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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.