The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1896-07-02
CRYSTAL WEDDING
Celebrated by Judge G. f.
GOber and Wife.
FIFTEEN YEARS MARRIED LIFE,
A Large Number of invited Guests
Present and SumptuOus Sup.
per Served.

The fifteen mile stone of welded lie OF
Judge and Mrs. George +. Gober was most
happily celebrated at their pretty home on
Cherokee street on Wednesday evening Of
last week. There, surrounded by those
whose friendship was warm and lasting
they stood and received the hearty con-
gratulations o. the assembled guests.
They were assisted in receiving by their
daughter, Miss Eileen, and by Miss Alice
Barnes, OF Gainesville. The house was
tastefully and beautifully decorated. and
under the electric lights, that had been
placed in the yard, seats had been arrang-
ed among the flowers, presenting a fairy
like scene.
The many pretty and costly presents
received were arranged in the library and
in their sparkling clearpess, typifed the
sentiments of this crystal wedding.
Tempting and bountitul refreshments
were served in that graceful way, charac.
teristic OF the cordial host and hostess
And when the leave-taking time came, the
guests, many of whom had seen this cou-
pie start out on the journey of welded life
and watched them move smoothly along
its pathway, until this anniversary was
reached with ever increasing satisfaction
and pleasure, grasped their hands in a
way that meant far more than The usual
society courtesies.
Feelings of pardonable pride, on the
part of their many friends, and fountains
of deeper feeling are stirred when the
mind runs back to review the beginning
and progress ana success of this union.
Based, as it was, upon true and lasting
love and recognition of the noblest
qualities each in tie other, the joys and
sorrows Of lite has caused its pure light to
increase more and more unto that perfect
love that characterzes two souls with but
single thought and two hearts that beat
as ONE
Mrs. Gober is daughter ofJudge James
B. Blackwell, now deceased, one of the
modest and best men, with whose gentle
and active influence, Cobb county aud
North Georgia ever was blessed. Those
qualities of mind and heart that he for so
many years exercised here, she beautifully
illustrates in her own litc-and none know
her except to love her gentleness and
noble character.
Nobody in this county or section has
warmer or truer friends than Judge George
+. Gober. The people all know him as
the plain farmer boy whose brilliant intel>
lect was then comparatively dormant. He
had q longing to reach out alter things
nobler and higher. He began the long
struggle for al education first in the crude
plain country school houses of his section
and finally finished his educational career
by taking the degree Of Master of Arts and
the highest honors at the University of
Georgia. Returning home he taught for 2
while and then studied law in Savannah,
was admitted TO the bar and began prac>
ticing here and mas, by close study and I'M
firing energy and perseverance, steadily
climbed the ladder of distinctions For
many years he was the fearless and able
Solicitor General of this circuit and was
terror to evil doors and champion of law
and order and the best interests of soci-
ETY.. Later on by universal accord he be-
came Judge OF this superior court circuit,
the duties Of which Office he discharged as
ably and as conscientiously as any who
have heretofore filed the office.
In ali that he does he appears as the
upholGer and entorcer of law and order
and the protector OF the rights of the peo-
pie. In the business world he has had
very gratifying success and in his home
lite, surrounded by wife and bright, inter>
esting children, he is most happy.
Their many friends wish for them many
more happy wedding celebrations and
anniversaries.