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i 1 mm; i * 13 \ r 1 1 ■ *■» > “TELL THE TRUTH.” •4 J. C. HEARTSELL, Editor. A BATCH OF HOT WAFFLES. Happenings of the Week Broiled Down to a Delicious Taste. Col. Ben Bates, of Dennis, spent Sunday here. Sheriff Bill Groves made a business trip to the Eighth Tuesday. Lester Jones has about re¬ covered from a painful attack of pneumonia. Lawyer Luke Henry and wife spent last Friday in Dal¬ ton’s bustling marts * Genial John Nichols, one of Dalton’s most popular drug¬ gists, spent Tuesday in Spring Place. Charlie Williams is prepar¬ ing to erect a substantial store building near the D. & A. de¬ pot site. Several letters reached us too late for mention in this issue. Look out for them next week The young people have or ganized an Epworth League here. We hope that it prove a decided success. An interesting communica tion concerning the cultivation of Bermuda grass appears elsewhere in this issue. Be certain to read it. Recent high waters have done considerable damage to bottom lands along the creeks and rivers. Freshly plowed uplands were also badly gut¬ tered. Thomas Hemphill, one of Ball Ground’s thriftiest and cleverest farmers, was here today, enroute to Dalton with a load of produce from his Sugar Creek farm. We have been requested to announce that the Fifth day meeting of the Baptist association will be held at Hipp’s Chapel, beginning Friday, March 27, 1003. All invited.. Dr. Free Harris was over from Dalton several times the past week, assisting Drs. Brown & Steed in the treat¬ ment of Hon. Green Tread¬ well, whose condition is materially improved at the present. Buff, I? nn paid Montgomery, of visit during us an appreciated Spring Place. a He recent informs trip to us that ke has twenty-one acres in a nursery on his Coosawat tee farm and that he to sell 1,000,000 trees season. John is a mighty industrious citizen and we re joice with him in the success of his enterprise. Guy your garden seed of Fincher & Nichols, Dalton, and get the best. SPRING PLACE, MURRAY COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY’, MARCH 12 1903 , . Blair and Wib Adams, of Doolittle, are in Dalton today. Mitch Leonard is a promi¬ nent figure on our streets this afternoon. Lawrence McClesky, wife and baby spent Tuesday shopping in Dalton. Jerome Smith and lady have moved into the house with Mrs. Martha Henry. Dr. Price Bates spent yes¬ terday in Spring Place, to the delight of his numerous friends. We are pleased to state that Ed Moreland has about recov¬ ered from a severe attack of pneumonia. Anderson Vonberg, of Chattanooga, spent several days recently visiting his par ents at this place. Buford, the young son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Henry, has quite ill the past three weeks but is some better now Alex, the young son of Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Baggett, has been very ill with pneumonia for a week but is considerably improved at present Dr. Sam Brown is having the material delivered on the premises preparatory to the erection of a neat cottage on Ellijay street, just west of Dr. Anderson’s. Dr. Dee Parsons took his departure recently for South McAlister, I. T., where he has accepted a lucrative position till the beginning of the next collegiate year at Chattanooga. The friends of Mrs. W. W. Anderson will regret exceed ingly to learn that her health is still very poor. She has been confined to her rot.m with an obstinate case of asthma for several weeks. Dr. James Glass died of tu¬ berculosis at his home in Poolville, Texas, a short time ago and was buried at Fort Worth. Jim had hundreds of friends in this county who will be deeply pained to learn of his death. Col. Tracy Green has just returned from an extensive tour of Florida and is now stationed at Cohutta Springs, his trip he made it a point to visit all points of in terest in the “Land of Flow* ers” and his thrilling experi ences are well worth going miles to hear. While away 7 his headquarters were at hotel Ponce de Leon, St. Augustine. Everyday next week will be bargain day at my store, Hull Kerr. Actual Circulation 1200 Copies. Notice to Teachers. Applicants for teachers’ li¬ censes next June will please observe the following. the Along with the history of United States, Georgia history tinguished and biographies of dis¬ Americans will be included in the subject matter for the next examination of applicants for license to teach. Applicants who desire to secure a third grade license should study: 1 . The Common School Branches, including Physiolo¬ gy and Hygiene. 2 . Manual of Methods for Georgia Teachers. 3 Page’s Theory and Prac¬ tice-—any edition. To secure a second grade license study the above and also Roark’s Methods in Edu¬ cation. To secure a first grade li¬ cense, study the above lists and bear especially in mind that the questions will be so graded that two or three ques tions cn each subject will be more difficult than .the others. state Applicants licenses for would Jpermanent do well to review the following books or subjects in addition to the above lists: 1. Include Civics with His •°ry. 2 . Spencer’s Essays on Ed¬ ucation. 3 . History and Philosophy of Education. 4 5 . Include Psychology. American . English and Literature . with Reading and Grammar. 6. Include Elementary Phys¬ ics and Physical Geography with Common School Geog raphy. W. D. Guegoky. Buy your garden seed of Fincher & Nichols, Dalton, and get the best. Hogs For Sale. 10 head of thrifty hogs to sell cheap. Apply to Murray County Milling Co., Spring Place. Best Southern grown field and garden seed for sale by Fincher & Nichols, Dalton, Georgia. Ticket No. 224 gets the el¬ egant gold watch at Kerr’s. Look through yours and see if you have the luoky number and call for the watch. Hull Kerr. Drs. Brown & Steed desire to direct your attention to the fact that they have just re¬ ceived a complete line of fresh Drugs and Family Remedies, among the latter being Swamp Root, Cheney’s Expectorant, Castoria, Castor Oil, Turpen¬ tine and numerons other articles needed every day in the family. Prices as low as good goods can be sold. Best Southern grown field and garden seed for sale by Fincher & Nichols, Dalton, Georgia. *' HERE’S SOMETHING WORTH READING. Prepared Especially for the Jimplecute’s Appreciated Friends. Robert Fletcher is slightly improved from a painful ill¬ ness. ’Squire Carters, Patterson Messer, of spent Sunday night in the city. Pansy Heartsell is conva¬ lescing from a dangerous illness of pneumonia. Affable Hyden Tyler, of Dunn, spent last Friday among his Spring Place ad¬ mirers. ’Squire Jack Baynes is in town today, suffering from a most painful inflammation of the eyes. Zeke Kenner has aban¬ doned the idea of moving to Lindale, and will remain in Spring Place. Thomas N. Peeples is mov¬ ing his effects from near Dennis to Dalton, where he expects to reside in the future. John C. McEntire and Newt Stroud, of Sumach, were shaking hahds with their Spring Place admirers Tues¬ day afternoon. Many peach trees are now in full bloom and quite a nice crop may reasonably be ex¬ pected should the weather continue favorable. William Pendley showed us a parcel of roots the other day from an Elberta peach tree set out eleven months ago that measured more than ten feet in length. Pleasant Valley base ball team crossed bats with the Spring Place boys last Satur¬ day. At the close of the game the score stood Spring Place, 30; Pleasant Valley, 7. All farm work in this section has been seriously retarded by continued rains. Just as soon as the weather clears up farmers will go to work in earnest and big changes will soon follow. James Arrovvood is negoti¬ ating a deal to dispose of his interest in the shop business of Ai-rowood & Dunn, at this place. If the trade is made he expects to move to Cohut ta Springs and engage in the manufacture of wagons. The home of Thomas Ram¬ sey and all its contents were totally destroyed by fire at Ducktown, Tennessee, a short time Besides _ ,, his house- „ ago. hold effects Mr. Ramsey lost $400 in paper money. This is a great loss to Tom and he has hundreds of friends here who deeply sympathize with him ESTABLISHED IN 1879. ONE DOLLAR Per. Annual George Kelley and family spent yesterday in Dalton. Elmer Brown delighted his town admirers by a short visit Tuesday. Rev. Meedy W. Shields is visiting relatives in Knoxville, Tennessee. Eli Stanford, of Hassler’s, was an appreciated visitor at our sanctum last Saturday. We are pleased to chronicle that Harris Ethridge is much improved from a short illness. Miss Machen Galt returned yesterday from a delightful visit to relatives at Canton and Ac worth, Frank Duncan, a popular Prune citizen, was mingling with his Spring Place admir¬ ers Tuesday. Miss Tonnye Cole, of Roy ston, is here visiting the families of Dozier T. Brown and Perry Hilliard. John H. O’Neill has our thanks for a copy of Wren’s Lightning Calculator. It is a most useful little book and is full of good rules. Captain W. J. White has been elected to fill the place of Commander of John B. Gordon camp of veterans, made vacant by the death of Major Wilson. “Citizen” has a letter in an¬ other column of this issue of much interest to teachers as well as to the patrons of our schools. His suggestions are by no means without much logic. Read the letter. This morning at one o’clock Miss Jennie Noles died at her home one mile west of Spring Place. She had been in de¬ clining health for twelve months and her death was not unexpected, Her remains will be buried here at ten o’clock a. m., tomorrow. Wanted: An experienced milliner and saleslady to take charge of store. Also young lady to learn the business. Hull Kerf. MONEY TO LEND. One hundred thousand dol-, to place on improved farming lands, one to five years. This money is private funds, and belongs to no grasping corpo¬ ration. Payments to suit borrower, Cannon Building, J. B. Dalton, Terry, Ga. __ Best Southern grown field and garden seed for sale by Fincher & Nichols, Dalton, Georgia.