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Evening journal., 1921-10-17

exceeds the total cost OF education.
100000 homes are
destroyed in one year.
In order to keep the "home" fires
burning
Don't permit rubbish to accumu-
late in Easements. workshops or
anywhere about the premises Clean
property seldom burns.
Don't burn trash. brush or rub
bish near buildings. fences and other
property, nor permit children TO do
so.
Don't keep ashes in wooden boxes
or deposit them against wooden par
titions Keep in non-combustible
receptacles.
Don't change your electric wiring
without Jconsulting a competent
electrician.
Don't hang electric light cords on
nails.
Don't fail TO take pecautions with
electric fatirons and always use
with signal light
Dent fail 10 place metal protec-
tion under all stoves and protect
woodwork where stoves or furnaces
are close TO walls
Don't pass stove pipes through
ceiling. roofs or wooden partitions.
Don't neglect TO have all fiues
cleaned. examined and repaired az
least once each year.
Don't fail to provide screen for
open freplaces.
Don't connect gas stoves heaters
or hot plates with rubber hose.
Don't use gasoline or benzine 70
cleanse clothing near an open flame,
light or fire. Use non-infiammable
cleaner.
Don't use liquid polishes near open
lights. Many such compounds con-
tain volatile innammable oils.
Don't thaw frozen water pipes by
/ applying a torch or open flame of
any kind. Wrap pipes loosely with
clothes and pour on hot water. OF
send for a plumber.
Don't allow children 10 play with
matches. Keep matches in closed
metal box.
Don't go into closets with light
ed matches or candles.
Don't fail TO remember that there
is always danger in the discarded
cigarette and cigar stub.
Don't let electric wires come II
contact with metal objects.
Don't hang lace curtains near un.
protected gas jets.
Don't stand coal-oil lamps OF
shaky tables.
Don't use hot hair curriers' with.
out removing celluioid combs.
Have you taken these precautioni
TO protect your home? II not, star
today-National Fire Prevention be
gins at home.
Evening journal., 1921-10-17
MISS RAPPE Was
Wife, MOTHER
Victim of Los Angeles Trag-
edy Said to Have Had a
Romance
HER HUSBAND
HAS DISAPPEARED

CHICAGO. oct. IA daughter
OF Virginia Rape. Chicago film
star, for whose tragic death Roscoe
Arbuckle awaits trial on "A charge OF
manslaughter is living here. igno-
rant OF her parentage. but supported
since infancy by the earnings OF her
mother.
The tragic elimination Of the two
day party" in Arbuckle's San Fran
cisco apartment was not the first
tragedy in the life of "the girl who
smiled" For nearly 10 years she
hid beneath her twisted smile and
beneath the cap and bells of the
movie coincidence the bitter secret
of the tragedy Of her Chicago days,
the blasted romance Of her youth,
that drove her from Chicago.
These were the declarations made
by a close friend Of Virginia Rappe
and OF her mother Mabel Rappe.
famed in her day as Chicago's most
beautiful model.
This friend of the Rappe family
John Bates. formerly a business
man on the South Side. has written
TO the District Attorney at Los An
geles and to other officials in Los
Angeles and San Francisco to deter
mine the amount Of the estate left
by the film star with the view of
entering claim on behalf of the
child.
Most of Virginia Rappe's friends
on the South Side knew about her
daughter" Mr.. Bates said. She is
about eight or nine years old. She
was born just a short time before
Virginia went West to go into the
movies. The last heard OF the girl
she was living with her foster par
ents on the Northwest Side.
If circumstances warrant. search
will be made for the child, and also
for Virgnia's husband about whom
even her most intimate Chicago
friends know little"
The father disappeared before the
.hild's birth. It was said. Who he
was and when they were married
remains a mystery.
IL don't know just where Virginia
Rappe's daughter is at present.
said Mr. Bates. but 1 am confident
she is still in Chicago and that 1 car
locate her in a short time il neces
sary and prove her identity beyond
all doubt I know that Virginia
paid for the child's care up to few
years ago and assume that she con.
tinued to pay until the time Of hei
death"
According to Los Angeles dis
patches. Virginia Rappe's estate con.
sisted Of personal property, including
valuable jewelry, a bank account
stocks and bonds. the entire valu,
of which has not been determined.
Evening journal., 1921-10-17
MANY SEE MOON
IN SECOND ECLIPSE

just as the sun sank beyond the
horizon at 5.56 yesterday the moon
rose with the earth's shadow upon
It, causing the second partial lunar
eclipse OF the year. The eclipse,
which was plainly visible to Will
mingtonians. was caused by the
earth coming directly between the
the sun and the moon. II lasted
until 7.34 p. m.
The eclipse in reality started at 3
p. m, when the shadow Of the edrth
started to eat into the side Of the
moon. IL did not1become visible
here. however. until the moment
the sun set and the moon rose
simultaneously.
The phenomenon was the fourth
OF the year. there having been two
oclipses OF the sun and one Of the
moon previously. II will be the last
until next spring.
Evening journal., 1921-10-17

used this preparation and are now
loud In praise thereof.
Take, for instance, the statement
made recently by Mrs. Ella Rey-
nolds, a well-known and popular
Wilmington lady. residing at No.
7OS Lombard street. who has a host
OF friends. She says:
Il am glad to have this opportu-
nifty to tell the public what a Won
derful medicine your Plant Juice Is.
/ have been a great sufferer from
stomach trouble for a long time;
/ could not take the lightest kind
Of food into my stomach, as it would
cause gas to form and / was in con-
stant pain; l could not sleep at
night and my nerves were in a ter
rible condition; l was very despon-
dent and depressed and had no am
bition or energy to do anything. I
had tried so many medicines that
1 was utterly discouraged and had no
hope OF ever getting any better; my
liver was torpid. and / had no color
much in my neighborhood about
Plant Juice and the wonders it was
working that I got a bottle to try
Il. II certainly worked wonders
with me. for now / have a splendid
appetite for my meals. I sleep fine
at night and am not nervous any
more; 1 have a fine color in my face
and feel strong and fit. My sister
and her little girl are taking Plant
Juice when they saw the wonderful
benefit l got from iS and have got
ten the same fine results. We are all
enthusiastic about Plant Juice and
glad to endorse IT,"
Plant Juice is sold in Wilmington
at the Miller Drug Store. 404-406
Market street; in New Castle by +.
Challenger & Son; in Newport by c.
B. White; in Newark by w. y.
Brown
Evening journal., 1921-10-17
"Papes Cold Compound" Breaks any Cold in Few Hours

stops nose running; relieves head
ache, dullness. feverishness. sneez-
ing.
"Pape's Cold Compound" is the
quickest, surest relief known and
costs only a few cents at drug stores.
Il acts without assistance. Tastes
nice. Contains no quinine. Insist
upon Pape'R
Evening journal., 1921-10-17
POPULARLADY
SODISCOURAGED
Relates How She Suffered
From Stomach Trouble
For a Long Time
RESTORED HEALTH
THRU PLANT JUICE

No extravagant claims are made
for Plant Juice. the famous herbal
stomach medicine, now being intro
duced here at The Miller Drug Store.
404-406 Market street. but that II
viii restore your system to perfect
state OF health, II suffering from
stomach. liver, kidney troubles or
rheumatism, is backed up by the
statements Of local people who have
Evening journal., 1921-10-17
Smiling Windows!

It costs but little to make your windows thing
Of beauty.
....,u windows remember are the eyes of your
a sssen bv every passerby, they reflect instantly
nome GOOD taste not only in their draperies but the
entire furnishings of your home
Make them smiling, welcoming
Marouisettes-vo -voes-come in white cream am OK. OK
crin plain or figured design and can be had rom 1'0
TO SOC the yard.
Evening journal., 1921-10-17

Quaker lace nes,in white, and ecru plain and
all-over effects are marked 40c to 1S5 the yard.
Quaker net curtains in ivory and are two and
onehalf yards long, in conventional designs and made
with the elusive nonsaggng edge that insures perfect
the pair.
Velour portieres, double-faced-two and one-half
yards long, in blue rose brown and cerse are marked
$3.50 the pairvery attractive curtains Any color
binaton can be supplied to order
Evening journal., 1921-10-17

Instant Relief Don't stay stuffed
upi Quit blowing and snuhlingl A
dose OF "Papes Cold Compound"
taken every two hours until three
doses are taken usually breaks any
cold right up.
The first dose opens clogged-up
nostrils and air passages OF head;
Evening journal., 1921-10-17
FOHO1U These Don is
If You d AUoid Fire

National Fire Prevention organi-
cations charge that 50 per cent OF
those killed and injured each year
by fire are mothers and children un-
der school age.
Notwithstanding the school trag-
edy at Collinswood, a suburb Of Ciev-
eland. o.. 80 per cent Of the school
buildings Of the United States are
classed a veritable fire traps
The fire cost in the United States
Evening journal., 1921-10-17
BY ARTHUR sOArERs ROCHE
Author OF eThc Day OF Faith"

tCopyright, IszI, NEA SerVice.1
DARIEN Conn.-Governor Thom-
as McRae in declaring legal holiday
in Arkansas 10 be known as "The
Day of Faith" has rendered articu-
late the wish Of mankind.
For nineteen centuries the foun-
der OF Christianity has been rever-
ed in preachment. but disdained in
Evening journal., 1921-10-17

There are electric lamps mostly with two-bght hx
lures and with art glass shades and in dozen different
finishes that arc marked $500, $500, $780, $780, $500
$1,000 and $3.50 complete.
And little boudoir lamps mostly in mahogany and
ivory arc priced for the bases, $500 to $3.50
Silk shades to fit arc marked S160 to $3.50.
At these prices the selling will be brisk There
no duplicates Select yours early.
Evening journal., 1921-10-17
Held Ar EAsroN As FoRGER

EASTON. Nd. oct. 17.-Paul
Jones. 2i years old. is locked up in
the Easton Jail on the charge or
forging a check for S22.50 For
the last few days a number Of bad
checks have been cashed. and today,
while a local merchant was discuss
ing his misfortune in cashing a
check signed Harry Slaughter for
Jones. the latter walked into the
store and was arrested. II Is said
he admitted forging the name OF
Slaughter TO the check. but other
checks. said to be forgerics. he de-
'nied were his. His trial is set for
the early part Of next week.
Evening journal., 1921-10-17
Just When

The nights are getting longer, and as wei thinking
of a new lamp comes this opportunity to save half.
We're disseminating most of our table lamps and
we We marked them (about fifty styles at just half
Here are some gas lamps that come in bronze brass
ivory and art bronze.
They are $500, $500, $500 and s1o.Oo-half their
former prices
Evening journal., 1921-10-17
BY LEW r.. PALMER
Member OF Safety-to-Life Commit
tee, National fire Prevention
Association.

The appalling Joss Of $4,000 lives
and S5.OO0.OO0 in property destroy
ed by fire in the United States dur
ing the year 1920 has been recog-
nized by the federal government as a
menace to the nations welfare.
Evening journal., 1921-10-17
SALISBURY PASTOR RESIGNS.

SALISBURY PASTOR RESIGNS.
SALISBURY. Nd. oct. 1.-THE
Rev. II. L. Parkinson. for the past
three years pastor Of Division Street
Baptist Church, has rendered his
resignation. effective October 30.
He will become pastor Of the Angora
Baptist Church. West Philadelphia.
He came to Salisbury in 1918.
Lost articles may be found by ad-
vertising through the medium OF the
Want Ads.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1921-08-11
TAKES SEVERAL THOIIS.
AND DOLLARS WITH HIM

Mr.. Dempsey B. Medford, highly
esteemed and trusted manager ~
the Standard Mercantile Co., varv
suddenly left town Sunday.
He was on the job as usual Sat,,r
day attending to his. business. On
Sunday morning he disappeared from,
home shortly after a. m.
Upon inquiry it was learned tba+
he was seen going toward Atlanto
at rapid rate in an Essex car IN
Atlanta he went to the terminal St.
ton and secured a ticket for New
York. W"
Mr.. Medford has been a resident of
this town for many years and has
been in his present position MANY
years, having the respect, esteem and
love of all that know him. This sud
den departure will be a great SUNRISE
to his host of friends.
Later in the day it was possible
to locate one of the firm who stated
that as far as they had been able +o
determine all the books and accounts
were absolutely correct and all THINGS
accounted for. And further that Mr.
Medford got away from town QUIETLY
on purpose, as he was going to the
Eastern markets to secure the most
wonderful bargains in everything for
the large patronage of the store. adv
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1921-08-11
AUSTELL

Mr.. and Mrs. Shipley, of Rome, are
guests of their parents, Mrs. and Mrs.
p. D. Pugh.
Mrs. w. E. Holland, of Ashburn,
is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Joe
Jourdan.
Miss Evelyn Ware is the guest of
her aunt, Miss Essie Ware.
Casper Hobbs, of Greensboro, N. c.,
is the guest of his uncle and fam
lily, P. W., Suggs.
Mrs. w. w. Haskell, of Savannah,
is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Mar
vim Butler.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. w. Suggs and Mr..
and Mrs. j. L. Brooks and daughter
were recent visitors at Indian Springs.
Mrs, H. L. Jackson was hostess to
a card party given on last Thurs
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Osborn left dur
ing the week for their home in Dun
edin, Fla.
~ (Delayed.)
ulISs Ils IL. OdOhoOIl anu WV Till
dren are guests of friends in Wash,
Ga.
Miss Fanny Coward was guest of
relatives during the week.
Mr.. Baldwin James and J. B. Kla-
hire, who were guests at the home of
Mrs. L. NJ. Scott, have returned to
their homes in Hancock, Md.
Mrs. j. H. Peek is the guest of
her parents, near Chattanooga, Tenn.
Miss Marzee Davis, of Atlanta, is
the guest of her cousin, Miss Donald
Lee Jordan
Miss Florence Miller is the guest
of relatives in Douglasville.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Westmoreland,
of Brunswick, were guests of rela-
tives during the week.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1921-08-11
MANY APPLY FOR
VICTORY MEDALS
Five Ask For Blanks Before Noon
MONDAY at Journal Office one
Was Argonne Hero

BEFORE noon had rolled arouhe u
Monday of this week five veterans Oh
the world war had asked for apphca !
tion blanks for victory medals ana
hattie clasps as a result of the notlGs
40 +be effect that these BLANKS couiu
no obtained at The Journal once IN
last weeks issue of the paper -FOUR
Of these were for victory medals anu
one for a battle clasp by Cooo
county boy who had taken part Tor
ten DAVIS in the Meuse-Argonne cam
naign in October of 1913.
The Argonne hero was Raymond a.
p;ckens. of Marietta, Route 3, VINO
lives in the Smyrna district. His fam
ilv seems to be a veritable 1ghung
family for along with an application
blank for himself he took three 9TH
ers for three of his brothers who also
served in the world war. The other
applicant was E. T. Turner, Marietta
Route 8, in the Marietta District.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1921-08-11
EXECUTORS SALE.

BY virtue of an order of the court
of ordinary of Cobb county granted
at the Feb. Term, 1921, / will sell be-
fore the Court House door in Mari
eta during the legal hours for sales.
on firstTuesday in September, %
acres of lot of land No. 796, 20 acres
of lot of land No. 1877, SO acres of lot
No. $50. All in the 18th Dist. and
End section of Cobb County, Ga.
and bounded on the North by lands
of j, B. Barfeld and R. D. Barfield;
on the West by lands of H. Barfeld !;
on the South by lands Of J. D. Delk :
and East by lands of J. D. Delk and
Black, and being all the j. M. Moore
home place where said j. M. Moore
died.
Said lands to be sold as the Est. of
J. M. Moore, deceased, for the pur-
pose of paying debts and distribution
among heirs.
Terms: $4,000 Cash, the Balance
Dec. LIST, 1921.
This August End 1921.
Mrs. ANNIE MOORE.
Executrix of the Will Of J. M. Moore
31-32-33-34.35
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1921-08-11
LARGE CROWDS ATTENDED
I LOST MT. TENT MEETINGS

The tent meeting conducted near
Lost Mountain for some time and
which came to an end Wednesday
night drew some of the largest crowds
from the neighboring towns and cit
les ever recorded a like meeting in
this section.
Last Sunday witnessed one of the
largest crowds of the entire series of
meetings. An unusually large num-
Der came from Woodstock, while Ma
rietta, Acworth, Powder Springs, Dial
las, Austell and Atlanta were well rep
resented.
1t is seldom that the public of this
community has had the privilege OF
hearing more enjoyable sermons than
those delivered by Rev. ]. A. Tros-
tle.-Lost. Mt. Correspondent.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1921-08-11
SMYRNA

o--o-o-o-o-o -o-o-o-o-
Miss Corday Rice, of Atlanta, is
the guest of her cousin, Miss Judith
Rice.
Mr.. Arthur Hasty is spending a
few days in Copperhill, Tenn.
Miss Martha Moore Quarles is Wis
iting friends and relatives in Rome
and Silver Creek.
Mr.. Frank Mcmillan is spending
the week in Dacula, Ga, conducting
the revival song services for Rev. A.
B. Couch.
Mr.. Milton Gill, of New York, N.
Y, was the guest of his cousin, Mr..
Henry Rice, last week.
Miss Emalene Handy entertained
1the younger set at her home on Spring
street Tuesday evening, in honor of
her guest, Miss Elizabeth Brown, of
Atlanta./
Little Jack foss, who has been spen-
ding several weeks with her grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. P. J. Voss, re-
turned to her home in Charlotte, N.
c., with her father, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Sheally have
returned to their home in Jackson
vile, Fla, after visit to their sis
ter, Mrs. w. E. Patterson.
Little Ethelyn and James Jones, Jr
from Jacksonville, Fla, are visiting
their grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. G
w. Armand
Mr.. Will F. Legg, of New Orleans
La, is the guest of his mother, Mrs
Amanda Legg.
Mr.. w. E. Patterson, Jr., of the
U. S. Navy, arrived Wednesday tc
spend a thirty-day furlough with
his parents.
j \ 4
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1921-08-11
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS BIC
MONDAY CREEK DRAIN
Drainage District No. S, Cobb COUNTY.
Ga.

Sealed proposals for the construc-
ton of the Drainage improvements
on the Big MONDAY Creek Drainage
District No. 5, Cobb County. Georgia
will be received by the Board of
Drainage Commissioners of said Dis
trict up to II o'clock M. on the 18th
day OF September 1921, at the office
of Joe Abbott, Marietta, Georgia.
The work to be done REQUIRES the
digging of about five miles of ditch
about seven feet deep.
The work to be done on Big
MONDAY Creek consists of dredge
bitches containing approximately 90
100 cubic yards of earth; the work
to be done on Little MONDAY Creek
consists of dredge bitches containing
approximately 8,496 cubic yards of
earth; the work to be done on what
is known as Roberts Creek consists
of dredge bitches containing about
$3.50 cubic yards of earth. Making a
grand total of earth excavation to be
LII ,636 cubic yards of earth.
Also the removal of whatever rock
that may be encountered in and along
the line of bitches to be excavated.
A certified check for no less than
seven per cent of the bid, payable to
the Board of Commissioners of the
Big Monday Creek Drainage Dis
trict No. 5, Cobb County, Georgia.
must accompany each. bid and shall
become forfeited to the District in
the event the successful bidder fails
or refuses to give the bond and I'M
dertake the work in accordance with
the terms of his bid and the law.
The work to be done in accordance
with the plans and specifications now
on file in the office of the Clerk of
the Superior Court, Cobb County,
Georgia.
The Board reserves the right to re-
ject any and all bids.
c. NJ. WILKIE,
8. F. WEEKS,
W. F. McCURLEY.
Board of Drainage Commissioners
Big MONDAY Creek Drainage Dis
trict No. 5, Cobb County, Ga.
W. F. McCURLEY, Secretary.
31-32-33-34-c
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1921-08-11
CONTRACT SIGNED FOR 100
BALES A TMASS MEETING
CONTINUED from page IL

as one was concerned primarily IN
how cheap farm produce could be
hought and the other with how much
he can get for his farm products.
The price has nothing to do with the
,s1,e he pointed out, and that the
sreculators would pay the farmers
more than a cent or two for cot
ton if they could induce the farmer
- sell for that price. 1t was therefore
- 80 Tho farmers, he said, to organ
;ze lust as the wage workers nav
aono and demand fair price 1or
their cotton and other farm produce
The plan of the association cans
for the signing of contract by rhe
farrner for a period of 5 years. uui
mo which all the farmers cotton mus
10 turned over to the ASSOCIATION 10
10 cold The organization is 10 De
,,,onaged bv board of 20 directors
SaIac+ed one from each association
district of the state, the Director to De
selected bv the members. Certain
bonded warehouses would be deslg-
no+ed in each city and county ana
4be farmer would turn over ms COT,
+or To the warehouse as 1t was glnheu
and he given a ticket specifying the
hale number and weight. ms ticKeV
could then be taken, if desired, TO
ond hank and a draft be made on
+he association for from so to 10
ner cent of the value of the cotCoi.
81 the nrice of cotton at the time OF
making the demand. The COTTON
would be graded by state agents anu
the owner sent a receipt for the par
+;cnlar grade. All the cotton OF
certain grade held by the asoclatlon
4hr,,ont the state would be pooled ana
soId when the directors felt the time
was ripe. A portion might be solG
in November, another in January anu
co on. at different prices ana each
member would receive the average
nrice for his cotton that all the COZ
Ton sold by the association OF tnaC
particular grade brought the entlre
season. When all the cotton was
sold each member would receive the
balance due him above what ne had
drawn at the bank and the necessary
deductions made for overhead expen-
ses. ~ b,l,
would be made possible thru the loan
of money by the United States war
Finance Committee to the assocla-
ton. o;a
There are no dues to the assocla-
+iop and the initiation fee is only hVe
dollars. h1os
The plan Of the association enables
4be Growers to sell the cotton only
when the best price is being offered:
A similar organization on the part OF
tbe peach and melon growers Oh the
state Mr.. Elmore said, had raised the
nrices ON peaches and melons several
times. The cost of operating the as
sociation is small and the advantages
gained very desirable oo,o-
Tn to date something like ZoO Dales
hove been contracted for in the coun-
~ A. a meeting at Powder Springs
last Friday, addressed by the county
ne;cors or s farmers signed con
tracts for total of seventy-hVe oaleS'
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1921-08-11
Prominent Business Man
Leaves Town Suddenly
RICHARD M. BELL

Mr.. Richard M. Bell, of Maxwell,
died at his home Thursday morning,
August II, at 8:15 o'clock. The fun
eral services will be held Friday af-
ternoon at 2 o'clock at the Maloney
Springs church. Rev. Geo. V. Grove
will oficiate. Interment will follow
the funeral services in the Maloney
Springs cemetery.
Mr.. Bell was a bachelor and is sur
Vived by several uncles, nephews and
nieces.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1921-08-11
REV. CROW BACK FROM BIG
REVIVAL AT SANDY PLAINS

Rev. Geo. V. Grow, of the Second
Baptist church, of Marietta, has just
returned from the conducting Of
very successful meetings at the San
dy Plains Baptist church, during
which he baptised 46 and took in ter
others by letter.
This is said to be one of the bes-
records made in any revival meeting
in this section in long time.
Rev. Grove will be at home fol
some time now and will fill his pull
pit at the Second Baptist church mex
Sunday at II o'clock.