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J. C. HEARTSELL, Editor.
C. L. HENRY, Bus. Manager,
SPRING PLACE, MURRAY COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1902.
A BATCH OF
HOT WAFFLES.
Happenings of the Week Broiled Down
to a Delicious Taste.
John Harris spent Monday
in Doogan, on business
Jack Yother visited rela
tives in Tennessee the past
week.
Luther Simpson spent Sun
day with ‘‘friends’, at
ta Springs.
Merchant Harrison Waters
made a business trip to Dal
ton Monday.
Candidate Ben Gregory was
giving the glad hand to his
town friends Monday.
William Thompson, of Jas¬
per, spent the last few days
with his sons, in this county.
Contractor Jim Redmond,
of Dunn, was here Friday,
looking after business inter¬
ests.
John Hill, of Resaca, was in
town Monday, en route to the
home of his father, in Upper
Murray.
John Camp and Jim Her¬
ron, of Dalton, spent several
cays of last week fishing, at
May Hill.
Editor Sampler, wife and
son graced our sanctum sanc¬
torum a short time Tuesday
afternoon.
William Pendley anti wife
spent Saturday and Sunday at
the home of George Cham
blee, near Dunn.
A large paity of Odd Fel
lows came over from Dalton,
to attend the Spring
lodge Monday evening.
Come out to the school ex¬
ercises tomorrow
You will be pleased, and it will
children. encourage and please
A wooden bridge will be
built across Connesauga, at
the Holland Ford, near Til
ton, as soon as the plans can
be perfected.
The required amount has
been subscribed for the pur
chase of those bloodhounds,
^ow yid it till wilt a pair be but of them a short will time be
We learn that Dr. Marion
Jones intends buying pror erty
here and becoming a resident
at some time in the near luture.
He would make a most desir¬
able citizen and we hope he
will come.
Genial John Nichols was in
the county several days last
week, in the interest of his
firm, Fincher & Nichols, one
of the most popular and
progressive drug concerns in
North Georgia.
Hon. Virgil A. Stuart was
on business Tuesday.
Farmers report crops suff
ering to some extent, for want
0 l rain.
’Squire Steve Felker was
from Dalton, on business,
last Friday.
Prof. A. R. Howard, of Ft.
Mountain, spent Monday in
Spring Place.
Captain Tom Peeples, of
Dalton, made a trip to his
farm, near Dennis, Friday.
Postmaster Jim Everett
and C. L. Henry made a bus¬
iness trip to Dalton Tuesday,
George Henry and Bob
Lackey have gone out to the
mountains this week, for their
health.
Gilmer superior court con¬
venes next citizens Monday. Quite a
few of our intend go
itig over.
Haywood Weems and Miss
Liza Carter were in the city
Thursday, en mute to Chat¬
tanooga.
Bob Hill and wife, of Kil¬
mer, were visiting here Sun¬
day guests at the home of
Harry Peeples.
The regular monthly session
of justice court was held here
Monday, Judges Kelley and
Campbell presiding.
Bob Bates and family have
moved up to Kilmer, where
will operate a boarding
house during the summer.
Keep abreast oi the times
reading The J IMP. It will
in iruct, interest and make a
man of you in every
particular.
P. G. Hilliard has returned
from a visit to Franklin coun -
ty relatives. Mr. Brown went
over to Dalton Monday, to
bring him home.
A party of Spring PDce
fishermen are down at Carters
now, enjoying a few days of
recreation among the red-horse
and other members of the fin
ny»family.
Rev. M. W. Shields has
been doing some splendid work
on the t Id Jackson lot, re¬
cently purchased by him. All
the washed places are being
filled and it has a much better
appearance.
Capt. Dan Kenner is back
from Chattanooga. enjoyable He reports
a most visit to his
son and grand-children, and
says that they fed him on
strawberries and cream all the
time he was there.
Actual Circulation 1200 Copies.
j !at Sid the Kiester home of spent his mother, in
J Spring Place.
! Tigci' Kill gore and .Tames |
Baynes represented Bull Pen'
here yesterday. J
Ground, Faby Durham, of Ball
the city was few handshaking hours in
a yesterday', J i \
Gapt Billie hite , and Har
v\
ry Peeples are repairing a
bridge, across Holly Creek,
on the Tilton road.
Oemal Prank Baker, the
drummer, was here yester
day, selling stacks of Standard
Snuff to our merchants.
Mr. Hal Kinman and wife
spent several days ot the past
week in Spring Place, visit
mg the families of S. H.
1
John Hanna, Dr. Greely
Hughes and Marvin Gfegory Sfimach
were down from
-Monday evening, to attend
j piweOdd Fellows!
The court house is bhdly in
need of some window sash
and other repairs. It is not
economy to neglect this char¬
acter of affairs, but js the
grossest sort ot neglect.
Pobinson & 8 nook are ne¬
gotiating for the sale of a
large body of land near here,
to an Illinois gentleman If
the deal materializes, the par¬
ty purchasing it w.H soon
start a large stock farm on
the property.
Your attention is directed
to the page ad. of Hull Kerr,
“The Price Slasher”. on the
opposite page. He is doing
an immense business now and
the uniform bargains and
courteous treatment accorded
his customers are bringing
him a rapidly increasing trade.!
We are requested to an¬
nounce that the regular “May
meeting’ will be held at Su
maeh or. (he F-uitli Sundav
’ n 'Ids month. Rev. Me Dan
i**l, of Dalton, will preach at
11 , A. M and in the afternoon
Communion services will be
i 1 he d. Dinner wi l be served
on the grounds.
WANTED, A live corres
pondent from each community
in this countv who will send
us a lett r each veek. If not
each week, then send, them
fortnightly, all any scheme to get
the news and when it is
fresh. Paper and envelopes 1
furnished by the office. Let
us hear from you.
Hon Tom Eason, accom¬
panied by Col. T. R. Jones,
ot Dalton was in the city
Saturday, looking after his in-;
terests. He is a candidate for j
prison commissioner and so -1
licits the suffrage of Murray ’
voters at the June primary.
Mr. Eason is serving in that
capacity at present and his
record has been a most cred¬
itable one public. and fully accepta¬
ble to the .
John H. Kuhn, of Shuck
Pen, paid his town friends a
delightful visit Saturday.
Mr. Hughes, of near Cleve
land, was here aoortion of the
week, at the bedside of his
S °P- Th e I)outor ’ s friends
P pleased , to learn that
. doing , well
“ e 1S at present,
and hopes to be able to leave
his room in a short time,
The JiMPLECUTE is au¬
thorized to state that there
will be a Fourth of July cele
bration in Spring Place this
vear. The program will be
published a little later on and
and it will be much moie re
pkte with amusing diversions J
than that of the past season.
'i'he committee expects to ar
range for attractions which will
bring at least 1500 people to
Spring Place on that day,
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Also, $5.00, $4.00, $3.00, $2.50, and $2.25
for Men; $3.00, $2.50, and $2,00 for
Boys; $2.00 and $1.75 for Youths.
The reputation of W. L. Douglas shoes for style, comfort, and wear Is known
everywhere throughout the world. They have to give better satisfaction than,
other makes, because the standard has always been placed so high that the wear¬
er# expect more for their money than they can get elsewhere.
We carry a full line, and can insure a perfect
tit. Inspection invited.
DALTON. GA.
ESTABLISHED IN 1879-’96.
ONE. DOLLAR. Pwv Annum.
Misses Anna Harper and
Melinda Shields went shop*
ping, to Dalton, Saturday.
An election ha 3 been order*
ed, by the council, to be held
in Spring Place Saturday, May,
24, for the purpose of deter¬
mining if a tax shall be lev¬
ied for the support of our
school. Let every citizen come
out and vote for it Spring
Place now has a splendid school
and it must be upheld by the
people of this community.
NOTICE:—All road over¬
seers for the 824th. District,
G M., are hereby notified to
have all roads in their charge
put in good condition within
the next 2 o days, else they will
be dealt with as the law pro
vides. J. C. Ellis,
J. D. Durham,
It. Fletcher,
Commissioners.