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DON’T FORGETTHEDAfE, SATURDAY, JULY4
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BOV KILLED
BY BROTHER
Johnny Owens Meets Death
Tuesday By Accident
BRAINS WERE BLOWN
INTO TIN PAN
Only the Two Children, Perry, Aged
12 and Johnny, Aged 10, Were at
Home at the Time of the Ac¬
cident—Interment in Spring Place
Cemetery Wednesday.
New’s was received in the city
Tuesday afternoon that Johnny
(j aens, aged ten years, had been
killed, but that no one knew
how lie met his death.
Coroner J. S. Keister went at
once to the scene and summoned
a jury. The jury waited on
other evidence to make a verdict,
the verdict being reached Wed¬
nesday afternoon when Perry
Gwens, aged twelve years, con
fessed to the shooting.
Perry Owens’ Statement.
“Johnny said, ‘There comas a
bear; let’s go and get the gun
and kill it.’
“I picked up the gun. I never
cocked it, but it went off and
Johnny was in front of it.
“I did not kribw whether the
gun w'as loaded. Johnny said it
was loaded. We noth went into
the house by the back door.
- “The gun was lying in the floor
and I picked it up and set it in
the corner.
“I fell down before the gun
fired and Johnny was in front of
me.
“The reason I did not tell it
yesterday, my little sister told
me they would put me in jail if
I owned it.
“Johnny was facing me when
the gun fired. He stopped and
turned around just before it
fired,”
It can be seen from his state¬
ment that he was terribly fright¬
ened.
His mother and largest brother
were in Spring Place at the time
of the shooting.
When the inquest was held on
Tuesday afternoon Perry Owens
said he never shot* his brother
and didn’t know who did, that
he and his brother had started
over to the old place for some¬
thing and Johny went back to
the house for a drink of water,
and that while gone he heard
the gun fire and rau to the house
to find out the cause of tiie
shooting and found his brother
dead.
On the following day he made
a clear confession and told how
he and his brother were playing
“bear” and went into the house
and got the gun. In coming out
the gun fired, knocking him
down and flying out of his hand.
He picked it up, and set it in
the corner, and ran screaming
out of the house for help.
The boys brains were blown
out and scattered over the house,
a large portion of them living in
a tin pan, the load of shot from
a single-barrel shotgun entering
the head just above tne eye and
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PLACE, MURRAY COUNTY, GEORGIA, JUNE 19 , 1908 .
1,0, 0. F, MEMORIAL SERVICE
AH members of the order will
meet in Masonic hall in Spring
Place at JO o’clock a. in., Satur
day, June 20, where procession
will he formed for march to the
two cemeteries, where flowers
will be placed on graves.
Then procession will proceed
to the King spring where a
sumptuous dinner will be en¬
joyed.
After dinner rmMic memorial
services w ill be held. ,A num¬
ber of good speakers, including,
Col. T. C. Milner, Judge A. \V,
Fite, Rev. C. C. Maplesan-.i fj< nr.
Tom Hill, have been invited and
are expected to be here.
Rev. and Mrs. A. AV, Cobv. ay
and Miss Williams will furnish
the mu-sic for the occasion.
Everybody come and bring a
basket.
Fraternally yours,
W, B. Robinson,
W. L. Cox,
George Pierce,
Committee.
Box Supper at Gregory.
On Friday night, June 20,
there will be a box supper at
Gregory in honor of Gregory’s
“cuby nine,” Everybody is cor
dially invited to come, the girls
bring a nice, pretty full box and
the boys a big full pocket-book
of nickels, dimes, quarters and
dollars.
The sender of the above article
requests us to publish this piece
for accommodation as they*
have accommodated us for a num
ber of years by taking our papm ,
also they have sent us articles
more than once to publish and
we have not published them
With all courtesy to you, dear
writer, we will say that if your
name had been signed to the
former articles we would gladly
have published tneni, hut wheu
the writer is unknown all
articles meet the same sau fate
—a grave in the Waste basket.
One more remark—if your
name is.,on our subscription list
we have failed to discover it, and
even were it on our list we would
not publish articles which ate
against our principles. We have
received some articles this week
which we must refuse to publish
as we are not in sympathy with
them.
W hen you have any news
items we will be glad to
them—if your name is
but anything of political nature
will be charged for at the rate of
five cents per line.
Pasture Notice.
See us if you wish to pasture
your stock. We have about 100
acres of fine grass.
Ivins & Thompson.
-tearing the top of his head com
pletely off.
Mrs. Owens is the widow of
Dock Owens, and her children
were her only means of support.
The remains were laid to rest
in Spring Place cemetery Wed¬
nesday afternoon.
We, with the entire com¬
munity, extend sympathy to tne
bereaved ones.
BASE BALL,
Calhotin Defeafs Spring Place.
In a slow game last Friday
Calhoun defoaf t'd Spring . Place
by Hie score of lb to 7.
The large score was the result
of errors on the part of Spring
Place, the players being a Jitt-hd
off color in their fielding.
The hitting of both teams was
heavy, but Spring Place failed to
hit when hits meant runs.
Dickson and Groves did the
battery work for the he Us while
Richards and Roach worked for
Calhoun.
Dickson pitched his usual
steady game and with proper
support would, have wph with
ease, and Groves took his bend¬
ers in big league "OSPwSuti style. "oil*
WhiTo. m Team'
was treated as nicely as any
crowd **-f ball players was ever
treated in any town and the
players are desirous of making
another trip to Calhoun and get
sample No, *2 of Gordon county
hospitality. baseball
As goon as the park at
Chatsworlh is completed the
Calhoun feani will play a return
game, and during their stay
[--ere vve wish to show them a
sample of Murray county bos
pitaiity and make their stay
pleasant, and we will try our
Hardest to take the next game
f rom them, and wo should turn
; the trick on our home grounds,
Eton and Fairmount Play.
aI , ( j Fairmount cros ( .,[
j ja ^ g on Hu> former’s, grounds in
a Gouble-header last Saturday,
t jmorning game resulting in a
( . en § 0 ing contest with a score
Abie second game resulted in a
runaway for Eton. When the
c , ou<l8 of dust hu(t r] *urc-d away
{q u > score stood 20 to 2 in favor
0 f Kton.
strawn pitched for Eton in the
game aird Sarvis worked m
j thy lalter , WiUbank.3 receiving
j,}j eir ^urvesy while Curtis and
Bragg did the flinging for the
visitors.
Spring Place and Eton teams
will play a game on the Ohats
worth diamond next Saturday,
June 27, and a pice game is
looked for.
We hope to have the park in
j readiness for that day.
| Only a small admission will be
icharged.
j j Spring jlssi Slippers
1 Worth $2.00 for 75c.
j j '‘Sr.
’ t,lire Consumption
A. A. Herren, Finch, Ark.,
writes: “Foley’s Honey and
Tar is the best preparation for
coughs, colds and Jung trouble.
I know that it has cured con¬
sumption in the first stages.”
You never heard of any one us¬
ing Foley’s Honey and Tar and
not being satisfied. G. FI. Ar
rowood.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS
■■ J, -;. Cblo, Monday. of Ellijav, was hero
on! si ness
Burn Sunday to Mr. and Mrs.
Frao Yon berg—“-a son.
Mi.-. ,, J. , , L. Cole , has , , been quite .,
sics •>! several days past.
G, B. Jtvekson, of Eton, was a
busi -ss callef in Dalton Mon
day. Y
•
G, W. Syanson, of Enoch, was
a bus-ness eailer in the city yes
k'rd|y.
Hcry Milner, of Cartersville,
was in the city a few' hours Wed
n ,, g( ; ; „
(1 M.rge Fierce, of Cohutta
Spt\Ks, was in Spring Place
yes*'-';day.
wus f V. handshaking <) , Rrrmt ,, , QKJ^nhWj, m , ,, the , cit5 ,
.yesterday.
8am Stansbury, of Chatta¬
nooga, Tenn., was among friends
here Sunday.
Miss Lena Ridley, of Oohutta,
is visiting in the city, a guest of
Miss'Lela Kerr.
Mr and Mrs. Isaac Shelton, of
near Mt. Zion, were shopping in
the city Tuesday,
Quite a number of our people
attended Oluldreu’s Day services
at Mt. Zion Sunday.
Mies Pearl Daves, of Dalton,
is spending a few days with
Spring Place friends.
Clifford Moore and Stanley
^-r umde a bumness trip to
Dalton lust Saturday.
Quite a number of applicants
ior teachers’ licenses are taking
Hie examination today.
J. 0. Ellis and Moses Fraker,
of Mill Creek, were nr Spring
Place a short while Wednesday.
Mrs. M. A. Keister has re
turned from a two, weeks’ visit
to relatives in Atlanta and Dal¬
ton.
Torn Groves and Frank Dun¬
can, of route 3, passed through
the city Monday en route to Dal¬
ton.
John L. Galt and family, of
Ardmore, Okla., are guests of
Murray county relatives and
friends.
G. B. McGhee, of Mt. Vernon,
Tex., is visiting relatives and
friend i in the city and county
this week.
0. W. Brown left Tuesday for
Crandall whore he has accepted
a position with the Alaculsy
Lumber Co.
The canning season is upon us
now' and some of our people are
making good use of the fruits
and berries.
A. R. Evans and son, John, of
Oak Grove, passed through the
city t-he first of the week en
route to Dalton.
Mr. Norton, a representative
of E. C. DeWitt & Co., of Chi¬
cago, spent a day or two of this
week in the city.
Rev Barclay, after conducting
a revival for a week at the Pres¬
byterian church here, left Mon¬
day for his home.
ETON
in . \? Eton m WrigljJi, one day mst of Carters, week. was
Kay Harris, of Dalton, visited
relatives here last week.
Rev. G. B. Barton lilted his
regular pday appointment liere list
g u
Quite a crowd of people at
tended the ice cream supper here
Saturday night,
Free McGhee, Mr. and Mrs.
John Galt and children, and Miss
Ethel McGhee, of--Ardmore, Ok
] a homa, aie visiting relatives in
all d near Eton.
M ’ 83 ^ byl Ste k d ’ ® £
v lsl ■ < ' , ! ^ ri ', r P ay Steed and fam
ily . l last week.
Eton was well represented
Mt. Zion Sunday. Fred Brown,
Will Wilbanks, Lester Webb,
Steve Brown, Harry and Tom
Wright and Boyd Smith, and
L ,3 k Hicks, Nanme ka-
1( R u th Brown, Etta Davis,
Delany O’Neill, Nell Sarvis and
Florida Coffey, all went and re
port a pleasant time.
The sociable given by Mrs.
Bulk Tuesday night was enjoyed
by all present.
Prof. Henri Schoeller has re¬
turned to Eton after a two weeks
visit to Dalton,
Misses Vesta and Della Hicks
and Ruth Brown were guests of
Mrs. J. H. Nannie one night last
week.
Mmes. Sibyl Steed and Annie
Harris went to Chats worth Tues¬
day afternoon.
Mrs. Webb and children spent
several days of last week in Car¬
ters vi He,
Mrs. Hill apd daughter, Miss
Alma, and Mrs. Bob Hill and
children went to Atlanta last
week.
The Fairmount base ball team
cam e up Friday and stayed till
.Sunday morning, playing a dou
We-beader with the Eton boys
^mrday. The morning game
1 ® su !!- e 'l 1,1 the score, _ to -
at the i tenth the
inning, game
was then called off for dinner,
The afternoon game was 20 to 2
in favor of Eton. Although the
Fairmount boys were defeated
they took it like gentlemen and
seemed to enjey their stay in
Eton, and I am sure we all en¬
joyed their company while hero.
Jbw«i„
Gi/, Dr. 8. W. Looper, of Dalton.
will be in Spring Place from
July 1st to July 8th prepared to
do all kinds of Dental work.
R. M. Gudger, S. II. Kelly, G.
L. Moore, Dr. J. B. Hughes,
Win. Pend ley and Ben Bates
were in Dalton on business Mon¬
day,
The farmers have been mak¬
ing good use of the fair weather
for the past few r weeks and crops
are looking better than usual for
this season of the year.
Rev. J. II. Cargal, of Dalton,
will preach at the Baptist
in Spring Place, the first
in July. Everybody invited
come out and hear him.
All the Populist are
to-meet at the court house
Spring Place, Ga., the first
day in July at 2 p, m. Let
etybody come. We want to
represented on July 9th, in
lanta, Ga., to consider-the
ent condition of things general.
Hull Keek, Chni’n.
V. A. Stuart, Sec.
NO. 28
COHUTTA SPRINGS
The season is just opening at
the Springs, several boys from
Dalton are camping here, also a
£ew visitors at the hotel.
Miss Mossie Pleinons has quite
recovered from a severe attack
of measles.
Mi; s Eva Furr visited Miss
Jeane Gregory Saturday night
and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Kirby, of Eton,
are visiting at the home of Mr.
Albert Owens this week.
J. N. Hayes left last Friday
morning i'of a visit; to Texas.
Dr. Furr will leave soon for a
visit to his son, Jene Furr, in
Mexico.
Wm, S. IT 'i'rimmier has had his
house remodeled.
Lawson Hartley is visiting m
Etowah, Term.
Miss Nannie Sue Gregory spent
last Sunday with Miss Myrtle
Owens.
John Pellum is coutined to his
room with fever.
Isaac Pickles and Miss Mattie
Stafford were quietly married
last Sunday. We heartily ex¬
tend our congratulations and
wish fur them a long and happy
married life.
Mrs. A. L. Mullins and little
daughter, Mildred, of Atlanta,
will arrive Saturday night for a
month’s visit to her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. D. Gregory.
Frank Gregory and Carl Div¬
ings, of Dalton, were guests of
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Gregory Sat¬
urday night and Sunday.
J, F. Kirby has been quite in¬
disposed for the past week, but
we are glad to see him outagrin.
Miss Lucy Furr was calling on
friends this week.
Misses Nita and Johnnie Mil¬
ler were calling on the Misses
Owens and Gregory this week.
Mrs. Seth Harris and Miss
Johnnie Pierce were out driving
Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs, C. T. Owens called on
M ines. Owens and Gregory Mon¬
day afternoon.
Miss Bertie Redmond will re¬
turn to her home in Sweetwater,
Term., Wednesday night.
Miss “Nancy” spent last Fri¬
day night with “Lady Ln.”
Mrs. J. F. Kirby and Miss Myr¬
tle Owens made a flying trip to
Eton Saturday afternoon.
Mrs, Frank Gladson and chil¬
dren spent Saturday and Sunday
at the home of her father, Mr.
Dunn.
Mr. Murphy has accepted a po¬
sition in Patty, Tenn.
The Twins.
A Lesson in Health.
Healthy kidneys filter the im¬
purities from the blood, and un¬
less they do this good health is
impossible. Foley’s Kidney Cure
manes sound kidneys and will
positively cure all forms of kid¬
ney and bladder disease. It
strengthens the whole system.
G. II. Arrowood,