The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1898-07-21

| annual meeting on last Thursday after
! noon and reelected two of the old di-
rectors, Miss Katie Vim and Col. w.
r. Power. The Directors Immediately
met and elected Judge Geo. f. Gober,
President; DIR. p. r. Cortelyou, Vice
President; Col, w. r. Power, Secreta-
ry; and Mr.. J. +. Clark, Treasurer.
The Association will place in all the
hotels and boarding houses in the city
catalogues, terms of subscription and
hours of opening. Everybody is urged
to become members of this splendid To-
cal institution
The Misses Crockett, of this place,
: have received letter from their broth
er, w. f. Crockett, of Co. d, Roose-
velt's Rough Riders, stating that he
was wounded in the calf of the leg in
! the second days fight in front of San
tiago. He is in the hospital, and writes
that he is doing well and will soon be
| we'll.
Mr.. J. r. Murdoch was sick the
! other night, and had occasion to get up.
in the dark, he ran against an open
door and gashed his left eye brow and
blackened his eye, almost knocking
him senseless. 1t was terrible col
lision and he suffered great deal
| from it,
The A. K. & n. Railroad on Sunday
last took off their passenger train that
! leaves here at 9:25, a. m, and have
substituted mixed train, passenger
and freight coaches, which leave here
I at 9:l5, n. M, daily except Sunday, re-
turning to Marietta at O'Clock, p. m.
! Miss Mamie Gaynor, who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. Sam Squires,
returned to her home in Franklin,
Ohio, on Friday, accompanied by
Omer Squires, who will spend several
months there.
Rev. G. r. A. Pise, Rector of St
James Episcopal Church, left Monday
for Buford, n. c., to be gone two weeks
to recuperate his health and enjoy the
sea breeze.
The bankers are discussing the use
of a receipt instead of the bank check.
as "A means of drawing money from the
banks without the use of revenue
stamps.
Miss Ethel Heggie left the first of the
week for her home in Augusta. She is
a very beautiful and charming young
lady, and her departure is regretted by
many friends.
The people kick about a drOuth, then
they kick about the wet weather. We
are nation of kickers. We come into
the world kicking, and we go out
a kicking.
Mr.. A. S. Cohen received an insur-
ance policy for one of our citizens that
had $500 in revenue stamps on it, four
one dollar stamps. That is the way
the war tax is raised
Mr.. Wallace Buttolph and Bub Gil
bert are running the First National
Bank, in the absence of the cashier.
with tact that shows that they know
how.
The Marietta Paper Manufacturing
Company, after few days stoppage
from the damage to the dam at the
waterwOrks, is now running on full
time.
Mr.. W. b. Blair hauled wagon load
of roasting ears to town Saturday, and
he sold them, too. He has been carry
ing wagon loads to Atlanta for some
time.
On next Sunday morning at the Bap-
list Church the subject of discussion
will be the 'Conundrum OF the Age. y
Everybody invited. Special music
Sunday night. Arnold Lindsey, Pastor.
Mr.. G. S. McCandlish and family left
Friday evening for Buford, n c., where
they will spend few weeks in serf-
bathing and other enjoyments.
Mr.. VIII Oliver has gone to Atlanta,
and will work at the Aragon. His place
at Grogan Bros. barber shop here is
filled by Mr.. Jake Mercy, of New York.
Mr.. w. K. Turner says he expects to
get 5000 crates of peaches from his or
chards. That ought to bring profit of
$1,000.
Sonny Harris, colored, was arrested
last week on a warrant sworn out by a
colored woman on the charge, of assault
and battery.
Mr.. ii. w. Oliver, Auditor of the A.
X. x n. Railroad, went out with the
pay car Friday to pay off the employees
of the road
Mr.. Charles Paille and family arriv-