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VOL. 26
CHILDREN’S DAY
AT SUMACH CHURCH
Much Enjoyed By Large
Crowd Present
SPLENDID PROGRAM IS GIVEN
The Singing Hard to Beat—A
Most Excellent Dinner on
the Grounds
A June Sabbath amid the
classic shades of old Sumach!
Who can picture a happier day?
It was the pleasure of the editor
and his wife to spend last Sun¬
day out there, and the recollec¬
tion of that oceasiofi will ever
linger among their most joyous
remembrances.
Children’s Day services at Su¬
mach Presbyterian church at¬
tracted a large crowd, and we
feel no hesitancy in declaring
that every one who was so fortu¬
nate as to be present must have
felt mbre than repaid for their
trip.
Nestling in a shady grove is
one of the prettiest and most
substantially built* 1 churches in
Murray county, with lofty ceil¬
ing and ample seating capacity,
cool and comfdrtable. Beauti¬
fully decorated for this occasion,
it presented an unusually, invit¬
ing appearance, and called tine
from the heat of the summer
sun to physical as well as spirifc
ual rest.
The prcgs»:iipf the day
begun promptly at 10 'o’clock,
and we speak but truth when we
say that never have we
a program of, like character bet¬
ter arranged or heard one
rendered. There are elocution¬
ists out there, and they proved
it then beyond the cavil of a
doubt. The recitations, dia¬
logues, etc., showed taste in
their selection and much ability
in their rendition.
And the singing! It was well
worth our journey to listen to
that alone. The fresh,
young voices of the children,
backed up by tin- deeper tones
of the bass, made a pleasingly
harmonious whole, showing
only great vocal talent, but evi¬
dencing capable arid painstaking
drilling as well. Whoever train¬
ed that class has every reason to
be proud of his work, for chorus
music given in better time or
with more correct expression it
has seldom been our pleasure to
hear. Taking the entire pro¬
gram, we feel called upon to say
that the committee having these
'exercises in charge are subjects
of much congratulation.
At noon a^ recess of an hour
and a half was called, and then
came a very interesting feature
of the day—the dinner. But let
us draw a veil over that scene.
We’d he ashamed to confess how
much we really ate, and just to
think of it makes our mouth wa¬
ter and interferes with our work.
Suffice it to say, it was one of
those dinners you always find at
Sumach, and everybody in Mur¬
ray knows what they are.
After dinner a quiet hour’s
rest at the cool and hospitable
home of Mrs. Nannie Harris, and
then once more to the pleasures
of the service, at the conclusion
of which Charlie Hall, the blind
singer of Whitfield, led the class
in a number of soul-stirring
hymns.
We left the church with re¬
gret, after one of the most real¬
ly enjoyable days in our person¬
al experience, and we long for a
renewal of the pleasure. Situ¬
ated in one of the loyeliest see-
THE MURRAY NEWS.
SPRING MURRAY COUNTY, GEORGIA, JULY 1, 1904.
PARSON LOSES
Went (After Her But Was Obliged to
turn Home Single.
Birmingham, Ala., June
Rev. Elroy, pastor of the
odist Episcopal church, south,
Gamble Mines, in Walker
ty, has just returned from a
Go Marshall county, whefe he
bpiiive been married on
nesday afternoon to Miss
Johnson, a highly
young lady and daughter of
prosperous merchant and
at Diamond, in this county.
The wedding did not take
on account of the mysterious
appearance of the young lady
Wednesday. A note found
a well at the Johnson home
matesthat the young lady
ed taking her life.
_
A W'oman Haymaker.
Mrs. Ella McLaughlin, of
cago, whose husband died and
her 2,000 acres of swamp land
La Porte county, Indiana,
making a fortune. The land
supposed to be worthless, but
lias reclaimed it by dredge
ing and raises fine hay, which
sells in Chicago by the train
In baling time the press
out as high as 500 bales per
She makes an average net
of $2.50 per ton.
tions of the county, Sumach is a
delightful place to visit. Such
hospitality as is showered upon
you ; such evidences of good-fel¬
lowship and brotherly lave as are
exhibited on every hand, make
one loth to leave and eagerly
look forward to a return.
Sumach has every reason to be
proud of herself and her sur¬
roundings. Her people are cul¬
tured and refined, dwelling in
unity and in the fear of the
Lord; her fields are fertile and
lief harvests abundant.
Starting for town, we stopped
for a brief visit at the pleasant
home of Mr. John Hanna, where
to our sincere regret we found
Mrs. Hanna quite ill, though
gkil to hear of a considerable
improvement in ber condition;
then on to Spring Place, feeling
that indeed and in truth it were
well to have spent the day at
Sumach.
NOTES OF THE DAY.
If you want to hear good sing¬
ing, go to Sumach.
Fond memories of that ham
still linger with us.
J. R. Gregory, of Oohutta
Springs was present.
Miss Etta Harris took a prom¬
inent part in the program.
Johh P. Gregory was on hand,
but we didn’t see the base ball
nine.
Miss Jessie Henry was a most
attractive visitor from Beaver
dale.
Prof. Joe Anderson’s address
of welcome was a splendid effort
and rang true.
Misses Nannie Mason and Exa
Looney brightened the occasion
by their presence.
Misses Mamie and Georgia
Pendley were charming repre¬
sentatives from Spring Place.
Prof. Giles Dunn was there,
and we noticed him watching the
dinner baskets pretty closely.
Vera, the little daughter of
we are glad to learn is better.
We must compliment the or¬
ganists of the ’ Sunday-school,
Misses Mattie Hanna and Ina
Henry, on their very excellent
playing.
We had the pleasure of
ing that venerable patriarch,
Rev. S. H. Henry, the founder
of the church, its firstrpastor and
who served continuously as such
for over fifty years.
DENNIS AND ENOCH
Changes in Mail Schedules on These
Routes Take Effect Today,
Beginning today, the mail
schedules on the Dennis and
Enoch routes will be as follows:
Dennis, by Ramsey and Prune
—Leave Dennis "on Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday at 9 a.m.
Arrive at Spring Place 12 rl5 p.m.
Returning, leave Spring Place
1 p.m. Arrive Dennis 4:15 p.m.
Enoch—Leave Enoch, Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday, 11:30 a.
m. Arrive Spring Place 12:80
p.m. Returning, leave Spring
Place, 12:45, Arrive Enoch 1:45
P.M.
Invited to Attend.
Camp Joseph E. Johnston, of
Dalton, has invited the Murray
veterans to attend its picnic at
Tunnel Hill on July 22, which
invitation will doubtless be large¬
ly accepted.
Gin About Completed.
The new gin of Phipps &
Hemphill is fast nearing comple¬
tion, and the machinery will be
rapidly installed. Already a forty
horse power boiler is on the
ground.
FREE MAIL DELIVERY
Probable on at Least Two Routes Out
of Spring Place.
Special Agent J. L. Pember
ton, of tlie post office depart
ment, has been here this week,
and in company with Postmaster
Everett has gone over the pro
posed mail delivery routes out of
Spring Place.
It is exceedingly likely that
Mr. Pemberton will recommend
the establishment of a route
north to Coliutta Springs «.di>rn
Tngby way of Hassler’s Mill;
also one to Dennis, by way
Ramsey and Prune.
This would be of great
to the farmers along these lines,
and we hope to see it in opera¬
tion at an early day.
* One Case So Far.
To date only one new case
been docketed for the
term of superior court.
Second Sunday in July.
Revs. M. M. Bates and William
McNabb will preach to the
soldiers here next Sunday week.
The. services will beheld in
court house. A number of Whit¬
field veterans will be present.
Oldest Wearer of the Gray
Attends Reunion at Nashville
A veteran of the Civil War,
George W. Bradley, who says he
is the oldest man living who
wore the gray during the trouble¬
some times between ’01 and ’05,
arrived in Columbia Saturday
evening, says the Maury Demo¬
crat.
Mr. Bradley attended the re¬
union at Nashville last week, and
as he was very much fatigued,
stopped over in Columbia for a
few days’ rest. In claiming to
be the oldest living Confederate
veteran he substantiates his
claims by proofs and credentials
in the form of enlistment papers
and other documents.
He was born in Virginia, June
2, 1807, hence lacks a little less
than three years of the century
mark. From Virginia he moved
to Missouri and enlisted at the
yem “""V* A '
Third Missouri infantry,
during the entire war. He
has many badges of honor and
valuable relics of which the old
soldier is very proud. Although
he is tottering on the verge of the
grave and is very feeble, he
mar chedTwelve blocks in the pa
[ a,le at “ , ie reunion • af at ^aslniiic Nashville
last week,
While Mr. Bradley has an in-
FOUR YEARS’ COURSE
la Georgia College of Eclectic Medicine
and Surgery Free.
Judge Ovbey is in receipt, of a
letter from the Georgia College
of Eclectic Medicine and Surgery,
in Atlanta, stating that upon his
recommendation one student
from Murray county, who is
'worthy and of limited means, will
he given the full four years’
course in this school free.
This is an opportunity of which
some ambitious young man in
Murray will doubtless take ad
vantage._________
Two Candidates in Gilmer.
Ellijay, Ga., June 28.—(Spe¬
cial.)—An election has been or¬
dered in Gilmer county to fill the
unexpired term of Major D. R.
Welch for representative, whose
death occurred at Ellijay last
Sunday. The election is to take
place July,20. T. G. Simmons,
mayor of Ellijay, and one of Gil¬
mer county’s leading merchants,
i> opposed by I)r. E. W. W at
kins, of Ellijay, who was recently
p ,candidate for congress in the
ninth congressional district, but
who retired before the primary.
TEACHERS’ INSTITUTE
Be Held at Pleasant Valley Monday
to Friday, July 11—IS.
The Murray County Teachers’
Institute will be held at ITeas
ant Valley July 11—15, 1904,
with Prof. C. W. Richards, of
the Peabody Normal, Nashville,
Tenn,, as expert.
All licensed teachers of this
county are required to attend
and take part in the exercises,
* ^^esponse 3f6ns ! >om to American daily roll lite& call
/NKm
ature or the Bible will be rei
qurred.
It is presumed that each one
will be prepared not only on his
own designated work, but also
on the whole program, now in
the hands of the teachers.
Teachers will be fined for non
attendance, unless a valid ex¬
cuse in writing be rendered im¬
mediately after the institute;
for it has been demonstrated
that those who take the least
interest in this work also take
the least interest in teaching.
We had a very profitable in¬
stitute last year, but let us en¬
deavor to make the coming ses¬
sion still more profitable. S. C.
W, D. Gregory, G.
teresting stock of stories and
reminiscences of events occurring
during the life of past genera¬
tions, he lovea best to talk about
the reunions of his old comrades
he has attended.
Among the interesting relics
Mr. Bradley has with him are
several old canes, an old
watch and a silver dollar, coined
in 1799, on which are thirteen
stars. One of the canes was
sented to him by the
of the Confederacy of Missouri.
The cane once belonged to Gen.
McDonald, of revolutionary fame,
who presented it to John Hayett,
the first justice of the peace of
Virginia. It is a sword cane, and
at one time was stolen from the
present owner, but was recovered
several years later. Mr. Bradley
has been living in the Lone Star
State for several years, and is
now a resident of Houston, Tex.,
where he makes the grocery es¬
tablishment of T. Dreyling, cor¬
ner Austin street and Pease, his
headquarters.
The Maury chapter of the
Daughters of the Confederacy on
Monday presented Mr. Bradley
with a nice suit of clothes,
which he wishes to tender them
his thanks.
THE FIRST GOLD
FROM THIS COUNTY
FINDS MONEY ON STEP
Tennessee Citizen Who Lost Belt Is
Again in Possession.
Memphis, Tenn., June 30.—
George Ligon, of Millington, a
suburb of this city, who com¬
plained to the Memphis police of
being held up and robbed of $2,-
250 by two men late Wednesday
night, today notifed Chief Mason
that he found his mcney belt
with the money intact tied to the
knob of his door this morning
when lie got up.
Ligon could give no description
of the two men other than that
they were not negroes. He claims
to have had the money in a belt
about his waist.
Hon. W. L. Henry Better.
We are more than pleased to
learn of an improvement in the
condition of Hon. W. L. Henry,
though he is yet far from well.
It is hardly probable that he will
be sufficiently strong to attend
the present session of the legis¬
lature.
A resolution of sympathy for
him was passed by the house of
representatives.
WOULD MAKE CODE VOID
Bill Introduced in House By the Mem¬
ber from Bibb.
Hon. Joe Hill Hall, of Bibb,
haS introduced in the house a
bill to repeal the law which en¬
acted into law the present state
code. "f
.The effect of this bill, if paee
ed, WOuld be to make the State
code void, so far as its statutory
powers are concerned, and it
would become merely a book of
reference.
Mr. Hall’s reason for introduc¬
ing a measure of .this kind is
that the code is full of errors and
contradictions. He says there
are numerous instances where
the repealing law and the law
repealed have both been enacted
into law in the present code, be¬
sides numerous other errors that
should not be there.
A matter of importance upon
which early legislative action
has been provided for is the bal¬
lot reform bill. This measure
will be somewhat in the shape of
an Australian ballot law already
enacted in other states, but pre¬
pared with a view to meeting
conditions as they exist in Geor
gia.
A bill will be introduced by
Mr, Wellborn, of Union, requir¬
ing the payment of a pension to
every Confederate soldier who is
a citizen of the state and worth
less than $1,000. He says there
are many indigent veterans who
cannot get pensions now because
there is not money enough ap¬
propriated to pay them; where¬
as if the veterans who own prop¬
erty were cut off the rolls, the
indigent veterans would stand a
better chance.
IN HASTE TO WED
Ordinary ol Richmond Issues 210 Licens¬
es in Ten Days.
Augusta, Ga., June 29.—(Spe¬
cial.)— The greatest business
being done in Augusta during
the last ten days lias been by the
ordinary in the line of marriage
licenses. Magistrate Burch, of
this city, started a crusade
against the colored folks who
were living together as man and
wife and could not produce a mar¬
riage license. This crusade had
its effect among the negroes of
the city and Ordinary Walton
has in ten days issued 210 mar¬
riage licenses to colored couples
who thought it best to get within
the pale of the law in this regard.
NO. 27
Shipped Monday to Mint
at Charlotte
THREE AND A HALF OUNCES
In Weight and Valued at $70
Product of Seven Tons
of Ore
The first gold ever shipped to
a mint from Murray county left
here Monday for Charlotte, N. O.
It was a three and a half ounce
nugget from the mine of the Oo
hutta Gold Mining Co., the prod¬
uct of seven tons of ore, and was
bought for $70 by Mr. W. J.
Johnson, of this city, who sent
it on to the mint.
The ore from which this gold
was separated was classed as the
poorest in the mine, yet yielded
an average of $10 per ton, and
the lessees feel very greatly
pleased over their prospect. It
is their intention to innnediate
Iy proceed to work on a much
larger scale, as what they have
done up to the present time has
been considerably in the nature
of an experiment.
A roadway will be built up the
mountain at once and the present
three-stamp mill will be super¬
seded by a ten-stamp mill, with
an average daily capacity of
eighteen to twenty tons.
- % — --- Snakes. , •>
About Those .array
North Georgia Citizen.
Messrs. Roy Vance, “Sweat”
Finley, Dombey Rembert, Will
Crawford and Ren Herron return
ed Tuesday from a two-weeks’
camp in the Oohutta mountains,
and brought home two live rattle¬
snakes they bought from a Mr.
McClure. One of them wears fif¬
teen rattles and the other is
ornamented with only nine. They
do not take to city life very well.
Dalton Argus.
In reply to the above article
published in the Citizen, we the
undersigned, denounce the au¬
thor of the above article as a
plain “Gilmer County Liar.” The
snakes were not bought, but cap¬
tured.
(Signed.) Roy “Sweat” Vance, Dom¬
bey Rembert, Finley,
Reynolds Herron, Will Crawford.
BILL AGAINST STANDARD OIL
Claim That It Is Illegal and in Violation
of Anti-Trust Laws.
Trenton, N. J., June 29.—Chas.
D. Henderson, jr., of Jersey City,
and Jos. M. W. Newlin, of Phil¬
adelphia, coutlsel for Geo. Rice,
of Marietta, Ohio, today filed in
the court of chancery a bill for
the dissolution of the Standard
Oil Company, a New Jersey cor¬
poration, charging that the com¬
pany is illegal, and that it exists
in violation of the anti-trust laws
of the United States and of the
decision in this state relating to
monopolies.
The bill charges that the Stand¬
ard Oil Company in Ohio was
declared illegal by the courts of
that state but the company, in¬
stead of dissolving, in obedience
to that decision, has by subter¬
fuge, evaded the Ohio decision
and that the New Jersey corpora¬
tion is merely a holding company
for the Ohio concern.
The bill asks that not only the
company he dissolved, but that
its assets be distributed among
its stockholders after paying off
its outstanding securities. For
the accomplishment of this pur¬
pose it is asked that a receiver
be appointed.
Marriage Licences.
White—Charlton Black and
Sallie Poarch.
Colored—Henry Seay and Ora
Beck.