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— A Car Load of
Columbia Buggies
at prices to suit YOU. Some
buggies are good; others are
better. We sell the OTHERS.
DALTON BUGGY CO.
DALTON, GEORGIA.
REV. W. L. TAYLOR
Writes Inferestine Letter Concerning the
Mineral Resources of Murray
County.
James County, Tennessee,July
2, 1906.
1 have spent quite a lot of time
in Murray county, Georgia, in
the last twelve months, looking
after mineial and other things.
Every time I go to the mountains
of Murray county 1 find some¬
thing that 1 was not looking for;
and it would not be lawful to
speak of these things, because
the scientific world is not expect¬
ing to find them there, and they
would condemn it if they should
see it, as some have already done,
tryiug to sustain old theories
that are as far behind the times
as the boy who carried the rock
and pumpkin because his daddy
did that way when he was a boy.
So it is useless to mention the
various kinds of minerals found
in Murray county, expecting that
anyone wquld pay any attention
to what is said, for the mineral
resources of Murray have been so
butchered by one and another
until the masses of the people
would not hear a man though lj#
arose from the dead.
Murray county has more min¬
eral and more kinds of mineral
than any place I ever saw. But
it will take $200,000 to make a
fair test of all of the various
kinds of minerals, oils and gases
in Murray and surrounding coun¬
ties. Murray county has to have
three things to develop her min¬
erals, oils and gases. First, she
has to have three more railroads
besides the one that is just being
completed, which will be the fin¬
est road in the South when coni,
pleted. Two of the.se roads will
be main lines and one electric
line and will be built within the
next ten years.
Then there are two other things
she has to have before the miner
als^cait be developed. One is
, there must be a new report
mada.omtKa-difffirent minerals
of t«W oifinntllisUtlioiyfcate geolo¬
gist or -the -general government
by a man,whoyanqsftd4be hand¬
writing* of Gftd'oft dhe> cliff s of
the mountains and in the sands
as Daniel read the handwriting
of God on the walls of Belshaz¬
zar’s palace.
Then the second thing they
must have is a good first-class
smelter and a good first-class as
s lyer of metals, all located in the
county. This will cost $100,000.
fKen $100,000 will make a fair
tea of all the minerals in the
coifiity, and will put in sight
$100,000,000. Unless a move of
this kind is started there is no
use of fooling with the minerals,
oil, and gases of Murray county
any further.
There are plenty of men who
&re $ble and willing arid can be
easily interested in any enter¬
prise of this kind if the land
holder of the county will give
them a living chance; but so;
long as things remain as they;
are the richest miners of Murray
countv will sleep and slumber as
they have been doing for 150
generations past, waiting fur a
generation to come that will hear
and heed the gentle voice of old
Fort Mountain as she says to the
sons of Adarn : “Turn me over
and see what’s under me.” And
obey the voice of God that spake
to Ephraim and Manasse by Moses
the day that Moses died, and
said : “Claim the chief things of
the ancient mountains and for
the precious things of the lasting
hills and the precious things of
earth.” See Deut. 88 chapter.
12-16. “And let Asher dip his
foot in oil.” 24th verse.
I will say to the good citizens
of Murray county that I have
made no extravagant expressions
in this article and I feel able to
say even more than I have said
and it be true 1 remain a special
friend to the good people of Mur¬
ray county, Georgia
W. b. Taylor.
Children like Kennedy’s Laxa¬
tive Honey and Tar. The pleas¬
antest and best cough syrup to
take, because it contains no opi¬
ates. Sold by S. H. Kelly.
HEAVY STORM AT COLUMBUS
Papers Almost Put Out of Busi*
ness-Horses Killed by
Live Wire.
Columbus, Ga., July 8.—An
electrical storm of unusual sever¬
ity struck Columbus late last
night, as a result of which inside
electric lights in the business
districts were extinguished and
power currents were shut off, re¬
sulting in serious inconvenience
to the two local daily newspapers-.
Caudles were procured and for
quite a while reporters and edit¬
ors prepared “copy” in the good
old-fashioned way. But candles
could not run Mergenthaler ma¬
chines, and the longdelay threat¬
ened to prevent the issue of the
papers. At 2 o’clock this morn¬
ing the electric current was re¬
sumed and by energetic efforts
both papers made their appear¬
ance almost on time.
Two handsome gray horses of
R. M. Wilson, while pulling a
carriage up First avenue, ran
into a live wire that was dangling
on First avenue last night and
both were killed. The driver
jumped and was injured but
little.
The most unanimous election
ever held in Thomasville was the
one for paving. The result was
249 for paving and 6 against.
This means that there will be
vitrified brick throughout Thom
asville’s business section. The
of the bond issue will be
$30,000, the cost of the paving
about $90,000.
A carload of pineapples willj
come all the way to Macon from
Calcutta via . the , Nan T Elizabeth , i
from Brunswick, when the steam-1 her
er starts back to Macon on
return trip this week, There is!
a strong probability that two j
boats will come up this week, in
view of the fact that more freight:
is being offered along the route
i
than one can accointnodate.
THE MURRAY NEWS, FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1906
FATAL CRASH
OF FREIGHTS
North-bound and Southbound
Freight Trains Collide.
Three of Men Killed by Crash of Trains
Residents of Atlanta.—Engines
Were not Greatly Damaged.
DEAD:
Oliver A. Gentry, 68 Jones
avenue, Atlanta, Ga.
W. P. Hamilton, 78 Simpson
street, Atlanta, Ga.
R. H. Atkimon, 256 Capitol
avenue, Atlanta, Ga.
Fireman Pinson, Kllijay, Ga.
Chattanooga, Tenn., July 8.—
In a frightful head-on collision
between freight trains on the
Western and Atlantic road, at
2 :^5 o’clock this morning, at
King’s bridge passing, just 5
miles from Chattanooga, the en¬
gineers and the fireman of both
trains met instant death.
The cause of the accident has
not yet been ascertained, and
will probably remain unknown
until the road completes an in¬
vestigation, which will begin to
morrow.
In addition to the killed, four
men were slightly injured. Im¬
mediately after the accident tire
broke out, which burned the
body of Engineer Atkinson, and
also burned up one car load with
cattle.
No. 18 was coming south toward
Atlanta, while the other
engine was northbound, The
two trains had approached very
near to the passing when the ac¬
cident occured. Just exactly
how it happened is unkown. No.
18 was to have taken the switch,
but apparently had failed to do
so. The air might have played
out, preventing this action, but
the real reason why the two
engines smashed into each other
may never be known, as both
engineers and firemen are now
beyond the power of an earthly
investigation.
After the collision the freight
cars on No. 13 caught fire, and
as there was no way of stopping
the blaze they burned until the
fire was satiated, eight cars being
destroyed. In addition to these
eight cars on No, 13, four cars on
No. 8 were very badly damaged
in the collision.
CROSS ROADS
The farmers are about through
laying by their crops, then they
will get a little rest.
Corn and cotton looks very
well in this section.
Mr. Will Oolfey and lady visit¬
ed her sisterpMrs. Jim Hemphill,
yesterday.
Jim Overby visited his father
Saturday.
Jack Overby, wife and baby
visited his father Saturday and
Sunday.
Hurley Owens called on Mr.
Overby Sunday.
Mr. Edwards and wife, visited
Mrs. Morris Sunday.
Jesse Wright and George An¬
derson visited W. C. Overby.
Lizzie and Josie Thomas were
in our burg Sunday.
Tom Groves, wife and babies
visited over in Doolittle Sunday,
Frank Duncan quietly rode
through our burg Sunday.
Guess what two young men
came through our burg Sunday
looking like they had been in a
skirmish witli blackberries.
®There were a great many of the
young people disappointed Sat¬
urday who went to attend the
picnic. Peach.
One of the Augusta military
muddles has been straightened
out by the election of George P.
Elliott as captain of the Clinch
Rifies, formerly commanded by
Major John D. Twiggs.
-
, In the case of the state vs,
James 8. Wall, convicted of man
slaughter for the killing of Ohas.
\y. Stainaker, and sentenced to
ten years’ servitude, Judge Hen
r y C. Hammond in chambers,
heard and overruled a motion
for a new trial. j
MAN HURTS HIMSELF
DREAMING OF BURGLAR.
Valdosta, Ga., July 7.—A
prominent Patterson grocery man
had a rather exciting experience
last night and, as a result, he is
wearing one of his feet in a big
slipper with poultices and stick¬
ing plaster encasing it. In his
dreams he had a struggle with a
burglar, the intruder having en¬
tered a window of his room.
The struggle became so real
that the sleeper jumped from his
bed and tried to kick the burglar
out of the window. The result
was that he lacerated Ins foot on
the glass and framework of the
window. At this juncture he
woke up and found himself
bleeding from numerous wounds.
The citizen is a total abstainer
and he can account for his dream
only as a result of too much
Fourth of July barbecue.
MORGAN COUNTY FARMER
SHOOTS NEGRO TO DEATH
Negro Was Advancing With Hoe
When Killed-Coroner Ex
onerates Slayer.
Madison, Ga., July 7.—Thurs¬
day morning about 9 o’clock Mr.
Swanson Ezell, a well known
farmer of Morgan county, shot
and killed James Zanders, a ne
gro. Mr. Ezell had been out in
the woods, shooting squirrels,
and was returning home when he
was accosted by the negro who
was working near the road.
The negro cursed and was ad¬
vancing on him with a hoe when
Mr. Ezell shot him in the neck.
killing him instantly.
At the coroner’s inquest late
in the afternoon, a verdict of jus¬
tifiable homicide was returned.
The lulling occurred on the
farm of Mrs. 0. B. Speer, about
three miles from town.
State News
The latest new enterprise being
talked of for Monroe is a buggy
manufactory. It is understood
that men of considerable wealth,
at home and abroad, will push
the movement.
A severe electrical storm vis
ited havouia. The Southern
Cotton Oil company’s plant, was
struck by lightning and badly
damaged by fire. The Presby¬
terian church was also wrecked.
The Macon Fair association is
bidding for a band of real live
Indians to be used in the cele¬
bration of the settling of old
Fort Hawkins during the fair,
which will be held October 2 to
10 .
Ike Raiford, a negro man about
25 years of age, was shot twice
at Columbus by Doc Brooks,
white, because the negro had
written an insulting note to his
daughter, who is about fifteen
years of age.
The Farmers’ Union of Wal¬
ton county is planing for a gen¬
eral and grand rally, to be held
in Monroe July 17, at which time
prominent agriculturists and a
number who are not agricultur¬
ists, will make addresses.
Mr Baxter Jones, who was
first lieutenant of the Macqn
volunteers, lias been elected
captain to succeed Capt. B. C.
Hazlehurst, who recently re¬
signed to go to Europe. Corpo¬
ral T. J. Cater was elected to
succeed Lieut. Jones.
It was announced among the
aldermen that the bonded ware¬
house which a number of Macon
cotton dealers had planned to
build, would not be constructed
this year, and the purchase of the
city’s reserve for that purpose
would not be made.
At a meeting in Atlanta of the
president and board of directors
of the Cotton Stalks Products Co.
that was capitalized on June 21st
in New York at $15,000,000, it
was decided to establish in the
near future an experimental
plant ill Birmingham, Ala. This
plant will cost in the neighbor
hood of $100,000.
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McWilliams bros.
“The Store of Little Prices.”
Miss Columbia F. Cheek, of
Dunwoody, has been appointed
postmistress temporarily at Dun
woody, until a postmaster can be
appointed.
Mrs. Jersie Dorsey, of Atlanta,
who took an overdose of morphine
because she doubted her hus¬
band’s fidelity, died at the Grady
hospital after having lingered in
racking pain for a week.
A switch engine struck a team
of mules belonging to A. H. Rice
at Macon and killed one of them.
The negro driver is probably fa¬
tally wounded. His name is
Henry Robertson.
Charlie Thomas, colored, was
arrested in Rome, charged with
chicken stealing. He fought Po
liceman Joe Johnston, who made
the arrest, and in the scuffle was
accidentally shot by the officer.
The bullet entered Thomas’
breast, inflicting serious injuries.
O. McDaniels was turned over
to the superior court at Savannah
by the recorder on the charge of
forgery. The prosecutor is W.J.
Cordray, a Seaboard Air Line
conductor, who alleges that Mc¬
Daniels forged his name to an
order for meat and other supplieg.
$ 10,000
.....I Worth of =======
Dry Goods, Shoes, Cloth¬
ing;, Notions, Grocer=
ies, Hardware and
Tinware
Must go in order to make room tor my
fall stock. They must go and here are
some of the many prices :
Lawn 3 3*4c per yard.
20c. for ioc.
All summer dress goods at actual
wholesale prices. Shoes at great re¬
duced prices. Men’s summer Clothing
at just 1=2 price. Now is the time.
$10.00 Suits for $3.50
$12.00 Suits for $4.50
$7.00 Suits for $3.00
Now is your time to buy your sum¬
mer suit, Men and boys hats at just
1-2 price. $2.00 hats for $1.00. $1.00
hat for 50c., etc.
COME AND GET YOUR BARGAINS
THE :: :: Hull Kerr
HALF PRICE
MAN :: ::
Tax Receiver Bacon is busily
engaged in footing up the tax
values of Lowndes county. He
expects to send his books to the
comptroller general before Aug¬
ust 1. The returns, so far, indi¬
cate an increase of about $300,000
in the county, and this increase
has been maintained for the past
six or eight years.
FOLEYSKIDNEYCURE
Make* Kidneys and Bladder Right
LEONARD & ALY,
Wholesale Dealers in
Country Produce.
Dalton, Ga., June I, 1906.
We make the following prices F. 0.
B. Dalton:
Hens, each 30 cts. Beeswax, per lb. 20 cts
Cocks, each 20 cts. Washed white wool 38c lb
Fries large each, 20c Corn shelled,per bu. 70c
Pries, Pries, medium. each 15c Corn ear, white per lady, bu. 68 cts
small, 10c Peas, $1.00
Guineas, eac.i, He Peas white, brown eye, 1 00
Ducks, each 20c to 95c “ ,l black eyes, 1.00
Geese, each no sale “ clav - - 100
Turkeys, Eggs, per lb 12c salted 00c
per dozen 12 l-2c een, 6c
Butter, per lb Hides, JL. dry, flint, Hides, 12 dry, salted 11c
cts,
We earnestly solicit your pat¬
ronage and promise you our very
best service.
Very truly yours,
LEONARD & ALY.