The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-04-25
MARIETTA STARTED HER
VICTORY LIBERTY LOAN
WITH BIG CELEBRATION
Business Closed From Ten
To Four O'Clock
Fighting Tank and Brass Band Come
On Time, but Airplanes Get OF the
Track. DR.. Elwood Again Helps
With a Cobb County Loan.

Wednesday was a holiday in Mari
eta and a large crowd was enter
tanned from all over the country. 1t
seemed, however that a larger pro-
portion of women and children than
of men made up the visitors, which
perhaps was accounted for by the fine
planting weather and the keeping OF
so many men busy in the fields.
The band arrived early, and soon
the park was we'll filled with people,
as it played number of patriotic
airs.
The stores were all closed at ten
o'clock and from that hour until four
o'clock, when they opened again, the
park and surrounding streets were
full of people.
No hitching was allowed against
the park railing so that more room
was gained. The people were in
good humor and bent on the enjoy
ment of the holiday.
It was nearly noon before the tank
and its attendant cars arrived. One
of the cars carried a captured Ger
man gun, and all were the center OF
attraction during the whole day. The
men in charge were kept busy ex-
planning and answering questions OF
the crowd. The band played and
speeches were made from the stand IN
the park and orators even used the
tank for a rostrum.
The tank was one of the two-man
type and carried one-pound rapid
fire gun. 1t could be moved about
with considerable speed and agility,
and a great many of the young folks
were treated to rides both inside and
on top of it as it made frequent trips
around the park. During the meet
ing in the courthouse it stood in
front and was continuously covered
with small boys, and looked like an
ant-hill covered with colony Of ants.
An examination Of it could not fail
to impress one with the utility OF
such tanks in battle. This type, it
is said, were used to break up machine
gun nests before an advance of the
infantry. 1t was rugged up for trans
portation upon one of the very heavy
special army trucks, but it was mat
ter of only a few minutes to run it
off on the ground and upon its own
caterpillar feet.
The airplanes failed to materialize
in the program for the day, and much
regret was expressed on this account,
for many of the people had never
seen one, and not few children were
brought to town with the expectation
of seeing the bird men fly.
The local committee made a posi-
tive arrangement with the general
committee for the planes to visit Ma
rietta at four O'Clock on Wednesday.
Major Schofield, in command of this
branch of the service, gave his per
sonal assurance, before this feature
was advertised, but it seems that not
vet is the art so we'll developed that
YOU can count on fixed schedule as
good as the railroads observe.
Late in the afternoon Mr.. Massen-
gale wired Chairman Cortelyou ex-
planning the difficulties and Mr.. Cor
telyou asks US to express to those
who may not have understood it, how
it came about.
The meeting in the courthouse at
two o'clock, was under the guiding
hand and persuasive tongue of DR..
EIwood, who so ably assisted US IN
the fourth loan last year.
We give elsewhere in this issue the
names and amounts subscribed in this
meeting. The workers will now see
all those who have not subscribed,
and we are asked to request all those
who can do so to phone their sub
scriptions and save the time of the
various committees who must other
wise call upon you to ask for it.