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The Gainesville Eajle.
Entered at the Gainesville Postoffice as
Second-class mail matter.
Ni. H. CRAIG,
Editor and Business Manager.
Thursday, October 13, 1898.
Democratic Ticket.
For Congressman,
F. C. Tate
THINK OF THESE THINGS.
Last Wednesday’s election in Hall
county brings us to the considera
tion of some things worthy of pro
found thought. We see a recurrence
of the necessity for an exclusive
white Democratic primary, so as to
exclude, the participation of un
friendly elements whose only motive
is to put weak candidates upon the
party. The Eagle has for several
years advocated this course, as its
readers will bear testimony. It now
renews its pleadings for this the only
thing that can properly be called a
Democratic primary. A primary
participated in by conglomerate ele
ments is a fraud and bumbug. It is
a witches’ cauldron into which can
be pitched dead toads as well as
wholesome flesh.
Os course we will keep our gates
open for the returning prodigals, the
Populists, but those we receive must
be either by letter or profession, as
our good Baptist brethren would
say, and must be known to have hon
esty of purpose. This thing of Tom,
Dick, and Harry, hit or miss, will
not do for Democracy.
And there is another thing which
we must take into serious considera
tion, a question of most vital import
to the Democratic party. We refer
to the traitors in our own ranks, the
knifers who stab the nominees in
the dark. How to reach them we
do not know. They are the deadly
germs, the baccilli that are eating
away the tissues of the party. With
an open enemy, we have nothing to
fear; but we may well tremble with
alarm when we find that men who
pretend to be fighting with us shoul
der to shoulder carry good fellowship
in one hand and a stiletto in the
other.
Far over and above the question
of white Democratic primaries looms
the momentous question of the in
tegrity of our own voters. A num
ber of hitherto Populists voted with
us in the last primaries, and they
stuck to us generally on election day.
Look at the result two years ago :
Robertson for tax receiver 548 ma
jority, and Redwine for senate 130
majority—a difference of 518, and
both of them nominees of the party.
Look at the result last week : Charles
for tax collector 907 majority, and
Mundy for sheriff 544 majority, a
difference of 363, and both nominees
of the party, men whom the voters
had pledged themselves to support.
It will not do to say that Charles got
more Populist votes than Mundy.
The only solution is that Mundy
was the victim of the traitorous
knifers. Through it all we see the
trail of the serpent.
The situation is alarming. It has
come to the pass with a vast
number of Democrats, who are Dem
ocrats only in name, that if a nom
inee suits them they vote for him; if
not, they give him the vest-pocket
stiletto.
We believe in absolute honesty in
politics, as in business matters be
tween man and man. Eyery one
who knows us knows that we claim
to be a Democrat, and if we
should ever so far lose our sense of
honor as to vote a ticket with as
much as a fly-speck on it we hope to
be from that time forever dis
franchised. We do not say it is as
honest to steal a peck of potatoes as
to steal a name off a ticket that you
have given your pledge to support,
but we had just lief do it. We may
be extreme, but that is our preference,
and no one else is responsible for it.
Let us, then, again lift our eyes
and our understanding to the urgent
necessity of a straight white Demo
cratic primary. And, above all, let
us look to the cleansing and dis
infection of our own ranks, where
treason, with dissembling fingers, is
working the sure and deadly work of
disintegration.
JACKSON REDEEMED.
The result of the election in the
Populist-ridden county of Jackson is
particularly gratifying. The Demo
crats won by majorities ranging from
265 for Brock for tax receiver to
419 for Holder for legislature. The
Democrats won by putting new men
and good men on their ticket and
then healing all differences among
themselves and getting their voters
to the polls. This is the whole story.
Jackson is naturally a Democratic
county.
The Democrats of Jackson now
know the road to success, and if on
every election year they do as they
have done this year they will suc
ceed. If not, they may be handed
over to the heathen for punishment.
The Lord loved his people, Israel,
but when they sinned, the Philistines
were allowed to have it out with
them.
Keep your phylacteries rubbed up
and your lights on the hilltops,
brethren of Jackson, and it will be
well with you henceforth as now.
HALL COUNTY’S PUBLIC SERVANTS.
Hall county has this year, as she
has almost invariably done in the
past, elected her best man to office.
The majority of them have been
elected to succed themselves, having
been found true, loyal, and efficient
public servants. The others are men
whose competency and high integrity
in other places is a guarantee that
the people’s interests will be well
served at their hands.
OUR LEGISLATORS.
A. R. Smith, our senior member
of legislature, is a man handsomely
equipped for the exacting duties of
making and helping to make our
country’s laws. His long career as
Clerk of the Superior court has given
him an intimate acquaintance
with the laws, and having once been
a farmer boy, he knows the needs of
all classes from the laborer to the
capitalist. We predict that he will
take a leading part in legislative
affairs. He is the very essence of
courtesy, a good-fellow without a
peer, and has as many personal
friends as any man in the state.
W. B. Sloan, our junior represen
tative, is a popular and talented
young lawyer, who has resided in
Gainesville for the past five years.
He, too, will take a leading part in
legislative proceedings, for he is a
ready debater, a clear and forceful
reasoner, and has those fine qualities
of suavity that draw men to him.
He also came up from the plow
handles and is in close touch with
the aspirations of the common peo
ple. They do say that he told it
around during the canvass that he
used to plow a bull when a boy.
Whether this story is true or not,
the people setm to have believed it.
We can state it as a fact, however,
that he kissed several hundred ba
bies and was very popular with the
ladies, which shows that he is quite
“fly” as a politician.
OUR COUNTY CLERK.
Who is there in North Georgia—
man, woman, or child—that doesn’t
knows Tom Bell? He knows more
about politics than the man that
made them. He can beat the ex
perts at kissing babies and “making
up” to the ladies. But the secret of
Tom’s popularity is his hair-trigger
readiness to do a favor. In this he
stands pre-eminent. Unselfishness is
his strongest characteristic. We
may safely say no one ever appealed
to him in vain. This is the reason
that he, a man with the highest order
of business efficiency and for years
enjoying a good salary, is still empty
handed in this world’s goods. But
he has that which is more precious
tharf* gold—the affections of multi
tudes of people. Tom will make a
Clerk whose work can well afford to
be weighed in the balance of the
most scrutinizing criticism. Hall
county can congratulate herself upon
her Clerks. Alf Smith has made a
record for accurate and conscientious
work that is known throughout the
entire state.
OUR SHERIFF.
Andy Mundy has been sheriff so
long that the words “Mundy” and
“Sheriff” have become synonymous
terms. His splendid efficiency is the
only explanation for his long term of
office. A man must make a good
officer in order to be elected as often
as Mundy. He is thoroughly prac
tical in the affairs of the Sheriff’s
office—a quiet, unexcitable, pains
taking official, and will probably
occupy the office as long as he wants
it. As illustrative of his thoroughly
business-like turn of mind, it used to
be told of Mundy that when he was
first elected J. P. in Wilson’s district
many years ago, a culprit was
brought before him for trial. Justice
Mundy heard the evidence through,
which was very damaging, and then
after methodically thumbing through
his law books for an hour or so, he
quietly sentenced the fellow to be
hung. This may not be true, but it
is true that Andy is the fellow who
carried the election news to Uncle
Aleck Stringer once upon a time.
Uncle Aleck had been running for
something or other, as was his habit
in those days, and Andy had staid in
town until the votes had been
counted, and on his way home
dropped in on Uncle Aleck to talk
about the result. After the votes
of the various aspirants had been
told over, Uncle Aleck inquired,
“Well, how many did I get?”
Mundy replied, in an absent-minded
way, and stammering a little, “I—l
—never heardyour name mentioned.”
TAY RECEIVER.
W. Rufus Robertson has polled
great majorities in the three races he
has run, which eloquently attests his
popularity among the people. He is
amiable, accommodating, agreeable—
the very soul of courtesy. He per
forms his duties as becomes an
honorable and efficient public servant,
and enjoys the esteem of his fellow
citizens.
TAX COLLECTOR.
Mel. Charles, though a bit lame, is
a great hustler in a canvass, and gets
there with the foremost. He is, first
of all, a No. 1 tax collector. Next
in order of importance, he is a No. 1
Democrat, and always gives strength
to the ticket. He is a handy man
with the pen, keeps nice books, and
makes them balance to a penny.
Besides, he rakes into the treasury
all the money to be had.
TREASURER.
Joe Boone, “Old Honesty,” has
been there a long time, and we can’t
remember the election year when
some one wasn’t going to beat him
because he had “been there long
enough.” This is the only kick. The
fact is, this is a mighty important
office, and it is something to the
county to have a treasurer who is
known as “Honest Joe.” Many
counties have suffered from not hav
ing an “Honest Joe” to fumble over
its money. Some time ago, on a
committee of the grand jury, we ex
amined Joe Boone’s books, and we
were almost amazed at their neat
ness, and the care and system with
which he did the business of his of
fice. A few days before the election
we met Brother Moon, who was go
ing to beat Joe out of his socks. He
had been among the’people and had
talked to them all, and they wanted
a change. We could easily see that
this was Brother Moon’s first trip—
that he was an amateur. We tried
to caution him against that inscruta
ble quantity, the election har. We
to’d him to subtract twothirds for sure
liars and then divide the remainder
for probabilities. We reminded him
that David had said, without much
apparent provocation, that “all men
are liars,” and we asked him what he
reckoned David would have said af
ter running for office in Hall county.
We dare say Brother Moon is now a
more discriminating politician than
two weeks ago.
SURVEYOR.
Major Moreno is the very soul of
mathematics, and it would be a won
der if he should make an error with
the compass. As becomes-a man for
this office, he is cool-headed, careful,
and invariably accurate. The Major
is of Spanish descent, but delights
most ardently in seeing the Spaniards
licked. This shows he is a patriot
as well as a mathematician. To
illustrate his mathematical bent we
will relate an incident. Some one
told in the Major’s hearing the story
of the colporteur who was traveling
through Hancock county, Tenn., and
upon retiring at night gave the good
lady some store tea to prepare for
his breakfast, and she boiled it
with a chunk of bacon. After the
crowd had finished laughing, the Ma
jor, with perplexity on his eyebrows,
asked, “What the dickens did she
boil it for ?”
CORONER.
A. B. C. Dorsey is so popular that
all parties vote for him. He knows
everybody in the county, and their
ages, and everybody knows him.
Although one of the kindliest of
men, and the soul of honesty, no one
will trade with him unless they are
obliged to, and he is the last man on
earth that you would like to see com
ing to your house on business. But
he enjoys life, and even smiles some
times.
CANDLER’S GREAT VICTORY.
The result of last Wednesday’s
election shows that the Populist
party has been practically annihi
lated in Georgia. The result is par
ticularly satisfactory to the Demo
crats of this State. Notwithstanding
the lack of any interest for county
offices in many of the counties in the
State and the acknowledged fact that
the Populist State'ticket stood no
chance of even approaching the elec
tion of a single nominee, the people
of this State have given a majority
of over seventy thousand to Col. A.
I). Candler. It is perhaps the most
complimentary vote that has ever
been cast for a gubernatorial candi
date in Georgia, and in Governor
Candler’s popularity and acknowl
edged superiority the rest of the
State ticket has shared. It has been
a magnificent showing for the State
and is a severe rebuke to the fusion
ists who have been touring the south
ern part of the State for the last few
weeks in an effort to enter a wedge
into Georgia that would open a
yawning abyss like to that which is
pictured in North Carolina.
It is evident that instead of secur
ing the support of the Populists of
this Stale, the fusionists and Repub
licans have driven them back into
the Democratic ranks and if they
had been possessed of half the sense
of donkeys they would have known
that this would be the result. De
mocracy is bound to be triumphant in
this State and in this country. It is
the party of the people and repre
sents all that is purest and best for
which men live. On its principles
the country was founded and under
its principles honest men prefer to
live.
In 1896 Wright carried 31 coun
ties, namely: Baldwin, Cherokee,
Coffee, Columbia, Floyd, Forsyth,
Franklin, Glascock, Gordon, Greene,
Haralson, Hart, Jackson, Jefferson,
Johnson, Laurens, Liberty, Lincoln,
Lumpkin, Marion, McDuffie, Oconee,
Polk, Quitman, Screven, Taliaferro,
Taylor, Warren, Wayne, White, and
Worth, with an aggregate majority
of 6,499.
Last week Hogan carried 13 coun
ties, namely : Appling, Coffee, Co
lumbia, Forsyth, Franklin, Glascock,
Jefferson, Johnson, Lincoln, McDuf
fie, Oconee, Taylor, and Warren,
with an aggregate majority of 1,586.
The only Democratic losses were in
Banks and Liberty. In Banks Can
dler lost 62 votes from Atkinson’s
majority of 1896. In Liberty the
Populists increased their majority
from 478 to 508.
In the next legislature the Demo
crats will have 210 votes on joint
ballot, the Populists 7, and the Re
publicans 3, with 1 other who is
classed as a reformer. In the senate
there is not a single member who
was not elected on the straight Dem
ocratic ticket, and the result practi
cally makes the legislature unani
mous.
In Coffee county the court house
was burned the night of the election
and the returns were destroyed. The
Populists had carried the county,
but one precinct, on account of irreg
ularities in making the returns, bad
been thrown out, giving the county
to the Democrats. The idea is of
course prevalent that the burning
was Os Populist origin.
There was a wonderful revulsion
in some of the counties, some giving
great Democratic majorities that
gave large Populist majorities in
1896. Hogan only got 5 votes in
Chatham to over 2,000 for Candler ;
3 in Dougherty against 226; sin
Lee against 158 ; 5 in Putnam against
260. Two years ago Atkinson car
ried Lumpkin by 2. Candler carries
it by 521.
Fulton gave Candler his largest
majority—3,7Bß. Next is Irwin—
-2,560. Candler’s smallest majority
was in Haralson—lo.
Hogan’s largest majority was in
Lincoln—soß. His smallest in Jef
ferson—2o.
Candler’s majority, according to
the latest corrected returns, is 70,415.
Last issue the Eagle predicted “not
less than 70,000.” Our table on Ist
page, which was taken from the Con
stitution, had Floyd county left out.
That county gave Candler 1,272
majority, which must be added to
the 67,923 majority. Later returns
give Candler larger majorities in
Madison and Towns, and 42 more in
White and 76 more in Union.
Twiggs gave Candler 1,707 ma
jority, instead of 588 as indicated in
the table. All these errors are due
to our putting confidence in the
Constitution, which is the pink of
reliability. However, we didn’t lose
our pants and hat, as the Texas man
did who relied on that paper’s
judgment and bet his clothes on
Bryan’s election.
Candler’s majority will be abdTut
71,000. It will be the largest ma
jority ever given a governor of
Georgia, the Constitution says*. It
may be so.
JARRETT.
Our county commissioners, with their
usual foresight for the convenience of
the traveling public, have had some big
rocks taken out of the road at the Davis
hill. These have been formidable im
pediments for some time and we ap
preciate their removal.
Miss “Tiny” Poole has been critically
ill for some time, and likewise Mrs. L.
M. Wills.
Mr. Wm. E. Deason will move to
Piedmont, S. C., at an eaily date, per-1
haps in next month. He will be ac
companied by his family and they will
work in the big cotton mills at that
place.
Past Hall county Grand juries have
recommended the construction of court
houses at the precincts that were
without them, and we hope ere long
the proper authorities will give con
tinued evidence of their progressive
policy by building them. Our J. P’s.
and N. P’s. will unite with us in
certifying their need. Gentlemen, we
hold court in open air, and have it to do.
Ben Hatfield and wife visited relatives
in Banks county last Saturday and Sun
day.
Rube Whaley has had sixty dollars
worth of lightning rods strung out over
his house. Mr. Tom Cato has likewise
ornamented his home with rods.
We met Col. Candler in Gainesville last
Saturday and their perched quite a sunny
smile on his honest face.
Mr. W. R. Sweatman, a contractor
from Gainesville, has been employed to
build the new Odd Fellows hall at Oak
Grove.
Mr. J. R. Whaley lately received an
appointment to the National Road Con
gress, which began at Omaha, Neb., on
the eighth inst. Mr. Whaley was too
busy to attend.
Learn to Say “No” when a dealer offers
you something “just as good” in place of Hood’s
Sarsaparilla. There can be no substitute for
America’s Greatest Medicine.
■look’s Pills cure nausea, sick headache,
biliousness and all liver ills. Price 25 cents.
Off On the Voyage.
Mr. S. B. Wingfield of Athens and Miss
Annie Boone of Gainesville will enter
the holy estate of matrimony on the 20th
inst. The rites will be celebrated at the
home of the bride’s father, Mr. Perino
Boone, at 6 o’clock in the evening.
Mr. Wingfield is a young merchant of
Athens, of fine family and possessed of
splendid business qualifications. Miss
Annie is pretty, modest, sweet-tempered,
has been well raised, and will make a
wife with whom the best man in the
world should be happy.
Robbing the Governor.
Some person entered Col. Candler’s
residence Tuesday afternoon and went
through the trunks in the house in
search of money. The thief found Mrs.
Candler’s purse in her trunk and carried
it off, but fortunately there was only a
few dollars in it.
An Even 150.
The Georgia Female Seminary has one
and a half hundred boarding pupils. Up
to last week there were 149. The girls
had longed for one more pupil, and she
came, making the 150. This last one
was more appreciated than the hundred
and forty and nine.
Deafness Cannot Be Cured
by local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There is only one
way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
flamed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets inflamed
you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hear
ing, and when it is entirely closed deafness is
the result, and unless the inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused oy catarrh,
which is nothing but an inflamed condition of
the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of deafness (caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, O.
y Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The Festive Horse-Swappers.
The Horse-Swappers’ Association is
here and in full blast. The number of
horse-swappers from a distance is
estimated at 2,000 people. A cleverer
class of men would indeed bo hard to find.
The large attendance, and the succes of
the occasion generally, is due largely to
the splendid efforts put forth by Mayor
Gaston, who spared no pains to properly
advertise the date of the meeting of the
Association, the incucemeuts Gainesville
offered, and some of the attractions,
such as racing on one of the best tracks
in the state, which would make this one
of the most interesting meetings yet held
by the Association. To reach this end
Mayor Gaston opened his purse and
counted not the cost, which has been
considerable.
President Geo. T. Arnold of Winder
has done all in his power to make this a
meeting which will forever live in the
memory of the horse-swappers present.
There were at least 1,500 people from
the different States assembled at the
race track Tuesday afternoon to witness
the races. Most of them were run by
typical trading stock, a description of
which can not be portrayed. They were
great and were hugely enjoyed by all
classes of people. There were, however,
some good horses entered. The “Derby”
was won by Mayor Gaston‘s racer,
“Prince.” Prince is of the Kimble Jack
son family and is an excellent horse. He
came under the wire several lengths
ahead of the others.
A still larger crowd attended the races
yesterday, and at times the on-lookers
went wild with excitement. There were
several races between the various shades
of horses entered.
The slow races will come off this after
noon, with every fellow riding the other
fellow’s horse,or mule. That it will be
funny beyond all expectations there is
but little doubt. There will also be
some racing between blooded stock.
This will be exciting. A very large at
tendance is expected.
The fun begins at 4 o’clock p. m.
Capt. Moss Dead.
Capt. C. F. Moss died to-day at 12.10 at
his residence on W. Spring street. He
had been ill from fever for about a
month. He was a good man, and de
servedly popular.
A Clever Trick.
It certainly looks like it, but there is
really no trick about it. Anybody can
try it who has Lame Back and Weak
Kidneys, Malaria or nervous troubles.
We mean he can cure himself right
away by taking Electric Bitters. This
medicine tones up the whole system,
acts as a stimulant to Liver and Kidneys,
is a blood purifier and nerve tonic. It
cures Constipation, Headache, Fainting
Spells, Sleeplessnes and Melancholy. It
is purely vegetables, a mild laxative, and
restores the system to its natural vigor.
Try Electric Bitters and be convinced
that they are a miracle worker. Every
bottle guaranteed. Only 50c a bottle at
M. C. Brown & Co’s drug store.
You Mustn’t Skip This.
The John Thomas Concert Company
will give an entertainment at the Audi
torium Saturday night, Oct. 15th. This
company has the reputation of being one
of the best on the road. John Thomas,
independent of the splendid talent of the
other members of the company, never
fails to take a house by storm. He is
one of the most humorous of the
Jiumorists. Then the music furnished
by the quartette is of a high order.
Those who miss it will miss a treat.
A TEXAs"wONDER.
Hall’s Great Discovery.
One small bottle of Hall’s Great Dis
covery cures all kidney and bladder
troubles, removes gravel, cures diabetes,
seminal emissions, weak and lame back,
rheumatism and all irregularities of the
kidneys and bladder in both men and
women, regulates bladder trouble in
children. If not sold by your druggist,
will be sent by mail on receipt of sl.
One small bottle is two months’ treat
ment, and will cure any case above
mentioned. E. W. HALL,
Sole Manufacturer, P. O. Box 218, Waco,
Texas.
Sold by M, C. Brown & Co. and E. E.
Dixon & Co., Gainesville, Ga.
Kent! This.
Covington, Ga., July 23, 1898.
This is to certify that I have used Dr
Hall’s Wonderful Discovery for Kheu
matism, Kidney and Bladder Troubles,
and will say it is far superior to anything
I have ever used for the above com
plaints. Very respectfully,
H. J. Horton, Ex-Marshal.
The Side Folk.
Mrs. A. J. Mundy, who has been
dangerously ill for some time, is very
little, if any, better.
C. H. Saunders is improving rapidly
and hopes are entertained that he will be
out again in a few days.
New Citizen.
Dr. A. E. Merritt and family of Clarks
ville have moved to the city and are now
occupying one of the Green cottages on
Broad street. Dr. Merritt is a dentist
and comes to Gainesville to enter a
broader field.
What is
Scott’s
Emulsion?
It is a strengthening food and
tonic, remarkable in its flesh-form
ing properties. It contains Cod-
Liver Oil emulsified or partially
digested, combined with the well
known and highly prized Hypo
phosphites of Lime and Soda, so
that their potency is materially
increased.
It will arrest loss of flesh and
restore to a normal condition the
infant, the child and the adult. It
will enrich the blood of the anemic;
will stop the cough, heal the irrita
tion of the throat and lungs, and
cure incipient consumption. We
make this statement because the
experience of twenty-five years has
proven it in tens of thousands of
cases. Be sure you get SCOTT'S Eir.uisior..
50c. and st.oo, all druggists.
SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, New York.
money to loan.
We now have plenty of money to loan
on improved farm lands and Gainesville
city property. Terms and interest lib
eral. Call and see us.
DUNLAP & PICKRELL.
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simplicity of the combination, but also
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true and original remedy. As the
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by the California Fig Syrup Co.
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imitations manufactured by other par
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The Recent Floods in White County.
Last week’s freshet is regarded as the
worst on record, both as regards the
height of the water and the extent of
damage done. The Chattahoochee river
was several feet higher than it has ever
been known to be, and the same is true
as to the streams entering it above Na
coochee Valley. Immense damage has
been done to the corn crop, and the land
all along the water courses is also seri
ously injured. The Nicholls bridge, sit
uated at the head of the Valley,was com
pletely demolished, as was the Asbestos
Co's bridge further down. Besides the
total loss of these bridges crossing the
Chattahoochee, others were seriously in
jured, and the public roads rendered im
passable in many places. It will take
some time to get these latter in anything
like shape.
The damage done to farms amounts to
thousands of dollars. Indeed every farm
on the streams in the upper part if the
county is more or less damaged, some
very badly. The fodder crop had been
almost entirely lost through the long
continued rains and previous freshet,
and the added misfortune of this latter
loss, will fall heavily on a great many.
Spoiled Cane Creek, on the headwaters
of the Chattahoochee, played terrible
havoc with crops and land along its
banks, in places carrying away the soil
down to rock or gravel. Not one of the
farms on this stream escaped serious
damage.
The same is true of *be farms on the
river below the mouth of Spoiled Cane
as far down as the Hunnicutt farm. Be
low this point the damage is not so ap
parent. In fences alone the loss is large.
A number of narrow escapes from
drowning have been reported. In some
instances the waters had undermined
houses before the inmates were aware of
their danger. About midnight Monday
the waters weie at their highest, and the
sudden rise in the volume of the flood
after night set in added to the troubles
of those who were unfortunate enough
to live near the bank of a stream.
Strong, steady nerves
Are needed for success
Everywhere. Nerves
Depend simply, solely,
Upon the blood.
Pure, rich, nourishing
Blood feeds the nerves
And makes them strong.
The great nerve tonic is
Hood’s Sarsaparilla,
Because it makes
The blood rich and _
Pure, giving it power
To feed the nerves.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
Cures nervousness,
Dyspepsia, rheumatism,
Catarrh, scrofula,
And all forms of
Impure blood
Either Sex. I'll start you in the Mail Or
der business day orevening. No Peddling.
M. Young, 363 Henry St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
HAIR EJALSALI
Cleanses and beautifies the hair. J
Promotes a luxuriant growth. I
Never Fails to Restore Gray!
Hair to its Youthful Color, <
Cures scalp diseases & hair fulhu . .
50c,anAD">Mt Druggists ~ !
SENT FREE
to housekeepers—
Liebig Eompang’s
Extract of Beef
Cook Book,
telling how to prepare many
delicate and delicious dishes.
Address, Liebig Co., P. O. Box
2718, New York.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
GEORGIA —Hall County.
All persons having demands against the estate
of Benj. G. McClesky, late of Hall county, de
ceased are hereby notified to render in their
demands to the undersigned according to law;
and all persons indebted to said estate are re
quired to make immediate payment.
R. SMITH," Administrator.
~CrH. WINBUR nT
DENTIST.
CROWN and Bridge work a Specialty. A lib ,
eral amoun of patronage solicited.
Office, room 3. Gordon block, up staibs.
Spanish-American and Other Wars, &c.
Pensions for and arrears of pay claims of
UNITED STATES SOLDIERS,
Their widows, heirs, and deyendent rela.
tives, prosecuted by
L. W. PIERCE,
Claim Agent.
Office: 12 Findley St.,
Gainesville, Ga.
PRICES
TURNER’S CASH STORE:
2,000 yds. Factory Checks at 3 L2c.
2.000 yds. Athens Checks, sc. kind, at 3 34c.
2,000 yds. Sheeting, yard wide, at - 3 l-2c.
2,000 yds. Heavy Sheeting, very best, at ... - 4c.
2,000 yds. Best 5-cent Calico, at ------ 3 3 4c.
1,000 yds. Best 5 cent Bleaching, at 4c.
IN OUR LADIES’ DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT
We have a full line of new goods in all
the latest styles, colors, and patterns,
and everything at the very lowest price,
too numerous to mention here.
SHOES! SHOES!
We have added to our Shoe stock this season
the nicest line of Men’s and Ladies’ Shoes
ever brought to this city. We will put
our $2,50 Ladies’ Shoe against any
$3.00 Shoe in Gainesville. Every pair
guaranteed to give satisfaction.
500 pairs Men’s Heavy Shoes, the kind that sells for $1.25, as long
as they last will go at -----95 c.
500 pairs best whole-stock Georgia Tie, usually sells for $1.35, will
go now at--- $1.15.
500 pairs Ladies’ Shoes, the 90c. quality, to close out at -65 c.
500 pairs Boys’ and Children’s Shoes at .... 42c.
Olotiying! Clothing!
Our Clothing stock this season is stronger than
ever. Can give better values than we
have ever shown before.
200 Men’s Black Twill Cheviot Suits, worth $4.50, will go now at $2.25.
100 Suits of a better grade, at 4,00.
100 All-wool Suits, the best $7.50 Suit we have ever shown, to
close in this sale at 6.50.
GROCERIES.
Twenty lbs. nice Brown Sugar - SI.OO.
Arbuckle’s Ccffee, package 10c.
The best $4.00 per bbl Flour in Gainesville at, per sack, - -50 c.
Our 10 pounds to the dollar Green Coffee is the best we have ever had.
Lilly May Tobacco, the best 40c kind, to go now at - - -30 c.
Schnapps Tobacco at ----- -35 c.
Early Bird Tobacco at ----- -35 c.
Come and see us. Will show you great bargains this time.
Very respectfullv,
<«. ZFLItTN ICIS.
Wast Side Square,
CS-ainessville, Ga.
Strouse & Brothers Clothing. Hawes Hat.
Waterman, Burnett & Co.
To the Citizens of Gainesville and Surrounding Country:
We have opened for your inspection a complete
Clothing and Gents’ Furnishing Goods
House, including Men’s and Boys’ Shoes.
"We propose
To make this one of the features of the
growing city of Gainesville.
We Avili keep
First-class Goods, up with City Styles,
but at less than city prices.
It av ill l>e our
To please everybody. Will keep no stale
out-of-date so-called bargain goods, but
everything will be Fresh, New and Clean.
Tliei*e is*
In our line that you can buy in Atlanta or
other cities that you will fail to find here.
If we haven’t in stock what you want, we will get it on short
notice. That is all Atlanta is doing for you.
First-class Suits for Men, Boys, and Children.
First-class Underwear.
Manhattan Shirts.
Standard makes of Hats and Caps. ’
Earl & Wilson’s Collars and Cuffs.
Sweet, Orr & Co’s Overalls, Shirts and Working Pants.
A line of Men’s and Boys’ Shoes that we guarantee to wear.
WE ARE CONNECTED WITH A
Merchant Tailoring Department
In Baltimore, one ot the best, and will do tailoring work on order and
guarantee satisfaction.
In fact
Anything that you can buy anywhere else we can supply.
ALL WE ASK IS A CALL
Yours, anxious to please,
WATERMAN, BURNETT & CO.
Hogue Building-,
iVovtlieas-jt Side Square.