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VOL. 27
PURELY LOCAL AND PERSONAL
M„. H. Williams is spending
the week in Atlanta.
George Henry killed a tine
wild turkey yesterday.
Claud Anderson and Lee Cox
spent yesterday in Dalton.
s. e. Williams took in
sights in Dalton yesterday.
Perry Hilliard made a business
trip to Tennessee W ednesday.
Wade Shield* has returned
from a week’s visit in Knoxville,
L. W. Thompson is still offer¬
ing some rare bargains. Read
his ad.
Virgil and Miss Mamie
ley were shopping in Dalton last
Monday.
Treasurer W. A. Campbell was
in the city yesterday on officiial
business.
R. A. Pierce an, fau.i-.y w«,
occupy the Methodist parsonage
next year.
Misses Ada Ohamlee and Geor¬
gia Pendley were visitors at o%r
office Wednesday.
Mrs. J. FL Johnson and Miss
Delma Woods spent Tuesday and
Wednesday in Dalton.
Sam Kelly is receiving hie
Holiday goods, and can fit you up
for Santa Claus’ visit to the chil¬
dren.
Rev. N. A. Parsonsand family
lest yesterday for their home for
the next twelve months at Var
nells.
J, L. Robinson has made a re¬
duction on bis shoes for the - bal
a nee of the year. See him when
yon need a pair.
Bob Turner and Mines, Little
P r„l Johnson, of Royston, are vis
itinv the families of D. T. Brown
and P. G. Hilliard.
Lyda Cole, who has been
spending several week? with rel¬
atives here, returned to her home
5,1 Royston last Saturday.
Colquitt Cole is offering to
treat you right in any kind of
fancy candies and fruits. Read I 1
what he has to say to the ladies.
Tax Collector Chapman has
completed bis rounds in the conn
f, y, and he can be found in bis,
office in Spring Place almost any
time.
W. M. Pendley having sold his
farm will dispose of bis farming
Notice notice of of same same on another page of
Hens. P. McGhee and C. A
King and Miss Mamie King too.
their departure Wednesday
Ardmore, I. T., and Fort Worth,
Tex., where they will visit sev
oral weeks.
Dr. Wills, a popular young
dentist of Fail-mount, spent
eral days the first of the week in
the city, looking for a desirable
location, and we are informed,
lias decided to permanently
cate in Spring Place.
Well, now if YOU haven’t the
money to pay ns on your .. sub
saription, just bring us a load of
1 r,'r \nrne corn, peanuts,
puHlers, hoop boon nole- poles pvmpkm pumpkin?,
a fat hog or « » > «
We are x> t c<> < *
Cashier E. N. Whitmire
wife of the Cohutta Banking
Company, arrived in Spring
Place last Saturday. Mr. W hit
mire lias taken charge ot k
company's business, and is hav
lag stone an.! .and ta.M
paratory to the eieot.on o
vault. The furniture L • -
arrived, and it will only be a te
days now until they will be ready
for business.
THE MURRAY i i NEWS
SPRING PLACE, MURRAY COUNTY, GEORGIA, DECEMBER 8, 1905.
CARTERS
John Noland is over from Pal
ton. He has taken a contract: on
the new railroad.
Rev. Barton passed through
our burg Friday.
Joe Noland and family were
the guests of F. M. Halcomb Sun
day.
George Noland, of Dalton, ac¬
companied by bis cousins, Misses
Annie and Oilie Messer, called
on Misses Eva and Ethel Noland
Sunday afternoon.
‘‘Aunt” Ruth Black lias r0
turned home from Chattanooga
to the delight of her many
friends.
Ben Messer and Mr. Gilbert
called on the Misses Blackwell
Sunday afternoon.
Masses Eva and Ethel Noland
were the guests of Misses Annie
and Ollie Messer Sunday night.
Will Blackwell passed through
our burg Sunday.
Say, girls, look out for a wed¬
ding; Will Henderson has lost
his cook.
Mr. and Mrs. Loughridge have
left tor parts unknown.
1 suppose B— hasn’t found his
buggy yet, as he was mule back
riding Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Willis and wife moved into
their new home one day hist
week.
Miss Julia Quarles is visiting
her grandmother near Ellijay
this week,
-j'| ie weather was so cold and
f} le wa f erg so high Dave Moore
could not call on his best girl
Sunday afternoon.
Hello, Ohatsworth! We think
down here that Carters will be
the coming town.
Wonder if Jim Roe goes to see
Mr. Brown yet?
Misses Mertie and Mary Black
well called on their sister, Mrs.
Ida Putman, Friday.
John and Tom West, of Ball
Ground, were the guests of th’eir
brother here Sunday.
V->ke , ilalcou.b an.lt !,.»,• I.ttle
black mules suit mighty well.
* Frank Blackwell hasn’t gone
west yet. We see him quite
ofteu m our i Jur g.
Mr. Putman and family were
the guests of Charlie Gray and
family Sunday,
Misses Annie and Beulah
Bo!os., of Plea:,ant Valley,
delightful guests of their many
friends here one day last week.
Sam Carter has returned home
after wveral days’ .bmmer, to
the delight of Ins many fneim?.
Hello, Pm.! We have found
where you hitched 1 ,iat. i.-tflc
gray male Sunday afternoon.
Oh; say, Oak Grove, we are
comi „g a ll the. time but you just
(Wt see ns .
ma- c vnnntr bnliesvin our r. t: M
stole p iS+m P c? a- si
,, H*. P , „i & r —- 1 W ’ fc “
•
found it out. '
q u jt, e a JU imber of our
j )erg ] iave r eop on ded to our ap
p ea } f or help within the last- few
days, and to them we give the
“glad hand.” To those who are
still in arrears, we beg of-you
settle at onye. if you do
we are going to give yon the
“shake.” We expected to see al!
^ ^ f]ay , juti imfort unate
l v about five or six hundred of
*
you failed to put in an
anre But still we recognized
. t tbat it was a cold day
and you bttd a good excuse to
fltey Bt homo, We are going to
| 0O jj for you the first sunshiny
ay that comes> Now, don’t fail
.
, 0 come.__
One tiling over which tile
; ple o{ Ashhurn are rejoicing
; p reserl t is the fact that t..ey ate
\ * sfH)n to have two or three rail
roads.
FORT MOUNTAIN
On account of the cold Weather
there not a very large crowd at
Holly Greek Sunday.
Everyone interested in the
Christmas tree he certain to be
at Sunday school next Sunday,as
we w ill decide then when to have
it. Don' forget.
Walter Tyler was here Sunday.
Frank Adams and 'fluid Mul
linax were here Wednesday.
Jim tV ill banks visited (Iran
school last Friday afternoon.
Miss Vick Moreland was in the
city Wednesday.
Cicero Gordon, Virgil Devine,
Joe ami Charlie Willbanks at¬
tended Sunday school at Mt. Zion
Sunday.
Miss M innie Red spent Sunday
with Mrs. W. 0. Lindsey.
K. S. Stanford was here one
day last week.
J s W, Red made a business
trip to Dalton Friday.
S ‘ >ti ' ,8MJ
‘ ‘
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Parrott
spent part of last week with her
mother, Mrs. J. D. Carnes.
Contractor Logan was here Fri¬
day afternoon talking to one of
the young ladies*.
Miss Jennie Red spent a night
of last week with Miss Flora
Gordon.
Rev. N, A. I’arsons and Tax
Collector Chapman were here
Wednesday.
Despite the cold weather Mark
Willbanks filled bis regular
pointment.
Prof. R. J. Stephens, of Pleas
ant Valley, called on Prof. W. C,
Lindsey Thursday afternoon.
M. B. Gordon and Dave Bear
‘den, of Free Hope, spent Sunday
night in our burg.
Will Carnes was here Monday,
J. I). Carnes visited his daugh
ter, Mrs. Henry Parrott, Sunday,
Mitch Leonard was here a day
of last week.
I’UKLU.
BLIND TIGER BLUFF
Ilo.ltl, u , of™. f m . Wfl-is ‘«t ‘ vervffood vary gno.l.
J oe Welch and l orn Henson
went over to Dalton Saturday,
Miss Maluibi Anderson has re
home after a week’s visit
to her sister, Mrs. Petitt, near
Spring Place.
W. L. Griffith was in our burg
Saturday.
Wonder who was disappointed
((IU , e gp 0 n a time?
Miss Maggie Bradley, of Oak
(.’rove, spent part of last week
mth M i«« Willie May 0«»..
Miss Alice White went shop
ping t() Uolly Wednesday.
Tj, ere surely was company e?
oecte d Sunday evening, judging
fr()m the amount of onions two
J \ j ]ie8 afce . That’s riglff,
irjs j ov6 qniqns, toq.
Bob, l am awfully sorry you
got disappointed Sunday night.
Hello,“Oneof the Smart Set!”
; Yo « seem to know all that’s go-
1)g m) |,j oqr Rqrg. I think jf
ipe „ n , ljn) y OV) wjU pieef
w " jtJ, \y better results. '
mea Y yiHi e May Owens and
»j a;rfr j e xiradley spent Saturday
Y lice Wi dte,
^
> Tjtj swe et.to love,
( ]p )t oh, oh. off, how bi^eF
T „ love Q rie qf the Smart Set
i jyimse shoes don’t lit her.
* Jsxe.
j Richland ----- iieid an omcion ~ or
j $15,000 worth of bonds o mi <
; waterworks and electric lights.
| Not bonds. a vote was cast against fie
________
j ],] a Evans, of Atlanta,was
'burned by her clothing be:
ciltc l,.„ g on fire an sl.e .tood
fore an open grate. The
in j ured t he greater portion of
>»oaj ), nei e fore they could be . .
1 gi^ihucu,
CHATSWORTH
Say, don’t fall out with Chats
worth because the streets get
muddy after a heavy rain.
Harvey House and Miss Jim
Cole passed through our city one
day last week.
Miss Vick Moreland was call¬
ing on Fort Mountain friends
Wednesday.
Rev. Barton and Misses John¬
nie Pierce and Maude Ramsey
were here Monday.
Sam Cox and Misses Jeffie Var
nell and May McHan were in our
town Sunday.
George Jackson and Miss An¬
nie Steed, and several others
whose names we failed to learn,
were here Thanksgiving day.
Misses May and Biddie Carney
spent Sunday afternoon with
Miss Vick Morelann.
Misses Maude Davis,
Gladden, Maude McHan, and
Willard Gladden and Harrison
Greeson were among Ohatsworth
friends Sunday.
Hello, Free Hope! We were
glad to see you represented in
the columns of The News. Come
again. Laurel.
MT. ZION
Hallo! The sun shone brightly
’ cold
Sunday, but still it was too
sweethearts to come. Never
mind, girls, there ,will be pretty
days later on.
The creek bottoms have been
flooded time this |ffj| winter. week for the first
Everybody welcomes Bob Coley
and family to our neighborhood.
Mrs. Ellen Peeples is on the
g ;,»E list,
Mr.Gild Mrs. Jim Swanson are
the proud parents of a fine,boy at
thoir home,
Hello, Oak Grove! I guess you
were glad too see Joe Leonard
coming. It would make anybody
glad to see a good looking boy
like Joe coming.
11 is many friends will be sorry
to hear of Russ Me Han’s illness.
Jeffiie, how is your eye? I hope
is well by this time,
^ Wilkin , , ml Marion,
pent Sunday at the home of
Lewis McHan.
Somebody ask Miss Sallie Hoi
j an( j jf 8 j, e wants to go and take
hep mugic i esson in the rain any
more.
John Holland failed to fill his
regularappointmeniflastSunday.
what’s the matter, John? Surely
jt wasiPt too cold,
Lewis McHan spent Friday and
Saturday with relatives in Pick
ens county.
Everybody remember the
Christmas tree we are going to
have on Christmas day. I sup,-.
pose it will open abqqt 4,14.
j t > 8 too cold fq write a, very
n s- ie, so I’ll w*it
|| S' jpjd then PR
Sei.e-Rkuaxce,
QRAN
Gmyi r Terry was in our town
one flay Iqst week
Miss Lou Ellis has been visit
>"8 Miss Minnie Ballew the
past week,
/ l-arrott over tft Lhftpt •
°^ 8 J eT V,8,t '^ ° n
IpL WPPk.
There were several young peo
pie from Pleasant Valley here
Thursday. I am sure you en
j oye( \ thanksgiving, F(ain(l^on, of Dalton,
H[pnry IftywgQflr town
} tas been qvpy mx
It PleLaut attended Sunday
se Uool Valley.
Misses Leo and Jennie Davis
of this place, entered school
Monday at H ggmt^. 11^
[;L Mountain’s bays, was
Tue8 d a y,
Mrs. Lula Russell was on
Tues day. Pat.
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OAK GROVE
Health is very good at present.
Rain and cold wind takes the
day.
Grandma Snapem is off visit¬
ing, so here comes her daughter,
Rose, with the news.
Misses Olevia and Minnie
Campbell visited Misses Dora and
Fannie Wood Sunday evening.
Miss Maggie Bradley is spend¬
ing the week with Miss Willie
Mae Owens at Blind Tiger Bluff.
Huse Owens, of the Bluff’, was
here Sunday morning.
“Grandpa” Turner has been
quite ill again, but I am glad to
say he is better.
Eugene Owenl, Wood visited his sis
> ter, Mrs. Sunday.
Mrs. Clias. Price called on Mrs.
\y 00( i Sunday.
Messrs. Mullinax and Adams,
f wo 0 f y£t. Zion’s hustling farm
ers, were among the fair sex here
Sunday evening.
The cotton picking at Willis
Groves’ Tuesday night was en¬
joyed by all present.
As it has been raining and the
north wind blowing, everybody
has been afraid to be out much,
and news is scarce.
Rose Snapem.
Lucy Hill Institute Notes.
Seeing notes of interest from
other places we will give a few
of the happenings for the past
few days from o»r school.
New students are entering most
every day, and many others are
making preparations for being in
school.
Some students were out a few
days on account of whooping
cough, but we are glad to say
that the epidemic has cleared
away and the students are again
in school.
Great interest is shown by all
students now, as they are begin¬
ning to see the value of an edu¬
cation.
We will note that more board¬
ing students are invited to come
and enter our school at once, for
a day ? lost is as a diamond dropped
to( ath the „ veg o( t |, e
whic h can never be found.
Rev. Barton, Misses Jimmie
Cole and Nettie Moore visited
our school one day this week.
Some of our rooms are nearly
full, but there is always room for
one more, so come on,
Education is the cornerstone of
that great monument called Suc¬
cess. So lay the,foundation and
then build on it.
Incidentals are being paid and
improvements mjde at all times.
The small acorn grows year by
year until it makes the mighty
oak, and day by day our school
is growing until some day you
will see the greatest institution
in North Georgia,
We are sorry to have Rev.Par¬
sons’ children move away and
leave us, but where he is called
he promises to go.
The Stuart children visited
hotnefolks Saturday and Sunday!
Miss Mamie King accompanies
her father to Ardmore,I.T.,where
they will visit relatives for a few
days.
Our fall term of school closes
December 22, and our spring term
begins January I, 11)06,
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LANGSTON PICKERtNQ
Mr. Conroy Bickering and
Essie Langston were married at
the home of the bridels
Will Langston, Wednesday.
Thk Nkws extend* congratula
tions and wishes them all kinds
of good luck.
Alanzo Powell, a colored
man on the Western & Atlantic
train, was seriously scalded eight
miles from Rome by the bursting
of a steam pipe of the engine.
NO. 5 c 2
WlilTTEMORE—HILL
On Thursday of last week Mr.
W. H. Hill, of Beaverdale, and
Miss Hattie WMtteraore, of Su¬
mach, were happily married at
the Shields House in Spring
Place.
Mr. Bill is a young man of
sterling qualities and is well
known in Murray, being one of
our most prosperous young men.
Mrs, Hill, as Miss Whittemore,
was one of Sumach’s favorite
daughters, and measures her
friends by the hundred.
The News extends congratula¬
tions.
Murray Cminly.Cotton Association.
The following officers were
elected Tuesday by the Muaray
County Cotton Association for
another year:
V. A. Stuart, president; Alvin
Jones, Secretary; Scott Parker,
assistant secretary; Oapt. W. J.
White, treasurer.
The county organizers are :
1013—W. J. White,
Doolittle—C. T. Owens,'
Ball Ground—A. K. Ramsey,
Eighth—Scott Parker,
Alaculsy—C. C. Howell, Esq..
Shuck Pen—Dock Bond and
Amos Keith,
The organizers will give notice
of time and place of meetings for
organizing districts.
U. C. V. Met Tuesday.
John B. Gordon Camp, No. 50,
D. 0- V., of Spring Place, Mur¬
ray county, Ga., met in the court
house Dec. 4, 1905, Commander
W. J. White presiding.
The chaplain being absent,
prayer wag led by S.G.Treadwell.
Minutes ‘and all communica¬
tions read and adopted.
The first business was the re¬
port of committees. The sick
committee reported none sick.
On examining Treasurer M, G.
Hill’s book it was found that he
was due the camp $2.00, which
was paid by the camp.
All members are requested to
be’ present at the next meeting
next first Tuesdry, for elect¬
all the officers of the camp.
The camp then adjourned un¬
the first Tuesday in January,
1906. W. J. White,
Com.
T. J. Ramsey, Adjt.
Mrs. Henry Inman is much
better, and little Edgar Hunni
cutt is also improving from the
effects of injuries received in
three runaways in Atlanta.
While walking in the back
yard of his son’s residence in At¬
lanta W. A. Bearden was sud¬
denly stricken with heart failure
and a few minutes later died.
A movement is on foot having
for its purpose active endeavor to
secure from the Southern railway
a larger passenger depot at tlie
railroad station at Gainesville.
Dr. W. P. DeLaperriere, of
Hoschton, bought the old D. R.
Lyle estate of Hurgens & Har¬
well, of Mulberry, for fourteen
thousand dollars. This is the
third time the estate has changed
hands since Mr. Lyle’s death ten
years ago.
- &
Frank Jackson, a negro of Odes
sadale, shot and instantly killed
Ella Sbrozier, colored, and her
seven-months-old baby, who was
in her arms at the time. One
bullet passed through the baby’s
head and another through the
woman’s heart.
Rev. Zack Butler, once the
j famous restaurant, man,” of
1 Gainesville, and and original
| street preacher, is one of the
| rich, original characters in “The
Georgians,” the novel of North
[Georgia life recently published
j by Will N. Harben.
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