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J. C. HEARTSELL, Editor.
A BATCH OF
HOT WAFFLES.
Happening* of the Week Broiled Down
to a Delicious Taste.
Mrs Fannie Johnson went
shopping to Dalton this morn
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Dunn, D,mn was here h on business
Monday.
Wyatl Wood, one of Ram
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ness Monday. M
As stated in our last issue,
we need wood and need it
like grown people.
Wilburn Williams, ot
sler’s spent Monday in Spring
Place's busy marts.
Mrs Kubv Heartsiil, of Dal
ton, spent several days of the
past week visiting her parents
here.
host of his town admirers this
morning.
Mrs. Charles Roney
panied her hushand ro his
appointments at the Baptist
church Sunday.
Blair Adams and Rev.
Orange Parrott, of Doolittle,
made a short business trip to
the city yesterday.
Messrs. Upshar and Max
well, of Bartow county, were
autographed at the Temple
House Tuesday night.
’Squire Jack Baynes, Wil¬
liam Morgan and Taylor Os¬
borne represented Bull Pen at
the big mule sale here Tues¬
day.
Hon. Virgil Stuart and
Thomas Wright a couple of
Bull Pen’s cleverest and best
citizens, spent Monday in
Spring Place.
ciefit Mjs^jLela teacher Wilson, in Pleasant an effi
Valley High School, spent
last Saturday shopping with
Spring Place merchants.
Thoughts of early garden¬
ing will soon be rankling in
the minds of frugal house
wives, and the goed-for
nothing men folks shall see no
more peace till they begin to
tickle the earth with hoe and
rake.
1 he ,, Supreme ruler , of the
universe, in his infinite wis
dom, has so arranged the
seasons that it’s passably
pleasant a portion of the time,
wofullv hot for a season and
diabolically cold at other
times. It’s cold now and
when it’s cold we need wood
if we haven’t already got it.
We’ve got a little now but it
won’t last long. Hitch up
v>*ur team and fetch us a load
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SPRING PLACE, MURRAY COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1903.
George fierce was a guest
at the home ot Bob Fletcher
Sunday. *
A ?“rt le Wilkes Gro '7 s ’ of
n Doolittle, was on our streets
Tuesday,
1 Frank Peeples, of Doolittle,
1 thul t r ”^ poraertoto ' vn
Jo l , ?k■ G J eaS ° n “"a "' ife
,m ' P o Spnng • Plane. f? ce " oon sho PP m «
,{ ob Maynard, a prominent
Tilton citizen, was in town on
; business Tuesday.
FriinU Jones and family
spent Sunday in the city,
guests of his mother.
i: Miss Mahnda : Shit*l
is spent,
Tuesday in Dalton, visiting
her lriend Mrs. Charles Wii
! kerson
here on business Tuesday
forenoon.
Popular Charlie Adair and
brother and young Mr. Poag,
of upper Murray, spent Tues
day in the city.
Billie Brown, the genial D.
& A. toieman, has been quite
ill and confined to his room
the last day or two.
Messrs. John O’Neill and
Charlie Ross, of Dunn, paid
us a welcome visit while in
Spring Place Tuesday.
Amos L. Keith spent a
short time here
morning and paid us an ap
preciated visit during the
interim.
Miss Jim Vernon has re¬
turned to her home in
Cartersville, after a delightful
visit of one week to
Place friends.
Bob Fletcher has added a
saddle, harness and shoe shop
to his business, with a cotnpe
tent workman in charge,
and solicits your patronage.
Drs. Brown & Steed are
, . ^ , bone tbe
■ aavin & a e P P ut 111 j r
°“ lce - I he central office will
1’5 muvef 5 from Browns the leraple
“ ouse to resi
de,,Ge * b ul ,he ^ hone fU the
doctor shop , is to he fitted
for public in the up
use transmis
s ion of messages to Dalton
and all other points on the hue.
The count} board is consid
ering the advisability of
erecting a substantial foot or
wagon bridge across the river
in Doogan district. That
something of the sort is much
needed bj the citizens of that
community cannot be disput
ed and the authorities will, no
doubt, act favorably in the
matter.
Actual Circulation 1200 Copies.
Lee Galt made a business
trip to Dalton yesterday.
Mark Parsons made a busi¬
ness trip to Dalton today.
George Cox made a
ness trip to Wells last Friday.
Luther Dunn, of the Tenth,
visited his brother at this place
the first of the week.
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today J Spriny 1 8 Place
ce^;Teft P o^ taJness'trip
to p ort Yy Qr th ’ Texas ’
Edmond" oi“'of
Jfln McCamy,°a progressive
Sumach farmer, delighted B a
host of SprinK p k „ e friends
by a short visit Moncay.
Mrs. George Cox was in the
city yesterday afternoon, hav
ing the baby treated for an
inflammation of the throat.
Mrs. P. McGhee and dsugh
ter, Mrs. Florence Lowry,
spent the day Sunday with
the family of Co!. Charles
Ring, at this pl%ce.
around his reside c c n , which
o appear
ance tbe premises,
We are pleased to chronicle
that four of Will Lackey’s
children are convalescing
from illness extending
chrou g h several weeks,
Thomas Ramsey, of Duck
town, is spending a short
vacation at the home of his
c * ather rT H °n „ Knox Ramsey,
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r ®P orts the Murray boys
at Ducktown a “ doing well.
Our friend Bill Jones sus
taine . . d , ainfuI . r , thou , h
5onie P S
not danKcrous , external ap¬
nes in a runawa y a few days
a S°- rhe bu gg}' he was
driving was totally wrecked.
Advises have reached here
f f ro ™ XT ]Nasbvdle u which -• , virtual- .
fe. refute th f re P or t tbat Ed
Kin S was found dead 1 there
recently. Ed has not yet been
heard from but his people feel
confident that the matter was
a case of mistaken identity.
John McKamy, of Shuck
Pen, was here a short time
Tuesday afternoon He tells
us that his brother, Col. Jim,
is in right feeble health now
and is not able to be out much.
We hope that he will soon
regain- his usual vigorous
health.
Sam H. Fincher has accept¬
ed a lucrative position in
Atlanta and leaves today for
that place. His family will
follow him soon. Mr. Finch¬
er has been a useful citizen of
Spring Place as well as one of
our leading merchants for
several years and has a host of
friends who regret exceeding¬
ly to lose him and his family.
For the present the business
of Fincher & Rro. will be
conducted by Mark Parsons
and his sister f Miss Ethel.
HERE’S SOMETHING
WORTH READING
Prepared Especially for the Jimpleonte’s
Appreciated Friends.
William Pendley made
business trip to Dalton
da y.
Senator Charles King made
a business trip to Doogan
Tuesday.
Elijah Curd, of Sumach,
spent Tuesdaj here on busi¬
ness matters.
Thomas Fletcher, of Amzi,
was here on business yester¬
day afternoon.
Mike Willbanks, a mightv
clever Doolittleite, had busi.
ness here Tuesday. '
’Squire Sam Higdon and
friend, of Alaculsy, spent
Tuesday in the city,
Sam, the young son of W
D. and Mrs Sarah Heartsell,
has been right sick the past
week.
Next Tuesday will be the
last day on which suits for the
February term of court may
be filed.
Kinion and Frank Bates, of
Dennis, came up Tuesday
with a load of fine wheat for
Owens & Harris.
We regret to chronicle that
Mrs Maggie Stuart continues
quite feeble, at her home on
East Ellijay street.
John Miller, one of Shuck
Pen’s cleverest- farmers, spent
a few hours of Saturday af¬
ternoon in the village.
Hon. Pleasant McGhee, of
Fasihon, dropped in upon his
town admirers for a tew
hours’ social intercourse last
Friday.
Electrician Chaffin has been
over from Dalton several days
repairing the Murray tele¬
phone hue and it is now in
excellent condition.
Mrs. Lewis W. Thompson
has been confined to her room
most of this week on account
of a slight illness but she is
improving at the present.
Editor Theron Shope and
Mr. Shelton, traveling auditor
for the Southern railway, ac¬
companied by Misses Clare
Johnson and Marguerite Det
tor were over from Dalton
and toot? dinner at the Temple
House Sunday.
Zack Butler delivered a
highly interesting as well as
instructive religious lecture to
an appreciative audience at
the courthouse Sunday after
noon, Zack’s methods are
quite out of the ordinary, but
there is much ot human na
ture and more of real logic in
what he has to say, and we
are frank to state that there is
much that we can commend
in his characteristic dis
courses.
ESTABLISHED IN 1879.
ONE DOLLAR Per. Annua.
Hon. John Black, of Dal r
was here on business
Monday.
James and Sam Davis, two
clever Dunn citizens, are in
the city.
fesse W. Langston, of.
Amzi, spent Tuesday in
Spring Place.
Revs. Newt Parsons, G. B.
Barton and Meedy Shields are
in Dalton today.
Editcr Harley Tobos, of
Ellijay, was in the city on
business Tuesday.
Bud Poteet, a solid Doogan
denizen, spent Monday among
his numerous town friends.
Sheriff John Johnson is
over from Dalton this after¬
noon, business. attending to official
Thomas N. Peeples and
Faby D^-tnffn, of Ramsey,
ornamented our streets Tues¬
day afternoon.
Hurley Owens and Bill
Hansford, (the famous fisher¬
men) were up from Ball
Ground Monday.
Bachelor Jap Isenhower
came down from Hassler’s
yesterday to the delight of his
many town friends.
Mac Simmons, the “old re¬
liable” tombstone and monu
ment man from Jasper, has
been in the county this week.
Dr. Thomas Colvard and
Mrs. McCroskey, of Temple
Grove, took dinner with the
family of James Arrowood
last Monday.
Boniface Shields has recent¬
ly added materially to the
appearance of his hostelry by
having the surrounding trees
topped and pruned.
Joseph Barron and two
nephews, Cook and Thomp¬
son, of Cherokee county', are
here visiting at the homes ot
Lewis and Babe Thompson.
Notice :—All members of
Spring F. Place Lodge of I. O.
O. are requested to be
present at The our next regular
meeting. newly elected
officers will be installed and
we will also have some nice
refreshments.
C. L. Henry,
Noble Grand.
Bill Isenhower informs us
that the commissary will be
moved from this place to
Crandall during next month
sometime. We shall very
much regret to give up Mr.
Isenhower and his most es
timable family as residents of
our town, and their absence
will prove a distinct loss to
the eoQimunity,