The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1902-12-11

AT the business meeting of Epworth
League, held Sunday evening in the
church, the following officers were
elected for term OF six months: Pres
dent, ]. ?. Welsh; 1st Vice President,
ID Manget; I'd Vice President, Mrs.
Theo Frey; Sd Vice President, G E No
Ian; Treasurer, G M Reynolds: Secre-
tary, Miss Martha Welsh; Organist.
Miss Agnes Hardeman; Librarian, Miss
Blanche Barnes. A social and literary
meeting of the League will be held Fri
day evening Of this week at the home
of Mrs E Welsh. All invited.
Rev. j. M. White, new pastor, preach
ed at the Methodist church last Sunday
morning very strong and able SER
mon, helpful and edifying. His subject
was Reasonable service to God" He
made fine impression on the large
congregation present. He starts off well
and all are pleased to have Mr.. White
as pastor for the ensuing year. May
| the work. prosper in his hands and
the cause of the Master be promoted
and built up.
We learn that Mr.. F. M. Rice, who
lived near Powder Springs, committed
suicide last Friday morning by hanging
himself with a rope in his barn. Mr..
Rice sold his farm sometime ago to
Messrs. Braselton, and then regretted
his action and wanted to trade back.
He worried over the matter until he
resorted to this last act of self-destruc-
ton. He leaves family.
Mr.. Charles <. Gramling reached his
majority on last Friday evening and
celebrated the event by entertaining a
number of his friends at most elegant
collation. at the home of his father, Mr..
I. A. Granting. Those present were
Messrs. Carl Barnes, James Watson,
Walter Grist and Eugene Matthews.
The Bazaar conducted two days last
week by the Daughters of the Con-
federacy proved gratifying success,
netting about $3.50. Little Miss Helen
Faw received the bride doll. Little
Miss Christine Dobbs edoll voted the
most popular little girl and little Miss
Emela Dobbs won the third doll.
If any rural subscribers desire to take
daily paper, they can subscribe
through the Marietta journal. We
club with the Atlanta Daily News and
the Marietta Journal one year for $3.50,
Just think of frst-class daily and
your eight page, six columns to the
page, county paper for $3.50.
A Marietta lady was accosted by a
| gentleman who remarked, "You have
been attending a good many social
functions in Marietta and not married
YETI" "No replied the witty lady,
81 am immune.
The street carnival opens next Mon
day morning and promises to be big
thing. Read the half page advertise
ment in this issue and learn all about
it.
7 buv and sell second hand shoes.
Prince Jackson, next to M. K. Lyons
store.
Rev. S. B. Ledbetter, the popular
presiding elder of the Marietta dis
trict. came over Monday for short
visit as the guest of his brother, DR..
L. S. Ledbetter. His many Cedartown
friends are glad to welcome him -
Cedartown Standard.
Pocket knives, razors and scissors
make nice Christmas gifts. Dobbs has
The best quality of these.
Col. w. D. Weaver returned from
Scriven county, Ga, on last Saturday,
where he had been several days. In
ducements are being held out to him
to locate there in the practice OF law,
See the display of fancy goods, pic
|
| Miss Siler's book store.
The young man who inquired OF a
newspaper how long girls should be
courted, received the reply-"Same as
short ones"
Cold weather is sweeping through
the north and west with snow and ice,
doing great damage. But these things
have to be.
President Roosevelt seems to be the
biggest political hypocrite ever in the
executive chair. He talks all kinds OF
ways.
Miss Fay Temple, the graceful dancer
with Peck's Bad Boy, does an exceed
ingly clever toe dancing act. Another
leading feature will be the famous
i Trayesty Sextette, presenting snort
tragesty on Floradora.