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i y % X i g r J] m | 9 |^ I II ^1 mi T V J & 4 - i -si !1 i r* Sf . &± “TELL THE TRUTH.” 4 J. C. HEARTSELL, Editor. A BATCH OF HOT Happening* of the Week Broiled Down to a Delicious Taste. Prof. Bob Vining has moved his family back to Fort Moun tain. Dr. E. O. Stafford paid an appreciated call Monday afternoon. Jace L. Robinson made a business trip to the stirring city of Dalton yesterday. Vest Worley and Jim Er win. of Pennis, were in the from city Tuesday, en route home Dalton. Hon. M. L. Johnson of Bar tow county, spent Tuesday in Spring Place, and while here paid The Jimp an appreciated visit. Handsome John Burks, of Bull Pen, was in the city Tuesday regaling his friends with choice anecdotes fresh from the manufacturer. It will be most gratifying to Col.Tom forces 7 many Mui ray friends to learn that he is murh improved now and his family has hopes of his early recovery. Mrs. Nannie Dill has been seriously ill ©f pneumonia at the home of her brother, in Dawnville, but is doing nicely at present under the careful treatment of Dr. Walt Ander¬ son. Noel and Oliver Steed, Fred Brown. Carter Edmond¬ son and Willie Keith returned to Dahlonega Sunday, having spent the holidays with their parents in this countv. These young men are all doing splen¬ didly in their studies and we are all proud of them. Yesterday evening 6 o’clock Marcus Loughrige and Miss Annie Harris were joined in marriage at the home of the bride’s fathei, Nels W. Har¬ ris, near Cohutta Springs, Rev, N. A, Parsons officiating 1,18 usuat ”P reSSIVt Style ; Our congratulations attend the happy couple, A mad dog passing through the neighborhood a short time ngo caused much damage to several Rock Creek farmers, Quite a number of other dogs were bitten besides two cows belonging to Mrs, C. D. Dur ham, three head of cattle at Walter Hemphill’s, a colt and nt hoga Ed Anderson’s, a cow at Will Darnel’s and one at John Gilbert’s, all of which ’—d rabies and have Clever - since died - Lee Lx Question is to to place p n a wa on the public Srlnimlunauftryof scnooisoi t. , country? 7 the ' tire SPRING PLACE, MURRAY COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1903 Judge Tim Ovbey and son Will spent Sunday night in 'alton Jovial Dock McEntire, of Dennis, ornamented our streets Tuesday. Dr. Thomas Hall, of Holly, was mingling with his city friends a few hours Monday. Miss Myra Peeple has re¬ turned from a most enjoyable visit of several weeks to Chat relatives. William Pierson and his sis ter were up from Adairsville and spent several days recent ly visiting the family of Will IT, Black, out at Oran. Handsome Lee Treadwell, of the W. & A railroad, came up from Atlanta Monday and delighted his Spring Place admirers by a brief visit. George McGhee leaves to day- for Lis home in north west Texas, after a most delightful visit of a fortnight to his fath ;er, other relatives and a host of old friends at this place. Om merchants are busily engaged taking stock at pres¬ ent and squaring up last year’s business. As soon as this is completed they will offer their customers some startling bar¬ gains through these columns. The sympathy of this entire community goes out to Prof. Charles Shriner and wife on the death of their little boy, which occurred die morning of the 7th., of diphtheria. As we go to press another of their children is at death’s door with the same disease. Mat Morriss and a party of other hunters killed a large tw«* pronged buck out the mountains during the id ays. A short time be "“to ore that Jap Isenhower killed an¬ other in the mountains near hjj hom(; . Those in )ositio „ to know sar that deer are un „ SM „ ple „ tifu , this season . 0 „ Wednesday evening of last week Mrs. Mary Moss died at the home of Win, PendJey after a brief attack of paralysis. She had been in declining health the past sev eral months and her system was in no condition to \yith stand this additional malady, The deceased was the mother of our esteemed citizen George W. ChaiTtlee and Mrs. William Pendley, besides an son and daughter living Bartow county Her mains were interred in the cemetery at this place last -rv;,w the funeral services > ■ N - \ Parsons. A <*ood vv o man ! M gone from among us : we [deeply mourn our loss, Actual Circulation 1200 Copies. a newjrecime. Last induction Thursday witnessed the into office of the newly elected and those so fortunate as Jto succeed them¬ selves. Those constituting the lat¬ ter class are W. G. Groves, sheriff; N. A. Parsofts, tax collector, and M. H. Bramblett, tax receiver. Mr. Grtvesgoes in on his second term and it state i|i by no means necessary to he will serve the people the ensuing two years to their en tire satisfaction, as be has heretotore. He is a «apable, obliging, painstaking and fear less officer and we venture the prediction that our citizens will have no grounds to com plain of his official Newt Parsons, our urbane tax gatherer, is also serving his second term . He is justly in full nossessio c of the confidence of the people and no official in Georgia is more worthy or ac¬ commodating than he. Miles H. Bramblett, our ficient tax receiver, is known by almost every man, woman and child in the county they he nearly everv ngh-V»n ,ine agree that Vi the. m the right place and are satis fied that he shall lemain just as long as he wants to. It is would a foregone & concision that it a phvsicl i m bilily to find a mao filling in county as capable of the office as lie is, for he is oughly conversant with the real estate holdings of every tax payer in the county fre quentlv being more with these matters than the owner himself. Besides bis superior qualifications Mr in many other respects is one ot the neatest penmen in ihe country and his books never show a blot or an eras ure. •‘Billie” Johnson retires * rom t * le °ffice of clerk supen ° r court a f |( -‘ r a faithful and most satisfactory service of eight years. He desires to thank the voters for thenum erous kindnesses shown him during his term of office and he hopes some day to be able to repay each one in a manner commensurate with his fidelity. George H. Arrowood, who succeeds Mr. Johnson as clerk, is a young man lull of vigor and a commendible determin ation to serve his constitu nts 1° tile very best of his ability, and it goes without denying that his career as an yv.il! be one of unusual gratifi cation 4 ;p the public, for he is thoroughly competent in every particular for the duties in cumhent upon an, official in his Former Treasurer Orange Parrott, retires of h.s own ac cord, a splendid record and the M"e.i„ gS of one upon whom no censure can rest. His first election resulted from a set prejudice of HERE’S SOMETHING I WORTH READING. Prepared Espacially for the Jimp'.ecute’* Appreciated Friends. Mrs. Barbara Shields has been quite sick for several days. Surveyor Henry Hamilton was over from Dalton on bus iness Monday, I will se u the George Mul linax farm for cash. Write to T. H. Tabok, Ellijay, Ga. Dr B. Hall, Bob Gudger and Merrill Wood were auto ip a ^ , e ^ , , ^ em , P* , e House rT - Drown and family moved into the Bagwell residence and are now “at heme” to their friends. H A. Gallman and brother, of the Eighth, spent a short here Monday, on busi* ness with the Ordinary, The county commissioners held their regular monthly meeting Tuesday and much routine business was trans , 1 Colquitt Cole and Robert Warns IT came ..p from r the , S “ te nd spent the hoi,days with the,r . p “ rents 111 th,s county, Ed Childers and wife have our sincere sympathy in their sorrow over the loss of their baby whose death occurred yesterday, of cerebro-spinal meningitis, Doss Keith expects to re turn to Ardmore, I T., early next week. His old friends here have greatly enjojed his visit among them and hope he will make them more fre quent. Elsewhere in this issue we publish an interesting commu fron Col. W. L. Stanton, of Atlanta, touching upon his war experiences in this section during the sixties, it will no doubt be read with interest by our patrons, many of whom are familiar with the circumstances related, people against monopoly in local poli les a,nd he has been man enough to retire upon the completion of his second term. i his is fair and in strict con formity with democratic usage, Benjamin Gregory succeeds to the office of treasurer. He has served the people in this capacity before and no censure ever attached to him for the manner in which ne performed his duties. Mr. Gregory is one of our very best citizens, in or out of office, and his personal integrity is sufficient guarantee that the people’s money will be carefully guard¬ ed and disbursed in every particular as of will justice. best serve the interests ESTABLISHED IN 1879. ONE DOLLAR Per. Annum. Lee Jones has moved to the Fore farm, one mile south of the city. Rev. Billie Brown, of Til¬ ton, of Dr. spent Sunday at the home Sam Brown. Jam«s Arro wood and family, spent several days lately visit¬ ing relatives up in the Tenth. Affable Bud Hall and Dave Causbey, of the Eighth, were prominent figures on our bus¬ tling streets yesterday.. Miss Moyer, the new teach¬ er, arrived the past week and has assumed control of her department in the school here. Her many friends will be pained to learn that Mrs. John Harris has been suffering front tonsillitis and confined to her room for several days. Miss Machen Galt returned yesterday tive in from a visit to rela¬ CarteraviUe. She was accompanied by Miss Jim Ver¬ non. who will spend some time with friends in this vicinity. In a statement to the Constitution, Pension Com¬ missioner J. W. Lindsey says that the checks for Murray county pensioners will be mailed from his office on Feb¬ ruary 26th. There are about 79 beneficiaries of the pension fund in this county. It is to be hoped that the present council will give the sidewalks. people of Spring Place better They are forced to pay taxes and it is not right that pedestrians should have to wade in mud knee deep in order to get about town. Let us have one administration of enterprise and progressiveness. * Miss Mary Freeman, who has been employed as a teach¬ er in the school here, returned to her home in Dalton Mon¬ day. She is a most estimable young woman as well as a thoroughly competent and painstaking teacher and a ma¬ jority of the patrons of the school regretted very much that she was forced to give up her work here. Capt. Bill White and Ches¬ ter Hill are now traveling with an Optigraph Moving Picture Machine which is the most complefe thing of the sort ever seen in this section. It shows many pictures of his¬ toric interest and the moving scenes are simply wonderful and intensely interesting, es¬ pecially the * 'cavalry charge”, “bucking broncho” and “cake walk". Their entertainment is worth many times the price of admission.