The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1900-08-09

The shirt waist man has appeared on
the streets.
Mrs. J. NJ. Lowrey. of LAGRANGE, is
visiting Mrs. w. D. Anderson.
Keep your eye on the remnant coun-
ter this month.
Miss Mary Lizzie Anderson is visiting
her grandmother, at Woodstock.
Mrs. Fred Banks, of Atlanta, was
here Friday.
Read rules for Melon Contest in J.
w. Legg's advertisement.
Marietta should have crate factory
and canning factory by the next season.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. W. G. James a
fine boy.
Cobb Superior Court always draws a
host of lawyers.
The Melon Contest is now on. Read
J. w. Legg's advertisement.
Mrs. Or. Stanton and little Tom Read
are on visit to Morgan county.
Mrs. T. W. Read and son, Stanton,
are on visit to Newton county.
Rev. R. w. Bigham was in the city
Wednesday of last week and held a call
conference at the Methodist CHI urch.
Miss Hattie Cantrell, of Columbus,
Ca, is visiting her sister, Mrs. w. M.
Mckenzie.
Mrs. Arthur Pierce, of Union Springs,
Ala, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Siler,
on church street.
Yellow fever has appeared at Tampa,
Florida. Quarantine regulations by the
government are now being enforced.
This will be the Big Remnant Sale as
we will close out all summer remnants
Florence Bros, King & Co.
Mrs. Henry Wyatt and children left
Tuesday to spend several weeks at
Monteagle, Tenn.
Thursday afternoon another fight
took place in the city, this time no
damage was done to the participants.
Mr. John D. CAN'T, continues to i'm
prove, which is gratifying news to his
many friends.
Mrs. W. r. Pagan, of Marietta, is
visiting her mother, Mrs. Caroline
Pou.-Madison Advertiser.
Nearly one million cans of peaches
have been put up by the canning facto-
ries in Fort Valley and Houston county,
Ga, this season.
Florence Bros, King & Co.
This will bethe clearing up of all the
remnants this month
Florence Bros, King & Go.
This hot weather is not conducive to
marriage, and the Ordinary's income is
curtailed thereby in the slow demand
for marriage licenses.
Misses Velma Barge and Pearl Bar
ron, of Atlanta, Mr.. Chas. Hoke, of
Augusta, and Mr.. Joe Dorsette, of At
lanta, were guests of Miss Lucie Barron
at Kennesaw House last Sunday.
The Epworth League held very in
teresting business meeting at the
Methodist church Thursday night. Mr.
j. j. Daniel, is doing good work as
President.
The Marietta Guano Company is now
building another acid chamber at their
factory near Atlanta. They will soon
have facilities for turning out 25,O0O
tons of guano per season.
Mr.. Pat McGary received some pain
full injuries Sunday night by falling
from the second story window of the
Brown House, a distance of about
twenty-five feet. He fell on his head
and was knocked unconscious for a
number of hours. DR.. G. Nolan was
called and gave the needed attention.
The dwelling of Mr.. Joe Gartrell,
about three miles from town on Dallas
Road, was burned on last Saturday
morning. The family had barely time
to get out of the burning building. Very
little was saved. 1t is the old John O.
Gartrell dwelling and was large and
rOomy.
There were 81 900 insurance on the
house and 5000 on the furniture, with
DR.. j T. Groves, agent.
For the allied forces to march on
Pekin with only 10000 men and ITO
pieces of artillery would seem fool
hardy affair, as there are probably
100000 Chinese there entrenched be-
hind massive walls. If our men can
take Pekin with such a small body, of
disciplined troops, then the Chinese are
bigger towards than we give them
credit for.
IT BURNS EAsILY-There is a great
difference in the way fuel is burned.
Put green stick in the stove and then
! similar piece after the sap or water
has been evaporated from it. OF course
YOU know one burns much more readily