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VOL. 31 LOCAL HAPPENINGS “Grandma” DicKson is very sick this week, John Anderson, of Dalton, was in the city bn business Monday. Carl Ellis and sister, of Free Hope, attended singing here Sun¬ day. Mr. McHan and Miss Bell White were here Sunday eve ning. Sheriff Willbanks has just re¬ turned from a successful trip to Gordon County. Mr. and Mrs. Pleas McGhee hate returned from a trip to Ardmore Okla, Banker Frank Hardwick, of Dalton, was in the city a short while Tuesday. Miss Mamie Pendley, of Chats, worth, spent a few days of last week with her parents here. W. J. Duncan, formerly a citi¬ zen of this county, but now of Floyd county, was in town Mon day. A daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bud Killgore died last Saturday and was buried at Hipps’ Chapel Sunday. Clearence Henry, of Jackson, Ga. is here 011 a visit to bis grand¬ mother, Mrs. E. H. Dickson, and other relatives. For a short while we will offer The Murray News and The Semi Weekly, Atlanta Journal, both one year for $1.10. Mrs. Guy Keister and little daughter have returned to their home in Dalton after a few weeks visit to relatives here. Some of tlie enterprising citi¬ zens, o* Spring Place, are pre¬ paring to organize a “Booster’s” Club. This is a move in the right direction. Little Miss Willie Anderson has returned from a few days visit to Miss Nettie Gladden, and her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Anderson. Miss Sibyl Steed has returned home from a visit to Miss Fannie Leonard in Dalton. Little Misses Ruth and Gladys Steed accompa¬ nied her for a few days visit with their grandparents. Judge T. J. Ovbey, of Temple Grove, was in town Monday on business. The Judge is very much in love with his surround¬ ings and says, so far as he now' knows, he exprcts to live and die where he is now living. Dr. Steed, John Cole and Sam Kelly have ’returned from the Reunion at Memphis. They took a 1 oit ride on the Mississip¬ pi river, while there, and Sam says its as big-a gin as Cotma sauga. Quite a number of our promi¬ nent citizens, were here Monday, in attendance upon Ordinarie’s Court which occupied almost the entire day. This was Judge Campbell’s first litigated case. However, the Judge nresided like a veteran. The Death Angel visited the home of Col. and Mrs. J. J. Bates last Saturday morning at 8 o’clock and took their sweet little 16 months-old baby, Jimmie Ruth. It had been suffering five weeks with whoopingcough, and last Thursday was taken worse and on Saturday the end came. It was a bright and sweet baby and while its hard to give it up the bereaved parents loss is Jim mic Ruth’s gain. Its remains were laid to rest Sunday afterr.o m in the Eton Cemetery, Rev. M. W. Shields of , « THE MURRAY NEW ? SPRING PLACE, MURRAY COUNTS 7 , GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE n ’ 1909. A Company, from Madison ville Ky., are negotiating for the establishment of an ice fac¬ tory and laundry, in Dalton. Card of Thanks. We want to express our sin¬ cere gratitude, to our dear friends of Spring Place and Eton, who so faithfully assisted us in the last illness and death of our dar¬ ling little Jimmie Ruth. May God bless you.. Mr, and Mrs, J. J. Bates Before an audience of several hundred people the handsome monument erected by the Long street chapter, Daughters of the Confederacy, to the Confederate dead of the n nth congressional district, on the public square in Gainesville, was unveiled Mon¬ day at noon. No one would hesitate to say, that our eflicient. Sheriff, Mike Willbanks, in addition to being one of the best Sheriffs in the state of Georgia, is one of the most industrious, and up-to-date farmers we have in this sec¬ tion. If you doubt it in the least, just cast your eye at his crop of Nut Grass in the Mission¬ ary field. John Romanies' Dead Body Pound in Creek. Just before noon Monday, Leonard-McGhee Furniture Co., received a telegram from Ring gold, ordering a casket for the body of John Romanies. Ro maines met his death in Clucfca rnauga creek by drowning last Friday night,- while in a fight with a dog in attempting to es¬ cape after having broken from a cell in Catoosa county jail, where he has been held on a charge of train beating and re¬ sisting an officer. The body will be prepared foi burial and returned here where the funeral and interment is to be conducted.—Dalton Argus. 90,000 VETS IN GLAD REUNION AT MEMPHIS Forty Thousand More Heroes Who Wore the Gary on Way to Memphis. Memphis, June 8.—Ninety thousand visitors have already been brought in and forty thou¬ sand more are coming today to attend the Confederate v eterans Reunion. Commander in-chief. C, A. Evans called the reunion to order this morning in the Bijou theatre. Governor Malcolm K. Patterson, of Tennessee, deliv¬ ered £he welcome address for the state. Tne sons of the Confeder¬ acy was called to order this mor¬ ning by Generat A. P. Parsons. The event of the afternoon was 4 long lloral parade, more than two rniies in length, the greatest parade of the kind ever planned outside of the big floral parade at Los Angeles, several years ago. The feature of last night was the unveiling by survivors of Forest cavalry, of four lamps under the base of the equesterian snatue of General Forest here. Peculiar interest w’as manifested in the fact that Forest’s body lies bur¬ ied under the shaft and many hardy veterans of a hundred bat¬ tles shed copious tears in the re¬ membrance of their great leader. The affair was one of the pret tiest ever taking place at any re union, ueneral Garrett, of New Orleans, spoke in the afternoon and was heard by a great array of veterans, who cheered his re marks lustily. The weather so far has been ideal for the gatb ering but ra in is threatened.—<• SPRING PUCE. To those who do nor know, Spring Place, the County seat of Murray County, while not the georgraphieal center of the corn ty, is conveniently situated and easy of acess, to the entrn population. The past of the town is full of historical interest, from many standpoints. The Chief of the Indian tribes, who made this part of the world their homes, remained permanently for years in Spring Place and a u r - roundinglcountry. These of nature, always quick to find the Edemc places of the were fully aware of the unsur¬ passed advantages of this section. A climate without any extremes, but of that delightful medium, found ouly in the latitudes, in which this section situated; there being just enough variety, to prevent monotmy, and make and keep it spicy. There is a great difference in the Spring Place of to day, and what existed, even a few years ago. The people are different in a great many ways. W hile there never has been a time, when Spring Place, did not have some of the best people 111 Hie world, yet, to day we have a decided advantageous change in the per¬ sonal of our entire citizenship. The people have awakened to tin great advantage, of this section of the state; are realizing what a future we have in store, and that to reap the golden harvest possible, they must “push.” They have found out that it takes “boosting,” and that they can and will “boost” you need not fear, We have men and women made As of the stuff, that having Once put" their hands to aiT? plow they never turn back.” Our Bank doing a handsome business, with shrewd, but geni¬ al men at the helm, Cur merch ants are up to date, and widen¬ ing out in their views and busi ness. We have an excellent mail service, a well regulated post office, the distributing point tor many of the rural routes, and would pause here to say, the Ru¬ ral free-dehvery, is doing more towards biiniging the people in closer touch with each other and with the advantages and prog¬ ress of the world, than any one thing we know. Spring Place has a good school building and has a good school and faciliities for a much better. The morality of the town is better than ever before, and in¬ terest in religeou and religeous work of all kind is becoming greater all the time. There are three good churches and services every Sunday in the month. Two flourishing Sunday schools, and prayer-meeting once a week. There has been recently organ¬ ized, a bible institute, or bible class, with capable men at the head, which meets once a week, for reading and studying the bible. This is something new here, is being well attended, and much good is being accomplished and great results are looked for from it. We would not forget what our paper, The Murray News, is do¬ ing for us in advocating a higher and better life and in advertis¬ ing the resources and unsurpass¬ ed advantages of our town and county. If you are looking for a place to locate, come to Spring Place. If you are looking for a farm on which you can grow rich, come to Murray County, We have room for any and all, who want to better their condition. We want men and women who believe in a higher develope ment, who will go forward and upward, who will “boost” and l » push.” II. II. Anderson. Everybody come out to the Booster’s uiseting on next Mon day night. % V. V H > s I i i > „ 41 m ' mm ,;*C . m* BARG I % ’• *fe % //# T 0 4,...... THE 51 ORE OF LITTLE PRICES DALTON, : OEORQIA. GEORGIA EDITORS NOW ORGANIZED Atlanta Headquarters Will Be Opened in Short Time. At a meeting held at the Pied¬ mont hotel Tuesday of represen¬ tatives from vl(S of the leading country papers of Georgia, the Georgia State Newspaper asso¬ ciation was organized. The offi¬ cers of the association are : W. Trox Bankston, of West Point News, West Point, permanent chairman; Hull Kerr, of The Murray News, Spring Place, sec¬ retary. W. O. Allen, of The Chronicle, Wrightsville, w a » made temporary secretary. Speeches were made by Messrs. Bankston, E. II. Graves, of The I’occoa Record; Charles Toney, of The News, Fairburn, Ga.; P. 'f. McOutcheon, of The News and Banner, Franklin, Ga., and Hull Kerr, of The Murray News, Spring Place, Ga.; J. J. Thotrip son , of Tne 1’imes, Carrollton, Ga.; W. Alien, of The Chronicle, Wrightsville, Ga., and R. M. Reynolds, of The Herald, Rober¬ ta, Ga. The meeting was held for per feeling a permanent organization of Georgia newspaper men, an office of which is to be establish ed in the city of Atlanta. Aeommitte of live was named by the ehariman, of which he is ex-oficio chaiman, together with J. J. Thomason, of Carrolton; P. T. McOutcheon, of Franklin ;Hull Kerr, of Spring Place, and C. D. Toney, of Fairburn, which will meet ae the Piedmont conven¬ tion hall on Saturday of this week to draft by law's, rules, res¬ olutions and for the control of foreign advertising in the news papers of Georgia, the orgaui zation is for the mutual benefit from a financial standpoint to all Georgia papers to establish bet¬ ter advertising rates in the state. The work of this committee will be submitted to the coming session of the Georgia Weekly Press association, which convenes at Douglass, Ga., Tuesday,July J8. The leading papers of the state indorse this movement and much gojjd is expected to result from the same. “THE BASEBALL Game,” which is displayed m Harlan A Neal’s show window, is a characistie illustration of America’s greatest sport, and will interest every lover of the game. It shows, in a clear way many characters whom anyone will recognize; the small boy whose love of the game leads him to climb the fence; the SBrd degree “fans” who occupy hon¬ orary positions on the broken chair and the soap box in the field; the noisy fellows in the grandstand. They are all there— the “Well well,man ; the “Hit ’er out” man; the “Kill the um pire” man. You will see some one you know in the picture. In the pose of the batsman and the tense attitude of the catcher, the pictuer reveals that the gam* is at a critical stage; the score is presumably a tie ; two out, a man on third, and with two strikes and three balls on the batsman. The batsman, all set to swing at the ball, might be the double of the immortal “Casey.” The picture was drawn for Hart, Schaffiier & Marx, and is one of the best things that Mr. Samuel Nelson Abbott, a New York artist, lias done Yhu should see them. CELEBRATION PROGRAM. Delegates from the following Sunday Schools met in Spring NO. 23. Place Sunday, June (ith 1909. Free Hope, Mason’s Chapel, Eton, | Dewberry, Mt. Pisgah, Spring Place, Baptist, Spring Place, Methodist, Ohataworth, the time of hold¬ ing the Celebration to the 4th, Saturday in August, arranged following program: Morning, each Sunday School to have 15 minutes, with program of their own selection. Dinner. Afternoon, each Sunday School to have 15 minutes program of its own selection. Each Sunday School to have a banner, of its own selection, to designate the school. It was decided to buy a ban¬ ner, each school to nay its part, to be contested i '01 and to be awarded to the school rendering the best program. Each school is requested te send representatives to the Campground on Friday before the 4th, Saturday in August, to clean off the grounds. The attention of the Conven¬ tion, having been called to The Childrens ten days service, to be held at Ohatsworth. beginning on the 4th, Sunday in August and annually thereafter. It was agreed to “boost” the movement in their respective Sunday Schools. Each School will take part in the Celebration exercises as they appear above. H. II. Anderson, P. Protem. Albhkt Hatfield, Secretary. Administrator’s Sale. GEORGIA, Murray County: By virtue of an order of the court of Ordinary said county, will be sold at public outcry, on the first Tuesday in fuly 1909, at the court house in said county, between the usual hours of «ale; Jots J6 in block X,X. t 32 in 8 S., 23 in K. K. and . and 9 111 block W. All in the town of Chats* worth, Ga. and 1-2 undivided iuterest^^jM^Afa^ .1 - I'i loan '■ V-.4