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The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1924-03-06
LOST MOUNTAIN


A committee, consisting of Robt.
H. Barnes, L. J. Scott, A. N. Mayes,
Mrs. J. S. Pickens and Mrs. Cliff
Lovingood have been appointed to
prepare the program for the annual
memorial services at Midway, Satur-
day before the first Sunday in May.
The home-comers here for Sunday
were Hugh Dobbins, of Gainesville,
Harley Pickens, Guy Mayes with Miss
Betty Sudan and Miss Lola Mayes,
all of Atlanta; Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Prather and Mrs. Eva Lee Warren,
of College Park.
The many friends will regret to
learn of the illness of Mrs. Nelson.
The United States rushed over to
help save Europe, in the great world
war, now since SO much political cor
ruption and scandal has been I'M
earthed among the high ups at Wash
lngton, we are wondering who is go
ing to save the United States.
We saw two whirlwinds pass bv
Monday. Tell me, is this another
sign for dry weather?
Rhoderic Harper returned Monday
from Chattanooga, where he had
been at the bedside of Mr.. Yates.
He left him slightly improved.
While so many are rushing to
plant a cotton crop, then it will be
safe for you to plant something else.
Allen.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1924-03-06
NESBITT

We are so thankful for the pretty
weather, we have been having for
several days.
We welcome Mr.. Roy Smith and
family in our community.
Everybody come out and hear Bro.
Hunton, of Atlanta, next Sunday.
The doors are wide open to all. Bro.
Hanes will be here the third Sun
day.
Miss Hasty is visiting friends and
relatives here this week.
We wish Mr.. Fletcher McLardy
and bride much happiness in life.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1924-03-06
Mythical All Star Teams Picked
From COED League by Journal

well, of Decatur, has been picked.
This young lady is fast, we hasten
to add-on the basketball court. She
too can dribble like veteran and
besides this is a real good shot. She
will make an excellent running mate
for Allen and together they should
prove two thorns in the sides of the
opposition.
Terrell, the rather tall forward of
Fulton, has been moved to center.
This used to be her regular position
but for some reason she was changed
She is one of the best shots in the
league and while she is not an excel
lent center she is good enough to
pass. This with her supernatural
ability to play the court and shoot
field goals from any angle gives her
the place over large field.
Cunningham, the fashy little for
ward from Decatur, is unanimously
chosen for a berth at forward. 1t
has been our good fortune (several
times we thought it out misfortune)
to see this lassie play for four years.
Never will we foget her. 1t was in
her freshman year that she so indel-
IDLY stamped herself on our mind
that it will be impossible to ever
forget her. 1t was while we were
still student at the grand old insti-
tuition known as Marietta High
School and our whole heart and soul
was IN game between the Marietta
girls and the Decatur girls. Mariet-
ia was outplaying them, yes, even
outshooting them, but it was the su-
perhuman accuracy of Miss Cunning
ham on free throws that won for the
Decatur team. If we remember cor
rectly (and we are positive we dol
this lassie shot Is fouls out of Is
tries. She has been doing the same
thing ever since until some one
changed the rules recently allowing
the one who is fouled to shoot the
point. She is just as accurate on
field goals now and undoubtedly de-
serves a place on any all star aggre-
cation picked in this league, or any
other as far as that goes. She was
not so good in the game here, but
she has been doing her stuff" in all
the others.
Smith, of Fulton, gets other for
wards place. She is an excellent
shot, good dribble and possesses
all the other qualities needed to make
an all-star team of the caliber of this
particular one.
The same thing is true in this case
as was in the boys we had to leave
Off some mighty good players, but
1t couldn't be helped. 1t was hard
TO leave off Benson, the scrappy lit
tie forward of the locals, but it was
the general opinion of all the author
tiles interviewed before starting this
rash task that Smith would do more
Tor the team as a whole.
Now that we have completed this
task please deal kindly with us and
remember that we all do not see
alike, for as the old philosopher was
heard to say, eff every man loved the
same woman-what would the world
come to-"
We thank you.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1924-03-06
NORTH SHADY GROVE

O--O-o-0-o-o- O-o-O-o-o
The farmers of this section are
glad to see good weather again.
Several from this community at
tended the singing at Maple avenue
church Sunday afternoon and report
some good singing.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. Clackum visited
relatives at Lost Mountain last week.
Mr.. Suddath and wife, of Atlanta,
visited Mr. Van Davis and family
Sunday.
Mr.. Elmer Truelove is slowly i'm
proving from a bad case of measles.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1924-03-06

Our Sunday school is decreasing
in number. We must go to work and
get everybody in Sunday school
again.
There will be preaching and con-
ference next Saturday, at eleven
o'clock, and preaching Sunday at II.
Let's everybody go.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1924-03-06

There doesn't seem to be anv
agreement yet as to whether boirr .
corporate lawyer" is something TO
Drag about or apologize for.-Evans
vile Courier.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1924-03-06

The scientific name for laziness is
ergophobia, but even this won't scare
the lazy Wichita Beacon
Evening star., 1924-01-27

loyalty to his seniors and his juniors;
second, ability to command loyalty
and respect from those above and
below him in rank; third, the capacity
of quick analysis and decision. due
to clear thinking, and fourth. great
executive ability, manifested in out
lining a policy and then placing
power and responsibility in the hands
of his subordinates.
The accomplishments Of Mr.. Pal
mer, who insists that he no longer
be called Admiral, began before
he left the Naval Academy. There
he was presented with 4 sword be-
cause he was designated as the men,
ber who had done most for his class
Born in st. Louis, Mo-, in 1873,
Palmer was appointed to the Naval
Academy in September, 1892. He
graduated with the class of 1895,
and Immediately went to sea, where
he remained in continuous service
for twelve years. During the war
with Spain Palmer was midship-
man on Admiral SIMPSONS flagship
New York. He saw service IN the
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wearing the naval uniform. This at
tracted to the naval clerical service
many competent young women from
all parts of the country. Incidentally
they were all assigned to the presi-
Dental yacht Mayfiower, which, by
the way, would never have held its
complete crew. as these yeomanettes
during the war numbered 5000.
1t was also necessary during the
war to speed up the supply of naval
officers. This led to the establish
ment OF what Palmer calls the get
rich-uuick'' school at Annapolis TO
give a hurried course of training TO
supply the need for commissioned
personnel.
Mr.. Palmer was Immediately re-
sponsible for supplanting in the Navy
of starboard and port by right and
left. From the time of the armistice
to the turning over of the German
fleet he was chief of staff of the
American battleship squadron In the
North sea.
His duties in the Navy familiarized
him with machinery, and on resign
ing from the service in 1SEo <.o be-
came manager in the orient for a
large export house. for which he
marketed large amounts OF machin-
cry in Japan, China and Siberia He
was responsible for the placing of
large consignments of American road
making machinery and American
made trucks in Siberia. He also in
duced the Japanese to take several
large orders of American spinning
machines and placed in China large
quantities of American electrical ma
chinery and structural steel.
Mr.. Palmer's first connection with
the Shipping Board began In April,
1923, when he was appointed South
American representative. with head
quarters in Rio de Janeiro. He or
ganized the boards South American
agencies and was ordered to Wash
ington last fall by Chairman Farley
to go aboard with him. 1t was Far
ley's intention to make Palmer gem
erai European manager.
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Scenes Pre-
sented at the
V a r i o u S
High Schools
Where Girl
Students En-
gage in Prac-
tice College
G. Is Also
Find This a
F a S cinating
FormofSport.
Rivalry Be-
tween Boys
and Girls De-
veloped.

shot Mr.. Stokes has been victor IN
the international shooting contests
during the last few years, and at the
last Olympic games competitions In
craftsmanship he excelled all other
competitors. He was one Of the
moving spirits that promoted the ad-
dition OF rifle shooting to the regular
curriculum of sports at Central.
Ever since the organization OF the
first girls rife squad at the Mount
Pleasant institution Mr.. Stokes has
devoted as much time as he was able
to coaching and training the girls n
the use of firearms Miss Katharine
Edmonston, captain OF the George
Washington University girls rife
team and one of the champion "surs
shots" Of the District Of Columbia,
has also assisted Mr.. Stokes in the
development of champion shooters
among the girls at Central.
The rifles shooting accomplishments
Of the Central girls have been In
strumental in fostering that sport
among the girl students OF the other
Washington high schools. Shooting
is now almost as popular as dancing
and swimming among the high school
and college girls OF the National
Capital. If ever a western rodeo-
an amateur, home-talent affairs
staged in Washington. proficient cow
girl shooters will doubtless predoni-
nate, for there are now many hun
dred young women OF Washington
who are competent to qualify for
such shooting honors.
Maybe intercity shooting contests
for high school girls and young worn-
en- will occur regularly on the sports
calendar of the future. Then this
question Of champion female team
shooting superiority can be definitely
decided from year to year.
ptedtheoe
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Record Of New Chief of u. S. Merchant Fleet

making a record of craftsmanship
which stood for many years.
In 1909 Mr.. Palmer was relieved of
sea duty and assigned to Washington
as director of naval target practice
and engineering. In this capacity he
also served as naval aid to President
Taft until 1912. From that year until
1915 Mr.. Palmer was executive officer
of the battleship New York and chief
of staff of the battteship fleet. From
this post he was called to the bureau
Of navigation in the Navy Depart
ment here, in which post he rapidly
advanced to rear admiral and chief
Of the bureau.
An indication of Mr.. Palmer's re-
sourcefulness is seen in the creation
of the Yeomanette Corps during the
war The Navy was experiencing ex-
treme difficulty in securing capable
office assistants during the war, as
many of the officers and men were
assigned to sea duty. Under Mr..
Palmer's direction plan was worked
out whereby certain highly qualified
young women could be given an en-
listed status. with the privilege Of
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mite idea that a. strong and efficient
merchant marine Is to be kept on the
seas It must be built on such a firm
foundation as will make 1t a perma-
nent and most important part of the
nations business. able successfully to
meet foreign competition.
There must be sufficient tonnage
to handle a large share Of our ex-
ports and imports and at the same
time be a most necessary and valu-
able part Of our national defense.
Such a merchant marine will protect
the manufacturing. agricultural and
other business interests Of our coun-
try and at the same time furnish
transportation facilities for the great
numbers of our own and foreign peo-
pies who are travelling on business
and pleasure"
The outstanding accomplishment OF
this man whom President Coolidge
has selected to attack the most diff
cult domestic problem which faces
the administration Is his war record,
which gained for him the American
distinguished service medal and the
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Order of Leopold. conferred upon him
by the King Of Belgium
Jo2ephus Daniels. then Secretary
Of the Navy, Jumped" Palmer num-
Der of grades in the service in order
that the most promising man in
the Navy might take charge Of the
bureau Of navigation during the ex-
acting period Of the war. AS rear
admiral in charge Of this important
bureau, Palmer was time and again
required to make bricks without
straw" That he succeeded is evil
denced by the fact that during his
administration the personnel Of the
Navy grew from 65.777 at the time
America entered the world war to
497,030 men and women In the serv-
ice at the date Of the armistice.
Men who worked side by side with
Leigh c. Palmer during his career in
the Navy; men who worked over
him and men who worked under him,
agree that his great success as a
naval officer was due to the pos es-
sion on his part of four distinct
qualities. They are: First innate
Evening star., 1924-01-27
A Pocket Telephone.

THE French police are reported 70
possess a new device In teie-
phonic arrangements. This pocket
phone as now used enables the mem
bers of the force to communicate
with headquarters from almost any
point in the streets of the city, and
at any time, with readiness impos-
sible to the older forms OF police
telephones. Each officer carries tiny
instrument, practically a microphone,
which he can take from his pocket
and hang upon any one of the many
weathcr-tight and "foolproof ter
minals which are placed in conver-
lent localities and communicate
readily with headquarters.
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Washington, and the girls of Central
High School.
In the subsequent shoot-off of this
tie, the determined and cool-headed
Central girls made 4 perfect score.
Each shot fired found the center of
the target. The boy rifle experts were
able to unity their efforts into such
perfect team play. The Central girls,
accordingly, won the championship
match. and were awarded the safe
keeping OF the valuable Astor cup for
one year.
Curiously, the Astor cup remained
at Central High School as result of
the competition of the following sea-
son. This time, however, it was the
boys of the Washington high school
who carried away the premier shoot
ing honors. The boys at Central,
although glorying in the fact that
their school had captured the famous
prize the year before, were dis
gruntled that the victory had been
chalked up to the credit of the girls.
In preparing for the 1923 contest
the lads practiced more diligently
with their rifles than amateurs had
ever before practiced. They were
out once and for all to defeat their
girl rivals-which they did after a
spirited match.
1t will be an outstanding achievement
If Central High School wins the Astor
cup contest for 1924. The girls are
striving with might and main to perfect
their rifle proficiency, while the boys
are working overtime to prepare them
selves to shoot another record-sma shing
score. Irrespective Of the team that
wins the contest, one thing is certain,
and that is that both the boys and
girls of the Washington institution will
be high up on the award list when the
final decisions are rendered.
X X X I:
MUCH credit for the remarkable
A'A achievements of the Washington
schoolgirl sharpshooters is due to
Walter r. Stokes, an alumnus of
Central and worlds champion rifle
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Cuban naval campaign and later in
the campaign in the Philippines.
During the Cuban campaign he was
in command of q launch engaged in
night reconnoitering work under the
guns OF the Spanish forts, and this
preliminary work resulted in the
closing up OF Santiago harbor by
Lieut.. Richmond Pearson Hobson. An
other midshipman engaged In this
duty was Joseph w. Powell, who
served as president Of the Fleet Cor
poration in 1921 under the Lasker ad-
ministration.
Mr. Palmers command Of Spanish
led to his appointment as this gov
ernment's naval representative at the
wedding of King Alfonso Of Spain in
1906, and during the same year he
was chief naval aid to Elihu Root,
then American Secretary Of State,
who made his memorable visit Of
courtesy to South American nations.
When the Vermont was the Navys
newest battleship Mr.. Palmer was it's
first gunnery officer and won the
gunnery. pennaut in Manila bay by
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'Jhe &c ntra1 High Schoo1 girls practice range
firing IN he4r indoor quarters

| careful inspection and supervision OF
officers Of the United States Army. so
that the extraordinary record they
made is, without question, wholly off,
| ciai.
| Of all the interscholastic shooters in
the latitude of the Capital City the
girls at Central High School have made
the most phenomenal showing during
the last two years. In that period
more than 600 youthful misses have
mastered the intricacies associated
with loading and firing a regulation
target rifie-and Of hitting what they
aimed at.
The first year that the Central girls
ever entered major interscholastic
shooting match they not only won the
most coveted championship in the
United States, but also defeated the
pick Of the high school and academy
boy rife teams Of all America. Not only
did the girls win the famous Astor cup
contest, which carries with It the tenn
porary possession of $1,000 silver
trophy, but in the shoot-off Of a four
handed tie which resulted from the
preliminary trials the Central girls
made perfect score--a worlds record
for high school shooters.
About ESQ girls are candidates for
the Central girls rifle team now every
season. The girls are taking up the
sport because they like it. It trains
, the eye and nerves and gives these
young ladies lots of confidence in
their potential ability to guard them
selves against all dangers.
To begin with, the girls may be a
little gun shy. The first time they
fire the rifles they may wink and
vince. This condition soon wears off
in their excitement over acquiring
some slight mastery with the rifle.
All candidates for the girls rife
team are called out for regular prac-
tice the first week that school begins
The girls are divided into squads and
each squad practices shooting on the
high school indoor range for two
hours each week. The girls are
taught how to hold, load, fire and
clean the rifles they use. Usually
there is not more than one out of
every twenty of the girls that ever
previously had discharged a firearm
Of any description. .-
The girls are initially taught how
to shoot, in an erect position. There
after they are instructed in the rudi-
ments of target shooting from kneel-
ing and prone positions.
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until finally the best ten shooters are
which competes in official matches
and colleges.
The girls who make the Central
rife team are awarded the school let
ter, which they are allowed to wear
on their shooting blouses.
+ x X x
IT was two years ago that the Cen
trail girls rifle team first appeared
in the famous Astor cup shooting con-
tests. The girls entered the big
match more for experience and the
fun of the thing than with any hope
of bringing home the treasured
trophy. It was the first time any of
the girls who composed the Central
team had ever competed in a major
rifle match. In fact, all of the girls
had acquired proficiency with target
rifles only during the six months
period Immediately preceding the con-
test.
The competition was epochal as an
other illustration of how occasionally
women can compete with men at their
favorite pastimes and defeat them.
Boys teams from every prominent
high school, academy and military
academy in the country competed in
the Astor cup contest that year. 1t
Is annually the epic of interscholas-
tic shooting. 1t is non-assembly
competition. Each team can shoot
on its home range under the super
vision of experienced and competent
officials. The scores and targets are
then sent to the Astor cup commit
tee, which awards the prizes with
out ever seeing the individual con-
testants fire a single shot.
A four-handed tie resulted at the
big match after the initial trials
were completed and officially report
ed. The results showed that the
crack shots Of St. Johns Military
Academy (Delafield, Wis.,. and the
Northwestern Military Academy
I.ake Geneva, Wis.), had tied with
the boys Of Business High School
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school in the whole world. The rifle
squad has the use of well lighted.
concrete-floored area as large as the
space used for gymnasium purposes
in many a small college. Several
dozen shooters can fire simultaneously
at the many target stands provided
for the use of the schoolgirl shooters.
a squad of several hundred girls can
easily be handled and trained in the
fundamentals and fine points Of
craftsmanship in these spacious quar-
ters.
Every modern facility known to a
big league rifle range Is provided.
There are enough guns to arm a
South American revolution. And if
one of these tropical revolts was re-
inforced by the excellent marksman-
ship which the schoolgirls show
there would be more real bioodshed
and less handclapping as an after
math to the uprising.
Central and Business High School
girls are as proficient as the fair sex
at Eastern in spattering the paper
targets with leaden pellets. When
these girls complete their inter-
scholastic studies many of them at
tend either the University of Mary
land or George Washington Unfver-
sity. All of which explains why
these two institutions of higher learn
ing are so successful in their firearms
contests with other colleges.
:: x X x
d ECENTLY the George Washington
IN girl shooters broke the intercol-
legiate record in a telegraphic rife
contest with the leading girls school
Of Natal, South Africa. The Wash
ington girls turned in a perfect
score, making the record breaking
mark Of 500.
The match was fired on the Central
High School range. The shooting was
done in prone position at fifty feet,
telescopic sights being used on the
rifles. Katharine Edmonston, captain;
Edna Fitzpatrick. Eleanor Barroll, Mae
Huntzberger and Sophia Waldman COM
posed the Capital City team. Each girl
fired ten shots and scored a bulls eye
on each shot. Not only is this the best
rife range record ever made by fe-
male intercollegiate aggregation of
sharpshooters, but it also equals the
male record-a perfect score 'a-
After the match the targets used
were mailed to the South African coll
lege for examination and Endorsement.
The Washington girls shot under the
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BY EMMETT DOUGHERTY.

\TIHsos ssw Us 1s'ss s4ss,ssn. C. Palmer of the the
" " United States Shipping
Board Emergency Fleet
Corporation; what has he done; what
does he plan to do with the govern
ment freight and passenger fleet, and
will he succeed?
Leigh c. Palmer Is an Annapolis
Naval Academy graduate who rose to
the rank Of rear admiral by sheer
ability. He accepted the presidency
Of the Fleet Corporation because he
believes he can create strong and
efficient American merchant marine
If he does not succeed in this de-
termination it will not be because
he failed to bring enthusiasm, COM
mon sense and ability to the task.
Mr.. Palmer has made only one doc
Iaration of intention since assuming
the presidency Of the Fleet Corpora
tion on January IL. He then said:
1T have today assumed the duties
and responsibilities of the office.
intend to administer it with the def
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marksmen. The practice periods are
increased. The shooting coaches give
more personal attention to each girl.
The wedding -out process is continued
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For three months the girls regu-
larly enjoy the practice sessions twice
a week. Then. as rule, the squads
are cut to seventy-five of the best