The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1901-06-06
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Mrs. @. @. Brumby has house full
Of boarders.
Mrs. r. J. T. Agricola has returned
from visit to her daughter in Tale
hassee, Fla
The Marietta Chautauqua this year
will be the biggest and best yet held.
Every man, woman and child for fifty
miles around ought to attend.
A Marietta man says il it was whis-
key they had struck at Beaumont,
Texas, he would go there at once; but
he can't drink oil.
Our Acworth correspondent, Observ-
er's items. reached us Wednesday, when
to insure insertion must reach us Tues
day evening.
Mr. w. S. Ryal. of Auburndale, Fla,
who has been visiting Mrs. +. G. Cleve-
land, has gone to Chattanooga to go in
business.
On Tuesday night, Cherokee Lodge,
No. s, l. o. o. f., elected Mr.. Homer
K. McClatchey, Noble Grand, w. S. n.
Neal, Vice Grand, for the ensuing term
beginning, July /.
Eleven new applicants for member
ship in the Odd Fellows Lodge in Mari
eta on Tuesday night. Over twenty
Others are passing through the degrees
now.
Pastor Harris, at the Methodist
church in Canton, is conducting
sweeping revival, assisted by Rev. Mr..
Vaughn, of the Baptist church. Great
many conversions. The stores close
and everybody attends.
The old Confederate "re5els" can
tured Memphis last week, and Miss
Reath Morris, of Marietta, had the
honor of firing a cannon twice on board
the gunboat SCORPION. !" Marietta
fair ones know how to use powder"
If you want real nice Job Printing
done, executed with new type and nv
skilled and experienced printers, leave
your orders with the MARIETTA JoURNA1
Prices as low as the lowest for the
character of the work done.
The fruit growers around Marietta
say there will be more peaches Skinned
from this section this year than last
year. They all feel good over the pros
pect OF an abundant yield and full
pockets.
The State Supreme Court has decided
IN the matter of legal advertising that
where an advertisement consists of less
than loo words the publisher is entitled
to charge at the same rate as for 100
words, that is. IS cents for each inser-
ton for the first four insertions, and 35
cents for each subsequent insertion
Savannah News.
Invitations have been received in
Marietta announcing the approaching
marriage of Mr.. Norman Cheshire Cor
don to Miss Bette Nash Haughton.
June 18th, at st. Peters Church, Wash
ington, North Carolina. Mr.. Gordon
resided in Marietta for number of
years and is a young man of ability and
character. His friends here watt con-
CALCULATIONS and best wishes in advance.
Prof. ). V. Sanford, superintendent of
the Marietta puplic schools, will at
tend the commencement exercises Of
the State University at Athens next
Monday. He is one of the visitors an
pointed by Governor Gambler. This is
quite compliment to Prof. Sanford
and one deservedly bestowed. He is
one Of the best educators in the State
and keeps climbing in his line of work
We notice that the Cedartown and
Gainesville papers gave about four
inches to the closing exercises of their
public schools. The Marietta Journal
gave nearly three columns of our public
school We try to make prominent
this great factor in which our people
are interested. The Journal seeks to
advance every worthy cause. Those
who would withhold patronage from it
on any cause but show that they are
not working for home and its institu-
tions.
Joe Edwards, colored, was reported
to the marshals as having pointed pis-
tol at an old negro man. George Var
ner. MarShals Hawkins and Hicks saw
Edwards on Winters street, and Ed
wards saw them about the same time
and turned in to an "open door" of the
back room to the postoffice. He imme-
diately came out again and was placed
under arrest. At the calaboosa, on be-
ing searched, no pistol was found on his
person. The officers went back to the
room at the postoffice and the pistol
was found on tahla vbaro - III