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The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1922-05-04
FIVE DAYS CHAUTAUQUA OPENS TUESDAY
GHOSTLY PARADE OF
The XII KLUX KHAN
LAST MONDAY NIGHT
Thousands of People Gather in
Marietta to Witness Novel
Ku Klux Khan Parade

The Ku KuX Khan street parade,
official announcement of which was
given by Klan No. 81 in last weeks
Journal, came off as per schedule
Monday night
At eight o'clock several thousand
people had gathered in the Park and
around the Square to witness the
novel spectacle. Three special cars
over the electric line arrived at that
hour, bearing members of the Khan
from Atlanta and other points, and
at $50 the sound of trumpets and
drums was heard as the parade came
down Atlanta street.
The Ku-KluXers formed a single
line of march extending several
blocks, and count of the white
robed and white-masked figures is
given as one hundred and eighty-fve.
Some disappointment was mani
tested by those who have memories of
the original Ku Klux Khan .arganiz-
alton, whose methods of approach
were at great variation with that of
the present-day knights of the order.
In anticipation of ghostly figures
springing up from all points of the
compass, those of a timid nature were
kept busy casting furtive glances
down the alleys and around the num-
erous trees in the Park, but nothing
occurred to give them an anticipated
fright. No secrecy was maintained
in the line of approach and neither
were there any soft thuds from pad
ded hoofs of prancing horses.
The 1922 Ku-Kluxers came into
town in electric cars, donned their
regalia and formed their line of
marching music and the snare drums
beat a tuneful rat-atat as the line
wendell its way around the Square,
out Whitlock avenue and back on
Kennesaw avenue to Church street,
and thence back to the Square and to
the original starting point on Atlanta
street
Instead of the pineknot torches
used by the Khan in the sixties, the
the present Knights havel adopted
the use of electricity, and two great
crosses of fire were borne by the lea
ders in Monday nights parade, bril-
liantly illuminated by electric bulbs
fed by a storage battery.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1922-05-04
LARGE ATTENDANCE .
AT MAPLE AVENUE
CHURCH REVIVAL
Over 100 Conversions Reported
at Big Meeting Conducted by
Revs. Hunter and Hampton

The big revival meeting at the
Maple Avenue Methodist church, be-
ing conducted by Rev. Ghas. F. Hunt
ear, evangelist, and the local pastor,
Rev. W. L. Hampton, is growing in
interest and attendance.
The night attendance has been av-
eraging about 700 people, and Sun
day night there were over 1000 peo-
pie present and many were not able
to get into the church. Up to this
time there has been more than one
hundred conversions during the meet
ing. Fifty-two were baptised and re-
celved into the church last Sunday.
The Maple Avenue church is of the
original Methodist denomination, and
was established in Marietta the latter
part Of 1919 when a big tent meet
ing was held and much interest was
aroused. Since that time the church
has acquired building and parsonage
at cost of 1000, and the total
membership now exceeds two humid
red.
The present meetings have been
largely attended by the church-going
people of Marietta of all denomina-
tions, and Rev. Hampton states the
meetings will be continued indefi-
nitely.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1922-05-04
1910 CASH PRIZES
IN ESSAY CONTEST
BY GEORGIA PUPILS
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Starts Move to Create Better
Rural Conditions

GLOW can the cities and rural dis
tricts of Georgia best cooperate for
their mutual advantage?"
The question is paramount one
and in its solution and practical APP
plication, lies the future greatness OF
Georgia.
The Atlanta Chamber of CONNER
ce, working to the end of creating a
community-building spirit, is offering
four cash prizes to the school child
rem of Georgia for the best essay sub
mitted on the above quoted subject.
The contest is open to school child
rem in the 9Th to 10th grammar
grades, residing in the small towns
and rural districts of Georgia. The
ESSAY should not be over 400 words.
The prizes to be given are as fol
lows:
First prize, 800; secord prize,
$50; third prize, $35; fourth prize,
SIS.
Mr.. B. s. Barker, secretary of the
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce sends
the Journal the following informal
ton regarding the essay contest:
''This contest is open to all child
rem in the grammar schools located
in towns of 1000 population or pn-
der, and to children in the rural
schools of Georgia.
"The contest closes on midnight,
Tune 9Th and no essay viii be &C
certed which is received after that
time. A committee of prominent
mon from our Chamber Of Com
nerce has been appointed to award
these prizes based on the four best
efforts received, and prizes will be
awarded to the winning contestants
as soon after June 9Th as possible.
address FL communications to
the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce,
Mr.. B. S. Barker, Secretary, and be
sure to show the name of your school
as we'll as your own name on your
essay. Wide publicity will be given
this announcement, and it is hoped
that many children will enter the
contest"
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1922-05-04
BOARD FOR
GEORGIA COTTON
GROWERS LEAGUE
Plan for Cooperative Marketing
VIII Be Put over in Georgia
Beginning This Year

The Georgia Cotton Growers Co.
operative statewide elections COM
lpleted Saturday noon. More than
5000 votes were cast. The ballot
was by mail. The following are the
directors for the first year: L. A.
Dean of Rome, G. w. Clover of
Lawrenceville, C. H. Addington of
Lavonia, T. B. Thornton, of Hartwell,
0. E. Tate of Elberton, J. 7. Wise of
Baldwin, Dan Witcher of Point Peter,
James w. Morton of Athens, J. C.
Turner of Jefferson, R. L. Manning
of Bethlehem, j. H. BursOn of Car
rolton, R. J. Atkinson of Greenville,
W. H. Griffin of Washington, J o.
Maner of Millhaven, w. T. Macarthur
of Alley, Claude Eubanks of East
man, w. J. Oliver of Shellman, C.
w. Hillhouse of Sylvester, W. A,
SILVER of Carlo, and Ben Baker of
Ellington.
Each director represents one dist
riot which comprises a number of
counties, from one to twenty-eight in
number Each district signed up APP
proximately $4,000 bales, or one
twentieth Of the states total for Co
Operative marketing.
J. E. Conwell, who has been man
ager of the campaign since the mid
die of January, was appointed as a
director by L. B. Jackson, director
Of the State Bureau Of Markets. A.
NJ. Wilkins of Conner, was named
director by J. J. Brown, State Com
missioner of Agriculture. One more
director remains to be appointed by
Dr. A. M. Sewell, president of the
State College of Agriculture. Under
the terms of the association cotton
contract, these three men are named
70 represent the interests of the
public
''The Boardof Directors will COM
pare favorably with the directors Of
any bank in the state, in my opinion"
declared w. T. Hanson of Smyrna,
chairman of the Committee on Flee
tons, which was in charge.
The new directors meet Friday,
May s, in order to perfect their or
ganization and take in charge all the
affairs Of the association. At that
time, the organization committee will
e relieved.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1922-05-04
INTEREST GROWS
IN BOYS CLUB WORK

Enrolment in the agricultural
clubs has already passed the ten thou
sand mark, and indications promise
a fifty percent increase over the en-
rollment of 1921, according to Exten-
sion Director, J. Phil Campbell of the
Georgia State College of Agriculture.
The leading clubs are pig clubs,
corn clubs, sweet potato and poultry
clubs, however a great many bows are
signing up for the sheep, calf, peanut.
wheat, oats and orchard clubs.
Features of club work this wear
will be judging contests and club
camps. Judging contests will be
held in the counties, congressional
districts and for the championship
of the state. Teams will be selected
for livestock and farm crops judging.
This work is very instructive as we'll
as interesting to the boys, and it is
expected that a large number of them
will compete for places on the teams.
Several valuable prizes are offered
including number of free trips to
Chicago to the International Live
stock Exposition.
CIuO camps Will D6 HClu during Ule
summer in most of the counties. In
some instances the camps will in
clude the boys from district rather
than single county. Arrangements
are now being made for big camp
at st. Simons Island during August.
These camps will include agricultural
instruction from the county agents
as well as play and recreation.
Short Courses will be held at the
district Agricultural Schools for the
club boys during the summer. Then
the Georgia State College of Agri-
culture has already completed ar
fragments for the annual Short
Course for boys and girls held each
August.
Twenty thousand dollars in prizes
are offered for the winners in club
work. This includes a number of
free trips to the international Live
stock Exposition at Chicago, the So
utheastern Fair at Atlanta, Scholar
ships to the Short Course at the Col
lege of Agriculture, and cash
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1922-05-04
GLENN HARRIS IS
KILLED BY Train
At SMYRNA monday
was Walking on Track When the
Train Hit Him, Proprietor of
Confectionery at Craven

Mr.. Ernest Glenn Harris, a whole
sale confectioner living at Craven
station on the Marietta-Atlanta car
me, was killed Monday morning by
g9Selng hit by a train near Smyrna.
alr. harris was walking on the rail
road track, and evidently did not
near the train. He was killed in
stantly.
Funeral services were held Tues
Gay afternoon at 2:3O at the First
63aptlst church Of Decatur. Rev. F.
y. Mcdonnell officiating, Interment
was at the Dunwoody cemetery.
lie was forty-four years old. Sur
wing him are his mother, Mrs. v
NJ, Anderson, of Decatur, five sisters,
MrS. Paul Cooper, Mrs. J. G. Burton
ana Mrs. Claude Yancey and Misses
blanche and J. C. Harris, and bro
yner, F. o. Harris.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1922-05-04
'SITTIN' PRETTY"
FOR TWO NIGHTS
At AUDITORIUM
Typical Soldier Play Will Draw
Big Attendance on Friday
and Saturday Nights

The play 'Sittin' Pretty" to be
staged by Horace Orr Post of the
American Legion in Marietta tomor-
row and Saturday night should draw
big attendance. Advance ticket
sales are going good, and indications
are that the Y. w. C. A. auditorium
will be seated to capacity for both
nights of this entertaining and laugh
able soldier play.
"Sittin Pretty" was produced
several times overseas during the
war, and always made tremendous
hit. It's typical soldier play, filled
with ludicrous and laughable situat-
ions, and jokes, and those who miss
it will not save any money.
We all need a good laugh in order
to be better prepared to do efficient
work. If we do better work, the fl
nancial gain is greater-and by put
ting OUT a few dimes to see such
an interesting and amusing enter
tainment as "Sittin' Pretty" we get
many times our moneys worth.
Let's go!
Following is the cast for the play:
Betty Wingate = Mrs. P. D. Reeser
Major Hansen 49, DR.. P. L. Knott
Sgt. Bob Druery - Eugene Mcneil
Private Red Clancy John Walker
Corp. Elliott $500 Morgan Mcneil
Countess DeMontezo, Mrs. Charles
NJ. Brown.
Her daughters, Emmie Montgomery
and Franz Hair Dobbs.
Doughboys, Jesse Northcutt, Charles
Brown, Don Baker, Joe Wyatt and
others.
An orchestra under the direction
of Miss Glennis Hancock, will furnish
music. Those comprising the orches-
ira are: Miss Hancock, Allen Harde-
man, George Hardeman, Frank Har-
deman, Frank McNeel and Murray
Weems.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1922-05-04
DEPOSITORS IN CLOSED
BANK EXPRESS THANKS
TO NEW YORK BANKER

The Journal is requested to pub
fish the following contributions
"The depositers of The Marietta
Trust & Banking Company certainly
appreciate the attitude of the Nation
al Bank of Commerce, of New York,
and John j. Keenen, their represen-
tative, who was in Marietta with his
records to testify in the Sessions
Gilbert cases in event they did not
plead guilty.
"The other Bank involved in the
would not send repre-
to Marietta at all.
"The County had no money and
Court order was taken under the di-
rection of the Solicitor General to
pay the expenses of Mr.. Keenen.
Both the National Bank Of Commerce
and Mr.. Keenen personally refused
to accept anything, stating they were
always glad to help Bank who had
suffered like The Marietta Trust &
Banking Company.
"Mr Keenen enjoyed his trip to
Marietta very much, and carried back
many good reports from our town."
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1922-05-04
B. Up. U. INSTITUTE
has BIG ATTENDANCE
Third Annual Session of MONDAY
Association Show Much Pro
gress in the Work

The third annual session of the
MONDAY Associational B. Y. P. U.
Institute met at Acworth Sunday with
the Acworth Union.
A large attendance was present
from the five districts comprising the
MONDAY Association.
Reports from the various districts
showed much progress in the B. Y.
P. U. work during the past year and
plans were made for additional Uni
ons during the coming IL months.
At the noon hour a delightful din
ner was served by the Acworth Uni
on to probably more than hundred
guests.
Canton was decided for the next
Associational meeting place which
will be held the last Sunday in April
of the next year.
The officers elected to head the B.
Y. P. U. work for the year were:
President Association: VIM. l.. Har-
ris.
Vice Presidents:
Acworth District-M. L, Goodwin.
Smyrna District-Hugh Dodgen.
Canton District-Carl Edge
Marietta District-James Smith.
retary-Treasurer-Mildred Phil
lips, Acworth.
Junior Leader-Vivian Kitchen,
Acworth.
Chorister-Dr. W. H. Moody.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1922-05-04
GEORGIA GOES IN
BIG FOR BUMPER
WATERMELON CROP
Weekly Crop Report is Promising
For Prosperous Year for the
Georgia Farmers
Georgia Plants Huge Watermelon
Acreage.

.
Acreage.
The Empire State has water
melon acreage this year within ff-
teen or twenty per cent of the total
! planted in the whole country in 1918,
according to the Georgia crop re-
porters. This is accompanied by an
acreage of cantalopes several times
that of the state total last season,
says the weekly crop summary re-
leased today by the local Agricul-
tural Statistician, Z. R. Pettet. Plan
ting of both of theseScrops still con-
tinues The commercial belt has
moved upward till several north Geo.
rgia counties are trying both crops
on a large scale. Over a hundred
acre of cantelOupes are reported
within twenty miles of Atlanta. 1t
will be impossible to make a definite
estimate of either canteloupes or
watermelon totals until planting is
completed
Minor crop takes place Of cotton
The same general condition that
has caused the unusual increase in
melons, have likewise promoted plan
ting of all other possible money crops
Among the truck crops, Sweet POta-
toes, Irish Potatoes, Pimento Peppers
and Cabbage at present seem to be
most important. A vast number of
Sweet Potato storage houses have
been built The mid western section
is making the most pronounced in
crease. Irish Potatoes have been
planted for a money crop in many
parts of South Georgia and the gen
eral planting for home consumption
is large. Pmento Peppers, which
have spread into the adjoining coun-
ties of Meriwether, Fayette, Butts,
Pike, Lamar and Coweta.
Lower Georgia Goes Back to Cotton.
Fertilizer sales, decrease in pigs,
land secondary crops, bear out the
general impression that there is more
Cotton in South Georgia this season.
At this time of year, it is unsafe to
| gcneralize upon this crop; but indi-
Ications are for a decrease in middle
Georgia and about a stationary acre
Iage in the nothern region.
There is more complaint of dry
weather preventing germanization in
the upper portion the excessive rains
have been detrimental Cotton is UP
to stand and chopping has commenced
in the costal plain.
The rains that have delayed farm
work have also injured small grain
quite seriously Rust has developed
and is widely reported Where bry
weather has prevailed, as in the main
southern oat section, it has cut off
materially Georgia is like two dis
tinct states this year.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1922-05-04
GLEE CLUB TO
BE HERE IN MAY

The Methodist Crusader class an
nounces that the Emory University
Glee club will entertain in Marietta
the third week in May.
This glee club has been rated the
last two wears as one of the very best
in the South, and many enthusiastic
unprejudiced lovers Of entertainment
say that it is the best in the South
eln college circles.
Detailed information as to the per-
Torrance will be given later as ar
rangements are made as to ticket sale
and the like.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1922-05-04
FRIENDSHIP REVIVED
BY JOURNAL STORY
Of OLD c. M. |. DAYS
Col. Olmstead, of Savannah, Finds
Old Friend With Whom He
Marched up Kennesaw MT.

In the Journal of April we pub
Tehnd an interesting article from the
non of Mr.. Frank Stovall Roberts, of
Washington, D. c., being his remi-
niscences of Marietta and the old
Georgia Military Institute of seventy
MIR. Roberts sent this copy of the
JoDrnal to the Georgia Historical So
ciety at Savannah, where it attract
ed the attention of Col. Chas. H.
Olmstead, who was a cadet in the G..
M. / in 1852 to 1856 The two old
and honored veterans, and esteemed
residents of Marietta back in the fif-
ties. begun a correspondence which
has so far proven of much interest
and enjoyment to both Of them. The
Journal is indeed glad to have been
the means of resurrecting a friend
ship that started in Marietta seventy
years ago, and which had been lost
during the days of the war.
Col. Olmstead writes the Journal
as follows:
Savannah, Ga, April %, 1922.
305 Gwinnett St., East.
To the Editor,
Marietta, Journal,
Marietta, Ga.
Dear Sir: I have read with deep
est interest the article upon long past
days in Marietta and the Georgia
Military Institute, written by Mr..
Frank Stovall Roberts and appearing
in your issue of the 9Th inst.
All of the names he mentions of
those connected with the great school
live in my memory, though l believe
all of them have long since passed
away. Mr.. Roberts, himself, is my
junior by nine years, but l remember
him perfectly las well as his father
and brothers, Charles and "Jody')
though he was only ten years old at
the time of my graduation in the
class of 1856.
His memory of the character of
the Institute and of the cadets with
whom he associated, by his fathers
position, shows that he must have po-
SsesSed remarkable powers of observa-
ZION for the young boy he was then.
As one of the old cadet corps. I
thank him most heartily for writing
u al out, and the Journal for pub
IShmg the story. For the G. NJ. l..
should not pass from the memory of
SGeorglans; even though it's life was
oflet' from 1851 to 1865, but long
enough to prepare hundreds of gal
iant Young fellows as officers to lead
Gne troops put into the field by our
gear old State in the great conflict
between the North and the South.
Alas. Alas! How many of these
Iald down their lives for her.
D one error may be noted in Mr..
H NJ, article, he speaks of the Ca
aeI Battalion as consisting of four
companies when he knew it, where
Continued on Page 1O)
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1922-05-04
N. G. & st. L. Ry. GIVES
SEVEN SCHOLARSHIPS

"With view of encouraging greater
interest in agricultural activities by
boys throughout the State of Georgia,
the Management of N. C. & st. L. Ry.
has again subscribed to seven scholar
ships of $500 each to the Boys
Annual Short Course at the State
College of Agriculture, Athens, Ga
These scholarships will be awarded
to prizewinning boys,who are mem
bers of agricultural clubs, and who
reside in counties served by thus
Company's lines in Georgia, namely:
Catoosa, Whitfield, Gordon, Barlow,
Floyd, Cobb and Fulton"
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1922-05-04
TAX RETURN BOOKS WILL
CLOSE ON 10TH OF MAY
SAYS TAX REC. GROOVER

Tax Receiver Horace Grower
gives the information in this weeks
journal that there are three thousand
Cobb county taxpayers who have not
yet given in their State and County
tax returns.
Mr.. Grower is holding the books
open until May 10th for the accom-
m,odation of the tardy ones,but those
who do not take advantage of this
extension of time and get in their
returns before the tenth, must expect
TO be nena1ized
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1922-05-04
HOTEL
HAS ANOTHER FIRE
But AGAIN escape

A fire alarm last Friday evening at
$50 o'clock drew Large crowd to
the old Kennesaw hotel, where it was
found a store room on the second
floor was in flames. Aside from a
considerable damage from water, and
some damage to the store room, the
loss was not heavy.
This structure which has withstood
the ravages of time, storm and fire
for near half century, evidently is
still in trim to serve the needs of the
public for many more years to come.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1922-05-04
DR.. FOWLER TO PREACH
AT MILFORD CHUHCH

DR.. Fowler, of Atlanta, will preach
at Milford church Sunday morning,
and will also deliver a lecture at
2:30 in the afternoon.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1922-05-04
MISS IDA McCOLLUM

Funeral services for Miss Ida Nc
Collum. ape 55, of Blackwells, Ga,
were held last Wednesday, DIR, J. M.
Tumlin officiating, and Black Under
taking company in charge. Inter
ment was in the Camp Ground GENE
terry. She is survived by one sister,
Mrs. w. j. Beavers.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-11-15
First Tourist Agency.

For the first known instance where
gulde-managers escorted parties OF
travellers, for the origin Of the modern
tourist agency, one must harken back
over 1000 years.
In the Fifth century, B. c., when
Herodotus, the Greek historian, was
making his famous travels through the
Greek archipelago and into Africa and
Asia, the world was already consld-
cred by it's Inhabitants to be quite
mature, indeed old. And the seat of
antiquity was Egypt-for the pyra'
mids were already 5000 years old.
Every year great numbers of trav'
elers, not pilgrims, but merely people
in search Of enlightenment and cul-
ture, visited this seat of antiquity to
see the temples and the pyramids. And
to facilitate their travels, certain
priests or officials acted as guides
They took whole parties and attended
to their housing and all their accom-
modations for the period Of their jour
neying.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-11-15
Second Thoughts.

Second Thoughts.
In a certain island section of Florida
a good many rough characters. live,
who are idle, quarrelsome, shift about
a good deal and are hard to keep track
Of. One of them, named TomlinsQn,
was accused of robbery, and the sheriff
went to arrest him. But Tolnlinson
"got the drop" on the officer, disarmed
him and kept him two days. Finally
Tomlinson released the sheriff and
gave. him back his pistol, first throw
ing the cartridges out.
Then the sheriff returned home,
Tomlinson landing him on the main
land.
"Well," the deputy asked his chief,
did you get your MANI"
"No," the sheriff replied, shes about
the only man over there who does any,
thing, and I thought I would let him
alone."-E. w. Howe's Monthly.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-11-15
70P {SFSE B5XEPEk

In the army only the man whose
rank is above captain uses his mill
tary title on his visiting cards. Any
soldier who has not attained this
rank should usel "Mr." before his
name.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-11-15
Innovation.

II understand you have some sur
prising costumes for your musical
show"
EYES," answered the manager. 1--WE
are going to dress the show girls so
that nothing is visible above the
ankles"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-11-15
Radio-RequIated Clocks.

A firm in Germany has applied for
patents on clogks which is to be- cor.
rected, set and wpnnd by means Of an
aerial loop radio treceiver.,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-11-15

GOVERNMENT Railway Mail Clerks
start $133 month; expenses paid,
vacation with pay. No strikes or
shut-downs. Specimen examina-
ton free. Columbus Institute, Col
umbus, Ohio. E. d. Wed.