The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1899-03-16


one of his udique entertainments at the
opera house next Monday night, March
Goth. Admission, reserved seats, SOC !;
general admission, &c. This enter
tainment is given for benefit Daughters
of the Confederacy, and it should be
lwell patronized as they are anxious to
get the Confederate cemetery in better
condition and they are in great need of
funds to complete the work. The en-
tertainment itself is alone well worth
the price of admission, besides you
have the satisfaction of knowing that a
Igood portion Of the receipts goes to =
worthy cause. Remember date, March
l2Oth.
Sheriff Bedell, of Cherokee county,
was in the city Thursday with three
negro convicts, tried at last court, and
were being carried to Fulton county
changing. He had also along, Mr..
Tom Blodgett, convicted in Cherokee
Superior Court for larceny after trust.
He was fined 500 and cost or twelve
months. He has moved for new trial
and proposed to give bond in Atlanta
and then pay his fine. He says he has
been in Jail twice and this is the first
time he was ever convicted.
| The Bell Telephone Company at this
place has put in new switchboard,
distributing frame, cables, ETC., all
complete. The following new SUBJ
scribers have been added recently:
Mr.. Chuck Anderson, livery stable !;
Mr.. George F. Newell, residence; Mrs.
J. 7. Mathis, residence; GloVer's Ma
chine Shop, and Mr.. Wilder Glover,
residence
Senator Clay, who is now at home,
has proven hardworker in Washing
ton. We don't presume Georgia ever
sent representative there who has
given more assiduous attention to the
duties OF his office. He says he is glad
to get back home and give some private
business much needed personal atten-
ton.
Buist's seeds are famous for purity
and vitality Buy at Legg's Drug
Store.
The marriages in Marietta are few
and far apart. The young folks are
doing too much counting. But as
spring is the time for birds to mate, we
may anticipate several marriages be-
fore the leafy month of June.
The producer of things is the creator
of wealth. The consumer is of the
same school as the rust that wastes
the iron bar, or the worm that eats the
: early apple, or the calf that eats the
apron off the line.
7 Buist's Garden Seed have been
awarded grand prizes for their great
purity and fine quality, in almost every
seed market in the world. Only at
J Legg's Drug Store.
Oftimes an article appears in paper
that has no personal application, but
sensitive people think the cap fits them
and they wear it. They make the APP
, plication, and the editor is not respon-
:. sible for it.-Exchange.
For a profitable garden, SOW Buist's
: seeds. At Legg's Drug store.
A new tin roof in part has been plac-
ed on the Freyer building by Mr.. Schil-
ling, and the JOURNAL is now protected
from the beating rain.
Mr.. Heck Davis left Thursday mornl
ing with a wagon load of hosiery of the
Marietta Knitting Mill, and will make
sales from Villa Rica to South Georgia.
He will be gone several weeks.
U. 8. Deputy Collector s. E. Hether-
ington died in Macon Tuesday. His
remains were brought to Marietta
Wednesday morning and buried in Ma
tional Cemetery.
| We are constantly adding new SUBJ
scribers to the JOURNALS already large
list. The people appreciate the jour
NAL, judging from the substantial pa
trOnage they give it.
New SHOE SHoP.-I have opened a
new shoe shop in brick building on At
lanta street, opposite the new Metho-
dist church, and have Mr.. Bob Hol-
lingsworth, a competent Workman,
with me. Repairing speciality
Prices reasonable and work guaranteed.
Call and leave yOur work
J. M. WHITMAN.
The man who wrote "Cne-half the
world doesn't know how the other half
lives" never could have lived in small
country town.