The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1901-08-22
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.

Mrs Joe Glover, of &untersville, Ala
is visiting her sister, Mrs Newt Heggie
Mr.. E. G. Manning left Wednesday
on visit to Alfalfa, Piedmont and
Birmingham, Alabama.
Mr.. G. M. Law left this week for
Columbus, Ga, and from there he goes
to Texas.
MIR. D. F. McClatchey, Jr., who for
the past thirty DAYS has been confined
to his home sick, is some better.
We are glad to state that Mr.. George
Montgomery, who has been sick with
fever for several weeks, is nearly well.
Mr.. Charles Paille visited his family
at Gainesville Sunday, returning Mon.
day.
Mr.. James r. Brumby, Jr., and Mr..
Lewis Turner have gone to the Pan
American Exposition, Buffalo, N. Y.
Miss Carrie Massey and little George
King have returned from Mr.. John P.
Boring's, near Woodstock, where they
have been visiting for several days.
Mr.. w. f. Sewell, children and sister,
Miss bessie Sewell, have gone to house
keeping in Mrs. Sanges' cottage on
Cherokee street.
A clean city is an indispensable re-
quisite TO healthy city. See to it
that the streets and premises are put
in clean condition forthwith
Miss Regina Rambo celebrated her
fourteenth birthday last Saturday by
entertaining a few of her young
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Austin, (nee Miss
Floy Montgomery will move from Bir-
mingham to Atlanta in about two
weeks, we learn.
DIED. Harry, son of Mr.. ami Mrs
Mike Moore, aged 219 years, died Tues
day noon after weeks sickness. The
parents have our sympathy.
If you have something you want to
get rid of that you think somebody
else wants, let the fact be known
through the advertising columns OF the
JOURNAL.
The merchant who reaps share of
the fall trade is the one who advertises
for it. The JOURNAL is the advertising
medium that reaches the people whose
trade the Marietta merchants want.
Tax returns from all the counties
show an increase of 81, 100000 over last
year The total increase, including
railroad, telephone, telegraph and ex-
press companies returns, which are
made direct to the comptroller
will be over So, 100000, a very tidy
sum.
Two holdups in Atlanta Saturday
night. A conductor was set upon by
four negroes, who took him for police
man whom they intended to kill.
When they discovered their mistake
the conductor was allowed to proceed
without any attempt to rob him. In
another part of the city, G. S. Maddox
was waylaid by two young white men,
who threw him down and robbed him
of S12, his whole weeks wages.
Senator Clay, Hon. N. A. Morris. Mr..
T. w. Glover and Others went to Can
ton Tuesday to visit Solicitor Tom
HUTCHINSON, telegram having been
received here stating that he was a
good deal worse. A physician came up
on the noon train and was driven
through the country to Canton TO see
what he could do to help Mr.. Hutch
erson.
A very happy family reunion too
place at Mr.. w. S. Buffers, Wednesday
night week. Mrs. Butler and her four
brothers, who had not all been together
in 80 years, were present. They were
DR.. VIM. Jones, of Jasper, Ga. Messrs.
John II. ard Startling Jones, of Forsyth
county, and Mr.. Thomas Jones, of Mil
ton county. 1t was an affectionate
greeting and the time was most pleas
antly spent in going over the times Of
long ago.
Whoever takes little child into
his love may have Il roomy heart, but
that child will fill it all. The children
that are in the world keep us from
growing old and cold they cling to our
garments with their little hands, and
impede our progress to petrifac tion /;
with their pleading eyes win us back
from cruel care they never cucumber
us at all Apoor old couple with no one
to love them, is pitiful picture but a
hovel, with a small face in it, is robbed
of it's desolation.
Following are the total crops of cot
ton in Georgia for the past five years,
as taken from figures believed to be the
most reliable. Statisticians differ at
times in their estimates, but the fol-
lowing is accepted as being more nearly
correct:
In 1897, number of bales, 1854 900.
In 1898, number of bales, ,536, 600.
In 1899, number of bales, ,250,0OO.
In 1900, number of bales, ,345 900.
Assistant Commissioner of Agricul-
ture r. f. Wright said Thursday that
until recently the outlook for this years
crop was not encouraging, but the
prospect has grown brighter within the
past few weeks under improved con-
ditions, The improvement, however,
has not been sufficiently great to bring
the crop up to the standard Of last
year.
The Fall River cotton manufacturers