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Che Marietta Jonrnal
OL. 42.
Matters in City Briefly
Chronicled for Jour
nal Readers.
Thursday was like a March day—
windy as some politicians.
New lace curtains at 64c¢ pair.
H A Ward & Bro.
The best place to advertise is in your
town paper, a regular adverticement
We saw one negro man last week full
of Chattanooga “booze.”’
50 Ibs light brown sugar $l.OO.
. H A Ward & Bro.
The man who runs for an office thes
days earns it, whether he gets it or nog
Saturday is the first day of February,
and the bill collector will be around to
interrogate you,
” 20 Ibs of light brown sugar going for
one dollar spot.cash.
H A Ward & Bro.
The Crescent Pressing Club cleans,
presses and repairs gents’ suits. ladies’
skirts, suits. J. W. Petty, Manager.
Phone 43.
As soon as hiz new house on North
Waddell street is completed, Mr. Joe
P. Legg and family will occupy it.
. Abiglot of ginghams going at 10c
¥“and 15c. H. A. Ward & Bro.
One pair of oxen, five years old, well
trained, for sale. G. M. MoELRrEATH,
R.F. D. Route No. 3. .
Mr. Joe Black says he will. clear off
the lot at onee for the new building to
| be erected thereon by the Government.
. Beautiful $3.00 lace curtains going at
| $l.OB, H A Ward & Bro.
t
r The men who do not engage in busi
ness Yo make money, have only a feint,
~ eoneeption of how difficult it is to get
morey.
Some of our farmers have sold their
cotton, which they have been holding
{Ol 1215 cents, and feel good about it.
REMNANTS! But what remnants they are---Cambrics, Lawns, Ginghams, Madras, India Linon.
Things right in line for the spring sewing. For sheer, pretty shirt waists; for lingerie: for the
children’s school frocks---fabrics whose popularity never diminishes or whose usefulness never de
creases in value. But prices have diminished decidedly. There’s hardly a want that will arise in the
spring sewing that has not been anticipated in this Remnant Sale.
All Are Desirable Crisp, Clean And Not a Handful of ©dds and
- Weaves=-New Goods Ends--—-Plenty of These
Muslin Underwear
Cambric Drawers, with deep rufile of
Val lace and groups of tucks,
lace edge. T7sc Drawers....... aoc
Cambric Drawers, with deep hem and
two rows of tucks, also lace
edge. SPeCial . 18c
White Goods
Lonsdale Cambric, in lengths from 2%
: t}g 10 yards. A nice, fine weave.
egular price 15¢. 1,000
vards. ger YArd e e e 10c
White Lawns ; 1500 yards ; lawns worth
up to 25¢.a yard; all short lengths;
2 to 10 yard pieces ;
PR YA e et 10c
500 yards of 27-inch wide Whit{e India
Linon, worth up to 20c a yard,
PO NBPA Lbt 10c
' The funeral ot Mrs. M. L. Perry, who
died on the 2llstinst., was held at the
family residence on Wednesday after
noon at 3 p. m., conduzted by Dr. J. H.
Patton, of the Presbyterian Chureh.
The pall-bearers were Messrs. J W,
Legg, A. V. Cortelyou, J. H. Groves, J.
D. Anderson, R. W. Boone and E. L.
Faw. The interment was in the ecity
cemetery. A good motherin Israel has
gone to her reward, The town is
poorer by the death of this good Chris
tian woman.
The examination of applicants for the
office of County School Commissioner
' of Cobb county will be held at the court
house in Marietta, on Tueaday, Feb
ruary 4th, 1908, beginning at 9 o’clock
a. m.
| By order of the Board of Education.
i B.J Hawmsy, President.
l W. R Power, Secratary.
| Padlocks are going chear.
| i H A Ward & Bro.
34. Mills McNeel had an altercation
| with a negro named Will Jenkins, about
' a debt, at the McNeel marble plant, on
| last Monday afternoon, during which
| the negro attempted to shoot Mr. Me
| Neel with a pistol, end was only pre
| vented by Mr. Will Florence knocking
him in the head with a piece of marble.
| Sheriff Frey was notified, and arrested
LJenkin‘s’.,
I" “Anumber of white families have
i moved from Maristta back to the farms,
a good indication that farm life is hard
‘to beat A large number of negro fam
{ilies have moved West, we learn; con
isequemly, there are a few empty small
houses in the city
l We bought a big bargain in lace cur
tains. They go the same way.
H A Ward & Bro.
Every winter, when the rains fall
plentifdliy. there is a howl about the
bad roads. When summer comes and
the sun hardens the earth, then the
howl ceases. We ought to have good
roads all the time.
St
“ You never see a man drunk now.
iProhibition will not only save money
'a.nd add to the prosperity of the people,
i but it will build up a sober manhcod.
‘ Good citizens are worth more than bad
citizens.
B. H BOSTAIN COMPANY
MARIETTA, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. 30. 1908.
Embroideries
10¢, 12%¢ and 15¢ Embroideries,
Edges and Insertions... .. coe... 80
715 c Sea Island Cotton,
per VAr® oo u,6 I'2o
12% ¢ Bleaching,
PO SRR AL e 100
8c Calicoes, in aress designs and for
children’s frocks, in neat dots
and SUNIPOS i i i, 6(’
Linonette
We are sole agents for Linonette in
Marietta. Comes in white and colors
for ladies’ skirts, shirt waist suits, pony
coats. Also in neat stripes and figures
for little boys’ suits, blouses and trous
ers. Colors guaranteed. Full 36 inches
wide. Looks like linen, washes like
linen, wears like linen, and at half the
price of linen.
The farmers are beginning to buy
muies for the next erop. We see some
few loads of guano being haule ! out.
Hon. J. J. Northcutt defeated the
‘‘new county’’ proposition before he got
to the legislature.
Murgs! MuLEs ! !—Fresh car load of
Kentucky mules just received.
| Anderson & Hicks.
STRAYED OR StroLEN—From my resi
dence, one mile north of Marietta, one
bay Shetland pony. Suaitable reward
will be paid for his return to
J. L. Gray.
Mr. and Mrs. Mack D. Hodges left for
Macon Saturday, Mr. Hodges return
ing Monday. Mrs. Hodges will remain
longer.
Good half patent flour going at $1.25
sack, cash. H A Ward & Bro.
Mr. C. E. Henderson has purchased
of Mr. John Perry the home place of
his mother, the late Mrs. M. L. Perry.
Mr. Henderson will improve the prop
erty, we learr. ¢
The Crescent Pressing Club, ngen"’t
for Guthman Steam Laundry, the finest
in the South.. J. W. Petty, Manager.
Phone 48
Col. J. P. Brooke, of Alpharetta, is
announced in this iscue for Solicitor-
General of the Blue Ridge Circuit. Co’.
Brooke is conceded to be a very able
lawyer, and would, no daubt, make a
fine Solicitor.
Remember, the Government has taken
it out of our power to send the Journal
to you if you are behind with your sub
seription. You are going to miss the
Journal in a few more issues, if you do
not renew,
Knives and forks and spoons gf.;ing
c¢heap for cash. H A Ward & Bro.
The front door of Mr, A, B. Gibert’s
store was found open three times by
the night-watchman on Thursday night,
at different times of the night. The
burglars were bent on entering his
store. He is going to padlock the doors,
and see if that won’t keep them out.
Fine $2.50 lace curtains going at $1.75
cash, H A Ward & Bro.
Col. B. T. Frey has his law office up
stairs in Gober’s new building, Atlanta
street.
It there are any blind tigers doing
business in Marietta, they are under
ground, in cellars, or out in the out
skirts of town. They are not squinting
their eyes around much. It is rather
dangerous to be a ‘‘blind tiger” in Geor
gia now.
When you criticise the action of oth
ers who are working for the best inter
est of the town, ask yourself this ques
tion: What have I done? When this
is satisfactorily answered, proceed to
make things white heated. When you
have a right. :
We are constantly receiving, from
other states, applications to insert in
the Jourxan whiskey advertisements.
We turned down two last week—one of
them was an offer of nearly $60.00 for a
given space. We are not needing that
kind of money.
25¢ overalls for little boys.
S H A Ward & Bro,
~“Tittle James Petty celebrated his
fourth birthday at his home on Friday,
and had several of his little friends to
dine with him. James is the bright
little son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W, Petty,
and is a general fayorite.
The best bank ever known is a b'tilf{
of earth; it never refuses %o discount
to honest labor. The best share is the
plowshare, on which dividends are al
ways liberal.
White fish at He per pound
H A Ward & Bro.
Our county correspondents’ items
must reach us by Monday evening in
order to insure insertion. Mail early
enough for your letters to reach us by
that time.
Mrs. J. G. Hughes has been ill with
grippe at the residence of Mr. and Mrs,
Dewald York for nearly a week. Her
many friends are hoping that she will
soon be entirely restored.
The Farmers’ Union, by their splen
did organization and co-operation, have
raised the price of cotton from 8 cents
to 1214.
Mr. W. M. King, who has been with
Faw & Rogers, has gone to Atlanta to
accept a position. Mr, Carl Medford
is now with Faw & Rogers.
One Lot Percales
1215 ¢ and 15¢ Percales ; all good colors—
light and dark ; excellent patterns for
school girls’ dresses and chil
dren’s frocks. Per yard....... 10c
Madras
One lot of Madras Waistings, 15¢ to 25¢
a yard ; plain, barred and
striped . at ~_.,.“_12 I'2o
One lot of fine Madras Shirting worth
15¢ and 25¢ a yard ; all
- rew, good patterns...... 12 I"2c
One lot of 15¢ Red Seal Ginghams ; col
grs guaranteed ; spring styles; pinks,
lues, tans, greens, ete.
TN YR L 12 1'2(3
Do2tted and Figured Swisses that were
5¢ to 50c a yard, this
DR iy e 20(3
Carlisle Corded Madras in barred and
striped patterns ; ideal for house
dresses, children’s waists, etc... 100
OUR NEW
(Garden Seed
IS HERE.
Mand;;%‘::es:_i(ing’s
Flower Seed
SEE OUR WINDOW.
JW.LEGG&CO.
The pulpit often fails to get
the pew’s view-point.
" The woman who wills has no
need to wait for leap year.
A full grown man is seldom as
| young a 8 he thinks he is,
Improvidence in trifles has ne -
er swelled a bank account.
Too many women who work find
it easier to get than to keep.
A man’s conscience only trou
bles him when something eice does.
Spring Silks
Tiny checks, pretty plaids; the neatest
silks you’ve ever seen; greys, tans,
rose, greens and other new effects.
Good heavy silks, really
worth $1.25 a yard.......... 31000
Lace Sale
One special lot of Val Laces ; match sets,
edges and insertings to match,
POT lORA i i e 3¢
Fancy Cotton Laces, insertings and
edges to match. Per yard...... o2C
One lot of Linen Torchons ; extra
values. Per'ytpd. oo 5(:
Mexican Drawn Work
Spzcial sale Mexican Drawn Work.
Beautiful all linen pieces from 49¢ up.
NO. 5.
