The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-11-14
CurrentEUents

| AetdnGd, commemorative OF
the Georgia men who gave their lives
in the world war, a great statewide
memorial service was held Tuesday
night in the auditorium armory un-
der the auspices of the Georgia Mem
orial Commission headed by Judge
Andrew ]. Cobb, of Athens and Mrs.
Samuel NJ. InMan, of Atlanta. Gov
ernor Thomas W. Beckett, of North
Carolina, delivered the principal ad-
dress, while Governor Dorsey accept
ed on behalf of the state, huge flag
bearing gold star with the figures
LIS, denoting the number of Geor-
glans who made the supreme sacrifice
In the war. The families of all the
Georgia men received special invita-
tons to the memorial service, as well
as prominent men and women from
all section of the state.
Flames which completely Quilted
the Wilson hotel in Atlanta Friday
morning cost FIVE lives. The dead
are Captain P. B. Lawrence, day
clerk at the hotel; Sergeant Sehley
Flack, of the military police; S. F.
Fitzpatrick, a sailor; ]. c. Mauldin,
and James Thompson. The latter
died at hospital from burns, while
Maudlin jumped from a third-story
window and sustained a fractured
skull. The other three victims were
burned to death or suffocated in the
burning building. The coroner's Jury
which investigated the tragedy failed
to assign any cause for the fire. a1#
The supreme court of Georgia will
decide whether or not the fact that
man is intoxicated authorizes a
jury to return a conviction for vio-
iation of the bcne-dry law. A case
involving this point has been certified
to the supreme court from the court
of appeals. ]. A. Graham, Jr., was
convicted in Appling county of vio-
lating the prohibition law, the state,
showing that he was intoxicated and
the assumption by the jury being that
he had been in possession of liquor.
The defendant contends in his appeal
to the higher courts that the evidence
OF lntoxication is not sufficient to
authorize convicttien for violation
of the bone-dry law. The outcome
is being watched with consuming in
terest.
State tax assessments for 1920 will
have to be raised approximately
250,000,000 or nearly one-fourth of
the values on the tax digest at the
present time, in order to meet the
appropriations voted by the 1919
legislature, according 20 Tax Com
missioner H. ]. Fulbright. The COM
missioner declares that the appropri-
ations for 1920 exceed those of 1919
by more than S1000,000. Tax as
sessments in the various counties vary
widely, he says, some counties re-
turning their property at about 5 per
cent, while others return it at about
60 per cent. Such condition of af-
fairs can not be permitted to con-
tinue, says Mr.. Fulbright, who adds
that the increased assessment will be
pro-rated among several counties of
the state.
Mrs. Stella Abbott, convicted of
killing her husband, johnny Abbott.
because of another woman, and SEN
fenced to serve ten years in the state
penitentiary, will get a new trial.
The court Of appeals has Just grant
ed her petition, reversing the lower
court on the ground that letter re-
f1ecting on the character of Mrs. Alb
bolt, which was excluded from the
evidence, was placed in the hands of
the jury by mistake. The letter was
read in court but not in hearing of
the jury and after some argument
by counsel was excluded from evil
dence. Later it became mixed up in
some other papers and went to the
jury. For this reason the verdict is
set aside and Atlanta is soon to have
a REPETITION of the sensational trial
which set the state agog some months
ago.
The ffty-third annual meeting of
the North Georgia conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
will open in Atlanta on Wednesday
for six day session, concluding on
next Monday afternoon The sessions
are to be held in the Wesley Mem
orial church with Bishop Warren A.
Gambler presiding. For the first time
in its history, the conference will
have women lay delegates who will
have equal voice with the men. This
was decided upon last year after enc
of the most strenuous discussions in
the history of the conference. Seve-
raj hundred ministers and lay dele
gates are expected to attend.
The coal strike has ended and the
government still stands. To have end
ed the way the strike leaders de-
signed we should have had no govern