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The Gainesville Eagle. Official Organ qf Hall County. Official Organ of HVu'te County. Official Organ of the City of Gainesville. Entered at the Gainesville Postoffi.ee as Second-class mail matter. W. H. CRAIG, Editor and Business Manager. Thursday, August 25, 1898. Democratic Ticket. For Governor, A. I). Candder. For Secretary of State, Phil Cook. For Comptroller-General, W. A. Wright. For Commissioner of Agriculture, (). B. Stevens. For State School Commissioner, G. R. Glenn. For Attorney-General, J. M. Terrell. For Prison Commissioner, J. S. Turner. For State Treasurer, W. J. Speer. For Chief .1 ustice, T. J. Simmons. For Associate J ustices, W. 11. Fish, 11. T. Lewis. For Congressman, F. C. Tate. For State Senator, J. K. Thompson. For Representatives, A. R. Smith, W. B. Sloan. For Clerk, T. M. Bell. For Sheriff, A. J. Mundy. For Treasurer, J. R. Boone. For Tax Receiver, W. R. Robe jtson. For Tax Collector, M. J. Charles. For Surveyor, T. Moreno. For Coroner, A. B. C. Dorsey. CANDLER OPENS THE BALL. Hon. A. I). Candler formally opened the State campaign last Sat urday at Milledgeville. The speech was well worthy an aspirant for the highest office in the gift of the peo ple of the great state of Georgia. Col. Candler in his political speeches, as in his daily conversation, is honest and sincere and talks right to the point. He has gone into the campaign with a vigor which characterizes him in all his undertakings. He will mAp.t. nannla nf all nartipfl in all meet me people oi an parties in an parts tpf Georgia face to face before the election m October and will give them good talk “straight from the shoulder.” In his speech last Saturday he ex posed and denounced in proper terms seme dirty methods which are being used against him as the Democratic candidate and he will continue to strike in the same sturdy way. Allen I). Candler has all the elements which Georgia needs in a governor. He is already well known to the masses of the people, but be fore this campaign is over they will know him still better. As a con sequence they will give him one of the greatest majorities, if not the very greatest, that any man ever re ceived in this state. There is no doubt that fusion is on hand between the Republicans and Populists this year, the former to help the latter in the Governorship and the latter to help the former in the Congressional eleetions. While this amalgamation is in no wise dangerous, it is reassuring to know that we have a gubernatorial candi date who will not have to be toted by the party, but who is himself an invincible leader. GOLD FOR COTTON PICKERS. If the statement sent out by the New York banks is correct cotton pickers will be paid to a very great extent this year in gold. It is the custom of Southern banks to get currency from the New York banks, at the beginning of the cotton sea son, with which to harvest and move the cotton crop. They, get small bills to facilitate the paying of the cotton pickers. This year it seems that the New York banks are not able to respond to the demand of their customers in the South for pa per money. They have not more than enough for their own needs, and they cannot get any from the treasury. The consequence is that gold will have to be used in moving the cotton crop. The prospect is therefore that there will be plenty of gold in circulation in the South tins year. w WE WANT TO HEAR CANDLER. There will be a mass meeting of Hall county Democrats at'the court house on first Tuesday in September to select a new executive committee. Perhaps four-fifths of our people are anxious to have an address from : Cel. Candler, and he tells us that as he has no other appointment on that day, in all probability he with speak to the people of Hall county. ; We will give notice definitely next week, and in the tnean time expect to have the Plow Boy of Pigeon Roost with us. MOTHER ENGLAND’S NEUTRALITY. It is impossible to calculate the as sistance England has been to us during the war with Spain. When England announced her neutrality it meant that other nations must fol low, for Britannia rules the ocean. It meant that there must be a fair tight. Then acting on her neutrality England pushed Dewey’s ships from the banks at Hong Kong that they might go to Manila and smash the Spanish fleet. Being a young nation and used to the ways of peace, we are not up on the fine art of diplomacy, which con sists mainly in saying nothing and making the enemy think you hold a royal flush ; but old Mother England, who understands all about the busi ness, did the diploming for us by giving the world to understand that the old blue hen would stand by her chickens. It was no infraction of the laws of neutrality when the Stars and Stripes were floated all over England on the Fourth of July, and the Queen’s troops came over the line of Canada and marched with ours, but the incidents were worth a thousand cannons to our cause. A short while ago the French and German papers were vehement in the declaration that Dewey would not be allowed to bombard Manila. A strong German Squadron was sent there, and it became very officious and meddlesome. Prince Henry of Germany went to Manila, and Dewey met him courteously and told him he was glad to see him, but advised him to keep out of the line of his fire when the trouble began with the Spanish. That Germany contemplated inter ference there can be no question, but the shadow of the English Jack was always across her path. In his anxiety the commander of the German squadron asked Captain Chichester of the English squadron, what he expected to do in case Admiral Dewey began the bombard ment. The captain answered, sen tentiously, “That is only kuown to myself and Dewey.” That was worth another thousand cannon to the American arms. Then the critical hour came, on that fateful 12th of August, when Dewey had demanded the surrender of Manila and it had been refused. The German war vessels stood in Manila bay, bristling with guns ready for action. The ships of Russia were there and the ships of France and Japan. Destiny brooded over the scene. Something was going to happen—and what ? Was American nerve equal to the emergency? We will see. The incomparable Dewey stepped upon the bridge of the Olynjpia and .with the international signal,’ So’that all could read, he signaled these words : “f Will need the waters of the bay. All foreign ships must move away.” No one moved. There was suspense for per haps a minute. Then the British vessels began to move. They went among Dewey’s ships and passed to the rear. The ships of Japan fol lowed. Then the band on Her Majesty’s Ship Imraortalite struck up the “Star Spangled Banner.” That was worth several thousand cannons to us, yet it was strictly within the bounds of neutrality. They could play whatever tune they wished. The ships of Germany slowly and sullenly moved out to the other side. The French and Russians followed. Then Dewey blaz'd away at Manila. Long live the Anglo Saxon ! Long live grand old England. THAD PICKETT, GUERILLA. Col. Candler addressed the citi zens of Forsyth county at Cumming Tuesday. Just before the speaking began, which was te be from a stand erected in the court house yard, Sheriff Strickland approached Col. Candler and said that Rev. Thad Pickett was on hand and wanted a division of time. “All right!” responded Candler “On equal terms ?” inquired the sheriff. “Yes, sir; on equal terms,” re plied the Democratic standard bearer. Strickland hurried away. Can dler waited about 20 minutes, but no Pickett. Then George Bell went to find him. Mr. Bell re turned and reported that he had found Thaddeus, who had told him he was “going to dinner.” Col. Candler proceeded with his speech, but pretty soon the sheriff appeared on the court house steps and cried: “Everybody come into the court house and hear Rev. Thaddeus Pickett address the peo ple on the issues of the day I” Most of the Pops skedaddled away to bear their idol, and the result was , a double-barreled speaking. There is no need for us to com ment on the action of this rabid dis organizer. Au intelligent public can form their own verdict. BURYING THE HATCHET. If Gen. “Joe” Wheeler thinks that anybody in this part of the country likes him less because, in the excite ment of the moment, he dropped thirty odd years out of his calendar at Santiago and told his men to go in and clean out the infernal Yankees, let him come to New York and see how a touch of nature makes the whole country kin.—N. Y. Tribune. KNOCKED OUT AT LAST. Among the hopeful signs of the times is the apparent consent of many of the free silver leaders for prosperity to come under the reign of the gold standard. Only a short while ago, according to these silver phobists, the horizon in all directions was filled with portents of calamity. Conspicuous among these phobists have been the Atlanta Constitution and Augusta Chronicle, both of whose editors ran for national dele gate in 1892 and were allotted tin medals, and both of whom W’ere elected in 1896 on the crest of the free silver wave and went to Chicago rampant, clamorous, and spitting cot ton for Teller, a chronic and unre lenting Republican. After helping to baptize the Democratic party in the infamy of repudiation and anarchism in behalf of the free silver heresy, it was natural to expect these gentlemen would hold out as nearly forever as possible that the country was going to the demnition bow wows at a reasonably rapid gait in consequence of the crime of ’73. But the gentlemen have become wearied of their hopeless uphill job. The tasks of Sisyphus at his stone and Ixion at his wheel were no less fruitful of results than the tasks of Messrs. Walsh and Howell in barking at the irresistible march of the inevitable. But being better situated than their pagan prototypes, they can stop when the procession runs over them. We are glad to see these two unregenerate and unrecon structed organs of gastritis tuning their lutes to the higher and better strains of optimism and sunshine. As strange as it may seem, the Con stitution of last Sunday contained this: The Constitution predicts a splendid business winter. Conditions are ripe for a change. There are better times ahead, and from all sides come testimonials of the awakening impulse of trade revival. The farmer sees it in his overburdened store houses and overrunning granaries; the merchants and the factories feel it in the increased demand for their goods and when once trade revival has been started, it wiil not stop until it has gone the full length of the line. With return of peace, after glorious victory to American arms on land and sea, confidence in the stability of the government, which, though never doubted, has now established itself more firmly than ever in every section of the country, has started off the revival in trade interests of every kind. It is the opinion of many of the lead ing business men in the city that the flood of prosperity has already started and that the interests which are usually the last to feel the presence of good times have begun to revive and give token of still further advancement. And our friend the Chronicle, whose editor once pretended to be lieve the gold standard meant un qualified disaster, has this: All of the political economists and the expert authorities in matters of com merce predict a season of prosperity in trade, and those interested in the sputh foresee unusual opportunities for the business men of this section. * Augusta merchants are on the qui viVe for a business this fall and winter. One of the substantial evidences that Augusta is all right is to be found in the considerable amount of building that is going on this summer. There is no bet ter evidence of the prosperity of a city than the fact that its monied men are putting their money in real estate. We gladly welcome the Constitu tion and Chronicle into the ranks of those who think more of the country than free silver. WILL IT EVER STOP ? The State tax rate was fixed Mon day by the Governor at 6.20 mills, instead of 5.21 as was the rate last year. Returns from 136 counties have been received, which show a falling off from last year’s values of $7,750,- 000. The increase is made necessary by the increase of $400,000 in the com mon school fund. Where is this thing going to stop ? Is it reasonable to suppose that the pensioners and the schools have reached the point of contentment that they will not clamor for more ? Those three estimable men who ran for governor last spring were loud in their declarations that taxes were too high and that the brakes would have to be put on and the leaks stopped. And yet these three gentlemen held an astonishing unity of opinion that the schools and the pensions should not be touched. Now, to the mind of a layman who has no axe to grind it is patent that the place to apply the brakes and the corks is the common schools and the pensions. The pension laws should be revised and no pension paid to a man who does not need it to aid him in sup porting himself and family. Many of our wealthy men are drawing pensions paid for by the poor. Many of them draw their money and loan it to their poor neighbors at high rates of interest. This is an outrage,. The way to better the common schools is to get better teachers, and not by stringing the term out over six months in the year. Very few poor children can afford to go more than three months, and many can not go at all, for they have to work all the time to enable their fathers to pay their taxes. A PROPHECY. We wish to go on record early. Here is the way we will guess the Republican national ticket will read in 1900 : . For President—William McKin ley of Ohio. For Vice-President —Theodore Roosevelt of New York. And in addition we will guess that the ticket will be elected. COL. CANDLER ON SILVER. * ] > There is likely to be a question as . to what Col. Candler said in respect to silver at Milledgeville in his • speech opening his campaign. 1 The Macon Telegraph quotes him 1 as follows : “Free silver is not a car- < dinal doctrine of the Democratic , party. There are Democrats as true 1 and loyal as I am who believe in the , gold standard. I will not read them i out of the party. I don’t know what ' is absolutely best to be done. I ex- 1 . pect them to get into line with me. 1 If I find I am wrong, I will go to ' • them and say so. Democracy is i worth more to me than either gold ' , or silver.” ; Our report of the speech does not ' 1 touch upon what Col. Candler said ’ on the silver question, but the Con- 1 • stitution, which purports to give .the ’ full text of the speech, has quite a ’ , different report of what he said on ' ’ that question. We do not undertake to say whether the Telegraph’s or the Con- ' ■ stitution’s report is the correct one, 1 i but if the Telegraph’s report is the ' correct one Col. Candler has strength ened himself greatly with those Dem ocrats of the State who are confident that the best interest of the country | i require the maintenance of the gold , standard. There is room for an hon , est difference of opinion. Besides, the declaration appeared in the na- 1 tional platform of the Democratic > party for the first time in 1896. It ] i is a declaration that is not essential ; to the success of the democratic party. Indeed, it is a question wheth ' er the party’s chances for success would not be better without it than ■ with it. Os course, as long as it is a , part of the Democratic platform it will have the support of the great . majority of Democratic votes, but 1 there will always be enough Demo crats in national campaigns who will 1 1 oppose it to endanger the success of i ■ the party.—Savannah News, t j We can dispel all doubt on this ’ question. We showed Colonel Candler the above editorial of the j News, and after reading it he said, ’ with his usual emphasis and direct , ness, that the Macon Telegraph’s re- , ’ port was correct. Said he : “I have , J declared in every speech I have made ’ in the state during the present year [ that free coinage of silver is not a i cardinal doctrine of the Democratic ’ party.” ’ We think this settles it. ■ ! MRS. HOBSON’S PLAN. . The heroic act of Lieutenant Hob -1 son, in sinking the Merrimac, is hav . ing a beneficial influence in more ’ ways than one. It is not only in l-- . , J r spiring our navy with an unconquer ’ able spirit, l?ut it is creating in moth ers a desire that their sons shall be ready to perform acts of heroism . whenever the opportunity presents . itself, and is showing them thate if they would have sons who would ’-e --} fleet credit upon them and their cor!n - try they must be good mothers. Zy J saying that they ipust be good m jfc s ers is meant something more tfyan j that they must be kind. It is mei#nt that they must train up their stliis t r I , properly. They must make thia s God-fearing men with high idealsfof ’ the duties and obligations of Ise. ’ Lieutenant Hobson was fortunatewn having a good mother—a mot®>r who made it possible for him toße what he is. In an interview, in 7 New York a day or two ago, Mrs. Hobson gave her views as to how a boy should be trained. In the course of her talk she said : “Teach boys first to fear God and serve » Him. Teach them to be upright, honest t and to do their duty always and to be frank and amiable. A mother should be a companion to her sons. There’s a 5 great deal in that. By companionship with him a mother keeps her boy’s confi- > dence. Give him the best books to read . —books that will give him high ideals, high purposes; books that will stimulate him and teach him never to fall short of j his most lofty purposes.” The foregoing should sink deeply in the minds of mothers who have ? sons. The wish of every mother j who is worthy of the name of mother » is that her sons shall become worthy t citizens, and shall achieve success of r some kind. They can, in almost ev ery instance, make or mar their ca- > reers. Those mothers who follow > the course marked out by Mrs. Hob -3 son are certain to be well repaid for 3 their trouble, by seeing their sons > become honored and respected citi j zens and, in some instances, called to r high and responsible positions. i BUSINESS PROSPERITY. > The return of peace will mark the ; era of business prosperity. For some ; time natural conditions have been ia i vorable to a healthy state of com merce and manufacturing. Last I year’s crops were good and prices i fairly high. This year holds out a ■ promise of a repetition of last year’s ' wealth of crops. During the past 12 ; months exports both of agricultural and manufactured products have i been unprecedented in the history of i the country. The majority of rad . roads are reporting an increase .n i their earning and bank clearances 1 I have been constantly on the gain • within the last few months. > . JUDGE ESTES. We commend to the legislators from this section of the State the candidacy of Judge J. B. Estes, of Gainesville, for the judgeship of the Northeastern circuit. Judge Estes will be remembered by members of . the recent convention for his admira s ble speech placing Colonel Candler I in nomination for governor. To the people of North Georgia and the bar of the State he is known as a fine lawyemnd excellent judge, as well * as an honorable and honored citizen of Georgia. It is likely that Judge < Estes will be elected by a compli mentary vote.—Augusta Chronicle, i FREE COINAGE OF HONESTY NEEDED. We are glad to see the press of the State take up the matter of needed reform in our tax laws. The Greensboro Herald and Journal, in closing a very timely article, com menting on the returns from Green county, says: “We admit, the rate of taxation in Georgia is high. It will continue to be so, until people act honest when they face the tax receiver. What we need is rigid enforcement of law. Let a board of equalizers be appoint ed, and where false returns are made, let the individual who made the re turns be indicted and prosecuted. By the method we suggest really dis honest people will be punished, and the conscience of those who do not intend to do wrong, but follow the debauching example set by perhaps wealthier neighbors, will be aroused. Then taxes will cease to be a burden to the poor, and the State will make an honorable, creditable showing to the world.” JACKSON COUNTY DEMOCRATS. The Democrats of Jackson county held a primary last Wednesday and nominated the following ticket: For Representatives, J. N. Hold er, J. R. Hoscii. Clerk and Treasurer, A. C. Ap pleby. Sheriff, W. T. Stevens. Tax Collector, A. H. Brook. Tax Receiver, G. M. D. Moon. Surveyor, C. O. Pittman. Coroner, Lee Johnson. About 1,300 votes were cast, which is a good showing. The old regime having been prac tically eliminated, the prospects of success are very bright for the party in Jackson county. BEFORE AND AFTER TAKING. Most all of the foreign nations, now that the war is about over, are parading the fact that they are our friends. A little while ago, old moth er England was about the only one of the lot that exhibited anything like substantial sympathy for our government. The man on top usually has plenty of fair weather friends, while the “under dog” gets a kick from everybody. We are at least happy that we are not the under dog. BLEEDING KANSAS. There is more money in Kansas than the owners of it can find any use for. Bank Examiner Briedenthal has been advised by a number of bankers that their vaults are full to oveiflowing, and that they cannot find profitable investments. In one town of 400 population there is a bank which has deposits of more than SIOO,OOO, with only $25,000 loaned, and with cash and sight exchange amounting to $82,000. The exam iner says there is more than S2OO for every man, woman and child in the town. _ TGu MUCH SINGING. Editor of The Eagle : I was sorry to read in the Eagle, under the heading of “Much Sing ing,” a notice of an all-day singing in South Bend Methodist church on the 3d Sunday in September. “Too Much Singing” would have been a more appropriate heading, when the duty of that church to its conference is considered. South Bend cannot be ignorant of the decision of the District Conference in our midst, some years ago. That conference condemned all-day singing meetings, especially on the Lord’s Day, as be ing opposed to the interests of Christ’s kingdom. I hope South Bend will reconsider her action and wisely resolve to leave all-day sing ings, especially on Sabbath days, to Sabbath-breakers and to worldlings who fear not God and observe not His day. This day, says Ralston, a standard Methodist authority, can only be properly hallowed by being devoted strictly and fully to the worship of God and attendance upon religious duties. It is idle to say that all-day singing has anything to do with the worship of God. It is neither wor ship nor a religious duty. It has no more to do with the worship ©f Almighty God than the religion of the Comanche Indians has to do with the salvation of the human race. There are six churches in Hall circuit. South Bend is one, and a prominent church. It is said it evinced its independence (for want of a better word) by discarding the services of the conference appointed preacher and calling a Baptist preach er to rnn a protracted meeting within its walls last year. The churches see the fruit of that meeting in the present attitude of that church. The all day singing meetings are exclu sively Baptist. I mean nothing but love to my Baptist brethren when I say that only Baptist churches have opened their houses of worship for all-day singing meetings. It is quite foreign to use Methodist churches for such purposes. The churches call upon South Bend to repair the breach by chang ing its notice to an all-day religious meeting, instead of all-day singing meeting. What if the crowd is less because the way is narrower; the I blessing of God will attend a meet ing that has for its object the salva tion of souls and the sanctification of believers. Chas. R. Clemons. The Glades, Aug. 22, 1898. The Augusta Chronicle thinks that Georgia farmers have lost $1,000,000 by not canning, preserving and dis tilling their peaches this year. Leisurely Lane. la there no road now to Leisurely lane? We 1 traveled it long ago, ] ▲ place for the lagging of leisurely steps, sweet and shady and slow. ] There were rims of restful hills beyond and fields of dreamful wheat, . * With shadows of clouds across them blown and , poppies asleep at our feet. . < There lads and maids on a Sunday met and strolled them two and two. 1 The leaves they laced in a roof o’erhead, and only the sun peered through. And there was time to gather a rose and time for a wood bird's call And plenty of time to sit by'a stream and ( hearken its ripple and fall. la there no road now to Leisurely lane? God knows we have hurried afarl There was once a lamp through the brooding , dusk and over the tree a star. There was once a breath of the clover bloom— Sweet heaven, we have hurried so long!— , And there was a gate by a white rose clasped and out of the dusk a song. That song—the echo is strange and sweet. The voice—it is weak and old. It hath no part with its fierce, wild rusa and / this hard, mad tight for gold. It hath no part with the clamor and din and the jarring of wheel and stone. Oh, listen, my heart, and forget—forget that i we reap the bread we have sown! Is there no road now to Leisurely lane, where lingering, one by one. The summoning bells of t wilight time over the meadows blown May find us strolling our homeward way, glad of the evening star? Is there no road now to Leisurely lane? God ; knows we have hurried afar! —Ladies' Home Journal. | The Song of the Corn. I was dry and dusty. I was weak and weary. Now I'm glad and lusty, And the earth looks cheery. Oh, the soaking, Mirth provoking, Laughter making raiul Soft and silky, Mild and milky, Grows my golden grain. Listen to the laughter That my leaves are making When the winds come after Kisses, softly shaking! Oh, health giving, Breathing, living, Heaven pouring rain I Come, caress me. Kiss me, bless me, Once and once again! Let your hearts be singing! Peal your paeans, peoples! Set the joy bells ringing In the lofty steeples! Praises render To the sender Os the joyous rain, Os the living, The life giving, Os the precious rain! —John P. Sjolander. A Man of War. He perched himself upon a box, And loud of war talked he. He fairly frothed to drive the dons Pellmell into the sea. He did not fear torpedo boats And mines and cruisers—no. We thought we'd have to hold him back Or else to war he'd go. The way he talked of what he’d do Made every cheek grow pale, And often 'neath his warlike glance The stoutest heart did quail. A thousand Spaniards could not scare Nor put him once to flight. You would have thought he oould have checked The lightning in its might. The while I listened to his boasts A chill ran through my blood. I saw the Spanish navy sink Into the angry flood. And some one said, “Let Uncle Sam Just hire this hero true, And Morro's flag will not be seen When he his job gets through." At last a woman small and weak Before us did appear. She, stopped the moment she beheld This fearless volunteer. "Josephus!” That was all she said. Each syllable we heard. He left his box and followed her Nor spoke another word. —Cincinnati Times-Star. What Frances Willard Lived Vox* * . She lived for those yho ioved her, r or who knAw her true, For the 1 wen that smiled above her And'r ■ ■ ted her spirit, too, For human ties that bound her, For the tasks that God assigned her, For the bright hopes yet to find her And the good that she could do. She loved to held communion With all that was divine, To feel there was a union 'Twixt nature’s heart and thine, To profit by affliction, Reap truths from fields of fiction, Grow wiser from conviction And fulfill God’s grand design. She lived to hail the season, By Rifted ones foretold, When man shall live by reason And not alone for gold. , For “the cause” that lacks assistance, For the wrong that needs resistance, For the future in the distance And the good that she could do. -Eva A. L. Cadwell in Cleveland Leader. The climax of the Klondike craze appears to have been reached and passed. Fortunes that promised to be millions have dwindled to a few thousands, and if a venturesome mi ner can get home with $5,000 or SIO,OOO now, he is extremely fortu nate. There is a serions question whether the reward is, in most cases, worth the labor and the hardship. Although the beer-providing na liois, Germany, Great Britain and the United States appear to be rul ing the world, still Gen. 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The high standing of the Cali i FORNiA Fig Syrup Co. with the medi , cal profession, and the satisfaction ! which the genuine Syrup of Figs has given to millions of families, makes the name of the Company a guaranty’ of the excellence of its remedy. It is far in advance of all other laxatives, as it acts on the kidneys, liver and bowels without irritating or weaken ing them, and it does not gripe nor nauseate. In order to get its beneficial effects, please remember the name of the Company CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. LoriSVILLE. Ky. NEW TORE. N. Y. Good Shave. LEE PARNELL, Barber. ARLINGTON BLOCK. Hot and Cold Baths. First-class Appointments. C. H. WINBURN, DENTIST. CROWN and Bridge work a Specialty. A lib eral amoun of patronage solicited. ; Office, boom 3, Gordon block, up stairs. PN.C.niMSin, HOTOGRAPHERS! laninrsville, <»n. All work executed in the highest style I of the art, at reasonable prices. Make a specialty of copying and enlarging. Gallery i Northeast Side Sauare. Notice of Land to Rent. ' GEORGIA—HaII County. I 1, as guardian of George W. Garner, imbecile, will rent at public outcry, before the court i house door, in Gainesville. Ga., on the first i Tuesday in September, 189 s, within the legal ; hours of sale, to the highest bidder, for the year 1899, the farm in Big Hickory district, in said county, known as the Geo. W. Garner farm, severity acres in cultivation, forty acres bottom land, balance good upland; dwelling and three tenant houses on the place. Terms of renting: Note, with good security, due November 1,1899. A. J. BENNETT, Guardian of Geo. W. Garner.