The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1890-07-17
MARIETTA MATTERS.

Speak good of your town and its enter.
prises, or speak not at all.
The hot weather depopulates the pews,
but the pulpit has TO De filled.
Summer visitors are coming in and
many strange faces are seen on our streets.
TIE State Agricultural Society will meet
in LaGrange, August 18th.
There is no tie greater in cementing wife
and husband in love than than to have a
baby in the house.
Mr.. J. W. Frey brought the first load OF
Cobb county watermelons to town on last
Saturday.
Come and get your Turnip Seeds A
large lot of BUST fresh and best in stock
at the Palace Drug Store
1t is difficult to keep Marietta supplied
with ice. An ice factory will be built and
readj for operation next season.
The Silver Cornet Band open air con-
certs in the park are greatly enjoyed by
our people.
Give US the names of your visitors, and
the places you are going to visit, that we
may make mention of the same.
The hoy preacher" from Carroll coun>
ty, did not preach here Sunday night, as
was expected.
Mrs. Paul Sledge went up to Marietta
to-day to spend month in that delightful
resort.-Augusta News.
For good smoke,go to the Palace Drug
Store
All kinds of school books at j. A. Man
gets
1t is reported that Col. Z P. Howell and
Mr. Alder: Ho we'll have bought the Kenne-
saw Mills and will run it.
Since the fremeHes tournament the
young boys of Marietta have caught the
fever and organized companies and prac-
tice running nearly every afternoon on
some of the streets off the square.
Mr.. H. S. Anderson has sold the build
ing and grounds, now occupied by Mr. j..
Spilman, to Mr.. Henry Meinert, who will
build a fine brick livery stable on the lot
at once. This will be decided improves
ment.
The finest and best assortment of sta
tionery in the city at the Palace Drug
Store.
We are glad to see Marietta aroused to
the Importance of system of public
schools. The Dalton schools have lived
down the most violent opposition, as will
be the case wherever properly inaugurated
Dalton Argus.
HE Austell Advertiser is new paper
just started at Austell IN this county, by
DIR. R. j. Massey, druggist, The first
number has good deal of local news in it.
1t is small, but can do good work tor that
town if properly supported. Success.
Upehka Mineral Water on draft at the
Palace Drug Store-good for indigestion.
The oldest inhabitant found by the
census enumerator J. Spilman in Mariet
ia, is Nancy Gresham, lie years old
Census enumerator James Hammett found
| a colored woman in Gritter district on W.
A Bishops place, who is 100 years old.
Conductor ". R. Turner and Engineer
Tom Bussey have the reputation OF run
ming the best "goober" train that comes
into Atlanta, and the people between Ma
rietta and this city call it the "old reliable, '
because it runs so steady and is always on
time.--Atlanta Journal.
For bargains go to the Palace Drug
Store.
We regret to learn OF the death of Willie
Dallas, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Pleas S
Shelman, which occurred in Gainesville
on last Sunday night week, aged five years
four months and ten days. She was a
bright and lovely little child and her death
is greet bereavement to her devoted pa.
rents.
Mr.. II. n. Starnes, the assistant state
school commissioner, will soon resign his
position to engage III the insurance busi-
ness. The state will thus lose competent
and faithful official, whose ability and en-
ergy will command for him greater fnan
cial success than the average puolic SER
want enjoys,
The most Goods for the least money ia
the Palace Drug Store.
The Cobb county Alliance have elected
the following officers: j. d. Perkerson,
President; W. W. Scott, Vice President );
c. B. Sewell, Secretary; s. F. Mayes,
Treasurer Rev. D. j. Maddox. Chaplain };
G. W. Pharr, Lecturer G. W. York, Ass
sistant Lecturer; l. ]. Morris, D. H.; J. V.
Stanback, Asst D. X; j. A. Mckinney,
So at Arms.
DIED.-Mrs. c. S. Wright died in this
place on the 9th inst, after several weeks
sickness. She leaves husband and several
children to mourn her loss. Her funeral
was preached at the Methodist church on