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WOMAN’S DOMAIN
Concerning Cupid’s Curlew.
From time immemorial
question of how late a young man
might with propriety and safety
stay at the house of his sweet¬
heart when calling on her
relegated to the parties in inter¬
est, the suitor, the girl and the
parent, with occasional participa¬
tion in the case by the family
wateh dog. The law, however,
has never until now ventured to
take a, hand in the settlement of
such nice issues of social relation¬
ship. It has, of course, recognized
that a man’s house is his castle,
and it has consented from time
to time to bear lightly upon the
conduct of an irate parent toward
one w hom he regarded as a tres¬
passer. But it has remained for
a St. Louis judge to lay down a
rule of conduct for all lovelorn
callers. A certain young woman
of the Mound City took umbrage
at the manner in which her fath¬
er behaved toward her wooer.
The young man had in some way,
not detailed, incurred the enmity
of the parent, a by no means un¬
common happening in the course
of true love, and on one occasion
at least he had been ejected by
force in a way to wound bis phys¬
ical feelings and to inflict great
mental suffering upon his lady¬
love. Whereupon this aggressive
young woman baled her father to
court on a complaint of assault,
and the case was heard in all its
fullness, and the presiding jus¬
tice ruled that “11 o’clock at
night is long enough for any beau
to stay with his sweetheart.”
Reports of the case thus far in
hand are deplorably deficient.
It does not appear whether the
St. Louis gallant by this ruling
w as given license to call until 11
o’clock or is still subject to the
despotic rule of the father, who
retains the veto power. Presum
suriiably the court holds this issue
in reserve and the assumption is
that every man calls on his be¬
loved at his own risk, and has
absolutely no rights in the prem¬
ises after 11. Of course, the St.
Louis court’s decision does not of
itself affect the suitors of other
cities. But the precedent laid
down by it will undoubtedly have
an effect upon parents every¬
where the news is carried. It
w'ould not be surprising to find a
concerted movement in progress,
at the instance of the Amalgam¬
ated Mothers of Pretty Girls, to
secure the enactment of curfew
laws covering this particular
point. Nor would it be wonder¬
ful if some genius, inspired by
this decision, were to invent an
automatic ejector on the alarm
clock principle.
o—o
Not the Same.
A fat woman moved down the
aisle of the sleeping car just as
the porter gave the “First call
for breakfast in the dining car,”
and poked with her umbrella at
berth 10.
“Kitty!” she shouted, “where
are you? Is that you up there?”
There was no response.
The fat woman beat a tattoo on
the curtain rod and shouted
again, “Kitty, Kitty! Why don’t
you answer me? Kitty, breakfast
is ready! Kitty, I say Kitty! are
you there?”
A large, red face, with long,
flowing whiskers on the lower
half, appeared at, the opening be¬
tween the curtains of upper 10,
and a deep, husky voice .said:
“My name is George.”
The fat woman fled.
o—o
Now”« "“e mar
riages are engaging attention
these merry spring days, says the
Westminister Gazette, a glance
at a marriage entertainment of
the eldest daughter of a Knight
of King Henry VIIl’s time is not
without interest. Seven days of
feasting and revelry were indulg
ed in, the following being among
some of the numerous items pro
vided : Beer and ale, £6,16s. 8. ;
two hogsheads of wine, £4; one
ditto red wine, £2; nine cranes,
twelve peacocks, three red deer,
twelve fallow deer, seventy-two
fat capons, thirty dozens of mal¬
lards and teal, two dozens of her¬
ons, two oxen, and among the
fish, turbot, pike sturgeons, ling,
salt and fresh salmon, eels, lam¬
preys, oysters and porpoises fig¬
ured. A truly remarkable
medley 1 For the amusement of
the guests, there was “first a
play, and straight after the play
a mask, and when the mask was
done, then the banquet, which
was 110 dishes, and all of meat,
and then all the gentlemen and
ladies did dance, and this con¬
tinued from the Sunday to the
Saturday afternoon.” It is in¬
teresting also to note that the
wedding outfit, included in which
was apparel for the bridegroom,
cost £27 8s.
o—o
Imitated Raleigh in a Way.
A tall, straight young man and
a girl who looked as though she
had just stepped oht of a love
story illustration in a magazine
stood together under the canopy
in front of the Reading Terminal
after the rain had stopped late
Thursday afternoon, says the
Philadelphia Press. They were
w aiting for a car, he idly watch¬
ing the crowd pick its way over
the wet street, she gazing with a
little frown at the muddy cross¬
ing.
“Extra poipers! Extra, mis¬
ter?” shouted a ragamuffin of a
newsboy, holding out an early
evening edition to the young
man.
“No, kid, I guess not,” said
he, smiling. Then—“Hold on a
minute son; are you too busy
right now to stop and earn a
qU ' ‘
, Sure I ain’t; . , what . , y’ye , t’mk ,
I am?” came the answer.
“Well, then, take ten of your
papers, quick, spread ’em out
from here to the car tracks. Get
busy, now!”
When the car turned up lie
turned to the girl, who hadn t
quite comprehended what this
was all about, and, with a
gesture of his head that was no
at all displeasing, even if it was
a bit dramatic, bowed her to the
pathway.
Oh, Dick, , foolish ,. , . boy!”
you
she exclaimed.
But she blushed and smiled
proudly as ever a queen on a Ral
eigh’s cloak as she made her way
to the car.
“Absurd!” said an angular
shopper with spectacles.
“How lovely!” said a pretty
young woman. “Hully gee!” said the
And
boy.
John Black, of Dalton, sells
the celebrated Owensboro Wag¬
ons and Buggies. None so good
on the market. See his stock
and , get,1ns ... pricesi . before , » you , buy.
No shoddy stuff for sale Every
wagon and buggy guaranteed. He
gets them direct fromUie factory.
CISCO
Floyd Dunn and family visited
Mr. Whittle’s folks one day this
week.
Rev. Sam Gann filled his regu¬
lar appointment at Mt. Sumach
Sunday.
Sam Heartley and wife visited
R. E. Clayton Sunday.
Joe Brewer visited relatives at
Cohutta Springs Saturday.
Mrs. B. A. Heartly, son and
two daughters, of Whitfield coun¬
ty. visited Mrs. Brewer Sunday.
Tom Johnson’s little boy, who
has been right sick with pneu¬
monia, is improving.
Mrs. Mollie Clayton visited
Mrs. J. H. Graves Monday.
(j erman Cockburn made a bus
j neg tr j p Alaculsy Saturday.
j^rg. Kindrick, of Alaculsy, is
visiting relatives at this place,
William Vineyard made a bus
iness trip to Cleveland Saturday,
William Under, of Little Mur
ray, visited J. T. Brewer Sunday.
Black Job.
Wasted—F ive gallons of nice,
ripe Cherries at The News office.
THE MURRAY NEWS, FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1904
STATE NEWS
The Young Men’s Christian
sociation of Columbus have
ganized a base ball team.
J. A. Taylor, a farmer
about five miles from
committed suicide by
strychnine.
Hon. W. M. Howard has
nominated for congress by
democrats of the Eighth
in a convention held
Elias Chaneey, a farmer
about four miles from
lost his house and its contents
fire while the family was
from home. He had no
Gov. Terrell, in a clean-cut
terview', declares that he is
posed to an instructed
being sent to the national
vention at St. Louis from
The state officials have held
conference in regard to the
ing of the Georgia building at
Louis, it is proposed to
the building open June 14,
possible.
Charles Patterson, a 11
old negro boy, was crushed
to death at Cordell by a
pound tombstone falling over
him. The boy was fooling
the tombstone.
Six hundred spindles and
teen looms have been ordered
the Girard cotton mill at
bus. When installed they
make the total equipment of
mill 0,000 spindles and 225
An election held at
for a $6,000 bond issue to
an additional building for
Georgia Normal College and
iness Institute resulted in
of bonds by a unanimous vote.
A dividend of 58 per cent
been declared by the directors
the Southern Mutual
Company of Athens. The
has paid an average dividend
65 per cent, for the past
five years.
The department of
reports that in Oglethorpe
Wilkes counties the farmers
! plowing up their cotton and
planting. The dry weather,
doing great damage in all
of the state.
„ Patents , issued , residents ., .
Georgia: AndrewG. Couch,
Fointi horse collar; William
Hillyer, electrically
switch; Joel W. Newton,
ton, churn; Samuel A.
Pavo, ratchet wrench.
Dick Taylor, convicted of
uxoroide and homicide at Macon,
has been sentenced to
twelve years in the penitentiary,
Taylor killed his wife and a man
because be was jealous of the
man’s attentions to his wife.
Two hundred and ten bales
cotton in the warehouse ofPhini
zy & Go., at Augusta, were dam
aged by fire. The cotton was
va i ue d at $12,000. The salvage
amounts to about 75 per .cent.
Only one compartment was dam
a ^d. The Georgia School for the
Deaf and Dumb, at Cave Springs,
has been closed on account of the
epidemic of measles. All of the
children have gone but those con
fined in the dormitory with the
disease. There have been no fa¬
talities.
Because several citizens and
ministers claimed that a dress
parade on Sunday by the Colum¬
bus military would be a desecra
tion of that day, the parade which
was scheduled for that day was
calle(J otf ftfter being advertised
.. .
An involuntary petition in
bankruptcy lias been filed in the
United States court by the Brady
[ianipbid^Coa^rVmipary ,,, . . .. ..
J 1
Dickey, jr., and Hatcher, Lips¬
comb, Jerome & Co. being named
as petitioners.
By a vote of the general coun¬
cil of Atlanta it was decided to
purchase Piedmont Park, the site
of the Cotton States and Interna¬
tional Exposition of 1895, and the
interstate fairs that have been
held in Atlanta since. The pur¬
chase price is $99,000.
Charged with beating his child
.
with a rock, inflicting injuries
which, it is believed will cause
the death of the little one, An¬
drew' Craw'ford has been arrested
at Rome. It is said Crawford
also attempted to kill Policeman
Robert Hill by shooting at the
officer with a pistol.
Recently Mrs. Mary Alien,
Orange, N. J., wrote ex-Gov.
Candler that she was a poor
working woman but w r as heir
property in England which
could get if she prove facts
nected with her birth. She
born in Savannah, Nov. 80, 1851,
and was baptized in one of
Catholic churches of that city,
Beautiful Balmy Spring
HAS COME AT LAST
and we have brought with it an up=to=date line of *
Men’s, Boys’ and Children's Straw Hats
in all the different styles, and the prices are rock-bottom.
We also have an elegant line of Dress Goods, in
f LAWNS. DIMITIES, BATISTES, ETC.
all new and right up to the minute.
Our Stock of Clothing Still Complete
We have added to our already complete stock a nice
line of Furniture, Rugs and Matting, and can save
you money if you will see us before you buy.
Oxfords Oxfords Oxfords
Men’s Women’s and Children’s—We can fix you in any kind you want
When in Dalton we cordially invite you to make our
store your headquarters. Thanking you for past favors,
we are, yours very truly
CAYLOR 6c YATES
Ex-Gov. Candler had the records
searched and provided the neces¬
sary affidavits and sent them on
to her.
Despondent because he had
been discharged, Gus Morris, a
negro section hand on the Geor¬
gia railroad, made an attempt to
kill himself at his home near Co¬
lumbus by slashing his throat
with a razor. He would have
bled to death but for the prompt
attention of a physician.
There is a very curious com¬
plaint around Augusta over the
lack of rain. The crops are com¬
ing to be fast dried up and in
many cases there is no cotton
above the ground at all. There
is a great deal of the seed plant¬
ed, but it is coming up so slowly
and the stands are looking so
parched that many believe a short
crop is bound to result.
Mrs. Stephen Jones committed
suicide at her home three miles
from Jackson by shooting herself
through the head with a pistol.
Her husband had gone to Jackson
to bring their two little daugh¬
ters to take music lessons, and
while they w r ere away the deed
was committed. It was caused
from insanity,Mrs. Jones’ mother
now being in the asylum.
Gov. Terrell was asked in view
of former Gov. Bulloch’s critical
illness, iff the flag on the capitol
would be .placed at half-mast j
when the governor passes away.
“Why not?” he inquired. “The
grave buries every error. When
he goes to that bourne whence no
traveler returns, we should throw
the mantle of charity over him.
Yes, the flag will fly at half
mast.”
Mrs. Jane Noyes Martin, of Los
Angeles, Cal., has written Secre¬
tary of State Phil Cook asking
that the lunatic asylum be search¬
ed for her husband, Alvin'J.
Martin, alias Harry Hickman,
who eloped from Los Angeles last,
January with a woman, mot his
wife. Mrs. Martin recently re¬
ceived a letter from her husband
which was so incoherent that she
thinks he is insane. The letter
was written from Georgia.
See John Black at Dalton for
the best Mower and Steel Rake
on earth for $55.00, cash or
$60.00, payable in the fall. He
is the pioneer in this business
and knows what" you need.
New Furniture Store
We have opened up, in the building
formerly occupied by the Berry Gu¬
ano & Machinery Co., Dalton, next
to Bishop Hardware C., and are can
cidates for Murray county patronage.
We carry a full line of
Furniture Mattings Carpets
Mattresses Rugs Trunks
Window Shades
and such other articles as are usually
found in an up-to-date furniture store
OUR PRICES
will always be found very reasonable
OUR GOODS
equal to any sold in this market
We will highly appreciate a visit
from the people of Murray, and will
certainly make it to your interest to
trade with us. Mr. Howell is a
former Murray county boy, and will
be pleased to renew old acquaint¬
ances here and to make new ones.
Howell & Atchley
Hamilton St. Dalton, Ga.