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The Balmville Me.
Entered at the Gainesville Postoffice as
Second-class mail matter.
Official Organ of HaU County.
Official Organ of White County.
Official Organ of the City of Gainesville.
W. H. CRAIG,
Editor and Business Manager.
Thursday, February 23. 1899.
THE SHERIFF’S ADVERTISING.
Some two weeks ago, while we
were being held down by those twin
atrocities, pneumonia and grip, the
Eagle and the Sheriff’s office became
crossways with each other. In fact,
as all our readers know, the Sheriff’s
advertising was transferred from the
Eagle to the Cracker, and the citizens
of the county are asking each other
over and over, What does it mean?
We would be glad to inform them,
but we know very little about the
motives of the Sheriff in this matter.
About a month ago we heard that
the Sheriff had in mind a division of
his advertising between the Eagle
and the Cracker—that is, both do the
work and divide the fees. We saw
the Sheriff and asked him if such
was his intention. He said it was.
We asked him his reasons, and he
replied that he thought the Cracker
ought to have a share of it, and that
a “good many” had been to him urg
ing him to take the step.
The Sheriff afterward coupled with
his proposition the threat that if the
Eagle did not consent to labor for
half price, the entire work would be
given to the Cracker. The Eagle
very promptly refused, and the
Sheriff pulled up, lock, stock, and
barrel, and moved.
We are opposed and shall always
be opposed to working for half price.
The Sheriff may take the business
away and give it to another when he
sees fit, and we will take our chances
on defeating him and getting it back,
but we will never consent to divide
with some indigent weakling whose
only claim to the patrenage is that
it needs it. This idea of the stronger
dividing with the weaker because the
weaker is hungry is pure socialism;
and outside the pale of competition,
merit, or remuneration.
The charges for the legal adver
tising were fixed by the legislature,
and they are not a bit too high, when
you consider the care and caution
that must be exercised to do the
work without an error, when you
consider the time and trouble of col
lecting many of the fees, and that
many of them are never collected.
We know the Eagle is entitled to
this patronage because it has a much
larger circulation in the county than
the Cracker, and its patrons are
among the land owners and the best
citizens of the county. It is entitled
to the business on every principle of
right, equity, justice, and fairness,
and no one knows it better than
Sheriff Mundy. His theory seems
to be—and it is probably the theory
of the “good many” who bad urged
the division—that it is the duty of
the Sheriff to ignore the interests of
the people in order to suckle weak
legged and puny enterprises that are
unable to stand on their own merits.
We shall ask the people to pass
their verdict upon this question.
Sheriff Mundy in this matter has
done a great wrong to the readers of
the Eagle, who represent the intelli
gence, thrift, and morality of the
county, and who wish to see the
Sheriff’s advertisements in the paper
that has been a welcome weekly visi
tor at the firesides of some of them
for forty years.
The Sheriff has treated the Eagle
very unfairly. Its editor has always
been Mr. Mundy’s personal and polit
ical friend, has supported him at the
primaries and at the general election.
And when the enemies of Sheriff
Mundy were telling it over the county
that he was lying at home drunk the
Eigle was the first to come to his
defence.
And the Cracker, the newly-elected
organ of the Sheriff, comes out and
offers a six-months subscription free
to such of our subscribers as are will
ing to quit the Eagle and take the
Cracker for the sake of the Sheriff’s
sales. This is in the highest degree
unprofessional, and stamps the
Cracker as an unfair and unworthy
competitor. You might as well go
to a farmer’s field and pay his hands
to quit him. We beheve every one
of our subscribers will scorn this
offer. When one of them prefers
the Cracker to the Eagle he will
make the change, but we don’t be
lieve any of them can be hired to
quit the Eagle.
The Cracker knows that it is an
imposter in this matter—that it is
not, upon any rule of merit, entitled
to any of the official patronage of
Hall county. It knows that it is
only the beneficiary of the unreason
ing whim of a politician, influenced
by some double-faced hypocritical
enemies of the Eagle.
Never mind. All will come right.
Truth and justice will triumph io the
end, though the end is often afar off.
We can live without the favors of
the Sheriff, and to have our con
science unseared is worth to us more
than the official patronage of a thou
sand sheriffs.
We ask the good people of Hall
county to stand by the Eagle. We
do not believe we shall ask in vain.
Every month, purely as a matter
of news, we shall give a full synopsis
of all sales to be made by the Sheriff,
so that you can look in the Eagle
and see exactly what you may wish
to know on that line.
PRESIDENT OF FRANCE.
M. Felix Faure, President of
France, died last Thursday night
from apoplexy after an illness of
three hours.
On Saturday M. Loubel was elected
to the presidency by the assembly.
M. Loubet, the new president of
the French republic, is known as a
clean, honest man. With such a
man at the bead of affaire, poor
France may emerge from the slough
of wretchedness in which she has
been floundering so long and so
hopelessly. The new president may
not be a man of great ability or ge
nius, but be is honest and loves his
country. If he is given a fair show
ing, he will greatly better the condi
tion of France.
THE PEACH CROP.
Reports from different parts of
the state differ as to the damage
done the peach crop by the recent
blizzard. Most of the fruit, however,
has been killed, even in North Geor
gia. In the shipping sections of
Georgia there will be a very small
crop.
It appears that considerable dam
age was done to the orange trees of
Florida, but not so much as was first
reported.
THE TAX ON MORTGAGES.
A bill has been introduced into the
legislature of New York to prevent
double taxation. In that state at the
present time real estate is taxed at
its market value, and if there is a
mortgage upon it the law provides
that the mortgage shall be taxed also
at its face value. The law is not car
ried out, however, except in a few
instances, because it is felt by the
people that to tax both the mortgage
and the property mortgaged-is double
taxation.
The bill which has been introduced
into the legislature provides that
when the mortgaged property is taxed
there shall be no tax on the mortgage
unless it is agreed between the mort
gagor and mortgagee that the owner
of the mortgage shall pay the tax on
his mortgage. In that case the
owner of the mortgaged property is
only to pay taxes on his property
over and above the amount of the
mortgage. That is the law in Mass
achusetts, Connecticut and Rhode
Island. In fact, it is the law in quite
a number of the other states. And
it is a very just law. There is no
good reason why both the mortgage
and the mortgaged property should
be taxed. In the states in which
both are not taxed the rate of inter
est is much lower than in the states
in which both are taxed.
We call attention to this matter
because in this state a commission
has this matter of taxation now
under consideration. If the com
mission wants to render the state a
real service it will take the position
that the system of double taxation,
which is now in force in this state,
shall be abolished.
A GLOOMY OUTLOOK.
It is said the Georgia oat and
wheat crop has been damaged more
than $1,000,000. The oats and
wheat that were sown early last fall
and that became firmly rooted before
the freeze will not be injured more
than one half, it is estimated, but all
the late crops, beginning with
December and continuing through
January, have been totally de
stroyed. Not only this loss of their
crops, but the farmers of the state
have been thrown behind several
weeks in the cultivation and prepar
ation of their fields and the situation,
at first alarming, is now positively
distressing. Reports made by Com
missioner of Agriculture O. B. Ste
vens form the basis for this conclu
sion.
TO KNOCK OUT THE NEGRO.
An addition to the constitution of
North Carolina, limiting suffrage, has
been adopted by both branches of
the general assembly. It passed the
bouse yesterday by a yote of 81 to
27, and the senate today by a vote of
41 to 6. Before becoming part of
the constitution, however, it must be
submitted to a vote of the people,
wnicb will be done at the next gen
eral election in August, 1901.
The avowed object of the amend
ment is to eliminate the ignorant
negro vote. To do this, educational,
property and poll tax qualifications
are prescribed, and to prevent the
disfranchising of the white voters,
further provision is made that any
person can vote whether he possesses
other qualifications or not, provided
he or his ancestor could have voted
January 1, 1867.
Cattle Froze to Death.
For the first time in many years
cattle have frozen to death in this
county. The weather has been so
very cold in the past few days that
many cows and hogs have suc
cumbed.
Mr. W. E Hal), who owns a large
number of cattle, came in.to the city
yesterday, and reported that several
of his cows had been killed by the
cold. Several other people have re
ported the same fact.—Athens Ban
ker, 16th.
HANS SCHNIDER’S UPS AND DOWNS.
I dinks myself dot for a first-class
freak Georgia should have der pre
mium. She has clearly demonstraded
her abilidy to ged up a full grown
blizzard on short nodice. Ten de
grees pelow zero in dot land of cotton
and peaches, und perpedual summer
time—io June und July. Whew!
Myself has much of faith—some
dimes—in der ability of dis great
State to draw. Everydings, from
der taxes of der poor man till der
blizzards of der new and enderbrising
west. But after der storm kooms
der calm. After der glouds und
rain kooms der sunshine.
After dis great six inches of snow
melts avay der wheat fields vill
spread himself like a green bay tree.
Ven der peautiful spring time is
come der beasts und birds, und fields
und flowers vill clap der hands mit
joy und gladness pecause der vinter
is past. Vot for we wants to com
plain? Der sky is alvaye bright
above der clouds.
One of dot cold days myself called
a meeting of der gommittee of vays
und means to devise some plans to
improve our material condition.
After a full discussion of der situa
tion, moral, social, financial und
bolitical, der gommittee rose, re
ported progress, und asked leave to
sit again. My own acre town lot
vould not give me room sometimes
to blant peas, und pigs, und potatoes,
so I hires some ground. Veil I vas
a farmer now, und I dinks myself
dot farmer beoples should live on
der fat of der land. Und we vould
kill der fatted calf—not to make
merry, but to make beefsteaks, und
bologna, und pork chops, und egg-*
und brains. I must puy der calf.
No, all sold and gone to Texas to be
fattened, then shipped to Kansas
City to be killed und packed m tin
poxes to send to us to eat. I can’t
puy der calf, so I must puy some
chigans. But der pullets vas not
ready to market yet, so myself is still
living on bulk meat und bread und
goffee.
Ven I haye found dot pullets vot
lays der golden goose eggs I will
write again und led you know.
Yours very druly,
Hans Schnider.
AH Soldiers to go Home.
Washington, Feb. 20.—The war
department has issued the following
statement:
Orders have been given for the
mustering out of the following reg
iments:
At Savannah—Third Georgia;
batteries A, B, C, D Maine artillery;
Two Hundred and Second New York
volunteers.
At their present camps in Augusta
and Greenville—Third Alabama,
Third Connecticut, Fifth Massachu
setts, Thirty-fifth Michigan,
Fifteenth Minnessota, Fourth New
York, Two Hundred and First New
York, Tenth Ohio, First Rhode
Island, Second West Virginia.
This order discharges all vol
unteers remaining in the United
States.
Athens Has a Big Fire.
Athens, Ga., Feb. 21.—Athens bad
the largest fire this morning since
1858, when the Athens cotton factory
burned down. The large stock of
goods carried by M. Myers & Co.,
was totally destroyed. It was 3
o’clock when the alarm was given
and the building was in flames in
every department.
The firm occupied the three-story
building of Mrs. M. Myers on College
avenue, and each floor was filled with
a choice stock of dry goods, notions,
carpets, shoes, etc.
The value of the stock was about
$30,000; insurance for $27,000. The
damage to building is about $4,000,
fully insured. The building is sup
posed to have caught from the stove.
Millions of Fish Frozen.
Tallahassee, Fla., Feb. 20.—A
party of the most prominent citizens
of Tallahassee have just returned
from a camp hunt on the Gulf coast,
south of this city. They report that
there are millions of red fish, ranging
from one to three feet in length, dead
in the fresh water streams near the
Gulf. These fish were frozen to
death during the recent cold weather,
and while the surface of the water is
covered with them, they seem to be
several inches io depth at the bottom
of the streams.
Quiet at Manila.
Manila, Feb. 21, 5:15 p. m.—The
United States transport Newport has
arrived here from Iloilo with dis
patches from General Miller to Otis.
He reports all quiet at Iloilo. The
American troops there are occupying
the suburbs, Jaro and Molo. Bus
iness has been resumed generally
with the outside world. Some rice
is coming in from the province and
there has been no fighting since Feb.
12th. All is quiet at Manila. The
heat is causing some inconvenience,
but no casualties are reported.
$20,000,000 is Appropriated.
Washington, Feb. 20.—(Special.)
—The appropriation of twenty mil
lions to carry out the terms of the
peace treaty passed the house to-day,
125 to 34 negative votes. The neg
ative votes cast were by 31 demo
crats, 2 populists, one silverite.
Among those voting against the
appropriation were Bailey of Texas,
Bartlett, Howard, Tate of Georgia.
BILL ARP’S GOLDEN WEDDING.
A notable event in Georgia is the
celebration of the fiftieth anniversary
of the marriage of Mr. Charles Henry
Smith, known and loved throughout
the country as Bill Arp, and Mary
Octavia Hutchins, which will occur
at their home, “The Shadows,” in
Cartersville, March 7th.
Very elegant are the invitations
with their golden script. They
read:
Charles Henry Smith,
(Bill Arp.)
Mary Octavia Hutchins,
Fiftieth Anniversary
On Tuesday, March 7th, at early candle
light.
“Now we’ll totter down, John, but hand
in hand we’ll go,
And step together at the foot, John An
derson, my Joe.”
Our wish to our friends:
“May golden years serene and bright,
As lovely as a Lapland night,
Lead gently to thy grave.”
“The Shadows,” Cartersville, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith will be surt
rounded by their children and grand
children, and a lovely picture will the
group make.
The united family will be Mr.
Hines Smith of Rome, Mr. Royal
Smith, Mrs. George Augrey of Car
tersville, Mr. Frank Smith, of Ohio,
Mr. Victor Smith of New York, Miss
Marian Smith of Cartersville, Mrs.
Stella Brumly, Dr. Ralph Smith of
Lexington, Fla., Mr. Carl Smith of
Mexico, and Mr. William Young of
Cartersville. The family circle will
also include the husbands and wives
of the Smith daughters and sons, and
the grand children, twenty in num
ber, and Mr. and Mrs. Smith’s foster
children, Mrs. Julia Iverson Patton
and Mrs. Winnie Iverson Randolph
and their four children.
Taxes on Land he Didn’t Own.
Forty years ago Mr. A. Hudson
bought a tract of land in Clarke
county. It was surveyed and said
to contain 318 acres. Mr. Hudson
never questioned the survey and for
forty years turned it in for taxation
at the rate of $lO an acre. Some
time after Mr. Hudson’s death the
tract was purchased by Mr. W. A.
Jester, who had it re-surveyed, and
it is found to contain but 200 acres;
Thus it will be seen that Mr. Hudson
returned for forty years 115 acres
which he never owned and which
rated at $lO an acre, makes $1,150 of
property, which, annually at 1 per
cent.,will make at least $lO a year, or
S4OO taxes paid on land the party
never owned. In a strip of land
running along the original plantation
from which it was cut the surveyor
recorded it as 18 when he should
have made it 8 chains, hence the
error.
Shaking Gober.
About the first to mention Col.
Tom Hutcherson in connection with
the Judgeship of the Blue Ridge cir
cuit was the Post-Record most a
year ago when Judge Gober was a
candidate for the supreme bench, and
now comes the Canton Advance with
a favorable little article from which
we take the following: “If Col.
Tom Hutcherson decides that he
had rather be Judge than Solicitor-
General, which office he is now fill
ing with such distinguished ability
and universal satisfaction, why be
will just succeed Judge Gober.
That’s all. The people are Tom
Hutcherson’s friend, and Tom is the
people’s friend, too. They stand
together and no man in the Blue
Ridge circuit can defeat him before
the people of this circuit. He’s all
right.”—Blue Ridge Post.
A new form of prohibition has
been proposed in the Wisconsin leg
islature. It is directed against the
habit of lacing the feminine form
with corsets. Representative Dag
gett of Bear Creek says that the cus
tom is physically injurious, not only
to the present generation, but to
posterity, and that, therefore, it is
within the province of the legislature
to abolish it. The matter, be thinks,
comes within the police power of the
state. When he has got his corset
bill made into law, Representative
Daggett should give some attention
to tight shoes. There can be no
doubt that there is incomparably
more of human misery in the world
from tight shoes than there is from
unrequited love.
Now that we are going to civilize
and Christianize the Filipinos we
ought to take a day off and do some
thing for the people of Wilmington,
Del. The telegraph reports that
three criminals, who had been half
frozen by confinement in the pillory,
were thawed out and sent to the
whipping post, where they were
lashed until blood ran down their
backs. That’s an ugly page to face
the dawning twentieth century, a
page to make every true American
citizen blush with shame.—Savannah
Press.
It is worth mentioning that a
grandson of Brigham Young is in
command of the gallant Utah bat
tery, which has done such excellent
service in the fighting around Manila.
He is Major Richard W. Young, a
young officer who has been conspic
uous for bis courage and fine fighting
qualities.
A man under thirty is apt to fall
in love with every woman be looks
at. After thirty he reverses the case
and loves only those who look at
him.
The democratic senators seemed
to have snubbed William Jennings
Bryan. Bryan said vote for the rat
ification of the peace treaty, and
only six of the democratic senators
voted for it. If Mr. Bryan is “the
democratic leader,” the democratic
senators ought to be ‘’courtmar
tialed.”
We are told that fifty walnut trees
in Cass county, Mich , were recently
sold for SIO,OOO cash. The largest
tree was seven feet in diameter at its
base, and will yield lumber worth
from S7OO to SI,OOO. The trees have
been cut down and are ready for
shipment to the buyers in England.
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The color line bobs up in Canada.
A negro man bought a seat in the
academy of music in Montreal, but
was not permitted to occupy it. A
suit was brought against the pro
prietor of the ball and he was fined
SSO by the judge, who took the
ground that under the free demo
cratic constitution of Canada the
colored man had the same right to a
seat that the white man had.
A remarkable marriage took place
at Franklin, Pa., a few days since,
the groom being John D. Clews,
aged 102, and the bride, Mrs. Sarah
Jennings, aged 100. The old people
are in good health and are happy in
the knowledge that each possesses
the respect and esteem of the other.
Tom Watson ought never to return
to politics. He is bright and well
read, and makes a brilliant historian.
He ought to stick to literature. It
would be a pity for politics, espec
ially of the erratic kind, to ruin such
a smart man. And politics always
ruins.—Dalton Argus.
Aguinaldo says he fought the
Spaniards for years and without arms
and isn’t afraid of the Americans.
But he said that last Friday night a
week ago.
There are several drawbacks to the
plan of paying SIOO to each Cuban
soldier who promises to be good.
One of them is the difficulty of en
forcing the fulfillment of the pledge
after the cash is paid.
The bow and arrow brigade of
Filipinos who tackled the Nebraska
volunteers for the scrap the other
day admit that they woke up the
wrong passengers—Augusta Herald.
The death rate in Havana has been
reduced 10 per cent, by American
rule. It was increased in Manila
Saturday night by opposition to
American rule. Acceptance of the
stars and stripes is a great promoter
of health.
" . GEMS INVERSE.
The Good Old Maxima.
I like to read old maxims and
The adages that show
How men may be good, wise and great
And lay the sinners low—
“Thrloe is he armed whose quarrel’s just,’ - ’
“Truth crushed to earth will rise,”
“Right will prevail” and all those things
That are so pat and wise.
The wicked may succeed today.
Tomorrow they must drop,
And then—oh, glorious thought!—the good
Will all come out on top.
So down through all the list it goes.
The maxims make it clear
How men may win rewards above
And 101 l in riches here.
But I would have more faith in these
Wise sayings I have read
If most of those who said them had
Not died for want of bread.
—Cleveland Leader.
I’ve Been There.
The scenes of a farm life are hard to portray
To one who has never been there.
The sowing and reaping and making the hay
And raising young cattle with care,
The mist of the morning, the dew of the eve
The wind and the rain and the snow.
Each plays a large part, as you well may be
Ueve.
I have been there myself, and 1 know!
I* is quite like a pastoral poem to start
While the dew yet bejewels the grass
And drive all the cows to a pasture apart
Where a singing brook through it may pass,
And you linger awhile where the water flowi
cool
And the cowslips and peppermint grow.
It’* a Joy to watch those wee fish in the pool
1 have been there myself, and 1 know!
But at night, when the milking time comes and
you try
A young cow that’s about three years old.
She objects to your presence and lets her feel
fly.
While the pail slips away from your hold,
And she spreads you out over the landscape
maybe
In a manner not cautious nor slow,
Then the poetry fades to a startling degree
I have been there myself, and 1 know!
When your city friends come m the glad sum
mer time,
How they praise up your berries and cream i
And they talk of the healthfulness, too, of the
clime
And declare country life is a dream I
Then your products will vanish with praise foi
their worth.
But dollars on bushes don’t grow.
It's hard to raise cash, e’en though fertile the
earth.
I've tried it myself, and 1 know!
There is much to be done when the harvest ii
near
And you’re tired with the hay season too.
But when all is made snug and the snowdrifti
appear
And the short winter day is soon through
Then the butternuts crack and the popcorn
will snap
And the apples like rosy cheeks glow—
Why, a farm is the jolliest place on the map
I have been there myself, and 1 know!
Quite often some fellow though bashful and
shy.
In hjs good Sunday clothes neatly dressed
WiU call on a neighbor conveniently nigh
Whose daughter his fancy suits best.
Then the old folks will yawn as the clock’s
striking ten.
And to bed they'll obligingly go.
While the two draw their chairs a bit closer,
and then—
Bay, you've been there yourself, and you
know!
—Boston Globe.
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 is inflamed
Sou have a rumbling sound or imperfect hear
ig, 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 by 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.
HfSold by Druggists, 7Sc,
Convictions, Indeed!
“What a whip likes,” says Mr. La
boucbere in London Truth, “is a sheep
that never opens its month and which
submissively goes into the pen to which
the whip’s finger points. Years ago I
remember once voting on some very
trifling issue against Liberal official
dom. The next time I met the chief
whip he glared at me as though I were
a monster of iniquity and asked me
whether I could give any explanation
of my conduct.
“I modestly replied that I had thought
that the other side was right. He al
most had a fit and gobbled at me like
an irate turkey. I asked him whether I
was to vote against my own convic
tions. ‘D—n your convictions!’ he said.
‘A pretty pass things are coming to
when one of our lot talks about convic
tions!’ ”
For Bed and Board.
It is said that when John Jacob Astor
was once congratulated for his wealth
he replied by pointing to the bonds and
maps of property, at the same time in
quiring, “Would you like to manage
these matters for your bed and board?”
The man demurred.
“Sir, ” continued the rich man, “it
is all that I can get. ”
Pretty Girls, These!
“The Houtzdale (Penn.) Journal says:
“The HF" of the Houtzdale girls
are slender and delicately tinted, their
i i i are like ***, and they are without
in this or any other s. Their frowns
are like ttt, and their 128450 excite 111
of pleasure and a desire to m— -■— them.
Read this 1 closely, and do not ? its
veracity. ’’
A TEXAS WONDER.
■■all’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,
Sold by M, C. Brown & Co. and E. E.
Dixon & Co., Gainesville, Ga.
Read This.
Covington, Ga., July 23, 1898.
Dr. E. W. Hall, Waco, Tex.:
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. H arbis, Ord’y.
1 I ———
Took Pot Luck With the Heathen.
Dahlonega Signal: Berry Larman, one
ol Nimblewill’s oldest citizens, died Fri
dly last. He was 80 years of age. Mr.
Larman never heard the Gospel preached
indoors nor out in his life. Strange to
relate, but true. Mr. Larman always
argued that if a man did not hear the
Gospel preached and committed a sin
unknowingly that he would not be held
accountable. He had some very strange
ideas, however, on various religious
questions.
Good Roads his Hobby.
Since Judge J. B. Estes has been
elected to preside as Superior Court
Judge, N. E. circuit, the overseers and
those subject to road duty have been
getting their picks sharpened and bright
ening up their shovels for road duty.
They know the Judge of old on this
question, and while many consider him
cranky on the subject of “good roads,”
we think it a mighty good “fad” for
anyone and a glorious thing for the coun
try.—Toccoa Record.
Chronic Dyspepsia Cured.
JIB
ft
FTER suffering for nearly thirty yean
Al from dyspepsia, Mrs. H. E. Dugdale
wife of a prominent business man ol
Warsaw, N. ¥., writes: "For 28 years, I wa?
a constant sufferer from dyspepsia and a
weak stomach. The lightest food produced
distress, causing severe pain and the forma
tion of gas. No matter how careful of mj
diet I suffered agonizing pain after eating
I was treated by many physicians and tried
numerous remedies without permanent help
Two years ago I began taking Dr. Mlles
Nerve and Liver Pills and Nervine. Withii
a week I commenced improving, and per
sisting in the treatment I was soon able t<
eat what I liked, with no evil effecti
I keep them at hand and a single dose dispel:
any old symptoms.” HHHMWWVHBSiSi
Dr. Miles’ Remedies ■Hx'
are sold by all drug- Hx
gists under a positive
guarantee, first bottle vlOrVlflO 3
benefits or money re- RcatOfOk’ 3
funded. Book on dis- Si’
eases of the heart and |E£Heartn
nerves free. Address,
DR. MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ind.
C. H. WINBURN,
DENTIST.
CROWN and Bridge work a Specialty. A 111
eral amoun of patronage solicited.
OVEICK. BOOM 3. GOBDON BLMK. »P BTAJM.
KT rXfXI B A 13) F u ‘ t S. ;s Bd out and Bend to us and u v° u
t- ■*■ 11 U 111 Ji, UAJ LLpUI Ik l lvc East of th* Rocky Mountuius we will
Wllhi fcrwaa-r-ast. Bend thlg HICH-CRADE TOP BUCCY to
vou by freight C. O. D. subject to examination, you c:.n examine it at your freight tiepot ami if you find it
EQUAL TO ANY SIOO.OO TOP BIGOT you ever saw. perfe iiy satisfactory and the GRANDEST BARGAIN YOU HAVE
EVER SEEN OR HEARD OF, QUR SPECIAL OFFE3 f RICE $55.00 and freight charges, less the
pay the railroad agent ■ ■ ———— ■— ■ One Dollar sant with order-
Clfi 5O _ —EUILT IN OUR OWN FACTORY IN CHICAGO,
on hoi.or from the best material mom-y can buy. Wife
TO our Flee Buggy Catalogue we show, Top Buggies made by
S9O 00 X \iK E other makers at $21.50, $28.75 and $34.75 the exact
X I \E| /KJ -ame bug-y that are told by machinery dealers, at *45.00 to
BUGGIES X A\ Z Wf/S? and are bein'widely advertised by many at*35.00 toWO.OO.
and X |\y M OUR ACME QUEEN AT $55.00 is the most
\ I\Z Hh aj wonderful value ever offered, the lowest PRICE ever
SURREYS. \I A\ OimiA QtlfiED ON THE BEST BUGGY THAT CAN BE BUILT. We maintain
\l/ \ our own five story buggy factory for the sole
a - y. j UMllWr! purpose of building and selling a BETTER BUGGY
AjG ijijl than Ift CAN BUY ELSEWHERE and to SAVE OUR
■ X /X, CUSTOMERS MANUFACTURER’S PROUT.
/\ L / \ / A Every Buggy We Make la Guaranteed
Z \ I \/ /\ Five Years and They Will out wear Five
/X. \ Ordinary Factory Riga,
5 THE material and labor ih our acme queen
I -J <ost more than double that in the ordinary factory
V —/ I / H X. S buggy. We use a *1.50 cushion cloth, some use
\/ /I 7\ / l\\/\ A \ SOcent; we usea(l.soheadlining, some use 40 cent
/ V\ yI \ \ 2' we useAS eent leather, some use » cent; weu»e*».so
IX>7 I \ ps. I colorsand varnishes, soma use7scentandd.oo.Wß
\ Sr ■ I PAY ALMOST DOUBLE the price most makers
ACME QUEEN. (OUR OWN MAKE • ) because WE WANT THE BEST. Our wheels, gear'ami
bodies are Waler Rubbed and the Material and Labor is Painting OUR ACME QUEEN, would paint three eheap burgles.
$55.00 BARELY COVERS COST of mate aland labor, leaving us the smallest profit imaginable,
but we are building 70 buggies adayand to alvertie ? our buggy factory we are willing to SELL THEM ON
*I.OO PROFIT EACH. We know *70.00 daily profit on 70 buggies will satisfy us, advertise us everywhere
and build up the LARGEST BUGGY BUSINESS IN THE WORLD.
THE ACME QUEEN -rebuildin narrow orwlde track, cioth or leather trimmed, end springs, buffed
leather quarter top, solid panel back, springs in bsc! . ies'-her rever'd Bows and Nuts, Rubber Steps, Vebet Carpet,
body 24x54 inches. No. 1 Sarven’s patent scre wed rim wheel s , painted In 1« eoats, body black, gear dark green with
very delicate modest striping, complete with shafts, site ami back curtains, boot storm apron and anti-rattlers
and shafts Pole. Neekvoke and iVhiffirtre,-, In p'are cf shaft'-, *1.75 extra. BUGGY WEIGHS 400 POUNDS and the freight
will averauefor 200 miles. *2.00: 390 .wiles, *2.'.’>: 100 all's. *3.25; 500 mil's, **.6o; 1,000 miles, *6.00.
pmaira AMr I AC with yo-.r order, WK GUARANTEE the Buggy to Reach You Safely and
OuNU V/raE. tzNefafalAYN j« satisfactory, pay the railroad agent balance, (54.00 aad
freight Charges, otherwise pay nothing and the agent will return buggy at our expense and we will return your (1.00.
DON’T BUY A CHEAP FACTOP.Y BUGGY now sold almost exclusively by all Machinery Dealers
and Catalogue HOU BUY THE BEST BUGCY MONEY CAN BUILD, direct from the Maker
at the LOWEST PLIICE EVER KNOWN. ORDER TO DAY. DON T DELAY.
WRITE FOR CUR FREE BUCCV, CARRIAGE AND HARNESS CATALOGUE.
Address SEAR S, ROEBUCK & CO. Unc.), CHICAGO, ILL.
Samps’ Correct Diagnosis.
The Dahlonega Signal says of the late
Samps Palmour:
Samps was an attractive old negro.
Aside from his plaid and striped calico,
he had a foot that nothing would fit but
a 16 brogan. He professed to know a
great deal about mesmerism, and some
things in regard to spiritualism. He was
a great and very popular fortune teller,
and ro doubt be had many a young man
and young lady imagining all sorts of
things when he would get through
reading their futures. The old darkey
gave the writer “a sitting, as the ex
ponents of the occult would term it,
once upon a time when he was young
and addicted to calling upon the young
ladies. He stated that the girls took a
great fancy to us and there would be no
1 stumbling block in our way if we ever
decided to marry. He then said in bis
usual earnest way that we had the best
head of any man he ever saw for learn
ing ancient languages, such as “Pbilly
olygy, Crigonometry, Greece, Latins,’’
and be added, “making love to the girls.”
Samps was really an amusing old darkey,
and he caused us to get kicked one night
by a youug lady just like a mule a kick
ing. Samps in bis discourse, told us
this:
“As I said awhile ago, the gals all like
you and think you are very handsome, so
when you want to swinj; any of them,
just say the word, and you’ll sho go.”
We got kicked bard; plumb over the
moon, at our first attempt.
Leiter has formed a milk trust and
the people are already suspicious of
a watering of stock.
nave you
Heard
0111?
You may have heard
about SCOTT’S EMULSION
and have a vague notion
that it is cod-liver oil with
its bad taste and smell and
all its other repulsive tea*
hires. It is cod-liver oil, the
purest and the best in the
world, but made so palata
ble that almost everybody
can take it. Nearly all
children like it and ask for
more.
SCOTT'S
EMULSION
looks like cream; it nour
ishes the wasted body of
the baby, child or adult
better than cream or any
other food in existence. It
bears about the same rela
tion to other emulsions that
cream does to milk. If you
have had any experience
with other so-called “just as
good” preparations, you
will find that this is a fact.
Th« hypophosphites that are
combined with the cod-liver oil
give additional value to it because
they tone up the nervous system
and impart strength to the whole
body.
50c. and SI.OO. all druggists.
SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, New York.
Road Notice.
Gainesvillb, Ga., Feb. 20,1899.
Whereas certain petitioners have made their
application to the Board of Commissioners
praying for an order granting the establish
ment of a new road, commencing at the branch
on the old Stringer’s Ford road, near the resi
dence of D. C. Whelchel’s and intersecting
with the Dahlonega road near Jasper M. Hul
sey’s residence, all in Whelchel’s district; and
whereas Commissioners appointed for that pur
pose have reviewed and marked out said con
templated road, and reported to us that said
road will be one of much public utility and con
venience; now this is to cite and admonish all
persons that on and after the 20th day of March.
1899, said new road will be granted if no good
cause is shown to the contrary.
Given under our hand and seals this 20th day
of February, 1899.
E. E. DIXON,
J. R. WHALEY,
F. T. DAVIE.
Commissioners.
THOS. M. BELL, Clerk.
M. F.
The Jeweler,
AND DEALER IN
WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY.
All kinds of repairing done, from the
finest to the cheapest, in the latest styles
and in the best workmanlike manner.
M. C. ROBERTS,
JEWELER.
Repair Work Done Promptly.
Remember the place :
RIGSBY’S SHOE STORE,
Gainesville, Georgia.
Ira
hisri
THE EXCELLENCE GF SIEtP OF FIGS
is due not only to the originality and
simplicity of the combination, but also
to the care and skill v. ?. h 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 Figs 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 ts get its beneficial
effects, please remember the name of
the Company
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. NEW YORK. N. V.
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 tiled in office that he lias
fully and justly administered the estate of said
deceased, and prays to be discharged from said
administration. This application will be con
sidered and passed upon on the flist 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 duly tiled
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.
Twelve Months’ Support.
GEORGIA —Hall County.
Ordinary's Office, February 6, 1899. Notice to
all concerned: The appraisers appointed to ap,
praise and set apart a twelve months' support
to Lucinda Harris, widow of John C. Harris,
deceased, out of the estate of said deceased,
have tiled their report in this office, and unless
some valid objection be made to the Court on
or before the tirst Monday in March, 1899, the
same will then be approved and made the judg
ment ot the Court.
A. RUDOLPH, Ordinary.
Letters of Administration.
GEORGIA —Hall County.
To all whom it may concern: Elizabeth Carter
and J. W. Hawkins having in proper form ap
plied to me for permanent letters of administra
tion on the estate of said William Carter, lat?
of Hall county, deceased, this is to cite all and
singular the creditors and next of kin or said
William Carter to be and appear at my office
within the time allowed by law, andshowcause,
if any they can, why permanent administration
should not be granted to Elizabeth Carter and
J. W. Hawkins on William Carter’s estate.
Witness my hand and official signature, this 6th
day of February, 1899.
A. RUDOLPH. Ordinary.
Letters of Administration.
GEORGIA—HaII County.
Ordinary’s Office, Feb. 7,1899. To all whom
it may concern: A. J. Carter having in proper
form applied to me for permanent letters • !
administration on the estate of Milley Carter,
late of said county, deceased, this Is to cite all
and singular the creditors and next of kin of
Milley Carter 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 A. J. Carter on Milley
Carter’s estate.
Witness my hand and official signature, this
7th day of February, 1899.
A. RUDOLPH, Ordinary.
HOT TIMES
In the old town tonight!
GET ONE!
Lee Parnell's
Hot Baths.
15 cents. Worth a dollar.
VICK S
SEEDS
Bulbs and Plants have gone to thousands cr
satisfied Customers for a half century and to
celebrate the 50th year in business we have
issued a Special Golden Wedding Edition of
Vick’s
Garden and Floral
Ctiidc
which Is a worfc of art. It has 94 pages lithographed
in colors, 4 pages souvenir, and nearly 100 page* filled
with handsome half-tone illustrations of Flowers, Veg
etables, Plants, Fruits, etc , elegantly bound in white
and gold A marvel in Catalogue making ;an author
ity on all subjects pertaining to the garden, with care
for the sama, and a descriptive catalogue of all that
Is desirable. It is too expensive to give away indis
criminately, but we want everyone interested in a
good garden to have a copy, therefore we will send
the Guide with a DUE BILL) f
for 25 cents worth of flower 8. ,
and vegetable seeds ’ lOCtS
It tells how credit is given for
full amount of purchase to buy
other goods
Vick’s Little Cem Catalogue
A perfect little gem of a price list It is dimply
the G ude condensed, finely illustrated, pDCp
and in handy shape tor reference. * RDD
Vicks Monthly Magazine,
•nlarged, improved, and up to date on al! subject*
plating to Gardening, Horticulture, etc. Regu
lar subscription price 50 cents a year.
Special 1890 offer—the Magazine one
year and Vick’s Garden and Floral
Guide, for cents.
O'UR NEW PI,AN of selling Vegetable
Seeds gives yon more for your . . •
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in America.
JAMES VICKS SONS,
ROCHESTER, N. Y o
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Examine it at
your trel gh t ,
depot and if
found perfect- I '■ i'
ly satisfactory XS
and the greatest j
stove bargain - I
you ever J
saw or
heard of,
pay the -AJ
trelfrht sr i-SX
special’ ACME
BjRO
•1.00 sent yfg
WRITE FOR OUR 810 FREE
freight STOVE CATALOGUE
charges. This stove is size No. 8, oven is top
is 42x23; made from best riPT iron, extra large flues.heavy
covers, heavy linings and grates, large oven shelf.heavy
tin-lined oven door, handsome nickel plated ornamen
tations and trimmings, extra largo deep genuine Sta.di.h
porcelain lined reservoir, handsome large ornamented ba*e.
Best eoal burner made, and weiurnish FREE an fra v. cod
grate, making it a perfect w >od burner. WE ISSI E A BIND-
Ise Gt’ARA-STEE with every stove and guarantee safe de
livery to your railroad station. Your local der.ler would
charge you *25.00 for such a stove; the freight is only
about *I.OO for each 500 miles, .owe «»,<> you ..t !»»•( *lO.
Address, SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO. <!<*), cIiK'AUO,
(Sean, Hotbuck S Co. are tboruaigbi; * (ditor.)