The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1895-02-07
LOCAL LEAFLETS.
Picked Up and ChrOnicled
for Our Readers.
FLOUR TOOK A TUMBLE MONDAY.
Mack Phillips was Buried Under Il
and He Came Out Whittier Than
Beautiful Snow.

Miss Tallulah Towers is on a visit to
her brother in Rome.
Mr.. Albert Seals and bride of Birming>
ham, after @ pleasant visit to his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Seals, have returned home.
A thief visited the premises OF Mr.. ]. T.
Mathis on Sunday night and dug into his
potato bank, carrying off sack full OF
sweet potatoes.
Miss Bessie Butler, who has been visit
ing the family of Mr. George Fleming, re,
turned to her home in Smyrna on Satur,
day.
The MARIETTA JOURNAL and Atlanta
Constitution, both papers, for one year, for
ST. 60. See advertisement on third page.
$4,000 given away. Now is the time to
avail yourself of this great offer.
Cards are out announcing the marriage
of Miss Annie Whiting Fairfield to Mr.
JOAN Augustus Manget, February 18th,
6 o clock, at Presbyterian Church, MARI
etta.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. T. Palmer and Mr.
and Mrs. VIM. U. Taber, of New York ems
route from Florida to their home, stopped
over to visit Rev. and Mrs. Albert T. STAN
ley of this place, the ladies being sisters OF
Mrs. Stanley.
The man VINO sits down and expects the
world to 90 his advertising for him will be
very mnch disappointed and his life will
be half a failure. Somebody has said
Blessed is he that bloweth his own horn
for if he bleweth it not, the same shall no,
be blown"
Our Public Schools are now prepared tc
give the best instructions ever offered the
people of Cobb county. Parents with
sons or daughters to educate should cor.
respond with Supt. Stewart who will take
pleasure IN giving information concerning
rates, course of study and board
Mr.. Earle E. Fields, Jr., has been very
sick with nervous prostraton for the
past two weeks at his home, six miles be.
low town. Drs. Coleman, of Canton, and
Seize, of Marietta, are attending him. He
is much improved and we learn out o.
danger.-Canton Advance. Mr. Field
was brought to his brothers, Nc Marcus
Field,Iat this place Tuesday where he is
raceivinO everv attention
FLOUR took q tumble at Anderson
Rrother's store last Monday moruing-not
in price, but to the floor. A large amount
was stacked in the rear Of the store, and
as Mr. Mack Phillips was passing near
it, the -four suddenly began tumbling
down, knocking Mack to the floor and
completely buryiug him. His escape
from serious injury was remarkable, as
nearly fifteen hundred pounds of -four was
on top of him. Mack was finally extricat
ed from under the heavy burden resting
upon him" whittier If not a wiser man.
In the recent annual report of j. Mcln>
tosh Kell, Adjutant- General of the State
of Georgia, the Marietta Rifles we're rated
as very good" thus being placed in the
highest. class in the report. The Rifles stand
second OF the ten compe MES in that class.
This is remarkable record for body OF
men that have been organized not quite a
year. The report of the Adjutant> Gen
eral is an actual record of the standing of
every company in the State, and it is with
pride we see our home company in the
lead The Marietta Rifles have responded
to every cali for public drill and have been
a credit to themselves and an honor to the
town. This organization should receive
the support and encouragement of our
good citizens. 1t is composed Of young
meE who are energetic and ambitious. and
We predict fer it brilliant future.
DIED-In Modesto, Cal, Stsnislan Co.,
Jan rs, 1895, Mrs. w. A Gresham. Her
body was embalmed and brought back to
Lebanon, Cherokee county, Ga, for burial.
She was formerly Miss TIME Freeman,
of that place. The funeral took place at
the Methodist church on Feb. lst, after
which the body was inferred in the family
burying ground. She leaves husband
and two little children TO mourn her loss,
besides many friends and relatives in this
county. Mas. j. 7. EUBANKs