The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1902-02-27
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an attack of grir.
Mrs. Lula Petty, who has been sick,
we are glad to state is aboutwell again.
Mr.. John i. Price is clerking for Mr..
NJ r. Lyon.
Mrs. J. A. Mcdonald visited in the
country last week.
Mr.. J. A. Mcdonald, of West Point,
Ca, visited his wife here Saturday and
Sunday.
Mr.. Tom Dewberry was sick for few
days and Mr.. Delaney served as night
Waterman.
Rev. S. r. Belk had two large con-
gregations Sunday and preached two
fine sermons.
The second quarterly conference for
Powder Springs circuit will be held at
Ebenezer church March 9Th and 9th.
S. B. LEDBETTER, P. e.
The young son of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Dobbs, of Olinville, has been quite sick
AOA oOOu1 OCi
1t is said that Judge Fite will not be
candidate for Congress this time, but
will be next race after this one. If this
betrue, Maddox will have no opposition.
The snow did not all disappear here
until the expiration of one week. AS
general thing, snow falls here one
day. and melts off the next day.
The clouds rolled by Saturday and
the sunshine flooded the land. Bless
ed sunshine, how glad we were to see it
after long absence.
After trying pretty nearly every thing
the best advertisers realize that the
newspapers reach the people the up-to-
date merchant wants.
Miss Matte Brown has rented Mr.. T..
w. Reads house, formerly the Ham
met place, on Cherokee street, and will
open a boarding house.
The sunshine of Saturday and Sunday
gave way Monday to clouds and rain.
1t is hard matter to have good
weather.
The reason a man spends less money
after marriage than before is in most
cases because he doesn't have it to
spend.
General VIM. Phillips had the mis-
fortune to cut his hand quite severely
on berbed wire fence. 1t would APP
pear that there is an epidemic of cuts
and bruises, among our male citizen
ship.
Marietta is now town of innumer-
able poles; they are increasing in num-
Der each year. Two telegraph COM
panies, telephone and electric light COM
panies, all have poles dotting our
streets. with wires tretching in a reg
ular network all over the town.
No other town in all this Southland is
better favored by nature than Marietta
and nothing but legarthy on the part of
our citizens will prevent large and
prosperous city being nestled here at
the foot OF the mountain Rich in min
erals, backed by thrifty farming class,
Marietta is bound to go forward in leaps
and bounds
"rhe tBiltmore," formerly the Brown
House, has been remodeled and refur-
DiSbpd apH will ho oro,od ~, Mail, +
by Mr.. and Mrs. T. w Mitchell. These
are nice people and thoroughly under
stand the business, and will afford the
best of accommodations. Tie public
will do well TO recommend THE Bilt-
more" and extend patronage.
A man was passing a great public
building in process of construction and
saw one of the workmen hopping his
face and blowing and painting as if he
was very hot. Finally he took off his
socks, turned them wrong side out, put
them on again and then put his shoes
on. On being questioned, the reply
was, 80. nothing is the matter espe-
cially only my feet got so hot thought
would turn the hose on them"
The southbound passenger trains stops
where it is convenient to unload and
load baggage, but it places the passen-
ger coaches at the crossings where
there is good deal of mud and water,
and thus passengers getting off and on
have to split said mud and water with
their shoes. There ought to be some
way by which the passenger coaches
could stop where the baggage car stops,
in front of the depot proper, and thus
give travellers good solid landing
place.
There is not child in Marietta more
admired than the infant son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Irwin Smith. If there is such a
thing as absolute perfection in face and