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THE MURRAY NEWS
Uificial Organ ot Murray Con my
published E very Friday
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,C. L. HENRY,
Tditor and V BiuAi-h.-r " '
,Sp..ng Place, Ga.
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SUBSCRIPTION KATES:
,One Year 50c
,Six Months 25c.
Jtntewd at the postofflee at Spring
Ga., as second class mail mailer.
Advertising Rates
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Address &!] COJpITlUniCcltlOilS ,
.MURRAY NEWS,
Spring Place, Ga.
^HIDAT MORNING. MAY 7Nf 1897
Pittsburg Pa. had a $‘1,000,000
.fire a few nights ago,
The frost of last Sunday morning
did not do much damage so far as
r- we have been able '• to learn.
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U S Perry the murderer of Bely
.Lanier has been sentenced to hang
on the 21st of this month. Perry
charged that Lanier had made an as¬
sault upon his(Perry’s) wife, and for
.this he shot him.
A number o! Munay county
early to call names, so Tile Citizen
will postpone that pleasure for a
tie while.^—North Georgia Citizen.
I)r 1 S IJopk.ns of Atlanta H'ill
fa ‘he United next minister to Greece
.the States.
It will be remembered that some
time ago he rsigned bis would pastorate in
foreign Atlata thinking he get a
npppintnioi t. so this is no
^prprise either to him or his friends.
A Georgia weekly observes:
.•JPIjc hard times have forced a
style fimong country editors and
many of them hbw wear a belt in
stead of suspender. When they get
word fromliomvi that there is no.thttig
at home for djn.iej' they simply Ugh
ten the be't another notch and fee,
frill for ' '
too “ utterance
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About 2,800,000 , . soldiers belong
’late ed to the Federal urtjav during the
5,-An war and of io that ' number J 970,
000 • i 40 ol t,i the
oi near ,y pet cent ,
tal number of enlisttnenta are. now
drawing pensions from the Federal
government. This is one of the out
rages on the ooa Ary for wir.cn there
seems to be no remedy.
There is now on exhibition in .
Nashville two historic log cabins.
In one of them Abraham Lincoln
was born in 1809, and in the -other
delferson Davis breathed his first
breath. It is said that these' two
'jpoaet| cabins as tfie they now staiul they are conj.
made ojf of same when logs the that above were
up men
were born in them.
We ,„i„i.„;»b,»,I- see a ureal deal oi U 'alb ’ and
. r Govenor will be in the ng . rf m y
early to to u begin e „ n t0 to talk ta m politics uolittcs be >e
cause we have just gone through a
good lang seige of them and ought
to be free from them a little while
and devote our time to business and
pome improvement insead of politics.
ALACULSY NEWS U
The News of 1 hat Locality as Seen liy
pm^ocaiCpmspondept.
Ai.ACUpy, ytay 2.—Winter
inade its appearance again and found
ns out of wood.
Farmers are all busy planting corn
this week They are about done
>tts» Ellen Dnzelwas the guest
of Elsie Poteet last Sunday evening
Mrs Hariei Moore visited Mrs L 1.
Poteet on last Sunday
sam Jiccaray was in our village
last Week supplying the peopla with
brooms We guess there will be
more least sweeping while the done brooms now than usual
at are ne v .
Dr Morgan and lady visited over
at cisco a part of last week.
evening with I’legsv all the flowers he could
well carry. send us some next
time
Rev Dnnn will preach next
il ay and Sunday at theRaptist
Please exouse sh rt letter for wt
are looking for the bees to swarm
Almost every minute.—Maude.
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ONCE WAS ENOUGH.
Like a good tnanv voting men
j j tav( , more imagination than ex
p< l ienee, 1 started < ut to be a de
ttc .ive.
The speaker is a irian who bays
real estate when some one el-e has
to sell, and sell when sorn» else is
binxioiis to buy
By sheer chance , J . happened . , ,
be on the ground jvhcn a new agon
joy wa» being formed and found eoi
P' o mt * n,< There was a reign of
terroi then because of burglaries
! »■> ^w»...»> cities On
ln many a certain eyenirig
r z
> l'« 011 "» 1 '"“"'j
SAW. <-> a >-»" s,o,. ,„d
I B«««, I*, uU y* .!««. i
shawdowed him home with a view
to Qffltting th« rent of tho plunder
) and corral the rest of the offenders
if there happened to be a gang. My
| man did not make a bluff, much:
less afiglit. He gave up jt.ie pawn
ti-kets, surrendered most of the j
money taken . . and dec aied bunseli ...
toy prisoner. As I was about to
slip the cuffs on his wrists fie ask¬
ed me to step for a minute into the
next room. There was woman that i
looked about as substantial as a
ghost, and three little children in ■
rags, crying for something to
Not. a word was said and when
back in the main room the 1
we were
I l..» I. ”..'.1,■ rthvw™,
J took Ins tight i-tml, gave it.
i < ' 1 " ' ' ” ' fl
" " ,l V *' U '' ’ . ' ,
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was s-opped by . a revolver , near (lie
| end of my nose and tlm miyiev I had
j tigtcHpturcd was tuken from me, The
,. oWmr wa8 the „,an l had just spared '•
j 1,1 , , , , , , ’ ’’ , , . .
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| happened to drop m on lmu while i.e )
had his gun apart cleaning it. lie j
| wa! . j, ' IKf stopping there temporarily
| aU{ , ll(ui roU , in ^ ,{<> with those
i w **" had so slim d m.\ pity.
“I mailed niv resignation to
j quarters and left for another city.”-—
gtunmervibe News.
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j The Confederate \ eterans met
i i a ,. t Satutdav and had a min
ion and an experience meeliug.
There was not. a full attendance
j "f the cump on account of tile in
j'olemeiiev * of the weather lint, those
who attendtd pleas.-.nt , .
reprt a very |
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j In the afternoon Mrs \> J John-j
| son and Misses Katie and Mary H i
mordson went over to the cemetery
and decorated the graves of the i
old sold'crs.
Another meeting is called for to -1
morrow (Saturday) for y 1 11 * purpose j
of decorating the graves of all cn
f e( j era j. e soldiers,
I i
N JIIOIJ. 1
8ll I am il1 pow ,l > running 1,11 a blacksmith *■ |
“!' l ' ,s ’ '
!:;rUy!,«'X?; r ei«
me a trial.
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THIS WILL INTEREST YOO
The Ari»lH4 Weekly Journal is; i
now running a inissing word send contest
For fifty pepts they the j
Weekly Journal one year subscription and allow j
the person sending the
one guess at the missing word. The j
selltt ; nct) selec'eil is:
« H e who has ceased to enjoy his;
ceased to love
him.” i
The missing word is the one nee
; essary to till out the above sentence -
and make pertect seme llo£
j a English <atch woid, word. but \s plain exeijday
; To the person fiist guessing the
; right word The Journal will give 01 J
per cent of the amount- of subcrip
lions reeteved during the three
1 months that this contest, lasts, and ;
j 5 percent additional will be evenly
] divided between all other persons
I who may guess the musing word.
The Weekly Journal is a first
i &
, all uu-mbeis of the family. It l as a
first class woman’s page; an admira
j ; ble childrens’ department; at least
one story every week; avast amount
j of miscellauons features; and all the
news of the world. Address,
The Journal,
Atlanta, Ga
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-: r llOFSS 10 N \ L € A KDS. : -
| L. J\ Bagwell, M. D.,
,S P, n "^
! Tenders ~ , his ,. protemional wvkwb
j,to t he people <u Oils section.
i Prompt alien! ion given to talis
day or nigbi.
j L IIcffarkr, M. D.,
Dalton, Ga.
Calls in town or country promptly
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; Sim-walth. >. -Female Trouble*.
ease of tiie fiectum, ileniorriiokla or Piles,
| Dlscft* of'the jfoee, Throat and Catarrh,
office over liri-t National,Fan*.
1ST N. B.'~—i will be in Spring
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A|jtw iw, Iiis'serviccH ........ 'to thk'and .... suV Ci
Off«, oil. s . i„- »„,<*, to u„. a„<i »
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WiI j practi-H- iu all the
berth Stale anti Federal, ’
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J^RST-CL ASS LTV fill V STABLE
’i'. J. Bryant,
Dalton, Ga.
Teams furnished any turn* day m
niirht- Good teams, careful
an<i Ulf . „f mrnouts furnished at
r( , asonahkl rates.
Wanied-Sn Idea
Protect your ltlca«; t.hpr may bring you Wufth.
lwo buad ” d Sn ™ tMu * wttntoa ‘
ASSKYIBLY PBEri
BYTPR1 AN OHtJItUH SOUTH,
CHARLOTTE, N. MAY 20Ttl
b 1ST, 1897. UEDUUKD BATHS
V(A sOU . r|1ERN , U .,, WAV .
jr ut . t h,. occasion of the General
SoVtliern Railway will sell tickets
to Charlotte, N. (J., and retort:, at
,, Ut! ()f om . fiMt c Uss fare for the
vound-trip; tickets to bo sold May
17th to 21st inclusive, with rina 1
limit June 10th, 1897
For further information call on
any Agent of the Southern Railway
W E S E N D I T F R li E!
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WEAK MEN
Young and Old
RejoiCC , . With . the , D lSCOVery.
US Ilf
When a man lias suffered for years wpjp
weakness tlut.liligUts Ids fife ami -ob-.
|dni of all tlwt really njafees life worth hv
!',ne,‘^whV'not^lsWi i,‘i Ul'rmS
t ) sto) , s (fnwuwaru course.
' vp " in st ’ ,ul f'°W *>y njcil,
BY ERKK, in plain package. He* A 1.1,
POWKRKIT1, Hr. HOEEMAN's VITAL
REST<)UATfA r E TABLETS, with a legal
guarantee to permanently AHflsi:. cure I.O.sT
MA\ffOCUJ, SELF SEX C \ L
A lyNESS, VARI<GLELE, S
forever MUIIT J. MISSIONS and all mi
n)rtHra | a,,, ins. Returns u< former ap
\»>»j mns , in.n lateil o> no
if Not', o. ;,| U. fraud;cpr omIjw wotiUl .leecptioc, sen.!
vvo oou not. cure, we net
^•VmsiuhI'' ' tYi!,f"\ ' (Lav''as a this' , 'imiy''not
again.
Address,
WESTERN MEDICINE Co
K alaiiiazuo, Michigan *
INCOIiROliATKI).
‘•ARE YOU GOING.
The attention of ail panics West think |
ing of taking a trip to the is j
especial) v called to railroad the famous M||u- being
phis & Charleston as
( >y f ar t }, t , ( H , st j
* Ytesire the
If VO n to get fastest
time,* 7S.’Sn^FZ and avoid lavovers, m hi eh are
*ST 7*
write to 'j ‘L ,Smith, Pass i
t>t. himself in vour trio and sell v<»u
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tukets . , M.i • in .u. ^ tv o , v. .SHORT fiui.i
LINE.
The coaches, on this line are in I
first class, condition and close con— j
nectiims are made at Memphis with j
trains for Urn West.
For rates, time tables and tickets .
via the recognized route to (lie \\ est 1
the M. & C, call on or write to
J L Smith, Dalton, Ga. j
C A DeSaussure, G. 1’. A
Memphis. Tenn. :
WANTED.— I will pay gdod a fair j
price for two hundred sheep.
j t - voll have any to sell, either
or write to me. Yours liespt.,
Hal Divine,Carters,Qa. 1
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SOUXHBR>r BAPTISTCONVENTfON
vVilmii’gton, N. C., May6thto lith, 1897.
ueouceo KATES via SOI thekn
RAILWAY,
For the occasion of the Southern I
Baptist Convention at Wilmington, I
N. C„ Mav ptli to 14th, 1897, the
ra te of one first class limited fare
f or the round-trip.
Tickets will be on sale May 3id
U) 7th inclusive, good to return fif
teen days from date of sale.
Ho-’ further informatioi. address
iany agent of the Southern Rail
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S LF.GAL advertisements
JV1U K R AY’ h 11F- RIFF S A< ES.
; GEORGIA, ’ Murray County;
, w; „ a „„ b ,. forft tIlP , otm h «.n* door
i In the.town of Spring Place, Georgia, he
iweeo riieiezal liouis of sale, on the first
j Tuesday in June, 18'J7, the follow
| tug described property, to wit :
j One house and lot. containing one
half acre more or less, lying in the
! I own ,.f spring Place and batter de-'
; scribed as follows: Bounded*m the
north by lands of wvh. smith, the |
plane whereon he now resides; on j
\ ea.-t by lands of .vtiss Marv Maddox;,'
i Ion south bv alley and I
running east
I west, and leading between the-naid I
stem ';zri::A r 7u
lie street, running north and south
a ti x h ,!i issued HTU™ from' the Tax ”
f , " , ' C,0 ; V f h ‘ e of ^". rrav C<,unt -V ^
l favor fa>(ir , or the state ........ of . Georgia .. .....
| county nf Murray, and anainst V L
j Waits and levied on as the property
U........ j of the said V V L .. Watts. «W This yjav
ilk.. ,h,. IM, c,„ 1 cor. CO— *
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J. L, Robinson, Sheriff.
OKDIXARyg ADVERTISEMENTS.
Geokuia, Mlkkav Cocxtv;
I To all whom it may concern; j
II I, Beamer Administrator on the
y«»-ate of J"l, n H and Susan L
Ku,m deceased represents lo the
<?ou,t in his petition duly filed that
helms fully administered said estate
desires letters nf dismission and
iirsf, Mf/tldflV' 1M June 1897 Tin*
Ma.el. the first 181)7.
T. .1 Ovbey, Ordinary.
Geokoia, Mcruav County.
To all whom it may concern:
All persons are not.tird that if no
good cause is shown an order will j
be granted bv the undersigned on
'he 2nd day of June uffri estah
following the old road to 0 Moores.
M*y 4th 1897 T J Ovbey,
Clerk of Board of R B
Col Halbert of Jasper is yjgitiug
th.,, family of Dr Bagwell.
John L> Harais of Fashion was)
ir: our city on business yesterday. |
B W Bagwell and wife went over j
to Pickens county on a visit to Mrs j
Bagwell’s father.
H llaee ,
0 1 ‘"g
"a- in the city Monday. He ao om- |
ltwnitstl his wife as far as Dalton.
«*he was en rm.to to Catoosa county 1
„ hefe she will visit her father-’Snuire ‘ “ ‘
I m ner, near Rmgj.,,,,}. ( o) . White ;
reim ried li'mie the same afternoon ' —
North I
Ge-argi.a ..... Citizen,
TEACHERS INSTITUTE.
l 1 11 5' 1 ibslitntt bu Miiinn
county will be hel.j n(. Spring place
beginning on Monday dune 28tfi 1897
am * , ' 1 ‘ s * s l " ••"Rfy every teacher in
the county to he present, else he I
subiacted J to a finefor non-aUendance '
lhMu will continue for five days 1
S II Ilenry, C. is. C‘
Summer school V. M. C. A.Jinox?
vii'e, Tctin. Reduced Rales via
southern Railway,
E«*r the occasion of the roeetin of
the 1 JVI C A at Knoxville Tennes
( 18-27 1897, the southern!
Railway will sell tickets to Knoxville j
“IkWIm 1
1<ith to HHh inclusive good to return
uf U»e southern Railway
£or information. ,— ' G-10. ;
W-afstoff WCiitiCU MIS Kn Ifjpa luCCt Wko| tuingnfiSSntl;
Iv?ite C jdmfYvliiDEKBoSf&
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Reduced rates to Nashville via,
southern Railway account Tennessee
Centennial.
The soul hern Railway has on sale
from all ot its principal stations
tickets tojNashville and retnrn at
vt . r y low rate* on account of the
remessee Centennial, 0 k ail ,, on any
sou ” henl Railway Agent fot;particu
tars regarding schedules and detail
about rates and tickets,
10-15-97.
Coavenient schedules and reduced
rates via soathern Railway,
Very low rates are in effect to
N ;ft ~ t rr ,or “ e
*- e ' Dn * Si °® centennial . ,iom all
principal southern Railway stations
and special schedules with through
sleeping car service have been ar¬
ranged, call on any agent of the
southern , Kail way for full ipforma
tips. 0-15.
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Shoes,
slippers,
Hats,
Cloth,
Ribbon,
chirts ’
Pants,
Coffee,
guuff
rrr } iave purchased the Gholston & Bailey Mock of Millen
fM^tfeSfr^VheX*
bon and Mats areamply lieatiful; it makes competition
howl and net uneasv for this elegant line to be placed
™ the Market atimuu post, ^ - e # #
Below cost
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shoes, 18c to S4.00.
HATS. fi« Up.
JEANS PANTS, 50c Up,
COTTON A DES, 10c
AEBUt KI.K COFFEE 8lbs for SI.
green coffee, 8 ibs for $1 00,
|0c rtt’G of TOBAC CQ for 5c,
« P
D on 't fail to met OUT prices before buvitl^ elsewhere, as WC
(luce with very little expeqge for //andleing SO we eap
pay YOU a good price,
FINeHSRjBRO.,
SPRING PLACE, GEORGIA
S* Hardware -
AT HARD TIME "RICES.
We bundle the only GpjiutNF. Oi-ive* QUii-i .el Pr.oyvs and Pb**
Points in Dalton.
lYe invite ^ opr .Murray Friends to call and examine our stoefc
f'Jpvvs and Plow Points before buying elsewhere,
We also handle ^ fg)l line of Groceries and will sell CHEAP.
Call and see us at the old Flemister & Heggie Stand.
Gregory & Gregory’, Dalton, Ga.
eooDS ©Heap. *
We have iust added to OUT stock of Drv Goods and
r,Keriatho nkesL best andchea P est arra r <* Hardw ««
Ouoen$w T are and Tinware ever seen in 6prino- Place.
Millinery. AN ft
we HAVE A VERY FINE AND SELECT JANE OF
MILLENARY, Direct from New York, which is in'
charge of Mrs. Johnson And we C ordiaBy Invite all
the Ladies to come and -See. Nothing old, Nothing shod¬
dy and Nothing that is not First-class- all 1897 Styles,
WealsQ pay highest market price for all kinds of Coun
try Produce, and sell as cheap as anybody.
Come and see us. Respectfully,
w. j & j e johnson
Shoes,
slippers,
Hats,
cloth,
Ribbon,
shirts,,
Pants,
sugar,
Notions,
Shoes!
slippers] Hats!
doth!
■Ribbon'
shirts!
Pants-!
Tobacco!
Glass ware.