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VOL. 31 LOCAL HAPPENINGS Cage Evett, of Atlanta, is vis¬ iting our citp. John W, Bond, of Fas hion Ga-, was in town Tuesday on business. Morris and Ed Ramsey, of At¬ lanta are visiting relatives here. Miss Maude Crow has returned from a visit to friends at Adair. Mr. and Mrs. Ilill Anderson, of Free Hope, were here Satur¬ day. Mrs. J. P, Kelley Fas returned from a short visit to Chatsworth relatives. Miss Net Rembert is visiting relatives in Spring Place and Chatsworth. Perry King and Oliver Dick son spent Sunday with Dalton friends. Little Miss Ethel Anderson paid The News a pleasant visit one day last week. Mrs. 0. H. Jones, of Dahlon ega, Ga., is visiting relatives and friends in Spring Piaee. .Mr. George Henry, wife and baby, of near Ram hurst, spent Sunday with relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. Will Black, of Dalton, passed thru here en route to the Ramsey Farm, near Ram hurst. For a short while we will oiler The Murray News and The Semi Weekly, Atlanta Journal, both for *1.10. Kelly Bogle, Ray Harris and Oscar Williamson, of Dalton, were here a while Wednesday evening. Mrs. Campbell and daughter. Nettie, have returned from a visit with Mrs. Luffman at Free Hope. J, E Harris, of Cisco, was in town one day last week. He will read The Murray News from now- hence. Thomas Dun, of Chritiston, Ala., aged 71 and a Confederate veteran, suicided with opium last week. The Georgia Legislature meets next Wednesday, the 28rd “Little” Joe will be inaugurated the 26th. Col. J. J. Bates made a trip to Dalton one day last wees, and while there purchased a nice buggy. Now we’ll ride won’t we Judge? Creed Bates, of Crandall, was in town one day this week. Creed is a fine looking fellow and will soon be as good looking as his uncle Judge. Well, Mason’s Chape] is one of the largest places in Murray county. I never hardly saw as many people at one place as were there last Suneay at the big ral ley. A treat was given the young people, Suuday night, by Mr. and Mrs Frank Vornber, in an im, proinptu singing. The most lightful incident of the was a recitation by Miss of Macon, Ga. Among those who attended singing at Mason’s Chapel Mr. and Mrs Frank Von berg children; Mr. aud Mrs. Hull and children, and little Dimple Heartsell. CONTRACTORS TAKE “Wanted to let Contract building Gin House of brick ; Chatsworth, the Blue Prints, Dimentions, etc. etc may had by calling upon H. 8. Will¬ ingham. Chatsworth, Ga. Will be Dleased to receive sealed bids on this job ‘till July, 6th when Contract will be Address P. H. Bon 1, Eton Ga. R. F. D. No. 1. THE MURRAY NEWS MURRAY COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 18 , 1909. Spring Place Will Have BIG i FOURTH OF JULY Nice Program Being: Ar¬ ranged. Get ready to attend biggest day in history of the town. Miss Myrtle Ellis was here Wednesoay .morning. Frank Philipps, of Crandall, was here a while Wednesday, Mrs. Carnes and daughter were shopping in town Mon¬ day. Misses Mae and Ella Da¬ vis, of Chats worth, were in town Monday. James Edwards and wife, of Free Hope, were pleasant visitors to our town Tuesday. • Its good roads here and good roads there—but good roads where are you. Mrs. Hattie Burton and daughter, Miss Nellie, of Cir cy, ArK., are visiting relatives and friends here. Miss Fannie Leonard and Miss¬ es Ruth and Gladys Steed have returned to their homes in Dal¬ ton, after a pleasant visit to Misses Sibyl and Nettie Steed. Big meeting begins at the Methodist church here Sunday, g ro . B. T. Reed, of Fairmount, will assist Bro. Evans in the meeting and great good is expect¬ ed to be done in these services Eve rybody is invited to attend. “BOOSTER” MEETING. On account of the bad weather the “Booster” meeting was post¬ poned until Friday night, the 18th inst., at which time the meeting will be held in the court house. The program lows ; Song—America. W. W. Sampler, J. J. Bates, Rosa I'eridiey, Lena Henry, Kerr, Marguerette Heartsell, Katie Keister, Nora Anderson and Frankie Anderson. Prayer—M. W. Shields. Object of meeting—11. H. An¬ derson. Developement—0. N. King. Education—R. N, Steed. Amusements—J. J. Bates. City Beautiful—W. W. Samp ler. What we have and what we nee< ^ Hull Kerr, Elect Officers. Set time for meetings. Close with song, “God be with you,” by the congregation. Dr, J. W. Glassand family, of Rodessa, La., who have been vis¬ iting their mother and sister, Mines. Glass and Brown, for sev¬ eral weeks leave today for their j home. Glad to see you come Dr., butsoiry toaee you go away. < Come again. May the ureal'-.' blessings attend your prayers. Dr. J. J. Bennett, Correspond¬ ing Secretary of the State Mis si on Board of the Georgia Bap¬ tist Convention, will preach at Chatsworth at 11 a. m. on next Wednesday, and will preach at Spring Place at 7 :4 p. in,, same day. A large attendance is re¬ quested. ' Will Open Musical Conservatory. Miss Sarah Eleanor Worrill will open a Musical Conservatory in! Spring Place August 1st. The number of pupils will be limited and those desiring to enroll had better see Miss Worrill at an ear¬ ly date at Mrs. Essie Edmond¬ son’s. Terms, $8,00 per week, two lessons a week. Miss Wor rtll is an efficient, experienced and patient teacher,- and those desiring musical accomplish¬ ments will do well to enroll. AN INTERESTING COMMUNICA¬ TION FROM AN OLD MUR¬ RAY COUNTY BOY. Greenville, Texas June 13, 1909. Editor Murray News.—I don’t know whether this letter will reach you in time for this week’s issue or not. I hope it will. I want to say to my friends back there that t did not get off to the Reunion, as it was tcoeaalv for me unless I could stay away from Annie all the summer and I don’t think I could do that. I expect to leave Greonv.lle the 1st, Sunday in July and go direct to Atlanta. Ga., and visit mj brother. John W. Henley, a few days. So that will throw me. to be in Atlanta the 2nd, Sunday July. I will then come to Murray ,, county, . , for a two week s visit; will be at good old Center Valiev \ alter the the 3rd 3rd, Sunday Sunday, the cue reg u ar meeting day and 1 want ev erybody . . f that , I ever . knew and , all ;,. that I T never did , ,, know, to , be . there. , T I am looking , , - ahead it. to that .. . d.y . »s , being • one.nf the .. greatest day* of my .... ... Mar be’the 0 last tim7that Annie will let me come back there, unless I SPEC AL aturday and Monday June 19 and 21 Come Early. Its Worth While. DRY GOODS. *27-inch Satin Damask table linen, .$1.25 val tie. Per yard 98c oS-ineh, warranted pure linen table damask, good and heavy, at 18c i Beautiful line of ladies’ Handkerchiefs, 25c down to................................. 5c 1 utial Hemstitched Handkerchiefs 10c, Wayranted all linen Handkerchiefs, at ... 10c Extra Special. 10 yards Lonsdale Domestic, only 10 yards to a customer ........ ........................... rJ >c Striped linen Suiting, 10 yards for......... ss. )c JO yards Striped Linouotte Suiting, 16c value per yard, for 1.25 La France Cambric yard wide Percales. 15c value, to close at per yard 10c ■ Hardware and Grocer; Room. pro’s <33 we Sell the best Groce r < i, Crockery, etc., pfiefs'.*'' etc., an can 'easlfyname some interesting (i Boxes Ivory Soap .......... .... 26c Moth Balls, not 20c lb,, but 7 1- 2c 18 lbs. Granulated Sugar .. . $ 1.00 All 10c Shoe Polish ......... 8c Vaseline, a bottle........... 8c Also special prices for Saturday on Hammocks, Ice Cream Freezers, Lawn Mowers, Ice Tea Glasses, Milk Coolers, Ice Picks, Summer Lap Robes, Lemon Squeezers, Grass Hooks, Lunch Baskets, Water Sets and lots of other seasona¬ ble merchandise. Prices Gut on all Towles, and we have a Beautiful line. Hemstitched all linen Towels, size 20x40 indies, worth $1.00 for, pair...............75c Same Towels 18x84 in. worth 75c for ......59c Beautiful satin damask tow-el, knotted and fringed, size 22x45, $1.00 valve, for......75c Linen buck hemstitched with brocade border, *24x42, $1 60 value, for lid!) pair, All 50c Low els, pair . -J All 35c Towels, pair . CJ All 25c Towels, pair 19c All 20c Towels, pair . 18c Be sure to come Saturday, Monday, always, when you need correct goods and low Prices. THE STORE OF LITTLE PRICES DALTON, * GEORGIA. t “ l! , » , h,J: *“' 1 ..... “ “K** 11 , , ' for „ '•« |o comes lor if .ho comes we d « f °" r children aud we are not able , to W *» of lirar K.R. fare and " loose ““ here. ll > So Annie “> (»"> II Q'™ have to stay f at home this time and herd the children while I am g(,ne * a!ld kecp tneru out of W ell Annie don't mind that. ‘ She is always willing to do , anything / . for . my :, pleasure, , But I tel! right . she , you now, don't much want to go , back , me time. But I toll t|iatther0 wi| , „ e „„ d ., lger . I w ‘" *» d be Shoes and Oxfords. It’s easy to sell Bolton’s “Quality” Oxfords to discriminating buyers at $8.50, $8.00 and $2.50. Lots of other Shoes'and Oxfords that are ex¬ cellent values but broken lots and sizes at 18 oil. Think of it! House Slippers, Bare¬ foot Baidals, Shoe Laces, and all kinds of Shoe Polish. Notions. Best stock of high grade notions in town. Pro-phy-lac-tic Tooth Brushes, Celluloid Brushes, Ebony, Spotless, and Keep Clean Hair Brushes, ARuminum Soap and Puff Boxex, and one hundred of other desirable notions. Mennen’s Talcum, 25c value at ..... 15c 1 bottle Whittunore Gilt Edge She Polish at .....! 19* 1 set Dominoes, 25c, not ..... Celluloid Combs, 25e value -1 60,0 vDue ................ / ■ V Clothing’ Room. It’s easy to sse who has the biggest and best Clothing trade in town, and it’s easy to see why we have—new smart, styiles and better vllues are our trump cards—Men’s Clothing and Furnishings, Hats, Caps and Underwear, Shoes, Oxfords, in fact everything that better trade demands. We not only believe iu having the right goods and right prices, hut that it pays to have io telbgent, experienced, obliging salespeople. WHITE QUILTS. Handsomest line of White (Quilts ever shown in Dalton. All warranted in quality and fiinish. $3.98 White Quilts $8.50 2.98 k 4 2.80 2.48 4 4 4 V 2.16 1.98 4 » 4 l 1.69 1.48 ' 4 4 U 1.29 1.25 4 4 * 4 1.10 .98 4 ( 4 4 89 I realize that 1 am not as young as I use to be and 1 don’t look near as prefcy as 1 did when I use to attend Sunday School 1 at Center Valley. My health has been bad for the last six weeks, so you could not expect me to look very well ; I am getting some better now. 1 have just returned from Ter¬ rell Texas, wnere 1 took up 200 bales of cotton and 1 had to deal with some people that wanted all that was coming to thorn, While I w-as wilting to give'them that; but we could not agree on the grade But finally we did agree. So I come home feeling as tired as if I bad been to a log rolling. NO. 24. We have been having some good rains around Greenville for tne last few days. Crops are looking well. I never saw cot¬ ton doing better. Everybody is looking hopeful and I am very hopeful that nothing will happen to keep me from being able to leave here the 1st, Sunday in July, bound for my old home in Georgia. [On account of Mr. Henley’s letter not reaching us, until al¬ most time of going to press, we are unable to publish it in full this week. The balance of it will appear next week. Ed.] |@