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The Gainesville [ijlt.
Entered 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, August 3. 1899.
LET’S DON’T MUDDY THE WATERS.
In last week’s Cracker there is a
great beating of tomtoms in an effort
to muddy the water and transfer the
attention of the public from 'the jail
to the Eagle.
The Sheriff himself writes a card,
in which he says we are a liar and
scoundrel when we intimate that he
had any knowledge of the lynching
of Smith “until after it happened.”
He might have gone even further
and said “for a good while after it
happened.” We don’t think the
Sheriff knew anything about it for
upwards of an hour. The condition
in which the first arrivals after the
shooting found him does not indicate
very clear faculties. Then didn’t Will
Summer and John Wbelohel, who
arrived after some time, have to un
lock the cage ? In the meantime no
one knew what bad happened. No
one knew who was dead or who was
bleeding to death. And didn’t those
persons when they arrived find the
upstairs door locked and the key in
the Sheriff’s pocket; and didn’t the
Sheriff testify before the Coroner
that neither he nor his boy, Hubert,
went upstairs at all after the tragedy ?
Don’t these things prove that he did
not know but very little after the
affaiiT
No, we are confident the Sheriff
did not know anything about the
tragedy before it happened nor for a
long while after it was over. We
know of several men in this county
who, if they had been sheriff, would
have known something of the affair
before it happened. They would
have known something about it while
it was happening.
The Sheriff makes a great howl
about our having intimated that
there was an understanding or col
lusion between the mob and himself,
when he knows as well as he knows
anything that we made no such inti
mation. By no sort of ingenuity or
ignorance can the language of our
article be construed into such inti
mation. In fact we said that the
reason the mob were not disguised
was that they knew the Sheriff would
not admit men in disguise.
We pointed out some strange and
contradictory incidents and condi
tions in connection with the affair,
but in no way intimated that col
lusion was the explanation. Had we
thought there was collusion we would
have said so. There would have
been no intimation about it.
We stated that there were some
amazing incidents and conditions
connected with the tragedy at the
jail. We volunteered no solutions.
If we are in error in our statements
let the Sheriff point out such errors.
If we have misstated the thing, or
any part of it, it is a duty he owes to
himself to make plain and unmistak
able corrections, for people are think
ing all sorts of things. Some are
thinking he was in collusion with the
mob, and some are thinking that be
recognized members of the mob.
Perhaps he does not care for these
things. Perhaps be is content to
call us a liar and scoundrel. If so,
so be it. And again we say, may
our fellow-citizens judge between us.
Collusion—bah! Why should the
mob seek collusion with the Sheriff,
knowing him as they did? Even if
he could be bribed, or influenced in
any way, what would be the use,
when they could enter the jail so
easily without it? No, the mob
neither sought collusion nor feared
collision.
Now, let it be understood, plainly,
once for all, that we did not and do
not now accuse the Sheriff of col
lusion, but we do accuse him of pure
and unadulterated incompetency and
unfitness. That is the unclouded
itsue, and we intend that the people
shall judge between the Sheriff and
ourself.
The Cracker inserts another feather
in the Sheriff’s cap, as follows:
It may be news to the editor of the
Gainesville Eagle to know that the raid
that was made on the jail by the mob on
the night of the 14th instant was not the
first one that Sheriff Mundy has had to
meet Some few years ago a mob went
there in quest of a prisoner just after
dark with the avowed purpose of lynch
ing him, but Sheriff Mundy had short
notice of the intention of the mob and
the prisoner was spirited away and his
life saved.
Yes, that prisoner was a negro who
had just outraged a white girl.
The Sheriff never as much as
crooked his little finger to save a
white man from being killed two
weeks ago.
The Cracker denies that the jailor
was up town drinking beer when
the tragedy occurred. Why deny
that which is well known to the com
munity? The fact is possibly of no
consequence, but to deny it makes it
look suspicious.
It were better for the Sheriff if he
would address himself to pointing
out the errors in our statements, if
errors there are. He can do either
Ulis or throw coarse and abusive
epithets at us. He seems to choose
the latter, and may God and the
people judge between him and us.
What we have said we have said.
Our statement has gone to the people,
and we shall be satisfied with their
verdict.
Let’s don’t muddy the waters.
The clearer the situation, the better
for the Sheriff and the better for the
Eagle, and the better for the country.
AN APPEAL TO REASON.
Governor Candler appeals to the
people of Georgia—all good citizens,
black as well as white—to join bands
and do all in their power to prevent
crime and put an end to mob
violence.
The governor believes that the
only way to restore a condition of
peace and tranquillity and to bring
an end to lawlessness that has been
manifested in different parts of the
state is for the people to uphold the
courts, aid them in bringing to
speedy justice all criminals, and by
the strong force of a virile public
sentiment bring punishment to the
law breakers of all kinds.
An especial piea is made to the
legal profession to exert its great
influence in every community to ibis
end; and the good which the lawyers
can do in expediting justice in every
legitimate way is clearly pointed out
by Governor Candler in an interview
which he gave out Monday.
“Reproach has been brought upon
the fair name of Georgia,” said the
governor. “For more than a hun
dred years Georgians have merited
and maintained the character of a
conservative and law-abiding people.
But of late fearful crimes have been
committed by lawless men within her
borders. Robbery, arson, burglary,
assassination, murder and that foulest
of all crimes, rape, have blurred our
fair escutcheon. To avenge these
foul crimes, lynch law, that most
dangerous of all remedies, has been
resorted to by misguided citizens.
The press of other parts of the
country has rung with denunciation
of our state and our people. Sen
sational newspapers have magnified
the fearful vengeance inflicted upon
the despoilers of female virtue and
our people have been denounced as
Apaches and barbarians. From the
mountains to the sea we have trem
bled for the safety of our wives and
our daughters because of the diaboli
cal assaults made on pure woman
hood by black demons who are a dis
grace to their race, while because of
the fearful retribution that has been,
visited upon the perpetrators of these
fiendish assaults, the entire negro
race in the localities in which they
have been made have lived in a state
of constant terror and alarm.
“The purity of the mothers and
daughters of Georgia must and shall
be preserved, and at the same time
the lives and liberties of all the law
abiding negroes must and shall be
protected. Arson and burglary and
assassination and robbery and rape
must stop, and at the same time
lynch law must stop. The good of
both races and the fair name of the
state demand this.
“The ordinary processes of the law
are amply sufficient to punish ail
crimes. Our judges are pure and
incorruptible. Our juries are com
posed of the most intelligent, upright
men, who seldom make mistakes.
The mob often makes mistakes
and the innocent are made to
suffer with the guilty. It never
knows where to stop, but after pun
ishing the guilty, drunk with the
blood of one vktim, it thirsts for the
blood of another, and often sacrifices
on the altar of vengeance those who
are guiltless of any crime. Under
its rule the very foundations of
society are undermined, life and
property are insecure, the courts are
defied and the majesty of the law is
insulted.
“We must away with the mob
We must re-entrone the law. We
must restore the altar of reason and
tear down the altar that passion has
erected. We must do this in the
interest of the white men of Georgia,
and for the fair name of Georgia and
to protect the virtue of the women
of Georgia.
“Lynch law does not stop arson
nor murder nor rape. Thu requires
the strong power of the statute kw,
sustained by a healthy, vigorous pub
lic sentiment.”
To do this, the governor pointed
out, all good men of both races must
be diligent in building such a sen
timent to sustain the courts of law.
All good men must denounce
crime in all its forms, whether it be
that of the incendiary, the ravisber
or the men who kill in retaliation for
these crimes.
The man who lynches the ravisber
is as guilty in the eyes of God and
the law as the ravisber himself,”
said he. “ ‘Vengeance is mine, saith
the Lord.’ ”
“I would appeal,” continues Gov
ernor Candler, “to all officers of the
state, civil and military, urging them
to remember that the dignity and
the fair name of Georgia are in their
keeping. I would appeal to them to
remember that they are the guardians
of the peace and happiness of the
people of the state. It is their duty
to apprehend and bring to justice ail
who violate the law, whether it be
the negro who commits rape or the
white man who kills him for his
crime. The grand jurors must real
ize that it is as much their duty to
ferret out and return true bills against
the murderer himself.
“I would appeakespecially to the
bar to bring that potent influence
which the members of the profession
exercise in every community to the
aid of the law and order, not only by
discountenancing mob rule, but by
aiding the courts and juries in bring
ing accused parties to speedy trial.
It is the duty of a lawyer to see
that his client has a fair and impar
tial trial, but he should not resort to
technicalities and pretexts to
defeat the ends of justice or even to
delay the enforcement of penalties
whereby society suffers and the con
fidence of the people in the ability of
the courts tn punish crime is
destroyed.
“To bring about this end,” said
the governor in conclusion, “I would
invoke the active, earnest co-opera
tion of all good men, white and
black, with the officers of the law in
their efforts to prevent crime, sup
press mob violence and bring crim
inals to justice and to restore peace
and order and tranquillity to all of
our people of every race, class and
condition.”
A CARD FROM JUDGE ESTES.
Mr. Editor : I desire to say that
when I received a telegram from G.
P. Erwin saying that “Habersham
jail is safe—that J. S. Smith has
employed counsel and has some
rights,” what I said was, “I do not
know what rights be refers to. He
certainly has not the right to say
what jail be should be imprisoned in.
He has the rights guaranteed to
every person charged with crime, a
speedy and impartial trial by a jury
of his peers.”
I said this and nothing more.
J. B. Estes.
AS OTHERS SEE IT.
In commenting on the killing of
Si Smith the Clayton Tribune says:
“This work was done by skilled
rascals. It was not the work, either
of men unacquainted with a single
nook or corner of Hall county jail.
Men, too, led this violence who knew
the sheriff of Hall county well, and
just what to do with him and how
to do it. In fact with the “peculiar”
ease with which the horrible work
was done, it must have been accom
plished by some of Sheriff Mundy’s
neighbors. This tragedy should
learn every jailer, sheriff and judge
in Georgia a lesson. The jailers and
sheriffs should know human nature
too well to even allow the possibility
of the commission of such a crime.
They are to trust no one, to fear
nobody, when helpless human beings,
though criminals they may be, are
placed in their charge for safe-keep
ing, and for whose protection and
subsistence they are generally well
paid. This is one of the most sacred
duties that rests on such officers,
especially in these days of lynching
and mob violence.”
Mormons Swam Creek.
Atlanta, Ga., July 31.—A special
to the Journal from Jackson, Ga,
says : The three Mormon elders who
were taken away from the home of
William Cunard at Newton Factory,
in Jasper county, Wednesday night,
escaped from the mob while crossing
a creek in that county, and are now
safe near Jackson. They are suffer
ing from many bruises and injuries
sustained in a fight with their cap
tors. They swam down the creek,
hotly pursued by the mob, finally
escaping and making their way
to the home of friends. From there
they sent for some clothes. They
tell a thrilling story of their expe
rience. It is not thought here that
the mob intended to lynch the Mor
mons, but was bent on escorting
them out of the county.
Mrs. Cunard, a portion of whose
jaw was shot away in the fight with
the mob and her busband, is badly
wounded.
Ingersoll Cremated.
New York, July 31.—The body of
Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll was cre
mated at Fresh Pond, L 1., today.
The body was placed in the retort, at
11:50 and at 2 o’clock all that
remained was ashes.
There were no services at the cre
matory. Even the organ, which is
usually played while a cremation is
going on, was silent. This was at
the request of the family.
The ashes were then placed in the
usual canister and then in the urn.
Both were sealed and the urn taken
in charge by the Ingersoll party.
The funeral urn is a beautiful one,
wound with laurel leaves and berries
in bas relief and set with cypress
leaves fashioned of green bronze. It
is oval and set on a red prophyry
base that rests on a brass plate. On
one side is the simple inscription:
“Robert G. Ingersoll.”
On the other side in French are
the words:
“This urn bolds the dust; the heart
the memory.
Ancient Egptin Sweet Peas.
London, July 31.—At the Wind
sor flower show sweet pea vines are
exhibited which were grown from
seed taken from the tomb of an
Egyptian mummy buried 2,000 years
ago. The blossom is of a delicate
pink and white in color, and is less
than the ordinary size.
Grand Jury Presentments.
We, the Grand Jurors chosen and
sworn for Hall Superior Court, July
term, 1899, submit the following pre
sentments and recommendations:
Through appropriate committees
we have examined the various de
partments and offices of the county,
and beg to present the following :
ORDINARY.
We find the records of this office
neatly and correctly kept as far as
we could ascertain.
TREASURER.
We find the Treasurer’s books
neatly and well kept, and, so far as
we were able to ascertain, correct.
We find cash on hand >4,408 74.
SHERIFF.
We find the Sheriff’s books correct
as far as we could ascertain.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
We find the jail well kept and in
good condition. We find the court
house in fairly good condition, but
needing some repairing, to which we
have called the attention of the
County Commissioners.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
We find the books of this office
neatly and well kept, and, so far as
we could ascertain, correct. We
commend the system of book-keeping
used in that office.
TAX COLLECTOR.
We find the books of the Tax Col
lector neatly and correctly kept, as
far as we are able to ascertain.
COUNTY FARM.
The farm is in a good state of cul
tivation, with a good growing crop.
We find twenty-six inmates at the
Home, who are all well cared for and
satisfied. The buildings on the farm
are in good condition, except the
steps to some of the bouses need re
pairing and some of the buildings
need repainting.
DOCKETS OF J. P.’s AND N. P.’s.
These dockets are generally cor
rectly kept.
CLERK.
The Clerk’s books are in elegant
condition. We commend the Clerk
for economy used in the purchase of
the necessities of his office. We find
the transcribing of the records in
splendid progress.
We recommend the re-ap.point
ment of Mr. J. A. Mooney J. P. and
N. P. for the 1270 District G. M.
when bis present term of office ex
pires.
TAX RECEIVER.
We have examined the Tax Re
ceiver’s book and have raised the
returns of those whom we believe to
be too low. We find an increase of
>94,464 of the value of taxable prop
erty returned for 1899 over the re
turn for 1898. We find the books
neatly kept.
ROADS AND BRIDGES.
Owing to the drought and pressure
of work upon farmers, the roads, and
especially the main thoroughfares,
are not in good condition. They
should now be put in good condition.
We call special attention to the fol
lowing sections of roads and bridges :
The Carnesville road from Leckie’s
place to Tadmore court ground.
The road from Pass’ mill to Clark’s
Bridge road at John Whelchel’s.
The Lawrenceville road from the
Blackshear place to the Young place
is almost impassable.
The Bellton bridge is in bad con
dition, the East approach being dan
gerously steep and the cracks m the
floor large enough to allow mules’
feet to pass through.
The Buffington bridge on Oconee
is in bad condition.
The Gilmer bridge is too narrow
and needs repairing.
The bridge across Little river, on
New Bridge road, is in dangerous
condition, and the timber on ground
for repairing is inferior.
We recommend that banisters be
placed on all bridges needing the
same.
We recommend that the County
Commissioners rebnild Brown’s"
bridge as soon as practicable.
We recommend the Commissioners
to have the telephone poles, which
are in the road-way on the Dahlonega
road, removed at once.
Wc find all pensiontrs worthy to
draw, except W. F. Snellings,
(causes, doubtful service and ability
to work.)
We condemn the lynching of Si
Smith in our jail as a stigma and an
outrage to Hall county, and heartily
commend the action of Gov. A. D.
Candler in offering rewards for the
guilty parties.
We recommend that Jurors and
Bailiffs be paid two dollars per day
for their services for the coming year.
We extend thanks to Judges J. B.
Estes, R. B. Russell, and E. J. Rea
gan for the able and impartial man
ner in which they and each of them
have discharged the duties devolving
upon them as presiding judges.
We also extend the thanks of this
body to the Hon. W. A. Charters,
Solicitor General, for the faithful
and painstaking discharge of his
duties as prosecuting attorney, and
fur courtesies shown our body.
We also extend thanks of this
body to our bailiff, J. R. Barton, for
the faithful discharge of his duties.
We recommend that these present-
ments be published in the Gainesville
E’gle and the Georgia Cracker.
Robert F. Quillian, Sandy B. Car
ter, Theodore S. Day, Amos M. Ev
ans, Bensen A. Rogers, Samuel S.
Cranford, Henry J. Brandon, Jackson
H. Randolph, Jackson T. Duckett,
William M. Jackson, Manon J. Phil
lips, Amos E. Fuller, William W.
Wiley, Isaac Green, Thomas N.
Hulsey, James D. Howington, Jas.
M. Ellis, Edward A. Davidson, John
W. W. Simmons, William L. Mc-
Kinney, Robert C. Green, Julius E.
Hulsey, Virgil C. Roark.
Ordered, that the foregoing pre
sentments be entered npon the min
utes of the court and published as
recommended. July 29,1899.
E. J. Reagan,
Judge S. C. F. C., presiding.
W. A. Charters, Sol. Gen’l.
I, Thos. M. Bell, Clerk Superior
Court in and for said county, hereby
certify that the foregoing is a true
copy of the Grand Jury Present
ments, made at July term 1899 of
Hall Superior Court.
Witness my band and seal, this
29th day of July, 1899.
Thos. M. Bell, C. S. C.
Satisfied with the Show.
* An editor who died of starvation
was being escorted to heaven by an
aagel who had been sent for that
purpose.
“May I look at the other place
before I ascend to the eternal hap
piness ?” asked the editor.
“Easy.”
So they went below and skirmished
around, taking in the sights. The
angel lost sight of the editor and
went around Hades to look him up.
He found him by a big furnace
fanning himself and gazing with rap
ture upon a lot of people in the fire.
There was a sign on the furnace
which read “delinquent subscribers.”
“You go on,” said the editor. “I
am not coming.”
> The Lightning’s Mark.
It is almost a weekly occurrence
for the Washington monument to be
struck, the shaft being so high it at
tracts every bolt within a wide
radius.
There are no less than one hundred
and eighty lightning conductors fixed
into the cap of the great structure,
and each of these leads into a thick
wire which carries the electricity
down the inside of the shaft. It is
said if the were placed
on the outside—as on other struc
tures —there would be many acci
dents and the handsome monument
would be scarred and chipped by
frequent bolts. During storms the
are stopped, and the inside
of the monument is regarded as a
dangerous place to be during a thun
derstorm.
Paid IK Cents to Hug His Wife.
The maddest man in Platte county
lives at Humphreys. He attended a
social, and during the evening the
ladies inaugurated a hugging bee, the
proceeds to go to the Sunday school.
Prices were graded according to the
person hugged. For instance, for hug
ging a young, inexperienced girl the
bidder had to give up ten cents, mar
ried women brought 15 cents and
widows a quarter. Well, the man was
blindfolded and, giving up 15 cents,
he said he would take a married
woman. After he bad hugged 15 cents’
worth the bandage was removed from
his eyes,and, lo and behold,he had been
bugging his own wife! Then he kicked
and wanted his 15 cents back.—Colum
bus (Neb.) Times.
A Good Memory.
“Excuse me, sir, but haven’t we met
before? Your face is strangely famil
iar.’’
“Yes, madam, our host introduced us
to each other just before dinner.”
“Ah, I was positive I had seen you
somewhere! I never forget a face.”—
Harlem Life.
A Blue Grass Deflner.
The applicants for teachers’ certifi
cates in Calloway county were asked
at examination to define “bric-a-brac.”
One teacher answered that “bric-a
brac is something to throw at a dog.”
—Louisville Courier-JournaL
The New Way.
The cannibal chief stood with his
hand shading his eyes. A solitary figure
was timidly creeping toward him from
the jungle. Suddenly the old chief
i-etarted. He took a quick step forward.
'"lt is,” he cried, "it is my son! He is
coming home again!” Then with his
ayes still fixed on the slouching figure
he shrilly called to his head hunter:
"Mbongwa, the prodigal is returning!
Kill the fatted Kaffir!”—Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
A Little Matter Amon* Friends.
Two boys were in fighting attitude
like bantams; another and a smaller
one stood watching them, wiping hie
eyes, sobbing the while.
"What did yer hit him for?” said
one.
“ ’Tain’t none of your business.’
“Yes, it is; he’s my friend.”
“Well, he’s my friend too.”—New
York Commercial Advertiser.
An Undeaired Ally.
“How is Mud Slinger going to side
in this race? Is he for you?”
“That’s what’s worrying me,” re
plied the candidate for office. “If I
thought he was going to be against me,
I would feel surer of election.” —Col-
umbus (O.) State Journal
His Reference.
Chief (to commercial traveler seek'
fng a place)—Do you know how to talk
up goods to customers?
Applicant—Allow me to turn on this
phonograph with a conversation be
tween a customer and myself.—Flie
gende Blatter.
The title of “majesty” was first giv
en to Louis XI of France. Before that
time sovereigns were usually styled
“highness. ”
A bqggar is usually a touching ob
ject.—Berlin (Md.) Herald.
THE HELPFUL WOMAN
SHE WAS TOO ANXIOUS TO ASSIST
HER FELLOW MORTALS.
Her Excessive Zeal In Looking After
the Welfare of*Si Blind Man on a
Train Got Her Into Trouble With
the Blustering Man.
I knew a good woman once—God
never made a better—wbo on her jour
ney through life was always trying to
be helpful; always looking out to lend
a hand to her fellow wayfarers and to
make the rough paths smoother and
easier for them. She was never so
happy as when she was making some
sacrifice or serving some other person,
sharing her strength with the weak or
her plenty with the poor, and some
times she overdid it. For the purpose
of identification I will call her Mrs.
Jones.
While traveling between Utica and
Albany one day, a blind man was led
into the car and placed in the seat be
hind her. Here was a chance for a
good Samaritan, and she seized it be
fore anybody else got ahead of her. She
saw that he was comfortably seated;
she opened her lunch basket and of
fered him something to eat; she looked
at his ticket to see that it was right
and did everything else she could think
of to show her interest in a fellow be
ing so afflicted.
The blind man was going to Little
Falls, and every time the train stopped
he would inquire in an anxious way if
he had reached his destination, and
whenever he heard somebody passing
through the aisle he would ask how far
it was to Little Falls.
Mrs. Jones was alert and answered
every question and assured him that
she would see to his perfect safety.
She urged him to be comfortable and
contented and promised to let him
know when his journey was ended.
When the train slowed up and a
brakeman yelled, “Little Falls!’’ she
pushed aside several officious persons
who offered to assist her and, taking
the blind man by the hand, led him out
to the platform and delivered him to
some friends who had come to the sta
tion to meet him. After she had bidden
him goodby and returned to the car she
noticed in the seat he had occupied a
well worn satchel. She seized it in
stantly, rushed to the door and threw
it off toward her blind friend on the
platform with as much force as she
could exert, screaming at the top of her
voice:
“You forgot your satchel.”
Then she returned and took her seat
in the car with the consciousness of
having performed a Christian duty.
Pretty soon a rather rough looking
person, who had neglected to shave
that morning and chewed tobacco,
came back from the smoking car and
began to look around curiously and in
an anxious way. Noticing that Mrs.
Jones was watching him, he looked at
her inquiringly and then said;
“Madam, have you seen a satchel
that was left In that seat?”
“Yes,” she replied promptly. “It be
longed to a blind man, and I threw it
out to him at Little Falls.”
“The. blank you did!” exclaimed the
unshaven citizen, whereupon Mrs.
Jones, perceiving that her friendly in
terest in the blind man had possibly
caused some inconvenience to one who
had two large, blazing eyes and was
addicted to the tobacco habit, began to
apologize. The stranger listened with
an expression on his face as if he re
gretted that murder was out of style,
and when Mrs. Jones had completed
her somewhat Incoherent explanation
he remarked:
“Madam, permit me to advise you
hereafter to mind your own blank
business, and let blind men and other
folks’ gripsacks alone. lam going to
Utica to attend court today, and that
satchel contained all the documentary
evidence in a case that involves many
thousands of dollars. I have got it
continued twice on various pretexts,
but if I go into court today and tell the
judge that I can’t go on because a
lunatic has thrown my grip at a blind
man, he’ll give me the laugh and my
clients will be robbed. And you are to
blame for it.”
Mrs. Jones protested, apologized and
shed tears, and when the conductor
came back and sent a telegram to the
station agent at Little Falls to find the
bag and send it to Utica by the next
train she took out her pocketbook and
offered to pay all the expenses. She
even offered to leave the train and go
back to Little Falls herself and bring
the bag to Utica. She was eager, anx
ious to do something to repair the
damage and aid the lawyer in saving
his case. He settled down in his seat,
ghewed his tobacco calmly and let her
do aH the fidgeting.
When she reached home and told the
story to her daughter, she solemnly
promised that she would never try to
help a blind man again.—Chicago Rec
ord.
Reverent, Though Drunk.
The large majority of Russians of
the orthodox faith will not pass a
church or shrine in the street without
uncovering their heads and crossing
themselves. Travelers have seen in
toxicated men who were staggering
along observe this ceremony, a.nd in
the case of those who were too help
lessly fuddled to walk home the friend
or relative who has accompanied a
tipsy companion in a sledge or drosky
has, while holding him in the vehicle
with one hand, performed for him the
sign of the cross with the other when
passing a sacred place.
Warranted Fresh.
Fair Customer—Are these eggs strict
ly fresh?
Grocer—Yes, mum. The chickens
that supply me with eggs don’t lay
anything but fresh ones.—Philadelphia
Record.
W. D. Howells thinks “genius is
nothing* but hard work.” but as
there is lots of hard work where
there is no genius, it would seem
that genius is hard work and some
thing else. All genius may be bard
work, but all hard work is net
genius.
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Sunday in the Middle Ages.
The Lord’s Day was a day of rest
and joy and thanksgiving, and the
works and the attitude of p» nace at
such a time were conceived as a kind
of slight upon the Church at large.
The same strong feeling during the
Middle Ages manifested itself in the
encouragement of every form of
innocent amusement and recreation.
Provision was made first of all for
duties of praise and thank-giving,
and especially for the supreme act of
worship offered in the holy Sacrafice
of the Mass, but, this being secured,
there was no idea of interfering wi'h
the rational enjoyment of the people.
The curious thing is that this con
ception of Sunday as a day both of
rest and amusement was by no means
abandoned at the change of religion.
John Knox found Calvin at
Geneva doing honor to the Lord's
Day in a game of bowls. Elizabeth
and her successor habitually assisted
at dramatic representation? on Sun
day, and the chief objection to the
bear-baiting in the eyes of the Pur
itans, as Macaluay has long ago told
us, was not that it gave pain to the
bear, but that it gave pleasure to the
spectators—on the Sabbath. At any
rate, in the early years of the seven
teenth century the bear-baiting took
place almost invariably on that day.
In Wales and in the remoter part of
the kingdom, into which Puritanism
never completely penetrated, the
Sunday sports lasted on down to the
beginning of the present century.
The football, tennis, dancing and
other amusements took place most
frequently in the church yard, and in
many a Welch village to this day
the public llouse will be found adjoin
ing the churchyard, with a private
entrance made of old times through
the churchyard wall, for the con
venience of the players.
Mrs. F. F. Livingston, Towns, Ga.,
writes: I have used Dr. M. A. Simmons
Liver Medicine for 15 years and know it
cures Sick Headache, Dyspepsia, Liver
Complaints and Constipation. I think it
stronger and better in every way than
Zeilin’s Regulator.
Don’t Like Monotony
The rank and file of the democratic
voters in the big democratic counties
on this side the 9th district are get
ting a little restive in being called
upon every two years to “vote for
Carter Tate.” Tate, of course, is a
“clever fellow,” and knows bow to
“tickle the boys” with his hale fel
lowship, friendly handshakes and
clever slaps on the back along about
“feedin’ time.” That’s politics. But
when our clever Congressman has a
nice, juicy plum to give out he looks
not to the democratic side of his
district to bestow the favor, but pro
ceeds to give it to Hon. John Witzel,
from the republican county of Fan
nin, whom he has appointed Census
Supervisor. But after all there is
nothing strange in this, since Mr.
Tate himself is from a republican
county. Wouldn’t it be good poli
tics for the democratic voters on this
side the district to give Mr. Tate a
rest and elect a man to Congress who
will recognize the democrats over this
way when he has offices to give out?
—Lawrenoeville News.
If They Don’t Act the Fool.
The democrats have an excellent
chance to win in the next presiden
tial election if they will not act the
fool. But General Grant once re
marked that “they can always be
depended to act the d—n fool just
at the right time.” And it does look
so. To nominate Mr. Bryan again
would be the height of folly. Put
out a strong Eastern man for first
place and a Southern or Western
man for second place, on a platform
for currency reform and “dtath to
the trusts,” and victory is ours.
Nominate Bryan and the d mocratic
party will go the way of Ward’s
ducks, so to speak, for the time be
ing.—Lawrenceville News ’
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Land for Rent.
GEORGIA—HaII County.
As guardian of Berry Elliott, lunatic, I will
rent at public outcry, before the court house
door, in the city of Gainesville, Ga., on the first
Tuesday in September, 1899, within the legal
hours of sale, all the lands of said Berry Elliott
in said county, for the year 1900.
One farm of about seventy-five acres of tilla
ble land, including about forty acres as bottom;
two farms of twenty-five acres each of tillable
land. Terms: Note with good security, due
Nov. 1,1900. ORVILLE C. KEITH ,
Guardian of Berry Elliott.
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Administrator’s Sale.
GEORGIA -Hall County.
In pursuance of an order granted by the
Court of Ordinary of said county, will be sold
before the court house door in the city of
Gainesville, in said county, between the legal
hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in September,
1899, the following described property, to wit:
One tract or parcel of land situate, lying and
being in Hall county, Ga., in Candler district
G. M., and bounded as follows: On north and
east by Jno. W. Eden, on the south by M. T.
Tanner. Said tract contains three acres of
land, more or less, and is part of the lands be
longing to the estate of David Tanner, deceased.
Terms: One-third cash, balance due on I»ec.
1, 1899; or all cash if purchaser desires.
G. W. TANNER,
Adm’r Estate of Tavid Tanner, dec’d.
Aug. 1, 1899.
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Gold fillings, $1 tH! and up.
Amalgam fillings, 50 cents and up.
Cement fillings, 50 cents and up.
Crown and bridge work done in the most ac
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Road Notice.
STATE OF GEORGIA—HaII County.
Whereas certain petitioners have made their
application to this court praying for an order
granting the establishment of a new road, com
mencing at Lawless Ford, in the 392nd district
of said county, and running thence into the
Mauldin’s Mill road, one hundred and fifty (150)
yards above Mrs. Rhoda Pirkle’s; thence run
ning through her lands; thence down said
Mauldin’s Mill roai about three hundred (300)
yards; thence a northeast course through J. E.
Pirkle’s and F. T. Davie’s land, about one and
one-fourth (1%) miles, and terminating at the
house of Christy Orr, on the Long’s Ford road;
and whereas Commissioners apnointed for that
purpose have reviewed and marked out said
contemplated road, and reported to this court
that the said road will be of much public utility
and convenience. Now, this is to cite and ad
monish all persons that on and after the 14th
day of August, 1899, said new road will lie
granted, if no good cause is shown to the con
trary. Witness the Hons. E. E. Dixon, F. T.
Davie, J. R. Whaley, Commissioners Roads and
Revenues.
THOS. M. BELL, Clerk.
This 11th day of July, 1899.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
All persons having demands against the es
tate of Z. T. Suddath, late of Hall county,
deceased, are herein? notified to render in their '
demands to the undersigned according to law
and all persons indebted to said estate are re
quired to make immediate payment.
J. A. SUDDATH,
Adm’r of the Estate of Z. T. Suddath dec’d
This July 15, 1899.
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