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J. C. HEARTSELL, Editor.
SPRING PLACE, MURRAY COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 2,
1903.
A BATCH OF
HOT WAFFLES.
Happenings of the Week Broiled Down
to a Delicious Taste.
Sheriff Groves went
Tennessee on official business
this week.
Miss Mary Freeman,
Dalton, is here, a guest of
Miss Katie Keister.
Mrs. Florence Holland
spent this forenoon shopping
among our merchants.
Mrs, Sarah Lance died in
Dalton last Frida) and was
buried at this place Saturday,
Miss Ellen Roberts spent a
day here this week shopping
and visiting Miss Nancy
Everett.
Surveyor Bob Love is in
from his mountain retreat
looking after business affairs
in Spring Place.
Misses Mattie Humphreys
and Effie Lee Brown, of
Ramsey, are here visiting the
family of Sam Fincher.
Rev. Wilhoit, synodical
missionary for the Cumber
land Presbyterian Church, will
occupy the pulpit in the Pres
byterian church here Sunday, '
July 5 th.
Hull Kerr has exchanged
his stock of goods and other
property here to J. W.
ertson of Bull Pen, for a farm
in that district and each has
assumed control of his new
belongings.
A bright boy or girl in each
of the various sections of this
county could employ a
moments week quite profitably
ery letter containing by writing us a
a concise
sume of the neighborhood
from happenings. Let us hear
you.
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JJie 8 EDICT I ON SALE! m
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FOR THE NEXT SIXTY DAYS we will Sell for almost your own figures a Mammoth Stock of SUMMER
MILLINERY, It will soon be time for our Buyer to go East again to buy for the Autumn and Winter Season, and we
close out our. . .
Summer Millinery and Ladies’ Furnishings
at a remarkable low Fgure, in order to make room for our Immense Stock of Fall Millinery and Ladies Furnishings. Our
entire stock of Dress Goods, Black and Colored Petticoats, Muslin Underwear, Night Robes, in fact Everything goes at
a Nominal Low Figure. See us at once for Bargains Money Saved is Money Made. Everything at Money Saving
Prices.....
» COMPANY.
Blair Adams, of Doolittle,
was here on business yester
afternoon.
Prof. Henri Schoeller, of
Dalton has been in this vicin¬
ity the last few days.
j John W. Coffee, of Dunn,
i was shaking hands with
friends here Tuesday evening
Vest Worley and daughter,
of Dennis, spent a day the
past week shopping in Dalton.
Walker Moreland is suffer
ing from a very painful car
buncle on the bottom of one
i of his feet.
Miss Annie Peeples, of
Chattanooga, visited relati ves
out in Doolittle several days
of the past week.
Brawner Smith and wife,
of Dalton, spent Sunday at
this place visiting at the homes
. „ Will T .„ and . Joe _ Ovbey. ^ ,
Or
Commissioner Daily
ory held the regular annual
teachers’ examination here
last Saturday and a large num
her of applicants for licenses;
were on hand.
Why not get up a picnic
and barbecue here for the
Confederate veterans in the
near future? It has been the
intention to do this a long time
we see no use for further
delay. Get together and start
matter
Work at the gold mines is
being pushed forward at a
rapid rate now, and a force of j
men is kept busy day and!
night driving a tunnel which'
about sixty-feet deep at this
time and when completed will
about 120 feet long.
Actual Circulation 1200 Copies.
Marion Elrod was here
Tuesday on business.
Hon. P, McGhee graced
our streets a few hours Tues¬
day afternoon.
Elbert, John T. Kuhn and son,
were in our busy marts
a short time Tuesday.
Capt. Tom Peeples, of Dal¬
ton, delighted his town friends
by a brief visit Tuesday.
Hon. John Black, of Dal¬
ton, was here the other day
delivering oil to our merchants.
ling ’Squire Ross Tyson, a hust¬
Doolittle merchant, made
a business trip to Dalton
today.
James Arrowood and family,
of Cohutta Springs, are here
at the bedside of his mother
who continues quite ill.
Drummer George Barks¬
dale, of Dalton, spent last
Saturday among our mer¬
chants selling them groceries.
The glorious Fourth will
not find any ripe melons in
Murray this time but there
will be plenty of them here a
little later on.
Mark Parsons has accepted
a position as salesman for our
new merchant, S. W. Blass¬
ingam, and invites his friends
to come around,
. . .
IO P „ s ,nc growing nice y
now and with favorable
proper time farmers will soon
p e ~; a “laying-bv ' ”
^ 1 arsons and
~ H-Hart ill Oar
on \\ go to
Ielsv, 'le nexl 1 uesday, to at
of ^ ( ; n the ^ Methodist district Church. Conference
Notice. My Undertaking
department has been moved
to the Keister Drug Store, on
^ ie Public squaie, and Robert
Fletcher will be in charge
during my absence,
John L. Cole.
HERE’S SOMETHING
WORTH READING
Prepared Especially for the Jimplecute’s
Appreciated Friends.
The court house roof is
much in need of a new coat of
good paint.
Mesdames A. L. Keith and
A. J. Mason were shopping
in the city Tuesday.
C. L. Henry and wife spent
Tuesday Sumach with relatives at
and Beaverdale.
Horace Moore has been
confined to his room with
malarial fever since Friday.
Quite a lot of our people
calculate going to Dalton to
celebrate the glorious Fourth,
Saturday.
T. E. Everett, of Ocoee,
Tennessee, is visiting the fam¬
ily of P r A. Gates, two miles
south of town.
Drummers Frank Baker
and Bob Gray, of Dalton,
spent last Saturday among
our thriving tradesmen.
’Squire Jim Kelly’s friends
will be pleased to hear of his
much improved health. He
is able to be up and about now
for the first time in several
weeks.
The Murray Teachers’ In¬
stitute will meet at Pleasant
Valley next Monday, with
Prof. A. L. Brewer as expert
instructor. An interesting
program has been announced
for each day.
We have been requested to
announce that there will be a
Confederate veterans picnic at
Tyson’s spring, in Doolittle
district, on the 4th Saturday
in this month. Everybody
invited to come with well
filled baskets and enjoy the
f ea st.
ESTABLISHED IN 1879.
ONE DOLLAR Per. Annum
Dr. John Steed went up to
see his father in Oatoosa coun¬
ty yesterday.
Will Roberts and his mother
were here patronizing our
merchants yesterday.
George Kerr has accepted a
clerkship in the store with
merchant J. W. Roberstson,
Ilomer Davis, of Dunn,
delighted his Spring Place ad¬
mirers by a pop call yesterday.
Our good friend Eli Stan¬
ford is here today giving the
glad hand to his numerous
town friends.
Sam Blassingame has been
suffering from a slight indis¬
position since Sunday but is
better at present.
Snook & Robinson are
doing a thriving real estate
business now and have a num¬
ber of good deals on foot.
The council should see to it
tha., considerable work be
done on the sidewalke during
the summer and fall. Let us
have more and better foot¬
ways for pedestrians.
Be sure and read the an¬
nouncement of merchant
Robertson in this issue. He
means business and says he is
going to slash prices on shoes,
dry goods, notions and cloth¬
ing of every kind.
Dr. Sam Brown will leave
this week for Dalton where
he expects to find a wider
field for the practice of his
profession. He is one of our
most progressive citizens and
Spring Place regrets very
much to give him up.