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HE LOST
Atlanta Lady Marries a
New Yorker
WHO THEREBY LOSES $150,000
Another Case of "The World
Well Lost for
Love”
New York, March 17.—Love
laughed at wealth today when
Georgb O. Schwartzburger an¬
nounced that he had been mar¬
ried to Miss Blanche W. Sloane,
of Atlanta, since 15)02. He is 23
and his bride 22.
The reason for the secret mar¬
riage was objection on the part
of Schwartzburger, senior, who
offered bis son $150,000 to remain
single until be reached the age
of 25, but counting the menoy
well lost for love, they declared
it might go begging so far as
they were concerned.
PEOPLE YOU KNOW
From the Dalton Argus.
Dr. John Steed, of Spring
Place, was in Dalton Friday.
Miss Myra Peeples was the
guest of her sister, Mrs. B. L.
Hearts ill, Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Gregory
passed through Dalton Thursday
en route to Chattanooga.
The numerous friends of Mrs.
S. E. Fields and Miss Kate Ed¬
mondson will regret their remov¬
al to Atlanta.
Frank*Summerour, the peach
king of North Georgia, informs
the Argus that the prospects for
a fine peach crop in this section
were never better. . . . The
trees are loaded with large and
healthy buds that are almost
ready to bloom. Mr. Summer
our owns and has under bis con¬
trol 500,000 peach trees.
MILL CREEK.
Everything is moving quietly
in our burg at this writing.
School is progressing nicely at
this place. It will close in two
weeks,
Miss Nannie Mason visited the
Misses Ellis Thursday night.
Born to Tom Morris and wife,
a baby girl.
Miss Alma Hill is visiting her
brother, Bob, at the railroad
carnps.
H. H. Gravely will get through
picking cotton this week. Hur¬
rah, Mr. Gravely, You will soon
have to start another crop.
Misses Ora and Myrtle Ellis
visited their sister, Mrs. M. W.
Fraker, Wednesday, at Fashion.
Brother Barton passed through
our burg recently.
Johnnie Vaughan has been
real sick of pneumonia for the
past two weeks but is now im¬
proving..
I am ■ glad to see Miss Mary
Harvey on our streets again.
Dr. John Gilbert "“passed
through our burg this week en
route to Gregory.
£; Chester Hill has purchased
himself a new horse.
J, 0, Ellis was in Fashion on
business this week.
Mrs. Florence Lowry has had
an attack of the grip for several
days.
’Squire A. J. Mason was a
prominent figure on our streets
a day the first of the week.
Guess what young man called
on his girl Wednesday afternoon
and got hung up on the fence.
Girls, while out on your leap
year calls, don’t forget to call on
bachelor Jim Whiteeotton.
N. Y. Z.
A New Daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Hill Anderson,
Amzi, are the proud parents of
new daughter, born Sunday.
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THE MURRAY NEWS
SPRING PLACE, MURRAY COUNTY, GEORGIA MARCH 18, 1904.
NEW CANDIDATES
WHO ASPIRE TO MURRAY COUNTY’S
VARIOUS OFFICES
Ask the Votes of the People in the Coming
April Primary
Several new candidates an¬
nounce in this issue for differ¬
ent county offices. The date set
for the primary is just a month
off now, and the various aspir¬
ants are diligently “shelling the
woods” in their hunt for votes.
The names of the fallowing gen¬ the
tlemen appear formally for
first time:
W. A. Buchanan.
A very clever gentleman ask¬
ing to be made Tax Collector is
Justice W. A. Buchanan, of Bull
Pen district, a native of this
county, and a prominent farmer
and lumberman. His compe¬
tence is unquestioned, and his
many friends will no doubt rally
loyally to his support.
L. M. Douthit.
Mr. Douthit is also a farmer,
living in “Little Murray,” and
has a host of friends who will
work hard to put him in the
Sheriff’s office. He is well qual¬
ified to serve the people well in
an official capacity, and states
that he has met with much en¬
couragement in his canvass.
A. K. Ramsey.
Believing that a farmer can
best represent the agricultural
interests of hisTounty, Mr. Ram¬
sey asks you to send him to the
House- of Representatives. lie
served you well there some
twelve years ago, and On the
record made then asks to be re¬
turned. As he can not see you
all, he hopes you will consider
his claims.
M. H. Bramblett.
Mr. Bramblett offers for an¬
other term as Tax Receiver. He
has made a faithful and consci¬
entious officer, performing his
duties promptly and impartially.
He lias earned the commenda¬
tion of the people during his in¬
cumbency, and no county can
boast of a more efficient receiv¬
er than he has made.
Rev. W. R. Lackey.
Mr. Lackey’s ambition is to be
your Treasurer. A Bapt ist min¬
ister of long standing and an old
Confederate soldier, be has serv¬
ed both his church and the
Southland with zeal and fidelity.
He asks your support for this of¬
fice, and would no doubt fill it
acceptably.
Joe B. Anderson.
Mr. Anderson thinks your
Treasurer should be a young
man, and consistently with that
opinion, offers himself as a can¬
didate for the position. Intel¬
lectually equipped and morally
qualified for the responsibilities
of such an important office, he
asks you to consider his merits.
OAKLAND.
Grandma MeHan is right sick.
Jeff Welch is sick with fever.
Miss Theo Townsend spent part
of last week with Miss Fannie
Stuart, who was very sick, but I
am glad to know that she is now
improving. Roberts and wife took
Will
dinner with the family of John
Townsend Sunday.
Misses Emma and Eva Roberts
spent Saturday night with Theo
and Beulah Townsend.
Fain Wilson and Sam Blasin
game have returned from Canton.
Tom Moreland passed through
here Sunday afternoon on his way
to see his best girl.
All of the boys around here
who went sparking Sunday had
to stay all night on account of the
rain.
th!““Sh S S4: 11 Kv| i 4h 0
iiicited to come out.
The woods are swarming with
candidates around here. Some
in buggies, some horseback and
some a-foot, and as soon as you
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Score Was Nine to Two.
The opening ball game of the
season was played Saturday at
Dunn, when Spring Place and
Pleasant Valley crossed bats.
Score, 51 to 2 in favor of Sirring
Place.
Batteries—For Spring Place,
Groves, Keister, W. Ovbey; for
Pleasant Valley, Jenkins,Lough
ridge, Jackson, Adams.
Mrs. Thirza Hooker.
Mrs. Thirza Hooker, wife of
Jacob Hooker, died Saturday at
her home, about four miles be¬
low town. She was buried Sun¬
day in Pine Grove cemetery,
Rev. N. A. Parsons officiating.
Marriage Licenses.
John B. Gregory and Bessie S.
Apollos.
William O. Palmer and Otho
E. Smith.
Jud Brindle and Pearl Haw¬
kins.
Not in the Primary.
In conversation with The News
man Saturday, Lewis Terry stat¬
ed that while it is his intention
to announce later for the office of
sheriff, it not his intention to go
into the primary.
APRIL FIFTH
Republicans of Murray Are Called to
Meet in Spring Place.
We, the executive committee
of the Republican party of Mur¬
ray county, hereby call mem¬
bers of said committee bo meet
on April 5 at the court house in
Spring Place, to transact such
business as may come before
them properly.
M. W. Shields, Chmn.
J. B. Hughes,
E. W. Markin.
To the central committee
above the following have been
added from their respective dis¬
tricts :
824— G. W. Chambliss, Wm.
Moreland, J. E. Everett, Lee
Grice.
825— John Elrod, Frank Pritch¬
ett.
8—Walter Pritchett, A. T.
W eaver,
Bull Pen—W. M. Morgan, R.
Weaver.
Shuck Pen—Robt. Gudger, J.
F. Smith.
1013—Charles Ross, James
Loughridge.
10—Giles Dunn, Robert Coch¬
ran.
Doogan—Marion Oloer, John
W etzel.
Doolittle—Doak Leonard, W.
H. Waters.
Alaculsa—Robert Clayton, Da¬
ly White.
HASSLER MILL.
We are planting beans, cab¬
bage, potatoes and all kinds of
garden seeds; cutting fish poles
and digging bait, hunting rabbits
and squirrels, and sticking chunks
in fences to keep out the pigs.
Eli Stanford is setting out a
large peach orchard. If he is
lucky you can get a snip of good
old peach and honey next fall.
Somebody killed three large
gobblers last week.
Peaches are safe so far.
Creed Bates was down this
week firing an engine. He says
that Edge has thrown away his
shot gun and gone to work.
Creed can take three dry rails
and run an engine all day, by
turning it into a gasoline gener¬
ator.
Some of the neighbors have
taken exceptions to the state¬
ment that we have not a poor
have some "> *«•—*;. that don’t like We to
work, some that are not blessed
riches, some that had rather
iie in bed until 8 o’clock than to
get up and hustle for wealt h ; but
are all fat; their children
all fat and most of their wives
are very fat.
John B. Gregory and wife have
been visiting here this week.
J. L. Russell made a visit to
Dalton.
Mr. Farrar was out from Dal¬
ton buying lumber this week.
Misses Nina Allen and Agnes
Terry were in the burg one day
this week.
Dan Earnest caught two rab¬
bits Saturday. He thinks that
will excuse him of a month’s
work.
Jap Isenhower has a dog that
can count. When he trees, if
there is more than one, he
looks up the tree and pats his
foot for each one and won’t leave
till they are all killed. 1’at
Survey Completed.
The two surveying parties of
the Louisville & Nashville rail¬
road, which have been laying off
a route from Wetmore to Oar
tersville, have completed their
work, and passed through Spring
Place yesterday en route north.
Will Speak First Tuesday.
Col. H. A. Langston requests
us to announce that on the first
Tuesday in April he will address
the people here on live issues.
FOR CONGRESS
Primary to Nominate Also to Be Held
on April 20.
The Seventh congressional ex¬
ecutive committee met in Rome
Satur4ay, and set April 20 as the
date for the congressional pri
nv-ry. ___________
DOOGAN.
As I haven’t seen anything
from our community in some
time I will try to write a l“ew r
dots.
Health very good at this date.
A. L. Campbell made a busi¬
ness trip to Dalton one day this
week.
Col. Luke Henry, of Spring
Place, was in this section last
w'eek handshaking with the boys
and asking them to come out to
the primary and help him and
others.
W. M. West made a business
trip to Spring Place one day last,
week.
Miss Roxie Arthur is spending
the week with Leola White.
Rev. B. A. Armour is getting
a nice chance of logs for Phillips
Sawmill Co,, which is expected
to arrive in a few days.
Kin Thompson was in this sec¬
tion one day last w'eek looking
after his timber that Tasker
Lumber Go. is cutting on Ids
land.
Thomas Douthit, of Blue
Ridge, has returned home after
spending some time in this com¬
munity looking after bis business.
J. B. Thompson carried another
fine load of pork to Ducktown
one day last week.
Miss Onnie Baxter, who has
been visiting friends and rela¬
tives at Ocoee, Tenn., lias re¬
turned home to the delight of
her many friends.
Mart O’Neill, of Ocoee, Tenn •,
was in this section recently on
business.
Newt Kendrick and wife, of
Cisco, spent last Saturday night
with his brother Francis.
Col. O. P. Kerr, of North Car¬
olina, spent last Saturday night
with the Rev. B. A. Armour.
Chris Shields, of Fairy, passed
through this burg last Sunday.
With success to Tjie News I
close for this time. M. C.
Real Estate Transfers.
Wm. Pendley to M. G. Ev¬
erett, lot in town - $30
Martha Henry to J. P. Hen¬
ry, 7 acres 9th district -
THREE HUNDRED
KILLED BY JAPS
DEMOCRATS MEET
AND ARRANGE TOR MURRAY COUNTY
PRIMARY.
The Committeemen in Each District to Hold
This Election.
The Murray County Democrat¬
ic Executive Committee met at
the court house in Spring Place
on March 12, 15)04, in response to
a call from Chairman Peeples, to
consider means and plans of
holding the county primary on
April -20, 15)04, as well as to
transact such other business as
might come before the commit¬
tee.
The following resolutions were
adopted:
1 That the committeemen in
each district hold the election, or
see that the same is held prop¬
erly and the returns made.
2 That the committee have
5,000 uniform tickets printed and
that they be properly divided
and sent to each district.
3 That each candidate be as¬
sessed $5 to pay for holding the
election and printing the tickets;
the same to be paid to the chair¬
man of the county executive
committee not later than April
10, 1904.
4 That negroes be allowed to
vote in the county primary.
6 That any one desiring to
vote in said primary election may
do so, and support the nominees
only so.fur as he participates in
the primary, and his vote will be
counted only so far as he votes.
L. F. Peeples. Chum.
R. I\ Campbell, Sec. Pro Tern.
[ Unless their pro rata share of
the expenses is forthcoming from
the state committee, an assess¬
ment will be levied upon the
state house candidates by the
county committee, it seeing no
justice in making the county
candidates stand all the cost..]
PLEASANT VALLEY.
John Gregory and bride were
the guests of his sister, Mrs.
Major Terry, Tuesday night.
Miss Jennie Red, of Fort Moun¬
tain, entered school here Monday.
Hon. Green Treadwell passed
through our burg Monday after¬
noon.
“Grandmas” Cox and Cole
were to see their new grandson
who arrived (Saturday morning at
the home of Lee Cox and wife.
Prof. Cicero Lindsey lias re¬
entered school.
Clarence McOamy and Miss
Alma Gregory, of Sumach, visit¬
ed friends at this place Sunday.
Miss Nettie Moore, of Spring
Place, was a guest of Miss Lillie
Latch Sunday.
Rev. Stokes filled his regular
appointment Saturday and Sun¬
day and preached three interest¬
ing sermons.
County School Commissioner
Daily Gregory visited our school
Monday.
Miss Bertie Dunn and brother
visited homefolks Sunday.
Messrs Seth Harris and Howell
were in our burg Sunday after¬
noon smiling on a couple of young
ladies.
Misses Alma Gregory, Zoe
Leonard and Bessie Bates dined
with Miss Annie Steed Sunday.
Ask Tom Peeples and Grover
Terry if the shine was off their
hoots when they got home Sun¬
day night. Say, boys, did your
horses beat you home? Betsy,
GREGORY.
As some of the correspondents
have described their “towns” I
will mention a few of the attrac¬
tions at Gregory. It is situated
on the bank of Oonnasauga river
and contains one big store, a post
office, grist mill, sawmill, cotton
gin, blacksmith shop, several fine
dwellings and barns, and last in
age, bi t first to behold and al¬
ways remembered, a host
beautiful girls.
’Squire D. C. Dunn called an
NO. 12
In Attack on Port Arthur
March 12.
THIS REPORT IS AUTHENTIC
During Bombardment Japanese
Were in a Position of
Safety
London, March 3(5—A corre¬
spondent of the Daily Telegraph
at Yin Kow says that the Japan¬
ese again attacked Port Arthur
March 12. During the bombard¬
ment the Japanese were in a po¬
sition of safety from the guns of
the fortress. The Russian cas¬
ualties amounted to 300 killed
or wounded. The correspondent
adds that this is authentic.
extra session of justice court last
Tuesday.
Dr. John F. Gilbert was taking
dots at justice court Tuesday.
Merchant and Assistant Post¬
master R. H. Shelton spent
several days in Chattanooga last
week buying a large stock of
spring goods.
W. J. Gregory and wife attend¬
ed church at Sumach Sunday.
J. B. Gregory and larnily, of
Dennis, visited" relatives here
last week.
Miss Annie Cooper, of Whit¬
field county, is visiting her sister,
Mrs. Mark Oaylor.
Misses Bettie Dunn and Ida
Shields visited Mrs. M. N. Greg¬
ory last Thursday.
Success to The News. Tktx.
PERSONAL MENTION
Prof. Schoeller went over to
Dalton Friday.
J. M. Hanna, of Sumach, w as
a recent welcome visitor,
R. Pryor Campbell was among
the prominent visitors to town
Saturday.
Mrs. Sid Keister is much im¬
proved, and there is now hope of
saving her eye.
Mrs. M. L. Foster and daugh¬
ter, Miss Katie, visited at the
parsonage Saturday.
Max Keister, the editor’s ca¬
pable assistant, was on the sick
list Monday and Tuesday.
Hon. Pleas. McGhee attended
the meeting of the congressional
conjmittee in Rome Saturday.
Rev. Alvin Jones was called
Wednesday to the bedside of
his mother, near Johnson City,
Tenn.
Rev. N. Parsons left Tuesday
for Indian Territory, being join¬
ed in Dalton by Lum Gilbert,who
is also making a western trip.
Col. Ben Bates is efficiently
presiding over the Institute intermediate
grade at Lucy Hill this
week, in the absence of Prof.
Sampler.
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Pendley
are now cosily domiciled in the
Everett cottage, the Misses Ev¬
erett being now with their
brother.
A congregation of goodly pro¬
portions heard with much pleas¬
ure and profit the lecture of Mr.
Hull Kerr at the Methodist
church Sunday morning.
Indignant Over Mail Schedule.
The new mail schedule goes
into effect Monday, mail from
Dalton reaching here at 12 noon,
returning at 3 p.m. The people
of this community are very in¬
dignant over the change, and
feel that their wishes and con¬
venience have been utterly ig¬
nored by the department.
Will Not Make the Race.
Mr. J. D. Love authorizes us
to say that while he appreciates
the solicitations of his friends,
and is deeply grateful for their
promised support, he the has decid¬
ed not to make race for
county treasurer.
A Little Bird Tells It.
A little bird has whispered to
The News that on Easter Sunday
will be celebrated the marriage
of a popular young couple here—
and little birds generally know.