The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1915-04-30

Mr.. Sterling Phillips sent a large
box of flowers. geranium leaves and
palms to Mr.. Claude Daniel from
Bradentown, Fla, to be used in dec
Grating graves. Some were placed
on the grave of Mr.. Phillips father.
Mr.. John Butner, of Powder
Springs, came in his car to bring
four of his confederate veteran
friends to hear the memorial address
at the Court house. They were
Messrs. Hardage, Howington, Sprat-
ling and Ragsdale and they enjoyed
the day very much.
Rev. W. A. Cooper, presiding ell
der of the Marietta district, preached
two interesting and instructive ser
mons at the Methodist church sun
day. If you failed to attend you
missed something that would have
greatly inspired and benefited you.
Milton County News.
Robert Harris, son of DR.. and Mrs.
E. L, Harris, was one of the debaters
for Emory against Furman College.
The question was should the Monroe
doctrine be abolished as a feature
of our foreign policy and Emory
college won on the affirmative side.
The debate took place Saturday ev-
ening.
Gov. Brown is in Cherokee Coun-
ty having the old Cherokee Mill on
Little River restored. He recently
bought it from the Lovingood estate
and will use the water power to run
grist mill and a saw mill. Water
ground meal has to be known to be
appreciated and any one who fur
nishes it is public benefactor.
Have you ever seen so many dan
delions? The triangle at the juno
ton of Washington Ave. and Ros-
well street is bright with those tiny
stars that in earths armament do
shine" They come out to greet the
sun and shine all day but as the
light grows dim they close up like
tiny umbrellas and sleep all night.
Mr.. n. w. L. Brown attended the
debate at Agnes Scott College Satur-
day evening between students of
that school and girls from Sophie
Newcomb College in New Orleans.
The question was whether men
should be compelled to serve as SOL
diers and Agnes-Scott, on the mega
tive side, won. However the debate
was brilliant on both sides and the
Georgia college won by a close vote.
DR.. and Mrs w. H. Horton, of
Cleveland, Ohio, and Mrs. George
Linn, of Chattanooga, are guests of
Mrs. E. L. Stringer. They will spend
the week here and attend grand OPP
era in Atlanta DR.. Horton will be
| 80 years old next October but is still
active and attended the all-day sing
ing at the court house. He is on
his way to Ohio from his winter
home in Florida.
Miss Glennis Hancock, of Shorter
College, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
]. w. Hancock, is spending several
days with her parents at the Relro-
xxyhi1 ~ n
opera. Miss Hancock has as her
guest during the opera Miss Floride
Leslie Parish, of New York City, WHO
is director of voice in Shorter Col
lege, and a most noted singer, also
Miss Mary Sanders, of Pensacola,
Fla, Miss Angelina Davis, of AL
bany, Ca, and Miss Gladys Hill, of
Gloster, Miss, students of Shorter
College. Miss Parish and Mrs. Han
cock will chaperone the young ladies
to and from the operas.
Can you sleep these mornings for
two hours before day? Every roos-
ter in town crows, ducks quack and
every kind of bird sings, each one in
different note and tone.
1t has been very bad form for some
time to find fault with with birds
but no matter how sweetly each one
sings the effect is anything but one
to be desired when the noise drives
sleep away so effectually. And that
reminds me of the fact that the per-
sistent efforts of sentimental bird
lovers to whitewash the characters
of crows has not succeeded Farm
ers have been told to abolish SCARF
crows because the ugly black birds
were not pulling up corn except to
| hunt worms. But western farmer
las: year had thousand dollars
worth of grain and peanuts eaten
/ I'M hy flock nf crowG i'm FaU n a -