The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1898-09-08

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and her death is source of great grief
to the devoted parents, to whom we ex-
tend our profound sympathy. Only
those who have ''loved and lost, can
fully enter into the sorrow of such be-
reavement. The funeral was held on
Tuesday morning, Rev. J. w. Quillian
officiating. The interment took place
in the city cemetery.
The need at this place of depot shed
was never more apparent than on last
Friday night. Some thirty passengers
| disembarked from the w. & A. train
and boarded the A. K. & N. Two long
trucks were piled high with trunks to
be placed on the latter road. Some
| fifteen or twenty minutes elapsed be-
fore the train backed down to get this
baggage. All that time torrent of
rain was falling upon those trunks. If
| somebody's apparel was not damaged
it was on account of waterproof trunks.
Messrs. G. H. Griffin and Randy
Brewer, on returning from Austell last
Friday, found on crossing Sweetwater
creek that the stream had widened to a
river, and their horse had plunged into
water that necessitated him swimming
The two men in the buggy had mar
row escape from drowning, and got
pretty well soaked They got through
all right though
4 1t is said that Mr. John l.. Manning
has twenty acres in cotton but for the
damage done by rain, would have made
a bale to the acre. Mr.. d. d. Dunn, on
the same farm, has fifty acres in cotton
that would have yielded almost as
much but for the rain 1t is reported
that the first bolls opened, the seed is
sprouting, practically of no account.
Miss Ether Morris, of Roswell, sister
of Hon. n A. Morris of this place
boarded the A. K. & N. train here Fri
day evening to attend Holbrook Col
lege in Tennessee. She was joined by
about twenty -four others who came up
on the w. & A. r. r., all bound for the
same place.
Mr. Henry E. Rees, of Hartford
Conn, renews his subscription to the
Journal. ard says: II must congratu
late you upon the great Improvements
in the Journal. We watch for lis
weekly visits with interest, and could
not get along without it 1t is as a
letter from home"
Judge John NJ. Stone, our efficient
Ordinary, accompanied by Mr. William
Johnston, the waterworks plumber,
visited Douglasville last Thursday and
examined the steam heating apparatus
of the court house there. They re-
turned Friday evening
Mr.. Asa Darby, of Octavia, was in
town Friday and stated that the rains
had played havoc with fodder and cot
ton. He says the cotton seed is sprout-
ing in the open bolls, and he told a
neighbor he might have free the first
l'ginning on his gin.
A colored woman, Lula Bate. alarm
ed the town Saturday night by yelling.
When crowd gathered at the depot
to ascertain the cause, they found her
mouth bleeding. She claimed that her
husband, Bill Bate, slapped her in the
mouth.
Mr.. Moultrie NJ Sessions has bought
of DR.. T. S. Stewart, the two story
brick house on north side of square, oc-
cupied by Mr.. Geo S. Owen, paying
$500 for the same 1t is fine piece
of property
Bright little Ben Held came running
into McClatchey's store one day last
week and exclaimed: Another new
| Held in town !" A new arrival at his
parents home, Mr.. and Mrs. d. Held !,
was what he wanted to tell about
| Messrs. James T. Anderson and VIII
| DuPre have returned from Denver,
where they have been in attendance
upon the National Bankers Association.
They had fine trip.
Rev. w. f. Reagor, of the Christian
denomination, filled his appointment
here last Sunday. He is most ex-
cellent gentleman and very able
preacher.
Mrs. John Morehead and child, no
have been at Mrs. Mamie Lacy's with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. r w. Gar
rett, left Saturday for their home in
Charlotte, n G.
TAX NoTIoE.-The books are now
open for the collection of city taxes at
the council room r. E. LAwHoN,
Clerk and Tax Collector.
Miss Sena Towers returned from An
derson, S. c., last Friday, and Miss
Dovie Blair returned from New York
also on Friday. Both are at their
places as teachers in the public schools.