The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1890-05-29
LOCAL LEAFLETS.
Kicked Up Here and There and Dol.
ted Down for Journal Readers.

The sale of the Brown Park lots were
postponed on account of the rain.
Flower pots, all sizes for sac at NJ.
Lyons store.
Mr. James Askew, formerly of Marietta.
died in Milledgeville on Wednesday oflast
week.
DIR. Il. G. Morrison, has been elected
Secretary ofthe Board of Missions. and
will resign the passionate OF the first Metho.
dist church in Atlanta
SPECIAL TAX NoTIcE.-The City Tax
Books close June LIST, make your returns
at oace. II. J. ScHoENrHAL.
T. R. Il I. G.
The American Marble Co., of this place,
has the contract to marble the walls of the
dining room of the Maxwell Hotel, at
Nashville, Tenn, and Mr. Jas. Mcnamara
is experimenting the work. Mr. David D.
Underwood an employe, is in Nashville
assisting in the work.
We are pleased to learn that the White
Path Hotel, at White Path, Ca, is now
open under the management of Mrs. j. NJ.
Dorm and Mr.. j. d. Northcutt. Those
who visit this health-resort this season may
rest assured of comfort good fare and
pleasure. Mineral water and grand scene
ry abound. Go up and spend while.
THE Pastoral" is a little monthly
issued in Atlanta in the interest of the
North Atlanta District, Rev. W. F. Glenn,
editor, and Rev. H. L. Crumley, manager.
1t will prove great help in the work in
the district We wish it success.
| Antioch Alliance, No. Sl3, will hold
public meeting on Saturday the 7th day of
June, commencing at o'clock In the
evening All members are requested to
be on hand, and the public cordially in>
vited. We expect to have some one or
more to address us on alliance matters.
j. N. KEMP, President
ii. F. SAULs, Secretary.
The enumerators start out next Monday
to take the eleventh census. Let our peo-
pie be prepared to give them the desired
information and answer the questions as
the law requires. There will be some who
no doubt will not understand their mission.
but it is harmless one. The principal
object is to ascertain how many people are
populating this county, and 'xpportion
congressional representation accordingly
, Mr.. Geo. W. Cable was registered at the
Elmwood last week. He is the great
American author, whose writings and lee.
lures have created considerable interest,
especially his views on the race question,
so at variance with southern sentiment
although he is southerner and fought in
the Confederate army. His writings
panders to the fanaticism of the Northern
republicans.
On last Friday at the Marietta Male
Academy committee, consisting of Messrs.
E. II. Meyers, R. H. Earle and M. M. SEES.
sions, acted as judges to select fifteen CT
the best speakers in divisions A, and B., to
speak at the commencement exercises in
June, and the following young gentlemen
won the places In division A. w.
Pomeroy, W. Tate. Fred Norris, E. P.
Green, B. 7. Frey, 0. Grower and Gilbert
Deason. In division BID. FsMcClatch-
ey, Jr., Willie D. Meal, Paul F. Sistrunk,
Ed Smith, F. B. Young Butler Holmes,
Howard McCutcheon and James Law
renee.
IT is said that several blind tigers" are
running in full blast in Marietta, and that
you can get whisky by the drink, quart or
gallon, peach, corn, rye or gin: That
keepers OF barrooms of this kind feel that
they can beat the grand jury and that they
can afford to defy the city authorities. If
this is true and it is openly boasted that it
is, then it is sad state OF affairs, and shows
the looseness of laws, that must encourage
disrespect of all laws. Shall this defiance
OF public sentiment and the law continued
Is there no remedy? Are officers and courts
powerless Shall dark back rooms, kept
by darker faces, be unmolested and whisky
continue to be sold to those who know how
to buy it and where to buy it? We have
seen number of drunken whites and
blacks recently as evidence that whisky
is being obtained Let the law be enforce
ed.
Three colored dudes attracted attention
Sunday afternoon at the depot by their
display of good clothes and affected airs.
One of them had his straw hat jauntily
showed back on his neck, that his pompa-
dour wool might be conspicuously promi-
nent His standing collar was erect, and
his cravat was well adjusted. His cloths
ing was in good taste and of no mean
fabric. Patent leather shoes encased his
| feet and he swung hIs cane in his hand