The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1901-11-14
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.

Miss Wingfeld, who has been visiting
Miss Barron, has returned to Rome.
Marietta ought to have that cotton
factory by all means. 1t will have to
come.
Miss Catherine Alexander, of Atlanta
was the guest of Miss Maud Greer here
Sunday
Booker Washington seems to be keep
ing quiet lately. 1t is about time for
him to subside.
Mr.. T. H. Hunt, of Atlanta, was in
the city Sunday. He is now travelling
solicitor for the Atlanta Journal.
Parties indebted to II S Root will
settle at once and save cost.
The old confederate soldier with one
arm or one leg should not lose his pen
sion if he is worth 81 600.
Mr. James r. Brumby left Saturday
for South Alabama to buy timber He
will return this week.
Mrs. Kate Manning, of this place, and
Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Alexander, of Pied
mont, Ala, are visiting Mr.. George
Manning in Savannah this week.
An engine and car was derailed at
Elizabeth Thursday evening on the
W. & A. r. r. causing some delay of
trains. No particular damage.
Captain w. D. Grant who died in
Atlanta last week, left two million
dollars worth of property to his wife
and two children.
Ifyou want neat job printing, you
will find that the Journal job office can
accommodate you on short notice at
reasonable prices.
Mr.. Clifton Marchman of this county
has enlisted for three years in the
the United States Navy and has gone
to Port Royal, S. c., where he goes on
board training ship.
Mr.. Charles H Griffin's ten year old
daughter was sick seventy days with
typhoid fever, and when she recovered
she had forgotten how to walk and had
to be learned again.
Marietta has as many handsome
residences as any town in Georgia it's
size and all are kept in good repair and
freshly painted. This indicates good
taste as we'll as prosperity.
Mr.. E. NJ. Cook is again behind the
counters of Read & Dupre's store after
long spell of typhoid fever. The
fever still fingers in his legs, making it
painful to get about, otherwise he is
in good health.
The man who breaches honesty will
find his most effective sermon in the
practice of paying his debts. A debt
paying religion smacks of the genuine
article and is hard to beat. Are you
owing the Journal any amount? If so,
remittance will help as at this season
of the year when we have debts to pay
On Thursday last Mrs. Huffman and
Mrs. Landers were driving horse
hitched to a buggy, and near the rail
road crossing at Elizabeth, the switch
engine passed and the horse became
frightened and ran against post and
into ditch and gave the occupants a
scare Mr.. Milan, the engineer, got
out of the engine and stopped the horse
from running further.
Rev. 1. w. Waddell, while sitting al
the fire place Monday morning, was at.
tackled by dizziness, the result of lum.
bago, and fell to the floor. A physician
was called and gave attention He has
been suffering a good deal since. but
nothing serious is apprehended and his
many friends hope he will soon be well
again.
If the people of lower Georgia would
get together they could command more
of the offices. -Darien Gazette. Get
ting Office has ruined too many good
men. What you ought to be more con.
cerned about is to "get together" the
people to build more factories, improve
farms, school houses and churches
There is where prosperity comes in. II
all the state offices were held by lower
Georgia, it wouldn't add one dollar tt
the material wealth and progress Of
your section.
H. S. Root is selling out entire mill.
merry and notion stock at cost If you
want bargains call and see US. We have
new fall and winter line of hats and
trimmings.
Atlast accounts the Legislature hadn't
built new depot for Atlanta, and there
is still weeping, wailing and gnashint
of teeth.