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VOL. 28
PURELY LOCAL AND PERSONAL
.George Ogletree is a new sub¬
scriber.
Chester Hill spent Wednesday
in the city.
Read the ad. of W. A. Robert¬
son on another page.
John Cole wi 1 begin shipping
peaches in a few days.
C. B. Maddox, of Atlanta,
spent Monday in the city.
J. A. Edwards is a new name
on our subscription books.
B. B Hemphill, of Rock Creek,
spent Wednesday night in Spring
Place.
Messrs. Gann and Green, of
Marietta, were in the city last
Friday.
George Arrowood and Jase
Robinson were in Dalton Tues¬
day last.
Esq. W. I). Heartsell has been
on-the sick list for the past sev¬
eral days.
Mrs. J. H. Steed and son re¬
turned today from a visit to rel¬
atives at Ringgold.
The high waters of the past
few days have done co' siderable
damage to wheaton bottom land.
We will make loans on good
notes till fall. Come to see us.
Cohutta Banking Co.
The county authorities are
having some much needed re¬
pairs done on the sewerage in the
jail.
Rural carriers on routes one
and two failed to make their
trips yesterday on account of high
waters.
O. Parrott, of Dennis, passed
through Spring Place one day the
first of the week en route to
Dalton.
.Tun Hemphill passed through
the city yesterday en route home
from a visit in the northern part
of the county.
Rev. Simmons, the Presbjta
rian minister, filled his regular
appointment here Sunday fore¬
noon and evening.
Misses Dora and Maud Lowrey
and Lillie Williams were pleas¬
ant visitors at The News office
Wednesday afternoon.
Dr. B. E. Hall returned from
Atlanta Tuesday, where he went
to wind up his affairs in that
city. He will locate permanent¬
ly in Murray county.
Today is election day in Mur¬
ray for the purpose of electing a
man to fill the unexpired term of
Hon. A. K. Ramsey' T. P. Ram¬
sey will be elected as he has r.o
opposition.
The ball game at Dalton yes¬
terday between Spring Place and
Chattanooga resulted in a victory
for the latter place by a score of
8 to 2. Considering the fact that
our boys were not in practice at
all, not having played a game
tins season until yesterday, and
that the team they ran against
is one of the best in the country,
tney did well indeed. Our boys
are good players and with the
proper practice can hold their
own with any team in the coun¬
try. They have challenged this
same team for another game to
be played either in Chattanooga
or Dalton at their earliest con¬
venience.
Child Found Dead.
The three-months-old child of
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Markin was
found dead in bed Monday morn¬
ing when its parents awoke from
their slumber. The little child
was laying face down on a pillow
between them and it is thought
that it had got in that position
and had not enough strength to
turn itself before it smothered.
THE MURRAY NEWS
SPRING PLACE, MURRAY COUNTY, GEORGIA, JUNE 15, 1906.
PICKPOCKET GANG TO
BE SEPARATED AT CAMP
They Make Desperate Effort to Escape
but Their Plot is Discovered.
Valdosta, Ga., June 17—News
comes from Fargo convict camps
that the famous gang of pick¬
pockets. who were sent there
from this city some time ago and
who have been so much trouble
to the jailer and prison officials,
have been separated and are to
be sent to different camps. Two
of them will go to the Durham
coal mines, one to the camps at
Broxton and the others will re¬
main at Fargo.
It is said that during the past
week they made a desperate at¬
tempt to escape and their plot
was discovered just in the nick
of time to foil their efforts.
They had secured saws and had
cut the iron bars to the prison
windows and had taken them
out. The bars wete replaced and
held together by soap, the men
expecting to skip out at night.
The plot was discovered as the
guards were out on their rounds
and the men were moved to
other cells.
They were so busily engaged
in forming plots to escape and in
putting bad idea in the heads of
the other convicts that it was
deemed advisable to separate
them and place them at different
camps over the state. The warn¬
ings which were given the offi¬
cials by the sheriff' here as to the
character of the men probably
prevented the gang from getting
away, as it made the prison offi¬
cials more cautious.
It is now learned that the man
who had his arm cut off* in the
shingle saw the other day was
from Savannah and was the white
man who had sue!) a desperate
fight with the turnkey there. It
is understood that, he was wanted
for burglary and probably for
some-crime in Atlanta.
It is said that he deliberately
caught one of his hands in the
other ana pushed the arm that
was thus held against the saw,
sawing it in two. Then he took
the severed arm and threw it in
to one of the guards, asking him
t > “take care of it.” What his
object was in iflicting such injury
upon himself is not known, unless
it was to maim himself so as to
prevent him being given hard
tasks, or it may have been a case
of “cutting of his nose to spite
the face.”
It Was reported at first that
this was oue of the Valdosta
pickpockets, but it is said now
to have been the Savannah man.
INSANE MAN CAUSES
MUCH DISTURBANCE
After Leaping Out of Bed he Makes Free
Use of Knife and Rocks.
Rome, Ga., June 12.—John
Hawkins, a well known young
wiiite man who went suddenly
insane Wednesday at Sugar Val¬
ley, where he was employed by
A. S. Bradley, came near being
killed Saturday night in East
Rome. He was brought to East
Rome en route to Raccoon where
he was being taken to his father
to be cared for. He was in the
custody of Mr. Brauley, and the
two stopped at the home of Mrs.
Echols.
. Hawkins, during the early part
of the night got out of bed and
proceeded to raise all kinds of
disturbances. He drew a knife
on Mr. Bradley and threatened
to kill him. He then left the
house and began throwing rocks
at people passing along the rail¬
road. He was fired upon by a
man and came near being killed.
He was finally uo ubdued and
C c e jail, where
he was kept unti this
when he was taken to Raccon on
the 6:55 Central of
train.
J. C. HEARTSELL
DIED SUNDAY
Of Pneumonia After Brief
Illness.
WAS SICK ONLY ONE WEEK
And His Death Was Unexpected as
Mourned by Everybody. Inter¬
ment Monday Afternoon.
At live o’clock on last Sunday
afternoon Clarence Heartsell died
at his home in Spring Place after
only a few days of suffering.
He had been considered in a
dangerous condition for only a
few days and his death came as
a great shock to his relatives and
friends. He had an attack of
something like malarial fever,
which terminated in pneumonia,
and, in his weakened condition,
he could not withstand the rav¬
ages of this dread disease.
Mr. Heartsell was for severai
years editor of the Spring Place
Jimplecute, which, with the odd¬
ity of the name, coupled with
the wit and wisdom to be found
in its columns made the paper as
well as himself an almost world¬
wide reputation. It is sad, in¬
deed, to see one with such a
bright mind taken away in the
prime of life, he being only 37
years of age. He left a wife and
three young daughters, a father,
(Esq. W. D. Heartsell) a step
mother, several brothers and
sisters and a number of relatives
and hundreds of friends whose
grief is great at his departure into
the‘Great Beyond.
The sympathy of the entire
county is extended to the bereav¬
ed ones.
FAIRY
Quite a number of Fairyites
went to Cohutta Springs Sunday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs, Cage Plemons
spent Saturday night at the home
of J. R. Harris.
The young people of fairy en¬
joyed a imisicale at the home of
J. N. Petty Saturday night.
Joe Gates and Miss Lula How¬
ell were out driving Sunday.
Frank Hall and Floyd Howell
attended the all-day singing at
Pleasant Valley Sunday.
Cullen Bryant, of Beaverdale,
called on Miss May Howell Sun¬
day afternoon.
Col. Charlie King and George
Arrowood* of Spring Place, were
among us one day last week.
Seth Harris has accepted a po¬
sition as brakeman with the L. &
N. running from Cartersville,
Ga., to Cambria, Tenn.
Charlie Howell called on
friends at Beaverdale Sunday af¬
ternoon.
Miss Bessie Donald left Mon¬
day for a month’s visit with rel¬
atives in Atlanta.
Charlie Tasker, of Blue Ridge,
was here on business Monday.
The Kid.
Brick Kiln a Success.
The Pendley Brick Co., burned
its first kiln of brick last week and
they compare favorably with any
on the market. They are a deep
red and almost as hard as stone.
A great deal depended on this
burn as the owners of the plant
had gone to a great amount of
expense in the way of machinery
and such thiugs attending as large
a plant as this, but they are all
right and the company may be
congratulated on their success.
CHAPMAN-BAOLEY
Mr. C. B . Bagley 'S Mrs.
a were s
* iere yesterday afternoon, Judge
Gudger officiating. The news
extends congratulations.
FIFTY HOUSES
SHATTERED IN
Cyclone at Tifton—Wind Storm
Sweeps Down on tieorgia City
Tifton, Ga., June 1*2.—At 1 :30
this afternoon, after lowering
clouds and hard rain, for one
hour, a cyclone swooped down on
about the central portion of the
city, coming from east, and left
desolation in its wake.
Hundreds of trees were up¬
rooted, small houses were utter¬
ly swept away, leaving in some
places not a sign. Homes shook
and fell. More than fifty houses
were damaged and shattered.
Eight tenement houses complete¬
ly destroyed, two people serious¬
ly injured and many others
slightly hurt. The Tifton Manu¬
facturing company was wrecked,
the Presbyterian church lifted
and moved ten feet and com
pleteld wrecked.
The damage is roughly esti¬
mated at twenty thousand dol¬
lars.
Postmasters in Georgia
Get Increase in Salary
More Pay Comes as Result of Increase
In Business of Postoffices of
State.
Washington, June 13.—These
increases in salaries of presiden¬
tial postoffices were announced
today:
Adel, Baxley, Ocilla, Sylvania,
$1,100 to $1,300.
Albany, Brunswick, $2,500 to
$2,600.
Ashburn, Greensboro, McRae,
Jlontezuma, Monticello, Com¬
merce, Douglas, $1,400 to $1,500.
Athens, $2,700 to $2,800.
Bainbridge, Milledgevillc, $2,-
100 to $2,200.
Fitzgerald, $2,000 to $2,200.
Forsyth, Fort Valley, Madison,
Covington, Eastman $1,600 to
$1,700.
Hartwell, Jesup, Cairo, $1,300
to $1,400.
Jackson, Monroe, Blakely, Ka
tonton, Pelham, $1,500 to $1,600.
Jefferson,LaFayette, Lanrence
vilie, Lithonia, Lumpkin, Boston,
Beuna Vista, Rossville, $1,100 to
$ 1,200
LaGrange, Moultrie, $1,900 to
$ 2 , 000 .
Lavonia, Warrenton, $1,000 to
$ 1 , 100 .
Louisville, Milieu, Blackshear,
Blue Ridge, Canton, Swainsboro,
$1,200 to $1,400.
Macon, $3,300 to $3,400.
Calhoun, $1,300 to $1,500.
Camilla, Decatur, Sylvester,
$1,200 to $1,300.
Carrollton, $1,700 to $1,800.
Cedartown, $1,800 to $2,000.
Dalton, $2,200 to $2,300.
ROBERTS-COFFEY
Ori last Sunday at the home of
the bride’s father M. L. Roberts,
two and a half miles south of
Spring Place, Miss Emma Rob¬
erts and Mr. Will Coffey, of
Fashion, were married. Esq.
Walter Hemphill, officiating.
Mrs. Coffey, as Miss Roberts,
was a favorite among her numer¬
ous friends while Mr. Coffey is
popular with everybody.
We wish them all kinds of
good success.
Teachers’ Examinations.
An examination of applicants
for license to teach will be held
at the Lucy Hill building in
Spring Place on Friday and Sat¬
urday, June 29 and 30, 1906, be¬
ginning at 8 o’clock a.m.
. W. D. Gregory, C. S. C.
>
nah left c* city this JaS to
attend tl =
Georgia Bankers’ » at
Atlanta.
M. C. HORTON, President. C. N. KING, Vice-President.
E. N. WHITMIRE, Cashier.
C0HIJTTA 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 (ire 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.
COHUTTA BANKING CO.,
Spring Place, Ga.
Johnson Is Urging
War on Speculation
President M. L. Johnson,of the
Georgia division, Southern Cot¬
ton Association, Tuesday gave
out a statement to the farmers
and other business men of Geor¬
gia, in which he urges them to
stand together in fighting the
speculative manipulations of the
market, and to put themselves in
a position where they will be able
to hold cotton in the fall for re¬
munerative prices.
President Johnson says:
One of the main purposes of
the Southern Cotton Association,
expressed in its constitution, is
to put an end to the manipula¬
tion of the cotton market by
speculators, whose control of the
market lias resulted in the pro¬
ducers’ failure to secure remun¬
erative prices for his product. I
want to appeal to and arouse the
members of the association and
others in Georgia in opposition to
this evil of speculation. The
county divisions can take a hand
in this matter and can do much
toward knocking out the bucket
shops and the other mediums of
speculation in this state. Efforts
have been made to secure the
passage of a law to put an end to
this open speculation in Georgia,
but w>e want to see to it that
these efforts are successful. There
should be such a law' in Georgia,
and the members of this associa¬
tion can do much toward bringing
about that end if they will but
exert themselves, Everybody
knows that the statistical posi¬
tion of cotton was never stronger
than it is today, and the recent
market, therefore, is the result
of manipulation and speculation.
The mills are sold way ahead,and
there is a steady demand, not
only for the raw* material, but
for the finished product of all
kinds. Yet the market has de¬
clined, solely because of the spec¬
ulative manipulation. Let’s get
to work and blot it out, for it
means the producers’ salvation.
“Another thing to which 1
want to call urgent attention is
that this coming fall is the time
to force cotton up to a fixed min¬
imum price, because then the
consumers of the raw material
will be shortest of supplies. Now'
is the time for you to put your¬
self in a position to sell your cot¬
ton at the prices offered for the
new crop, unless those prices are
remunerative or are the prices
fixed by the association. 1 havq
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called attention to the import¬
ance of this principal before, and
I trust the producers have been,
proceeding on this line. Keep it
up; mak6 yourself independent,
and you will be in a position not
only to demand, but to get fpr
your product a price that will pay
for your labor and your invest¬
ment. “M. L. Johnson,
“President Georgia Division
Southern Cotton Association.”
Prof. Wilbur Colvin, retiring
superintendent of Toccoa public
school, has been elected superin¬
tendent of the school at Hogans
ville, at a salary of $1,200.
The seven-year-old son of W.
S. McCurdy, of Comer, fell from
a tree, breaking one leg near the
hip and seriously hurting the
other leg. He was visiting Ins
aunt, who lives in Carlton, when
the accident occurred.
As a result of a row he is al¬
leged to have had with two or
three companions, William Scha¬
fer, a draughtsman of Atlanta,
was taken to the Grady hospital
with several cuts on his neck. It
required twenty-four stitches to
close the wounds.
The undertakers of Columbus,
Girard and Phenix City have
been notified that the prices of
carriages to be used at funerals
will he advanced from $3 to $4.
And when carriages are needed
to go outside of the city limits a
special price will be agreed upon.
All of one morning w r as con¬
sumed in IJ. S. Commissioner
Powell’s court at Valdosta, in
hearing the case of Postmaster
W. M. Quinn, of Whigham, who
was charged with using the mails
to carry on a lottery scheme,
which is contrary to law.
The Eton Town Property
Is now on Sale.
This beautiful town site has
been laid off by a good landscape
engineer, aud persons wishing
to change their location or locate
in a thriving new town will do
well to investigate this property.
There is already located a good
ten months High School and
good churches at this place. This
property is located in the well
known Pleasant Valley in Murray
county on the new L. & N. R. R.
Anyone wishing information
about this property will please
write, O. C. Keith, Dunn, Ga.
or S. A. B 0 wn,
Sec. and Treas. Eton Town Co.
.Dalton, Ga*