The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1904-07-21
Local News.

Chicken pox is prevalent in the city.
A fool and his fathers money are
soon parted.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. John I. Lewis,
Jr., o fine girl.
Miss Matte Grist spent Sunday in
Emerson with relatives.
Mrs. R. B. Swalley is on visit to
Birmingham, Ala, and will be absent
two months.
Mrs. A. A. Bishop and children and
Mrs. Brown have returned from Ros-
well.
Mr.. D. B. Hubbard and wife, who
have been on a visit here, returned to
Cedartown last Monday.
The boarding houses are filled up
with people from lower Georgia and
Florida.
Miss Oneida Phillips of Acworth, is
teaching school at New Salem and
boarding at Mrs. Easterlin's.
The postoffice safe at Calhoun was
dyramited by burglars Sunday morn
ing about o'clock, $500 in stamps and
$l75 in money taken.
Mr.. Minter, of st. Louis, was here
this week, with view of buying a
home. Col. e. p. Green, real estate
agent, was showing him around
The strike of about 10000 butchers
in Chicago and Western cities is caus-
ing q meat famine. Already meat
markets are buying cattle in this Sec
tion to supply home consumption.
Conductor w. f. Williams and fam
lily, Of Blue Ridge, visited his father,
Mr.. w. S. Williams, Sunday His fam
lily will remain while but he has re-
turned to his duties on the railroad.
Mrs Clifford Reed has been quite sick
for several days past. She is somewhat
improved to-day. Mrs. John L. Reed
Miss Marguerite Reed and Miss Lille
May Delaney, of Marietta, were up to
see her this week-Gainesville Eagle.
Mr.. H. A. Fleming has sent in his
resignation as Travelling Freight and
Passenger Agent of the A. X. &. N. Ry.,
to take effect to-day. His successor
has not yet been named4 Mr.. Fleming
quits the road to accept more favor
able position with leading Life Insur-
4
Marshal Hawkins arrested George
Reece, colored, on the charge of steal
iEg a box of tobacco from Mr.. Goggins
while he was moving his stock Reece
began to peddle the tobacco and was
arrested and placed in jail. He plead
guilty before Judge Gober and received
afour months sentence
If you have visitor telephone or
drop us card. You may know it, and
some OF your neighbors may know it
but your visitor may have friends who
does not know that he or she is your
guest, If you will furnish us this in.
formation we will give it wider pub.
licity
Grover Atcheson, the young man who
shot and killed J l.. B. Foster on Deem
Der 18th, 1903, in Dallas, Ga, was cap
tured by Sheriff Anderson on Tuesday
night of last week, in an clubhouse neaI
the Bobo place, four miles south o
Dallas. Atcheson is now in Jail. Mr.
J. B, Foster was the son-in-law of Mr.
r. E. Hips, of Marietta, and was we'll
known in Marietta.
The following conversation recent,
took place over phone in Rome:
Hello"
"Hellov'
''Are you 1872"
"No. l am mott! 1 am just 10 II
The idea!ll!
And she hung up the receiver in dis
gust.-Tribune.
WANTED-Informatio as to the, nd
dress OF heirs of George Workman, VIII
served in Georgia Militia, war of 1872
Small recovery can be made for the salt
nejrs. Address,
HARVEY SPALDING & Sons,
Washington, d. c
An exchange says: ga girl who hat
been very clever at college, came HON
the other day and said to her mother
I have graduated, but now 1 wish t.
take up psychology, philology, biol
Just wait a minute, said her mother
! have arranged for you a more thor
ongh course in roastoology, boilology
pathology, darnology and general do
\ nesticology Now put.on your apro
and pick that hem