The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1901-08-01
MARIETTA MATTERS.
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Sunday was the first dog day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Wyatt have re-
turned to the city from Alabama.
Miss Lou O'Neill, of Rome, is visit
ing Misses Atkinson on Roswell street.
Mrs, Shelman and daughters returned
to Savannah Monday morning.
Mr.. N. H. Mashburn, Talking Rock,
spent Sunday at home here.
Mr.. and Mrs 7. N. Hatten, of Atlanta
are visiting in the city.
Mr.. John Broadwell. we regret TO
learn, is critically i'll.
Mr.. Geo. D. Phillips brought in wa
termelons weighing about 80 to 40
pounds each on Monday.
Mr.. George Turner returned Friday
night to Texarkana, Texas, where he is
in business.
Master Groves Cohen returned Sat-
urday evening from his trip to Wash
ington City.
The pulpits of the churches of the
city were filled by their regular pastors
last Sunday
The Parsonage Aid Society will meet
at the Methodist parlor on Thursday
afternoon at o'clock.
WANTED-3O to so acres improved land i,
on public road, 2 to miles of Marietta.
G. NJ. Head, Powder Springs, Ga.
Miss Julia and Lena Nolan, of Ac-
worth are visiting Mr. and Mrs E. H i.
Northcutt.
Mr.. Doc Williams went to Acworth
Sunday. 1t is said Mr.. Williams has a
Rosa" future.
Mr.. Charles Leard will leave the first
of next week to spend a week in Bow
ersville, Ga.
Miss Pattie Meyer, of GAINESVILLE,
spent a few days here with Col. E.
Faw's family, returning home Tuesday
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The drought in Texas was broken last
week with adownpour Of rain. 1t may
save the cotton crop, but the corn crop
is in bad way.
Mr.. w. F. Martin, one of Rome
prominent citizens, was the guest of
Mr.. T. w. Glover, of this place, Sunday
and Monday.
We are glad to learn that Mr.. d. f.
McClatchey, Jr., who is confined to his
home sick with fever, is doing as nicely
as could be expected and is improving
Lightning struck tree in Mr.. J. f
Clarke's yard Friday, splitting it, and
the effects were felt by those in the
house.
Lightning struck near Mr.. w. j.
Manning's house one day last week and
the current entered the house and
shocked his wife.
Mrs. Caroline Barnes, of Woodstock
is visiting her son, Mr.. H A. Barnes, lat
this place. She will extend her visit to
Gainesville.
Rev. J. Fl. Patton and family left
Monday on months visit to Rhea
Springs, Tenn. DIR. Mecklin, of Dalton,
will fill his pulpit at the Presbyterian
church next Sunday.
Picking peaches are the order of the
day now, and colored cooks and mixers
have abandoned their jobs and gone
to the peach orchards to earn 70 cts. a
day.
When a girl is particularly pleasant
to a young man it is pretty hard to tell
whether she likes him or is just trying
to make life unpleasant for some fell
low whom she likes good deal better
Mrs. Julia Yopp, of Wilmington, N
", anu MISS Lucy my OUCliOeA dPiACi
of the Baptist Home Mission Board, Of
the south, are guests of Rev. and Mrs.
J. T. Jenkins, on Church street.
Mr.. John D. CAN'T, of this county, is
very low, not expected to live. He is
the father Of Mr.. J. n. CAN'T of this
place. and one of Cobb County's best
citizens.
Mr.. E. P Dohbs, we learn, has bought
of Hon John E. Motley the Mitchell
farm on Canton road Mr.. Dobbs is
going to put it out in alberta peach
trees.
Marietta sent car load of negroes to
Acworth last Sunday morning to at
tend the colored District Conference in
session there at that time. Acworth
was overrun with the colored contin-
gent.
The announcement of a scientist that
Niagara Falls will run dry in 3,OU
years is advanced as another reason