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The Gainesville jajle.
Entered at the Gainesville Postoffi.ce 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, January 26, 1899.
WELL DONE.
We are glad to know that the
grand jury took a sensible and bus
iness view of the matter and
re-elected Dr. Dixon as County
Commission' r. In this we believe
they voiced the preferences of a large
majority of the people of the county.
There were many people opposed—
honestly opposed to Dr. Dixon’s ad
ministration of the office, but we sin
cerely believe they were laboring
under a misunderstanding of the
facts and a misconception of the true
conditions of things.
That Dr. Dixon is honest no one
will fora moment dispute. That he
gives the office the full benefit of his
best time and talent all will concede
as equally true. That the plans and
purposes inaugurated by him will
prove a benefit to the the people
some now doubt, and that seems to
be the bone of contention. Until
every man’s head and heart are made
in the same mold there will be diver
sities of opinion and honest differ
ences. But we honestly believe tha.
the future will prove the value, the
practicability, and the patriotism of
Dr. Dixon’s conclusions regarding the
bridges, the roads, the county home,
and other matters to which he has
applied advanced and enterprising
business principles.
The personality of Dr. Dixon cuts
no figure in this case. The gratify
ing thing about the grand jury’s ac
tion is that it is an endorsement of a
principle of horse sense and pro
gressiveness that is destined to work
for much good to the people.
AFTER THE DODGERS.
The tax commission appointed by
the last legislature to devise ways and
means for getting a bomb under that
smooth individual known as the tax
dodger is now in session in Atlanta.
This commission was created by a
joint resolution of the general assem
bly, which provided for the appoint
ment of a tax commission to be com
posed of the Governor, attorney gen
eral, comptroller general, president
of the senate, speaker of the house,
three members of the two bodies to
be appointed by the presiding officer
of each. These appointments have
been made and the commission is
composed of the following gentle
men: Govornor A. D. Candler, At
torney General J. M. Terrell, Comp
troller General William A. Wright,
President William A Dodson of the
senate, Speaker John D. Little of the
house, Senators E. L. Wright, R. T.
Fouche and S. T. Blalock, and rep
resentatives Roland Ellis, R. W.
Freeman, M. L. Johnson, A. C. Bla
lock and T. W. Hardwick.
The object of the appointment of
this commission is set forth in the
following extract from the resolutions
creating it.
It shall be the duty of such board—
To carefully inquire into the evils
and inequalities of our present tax
system.
To make a careful study of the tax
systems in operation in other states,
with a view of correcting the evils of
our present system, and particularly
of reaching tangible and intangible
personal property not now being
taxed.
To report fully to this general as
sembly on the first day of its next
session the result of its investigation
and its finding.
To prepare and present to the gen
eral assembly, at the same time its
report is made and as a part thereof,
a bill incorporating such changes in
the tax laws of Georgia as will, in
the opinion of said board, most effec
tually correct the evils and inequali
ties of the present system.
To inquire into and report upon
the practicability and wisdom of a
constitutional limitation of the rate
of taxation, as well as the propriety
of incorporating in our tax system a
reasonable tax on incomes and direct
or collateral inheritances, or both.
That said board shall meet at such
time as may be determined upon by
the members thereof, and as may be
necessary to the proper discharge of
the duties herein imposed ; provided
that the meeting of such board shall
in no case continue longer than thir
ty days.
THE NICARAGUA CANAL.
The U. S. Senate has passed the
Nicaragua Canal bill, only 6 votes
being cast against it. The canal
company is authorized to contract for
the completion of the canal witbin
six years. The payments are
restricted to $20,000,000 annually.
The canal is to be large enough “for
the use of the largest sea-going ves
sels at a cost not to exceed the esti
mate of the engineers, and not to
exceed $115,000,000.” This amount is
made a permanent appropriation for
the work to be used as occasion may
require.
The bill gives the government a
lien upon the property to secure the
repayment of the moneys advanced.
BALLOT REFORM.
When the question of ballot re
form was taken up by the last legis
lature a committee was appointed to
visit other states and examine into
the workings of what is known as
the Australian ballot system. A. R.
Smith, the member from Hall county,
was appointed chairman of this com
mittee, and. after visiting the state
of Tennessee and making a thorough
investigation submitted the following
report:
We, the joint committee appointed
under a resolution of the General As
sembly to visit some state using the
Australian ballot, investigate its op
erations, and report our observations
upon the same, beg leave to make the
following report:
Your committee visited the state
of Tennessee, where the general elec
tion was held in November.
Congressmen, Governor, and State
house officers and members of the
general Assembly and other officers
were elected at the November elec
tion.
The committee visited Chatta
nooga and Memphis, and received
special courtesies at the hands of the
officers and citizens of each city.
Ample opportunities were given
the committee to witness said elec
tion in all its operations, under the
Australian ballot law of Tennessee.
The committee examined the prep
arations for holding elections and
witnessed the management by the
Superintendant and other officers;
also the counting out of the ballots
after the polls were closed.
MANNER OF VOTING.
Prior to registering, the voter
must pay his poll tax. This is re
quired of every voter between the
ages of 21 and 50 years. There are
only three county Registrars,appoint
ed bi-ennial.y by the Judge of the
Superior court for each county.
These three appoint assistant Reg
istrars for each voting precinct, and
also a commissioner of elections at
each voting precinct.
The arrangements for voting are
pimple and inexpensive.
A hollow square about 10 by 12 is
enclosed with 2 by 4 lumber.
This square is occupied by the
Judges of election and Clerks.
A rope is fastened around the
front of the house in which the elec
tion is held, leaving an entrance on
each side which is guarded by an of
ficer.
The entrances are 50 feet from ’.he
door.
One of the assistant Registrars oc
cupies a position at the door.
He has all the tickets for that pre
cinct, which are printed by the gov
ernment, and not distributed except
to qualified voters as they appear at
the door.
A person wishing to vote ap
proaches the door, exhibits to the as
sistant registrar, who has the tickets,
bis registration certificate and his
poll tax receipt.
Being properly identified by this
officer, he is given a ticket and al
lowed to pass within.
He hands his ticket, poll tax re
ceipt, and registration certificate to
the Commissioner of elections, who
places a corresponding number on all
three and returns them to the voter.
The ticket contains the names of
all the candidates, arranged in alpha
betical order without other distinc
tion.
The voter makes a cross mark im
mediately in front or after the name
of each candidate for whom he wish
es to vote. He will then fold his
ticket and return and hand it to one
of the Judges of elections, together
with his poll tax receipt and regis
tration certificates.
If the numbers of all three corres
pond, and the voter is otherwise
identified as a legal voter, his ballot
is deposited in the election box and
the voter retires.
Only one voter is allowed to enter
the booth at a time, and he is allow
ed ten minutes to prepare his ballot
if no others are following, and five if
others are following.
The prerequisities to registration
are similar to the same under Geor
gia laws, except the payment of tax
es. Under the Tennessee law the
payment of poll tax is all that is re
quired, so far as taxes are concerned.
All candidates are nominated by pri
mary elections held under rules sim
ilar to those prescribed by political
parties in Georgia. Your committee
was much pleased with the good or
der preserved around the voting pre
cincts, the same being absolutely free
from strife and turmoil..
So far as observed, the elections
are fair and honest, —no inducement
offered to any voter. Under a prop
er and faithful management of an
election under this law, fraud and
bribery, and the use of improper
means seem to be impossible.
The voting is undoubtedly secret,
each voter marking and preparing
his own ticket, unless blind or other
wise physically unable to prepare a
ticket for himself.
No person is allowed to accom
pany the voter after he reaches with
in fifty feet of the door of the house
in which the election is held.
Under this system or method of
voting all questions now left to pop
ular »ote are decided and determined
by the intelligence of the State.
Without favoring or expressing a
preference for the enactment of the
Australian ballot law, or any other
special ballot law, your committee is
profoundly impressed with the nec
essity of some kind of ballot reform
for Georgia, reform that will prevent
the purchase and sale of votes with
money or other corrupting influ
ences.
TOM WATSON’S BOOK.
Mr. Thomas E. Watson has turn
ed his attention from politics to bis
tory, and the result of his labours in
the field of literature is announced
for immediate publication hy the
Macmillan Company, New York.
The celebrated Populist has written
a history of the French people from
the settlement of the Gauls to the
consulate of Napoleon Bonaparte,
and the author’s sympathy with pop
ular tendencies will doubtless tend
to produce a book at least bold and
unconventional. His preface de
clares that one of the purposes of the
work is “to illustrate once more the
blighting effects of superstition, ig
norance bhud obedience, unjust laws,
confiscation under the disguise of
unequal taxes, and a systematic plun
der year by year of the weaker class
es by the stronger.” The history is
to be called “The Story of France,”
and w’ill be completed in two vol
umes.
THE TAMMANY CHIEF ON THE DEAD
HERESY.
Richard Croker, commenting on
newspaper criticism of his published
statement that free silver coinage at
16 to 1 is a dead issue, says in the
Tammany Times:
“I reiterate that the 16 to 1 ques
tion is a dead issue. This was proved
conclusively by the expression of the
will of the people in 1896, when they
elected Mr. McKinley President of
the United States. Now, the Dem
ocrats of the West and other sections
of the country are trying to foist this
dead issue upon the Democratic par
ty and to make the old, dead cry of
16 to 1 the Democratic slogan in
1900. Why should we carry a dead
weight in that campaign? There is
no earthly reason for it.
“Speaking for this section of the
country, I say that if the 16 to 1
question is again brought before the
people there will be felt again
throughout the nation the same dis
trust that prevailed in 1896. Dur
ing the fall of that year, while the
campaign was in progress, every man
with a dollar of surplus, whether he
was millionaire or working man,
hoarded his savings; in fact, locked
them up so securely that there was
actually no money in circulation. As
a natural consequence the times then
became well-nigh desperate. Look
back at the winter of 1896, and see
what the mere rumor of silver coin
age at the ratio of 16 to 1 did to this
country. You could not get money
in the banks, you could not raise
money on any kind of security, and
the result was the very hardest kind
of hard times.
“From the South and West there
always comes the hue and cry against
New York, because it is the money
centre of the United States. But
whenever there is any great public
improvements to be made in any sec
tion of this country the first look for
help is toward abused New York.
They rush to our great city to raise
the money. They come here tor the
means to build their railroads, to
construct their water works, to erect
the plants for gas service and bond
their cities for any kind of improve
ment. Theo, no matter how much
benefit is derived from this section
of the country, there is always the
same howl against the great city,
because it is the money centre—that
very centre without which public
improvement would be au impossi
bility.
“If this silver question comes again
before the people and is made a fac
tor in the national platform, the
moneyed men of the East will look
for investment outside of this coun
try, and the banks in other States in
the Union will be unable to borrow
money in the East. The result will
be that the poor will be the greatest
sufferers.
“The present winter of 1898-99
has been free from the scenes of star
vation and suffering that were so
painfully characteristic of the time
when the financial strength of the
country was threatened. Everybody
seems to be making a living and to
be contented. The reason for this
is easily found. The men with
money have loosened their purse
strings and money is being plentifully
spent for public improvements. La
bor is not idle and money is in circu
lation, because there is a feeling of
financial security.”
0. B. STEVENS.
Editor Eagle :
It is but proper and right that the
people of Georgia should know just
as nearly as possible the kind of State
house officials we have in the admin
istration of affairs belonging to the
people. Mr. Stevens is the Honora
ble Commissioner of Agriculture.
The Ninth District is entitled to the
appointment of one man as fertilizer
inspector, and among the many ap
plicants, one of whom must be ap
pointed by Mr. Stevens, there were
two good men from this section—
one from Hall and one from Jackson.
The writer was naturally interested
in the Hall county man, but while
talking in person to Mr. Stevens on
Dec. 15th last he was told by the
Honorable Commissioner that while
he felt very kindly toward the Hall
county applicant, he thought our
county had her share of offices and
that he would be forced, under the
circumstances, to give the appoint
ment to the gentleman from Jack
son. I am personally acquainted
with and am a friend of the gentle
man in Jackson who was seeking the
appointment, and stated to Mr.
Stevens that if he could not appoint
the Hall county applicant I would be
pleased to see the plum go to the
gentleman from Jackson.
Mr. Stevens expressed himself as
being very much embarrassed over
the situation in making up his mind
as between the two applicants from
these two counties, when in fact he
had already appointed Mr. Nace
Candler of Texas, late of Banks
county, a brother of the Governor,
and he was at that time drawing
money on his commission.
I do not so much object to the
appointment of Mr. Candler, but
must enter a protest against such
political methods. Mr. Stevens has
proven himself to be a peanut poli
tician of modern type, and
such evidence as would convince the
least credulous in the bailiwick of
political demagoguery.
We have been convinced for sev
eral years that the office of Commis
sioner of Agriculture ought to be
abolished and certainly a mora. op
portune time could not be found
than now. By so doing we would
have something to gain and nothing
to lose. Thos. M. Bell.
GOTT FUR DOMDER!
Mr Editor : 1 vas draveling mit
myself and my horse and garraige in
der gounty of Hall, in der Empire
State of Georgia. Der beoples galls
me der bedler, but I galls myself a
ganvasser for an educational bubli
cation—a bubhc benefactor. I
koi med myself to der Klondyke
store. I found eight and two more
of dose Hall gounty varmers siMing
around on der store boxes : kussing
der government, der hard times, and
low prices, and monopolies, and rail
roads, and gold standards, and ring
rules.
I dalked edugation to dose beoples;
I vas told by der deacber dot der
schools vas a dismal vailure, der girls
did not need edugation, and der boys
must hunt der rabbits to keep dem
from eating der money grop of got
ton. I vanted to send some letters
to my Katrina, but dere vas no boat
office at der Klondykes. and I yon
dered how dose beoples could know
so much of bolitics, ven dey did not
read dere own gounty newspaper.
I vondered how dose beoples has
so much of energy—lacking.
I do not know vot for dose beoples
kuss der railroads ven dey have no
horse to haul der feed vrom Kansas
City and Chicago. Myself vas hun
gry, but mine host could not give
me some sauer kraut, nor bologna,
nor even botatoes. My city horse
vould not eat gotton seeds, but I vas
dold dot der lands about de Klon
dykes vould not grow oats, nor bo
tatoes, nor any dings but gotton, and
rabbits, and discontent. Veil, I ven
ders myself again vot for I vants der
mill to grind toll free ven I have no
corn to grind? Again I vants to
know vot for dose beoples kuss der
hard times and der own
ven dey have so much of energy to
kuss as would raise a calf and a pig
and some botatoes besides.
But such is life. Dey galls me der
Dutch bedler, ven I vas drying to
improve der edugational racilities.
Dey rant and fuss, and fume and
kuss, with never a thought of drying
to make der vorld better or der beople
more brosperous, or happy, or con
tented.
If you vill put this in your baper,
maybe some of your good citizens
will be able to lend a helping hand
to those discontented gotton raisers.
Yours druly,
Hans Schnidee.
UNMALLEABLE MEN.
Alluding to the article in the Sa
vannah Press about Captain Henry
G. Turner, a few days ago, the Macon
Telegraph says:
“This states the case, but it must
be admitted reluctantly that there
has grown upon the country too
much of a disposition to promote
men in public life who are too mallea
ble under the beating of the shifting
winds of political expediency. Men
of great force and character are not
always swept off their feet by new
fads in politics, but they are too
often driven from responsible station
because they do not tumble, as weak
er men do.”
There is a great deal of truth in
this. There are several men m the
Georgia delegation to-day in congress
because they are “malleable” and
versatile and willing to bend with
the silver furore rather than stand up
and rebuke it. It is very hard for a
man to wait when he sees an oppor
tunity to get in congress by riding
on the wave of a popular prejudice.
He does not stop to consider that if
he would wait a while his position
would be very much stronger and
the confidence of the people in him
would be very much greater. Men
like Turner and Lawson gave up
their seats rather than bow to the
free silyer craze, or rather, than
seem to indorse a policy which they
knew wonld be ruinous and imprac
tical. There is another gentleman
in Georgia who went down a few
years ago before the wave of popular
clamor and he deserves the best con
sideration of the Democratic party.
Hon. Geo. T. Barnes of Richmond
represented the Tenth district in
congress when the so-called “sub
treasury” scheme was offered by the
Farmers’ alliance. Major Barnes
refused to countenance such a chi
merical plan. He wrote a letter to
bis constituents stating that the idea
could not be put into practical work
ing and that it was contrary to the
Democratic theory of government.
Major Barnes was defeated for the
Democratic re-nomination on this
ground and since that time has been
content to Uve in retirement. Such
a man should not be allowed to re*
main a sacrifice to such an empty
scheme. Major Barnes proved to be
“unmalleable” in the hands of the
politicians and dreamers. He de
serves well of the people and it will
be the fault of his party if he is
allowed to remain in retirement.
Tbe people cannot afford to establish
the precedent that a good man can
be retired and stay retired by refus
ing to bow to the behests of dem
agogy. —Savannah Press.
REED BOTHERS THEM.
The position of Speaker Reed on
the Philippine question bothers the
President and other Republican
leaders. They don’t know what to
make of it. It is well known that tbe
President has been trying to get on
the popular side of the question, and
it is doubtful if he is yet entirely sat
isfied as to which is tbe popular side.
In his trips through the West and
South bis utterances in favor of bold
ing the islands were applauded and
he was led to believe that tbe people
wanted the government to bold on to
the Philippines.
So many of tbe strong men of his
own party, however, and the great
majority of tbe Democrats, having
taken the position that it would be a
grave mistake to extend our sover
eignty over tbe islands, that he has
begun to doubt tbe correctness of bis
judgment. And be knows that
Speaker Reed wants tbe Republican
nomination for President next year.
This ambition of the speaker to be
President troubles a good many of
the Republican leaders. They are
afraid that he is waiting to see be
yond the question of a doubt which
is the Popular side of the Philippine
issue before making a public declar
ation of his position in regard to it.
It is believed that be is against sov
ereignty over the Philippines, but it
is not a matter of much consequence
what his position in respect to the
matter is, so long as be does not state
it publicly.
The fear is entertained by Repub
lican leaders that he is preparing a
surprise for his party and the coun
try—a surprise that he hopes will
greatly increase his chances of being
tbe next presidential candidate of bis
party. It is believed, and with some
show of reason, that the Philippine
matter is going to play an important
part in tbe next presidential
contest. Evidently Mr. Reed also
thinks so.
THE QUEEN OF SPAIN.
The queen regent of Spain ordered
an elevator put in the palace. The
Baltimore News suggests that “she
has got in the habit of wanting to be
let down easy.”
God bless tbe queen regent and
god bless—“there is no harm in bless
ing”—the little king. If there is one
woman in this world whom the par
agraphers should leave alone and not
joke about it is the good Austrian
princess, who has done her duty as
she has seen it and who in sunshine
and sorrow has been the true woman
and the Christian queen. There is a
singular fatality following the princes
and princesses of the house of
Hapsburg. The sad fate of Marie
Antoinette, of Bonaparte’e second
wife, of Maximillian seems to shadow
tbe queen of Spain. In his elegant
Savannah speech last December Sec
retary of the Navy Long said no
more eloquent things than his tribute
to Marie Christina:
“There is one representative of the
Spanish nation to whom your hearts
should go out; a sweet, beautiful, lov
ing mother, in the very prime of her
maturity, charged with the fortunes
of a little boy of 11 or twelve years
of age, as dear to her as your chil
dren to you, whose prayers she hears,
whose face she kisses, whose interests
and interests of the great country of
which he is to be the ruler were in
her hands, anxious for peace, solici
tous to preserve her country from the
perils of war, communicating to tbe
president in the manner to which he
responded as, with his generous na
ture, he would respond—remember
her. I ask the gracious, kindly feel
ing of this country for that queen,
that mother of tbe infant king of
Spain. [Applause.]”
Wife Put Spiders in Coffee.
Sandersville, Ga., Jan. 21.—The
wife and relatives of Tom Thomas, a
respectable negro of this county, are
suspected of having attempted to
poison Thomas by putting spiders in
his coffee. Ho came to Sandersville,
and said bis wife and he had been
troubled by some of his children, who
bad objected to bis second marriage.
This caused a general row and Thom
as says his wife put spiders in his cof
fee and that he found the cooked
bodies of spiders in bis cup after he
had swallowed some of it. This
made him deathly sick, but he did
not drink enough of the poisoned
coffee to cause death.
Shot a Man.
Geo. Harbison, a brother of James
V. Harbison, who attended the
N. G. A. College here several years
ago, was bound over in Oklahoma on
December 27th for shooting a man
through the leg during a difficulty
over the herding of some cattle on
some lands which tbe man bad been
interested in. The mao used a Win
chester but George got the best
shot by killing the fellow’s horse and
wounding him as stated above. — Nug
get.
Heathenism in Hawaii.
Boston, Maas., Jan. 23.—Tbe
American board of commissioners for
foreign missions has just received an
interesting report on the present con
dition of tbe Hawaiian Islands.
Tbe report is from Rev. J. I>ad
ingham. After stating that intox
ication was ruining scores and hun
dreds of the natives, Mr. Leading
ham says:
“Heathenism also is a foe which
Christianity must still encounter
here. Besides the lingering rem
nants of Hawaiian heathenism is
that which is imported from Japan.
Shinto and Buddhist priests are ac
tive in tbe support of their faith
among tbe Japanese laborers in some
places in the islands.”
On a recent trip to tbe Island of
Hawaii, Mr. Leadingham saw on one
side of the road a building in front
of which were some peculiarly shaped
banners attached to some tall
poles. A pathway leading up to the
building had been cut through the
steep bank by tbe roadside, and the
banks on either side of this pathway
were stuck full of short pieces of
bamboo, attached to which were
strips of paper covered with
Japanese characters.
The building was a sbinto shrine
and tbe strips of paper on tbe sides
of the pathway were prayers. Here
was real heathenism from Japan.
It is no uncommon sight to see a
back loaded with Chinamen and hav
ing with them a nicely roasted pig,
on the way to the cemetery to pay
their homage to their dead ancestors.
Settling the Boy’s Career.
An old Ducbman bad a beautiful
boy, of whom he was very proud,
and he decided to find out the bent
of his mind, says the Boston Trav
eler. He adopted a very novel
method by which to test him. He
slipped into the little fellow’s room
one morning and placed on bis table
a Bible, a bottle of whisky, and a
silver dollar.
“Now,” said he, “ven dot boy
comes in, es be takes dot dollar, he’s
goin’ to be a beesniz man; es be dakes
dot Bible he’ll be a breacher; if be
dakes dot whisky, he’s no goot—he’s
goin’ to be a drunkart,” and he bid
behind tbe door to see which his son
would choose.
In came tbe boy whistling. He
ran up to the table and picked up
tbe dollar and put it into bis pocket;
be picked up tbe Bible and put it
under his arm, then be snatched up
the bottle of whisky and took two
or three drinks and went out smack
ing his lips. The old Dutchman
poked bis bead out from behind tbe
door and exclaimed:
“Mine gracious—he’s goin’ to be a
bolitician.”
What a Lyre!
James M. Davis, tbe sheriff of
Lumpkin county, has tbe strangest
cow that we ever heard of. She
gives abundance of very rich milk
during the spring, summer and fall,
which has been her custom for about
six years. She begins to fail in her
milk in the fall and by tbe time
winter approaches is perfectly dry
and continues so until spring when
her flow of milk is renewed and all
through the summer months gives
two gallons a day. But when winter
comes she never fails to go dry, or
hasn’t for the past 6 years.—Nugget.
■ ■ »
A special dispatch from Wash
ington to the Atlanta Journal says
that the affection of President Mc-
Kinley for General Wheeler amounts
almost to the love that Damon bad
for Pythias, and a great many per
sons predict that tbe president will
demand General Wheeler as a run
ning mate in 1900.
They used to say that tbe gold
standard was a good thing for Eng
land because she was a creditor na
tion, and it was bad for the United
States because she was a debtor na
tion—therefore give us gaubs of free
silver. But things have changed
since Betsey died. The United
States is now a creditor nation.
According to the creed of 1896, as
taught by Bryan, we should now
bold fast to gold. The cross and
crown are both of that metal.
It has been judicially decided in
South Carolina that under provision
of the state constitution, a juror must
be a qualified voter.
In Havana province alone the
number of reconcentradoes starved
was 135,000, while for the entire
island tbe figure is given as 425,000.
Since he left congress eight years
ago Governor Allen D. Candler, of
Georgia, has made but two visits to
the hall of representatives.
CURED BY CUTICURA.
My mother has been a victim to ulcers from
varicose veins for thirty-five years. Eleven of
these terrible sores have existed at one time on
the limb affected. Excruciating pain and intense
suffering were endured, with all sorts of remedies
on trial and numberless physicians* calls and
prescriptions applied, all with but little benefit.
At last the remedial agent was found in Cun-
CUBA, which surely proved worth Its weight In
gold, slleviating pain and causing healing pro
cesses to commence and a cure speedily effected.
Cuticura Soap is cleansing, purifying, and heal
ing in its nature, proving itself a most excellent
and valuable auxiliary to Cuticura (ointment).
March tfi, 1898. W. T. MORSE, Cabot, VL
WWim both* with Cvticcba Soap, gentle aaoint
tnn with CUTiecsA. the greet ekin cure sad pureet of
emollienta, and milddoeeeofCcTiccai
est of blood puriflere and humor euros, have eared thou
sands whose suffering from humors was almost beyond
endurance, hair lifeless or all gone, disfigurement terrible.
gold throughout th* world. PorruD.sCniu.Con,
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UVE YOUR HAIR £uP.
If Grip threatens use Dr. Miles’ Nervine,
A Boston woman recently wrote to
the agent of five civiliz 'd tribes in
the Indian Territory for half a doz
en Indian names, which she wished
to bestow upon her household pets.
The agent sent her the names of
Dennis P. O’Flannagan, John W.
Brown, Silas Smith, J. Q. Scott,
Samuel S. Benton and Asa P. Long
fellow, all prominent Indians of the
region.
Kansas has a new law under which
speculating in grain futures is class
ed as a misdt ameanor. Seventeen
men were arrested under the law a
few days ago. Some months ag >,
when Joe Leiter of Chicago was
sending wheat booming skyward by
dealing in futures, Kansas fathers
were naming their babies after him,
and thought that grain speculation
was of divine origin and one of man’s
inalienable rights.
Mrs. Mary Sawer Peter, of Hence
ker, N. H., recently celebrated her
100th birthday by taking a sitigh
ride of five miles in a temperature of
20 degress below zero.
God Is Just.
Thank God that God shall judge my soul, nol
man!
1 marvel when they say,
“Think of that awful day
No pitying fellow sinner’s eyes shall scan
With tolerance thy soul
But his who knows the whole,
The God whom all men own is wholly just ”
Bold thou that last word dear
And live untouched by fear.
He knows with what strange tires be mixes
this dust
The heritage of race.
The circumstance and place
Which make us what we are were from his
hand.
That left us. faint of voice ‘
Small margin for choice.
He gave. 1 took Shall i not fearless stand ?
Hereditary bent
That hedges in intent
He mows, be sure, tbe God who shaped thy
brain
He loves the souls he made.
He knows his own hand laid
On each the mark of seme ancestral stain
Not souls severely white.
But groping for more light.
Are what eternal justice here demands
Fear not. He made thee dust.
Cling to that sweet word “just '
All’s wall with thee if thou art in just hands
Anna Reeve Aldrich
Washington Conquered.
Grip Takes the City in its Iron Grasp.
UavernMCßt Machinery Almost at a
ntandatill.—Enormous Perceentage
•f Employees stricken with lon-
Grippe.—d'apitol at the
Mercy of the Plague.
The Grip epidemic is raging in the
Capitol City, and fully one-third of the
government employees are sick or suf
fering from the dread disease. Violent
headaches, fever and chills, sneezing and
running at the eyes and nose together
with the bone-racking aches and vains
and a general exhaustion are the rule
rather than the exception. The best
way to fight the Grip is to strengthen
tbe nerves and build up the resistive
powers so as to throw off the deadly dis
ease germs, and nothing will do ibis so
quickly and surely as Dr. Miles’ Nervine.
It has restored health to thousands of
Grip sufferers after every other remedy
had failed.
“When the Grip left me I was a broken
down wreck, both mental and physical.
My nerves were completely unstrung,
my appetite failed, could not sleep and
became so despondent that I despaired
of ever getting well. I began to improve
with the first bottle of Dr. Miles’ Ner
vine and when I had taken seven bottles
I was completely cured. Have been
strong and well ever since and weigh
more than I ever did before.”
Samuel F. Pilson, Staunton, Va.
All druggists are authorized to sc’.i Dr.
Miles’ Nervine on a guarantee that first
bottle benefits or money refunded. Be
sure and get Dr. Miles’ Nervine. Book
look on heart and nerves sent free. Ad
dress Dr. Miles’ Medical Co., Elkhart,
Ind.
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Every tree warranted true to name.
All trees sold by these Nurs, rit-s
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No better trees nor finer vari. tiis
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Address,
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means. Send for catalogue to the President.
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When Grip attacks you take Dr. Miles’
Restorative Nervine to drive it away.
U.,, /
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TBE EXffiXfflvE > r SYEUP OF FIGS
is due not only to tl.e or’-inality and
simplicity of the coinbin. tion, but also
to the care and ukill w . Ii which it is
manufactured by scientific processes
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all the importance of purchasing the
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as it acts on the kidneys, liver and
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Letters of Dismission.
GEORGIA—HaiI County.
Ordinary’s Office, Dec. 19, 1898. Notice to all
concerned: Adler Hulsey, administrator of the
estate of James Hulsey, deceased, represents
in his petition duly filed in office that he has
fully and justly administered the estate ot said
deceased, and prays to be discharged from said
administration. This application will be con
sidered and passed upon on the Hist Monday in
April, 1899.
A. RUDOLPH, Ordinary.
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 auly filed
in office, that theyhave fully and justly admin-.
istered the estate of said deceased, and pray to i
be discharged from said administration. This;
application will be considered and passed upon 1
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: Lj
L. Strickland and W. R. Reed, administrators
of the estate of- Ervin Strickland, deceased,'
represent in their petition du’y filed in office
that they have fully and justly administered
the estate of said deceased, and pray to be dis r
charged from said administration. This applil
cation will be considered and passed upon oil
the til st Monday in February, 1899.
A. RUDOLPH, Ordinary. .
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Letters of Administration.
GEORGIA—White County.
To all whom it may concern: Susan C. Thur
mond having in proper form applied to me for
Permanent Letters of Administration with the
will annexed, on the estate of Elisha J. Thur
mond, late of said county, deceased, this is to
cite all and singular the’ creditors and next
of kin of said Elisha J. Thurmond, to be and
appear at my office within the time allowed
by law, and show cause, if any they can,
why permanent administration, with the will
annexed, should not be granted to Susan C.
Thurmond on Elisha J. Thurmond’s estate.
Witness my hand and official signature, thia
4th day of January, 1899. <
J H. FREEMAN, Ordinary.
Twelve Months Support.
GEORGIA—White County:
Ordinary’s Office, Jan. 2, 1899. Notice to ill
concerned: The appraisers appointed to ap
praise and set apart a twelve months support
to Mrs. Sarah M. Robinson, widow of J. L. Rob
inson, dec’d, out of the estate of said deceased,
have filed their report in this office, and unldss
some valid objection be made to the Court on or
before the first Monday in February, 1899, the
same will then be approved and made the judg
ment of the court. !
J. H. FRBEMAN, Ordinary!.
Hall Sheriff Sales.l
GEORGIA—HaII County.
Will be sold before the court house doorjin
the city of Gainesville, Hall County, Ga., widiin
the legal hours of sale, at public outcry, to the
highest bidder, on the first Tuesday in Febru
ary, 1899, the following described property, to
wit:
One house, and the let on which it is located,
on the north side of North street, in the ciiy of
Gainesville, said county and State, fronting on
said North street and running back to Gower
street; adjoining the property of G. H. Prior,
Rives, and others, and being the place known
as the R. V. Cobb house anil lot. Levied on as
the property of Mary E. Cobb to satisfy a State
and county tax fi ta for the year 1897. Levy
made and returned to me by J. L. Bryant, L. C.
Also, at the same time and place, will be sold
all that tract or parcel of land situated in the
city of Gainesville, Hall county, Ga., fronting
on the south side of Broad street, and bounded
on the east by land of Mrs. Emily Stringer, on
the south by land of Jack Morgan, and on the
west by land of J. J. Gregg. levied on as the
property of John Martin to satisfy a State and
county tax fi fa for the year 1897. Levy made
and returned to me by J. L. Bryant, L. C.
Also, at the same time and place, will be sold
one lot of land containing three-tenths of an
acre, more or less, situated in Gainesville, Hall
County, Ga.. and bounded on the north by land
of the estate ;of Mrs. H. E. Chambers, on the
west by land of H. H. Dean, on the south by
land of T. P. Hudson, and on the east by land
of T. P. Hudson anil Mrs. P. A. E. Smith, exec
utrix, etc.; with the privilege and free use of a
12-foot alley by the side of T. P. Hudson’s line,
running from said described lot to Oak street.
Levied on as the property of Mrs. W. P. Smith,
executrix, etc., to satisfy a State and county
tax fl la for the year 1897. Levy made and re
turned to me by J. L. Bryant, L. C.
Also, at the same time and place, will be sold
one house, and ,the lot upon which the same is
located, to wit, all that tract or parcel of land
lying and being on the west side of Sycamore
street, in the city of Gainesville, Hall County,
Ga., the same bounded on the north by tiro
lands belonging to the estate of W. 8. Will
iams, deceased; on the south and west by the
lands of Mrs. McAlister, and on the east by
Sycamore street. Levied on as the property of
A. P. Cochran to satisfy a State and counjy tax
fi fa for the year 1897. Levy made and returned
to me by J. L. Bryant, L. C.
Also, at the same time and place, will b'e sold
all that tract or parcel of land lying and being
in the State of Georgia and county of Haji, and
bounded on the north by the land of Mrsi Kate
B. Holland, on the east by lands of B. J. Hul
sey, on the south by lands of Brown, and bn the
west by lands of unknown parties, the same
containing twenty-five (25) acres. Levied on as
the property of Mrs. Kate B. Holland, trustee,
etc,, to satisfy a State and county tax fi'lafor
the year 1897. Levy made and returned to me
by J. L. Bryant, L, C.
A. J. MUNDY,
Bhwriff Hall County.
Executor’s Sale.
GEORGIA—HaII County.
By virtue of authority given me under and
by the terms of the last will and tettament of
John Merck, late of said county, deceased, I
will sell at public outcry, before the courthouse
uoor, in the city of Gainesville, in the county
of Hall and State of Georgia, within the legal
hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in February,
1899, the following described real estate, to wit:
1. The vacant lot in the city of Gainesville,
and said county and State, fronting one hun
dred and twenty-one (121) feet on Green street
and running back at right angles to said Green
street and along Church street one hundred
and sixty-live (165) feet to the Methodist church
lot.
2. A tract of land in the 9th district of the
county of Hall and State of Georgia, contain
ing one hundred and twenty-five acres, more
or less, and is the south and east part of lot No.
131, and is bounded on the south-east by the
original lot line, on the north-east by the origi
nal lot line, and on the west and north by the
Clark’s Bridge road, and is better known as the
John Merck Gold Mine place. All this tract is
in the woods, and on which is located three
rich gold veins, and which is situated, two and
oue-haif miles north-east of Gainesville.
3. One tract of land lying and beiiig in the
9th district ot the county of Hall and| State of
Georgia, and is part of lot of land No) 131, and
is situated in the forks ot the Clark’S Bridge
and the New Bridge roads, and containing
thirty acres, more or less, and is bounded on
the south-east by the Clark’s Bridge road, on
the west and north bv the New Bridge road,
and on the east by the lands of Win. B. Moore.
All to be sold as the property of thejestate of
John Merck, deceased.
Tbe titles are perfect.
The first lot is in the heart of the city of
Gainesville and is splendidly located for resi
dences.
The third tract of land has on it a well devel
oped gold mine, and has long been considered
on ~, ot th® richest goldmines in North Georgia.
The plats and titles of the property can be
seen by applying to the undersigned.
Terms cash. THOMAS M. MERCK,
Jan. 5,1899. Executor John Merck, dee’d