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HULL KERR
The above is the picture of the man who
is selling goods so cheap in Dalton. He
handles Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, Cloth¬
ing and everything found in a first class
general merchandise establishment and he
also has iiao another place P where he carries'
everything 1 to be found in Groceries and
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Hardware. He closing out everything i .
is
he has at cost and will establish instead
a 5c and 10c store—a place where no arti=
cle in the house will cost over 10c. While
this closing out sale is on you should take
advantage of the low prices and lay in a
supply of the cheapest merchandise you
ever bought. He says: The bull dog has
had his day, the lice is no more, the hound
is a thing of the past, the shepherd is no
good; but the old stand-by, the cur, (Hull
Kerr) is still in the fight and will be
the is called. See the u cheap
when game
est man on earth for bargains."
Yours truly,
hull kl;rr.
THE MURRAY NEWS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 3. 1906
STRANGE STORY TOLD
BY HABERSHAM MAN
On Release from Southern Army
Was Sent to Penitentiary
For Murder.
Atlanta, Ga., July 30 —A spe¬
cial to the Evening News from
Gainesville says:
In 1861, Anderson Pittman, a
sturdy citizen of Habersham
county, Georgia, enlisted as a
private in the company organized
by Capt. Ezekiel Fuller to go to
the front m defense of the South¬
land. He was a brave soldier,
an intrepid fighter, and no man
did his part more nobly than did
this sturdy son of the mountains.
Mis wife and home were left be¬
hind with many forebodings of
the future, but this did not deteV
the North Georgian from doing
his utmost to repel the attacks of
the invaders.
From time to time after Pitt¬
man left for the front his wife
would receive messages from
him. The last one came just be¬
fore the battle of Chiekamauga.
Inasmuch as he was not heard
from after this engagement, it
presumed that Pittman was kill¬
ed, and his faithful wife mourned
him as dead. Many days she
waited patiently for some mes¬
sage from her husband, but none
came. What little information
she could gain after this fearful
encounter was from friends from
this section, and their belief was
that Pittman was dead from a
Yankee bullet. ,
Some years after the conflict
between the North and the South
was ended Mrs. Pittman’s heart
and hand were sought by a man
named Benton Whitecotton, of
Hall county. She yielded to his
wooing, and became Wlntecot
ton’s wife. They lived together
very happily for several years,
when Whitecotton was slain by a
man in Hall county by the name
of Bryant, for the alleged report¬
ing of an illicit distillery, and
she was left a widow, as she
thought, for a second tin e In¬
stead of being killed at Chicka
mauga, Pittman was captured by
the federal soldiers and was sent
to a Northern prison, where he
was confined until after the close
of the civil w r When released,
Pittman became involved in a
difficulty with a man at the pris¬
on and killed him. Pittman was
immediattel arrested and thrown
into prison for his crime.
Subsequently Pittman was put
on trial for killing this man. He
was convicted and was given a
sentence of forty years in the
penitentiary. Having himself no means of
with which to clear
the charge or show a justification
of same, he was sent to the peni
ternary and served his term.
The first of the present week,
there appeared an old man in the
hills of Habersham inquiring for
a woman by the name of Pitt¬
man, whose husband went to the
war in Capt. Ezekiel Fuller’s
company, The people were as
tounded when this man told them
tI,at be Jf 8 no,,e ot !N An '
derson Pittman, and that he was
his wife and his people.
Friends of the family took the
old fellow in charge.
Inquiry revealed the fact that
Pittman’s wife, who now goes
under the name of her last hus¬
band, Whitecotton, had moved
to Bartow county, at or near Oar¬
tersville. Mr. Pittman’s neph¬
ew, Hugh Keeler, readily con¬
sented to help his uncle find his
wife. Accordingly, Thursday
morning, Keeler and Anderson
boarded the Air Line Belle train
at Cornelia and went to Atlanta.
There Keeler transferred the old
man to the Western & Atlantic
train bound for Oartersville.
This true story is one .of the
most peculiar and interesting yet
unearthed in this section of the
state. The trials and vicissitudes
of Anderson Pittman are unliKe
those endured by any man, and
his reunion with his wife, after
go many years of bitter separa
tion, was the happiest moment
hjs otherwise sad and stormy life.
CHATSWORTH
Mrs. Jane Graves, <>f Chatta¬
nooga, Tenn., is visiting at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. T. Carney.
Mr. Patty, of Tenn., is hereon
a visit to his sister, Mrs. Dunn.
Some our young folks attended
the baptizing at Holly Creek
Sunday morning.
L. H. Reid, of Old Port,Tenn.,
spent Sunday with Menus (!)
here.
Mines. Jane Graves and Mary
Carney spent Saturday and Sun¬
day with relatives in and near
Spring Place.
Mrs. Dora Hill and children
were in town Tuesday morning.
Miss Eaton, of Fuirmount, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Willis
Pendley, here.
Will Carney and sister, Miss
Kiddie, returned home Monday
after a delightful visit to rela¬
tives in Anniston, Ala.
Mrs. Bessie Smith and daugh¬
ter, Miss Marie, of Ardmore, I.
T., who, have been visiting in
Oartersville, passed through the
city Tuesday morning en route
to Spring Place.
Oak Grove, be very patient.
I, too, would enjoy a pime here,
but as I have not the power to
give one I tlunk we’ll have to
call on someone who has.
Aubrey be Verb.
OAKLAND
M. L. Roberts was in our burg
one day last week.
Samuel Jones was the guest of
his sister, Mrs. Young, near Hol¬
ly, Sunday.
W. II. Roberts made a business
trip to Dalton Friday.
MissVumie Townsend visited
her sister. Mrs. Willie Roberts,a
part of last week.
Miles Welch passed through
our burg Sunday morning.
Oscar a'nd Luther Stuart passed
through our burg Monday.
Mrs. Willie Roberts and chil¬
.
dren' visited her parents, J. R.
Townsend and wife one day last
week.
Sam Blassingame, of near
Chatsworth, visited friends here
one day last week.
Jim Roberts was the guest of
Walter Jones Sunday.
Arthur Roberts and Miss Vin
nie Townsend visited Mr. and
Mrs. Ilarve McAfee, in Gordon
e >untv, Sunday.
Honeysuckle.
FORT MOUNTAIN
School at this place is progress¬
ing nicely.
Revs. McNahl), Maples and
Brown delivered some instruct¬
ive sermons during their series
of meetings at Holly Creek.
Everybody seemed to be inter¬
ested, Seven new additions to
the church.
Miss Zoe Leonard accompan¬
ied by Miss Fannie Stuart spent
Saturday and Sunday with home
folks.
Mr. and Mrs. I). E. Humphries
spent one day last week with
their mother, Mrs. Mary F.
Peeples.
Miss Effie Lee Brown has re¬
turned from an extended visit
to her aunt, Mrs. W. W. Samp¬
ler, of Wetmore, Tenn.
Mrs. Elias MoIIan and daugh¬
ter, Bpent last week with vela
tives-here.
Miss Pyrene Holland visited
Mrs. Mary E. Brown the latter
part of last week.
Lee Peeples, wife and Taylor
Gordan and wife visited Mr. and
Mrs. Ballew Sunday.
We are still having plenty of
rain here.
Prof. W.C. Lindsey and wife
dined with Miss Flora Gordon
Sunday.
Jim Parrott has been very sick
for several days.
Mark Willbanks filled his reg¬
ular appointment Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Peeples
spent one day of last week with
their mother, Mrs, Mary F.
Peeples.
Enoch Peeples was on our
streets Monday.
Ask Jim Willbanks how he
came out Sunday.
Medora.
BALL GROUND
After a brief silence 1 will
come again.
Ball Ground is still on a boom.
We are having some real wet
weather in this part. There are
quite a number of the farmers
with the blues on account of so
much high waters.
Crops are looking fine.
Misses Mertie and Mary Black
well were pleasant callers at the
home of Mrs. Smith and “Aunt”
Ruth Black one night last week.
A number of the boys of this
place have, gone to the L. & N.
to work. Say they are going to
get enough money to ride on the
new train.
Ed Mitchell says iie is going to
live another year, as he has been
staying at home , working this
summer.
Miss Fannie Quearles was the
pleasant caller at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Halcomb Sunday.
Come again, Chatsworth, as we
enjoy reading the news from that
jolly place.
Wells is on a boom. There is
a new school house at that place
and school is progressing nicely
under the care of Miss Eula Ed¬
mondson. There will be singing
at that place next Sunday. All
are invited.
Mrs. McGuire and daughter
paid Mrs. Fannie Bagley a pop
call one day this week.
Hurrah for Carters! Come
again; we like to read the news
from that place.
We wonder what the attraction
is up the road, as Ben Rector
goes up so often?
John Moore passed through our
little town last week.
Look out, girls, Mark Moore has
r .'turned home from Texas; says
he came back after a wife.
Joe Smith goes up the road
quite often.
We wonder what is the matter
with Grisley Mitchell, as he has
not passed through onr burg this
week. We guess his watermelons
are ripe and he is staying at
home eating them.
Red Rose.
ETON
Mr. Kirk’s family, of Dalton,
visited him here last Sunday.
The Eton Town Oo. will begin
the building of several dwelli ig
houses here right away.
Mr. J. K. Carpenter’s crew of
carpenters will go to Chatsworth
about next week to build a ware
house, in which to store talc,
preparatory to shipping it.
Mr. Nanney, of North Caro¬
lina, member of the Conasauga
Lumber Co., has bought I)r.
Jones’ residence and about fif¬
teen acres of land in Eton and
will move here about Nov. 15th.
Dr. Jones will move to the
Cherokee nation about Oct, 1st.
Mr. Carpenter and Mr. Butler,
late of North Carolina, have
bought about 25 acres land join¬
ing the lands of Eton Town Co.,
and will erect some fine resi¬
dences on their land in the near
future.
Strain will he turned on at the
Conasauga Lumber Co. here to¬
day.
Mrs. Mary A. Wtfll, of Spring
Place, is visiting in Eton and
Fashion.
W. L. Isenhower & Co., are
moving a large stock of goods
into their new store house here.
W. R. D.
Don’t drag along with a dull,
bilious, heavy feeling. You need
a pill. Use DeWitt’s Little Early
Risers, the famous little pills.
Do not sicken or gripe, but results
are sure. Sold by S. H. Kelly.
ARMED POSSE IS
HOT AFTER NEGRO
Black Is Suspected of Attempting
To Murder Entire Family at
Stevens Pottery.
Macon, Ga., July 30-—The ap¬
pearance in Macon this morning
of an armed party of Baldwin
county citizens attracted no end
of attention,' and it developed
that the party was in pursuit of
a negro named Joseph Morris,
who last night attempted, to
der the family of George ifcv
Bloodworth at Stevens Potter^
Morris was sentenced to the
Baldwin county chaingang about
a year ago on the testimony of
Mr. Bloodworth, and when he
announced lie was going to re¬
venge lit mself. Just as the
Blood worths seated themselves
at the supper table last night the
negro opened fire on them with a
double barreled shotgun, serious
ly wounding Mr. and Mrs. Blood
worth and slightly injuring some
of the children.
Mr. Bloodworth, after looking
after the injuries to his wife,who
was peppered all over the face
with bird shot, gave the alarm
and a hurry call for friends was
sent out. Morris was suspected
at once, and after scouring the
country for him and finding no
trace of him in those parts, the
posse mounted their horses and
came to Macon.
A negro resembling Morris was
seen here this morning by Dep¬
uty Sheriff Tom Jones, but the
possee or the Macon officers have
been unable as yet to locate him.
Galveston’s Sea Wall
makes life now as safe in that
city as on the higher uplands.
E. W. Goodloe, who resides on
Dutton St., in Waco, Tex..needs
no sea wall fur safety. He writes :
“I have used Dr, King’s New
Discovery for Consumption the
past five years and it keeps me
well and safe. Before that time
I had a cough which for years had
been growing worse. Now it’s
gone.” Cures Chronic Coughs,
LaGrippe, Croup, Whooping
Cough and prevents pneumonia.
Pleasant to take. Every bottle
guaranteed at C. C. Cole’s gener¬
al store. Price 50c and $1.00
Trial bottle free.
T0CC0A MAN KILLS
AND WOUNDS
Elbert Loden Shoots Bill Smith
and Fatally Wounds Bill
Bowden in Drunken
Row.
Toccoa, Ga., July 30.—In an
alleged drunken row at the home
of Bill Smith, three miles north¬
west of Toccoa Sunday morning,
Elbert Loden shot and instantly
killed Bill Smith and probably
fatally wounded Bill Bowden, a
s n-in-law of Smith.
There appears to have been
several men at the home of Smith,
all more or less, it is claimed,
under the influence of liquor, and
early in the morning there had
been some trouble between Lo¬
den and others; friends inter¬
fered and got Loden away, but
later he returned to renew the
trouble and got into a scuffle
with Bowden.
When Smith and others ran up
to separate them Loden shot and
instantly killed Smitli, after¬
wards firing two shots at Bow¬
den, one of tiie shots striking
Bowden just under the collar¬
bone, making a very dangerous if
not fatal wound.
In the scuffle Loden was struck
on the head with a rock by some¬
one, but not seriously hurt. Not¬
withstanding several men wit¬
nessed the shooting, Loden was
permitted to quietly walk away
after killing Smith, and as yet
has not been apprehended.
A warrant was placed with the
sheriff Sunday noon and since
that time the officers have been
making a search for him.
Loden is a son of Judge H. L.
Loden, of Toccoa. He has a most
estimable wife and little baby.
RODEN FLEES OVER BORDER.
Toccoa, Ga., July 30.—Elbert
Loden, who yesterday killed Bill
Smith and wounded Bill Bowden,
near this place, has not been
caught. It is now believed that
he has crossed into South Caroli¬
na. Bowden is still living, and
although dangerously injured, he
has a chance to recover. It is
understood that the governor
will be asked to offer a reward
for Loden’s capture.
Wasted—Chestnut oak tan bark
in any eWknown.' quantity, price higher
Address
Robert Scholze,
Chattanooga, Tenn.