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VOL. 26
CLEVELAND’S FACE
Appeared in the Heavens at Columbus
Sunday Night.
Columbus, Ga., May 30—A pe¬
culiar cloud was observed in Co¬
lumbus lust night. As a little
group of men stood watching it
the cloud gradually assumed the
shape of a man’s head and
breast., It was the picture of
Grover Cleveland, with the nose,
mouth, moustache, hair, neck
and breast quite distinct.
The moon’s rays fell on the
cloud picture, making it bright
and distinct. One interpreta
tiou of this cloud sign by an en
thusiastic admirer of the ex-pres-!
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appeared in the southeast, the
South and East would unite and
nominate Cleveland for presi¬
dent.
Real Estate Transfers.
U. E. Earnest to Shippen
Bros. Lumber Co., 100
acres in 26th district - - $ 60
I. W. Edwards to same, 160
acres in 25th district - - 80
S. M. Walker to same, 820
acres in 26th and 320
acres in 27th district - - 200 \
Z. T. Crawford to same, 160 ;
acres in 26th district - - 50
Will Hold Meetings.
Mr. Hull Kerr requests us to
state that he will hold a meet
ing at W. H. Kenner’s next Sun
day at 3 p.m. Also, on the third
Sunday in June, at 11 a.m. and 3
P.M . at Center Hill, near V. A.
Stewart’s. Everybody invited
to attend these meetings.
Wants a Murray Farm.
We are in receipt of a commu¬
nication from a gentleman who
wishes to invest from $2,000 to
$3,000 in a Murray county farm.
If your farm is for sale, let us
know it, and w r e will inform him
of the fact._
When you want a buggy, wag¬
on, laprobe or whip call on the
Dalton Buggy Co.
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SPRING PLACE, MURRAY COUNTY, GEORGIA, JUNE 3, 1904.
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SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1904
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CRAZED BY RHEUMATISM
Chicago Man Attempted to Amputate
His Leg,
Chicago, June 1.—Crazed by
rheumatic pains, Gustav Ilolds
burg, 72 years old, endeavored
to amputate his left leg to re¬
lieve himself of pain.
As the old man sat on the floor
in his home and began the op¬
eration his wife, who is helpless
from paralysis, looked on from
her chair within a few feet of
him.
Her screams attracted two po¬
licemen, who rushed into the
house and took the knife from
Roldsburg. He had severed an
artery, and by the time lie ar
surv ive.
HASSLER MILL
Success to the picnic. After
all the good music and speeches
comes dinner. Then the verdict
will be “dum vevamus vivamis,”
which means “plenty to eat, and and
lots of pretty girls, now for¬
ever.”
Bill Isenhower wants to know
if one quart of Rose’s best wall
cause a man to get up before day,
feed old Snip, make fires, carry
w^ater and make things hustle,
and how many gallons of moun¬
tain dew it would take to rouse—
“well, guess whop’ as the girls
say.
a U ^h^corn
plowed, hoed and thinned; the
cotton chopped and plowed, and
the potatoes set out by Saturday
night we would go gigging Satur¬
day night. Well, it was finished
by 4 o’clock. After supper it
was “let’s go.” “Where?” You
promised to go fishing tonight.
No gig—yes—Dave Winkler has
made us.two. So I hauled on my
old jeans breeches and went like
a lamb. Any fish? One white
sucker and one little hog sucker.
Lots of fun wading over rocks and
peering in deep pools for eels and
frogs. But it w r as reminiscent to
see someone slip off a rock and
go head over heels—torch and all
—into the dark blue water. On
the way home I thought of Jerry
and old Alec “fo’de wah.” How
Program of Commencement at Lucy
Hill Institute
THURSDAY NIGHT, JUNE ,2 1904
Hymn, “Joy to the World.”
Prayer* llev. N. A. Parsons.
Recitations
“When Mama Was a Girl”—Lillian Heartsell.
“The Reason Why”—Aloe King.
“Good Night”—Maurine Parsons.
“No Time Like the Present”— Esther Crow.
“Adam Never Was a Boy”—Murray King.
“How the Sermon Sounded to the Baby”—Charlie Duncan.
“A Little Light”—Ora Jones.
“Limpy Tim”—Lela Kerr.
“The Dead Doll”—Maud Crow.
“Three Little Boys”—Smith Treadwell.
“What Not to Do”—Laura Duncan.
“The Baggage Coach Ahead”—Lucile King.
“The Circus Boy”—Marguerite Heartsell.
“I’m Glad I’m Not a Boy”—Ida Ethridge.
“I’m Glad I’m Not a Girl”—Osmo Owens.
Music
Dialogue, “The Country Cousins,”
Recitations
“The Legions of Breggins”—Lucile Parsons.
“The Felon Cell”—Mamie King.
“The Face in the Floor”—Lizzie Raper.
“The Inventor’s Wife”—Lizzie Stuart.
“The Secret”—Etta Harris.
“The Toll Gate of Life”—Julia Humphries.
“The Immortality of Sentiment”—Nettie Peeples.
“Guilty or Not Guilty?”—Myrtle Davis.
Music
Dialogue, “The Contrasted Families.”
Tableau, “The Bashful Lovers.”
Drill, “The Quarrel Among the Flowers.”
Tableau, “The Seasons.”
Negro Farce, “Slim Jim and the Hoodoo.”
“The Pink Rose Drill.”
“The Nigger Night School.”
Tableau, “One Sweetly Solemn Thought.”
we floated dow'n the river in a
canoe and w r aded shoals long after
midnight and what a “blessing”
someone got next morning. I had
not thought of that good old darky
for years, and if I was a spiritual
ist I would believe his ghost was
WEST TENNESSEE GIANT
Six Hundred Pounds His Weight in Or¬
dinary Condition.
Huntingdon, Tenn., June 1.—
A great deal has been written
and published concerning Miles
Darden, who formerly resided
in Henderson county. He was
an unusually large man, which
caused many conflicting stories
to be published in regard to his
weight and size,
Darden was a native of North
Carolina, but moved to Tennes¬
see in 1835, and about 1837 locat¬
ed in Henderson county. He
was of Irish descent and of good
family. He was a Mason of high
standing.
Darden was 6 feet 7 inches
tall, and weighed (500 pounds.
He was twice married and reared
a family of four boys and six
girls. None of the boys weigh
over 200 pounds and their height
will not exceed six feet.
WHITFIELD NEWS
Dalton Argus.
Sam Carter was over from th#
plantation last Monday.
The baseball park was sold
Tuesday. It w r as bid in by Julian
McCamy for about thirty dollars.
At the June session of the leg¬
islature a bill will be introduced
to cjiange the charter of Dalton
to lay off the city in wards.
Gen. B. M. Thomas was award¬
ed a fine gold medal by the pupils
of the Dalton public schools last
Friday afternoon at the close of
the term.
The tent meeting which is he
ing conducted in East Dalton by
Dr. Charles D. Tillman, Rev. M.
D. Smith and others is meeting
with splendid success.
North Georgia Citizen.
Mrs. S. E, Field and Miss Kate
Edmondson left for Fort Dodge,
Iowa, last week. They will
turn via St. Louis.
Mr. Marion Williams, of Spring
Place, was in the city one day
hovering along the banks of
( Holly creek, watching over and
j protecting “old Missus’ hoy,” as
the last words he would hear at
starting were “don’t let that hoy
get ‘drowuided.’ ”
Pat. ^
NO. 23
FOR THE SENATE
0. N. Starr a Candidate to Fill the
Unexpired Term.
We are in receipt of the fol¬
letter from Hon. Oliver
C. H, Davis, Spring Place, Ga.
•My 1)kak Sir: I wish you
state in the next issue of
paper that I am a candi¬
to fill the unexpired term
the senate from this district
opposition.
The time is so short the people
here decided not to go to the ex¬
of having two elections,
but to let the whole matter be
settled on the 11th of June by
vote of the three counties com¬
posing the district.
Very truly yours,
O. N. Starr.
NEGRO BISHOPS
May Serve the Northern M. E. Church,
Decides Conference.
The general conference of the
Northern Methodist church has
voted to permit negro bishops to
be elected by that body.
This will unquestionably put a
stop to all negotiations looking
to a federation between the
Southern and Northern churches.
OLD WOMAN KILLS BEAR
To Protect her Pig, Which Was Attacked
By Bruin.
Raleigh, N. C., May 31—Mrs.
Mary Sinclair, of Brunswick
county, 76 years of age, heard
one of her pigs squealing, took a
heavily charged shotgun, went
to the spot and found the largest
5 ear g }j e } ia< j ever seell>
T} ie plucky woman walked to
ten feet of the bear, and,
taking careful aim, killed it.
She had not fired a gun m fifty
years.
last w r eek, the guest of his sister,
Mrs. J. M. Sanders.
Mrs. 0. B. Willingham, of Ma
rietta, will spend the summer in
Dalton and at Hopedale.