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VOL. 28
FITE ANSWERED
BY GORDON LEE
Congressman Lee Issues
Address to People of
Seventh District.
FITE’S CONDUCT REVIEWED
Lee Says Emphatically That No Letter
Was Written to Judge Maddox
in Regard to Political Trade.
Congressman Gordon Lee has
issued the following address to
the people of the Seventh dis¬
trict :
“Washington, D. O., Decem¬
ber 14, 1905.—To the people of
the Seventh Congressional Dis¬
trict: My duties here will neces¬
sitate my absence from the dis,
trict for a considerable time. In
view of the fact that an aggress¬
ive campaign is being conducted
against mein my absence,months
before there is the shadow of an
excuse for any campaign at all,
and before you have had an op¬
portunity to judge whether or
not my services to you will prove
satisfactory, it seems proper for
me to make a brief statement.
“Since July last the newspa¬
pers of the district have rarely
been free from cards, letters or
interviews from Judge Fite at¬
tacking me and my friends in se¬
vere terms. He fills in the
intervals with occasional public
addresses, couched in even more
abusive language. To all of this
1 have made no answer, my nat¬
ural version to all manner of
broils and contentions, public
and private, being so strong that
1 preferred to submit in silence
to his misrepresentations rather
tfjan juju in shell unseemly con¬
duct. Ir has been a matter of
satisfaction to me to note that
your marked disapproval of his
action justifies my course.
“There is no necessity for a
congressional campaign at this
time. There will be ample time,
after; the adjournment of con
gress, for Judge Fite,or any other
aspirant for congressional honors,
to present his claims for your
consideration. The only eonceiv
able reason for this
and bitter assault upon me at this
time is to make my first term a
failure, if possible, by distracting
my attention from my duties. J f
he should succeed in this ] H -
would seriously impair my use
fulness to the district and benefit
no one but himself.
“Of my record as a public
ant I am neithei ashamed nor
afraid. At the proper time I hold
myself answerable to you for it
all. But 1 will say, here and
now, that any charge or insinua
tion that I have ever been influ¬
enced in my official acts by any
other motive than a desire to
serve the best interests of those
I represented is without truthful
foundation. Lest&ny may be
ceived or misled by his repeated
charges and insinuations 1 ask
you to bear in mind that Judge
Fite, with full knowledge
year of the facts upon which he
bases every material allegation
that he now makes, supported me
for congress against ail opponents,
This will give you a proper
of the value of his opinion,
When someone else was the
didate against me, 1 was
when lie wants the job, 1 am
unfit!
“In this connection it is
to call the attention to the
that no complaint comes
against me from those whom
have served; it conies only
Judge Fite, who is after the
1 A hold, .„d who clings hard
’
fast to the job he already
THE MURRAY NEWS.
SPRING PLACE, MURRAY COUNTY, GEORGIA, JANUARY 5 ,
; while he reaches out for another.
, My home precinct, where nearly |
all my life has been spent ano
where both my public and pri
sate life are lulu known, < -tst
ted votes for me for congress ami
only one against r me. My home
county of Walker, with a voting
population of more than 8,000,
cast, only 45 votes against me for
congress. And this after 1 had
done all those fearful things that
so disturb Judge Fite’s rest.
“With this indorsement from
those whom 1 have served as a
public official and who know me,
t could just as well treat with
the indifference that they de¬
serve the false and defamatory
charges of Judge Fite, but for the
fact that to some of you I am nor
so well known. To those who
Know me I need say nothing m
reply t«. his abuse: to those who,
do not know me I appeal for a ;
suspension of judgment until you :
!.»v„ h,.l ... nripominity to loan,.
rn ’"' J ' S ;if. e ? 8 A! “"'faSity 1 '.','
sources, , full, r o, WmU
his charges.
“I am compelled to refer spe
cifiically to but one of Judge
Fite’s fictions, and to this bt
cause of tiie fact that the names!
of other innocent persons, are |
brought i 'it in a most
nnsing ‘ im ■clion, if t 1 ''* , 11 ‘ '-re- !
putable la uncut ion, tumid
Ueliv-Vod.
nii V T’ 8? , ^r'r U jud‘'e
w .b senel t i '■•»>» - : |
Fite’ home, on a Sabbath eveti-
111 “,! uti'.m'V 1 1e'says that
Gann and Mr, Barrow, of H.ivan
nali, tw< Imnorable and high
toned gentlemen, while guests
under his own roof and in the
privacy of his own parlor, were:
engaged in a conversation on i
political topics. It was here, ac
coriling to Judge Fite, home, in that the J
sanctity of his own :
Gann told him that he had re-;
ceived intended and partly for him, read but a which letter j |
not
had been sent to him by 1
take, in an efiort of its author to '
do him a favor he had asked.
It was here, Fite says, that Ins
guest, Senator Gann, revealed to
him certain contents of said let¬
ter which he (Fite) thereafter
1 published to the \\ or < , n i imu
} the knowledge or consent of that
| S»est and greatly to Ins discredit
j and mortification, it t ie < mri p
utabie tale should be believed,
“It is inconceivable, to a clean
I mind, that Senator Gann or any
j one else of even, ordinary mtel
ligence and regai d foi t. k coin
! men proprieties of gentlemanly
(conduct, should have made for
| publication such a damaging
; admission against himsell. Even
j before Gann’s positive, oieiiiii
stantial and emphatic contradic¬
tion the statement was so palpa¬
bly untrue that it was practically
| harmless to any one but its mind, au
: j tlior, Judge Fite. Bear in
please, that I am not making
charges against Judge l ite
repeating any main iy
j I am discussing nothing but lns
(,vvn published con cssion, <>\( i
bis signature I invoke the can
did and just judgmen. o all
! honorable men upon i. ,a
j Cana was to argue an lmpoi ant
before Judge ‘i e ie next
day; that the liatm o n mt case
was such that toe • u< ge mus
the amount o ie ee i ,
j Gann was to be pan , n
:‘»*f - s r ued feeIs
and the decision as to the fee is
still withheld, may^ or may not
have influence in ge -
course towarca beua,.a
A discerning public will draw
j their own conclusions.
"No such letter, or any letter
1 tenor,
of a similar was ever
NEW TOWN SITE
rrksi I"Ur% mi IVHJKAK in a DV I
_
Company Organized and Town
, WHJBpI aid Off
Uon Will Be Laid UST
on the L . &
bet < of . prominent tle
A mi m . n lT p e n
men have recently organized the
Lton f m town ....t| Company the 1P
capital stock of which is $20,000,
of \vhich has been taken,
The company has purchased a
large portion of the Dr. J. F.
Harris farm in Murray county,
near Pleasant Valley churen, on
the new L. A N. railroad, where
they propose to lay oil a town
site. In a very short time this
company expects to inaugurate
a sale of this property. The
company lias every reason to
lievo the project will be an
neat success as they have already
tlia ».V applieatiom, , „„ r toi „ i...,in;n(r 8
and tactmj s is
18 <*P‘tal "p n i ha* if al ; h,v eady been u »
to oroct a largo cotton
" l
The men behind this project
citimus. They
are G G. Keith, Gapt, W. R.
Davis, Seth Gregory, Dr. F. M.
Jones, Ilyden Tyler,, John Clem
cuts, John 1). Harris, W. M
Harris, of Murray county ; Dr. J.
Harris, Sam Maddox, F.
U ■ Hardwick, Dr. b. A. Brown,
of Daltfm, Ga., and John L. Kd
The new town site “Eton” is
named after Eaton Hall, a fa
mans educational institution m
which j« very appropri¬ i.
as pleasant Valley lias been
for a number of years the ednea
tional center in Murray county.
“Dalton Argus.
MT. ZION
Their many friends will He
p i eased to know that Russell
yj c [j ail and Luke Pulliam are
improving after a serious attack
() £ ( ypheid fever,
John McClure and beautiful
Gauglrter, Miss daisy, of Texas,
and Tom McClure and family
spent Friday with their cousin,
Mrs. E. A. Leonard.
Miss Ella Peeple, one of Mt.
Zion’s sweetest belles,
Friday night with Miss
Holland.
Our neigliborhood was sadly
shocked when Frank Adams left
for Birmingham. Frank will be
badly missed,
John n 0 n a „d accompanied bis
sister, who lives in
honje Saturday.
Jot; and Charlie Willbanks,
tw0 Ft. Mountain’s most pop
u ) ar young farmers, spent Sutur
<lay , IIR ],t in our Imrg.
(jj em Adams was in our burg
Saturday afternoon. Hunting,
were you Clem?
Mrs. Florence Holland and
daughter, Mrs. Bessie Chastain,
spent one day recently at the
home of D. F. Peeples.
Sunshine
—.
ten by me to Judge Maddox, nor
fo wne elge . No such polit
or tra j e was ever made
() poBe(1 hy ine to Judge Mad
, jy ]etter or otherwise.
Gann says that• he never received
aIiy 8Uc j, letter nor made
^ suc ), statement, to Judge
&g t(> i{s con tents. Judge
, iIa(i(lox says that he never heard
<)f the j etter until Judge Fite
mentioned it. Every witness
who Has any knowledge brands
pto a8 f alge . The .
w!;ole intent and purpose of the
d i gre p U t.able concoction is to con
! vev .. Ui0S t drshonorable falsehood
'
■ to the pul>Iia mind. It lias
j that fate it deserved and
„ 5;1 all, attends seal, cdorts.
At t his tune Judge Lite *> ol-
FORT MOUNTAIN
Every °!) e in our town ha8 R,) -
joyed both Christmas and New
Year to a great extent.
Quite a number of young peo*
pie enjoyed themselves at the
home of Miss Effie Lee Brown
last Sunday , )ig h t -they stayed
until the next year.
There seems some great attrac¬
l , f f ne I p omird as
he spoilt . most of last week , liere
a Uck aga,n • , lji
' ‘ ‘
Come again Joe.
Miss Flora Gordon spent Sun
day Wlth Misses M ood, ,
;»ear Spring Place,
b“d.anl Springfield and Miss
J,; mn>e W,,0(1 accompanied Miss
Gordon home.
,
If Miss Netlle ' voods 8 Pent a P art
of last week with Mrs. J. O.
1 Willbanks.
Mrs. W. G. Lindsey spent Sut
d ay bemoan with Mrs. W. I).
j Gordon.
i Miss Stella Leonard lias enter
0d Rch(Md a t the Valley.
j ^ M( . 0!un? un<J (huigh .
ter, Miss Daisy, of Texas, are
| ^ r e]utivos here
^ ^
Will dame, nod family fro,., our
«■»»»'»» O •
Miss Mae McClure is . visiting .
{^ives in Whitfield.
| THr.Watt Leonard,- who has
i been visiting relatives here, re
i turned to Ins home in Tennessee
Monday.
i Mark and Jim Willbanks were
^ calling on Misses Lou and Nora
| day Will for Carney her school spent at last Bermuda. Wednes
day evening in town to the de
light of his many friends.
Miss Sal lie Holland spent last’
Wednesday night with Miss Ef¬
fie Lee Brown.
Miss Zoe Leonard spent part of
last week with friends at Pleas¬
ant Valley.
, : Gwen and . Miss ... Jennie , . m Terry
j ^jasned tlirongli our burg Safur
i day>
i> ro f. and Mrs. W. O. Lindsey
8 p en t last week with the latter’s
parents at Gregory.
.John Holland spent Wednes¬
day night with Jim Wiilbanks.
Mrs Tom E1 rod visited Mrs.
W. 1). Gordon Monday.
D. E. Humphreys and family,
of Dennis, visited Mrs. Mary E.
ij rown Saturday.
A number of young people er.
joyed themselves at Miss Flora
Gordon’s Wednesday evening.
Miss'Minnie Red spent Sunday
with Miss Ocie Gordon.
L. 1). Leonard and family spent
New Year’s day with Jeff Hol
| afld and wife,
Joe Willbanks entertained a
number of his friends Friday
evening. Let us come again Joe.
(). D. Keith Inis bought out J.
W. Red and will move soon.
Guess what young man got two
letters in the same envelope one
evening last week. Was it you,
Joe?
Sam Gordon has purchased a
new buggy. Lookout, girls!
j that spells something, to learn that J. W.
i We regret
j Red and family will leave us
soon.
Enoch Peeples was here Tuesday.
Mrs. W. Z. Latch was here a
day of last week.
G. AND B,
McWilliams Bros., Dalton,
will appreciate your trade and
sell you Ihe best values in 1906.
ficial record is not a matter of
sufficient public interest to call
| for any discussion by me. If it
. will
| should become so the light
be turned on it with surprising
j revelations to all who have heard
... boastful profession f ■ of .
bis
bravery 10,1
j! • '“Gordon XrfCK.r*
TEMPLE GROVE
Christinas passed over Temple
Grove very quietly. There were
several pleasant surprises, among
them being a visit to Mr. and
Mrs. John Aadair by their daugh¬
ter and son, Mr. and Mrs. Plem
ons.
John Arrowood came from
Texas to visit Ins mother, who
we regret to learn has been very
sick. He spent Tuesday night
with his brother, Jim Arrowood.
Mr. and Mrs. Cal Cox, of Tex¬
as, made many hearts glad by
their unexpected,presence a few
days ago.
James Arrowood, wife and
children spent Sunday before
Christmas in Spring Place.
Tip Stephenson is quite ill.
Mrs. Cox had a number of rel¬
atives to dine with her Christ¬
mas day.
Dr. Gilbert and wife spent the
holidyas with their father and
mother near Dalton.
John , . Stephenson, , wife and ,
baby, visited relatives in Ten
nessee last week.
We are glad to state that Mrs.
Tom Hicks is slowly improving
after having been very ill.
Miss Mossie Martin and broth¬
er, Chester, spent last Thursday
night at Dr. Colvard’s.
Miss Willie Keys visited the
Misses Martin Friday and Satur¬
day.
Jess Haddock went to Dalton
last week.
John Dawkins built a chimney
for Andrew Pulliam last week.
Quite a number of friends
heard the graphophone at Dr.
Colvard’s one night last week.
Miss Maude Gox visited Miss
Georgia Isenhour during the
holidays,
Bob Shelton and family spent
Christmas day at Jim Arro
wood’s.
Mr. Bill Colvard, of Forsyth, and
nephew, Henry Jackson, of Aus¬
tell, are visiting at the home of
!)r. Colvard.
Press Gladden’s little three
year-old son is doing nicely with
his broken leg.
We would like to hear, through
The News, how the people over
in Little Murray are getting
along.
We wish The News a happy
New Year. Flowers.
Best Buggy Harness and Lap
Robes at McWilliams Bros.
CHATSWORTH
The year 1905 has gone, and
with it many a glorious throng
of happy dreams. Its mark is
on brow, its shadow on eacli
heart. On, still on, Time press¬
es forever! The condor of the
Andes, that can soar through
heaven’s unfathomable depths,
or brave the fury of a northern
hurricane and bathe his plumage
in the thunder’s home, furls his
broad wings at nightfall and
sinks down to rest upon his
mountain crag. But Time knows
not the weight of sleep or weari¬
ness, and night’s deep darkness
lias no chain to bind his rushing
pinion.
Elbert Carney was here a short
while Friday afternoon.
Horace Moore and Marion
Bonds and Misses Mamie and
Georgia I’endley were in our
burg one day last week.
Mr. and Mrs. James, of Ellijav,
were visiting here last week.
A. Clements was in our burg
Sunday.
A number of young peonle
were delightfully entertained by
Miss Vick Moaeland at her home,
Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Anderson is on the sick
list.
Miss Sallie Holland, one of
Mt. Zion’s fairest belles, spent a
few days with friends here this
week.
Handsome G’lem Adams was
NO. 4
PURELY LOCAL AND PERSONAL
We have been the whole push
this week”»editor, printer, office
boy and devil and all, and a dev¬
il of a time we have been having.
We will kindly ask our patrons
to excuse us for being late, also
look over mistakes if you find
any. The work has been more
than one man can do. Be leni¬
ent with us and we’ll try to do
better.
\V. M. Pend ley and wife were
in Dalton Monday.
Big skirt sale at McWilliams
Bros.
L. W. Thompson and wife are
the proud parents of a fine boy.
Rev. N. A. Parsons, of Var
nells, was in the city Tuesday.
Stetson hats at McWilliams
Bros.
D. O. McLain and son, of
Adair, spent Friday in the city.
Charley Durham has about
recovered from his recent acci
dent.
Ben Bates and Miss Georgia
Penfiley paid Dalton a visit Mon¬
day.
The Oohutta Talc Factory is
being moved to Chatsworth this
week.
1 will pay 25c for cotton seed
delivered at Dalton.
John T. Holland.
Jesse Jackson and son, G. B.,
were in the city for a short while
today.
Messrs. E. H. and T. A. Brown,
of Dunn, were pleasant visitors
Friday.
1 will pay 25c for cotton seed
delivered at Dalton.
John T. Holland.
Messrs. John Berry and S. B.
Martin, of Bull, spent Friday in
Spring Place,
Mesdames Edmondson and Ca
Gle, of Holly, spent last Satur¬
day in ihe city.
I will pay 25c for cotton seed
delivered at Dalton.
John T. Holland.
Get a stylish suit at McWill¬
iams.’
Max Keister has accepted a
position with the Piedmont
Printing Co., of Atlanta.
On accouns of having no help
we were c impelled to leave out
some communications this week.
Get a Love Saddle at Mc¬
Williams Bros.
Best values in Underwear at
McWilliams Bros.
Miss Lizzie Dickson, of the
Decatur Orphans’ Home, is
spending a few days with home
folks, «
Clinton Kelly and Oliver Dick¬
son have returned to their stud¬
ies at Waleska. Mac Anderson
and Charlie Parson have also
entered school there.
Notice.
All persons indebted to me
are requested to come in and
make settlement at once, as all
past dne accounts must be dis
posed of. S. 0. Williams.
OLEN HILL DEAD.
Died at Home of His Mouther Three
Miles North of Town.
On Saturday, of last week, the
sad news reached Spring Place
that Olen Hill was dead.
He had been in very bad health
for several months and his death
was not unexpected.
He leaves a wife and two small
children, who, with mother,
brothers, sisters, and friends,
deeply mourn his death.
His remains were interred in
Spring Place by the Odd Fellows
he having been a member of that
order.
here Sunday. I guess that was
the reason one of our young la¬
dies wore such a bright smile.
Mrs. E. W. Markin has been
quite sick but am glad to say she
is improving. and Miss Susie
Grover Tilley
Morris were Saturday.
Laurel,