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IGNORANCE
is no excuse in law. There is
NO EXCUSE
tor you not knowing of the fine line of goods I am now
showing, and the
VERY REASONABLE
prices at which I am selling them. Come to see me
before buying and
BE SURPRISED
as hundreds of others have been who have come be*
fore you. Quarter sawed oak
BEDROOM SUITS
fine enough for the best house in Murray county, or in
any other county.
HALL TREES
to suit your taste and your pocketbook.
FINE ROCKERS CHAIRS. TABLES. SAFES WARD*
ROBES. SPRINGS AND MATRESSE8, and in fact ev=
erything for the house. I have just added the most
elegant line of
CROCKERY, and GLASSWARE,
ever shown in this section. So that with the
STOVES, RANGES
and all other household articles, constantly arriving, 1
can fit you up from the
FRONT DOOR to KITCHEN.
Some new
BUGGIES and HARNESS
have just arrived and to make room tor furniture will
be sold at a barbain.
COFFINS, CAS ETS, ROBES.
WILL $. C P
CHATSWCRTH GEORGIA
McEntire & Hood
Livery, Feed and Sales Stables, Dalton, Ga.
New rigs, fresh horses careful drivers.
Good covered wagon sued and camp house free
to all who stop over night.
We have recently received a carload of
Boston and Virginia Wagons all sold under a
i* positive guarantee
McEntire & Hood,
Brick Stables, Phone tpS, South Hamilton St,
WE Are Growing
We are getting better and bigger every day. Our jiicU
ures are the talk of the country. They will interest and
amuse you. Let your children have some good, pure,
clean amusement. They have worked hard==-now give
them a nickel to see the show***they will be better and
work better for it.
5 CENTS ONLY 5 CENTS!
Pictures are changed three times each week*“New pictures, too.
g0T SAME PICTURES ARE NEVER SHOWN AGAIN. J
Dalton Amusement Parlor
WE Are Here to Give
Our patrons what they want. We do not try to induce
them to take something else. If a customer wants Hood’s
Sarsaparilla, he gets Hood’s Sarsaparilla. He is not iiwj
portuned to take our own make. We like to treat our
customers right. It is both pleasant and profitable. We
have built up the largest drug establishment in Dalton by
gratifying our patrous’ wishes. There is no reason why
everybody in Murray County should not trade here. We
can give them decidedly the best service and our prices
are fixed altogether according to what things are worth.
• • • Fincher & Nichols
The Nan Elizabeth one of the
boats that has been plying the
Oconee river, sank a few miles
above Doublin. This is the third
boat that has sunk during the
past two years.
OaWitt’s Little Early Risers
The famous little pills,
Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup is
sold under a positive guarantee
to cure constipation, sick head¬
ache, stomach trouble, or any
form of indigestion. If it fails,
tlie manufacturers refund your
money. What more can any
one do? Rouse A Rouse.
THE MURRAY NEWS, FRIDAY. AUGUST SO. 190"
JURY LIST FOR FEBRUARY TERM 1908.
Grand Jurors.
James D C Loughridge
Nelson D Baker
Wm G Groves
JolmH. Loughridge
Clinton 0 Keith
Samuel A Brown
Wm R Dunn
Marion T Osborne
Wm H Pendley
George H Bates
Joseph N Halcomb
Henry S Halcomb
Julius Halcomb
James W McCamy
Morgan L Peeples
Traverse Jurors.
Marion Petty
George W Hampton
John B Higdon
James \V r Earnest
Jesse Charles
Alford H Johnson
Bradley N Thornton
Ben F Bates
Reuben H Tyler
John L Rouse
James B Springfield Jr
Wm Hogan
Marion Goswick
Wm 11 Rk'kett
Isaac R Berrong
Charles L Keith
John W Harris
Monterville Ingle
ATTEMPTS TO ASSAULT
DAUGHTER OF MINISTER
Rev. J. W. Hamer, of Alabama,
Makes Complaint to Police
in Rome.
Rome, Ga., Aug. 2(5.-'-Rev. J.
YV. Hamer, reported to the po¬
lice today that an attempt was
made, he thinks, to criminally
assault his 22-year-old daughter.
Mr. Hamer and daughter occu¬
pied the same room at Mrs.
Henry’s boarding house on Sec¬
ond avenue. About 8 o’clock in
the morning a white man broke
into the room and put out the
small night lamp and then awoke
the girl. She screamed and this
frightened the man away.
Mr. Hamer is a Baptist minis¬
ter of near Tuscaloosa, Ala., and
he and his daughter are en route
to the Alabama city.—Atlanta
Journal.
How Is This?
YY r e oiler One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by Hall’s
Catarrh Cure.
K, J. Chknnuv, & Co,,
Toledo, 0.
We, the undersigned, have
known F. J. Cheney for the last
15 years, and believe him per¬
fectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able
to carry out any obligations made
bv his firm.
VV albino, Finn an & Mauvin,
wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken
internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system. Testimonials sent
free. Price 75 cents per bottle.
Sold by all Druggists.
Take Hall’s Family Pill’s for
constipation.
Boyce Givens, a negro convict
who was sent up for murder from
.Jefferson county, was shot and
Killed near Avondale, by one of
the white guards employed at
the Cherokee Brick company
plant near Macon.
Wliat a New Jersey Editor Says.
M. T. Lynch, Editor of the
Phillipsburg, N. J., Post, writes:
“I have used many kinds of med¬
icines for coughs and colds in
my family but never anything so
good as Foley’s Honey and Tar.
I cannot say too much in praise
of it.” Rouse & Rouse.
Prof. Joseph D. Smith, for the
past two years the principal of
the Griffin high school, has an¬
nounced his acceptance of the
position of president of Gordon
institute in Brownsville, to
which he was recently elected.
Prof. Smith’s election to this re¬
sponsible position is a fitting
compliment to his splendid abil¬
ity, and under his management
Gordon will doubtlessly prosper
as never before.
Robert II Douglas
Thomas YV Colvard
John B Leonard
Richard S Parks
Win T Terry
James D Potent
Orange I^arrott
George W Chamlee
James W Austin
Sam Higdon
James S Treadwell
•Win L Smith
Wm G Blassingame
Leonard C Furr
Wni 0 Lindsey
John D Calhoun
Allen H Phipps
John R Stroud
James R Mashburn
YY T esley G Sanders
John A Baxter
Thomas B Springfield
Janies \\ r Red
John M Quearles
Columbus W Shields
F 0 Perkins
Thomas II Moreland
John M Greason
Wm R Bramlett
Richard S Parks
Pleasant McGhee
Berry W Gladden
John Montgomery
Alaculsy
Work on tlie new Syleo Valley
Railroad is progressing with mi¬
ll-.ml vigor. Blasting can be
heard daily, and the new grade
will soon reach Alaculsy Valley.
The advent of the Iron horse will
bring much prosperity to this
heretofore undeveloped region,
which has untold wealth .in its
virgin forests and magnificent
water powers.
Ylr. and Mrs. A. A. Ohable
have been entertaining a few
friends at their delightful sum¬
mer home. The invited guests
from a distance were Misses
Jessie, Mabel and Clemmie Ua
zeneuve, of Bay St. Louis;
Maud Ramsey, Atlanta, Ga.;
and Gladys and Georgia Davis,
of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Messrs.
Doglas A. Crocker, Williams¬
port, Pa.; R. G. Burton, Pitts¬
field, Mass.; ,1. YV Conner, Knox¬
ville, Term., and J. 0. Ohable,
Alaculsy, Ga. A most happy
week was spent in mountain
climbing, horseback-riding and
fishing. Music and dancing
made merry the evening hours.
A very successful protracted
meeting lias just closed at the
Baptist church with many addi¬
tions to membership.
O’Neal Bros, have moved their
store to the 5th district in Polk
county, Tenn.
A class of graduates from Van¬
derbilt school at Forestry are
camping at “Oloega.”
Col. A. A. Ohable leaves Mon¬
day for Louisville and other
points pertaining to his insur¬
ance duties on the L. A N.
system.
‘Squire J.' II. O’Neill was a
visitor in the valley Saturday.
Mo kk Anon.
EducaLiona! Rally.
A Farmer’s Educational Rally
will he held at Eton, Murray
county, Ga., on Saturday, Sep¬
tember 7th 1907.
Following is the program:
Called to order by the Presi
dent and prayer by Chaplain.
Welcome address by Miss Lula
Gladden.
Song by the Union, after which
there will be several addresses
by prominent speakers, among
them being, one of the State
officers, Mrs. Felton, .Rev.
Maples, Rev. Bird and others.
Everybody is invited to attend
and bring well filled baskets.
Come and hear some good
speaking and have a good time.
W, J. Holcomb,
Sec. and Treas.
THE ORIGINAL. LAXATIVE COUGH SYRUP
KENNEDY’S LAXATIVE HONEY^TAR
Bed Clover SiOMom ud tlauey Bee oa Every Bottle,
THE SKULL BANJO.
Probably the Most Grewsomo Musioal
Instrument Known.'
It is a well known fact that through
dire necessity the American Indian has
developed remarkable skill. The old
stories of how these Indians made
pottery and earthenware by the aid of
only the most crude Instruments and
of their methods of burning and carv
lug out the insides of the trunks of
trees to make canoes are universally
known.
But even with all their skill the fact
that they were a barbarous, uncivilized
race cannot be evaded, as is shown by
tills grewsome instrument. In the time
of the early settlers of this hemisphere
their acts of cruelty were without prec¬
edent in the history of the world.
With these facts iu view we can
easily understand how the "skull ban¬
jo” came to light. It is known that in
the small country of Paraguay, in the
east central part of South America,
the Indians who inhabited that place
were more than ordinarily cruel. They
were constantly engaged in warfare,
and their primary aim when thus en
gaged was to capture the chief of the
opposing side. When captured, this
personage was carried to their camp
and there cruelly murdered, and it
was from his body that this awe inspir¬
ing musical instrument was made.
The instrument is made as follows:
The body is decapitated, and the skull
is then thoroughly dried. Tlie one who
is to perform the feat of making the
Instrument then cuts the top entirely
off. Over the opening thus made a
piece of skin taken from the body and
also thoroughly dried is tightly stretch¬
ed in the manner of a drum. From die
back of the skull the two femurs or the
two bones of the leg which extend
from the knee to tlie hip project. Those
hones have been so trimmed that they
are of uniform thickness throughout
their entire length. The upper ends of
these bones are joined together with
one of the ribs, also taken from that
body.
Then from the forehead of the skull
to the rib which connects the two fe¬
murs a number of strings are tightly
stretched. These strings are likewise
made from tlie skin of the victim, hav¬
ing been thoroughly dried, stretched
and rubbed with rosin.
But this even is not the full extent
of the grewsomeness of this instru¬
ment, for the skull Is left so that the
jaws are movable. Therefore with
each shake of tlie instrument the jaws
wag, and with a sharp jolt of the in¬
strument tlie teeth come together with
a snap.—New York Herald.
CAN YOU TELL 1 ?
How many teeth have you?
What: are the words on a policeman's
shield?
IIow many buttons have you on your
waistcoat?
Write down the figures on the face
of your watch.
Which way does the crescent moon
turn—to the right or left.
How many toes lias a cut on each
forefoot and each hind foot?
What are the words written or print¬
ed on the face of your watch?
In what direction is the face ou a
cent, on a quarter and on a dime turn¬
ed?
What color are your employer’s eyes
and the eyes of the man at the next
desk?
What are the exact words ou a two
cent stamp? In what direction is the
face ou it turned?
What is the name signed in fac¬
simile on any one, two, live or ten dol¬
lar bill you ever saw ? — New York
Press.
After the Entertainment.
“She has a magnificent flat,” said
one, “but it is badly arranged. The
parlor is too far from the dining room.”
“The wall paper is beautiful,” re¬
marked another, “but tlie pictures are
abominable. It is a pity to ruin beau¬
tiful walls.”
“She has a lot of elegantly bound
books,” said still another, ‘"but I’d be
willing to wager a five that none of
the leaves are cut.”
“In other words,” said the man who
looks on, “she has been awfully good
to us. She has taken pains to enter¬
tain us. Let us roast her.”—New York
Press.
Unloaded on the Ragman.
Scribbles—Congratulate me, old man.
I got rid of all my manuscript last
week.
Dribbles — That’s good. What did
you get for them?
Scribbles--How much do you sup¬
pose?
Dribbles—Haven’t tlie least idea.
Scribbles—I got 2 cents u pound.—
Chicago News.
Followed Instructions,
Madge—'This watch has been stopped
for two or three days. Jeweler—Lem
me see it. There is nothing the matter
with it except that it has not lieen
wound. Mudge—I thought maybe that
was it. I remember you told me to
wind It up just before I went to bed,
and I haven't been to lied for three
nights.
Physiology.
A pupil In a school near Chatham
square. New York city, thus defined
the word “spine:” “A spine is a long,
limber bone. Your head sets on one
end, and you set on the other.”—IJp
pineott’s Magazine.
Hard to Suit.
“When your mother-in-law fell into
the water, why didn’t you help to get
her out?”
My dear madam, you must know
that nothing I’ve ever done has pleased
her!’—Judy,
AX IN TREASON TRIALS.
Sharp Edge Turned Toward Prisoner
When Sentence Is Pronounced.
Every one is aware of the dreadfully
significant part the executioner’s ax
plays In a trial for high treason, The
sharp symbol of death is carried be
fore the prisoner, with Us blunt side
turned toward him so long as he has
not been sentenced, says Macmillan's
Magazine, and just before sentence is
pronounced the sharp edge is turned
his way.
Evelyn, who was present at the trial
of Lord Stafford iu idSO, tells ns that
the ax was turned edgeways to the un¬
fortunate nobleman so soon as it was
aseeriumed that the voting of the
peers went against him, an effective
but ghastly piece of stage management
which must have had a sickening fas¬
cination for the unhappy and probably
Innocent man. In those days, now
happily gone by, no one seems to have
reflected dn the unnecessary cruelty of
harrowing Ibe feelings of men about to
die by spell shocking judicial byplay.
Not every prisoner treated this pure¬
ly symbolic but otherwise superfluous
and unpleasant ceremony as contemp¬
tuously as did Lord Balmevino. When
the three coaches conveyed the Lords
Kilmarnock, Balmerino and Cromartie
from the Tower to be sentenced at
Westminster on July 28, 1740, a diffi¬
culty arose. It was not laid down by
prescription or use in which coach, if
there were more than one, the fatal ax
had to be, carried. “Oh, put the -
thing in here,’’ cried brave old Bal¬
merino. “1 don't care.”
Yet, notwithstanding bis contempt
for this horrid symbol, the undaunted
old man cheerfully suffered death for
his attachment to another symbol, the
white cockade. But Lord Kilmarnock,
in the next coach, was dreadfully
frightened, as he showed himself to be,
by his thorough realization of what
the awful ax would mean to him. He
inquired minutely into all the details
of an execution, wanted the governor
of the Tower to tell him whether bis
head would roll or rebound, and when
on the scaffold he saw the executioner
dressed in white, with a white apron,
he whispered to his chaplain, “Home,
how horrible!”
REMARKABLE HORSES.
Some Clever Animals and a Wonderful
New England Nag.
In his letters to Lord Granville, pub¬
lished by the Boyal Philosophical so¬
ciety, who was also greatly, interested
iu natural history, Smithson, the
founder of the Smithsonian institution
in America, says London Tit-Bits, re¬
lates how the’ horse of Alexander the
Great, Bucephalus, would at night on
hearing a blast of the trumpet from
the soldiers, on guard, showing the ap¬
proach of the enemy, run at great
speed to his master’s tent and with his
teeth grab the sleeping monarch and
shake him until he sprang Into the sad¬
dle* and galloped toward the enemy.
Also that the great Caliph Haroun
al-Iiaschid in tile eighth century In
marching toward tlie forces of Queen
Irene of Constantinople always had
a number of trained Arabian horses
(direct descendants of the famous
horses owned by Ishmael 4,000 years
ago) thrown forward as scouts, which
from time to time returned to camp
and by a peculiar whinny and ueVfb
reported the proximity of the enemy.
Again, he relates the experiences of
the Portuguese explorer, Albuquerque,
who lived for many years in the six¬
teenth century on the island of St.
Helena, where he and the natives
taught the herds of wild horses there
not only to dig potatoes, but to husk
corn, and these horses descended from
a herd taken there from Cappadocia
in tire second century, as related by
the Greek historian, Phlliatorgius.
But, to come down to the present
day, it is related by a retired New
England clergyman whose sands of
life had nearly run out that one day on
leading his horse down through a lane
to a brook for a drink tlie animal sud¬
denly halted and, turning its head
around, grabbed up with its teeth one
of its hind shoes which had just drop¬
ped off, and, holding it in its mouth
with the nails dangling, it backed up
against a stone wall and clapped it on
to its hoof and with a few violent
kieks nailed it on again.
How Slow the Train Was.
Two men were coming into Denver
from a nearby town on a local train
tlie other day. The train stopped ev¬
ery five minutes, it seemed, and one of
the men became impatient. Finally
when the train halted for the engine
to get up steam the man’s impatience
overflowed.
“Now, what do you think of this
train?” he said to the other.
“it Isn’t making much progress,” re¬
plied his friend.
“Progress! I should say not,” said
the impatient man. “It would be a
fierce job to take a moving picture of
this train."—Denver Post.
In Doubt.
Some years ago Henry James review¬
ed a new novel by Gertrude Atherton.
After reading the review Mrs. Ather¬
ton wrote to Mr. James as follows:
Dear Mr. James—I have read with much
pleasure your review of my novel. Will
you kindly let me know whether you
liked it or not? Sincerely,
j GERTRUDE ATHERTON.
j j —Everybody’s Magazine,
! Willing to Take the Risk.
"Do you think a person can be both
rich and happy?”
"I don’t know, but Tin willing to be
used for experimental purposes.”—
j Cleveland Plain Dealer,
Badly Swollen.
Hewitt—Large bodies move slowly.
, Jewett—1 don’t see how you can shake
your head.—New York Press.