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LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Drink at Arrowood’s fount; it
is brand new.
P. G. Hilliard was in Dalton
one day this week.
T. R. Elrod was a business
caller in Dalton Monday.
S. H. Kelly made a business
trip to DaTton first of the week,
Mrs. M. A. Keister left Mon¬
day for a visit to relatives in At¬
lanta.
spent Suml.y with Spring
friends.
E. M. Ellis, of Eton, was in
Spring Place a short while Mon¬
day morning.
R. C. Logan, of Williamsburg.
Ky., spent Sunday with friends
in Spring Place,
"r J. R. Harper, of Atlanta, is
spending the week with his
sister, Mrs, J, A. McGhee.
Dennis Groves and family, of
Oak Grove, spent Sunday here,
ghests of Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
Cox.
U. L, Starnes, wife and baby,
of Ball Ground Ground, Ga.,
have been visiting litre for sev¬
eral days.
John I). Harris, of Gordon
county, was in the city On busi
ness with Ordiuary K. M. Gud
ger Tuesday.
O, L. Terry and daughter, Miss
Jennie, and Mrs. Grover Terry
represented Hasster Mill in Dal¬
ton one day this week.
Dr. S. W. Loopnr, of Dalton,
Ga., will be in Spring Place from
July 1st to July 8th prepared to
do all kinds of Dental work.
Miss Lela Kerr has returned
home from ©aiders vi He, where
she has been acting as organist
for Miss Williams in a revival.
New Soda Fount. If you Call
to drink at the new fount you
have missed something nice.
G. H. Arrowood.
Quite a number of our people
attended annual May meeting at
Sumat-h Sunday, and, as every
one does who goes to Sumach,
report a nice time
Rev. W. L. Taylor filled his
regular monthly appointment at
the Baptist church Saturday fore¬
noon, Sunday morning and even¬
ing, preaching excellent sermons
to large and attentive congrega¬
tions.
Spring Place lodge No, 141, 1.
(). O. F., met in regular semi
monthly session Saturday night
and initiated quite a number of
new members Several brothers
were present from neighboring
lo jges, and when t he degree was
conferred all adjourned and a
bounteous repast was partaken
of ’ and all enjoyed ( the occasion.
l pellet prepared ,
am now t-.
serve you with lce=U)lu drinks
than ever before, as I have just
nut in a real upHo-date
Fount. Don nn.iT t t-J! L. to. fa call call and ami
see US when tmrsty.
G. H. Arrowood.
Col. C. L. Henry spent
several days of this week' in
7. Macon.
,
E. O. Herndon, or Dalton,
was in the city yesterday on
business. '
•
_ Henry _ Milner, was u.
Spring Place a lew hours
Wednesday.
Col C N King "o» spent
Tuesday in Atlanta
fessional business.
Gailoyd, _ ^ _
Milton ot Ir
mingham. Ala., is visiting
friends in the city.
-W. Groves and , wite -r
G.
passed through the city wed
n sdav en route to Dalton.
Ouite >2, a number of travel
, have . been^ .
ing salesman m
Spring Place the past tew
cl ays.
1 Lditoi -t L c S. t5hope stnnp and and
Miss Annie Horne were in
the city from Dalton a
while Wednesday.
J. t r G. Cnlo Goie, nf ot Flliiav RUtja} ,
been in Spring 1 tace a clay or
two this week, putting in an
vm-to-date soda fount.
* Miss Nettle Rembert
turned lurneu to her home in Dalton
yesterday alter.a visit ot sev
eral days to relatives in Spring
Place and Chatsvrorth.
*'
fHE MURRAY NEWS
SPRING PLACE, MURRAY COUNTY, GEORGIA, MAY 29, 1908.
OF
F. C. MILNER
Candidate for Solicitor Gen¬
era! of the Cherokee
Circuit
As Defined in His Speeches apDiffer
ent Pfaces in the Circuit.
The following is a synopsis of
speeches delivered at Dalton,
i g *&£?«, t
kee Circuit:
He began his speech by saying
that he had requested by publica¬
tion in the Dalton papers, and
also by personal request, Mr.
Maddox to euter into a joint dis¬
cussion with him of the issues
involved in the campaign, and
had offered to divide time with
him, and was sorry that Mr.
Maddox had declined to accept
the invitation.
Continuing, Col. Milner,
among other things said, “1 de¬
sire in the outset to state that it
is not my purpose to say any¬
thing to mar the feelings of my
opponent, or any one else. I am
going to speaK plainly and ex¬
plicitly of some things that I am
anxious for you to know.
As to my qualifications:
I am warmly endorsed for this
office by the Cartersville bar and
the Calhoun bar, where I have
practiced law all my life.
1 submit that this office does
not belong to me, nor does it be¬
long to Mr. Maddox, it is an of¬
fice within the gift of the people,
who believe in equal rights to ail
and special privileges unbroken to none.
The uniform atul cus¬
tom of Solicitors General who
have preceded Mr. Maddox in
this office lias been to hold this
office for only eight years, and
then retire or go up higher. My
opponent has held the office for
twelve years, four years longer
than any solicitor has ever held
edit, it since the created he is of asking the cir the
aiiu'fiow
people to give him the office for
sixteen years, which will be twice
as long as any Solicitor has-ever
held it before him.
During Mr. Maddox’s 12 years
term in office lie has averaged'
$4,000.00 a year, and has there¬
fore made $48,000.00 out of the
office. Besides this, he has been
using during this 12 years free
l >a8se! * over the Southern road
and also the W. & A. railroad, .. ,
He is now the Senior Attorney at
Dalton 0t the Southern Railway
Company, and his attorneyship
ot this company extends through
several counties of the Circuit
through which this road passes,
anu as * a ™ reliably informed, is
receiving , . from this road a salary
which j is paid him by the month,
an( iy riding on a free pass over
the Southern road, and an inter¬
changeable pass over the W- &
A. Railroad. As railroad cor
porations are as ]ikely to violate
the cr j m inal law of this state as
individuals, indictment and and prosecution are subject for to
violating these laws, I submit
that my honorable opponent
should not be allowed to hold the
0 |j; ce 0 f Solicitor General and at
the same time represent the in
te rests of this road as its at
toruey, as it is impossible for
}jj in t 0 impartially represent both
interests at tho same time.
Now, my friends, I kindly in
vite your consideration to the
them to receive their
compensation out of the tines
imposed bv the Judge and for
feiture of bonds. In the first
place, m my announcement L
say j n nQ uncertain terms that I
f avor a change in this system.
My opponent in his announee
went says nothing about it, but
from his communications and
j,j g ac f; a re la.tivo to this financial
question, it looks to me lixe he
is with his Italian hand to
straddle the fence, and I
tejJ yf)u why direcfcly . We are
a jj c qj{<] ren 0 f the state, and
t j,j 3 g ra!1( ] old commonwealth of
ourt should throw her arms of
protection * around the rich and
tfae hlgh and the j ow> the
j earue( j an( j t he unlearned, all
Wherever true facts are
presented, a cry for a radical
change*in this system will be
heard from Lookout Mountain to
che Atlantic coast. I hold that
a Solicitor General of this State
s f Uf uld be so hemmed in by legal
rules that the sole motive that
should govern his conduct in
prosecution of the citizens of
State should be to uphold and
vindicate the law nntrameled by
reward or the hope thereof, and
how can he do this with perfect
impartiality when his compensa¬
tion depends on the verdict of
the jury? It is too high and re¬
sponsible an office for the tempta¬
tion to be'put before those who
are honored gain. Aptli it to use it for
personal This is the
humanitarian side of this ques¬
tion. Now, let’s look at it from
a financial point of view. I con¬
tend and defy successful contra¬
diction that this judicial circuit,
well as the whole State, would
be financially benefitted by
Solicitors General upon
salaries. I11 some of these cir¬
particularly in the coun¬
ties embracing the large cities,
General receive an¬
under the present sys¬
tem. anywhere from six to ten
dollars. The average
so collected by them would
be not less than six thousand
and-if Solicitors Genera!
be allowed the same
that are paid the Judges
our superior courts, ($3,000.00)
people of the State would
annually $75,000.00 after
Solicitors General their
Now, since I have shown you
the putting of Solicitors
salaries will greatly en¬
the moral tone of our
as well as be of direct
financial benefit, I desire now to
up and discuss briefly an ar¬
ticle written by Mr. W. H.
Payne, Jr • 1 of Uhattanooga,
which was addressed to
Mr. J. C. Bryan, editor of the
Catoosa Record, and before doing
so, I desire to state that my
suggested the writing
this article and paid for its
publication, and that it was
written for the purpose ot com¬
bating that part of my announce¬
ment advocating the putting of
Solicitors General upon salaries.
Now, I wish to ask you the plain
practical question : If Mr. Mad¬
dox is sincere when he says that
he too favors the salary system,
why should he be paying for the
publication of an his .article written
by a friend of in Tennessee,
who writes to combat the salary
system? I dgsire to state that
the Comptroller of Tennessee
and Mr. Payne are not in har¬
mony on this question. Here
Col. Milner read from the Ca¬
toosa Record the article above
referred to, in which Mr, Payne
advances arguments against the
salary svstern and in favor of the
fee system. Col. Milner stated
that upon reading Mr. Payne’s
article he had written to the
Hon. Frank Dibrell, Comptroller
of the Treasury of Tennessee,
asking for the facts concerning
the workings of the salary sys¬
tem now in force as compared
with the fee system which
formerly was the law in Ten¬
nessee, He read the Comp¬
troller’s report, showing that the
law had been in force there
about ten years, and a clear
saving to the State the first year
of $89,588.44, and proving con¬
clusively that the salary system
has saved the State a large sum
of money since the change,
Continuing, Col. Milner said
“I have also letters in my pos¬
session from Lawyers in Ten¬
nessee of the highest reputation
and character. They agree
the system is an admirable one,
and has saved the State a
amount of money. I11 the main
they agree that since the date
the change to the salary system
there has been a wonderful fall¬
ing off in the number of mali?
cious and fnvulous prosecutions
and indictments, anu the cases
proseouted are more meritorious,
and that there is a decided in¬
crease in the per cent, of convic¬
tions of real criminals, and
very marked improvement in the
criminal laws of the State.
Writing on this subject, one
Tennessee’s strongest lawyers
point of ability and
and a gentleman who has
frequently spoken of for
ernor of that State, referring
Mr. Payne’s letter, says that
greatest saving made by
change of the law is not so
in the saving in the District
torney’s fees but in the
reduction of criminal cases,
reducing the expense of
courts. He says that
have been made by District
torneys and their friends at
ery session of the
since the passage of the Act
ing for a restoration of the fee
system, but to no avail. Re¬
ferring to the heavy criminal
dockets under the fee system, he
says: “Theychoke the dockets
of our courts, produce strife
among the people, and actually
impeded and discredited the
prosecution of real crime.”
I have these various communi¬
cations from these able gentle¬
men in my possession, and it
would afford me great pleasure
to let any searcher after truth
read and ponder for themselves.
I know, fellow citizens, from a
careful study of this question
that this change in the law will
not, only save you money, but
will accomplish the higher and
grander aim to give the unfor¬
tunates who are indicted for
violating the criminal laws of
the land a higher respect for the
administration of the criminal
laws, and a wonderful falling oil'
in prosecutions and indictments,
and a marked improvement in
the enforcement of the crimiual
laws.
If the people see lit to elect
me, I will be personally present
at the capitol when the bill pro¬
viding for the putting of Solici¬
tors-General on a salary is be¬
fore the committee, and will do
all 111 my power to procure its
passage.
I hope my views on these
matters meet your approval. 1
earnestly solicit your support,
promising you a faithful dis¬
charge of the duties of this re¬
sponsible office.
Annual Examination.
An examination for license to
teach will be held at Spring
Place on Friday and Saturday
June 19 and 20 next.
There will be no change in
texts, but the examination this
year will be rather more of a
test of professional equipment
than has been the case in the
past. Applicants for license
should read, in addition to Roark
and Page, Dutton’s School Man
a Deftesitory, .cement, (Southern School-Book
Atlanta.)
Examination will begin at 8
a. m., each day.
W. D. Gregory, 0. S. O.
CHATSWORTH
Remember the Ice Cream Sup¬
per at DeSoto Park May 30. Ev¬
erybody come.
The show Monday and Tues¬
day nights was greatly enjoyed
by those who attended.
Quite a crowd from here, at¬
tended the May meeting at
Sumach Sunday.
Mrs. Charlie Brown and Miss
Ida Etheridge were Ohatsworth
visitors Wednesday.
Mrs. Joe Mathews and Miss
Fannie Carnes, of Spring. Place,
were in the city a few hours one
day last week,
Dr. Tom Green, of Atlanta,
was in our city Sunday.
Misses May and Biddie Carney
spent Thursday with relatives
near Spring Place.
Jean Val Jean.
NOTICE!
After May 31st I will sell
goods tor CASH and in ex¬
change for Produce only;
no more credit business.
I will continue to carry
a fill I line of Groceries and
Hardware, and will make
the prices right.
Remember I still pay
Cash for Chickens, Eggs
and Butter.
Call and see me.
CHAS. M. HARRIS,
Eton, Ga.
Rev. A. W, Conway will
preach at the M. E. church }
South, in Spring Place on
Sunday May 31, at 11 a. m.,
and 8 p. m.
Perry King attended com¬
mencement exercises of Bes¬
sie Tift college at Forsyth
this week, his sister, Miss
Mamie, returning home with
hirrp
Mrs. Whitson, of Atlanta,
was in Spring Place this week
and we will publish a few ex¬
tracts from her pen
week. She has been
biographies for several
and the articles promise to b,e
quite interesting.
A CARD TO
In order that the readers of the
paper may judge whether or not,
Judge Fite’s position in his fam¬
ous “booze and brodle” card has
been correctly set out we here¬
with print the card as originally
published by Judge Fite just af¬
ter his defeat by Mr, Lee two
years ago. It will be noted that
he chargee expreisly that the
leaders of the fight against him
in the Cherokee Circuit were
criminals and that they defeated
him by the unlimited use of
booze and boodle. He acquits
the voters outside of the Chero¬
kee Circuit of such conduct,stat¬
ing in his card that he doesn’t
know what the conditions were
elsewhere. By confining his
charge to his “home folks” he
makes it plain that he referred
to them, and not to the people of
the Seventh District generally.
We have no doubt the judge
has frequently and bitterly re¬
gretted his uncalled for and in¬
excusable insult to his former
supporters, but we do not think
that the denial of plain state¬
ments and unmanly abuse of in¬
dividuals will serve his present
purpose of palliating the wrong
done them. It is an unusual
spectacle that fair-minded people
will not enjoy to hear the judge
of their Superior Court descend¬
ing to unkind comments upon
citizens who have beeu litigants
in his court merely because they
are exercising their rights as
American citizens to vote as they
please. is Judge Fite’s
The following
card as originally published by
him in the papers of the Circuit
two years ago:
I have been robbed by the
“gang” and beaten by “boodle”
and “boodlers,” but have the
consolation of having made a
good fight, not having spent one
cent or furnished one drop t>f
whiskey to influence a single
vote. I would have been nomi¬
nated had the primary been
called at the proper time and in
the usual way, and this the
“gang” knew, and hence deci¬
ded to rob me of the nomination,
and the $500 extra expense of
holding a separate primary. Af¬
ter that I had but little hope of
success, but I determined to
make the fight, and go down
amid the the firing of tho guns,
rather than surrender.
The criminal element, with an
unlimited supply of “booze”
and “boodle,” led the fights
against me in the Cherokee cir¬
cuit, but I don’t know how it
was elsewhere in the district, I
warn the people of the state now
that the same methods will be
used to defeat Hoke Smith for
governor. Of course a great
many good men opposed me, and
many of them did so on the mis¬
taken idea that Gorden Lee was
entitled to a second term, and
for them I have the kindliest
feelings. of
I hope that the good people
the district who stood by me
loyally will never regret
done so, and they have mv pro¬
found gratitude. Fite.
A. W.
WELLS
We ar8 sorry to note the ill¬
ness of John Hawkins.
Bob White and wife dumd
with Mrs. Middleton last Sun¬
day. Smith made business
Walter a
trip to Dalton last week.
House Beatner and wife visited
Mrs, Smith last Sunday.
John West, of River Bend,
was here Saturday and Sunday.
W. A. Overby was hand¬
shaking with his friends
Saturday.
W. F. Pritchett and wife
one night last week with Rev.
J. W. Austin.
Polly Smith visited Mrs.
Bagley one day last week.
Mrs. Renda Smith was
one day last week,
Waymon Holland
friends at Resacoa Saturday,
Miss Vick Berry visited
sister, in Whitfield last week.
M, L. Bagley and wife
Sunday with Mrs. Will
T. T. Cowart attended
singing at the Love School
last Sunday evening.
Ike.
Pasture Notice.
See us if ycm wish to,
your stock. We have about
acres of tine grass.
Kxs« & Thompson.
NO.
RIVER BEND
A number of our young people
were Mrs. out Bartenfield boat-ridiug Sunday.
and children
spent “Uncle” Sunday, at the home of
Jimmie Teasley.
Misses Ava and Francis Blas
singame spent one evening last*
week with Miss Belle Moore.
Several of our young people
attended services at Pine Grove
Sunday.
Misses Ava and Francis Blas
singame, Rosa Bartenfield,
Jessie and Ellen Huggins spent
Sunday afternoon with Misses
Mattie and Florence Teasley.
Riley and Lee Huggins spent
Sunday with Frank Henry and
Jesse Teasley.
Frank and Sammie Blassin
game and Henry Bartenfield
visited friends near New Hope
Sunday.
Handsome John Henton, of
Whitfield, was a pleasant caller
in the Bend Sunday night.
W. L. Bartenfield made busi¬
ness trip to Tilton one day last
week.
John Moore went up the road
Sunday.
Prof. George Hdggins, wife
and little son, Neal, visited the
formers parents here Saturday
and Sunday.
John West visited his brother,
Joe West and family at Carters
Saturday night and Sunday.
Rev. W. R. Lackey visited
relatives in the Bend Sunday.
Manard Slate dined with Mr.
Whitmire one day last week. ,•
Mrs. Palmer spent Sunday
with her sister, Mrs. Moore.
Will Sisson, wife .and little
son, visited the latter’s sister,
Mrs. MrsTWest Beach, Sunday.
and Francis Blas
singame gave Mrs. Bartenfield
and daughter, Miss Rosa, a
pleasant call one'meaning last
week.
Frank Young was m the Bend
one day last*week.
John Henton made a business
trip to Dalton Saturday.
Chester Harden, of Whitfield,
was in our burg one day last
week.
Henry Bartenfield dined with
Frank Blassingame Sunday.
Misses Dee and Bertie Young
visited friends near the Chapel
Sunday.
Sam Blassingame went to Dal¬
ton Saturdav evening.
Bonnie May.
SUMACH
Cotton chopping is the order of
the day.
Miss May Bradford is confined
to her room with measles.
Newt Bennett made a business
trip to Fashion Tuesday.
Rev. G. B. Barton passed
through our burg Monday.
Miss Mamie Dunn, of Old
Fort, Tenu., attended preaching
here Sunday.
Cas Dunn and wife are all
smiles over the arrival of a baby
girl at their home. called Lou
Fred Chapman on
Headrick Sunday afterndon.
Mrs. Lucy Hartley visited rel¬
atives in Whitfield Sunday.
Walter Hawkins, of Gregory,
called on Susie Rickett Sunday.
Jasper Franklin, of Center
Valley, passed through here
Tuesday.
Mrs. Cal McLain, of Adair,
passed through here Tuesday en
route to Zion Hill.
Little Mossie Hall is on the
sick list.
R. H. Shelton made a business
trip to Old Fort, Tenn., Tues¬
day.
Little Fred Dunn, of Gregory,
called on Claud and Dart 'Hall
Sunday.
Pharis Headrick is confined to
his room with measles.
Jobe Dill passed through our
burge recently.
A Brown-Eyed Girl.
FOR SALE.
One good second hand Binder.
This machine has never cut more
than one hundred acres, but as I
have quit raising wheat and have
no use for it, I will sell it cheap.
J. B. Brown,
Dalton, Ga.
Public Speaking.
judge T. W. Milner.of Car¬
tersville, will address the vot¬
ers of the county here next
Tuesday in the interest of
Governor Hoke Smith.
Also Hon. F, A. Broyles,
of Atlanta, will also speak in
the interest of Hon, Joseph M.
Brown,Mr. Smith’s opponent.
Come out and hear them.