The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1900-04-26

vote in the coming primary, and others
say they will hands off.
Miss Annie Haynes has returned to
her home in ST. Louis, after pleasant
visit to relatives here.
Miss Floy Montgomery came over
from Roswell Sunday and spent the
day with relatives
Mr. A. Y. Leake. of this place, organ
lied lodge of the Knights of Damon
at Acworth on Tuesday evening.
Rev. V. E. Manget will preach at
Olinville church next Sunday afternoon
at 8 O'Clock, Providence permitting.
Mr. George Craft, of Admission, Ala,
spent Sunday here with Mr.. Bob How
ell.
Mr. Mills McNeel has moved into the
cottage of Mr.. j. II. Boston on Kenne-
saw avenue.
Mr.. L n Trammell, Jr, is travelling
in Tennessee for wholesale shoe house,
of Boston, Mass, J. B. Lewis & Co.
We wish him great success
Miss Idelie Glover, who has been Wis
iting relatives in the city, left for her
home in Guntersville, Ala, on Tuesday
morning.
The Cherokee Lodge of Odd Fellows
will celebrate the Slst anniversary of
the order Thursday night A banquet
will be spread and good time gener-
ally is anticipated.
No man is more welcome to the edi-
torial sanctum than the one who brings
an item of news-the man who comes
to pay subscription, perhaps, ex-
p cepted.
Charles Broadway Rouss, the blind
millionaire, considers honesty the great
est virtue, debating that it covers all
others, and idleness the greatest vice,
as it is the source of all vice-a busy
man has no time to be bad.
Rev. r. L. Darden, the negro Baptist
preacher, who skipped his bond here,
charged with perjury, has been arrest
ed at Hattiesburg, Miss, and Deputy
Sheriff Anderson left Tuesday to bring
Darden back to Marietta.
Rumor has it that Marietta is shortly
to lose one of her most charming daugh-
ters. A romance dating back to the
meeting of the Presbyterian synod in
our city last November connects the
name of young divine with this popu-
lar young lady.
DR.. w. w. Wadsworth left Monday
10 attend the Ecumenical Missionary
Conference in session in New York.
He will be absent probably twelve
days DR.. w. G. Lovett, editor of the
Wesleyan Christian Advocate, will
preach at the Methodist church next
Sunday.
The remains of DR.. j, II. Spear, who
died ct his residence, Gainesville, of
pneumonia Tuesday morning on the
way to Canton, his old home, for inter-
terment, accompanied by large party
of family and friends. DR.. Spear was
81 years old, had been for years assist
ant state physician and was a citizen
of prominence.
In the city clerks Office is to be seen
beautiful document in the shape of
commission, which makes our fellow
townsman, j. Gid Morris, Major and
Paymaster- General on the staff Of Brig
adler General A. j. West, commanding
North Georgia division, United Con-
federate Veterans. 1t is neatly framed
ard very handsome. Quite a compli
ment to our town. Gid is hard to down
anyhow.
Sunday morning about two O'Clock
the alarm of fire was sounded. The
hremen responded and located the fire
in Frank Rogers grocery store on east
side Of square. The front window was
broken open and the smoke bulged out
BY this time Rogers arrived with the
front door key and the door,was opened.
The tiremen then deluged the store
with water and soon had the blaze ex-
tinguished. The fire originated in
some bales of hay in the rear of the
store. The hay was thrown out of the
back door The damage to the stock is
mostly from smoke and water. The
building and stock are amply insured
with Mr.. H. 6. Coryell, agent.
A. man who marries a widow
usually finds that he is the sue
cessor of her ideal husband.