The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1901-06-06
Local Items.

Miss Sallie Tennent is suffering with
the fashionable malady, chicken pox.
Mrs. Lucy Written, wife of J. B.
Written, has typhoid fever.
The many friends of Miss Lula Man
ming, will be pleased to know that she
has recovered from her recent illness.
Mr. Herbert Hill. of Smyrna, who has
been for several weeks severely i'll with
pneumonia, is rapidly recovering.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. John Donehoo,
near Marietta Camp Ground, fine son,
named Tennent Ward
The Supreme Court has decided that
the election for public schools at Blue
Ridge is not illegal
May proved to be rainy month and
concluded its engagement. Now, let
June roses bloom and marriage bells
ring.
Mr.. Carl Barnes of Marietta, and
Miss Eva Dean of Woodstock, are guests
at Col, H. H. Perry's and Mr., A. NJ.
Evans's. Gainesville Cracker.
When a North Georgia man puts
pistol in his pocket and then goes to
Atlanta and fills up on whisky, he had
better not stop in Marietta, or he will
get pulled.
Col. w. r. Power, County School
Commissioner, held examination Of
teachers last Saturday. About fifty
whites were examined and about thirty
negroes.
Miss Tennent has sent display of
drawn-worS to the Buffalo Exposition.
A portion consisted of samples of stitch
es and designs, numbering over one
hundred and fifty.
Mr.. A. J. Barker, of Marietta, came
up last Saturday, and Mrs Barker, who
has been spending several weeks with
her sister, Mrs. B. F. Simpson, returned
with him on Sunday -Alpharetta Free
Press.
Mr.. and Mrs, O. c. Watkins, Misses
Flora and Gloria Watkins and little
brother, Ward. of Marietta, have been
spending several days with relatives in
and near town this and last week Al
pharetta Free Press
A community four or five miles from
town could get up wagon ard team
and bring their children to school in
the morning and take them home in
the afternoon. 1t is good and eco
romical plan, and worthy of considera-
ton.
Mr.. w. +. Sewell, of Marietta, made
his first trip to our country last Tues
day He wanted to buy a hundred car
loads OF lumber and was much surprised
he Couldn't buy seeing that we had SO
much timber. He thinks there is a
good opening here for saw-miIl man.
Jasper Progress.
On Memorial Day negro boy, about
13 years OF age, who claimed to be from
Atlanta, applied at the back door of one
of our citizens and asked for something
TO eat. While it was being fixed up the
boy took silver fruit knife which lay
on side-bOard which had been moved
just outside for thorough cleaning.
Ike Williams, negro, was arrested
in Atlanta, and brought back To Ma
rietta and placed in Jail on the charge
of snatching pOcket-book, containing
five dollars from colored woman
named Battle, here on decoration day 4.
lie denies it, but she identifies him.
Sheriff Dunn and Constable Morris
were the officers who brought him
back.
Engine No. 81 which has been doing
the work of engine No. 10, on the
mountain, turned over last Saturday
near McPharland, and was completely
wrecked. The track was considerably
torn up and the passenger train south
delayed until it was nearly three hours
late when il reached Blue Ridge. No
one was seriously hurt so far as we have
learned. BLUE Ridge World
The orator OF the evening at the
Douglasville College was Senator A. S,
Clay and his speech was a happy hit.
Though brief it was comprehensive and
it was strikingly appropriate. In lam
guage eloquent and strong he pointed
to the high ideals of life and condemned
the things low and groveling "Asyou
would have others do unto you do ever
so unto them" was held up as a guide
post, and the importance of dealing
justify with all mankind was emphati-
eally stressed. He denounced the
practice Of vote buying and declared
that it must be stopped The schools
and the churches received high en-
u,