The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1900-05-24

Chattanooga.
Prayer meeting at the Presby terian
Church tonight, Wednesday.
Mrs. James Hilburn, of Chattanooga,
arrived in the city Tuesday afternoon.
DR.. ]. d. Malone is building three
room cottage on Roswell street,
Mayor T. NJ. Brumby left Tuesday. on
brief trip to Cincinnati.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. N. Anderson return
ed Tuesday from Hamilton, Ga.
Mr.. J. w, Legg is attending the State
Pharmaceutical Association in session
in Savannah this week.
Mayor pro tenn Motley tried the first
case in the new court house and filed
the first law case.
Mr.. Harold Willingham has arrived
home from the State University quite
sick.
Prof. Chas. H. Freyer is home again
from three weeks business trip to
South Georgia.
For SALE-Established grocery bust
ness, stock and fixtures, neat and clean.
Address Box 912, Marietta, Ga
Mr.. George Carnes and Mr.. A. H.
Legg are attending the firemen's tour
nament in Charlotte, N. G.
Mrs. w. M. McCulloch and children
are visiting her sister. Mrs. DR.. Me-
vile johnson at Carl, Ga.
Mr.. James 7. Anderson has COM
menced work to build an elegant resi-
dence on his lot on Whitlock Avenue.
Rev. w. r. Graves and wife, Hawk
insville, Ga, will be the guests of Rev
] H Patton and family next Sunday
Mr. Caves will preach at the Presbyte-
rian church Sunday.
Messrs. u. Hunt, J. M. Nelson, I.
G. Ferris and Geo. S. Owen left Mon
day to attend the State Grand Lodge
of Odd Fellows in session in Waycross.
Miss Mary Chester spent a few days
in Atlanta the past week, attending the
General Assembly of the Presbyterian
church.
Mr.. John T. Stephens is now STA
toned at Jacksonville, Fla, as mana
ger of the Mountain City Mills ware
house.
Self-interest often prompts good
men" to do things that they would
look upon as a crime if other people did
them.
Mr.. John Watts and Miss Lena Pat
terson, of Kennesaw, were married in
Acworth recently by Rev w. A. Sim
mons.
A Marietta young man marries
Florida girl on June 18th. And it is
rumored that Florida young man will
marry a Marietta girl. A flair" ex-
change is no robbery.
The Executive Committee of the
Literary Union of Cobb county will
meet Saturday at 2 O'Clock p. m, at
Col. E. w, Frey's office.
]. w. Gaines, President.
The Ward-Lindley Co. are making a
special clearance sale of dry goods, no.
tions, shoes, hats, umbrellas, overalls
and various other articles with view
of devoting their entire time to the
grocery business. Read their adver-
tisement in this issue and call and get
bargains.
Mr.. r. A. McLain, of Longview, Tex
as, son of Mr. John M. McLain, is visit
ing Mr.. E. H. Northcutt and other rel
atives here. He holds position with
II w. Smith & Co., large dry goods
in Longview. HE is married
and doing we'll.
About nine-tenths of the sun will be
obscured, blotted out, so to speak on
the morning of the 2Sth. With a
smoked glass fine view Of the eclipse
can be had, provided the morning is
clear. To give an idea of the awe in
spring onrush of the moons shadow,
it is only necessary to state that it will
travel from New Orleans, from where
it first touches this country, to Nor
folk, where it strikes out across the
Atlantic, in % minutes.
Mr.. w. P. Ward, of Lost Mountain,
raised about 700 bushels of fine sweet
potatoes last year, which he housed
and has been marketing here for the
past few weeks at 95 cents per bushel.
They are perfectly sound and delicious.
His method OF preserving them from
freezing'is to build a house double
petition thirteen inches wide, placing
sawdust between the two petitions.
He piles his potatoes in the house then
without any other protection. These
potatoes have been in the house ever
since October and November. He sold
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