The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1897-08-05

night. Owing to the absence Of the Rev.
j. ID. Patton, there was no service at the
Presbyterian Church, and as an act of
Christian courtesy, Rev. ]. w. Quillian
omitted the services at the Methodist
Church and all attended the services at
the Baptist Church in order to hear
the distinguished divine. The crowd
was very large one and DR.. Lam
drum preached grand sermon, and Jesus
Christ was held up as the Rock higher
than !, " as the safe refSee ior sinful nan.
1t Was . sermon Of great spiritual power
and beauty and it was good to be there.
The Methodist church will be crowded
Wednesday night, August 4. to witness q
double marriage. Miss Jennie Manget
and DR.. OlSer 7. Logan, OF New York,
and Miss Minnie ManGet and Mr.. ]. s.
Davis, OF Cave Springs. Ga. will be united
in marriage at o'clock, at the Methodist
church. The father of the brides, Rev.
We. Manget, will perform the ceremony.
DR.. Logan. and bride will remain here
until next Monday, and then visit friends
in Indianapolis Ind, and from there they
will 20 to New York and sail as mission
aries for China. Mr.. Davis end bride will
go the Nashville Exposition and other
points OF interest and then go to his farm
near Cave Springs.
The Gainesville fire department has
beenextsnded an invitation to participate
in tournament to be given by the Cobb
county fair association at Marietta in Oc-
tober. The invitation was accepted at the
meeting Of the department Monday night
and the boys will prepare to win some Of
the prizes. News. OF course
it will be understood that the tournament,
if held. will be given by the County Fair
Association, and not by the Marietta Fire
Department. The Marietta fire laddies
say they will give tournament next year.
The veterans Of Cobb and Phillips Lee
gions will hold their annual reunion at
Kennesaw (Big Shanty) on Wednesday,
August llth. Among the speakers invit>
ed sre Hon. Hoke Smith, Gen. VIM. Phil
lips, General G. A. Evans, General John
B. Gordon, General J. B. Lcngstreet, j.
J. Barnes, ". B. Lowe and others. After
the speaking barbecue will be served.
DIR. j. F. LENNON, Office N. E. corner
public square, over Geo. 8. Owen h Co. s
grocery store. Consultation hours 10 to
II a. m, and 3 to p. N. Residence
Dallas street, Gregg place.
The liberia peach crop around MARI
eta this season has tured out we'll. There
were twelve Ger loads shipped from Mari
eta last week, so we are informed, and
more to follow this week. The growers
are Judge Geo. F. Gober, Messrs Hames
& cunningham, James L. Sibley, W. r.
Turner, DR.. s. y. Rambo and Geo. B.
Nigh. The crop is very fine and brings
good prices.
Sheriff Bishop and Bailiff Barrett lett
Marietta Sunday morning about three
o'clock for McIvor's Station where they
captured Babe Wallace, white, who es-
capped from the Marietta Jail couple of
weeks ago They surrounded the house
in which he was and he had to surrender.
He is again in jail.
Rev. l. W. Waddell, late President of
the North Georgia Agricultural College at
Dahlonega, was in the city last week. We
learn that he will move his family to Ma
rietta. This is the old home of Mr.. ,Wad-
dell and wife and we will be glad to have
them citizens of our town again. We lose
one family in the removal OF Prof. Stew
art, but we gain another.
1t is no exaggerat;op to say that the
sermon delivered by Rev. J. w. Quillian
ct the Methodist church, last Sunday
morning, to full house, was one OF the
ablest ever delivered ia Marietta. 1t was
eloquent in delivery and made profound
impression.
TAX NoTIcE.-The city tax books are
now open for the payment ofthe city tax.
es for the year 1897. Good time to attend
TO it while you think of it.
II. E. LAwHoN, Clerk and Tax Col.
The MONDAY Baptist Association was
largely attended at Sandy Plains last Sun,
day, some 1000 people being present.
DR.. Landrum, OF Atlanta, Rev. s. r. c.
Adams, and others did some fine preach.
ing. The Association meets in Marietta
next year.
Hon. Elem DuBignon. OF Savannah,
spent Saturday night and Sunday with
Senator 4. s. Clay. Mr.. DuBiguon has
many friends here who are always glad to
see him.. He is one of Georgia's braniest
men.
Mr.. Theodore Frey left with us three
peaches as big as the largest grown orange.
They are the old fashioned, white peaches.