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THE MURRAY NEWS
Published wteKly at Spring Place, Georgia, by
the Murray New* PublUhing Company, and de¬
voted to the interest* of Murray County.
Entered at the post office at Spring Place, Gfl.,
as second-class matter, and Issued every Friday,
Official Organ of City and County
Subscription, $1.00 per year; six months, 50c;
three moaths, 26c
Charles H. Davis, Editor.
For the Senate
We are authorised to announce the name of
Charles N. King as a candidate for Senator to
represent the Forty-third Senatorial I> strict m
(he nest general assembly, subject to the actl6n
of the Democratic party.
The peach crop is all right up
to date.
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Send in all the news to The
Murray News.
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Go out and join the Epworth
League Su nday night.
The poet-scout, Oapt. Jack
Crawford, usually closes his lec¬
tures by firing off his pistol. Bel¬
licose climacterics.
Speaking of twenty-five cents
cotton, it does not seem nearly so
impossible as fifteen cent cotton
did seven y ears ago.
Congressman Maddox has raised
his voice strenuously against pay¬
ing members of congress double
mileage for a single trip.
Charity covers a multitude of
sins, which declaration doubtless
led Frank Stanton to remark that
“snow covers a multitude of sin¬
ners.”
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Prince Henry paraphrased
Nelson’s famous declaration, and
told his soldiers that “Germany
expects every bullet to do its
duty.” ______
A New York woman, taking
advantage of leap year, asked a
preacher to marry her, and was
adjudged insane. Hard on
preacher s, isn’t it?
The Hearst sentiment in Geor¬
gia seems to grow stronger day
by day, but Willie’s socialistic
ideas and utterances will never
land him in the White House.
The need of heart education
has been recognized through all
centuries and so we have Bunyan
sending Great Heart and not
Swell Head to the aid of Christ¬
ian.
The attempt to boom Gen. Nel¬
son A. Miles for the Democratic
nomination for President will fall
pretty flat in the South. South¬
rons will never vote for the man
who placed Jefferson Davis in
irons.
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The Dnektown Gazette tells of
one man in Polk county, Tennes¬
see, who has held every office
within the gift of the people of
that county. “That’s running
’em some.”_
It is very probable that the
Mississippi legislature will accept
the gift of BeauVoir, the old
home of President Jefferson Da¬
vis, and convert it into a Confed¬
erate soldier’s home.
Dr. Glenn McAfee has been
appointed surgeon of the Western
A Atlantic railway at Dalton. If
any one physician in the Whit¬
field city may be said to stand at
the bead of his profession, that
one is Glenn McAfee; and the
W. & A. has unquestionably
made a very wise selection.
Gov. Terrell is as sure to
eeed himself as dawn succeeds
the night—any fair minded man
of even common-place intelli¬
gence knows that.—Rome Trib
une.
It is very probable that he will,
for Terrell belongs to the ring,
and none will dispute the fact
that Georgia is a politician-rid¬
den state.
THE MURRAY NEWS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1001
BRYAN ON FARMING.
The current number of the Cos¬
mopolitan Magazine contains an
article from Hon. W. J. Bryan on
the desirability of farming as a
life occupation. The subject is
well presented and if jve had
space would like to reproduce the
whole article. He closes with the
following:
“The state universities are giv¬
ing increasing attention to stud¬
ies that will lit young men for
the intelligent pursuit of agri¬
culture, and what could be more
gratifying? If a father is able to
start a son in business with $1<V
000 what business is so safe as
farming? Given a young man
with a thorough education, good
habits, willingness to work, and
a desire to make himself useful,
where can he fare better than
upon a farm? He can apply his
brains to the enriching of the
soil, to the diversification of his
crops and to the improvement of
his stock, and at the same time
give reasonable indulgence to bis
taste for reading and study. He
will have all that contributes to
health of body, vigor of mind and
to the cultivation of the heart
what occupation or profession can
offer him richer rewards?
“True, the soil will not yield
him the fabulous wealth that he
might secure by cornering the
production or supply of some ne
cessity of life, but it will respond
to his industry arid give him that
of which dishonest gains would
rob him— l a conscience void of of¬
fence toward God or man.’ If he
must forego the sudden gains
that sometimes come to the stock
jobber, he is also relieved of fear
of the sudden losses that are still
more frequent to those whose
fortunes rise and fall with the
markets and the terrors of flood
and drouth, wind and bail all
combined, less are to be dreaded
than the conscienceless greed of
the monopolists who wreck the
business of competitors and swin¬
dle confiding stockholders.
“To the briefless barrister who
is not. ashamed to work, to the
pale-faced clerk who is not afraid
of dirt, to all who can labor and
be content with moderate re¬
turns, the farm offers a welcome.
Even the dumb animals are more
wholesome companions than the
bulls and bears of Wall street,
and the harvests will give back
smile for smile.”
THE COTTON SITUATION.
English papers are complaining
bitterly that the high price of
cotton is ruining the factories
there, and probably it is affecting
them seriously, as well as the
cotton manufacturing interests in
this country. But they must re¬
member that for years the cotton
farmers of the South have been
growing cotton at starvation pric¬
es, and it was useless for them to
kick. Now the boot is on the
other foot, and the farmers are
happy. They have waited a long
time for their innings and deserve
some of the prosperity which has
been skipping them so long. The
English are charging it all on the
speculators, while the fact is that
no combination of speculators
could have ran cotton up to its
present price but for the short¬
ness of the crop, and the prospect
is that the crop will not be seri
ously increased for some years to
com e. Thousands of laborers that
formerly worked in the cotton
fields have been attracted by
higher wages to the mines and
railroad . works, , and , there ,, is . not ,
labor enough to very materially
increase the crop soon, while the
boll weevil is playing havoc in
the ,, . largest . cotton ,, producing , .
state. The natural result will be
that cotton goods must advance,
and that the consumers will pay
the bill as usual.
ALL OVER THE HOUSE.
fats For Frying, of Which Lard Is the
Least Desirable.
There is much to be said about
the choice of fats for frying pur¬
will poses. A general idea, that however,
suffice. Select fats heat
at a low temperature, those that do
not scorch or burn easily. Vegeta¬
ble fats are freer from contamina¬
tion than animal fats, says Mrs.
llorcr in Home Journal. The whole
someness of frying is always to be
questioned; the idea of cleanliness
aids in the palatability. Fats made
from eoeoamit are exceedingly good;
olive oil stands at tbe very head.
There is no objection to should using cot¬
tonseed oil—in fact, I al¬
ways use it in preference to animal
fats. Beef suet carefully rendered
docs not soak into tbe material so
quickly as lard. Lard is the least
desirable of all fats for frying pur¬
poses. If one must use lard, add to
it at least one-fifth its weight of
beef suet. A mixture of oil and
suet forms a good easily crust absorb. and one
which does not
Fried foods that will soil the fin¬
gers when taken from the fat are
not fit to eat. Fried oysters, leav¬
ing their marks on the serving plate,
are neither frequently palatable used nor for sueting, dainty.
Butter,
is the poorest of all frying materi¬
als. It decomposes at the boiling
point of water, 212 degrees F. But¬
ter softens the fiber of fish and oys¬
ters and allows them to absorb
grease. Heated butter is more pala¬ also
table than heated lard, hut it
is much more injurious.
Hints For the Housekeeper.
Lard should be kept in a tin and
in a cool place.
To have a custard pie of an even,
nice brown when baked sprinkle a
little sugar over the top just before
putting into the oven.
Eggs should he handled carefully,
so as not to break the membrane
separating the yolk and white, and
kept in a dry, cool place. the
People who are troubled with
frost on the windows of a cold room
may keep ffidm transparent by rub¬
bing them with glycerin. This will
prevent a heavy frost forming on
them.
Ail meats and poultry require a
cool,, dry atmosphere. If necessary
to hang them, suspend with down. the
choicest and tender parts
Hung lamb and mutton by the
shank and poultry by the feet.
Dried fruits should he kept iu
air tight cans, nuts in a cool, dry
place to prevent their growing ran¬
cid, and chocolate, cocoa and cocoa
shells in cold storage. Molasses and
sirups need to be where it is cool.
Wax For Hardwood Floors.
Wax for polishing hardwood floors
may be prepared thus: To a pound
of clean beeswax allow three pints
of turpentine. Cut the wax into
small pieces, place it in a pan set in
another of hot water and allow it to
melt. Then pour it into the tur¬
pentine, stirring vigorously. Then
with a clean flannel cloth rub it on
the floor, attending to one board at
a time and rubbing lengthwise.
Then cover a heavy- brush with flan¬
nel and with it rub the floor until
it is perfectly smooth, or brush else polish made
with a heavy weighted polish
for the purpose. When the
has worn oif in spots it is only nec¬
essary to warm the wax, apply a lit¬
tle with the flannel to the bare
places and'then polish in the usual
way. _
Fruit Cake.
Cream together a cup of butter
and two cupfuls of sugar, add the
beaten yolks of six eggs and a pint
and a half of sifted prepared seeded flour, and
Mix a half pound each of
chopped raisins, washed and dried
currants and a quarter of a pound and
of shredded and minced citron
dredge all well with flour. Mix a
half teaspoonful each of cinnamon
and nutmeg and stir this into the
dredged fruit. Add all to the bat
ter and fold in lightly the stiffened
whites of the eggs. Bake in a loaf
in a steady oven.
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W. W. ... SEYMOUR ecvMmm
Attorney-at- Law - Dalton, Ga.
Collections a Specialty. .
Prompt Attention Given to
j M Business.
Loans Negotiated.
' THE LIST OF JURORS
Drawn for February Term Superior
Court, 1904
Jones LulTman
James G Lougbridge
Francis M Kindrick
Marion If Williams
Thomas B Vining
David E Humphreys
Drewry M Peeples
Alfred R Evans
Samuel L Trimmier
William D Petty
William O Groves
Jefferson I) Durham
George W Holcomb Cox
N
Traverse Jurors
John M Plenums
Joseph K Cox Lackey
Thomas J
Jacob H Plenums
Thomas J Springfield
Lemuel F Peeples
Rennet Springfield
Robert P Messer
Robert L Baynes
Ben H Gregory
Pleasant McGhee
Alfred R Howard
George W Ogletree
John L Woods
George W Campbell
William F Dugger
Monterville D Douthitt
Webster il Coffey
New Firm With All New Goods
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H. H. GREGORY & CO.
DALTON, GEORGIA
Have opened in the room first door
north of Leonard & McGhee’s furni¬
ture store, to supply every demand in
Staple^ Fancy Groceries
HARDWARE and FARM SUPPLIES
Cash Paid for Country Produce
We have no old stock to put off on you.
Everything is Fresh, Clean and New.
Murray County Trade Solicited
Janies B. Hughes, M. D.
Spring Place, Georgia.
Patronage of surrounding community solicited,
all calls cheerfully answered.
Full line of Medicines kept on hand, especial¬
ly preparations suited to chronic troubles.
Residence, the dwelling formerly occupied by
Col. J. J. nates.
WE WILL BUY BACK
At full prices anything
purchased of us that
does not turn out as
represented. . . ,
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This is our way of doing bos
iness. It is a new way and a
novel way, but il protects you.
keeps us from recommending
anything to you that we are not
of. It means good drugs,
pure drugs, and safety for you.
It means to us your good will,
your confidence, and, with it. a
continually increasing trade,
That is what we are after and
what we expect to get from you
by tjius protecting you from any
r \ s ^, Liiy ing. M e would >e
glad to have your trade on the
above understanding Every
thing in medicines. Prompt and
careful service to all.
Hlghtower-Tallsy Medicine Go •
Dalton, Georgia
Grand Jurors
Leander G. Poteet
John H Beaver
George W Wilbanks
Thomas Douthitt
Daniel O Dunn
Joshua Chapman
Andrew K Ramsey
Thomas M Leonard
Arnos L Keith
J Van Campbell
Andrew J Mason
John H Harris
Jathan R Gregory
Columbus M Anderson
William H Bramblett
James R Swanson
James R Bagley
Seth A Gregory
John M Gregory
John W Spruill
John Hawkins
To! E Lotspeich
William M Lowry
Robert S Vining
William R Poteet
John R Stroml
Ely Caylor
Samuel Higdon
Elijah Curd
James M Poag
Wesley G Sanders
Over=Work Weakens
Your Kidneys.
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.
All the blood in your body passes through
your kidneys once every three minutes.
^ The kidneys are your
ikjSs. gf7 jl ter blood out purifiers, the waste they fil
or
srkr impurities i n the blood.
l!| If they are sick or out
l_ of order, they fail to do
(I V their work.
I l Pains, achesandrheu
matism come from ex¬
cess of uric acid in the
blood, due to neglected
Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady
heart beats, and makes one feel as though
poisonedbloodthroughCLand’arterTes. .oMriamf 7 ’
it used to be considered that only urinary
troubles were to be traced to the kidneys,
a! T
n in g i n kidney trouble,
if you are sick you can make no mistake
by first docto-ing your kidneys. The mild
s00n realized. It stands the highest for its
wonderful cures of the most distressing cases
and is sold on its merits
ty all aruggists|n fifty- ggsg KfSSlES
^ You°may 0 have *a iftlRHSi
sample bottle by mail n ome <* s-amp-n**. fmd
free, also pamphlet telling you how to
out if you have kidney or bladder trouble.
About 500 busbels of Corn for
sale on time by John L. Cole.