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J. C. HEARTSELL, Editor.
C. 1. HENRY, Bus. Manager,
SPRING PLACE, MURRAY COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1902.
A BATCH OF
HOT WAFFLES.
Happenings of the Week Broiled Down
to a Delicious Taste.
Prof Will Sampler has been
real sick this week.
Prof. Shriner has returned
from Ducktown and assumed
control of the Journal.
Hon. Jap Peeples was shak¬
ing hands with his constitu¬
ents here Tuesday.
Capt. Billie White andfam
ily spent Sunday at the home
of Harry Peeples.
Hull Kerr and C. L. Henry
made a business trip to Dal¬
ton Tuesday.
Juan Kell, a popular Ellijav
confectioner, spent Tuesday
night in town.
Roy Vance, one of Dalton’s
moat in oopular Spring young salesmen,
was Place a short
time Sunday.
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J. Gordon Cole, the New
Spencer Medicine Company’s
hustling salesman,* was among
our merchants Tuesday.
J. N. Peeples, of the Cox &
Nelson Marble Company, has
in been Whitfield delivering tombstones
this week.
E. K. Campbell expects to
go up to Cohutta Springs arid
spend a few weeks for his
health at an early date.
Mr. and Mrs Mac Sanders
and the baby are oyer from
Dalton, spending a
visit with Mrs. L. C.
C ig er E.erett and Bid
W came ...rr from them,I
road camps and spent Sunday
Place ,m Spr '"
Dr. W. YV. Anderson was
called to Dalton Sunday, to
attend Henry Staples, who has
been in a critical coadition for
several days.
J. F. Allen, who is proma
nemly connected with the
mining industry, was up from
Atlanta this week loo 1 ing af¬
ter his interests here.
Dr. Sam Brown Is having
the material delivered prepar¬
atory for the erection of an
office building on his lot op¬
posite the courthouse.
M. II Nelsou arid son, of El
lijay, spent.a day or two of
this week in the city. While
here Mr. Nelson dropped in
and made the editor’s heart
glad.
The Miller boy? will ha-e
a picnic at Mitchell’s bridge
on July 5. There will be
public speaking and amuse
ments of various kinds. Din¬
ner on the grounds. A joliy
goorl time is expected.
SHALL POX AT POXT XSTOTAIH.
Prof A. R. Howard, of
Fort Mountain, has a weH
developed case of tmalljHpt
and himself and thate occu¬
pying the dwelling with him
are now under a rigid quar¬
antine.
Until last Sunday it was not
known that hehadthisdiseaae,
Dr. n c Sam Broshe ti • attend- . ,
ing physician, believing that
it might be another ailment.
But on Sunday the Dr.
ded that Prof. Howard had
small pox and at once sent
for Dr. Glenn McAffee, of
Dalton, an expert in this iine
and he diagnosed the case
and pronounced the doctor’s
conclusions correct.
The disease was brought
into this county by a tramp
preacher and school teacher,
who stayed a nighV with Mr.
Howard lim.nediately after
I getting out of a pest house at
Xri Ga This same fellow
also spent several days at the
home of Henry Tankersley,
where he had his old clothes
washed by a member of the
family. In all probability
these people have been inoc¬
ulated, Vaccination has been
enforced to a limited degree,
but all who have had the
slightest exposure to Prof.
Howard or the preacher
teacher should take advant¬
age of this preventive.
A report has become cur¬
rent in the that
Dr. E. 0. Stafford spent
Monday in Dalton.
Jack Fields and family spent
Sunday at the home of Har¬
rison Waters.
Lawyer Jesse Terry was
over from Dalton on profes¬
sional business Monday.
George Willbanks, one of
Doolittle’s best citizens, was
in Spring Place on business
Tuesday.
An immense crowd attend¬
ed the Children’s day exercises
at the Methodist cnurch last
Sunday evening. •«
A horn as Chamblee, one of
Pleasant Valley’s prominent 1
young farmers, spent Sunday
with friends in Spring Place,
Notice —If you owe me
your account will he <Iue Mly
I, next. I must settle my ac-|
counts at once, either by cash
or good notes. You came to
K et the goods, now come and
settle for them.
Hull Kerr,
Spring Place, Ga.
Charlie Broyles and wife
are down from Chattanooga, j
summering at the Maddox'
JJouse. Charlie is justly-’ one
the most papular opera
tivesof railways con*
Chattanoo ^ a Wlth
Atl:inta -
Levi Branham brought us
-
b|oom 0 „ lh(- Mllie 3
M „ Steve Howard and W.D.
This .H<>, 1 r,sill is earlier h„th than sent blooms have
we
tever before seen cotton in
his sec tit. n.
Lorenzo Douthitt, one of
Murray’s cleverest citizens,
announces as a candidate for
Sheriff in this issue. Mr.
Douthitt is one of the best
citizens this countv affords
ario if he is elected the people
have every assurance that
they will have a good officer.
Our readers will please
take notice that Miles H
Bramlett announces as a can¬
didate for re election as Tax
Receiver in this issue He is
too well known to the voters
of Murray county to make a
commendating notice neces¬
sary from us.
Buyall your fruit trees from
W. M. Morgan He is rep¬
resenting the Excelsior Nur
-erv, cf Rome, and can ynro¬
an tee the best of stock ami
will sell at lowest possible
prices There is big money
in the culture of grapes and j
fruit in this section.
no exercises will be observed
here on the Fourth of July
on account of the sr ( iall pox
scare but such is not the case.
Everything will go along just
as if nothing had happened
and the biggest and most in¬
teresting program will be car¬
ried out on that day ever be¬
fore witnessed in Spring
Place or Murray county. The
“scrub race” alone will be
worth a trip of miles to see,
besides the sack-races, greasy
pole contests, bicycle races,
etc., are quite interesting
amusements.
Wanted —To exchange a
brail new sewing machine with
all the attachment for a fresh
mik c >w.
Hull Kerr,
Spring Place, Ga]
Actual Circulation ?
1200 Copies.
HERE’S SOMETHING
WORTH READING.
Prepared Especially for the Jimpleeute’s
Appreciated Friends.
John Elrod represented Ball
Ground here Tuesday.
Affable Walter P. Hemphill,
#f Ran , SCJ , gpent
with Spring Place friends, j
Mrs. Fannie Johnson hasi
returned from a short visit to
friends in upper Murray.
Barnum Bagwell is building
a small house on his lot oppo
Slte . the _ iemple . House, be
to
used as an office.
The attention of our readers
is directed to the page ad of
Hull Kerr in this issue. Mr
Kerr is going to materially
decrease his stock at once and
is going to enter the ministry
as a traveling evangelist. He
expects to order a large tent
and , will ... take , the , road ,
as soon
as he gets his business in shape
to leave it.
Senator Charlie King’s spa
is a favorite resort for the
young belles and beaux of
Sunday hidden afternoons. charm There’s
a about u that
cannot be resisted by the love¬
sick swains and coy young
maidens. Charlie is thinking
quite seriously of exacting a
moderate royalty from those
who avail themselves of its eu
chanting influences and if hi
does it will bring him quite n
snug revenue
Announcements. •t
T -thj: Votkbs of Mukkat County :
i he.©by a nou .ee niyseli a candltatc
f r S Griff o Miuray • oumy subject '<
t.e prim ry to be h Id July 30 I huvr
serve i 'li pen I© to .'be i.##i of my abi
i < as Deputy Sheriff i the pas and it
elected -he iff w 1 pe, ortu the duties tt
the very besto my ability livillappte
eiat the votes and infill nr ft be people
L. M Douthitt.
To tub Voteus of Murray Cousuy:
0 I iii ,i t*.n ■. , . . -e.t i.i.wi. to th©
iffii-e of R>-. i-ivt-t-ol Tuxes for Murray
ifoi.ntv, stitijei-i to the primary of July
30 Ail toy tr.ni< kuoo that lh«ir
support, in ill© pas. inis been Kppropri
>-tel\ ipjireci i.e I iiiei 1 eantei-ily solicit
the consideration of everV voter at, tbs
polljfi. Respectfully.
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PUBLIC ROADS.
e**t of Bad Highway# and Effect* of
Good One#.
The public highway# have a very ins
portant bearing on the judgment form,
ed by stranger# in regard to the thrift
and enterprise of any eouaiy. One
who is looking about for a good local
ity ia to settle wui b« apt, au
things else being equal, to decide up*
on a county in which good roads give
him easy access to a market at ail
seasons of the year.
It has besa estimated by those whs
have given the matter careful attea
tion, that in a section of country hav¬
ing first-eiass roads the transportation
of his produce to market will cost the
farmer just about one-fourth the ex¬
pense in volved in the same traffic over
our ordinary Georgia roads.
Professor S. W. McCaUle, assistant
state Geologist, in his excellent treat
ease on ‘'The Roads and Road-Building
Materials of Georgia,” say®: “it is
a well-known fact that in the winter
and early spring months, the majority
of oar ®obmc#b dirt roads become well
nigh impassable for heavy traffic: Bur
thi* season #f the y#*r, th® ttoap#.
which might be profitably engaged in
hauling the farm products to mar
ket, remain idle, at a considerable ex
pens© to their owner# in the matter of
attention, feed, etc.
Cost of Bad Roads.
“Professor J. A. Holmes, State Ge¬
ologist of North Carolina, in discussing
this item of expense chargeable to bad
road#, place# the loss due to this cause
in 66 middle and western counties of
that state at $1,600,000 per annum, an
amount sufficient to build more than
75 mile# of first-class macadamised
road.
“Now, if the above figures are cor¬
rect, and they are undoubtedly plausi¬
ble, it would be no exaggeration to
say that the farmers of Georgia annu¬
ally sustain a loss of more than $2,000,
000 from thi# cause alone. In other
word#, this large sum of mon#y would
b« an annual set gain to the farmers
of the state, if the roads were so im¬
proved, that teams could be used at a,B
seasons of the year.
Effect of Good Roads.
If time and space allowed, we should
be glad to quote more from Prof. Me
Cftilie; but we will do this at another
time and show how good roads dimin¬
ish the wear and tear on vehicles,
harness and horses, and how they in¬
crease the value of real estate. On
the moderate estimate that good roads
will increase the value of lands con¬
tiguous to them by $2 per acre. Prof.
McCall:© thinks that this apparently
insignificant amount would aggregate
more than $10,000,000, a sum equal to
about oua-half of the present assessed
valuation of all the farming lands of
the state.
Seme Good Road# in Georgiy.
While urging our people to progress
gsi this line, we are glad that we are
sot compelled to go beyond our own
State for examples cf good roads. Sev¬
eral hundred miles of first-class ma
eadamized roads have been built in
several counties under the system pro¬
vided by our laws for the improvement
and maintenance of public highways.
The Manchester and Peachtree roads
near Atlanta, in Pulton county, are
thoroughfares equal to the best IdeaL
More than 76 miles of splendid ma
eadamized roads in Floyd county give
to the citizens easy access to the thrlv
ias city oI Korae - The Washington
Savannah Valley roads,
o£ Richmond county, make travel and
transportation easy to Augusta. Roada
of similar merit radiate from Macon
in Bibb eounty, from Savannah isl
Chatham county, and from Brunswick]
near “the marshes of Glynn.”
a A. »EP‘T. OF AGRICULTURE.