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Making W FOWDER FUSE Makes the food more delicious and wholesome .3A’XiSG POV.'Dr.i CO., NEW YORK. —MB ■!" irr The Gainesville [ajle. /i’ntered at the Gainesville Postoffice as Second-class mail matter. Official Organ of Hall County. Official Organ of White County. Official Organ of the City of Gainesville. W. H. CRAIG, Editor and Business Manager. Thursday, December 8, 1898. THE CITY HALL. The question of building the projected city hall is now upon us aid must be decided for good or evil in a few days. We would that every citizen of our town would ap proach the subject with the calm, judicial spirit, with intent to de termine, in the light of all consider ations, whether it will or will not redound to the city’s permanent welfare. All sentiments of nig gardly stinginess on the one hand and incautious extravagance on the other should be merged into a de sire for the common good. The rights of the taxpayer are paramount to all other considerations in the conduct of free government, and there come times in the lives of all young cities when the unprogressive element must be protected against itself—against its hide bound and miserly tendency to ignore the instrumentalities making for the good of the community. There is no man in Gainesville who would feel more pride than we in seeing the city the possessor of a handsome and substantial city hall, but in this time of high taxes and crop failures, when every one is pinching and skimping to make buckle and tongue meet, we would waive all questions ot pride and place the matter upon the unemotional plane of business utility. And we will give a few facts and figures. The only source of protec tion to our houses and property is our fire engine and equipment. It is housed now in an old wooden building that is actually falling in from decay. It is a building in which, if the fatal spark were dropped, the flames would spread with irresistible fury, destroying or disabling the fire apparatus in an inconceivably short time, and going without let or hindrance where the winds might carry it. The barn and stable used by the city are crumbling and de caying, filled with mud aud water, and no longer fit for use. They, as well as the engine house, will have to be abandoned. The old calaboose is inadequate for the detention of criminals, and it is only a question of prejudice with them whether they remain o r go hence. Now, if the city hall be not built a new barn and stable will have to be procured, at a cost for rental of about $l2O a year. Another engine house will have to be rented at a cost of about $96. We will have to continue renting a council chamber at $75. This will be an annual cost to the city of $291. Can not any one see that the city could borrow the $5,000 to build the city hall, and pay its customary rate of 5 1-2 per cent interest, and make a saving of sl6 a year. But we will not have to borrow a cent. The city has on hand $2,500, saved by economical administration after a reduction of the tax rate 10 per cent. The calaboose lot can be easily sold for $1,500. That will leave SI,OOO to raise next year, which can be easily done and the tax rate still further reduced. Now, what shall we do ? Shall we rent other quarters for engine house and barn and go ahead paying the $291 per year expenses, which is the interest on more than $5,000? or shall we use the money and assets we have on band and put up a hand some and substantial city hall, with engine house, barn, and calaboose in connection—a building safe and efficient for all purposes, a source of profit, convenience, and pleasure, and an honor to our progressive and rapidly-grow'ing city of 5,000 people? Can you as a progressive man—as a business man—halt for a moment between the two propositions, more especially as the money for material and work will be spent among our own people—among our mills and brick makers, our carpenters, brick layers and laborers, who, the Lord knows, need it badly enough ? Now, gentlemen, we do not appeal to you in the name of city pride, nor even in the name of progress, but simply in the name of business prin ciples, and in the name of the pub lic safety. VOTE FOR THE CITY HALL. It is an absolute necessity. The old calaboose is in a dilapidated con dition and entirely inadequate to the needs of the police department. It will not hold criminals; they can get out faster than the police can catch them. The tire department badly needs a safe place in which to keep engine, hose reels, hook and ladders, trucks, etc., and they deserve a com fortable, decent place in which to hold their meetings. These firemen should be encouraged and sustained in their efforts to protect the two million dollars’ worth of city prop erty. The city has one of the best volunteer fire departments in the State and a No. 1 fire equipment that cost the city more than five thousand dollars, and this fire pro tection to the whole city is now’ ex posed to being destroyed in the old firetrap which it calls its home. Any day, any night, a fire may break forth and this entire fire protection to the city swept away in ten min utes time. Then how can the brave fire boys protect your property, or the city escape a large conflagration ? No fire department of like size and equipment in the State has such a miserable firetrap for its home. The city could well afford for its own protection to build this city hall, if for no other purpose than for our fire department. But this is not all: the city also needs badly a mayor’s office, a clerk’s office, a police headquarters, and a public hall in which the citizens can meet at any and all times to dis cuss public matters that claim atten tion. No other city the size and im portance of ours in the State but what has one, and no other city any more able to build it than we are. With more than half the money now in band, saved up by the present mayor and council by economical ad ministration of the city government, the balance to complete this hall can be saved the coming year the same way, and the year of our Lord 1900 will find the city in ownership and possession of a substantial city build ing without being taxed one dollar extra for its erection, and without a single dollar’s worth of bonds being issued to build it. Surely the citizens of the town will not refuse to endorse the mayor and council in this their efforts to 1 best serve the interests of its citiz?ns and property holders. Certainly no man who has at heart the best in terest of the city will stultify himself by saying the mayor and council have not acted for the best interests of the city. Croakers aud pessimists of course abound io every community who can see nothing ahead but evil, but these are a small minority in every wide awake town or city and are relegated to the rear of the procession-. These men do not do a city or a town much good. They do not build it up; they do not build railroads, or county bridges, or business blocks, or facto ries, or public schools, or churches, or public buildings, or anything else that goes to the upbuilding of a town or city. Some of them do not even want to pay the hire of their preach er who is daily praying that “light” may enter their hearts and save their souls. I believe a large majority of the citizens of this little city are for its continued growth and upbuilding— giving investment to capital and work to its citizens. The city now needs to do something to start this growth for the year 1899. Now, let us all lead off the New Year with this city hall, and no doubt the effect will be contagious, and before the year is gone many more improve ments and business houses will go up to add increased revenue to the city treasury. Therefore, ye business men, ye professional men, ye mechanics, ye laboring men, ye honest men, one and all, come out on next election day and cast your ballots for Gaines ville’s improvement and upbuilding —“For City Hall”—and see that you vote for no councilman who is not in favor of it. Remember, the saving in rents and the income from the hall will more than pay the expenses of the fire de partment. This will be SSOO to S6OO a year income to the city treas ury—worth saving. Respectfully, your obedient servant, J. G. Hynds. THE CITY HALL. FROM A LABORING MAN’S STANDPOINT. Mr Editor : 1 have noticed with a great deal of interest the discus sions on the streets and in the papers for and against the building of a city hall, and I am firmly of the opinion that it should be built. In the first place, the city needs a hall. In the next place, we are assured by the mayor and council that it be put up without increasing the rate of tax ation. And, next, it will furnish employment to our mechanics and laboring men, all of whom need w’ork. As a principle every citizen who has contributed materially to the upbuilding of the town, and who feel-* an interest in its growth and prosperity, is entitled to a voice in its government and a share in the distribution of its patronage. I notice in last weeks Eagle an article from Mr. E. P. Chambeis, ex city clerk, opposing the building of the city hall. He says, in effect, that the money will come out of the pockets of the taxpayers. Now, Mr. Editor, that is a bright idea. No one doubts that. Where else could it come from ? Os couase the money spent in buildirg a city hall would not be thrown away or lost. On the contrary, it would be put back into circulation among our taxpayers, by giving employment to our mechanics and laboring men, who would use it to supply their families with the necessaries of life ; and the money thus spent by the city would give us a city hall, furnish employment, and gradually find its way back into the city treasury. The city should be impartial in the distribution of its patronage. We are willing to be taxed for the support of the city government and its officers; at the same time we think those who have fattened on its patronage, should not grow selfish to such an extent as to withhold from the laboring man any wt rk he so much needs. Very Respectfully, W. K. Merck. THE LEGISLATURE. The bill to cut the salaries of rail road commissioners from $2,500 to $2,000 has passed the house by a vote of 89 to 44. The house committee on appropri ations have recommended that the military appropriation be cut from $25,000 to $2,500. A cut of $15,000 on the lunatic asylum. A cut of SB,OOO on Geological survey. The public buildings fund cut SB,OOO. The academy for the blind cut $2,000. The technological school $2,500. The girls’ industrial school $2,500. The state normal school SIO,OOO. These cuts, with the $400,000 cut in the school fund, and cuts of other smaller items, makes a total reduction of about $488,000. Add to this amount $14,500 that was appropriated to the State University last ytar in excess of the regular fund, and which is not needed this year, and it will make the yearly savings $502,500. From this must be subtracted the following increased appropriations: On pension account, $40,000; pages and porters, S3OO, and $5,000 as a necessary and probable increase in the agricultural department, which will probably be allowed in bills already proposed. This would represent a total of $45,300, and if appropriation of SIO,OOO is allowed the textile department of the Tech nological school, a most probable speculation, the net savings in ap propriations would be $447,200. This will not cover the actual de ficit contended for by Treasurer Speer, to wit, $484,683.50, by $37,- 483.50. The house, in committee of the whole, decided yesterday to cut the school fund $2003)00 Toa tko 1899 and 1900, making it SBOO,OOO. It was a compromise between those those who wanted it to remain at $1,000,000 and those who wanted it at $600,000. Mr. Sloan spoke against a cut in the school fund, and is reported as having said that those who favored the cut were the tax dodgers. In this he misrepresents his people. We can truthfully say that there is a large number of citizens in Hall county who favor a cut in the school fund and who gave in their taxes as honestly as any man in the state. Brother Sloan’s remarks seem to be long to that peculiar genus known as poppycock politics. GOSSIP. Gossip s a monster of hideous mein. It is the bane of society and a curse to civilization. Often is it seen in nodding plumes and clothed in all King Solomon’s glory. Yet all the beauty and charm of manner cannot hide the blight that withers and shrivels the fairest characters of our land. In all civilized lands, men are not condemned without a fair trial before judge and jurors, but gossip does not give them this privilege. They are held up to the public gaze and pelted with poisonous arrows of scorn and derision. Jealousy often prompts that uncontrollable fiend to transcend the bounds of modesty and propri tj and inopportunely makes one forget that virtue and modesty go hand in hand. When a lady so far forgets herself as to undertake to avenge an imagi nary wrong, she has stepped from the pedestal from which mxu wor ships woman and thereby becomes mannish, and the victim of her own folly. Some things are far best left un said. It is like the ol 1 adage of mar rying in baste to repent at leisure. * A WAR FOR HUMANITY. Major General M. C. Butler, a member of the Cuban evacuation con mission, who has been in Wash ington for several days in consulta tion with the president, tells a some what startling tale about the distress and starvation existing at present in the city of Havana. He says at least 3,000 people are starving to death there, many of them people of edu cation and refinement. The human ity clause in our declaration of war seems to have been eclipsed in the passion for the annexation of mala rial islands. HORSE SENSE TELLS. Horse sense and backbone are the principal elements in the make-up of Governor Allen Candler. These are not brilliant qualities, but they out weigh oil others when you compute their value to the commonwealth. Those qualities that made Grover Cleveland the greatest American president will place Allen Candler in the galaxy of Georgia’s greatest executives. This will be the universal verdict when the animosities en gendered by straightforward de votion to duty shall have passed away. The Harmony Grove Echo thus condenses a whole volume of truth into less than a dozen lines ; Governor Candler is already demon strating the fact that he is to make one of the best governors Georgia ever had. He is not afraid of public opinion and is seeking to do “the right” rather than seeking transient popularity. It does us good to see a man occasionally who has a spinal column, familiarly known as “back bone.” General Evans, in a private letter to us this week, says : “Allen Can dler is going to make the best governor Georgia has had in a long time.” He might have said he “is already making it.” R. R. Commissioner. Hon. L. N. Trammell, who has served twelve years as a member of the railroad commission and has been chairman of that body since the death of Campbell Wallace, was last Friday appointed for another term of six years, beginning with the expiration of his present term. Governor Candler sent the message to the senate and the appointment was unanimously confirmed. South Dakota by an overwhelming majority of the votes at the last election has determined to put the initiative and referendum principle into its constitution. Like Angels’ Visits. Dear old Dave Johnson —may his tribe increase—came poling into our sanctum yesterday morning with a big poke full of good old country cracklins. Think of it ! He must have had a revelation, to fit our aspirations so nicely. There’s life in the old land yet—cracklin bread and sassafrack tea—who said hard times? We would that Dave might live to the millennium; but if he is called earlier, it is our wish that be may get in on the ground floor and go up on the elevator like Enoch and Elijah. A TEXAS WONDER. lliill’h threat Discovery. One small bottle of Hall’s Great Dis covery cures all kidney aud bladder troubles, removes gravel, cures diabetes, seminal emissions, weak and lame back, rheumatism and all irregularities of the kidneys and bladder in botff 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. dase 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. Read This. Covington, Ga., July 23, 1898. _Px» .W Hall Wnoc- Dear Sir—l have used your Hall’s Great Discovery for Kidney and Bladder Troubles, and can cheerfully recommend it to persons suffering from Kidney and Bladder Troubles. Yours, truly, J. P. Harris, Ord’y. Tom Boone Come Back. T. K. Boone and family have mo”ed back to the city from Elberton and are occupying the Rice residence on corner of Main and College avenue. Mr. Boone has secured a situation iu the book keep ing department of Hynds Co’s store, and entered ou his duties there Monday morning, Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skiu Eruptions, and posi tively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac tion or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale bv M. C. Brown & Co. Union County in a Fix. Union county is in a mess over their court house and Towns county will soon have to build a now one. We have been apnroached by a number of citizens from both this and Union county as to consolidating Union and Towns and locating the county seat at this place or county line near here and thereby save the expense of building a court house in each county. We are not advocating this consolidation at all, but have been requested by these parties to mention the matter and see what the people generally think on this line. —Young Harris News. The Modern Mother Has found that her litttle ones are im proved more by the pleasant Syrup of Figs, when in need of the laxative effect of a gentle remedy than by any other. Children enjoy it and it benefits them. The true remedy, Syrup of Figs, is man ufactured by tlie California Fig Syrup Co. only. Runs on a Schedule. Our neighbor, Tom Hunt, has a cow that gives about 5 gallons of milk per day and about 2 gallons of it is butter. This remarkable cow has plenty to eat, but sometimes the family are engaged iu some other business and the hour for milking will be delayed, but it will not be long, for the cow has some way of measuring time herself, and when the hour arrives for her feed if she does not get it on time she walks up to the bell rope and rings the bell to let the home folks know they are late with their milk ing and that the cow has not been fed. —Y’oung Harris News. SIOO Reward SIOO. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages and that is Catarrh. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a con stitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken inter nally, acting directly upon the blood and mu cous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the natient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for' list of testimonials. Address. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. jy Sold by Druggists, 75c. Another Aspirant for Hemp. Cassius Law Kills Sarah Curry on the Quiet Sabbath. The community near Hynds Co’s plan ing mill was startled early Sunday morn ing by the report of a pistol which rang out on the frosty damp air and disturbed the stillness of the Sabbath day. Another soul had been dashed into eternity! Cassius Law, colored, bad walked iuto rhe house of Sarah Curry, colored, on Dr. Green’s lot, near the planing mill, and had put his pistol against her breast as she lay in the bed and sent a pistol ball through her heart. This was about 7 o’clock. After he had committed the terrible act he walked into the adjoining room, occupied by Ida Hester, who was up cooking her breakfast. The wounded woman cried, “I’m shot!” and sprang from the bed. The Hester woman ran by the murderer, who stood with the smoking revolver in his hand, to Sarah Curry, whom she laid on the floor and there left her to die, as she ran for fear that Law would kill her also. The shooting was promptly reported to the authorities. When they reached the house Law was gone and Sarah lay dead on the floor. A coroner’s inquest was held at 10 o’clok with the following jury: R. E. Green, M. D. Hudson, W. D. Whelchel, J. E. Davis, F. A. Watkins and B. H. Whelchel. In addition to the testimony of Ida Hester, who told what happened at the house at the time of the shooting, Joe Moigan testified that Law had threat ened to kill Sarah Curry the night before at Tom Sanders’ restaurant if she did anything wrong that night. She replied she “would if she wanted to.” To which he said, “If you do I will kill you.” The jury rendered a verdict that Sarah Curry was killed by Cassius Law and that the killing was wilful murder. The murderer came to Gainesville with the Gypsies several months ago and af terwards had been at work for R. J. Mooney, two miles from the city. The officers tracked him from the house some distance into the country but to no avail, as he made his escape. However, our vigilant officers were on his trail and he was arrested Monday afternoon at the Bill Looper old place, two miles south of Dawsonville, in Daw son county, by Chief of Police Smith and Bailiff McDonald, who had heard of the route be had gone about 10 o’clock in the morning. He had staid at T. J. Williams’, in the Fork district, Sunday night, and when the officers heaid of this they got on horses and left at once for their game. They tracked him through the woods, pig-paths and roads until they overtook him sitting behind a crib at the old Looper place, where a Mr. Connor now lives. He had hired to Mr. Williams Sunday night and had got his supper and breakfast. He intended to work the same game on Mr. Connor, and was waiting for him to return home from his day’s work when the officers rode up and asked Mrs. Connor if a strange negro had been there. She replied “Yes, he is behind the crib.’” He was arrested and brought home Monday night, reaching here about 12.45. He was lodged in jail where he will remain until court. This was a fine piece of work on the part of these two officers and they merit the thanks of the public. The murderer acknowledges his guilt and waived a preliminary trial. He says he was jealous of Sarah Curry and that _he was afraid she was going to have audiher*rnan to kill him, so he just killed her and left. A Boston man paid $lO for beat ing his wife. A New Orleans man tbe same day paid $25 for beating his mule. H 0 N K about your health. Do not ■ allow scrofula taints to develop in your blood. Take Hood’s Sarsapa rilla now and keep yourself WELL. Libel for Divorce. Mary D. Bagwell 1 Libel for Divorce in vs. > Hall Superior Court, Robert D. Bagwell.) January Tenn, 1899. It appearing to the Court that the defendant in the above stated case, Robert D. Bagwell, does not reside in said county, and it further appearing that he does not reside in this State, it is therefore ordered by the Court that service be perfected on the defendant by publication as required by law, twice a month for two months before the next term of this Court, in the Gainesville Eagle, a newspaper published in said county, and being the paper in which the Sheriff’s advertisements are printed. Oct. 11, 1898. J. J. KIMSEY, J. S. C. Notice to Debtors and Creditors. All persons having demands against the es tate of William P. Whelchel, deceased, late of Hall county, are hereby notified to rendtT in their demands to the undersigned according to law; and all persons indebted to said estate are required to make immediate payment. This Nov. 7, 1898. W. D. WHELCHEL, Executor of Wm. P. Whelchel, deceased. Letters ot Administration. GEORGIA —Hall County. To all whom it may concern: Mrs. E. S. Buchanan having in proper form applied to me for Permanent Letters of Administra tion on the estate of Mrs. Susan A. Huggons. late of said county, this is to cite all ana singular the creditors and next of kin of said Mrs. Sasan A. Huggons to be and appear at my office within the time allowed by law, and show cause, if any they can, why permanent administration should not be granted to some tit and proper person on Mrs. Susan A. Hug gons’ estate. Witness my hand and official signature, this Bth day of December, 1898. A. RUDOLPH, Ordinary. I PILES- s Suppository! § is guaranteed to cure PILES, H B ar.l CONSTIPATION (bleeding, itching, protruding, Sr B in-yard), whether of recent or long standing, or money Eg Efl refunded. It gives instant relief, and effects a radical B K ar.l permanent cure. No surgical operation required. B B Try it and relief your sufferings. Send for list of testi- B Bm< nials and free sample. Only 50 cts. a box. For sale K gB by druggists, or sent by mail on receipt of price. § § MxETiN RUDY, Reg. Pharmacist, Lancaster, Pa, | For sile by E. E. Dixon & Co., Gainesville, Ga. Cal!for free sample. 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. Drs RYDER & MERRITT, USTNTTISTS, GAINESVILLE. - - - GA. Denial work of all kinds done in a skillful manner. Crown and Bridge work specialty. HOT TIMES In the old town tonight! GET ONE! Lee Parnell’s Hot Baths. 1. cents. Worth a dollar. THE EXCELLENCE 9F SYKE? OF FIGS is due not only to the originality and simplicity of tbe combination, but also to the care and skill with which it is manufactured by scientific processes known to the California Fig Syrup Co. only, and we wish to impress upon all the importance of purchasing the true and original remedy. As the genuine Syrup of rigs is manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, a knowledge of that fact will assist one in avoiding the worthless imitations manufactured by other par ties. The high standing of the Cali 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. LOUISVILLE. Ky. NEW YORK. N. Y. Hall Sheriff Sales. GEORGIA- -HALL COUNTY: Will be sold before the court house door, in the city of Gainesville, Hall County, Ga., within the legal hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in January, 1899, the following described prop erty, to wit: One bay horse, eleven years old, named Dock; one one-horse double-seated surrey. Levied on as the property of A. R. Smith. Also one sorrel horse, six years old, named Prince; one bay horse, seven years old, named Don; one two horse surrey, Bagwell make. Levied on as the property of J. B. Gaston. Also one iron safe, oue oak desk, roller top, one cane-bottom office chair, one buggy. Levied on as the property of F. M. Johnson. Also one house and lot’situ ated in Flowery Branch, Ga., bounded as fol lows: On the north by Pine street, on the east by Chestnut street, on the south by W. J. Pra ter, and on the west by Mitchell street. Levied on as the property of Mrs. E. Camp. All levied upon to satisfy a fi fa issued from the City Court of Hall county in favor of J. H. Hunt and against F. M. Johnson, principal, and A. R. Smith, A. J. Mundy, J. B. Gaston, and Eliza Camp, securities. A. J. MUNDY, Sheriff. Letters of Dismission. GEORGIA—HaII County. Ordinary’s Office, Dec. 1, 1898. Notice to all concerned: J. D. Garner and G. G. Thompson, administrators of the estate of W. R. Thompson deceased, represent in their petition duly filed in office, that theyhave fully and justly admin istered the estate of said deceased, and pray to be discharged from said administration. This application will be considered and passed upon on the first Monday in March, 1899. A. RUDOLPH, Ordinary. Letters of Dismission. GEORGIA, Hall County.—Ordinary’s Office, November 3, 1898. Notice to all concerned: L. L. Strickland and W. R. Reed, administrators of the estate of Ervin Strickland, deceased, represent in their petition duly filed in office that they have fully and justly administered the estate of said deceased, and pray to be dis charged from said administration. This appli cation will be considered and passed upon on the first Monday in February, 1899. A. RUDOLPH, Ordinary. Spanish-American and Other Wars, &c, Pensions for and arrears of pay claims of UNITED STATES SOLDIERS, Their widows, heirs, and dependent rela tives, prosecuted by L. W. PIERCE, Claim Agent. Office: 12 Findley St., Gainesville, Ga. T. S. CAMPBELL & SDN Announce the Ari’ival of Santa > Claus I See Show Window. Note Prices. LOOK OVER THEIR Kid Body, Bisk Head Dolls at S£sc Kid Body, Bisk Head Dolls at Washab'e Doll, natural hair yery large Washable Dob, natural hair baby !2sc We Offer Bagainsin BOOKS, TOYS AND GAMES. Special Sale on Fine Pictures, Picture Frames Watch for our Lamps and Onyx Tables. 2d Shipment Sterling Silver Novelties To-Day. A jin TT LOOKING 10 Y nil FOR SOMETHING lUU GOOD TO EAT ? WE HAVE Best Fioui in city, Finest Grade C< ffee, Nice Hams and Breakfast Bacon, Whole Wheat, Wheat and Oatmeal, Heirz’ Celebrated Pickles, Sauces and Catsup, Heinz’ Mince Meat, Fresh Candies and Crackers, Butter and Eggs, Fruits and Vegetables, Canned Goods, Etc. Everything delivered promptly, and satisfac tion guaranteed. H. R. GRINER & CO. Mrs. J. E. Jackson. FlNE***** ’lCTovelliee, Fancies and Specialties Ll exclusively our own. 'VTewness and coinpletene'S now Ll reign supreme. Hats of every style, price and quality. "VTew line of Infante’ JAi Headgear. 'VTovelties in Neckwear and new 11 Fall Shades of Gloves. REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF The First National Bank OF GAINESVILLE, GA. At the Close of Business Dec. 1, 1898. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts ... §123,379.61 Overdrafts, secured and unsecured... 4,598.30 U. S. bonds to secure circulation 12,560.00 Premiums on U. S. bonds 1,625 00 Banking house, furniture and fix- tures 2,500.00 Other real estate and mortgages owned 3,100.00 Due from National Banks (not Re- serve Agents) .... 7,172 31 Due from State Banks and Bankers.. 2,000.00 Due from approved reserve agents.. 7,450 87 Checks and other cash items 271.64 Gold bullion 63 36 U. S. Internal Revenue stamps 130 00 Notes of other National Banks 1,995.00- Fractional paper currency, nickels and cents .... 539.05 Lawful money reserve in bank, viz: Specie§ls,o7l.9s Legal tender notes. 8.000.00.... 23,071.95 Redemption fund with U. S. Treas- urer (5 per cent of circulation).... 562.50 Total §190,959.59 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in ... §50,000 00 Surplus fund 25,000.00 Undivided profits, less expenses and taxes paid 7.828.91 National Bank notes outstanding.... 11,250.00 Due to State Banksand Bankers.... 339.25 Individual deposits subject to check 96,541.40 T0ta1§190,959 59 State of Georgia, County of Hall, ss: I, J. W. Smith, Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above state ment is'rue to the best of my knowledge at:-.: belief. J. W. SMITH, Cashier. Subscribed and sw-orn to before me this 7th day of Dec., 1898. W. I. HOBBS, N. P. Hall Co., Ga. Correct—Attest: H. H. DEAN, B. H. WHELCHEL, Z. T. CASTLEBERRY, Directors. Administrators’ Sale. GEORGIA- Hall County. By virtue of an order granted by the Court ol Ordinary of said county, will be sold at public outcry, to the highest bidder, before the court house door in the city of Gainesville, in said county and State, within the legal hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in January, 1899, the following described property, to wit: One lot of land on Green street, in the city of Gainesville, in the county of Hall and State of Georgia, known as the ’ Wolfe Wagon Yard pro; erty, and containing two acres of land, more or less, and is bounded on the east by Green street, on the north-east and north by the lands of A. Rudolph, and on the west anil south-west by the lot of Mrs. A. W. Caldwell. On this lot is located a nice new five-room dwelling house, a wagon yard, and a livery stable. And also sixteen residence lots, four of which lots front each one hundred feet on Green street and run back at right angles two hundred feet, and are Nos. 1,2, 3, and 4, Four of said lots, Nos. 5,6, 7, and 8, front on Wood street one hundred feet each and run back at right angles toward Green street two hundred feet each. Four of said lots, Nos. 9,10, 11, and 12, front one hundred feet each on the west side of Wood street and run back at right angles two bun dred feet. And four other of said lots, Nos. 13, 14, 15, and 16, front on the east side of an un named street next to R. V. Cobb’s property one hundred feet each and run back at right angles two hundred feet each, and abut against lots 9, 10, 11, and 12. All of said property contains eight acres, and is bounded on the east by Green street, on the south by North street, ou the north by Gower street, and on the west by an unnamed street. Wood street runs through the center from north to south, and there is a twenty-foot alley extending through the center from Green street to R. V. Cobb’s property. This is the most beautiful and best located residence property in the city. The titles are perfect. A plat of the property can be seen at the office of Dunlap & Dunlap. All the above described property sold as the property of Jacob A. Wolfe, deceased. Terms of sale: One-half cash and balance in twelve months, the purchaser to pay eight per cent interest on deferred payment and receive bond for titles till last installment is paid. MARGARET A. WOLFE, FREDERICK A. WOLFE, Administrators of Jacob A. Wolfe, dec’ll. Local Legislation. Notice is hereby given that a Bill will be in troduced at the present session of the General Assembly to amend Section IV of Act approved August 14, 1891, establishing the City Court of Hall County, so as to provide for the appoint ment of a Solicitor for said Court, instead of the Solicitor-General of the Northeastern cir cuit being ex-officio Solicitor of said court. Nov. 10, 1898. Notice—Stockholders’ Meeting, The annual meeting of the stockholders of the First National Bank of Gainesville, Ga., will be held at their bank at 5 o’clock p. m., on the second Tuesday of January, 1899, for the purpose of selecting Directors for the ensuing year. A full attendance is desired. J. W. SMITH, Cashier. j Movable Limb Doll, dressed in box ! .Movable Limb Doll, dressed | in box, larger .... s(>c I Movable Limb Doll, dressed in box, fine - - (iOc i Mavable Limb Doll, dressed in box, great bargain - !$•»!. Movable Limb Doll, dressed in box, best in the world ,51,50 C OLOR and flavor of fruits, / size, quality and ap pearance of vegetables, weight and plumpness of grain, arc all produced by Potash. Potash, properly combined with Phos phoric Acid and Nitrogen, and liberally applied, will improve every soil and increase yield and quality of any crop. Write and get Free our pamphlets, which tell how to buy and use fertilizers with greatest economy and profit. GERFIAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New York. Executors’ Sale. GEORGIA—HaII County. By virtue of the power granted to the execu tors under the last will and testament ol Y. J. Harrington, late ol said comity, deceased, will be sold before the court house door in the city of Gainesville, county of Hall and State of Georgia, at public outcry, to the highest bid der, within the legal hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in January, 1899, the following de scribed property belonging to the estate of said deceased, to wit: The Opera House, with the lot on which it stands, on the corner of Bradford and W ash ington streets, in the city ol Gainesville and county of Hall ami State of Georgia, inciuding the three stores composing said building, and fronting seventy feet, more or less, on Wash ington street, and running back same width parallel with said Bradfora street one hundred add twenty feet, more or less, to a tilteen-foot alley. The double one-story brick building, and the lot upon which it is located, 1 ■mung on said Washington street tuirty-two levl, more or less, and running back the width ol said house parallel with Bradford street one hun dred feet, wore or less, and now occupied by Drs. Ryder A Merritt as a dental office. Two vacant lots between said double brick building and Miss Lizzie Carroll’s lot, each fronting twenty-two and one-hall led, more or less, on Washington street, and i mining back same width one hundred teet, more or less; said vacant lots to be sold separately. The lot known as the Livery Stable lot, in cluding the livery stable, and sueds connected therewith, said lot fronting titty-six ieet, more or less, on said Bradford street, and running back seventy ieet, more or less, along a niteeii foot alley to the upper line of said Opera House; thence south twenty feet, more or less, to the Miss Carroll lot; thence eastward along the back line of Miss Carroll’s lot, said vacant lots, and the back line of said one-story brick Build ing to the line ol Dr. J. W. Bailey's lot; thence northward with said Bailey’s line to the line ot H. H. Dean’s lot; thence witn the line of said Dean’s lot in a westward direction to Bradford street, and being the same properly described in a deed from Russell Smith, as receiver of the estate ol Daniel M. Stringer, de ceased, to said Y. J. Harrington. The terms of sale ot “the above described property: One-third cash, one-third Ist of Jan uary, 1900, and one-third Ist ot January, 1901; notes for deferred payments with eight per cent interest from date; bonds tor titles until all purchase money is paid. Also the following other property belonging to the estate ot said Y. J. Harrington,deceased, situated, lying and being in said city of Gaines ville, said comity and State, will be sold at the same time and place, to wit: An undivided one-half interest in a twa room house, and lot on which it is located, flouting on Church street in said city, and bounded on west by Hudson street, east by Athens street, and south by lot ol J. W. Hudson. (R. O. Green owns the other undivided half interest in said lot.) An undivided one-half interest in a five room brick house, and lot on w’hich it is situated, on Banks street, in said city, fronting on the south side of said street, said lot containing one acre, more or less. (R. Smith owning the other un divided half interest in said lot.) An undivided one-half interest in a small two room house, and the lot on which it is located, fronting on Armour street, in said city, said lot containing one-fourth of one acre, more or less. (The estate of W. I’. W helchel owning the other undivided one-half interest.) One five room house, and lot on which it is located, on the corner of Athens and Myrtle streets, in said city, said lot fronting on Hie west side of Athens street, containing one acre, more or less, rnd now occupied by Dr. T. C. Gower, and adjoining lot of J. F. Duckett. One two-story eight room house, and lot on which it is located, situated on the south side of Myrtle street, in said city, containing one acre, more or less, adjoining the property of W. I. Hobbs and others. Also at the same time and place, will be sold a certain tract or parcel of land situate, lying, and being in said comity and State, containing two hundred and fifty acres, more or less, and bounded on the north by the Chattahoochee River, on the west by lauds of J. S. Davis and • Wm. O’Shields, on the south by land of B. A. Merck and estate of John Merck, deceased, and on the east by land of Wm. Moore and Wm. Waters. There is in said tract about twenty acres of bottom land. . A large part of said land is in a good state of cultivation, balance in old fields and original forest, and being the land whereon Dr. Kimsey lived luring the present year, and is known as the Eberhart place. The terms of sale of six last described inter ests and parcels of land, cash. All the foregoing described property sold as the property of the estate of said Y. J. Harring ton, deceased, and for the purpose of paying debts and making distribution among the lega tees under the will of said Y. J. Harrington, deceased. J. K. THOMPSON, J. C. HARRINGTON, R. O. GREEN, Executors of will of Y. J. Harrington, dec’d. Dec. 1, 1898. Administrator’s Sale. GEORGIA—HaII County. By virtue of an order granted by the Court of Orainary of said county will be sold before the court house door, in the city of Gainesville, in the county of Hall and State of Georgia, at public outcry, to the highest bidder, within the legal hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in Jan uary, 1899, the following described land situ ate, lying, and being in the said county of Hall and State of Georgia, to wit: Fifty acres of land, more or less, lying on the east side of the public road leading by the old home place of S. C. Fraser, deceased, adjoining the lands of Jacob Pirkle and Mrs. Nancy Mauldin and said public road on the west, the land of the estate ol L. C. Fraser, deceased, on the north, the land of Rhoda I’irkle on the east, and the dower land of Mrs. Sarah C. Fra ser on the south. Also, at the same time and place, will be sold sixty acres of land, more or less, on the west side of said pubic road, adjoining the land of I. F. Duncan on the south, tae land of Maddox and Mackey on the west, the land of the estate of L. C. Fraser, deceased, on the north, and said dower land and public road on the east. Also tbe reversionary interest in the the dower land of said Mrs. Sarah C. Fraser, con taining eighty-four and thirty-five one-hun dredth acres, more or less, adjoining the land of T. H. Fraser on the south, the land of Mrs. Nancy Mauluin on the east, the land of Jacob Pirkle on the north, and other land of the es tate of S. C. Fraser, deceased, on the west; it being necessary to sell said reversionary inter est to pay the debts of said deceased. AH of tbe above described property to be sold as the property belonging to the estate of said S. U. Fraser, deceased, and sold for the pur nose of paying the debts of said S.C. Fraser, deceased. Terms cash. • A. R. SMITH, Adm’r de bonis non, with will annexed, of S. C. Fraser, deceased. Administrator’s Sale. GEORGI A—Hall County. By virtue of an order granted by the Court of Ordina y of Mall County, will be sold before the court house door, in the city of Gainesville, in the county of Hall and State of Georgia, at public outcry, to the highest bidder, with in the legal hours ot sale, on the first Tuesday in Jan uary, 1899, the following described land ying and being in the county of Hall and State of Georgia, to wit: One tract of ninety acres, more or less, of land in, one, tract, and another tract of sixty acres, more or k ss; both tracts lying and being in Gillsville District of said county. The ninety-acre tract adjoins the lands ot R. J. Wright, Nancy Wright, and W. B. Brian, and lies on the west side of the Oconee River. The sixty-acre tract joins the lands of R. J. Wright, Allen Latty, John Brown, and the Gilmer lands. All the above described property sold as the property of the estate of T. N. Brian, late of Hall county, deceased, for the purpose of pay ing the debts of said deceased and for distribu tiod. Terms of sale, cash. G. P. PITTMAN, M. B. CARTER, Adm’rs of the Estate of T. N. Brian, dec’d. Executrix’s Sale. GEORGIA —Hall County. Agreeably to an order of the Court of Ordi nary of Morgan county, said State, will be sold on the first Tuesday in January next, within the legal hours of sale, at public outcry, at the court house door of saict county of Hall, to the highest bidder, the following described prop erty, to wit: That certain house and lot in the city of Gainesville, said county of Hall, beginning at the corner of Hub Merck’s lot, on Race street, and running along said Race street in a north erly direction one hundred and forty feet, more or less, to Park street; thence along Park street east three hundred and twenty-one feet, more or less, to a stake; thence south, parallel with Race street, one hundred and forty feet, more or less, to stake even with Hub Merck’s line; thence to Hub Merck's line and along this line to the beginning point. Sold as the property of W. T. Newton, late of said comity ot Morgan, deceased. Terms cash. This sth day ot December, 1898. Mrs. R. A. NEWTON, Executrix.