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VOL. 28
DEATH CALLS
SAM JONES
The World-Famous Evangelist Is
Stricken With Heart
Failure.
LIFELESS BODY FOUND IN
BERTH NEAR PERRY, ARK.
Wife and Daughters and Rev. W.
T. Holcomb Were With Him
On Trip—Remains Are
Brought Home.
Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 15.—
Rev. Sam P. Jones, the noted
Georgia evangelist, died at 6
o’clock this morning on the Rock
Island train, near Perry, a sta¬
tion 80 miles west of this city.
He was on his way home from
Oklahoma.
He retired to his berth in the
sleeper about midnight, Hit
body was found by the porter.
He had been dead some time.
His wife and two daughters and
his co-worker, Rev. VV. T. Hol¬
comb, were with him.
The body arrived at Little
Rock at 11 o’clock this morning,
and is now at the Ruebel under¬
taking establishment. It will be
taken to Memphis this afternoon
at 4 o’clock and from thence to
his home in Oartersville, Ga.
The cause of his death was
heart failure.
“(SUDDEN DEATH” SUBJECT OF
- . ME, StWHOS
At Oklahoma City, Okla., last
Friday night. Rev. Sam Jones
preached a sermon on “Sudden
Death.” ft is stated that he
warmed to a pitch of enthusiasm
even beyond his usual efforts.
The subject of his sermon, with
its warning to all men to be pre¬
pared for death, is looked upon
as a strange forecast of his own
fatal stroke.
The McAlester Daily Capital
of the day following said of the
sermon in a special from its Ok¬
lahoma Citv correspondent:
“Oklahoma City, ukla., Oct.
18.—Last night a large crowd was
out to hear the Georgia evangel¬
ist, Rev. Sam P. Jones. Mr.
Jones preached on ‘Sudden
Death.’ From start to finish he
pleaded, warned and begged men
to flee the wrath to come, and
avert the judgments of God.
“Such an impression has not
been made during the meeting'-.
At times men shuddered as he
declared the fearful truths of the
text. At other times the entire
audience was moved to tears.
Sighs, tears and emotions were
given free vent. Everyone felt
that God had come closer and
given u, more earnest call to re
pentence.
“At the close of the sermon
scores of men and women rushed
up to the front to declare them¬
selves for the Christian life. A
greater number still requested
prayer, and promised to settle
the question of salvation.
fc t Mr. Smoot sang ‘The Last
Judgment.’ It was an appropri¬
ate song to follow the earnest
sermon. Before the preacher
closed, Dr. Finer, Professors Ex¬
cell and Smoot sang ‘How- the
Fire Fell. This song has become
a favorite.”
Special Notice.
All parties who had stock in
my pasture and are taking them
out will please make settlement
with me, or C. T. Owens, at
Spring Place.
T, J. PjSEPpES,
Dalton, Ga.
THE MURRAY NEWS.
SPRING PLACE, MURRAY COUNTY, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 19, 1906.
WILL ANALYZE
WOMAN’S
State Chemist Called Upon to As¬
sist in Determining Cause
of Mrs. R. E. Hooks’
Death.
The state chemist, John M.
McOandless, has been called upon
to analyze the stomach of the
late Mrs. R. E. Hooks, of Cliat
toaga county, whose sudden death
has aroused the suspicions of the
county authorities. It is be¬
lieved Mrs. Hooks was poisoned
by drinking from a bottle labeled
“Nervine,” and alleged to have
been sent to her through the
mails.
Dr. McOandless will analyze
the stomach and determine
whether the woman’s death was
due to poisoning. He will make
his report to Coroner Palman, of
Chattooga county.
Mrs. Hooks was the wife of a
prominent farmer, living at Chel¬
sea, near the Alabama line, in
Chattooga county. It is claimed
she received through the mail on
the morning of her death a bot¬
tle, the contents of which are
unknown. It is alleged she took
a dose of the “medicine” and
died fifteen minutes later.
Advices from Summerville,the
county site of Chattooga, are to
the jitect that G. L. Groover, a
merchant of Chelsea, has been
arrested, charged with knowl¬
edge of Mrs. Hook^’ death. He
denies all knowledge of the affair.
It is said that R. E, Hooks,
husband of the woman,some time
ago entered suit against Groover,
charging him with having alien,
ated the affections of Mrs. Hooks.
LUCY HILL INSTITUTE NOTES
Rev. Simmons, of Rome, Ga.,
visited our school Monday morn¬
ing and conducted devotional ex¬
ercises, after vvh.ch he gave a
trlk ot encouragement.
Jeff Wood entered school Mon¬
day, and is boarding at the
Shields House.
Blanche and Edna Hemphill
are among the new students of
this week.
Flora Gordon, EfljeLee Brown,;
Minnie Barksdale, Stella Leonard
and others visited homefolks Sat
urday and Sunday.
Miss Jennie Terry visited in
Dalton Saturday, and homefolks
Sunday.
Miss Sadie Walls is in Charge
of Miss Terry’s work while she is
attending the stale fair in At¬
lanta.
Our school is much better than
at the same time last year, and
each pupil is doing good work.
TENGA
Hello! Ifere we come again.
Mrs. Tucker, while visiting
friends here, fell and hurt her¬
self very badly.
L. L. Caylor, who sold his house
and lob here, has bought again,
and is erecting a nice dwelling.
Elfic, the little daughter of T.
N. Gordon, is very sick.
Mrs. R. E. Weber, of Conna
sauga, was the guest of Mrs. W.
A. Bowman Sunday.
H. J. Epperson has been right
sick with lagrippe, hut is conva¬
lescent.
Bob Shelton, wife and little
daughter, Miss Esther, visited J.
N. Epperson and wife Sunday.
Mrs. Dixon, of near Cleveland,
visited friends here this week.
Cloe and Joe.
You can afford to eat meat if
you buy from me at 9 8-4 cents.
-=G. H. Arrowood.
CHATSWORTH
Miss May Davis is on the sick
list.
Mrs. Hardy Rhyne is at Jas¬
per, Ga.
Mrs. Mont Roberts has been
sick the past several days.
Walker Moreland and family
spent Sunday here.
A number of our peoDle at¬
tended services at Mt. Zion last
Sunday.
. Col. Glenn and wife, of Hotel
DeSoto, were out driving Satur¬
day afternoon
C. L. Terry and Miss Mattie
Lou Walls were in the city Sun¬
day afternoon.
Mrs. Ed Cox and her sister,
Miss Mary Groves spent Sunday
afternoon here.
S. M. Barnett and family are
visiting in Oartersville this week
The streets of Chatsworth are
being rapidly graded.
J. V. Trotter and E. N. Whit¬
mire were in our burg Su iday.
Eu Bishop has his dwelling
house almost completed.
B. C. Keith will begin the
erection of a fine dwelling house
at an early date.
Mrs. Mary McClure died at the
home of her son, Tom, one-half
mile south of Chatsworth Sunday
evening at six o’clock. Funeral
exercises were conducted at Holly
Creek church by Rev. Bates. We
extend our sympathy to the be¬
reaved.
Duncan Parrott and lady visit¬
ed Etvin Baggett and family
Sunday.
Alex Wade and family have
moved from the city.
G. L. Moore and wife were
here Sunday.
Marvin*Bond and his bwt V" 1 ! -
were here a short while Sunday
Mrs. Annie Pendley spent a
few days recently with relatives
in Spring Place.
Alvin Jones is making prepa¬
rations to build a store and a
dwelling house.
James Stanford has been suf
fering from erysipelas the past
week, but is improving.
The Chatsworth Land Company
is having the hotel square fenced.
Mesmames Annie Smith and
J. E. Johnson spent an afternoon
of last week here.
Mr. Hogan and family, of near
Resaca, have come to Chatsworth
to make their futufe home,
Miss Martha Holbrooks has
taken oharge of her store at this
place, recently purchased from
Alvin Jones,
Jeannktta.
FOR SALE—Engine and saw¬
mill and fixtures, cheap. Cash
or on time. Apply to A. L. Keith.
DENNIS
Little Miss Jennie Lucile Terry
is on the sick list this week.
Avery Whitener, of Oran, vis
ited homefolks Sunday.
Henry Brock, of Gilmer coun¬
ty, passed through our burg Sun
doy en route to Indian Territory .
Misses Terinje and Dovie Har¬
rison and Leo Swanson called on
the Misses Butler Sunday.
Miss Drennon and Mr. Cham¬
bers, of Ramliurst, were out bug¬
gy riding Sunday afternoon.
Dock Quarles and two daugh¬
ters, Misses Pearl and Sallie
Belle, were up from Carters one
day this week.
Dr. Bates, wjfe and daughter,
Migs Ora, are visiting relatives
in Birmingham this week.
Miss Mary Worley called on
Mrs. Terry 01 e day last week.
Misses Laura Worley and Davie
Harrison were out horseback rid¬
ing Sunday evening.
Jeff Turner ana Tram Price
passed through our burg Sunday.
Our merchant, Mr. Terry, is
getting up quite a lot of hay this
week. He believes in making
fiay while the sun shines.
Annie Laurie.
PURELY LOCAL AND PERSONAL
’ll. A. Willis, of Adair, was in
the city Tuesday.
0. T. Owens has been sick the
past several days.
Mrs. J. E. Johnson is spending
this week in Atlanta.
Miss Jennie Terry is attending
the state fair this week.
Morgan Peeples, of Enoch,
spent Tuesday in the city.
Cyrus Terry, of Hassler Mill,
was here Sunday afternoon.
Col. C. N. King is completing
a nice addition to his residence.
- If you eat meat, see G. H.
Arrowood; he sells at 9 8-4 cents
cag i K
Virgil Pendley and wife, of
Chatsworth, visited in the city
Sunday.
Hull Kerr and wife of Dalton,
were in the city a short white
Sunday.
k A regular passenger schedule
Kirill be put on the L. & N. road
next Sunday.
George and Miss Johnnie Pierce,
of Oohutta Springs, spent Sunday
in the city.
I sell best grade of light brown
sugar at 20 lbs to the dollar.—G.
H. Arrowood.
E. S. Stanford, of Fort Moun¬
tain, was in Spring Place Tues¬
day afternoon.
Several of our citizens are at¬
tending the Whitfield county
fair this wees.
We are indebted to W. G.
for a load of wood
subscription.,
Mrs. Kate Looker and J. R.
Holland, Comanche, Tex., are
new subscribers.
G. A. Kelly and wife and little
son are visitors to the fair in At
lanta this week.
Miss Lizzie Rouse is able to be
at her work again to the delight
of her many friends.
Col. W. II, Tibbs is still seri¬
ously ill at the home of W. H.
Kenner, two and one-half miles
west of the city.
Misses Katie Keister and Ma¬
mie Pendley are spending the
week at Oohutta Springe, guests
of Miss Johnnie Pierce.
In another place in this..issue
you will notice a call for a sing¬
ing convention here the fourth
Sunday. Everybody come, and
you will not regret it.
Several of our citizens are tak¬
ing an outing on Bald Mountain
this week. Look out for thrilling
tales of adventure when they re¬
turn. We have been there our¬
selves, and have had some terri¬
ble experiences.
People who have cotton in the
field are very anxious to get it
pioked out, some offering as high
as seventy-five cents per hundred
t > all who are looking for this
kind of work. Heretofore cotton
has usually been picked for forty
cents per hundred.
Wyatt Wood, living a few
miles south of Spring Place is
entitled to the blue ribbon for
raising sweet potatoes this year
of enormous size, having sent us
one measuring eighteen inches in
circumference, and weighing
nearly four pounds.
J R. Townsend, who lives four
miles south of town, went to his
fish basket one morning recently
and upon raising the basket he
found it very heavy and supposed
that he had a very large fish, but
further investigation proved it to
he an otter measuring near four
feet in length. The animal had,
it is presumed, gone into the
basket after fish and could not
get out and was drowned, being
dead when found.
MRS. JEFFERSON DAVIS
BREATHES HER LAST
BRANHAM GETS FORTY YEARS
For Attemptde Assault on the
Misses Lawrence a Short
While Ago Near
Atlanta.
Robert, alias Bud Branham,
after being positively identified
for the third time by Misses Ma¬
bel and Ethel Lawrence as the
negro who attempted to assault
them near Cope 11 hill on August
20, and after the introduction of
other damaging evidence, was on
Monday morning found guilty of
an indictment charging him with
assaulting Miss Mabel Lawrence.
lie was sentenced for that of¬
fense and was tried for his as¬
sault on Miss Ethel Monday
afternoon. It was Miss Ethel
whom he beat horribly after her
young niece had gotten away and
run to the house of her father,
W. C. Lawrence, for assistance.
Branham, who was dressed in
overalls as on the day of the as¬
sault, was picked from a line of
a dozen or more negroes as they
were brought from the jail Mon¬
day morning. Later Branham
changed his clothes with another
prisoner in the detention room
and was identified in that garb
in the court room, where he was
lined up with the other prisoners.
Both the Misses Lawrence ap¬
peared on the stand. W. D. El¬
lis, Jr., and A. M. Brond were
appointed by the court on Satur¬
day to defend the negro.
Ill the second trial Branham
was also found guilty of an at¬
tempted assault, and was sen¬
tenced to twenty years in each
case, making a total fhrty-year
sentence. Judge Roan expressed
bis opinion that an attempt at
assault should be made punisha¬
ble by death.
AMZI
As most dotters know, farmers
are busy gathering corn, picking
cotton and sowing wheat, howev¬
er, our people are making ready
for the fair at Dalton this week.
Amzi was well represented at
the Whitfield singing convention
held at Dawnville Sunday.
We are glad to note that Miss
Nettie Gladden, who has been so
seriously ill, was able to be one
of the number.
Miss Nannie Mason visited
Mrs. Treadwell recently.
Little Edwin, son ot H. H. An¬
derson, of Chattanooga, has been
real sick for several days at his
grandparents’,Mr. and Mrs. Steve
Anderson.
Guess what young ladiesof our
corner can pick cotton and catch
rabbits at the same time. They
must be good runners to outrun
the swift little travelers.
W. A. Gladden made his week
lv visit home last Sunday.
Perry King and sister, Miss
Mamie, were in our burg Sunday
afternoon.
John Cox made a business trip
to Dalton Saturday.
Miss Kate Langston has been
0.1 the sick list several days.
Chester and Miss Alma Hill
dined at B. W. Gladden’s last
Sunday.
Morgan Anderson, of Eton,
8 lent Sunday at the lone of
Steve Anderson.
Mrs. C. L. Henry, of Spring
Place, visited Mrs. B. W. Glad¬
den last Friday.
Our letter must lie short this
week, since people are so busy;
and we, especially, are interested
in digging potatoes and catching
possums. An et Te.
NO. 45
Widow of the President of the
Confederacy Passes Away in
New York.
LAST RITES OF CHURCH
ADMINITERED TUESDAY
Soon After the Clergyman Left
Mrs. Davis Became Uncon¬
scious and So Remained
Until the End.
New York, Oct. 10.—Mrs. Jef¬
ferson Davis, widow of the pres¬
ident of the confederacy, who
had been ill a week at the Hotel
Majestic, in this city, died at
10:25 o’clock tonight.
•Death was due to pneumonia
induced by a severe cold which
Mrs. Davis contracted upon her
return from the Adirondacks
where she had spent the summer
months.
Although grave fears were felt
from the first, Mrs. Davis’ won¬
derful vitality which brought her
safely through a similar attack
a year ago, gave hopes of ulti¬
mate recovery until last night
when a decided change for the
worse was evident and the at¬
tending physicians announced
that the end was near. It was
then believed that Mrs. Davis
could not survive the night, but
she rallied slightly during the
early hours of today.
Shortly after 7 o’clock this
morning she hal a similar spell,
and Rev. Nathan A. Seagle, rec¬
tor of St. Stephens Protestant
Episcopal church, was hurried¬
ly summoned to give religious
comfort to the patient in her last
moments of consciousness. The
clergyman remained some time
and it was announced a» hour
later that Mrs. Davis had lapsed
iuto a state of coma. The period
of unconsciousness continued to
the end.
At the bedside when death
came were Mrs. J. Addison
Hayes, of Newark, N. J.,the only
surviving daughter of Mrs. Da¬
vis; Jefferson Davis Hayes, a
grandson, who is a student at
Princeton university; Mrs. Chas.
E. Bateson, a niece; Dr. and
Mrs. Gustav Webb, the latter a
granddaughter, and Dr. Robert
H. Wylie, who with Dr. Webb,
had cared for Mrs. Davis through¬
out her ill.
J. Addison Hayes, husband of
Mrs. Davis’ only living child,had
been summoned from Colorado
Springs, and was hurrying across
the continent when a message
announcing Mrs. Davis’ death
intercepted him.
Mrs. Davis lias for some years
made her home in this city where
she had a wide circle of friends.
Throughout her illness solicitous
inquiries regarding her condition
were continually made at her
apartments.
Definite plans for the funeral
had not been made tonight, but
it is understood that services
will be held here by her pastor,
and it is definitely known that
the body w ill repose beside that
of the late president of the con
fere acy in Richmond.
At the Majestic tonight it was
said that the body would be tak¬
en to Richmond, Va., 011 Thurs¬
day. _
Rev. Simmons preached two
interesting sermons at the Pres¬
byterian church Sunday—morn¬
ing an evening—to large and at¬
tentive congregations. J