The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1894-10-18
OLIVE SPRINGS.

The "b. L." society met Saturday night.
A good attendance and splendid meeting
A program was arranged for next meeting,
which will be SHIELD Saturday night the 10Th.
A rousing meeting is expected Every
body come.
Entertainments were had at Mrs. Shaw S
and Mrs. Anomalies on Tuesday and
Wednesday nights OF last week. All res
ported jolly time.
As our items reached their destination
too late last week, we wish to say our ex>
h'bition was a grand success.
Who could not appreciate Farmer
Beach's' letter IN last week Journal.
Mr.. 81. d. Barber has about one fourth
OF an acre in rutabagger turnips that will
range from fur to ten pounds each. We
will not attempt to estimate the yield.
Mr.. Bud Horn went hunting one night
last week and caught seven opossums.
The prayer meeting at Mr.. Isaac Reed 8
was well attended Sunday night 1t will
meet at Mr. W. W. Shadwicks next Sun.
day night.
Mrs. A. J. Templeton is visiting relatives
near Acworth.
Mr.. James Wiley and son have placed a
new engine at the gin. 1t makes things
hum.
Mr.. d. M. Warren had considerable
done his gin the other dag. Some one
carelessly left pillow in the cotton that he
was ginning.
The boys seem to take great deal OF
interest in their debates at Milford
Mr.. John A. Booth and II. D. Barber
have two of the finest colts in the county.
We have young lady who picked 1875
pounGs OF cotton this season. Who in the
state can beat that?
One O! the most noted outrages or secret
perpetrations>in the history OF our CONS
munity came to light Saturday evening;
one that is disgrace and shame to civ.
ilization and intelligence. It came in the
form of the following note, mailed at
Smyrna on the north.bound mail train
about $3.50 in the evening. 1t was address
ed to Mr.. Andrew Templeton, Marietta
Ga. r. R. Boss. Dear Sir will you
please move John Hardeman? With
good wishes for your interests, you are
requested to dismiss the thief and say
nothing about this note to any one. l
certainly mean business" Respectfully,
"SHELA."
Mr.. Templeton is .one of our best citi>
zens and one of the leading men in our
county. He is good, civil, law>abiding
christian gentleman. a man who attends to
his own business and doesn't bother any
one else. About year ago petition was
brought to him asking that he turn the
above named darkey off his farm, after he
had started his crop, The complaint was
that the darkey had been stealing. To be
sure Mr.. Templeton could not make the
negro leave alter he had started his crop.
Since he received the above note he has
made inquiries of the surrounding neigh>
bors, as to the conduct of the darkey the
past year. They say the dsrkey hasn't
harmed any of them or anything they have
got and was peaceable and quiet. Still
we DON. see if the negro was "a thief that
they or he should come on to Mr.. Temple
ton about it. Why not notify the tibet
instead OF law>abidng man? Every
effort will be made to find out the guilty
party and il found out will get the extent
of the law. Mr.. Tempeton's friends are
all indignant at such actions and will
stand to him at all hazards. More trou-
BILE is yet expected. We know that more
dastardly piece OF coWardice and rascality
could not be perpetrated against a gentle
man.
Prot. Mullins will sing at Smyrna next
Sunday. Mr.. Mullins always attracts a
large number of hearers. FUND.-.