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Official Organ of Hall County.
W. H. CRAIG,
Editor and Business Manager.
Thursday, January 21, 1904. -
UNIFORM TEXT BOOKS.
The uniform text book law be
comes effective throughout this
State on March Ist. TJae law pro
vides that any teacher who allows
any book other than one selected by
the State school book commission
to be used in his school after March
•Ist shall be guilty of misdemeanor.
The publishers of selected books
now come forward and say that it
is impossible for them to place the
books in the depositories for distri
bution in time to place them in all
the schools by March Ist.
The State of affairs will result in
closing the public schools of Wal
ton county ©n Feb. 29th. This is
the only solution of the problem
as it is set forth in commissioner
Paine’s statement, which will be
found in this week’s Tribune.
The old books cannot be used
after March Ist; the new books can
not be obtained by that date,. The
schools must close.
The legislature made the law to
become effective too soon, the book
publshers claim, not allowing them
sufficient time to place the books in
the depositories. Anyway, the
State School Commissioner and the
teachers must obey law, and the pub
lic schools will have to close.
One of the county teachers has
made a good suggestion to the
Tribune, in reference to the town
schools, and we commend it to the
County Commissioner and teachers.
March Ist the tc\wn schools
(and country schools, also, if pat
rons and teachers wish to try the
plan) can discontinue the public
term and enter upon a private term
of such length as may be desired.
In a private school old books may
be used, as law has no authority in
such cases.
This seems to be a practicable
solution of the. problem, and the
only way to keep any of the schools
going after March Ist.—Tribune.
(lard of Thanks.
Mrs. Sarah Tumlin, widow of Mr.
Frank Tumlin, who died aged 79
years last week, and Mr. F. M.
Tumlin and relatives desire to thank
the friends and fioighbors whose at
tentions and kindness were so highly
appreciated during Mr. Tumlin’s
late illness.
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Westbrooks—Light-
Mr. W. Mack Westbrooks of
Forsyth county and Miss Alice
Light of near Flowery Branch
were happily married Sunday by
Rev. Sheffield. The groom is a
fine young man and his bride, a
daughter of Mr. Clinton Light, is
a model young lady. Many friends
unite in wishing them continued
happiness.
County Politics
Is now to the firont with court
week vigor and announcements are
coming in.
In this week’s Eagle Mr. U. C.
Bowman of Friendship district an
nounces for Clerk of the Superior
Court.
Mr. Geo. Lathem of Gainesville
announces for Treasurer.
Mr. M. McNeel of Tadmore dis
trict announces for Tax Receiver.
Mr. Virgil Roark of Fork district
also announces for Tax Receiver.
Mr. Bartow Parks of Gainesville
announces for Sheriff.
Fenn—Braswell.
Mr. Bartow B. Braswell an
nounces the engagement of his
daughter Florence, to Mr. Thomas
J. Fenn of Cordele, Ga. The wed
ding to take place at the home of
the bride’s father Feb. 10th, 1904,
only the immediate family being
present. Owing to the popularity
of the young couple the .marriage
will be of great interest to their
many friends.
The bride is an unusually pretty
and bright young lady and has made
many friends since moving to this
city. Their home is on E. Wash
ington street, near Brenau.
HOSPITALITY LIMITED.
The Anson Phelps Stokeses have
a very large and imposing place in
Berkshire hills, and their hospital
ity is famous. The following inci
dent, however, shows that even the
capacity of that hospitable house
was limited:
Some time ago the son of the
family was at Yale. It was early in
October, the time when the Berk
shire region is at its best. Young
Stokes thought he would take a half
dozen or so of his classmates up
with him on Friday and keep them
over Sunday. So as to make sure
that everything would be in readi
ness he sent a telegram ahead, which
read:
“I am going to bring a party of
’96 men up to stay over Sunday.”
This was the reply he got from
one of the members of the family:
“Can accommodate twenty-five or
thirty, but not room enough for
ninety-six.” —Philadelphia Ledger.
A Chum of Sir Henry Irving.
When Sir Henry Irving was stay
ing lately at the Queen’s hotel, Man
chester, a small boy about six years
old, son of Mr. William Mollison, a
well known member of Sir Henry’s
company, strayed into his rooms one
afternoon. Invited to make him
self at home and take some refresh
ment, he consumed a pear and a
bottle of lemonade with apparent
satisfaction. Then, gazing steadily
at his host, he said, “I do miss Phil
May.” “So do we all,” said Sir'
Henry gravely. “Yes, but I miss
him most,” pursued the child. “He
was my chum.” “Ah, that makes
it very hard!” said Sir Henry. There
was a long pause, and then the little
fellow asked very earnestly, “Will
you be my chum now?” So they
swore eternal friendship on the altar
of Phil May’s memory.—London
Chronicle.
The Lesser Evil.
Mr. Nolan had received a long
tongue lashing from Mr. Quigley,
and his friends were urging on him
the wisdom of vindicating his honor
by a prompt use of his fists.
“But he’s more than me equal,”
said Mr. Nolan dubiously, “and look
at the size of him.”
“Sure, and you don’t want folks
to be saying Terry Nolan is a cow
ard ?” demanded a reproachful
friend.
“Well, I dunno,” and Mr. Nolan
gazed mournfully about him. “I’d
rather that than to have them say
ing day afther tomorrow, ‘How nat
ural Terry looks!’”—Youth’s Com
panion.
Railroad Automobile Cars.
The Great Western railway of
England has decided to run automo
bile cars on some of its branches.
This course has been necessitated
by the competition of parallel trol
ley cars. The automobiles used are
to be steam driven and will make
stops between regular stations at all
level crossings and at points where
footpaths give access to the line. In
this way it is hoped to successfully
compete with the trolley roads.
There is hardly much doubt if the
service becomes very popular that
an electric system will be substitut
ed, as it is a much better system for
that type of work.—Collier’s Week
ly.
A Curious Mirror.
A man in New York has invented
a mirror that can be made trans
lucent at will, so that when placed
in a shop window it at first reflects
the faces of people looking in, but
suddenly turns transparent, where
upon the spectators see the contents
of the window in place of their own
reflections. This is effected by
means of a thin film on the back
of the glass, which when the back
ground is dark reflects the light
from in front like a mirror, but
when the background is illuminated
becomes as invisible as a pane of
clear glass.
Senatorial Eligibles.
Alphabetically considered, the fol
lowing list of “eligibles” in the mat
rimonial line are in the senatorial
circle: Allison of lowa, Beveridge
of Indiana, Clark of Montana, Cock
rell of Missouri, Dietrich of Nebras
ka, Dillingham of Vermont, Frye of
Maine, Millard of Nebraska, Mitch
ell of Oregon, Patterson of Colora
do, Pettus of Alabama, Warren of
Wyoming. The foregoing are wid
owers. The bachelors are Kean of
New Jersey, Penrose of Pennsyl
vania and Kittridge of South Da
kota.
Mustaches and Appendicitis.
A curious case of appendicitis has
occurred lately in a hospital at
Brooklyn. The patient having been
operated on, the surgeon discovered
that the irritation of the appendix
was caused by the presence of small
hairs which looked as if they be
longed to his mustache. Questioned
on the point when he began to re
cover, he confessed that he had been
in the habit of biting and swallow
ing mechanically the bits that he
nibbled off.
THE GAINESVILLE EAGLE. JANUARY 21,1904.
POSSIBILITIES OF ENGLISH.
At one of their afternoon club
meetings a group of women were
speaking of the poverty of the Eng
lish language.
“Well, for my part,” spoke up
one of the number, “I think we
have abundant means for express
ing our ideas.”
“Only yesterday this very thought
was brought forcibly to my mind.
I was obliged to telephone to sev
eral people, and in each instance a
stranger answered me. The first
one said, ‘Just hold the line and I’ll
call her.’ And in the course of a
few moments I was told by different
ones to ‘Hold the phone,’ ‘Hold the
wire’ or ‘Hold the receiver.’
“But perhaps the climax of ex
pression was reached when an Irish
maid called back to me in a shrill
voice: ‘Shure, ma’am, she is in. Just
hould the sthring, and Oi’ll git her
for yez.’ ” —Detroit Free Press.
A Pony That Wipes His Feet.
The Duchess of Bedford, who,
even more than the duke, is a lover
of animals, has many pets among
the collection of Woburn abbey. One
of the most eminent of these is a
tiny pony, not three feet high,
which she has herself trained from
very early youth. This little crea
ture is as tame as a dog and runs
about with the mistress everywhere
she goes. The duchess rarely
misses paying a daily visit to the
hospital which she has had erected
for the Woburn villagers', and she is
always accompanied by her pet pony,
greatly to the delight of the small
invalids in the hospital, who love to
- see him rub his feet on the door mat
before entering—a clever trick
taught him by the duchess. —West-
minster Gazette.
An Excellent Judge.
One day when Governor Samuel
W. Pennypacker was still a judge
of the court he was walking down
Chestnut street with a friend of his
who is one of our legal lights.
As they approached Sixth street
he was forced to step to one side to
avoid running into a very hand
some woman.
The woman was strikingly beau
tiful, and the judge could not re
press the remark, “What a beautiful
woman!” These words, though
spoken for the benefit of his lawyer
friend, reached the ears of the wom
an, who, quickly turning, gave a toss
of her head and replied, “What an
excellent judge!” Philadelphia
Ledger.
What Vienna Motormen Swear To.
The text of the oath administered
to men who accept service on the Vi
enna municipal tram cars: “I swear
on my word of honor to be faithful
and obedient to his majesty, im
perial, royal and apostolic, Francis
Joseph 1., as well as to the success
ors of the eminent house of Haps
burg-Lorraine, and to contribute
with all my strength to the honor
and profit of the city of Vienna.
I further swear on my word of hon
or that I do not belong, or will be
long, to any party which pursues re-
- publican tendencies or to the en
emies of Austria.”
Sending Meat by Mail.
I know a resident of Berlin, says
a writer in the World’s Work, who
has a package of meat mailed to
him every Saturday from a point
150 miles away in Silesia for a lit
tle more than 12 cents, the rate for
a twenty-two pound parcel. Ger
man merchants deliver most of their
goods by mail. The small storekeep
er is thus provided 'with as good a
delivery service as the larger. Ger
many has even been permitted to
mail eleven pound parcels to ad
dresses in the United States.
Time Is Big Money.
An estimate is made that an ex
pense of $1,000,000 has been borne
by two rival horse owners within
three years past to bring the record
to its present point. The men inter
ested are C. K. G. Billings, the own
er of Lou Dillon, and E. E. Smath
ers, who owns Major Delmar. Time
has thus been knocked from the rec
ord at the cost of more than $250,-
000 a second.
An India Rubber Man.
As the Bordeaux-Nantes express
was approaching Bellevue-sur-Vic,
France, recently at a speed of forty
miles an hour the engine driver fell
from the cab. The stoker stopped
the train, fully expecting to find his
comrade dead on the line, but was
astonished to see him running after
the train without a scratch. He
climbed in again and drove the train
to Nantes.
The Futility of Wisdom.
For more than half a century we
have been reading essays and dem
onstrations and books relating to
bird flight.—Montgomery Advertis
er.
By gemini, we’re sorry for you! —
Norfolk Landmark.
Well, you’needn’t be, for we don’t
know any more now than we did at
first.—Montgomery Advertiser.
Foul Murder.
Attorney J. J. Bowden of
Clarkesville was in the city yester
day and told of a foul assassination
committed near Ayersville, in Hab
ersham county Wednesday night of
last week.
Garrett Loudermilk, a young man
married only about a month ago,
while at his home in the room with
his young bride and his aged mother,
was shot and almost instantly killed
by a shot fired by an unknown
party who had stealthily crept up to
the window of'Loudermilk’s little
home and deliberately marked him
for death in the light of his own
hearthstone.
There had been bad feeling in the
neighborhood on account of report
ing of illicit distilleries. It is said
that Will Childs had reported
Loudermilk’s still and later accused
Loudermilk of reporting Childs’
still. It is alleged that Childs had
threatened Loudermilk’s life. Cir
cumstantial evidence which Solici
tor Bowden believes sufficiently
strong to convict pointed to Childs
as the murderer. Childs has been
arrested and is now in Clarkesville
jail.
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Took a Missionary Collection.
An unknown burglar, with one
sound shoe on and one with the heel
worn off, entered the home of Mr.
Guy Clopton Sunday morning while
Mr. and Mrs. Clopton were at
church. He ransacked the prem
ises but found only two missionary
mite-boxes, containing 80 or 90
cents. Two cents were recovered
in the woods near the house where
the thief had opened and left the
little collection boxes.
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NOTICE. DEBTORS and CREDITORS.
GEORGIA—HaII County.
Notice is hereby given to all creditors of the
estate of Thos. J. Merritt, late of said county,
deceased, to render in an account of their de
mands to the undersigned within the time pre
scribed by law, properly made out. And all
persons indebted to said deceased are hereby
requested to make immediate payment to the
undersigned.
This Jan. 13, 1904. W. C. KENNEDY,
Adm’r Thos. J. Merritt, Deceased.
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I buy, sell, and rent real estate, col
lect rents and return property for taxes
for non-resident customers. I want to
handle your property.
W. I. HOBBS,
Room 1, Dean building, Gainesville, Ga.
LETTERS OF DISMISSION.
GEORGIA—HaII County.
Notice to all concerned: A. J. Carter, guar
dian of Blanch Carter, represents in his peti
tion duly filed in office that his ward has at
tained the age of twenty-one years; he there
fore prays to be discharged from said guar
dianship. This application will be considered
and passed upon on the first Monday inflTeb
ruary, 1904. W, N. DYER, Ordinary.
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We have just received a car-load of American Field
Fence, 26, 39, 47, and 49 inches in height. Prices from
25c. to 50c. rod. Also we have a good stock Poultry
Netting.
We will be glad to have you look through our stock
of Plows, Back-bands, Hames, Traces, Collars, Bridles,
Bush Blades, Briar Hooks, Etc.
t We have added to our plow stock the original
“Know Nothing” bull tongue that you all like so well.
We have right of sale in Georgia on the Climax
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- GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA.
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