The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-08-24


Atlee in Chattanooga. Mrs. Gilbert
and Miss Clara came home after q
lovely time with Mr.. and Mrs. George
Brown near Rome. Mrs. Brown has
fine garden and has been canning
vegetables and putting up fruit in
dustriously, She is near enough to
Rome to enjoy the social pleasures
of that city in addition to the delights
OF fine country home. Mr.. Brown
loves farming and has first class
crops.
There was luncheon given at the
club Monday for Major Michael who
came up to inspect the sight for the
artillery range. Mrs. Hoppe and
Mrs. ]. NJ. Brown had the lunch in
charge and Misses Laura Margaret
Hoppe, Cora Brown, and Julia An
derson served. The club room was
decorated in vases of cut flowers and
flags. The centerpiece for the table
was crystal basket of red, white
and blue flowers and on the ends of
the table were stands holding the
flags of all the allies.
The Workers Conference of the
Presbyterian Sunday School will hold
its first meeting the first Friday even
ing in September. The subject to be
treated will be What l Would Do
If | We're Superintendent" and will
be led by Miss Allene Fields. The
Superintendent Uniformed Miss Fields
that she might treat the subject any
way she chose. That if she chose to
state that what she would do if she
were superintendent would be to re-
sign, she might do it. But every one
knows there is no danger of that.
Mr.. Judson Stanley has returned
from a visit to Lawrenceville and re-
ports all the crops in that neighbor-
hood very fine. He says before
Haynes Creek in Gwinnett County
was ditched it was SO swampy along
its banks for miles that cattle could
not be pastured there and the coun-
try was very unhealthy. The first
year after it was drained enough corn
to supply the entire county was
made on that once swampy land. Re-
claiming marshy creek bottom"
lands is going on in many counties
now with splendid success.
A. j. Kuykendall brought us
beautiful big tomato Saturday that
grew in his front yard on Hansell
street. This reminds us of the little
front yard gardens on the car line as
it enters Atlanta. Some vegetables
are as ornamental as flowers. The
white head of lettuce Mr.. c.. NJ.
Head raises and the creamy celery
are quite flowerlike. Okra blossoms
are very pretty and the foliage quite
tropical beside the goodness of the
pods. 1t could be planted in all
kinds Of corners and add greatly to
the appearance of yards and gar
dens.
Mrs. A. H. Talley will visit among
her married children while Mr.. Tai
ley is supervising the building of
their new house. They could have
sold their home a few hours before
it was burned. Their two unmarried
cons will enter the war service; DR..
I. P. Talley, who is now in the Cand-
Ter Building, will go when he is called
TO care for the teeth Of the soldiers.
He is splendid young dentist &C
cording to Dr. Rambo who examined
the dental students. Mr.. Clarence
Talley, who is a thorough mechani-
elan and an expert auto driver, has
been sent to Chattanooga to instruct
ten recruits to the truck drivers in
the quartermaster's department
Mr.. James Mckinney, who serves
Uncle Sam on the Oklahoma, came
home on a brief visit recently and
returned to his ship on his seven
teenth birthday He has gained 25
pounds in weight and has perfect
health. life on that magnificent
ship is a privilege one should APP
preciate. The men have chicken
twice a week and ice cream on Sun
days. The salt air ensures good ap-
petites and sound sleep and the
young man who was the Journals
Jimmie, who munched peanut
brittle while learning to set type for
four years, is one of the ha0piest
boys in the navy and since realizing
this his parents are glad he is on "the
ocean wave"
Miss Nell Freeman has a very
bright and interesting little article
in last Sundays Constitution about
the very original ways in which bust
ness and professional men sign their
names, She could continue that sto-
ry by using the names of Marietta