The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1900-08-16

| A number of young people had a
moonlight ride around Kennesaw noun
tain Wednesday night. They were also
entertained at Mr.. and Mrs. L. Fl.
| Shockley's with watermelon cutting.
The party was chaperoned by Mrs. S.
K. Dick and Mrs. s. H. Hall. Besides
these, there were in the party Misses
Minnie and Jeanette Porter, of Hous-
ton, Texas; Miss Lucy Starke, of
! Gainesville, Fla; Miss lisa Payne, of
Charleston, s. c.; Miss Anna Abrams,
of Mobile, Ala; Miss Katie Brumby,
of Marietta; Miss Eula DDhton, of
Gainesville, Fla, and Col. Alex. Law
renee, of Savannah Messrs. r. B. Simp-
son, Charley Foster, Charlie DuPre, t.
NJ. Brumby, Jr., J. P. Welsh, J. w.
Legg, s. H. Hall, Adrian Cortelyou and
DR., j. r. Greer. The evening was
pleasantly spent.
While Mr. J. B. Murphy was in town
late Wednesday evening, a strange
negro came to his house on the Martin
Frey farm on Powers Ferry road, and
seeing Mrs. Murphy alone the negro
stopped at the door and wanted to
know what she was doing. She replied
that she was attending to her house.
hold duties. He remarked that he was
coming in. Mrs. Murphy told the
scoundrel to leave there. He started
in, and she ran out doors and towards
Mrs. Lizzie Frey's house in sight. The
negro became scared and ran 9ff. A
posse followed him but failedIto over
take him.
II the Chinese wipe out l,2Q06llies at
the first swipe of the army 6f advance
will be tame affair by tie time it
reaches Peking That is if the Chinese
continue their attacks--Angusta Chron-
icle. And the '..allied forcesg' can wipe
out just double that amount Of Chinese
soldiers, and, hydra-headed like, ten
times that number will spring up to
take their places. What does the des-
truction of souls in China amount to
when they have over four hundred mill
lion population, a natural increase every
year of ten million. If numbers
amount to anything the Chinese are
strictly in it. Our troined and tdiscip-
lined soldiers are the only advantage
we have, but the distance to send
troops and ammunition is terrible dis
advantage. "Entangling alliances will
swamp the United States yet.
A negro girl II years old, named Ora
Owens, daughter of Gus Owens, was
arrested by Deputy Sheriff Dewberry,
Tuesday, for stealing two boxes Of
children's hose from Mr.. w. E. Gill
bert's store. She was peddling' the
hose at cents pair when arrested.
She cried very alarmingly when placed
in Jail. Her father paid flor the hose
and cost and promised to give her
whipping, and she was released.
Herbert, the bright little son of Mr..
and Mrs. J. H. Huffman, happened to
a painful accident at his home last
Saturday. He slipped and fell on
glass soap dish, breaking it, and cut
ting deep cash on his thigh. DR..
Reynolds attended him.
List of new books received at Clarke
Library: The Bequeathed, Black Rock,
The Burden Of Christopher, The De-
scendants, Diana Tempest, The Far
kingdoms, The Gentleman from India,
The Governors Garden, In Connection
with DeWilloughby Claim, The Jes-
samy Bride, Knights in Fustian, Love
in Cloud, Love Letters of a Worldly
Woman, Love and Theology, The
Queens Garden, Red Pottage, Re-
demption of David Carson, Reign of
Law, Robert Tourney, The Sky Pilot,
Their Shadows Before, To Have and to
Hold, Unleavened Bread. Voice of the
People. Defoe's Minor Novels, From
! Sand Hill to Pine, Indian Story and
Song from North America. The Passing
of Thomas, The Son of the Wolf,
American Explorers, Mythland, A
| Young Savage, Modern Augmentation,