The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1901-08-15

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change of courtesies and visits.
The best place to advertise lost arti-
Gle or one that is found, is in the
MARIETTA Journal. Satisfactory re-
suits follow.
The remains of Mr.. John T. Vaughn,
who was shot in Houston, Texas. were
brought to Dallas, Ga, and buried st
New Canaan cemetery.
Misses Hattie and Frances Whitley,
of Douglasville, and Miss Viola Ruff,
of Concord, are visiting Miss Louise
Herrin.
The funeral of Mr.. Mitchell, occurred
at his home on Waddell street, Sunday
afternoon Mt 2 o'clock, conducted by
George w. York, assisted by NJ. R.
Lyon.
Mrs. Best and two grandchildren,
Katherine and leicester Atkins, of
Washington City, and little Enoch Faw
of this place who have been visiting in
Henry county have returned tC Marietta
and are at Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Faw's.
The sheriff and deputy sheriff were
initiated into the Odd Fellows Tuesday
night of last week. Nearly every coun-
ty officer belongs to the Odd Fellows.
The Lodge here keeps growing. Sup
pose you join?
Hitching posts for our farmers teams
are an absolute necessity. Some steps
ought to be taken to secure these much
needed posts for the accommodation of
our farmers who cone to Marietta and
do their trading. Our merchants
/ ought to take steps to do this work.
Rev. w. F. Mumford, the founder of
the Georgia Industrial Home, has a big
| job on his hands to care for about so
children. Some men shirk duty, but he
hunts for it, and discharges it with a
good nature that ought TO be conta-
geous.
Ignorance, spite, and revenge are the
unholy passions that prompt o good
many cases of trifing nature to be
brought before the courts for trial
The justice of peace and grand juries
ought to set down on such cases very
hard
Three trials for lunacy have been be-
fore Judge John Awtrey, Ordinary. re-
cently-Mrs. Lewis, of Smyrna, Mrs.
Flora Wallace and Miss Dink Wallace,
of Winnings. They were adjudged lun-
atics and will be sent to the State San
itarium as soon as admittance can be
gained.
A Marietta housekeeper, noted for
her delicious conserves, says that a
handful of cherry tree leaves tied in a
thin muslin bag and added to the APP
pies when cooking makes most de-
lightful flavor for jelly, something
similar to the flavor of bitter almond.
Georgia's increase in the amount OF
tax returns will probably be twenty
millions, showing healthy, prosperous
old state. The state is going forward
In wealth, manufacturing and popula-
ton, and is one of the best states in
the union.
Sheriffs and other officers surrounded
Luda Nichols, house in Hollandtow
about daylight Tuesday morning and
arrested Will Thomas, negro, who was
wanted under true bill from Cobb
Superior Court for an offense. He is
the negro who shot at Deputy Sheriff
Northcutt in Baptisttovn some months
ago when he attempted to arrest him
and several other negroes.
State Entomologist Scott says that
he now believes that Georgia's peach
| crop this year will amount to 1000
cars, or about /, l00 900 baskets and that
all or very near all of the peaches gath
cred this year will bring one dollar a
basket net profit. If this is so the
peach growers of Georgia this year will
receive 81 100000 for their crops.
The railroads have refused to furnish
free transportation to the delegates to
the State Agricultural Society. They
claim they have no way of ascertaining
who are the real delegates, and besides
there are various other societies that
will want free transportation and they
can't accommodate all.
The heavy rain which fell last
Saturday in Marietta and for
some distance below Marietta. re-
sembled more water-spout, Judging
from the vast quantity of water that fell.
Small streams took on the proportions
of creeks and stretched out beyond the
bank, carrying away bridges, washed
deep gullies, carrying away some fenc-
ing and damaging crops badly.
The sales of fertilizers in Georgia for
the present season have been about
100000 or 1900 tons more than in any
| former season and neorlv on OOO ~,