The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1902-03-13
MARIETTA, GA, THURSDAY MORNING, MAR. 49, 1902

combating the ship subsidy measure
AS member of the commerce commit
tee, Senator Clay has taken leading
position in opposition to the bill and
his speech was the first delivered by
any member of the opposition, being in
effect reply to the speech of Senator
Frye in advocacy of the measure. Sem
ator Clay was listened to with marked
attention and his speech will rank with
the ablest delivered in that august body
in years.
The annual meeting Of the Woman's
Home Missionary Society of the North
Georgia Conference will convene in
Cartersville Thursday. Mrs. s. R. Belk
and Mrs. J. M. Austin are delegates
from the Society in Marietta. Mrs. s.
r. Belk, first vice. president, viii make
the response to the welcome address !;
she will also report on parsonages. Rev.
| S. r. Belk will conduct devotional SER
vices on Friday evening. Mrs. ]. NJ.
Austin will conduct devotional services
on Friday afternoon.
| have moved my dress-making par
Tors to the rooms formerly occupied 10y
DIR. Cortelyou, where 1 am fully pre-
pared to make your Easter, spring and
summer suits at very reasonable prices
and of the very latest styles. All the
latest fashion plates for Easter suits.
Call and see them.
Mrs. S. E. MULLINS.
Mr.. Moultrie M. Sessions has been
granted by the city council franchise
to build street electric car line on our
streets, connecting Marietta and At
lanta. He has to begin work or forfeit
| the franchise inside of three months.
Mr.. Sessions feels confident thathe will
have Marietta connected with our sub
urb, Atlanta, before many months roll
around.
| Miss Lemma Lewis, after spending
five weeks in New York, studying mil
linery, latest styles and designs and
buying new stock of millinery goods
for Florence, King & Company, arrived
in Marietta Thursday. She will con-
duct the millinery department. of Flor
ence, King & Co., and besides being a
most agreeable and pleasant lady, is
one Of the most tasty trimmers in the
| country.
i
Mr.. w. f. Green, editor of the Geor-
gia Odd Fellow, of Rome, was present
at the meeting of Cherokee Lodge, No.
s, on last Tuesday night and gave fine
talk, MIR. Foster Barber and Mr.. J. A.
Templeton of Nickajack Lodge, Smyr-
ma, and Mr.. Daniel, of No. IA, Atlanta
Lodge, were also present and made in
teresting talks.
Court is in session this week and the
commit tee on good roads is expected
to go before the grand jury and ask for
the adoption of the alternative road
working" system, five days work or
$3.50 Communication tax, under the SUI
pervisG0n of the Ordinary. There
should be some system adopted to give
the public good roads.
Mr., Charles B. Willingham went up
to Jasper, Pickens county. on Friday
morning, where he is having 5000 FL
berta peach trees set out. He has
seventy-five acre farm there and wall
soon have 10000 peach and apple trees
set out. His two sons are on the farm,
looking after it for him.
Mr.. Dave Stevens was arrested here
Thursday by Marshal Hawkins, at the
instance of Mr.. Robert Rowan, of near
Gainesville, asking that a pistol be
taken from ham. The pistol was found
IN Stevens valiSe, which he claimed
that he borrowed until his return from
Murphy, n. G., where his family is.
Seven bales of cotton on platform at
Anderson's warehouse were set on fire
by a passing train Thursday afternoon,
and were blazing right along, when
hydrant was turned on and the fire
was extlngulshed without giving any
alarm.
The regular meeting of the Daughters
of the Oonfederacy will be held at the
residence of Mrs. Pitner Monday, March
18th, at $3.50 o'clock. Business of inn
portance will be transacted and full
attendance is urged.
Mrs. S. V. SANFORD, Sec.
Mr.. Andrew Murray Weems, the
piano repairer and tuner for Prof. Frey
er's music house underneath the Jour
nal office, visited his family in Atlanta
Saturday and was greeted by ten
pound tuner" fine boy.
Mr.. AL Green, conductor on A. <. &
N. freight train, has smallpox at his
| home on Trammell street. He has
wife and five children.
If there is any effort to get a rural