The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1901-04-04
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perceptibly.
A beautiful ard costly soda fountain
will soon arrive and be placed in
Crosby's drug store. This will give
Marietta four soda fountains.
Mr.. w. III. Dunn, who has been in
business in Chattanooga, has been trans
ferred to Lynchburg, Va, and after a
visit here to his father, Sheriff Dunn,
left Monday night for Lynchburg.
Mr.. J. M. Whitman, who has been
nursing Capt. John Bate at Acworth
has returned home. He;says Mr. Bate
is not improving
Oily Peoples, co4ored, of near Ken
nesaw, died last Wednesday. She be-
longed to the Roberts family number
Of years before the war. She is said to
be 100 years old.
Show us farmer, lawyer, doctor,
merchant, an editor, school teacher,
that has made a success in his vocation
and we will show you an industrious
MAINLAND vice versa.
Gus Battle, a well known colored
man, who left Marietta some time ago,
to avoid the state court for selling
whisky, died in Jacksonville, Fla. His
remains were brought to Marietta on
Friday for burial.
Several farmers were in town Thurs
day and said that they had held their
cotton for a higher price and had lost
about eight dollars bale by so doing.
When farmer can sell his cotton for
nine and ten cents he had better do so.
A person in attending church gener-
ally get what they want. If they go to
pick flaws and criticise the sermon.
they will come away with mind unfed
and distorted. If they go with re-
ceptive mind to appreciate all that is
good and noble in thought they will be
benefited.
II the earth was covered with flowers
all the year round, then the bees
wouldn't have to work so hard to lay
up winters supply of honey. So
mans opportunity to earn wealth is
when he is young and strong. Neglect
ed, he finds old age upon him with de-
pendence upon Others. Let Marietta
young men remember this.
Mr.. j. NJ. Gam, clerk in the Ordi-
nary's Office, showed US a new docket
book for the recording of administra-
tors, guardians and executors, gotten
up by him, that will prove great help
in furnishing information on matters in
the Ordinafy's office. Mr.. j. B. Glover,
Clerk of the Superior Court, has Just
gotten up record hook that will sys-
tematize and furnisnan epitome OF in
formation of every transaction in con-
nection with the court, receipts and ex-
penditures.
GARD OF THANKs.-I wish to take this
method of thanking my dear relatives
who so kindly remembered me as to send
me as gift subscription to the Mari.
eta Journal my old county paper Their
kindness will ever be appreciated by me
The dear old Journal is almost like q
letter from home. If 1 were on the
Pacific Slope | would greet the coming
of the Marietta Journal with delight.
FLORA A. COLLINS, McCalla, Ala
Every person who is worthy of the
name of respectable citizenship is de.
lighted when he goes from the town to
the country and sees the signs of pros
perity, and likewise every thoughtful
citizen of the country is delighted
when he comes to town and sees signs
OF progress. Well meaning people al
ways manifest a pardonable pride in
wanting their county and town to be
first in respectable citizenship, indus
try and prosperity.
She was too late to buy a ticket SO
she got aboard the train just as it was
leaving. As the conductor approached
she opened a satchel and took out a
purse, closed the satchel and opened
the purse, gave one dollar to the con-
ductor, closed the purse, opened the
satchel, put the purse back and closed
the satchel. The conductor gave the
change, she opened the satchel, took
out the purse and then closed the
satchei,' opened the purse, put the
change in, closed the purse, opened the
satchel, dropped the purse in and closed
the satchel.