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VOL. 30
LOCAL HAPPENINGS
W. A. Henry was in Dalton on
business one day this week.
S. H. Kelly was a business
visitor in Dalton this week.
J, L. Robinson made a busi¬
ness trip to Dalton first of the
week.
Nice line of new Rockers just
received. Will S. Cox, Ohats
worth. 2t
Frank Adams, of Dalton, was
in Spring Place a short while
Sunday.
W. H. Pendley and family, of
Ohatswortb, visited relatives
here this week,
Lee Oox had the misfortune
this week to get a thumb and
finger badly cut.
J. K, Whitecotton was among
the Murrayites in the Whitfield
capital first of the week.
D. E. Humphreys, of Ram
hurst, was a pleasant caller at
our office one day this week.
Dawson Palmer, of the Ball
Ground, was here Wednesday 011
business with Judge Gudger.
John W. Harris, of Fashion,
was among friends in Spring
Place a few hours Wednesday.
Lace Curtains, Matting, new
stock just arrived. Will S.Cox,
Ohatsworth, 2t
Mrs. J. M. Sanders, of Dalton,
and Miss Maude Willingham, of
Marietta, are visitors at Hope
dale.
Mrs. B. C. Keith, *f Ohats¬
worth, was a pleasant caller in
Spring Place Wednesday after¬
noon.
Mines. R. 11. Bates and Bessie
Wilson, of Vamelia, visited 0.
K. Bates and family here last
week.
Miss Ethel Charnlee is spend¬
ing the week with Mr. and Mra.
J E. Johnson at the DeSoto in
Chatsworth.
Mrs. A. S. Thompson and
daughter, Helen, of Atlanta, are
visiting at the home of C. N.
King tins week.
County School Commissioner
V r . D. Gregory, of Cphuttff
Springs, was in Spring Place on
business Tuesday.
If you are in need of pants
read the ad. of McWilliams
Bros., of Dalton. Their line of
Trouers is complete.
Ex-sheriff W. C. Groves, of
Oak Grove, passed through
Spring Place the first of the
week en route to Dalton.
Don’t forget that my stock of
Coffins is the most complete in
the county. Prices very reason¬
able. WiIlS Cox, Chatsworth. tf
We call your attention to the
ad. of W. S. Lents, jeweler and
photographer, of Chatsworth. It
you need anything in his line
call on him.
Any* ne wishing to pasture
stock will do well to see A J.
Keith, who has 160 acres in Ber
muda grass, known as the Pee
pies pasture.
If you are in the market for
furniture read the ads. of The
M. L. Nelson Furniture Go,, if
Chicago, These are series of
ads. and one will appear in our
columns each week.
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Rouse
moved to Dalton this week
where they expect to make their
future residence. We regret
their loss from our town, but
wish them well in their new
home.
Your attention is directed to
the ad. of Leonard-McGhee Fur
nitare Co., of Dalton, on another
page of this issue. This firm is
selling furniture at close prices
and solicit a share of your
patronage.
Joe Henry, Jim Bagley, Joe
Evett, D ck Henry, Joe Lowry,
Horace Moire, Dick Rouse,
Buell Cox and Earl Blassingame
are in Pickens county this week
picking and packing peaches m
the orchard of C.B. Willingham.
We call your attention this
week to the large ad. of Cannon
Bros., of Dalton, elsewhere in
issue and request that you read
jt carefully. This firm has a
July-end sale on now and you
will be gainer to give them
trial,
THE MURRAY '! NEWS
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SPRING PLACE, MURRAY COUNTY, GEORGIA, JULY 24, 1908.
BASE BALL.
Cobutta Defeats Eton.
In a fast game last Saturday
forenoon the Cohutta bunch of
ball tossers defeated Eton on the
latter’s grounds to the tune of 6
to 3.
Armstrong was hurling for the
visitors and Nance was doing the
receiving, while Strawn and
Willbanks were the Eton bat-,
tefy.
Eton got two hits off Armstrong
in three innings and he was re¬
placed by Ayers who allowed
only one man to reach first and
he went there when the catcher
dropped the third strike. Ayers
fanned nine men.
Strawn pitched a good game
only allowing the visitors five
hits.
Plays Spring Place.
The second game of the season
in the new park Saturday after¬
noon was attended by a much
larger crowd than the first. This
game was between the locals and
Cohutta team which defeated
Eton in the forenoon.
Dickson and Keyswere op¬
posing pitchers while Groves and
Nance took t heir curves.
In the second inning Henry of
the locals lifted the pill over the
left field fence for a home run
and Keys was replaced by Ayers
the man who pitched six innings
in the forenoon against Eton
without allowing a hit or run,
and in the fourth inning a home
run over right field fence was
made off' him %nd* he was re¬
placed by Williamson, who also
was batted hard by the locals.
After five innings Cohutta said
“enough” and the game stopped.
Dickson pitched a nice game
giving up ouly one hit.
Score, Cohutta, 3; Spring
Place, 17.
The three runs were the result
of errors on the part of the locals.
Umpire, Anderson.
Space forbids other remarks on
the game.
Eton goes to Fairmount Satur¬
day where they meet the Red
Bud team.
During the summer kidney
irregularities are often caused by
excessive drinking or being over¬
heated. Attend to the kidneys
at once by using Foley’s Kidney
Cure. G. H. Arrowood.
New l. 0. 0. F. Lodge.
x. D. Ridley, *” State Deputy
Grand . Master, „ . and , Tom Hill,
District Deputy Grand Master,
Dalton, went to Ramhurst
Tuesday night and instituted
Ramhurst Lodge No. 400.
Following arc the officers of the
new ]odge .
C. F. Durham, N. G.; W. A.
0 % bel] y. G.; ’ J, A. Hemp
•
hill, ^ec. * p. ^uearles,
Treas.
Quite a number of members of
the order went from Spring
Place and Eton,
This lodge promises to be one
£ foremost lodges of this or
der 111 . ^ orth P Georgia, 1 g
started with a membership of
about 60 members,
After organization was com
p} e te refreshments were
and a u en j 0 yed the occasion.
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Musical Institute,
After holding several very
gucceg8 f u i Musical Institutes
Frof w p Hart, offers his ser
v j ces to any locality where there
j g des i re( j a good un-to-date
courge 0 f instruction in music,
Address him at Chatsworth or
gp r j n g place for dates and
terms,
Prof. Hart opened a Musical
Institute at Mt. Zion Wednesday
with a good size class. Much in
terest is taken by those in at
tendance. The sessions are held
in the forenoon beginning at 8
o’clock.
0, PARROTT ANNOUNCES
This Week as a Candidate for Tax Col¬
lector of Murray County.
Rev. O. Parrott, of Ramhurst,
announces this week as a can¬
didate for TaxfOollector, subject
to the general election.
Mr. Parrott is well known
over the county, having served
the people for two terms as
Treasurer, retiring at the end of
his second term after being
elected without opposition.
He has many friends over the
county who will be glad to learn
that he has decided to become a
candidate for this office.
His announcement follows:
For Tax Collector.
To the Voters of Murray county:
Having been a citizen of this
county for 56 years, and having
served four years, in the prime
of mv life in the war between
the States, I feel thoroughly
identified in one common inter¬
est with yon. I served you as
County Treasurer for four years
and my acts are a matter of
record, and now I ask one more
favor, I want to collect your Tax
for one term only. Should you
favor me with your vote and in
lluenee in this my last public re->
qaestjfor office, awljishould it will be greatly
appreciated I be
elected to guard your trust I will
do my whole duty as I have tried
to do in the past. I may not get
to see you all personally, but I
want your vote.
Yours llesp.
O. Parrott.
RIVER BEND
School opened here Monday
with Miss Nora Woods, of Spring
Place, as teacher.
A number of our young.
attended services at Ilipps’
Chapel Sunday.
We are glad to note that Mrs.
Teasley is improving,
Erskin Whitmire called on
Miss Maude Gentry Sunday af
ternoon.
Ben Moore and Charlie Whit¬
mire, of Looperville, were here
Sunday to the delight of their
many friends.
Jesse Teasley and Misses Rosa
Bartenfield and Irene Palmer
went to the Chapel Sunday.
Misses Mattie and Florence
Teasley, Fannie Williams and
Francis Blassingame called on
Misses Dee and Bertie Young
Sunday.
Messrs. Jesse and Henry Teas¬
ley, Rilev and Lee Huggins
passed through here Sunday af¬
ternoon.
Misses Rosa Bartenfield and
Zenie Palmer called 011 Ava
Blassingame Sunday.
Mr. Owens, and daughter,
Miss Willie Clay, of Ramhurst,
passed through the Bend one
day last week.
Mrs. Bartenfield was in thb
Bend one morning last week.
James Hemphill was here Sun¬
day.
Mrs. Lackey is much im¬
proved. ,
Henry Bartenfield called on
Frank Blassingame Sunday.
Tom West and little sons, ac¬
companied by t John West, were
out driving Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Carroll and son, Bowen,
Lank Baggett and ’Squire
were Daltou visitors
As news is as scarce as hen’s
teeth I will close hoping to see a
newsy letter from all the cor¬
respondents this week.
Bonnie Mae.
Stimulation Without Irritation
That is the watchword. That
is what Orino Laxitive Fruit
Syrup does. ’ Cleanses and stim¬
ulates the bowels without irrita
tion in any form. G. H. Arro¬
wood.
CRANDALL
Ben Prichard, of Etowah,
Tenn., was here on business one
day last week.
Bill Ingle and wife are all
smiles over the arrival of a boy
at their home.
Henry Stafford had the mis¬
fortune to get his hand badly
bruised at a sawmill.
; C. T. Owens lias been shipping
peaches for the last week.
Grover Bates and Bob Wilson
have accepted a contract to paint
the Baptist church at Spring
Place.
Rev. Kerr, of Tennessee,
preached an interesting sermon
at Dewberry last Thursday
night.
Rev. T. M. Davis visited his
father at Bermuda last Friday.
Crandall's first nine and
Gregory ball team crossed bats
on the latter’s diamond Satur¬
day afternoon resulting in a
score of ‘24 to 11 ia favor of Cran¬
dall.
Cohutta Junction team and
Crandall are scheduled for a
game here uext. Saturday and
wine good playing is expected if
they do cross up. Cohutta has
the name of beating everything
they go against (except Spring
Place) but Crandall will do her
best to take the game away from
them.
W. B. Bates and Paschal Lough
ridge left Monday for a visit to
relatives in Oklahoma, and other
parts of the west.
Henry Aly, of Dalton, spent
Saturday night and Sunday with
relatives here.
Sunshine.
Rev. Parrott preached an. in
teresting sermon here Sunday to
a large congregation. .
Miss Nannie Sue Gregory, of
Cohutta Springs, visited Mrs. C.
T. Owens one (lay last week.
Miss Maud Davis spent Satur
day and Sunday with Miss Hester
Davis.
Henry Youngblood and Luther
Garrison passed here Saturday
afternoon.
Miss Mary Stephens dined with
Miss Bessie McCollum Sunday.
Clemons Randolph waB in our
town last Saturday afternoon.
Stanton Stokes dined with
Willie Anderson Sunday.
Tom Witzel, of Cisco, called
on Miss Tennie Moore Sunday
aud Sunday night.
Cora Garrison attended preach¬
here Sunday
Stanton and Frank Stokes and
several other Fashion boys at¬
tended preaching here Sunday
morning.
Mr. Wood and daughters,
Misses Moilie, Pauline and Zela,
of Fuller’s, spent the day with
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Wood last Sun¬
day.
Jimmie Brown, of Chatta¬
nooga, is visiting relatives here
this week.
Warren Beil, of Texas, is visit¬
ing relatives and friends here
this week.
Miss Hattie Plsmmons spent
the day with Miss Ophelia
Plemmous last Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Ingle are all
smiles—it’s a boy,
Henry Aly, of Dalton,
relatives here Saturday
and Sunday.
Jim Riordon visited
McCollum last Sunday.
Dkwdrop.
Was In Poor Health For Years.
Ira W. Kelly, of
Pa., writes: “I was in
health for two years,
from kidney and bladder
and spent considerable
consulting physicians
obtaining any marked
but was cured by Foley’s
Cure, and I desire to add
testimony that it may be
cause of restoring the health
others.” Refuse substit u fce
G. H. Arrowiod,
FASHION
School is progressing nicely
under the management of Prof.
DeWitt Vining.
Miss Janie Queen, of Free
Hope, spent Sunday night with
Misses Ethel and Ermine Chap¬
man.
Mark Adair passed through
our burg Sunday evening en
route to Center Valley.
Leach Lee, of Old Fort, Tenn.,
and Miss Lizzie Wright, of Zion
Hill, graced our streets Safiday
evening.
Luther Garrison called on Miss
Ermine Chapman Sunday.
Several from here went to Co
hutta Springs Sunday and report
a nice time.
John Queen, of Free Hope,
was the guest of Miss Ethel
Chapman Sunday night.
Howard Youngblood called on
Miss Minnie McLain Sunday.
A large crowd of our young
people attended preaching at
Oeuter Valley Sunday night,
Mrs. S. A. Chapman spent Sat¬
urday with Mrs. A, H. Young¬
blood.
Misses Josie and Lena Riordon
spent one day recently with the
Misses Gravely.
Misses Minnie and Katie
Youngblood attended preaching
at Dewberry Sunday.
Quite a number of beys from
Fuller’s passed through our burg
Sunday en route to Zion Hill.
Heury Youngblood and Miss
Cara Garrison passed through
our burg Sunday afternoon.
Jonbbug.
War Against Consumption
All nations are endeavoring to
check the ravages of consump
tion, the white plague” that
claims so many victims each
year. Foley’s Honey and Tar
cures coughs and colds perfectly
and you are in no danger of con¬
sumption. Do not risk your
health by taking some unknown
preparation when Foley’s Honey
and Tar is safe and certain in re¬
sults. The genuine is in a yel¬
low package. G. H. Arrowood.
Macon’s city council took the
first definite step in the direction
of municipal ownership of water¬
works and light plant by the
passage of a resolution offered
by Alderman Hall, providing for
a committee of five councilman
and seven citizens to take the
entire matter into consideration.
This committee will prepare for
the purchase of light and water
plants in 1910, when the city will
be in a position to acquire the
same.
Administrator’s Sale.
GEORGIA, Murray order County. of Court of Ordinary
By virtue of an the
of said county will be sold at public at outciy the com! on
the first Tuesday said in iretween August. the 1WW, le l hours
bouse in county situated 3 . 1 in o.
sale the following to-wit: real estate, Murray
county, off of lot No 52, bounded on the north
80 acres by the
by Cochburu; on the west McCamy; the on norih
south and east by Shields, it being day of
half of said lot. Terms made known on
sale. This July 8 th, 1»08. HIGDON, Admr.
SAM
upon the estate of Francis Hartley.
To Be Appointed Guardian.
GEORGIA, Murray Couuty. resident of said . county,
Mrs, J. C. Chapman, applied a be appointed guardlnn
having duly property to of Edward, Etliel,
the person and and
man, Harland, Bertha, and Sibyl, residents Esther of said
Chapman, all minors
ty. Notice is hereby given that said
tion will Vie passed said on at the next be regular held
of Ordinary lor county to on
first Monday in August 120H.
Witness my hand and official signature
the 1st dav of July 11*08.
R. M. GUDGER, Ordinary.
Notice.
I will sell at the old home
John T. Adair, deceased, all
personal propertv belonging
said estate. Said personal
erty consists of a horse,
hogs, farming tools, mower,
guns, sewing machine, and
fact all the personal property
longing to said estate. Also
full stock of goods, consisting
calico, shoes, hats, groceries
everything that is usually
in a countrv store. Sale
begin at 9 o’clock a. m., on
fifth day of August 1908
continue from day to day
all the property is sold.
2t C. L. Henry, Admr.
NO. '33
BERMUDA
School opened last Monday
with an enrollment of forty-three
pupils.
Mrs. M. G. Hill, of Eton, spent
the first of the week with friends
here.
John Luffman, of Free Hope,
dined with his sister, Mrs. J. A.
Edwards, Sunday.
Miss Aggie Oox, of Amzi,
spent Saturday night with Belle
White.
Miss Janie Queen speut the
first of the week with friends at
Zion Hill.
Noah Ellis, of Eton, is spend¬
ing the week with relatives
here.
Miss Myrtle Ellis is visiting
relatives and friends in and near
Cleveland, Tenn.
Cooper Jackson, of Oran, was
smiling on a certain young lady
in our town Saturday afternoon.
Miss Mamie Cox was the guest
of Miss Pearl Ellis Saturday
night and Sunday.
Extra Perkins, of Amzi, was
here a short while Wednesday.
B. W. Gladden and wife were
here Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Dora Hill and children
and Miss Lena Henry, of Spring
Place, were here Wednesday.
School Girl.
NOTICE
AH persons are hereby
notified not to extend
credit to the Wm. Pendley
Lumber Co., on faith of
my being a partner in said
firm. 1 shall not be liable
on any obligation, nor re¬
sponsible for any of the
acts or doings of said firm
or an y 0 f the JT. partners
, tP? h re ? *, r ’ f rrom and atter n
this date,
June 29, 1908.
L. L. BISHOP.
The Brunswick Knitting Mill
and Manufacturing Company is
now ready to begin operations in
full force and in a very short
lime it will be turning out socks
to the full capacity of the plant.
The machinery has all been
placed in position and has been
thoroughly tested and it is ready
for operation.
DeWitts Little Early Risers
are safe, sure, little pills with a
reputation. They are the best
pills made. Be sure to get Early
Risers. We sell and recommend
them. S. H. Kelly.
Under the tremendous weight
of a big tubular boiler, a gang
plank at the Union Compress at
Augusta broke. Tom Lonzerand
Mack Daniels, negro laborers
employed with a gang of five
others to unload the machinery,
were caught under the wreckage.
The Daniels negro we sent to the
' .ainar Hospital and died within
an hour. Lonzer will recover.
During a heavy ram, thunder
and lightning storm one of the
State convicts employed to pull
the rope into the pond for the
purpose of dogging the logs for
the skidder for the Milltown
Lumber Company, was struck by
ightnmg. For a time it was
thought he was dead. He was
placed upon a lever car, brought
into the convict camp and placed
in the prison hospital under the
care of the prison doctor, who
states that he will survive.
When H. W. Elkan, of Macon,
went recently to retrieve his
machine which the night before
had turned turtle on the Colum¬
bus road near that city, he was
chagrined to find nothing but the
charred skeleton of the car. Mr.
Elkan and two young ladies.
Miss MacManus, of Macon and
Miss Walker, of Atlanta, had
taken a spin the evening before,
and the efforts of one of the
ladies to steer had resulted in
the overturning of the machine.
The three were bruised, but suc¬
ceeded in crawling from under
the car and returning to the city.
Later the car took fire and was
completely destroyed.