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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-04-19

4'est well-authenticated story
ucies is TO the effect thar
eung for oil somewhere in the
Tween Dubberly and Hefiin. IN
parish. will begin in the
u the next few weeks. A
aoie stir has been created
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-04-19

Much talk was heard at Natchi-
toches when some of those most vio-
.,ently opposed to cattle dipping re
celved little encouragement. Reso-
lutlons were adopted at a mass mee.
ing calling on the police jury to paw
damages for injury to live stock m
dipping last year and putting the
meeting on record as "suspendingr
the dipping law until this demand is
met
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-04-19

kn, OF the boys who gave
4 IN the war memorial trees
San.ed and a bronze tablet
a,s,a.ei sseiied by the Civic League
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-04-19

=. o'leans Shriners are soIidIv
kha'astically behind the move
~ ing I'm. the 1920 meeting of tho
council to that citv ~
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-04-19

n ~ "l board of ST. Tammanv
s,- voted to employ a rural
. school Inspector and sun
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-04-19

The third annual convention OF the
Louisiana State Sunday School Asso-
ciation convened in Minden for a
-FOUR days session. Between two
hundred and fifty and three hundred
delegates were in attendance from
every section Of the state. DIR. John
L. Scales OF Shreveport was presi-
dent Of the association and presided
at the convention.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-04-19

II NAV be two months before =,
VIII be possible to bring the Wash
ington Artillery to this country /,
was stated at the office of the chief
OF staff at Washington. While the
organization is under assignment for
early convoy, the shipping situation
Is such that the prompt movement Of
all troops assigned to convoy cannon
be carried out.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-11-07
MUCH COTTON IS LOST
BY IMPROPER STORAGE
The Government Makes Test To See
How Much Bale Loses Under
Various Conditions

Millions of dollars are lost every
year through improper storage of cot
ton. This has long been known in a
general way for long time by every
body interested in cotton, but proba-
bly, very few of US have even sus-
pected what tremendous factor
storage is in the trade, or the as
founding lot of money thrown away
by the individal owner who lets a
bale of cotton stay on the ground.
Last season the department of Ag-
riculture made a practical test to de-
termine the actual loss under differ
ent conditions, seven bales of cotton
being purchased and stored in man
ner stated below.
Briefly, here is what the tests dis
closed:
Bale No. 1, fully protected in
warehouse weighed 494 pounds at
the start and had net marketable
weight of 492 pounds when recon
ditioned at the end of the test.
Bale No. 2, exposed on dunnage
and turned after each rain or once
week, dropped in net marketable
cotton from 487 pounds to 48O
pounds. (Seven pounds lost.)
Bale No. 8, on dunnage on edge,
covered with tarpaulin and left with
out further attention during Aest,
dropped FROM 489 to 485 pounds.
(Four POUNDS lost.)
Bale No. 4, fiat on ground during
entire test, same surface down at all
times, dropped from 492 to 26O
pounds. 1882 pounds lost.) During
the test this bale absorbed moisture
until it weighed 912 pounds on June
Z. In reconditioning APO pounds of
moisture went out and 232 pounds
of moulded and ruined cotton were
thrown away.
Bale No. 5, on end on ground dur
ing the entire test, with same sur
face down at all times, dropped from
SOB pounds to 385 pounds. (Loss 100
pounds.)
baie NO. o, On edge during the
entire test, same surface down at all
times, dropped from SOB to 43S
pounds. (Loss IS pounds.)
Bale No. z, on edge on ground,
turned from time to time, at least
once week, dropped from 495 to
473 pounds. (Loss 20 pounds.)
Cotton is now too high to throw
any of it away in the weather or to
lose by neglect of proper storing.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-11-07
MIR. A. P. TALLEY Is TO
LEAVE STRAND THEATRE

At the end of this week there will
be a change of managers at the
Strand Theater in Marietta, Mr.. A.
P. Talley, who has been here for
some months, going elsewhere in the
service of the S. A. Lynch Enter
prlses, owners of the Strand.
Although Mr.. Talley had not long
been a resident of Marietta he had
acquired many friends here who will
regret to give him up, but who wish
him success in whatever field he may
be sent to represent the company
AS manager of the Strand he is to
be succeeded by Mr.. B. r. Linton
who is already here, and who appears
to be most estimable young man.
He is already making friends who
wish the Strand continued success
under his management.
The S. A. Lynch Enterprises made
a big deal this week acquiring the
chain of Wells picture theaters in
Atlanta, Savannah, Knoxville and
Augusta. BY this deal in Atlanta
alone five theaters were added to the
Lynch syndicate which was already
one of the largest in the country.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-11-07
MILTON COUNTY MAN
GETS ONE YEAR IN GANG

A. j. Webb, of Milton county, was
Wednesday morning found guilty of
running an automobile over and kill
ing H. Rice, street car conductor,
and was sentenced to one year on the
chaingang by Judge John D. Hum
phires in the criminal division of the
superior court, of Atlanta The Jury
which returned late TUESDAY after
noon, returned a verdi@ss az 8 o'clock
"Wednesday morning, afsan ana all
night session.
The offense for whaek Webb was
convicted occurred en- the night of
February II, 1919, neam the Brook
wod station, on Peachtree street, in
Atlanta. Rice was attempting to
change his trolley, when he was
struck by Webb's automobile, which
ra mover him and almost instantly
killed him. 1t was alledged that Webb
then proceeded on his way out Peach
tree road without stopping.
Other automobiles passing at the
time give chase and overlook the car
about TWO miles out, bringing it back
to the scene of the crime.
Webb contended tha@ he was not
operating the car at the tiame it struck
Rice, claiming that be had been drink
ing and was therefore unable to
operate it.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-11-07
GRADUATE NURSES WILL
MEET FOR ORGANIZATION

A meeting for the organization of
the first District of the Georgia State
Association of Graduate Nurses will
be held in the Assembly Hall of Grady
Hospital in Atlanta on Tuesday, Nov.
18th, at three p. m.
In order to be eligible for mem
bership in the American Nurses AS
ISOLATION the Georgia State Assoca-
ton is being reorganized. The state
is divided into four districts. The
first district comprises the following
counties: Dade, Walker, Catoosa,
Murray, Whitfield, Gilmer, Fannin,
Chattooga, Gordon, Pickens, Daw-
son, Floyd, Barlow, Cherokee, For
sytA, Polk, Paulding, Cobb, Milton,
Gwinnett, DeKalb, Fulton, Douglas,
Carroll, Heard, Coweta, Fayette,
Campbell, Clayton, Spalding, Henry
and Butts.
Atlanta being the center of the
Eirst district, all the graduate nurses
throughout these counties are urged
TO attend this meeting. Every regis
cred nurse residing in the first dis
trict is eligible for membership in
his district and it is hoped that a
large presentation Of the register
ed nurses Of the first district will
attend this meeting.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-11-07
COMMISSIONER ASKS
ELECTION Be CALLED
Revision of Registration Lists and
Bonds for Half Million Dollars
Proposed in Resolution

At the meeting of the county board
on Tuesday, Commissioner Martin Of
fered the following resolution, which
was carried over until the next reg
ular meeting in December, on the mo-
ton of Commissioner Garrett:
RESOLVED, That the Board Of
County Commissioners of Roads and
Revenues of Cobb county, order an
election for an issue of Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars of Road Bonds,
election to be held on Saturday, the
seventeenth day of January, 1920,
the proceeds of sale of said bonds to
be applied to the improvement Of
post-roads in Cobb county, other than
the roads designated by the State
Highway Commission as State-aid
roads;
RESOLVED FURTHER, That the
said Board of County Commissioners
request the proper authority to take
the necessary steps to have the coun-
ty registration list revised and thor
oughly purged, said revised registra-
ton list to govern IN the above-named
election.
As it seems probable that the
state may build the Dixie Highway
through Cobb, and the Marietta -Ros-
well road also, if the proposer Mem
orial Institute is to be located in Ros-
well, the action proposed in the above
resolution would suffice to give Cobb
a good road system, when supple
mented with government aid.
The proposition seems entirely fair
and it will have time to have been
duly considered before the first Tues
day in November, the postponing ac-
ton until that time, however, will
put off the election, should it be
called, until February.
1: is important that the registra-
ton lists should be revised and purg-
ed before we attempt an cleo ioa for
road bonds and this will take tma to
comply with the law.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-11-07
THE LITTLE SCHOOL
ON THE CORNER

Miss Olive Faw's school, which has
been called the Little School on the
Corner" has opened, with a number
OF pupils from out of town on it's
rolls.
Little Robert Gregg McCulloch
from Anaconda, Montana, 5000 miles
away, is a pupil this year. Quite a
distance to come to school,
The business department., which has
been named "The Victory School of
BUSINESS" has also students from 9TH
er towns, among them Miss jamie
Mae LEROY, of Camp Ground, Miss
Minnie Lou Ayers, of Smyrna, the
Mabry brothers, Norris and For
rest) of Roswell, who were with the
Marines in service.
Misses Ida Belle and Irene Ham
ilton, of Woodstock are also board
ing in town and attending the school.
Miss Faw's school has done good
work during the last year. and has
always been famous for its thorough
ness.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-11-07
IMPATIENTLY AWAIT
GREAT new CIRCUS
Ringing Bros. and Barnur & Bailey
Combined Shows Arouse
Keen Interest Here

"Circus Day." the big holiday for
which young and old impatiently
wait at this particular season pro-
misses to eclipse all other events Of
the calendar year at Atlanta Monday,
November 10.
1t would seem as though everybody
i nthis locality were planning to at
tend. The very name of the great
new circus-Ringling Bros. and Bar
mum & Bailey Combined-has been
sufficient to arouse far more interest
than has ever before been shown in
the coming of any amusement enter
prise. And word from Ringing
Bros, who are the directors of this
gigantic super-circus, is to the effect
that those who attend the perform
ances will witness the greatest pro-
gram ever presented in America. This
is likewise true of the mammoth
street parade, which will positively
take place showday morning, the
mammoth menagerie and all else
connected with this biggest of all
amusement institutions. The famous
showmen have made a complete sur
very of both the great circuses and
merged the finest and best of each in
to one. Hundreds upon hundreds Of
performers will appear in the gigan-
tic main-tent. There will be scores
upon scores of the cleverest dumb
actors. A gorgeously costumed pa
geant of stupendous size, will open
the program. Great companies Of
characters, representing the best
loved stories of fable and nursery
lore, will appear. There will be splen-
did an dmany groups of beautiful
horses in jeweled trappings. The
army of clowns exceed all past re-
cords for fun and numbers. All con-
tribute to the biggest circus in his
tory.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-11-07
BANANA PEEL, CAUSES
. A SERIOUS dCCDENT

The many frients e ratrg9 J.QA.
Massey are panied to learn of a@-i
Gus accident with whicfDhso met on
last Saturday on the streets of Mari
eta. q
Slipping upon the sidewalk on the
peel of banana he fell violently
and the bone in one of his thighs near
the hip was broken
An X-ray disclosed the exact ma
ture OF the injury and he was carried
TO the Marietta Sanitarium for treat
ment on Thursday.
Such wound is always serious and
to one of Mr.. Massey's age it means
at least long time before he is able
to walk again.
We join a host of friends in ex-
tending our sympathy and wishes for
speedy recovery.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-11-07
"HOUDINI" AT THE .
STRAND SATURDAY
"Houdini" Himself To Be Seen In The
New Paramount-Artcraft Feature
he Grim Came at The Strand
Thsater On Saturday.

Houdini has been showing his mar
velous escapes on the stage and
through the medium of the screen
until his work has become known
all over the world, but it remained
for a stunt which he performs in
1.-The Grim Came" a Paramount-Art-
craft picture, coming to the Strand
Theatre Saturday, of which he is the
star, to register the most remarkable
escape from death he has ever had
his experience being shared by sew
eral members of the cast. After get
ting out of locked cells, straight
jackets and being hung head down.
ward from the top of a six-story
building, Houdini was called upon to
go up in an airplane and change from
one machine to the other while sew
eral hundred feet from the ground.
While hanging from a knotted rome
fastened to one Of the wings of the
pursuing airplane, the two machines
crashed into each other and fell to
the earth. BY seeming miracle not
one OF the actors was seriously in
Jured, and the camera was able to
record a thrill that should satisfy
the entire world of "stunt" fans.
1.-THE Grim Game" was written by
Arthur B. Reeve and John W. Gray.
and directed by Irving Willat. 1t is
an interesting melodrama in which
the escapes" of the star are intro
duced in a logical manner, the pro-
duction being high grade all through.
Houdini acts himself without undue
effort, and is adequately supported
by Thomas Jefferson as Dudley CaEa-i
eron, Ann Forrest as Mary Cameron.
Augustus Phillips as Clifton Allison
and Tully Marshall as Richard Raver.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-11-07
iMARIETTA MUST HELP
TO GET ROSWELL SCHOOL

The people of Roswell have been
active i'm the matter Of raising the
fund to secure the Bulloch Hall prop
erty for the Roosevelt Memorial
School.
Marietta was asked to raise five
thousand dollars for this fund and
the county has promised five thou
sand contingent upon the establish
nent of the school as proposed by the
National Roosevelt Memorial Asso-
citation. So far, on account of in
activity of the committee here, Ma
rietta has only promised about $4,000
but she can not afford to let the mat
ter rest there.
In the meantime the Roswell CON-
mittee has assured the state officers
of the Memorial Association that the
property will be given for the es-
tablishment of the school and they i'll
turn have put it up to the national
association.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-11-07
OFFICIAL NOTES OF THE
MARIETTA Y. W. C. A.

The second week of November be-
ing the Worlds Week of Prayer in
the Y. W. C. A., plans are being
made for observing this.
Announcements will be made from
the various pulpits on Sunday.
We cannot go back to a pre-war
basis. Why? Because when in 1917
the Association had the chance to
make or break and to be useful, it
chose to make life, and pressure came
SO swiftly from all parts of the coun-
try that the Association was forced
into a place it could not otherwise
have reached for years. The $751;
OOO,OOO.00 budget of 1913 cannot, of
course, be touched for anything but
the War Work of the Association.
1t is, therefore, necessary to hold a
campaign to raise funds for the reg
ular work during the year 1919
work having increased tenfold.
Because War Work was not merely
emergency work but the beginning
of a program to fit women for after
the-war construction. The field is
calling for new organizations, for
new workers, for enlarged programs
and all things which go toward
growth and development.
Because since the regular routine
work of an Association lacks tho uni
versaI flashing appeal of War Work,
the awakened consciousness calls for
program for greater visions and
larger service.
MRS. J. w. LEGG,
Chairman Publicity.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-11-07
B0AZ PAYS THE FREIGHT;
YOU GIVE 1T FREE TRIAL

Cobb county farmers are too well
acquainted with the value of drained
lands not to give consideration to any
device which will cut bitches or make
terraces as easily as the Martin Dit
cher is said to do.
Mr.. T. M. Boaz, of Calhoun, has
an advertisement of this machine in
another part of this paper, and it
seems to us that his proposition for
a trial of it is entirely fair.
Certainly you lose nothing if you
give it the trial he suggests, and
from what we have heard of this
dltcher, it is most valuable imple-
ment to have on the farm.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-11-07
CONFEDERATE VETERANS ASK
MONUMENT FOR COBB BOYS

AT the monthly nsasRtiHg of the
Marietta Camp No. 7e3 @f Confed-
crate Veterans on last Saturday, a
resolution was passed calling upon
the people of Cobb coanty to erect
a monument to the memory Of the
boys from this country who died or
were killed in the service during the
war.
In the discussion of the matter
Mr.. J. Gid Morris stated that he would
donate the land for a site at a suit
able place on the Dixie Highway and
further contribute to the cause as
much as any one else did. 1t was de-
cided to ask for expressions on the
subject, and to have the matter take
a business form at the next monthly
meeting of the veterans on the first
Tuesday in December.
We are requested to ask our cor
respondents in the various districts
to report to us the names of the bows
who went from these districts and
either died or were killed in the SER
vice. Our present records may be
complete and they may not.
Judge j. M. Gam, the ordinary of
the county, has recently tried to get
the names and enlistment records of
every man from Cobb who entered
the service, but to this date his re-
cord has not been completed. This
is an important record and should
be completed.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-11-07
RED CROSS ROLL CALI.
| ON FRIDAY, NOV. 9TH

The Third Annual Roll Call of the
American Red Cross will be made in
Marietta and Cobb county on Friday
Of this week.
II The great reconstruct work of
the organization should appeal to
every loyal citizen with as much in
tensity as did the various enterprises
fostered by the Red Cross find en-
dorseme nt and financial encourage
ment during the War Period.
The wonderful record of achieve
ment is the most tell answer that
could be made to the doubling one.
Now that the time energies and
money of the American Red Cross
are to be largely expended here at
home in establishing the returned
soldier, Tin many cases manned for
llfe) in stamping out disease and
unsanitary conditions, in looking to-
ward the goal of perfect health and
particularly in conserving child life,
it would seem that there could be no
one who would hesitate to contribute
toward the ultimate end of better cit
lenship and consequently a better
America.
The membership drive has been
planned and arranged by Mr.. Joe Abb
bott, Chairman OF A. r. C. for Cobb
county, Miss Mabel Cortelyou, Secre-
tary for the county and Miss Myrtice
Brown, Public Health Nurse. To the
latter two will be due much of the
praise for the success of the work.
for they have handled all the details
OF organization and distribution of
literature throughout the county.
The drive among the colored peo-
pie Is in the hands of Mary Parrish,
whose excellent work in the past is
evidence of another successful record
on Friday. She and her race in gen.
eral are just now particularly inter
ested in the movement because thew
are awakening to a retaliation of the
necessity for more healthful and sani
tary conditions and they are anxious
for an opportunity to secure compe-
tent instruction along these lines.
This aid will be carried to them by the
Home Science Division of the Red
Cross through the medium of a Sc
ries of Public Health classes to be
taught by the Community Nurse.
Interesting programs have been
prepared by two local organizations
for bringing the work before the
people. On Friday afternoon the Civ
lc League of Austell will have a spec
lal program featuring Red Cross
work which will be under the guild
ance of Mrs. Veal.
The Civic League of Winnings will!
have an open meeting on Friday night
at which time Mrs. Herbert Hague
will address the body on both the
work of the Red Cross and the Y. W.
G. A. and will assist in the Red Cross
mem bership drive.
The following are the chairmen for
the various wards and districts: Mari
eta: First Ward, Mrs. Frank Earde-
man; Second Ward, Mrs. NJ. T. Nc
Whorter; Third Ward, Mrs. ]. ]. Dan
iell; Fourth Ward, Mrs. C. w. Du-
re; Fifth Ward, Mrs. E. r. Hunt
;xth Ward. Mrs. s. H. Hall. TIL
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-11-07
NOTICE MARIETTA CIRCUIT

A special session of the Marietta
Circuit Quarterly Conference will be
held at Marietta First Church on
Monday, Nov. 10th at 2 p. m. A full
attendance of all the officials is kind
ly urged as some matters of import
ance are to be considered.
JOHN P. ERWIN.
Presiding Elder.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-11-07

Square, Mrs. N. K. Smith and the
Junior Red Cross. Acworth, E. NJ.
Bailey; Smyrna, Guice Ray; Powder
Springs, Mrs. w. l.. Florence; Aus
tell, W. E. Smith and Mrs. Humph-
reys and Mrs. Veal; Roswell, H. I.
Weaver and Mrs. Robert Power; Kan
nesaw, j l.. Giles; Howells District,
Miss Lizzie May Howell; Winnings,
Charles Jones.
Margaret T. McWhortsr.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-11-07
ATLANTA WILL INVITE NEXT
NATIONAL DRAINAGE MEETING

The Chamber of Commerce and
other Atlanta organizations will in
vite the National Drainage Confer
ence, which meets in St. Louis next
week to come to Atlanta next year.
On account of the recent great ac-
tivity in farm drainage in Georgia
it is thought they will accept.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-11-07

Deputy sheriffs who went out the
other day to raid house where a
"blind tiger" was alleged to have had
his lair, noticed a peculiar odor en-
anating from the building next door
to the place where they were making
their search. They cautiously inves-
tigated and were astounded to find
a ten-gollon still in full operation.
One run had been made and the sec
ond had just been started, but the
operator had made his departure, evil
IDENTIFY becoming aware of the prox-
unity of the officers in time to make
good his escape.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-11-07
MAINE RATIFIES THE
SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT

Augusta, Me-, Nov, 5.-The
amendment to the federal constitu-
ton giving women the right to vote
was ratified today in the house in
concurrence with the senate. The
vote was ~ to SO.