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VOL. 28
LEE TRIUMPHS
OVER FITE
Carries Every County in District
By Large Majorities Except
Bartow and Murray.
SMALL VOTE POLLED
In Murray On Account of lnclem=
ent Weather or Some Other
Cause.
Reports from over the Seventh
congressional district say that
Hon. Gordon Lee was nominated
in the race for congress between
himself and Judge A. W. Fite
by an overwhelming majority,
Fite carrying only two counties,
Bartow and Murray.
While this is a very bad beat
according to the way we look at
the matter, we bow our heads
in humble submission to the in¬
evitable.
Lee will go to congress for the
second term and Murray will
give him a much better vote in
the November election than she
did yesterday.
Time forbids us to wait longer
for the returns from all over the
district, but it is conceded that
Lee’s majority will be something
like 5,000.
Below is the vote of the county
by districts.
LEE KITE
Town 89 126
Tenth 40 42
1013th 41 87
Eighth 34 23
Doolittle 13 24
Ball Ground 85 15
Bull Pen 36 27
Doogan 17 3
Alaculsa 28 3
1039th 46 31
Total 379 881
Total vote of county 760
On account of the inclement
weather or for some other rea¬
son, there was the lightest vote
polled in Murray that has been
in years, there being less than
half by over thre hundred.
A Tribute.
On last Tuesday the angels
visited the home of Mr. and Mrs.
TV. D. Willbanks and took from
them their darling baby, George.
Rev. Barton conducted the fun¬
eral services at Mt. Zion church
the following day at 11 o’clock
in the presence of a large crowd.
Only a few days ago the little
one was in the bloom of health.
Oh, how little we then expected
that the little one vcould now be
sleeping beneath the cold clay.
But it’s only his mortal body
That rests beneath the sod;
His sweet and gentle spirit
Has its home with God.
On this earth we’ll see his face
no more,
But we’ll meet him on the gold¬
en shore.
That morning when his papa
kissed him, how little did he
think that that would be the last
time his precious babe would
ever look on him on this earth
again. How little did his moth¬
er think when she should return
that she would find her little one
burned to death. Father and
mother, grieve not; your baby
has gone to that world where
sorrows never come. Be com
forted by these words:
George has gone to heaven above
Where all is peace and joy and love.
And when your work on earth is done,
You then will meet your precious one,
And there will dwell forevermore
With George and others gone before.
Olivia.
v MURRAY NEWS.
SPRING PLACE, MURRAY COUNTY, GEORGIA, MAY 4, ioo 5 .
PURELY LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Esq. W. F. Dugger, of Tilton,
is here today.
Sam Dugger, of Tilton, spent
yesterday here.
J. H. Pritchett, of Holly, is a
new subscriber.
R. N. McOamy, of Sumach,
was here today.
Miss Ruth Black, Wells, Ga.,
is a new subscriber.
Bob Gregory, of Dalton, was
in the city Tuesday.
D. M. Peeples, of Enoch, spent
today in Spring Place.
Ool. W. 0. Carter, of Atlanta,
was in the city Tuesday.
John Thompson represented
Doogan in the city today.
Esq. E. A. Earnest, of Hassler
Mill, was in the city today.
D. A. Hooker is a new name
on our subscription list.
Walt Hemphill, of the Ball
Ground, is in the city today.
Blair A'dam-s, of Doolittle,
spent a few hours here today.
Editor B. L. Heartsill, of Dal¬
ton, spent Tuesday in the city.
S. A. Gregory, of Hassler Mill,
spent Monday night in the city.
R. P. Campbell, of the 10th
district, was in the city yester¬
day.
King & Riehereek have com¬
pleted their restaurant at Chats¬
worth.
K. N. Steed, of Eton, spent a
portion of this week m Spring
Place.
John Burks, of Holly, was in
the city a short while yesterday.
W. If. Kenner and wife, of trie
Tibbs’ farm, were in the city
yesterday.
Sam Higdon, of Cisco, brought
in the election returns from Ala
culsa today.
Frank Watkins and family have
returned home after a brief visit
to Cartersville.
Mrs. J. II.Steed and son, J. H.,
have returned from a visit to rel¬
atives in Dalton.
Rhyne Bros, will soon have the
sash and blind factory in opera¬
tion at Chatsworth,
Mrs. B. E. Hall and little
daughter are spending the week
with relatives here.
Stonewall Dupree was tried
before a jury and found to be in¬
sane here last week.
Mrs. J. R. Flood, of Monticello,
Ark., is visiting friends and rel¬
atives in the county.
Col. C. N. King returned Wed¬
nesday after a several days’ bus¬
iness trip to Atlanta.
Messrs. Gann & Sams, of Ma¬
rietta, spent a few days of this
week in Soring Place.
Please notice the advertise¬
ment of Herron & Thomas on
another page of this issue.
Tne News is . a day , , late , this .. .
week . account . of „ . .
on giving
readers , the ,, election . .. returns. ,
Several young people enjoyed
a card party at the home of the
Misses Chamlee Tuesday night,
L. D. Covington, of Childress,
Texas, returned home Thursday
after a brief visit to relatives in
the county.
E. W. Markin authorizes us to
announce that he will be an in
dependent candidate for sheriff
in the October election.
FORT MOUNTAIN.
We have been very busy fish¬
ing in our burg this Week, hut
will stop long enough to write
you a few dots.
Miss Julia Humphreys is visit¬
ing her grandmother, Mrs. Mary
Peeples, this week.
J. D. Carnes and family visited
Mrs. Pearl Parrott Sunday.
Tom Wright and Misses Vick
Moreland and Jessie May Cope¬
land were in our burg a short
while Sunday.
W. Latch and lady passed
through here Monday en route to
Spring Place.
Mrs. W. II. Wilson has been
visiting relatives near Mt. Zion
this week.
D. E. Humphreys and wife
were in our burg Saturday.
J. W. Red and wife visited
homefolks Saturday and Sunday.
Ask Jim Willbanks why he is
wearing such a long face nowa¬
days.
Say, don’t all you girls atSpring
Place, get married. We are go¬
ing to try fishing dowu there our¬
selves. Hope we will succeed.
Miss Verna Leonard is visiting
relatives in Dalton this week.
Marion H. Williams passed
through our village Monday,
Seth Gregory and daughter,
Miss Cora, were here Thursday.
Miss Zoe Leonard, who has
been sick, is much better. She
said if that good neighbor, Mrs
Willbanks, would bring her some
more good eatables she wouldn’t
mind being sick so bad. Think
she had the ‘‘Dr,” with her Sun¬
day.
Mrs. W. O. Swanson and chil¬
dren spent a day of last week
with her mother,Mrs.0. D. Keith.
Misses Jennie Rea and F’ora
Gordon visited Mrs. Pearl Pa r~
rott Sunday afternoon.
Bob and Jack.
Dock Quarles passed through
Spring Place today en route to
Dalton. He is hauling his last
years’ crop of cotton to market.
Guy Keister and wife, of Dal¬
ton, were in Spring Place Tues
pay. Mrs. Keister will spend
several days here with relatives.
Mrs, Lillie Williamson and
family, of Moody, Texas, will
arrive in Dalton this week.
They will make Georgia their
home in the future.
J. C. Ileartsell returned to his
work with the A. J. Showalter
Co. in Dalton, after several weeks
off on account of the sickness of
his little girl, who is very much
better.
Mrs. J. P. Kelly and son, Clin¬
ton, have been in Oxford several
days visiting Mrs. Onie Starr,
who had the misfortune to break
her leg. Clinton returned home
Wednesday.
A good-sized hurricane struck
this part of the county last Fri¬
day night with the result that a
number of large number of trees
were uprooted and a Jot of fenc¬
ing was blown dowu.
Tlife band boys gave their first
oper air concert Monday night,
While some of them played a
little out of tune and a few of
instruments . , , little out , of ..
were a
tune from . , having . . been used ,
roughly , , in . the ,. past, ... they did ...
very well They should be eti
couraged in this work, for, tak
iug everything into considera¬
tion, they made the welkin ring
with their sweet (?) music, but
it could have been better. And
J then their band wagon needs a
| new coat of bright yellow paint
and a few seats on it. A few
dollars would fix things up nice
j ly, and we should look into the
matter and fix them-up.
BERMUDA.
Sunday school here is still on a
boom.
Steve Brown, of Dalton, passed
through our town Sunday en
route to Dewberry.
■ Misses Mattie Anderson and
Nettie Gladden, two of Amzi’s
sweetest belles, visited our Sun¬
day school Sunday afternoon.
John Carney, one of Chats
worth’s leading beaux, called on
Miss Alma Hill quite recently.
Miss Mattie Sue Whitfield,who
has been seriously ill with pneu¬
monia, is slowly improving.
Alfred McIIan, of Oakland,
was in our town recently.
Misses Ora and Myrtle Ellis
visited in Spring Place Sunday.
Chester Ilill attended the
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows at
Acworth Thursday.
There will be preaching the
fourth Saturday night in May at
Bermuda. Everybody invited.
Frank White and sisters, Belle
and Bernice, called on Miss Net¬
tie Gladden Sunday morning.
Will Bearden and family vis¬
ited Mrs. Harvey Henderson
Sunday.
We greatly deplore the death
of Oapt. Ramsey, especially since
he was murdered by vagabonds
while in defence of his home and
family. How long will this great
and good government permit the
manufacture of pistols, to be car¬
ried by every vagabond to the
detriment of the law-abiding
citizen? Why not Stop the man¬
ufacture of them and thereby
put the law-abiding citizen (in
the way of self-defense) on an
equal footing with the violator
of the law? Dixie,
WELLS
The farmers of this community
are about done planting cotton.
J. A. Black, of Tilton, passed
through this part of our town
last Saturday.
Mrs. Carrel and Miss Lula, has
been visiting relatives in our
burg Saturday night and Sunday.
S. B. Martin has purchased
him a nice roller organ.
Miss Jennie Smith visited her
sister, Mrs. Alice Cowart one
night last week.
Lum Smith has favored his
wife with a nice baby carriage.
J. D. Durham was here smil¬
ing on his many friends awhile
Sunday evening.
Mr. Robert Mathis attended
the singing at Ball Ground Sun¬
day evening.
Everybody is invited to attend
the singing and preaching at
Ball Ground next third Sunday.
Our merchants at this place
are hustling, it keeps them all
busy waiting on their customers.
Misses Mertie and Minnie
Blackwell visited Mrs. Beulah
West Saturday.
Little Joe.
Sentenced to Bed.
From the Kansas City Star.
Probably the most unique sen
tence ever imposed by a court of
law in Kansas was ordered in the
case of Joe Transier, who was be
fore Poline Judge Ilerr on the
charge of being drunk.
Transier is an old offender,and
when he was brought into court
Judge Herr fined him $2 and or
dered that he be confined to his
, bed , for „ week. , Marshal Horath
a
took . „ transier . , home and , put , him
,
to , ,, bed and . the ,, culprit’s , . , family „
instructed . , , , to , notify the court .
was
it Transier showed . , disposition ...
a
to leave the bed before the
was out.
Searching c ,. p»rt, ,. do,„ . . all ,,
e8 are s
in their power to locate Knox
Gordon, a young man who sud
denly nd mysteriously disap
peared from Danville, walking
up the railroad in the direction
of Macon.
M. C. HORTON, President. C. N. KING, Vice-President.
t. N. WHITMIRE, Cashier.
COHUTTA BANKING COMPANY
Patronize the COHUTTA BANKING CO.—
one of the very best equipped banks in the state—
for the following reasons:
1. It has the best Victor Manganise Screw
Door Safe, 4 inches thick, that is made with 3 Yale
time locks to open it, and is absolutely burglar proof.
2. It has a tire proof vault that is a perfect
protection and is closed by two double steel doors
which fasten with 12 1 inch bolts.
3. It carries a large policy of burglar Insurance
for depositors’ protection.
4- It carries a large policy of fidelity Insurance
for the protection of depositors.
5. It has the best facilities for handling business
for the public.
6. It can lend you money when you need it
and receive and care for your deposits.
7. It is a home enterprise and will do every¬
thing it can to build up the country. I
COHUTTA BANKING CO •s»
Spring Place, Qa.
CHATTSWQRTH
Mrs. Virgil Pendley has re
rurned home.
Miss Jessie May Copeland was
a pleasant visitor hese Sunday.
Marion Williams attended the
funeral of lion. A. K. Ramsey
last Thursday.
Miss Vick Moreland attended
services at Holly Creek Sunday.
Mr. Bings, a fruit agent of
Cleveland, Tenn , was here Mon¬
day and Tuesday.
JVIiss Capes Webb one of Oran’s
leading belles, was calling on
friends here Sunday.
Harry Peeples was in our burg
one afternoon last week.
Col. C. L. Henry, wife and son
were here Sunday.
S. M. Barnett and wife visited
Chatsworth one day last week.
Postmaster Wesley Everett
was here recently.
Zeke Dunn and lady went to
Spring Place Saturday.
Mrs. Jim Springfield spent Fri¬
day night with Mrs. J. B. Hughes
in Spring Place.
Ekol.
MT. ZION
Health if improving since last
week’s writing, but we have had
several sad accidents.
Harry Wright and Miss Biddie
Carney, two of Chatsworth’s
handsomest young people, wore
in our burg Sunday afternoon.
Misses Ella Peeples and Sailie
Holland spent a most enjoyable
afternoon Saturday gathering
wild flowers.
Miss Allen Gregory is spending
several days with her brother,
Cleve.
Miss Margaret Riordon is get
ting along nicely with her music
class.
Mines. Florence Holland and
Sa 11 ie Kemp spent a most enjoy
able day at the home of L. F.
Peeples last Sunday.
Dow Covington, . , of ,, Childress,
'
lex., is in our community. Like- . ..
ly . Chatsworth will ... bring , . . lot , of ,,
a
the Georgians ,, , back , from . _ Texas,
Old Murray is ■ hard , ,, to beat, , ,
D. W. Willbanks passed
through our burg Monday.
! The second Saturday and Sun
dayinthi8imjnth are (hc (1>J(
ce t. f or quarterly meeting at Mt.
Zion. Everybody is invited.
Hello, little Alabama boy!
You must hurry up and get grown
and come back to Georgia.
Everything is as pretty and
NO. 2L
OAK GROVE
Well, we are about done plant¬
ing cotton in this section, and I
will write again.
There are so many peaches
that if part of them don’t fall off
they will have to be knocked off.
R. R. Love did some surveying
here last week.
Webster Colfey, of Center Val¬
ley, attended the burial of Capt.
A. K. Ramsey Friday.
Misses Theo and Beulah Town¬
send spent Friday night with
Mrs. Dora Mullmax.
We had a nice rain Friday
night, which was much needed.
Mrs. J. M. Wood and children
spent Friday night at the home
of Wyatt Wood.
Miss Mo|lie Wood is visiting
her brother, J. M. Wood.
Mifjis Ethel McCleskey spent
Sunday with Miss Mabel Love.
Say, how is Chatsworth by this
time?
Jell' Wood spent Saturday
night and Sunday with friends at
Pleasant \ alley, and reports a
nice time.
Farmers are hustling to get
their corn planted.
We hope there will be a large
crowd at Spring Place Friday
night, for we want to go and have
a nice time.
Bates Wood dined with Hous¬
ton and Walter Love Sunday.
Lon Owens and family were
here Sunday.
As I did not have time to gath¬
er up all the news, 1 vnll close.
Peach Blossom.
The indications are that the
merchants of Columbus, that is,a
large proportion of them, will
close their stores at six o’clock in
the afternoon, beginning May ].
Williom Norris, a farmer who
1 i ves at Panthersville, was robbed
of $90 in money, a suit of clothes
and a quantiiy of farm prodhee,
between Reynoldstown and the
Soldiers’ Home.
A petition containing the
names of about sixty of the cit¬
izens of Babley and surrounding
country has been forwarded to
the adjutant general, national
guard of Georgia, asking for a
company of state militia.
bright in Chatsworth as it was in
1905, especially the young lolks.
S. A. Gregory passed through
our burg Monday afternoon en
route to Spring Place.
Magnolia.