The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1901-08-08
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.

Mr.. Cliff Green is at the Southern
express office again for while.
Miss Fannie Brozback is visiting in
Birmingham, Ala.
Mrs. L. G. STRIPPING, we regret to
learn, is quite sick.
Miss Cornelia Skinner is sick at her
home on Washington avenue.
Mr.. Paul Christian is visiting his sis
! ter, Mrs. J. II. Bate.
The Marietta Camp Ground meeting
begins Friday and runs through SUM-
day.
Prof. F. L. Freyer is having some
very elegant improvements made upon
his residence on Cherokee street.
Mr.. George NJ. Fleming is now with
Mr. S. Kline, 80 Decatur street, At
lanta, Phone POST.
The Waycross Evening Herald reach
es this office very seldom now. What's
the matter, Bro. Perham?
The Elberta peach crop is decidedly
short in this section. There will not
be more than half crop.
Mr.. Frank Dyson. who has been sick
with typhoid fever, is convalescent.
His daughter, Miss Bertha, is quite
sick.
Rev. Mr.. Dyer, of Kingston, preached
at the Baptist church Sunday morning.
Rev. j. t. Jenkins, the pastor, preachd
at night
Rev. ]. T. Jenkins has gone to North
field, Mass, to attend the Bible Insti-
tute. Rev. J. A. Harris, of Atlanta,
will fill his pulpit during his absence.
Itwould be good thing for the peace
and prosperity of the town if we could
avoid having a hot municipal election.
We understand white primary will be
called.
Miss Leila Leake, one of Marietta's
prettiest and most popular young la
dies, accompanied by her friend, Miss
Dunwody, of Darien, Ga, left Monday
for Seneca, sc, to attend house party.
We are indebted to Mr.. w. M. Nc
Kenzie and Mr.. w. J. NJ. Hames for
generous donation of their excellent
Elberta peaches. the best we have seen
this season, sweet and palatable.
Miss Ether Morris, of this county,
has accepted the chair of Execution and
oratory in Holbrook college, Knoxville,
Tenn, and will assume her duties about
September 10.-Alpharetta Free Press.
The will of Judge ]. Y. Alexander,
on Monday last, was submitted to the
Ordinary in common form to be pro-
bated. His son, Mr.. A. J. Alexander,
is executor, and the Judges widow ex-
ecutrix.
Mr.. j. r. King, of Florence Bros,
King & Co., has rented through Jno. A.
Manget, agent, Mrs. Campbell Wal
lace's new cottage on Kennesaw avenue
and will move his family to our city at
once.
Mr.. Jno. A. Manget, agent, has rent
ed the Wilson cottage on Atlanta ST.
to Mr.. Arnold, Of the Glover Machine
Shops, who has moved his family up
here.
The two telegraph offices at this place
are kept busy sending and receiving
kilograms by peach buyers and peach
growers. Extra messenger boys are
employed. This is harvest all around.
If the number of orchards are in
creased in this section, the industry
will make lively trade.
Several grand juries have recon-
mended that the Ordinary build new
jail, and the probability is Judge John
Awtrey will comply with these recon-
mendations and build the Jail by next
spring. He will under the law, hold an
election for the people to vote long
running bonds, instead of making a
levy for one or two years. 1t is gener-
ely conceded that the county needs a
new, better and safer jail.
Rev. S. R. Belk preached very able
sermon Sunday morning on loving God
with all your heart, soul and mind, and
your neighbor as yourself. 1t was a
fine and impressive calculation and
should have been heard by everybody
in Marietta. 1t would have done them
good. He preached at Little River
campmeeting at night. His pulpit in
the evening was filled by Rev. Elan
Christian, of Atlanta. At this service,
Mrs. Higgins, of Macon, sang beautiful
solo. She has charming voice highly
cultivated and under excellent control.
North Georgia Elberta peaches are
bringing good prices, from $3.50 to 81 90
per crate. The crop is late and strikes
the Northern cities after the South
Georgia crop has been exhausted. The
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