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The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1924-07-31
MERCHANTS & FARM
rs OPENING GREAT
EVENT IN MARIETTA
Five Thousand Present on Open
ing Day. Attractive Souvenirs
Given to AL There

Onof the largest crowds ever as
sembH for thing of the kind was
prese at the formal opening of the
Merclnts and Farmers Bank build
ing Yich has just been completed.
Favoi were given to all present in
cludit men, women and children and
an olhestra rendered music all dur
ing Il day. All visitors who wished
to doc were allowed to inspect the
new lult as we'll as the other parts
of TIL building.
1t Fas estimated that five thou
sand brsons were present during the
open hours Saturday and the lobby
was Iowded all the time.
TIL whole building was beautiful
ly dbrated with ferns and baskets
of cufowers but a remarkable thing
abouthe decorations is the fact that
the Ink did not buy single flower
All @re sent by the patrons Of the
Merchants and Farmers and by
frienly banks in Atlanta and else
wher
I'M the consultation room was
placd table on which were the ia
vors'or the visitors. Little boxes OF
Norr' candy were given to the la
dies nd the men had the choice of
cigar or cigarettes. 1900 boxes OF
cand were given away and 1000 CT.
CARS With a countless number of ci'
garetes.
or balcony was Marietta or
chesta which made the opening more
enjoRble with it's music.
Vitors were taken all over the
new building and were allowed to in
spect the vault on the first floor anC
in th basement and see everything
theywished to. A great many new
accents were made with the bank OF
Saturday and more new ones hav'
come in continuously since that time
Man, people who were unable to at
tend the opening on Saturday hav'
come in since and we're allowed TIL
same privilege in looking over tn
building as were the first ones.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1924-07-31
MARIETTA DISTRICT
INSTITUTE TO CON-
VENE AUGUST FIRST
All Homes Secured For Entertain
ment of Delegates. Auto Trip
Main Feature

All arrangements for the enter
tainment Of the Marietta District
Epworth League Institute have been
by the local chapter. All
the homes in which the delegates are
to be entertained the two days of the
institute have been secured. A very
delightful as we'll as instructive pro
gram has been arranged by Miss
Grace McCree, of Woodstock, the
district secretary.
The feature address will be heard
Saturday evening at eight o'clock
from Rev. Marvin Williams, presi-
dent of the Epworth League board,
North Georgia Conference. A spe-
cial sermon will be heard Sunday
morning at eleven o'clock. Rev. r.
C. Cleckler, of Marietta will preach.
An item Of interest to a great many
people is the fact that Rev. Frank
PIN, of Rockmart, will be present
and make talk to the institute
Rev. PIN was dean of the assembly
at Oxford and is known and admired
by all who have heard him.
One of the features on the enter
tainment program will be the auto.
mobile ride Saturday afternoon. The
cars will start at the Methodist
Church and go out to historic Ken
nesaw Mountain, where the dele
gates will be shown the old battle
grounds. If any one has car ht
would like to offer for the auto triI
the Fed P. Manget chapter would
certainly appreciate the kindness.
The president Of the Fred P. Man
get Chapter Of the First Methods
Church, issues a special invitation t.
the young peoples organizations o.
Marietta to attend this Institute in
Guiding in the invitation, the Y. F
S. L. the Christian Endeavor, an'
the B. Y. P. U.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1924-07-31
'SHOELESS" JOE
JACKSON BRINGS
FAST TEAM HERE
Former Big League Star Has Fast
Aggregation of Ball Players.
To Play Four Games

"Shoeless" Joe Jackson and his
slugging Waycross clan are due here
Tuesday for a four day seige. The
first game of the series will be played
in Gainesville Tuesday afternoon
while the remainder will be played on
the locals own lot the following
three days.
jackson, who has made national
reputation in the big league for his
hard hitting and clean fielding, has
collected one of the best teams in
the state. He has amassed a team
of hard hitters that any pitcher
would tremble to face. 1t is going
to take some hard playing on the
part of the locals to stop the habitual
winning of the South Georgians.
Rowever, the locals have the repu-
tation Of hard fighting and it is up
to the fans to back them up with
their attendance at all games.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1924-07-31
BAND CONCERT sun.
IN PARK 5 TO $50
BY POWER CO. BAND
Atlanta Citizens Send in Donation
For Park Improvement to
MIR. Len Baldwin

On Sunday afternoon August 3rd
from FIVE to six thirty P. M. in the
city park a band concert will be
given by the so piece band of the
Ga. Railway & Power Co. of Allan
ia. Mr.. D. N. Baldwin director.
The band has arranged special pro-
gram for this occasion, this being the
first band concert given in the park
since the Improvements were made.
No doubt they will have a good au-
dience and everybody is invited. Mr..
Len C. Baldwin, chairman of the
park, obtained this band from Mr..
Arkwright, president Ga. Ry. & Pow
er Co.
, Mr.. A. Montgomery, general man
aager of the Coca-Cola Co., Atlanta,
has sent Mr. Baldwin a check for
$25, donation on the park improve
ment. Mr.. Montgomery is a property
owner in Marietta and wants to do
his part.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1924-07-31
SIM EDWARDS CON-
VICTED ON STATU-
TORY CHARGE WE'D,
Given IL Months. Awaits Decree
of Prison Commission to
Start Sentence

Sim Edwards was convicted on a
statutory charge in the Cobb Supe-
rior Court Wednesday and sentenced
to serve twelve months on the chain
gang. He was previously convicted
of attempt to murder and given a
two year sentence. The prison COM
mission of Georgia is now consider
ing a plea to change the place of SEN
tence to some other county besides
Cobb.
After the Edwards case was dis
posed of the case of his alleged ac-
complete, Mrs. Ruth Billiard, was
called, but all parties agreed to con-
tinue this case until the November
term. The court then adjourned un-
til the first Of November.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1924-07-31
TWO men MEET DEATH
BY DROWNING THURS
DAY IN COBB COUNTY
Both Deaths Are Charged to
Strokes. One browns in 2 Feet
Water. Other Good Swimmer

Two deaths occurred in the licini-
ty of Marietta from drownine last
Thursday and one was in only two
feet of water. Both were thought to
be from strokes of apoplexy. The
deaths occurred at almost precisely
the same time.
j. L. Nicholson, 46, an empByee
of the Kurtz Canning Company,lost
his life in two feet of water Vile
taking a bath. The water was sed
sometimes by churches for baptizag.
Mr.. Nicholson, who had made lis
home with Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Kutz
for the past several years was seerto
be leaving his home Thursday mob
ing about eight o'clock and his bow
was discovered some three or for
hours later at the place on the crek
where he had gone, supposedly fl
the purpose of swimming or bathina
The body was not clothed. AS Their
were no eye-witnesses to the death
an inquest was held and it wa
learned that Mr.. Nicholson's healt'
had not been good for some time. H
was subject to nervous attacks. an
from one of the witnesses it wa
learned that he had suffered from a
attack on the day before his deatF
The verdict rendered by the corone
was to the effect that Mr.. Nicholso
had gone to the creek and Will
swimming was seized with an epiler
tic fit and was drowned while unde
the influence of his affliction. N
foul play was suspected in any wa
as Mr.. Nicholson was highly es
teemed by all who knew him and h
was admired for his Christian char
acter.
Frank Hembry, Sc, a sawmill EN-
ployee, came to his death when h
Owed into a ten-foot pool in Sweet
water creek. He never came to tn
top and when his body was fnall
rescued, investigation revealed tina
his head had not been injured fror
striking rock. The theory tina
cramps struck him was not substar
tiated, as Hembrey was robust and
strong swimmer.
Nicholson is survived by his pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. /. Nicholson
of Clermont, Ga.
Hembrey leaves his wife and tw
small children, who live near Kenne
saw Mountain.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1924-07-31
MERCHANTS PLAN
GALA DAY MONDAY
FOR LARGE CROWD
Many Seasonable Bargains Of
fered by Members of Marietta
AID Club Sales Day

Next Monday, August A, will be a
great day for both the merchants of
Marietta and the farmers in Cobb
county and vicinity. The greatest
Golden Rule Sales Day that has ever
been held in Marietta will be started
early Monday morning and last till
closing time on Monday night.
1t is expected that the largest
crowd that has ever attended a sale
in Marietta will be here Monday.
There are two reasons. First, the
merchants are offering their best and
most desirable goods to the public
farmer has made good fight against
at extremely low prices. Second, the
the boil weevil and plant insects and
is sure to have the best crop in years.
The day will be turned into a reg
ular homecoming when all the far
mers of this section will come to
town and discuss their crop condi-
tions with each other and with the
merchants. The merchants could not
live if the farmers did not succeed
and for this reason they are vitality
interested in the welfare of the far
mer.
When the farmer comes to town
Monday he will be congratulated on
every hand for the fight he has made
and he deserves the congratulation.
In preparing the circulars the
greatest care has been taken to select
only the articles that will appeal to
the people and the articles that they
need at this time of the year. For
instance there will be Mason fruit
jars and jelly glasses for sale cheap
right at the time when the most can
ming is being done. But it also takes
sugar to can fruits and so you will
, find sugar on the sale list too. In
fact you will find nearly everything
that you can think of that is needed
most at this time of the year.
The circulars were mailed Tuesday
but if for any reason you failed to
get one, ask your neighbor to lend
you his so that you might get the
benefit of this wonderful sale the
same as he.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1924-07-31
Negro Cuts Anoth-
err on Church Step
and Gets "a Years

At the Cobb County Superior
Court Tuesday afternoon very pc
culiar case was tried and the defen-
dant got from two to four years on
the changing. The case was some
what similar to that of Thomas Beck
EFT, in England, many years ago,
when he was murdered at the altar
of Canterbury Cathedral. This case
differed from that in that the victim
was not murdered but merely got
three slices on the back and a stab
in the stomach.
The defendent was John Henry
Burlington, who cut up Alexander
Jones last August as the latter was
entering the church door on Page
street in Baptisttown.
There had been a rather heated ar
gument in front of the church about
Buffington's wife and when violence
became evident Alexander decided to
seek protection within the walls OF
the church But on advancing two
or three steps Burlington jumped on
him with long knife. On seeing the
knife Alexander put his hand in his
pocket and pulled a pistol out half
way according to frightened black
witnesses) and when he was jabbed
in the stomach put the pistol back in
his pocket and got on his hands and
knees and stayed there while Buffing.
ton sliced him three times n the
back. The wounds were a year old
but they were still very plain. Buff.
fington got two years.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1924-07-31
Work on Kennesaw
Mountain Road is
Rapidly Advancing

Work on the new Kennesaw Noun
Toll road is being advanced as rap
idly as possible it was stated by
authorities and it is still expected
that the road will be completed by
October 1.
The toll gate was constructed
some time ago and has been attract
ing the attention of tourists since its
completion. Every day tourists stop
and ask question about the work and
great many climb to the top and
have a sight of one of the most beau
tiful and inspiring landscape views.
Mr.. j. T. Rose, Internal Revenue
Collector for Georgia, who has in
vested largely in the development
has come out to Marietta often to
see the progress of the work. Last
week, while on a visit to the noun
tain he said that each time he went
up on the mountain he was more i'm
pressed by the vast beauty and at
tractiveness of the spot.
Huge boulders have been blasted
out of the side of the mountain to
make way for every foot of the new
road but especially difficult has been
the work on the South side, which is
almost perpendicular. The construc-
ton of the road is a great engineer
ing feat, part Of it having been cut
into the sheer side of rock and hav-
ing a rock surface.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1924-07-31
PROSPERITY R[|GNS
IN SOUTH GEORGIA
TOWNS EDITORS FIND
Royal Reception Given Scribes on
Weeks Tour of Southeastern
Section of State

The meeting Of the Georgia Press
Association in Waycross last week
was an eye opener to many Georgia
editors who had not visited the
southern part of the state in the past
few years. The old ideas of South
Georgia being a wilderness of
swamps, mosquitoes, boil weevils and
depression was blown to oblivion
when they found land Astounding
in fruits, vegetables, tobacco, melons
and prosperity reigning everywhere.
A more contented, optimistic and
busy set of people could scarcely be
found anywhere. South Georgia is
truly great place to live in and any
one of the citizens of that section will
gladly and promptly inform you of
that fact on the first opportunity
That boosted Southern hospitality
certainty has a stronghold among the
citizenry of the southern section of
the state. From the first stop at
Douglas, a fine little town of some
1000 people, to the final dip in the
surf at Brunswick the editors of
Georgia were given a hearty, sincere
and enthusiastic reception on every
hand. If there has ever been any de
preston in South Georgia the tables
mpared for the Georgia editors did
hot give any evidence of it.
v Waycross where the business ses-
sions of the association were held, is
one of the fastest growing cities in
the south. Being admirably situated
as a business center for that section
and having advantage of railroads
from every direction Waycross is bus
Ting with business and expect to dou-
BILE in population within a few years.
Douglas, Blackshear, Alma, Odom,
Nichols, Broxton and Jesup have all
taken on new life and with the pros
porous farming around them are
planning great expansion.
One striking thing about south
Georgia is the fact that the farmers
have gone into diversified farming in
earnest. Where cotton was once the
principal and practically the only
money crop, now you will find mel
ons, potatoes, tobacco, pecans, pea
nuts, corn and tomatoes.
South Georgia, like many other
sections of the country, has gone
through a period of depression, but
no section in the world has more full
ly recovered and gotten back to bus
mess with determination to succeed
and one only needs to visit the sec
ton to convince himselw that the
people are happy and prosperous.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1924-07-31
GRAND JURY RECOMMENDS
ONE MAN COMMISSIONER
30 Passes Recommendation to
hange Collection of Tax fl. fas.
From Sheriff to Collector

A resolution requesting the Cobb
qnty Representatives in the State
Igislature to introduce bill that
VI allow and empower the tax col
l&or of counties in Georgia that
HE a population of $4,000 or more,
taeyy and collect all tax Fl. fas.
though the tax collector, was inclu-
dt in the presentments of the July
Tim Grand Jury.
In explaining the resolution the
pesentments read, at is not our
prpose to take away any authority
d the sheriff but to have this impor-
tint matter under the direct super
Bion of county authority who can
b held directly accountable to the
pople of the county, and at the same
tine give smaller counties the same
althority in this respect as has been
gwen counties with a population of
1000 or more.
Ae-Man Commissioner Recommen.
ded.
The Grand Jury also recommended
Int the present County Board of
c 4nmissioners, consisting of five
Numbers, be abolished in favor of
5h1 one-man system. A resolution
ha been put in the hands Of the Cobb
asking them to pre-
set such a bill before the General
during the present session
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1924-07-31

This is sad world for the poor
girl whose only new clothes are made
out Of her mothers old ones.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1924-07-31
i. JAMES CHURCH NOTES

There will be service at St. James
churh next Sunday morning at IL
o'cltck. A celebration of the Holy
Communion will take place at this
service. The evening service will be
discontinued for awhile longer during
the not weather.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1924-07-31
HAPPY HOUR POSTPONED

The Happy Hour, which was due to
be held next Sunday at the Y. w. @.
A. will be postponed until the next
Sunday, Aug. 10, on account Of the
concert TO he given in the park by. the
Georgia Ry. e. Power Co. band.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-14
bring ashore liquor and narcotics from smuggling vessels,
100 Recruits Enlisted

New York. Aug. IA. The coast guard today assigned 100 freshly re- cruited ablebodied seamen for training ,n reparation for the impending war on Rum Row. No further informa- ton could he obtained on plans for conducting what may be the greatest attempt yet made by the government to destroy liquor. narcotic and alien smuggling Into this country from ves- sells anchored 12 miles or more at sea.
 Officers attached 10 the New York station although reticent, hinted at surprises for the rum runners in campaign strategy already worked cut. It also was learned that squad ron of airplanes is being quietly equipped 10 serve as observers in the dry navy's operations.
 The unprecedented enlargement of the coast guard now under way was authorized by congress in accordance with plan suggested by President Coolidge. Besides the war craft trans ferred from the navy. the service is Eetting 300 fast speed boats. The de- stroyers are equipped with three and four-inch guns. The enlistment quota of the entire service, normally 4,5OO. has been increased to 7.500. More than 2,00o officers and men have been recruited In the last six months.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-14
FORD ENTERTAINS
Stopping Al Ills Wayside Inn and Holds Public Reception For 2,0o0 Middlesex Residents.


 Middlcsex Residents.
 South Sudbury. Mass, Aug. 14.-- Henry Ford entertained 1000 farmers of Middlesex county at Wayside Inn, and, mindful of the appetite of the average farmer. notified them to pro- vide their own lunches. The enter tainment program read:
 ITO every Middlesex village and farm, welcome.
 "Tme Wayside Inn gives hearty well come to Middlesex farmers and their families on their fourth annual picnic under the auspices of the Middlesex County Farm Bureau and Extension service, a get-together of neighbors and fellow workers to lay emphasis on play rather than on work"
 "Bill" Loring of Wayland present ed Mir. Ford with grub hoe made in Foxboro in 1794.
 Mir. Ford told him it was just the kind of grub hoe he had been hunt ing for all over the state of Michigan. Then he carried it over to another corner of the garden and showed it to his friend, Harvey Flrestone, with whom and Thomas Edison he is plan- ming several jaunts about New Eng land.
 MT. Ford declared that men will live to be 125 years old at least and that coffee, tea and tobacco would be legislated out of existence, not by law but by common sense, and announced that he was building an old side wheel mill at the inn, the flour from which will be real" Modern white bread, he declared, was not fit to eat.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-14
HEAVIER PENALTIES
 FOR BOOZE RUNNERS
Atty, Gen. Stone Orders Courts
 to Snap Into It

Washington. Aug. i4.-Attorne, General Stone has instructed United States attorneys at coast and border points to employ the tariff act of 1s2z against whiskey runners whenever possible, because this act provides for more severe penalty than does the national prohibition act.
 Under section 5sS of the tariff act smugglers of goods. including whis- key, are liable to Imprisonment in a federal penitentiary and a fine of s5,000, while under the prohibition laws the punishment of the smuggler is much less certain and the penalty lighter. -..-
 The advisability of employing the tariff act has been discussed at several conferences during the past few months. Action was taken by the At torney General today after he had received brief report from Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, assistant attorney general in charge of prohi- bition work, in which she character ihSu tIlC P iolllplIlOu dCI as ndVlnR mo teeth in it' where smuggling of liquor into the United States was con- cerned.
 Two prosecutions under the taviff act, Mrs. Willebrandt stated, has just been carried out successfully in the Southern District of Texas. They were the United States against John L. Nounes, arising out of the seizure of the ship Cherokee, and the United States against Ben S. Granger. In these cases the sentences ran about IS months in the penitentiary, with fines of s5,0o0.
 Mrs. Willebrandt reported that all of the defendants were prominent and defiant smugglers, and in my opinion results in the cases illustrate the advisability of spreading the use of section 59s of the tariff act as a deterrent against clandestine landing of liquors.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-14
TRADE REPORT.
Figures of Business Dealings Between
 England and OItaJy.

Rome, Aug. 14.-Statistics of trade between Italy and England during the first five months O. the current year were published yesterday. They show that Italy imported goods to the value of s3S,0oO,OO0 lire, but export ed goods only to the value of 291 ,0O0,- 900 lire. The difference was due all most entirely to importations of Eng fish coal, amounting to 2,S00,oO0 tons.
 Italy spent for various kinds of wool 46,000,000 lire, for machinery 42,000,000 lire and for cotton fabrics 35,000,000 lire. The Italian exports to England were silk valued at 103,- 000,000 lire, artificial silk 41,000,000 lire, cheese 3,o00,000 lire, gloves 26,- Oo0,00o lire, and eggs and poultry g. 000,000 lire.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-14
TRIAL DATES

Assignment of Civil Cases in Ctt,
 Court Are Made for Coming Fer Weeks.
 The following is the assignment of trial dates made at the short calen- dar session of the city court: Tues- day. August 1a. Clarence Erickson against George Margentino. at a. m.. Gury) trial; Wednesday. Au- gust 20, at 9 a. m., Lash Motor Col against Lena Gorbach; Sebastiano Dorio against Paul Mangiafic; Thurs day, August 2l. at 9 a. m., Herman Ditman against Adolph Reinas: Joe Sankoski against Stanislaw Kuas, al g a. m; Friday, August 22, at 8 a. m., Abraham Levine and others against Harry Alex: Monday, August 25, at 1 p. m., John Jacob against Hakaham Traverday: Tuesday, Sep- tember g, at 9 a. m., Carmelo Faz- gina against Louis Landau and others.