The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1900-02-08

south. The Brumby Chair Factory now
has the very latest and best machinery
for working wood in all kinds of de-
signs and it is generally conceded that
they make the best chair in the United
States. They can make $4,000 worth
of chairs per month. Their buildings
are admirably heated by steam, sup
piled by 100 horse power boiler. They
work over 200 hands and are kept busy
filling orders to their full capacity.
The Marietta Chair Factory, Marietta
second chair plant, is also, first-class in
all its machinery and turning out work
and proving successful.
Andy Holmes, colored, who was fined
by Mayor Brumby $40 for keeping a
place to sell whisky, and on appeal was
sustained by the city council, making
it $50, on the testimony of a negro
boy thirteen years old that he bought
the whisky from Holmes, had a true
bill found by the grand jury on the
same testimony and was tried in Cobb
| Superior court last week and was ac-
quilted. The negro hoy denied before
the trial jury that he had bought any
whisky from Holmes. Solicitor Hutch
erson stated to the Judge that he con-
sented for the jury to return verdict
of not guilty for the lack of testimony.
Col. Foster defended Holmes.
In the trial last week, in Cobb Supe-
rior court, of Tom Cobb, negro, charged
with the murder of John Reed, negro,
at Winnings, the case was holly con-
tested before the jury. Solicitor
Hutchinson and his assistant, G. H.
| Griffin, prosecuted the case with vigor.
Col. j. E. Foster and Hon. John Awtrey
defended Cobb. The defense contanded
that Henry Gordon, negro, did the
killing, and that Cobb had no weapon.
and that he was not party to the
murder. The jury was out four hours
and returned verdict of not guilty.
Henry Gordon, who killed Reed has
| never been arrested.
The grand jury of last week took a
vote on the adoption of the dog law and
voted it down by a good majority, So
this leaves Cobb county, outside of
Marietta, dog-loving, dog-roving,
dog-fostering community. Sambo and
his half-dozen 'possum and coon dogs
can still make the night hideous and
cut down trees and burn off pastures
and woods, while the owner sleeps the
sleep Of the just. Then the good
housewife can still have her hens nests
broken up By the suck-egg dogs, while
the poor sheep will be exterminated.
Great is the dog Long may he live to
howl!
During the damage suit trial of H.
NJ. Bryant VS.. the A. K. & n. railroad,
last week, Mr.. 7. J. Hale, of this
county, swore that while at work for
the w. & A. railroad, in 1897, two or
three days after the wreck and injury
OF Mr.. Bryant, he saw said Bryant near
/ the Kennesaw Marble Works and he
confessed he was not hurt much.
Bryant's family and the doctors say
| Bryant was at home at that time too i'll
to be out. Upon this, the grand jury
has found a true bill against Hale for
perjury and he will be tried next
March. Hale is now at work for the
A. K. n. We learn that Hale still
sticks to his statement.
Cobb Superior court sentences last
week: Tom Nelson, ~ months; Babe
Baldwin, selling whiskey, six months or
$50; Joe and Sam Awtrey, misde-
meanor, $40 or ten days in Jail, each i;
Tom Littlejohn, misdemeanor $50 or
six months; Wolf Lawrence, vagrancy,
six months; Ninevah Ferguson, simple
larceny, y months; John Austin, mis-
demeanor, $50 or six months.
The suit against the A. K. & n. rail-
road for $4,000 damages brought by
| Henry NJ. Bryant, for injuries received
in wreck, consumed three days of
court last week. Bryant was awarded
$500. Morris & Green were his at
torneys.
The Ladies Parsonage Aid Society of
the Methodist church, at their last
meeting elected the following officers
for the ensuing year: Mrs. S. A. An
derson, President Mrs. w. D. Ander-
son, lst Vice President; Mrs. 7. NJ.
Brumby, 2nd Vice President; Mrs. d.
A. Warlick Treasurer; Mrs. NJ. K.
Lyon, Secretary.
Remember we are headquarters for
Mems and Boys Overcoats and Cloth
ing. Buy from us and we will save you
money. Read q DuPre's.
The nineteenth annual meeting of the
Christian Endeavor Society rendered
most interesting programme at the
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