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VOL. 28
COUNTY ELECTION
HELD
t ; ' '
Was Pulled off Amid Quite a Lot
of Excitement.
Some Independents and Some
Democrats Elected. Hill,
Powell and Russell Nom¬
inees lor Appellate
Judges.
In the election for county olfi
cors last Wednesday tilings were
warm indeed and one of the
greatest political battles ever
fought in Murray was pulled off.
Six of the nominees out of nine
were elected, which is not so had
considering the great pull made
against the ticket.
Although there were seventeen
hundred and ninety-seven voters
•registered there were only about
twelve hundred votes polled,
owing to the inclemency of the
weather.
Belcnv is the consolidated vote
of the county :
Representative
J. TV. Austin 027
R. S. Parks m
R. R. Love 114
Clerk
J. D. Gullman QUO
J. S. Parker 556
Sheriff
B. C. Keith ISO
W. O. Groves 46K
K. W. Markin 283
Tax Receiver
W. (J. Lindsey 1167
Tax Collector
J. Chapm,au 1158
Treasurer
W A. Campbell 6 '9
R. T. Springfield 527
Surveyor
Robert Dunn 198
W. S. Sander's 20
Coroner *
J 8 Keister 787
.
W. O, Adams 809
Commissioner
O. T. Owens 484
John Hayes 48]
C. F. Durham 141
M. L. Roberts 47
The primary held sor the nom¬
inating of three judges for the
proposed court of appeals shows
that the people of Murrry prefer
Ben Hill, Dick Russell and Judge
Powell for their judges. Mr. Iiill
led the ticket, receiving more
votes than both of his other
lucky opponents.
Now that everything has qui¬
eted down let’s go to work and
all pull in unison and make the
coining two years a record break
er as to law and order.
OAKLAND
Will Coffey and wife, of Plea -
ant Valley, visited her parents
here a few days last week.
Jim Roberts ; was the guest of
Luther Stuart Saturday night and
Sunday.
Mis. U. N- Jones and son,Wu!
ter, visited Mr. and Mrs.
rtcar Holly, Saturday night and
Sunday.
Jeff Wood visited Arthur
erts Sunday night.
V. A. Stuart and son, Oscar,
passed through our burg one day
last week.
J, R. Townsend and daughter,
Miss Sunday Beulah, morning. passed*through^ our
b irg
Charlie Davis visited at the
ho ne of W. H. Roberts and tain
ilv Saturday night.
Mrr. M. L. Roberta aud daugh
t»r. Miss Bertie, visited Jim
Hemphill and wife one night last
week.
Miss Theo Townsend was the
guest of Miss Emma Roberts
Monday night.
HosjcvsPcKivE.
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MURRAY COUNTY, GEORGIA OCrOHEE '
SPRING PLACE, 5 , u,ou.
BERMUDA
The farmers of t his section have
the blues very badly on account
of so much rain.
Chester Hill, accompanied by
Miss Ida Bates, of Spring Place,
visited relatives at Crandall last
Sunday.
Miss Myrtle Ellis called on
Miss Nannie Mason Saturday af¬
ternoon.
Mrs. Hill has returned home
alter a-few weeks’ visit to rela¬
tives in Ardmore, 1. T.
J. C. Ellis, wife and Mts. Har¬
vey and Noah Ellis visited M". I,.
Roberts and family Sunday.
Mrs. Harvey visited her daugh¬
ter, Mrs. Ad-die Mortis Saturday
and Sunday.
Frank Gline, of Whitfield
ly. spent Sunday with friends
here.
I don’t guess Bermuda was
represented at Free Hope Sunday
on account of the rain.
Come again, Fort Mountain.
We always welcome the good
news from that place,
John and Miss Esther Vaughn
attended the singing at Free
Hope Sunday. '
Oscar McGhOe, of Fashion, and
Dr. Broaderiek of Dawnville,
caited on Misses Ora and Myrtle
Kllis Sunday afternoon,
R. L. Butss made a business
trip to Dalton Monday.
‘ Born to Henry Bartley and
wife—a hoy.
Mrs. Jack Keith and children
pass d through our town Monday,
Ik T B StM> 1 .was. in
Sunday
The hardest rain fluff has fallen
at Bermuda in quite a while fell
Sunday afternoon.
There were several in Ibis
town that got disappointed Sun¬
day afternoon on account of the
ram.
Will Anderson, of Eton, was in
town on business Tuesday.
W, F. Meajer, of Calhoun, was
i«-re Tuesday morning.
Wonder what has become of
Eton?. You must come forward
with the news.
It, seems that most of the cor¬
respondents have quit writing
here of late, Now all of you
c ime forward \Vith the news.
Dixie and Trixjk.
Farm for Sale.
1 wish to sell mv farm,
east of court house, and adjoin
mg the corporation of Spring
Place. Terms made on
turn. — D, T. Brows, Spring
Place, Ga.
MT, ZION
l,igg«t freshet tiiie week we
have had this year.
The thresher is m ourcommun
j ,t r thisVeek. We hope vve will
j get our wheat threshed in-time
(to have a biscuit for Christmas.
! Lawrence McQleskey and fan,
jly, of Ramhqrst; Miss Lida Me
I Cleskey, one Of Marietta’s fair
est bt-Les; Bill Leu hour and
' family, of Oran ; spent Saturday
'at the home of Mrs.
Holland. Hardy Phipps and
Mrs. E. A. Leonard, I). F.
pies and wife joined them m the
afternoon.
Somebody ask Bob Peeples if
lie ever went “sparking” and
t-o swild home through the lane..
You must come home before the
riin ^xt.tune, Bob.
Mrs. F. G. Holland and son,
jj obtli gp eil 't Saturday afternoon
a t the home of G. W. Blassin
game.
•’ with
burned 3f luirse^a together
fodder, hay lot new of bu<?
gy, arid 4
able lumber. Rovai..
PURELY LOCAL ANB PERSONAL
0. N. Alford, Blum. Texas, is
a new subscriber.
Bob Logan, of Oran, lias <>ur
tl.a'.k. fc.ra paid „p v.-ar’s wb
script ion.
<■„!. o. B. o»„„ attended
court in Marietta a portion of
this week.
O. 0. Oile left Wednesday for
Atlanta, where he begins to
study pharmacy.
Mac Anderson, who lias been
in Chattanooga, for some time
is at home again.
Ma'shhurn Wells has our thanks
for some of the finest hell pepper
we have seen for a long while.
Grover Henry who has been
very ill for the past two weeks,
is able to be on the streets again.
Miss Jennie Terry, of Hassle*
Mill, came down Monday and
took charge of her work as in¬
termediate teacher at the Lucy
Hill institute.
On account of high water,
Spring Place failed to get any
mail from Dalton Tuesday, the
river being higher than it has
been this smnm'er.
The many friends of Miss Liz¬
zie Rouse will be glad to know
that '.she is rapidly improving
from her recent illness and will
again he out in a few days.
It might be a very good idea,
lear subsenber, to bring us u
load of wood to start on. The
roads will he awful had in a
short white and you had
bring it right away.
J. B. Springfield, of Chats
u vur th. is a new subscriber.
thc-r.utt 1 oiir-sjj.bsei'iptioii List at
J | this place is climbing it mail will he
the next largest club we
have in a short time.
We are in the light for job
work and if you need anything
done in tins line come to see us,
We can do you as nice a Mi as
you can*get done in the country
and our rafes are very reasonable
Miss Aleen Ballard, who has
been spending the summer with
Tier grandparents, W. II. Kenner
and wife at the Tibbs farm, ac¬
companied by Miss Lucy Buch¬
anan returned to their homes jn
Atlanta Monday.
School at Lucy Hill Institute
opened Monday for the fall and
j wintej* term of 190(5 and 1907
inf j vvith*flattering Murray’s representative prospects. Several fam
L jjjes are moving to Spring Place
r j.j (e purpose < 4 ' entering their
children at this popular place of
- education, #
Pleasant Valley High School
; begins next Monday, with Prof
: 8 . li, Berly, of Dalton, as prim
t 1 ;, z ,:?.,"r lee.le^L 5
the
Mr. Mr. Berry, Kerry, it it will will enjoy enjoy one. one. of
till- »"« Pros,,,,,.,„ ....... 1.-™.. ...... (t
fall and winter h it pas ever had, hail.
While' a few of the faitlifiRare
Binding by us in the way of
county news, tlm majority of
our correspondents have g me
back on us. We cannot give our
i subscribers a paper which con
tains the news of the county 1111
less our correspondents help us.
Send us in & newsy letter each
week and wo will appreciate the
[favorand our readers will thank
‘
j you. ,•______
’ Dead '
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^ ut> t Sunday . niglit
Mauldin, who lived two and
half miles west of Spring Place,
died. He 1 had .been ill with fe -
ver for several weeks and all
hopes of his‘recovery was given
up several days before the end
CJ!ne ' FI<f le “ ves a wife and
i three children, with other nu
memos relatives aiid friends to
! mourn Ins death.
f |R£ DESTROYS
ROUND HOUSE
About $100,000 Damage Done to
Railroad Properly in H^rt. '
\
01 Atlanta Monday
Night
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RAILRQAD CARRIED NO
INSURANCE AT ALL
Hundreds of People Gathered 011 the
, Forsyth Street Bridge to Watch
Spec tacular Fire—Question of Re¬
building Considered.
While} *1 thousand or fifteen
hundred spectators stood in a
drenching rain, the historic old
Western A Atlantic round home
and work shops, situated about
one hundred yards west of the
Forsyth street bridge, were de¬
stroyed by fire Monday night,
shortly after 9 o’clock.
The loss will approximate
something less than $ 100,000 and
the railroad has no insurance.
. Major J, I,. McCullom, super
inteivdQnt of the Western & At
lantic, lias.furnished the follow¬
ing estimate of the damage:
Ffteeii engines damaged to tilt
extent of about $ 2,000 each; to
tul, $80,000,
Estimate of damage to inacbin
a <‘y. $60,000.
Buildings, including machine
! shop, round house, etc., damaged
J in The the question neighborhood of rebuilding of,$Ki, 0 . 00 .- at
jonce upon the 1 present site will
1 ’ '•** ‘ * imsed ‘ ‘ 11
; the h.az.e was. I'uused-phy , a spa'■
from a passing engine igniting a
pile of shavings, in the wood shop.
Major. McCollum stated Tups'
day morning that (he Da flic of
the foad," both freight and pas¬
senger, wouldjfiot bo interfered
with in the least, as a result of
the'conflagration
“YVe have plenty of engines in
Chattanooga to handle -all busi¬
ness,” said he. “All that’ are
needed ,arc: being rushed to At¬
lanta. Every car will be moved
and the outside public will never
knmv that there has been a file,
as far as the«sen ice ol the mad
is concerned S1 *
.
M“i oi M <8 whom stated that
would he impossible to give a
definite idea ol the damage mis
tained, but said that flte total
loss would he less than $ 100 , 000 ,
Just as soon as the ashes Had
cooled suflicieiitly to peimit
workmen, to enter the round house
the task of clearing away the de
l I bris was pohim,enced , earl v r
(]ay under the direction of Major
Mr( ; llI1()I)J amt Lamar Collier,
i inas r er machanic .Some mount
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| ()f f tlie t l,c wooden wooden wooden work. work work. Others' Others Others w were u
I M fj'tWlin"V.f't'ho , ilr onguei'il I»uiIrIdi'J"' ... clear,„g fil'd
, |claimiug_ inter i ntcrloi lor of ot the the building buiiui.m and ana re.- tc re
Yanpus piece* m uia
Comparative) %%%; lew of t Lhe , Je -
employe,' of the road will m
thrown out of employ tiienC, .And
bFien qiRy f |>r 4 short time,
tltere will he work for all as snem
j as { ' ie tenia ins are commenced iii
I earnest. ,
1 Though in the thick of the ter
,
jritic heat the ronml table wa^ not
, damaged and was fn/uiuiing.or
!'^ er a ^ er obstructions iiad
j been hers removed. still smouldering While the em
were
cmrng engines, which e scaped
j the fi,re, wc Yeqnn upon the
1 Tuesday morning and
I { for a return trip.
Only the wooden work of the
fifteen locomotives ih the
j house was Jotally destroyed.
Boilers, .wheels endmachinery
are intact, though slightly
uredbythe heat and rust from
CUT DOWN
ABOUT ONE-THIRD
DENNIS
As Mountoinccr has married,
dic'd or left the .county, please
allow Annie Laurie to give you a
feu dots from our thriving little
community.
Miss Emma Harrison has been
on the side list for quite a while,
hut we are glad to know that she
is.improving. .
Handsome Johnny Evans, of
Oak Grove, passed through our
burg one day ,this‘week. .
Misses Belle Butler and Laura
Worley called on Mrs. A. N.
Rogers Tuesday afternoon.
Kimse.y Qiia'rles’, of Gilmer
county, visited his uncle, J. 8 .
Worley, Saturday and Sunday.
•Clove Worley called on Ins best
girl Sunday afternoon and got
water bound.
Miss Laura Worley called on
Miss Belle Butler Sunday after¬
noon, and she was gone visiting.
Rob Peeples, of Mt. Zion, was
on our streets Saturday.
Hello, Alabama! Come again !
We appreciate your letters very
m iicdi, ,
George Duncan was in town
Tuesday evening.
Miss Mary Worley? who has
had her leg broken, is improving
nicely.
A. 1’. Whitener, of Oran, visit
ed the home of his parents Sut
.unlay and Sunday. •
Miss Olie Drennau, of R 9 .n 1 -
[ u pst, visited the home of Mr.
*“P last week, Mr * ,h * l) ’ -Fuller one day
AllWTE IjAllKTfc.
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■rain, andean he easily reclaimed
Practically all of the cabs were
burnt .to ashes, (July the brick
walls of the rqmid house at pi
of her buildings remain and the
once m.ighty locotjiotivcs present
u peculiar appearance as they
rear their burnt and battered
head> in the midst of the ruins.
The Are was one of the most
spectacular seen in Atlanta in a
nu ill her of .years. Startled to
<jj s & )ver a blaze flitting through
0 f the wood shop' men
j tl ^i,e round Louse at once sent
an alarm.
*pj * department responded in
)P
rec< »f r ,j time. However, the fire
( )a ,j,been fanned by the blowing
breezes and when the engines
arrived the flames were leaping
high ilit) the air.
The blaze was reflected on the
(flood-darkened sky and .this,
coitjbled t with the sounding of the
a nttracted matW Ui
tha Rain was falling steau
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u J V, u (1)e w , Ue> but d tj) - ‘
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f '"f °™ ,d yf" j 1 ' 6 “ re
‘"'i* Members " '. U,U ' of ' the "‘ lire a A depart
'* ekperieiieej ; iSrS! much <H«.
ou i^ playing, water upon the
fa6 ^ spreading blaze. Freight
a id d-was necessary dft^vefy for switch side
4ingine« to shift a jnmjabey of cars
be fore the depar#f»eiit liad a fair
c | iance the round house, now
ab nost enveloped in flames.
Within an hour’s time after the
^,und of the alasm, the tire had
burned itself* out. Woodshop,
paint-shop and the historic round
house it self were all a pile of
ashes.
During the fire considerable
uneasiness was felt hv some,
owing to the proximity of the
big gas tank. Fortunately, how
over theiflkmes dicT-not reach
■ enough to 'place the tank in
jeopardy. Followmg'iu '
the wake of
| feceut wreck, which took the
life# Scf? seven employes, the
,
effect of the fire will be more
keenly felt bjy jthe state road.
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NO_^3
This Is Estimate of W. H. Sey¬
mour, of Alabama
m
He is President of Cotton Associ¬
ation and Makes Estimate
From .4 •• -
Reports Received
From AH Parts of
the State.
Montgomery, Ala., Oct, 8 .—
President W. H. Seymour, of the
Alabama division of the Cotton
Association, has received reports
enough to justify him in the es¬
timate that the crop of Alabama
was hurt at least 25 per cent by
the storms of last week. Be be¬
lieved that the crop of Alabama
was at least 20 per cent short be¬
fore that time, which would give
a total shortoge of the season of
something like 45 pclr cent.
Mr. Seymour now has reports
from forty counties and the ree
ord 'if devastation is pitiable.
Whole fields have been destroyed
and in many cases the fields arci
ruined. The only section of the
■Uate that. escaped maximum in¬
jury is the eastern section, -and
■mine portions to the north where
the cotton was not knocked front
the bolls. But in thesb cases the
weather has he n so damn the
seed have sprouted in the bolls.
In tiie southern section the
tumble is two and three fold,
Not only is the cotton knocked
from the Lolls and sprouting,Tmt
even now it is impossible tu.get
any sort of labor to help take
care of what s left. The' saw¬
mills and turpentine factories
took the labor so that the cotton
could not he picked, and as a re¬
sult the storm caught the fields
full of the well-opened lint. *. '
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“In some sections tlief.condi¬
tions are calamitous,’?' saicl Me.
Seymour this morning. “I hardly
what the people will do to
recover from it.” 1
Another feature of the situa¬
tion has been presented in the
remark of a well-known plantef;,
who says that in many parts of
Montgomery’s territory the dain
age is so great to individual
farmers that there will haw
to them be some back means devised to hefjp
on their feet. They
have, lost their crops in manly
cases, and have no way to ptj
their debts. This will have to be
iooked after, and there has been
talk in an indefinite way of planf
ning to help those who are thus
put out of the running.
The crop was already in bail*
shape in Montgomery territory;
and the storm came along and in
many sections completed the' de¬
struction. The cotton -knocked
from the b'-lls is strewn upon J tire
rooi ^ ait j b ^ |Jni w
tht weatllM „ u ,
weather bas been 80 wet s ..,_
the storn as to make it imuossi
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fchrow n to the dirfc lt is also .
deplorable fact that other crops
are ruined, including corn and
vegetables, which were thought
to be saved. The corn is thrown
down, and often the ears are
picked up, a mass of growing
83eds, germinated anew.
FOR SALE
75 head of mares and mules,
Positively the finest ever brought
to this market, and will be sold
on one, two and three years’ time
for good notes. ;
J. B. A' C. 13. Brows. -
R. F. D. No. 1, Dalton, Ga. ¥
FOR SAIF_E f cheap!' ' 8
mill aufl fix tu res OMh
or qn time. Apply to A. L. KeifE.
mR r v —n Y ^ Mr*
Vf » a r-olrl- mnDa Annlv in n 1
Moore, Spring Place, Ga-