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HEARD, SAI D, DONE. What is Going County. on ail Over the In a Condensed Form Murray’s Prosperous People. Tax Assessor Bramlett was in our ..city Monday. Miss Lela Wilson was in our flour ishing city Monday, Bud Raper, of Oran, was amour' “ friends here Monday. Dr. L P Cadger, cf Fashion, was ,jn our city last Monday. Miss Rernrra Anderson is visiting ,hi Adairsville this week. J A Patterson, of Dennis, spent last Saturday in 0 "r cutv llyden Tyler paid us a very pleas ant call one day this week. Dr. Lee Bonds, of Fashion, passed through our city last Sunday. Dr.E O Stafford was among mends heie last. Monday, J Ed Johnson made a business tiip to Atlanta the first of this week. Geojcje and Sim Kelly went over to Dalton the latter part of last week, J L Eumondson sr. attended court .a day or two of last week at Cal ,}lQf iq. ,Dr. 8 A Li own was hand-shaking >with Dm 1 ids here the first of the week. M W Whitti-raore was in our city on business the firs t part of this week. ,,John .O’Neil was circulating among Spring P.aco friends one day this week. Clever Ell,s Daniel, of Amzi, was smiling on friends here one day this .week. Marion Elrod, of Holly, was here ,the .first of this week visiting rela lives. Tom McGhee was down here Monday on a horse swapping .dition. S B Carter and J C Heartseil .made a business trip to Dalton last Tuesday. John A. Berry was in our city for •several days the firs I of this week on business. “Uncle Davy Mitchell, of Whit- 4eld, W3s circulating among heje last Monday. Marriage license were issued last Monday for John B Higdon to Miss ,-Oitie Rose, both of Doo-au district, Col. Jeff Ilari is, a rising .vilie lawyer, and and old Murray .boy, was ia oar city the first of this wee * { - Ed Barron, of Adaiisviile, visited a, few days, the latter part of last week, at the home of Dr W W An .Herson. Mis. ,, Nannie Freeman and iiii children of West Tennessee, are visiting at the home it her father, “Uncle” Mar i in Smith. The cases in Gordon iCouri again,t Meriill Woods et a l, ,ia.st week, were settled upou pay .lutni of costs. NOTICE. I am now running a blaeksmith .shop at Petty’s mill, near Halls Chap •el school house, and am prepared to /do your work for you cheap. Give me a trial. Yours Respt., J. W. Bradford. .Sheriff Robinson, Col. CN King, •Rill Smith, T J Ogletree and M An xgei represented our city in Dalton last Saturday D*Smitb Kev. JM failed to till his regular appointment at the Presby— terian church last Sunday on account ,oi the high waters. Miss May Ramsey, who has been the guest of Miss Eugenia Bitting, returned on Sunday to her home at Ramsey, Ga.—Dalton Argus. Rev. W. W. Adair, of Spring Place, was m Dali on on Monday turning from his appointments in Tennessee.—Nort Georgia Citizen Justice Court convened here last Monday with Justices Jones and Campbell of this district, and Jusii Z2T a,,d B "“ P “ piesiding. “ J 1 h“ - , °'v' a ii " lhe Murray V News and I Christian UmsUan Advocate both tor Ll.-o, less than what the Advocate alone has been costing you. Now is the time to subsortie for both papers. SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION, Wilmington, N. C., May Sttito 14th, lbai, REDUCED RATES via southerx railway For the occasion of the Southern Baptist Conventional Wilmington, N. C , May 6th to 14th, 189/,, the rate'of 1 ’ cm-T limited*’fare re turn at round-trip....... one first for the Tickets will be on sale May to 7th ™l», ; J ged .» return SI Fourth™? tf'ormauou addr, M any a^nt of the Southern xvay. 4 7. LOCAL HAPPENING ALL--- -OVER THE fIow a,ul What lhe 1Vo ' ),e are Do ing in Mun ' a - V Count P ------- Glance Over this Column and 8 r e What you Can See The extra session of Congress venes next Monday. Dr. L P Bagwell made a trip to Dalton ye terday. Jasper Moreland of Fort Mountain was in our city Wednesday. Dnputy Sheriff Bond of Fashion was in our city Wednesday. D E Humphreys and wife visited city last Tuesday J night, A was howdying with Spring Place friends Wednesday. Mrs Amos Keith and sirs Jack srason spent Wednesday in our city. Genial Jim Langston of Dunn was smiling on friends here last Wednes day. Mrs Henry Ward Beecher died at her home in Connecticut last non - day, Weldon Du'tiam was circulating arnon S frieuds ^re one day this week. Rev. O Parrott of Dennis was howdying with friends here one day this week. Clever George Vineyard of Ala culsy was hand-shaking with friends here this week. The News and the weekly Con sti.utlun will be sent to any address for only $1.25. C 1) Gilbert of Wells was j n g among his many friends at this place yestesday. j>. Mat Painter, of Springs, was in our city the latter |1( . ] as( . weeK< Cols. J J Bates and C N King tended court at Calhoun a day two of this week. Wanted-Jin idea 2 me to Protect your Ideas: they inny brine y ?ou Write john wkudekuurn ftco.. Pa..-. tent rn-l'H, Washington, X>. C., Inventions for their *1,800 wanted. prlz ze ajid lint ct two hundred II 1! IJeamer and Morgan Peeples of the Board of Roads and chart hole last Monday. Six masked men robbed a train on the L A N Road near Cal era, Al abama one night tins week, of about §10,000. Corbett ahd Fitzsimmons are work ing hard preparing for the great which is to come off soon between them at Carson City. lhe Seminary . at Ell.jay was , Greyed by fire last Tuesday The fire is thought to be of t a [ origin. The house was valued $10,000. A Savannah girl was recently r j e( j t0 a man wbo „ ar ] j us t p>c<;n sentenced to fifteen years in Penitentiary. Such love as will do to depend upon, Sheriff Robinson and Col V Watts -went down to Milledgeville last Wednesday to take Mrs Martin judged “•»**?*-> a lunatic before the Ordma of -5«7“ MI- Gideon Jackson which occorred at his home about three miles north - - la , t Tuesdav oiebt g . VVhile his death ; has been expected , f or some time, still it was a great shock to his wife and children. The Nxvs extend8 thies to the bereaved relatives and , friends A South Carolina man who had been sick with grippe f or s i x weeks ^’ e( ^ morning this week an.l was placed in his coffin, preparatory for burial, and when the room was full 0 f his friends, ’ a voice was heard is ing from tll e and when the «=“«" '« »*<■"“ and was quickly taken ogt and put in bed. READ ALL THE NEWS OF TH'eeOHNTY. HOLLAND DOTS Wliat ilie People of That Thriving Com munity are Doing as Seen by Our ‘ Dodger”. Ma~eh 8th—A number of our young people enjoyed a social at the home of J D Brown one night last week. Mrs. Ellen Peeples is on the sick list this week. Mrs. Charity Childers and daugh ter Miss Lou visited at Jeff Brown’s yesterday Misses Enla Long and Fannie Welch were in our burg last Sun day. Misses Maggie Howard and Dora Ogletree visited Onie Brown yester day. Ben Springfield was in our com munity one day last, wsek. Holly creek was up considerably Saturday and the boys enjoyed themselves rabbit hunting. I was real glad to see another communication from Eli Scroggins. Write again Eli. News is scarce this week so I will close. Yours Bespt., DqmiF.it. HASSLE U MILL DOTS The News of That Community as Gath ered By Our Hustling Correspon dent of That Place. March 9th ’97.—Health is still rapidly improving in our community. We had a very heavy vain last Friday. Streams were very flush Saturday and some damage done to farms in our valley. Rev. G P Gary filled his regular appointments at Hassler’s last Sat urday and Sunday. Messrs. E A Earnest and W J Pee ples are having their “mill-dam,” at Hassler’s, which was torn away by the recent freshet, repaired this week Misses Amanda Peeples and Mary Latch, of Fort Mountain, attended church at Hassler’s Sunday. E A Earnest made a trip to Dalton Friday. ,J P Gregory is preparing to put out several hundred fruit trees this spring. He is wisely looking to the future. Eli Stanford has been hauling sev eral “saw stock” to the mill lately lie intends to enclose a portion of his farm with “a new plank fence” this spring. If there are to be no more cold snaps, we are soon going to see green forests in our horizon. There are some green leaves at, present. Yours Very Respectfully, J. Finns SUMACH GLEANINGS. Wliat the People of That Thriving Place Are Doing, As Our Correspondent of That Place Writes us. March 8th ’97.—Farmers are busy turning land and sowing oats. The rain which fell last Friday night was the heaviest of the season. Sumach creek and Connesauga river were both very high. The land is, at places, badly washed, and a great deal of fencing carried away. Nellie Rickett, little daughter of W H Rickett, has been suffering very much for about three weeks with spi nal affection. jj r> an q Mrs. J M Poag were sum 0 f Mrs. Poag’s «■"**“*• sister, Mrs. t" Martin 6 Berry, at Dalton. Mr,. Berry «ae ISXJXfMtZZ ’ . f * eS l ,ro ^P erou * mov ,n & Dawnville, his former home. Miss Ollie Hawkins is visiting . . . „ atlveB Mr ’ (t,Jes a " f '' Dunn e “ 8 > of C o^tSTL’riiurs P g » was smiling on Sumach friends bun. day afternoon. * Prof. YV ill Lowrey, of „m,n.rh, Halls Chap- n el, also attended Sunday services at Sumach. There seems to be some special attraction at or near Sumach for these staid, handsome professors, The Junior C. E. Society was well attended last Sunday afternoon; an interesting meeting was held, con hunted by C W Richard, will hold a public debate next ??.T r rid ay night, March 12. The subject. “Re- solved that the United States should recognise the indepi nenee of Cuba”, will be discussed by affirmative speak ers, Messrs. OO Moulton, C E Bry den and T It Davis; negative speak ers, Messis. Giles Dunn, S M Ben nett and J M Stonecipher. A few recitations are also on programme, interspersed banft” with music by the“string of the school Our school is still in a prosperous condition. The teachers have -en rolled 142 students since November 2nd 1896. Sincerely, Nuntius. FASHIONABLES FROM FASHION. The News of That Growing Little Town Gathered for the News by Our Correspondent. March 8th ’97.—We had a big rain Friday night which did considerable damage to fences-by causing creeks and branches to overflow and wash them away. Mr J B Bond has had an attack of la grippe since his return from Rome where lie went to carry some prisoners to the chaingang. Mrs. N E Bond has been quite unwell for several days. R M Gudger and family spent yesterday visiting at J W Fraker’s B T Bond and wife visited Mrs. Young Sunday evening. Mrs. Young has been very sick for some time a.nl is not expected to recover. Mr. C N Stroud, of Sumach, was in Fashion yesterday. There was a quilting party at the residence of Mr Gravely, Saturday, which, we presume, was a pleasant affair for those who were present. Misses Lula and Lena Anderson of Pleasant Valley, spent one day last week visiting Miss IfiiJa Payne. Dr Lee Bond and Walter M Har ris were in Gilmer county last week buying cattle. There seems to be a greater demand for cattle now than anything else, and buyers more nu merous than ever before. J D Harris, N W Payne and oth ers of our town were in Dalton last week on business. We have failed to receive our mail for the last two days on account of high waters intervening between us and Dalton, We wish there was some way of overcoming these ob stacles which sometimes cause much inconvenience by seperating us from the outer world. Several traveling men have been here recently, one of whom says Murray is the best county m the state, and another says he never bo. fore met so many good people, noj saw so many pretty girls in the same length of time as lie has since he has been in Murray. Hurrah! for old Murray, witli its good people, pretty girls, and every thing else which combines to make it the dearest spot in the world to Sport. CISCO NEWS March 8th ’97.—I have but little news for your columns this week. We have had the largest freshet here for years but have not learned the damage. I he health of our disti ict is much ‘'TI* ‘ prophet J .lithe ffood r e were skin but himself a* hi, lil, „», *,eght also writer, and I will not boast; for, should I take it, my case might prove fatal; as op to the present time not a death has occurred up 1 to this time in ’97 in our district. Could I an swerfor all, I would od! say, we are thankful to Almighty * G ^ ^ four hurcheBt or preach ; n S „ rioints points, in in our our district district, three tnree Bxptist, d and oneCumbrlandlresby terian; all monthly, by Revs. John uoore,^ o in .ueais,. ames unn am Xif marriages of recent date but prospects are favorable. For there are nice young gentlemen with good turnouts from the south and west of us» and north flora Tenne-see, a goo g “y (others • T* may havej asked them their business. Nimrod. * A Card • HARRIS BROS., Fashion, Ga., We have embarked in .the Mercantile business at place. We have a GOOD stock of General Merchandise of Staple Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware and We buy in the best market; pay spot cash for every we buy, getting- all Discounts off. We have no house* to pay—hoard at home free of charge. Of course we sell cheap. We expect, by fair dealing, unceasing effort, and buying and selling, to build up a good business Our present prices on a few articles are given below: lbs. Standard Gran. Sugar for *1. Steel wire nails, per lb. 2 l-2c. lbs. Good Green Coffee for $1 00. Standard Trace Chain .25. lbs. Arbuckle’s Coffee for $1.00. Horse Shoes, each, .05. per pound .05. One foot Plow Stock, .80. Tobaecco .05, Womens S. G. Button Shoes .90 H. Soda per pound .05. Mens’ Congress Shoes, $1.25, many other articles at Cost, .05 Bleach Domestic 5c 27 ill. Cotton Checks ml Print .05 Y ai d Wide Sheeting 5c Children’s Hose .05 Ginghams 5o Mens’ Half Hose. 5c At the above prices we expect them to be settled for time of purchase. We pay the market price for Produce. If pou need anything in our line come and get our before going elsewhere. HARRIS BROS. fa 0 m m\ ) "I Hi % / wmm c/> C) MM Hlgfe. 1 i mmm . ;v:: [wafARRARj 7 =^ |Jj i WiiisW 1 SB rcBizisW mm. * LI ,<£55 1 *?s k . N \r * r V / . . U ~L t a & Yfv. MARBLE. * * * The above cut is one ot the many fine Statutes we are putting up daily. If you conwmplate purchosing a tombstone or monu ment, we can save you money. Give us a call. The Dalton Marble Works, JI. P. Colvard, Proprietor, Dalton, Georgia,