The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1890-08-14


Barlow comfy, held their monthly meeting
at Marietta last Friday, as the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. T. H. Shockley at the
Elmwood Hotel. This is a very hourish>
ing club aud they meet once a month at
the home of some one OF the members,
and discuss the practical side of farming
giving information relative to their mode
of cultivation The President is q. j.
Mccormack. The membership is limited
TO fourteen, but they are always accompa-
MED by their wives and daughters and
| their meetings are made doubly interesting.
They held their meeting in the ball room
of the Elmwood Hotel Col. R. I. Nesbitt,
recently nominated as State Agricultural
Commissioner. met with them and took
part in their discussions. Mrs. Shockley
gave the ladies a ride over the city in car
riages A banquet was served at night
and a number of speeches were made.
The club visited Tate's marble quarries on
Saturday. They were delighted with their
visit to our town.
/ Through the courtesy Of Mr. Henry
Minert, the Marietta Silver Cornet Band
were out riding last Thursday afternoon
in his new wagonette, recently con-
structed by Mr.. W. E. Granting. The
band boys had on their new uniforms and
discoursed some fine music. The wagon
cite was made by special order of Mr..
Meinert, and will seat sixteen persons.
Mr.. Granting did excellent work on this
vehicle and no doubt it will be frequently
used by pleasure parties.
The Atlanta Journal Of Tuesday had
sensational article stating that the Ameri>
can Marble Works would be moved from
Marietta to Atlauta when the n. & n. G.
Railroad extended it's line to Atlanta We
met Mr.. Geo. F. Newell, General Manager
of the American Marble Works. and be
said the report was untrue; that the com
pany was we'll pleased With their present
location and was here to stay. SO this ex-
plodes the Atlanta Journals report.
Mr.. I. P. Lindley, was struck by light
ming at Powder Springs last Sunday. The
lightning struck a tree in his yard and he
was standing on the rear veranda of his
house, when the shock came upon him.
He was deathly sick for while and ply
stefan was called. He is gradually recoy>
ering
The plans and specifications for the new
hotel are now in the hands of contractors
for bids, and sometime next week will be
submitted to the stockholders for approval
We trust that Marietta will before many
months have hotel which will be a thing
of beauty and very substantial benefit to
the Gem City.
The Marietta Library has just received
a new lot Of books, composing some of the
latest works of fiction and other very read
able books. Every family should have
membership. The library also receives
the following magazines: Harper's Gems
fury, Scribner, Cosmopolitan and North
American Review.
A trio Of the best strain of White Leg
horns for sale at 81 So
L. SPAULDING.
Cards are out announcing that the mar
riage of Prof. j. S. Stewart, President of
HARDWOOD Seminary, of this place, to Miss
Selma Hair, will take place at Trinity
Church, Atlanta, on Tuesday afternoon at
clock, August 10Th.
Last Friday on returning from Marietta
to her home, Miss Dollie Gault, daughter
of Mr. J. T. Gault, was thrown from bug
gy with her little brother, and both sus-
tanned slight but painful injuries. The
mule became frightened and ran away, was
the cause of the accident
Col. A. S. Atkinson, OF Camden county,
Ga, is visiting his daughter, Mrs R. D. T.
Lawrence. Col. Atkinson was for many
years a resident of this county, and it
looks natural to see his kindly face among
us again.
In our visit to the lower part OF Cobb
county last Saturday, it was gratifying to
see such fine crops, Cotton never looked
finer or more promising and the yield will
be large if no disaster takes place. Corn
crop is also fine and about made.
Among :hose who attended the JOURNAL
correspondents picnic at Upshaw last Sat
nrday, from Marietta, were Judge George
F. Gober, Col. I. D. Power, Hon. J. Y.
Alexander and Mr. M. r. Lyon.
Let every business house in Marietta no
matter how small, be represented through
these columns. Nothing will help you or
the town more 1t is the duty of every
business man to help to support his home
paper,
Messrs Bob Hammett, John Baber, Tom
McLain, Pat Nell and Will Granting,
lett last Thursday morning on ten days
pleasure trip to Murphy, N. c., and other
places. They went through the country
in wagonette.