The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1916-08-18

Mrs. George Owen has been spend
Ing several days in Atlanta with her
sister Mrs. w. P. Saxon whose son
was drowned in the Catawba River
in NeJh Carolina a few days ago.
T The greatest enemy to labor is the
paid agitator. He is a parasite, who
is paid by labor, and the only service
he renders is to get a lot of poor
devils out of jobs.-Dalton Citizen.
MISS Bertha McLain and Miss Be-
atrice Dodgen were recent guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. D. F. Green and Mr..
and Mrs. Reginald HARRISON, of Spar
tanburg, S. c., are visiting them now.
Mrs. Homer Crisler entertained
with a swimming party at Arrow
dell Lake in honor of her visitors.
Mrs. ]. B. Humphrey, of Atlanta and
Miss Otis Crisler, of Norcross. After
the swim iced melons were served at
her home on Dixie Ave.
Miss Pearl Roberts gave a Gem
party Saturday afternoon for her
visitors, Misses Louise and Frances
Cooper, inviting 10 guests to meet
them. After the show Mrs. Martin
and Mrs. McEachern assisted Mrs.
Roberts in serving refreshments of
Sandwiches and puchJ
Dr. Eva Harding, of Topeka Kan
sas suffragist leader. nls won tie
democratic nomination For congress
in the First division of tha. state
over the Rev. H. J. C9rwina in the
recent statewide primary But It
still remains to be seen whether tnIs
Eve is going to be the first w)man
member of congress. - AuIusta
Chronicle.
Miss Kate Clayton has returned
from a weeks visit to Decatur and
Atlanta in which towns she was
charmingly entertained by many
friends. She brought two Of her
young nieces home with her, Miss
Margaret Schofeld and dear little
siX-year-old Elizabeth Clayton Town
send to whom Miss Clayton has been
q second mother.
The weakest living creature, by
concentrating it's powers on single
object, cans accomplish something.
The strongest, by dispensing his over
many, may fail to accomplish any
thing. The drop, by continually fall
ing, bores its passage through the
hardest rock. The hasty torrent
rushes over with hideous uproar,
and leaves no trace behind. Carlyle.
Mrs. H. d. Gurley has returned
from Blue Ridge where she was call
ed to the bedside of her father Col.
L. B. Crawford, who passed away
last Thursday. He was 70 years old
and leaves his wife and eight chill
dren. The funeral was in the Bap-
fist church and members of several
lodges came to Blue Ridge to bury
their brother with masonic honors.
Mr. E. c. Gurley attended the fun
eral and came, home with his mother.
Mr.. H. d. Gurley brought his
guest Hon. John H. HolcOmbe. OK
mayor of Gadsden, Ala, to gee us
Tuesday morning and his account If
the floods in his state surprised us
greatly. Rivers in Alabama have
over flown immense fields Of corn
and before the land can be cult;vat p
ed again it will be too late to plant
anything for a crop, this year. The
losses to land owners have been enor-
nous and. the government is Offering
employment only to the tenant class.
But Gadsden is one of the best and
most thriving little cities in the south
having various manufactures and in
dustries. Also two daily papers. Mr..
Gurley and Mr.. Holcombe have both
retired from active business and are
enjoying life in a leisure that al
lows them time to go a-visiting.