The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1899-02-09

The opening OF the long distance tel
ephone at the Bell Telephone Exchange
office in Marietta on Wednesday night,
brought crowd of ladies and gentle
men present, some of whom talked to
their friends in Richmond, Ind, Fort
Wayne, Kansas City. Mo-, and else
where. Mr.. John H. Gross, of the
American Telephone and Telegraph
Co., was present to assist Mr.. l. W.
Pope, the local manager. Light re
freshments were served and the eve
ming was pleasantly spent by all pres
ent.
1t takes long time for the last
sound" of the war between the South
| and North to die. Mr.. E. 0. Williams,
at DIR. Rambo's place, west side of
town, was burning brush on a log heap.
Suddenly there was an explosion and
logs, fire and dirt were scattered all
around. Evidently, during the war
bombshell had been lodged in the tree
and here, thirty 1.-TWO years afterwards,
| it makes the welkin ring with its de-
| donations.
1t is well enough for us to do all we
can for our town and advance all ma
terial prosperity, but the fact stares us
| in the face that all wealth comes from
| agriculture. To induce and get addi-
tional farmers to cultivate the ufoccu-
pied lands in Cobb county, is what will
! conduce most to the general prosperity.
Factories and industrial enterprises for
Marietta, and well populated and cul-
tivated farms for the county.
The monthly Social of the Epworth
League of the Methodist church was
held last Thursday evening at the resi-
dence of Mr.. and Mrs. Conkell, on
Church street. The weather was bad,
but, notwithstanding, large number
was present who passed the time very
pleasantly in number of amusing
games, the evenings entertainment
eliminating in nice refreshments. The
Misses Conkell were very attentive
| hostesses.
Mr.. Walter Tolleson, of Atlanta,
came up to Marietta one night last
week, hired horse and drove out to
his brothers., six miles on the Canton
road. The night was dark and when
the horse and buggy struck the "fill in"
| between Mr.. Moor's and Mrs. Steph-
ems the buggy got in hole and
turned over, throwing Mr.. Tolleson
out and breaking the top off the buggy.
He received some slight sprains.
Mr.. Taylor, pharmacist at Mr.. l.. E.
Moore's drug store, has a leaden bullet,
weighing an ounce, which had been
placed in opium that they bought. 1t
was peculiarly shaped bullet and is
supposed to have come from India. 1t
was placed there on the same princi-
| pie that man would place big rock
in his bale of cotton-to make it weigh
more.
The horse hitched to Mr.. George M.
Fleming's delivery wagon, last Friday,
in front of Mrs. Atkinson's house, be-
came unruly and kicked the dash board
off and then got over in a ditch. Mr..
Fleming had to cut the harness to ex-
tricate him. Horses leg was slightly
! skinned.
We saw, a letter from Atlanta the
other day in which it was stated that
there were hundreds of people out of
work there, and had been for months,
and no prospect for the future. There
was great suffering. Atlanta has drawn
from all the towns population that is
very poor, hunting work and finding
none.
Piedmont and Red Seal Lead at
Legg's Drug Store. They have been
tried and tested.
Mr.. R. J. Moore, of Griffin, has pur-
chased the Marietta Herald and asso-
ciated with him Messrs. L. A Fields
and 2. F. Callahan in it's publication.
The JOURNAL extends it's fraternal
good wishes.
Mr.. George Merritt and family. of
Cherokee county. boarded the train
here the other night enroute to Okla
homa to make their home. And still
they go West, looking for that better
country.
Mr. Tom Garrison says he came to
town Thursday, on Canton road, and
he saw the top of buggy sticking up
out of the mud. He guessed the horse
and buggy were buried beneath.