The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-10-03
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|CurrentEUents
The bones of nineteen Cinnamon
who died in Atlanta during the past
| five years were exhumed and shipped
back to China early this week. The
Ching Kong Tong, the Chinese Mason
ic order, had charge of the shipment,
all the dead Cinnamon having been
members of this organization. The
remains were enclosed in small "Sp-
per boxes about Is inches square
and engraved with Chinese charac-
tiers. A local undertaken was given
the contract to exhume the bones
and prepare them for shipment back
to the Flowery Kingdom. 1t is the
belief of Orientals that their bones
must rest in the soil of their native
Ian if their spirits are to enter para
disc. The ceremony of sending back
the bones of dead Cinnamon occurs
every few years in the larger cities
Of the country.
ARRANGEMENTS are being made to
use the schools and churches OF At
lanta to house visitors attending the
Confederate veterans reunion, which
occurs in Atlanta on October z, 8,
9 and 10. 1t is planned to accomo-
date most of the veterans themselves
in private homes, although some OF
them will be quartered in tents IN
Piedmont Park. The government has
provided hundreds of regulation army
tents and these are now being erected.
A huge dining tent and several field
kitchens are also being erected at
the park. The reunion committee has
asked for the use of schools and
churches during the week In order
that Accommodations for the 100000
or more visitors may be furnished
without difficulty.
Divorce petitions made by parties
originally residing outside the state
of Georgia and moving here appa-
rently for the purpose of securing
a divorce, are frowned upon in the
Fulton Superior court, particularly
by Judge w. D. Ellis. He has an
nounced that he will rule out all pc
titions where it is shown that the
parties resided outside the state, were
married outside the state and were
separated before coming into Geor-
Ola. The lax divorce laws in Geor-
gia, says the Judge, are responsible
| for many divorce cases being filed
here.
| The German sailors who for the
past two years have been imprisoned
at the far prison camp near FORT
| Mcpherson having been sent back
to Germany, the 145 American SOL
diers who were on guard duty at the
prison barracks have been discharged.
It is not yet known what disposition
will be made of the land occupied by
the internment camp, although the
government lease does not expire
until next June. The camp will be
Abandoned and the buildings salvaged,
according to official reports.
Judge D. A. Pardee, age 80, the
senior judge of the fifth circuit OF
the United States Court, died sud
denly at his home in Atlanta on last
Friday, September 26. He was ap-
nointed to the bench during the adj
| ministration of Garfield, in 1881, and
has since that time resided in New
Orleans and Atlanta, although he
was born in Ohio and his body was
carried there for buriad. He was
considered one of the ablest judges
of the court.
| The Arkansas supreme court al
firmed the case of w. H. Hicks, OF
Fort Smith, who was sentenced to
serve three years in the penitentiary
after he had been convicted of hav-
ing sold bottles filled with tea, re-
presenting the liquid to be whiskey.
The Court also affirmed another case
in which Hicks was convicted Of sell
ling real whiskey and sentenced to
serve two years.
The curse of the dreaded influenza
is still implanted within our cities,
and while there is much fear ex-
pressed of it's return in epidemic form
again this winter, up to this time
there have been very few deaths,
and the doctors report it well under
control in the localities where cases
have occurred. The doctors OF the
country are prepared to fight it as