The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1895-01-24
LOCAL LEAFLETS.
Picked Up and ChrOnicled
for Our Readers.
A CHILD DROWNED IN A TUB,
Two Negroes Arrested for Burglarizing
a RaillO DAD Car. Other Interesting
Items.

A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT occurred at Smyr-
ma, in this county, last Saturday. Mr..
William Kelpln, Jr., formerly of Roswell,
was with his family at his father.in law 8,
Mr.. T. K. Handy Mr.. Kelpin is making
his arrangements to move to Texas this
week He left home to visit Roswell that
morning, and Mr.. 7. K. Handy came to
Marietta with bale of cotton. During
the morning. Mr.. Kelpin's three children
were out in the yard playing with ball.
The little girl threw the ball and it went
under the house and she crawled under
after it. In the meantime, little Adie, two
years old, was toddling around the yard
and went up to tub full of water. He
had rock in his tiny hand and dropped
it in the tub of water. He reached into
it get the rock, which of course was at the
bottom OF the tub, lost his balance and fell
head foremost into the tub of water, leav-
ing half of his: body sticking out, When
the other children came out from under
the house, they found little Ade dead, hav-
ing been drowned A Doctor was sent for
and everything was done to resuscitate
the little child, but it proved unavailirg.
A runner was sent to Roswell after Mr..
Kelpin and telegram came to Marietta
to Mr.. Handy. When grand father and
father reached home, they found the sweet
little prattler, whose tender, warm lips
they had kissed on parting that morning,
cold ia death Death turks in every breeze
and when we think the least about it, it
comes and lays his icy hand on the hearts
of our loved ones and stills them forever.
SHERIFF w. G. ANDERSON of Milton ar,
rested in that county Bob Dixon, colored
who was ttere selling shoes, and other
articles at very Insignificant price.
Dixon had some children's shoes and big
pistol. On being questioned he said that
he ard Doe Williams, colored, and two
other negroes robbed freight car in De-
camber last on the w. & A. r. r. at Eliza.
beth, near Marietta, and took therefrom,
shoes, pants, shawls and barrel Of whisky.
The whisky was buried in the ground until
used up. The Sheriff telegraphed to Sher-
if Davenport who arrested Doc Williams,
but he insists that he is innocent. Dixon,
however, declares him guilty. A preimi~
nary trial was begun Monday and adjourn
ed over to Wednesday. The depot agent
here says a car was broken open about the
time Dixon says and the goods are proba>
bly, those stolen.
Mrs. L. E. Howard, who lives in Mr.. Joe
Blacks dwelling adjacent to theiMethodis.
church, on Atlanta street, was aroused
Sunday night about II o'clock by smoke
entering the house. She came to the con-
clusion that the house was on fire and
began search for it. On the back porch
she discovered that box in which she
placed some ashes the evening before,
had caught fire, was burning rapidly, and
that the Notwithstanding of the house was
on fire. She rushed to the we'll to get
water to extinguish the fire, when an un>
known young man passing the street came
to her help and the two threw water ON the
fire until it was put out. The weather.
boardin was burned to crisp, and if the
discovery had been little later, it is
doubtful if the house could have been
saved.
John Wanamaker has spent over halt
a million dollars in advertising and still
keeps it up, advertising in papers in all
sections of the country, although no house
in the country is better known than his Mr.
Wanamaker is the man who recently re>
fused $4,000 presidency of railroad
because he didn't have time to spare
from his business. The merchant who
can't see the moral in this should imme-
diately invest in some double barrel
specks.
Elijah Lovinggood, ffteen-year>old
negro boy, was lodged in Jail here the other
day. The cause of it, he broke into the
residence OF Mr.. g. P McLain at Acworth
last Thursday night and stole some cloth,
ing and butter Mr. and Mrs. McLain
were on visit to Marietta at the time
CoTroN mills are coming from the Eas
to the cotton fields, and when they do ther
our farmers can make money in raising
the staple. Cobb county alone could sup
ply several snail mills and at profit t.
the producers here.
We want correspondent at Woodstock
Powder Springs and MONDAY. Win no
some one send US items from these places
each week, so that we can get them b.
Tuesday morning