The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-05-18
Elizabeth Swanson has whooping

Mrs. D. F. NcClatchey visited Mrs.
c. A. Guyton last Sunday.
Mrs. D. w. Blair is visiting Mrs.
George Mckenzie in Atlanta.
Miss Edith Olson, of Atlanta, spent
last week at Mr.. Faw's store demon
strating jiffy-jell.
Miss Bessie Baker is visiting rela-
tives in Gainesville, and will board
when she comes home.
Atlanta has young lady who is
running an elevator abandoned by
young man who enlisted in the army.
Mr.. c. NJ. Head continues to send
US delicious, crisp lettuce and other
good garden things but no letter yet.
The Varina Davis chapter, Chill
dren of the Confederacy, will meet
with Mrs. Tom Florence on the third
Tuesday in June.
Miss Julia Anderson has returned
from visit to Miss Allie Gambler
with whom she enjoyed the May
Day celebration at Agnes Scott Col
lege.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. NJ Murdoch and
Mrs. w. E. Swanson went to Ac-
worth Wednesday to take part in
memorial services in the cemetery
there.
Mr.. Pearce Power, of Atlanta,
who has been so i'll spent Friday night
in town with his parents, Col. and
Mrs w. r. Power. He is recovering
slowly. M
Mr.. Murray Weems is transform
ing an old fashioned bookcase into a
modern china-closet for Mrs. Horton,
of Cleveland, Ohio, who visits Mrs. E.
L. Stringer on her way to and from
Florida.
Jacksonville, Fla, is expecting
1000 additional men to work in it's
ship yards where all sizes and kinds
of vessels are being built. The U.
S. Government will take charge of
all ship yards in future.
The best way to keep snap beans
is to pack them just as they are gath
cred in nice wooden barrels with salt
sprinkled between them. Before
cooking they must be soaked in cold
water to remove the salt.
Miss Lois Roberts, who has been so
greatly admired and SO beautifully
entertained during her visit here,
leaves Thursday evening for her
home in Savannah stopping few
days on the way in Jackson.
Mrs. J. w. Henderson has sent us
vase of fine roses big dark vel
vety ones, light pink, Paul Nerons,
wide open, and many buds. 1t is a
great treat to have so many lovely
roses. May, instead of June, seems
" DC GllS HlOIlJH VI fuses.
There are 1870 members in the two
Red Cross classes in Marietta and
another class will be organized Mrs.
Graham wishes to have 20 more mem
bers enrolled this week so she can
report them in Rome next week at
the convention of federated clubs.
Miss Constance Cole will return IN
a few days to Asheville, N. c., where
she has been spending much time in
driving her Ford runabout to enjoy
the pure mountain air of that elm
ate. She spent last Saturday in At !
lanta with her mother on farwell |
trip.
Mr.. c. A. Hamilton brought a
big lot of fresh eggs to town Wed |
nesday morning but sold them all
to one merchant. He says the out
look for cotton is better. The cool |
weather has discouraged cotton boil |
weevils and food crops are fine and |
plentiful.
Mrs. l.. B. Robson has a nephew |
at Oxford in England who intends to
join his cousins when they go over
to enter the war. He is Mr.. Ben
and is one of the Cecil
Rhodes scholarship students whs
went from Georgia some time ago
All these "Rhodes" boys intend to
join the allies and fight their best.
The twin children of Mr.. and Mrs.
L. B. Carnes will be year old on the
21st of this month. Hazel is a dainty |
brown-eyed girl just beginning to
talk while Durham is blue-eyed boy
who smiles and shakes hands as well |
as his father can. He can say only |
a few words but is very sociable and |
good humored. Mrs j. S. Warren
takes these little ones with their mo- I
Their driving on bright days and they
enjoy the outdoors greatly.
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