The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-05-23
lne Marietta journal
MARIETTA, GA, MAY %, 1907.
Local Items.

Miss Lillian Grist, of Atlanta, has
been visiting in the city the past week.
Mrs. J. NJ. Latimer is critically i'll at
her home at Buffers.
Mr.. Robert Squires aud family have
moved back from Atlanta to Marietta.
Miss Mary Towers left Wednesday on
visit to relatives in Asheville, N. G.
Rev. T. VI. N. George and Mr.. R. D.
T. Lawrence attended the Diocesan
convention in Savannah last week.
Mrs. William Phillips and daughter,
Mary, visited her son, Mr.. w. w. Phil
lips, in Gainesville, last week.
Mrs. George A. Griffin and daughter,
Helen, visited Madison, Ga, the past
week, returning this week.
The unwilling of the General Gordon
monument takes pace in Atlanta, May
25th.
Messrs. Rudicill and Fleming, having
stood the civil service examination, are
now installed as clerks IN the Marietta
post-office.
All tributes of respect, obituary no.
tees, or sin memory" of some de-
ceased, are charged for, and when they
appear in these columns, the public
Ousf en- updarrtopd
The Butler Marble and Granite Com
pany of Marietta was awarded the
contract last week to erect Confed-
crate monument in Decatur, Ca, for
$1,700.
This paper is anxious each week to
issue an interesting local page. If each
of our subscribers would hand us in one
news item, what newsy paper we
could issue Try it for few weeks and
mark the change.
Atlanta proposes to take in all the
suburbs so as to make "Greater At
lanta, that the census may show that
she isn't behind in growth One of the
propositions is to take in Decatur, the
county site of DeKalb. Atlanta's nav
is quite capacious.
Rev. w. l.. Pierce, one of the trus-
tees of Wesleyan Female College, Ma
con. left Wednesday to visit his sister
at Fort Valley, and will attend the
commencement exercises at Wesleyan
Friday Rev. T, j. Christian, presiding
elder, will preach at the Methodist
church next Sunday
Rev. Homer Hodge and Rev. P. b,
Hampton, with their assistants, are
conducting tent meeting in the tri-
angle between Washington and Roswell
streets. They hold services daily at
1880 p. m. On Sunday at 1880 a. m. +;
$3.50 and Z 80 y. m,
DR.. Patton announced to his people
last Sabbath morning that he would
resume his evangelistic services next
Sunday night. His subject will be
the River Jordan: what Wilt Thou
Do in the Swelling of the Jordan?" The
choir is preparing to give most inter
esting program of music All are cor
daily invited to attend.
Col. E. w. Coleman has 30.horse
power engine, massive piece of trac.
ton machinery, which he will use in
hauling pyrites and other ores from
mines to the railroad. He is having :
number of large wagons made espe.
eially for this service that will trans
port several tons at each load Cantor
Advance. "
Mrs. Alice Stringer, the estimablt
wife of Mr.. f. L. Stringer, of this place
seems to have won in the coupon con
test for trip to Europe, offered by thu
Atlanta Constitution. She had 235, 80;
votes up to Saturday night The mex
highest is Mrs. Eugene Carroll, of Gov
ington. who has 176,763 votes. Mrs
springer's many Marietta friends, an,
they are everybody that knows her, ar,
glad of her success.
Yes, we have cool weather IN Nav
and it probably hurts cotton, but Their
Will be plenty of cotton made, notwith
standing, and the farmers will get goo,
prices for it. too, The less made, tn
bigger the price, and less work. Tn
farmers will come out all right, 70
they are the right kind of folks an,
deserve it.
CAN'T & Hodges sells Longman 4
Martinez l.. & M. Paints in pints ant
quarts at half-gallon price.