The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-10-31
Local News.

Mr.. Cecil Manning is quite sick with
the grip.
MIR. and Mrs. 6 w. Arnold, OF Allan
ia, spent Sunday here, the guests OF
Mrs, Kate l.. Manning.
Miss Ella Garrison spent Sunday in
CartersSille, the guest Of Miss Make
Maffett.
Legal blanks of all kinds, waiver note
books, receipt books, etc, for sale at
the Journal office.
Colonel Joseph Gartrell, of Washing
ton, Ga, visited Mr.. Joe Gartrell here
recently.
GUNS repaired and keys fitted at
Roueche & McMeekin's.
The State Fair at Atlanta was re-
production of all others. The same
ness gets monotonous.
n Miss Katherine Lovejoy, of Carters-
willie, is the charming guest of Miss
Jessie Reynolds.
Mrs. NJ. A. eagle, Of Canton, Ga, is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. l. c. Ferris,
at 316 Lawrence street, this week
The public white school now numbers
704 enrolled pupils The increase is
very marked, and Snpt, Dumas and
teachers are kept busy
Miss Grace and Doris Herbert, of De-
troit, Mich, nieces of Mr.. and Mrs. R.
j Herbert, will make their home with
them for the future.
Misses Lucille Graham, Margaret Will
liams and Bertha Greenlee, who have
been the charming guests Of Miss Mary
Cunningham for the last few days, have
returned to their homes in Atlanta
Some men are religiously opposed to
paying their honest debts, They will
put man off until it is really embar-
RAISING.
II you want good job printing, bring
your work to The Journal Office. We
have both steam and electric power,
and can always keep our presses going.
Atlanta prices duplicated.
One of the most desirable suburban
homes in Marietta is that Of Mrs. Bus
sey's on Whitlock avenue. A commo-
dious dwelling, barns, outhouses, and a
number of fertile acres. Mrs. Bussey
desires to sell the property. See her at
once.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Z. Page, of Cas-
tonia, n. c., announce the marriage of
their daughter, Miss Emma, TO Mr.. Jo-
seph Lee Rhodes, of Montgomery, Ala,
on the 18th of November, a: O'Clock,
at the First Presbyterian church, Gas
tonia, N. G. The couple will be at
home December 9Th, Montgomery, Ala.
A Travel Glass" was organized by
Miss Olive Faw at her home October
18th, eighteen ladies joining at the first
meeting. The first lecture took the
tourist from New York to Naples, Italy
aud proved an interesting and instruct
i've talk to those present, Following
the lecture was duet, Santa Lucia, ="
sung by the Misses Cantrell, after which
tea was served. At the last meeting,
which was held Friday, the city of
Pompeii was discussed.
A dead colored infant was found last
Thursday, wrapped in piece of flannel,
under the steps of the tenant house
owned by Mr. Goggins, on Root street.
Coroner r. E. Lawhon summoned a
jury and held an inquest, The evil
dence showed that the mother of the
child was Viola Gregory, colored, who
left Marietta Thursday morning. De.
cay was so far advanced that it was
impossible to determine whether foul
I ! lay had been resorted to or not in the
death of the child.
A patron came into the Journal office
Monday and paid bill. He handed US
four oue-cert coppers to make exact
change. An half hour afterwards that
man was out on the streets hunting us,
and when he found us he said: Look
here gave you $3.50 gold piece, by
mistake, for penny" "The mischief
you did If you did, we have it yet"
We pulled out about dozen pennies
from our trousers pocket, the accumu-
lated wealth of a newspaper man, and
there among them was that particular
81 so gold piece. He handed us another
penny and departed much elated. just
our luck To think that we had $3.50
in gold nesting in our pockets and
didn't know it. We might have gwen
it to someone for penny and never
been any wiser. Wealth never stays
with newspaper editor, but vanishes
like the dew before the morning sum-
CITY TAX NoTIcE The books for the
payment of city taxes for 1907 are now
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