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J. C. HEA&TSELL, Editor.
A BATCH OF
HOT WAFFLES.
Happenings of the Week Broiled Down
to a Delicious Taste.
Cullen Bryant, of Dalton,
was in the city Tuesday.
Van Bishop, of Resaca,
spent Tuesday in Spring
Place.
Dr. George T. Downey and
Col. Tom Skelley, Of Gordon
county, were here on business
Monday.
James Dickson has been
right sick the past ten days
and unable to perform his du¬
ties at the shop.
J. L. Cole went to Dalton
today and brought out a brand
new hack to be used in the
undertaking business.
Laws Ellis and wife, of Su¬
mach, spent several days of
this week in Spring Place,
visiting at the home of Robert
Dunn.
There has been much com
plaint among the farmers of a
poor stand of cotton but the
late rains will no doubt bring
up as much or more than they
care for.
Mrs. Clara Anderson and
children and Anderson Von
berg, of Chattanooga are here
attending their mother, Mrs.
F. Vonberg, who is very low
at the hour of going to press
We hope that she will rally
and may yet recover.
MILLINERY AT WHOLESALE PRICES!
We have bought the stock of Mrs. Rosa
Copeland Freeman at a great sacrafice and
for the next 6 o-days will absolutely sell it
for Wholesale Cost. This is no fake: come
to be convinced. An opportunity to buy
Hats Cheap.
£^- NEXT TO POUND STORE. HERNDON & KAPHAN,
SPRING PLACE, MURRAY COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1903.
Miss Mary Maddox visited
relatives in Dalton Tuesday.
O. P. Ballew, of Wells,
spent a day or two of this
week in Spring Place.
Clifford Moore has resigned
his position at Horan’s, in
Dalton, and is at home for
the summer.
George Kelley has been
doing some artistic painting
and repairing on the front of
Fletcher’s store.
Col. Luke Hehry spent a
portion of last week in Atlan
ta, attending a meeting of the
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows.
J. L. Robinson and family
spent Sunday at the home of
Tate Thomas, visiting his
daughter who has been very
sick several days.
Quite a number of Spring
Place folks attended the clos
ing exercises of Pleasant
Valley High School last Fri
day evening and all report a
most enjoyable occasion.
John Leonard and Rev. O
Parrott made a business trip
to Dalton yesterday. John
tells us that our friend D. F.
Peeples has turned most of
attention to the cattle
ness. There is money in it
properly manipulated.
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Perry Hilliard, Virgil Pend
ley, Lewis Tnompson, Victor
Pierce, J. L. Cole and Robert
Fletcher represented Spring
Place in Dalton yesterday.
Sunday morning at g 130
o’clock Prof. A. R. Howard
and Miss Lizzie Langston
were united in the hoty state
of matrimony at the residence
of Prof. Charles H. Shriner,
Judge T. J. Ovbey officiating.
Many of the farmers are
now busily engaged harvest¬
ing the wheat crop. Reports
from different sections of the
county concerning this crop
vary but we gather from them
that something near an aver¬
age crop will be made., this
season.
The friends of Sam B. Car¬
ter and wife will be interested
to know that their
Minnie was married to an
Alabama gentleman by
name of Massey. Sam writes
that himself and family are
comfortably situated at Cole
City and in the enjoyment of
reasonable health.
Aft - an extremsl^ainfal
illness of several months Mrs.
Maggie Anderson^ wife of Dr.
W, W. Anderson, died this
afternoon at three o’clock.
Her remains will be interred
in the family lot at the city
cemetery tomorrow after
noon. Our genuine sympathy
goes out to the bereaved
band, children and relatives,
She was a noble woman and
her place can never be filled
in the home her presence
made bright for so many
years.
HERE’S SOMETHING
WORTH READING.
Prepared Especially for tlie Jimplecute’s
Appreciated Friends.
John L. Rouse and Lawyer
Charles King spent yesterday
in Dalton.
Jack Keith and family spent
Tuesday night at the home of
Dr. W. W. Anderson.
Postmaster Everett and
Rev. Shields were guests of
Whitfield county friends Sun¬
day night.
“Uncle” Johnnie Robinson
has been real feeble the last
few days but is considerably
better at present.
Charles Williams’ leg,
which was broken some time
ago, has healed nicely and he
is able to go about without his
crutches.
Dr, Barnum Bagwell in
forms us that he expects to
enter college at Sewanee,
Tennessee, in a short time
and remain until his medical
course is completed next De¬
cember.
Spring Place and the sur
rounding country was visited
by a fierce rain, wind and hail
storm Monday afternoon,
The hail was the heaviest that
has fallen here in years and
the wind was very strong for
a few minutes. Considerable
damage resulted to crops and
much fencing and a few out
buildings were blown down.
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ESTABLISHED IN 1879.
ONE DOLLAR Per. Annum
Col. Jesse Terry, and Lieut.
Bob Bates were over from
Dalton Tuesday,
Dr. Price Bates and John
Gregory, of Dennis, spent
today in Dalton on business.
Handsome John O’Neill, of
Dunn, made his town admir¬
ers glad by a short visit Sun¬
day afternoon.
Colquitt Cole has returned
from Athens, where he has
been attending the State Uni¬
versity the past year.
L. D. Snook, our enterpris¬
ing real estate man, has been
in Hawkinsville for a week
and he will probably locate
there permanently.
James Everett thinks he has
discovered a large deposit of
tripoli on his farm two miles
south of the city, and expects
to test the matter at once.
B. W. Gladden came around
to see us Tuesday and says
that he and Hon. Pleas
McGhee had a glorious time
at the reunion in New Orleans
last month.
Jack McCarty, of Dalton,
was killed by a street car in
Chicago Tuesday. His many
friends in this county will be
deeply shocked to learn of his
sudden and tragic death.