent several
days in Atlanta last week, while there
he attended the Sigma Phi NJ dance
Thursday evening, the ZenaX dance
Friday evening, and the dinner dance
at the Piedmont Driving Club Satur-
day evening.
Miss Annie Hair Dobbs, from So
phia Neucomb College, New Orleans,
Miss Lillian Dobbs, from Hollins Col
lege, Va, and Miss Francis Dobbs,
from the State Normal School at
Athens, Ca, are home for the Holt
days.
Mrs. Holland, Mrs. Joseph M.
Brown, Miss Cora Brown, Miss Lau-
"a Margaret Hoppe, Lieutenant Hol-
land and Lieutenant Garrett, were
among the guests who attended the
supper-dance given by the officers of
the 320th Field Artillery Friday ev-
aning in their Club house which has
Just been completed.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-12-28

Mr.. Hilton Holmes is visiting his
mother, Mrs. Holmes.
Miss Jean Wallace is confined to
her home with tonsilitis.
Miss Tamela Wragg spent Christ
mas with Mrs. J. J. Daniel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cohen and Miss Au-
gustaCohen spent Christmas in At
lanta.
Miss Julia McCleskey, of Acworth,
is spending the holidays with Miss
Ethel McCleskey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Hague en-
tertained five soldiers for dinner
Christmas.
Mr.. w. J. Edge left Sunday for
South Alabama to spend the Holt
days with his children.
Miss Elizabeth Nolan's friends will
regret to learn that she hasbee n in
disposed. for the last few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. T.B. Irwin had for
their guests Christmas Mr.. and Mrs.
David Irwin, of Buford, Ga.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard McNair, of
New Orleans, announce the birth of
girl, on December oath.
The many friends of Mrs. Frank
Wellons will regret to learn that she
is quite i'll with pneumonia.
Misses Gertrude and Annie Mae
Kinney, of Cornelia, Ga, are the
guests of the Misses Galley.
Miss Elizabeth Hague leaves on
the 3rd of January for Milledgeville
where she will enter G. N. l. C.
Lieutenant Burwen Atkinson, of
Fort Mcpherson, was the guest of
Dr.. and Mrs. C. TNolan Christmas.
Mrs. Ray Noe returned home
Thursday from months visit to
friends in Knoxville and Morristown,
Tenn.
Col J. E. Motley and Mr.. ]. M.
Murray entertained fourteen of their
friends with a smoker on Monday
evening.
Miss Annie Brown Gable, who has
been staying in Roanoke, Ala, for
some time, is spending the Holidays
at home.
DR.. and Mrs. Jere Caldwell, of
Nashville, were the guests of Mrs.
Caldwell's mother, Mrs. Turner, for
the Holidays.
Mr. and and Mrs.C NJ. Low en-
tertained Sergeants Gregory, Healy
and Woolford from Comp Gordon,
for dinner Christmas.
Miss Selma Copper entertained
Lieutenant and Mrs. Russell and
Lieutenant Copper, of Camp Gordon,
and Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Copper for
dinner Christmas.
Mrs. C. P. Hames, Mrs. Rich Mel
son, Mrs. H. NJ. Covington, with
their families were the guests of
their mother, Mrs. Mary B. Coving-
ton on Wednesday.
Mrs. NJ. R. Gatlin has as her holi-
day guests, Misses Wyllemette and
Lautrelle Gatlin, of Catawba, S. c..
She had also her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. U. Kitchen, of Acworth, as
Christmas visitors.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph E. Brown, of
Kalamazoo, Mich, were the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Boston Satur-
day and Sunday. Mr., and Mrs. Bos-
ton entertained with a family dim
ner in honor of their guests Sunday
morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Len C. Baldwin en-
tertained with family dinner Christ
mas for Mr.. Baldwin's brothers and
sisters, Mr.. andMrs D. n. Baldwin,
Mr.. D. N. Baldwin, Jr., Mr.. and Mrs.
R. M. Baldwin, Mr.. and Mrs. F. j.
Heath, all of Atlanta.
Proposals to save coal~by closing
s, hools in Northern and Central
States during January and February
have not been met with favor by the
Fuel Administration.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-12-28

Discarded civilian clothing of Ma
tional Army soldiers will be shipped
to Belgium for relief of sufferers
there.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-12-28
BUTLER-NOTTINGHAM.

A marriage of social interest to a
large circle of friends was that OF
Miss Jennie Gwendolyn Butler and
Mr.. Harry E. Nottingham, of Macon,
Monday evening, December oath, at
$3.50 o'clock, at the home of the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. r. E.
Butler. Rev. l. A. White performed
the ceremony.
Only immediate members of the
family and intimate friends were
present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nottingham left i'm
mediately after the ceremony for
Macon, Ca, where they will make
their future home.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-12-28

Marguerite Clark at The Strand
Friday in "Bab's Burglar"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-27
REVENUE BILL READY
FOR ACTION BY HOUSE
New Measure Intended to Raise
S24a, 900, 900 Probably Will Be
Presented Next Week.

Backed by a caucus of House demo-
Gratis, the new administration revenue
bill, intended to raise about s24S,000.-
900 to meet the governments military
preparedness and other expenses, was
ready today for presentation to the
House. That probably will be done
early next week.
The caucus Endorsed the bill last
night by vote of 113 to Is, after Ma
jority Leader Kitchin had warned his
colleagues of an extra session of Con-
gress unless the measure was enacted
promptly, and after an unsuccessful
fight by several members against GER
tain of it's features. About a dozen
members refused to pledge their sup
port to the measure.
The general features of the bill have
already been made public. 1t would
raise the needed revenues chiefly by an
excess profits tax and an increased in
heritance tax.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-27

gress has created situation which is
reacting on the government to an ex-
tent not dreamed of by these law
makers. There is no more important
matter for Congress to consider at this
time than ways and means for granting
a sufficient number of increases to
break this deadlock. Immediate action
of some kind is needed. One method of
relief would be to permit some flexibil-
ity in statutory rolls. along the line
recommended in the appropriation bill
for the Post Office Department. Often
1T would be of the greatest assistance
to an administrative officer If he could
remove 500 or 5000 from certain places
Gas they become vacant) and add these
increases to other places. Otherwise
he is continually in the position where
he has an opportunity to promote
Smith. who is fairly we'll paid. but can
not promote Brown. who is VIGOROUSLY
underpaid.
Observe that during the present SEES
sion it was stated to be in view of a
proposed horizontal increase that all
special increases were dropped out.
Does the Congress mean to throw out
the horizontal increase after it has
served its Dur. ose as reason for drop
ping special increases?
rs this the fair play to be expected
of American craftsmanship?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-27
LI7IILESI0R!Es
.6rBEDTInE
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
Copyright. 1917. by I. ". Bursess.)
Old Man Coyote Discovers
Feathers.

Old Man Coyote had been keeping an
eye on Granny and Reday Fox. Ever
since he had discovered the clever trick
by which they had stolen the dinners
of Bowser the Hound he had had more
respect for them than ever before. The
fact was they had been able to get
something to eat when he couldn't, and
it rather hurt his pride. So, from that
time on he kept watchful eye on
Granny and Reddy Fox when he could,
so as to know what they were about
The very next morning after Granny
and Reddy Fox had eaten that fine
around past their house as if merely
out for walk. He was still some lit
tie distance from their house when his
sharp eyes caught sight OF something
that made him stop and take notice. 1t
was a feather, just q little. downy
feather. If you had been there and
seen it you wouldn't have thought any
thing about 1t. Neither would l. But
right on the instant Old Man Coyote
was suspicious. Yes, sir. he was sus-
picious. You see, he knew that that
feather had come from hen. But
what did hens feather mean way out
there SO far from the hen yard? "Ha"
said Old Man Coyote.
He trotted on a bit farther. his eyes
more widely open than before. and
"Ho." said Old Man Coyote.
He trotted on still farther with his
eyes just as widely open as they could
be. and presently he saw just ahead of
him the house Of Granny and Reddy
Fox. All about the doorstep were
feathers. a great many feathers. 'Ha.
ha, Ho, ho.' exclaimed Old Man
Coyote. "Ha. ha. Ho. no. Ho. no!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-27
WEEK OF Mercy TOAD
JEWS IS BEGUN TODAY
Central Relief Committee Desig-
mates Period to Contribute to
War Sufferers.

In conformity with proclamation
last year by President. Wilson, desig-
mating January 81 as a day for the
American people to contribute for a
fund to relieve Jews suffering hunger
and want in the war zones or Europe
and Asia, the central relief committee
for the aid of the Jews has announced
from its New York headquarters that
the week from today to February is
to be known as week of mercy.
The announcement sent out by the
committee is as follows:
THE conditions that last year moved
President Wilson to recognize in this
unique way the suffering of our breth-
rem in the war zones have grown stead
lily worse and worse. The central COM
mittee has, therefore, inaugurated a
week of mercy from January 81 to
February 4, 1917.
During that week we ask the CO.
operation of our branches throughout
the country to arrange that sermons
should be preached in the synagogues,
that mass meetings be held, tag days
or any other means of soliciting public
contributions be instituted. Each To-
cality will adopt such methods as are
most advisa BILE, but we specially urge
upon you to order certificates issued in
commemoration of President Wilson'S
gracious act. They contain the fac
smile of his original proclamation
with his signature attached. and should
he offered for sale so that they may be
preserved in every household as me-
mento of this special occasion. The
certificates are published representing
contributions of 81. IS, $40, s25, $50,
and orders should be sent at once by
mail or telegraph.
We also call your attention to the
self-taxation stamps issued by this
om.aittee. which have been so popu-
lar method of. contribution to our
fund. They are issued in books con-
tanning So worth, in denominations of
/. ). 10 and IS cents.
The central committee. as one OF the
constituents of the joint distribution
committee. is giving its heartiest sup
port to the effort that is being made to
raise s10.000,000 during 1917. This
sum, large as it is, must be raised if we
are to do our share toward saving
alive "a whole people that is silently
suffering, dying of starvation, daily
growing weaker and weaker; the old
men that could carry bundles cannot
any longer carry them; the children's
legs are growing thinner and thinner;
nation that can only be saved alive
by bowl of soup. by a bite of bread,
vide
send checks to Harry Fische1, treas
urer. GO Park row. New York
LEON kAMAIKY, Chairman"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-27
BILL PROVIDES NEW CODE
OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
Representative Temple Of Pennsyl-
vania Introduces Measure Which
Is Approved by Mr.. Lansing.

A proposed new code Of international
law was presented to the House of Rep
resentatives yesterday by Representative
Temple of Pennsylvania. 1t was explain
ed by him that the code was prepared at
the suggestion of Secretary Lansing, is
intended to secure to neutral nations the
freedom Of the seas and has already been
submitted to the American Institute of
International Law. According to Repre-
sentative Temple. 1t was presented to the
institute last Monday at the time Presi-
dent Wilson. from the rostrum of the
Senate, was reading his communication
in explanation of such a CODE
1.-THE seas are already free In time Of
peace" Representative Temple said, in
an explanation Of the new code Of inter-
national law. 1.-THE new code provides
for the freedom of the seas In time Of
war. 1t abolishes blockade entirely, for
bids interference with the mails, declares
that merchant ships Of the enemy as well
as those Of the neutrals shall be free from
capture and abolishes the right Of visit
and search. Even vessels carrying con-
traband may in no case be confiscated
or sunk under any pretext whatever.
though the contraband itself may be con-
fiscated or destroyed by the captor"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-27

Ha. ha. I thought as much. Those
Foxes have found a way into Farmer
Browns henhouse. Now II they can get
into that henhouse can. But should
much prefer to have them take the
risk for me. If they got away with a
hen or two last night without any
trouble, and it looks to me as il they
most certainly did, they probably will
try again tonight. If they don't to-
night they will tomorrow night I'll
I'll do. When they come out with fat
hen I'll be right there and I'll invite
them to give that fat hen to me. and
I'm quite sure they'll be ever so glad to
and get another for themselves"
Old Man Coyote grinned wickedly.
You see. he knew that Granny and
Reddy feared him because he was a
little bigger and little stronger than
either Of them and his teeth were a
little longer and little fiercer looking
than theirs. So he knew that II he
should meet them with hen and ask
them for it they would give 1t to him,
not because they wanted to. but De-
cause they would be afraid not tot.
So chuckIing to himself Old Nan
Coyote trotted off home TO wait for the
coming of night. And he didn't know
that peering out from her doorway Old
Granny Fox watched him and guessed
lust what was in his mind and in her
turn chuckled
what are you laughing about?" de-
manded Reddy. who had not seen Old
Man Coyote.
"Old Man Coyote has just paid US the
honor OF visit" replied Granny.
II don't see anything to laugh at In
that" said Reddy.
"He saw those feathers outside. re-
piled Granny. land the old sinner has
gone off with an idea in his head.
what idea?" asked Reddy.
IAN idea that he is going to let us
catch a hen for him." replied Granny
And that is one more reason why we
will stay away from that hen yard foi
a while"
| to chuckle too.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-27
Personals of the Rivermen.

W. n. Fuller of the Mount Vernon
and Marshall Hall Steamboat Company,
who has been confined to his home by
illness. has recovered and will prob
ably return to duty this afternoon.
Capt. II. s. Randall is aboard the
steamer Fenimore. which is to be oper-
ated between this city and Norfolk. as
sistipg in making the vessel ready to
take up service in the early spring.
Capt. Twigg of Baltimore is in COM
mand of the Wimsatt schooner c. l..
Rohde. now on her way to Newborn.
n. c.. lead lumber back to this city.
Capt. John l.. Martin of Federals-
burg. Md. who has been under medical
treatment at Baltimore, has returned
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-27
Red-Eyed, Weeping Women.

In the quiet of some secluded park
one comes upon a nurse leading about
a shell of a man, a breathing, moving
thing in which every vestige of mind
is dead, smothered by the horror of
the gunflre. One meets red-eyed. weeping
women mourning their losses here. or sees
some wife reading to her mangled SOL
der in the invalid chair at her side,
her eyes filed with thanksgiving that
his wounds have been so severe as to
prevent him from ever again serving
at the front. She would likely patri-
otfcally deny the cause of her happi-
ness but it is not hard for the i'm
personal wanderer to read-for her the
terror of suspense is over. :,
Then there are the recovered victims of
the gas. startling with their iivid, discol-
young soldiers at home on leave, the hair
thinned about the temples and all tinged
with gray Many Of there young soldiers
will tell you of horrors that they can
never forget, and all of them repeat the
expressive formula, with but little varia-
ton, ITS just hell out there. mad and
ghastly."
roughened women returning at night to
the duties of the home from days hard
work upon the fields. Their clumsy worn
boots are mud-caked. as are their short
baggy skirts. while their blouses are open
and turned in. after the manner OF men
who toll and sweat. and they are alto
gether unlovely and pnfeminine. Many of
these women helped in the fields before
the war, but never at the hardest and the
toughest work. which was left to the
men. Today they are doing the work Of
their absent men. from sunrise to sunset,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-27
WANTS PARDON OR NOTHING.
Jesse Pomeroy Doesn't Care for
Change in Form of Punishment.

BOSTON. January 27.-Jesse Pom
eroy, when officially notified that his
sentence of solitary confinement had
been committed to ordinary imprison-
ment for life, told Warden Nathan D.
Allen of the state prison that he did
not want the change to be made. He
declared he had asked for pardon
and il this could not be granted he
preferred to remain in his lonely cell.
Warden Allen said that he would ig-
more the prisoners objections and
would place him at work with other
prisoners. If he declines to work he
will be given a form OF punishment APP
plicable to any other prisoner.
Pomeroy was convicted more than
forty years ago of the murder of boy
The executive council Wednesday vot-
ed to commute the sentence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-27
WORLD COURT IS FAVORED.
Urged at Sessions Of American Insti.
tute of international Law.

HAVANA. January 2 AT yesterday
afternoons session of the Amegican
Institute of International Law James
Brown Scott. president of the institute.
addressed the institute at length, ex-
pressing his belief in the wisdom OF
constituting an international court OF
Justice similar to the United States Su-
preme Court, which. he said, would
need no other sanction for its success
than that of powerful. unified world
wide public opinion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-27

tions Of permanent peace on the firm
basis of mutual respect and even
handed impartiality and fairness in the
dealings of commerce"
The other speakers were Edward y
Hurley, chairman of the federal trade
commission. and John ID. Ryan, presi-
dent of the Anaconda Copper Mining
Company. w. l.. Clause, a local glass
| manufacturer. was POSTMASTER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-27
Cites Dangerous Course.

The chief of the bureau of sealing
wax, for instance" he says by way OF
illustration, recommends that a GER
tain employee, made valuable by years
of service, be promoted. say. from $1,400
to $500. This recommendation has
chance (only chance) of passing the
first sentinel, the cabinet officer con-
cerned, who is constrained to keep
down increases in clerks salaries Say
the recommendation is approved and
IL printed in the book of estimates
The House committee Is also castle
dangerous. Say 1t comes out OF this
committee alive, it still trembles under
the deadly point of order. But IL it is
thus killed on the floor of the House
there is one more chance-the Senate
committee. If somebody is interested
1t helps immensely. Ordinarily. how
ever, poor Increase, after treading the
path of the cyclone, finally expires. Ia
mented by nobody but the clerk con-
cerned. and possibly by the bureau
chief. who wonders how on earth he is
to keep Brown tanned and blind to a
knowledge of his own value. In the
next grade on the statutory roll are
several Smiths, Greens and Joneses.
Nobody desires their demise In order to
promote Brown. 1t may happen that
they are all picked men and needed at
their several posts. But Brown is fully
Nd to their measure. Moreover land
this is the main reason), other bureaus
or departments have observed the alert
and efficient Brown and know of the
value of his training. These bureaus
also have their rosters of Smiths,
Greens and Joneses. One day it hap
pens that one of these passes over to
the ma iority.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-27
Leaving Government Service.

''And further observe that not only
rival government bureaus are bidding
for these trained employees. Some of
the finest and brightest of our young
men and women Clerks are leaving the
government service for better oppor-
tunities outside. and hundreds and hun
dreds of them are refusing the entrance
salaries now being offered by the gov
eminent. Ask the civil service COM
mission about this. Just at the present
moment II is almost impossible to get a
sufficient number OF desirable candf-
dates to NIL existing vacancies
by deadlocking statutory rolls. Con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-27
Il. c. Frick Buys Valuable Pictures.

NEW YORK. January 27.-Henry
Clay Prick has purchased from the es-
tate of the late e. r. Bacon four
Boucher paintings once the property Of
the Marquise De Pompadour. The price
Ii said to have been olose to $500, 900.