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The Mavietta Tonrnal
JOURNAL, ESTAB . ISHED 1866.
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After Long lliness Mr. M. R. Lyon
Yields To Death Saturday Night
Mr., Merritt Richman .Lyon en
tered into rest at his home on Forest
Avenue at nine o'cloek Saturday
even ing after =several weeks ill
ness.
He was born in Cherokee County
on the third of April 1846 and came
to Marietta to live in 1868, going
into merchandizing and continuing
in business till his last illness. H-~
had his brether, Capt. P. H. Lyon;
and also Mr. R. N. Holland as part
ners in business some years ago.
He joined the Baptist Church
Sept. Sth, 1872, and was baptized
by Rev. W. L. Mansfield. Later he
was made a trustee of the Church
and on Feb. Tth, 1886 was electad
deacon and superintendent of the
Sunday School, wWiltich position he
held centinu=lly until his health fail
ed.
He was a staunch Baptist and
was chairman of the board of dea
cons for several years.
He was devoted to children and
they loved him also, and he was
charitable and kind to every one.
Mr. Lyon’s first wife was Miss
Elizabeth Haynes. She lived only
two years after her marriage and
left a daughter who is now Mrs,
John R. Fowler. His second wife,
who survives him, was I\‘lis% Mattie
Harris to whom he was married
Dec. 10th, 1886. Her children are
Mr. Harris T. Lyon and Mr, Merritt
R. Lyon, Jr. He also leaves one
sister, Miss Virgie Lyon and two
brothers, A. A. and J. E. B, LLyon, all
of Ball Ground.
The funeral was in the Sunday
School room of the First Baptist
Church according to his own re
quest.
De..B Y. Jaheson, his pastor,
conducted the service assisted oy
Dr. J. H. Patton and Dr. Rembert
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Drugs, Cigars, Soda, Candy, Sta
tioneryv, Schocl Books, Paints, Oils,
Glass, Seeds, Gasoline and a complete
line of Drug Sundries.
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Prescriptions
Prescriptions sent to us will be carefully and accurately com
pcunded from the purest and best ingredients---full strength
--by licensed pharmacists.
TELET lIVIRE FAILR or B 3 1.
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Marchman Drue Company
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Successor to W. A. Sams Drug Company, Marietta, Ga. ;
Smith: Dr. Patton: had been a
friend and neighbor of Mr. Lyon
for 25 years and made a very im
pressive and touching address.
Mrs. S. H. Hall played accompani
ments for the hymns. First was a
special favorite of Mr. Lyon, ‘“‘Shall
We Meet Beyond The River” and
was sung by a choir. *‘“‘Going Down
The Valley” was suhg by Messrs.
Beyerle, Benscn, Cole and Mitcham,
and ‘“‘Sometime We’'ll Understand’
was sung by Mrs. Patton, Mrs. Ste
phens, Mr. Beyerle and Mr. Mitcham.
At the close of the sorvices another
of Mr. Lyon's favorites was sung
by the choir: “We'll Work ‘Till
Jesus Comes.”
The members of the Methodist
Women's Missionary Society and ot
the U. D. C. attended the funeral in
a body. The Masons were in charge
of the burial with their impressive
and solemn obsequies and most of
the places of business in Marietta
were closed as the long procesesion
went out Powder Springs street to
the cemetery where Mr. Lyon was
laid to rest. The pall-bearers were
Jio<M:; Stone, J. Z. Noster, Morgan
Mceiseel, . ©C, A, Ward, 1. C. Baldwin
and J. M. Fowler.
The floral tributes have never
been surpassed in beauty of designs
or in numbers.
Mr. Lyon could have said truly:
“l pray thee thgu write me as one
who loved his fellow men.” :
CIVIC LEAGUE MEETING.
The civie league will meet Tues
day afternoon Feb. Sth at Mrs. John
M. Graham's and a full attendance is
urged as there were so few present
at the last meeting no election could
be held. New officers for 1916 are
to be elected at the next meeting.
SAMS DRUG CO.
ANID COURIER.
MARIETTA, GA., FRIDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 4, 1916
GA.-60-TO-SUNDAY
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SCHOOL DAY FEB. 13
A committee from all the churches
of Marietta beld a very enthusiastic
meeting in the Methodist Baraca
room Sunday afternoon at 3 o'elock
and organized to make Sunday Feb
ruary the 13th the largest in atten
dance in Sunday School ever held in
Marietta.
Appointed committees to advertise,
Mr. Claude E. Daniell is to place a
large banner at the entrance of the
park and Mr. Bolan G. Brumby to
place cards in every show window in
Marietta. Let us ask that every
time you see the banner or cards in
the window, renew that resolution.
“I will attend Sunday School on Feb
ruary the 13th or bust.”’—well you
will be there,
Marietta was equally divided into
four parts and each church will have
a committee to visit every home in
its part and see that every one in Ma
rietta has an invitation to attend
Sunday School on that day. B 0 i
vou see them coming, do not lock
your doors, as they will not hurt
you but extend you an invitation
and assure you that you will enjoy
the hour.
You will also receive other remind
ers of this great day. Remember
Marietta ‘““‘Does Things” and we have
selected on these committee’'s men
who have the “Do or Die’ spirit.
Our aim is 2000 and we are going
to have them. Remember you count
one of these and we have arranged a
special place for you.
Yours for a Gold Star,
A. E. ROBERTSON,
Secretary Central Divizion.
Lost—Silver card case, name Mr:.
E. L. Stringer engraved on it, finder
may keep money if will return purse
to Marietta Book Store. 18
A plan that will save Cobb County
2 1-2 percent on its vouchers wus
completed Tuesday when the Mer
chants and Farmers Bank provided
the cash on a basis of 41-29%.
The county will use $60,000 to tage
up out standing vouchers and cur
rent obligaticns and instead of pay
ing 7% on the vouchers will only
pay the Merchants and Farmers
Bank 4 1-2 per cent.
The Merchants and Farmers baak
was the successful bidder, the prop
osition having been open to all the
banks. This is certainly a business
like move on the part of the Com
missicners and was carried through
by Chairman” Headden. It is also a
great accomodation on the part of
tho bank.
BILL BISHOP'S BRASS BUTTONS.
When you meet Mr. William As
bury Bishop, chief of police, in his
new blue uniform with its brass but
tons and insignia of office on hiz cap
you will not recognize him as *‘Bill
Bishop” who used to drive a fine
horse leisurely about town on his
business of collecting rents & ete,
There is something positively thrill
ing about brass buttons. Little Ruth
Cleveland, playing on the White
House lawn one day with the daugh
ter of a guardian of the president's
home gazed on the new uniform of
her playmates father and said: *“I
wish my papa was a policeman so he
could wear clothes like that.”
“The wise custom which limits
the president to:two terms regards
the substance and not the form, and
under no circumstances will 1 be 2
candidate for, or accept another
term.” Theo. Roosevelt, prior to 1912,
AN INVITATION.
You are cordially invited to meet your friends
at our store and to wait here for the street cars.
It 1s the most convenient place for ‘‘going or
com:ng.”
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE PUB
LIC FROM MANAGER TOM SWIFT.
Next Monday will mark a red let
ter day for the picture-goers of Ma
rietta.
You will have the opportunity of
seeing what has been spoken of by
many competent critics as the great
est production of the industry. w
“THE BATTLE CRY OF PEACE"
is an extraordinary picture, extra
ordinary from every aspect.
It cost the Vitagraph Company of
America over a quarter of a milliunl
real dollars to produce, ;
Its subjeet, treatment and .esson
is away from anything ever lwt\n'v!
put on the screen. |
Read what a non-partisan trades
paper says about it editorially: 1
It i 8 possible for a motion pivturv}
to be so great in purpose and execu |
tion that it becomes more than a mo
tion picture—a sort of super-film.
The tact that it is a motion picture
at all is secondary. It is put into
that form because the picture has bhe
come the shortest and surest path to
the human mind. Insteaa of its
theme being selected as subject tor
a filmm, the film is chosen as the most
effeetive vehicle for the theme,
“‘Such a picture is J. Stuart Black
ton's “THE BATTLE CRY OF
PEACE.” The subject is broader
than the motion picture business it
self. It is vitally important that
every American citizen see it. The
very future of this country depends
upon getting into the public mind the
facts revealed by this picture.”
Believing all this to be true, it
becomes our duty to allow the peoplse
of Mariettag and surrounding country
the opportunity of seeing “THE BA'T-
T ORY.
We' have of necessity made a
slight advance in admission prices.
The fact that its cost is so large to
the manufacturer causes them ‘o
charge very much more rental to all
exhibitors. It is our duty to give
COURIER, ESTABLISHED 1901.
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CHEROKEE SUPERIOR
COURT IN SESSION.
Judge Patterson is holding a
special term of Cherokee Superiop
Court this week. The Grand Jury
met Monday morning and the Petit
Jury met Wednesday morning. The
Grand Jury is investigating the re
cent fires which resuited in the loss
of the barns of Mr. Gus Coggius.
Mr. Otto Sherman and Mr. Guy
Stringer together with a large num
bér of live stock. it is believed
that no indictments will be returncd
against Mr. Coggin:. A seriovs
question will arise when the case i=s
ready for trial, since there is thought
to be no law to punish a man for
burning his own property which is
not located in a city, incorporated
town or village. The statute covers
cases where the property is owned
by someone other than the one who
sets it afire. A number fo l'.n\;y--r:"
from here, Judge Patterson, and So
licitor Clay are in attendance upon
the Court., There is a murder trial
and a case of assault to be disposed
of at this term, which will probabiy
require the balance of the week.
FOR SALE—Eight year old brooi
mare weight about 800 pounds,
fine buggy animal. Also a mule
colt. Mrs. Lou Tripp, Kennesaw.
Gfl. i
yeu the chanee to see it, To pay this
increase, we have of necessity to
charge you more,
But—and here is the crux of the
whole proposition—the picture is
worth it.
If you love your country, if yow
hope for freedom and prosperity toe
attend your children and theirs, it
you wish to see the greatest pictuce
yet filmed, you will be at the Strand
next Monday.
Yours very sincerely,
(Signed) C. T. BWIPT,
Manager,
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