The Marietta Journal, 1918-11-15

GOVERNMENT URGES W. S. S. PLEDGES By T. L. Wallace, Secretary Men's Patriotic League During the War Savings Stamp drive last June there was some fif fifteen - teen fifteen hundred people pledged them selves to purchase War Savings Stamps during the remainder of the year. These pledges represent only the people in the Marietta District and tctaled $lOO,OOO. There was pledges in the county of $300,000 and of this amount orfly $150,000 has been bought. The Government is urging the peo people - ple people to fulfill their pledges and pur purchase - chase purchase these stamps at once. Although the armistice is signed with Germany the Government is ex expecting - pecting expecting all these pledges to be re redeemed, - deemed, redeemed, as this money has already b een spent. All of the pledge cards designated some place at which the party sign signing - ing signing the crad wanted to purchase these stamps. Some people designated one of the three banks in Marietta and others designated the post office. Owing to the fact that the Chair Chairman - man Chairman for the Marietta District became ill shortly after the drive was made, the cards were not distributed to the banks and post office as they should have been and for this reason the cards have not been properly credit credited - ed credited when the stamps were brought. The banks also have been very busy with Liberty Bond applications and etc., and they have not been able to properly credit the cards. The three banks in Marietta and the post office have a great many cards that are upaid and that show ne credit, and the Committee who has this matter in charge feel that quite a number of these cards have been taken up and in many instances some purchases have been made that are not credited. The committee who has this matter ir charge have taken from the banks and the post office ail the unpaid cards and have turned them over to the Mens Patriotic League Office to get them ready for the Government auditor's inspection. It is necessary and urgently re requested - quested requested that yeu at once take this matter up with the League, and if you have purchased your stamps co notify them that your card may be stamped paid. If you have purchasel a part of your stamps you should im immediately - mediately immediately notify the League that the proper credits may be made on your card. If you eannot call in y%erson; got in touch with-the League oflice by telephone, 292.

Instead of the regular Red Cross Notes this week, the following mes message - sage message has been furnished us by the publicity department: = By proclamation of President Wil Wilson - son Wilson the week of November 11 to 18 has been set aside for a campaign for funds by the seven recreational or organizations - ganizations organizations which have been endorsed by the government. These organiza organizations - the - tions - the organizations - the Y. M. A,, the Y. W. C. A., the National Catholic War Coun Council, - cil, Council, the Jewish Welfare Board, the War Camp Community Service, the American Library Association, and the Salvation Army - are doing very important work, and every Red Cross Chapter and member throughout the Socuthern Division is asked to co-oper co-operate - ate co-operate in this campaign to the_greatest pessible extent. . But it can not be*too strongly im impressed - pressed impressed upon Chapters that no appeal for funds or members for the Red Cross must be made, either directly or indirectly, in connection with this campaign, nor must the Red Cross Christmas Roll Call be confused in any way with a campaign for funds. The object of the Roll Call is uni universal - versal universal membership, not the raising of a large sum of money, and this can, not be combined in any possible way with a campaign for funds by any organization or group of organiza organizations. - tions. organizations. ] In making this perfectly clear to all members and to the public at largq Chapters will be conforming with the request of the President of the Unit United - ed United States and with the resolution adopted by the War Council of the American Red Cross. In recognition of the importance of the activities of these seven organi organizations - zations organizations Chapters are also requested| to withhold from the papers all Red Cross publicity except that necessary to the successful carrying on of their work until after November 18. November for the United War Work Drive; December for the Red Cross Christmas Roll Call.

While cotton occupied most of the time and attention of the marketing hoard, the meeting did not overlook the important situation in the pea peanut - nut peanut market to which the Georgia State Bureau of Markets has been devoting its attention for some weeks, in the effort to secure a more satis satisfactory - factory satisfactory price to the producer. Following the refusal of the Geor Georgia - gia Georgia Food Administration to remove the restrictions governing the mar marketing - keting marketing of peanuts, the matter - has been taken up with the food admin-' istration at Washington; and the marketing board, at the instance of Director L. B. Jackson of the Geor Georgia - gia Georgia Market Bureau, appointed a com committee - mittee committee which includes in addition to himself, Commissioners of Agricul Agriculture - ture Agriculture J. A. Wade, of Alabama; W. A. Mcßae, of Florida and Fred W. Davis of Texas, to go to Washington to present the matter to the feod ad administration - ministration administration there. Already the effect of the activity of the Georgia market bureau has been felt in the receipt from Nor Norfolk, - folk, Norfolk, Va., of an offer for peanuts to net the producer approximately $llO per won, f. o. b. shipping point. The quantity desired, however, is limit limited. - ed. limited. The government regulation prohi prohibiting - biting prohibiting buyers of peanuts from holding them longer than 60 days, before selling them to the millg, has forced this product along regardless of the . law of supply and demand, resulting in extremely low prices. It is the confident belief of Direc Director - tor Director Jackson that when the matter is properly presented to the food ad administration - ministration administration in Washington, it will remove this objectionable restriction, and that peanuts will soon bring the producer $l2O or more, for which figure the bureau urges the farmer to hold, as a minimum. hop s

Total marine casualties .. 4,112 Total army casuvalties ... 73,936 Grand total army and marine cacutilhies sol 0r 7048 Of course this list is yet incom incomplete - plete incomplete and many will yet be added. Canada wilth little more than one onetwelfth - twelfth onetwelfth of our popnlation had a cas casuzlty - uzlty casuzlty list of more that 211,000, but Canada was in the war for more thar four years, while we were in only a year and seven months, and in the f:ghting for only a few months. ' In this connection it may be inter interasting - asting interasting to recall the countries at war with Germany and dates of their en entiance: - tiance: entiance: Bbasta ... ... KAugust 1, 1944 Tesnes .. ... August 8, 191% Belgium _..___-. August 3, 1914 Gt. Britain _.__. August 3, 1914 Servia .._...-..- August 6, 1914 Montenegro -.--- August 9, 1914 dehan s.. August 23, 1914 San Marino --_--.- May 24, 1915 Yortugal .. - March 9, 1916 Hely: - - August 28, 1916 Pumania __.__--- August 28, 1916 SN Al & 1917 Cub iol AP 1918 POnaie oo April 19, 1917 Crelbe . eanen- U 0 29, 1917 S o July 22, 1917 liberia -.....--- August 4 1917 Phlae . ..o ANEWE 14, 1917 Braptl: el s October 26, 1917 FEouador - December 8. 1917 Gautemala - ----- April 23, 1918 fiedgo s o . July 35 191¥ In addition to these the following countries severed diplomatic relations with Germany on the dates given: Belivin -.~ a<= April 13, 1917 Nicaragua --- - ------ May 18, 1917 Santo Domingo - - --- July, 1917 Costa Rica --- September 21, 1917 Pers . - October -6, 1917 Uruguay ------- October 17, 1917 Honduras - -------- July 22, 1918 Se E e Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sams at attended - tended attended the funeral of Licutenant Springer in Aztlanta on Saturday. Lt. Springer was 2 cousin of Mrs. Sams. He died at the officers training camp at Cornell. The family resided in Marietta for a number of ytais and have many friends here.

MORRIS HAS ACTIVE SPEECH-MAKING TOUR Judge N. A. Morri¢ made a tour of eight counties last week, speaking in each of them in the interest of the Urnited War Work Campaign. He wound up the week with a meeting at Cedartown on Saturday evening at 7:30, and just as he was zoing on the stand to speak, he was somewhat disconeerted by the mnews that N. A. Morris, Jr., had arrived at his home during his absence. Assurances, however, that the Young man had come to stay, enabled the Judge to put some of his en en"thusiasm - "thusiasm en"thusiasm into his address. 3 He returned to . Cartersville on and spoke to an outdoor au audience - dience audience of several thousand people, the f'courthouse being too small to hold the crowd. The Judge reports an active -inter -inter&t - &t -inter&t taken by the people in the cam- Paign in all counties visited. JOHN RUSSEL DODGEN, OF SMYRNA, DIES IN FRANCE In the Tuesday's easualty list ap- Pears the name of John Russell Dod Dod#l, - #l, Dod#l, of Smyrna, as having died of deease in France. No less honor at at"tiches - "tiches at"tiches o his name, than those of our b 3 Who died on the battlefield. er. Dodgen was born Deec. Ist, lf,{,;,' He was married to Miss An Ant}f - t}f Ant}f Belle Medlock on Qect 28th, 1917, into the service at Camp 'Tdon on August sth, 1918. Lo Vas the son of Mr. N. W. B. 1 "2¢. of Cobb County, living be be¥ - ¥ be¥ Smyrna, His name is added to Cr Jist of heroes,

' . . . List of Burials in z National Cemetery Below we give the names of the scldiers buried in the National Ceme Cemetery - tery Cemetery at Marietta since the begin beginning - ning beginning of the war. These have been furnished us by the Kennesaw Chap Chapter, - ter, Chapter, U. D. C. Private Leonard Bekaerts, died at Camp Gordon, cause not stated. Private Joe Barnes, (col.), died at Camp Gordon, Lobar Pneumonia. Private Orazia Cornett, died at Camp Gordon, Lobar Pneumonia. Private Lanier Droke, died at Camp Sherman, Ohio, cause not stat stated. - ed. stated. Private Clifford Hightower, (col ), died at Camp Gordon, Spinal Menin Meningitis. - gitis. Meningitis. l:rivate Frank Jackaekeck, died at Camp Hancock, Lobar Pneumonia. Private John E. Lindenburg, died at Camp Hancock, cause not stated. Private Sephus Madson, shipped from Camp Hancock, cause of death not stated. Private Americo Manti, Camp Han Han¢ - ¢ Han¢ ck, Lobar Preumonia. Private Zacharigh Miller, died at Fcrt McPherson, railroad accident. Private Tom J. Pantazes, died at Camp Gordon, of pneumonia. Private William J. Pratt, died at Csmp Hancock, of influenza. Private Robert Perry, (col.), died at Camp Hancock, of influenza. Private Jeff Richardson, (col.) died #t Camp Hancock, of influenza Private John A. Stein, died at Camp Hancock, cause not stated. Private Dock Stone, (col.), died at Camp Gordon, cause not stated. (Continued on Page Eight)

None Are Being Inducted Into Service; Men Over 36 Need Not Fill Out Their Questionnaires ! i The offices of the local board is still & scene of activity as the men between 19 and 36 years of age on Sept. 12th are being physically ex examined. - amined. examined. | This, however, is nearing comple completion, - tion, completion, after which the men who are between 18 and 19 years of age on! Supt. 12th will be taken up, and thesc men will complete and return the ¢ estionnaires sent them. None are being inducted into the guryvice or sent to camp however, an' prabably will not be at all. The board desires us to say to the men who were over 36 years of age on ' Sept. 12th, that they need not fili out or sign them at all, but are to put them in the envelope which was sent them at the same time and re return - turn return to the local beard. ~ It is not yet definitely known just what will be 'done about all these things but it is safé to assume that ro more men will be taken and those in the camps will be returned to civil life as rapidly as possible.

Acworth, Smyrna and other * dis dis'tricts - 'tricts dis'tricts have followed with oversub oversubs - s oversubs riptions, and of course the whole county will do so. It is only a ques question - tion question of how much over the top we go, and it is our hope that our quota may be doubled before this paper is in the hands of our readers. In town the activities of the War Work organizers for the past week have been continuous, and a number o' good meetings have been held. The thanksgiving meeting on Mon Monday - day Monday evening at the Methodist Church was an enthusiastic one. The house was filled to overflowing and many of our citizens made fine talks, On Wednesday evening the Ladies United War Work Committee held a great meeting at the Court House, giving screen pictures and the cause of each of the seven divisions of the war work was presented by some one in a short talk. On Thursday as we go to press the great one day drive of the Ma Marietta - rietta Marietta district by committees is in ] -ogress. |