The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1900-07-26


home from Stilesboro last Saturday.
much improved in health.
Mr.. Charley Thornton arrived home
from Florida last week and is visiting
his family.
Conductor Wade Dobbs left Satur-
day for Murphy, N. c., to spend two
weeks to recuperate his health.
Mr.. George Griffin, wife and child
visited Eatonton, Ga, his old home last
week
Mr.. Oscar Keller and Mr.. Stewart
Fleming are spending few days outing
on the Etowah river.
A number of our citizens attended
the 7th Georgia reunion at Lost Noun
tain last Saturday and had splendid
time.
If some peoples names get in the
JOURNAL, they will have to borrow the
paper to find out the fact. Why not
subscribe
Mr.. Charley Owens, a fireman on the
A. K. & N. railway, died in Knoxville
few days ago, the result of surgical
operation.
Some people never pay the printer
unless they are dunned. Why not ssve
us the unpleasant task? If you owe
subscription, pay us AT ONCE.
Mr.. Charles Paille has fitted win
dow in Mr.. w. E. Gilbert's furniture
store, where he has his jewelry repair
shop.
You may be late at church, but you
are always prompt at the train when
you want to go on a journey. Be
punctual.
The negro loafers around Marietta
are not as numerous as they were, but
there are quite number yet who are
living off the labor of others.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society of the Methodist church will
hold its regular monthly meeting
Thursday afternoon at O'Clock in the
ladies' parlor
Mrs. Harry Dewar and son, Roger
Dewar, are spending the month of July
at Les Cheneaux Island in Lake Huron.
They will return to their home in
Nelson, Georgia, about August 18th.
Mrs. j. B. Delk had Matched on her
place four-legged and three-winged
chicken, but it didn't live. That breed
of chickens is the kind to raise to sup
ply food for Methodist conferences
four drum sticks to one chicken.
Mr.. James 7. Anderson has accepted
the plans for his new house, to be built
on his on lot on Whitlock avenue. Mr..
Golucke, of Atlanta, is the architect.
Mr.. Anderson broke dirt for the foun-
dation this week.
Mr.. Charley Hurt received a tele-
gram Friday morning calling him to
Athens, Ga, giving the sad inteli-
gence of the death of his sister, Mrs.
Lizzie Bison. We tender our sympa-
thy.
YourAtlanta politician is a nice gen.
tleman. He will not allow you to spit
on the sidewalk Some lady might soil
her skirts Yet he will allow scores Of
saloons to vomit their slime in the path
of womanhood wherein she must go not
only with soiled skirts, but likewise
with broken heart.-The Sentinel.
The package Of Atlanta Constitutions
that are sent out on the freight trains
every morning turn up at the postoffice
here short from one to two papers daily.
The Marietta Journal frequently finds
it's Constitution missing. What is the
cause? The fault is not at the Marietta
postoffice. Is it on the train
Hon. John Awtrey and family, of
Marietta, are spending the week in Ac-
worth. Mr.. Awtrey came up partly to
recuperate after winning one of the
hardest fought campaigns in the history
of the county, only beating his oppo-
nert by thirty-six majority. In our
judgment he will make as good an ordi-
nary as sny man in the county, and we
further believe that all the people will
be satisfied with his administration
Acworth Post, Goth inst.
Mr.. S. A. Anderson and Col. Robinson,
of Marietta, spent few days in Dab
lonega since our last issue. The former
owns or controls some wild lands in
this county and was up looking after
the same. The last time Colonel Robin
son was here he was out in the interest
of the democratic party and made
speech in the court house but this time
he was on different mission -Dah-
omega Nugget.
The authorities have decided to re-
ject the bid of the Thomaston company
and award the contract for building the
new Roswell bridge to Mr.. Lewis
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