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The Gainesville Eagle.
Entered at Gainesville, Ga., post-office
as second-class matter.
Published Every Thursday.
Eagle Call: Bell Phone No. 56.
Official Organ qf Hall County
W. H. CRAIG,
Editor and Business Manager.
Thursday, May 10, 1906.
COULDN’T TOUCH HIM.
It is gratifying to know that for
all the boodle of the railroads and
their henchmen Henry Perry was
triumphantly nominated to the Gen
eral Assembly last Saturday. The
plot was well laid, and it was a
deep one and pretty thoroughly
under ground, but the people got
onto it in good time to set off the
fuse and blow up the conspirators.
There are some of the sly old
tools of the corporations who would
have given their small, swiveled,
flea-bitten souls to beat Perry, but
they are hereby warned that they
will never do it so long as the hon
est yeomanry of Hall county are
able to get to the polls.
THEY WILL BE THERE.
Those of the voters of Georgia
who have in the past belonged to
the Populist party seem to be taking
a mighty sensible view of the mat
ter of a-handful a ring-straked-and
striped ringsters meeting in solemn
conclave and calling themselves the
Democratic party. It is indeed
amusing enough to make a brass
monkey smile. Just think of it—
Hamp McWhorter, Warner Hill,
and a small coterie of their ilk—
they are the Democratic party. And
the proud commonwealth of Georgia
has delegated to them the right to
take the blood and bone and sinew
and virtue of the Democratic party
ahd tie them up in assorted lots and
say, ‘ ‘This lot shall vote, for they are
for Clark Howell and the corpora
tions, but that lot shall not, for
they are liable to vote for Hoke
Smith.” That is exactly what it
amounts to, and the populists see it.
And they are going to refuse to
nave their consciences put in the
keeping of the McWhorter-Hill
combination.
And the populists know that with
the help of their votes the oligarchy
pf rascality that for years has been
a festering sore on the body politic
will be torn asunder and cast to the
four winds, and with new and hon
est leaders they will be proud to be
counted m the organized Democ
racy.
If ever there was a time when
the State of Georgia was passing
through the crucible that time is
now.
TILLMAN IGNORED WHITE HOUSE IN
VITATION.
President Roosevelt invited Sena
tor Tillman to attend the banquet
given Monday evening at the White
House to the officers of the French
squadron, which came to this coun
try to attend the ceremonies subse
quent upon the final interment of
John Paul Jones, but Senator Till
man did not go to the White House.
As the senior democratic member on
the senate committee on naval affairs
he was entitled to an invitation and
would have been a notable guest. To
day he declines to discuss why he did
not obey the invitation, for socially
an invitation from the president is
regarded in Washington as a com
mand. Senator Bailey, of Texas, is
another democrat who received an
invitation to the same reception at
the White House and who likewise
did not heed the summons.
Two years ago Senator Tillman
was invited to meet Prince Henry of
Prussia at a dinner at the White
House. After the invitation issued
and before the dinner had occurred
Tillman had a personal conflict on
the floor of the senate chamber with
Senator McLaurin of his own state,
South Carolina. The incident was
given widespread publicity, and fol
lowing that the president withdrew
his invitation to Tillman. Since
that time there has been no inter
course between the senator and the
executive. The matter was further
complicated by the refusal later of
the nephew of the senator to present
a sword to President Roosevelt upon
the occasion of the latter’s visit to
the south.
Although Senator Tillman has been
by Republican action made |e£e rep
resentative of the president'in sen
ate of Mr. Roosevelt’s side on the
railway rate legislation, he has not
up to the present time consulted
with the White House in the matter.
It is believed here that the feud be
tween him and the president will
continue indefinitely.
Officers Caught the Burglar.
Columbus, Ga., May s.—The
Columbus police department broke
its own record this morning at 1
o’clock when it captured a mule
burglar in a leading Broad street
store. Officer Lawson was pacing
his beat when he heard curious
noises inside the Columbus Paper
Company’s store. He quietly in
vestigated and marveled at the bold
ness of the burglar, who was blun
dering around in reckless fashion.
Another officer was summoned and
the two went in to take the in
truder, dead or alive. The burglar
advanced to meet them and the of
ficers held up fire until they could
see the whites of his eyes, which
was fortunate, as the intruder was
none other than the company’s
mule. The animal is kept in the
back yard of the store at night,
and the back door being left un
locked or open, from oversight, the
mule proceeded to enter and take a
ramble through the store late at
night, in the same matter-of-fact
manner that “Maud” is depicted as
entering restaurants and saloons, in
the Sunday comic supplement.
Fruit in Great Abundance
“We are going to have a dead
load of peaches in Georgia this
year,” said Judge Gober of Mari
etta a few days ago when asked as
to the prospects of the crop.
Having said this, he continued:
“My only fear is that we will not
have help enough to pick and pack
the fruit, and ice in sufficient quan
tities to ice the cars. Last year,
with a comparatively small crop,
we were considerably short on ice,
and hundreds of tons had to be
brought to Marietta to be used in
refrigerating the cars, and this will
be done again this year. The rail
roads did all that they could for us,
and we have no complaint to make
against them. One thing is quite
certain, that we are going to have
an abundance of fruit this year, and
I believe that the fruit growers will
all make money, for the reason that
the fruit will be fine as well as
abundant, and the people have the
money to pay for it.”
Jack Frost this Morning.
May 10th is pretty late for frost,
but there was frost in many places
this morning and young plant life
was seriously affected by it. It is
not supposed to have done any se
rious damage to fruit, but it is
thought that cotton is badly dam
aged in some parts of the county.
A telephone message from Flowery
Branch is to the effect that the cot
ton is killed there. Mr. Roberts,
the operator there, says that he has
seen some that has been brought in,
and it is perfectly dead, and that
one farmer reports 3 0 acres killed
and is buying seed to replant.
Mr. R. F. Quillian has telephoned
to Mr. J. H. Hunt to stop sale of
cotton seed from the Jennings
property, that the cotton around
Bellton is killed.
Mr. J. L. Ellis reports that he
came in from the upper part of the
county, and that he never saw so
much black cotton, but not all of
it is killed.
From the telegraph offices we
learn that the frost extended almost
throughout Georgia, and several
messages to the effect that cotton
is killed have passed over the wires.
It is not generally believed, how
ever, that the damage is so bad as
these messages would indicate.
It snowed in Kentucky day before
yesterday and the cold wave reached
here last night. The thermometer
registered 42 degrees this morning,
and overcoats were in evidence be
fore the sun took the chill out of
the atmosphere.
THE GAINESVILLE EAGLE. MAY 10. 1906.
TRADING IN FLORENCE.
It Is Hard to Tell Who Wins, the
Buyer or the Seller.
A man observing a hat marked 12
francs thus reasoned to himself:
“The price is marked 12 francs.
That means 10. The shopman will
offer it for 8. It is not worth more
than 6. I don’t want to give more
than 4, so I’ll offer him 2.”
This suggests the principles upon
which trade is carried on. The fol
lowing is an illustration of the proc
ess:
Buyer—What’s the price of that
hat?
Seller—Twelve francs, sir.
B. (in a tone of astonishment) —
Twelve francs? Heavens, what a
price!
S.—lt’s not dear, sir. You
couldn’t get it as cheap anywhere
else in town.
B.—Nonsense! What’s the lowest
price you’ll take for it ?
S.—Well, as it’s you I’ll sell it for
11.
B.—Per Bacco! Why, it’s not
worth half that.
S.—Well, what will you give for
it?
B. —I won’t give a centime over 6
francs. (This very decidedly, as if
he really meant it.)
S.—Six francs! Why, it cost me
more than that.
B.—Go along! (Tries on the hat,
which is very becoming, and contin
ues in a coaxing tone): Come, now,
let’s finish this affair. Name your
price.
S. —Well, take it for 10 (seizing it
as though everything was settled
and hurriedly wrapping it up).
B.—Stop, stop! I’m not going to
give that price. (Makes for the door,
as though he also thought the affair
ended.)
S.—Stop, sir! Tell me now frank
ly the highest price you will give.
(This in an encouraging tone, with
head on one side and a sweet smile.)
B. —Come, I’ll give you 7. (Makes
show of pulling out pocketbook,
with the air of having made a hand
some offer that would be snapped
at.)
S. (now beginning to get excited)
—This is more than I can bear! We
will talk no more about it!
B. (Seeing too much decision in
shopman’s manner) —Well, come
now. How much will you take? I’ll
give you 8. There!
S, —No, no, no! I won’t sacrifice
the hat! \
This is the moment for the buyer
to rush from the shop, sometimes
even getting to the corner of the
street, when the excited seller will
dash after him, imploring him to
come back again and take it for 9 1 /2.
Then work begins in earnest, and
they rise and fall alternately by half
francs and sometimes fight over the
last two sous. When the bargain is
completed amid a torrent of words
and wild gestures the conqueror
(which is the conqueror?) goes off
with his hat as proud as the victor
of a score of battles to admiring
friends, who turn it over and peer at
it and examine it critically, praising
him for his shrewdness in making
such a bargain. —London Mail.
At Least a Help.
“Uncle David” was an Oldtown
character, some of whose sayings
have been put into black and white
by Mr. Norton in his “Sketches” of
that vicinity. David used to run
rafts of lumber down the Penobscot
and was wont to boast that he “al
ways sold to one man, and when he
didn’t sell to him he sold to some
body else.”
One day Uncle David was stand
ing on the river bank when a stern
wheel steamboat passed. He gazed
long and thoughtfully at the vessel
and then, turning to a bystander,
said in a tone of deep conviction:
“That wheel is a great sarvice to
that boat.”
A Foe of Feuds.
Stranger—You say that man has
killed forty people ?
Mountaineer Yes, in a feud.
Feuds is ba’d things, and we don’t
want no more of them in these ’ere
parts.
Stranger—But that man is going
right along attending to his busi
ness as if nothing occurred. Why
don’t you arrest him ?
Mountaineer—Arrest him! Gee
Willigan, stranger, that ’ud start
another feud, and I just told ye we
don’t want no more feuds.—New
York Weekly.
Real Muscular Christianity.
A preacher was the other day de
scribing true muscular Christianity
and gave an instance of the meaning
of the phrase:
“I once had in my Sunday school
class a young urchin from a poor
neighborhood. He was a bright lad,
doing his best at all times. One aft
ernoon I said to him:
“ ‘Billy, don’t you think you could
induce one or two boys to come to |
Sunday school ?’
‘“I could bring one,’ Billy an
swered, ‘but all the other fellers in
our alley kin lick me!’ ”
WITTE’S CAREER.
Count Witte is not a man of hum
ble origin, according to the By
stander. His family was influential.
He was born at Tiflis on June 17
(29), 1849, and his father was di
rector of the department of agricul
ture in the Caucasus. Through his
maternal grandfather, General An
drei Fadeyeff, who married a Prin
cess Dolgouruki, he is related to the
Dolgourukis, to Mme. Hahn (the
Russian George Sand) and Mme.
Blavatsky. In 1866 he became a
member of the new Russian univer
sity at Odessa. While an under
graduate he displayed strong lean
ings toward journalism. He went
into the service of the Odessa
branch of the Southwestern railway
in 1870 at a salary of SSOO a year,
but soon obtained a high position.
How They Reached a Verdict.
At a session of the superior crim
inal court held in Worcester a pris
oner was tried for setting fire to his
dwelling house in a nearby village.
The prisoner made a very plausible
explanation in his own defense, but
notwithstanding the general im
pression in the courtroom was that
a verdict of guilty would be speedi
ly reported by the jury. To the as
tonishment of the court the jury
returned a verdict of not guilty.
Judge Holmes of the superior
court, who was presiding, turned to
the jury and, in a surprised and
sharp tone, said:
“Mr. Foreman, how did you ar
rive at that verdict ?”
The foreman, after deliberating a
few seconds, replied, “By ballot.”—
Boston Herald.
An Interesting Paperweight.
An interesting paperweight has
just been given to Epworth universi
ty at Oklahoma City. It is a section
of the brass pump rod of the steam
ship Sirius, the first steamer to cross
the Atlantic. The trip was made in
1838, and the vessel left Cork on
April 3 and arrived in New York on
April 22. The ship was lost on the
English coast in June, 1847, and
was salvaged in 1896, fifty-one years
later. The metal work of the vessel
was purchased by the Masons, a
firm of Birmingham (England) ship
suppliers, where the pump rod was
cut into sections and the souvenirs
made. The paperweight is about
half an inch thick and four inches
in diameter. It looks as bright as
if it had never seen the bottom of
the sea.
Not All He Expected.
A boy who had accomplished a
good deal in football, but little in
his studies, says a writer in the
Booklovers Magazine, was dropped
from one preparatory school and
immediately invited to enter anoth
er. He had been there a few days
when he met a member of the fac
ulty.
“Well,” said the professor, “how
do you find it here ?”
“Pretty fair,” said the boy.
“That’s good. Find it smooth
going, eh?”
The boy considered. “Well, I
shouldn’t like to say that exactly,”
he said. “The field’s sort of rough
yet in places, sir.”
Plants and the Moon.
Camille Flannnarion has been
making experiments in Paris to see
whether the moon exerts any influ
ence upon the growth of plants, ac
cording to the legend. He made
different sets of plantings ’at dates
which corresponded to the different
phases of the moon, using peas,
beets, carrots, potatoes, beans and
many other vegetables of the ordi
nary kinds. The results were ex
tremely variable, and no fixed rule
seemed to govern them. The plants
appeared at periods which had no
connection with the moon’s phases.
Buying Weapons In Russia.
In Russia before a weapon of any
kind is purchased a permit must be
secured from the local authorities.
The name of the purchaser, with the
number of the weapon, must be re
corded by the storekeeper in a ledger
kept expressly for the purpose. If
the buyer ever w’ants to dispose of
his weapon he must again notify the
authorities and cause the transfer to
be recorded on the books of the firm
that originally sold it.
Criminals In Italy.
Italian prisons got so full this
year that the government had to re
sort to royal clemency to some of
the occupants in order to make room
for delinquents crowded out. A de
cree was issued last August, and
since then 1,536 prisoners have been
pardoned and 3,072 have had their
sentences reduced.
Rubber Cat o’ Nine Tails.
In some of the mines of South
Africa, where it is necessary to flog
the miners, strips of rubber have
been substituted for the scourge, as
the rubber, while causing very sharp
pain, does ‘not cut the flesh like
leather thongs.—lndia Rubber Jour
nal.
Hoke Hunt Seriously Assaulted?
The latest report from the bedside
of Hoke Hunt, who was seriouely
if not fatally assaulted last Sunday
about noon in the woods near Chat
tahoochee church, is to the effect
that there is a change for his recov
ery. A telephone message from
there states that Dr. E. P. Ham
went out to see him this morning
and thinks there is- grounds to hope
for his recovery.
Mr. Hunt is a son of Dr. A. W.
Hunt, who lives about two miles
from Flowery Branch. Young
Hunt was attending an all-day ser
vice at Chattahoochee church, three
miles out from Flowery Branch,
and left the grounds about noon.
Others are said to have gone with
him, but reports here conflict.
After about two hours young Hunt
was found lying on a log, with his
skull crushed in. His face was up
turned and a large dead limb was
lying by the log. It is supposed
that he was struck the blow that
crushed his skull with this limb.
The blow was received on the left
side of the head and the skull liter
ally crushed in, with fractures ex
tending in every direction. He was
taken home in an unconscious con
dition and was operated on Monday
night by Drs. K. A. Smith and E.
P. Ham of Gainesville, W. W.
Lyle of Oakwood, and J. D. Cobb
of Flowery Branch.
The skull was raised and many
fragments of the broken bones were
taken out. Up to this morning he
was in an unconscious condition
and his death was expected at any
moment.
Tuesday morning Jim Reed, son
of Bud Reed, of near Oakwood,
was arrested by Sheriff Crow and
lodged in jail. Later Monroe Hope,
son of Laws Hope, who also lives
near Oakwood, was arrested and
placed in jail. Mr. Crow is sup
posed to be out now to make addi
tional arrests; anyway, he is out of
the city, and it is reported from
Flowery Branch that others are im
plicated.
The boys arrested say that they
know nothing of the affair, and it is
possible that reliable information
will not be available before the evi
dence conies out in court, as all par
ties concerned are guarding against
giving out any definite information
that they have at hand. There are
many rumors, but none sufficiently
authentic to use.
Hunt and both prisoners are
young men.
A Distinguished Visitor.
Mrs. J. 11. Estill of Savannah
will spend the summer in the city.
As yet she has not secured a resi
dence but will do so soon. Mrs.
Estill is the wife of J. H. Estill,
editor of the Savannah News and a
candidate for Governor, who also
carried this county in his race for
governor during the last guberna
torial race.
Tutt'sPills
After eating, persons of a bilious habit
will derive great benefit by taking one
of these pills. If you have been
MNKING TOO MUCH,
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SO HEADACHE
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TWELVE MONTHS SUPPORT.
GEORGIA—HaII County.
Ordinary’s office April 12, 1906. Notice to all
concerned: The appraisers appointed to ap
praise and set apart a twelve months support
to Mrs. Nannie Hayes, widow of Luther Haves,
deceased, and her minor children, out of the
estate of said deceased, have filed their report
in this office, and unless some valid objection
be made to the Court on or before the first Mon
day in June, 1906, the same will then be ap
proved and made the judgment cf the Court.
W. N. DYER, Ordinary.
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION.
GEORGIA—HaII County.
Ordinary’s Office, May 7,1906. To all persons
concerned: This is to give notice that Jim
Hood has in due form of law filed his pe
tition to be appointed permanent administra
tor of Mattie Johnson, deceased, upon the
estate of Mattie Johnson, late of said county.
This application will be considered and passed
upon on the first Monday in June, 1906.
W. N. DYER, Ordinary.
LETTERS OF DISMISSION.
GEORGIA—HaII County.
Ordinary’s office, May 9,1906. Notice to all
concerned: John M. Hulsey, administrator o£
the estate of Mrs. Sarah A. Tumlin, deceased,
represents in his petition duly filed in this
office that he has fully and justly administered
the estate of said deceased, and prays to be
discharged from said administration. This ap
plication will be considered and passed upon
by the Court on the first Monday in June, 1906,
W. N. DYER, Ordinary.
EDEMA AFFLICTS
WHOLE FAMILY,
Father and Five Children: Suffered
for Two Years With: Terrible
Eczema —Home Remedies and
Medicines Gave No Relief—
Mother Expresses Joy at
WONDERFUL CURE BY
CUTICURA REMEDIES
“My husband and five children were
all afflicted with eczema. They had it
two years. We used all the home rem
edies we could hear of,, without any
relief, and then went to a physician
and got medicine two different times,
and it got worse. It affected us all
over except head and hands. We saw
Cuticura Remedies advertised and con
cluded to try them. So I sent for SI.OO
worth, consisting of one cake of Cuticura
Soap, one box of Ointment, and one vial
of Pilis, and we commenced to use them.
I do not know how to express my joy
in finding a cure, for two of my chil
dren were so bad that they have the
brown scars on their bodies where they
were sore. If it will be of any benefit
to you, you can publish my letter with
pleasure. Yours truly, Mrs. Maggie B:
Hill, Stevens, Mason Co., W. Va., June
12, 1905.”
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Sold throughout the world. Cuticura Soap, 25c.,. Oint
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Potter Drug & Chein. Corp., Sole Props., Boston, Maas.
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SALE LIST
—OF—
JAMES J. ROBERTS,
Real Estate and Renting Agent.
(224)
$350. A beautiful vacant Green street
lot 100 feet front, about 184 feet deep.
“Be wise; don’t let this opportunity
pass, you.”
(236)
$1,200 takes this 32-acie farm only
one-fourth mile from the city limits;
3- house, good well water, fine
shade trees in front yard, about 12 acres
woodland; fine opening for small dairy
or truck farm.
(227)
SSOO buys 20-acre truck farm only
three-fourths of mile from city; 5-room
ceiled house, good well water, fine va
riety bearing fruit; laud lies well; mail
delivered at the door. You’d better
look at this.
(228)
SI,OOO for this beautiful little home,
4- and hall,city water, large lot 85x200
feet; house iu fine condition and good
as new; close in; cash or terms.
“SPECIAL.”
(229)
$550. A 7-room ceiled house, half
acre lot, well water, good orchard bear
ing, grapes and other fruit on lot. Don’t
delay, for this must sell at ouce.
(225)
$3,529.50. An ideal suburban home.
64 acres laud, new 8-room house, ser
vant’s house and two wells of water in
yard; fine youug orchard bearing; 30
acres land iu cultivation and the rest in
original wood; only quarter mile from
city limits. For further information,
call at my office.
Say, don’t fail to see me if you have
anything for rent or sale; or if you
want to rent a house or buy property, I
can serve you to best advantage.
Office, Mam street.
REAL ESTATE.
SALE LIST.
6-room house, No. 45 Prior st., $1,400.
4 r. h.. hall, front and back verandas,
cor. Scotland av. & W. Summit st.,
SSOO.
RENT LIST.
Four 4 r. h. W. Summit st.; wil’ rent
each for $1 a week.
W I. HOBBS,
Room 1, Dean building. Gainesville, Ga
For Sale.
Iu Gainesville, Ga.
One new 7-ioom house and 2 acres
land, garden, barn, waterworks, on
Summit Hill! ideal home; price, $2,000.
Two new 4-room houses and acre
land, High street; SI,OOO.
One 8-room house and 2 acres land,
garden, barn; Factory Hill: SI,OOO.
Terms, cash or good note.
Write: BENJ. G. PARKS,
Box 161, Waycross, Ga.
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