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The Marietta Tournal
VOL.-32. -
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
PARMGRAPHED
Matters of Moment ih City
< Briefly Chronicled.
EVENTS SEEN AND HEARD.
The Passing -'l;n;, Tid Bits of
Social Occurrences, and a
General Review.
How did you like your valentine?
Telephone local news to Marietta
JourNaL, Phone No. 55.
Subderibe for the Journal. $l.OO.
Rev. Parks P. Manning, of Walesca,
gave us a pleasant call the other day. |
Don’t ' miss the biwargains at Read
& DuPre’s on their Winter Goods.
Forsyth Superior Court convenes
next Monday. A ‘
Mr.G. W. Rofiey hag rented Mr. W,
H. Muncy’s dwelling on Lawrence St.
The best cujfi-way &grrow is sold,
by H. C. Dob, Hard‘ are Company.
LAND For §#LE.—~Any one wishinfi‘to
gurchase gogl farm land agg)l% to Mrs.
.J. Mann Col. W. R. Power.
Read & DlaPre have the bargains for
you. Dont fail to get their prices be
fore you lguy. : : |
Mosnglg’s BAkery and Kandy Kitchen
is the ce to get fresh bread, eakes,
pies, piffs, @shgandies, soda water, &c.
Mr. Ben Underwood is visiting his
parents here.. Aif
Mr. W. . Anderson, of Macon, was
in the city Saturday.
A new elevator has been placed in
the Brumby Chair Factory.
Mrs. Sarah J. Bailey, mother of Mrs.
J. H. Patton has been quite sick with
the grip, but is better now.
To close out balance of our Winter
Goods, we will fiive bargains that no
other store will dare to offer you.
Reap & DuPßre.
A young man named Tom Steele had
the tip end of one of his fingers cut off
at the knitting factory last Thursday.
Joe Edwards, colored, of the Tenth
U. 8. Cavalry, is at home on a thirty
days furlough.
The gentleman who borrowed our
pipe cutters will please return them
and pay for this notice.
H. C. Dosss.
Col. J. Z. Foster visited Chattanooga
last week on legal business, returning
Thursday. :
Mr. Crawford Tucker Hawkins left
last week for St. Louis, to be gone two
weeks,
Mr. W.J. M. Hames says from indi
cations he is afraid the peach buds are
killed.
The bargains in Winter Goods at
Read & DuPre’s will be the talk of the
town and county. Call and buy what
you want before they are gone.
If cold weather makes the conditions
for good erops, then this year the farm
er ought to be well rewarded for his
toil.
Deering Mowers, Rakes and Binders
are sold by
H. C. Doßes Harpware Co.
Col. E. Faw, who attended Milton
Superior Court dast week, says the
highest verdict the Milton juries gave
in any case was two dollars.
We are ofi'eri% balance of our Fall
and Winter Goods st prices which no
other merchant will dare to offer you.
READ & DuPreE.
The Canton Advance says that Col.
J.ee Mullins will assist Solicitor Thos.
Huteherson in Fannin, Gilmer and
Pickens counties in court cases.
We appeal to our readers, each and
every one of them, tosend us a new
subscriber before the first of March.
You cando this and never miss the
time. Will you do jt?
For good Overcoats at low prices go
to Read & DuPre’s store.
Phone 119 is the place to get your
feed. -
Woob For Sare—Pine and oak.
Leave orders at J.J. Hardage’s store.
J. F. MaNNING.
During the cold weather we've had
there must have been suffering among
the poor. There ought to be an organ
ized charity among our citizens to look
after those in our city who need help.
Mr. J. H. Segars and family, of Smyr
na, have rented Mr. J. H Bate’s house
on Atlanta street, recently vacated by
Mr. Christian, and will occupy it at
once
Supscrißers—Notice the printed date
after your name, and see if your sub
seription has expired, if so renew at
once. Those not renewing will have
their names dropped from the ligt,
Everybody ,a:\};\;édx Marietta knows
Dennis ‘Howard, colored: . He is algo
known to haye a-head that is as hard as
a rock and he uses it “hy “‘‘butting’’ as
a billy goat c¢ould use his. He ecan
strike-a blow with; his*head that just
simply is like a ‘sledge : hammer, and
when' he strikes a hegro *with his head:
that negro goes'to the ground in a heap
and his head will ache - for hours to
come.” Dennis lives neaf the Kenne-
Marble ‘Company’s mills on a little
farm, about a mile’and a half north of
town. Dennis'was walking the nil-}
road track the other night alone, going
home. He met two negro men. one of‘
‘them evidently under the influence of
whisky. It wasdark and one of the‘
negroes grabbed Dennis and demanded :
“Who in the h—l are you?” Dennis‘
with both hands caught hold of the
negroe’s shoulders and with one mo
tion of his head, he butted the negre
on his eranium | with' terrible force,
that sent the unknown negro to -the
ground in a bleeding and _insen'sible“
condition. The - prostrate negro man
probably thought afterwards that he}
had been struck by a passing locomo
tive. Denni¢ walked on as unconcern-‘
ed, as if he hadn’t met any one, who
disputed his right of way.
.Wé are going to close_out all our
‘Winter Goeds regardless of what they
cost us. They are yours at prices that
will astonish you. Don’t fail to get
our prices before you buy.
ReAD & DUPRE.
The necessity of better roads in this
country was newer more forcibly de
manded than during the bad weather
we have had and, are having. Travel
has been impeded and transportation
by wagon almost suspended. Besides
the wear and tear of wagons and the
damage to horses and mules, in their
efforts to pull vehicles over the bad
roads, there is a loss of time and money
and energy, that ought to impress upon
our people the importance of having
better and improved roads. Good
roads will enhance the value of farm
lands, and afford facilities for market
ing what the farm and forest produce,
that will put money in the pockets of
the farmers by a saving that will in
evitably follow. Give us good roads
throughout Cobb eounty and it will be
a wise and profitable undertaking.
Call and see what we "have left in
Winter Goods, and if we have what
{;ou want you can buy it at such a great
argain you will go home, look up
your friends and send them to Read &
(Il)_l‘liPre’s store to get bargains as you
id.
There were six cases of yellow fever
among the soldiers of the 202 New York
regiment in the province of Pinar del
Rio, Cuba, last week. If the United
States does not take hold and enforce
wise sanitary conditions in Cuba, by
July the South will be visited by yel
low fever brought from Cuba that will
destroy lives and paralyze business.
Watch this prediction. We have in
vited yellow fever by the ‘“‘open door”
policy of our new Cuban possessions.
The South, as usual, will be the sufferer,
Senator Clay exercised rare courage
in standing by his convictions and vot
ing for the ratification of the peace
treaty in the face of almost the solid
opposition of his own party. The Tele
graph desires to congratulate him—
not because he voted against a majori
ty of the party—but because he had
the nerve to stand for his convictions,
—Macon Telegraph.
A jesamine flower, encased in a solid
cake of ice, is what Mr. W. G. Huggard
left with us Saturday. Two extremes
—flowers and ice. He says if the tree
bears similar fruit in the summer he
will bring us a basketful.
The little two year old child of Mr.
Thomas Stephens, who lives in the Sib
ley house near the depot, on last Thurs
day, got too near the fire, when its
clothing caught on fire, and the child
was badly burned before help could be
given. . ,
Mrs. William Phillips is having the
twelve acres connected with her home
place surveyed off into town lots, and
can give bargains to any one wanting
nice building lots.. Call at her home
on Waterman street and see her.
Don’t buy a dollar’s worth of goods
elsewhere until you have seen the bar
gains we are giving to close out all
our winter stock. Read & DuPre.
Mr. George B. Nigh thinks the in
tense cold weather and freezes have
injured thefbuds of the Elberta peach
trees and they may never bloom. In
lower Georgia it is thought the peaches
will be one third short.
Our store is open to bargain hunters,“
and after getting our prices you will
see we are giving the greatest bargains
ever offered to the trade of Marietta
and Cobb county. Reap & DUPge.
All kinds of Job Printing executed
with neatness and dispatch at the Ma
rictta Journzl Office. Prices reasonalbe;
Man’s virtues are never as conspie
uous as his viees. 4
MARIETTA, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, FEB. 16, 1899,
The weather hasn’t treated us ‘‘fair.”
Business is business, but the business
of others is no business of yours.
Mr. O. H. K}x' will leave on a busi
ness trip to Hartford Thursday.
. A number of our people would be
thankful to lose their grip.
~ Mr.T. W. Glover shipped a car load
of fine cattle to Cineinnati last Friday.
To succeed in life is not every man’s
ability ; must be others to help him.
Dr.J. F. Lemmon and family have
moved to West End, Atlanta.
Fame elevates a man for people to
throw niud at him.
Mr. W. W. Harvey, who has been vis
iting his family here, has returned to
his home in Constantine, Michigan.
For SaLk.—A good 16 horse power
return flue Boiler complete. Call on
or address Jno. H. BaryEs, Supt. ‘
Marietta Knitting Co.
Miss Katie Crouch, who has been
visiting Mrs. A. H. Legg, returned to
her home in Cartersville Saturday.
Prof. W. G. Nash, of this place, has a_
flourishing school at Stone Mountain.
He comes home every two weeks. |
A Marietta bachelor thinks curing a
cage of love by getting married, is to
have to take the medicine too long.
Miss Lily Shumate), of Greenville, S.
C., and Miss Mary Shumate, of Atlanta,
are visiting Miss Gussie Groves.
Miss Susie May Wallace, who has
been visiting in: Augusta, returned
home Saturday.
Mrs. Little, teacher in publie school,
visited Dublin, Ga , last week, return
ing Thursday. .
The Bell Telephone Company placed
phones in the stores of T. L. Hunt,
Geo. M. Fleming and Cogburn Bros.
last week.
Mr. R. A. Hill, who came to town
from near Mableton Shturday, said in
thirty years observation he never saw
such bad roads in Cobb county,
Friends who take shelter under your
umbrella while it is raining, and desert
you when the shower is over, might
be called fair weather signals.
Mr. J. W. Henderson, last Saturday,
as he came out of the front door of his
home, slipped on the ice and fell,
striking his head and spraining his
wrist. ‘
This continued bad weather is bad on
all kinds of stock and is a most foreible
reminder to the people that bettepypro
visions should be made to carry them
through the cold wintry months.
Norioe, INvALID PrxsioNErs.—The
invalid or wounded snd disabled Con
federate pensioners can come at once
and make up their applications. Pay
ments will begin at once. Feb. 15.
1893. Jxo. M. SroxE, Ordinary.
“The snow, the ice, the beautiful
sleet,” exclaimed a young man, who
stood on his feet, at the corner for a
moment, and then on his head. And
that’s the reason why this poem went
dead. j
The three-year-old son of Mr. ©. H.
Shirley, living on Mr. J. D. Cunning
ham’s place, was playing before the fire
place on last Friday, when his clothing
caught fire, and the child was painfully
burned before help came,
Mr. A. A, Bishop has bought the B.
F. Mackey farm, 150 acres, on the A.
K.&N.R. R, and 22 acres of the
Sprouse place, on Canton road. Mr.
Bishop will put out Elberta peach trees
at once.
Mr. Richard H. Earle, who several
months ago passed a civil service ex
amination, in science, principally
meteorology, has been informed by the
civil service commission that he has
been twice certified for appointment
to the position of observer in the Unit
ed States Weather Bureau, but each
time a more lucky eligible bore off the
prize,
Among the visiting attorr.eys' here
this week was jGeorge D. Anderson of
Marietta. Col. Anderson is a son of
Rev. W. D. Anderson, new deceased,
who was well known and dearly belov
ed by our people. The son has many
of the happy traits of mind and heurt
which characterised his illustrious
father, and is coming to the front as a
lawyer.—Alpharetta Free Press.
The many friends of Hon. P. D. Me-
Cleskey, formerly of this county but
now of Marietta, will be glad te learn
that he has been appointed assistant
solicitor-general of the Blue Ridge cir
cait. Since going to Marietta two
years ago, Phil. has studied the law
with diligence and perseverance, and is
now coming to the front. His friends
all believe he will fill his new position
with honor to himself and credit to the
state. The Free Press mingles its con
gratulations with Phil’s legion of
friends and bids him God seed onward
‘and upward . —Alpharetta Free Press,
Tuesday last was St. Valentines day,
when the smiling saint. is supposed to
make the affairs of different lovers his
particular care. St. Valentine lived
many centuries ago. His day has been
dbserved as long. Our ancestors per
formed many ceremonies on his day,
now rather out of vogue. We have
found that the ceremonies are really
not so much needed as was thought.
The saint is just as ready to put his
power into living voice and burning
eye ashe was to manifest in other
ways. - Still, many invoke his aid to
find out what the future has in store.
At the midnight proceeding Valentine’s
morn 'tis said that fair, true maids
may see reflected in a still pool of wa
ter the face and form of future hus
bands. Alone the maid must seek the
pool, lighted eandle in hand, and silent ;
as the mystic hour strikes she must
bend over the placid water, and there,
for one fleeting moment, will the good
saint portray the face and figure of him
with whom ber destiny is to be joined.
Senator Olay voted for the ratifica
tion of the peace treaty, and Senator
Bacon against it. There was nothing
else todo only vote for it, but now we
ought to give the Filipinos to under
stand that we don’t want their little
old 1200 islands. But the nbunner in
which our soldiers are killing them off,
most of them will never be here to en
joy the ‘‘humane” government we are
going to give them.
Magrriep—Mr. B. . Ball was #ar
ried to Miss Lizzie Gunter, at the home
of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
A. Gunter, in Roswell, on last Sunday,
Rev. Mr. Logan officiating. The bride
is a sister of Mrs. T. E. Rogers, of this
place. We extend our congratulations
and wish for them abundanee of hap
piness and prosperity.
State School Commissioner (ilenn
says there is not enough money in the
treasury with which to make the pay
ment for the first month of school
work. The treasurer expects to have
enough money in hand by Mrreh 1 to
enable him to furnish money for paying
for two month’s work, or two-fifths of
the school fund for the year. i
The young ladies gave a Valentine |
ball at the Elmwood Hotel ball room
on last Tuesday evening. They rented
the hall, decorated it, invited the |
young men, and hired an Atluntunr-i
chestra to furnish the music. Deli
cious refreshments were served, and it
proved aymost happy occasion.
Tre SonusErT LADIES’ QUARTETTE.—
Those delightful vocalists, the Schu
bert Lady Quartette of Chicogo, will
appear at the Operd House on Feb. 20th.
Lovers of sweet singing should not miss
this splendid en‘ertainment, ot
Mrs. T. E. Rogers is visiting her pars
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Guanter, in
Roswell this week. Mr. Rogers will go
over to. Roswell, Sunday and accom
pany them home on Monday.
Diep—On last Sunday, in this city,
Mrs. Silags Newton, over 70 years of age.
She leaves a husband and one son. Her
remains were carried to the MecCleskey
grave yard for burial,
Your county paper tells youn the
county news, records your marriages,
deaths and births and bears aloft the
standard of your progress.
There is no more reascn for a news
paper giving away its space than there
is for a merchant to give away his
wares. -
" Mr. Richard H. Earle left this week
for New Orleans, where he goes to take
part in the Mardi Gras festivities now
going on in that city. 4
Mrs. Kate Robbins, who has been
visiting at Fort Valley, returned to her
daughter’s, Mrs. Isie Reynolds, here,
Saturday.
The Wayeross Herald deems our edi
torial on “Education” worth copying,
but not worth erediting.
Mr. and Mrs. Erwin, of Atlanta,
were the guests of Dr and Mrs, Stanley
Saturday and Sunday.
We regret to learn that Mrs. Thomp
son, mother of Mr. Johnnie Thompson,
is quite sick.
Misses Sallie and Hattie Camp left
Monday for New Orleans to attend
Madri Gras,
‘““We had twenty chickens to freeze
to death Saturday night,”’ said Mr. Lee,
of lee and Miller, merchants.
Miss Huffaker, teacher in Acworth
High Sehool, spent Saturday here with
her mother.
Mrs. James Dwyer, of Atlanta, spent
Sunday here with relatives.
Miss Cora Cheney left Saturday for
Rome on a few weeks vigit.
" Mrs. k. E. Howard spent Sunday
with Mrs. and Mrs. W. H. Fox.
t The thermometer sometimes gets
very low, but is never vulgar,
~ The kind of expansion Marietta wants
is more factories.
Mr. J. C. Milam will return from
Macon to Marietta this week.
Mrs. M. R. Lyon is still quite sick,
we are sorry to learn.
Church services were interfered with
Sunday by the snow and intense cold.
Tne pUBLIC scHmooLs, owing to the
cold weather, have been suspended
until next Monday.
Mrs. Florence Permenter, of Atlanta,
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. T,
Bazamore, in thig place.
Magrriep—ln this city on last Sun
day, Mr. W. M. Lance to Mrs. Georgia
A. Conroy.
For Sare Citkar—Good family horse.
Apply to 0. P. SrernENs,
Marriage licanse issued on the 11th
inst, tg¢ Mr. J. M. Jordan and Miss
Willie Queen s
Our correspondents, as soon as the
weather is thawed out, will, doubtless,
let, us hear from them.
Miss Dovie Blair, a teacher in public
school is still very sick at the home of
her brother, Col. D. W. Blair.
Miss Minnie Davis, of Montreal, Ga.,
is visiting her brother, Mr. R. W.
Davis, of this place.
Our soldiers didn’t volunteer to fight
Filipinos, but Spaniards, but they have
had to engage in a war that was not in
contemplation.
Mr. George Griffin had his right ear
frozen Monday morning. He applied
snow, which relieved it to some extent.
The ear became very much swollen.
Mr. G. R. Atkins fell Sunday morn
ing on the ice at Mgs. McKenney’s
boarding house, and it hag rendered
him guite sick.
Florence Bros., King & Co., have
opened their grocery store in the
Brantley building in the old Racket
store.
Dr. Wyman says the severe cold will
kill the yellow fever germs in the
south,
The ‘naked truth” this kind of
weather in Marietta hassno more show
than common mortals comfortably
clothed.
Mr. Will Oliver, out sleighing Mon
day, became so benumbed with ecold
that it was necessary to call in a doe
tor to restore circulation. He is all
right now.
Mr. Walter Thornton has bought of
Col. D. W. Blair the dwelling occupied
by Mr. Rowley on Lawrence street,
known as the Moss house. He will
move into it at once.
- AT Fletcher, of Atlanta, an«
‘nouncey the ‘marriage of his daughter,
Mise et Bogyd Fletcher, to Mr.
r‘* {PL, 19":%, of Chicago, Feb,
Ist, at Hopeville, Ga,, /by Dr.T.P,
Cleveland. R RL
The family of Mr. L. D. Day arrived
last Safurday fromi Marietta and are
keeping house in one of the Oliver
houses. We welcome Mr. Day and
family to Blue Ridge.—World.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. McKenzie ten
dered a reception to Miss Hattie Can
trell, of Columbus, who has been vigit
l ing her sister, Mrs. McKenzie, for some
’ time, on Tuesday afternoon, from 3 to
5 o’clock. Quite a number were pres
‘ent, and it proved a most elegant affair.
Mr. Crosby, Mr. Joe Legg and Mr.
l D.F.McClatehey,jr.,exerted themselves
to supply coal for the suffering ones
'here Monday. These gentlemen in
two days distributed 5400 pounds of
.conl to the needy. Our citizens re
sponded very liberally wherever there
was distress. :
The Daughters of Confederacy will
lmeet on Monday afternoon next, 8
o’clock, February 20th, in parlors of
Kennesaw House (if the weather will
permit). Every member is especcially
requested to be present. -
Mgs. McCrareney, Mgs., Neserrr,
Cor. Secretary, President.
During Alexander H. Stephen’s life
time he had at his home in Crawford
ville, Lord Roseberry, the distinguish
ed politician, who once held the reins
of the British government. A .great
attachment grew up between them.
At the quiet home of Mr. Stephens,
Lord Roseberry expressed himself as
having spent one of the pleasantest
times of hislife. Among other inter
esting things which Mr. Stephens
showed him was some natural ink,
which flowed from a peculiar spring at
the base of Kennesaw mountain, near
Marietta, which he used for all pur
poses of record and correspondence.
Afcer Mr. Stephen’s death, his heirs
received a letter from the ex-Premier
asking that some of the ink be sent
him, which was done. Ink from that
spring Judge JHammett used in the
Ordinary’s office on the county records.
‘The ink was a freak of nature, the re
isult of blasting a rock where the ink
trickled out. The place has now about
| disappeared.
IN THE GRASP~
0F THE ICE KING
Sleet, Ice and Snow Visited
' the Town,
FELL TEN BELOW ZERO.
It Was Coldest ;:;:ord in Georgia.
Much Snffering and Interrup
tion of Business.,
The weather that commenced here
Saturday evening with sleet, culminat
ing Sunday morning in three or four
inches of snow on the ground, with the
thermometer ranging from 11 to 13, we
thought was something akin to the.
arctic region, but Monday morning
when our citizens woke up to find that
the mereury in their thermometers had
dropped down to ten beiow zero, they
were astonished beyond measure. yea
surprised, and thought their eyes had
deceived them and went back the sec
ond time to take a look to see if it
really stood at ten below zero, and
there it stood at that noteh; bold,
brazen and defiant, and good as asked
**What are you going to do about it ?”
The government thermometer, kept by
Mr. George 5. Owen, registered eight
below zero. There was nothing to do
but pile on more coal in the grate and
in the stove and shiver. The wind
whistled and pedestrians found their
ears freezing, their faces growing red
der under the biting cold, while the
fingers and feet became benumbed.
To elap the climax under this dire
distress, a coni and wood famine ex
isted in the town. The dealers in fuel
had none, and there were poor people
in the town, white and black, who had
been out of work for weeks and were
in consequence out of wood, coal and
food. A number of our citizens began
to devise means to render help to these
unfortunates so as to tide over the cold
‘spell; to this end they began to circu
late and find out the needy. A car load
of conl was obtained from the A, K. &
N. Railway at cost, and those without
money were furnished coal free, but
those able to pay. did so.
The public schools were suspended
until next Monday, and business para
lyzed. Shops, factories and everything
had to be shut down. .
In a number of homes water pipes in
the stoves and boilers were frozen
and burst, and there was trouble in
the kitchen, and the plumbers were
called in tg do their best to repair the
damage. / i g
Among those who. had burst pipes
in their stoves, with reservoir connec
tions, were Mayor Sessions, Mr. T. B.
Brady, Mr. Will Pomeroy, Mrs. W.
F. Bennett, Mrs. A. F. Murphy, Mr. J.
A. Massey, Mr. W. E. Gramling, Mrs.
L. B. McKinney, Mrs. A. M. Gibbes,
Mr.T. L. Reed, Mr. T:A. Gramling.
Urifortunately for tha Journarn office,
water had heen left in the engine pipes
and boiler, and there was solid ice en
gaged in the ‘“‘expansion’ business,
and our engine was badly damaged.
Not in the meniory of the oldest in
habitant has the weather been so cold
in Marieita as to drop to 8 or 10 below
zero. It was a clean knockout. Our
people were illy prepared for such an
unexpected visitation of General Zero
and the Ice King. i :
The budding fruit trees are “nipped
in the bud,” and they will not show
forth again thigs year. Just to this ex
tent early peaches will not be in it, on
ly in a small quantity, just enough to
make them desirable and valuable.
The cold wave reached to New Or
leans and Florida, and killed orange
trees and slaughtered early vegetables.
Throughout the North and Northwest
the thermometers in a number of states
went below zero 25 and]Bo. Man and
beast suffered, and there was destruc
tion of life in a number of instances.
Let us hope the backbone of winter
is broken, o it will not be able to wig
gle with such intense severity.
The present severe cold spell is
doing congiderable damage to
stock, especially in the northwest.
Traffic is at a standstill in many
places. Wood and coal is report
ed scarce in some localities, which
necessitates a good deal of ex
posure and suffering among the
poorer classes. The present win
ter is pronounced the worst for
many years. Snow is seven feet
deep on the level in some parts of
Colorado, and has been on the
ground seventy-one days.
NO. 9.