The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1901-09-19

VICE; church conference was held and
Ior his ten months work in Marietta.
IL was brought out that he has received
lo2 members into the church, preached
los sermons, 81 of which out of his own
pulpit, preached 20 funerals, assisted in
SIX revlvals, baptised Is infants and
made over SIC pastoral visits This
shows that Mr.. Belk has been a very
busy preacher.
The question has come up, Has not
Georgia some claim on Theodore Roose-
welt, and in what does the claim con-
sist? The mother of the new president
was Martha Bullock, the daughter of
James and Martha (Oswold) Bullock.
OF Roswell, Ga. The son is said to be
as much Bullock as Roosevelt, his
brilliancy and many other admirable
traits being inherited from his mother.
DIED Miss Mary Cook died on last
Saturday morning at the home of her
niece, Mrs. Atkinson, on Roswell street,
at an advanced age. Her funeral took
place Saturday afternoon at O'Clock
at the family residence. Rev. S. R.
Belk officiating, after which her re-
mains were inferred in the city Gene
terry.
Col. Clark Howell has bought out Col.
w. A. Hemphill stock in the Allan
ia Constitution, giving him control
ling interest. Col. Hemphill will
take trip to Europe in January. The
Constitution will continue the best
paper in the South.
Mrs. Ward, the clairvoyant of Angus
ia, who predicted McKinley's assassi-
! nation last June, and who, after he was
shot, said he would die on the 18th,
now predicts that President Roosevelt
will be assassinated also very soon by a
crank of religious fervor
Rev. J. HI. Patton will begin his
classes of Bible study in the lecture
room of the church next Friday In
! the afternoon at o'clock he will meet
the ladies and in the evening at Z 80 he
will meet the men. On next Sunday
night he will deliver his second sermon
on the "River Jordan"
| Rev. j. H. Patton, wife and daughter
went to Rome Friday and were guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. M. G. Whitlock at the
Armstrong Hotel. Mr.. Patton assisted
Sunday in the installation of Rev. Mr..
| Sydner as pastor of the first PresbYte-
rian church. They returned to the city
Monday.
The Marietta Journal and the Allan
at Weekly Constitution one year $1.85
The eight-year-old daughter of Col.
and Mrs. @. H. Griffin, we regret to
learn, is quite sick, with symptoms of
fever. Her speedy recovery we hope
will ensue.
Some eight thousand people, it is re-
ported, were in Gainesville Sunday
attending Rev. Sam Jones' tabernacle
services. There were 146 railroad tick
cts sold in Marietta Sunday to parties
who attended.
Miss Katie Delaney, bookkeeper for
the Bell Telephone Exchange at this
place, left Monday for Birmingham, Ca,
to spend months vacation. Miss Wat
kins will perform her duties, and Miss
Green will answer calls.
Miss Lucy Barron, postal telegraph
operator, is taking a weeks vacation
since Saturday, visiting Cartersville,
Rome and Atlanta Mr.. Warren Bailey
of Kingston, is holding down the keys
here for her.
The Marietta JOURNAL and Atlanta
Weekly Constitution both papers for
one year for 81 .85.
An autopsy Of the body of President
Mckinley disclosed the fact that the
track OF the bullet was gangrenous, and
the upper end of the kidney was torn
Nature did not respond in repairing the
damage, and death was the result OF
gangrene.
Mr.. Wilmer Carpenter, Of Tunnel
Hill has been night operator at w. &
A. r. r. telegraph office during Mr..
Charley Fosters absence. Mr.. Frank
Harris, day operator.
STILL AT THE OLD STAND.-Carriages
and wagons made and repaired with
neatness and dispatch at reasonable
prices. A full line of wagons always
on hand, cheap and fully warranted.
H. REID.
Rev. s. r. Belk left Monday for Lud-
Vile, Pickens county, where this week
he will preach at Brush Arbor camp
meeting. He will fill his pulpit next
Sunday as usual. Sunday night he will
preach special sermon to young men.
A more extended notice will be given
next week of Bible Conference to be