The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-05-16
Current Events

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|. John H. Mock, of Albany, who is
well known in Marietta, has resigned
his seat in the Georgia legislature, in
order that returned soldier who was
filling the place when he enlisted,
may be reelected to the Office upon
his return home this week. Mr..
Mock is also secretary of Albany's
Chamber of Commerce.
Auto accidents abound in the
streets of Atlanta. A taxi kills
woman, negro doctor, said to be
drinking, collides with car full of
ladies, young boy is run over, and
numerous other accidents are daily
reported, but Mayor Key is reported
to nave said that he favored the en-
fercement of the speed limit law.
Maybe SO.
Murray county lost out on road
bond election last week by reason of
the failure of the officers in purging
the registration list. 1t is claimed
that hundreds were improperly left
on the list who were either dead or
moved away and the election failed
by few votes of casting the requir-
ed number of votes, although those
who voted were more than fifteen for
bonds to one against bonds.
Every week brings some evidence
of growth and progress in some Geor-
gia town. The town of Lyons, Ca,
which only a few years ago was but
railroad station in the woods, is
to have free city delivery. 1t is the
flourishing county site of Toombs,
one of the new counties in southeast
Georgia.
Atlanta officers and courts are at
last making progress against auto
thieves. One R. w. Glass, of business
prominence, has just been given five
years for buying stolen autos. The
evidence showed that Glass aided and
financed the stealing of the cars, and
then bought them from the thieves,
in a manner calculated to shield him
self, but was finally caught.
The State Automobile Associa-
ton will make short tour of north
Georgia this week. They will take
Governor Dorsey along, if he does not
back out, and he is slated to make
few talks enroute. We understand
that Cobb and some other counties
are on the proposed route, and if the
weather should be wet, the Governor
is apt to find out why we favored the
extra session of the legislature this
spring.
P. SITS all off; it rained.>
The Seventh District Clubs of the
Georgia State Federation of Woman's
Clubs formally endorsed equal suf-
frage for women Tuesday at their an
nual meeting in Gainesville, the re-
solution, together with several others,
being passed quietly and with no OBJ
jections This is the second district
convention that has endorsed stuff
rage for women as body, the FIFTH
District of Savannah, having taken
similar action at it's recent conven-
ton. Club leaders declared, following
the passage of the resolution at Car
tersville, that sentiment in the fede-
ration, which for several years has
been strongly opposed to the endors-
ing of equal suffrage is changing, not
only the district conventions men
toned having endorsed it, but many
individual clubs as well.
The Southern Baptist Convention is
in session in Atlanta and thousands
from over the South are in attend
ance there this week. In the meet
ing the first day the action of the
government barring denominational
pastors from the army camps was Sc
verely criticised on the floor of the
convention. There will be a division
of opinion on this, however.
The fight in Atlanta between the
power company and Mayor Key con-
tinues and has reached the stage