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TH E MURRAY NEWS
Published weekly «t Spring Place, Georgia,by and de¬
the M array News Publishing Company,
voted to the interests of Mnrrav County
Entered at the post office at Spring Place, ca.
as second-class matter, and issued every Friday,
Official Organ of City and County
Subscription, $1.00 per year; si* months, 50c;
three month,. iffic.
J. ED. JOHNSON, EDITOR.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
For Representative.
1 hereby announce myself a candidate for
Representative and wiil appreciate the support
of the voters of Murray county, if elected, I
will discharge my duties, as your representa¬
tive. to the very l>est of my ability, always look
ins: to the welfare of our county.
J. C. MeKNTIRK,
To the voters and citizens of Murray County:
1 ant a candidate for the office of Representa¬
tive and for respectfully will solicit feel your grateful. help and I sup¬ will
port. which I ever
promise to lie faithful in the discharge of my
dut'es. If elected 1 will be subject to the action
of the Democratic primary, if any. J..T RIMM1KR.
SAMKKI,
To the Voters of Murray County:
I hereby announce myself a candidate for
Representative at the next ensuing election,
►object to the Democratic usages. 1 shall appre¬
ciate your support, and of if elected ability. will discharge
111 y duty to the best Respectfully, my
J. W. AUSTIN.
FOR COUNTY TREASURER.
To the voter* of Murray County.
I hereby announce myaelf a candidate for
County Treasurer of Murray county, If subject elected to
the action of the Demo ratic party. I
will serve the people of my native county to the
best of my nb rJchard
t. spring FIRM >.
To the Voters of Murray County:
I am a candidate fo- the office of county Tr eas
iirer, subject to the Democratic primary, and
will appreciate your support and influence.
Yours very truly, BATHS.
OWEN K,
I hereby announce myself a candidate for re
election to the office of County Treasurer of
Murray oounty, thanking the people for their
election, kindness m feeling the past that I ask I have their support discharged tor re
subject the my
duties as treasurer, I announce to
October election 190t».
W. A. CAMPBRU,.
FOR TAX RECEIVER
To 1 he Voters of Murray Comity:
I hrarby announce myself a candidate for Ta*
Receiver of till* county, subject of to the primary, in
ami I solicit tile support each voter the
county. If elected, I shall discharge my duties
to the heat of my ability and shall try to give
satisfaction to all. Respectfully, Halcomb.
W, J,
FOR TAX COLLECTOR
1 hereby announce myself as a candidate for
re-election to the office of Tax Collector, subject
to the Democratic primary. If elected, will dis¬
charge my duties to the best of my abil
J. CHAPMAN.
These terrible disasters that
are taking place in different
parts of the world make one
feel glad that he is living in
“dear old Georgia.”
The “boys” are coming in
right along now with their
announcements and if you
have any idea of running for
any kind of office yon had bet¬
ter ‘get in the game.”
The way the entire country
went to the relief of San Fran¬
cisco shows the kind of ma¬
terial the people of The Uni¬
ted States is made of. In less
than twenty four hours after
the disaster, provisions and
money were on their way
from every direction to relieve
the sufferers, which shows
that we are a united people.
The people, several hun¬
dred years ago, were so sti
perstitious that many a poor
woman was burned at the
stake for being a witch. This
of course was a mistake, as
there were no witches. They
should have burned the tat¬
tlers instead thereby ridding
the country of the sorriest set
of people who ever inhabited
the the globe globe _ and and the the practice ractice
could have been kept up to,
this day.
~
THE time of the year has
come when the festive law
breaker will beein to use dvn
armte unite in in our our creeks creeks and and rivers rivers
in order to get them a mess of
ffsh. In fact it is already be
ing done and every man in the
county should constitute him
self as a committee of one to
look into this business. There
svns a law passed a fe w years
ago making it the duty ot the j
superior court judges of the
state to appoint a game war¬
den for every county in the
state and in turn this warden
to appoint deputies for each
district in his county. J he
duty of these wardens is
look after and prosecute any
person violating the law made
to protect , ,, the game. And \ r.i* this
law is violated more and has
less said about it than any oth¬
er law in the state. There
has never been a man prose¬
cuted in this county, or in
North Georgia so far as can
he learned for violating it.
We do not even have a war¬
den in Murray county, much
less in each district, and as
long as things run this way the
game will never be protected
MARTIN FOR THE SENATE.
In this issue of the Argus
appears the announcement of
Will C. Martin as a candidate
for the Senate from this, the
43rd district. This news will
be gladly received because it
comes as the direct result of
the practically unanimous call
of the people, which is some
thing unusual in the history of
Georgia politics.
No district in the State will
have a more able member in
the Senate. He is a fine law¬
yer, as proven by the splendid
success he has made in this
profession, a business man of
superior judgment and thor
oughly alive to all things that
lead to the upbilding of this
section and State.
lie believes in clean meth¬
ods, the right thing and a
“square deal,” He will have
no opposition, and when elect¬
ed, the Senate can not possi¬
bly do better than to make
him its president.
The Senatorial primary will
be held May 3rd, the same
day as the Congressional pri¬
mary.—Dalton Argus.
A TRANSPLANTED
INDUSTRY
Horae Grown Ostrich Plumes For Colum¬
bia's Bonnets.
(By W. Frank McClure in “Mad¬
ame.”)
When fashion made the ostrich
feather an almost indispensable
feature of feminine headgear the
plumage of these birds of the
desert began to be assiduously
sought. When the demand of
the milliners became too impor¬
tune to be supplied by mere os¬
trich hunters, ostrich farming
sprang into existence and became
a famous industry. Insomuch as
these huge birds are indigenous
to Africa, ostrich farming was
confined to the southern part of
that continent. Indeed, it was
thought, to be impracticable to
attempt to raise the birds in oth¬
er places. The average woman
who wears a plume upon her hat
today doubtless has no other
thought than that it has come
across the sea. As a matter of
fact, many of the large plumes
displayed ^. in milliner stores are
ho| growa feather8 .
Mora tbaa twen ty years ag0 ihe
fj-gt ostrich for the purpose of es
tablishing an ostrich farm
brought to America. Previous to
that time these giant birds had
visited the country merely
^ to some circus.
^
triehesin tins country was pro-;
there was much misgiving -
as to what success would attend j
the venture. It had always been
the belief that the birds would j
not thrive anywhere except on
^ p j
false. There are at j
re8e nt numerous ostrich fartus
THE MURRAY NEWS, FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1906
throughout the more tropical por¬
tions of this country, notably at
Phoenix, Ariz., Passaderia, Cal.,
and Jacksonville, Fla. Not only
bave 08tr ich farms in these places
succeeded in raising these huge
birds, with their valuable plum
age, but they are doing so with
P r °fit- There is no longer any
doubt about American ostrich
farming . . developing , . into . well¬
a
paying industry.
At the ostrich farms in this
country they have trained these
bizarre birds to do strange things,
Since the ostrich is an extremely
stupid bird (all birds, in fact,are
stupid), it consequently cannot
he taught tricks, but they can be
trained to some extent. The os
trioh is the horse of the bird
world, and such a functionary it
becomes about the ostrich farm.
One encounters many .novel
scenes about these places. The
big birds are hitched to vehicles
and driven singly or in pairs.
An extremely ludicrous sight to
those not accustomed to it is a
pair of ostriches hitched tandem
to a break-cart. Though the os¬
trich in its original haunt fears
even the approach of a human
being, it soon becomes accus¬
tomed to the proximity of man,
anfl performs very well the fune
tions of a horse, It can even be
ridden bareback, though no one
is known to have attempted to
saddle one of the birds. An os¬
trich can travel a great deal
faster than a horse. As these
birds walk leisurely about the
inclosures of the ostrich farms
they do not seem to he
long enough steps to carry them
very swiftly, bur once they get
into full swing in a largo field
their strides are frequently over
twenty feet long. An ostrich has
been known to develop a speed
of forty to fifty miles an hour
when exerting itself. Ostrich
riding, it is said, is very delecta¬
ble sport. Those who have tried
it assert that, it is much more fas¬
cinating than horseback riding
and far excels traveling ou a
camel.
The ostrich is a queer bird. It
lias furnished unbounded copy for
wits and cartoonists. In general
it lives up to its reputation, for
it has many strange ways and j
trich, one that has stood the test
of many a comic weekly joke, is
its astounding appetite, its utter
lack of discrimination in food.t
The ostrich, as is well known,
has a most remarkable taste,
ranging all the way from cobble-!
stones to nails Goodsizedstones, j
it is asserted by those who know
the bird, are swallowed with in- j j
tense relish. It will feed on jew
elrv as a boarding-school maiden
on bonbons and pickles. Jf an
ostrich catches sight of a seen,,,]! bit of
jewelry il iloes not l«e ,
l» attempting to appropriate it,
In the portions of the United
a States , . where , ostriches , . , . are now
being , , raised , tuere is an abun- ,
dance , of „ oranges. In , ,, these places , a ;
novel but not unusual sight is tn I
see one of these great birds
lowing an entire orange. Tiie
fruit, slipping down the eel-like
neck of the fowl, shows all the,
way down to the body. For » !
lighter and steadier diet the
birds feed upon alfalfa, an espe
c.al product of the Far West.
hey are very fond of alfalfa and j
thrive upon it,
1 he ostrich is an enormous
bird, much larger than any other
fowl. When full grown it fro
reaches a height of eight
f ee L Uto weight ot each bird
ra »ges dose to two hundred
P° UI1 *ds. 1 here is one ostrich in
country today that is more
l *» te» ^ lu S h a,ui Wei ^ 8
four It 1.
worthy of note that the birds
,10 *' ra * se ,n “ ie ' mted states
“ ,
are B ian those brought up
* n ^°uth Africa. I heir plumage,
t0< N lfc 18 asserted, is superior
eoX jj iat are'valued 1,1 .'pYY*- It a* .*
thousand |
dollars a pair. There are several j
hraces valued at several times I
that amount.
One very striking peculiarity j
is the luVd’s great fear of its feet.
It has been noticed by those who
have studied the movements of
the ostrich that if a person were
attacked by one of these birds he
would have a great deal better
chance of surviving if he lay
down upon the ground than if he
stood up. The ostrich dislikes to
fight anything close to its feet.
This peculiarity i shown by the
well-known antipathy the bird
took toward the small dog. It
would much rather attack a horse,
A imrse, by the way, would stand
a very small show of escaping
alive from an encounter with an
ostrich. Moreover rhe bird shows
a great deal more fear of a child
than of a grown man.
Travelers who bave visited
California will at once recall the
immense eggs that are sold as
souvenirs in some of the cities of
that state. The ostrich is respon
sible for them. If the ostrsoh
egg fails to hatch in the required
number days it is at once
by tne thrifty farmer and placed
on the market. Tney make
unique souvenirs.
The ostrich, when once it is in
the humor, is a very strenuous
layer. It generally judges from
fifteen to t wenty eggs“a setting.”
In a season an ostrich hatches
several brood®. Their eggs not
infrequently weigh three
one-half pounds. An ostrich egg
requires a much longer time to
hatch than that of a lien.
the barnyard fowl turns out its
progeny in twenty-one days it re
quires forty-two days for the bird
of the desert. Recent
meats have demonsirated that a
lien’s egg can lie hatched in
nineteen days under certain cir¬
cumstances and conditions; but:
the ostrich egg has withstood a!!
attempts to curtail the hatching
perion.
^oth the piale and female OS?
trich sit on the eggs. They oc¬
cupy the nest in shifts, the male
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Help Wanted —We can give
employment to twenty or thirty
f ami U e «. especially of girls, in
knitting ami spinning mill.
Two trolley car lines, cheap
wor | << highest scale of piece work
prices paid. Apply to the !
Richmond Hosiery Mills,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Southern Railway’s Improved |
Service to Florida
Effective November 26th, the j
Southern railway will establish
Pullman sleeping car line, leav¬
ing Uhatfanooga !» passing
Dalton 4.16 p.m. .arriving Jack¬
sonville, Fia., 8:50 a.m. daily.;
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'»»' >. J.ct„m v ,l!e , tin r.-'n.pass
">lO>alton 11 ,.M. amvms at
Chattanooga 1 p.si, train bun-;
filing this , . sleeper , will ... arrive at
,* 5 *
Jacksonville , m time to connect
^h , trains to all points .n Hor- :
r, ‘"; “ (1<h ,0 " t( > th e
Cincinnati and Florida Limited,! , ,
which leaves Chattanooga 0:80;
P.M., passing Dalton 7:15 P.Ji.,;
arr , > v V , ,B J^kwmviIIe , 1 u|! , " a '' 8 Lwj 9;.V> mg a.m. c»r • j
*onvilie and da >' coa without f es th change, J ou ^ h t0 making
connection for all points in r lor-;
ida. This train also carries din- \
ing car.
For further information call on ;
R. 0. Craig, Ticket Agent, or
J. E. Shipley, T. P. A.,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
A Lucky Postmistress
j s Mrs. Alexander, of Cary, Me.,
»ho has found Dr. King's New
Life Pills to be the best remedy
£. "SES
in per f ect: or der. You’ll agree
w ^ b ber jf you f ry these painless
purifiers who infuse new life,
Guaranteed by C . L. Dole, 1 rice
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Chattanooga, Tenn.
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You have often heard that “goods
well bought are hall sold.
The truthfulness of this adage has
been clearly proven in our Clothing
Department recently.
In Men’s Suits and Trousers
In Boys’ Suits and Trousers
FAULTLESS CLOTHinq
and the Style, ()ualitv and Price all ap
pea 1 to those wlio want someth ing good
$7.50 to $15.00
$3.50 to $7.00
We are selling the best trade and
want to sell you.
McWilliams bros.
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$ $ THQ .ai-huuII R |M if * L a UMPA WAvH)iiS
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8 I * The Best wagons in this Section.
85 If you need a good wagon and want it very
i cheap, be sure and see me before buying.
i THOMAS J. BRYANT
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Are automatic, ball-bearing, silent, simple,
swift, strong and easy running, and are positively
guaranteed. have special offer
Just now we a proposition to
to anyone, who wishes to buy one or exchange an
old machine for a new one. if you are interested,
come to see us or mail us this blank.
McWilliams Bros., Dalton, Ga.
Gentlemen:—I am interested in your sewing ma¬
chine proposition. Please write me in regard to it.
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McWilliams Brothers.