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THE GAINESVILLE EAGLE. By the Eagle Publishing Company. VOLUME Lil. EVERYDAY , \ X _sMw@ i: d ISSSsJv I Always have a stock of medical ne cessities in the house for every day accidents—sometimes for brnises—for cuts—for burns and for the dozen and one little accidents that are continually happening to yourself and those around you. Neglect of little accidents often causes serious conditions, such as blood poison and deformities. If you need anything’ that comes from a drug store. Phone 132; we deliver promply. Piedmont Drug Company If it’s from the Piedmont, it’s the best. We send for and deliver your prescriptions free. STAR WITNESS IN NEGRO MURDER SHOT TO DEATH. Was Present at Crap Game at Bellton Camp meeting Last Week. Last Saturday night a negro woman * known as “Belle McDonald,” but no • relation of “Kentucky Belle,” was | killed near Pendergrass. Her alleged { husband, Frank Harris, did the shooting. I She was shot in the leg and bled to, death, no doctor being sent for. Harris ' claims the shooting was an accident, but has left for part unknown, however, Belle McDonald was present at the crap game near Bellton when Gete Brown beat so up Jim Poole with the butt end of a buggy whip that he is expected to die. She was the only witness, all the others having fled. She told Sheriff Crow about the affair, and i led him to where the fatal club h«d • been hidden by the murderer. It is an almost universal thing for negroes to stand by each other in crime and defend and protect each other. But here was one who gave away a i criminal of her race. And observe her fate. | *„± v y ' ABSALOM. | Mrs. Joseph Smith is still quite help- ' less. "Will soon have the cotton crop out of • the field. A fine one it is. Mr. Borders has broken Lis cotton i press. If any one can fix it he can. Loop Delong’s wife can pick more cotton than he can, we believe. Mrs Minnie Gould has come sixteen j hundred miles to nurse her sick mother. I Mrs. Joseph Smith. This beat has now been struck by the marrying idea Mr. Tom Cagle and Mr. Cooper Delong, two fine men, have led the way, and others are expected to follow. The Woman’s Missionary Society Os the First Methodist church will hold their literary meeting Monday after noon in the Sunday School room at four o’clock. Mrs. H. H. Perry will have charge of the program. Subject: Educational work. Motto: “The mission school bells ring around the world.” Bible study: Fidelity with our talents. Let members avail themselves of these opportunsties of getting in touch with the great forward movements in missions »< 'W* They All Come. Dr. J. E. Whelchel, for long years a physician of Gillsville, where he has made a snug little pile, is coming to Gainesville and make it his home. Dr. Whelchel is a good physician and a gilt-edge gentlemen. TWO NEGROES BEATEN AND ONE OTHER BADLY CUT In a Cutting and Beating Affray on Athens Street Last Saturday Night. In a three-cornered epat on Ath ene street, last Saturday night about 10 o’clock. Samuel Ram and Rucker College, are suffering from pretty severe cuts and bruises about the head and shoulders. It seems that these negroes, all of whom were drinking, engaged in a crap game, and the row followed, with the above result. In another fight between Bessie Morgan, colored, and Ernest Allen, the latter was badly cut over the eye with a whiskey bottle. It seems that Ernest Allen had given Bessie Morgan 75 cents to get him a pint of liquor. Well, she produced the said booze, and she and Allen drank it together, It proved to be “fightin’ liquor” as you will observe by the above con es quenee. Now With B. A. Rogers. It will be of interest to the many friends of Mr. C. B. Stovall to know that he is now connected with the store of B. A. Rogers. Mr. Stovall for some time was on the road for a Tennessee firm, and his many friends will be glad to know that he is located in the city again. A Trip Around the World. There will be given soon an oppor tunity lor the people of Gainesville of making a trip around the world right here in our city. A number of the homes of Gaines ville’s prominent citizens will be thrown open for the occasion, each artistically decorated and made to represent many of the leading nations of the world The characters taking part will be cos tumed in the garb of the nationality they are to represent, the customs and habits accurately portrayed, and re freshments characteristic of' each will be served to those making the journey. i A Union Station will be appointed where all will gather to take passage. It will be a trip full of unusual interest and pleasure, gaiety and merriment will abound along the way, and the whole a very interesting and instructive tour. It will be given under the aus pices of the Geiger Memorial Associa tion. Automobiles and other fast trans portation facilities will be used to con vey the tourists from one county to another, all for one fare for the round trip. Be sure to make the trip and help a worthy cause. GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1911. THE FIGHT IS ON—WHO, OH, WHO WILL BE VICTORIOUS? The Echo Answers Who, While the Battle Waxes Warm—Give it to The Black Jacks. They are It. Every old resident in Gainesville is familiar with the “Old Reliable I Black Jack Association.” It is one of the oldest organizations of the kind in the city, having been organized by Uncle Tom button when he first came to these parts. Now, we have also another associa tion, of a more recent date, known as “The Terror of the Cops,” or “The Royal Order of Black Cats.” This is a pretty fair association itself but you know Jhe old saying—“ The old reliable for me,” and this is where our sympathy kinder runs towards the Black Jacks, in this their deepest hour of afflction. The Black Jacks came firstand thereby have rhe first right. But the Black Cats are vtying to run them out, while the former won’t budge an inch. The Black Jacks claim that under their charter no other organization of a like character can establish itself within the bounds of the city and suburbs, and therefore they have the first right and, will in nowise give way to the Black Cats.' We offered the suggestion, just to bring about peace,that the orders throw heads and tails together and be known as the “Royal Order of Black Jack Cats.” But the Black Jacks with one accord said no. They claim that they are of a more peaceful trend of mind, and while their funds go only to quench their thirst, the Black Cats waste theirs in riotous living. And that the Mayor gets at least two-thirds of it for the city and local authorities. Well, if this be the case, we think they have a perfect right to take the position they do. They go further and say, when “the blackberry crop is not short they have more money than they can well spend ere the spring time, when mother nature brings the berry’s back again.” And that the Black Cats barely have funds enough to pay fines, buy “Kentucky Belle,” and keep up “incidentals.” And with a number of various reasons that they made plain to us, we ’ about come to the conclusion that they' are right, and it will be up to Bagwell! and Hughes to keep the Black Cats off their territory. See to it, gentlemen! IN OPENING GAME OF SEASON RIVERSIDE WINS BIG SCORE, : i By a Score of 20 to 0, Riverside Walks Away with the Atlanta High School Boys. By a score of tenty to nothing, River side completely avalanched the Boys’ ■ High School eleven in a one-sided game I last Saturday at Riverside Park. A ; good crowd was in attendance to wel- . come the opening game of the season. • Except for the gruelling offense put up ; by the Riverside team, ttiere were but | few features. The smaller team was j overwhelmed by the heavy line and back field of the local eleven. Not at! • , i any juncture of the game did the visi tors have even a chance to possess the ' ball for any creditable length of time. Hovever, considering that they have not had the generalship of a coach, and have been working out for a short time only, the Boys’ High School Club did exceedingly well. Coming Hen Too. Mr. Alfred Miller, a well-to-do citi zen of Maysville, has sold his fine farm and is thinking very strongly on the subject of moving to the Queen City. R. M. A. Elects Captain. i Mr. Roy Smith has been selected as Captain of the Riverside eleven to suc ceed’ Mr. Harvey Lofcey, who was cap tain of that gritty little team in 1910. Smith has developed into quite a star in the line of foot ball since connect ing with Riverside, and that this team will put up some classy playing under his guiding hand goes without saying. Smith —Smith. A wedding that has caused unusual interest was that of Mrs. W. B. Smith of this city and Mr. Jasper J. Smith of near Flowery Branch. The groom is a well-to-do farmer, while the bride is well known and highly esteemed by scores of friends in this city. The wedding occurred Monday night, Rev. F. D. Harris officiating. Mrs. Smith was the widow of the late W. B. Smith who for a number of years, and up to the time of his demise, was Clerk >of the Superior Court. The Eagle with numbers of friends joins in extending hearty congratula tions to the happv couple. Established in iB6O. UNCLE DAVY HARRIS, THE MAN WITH WONDER- FUL WAR HISTORY. Belonged to “The Immortal Six Hundred” who Starved at Fort Delaware. When we went out to attend Terrell’s banquet last week we met Uncle Davy Harris, the sprightly old gentleman who is running the four big gins of the Gainesville Canning and Ginning Co. on Athens street. He doesn’t look old, and we were struck with his activity and cheerfulness and the ease with which he does bis work at the age of 71. On the way home we were told that Uncle Davy had a remarkable war history—that he was a member of the “Immortal Six Hundred'’ upon whom the Yankees retaliated in order to even up the Anderson ville horrors. When he learned we had cdme out to tbe gm to see him Uncle Davy knocked off for dinner and came down and answered our ques tions with a gleam in his eyes of the old war days. In fact, if either of us had had time he conld have given enough to write several large volumes, for when did you ever meet an old soldier who didn’t love to talk of the old days of danger and privation? Well, to tell the story: Uncle Davy was Lieutenant Harris of the Twenty-first Georgia Regiment. He joined from For syth county when he was barely 21. In 1863 he came home on on a furlough and was married to a beau tiful young lady of his neighbor hood and left again for the war two days afterward. At the battle of Spottsylvama, in 1864, he was wounded severely by being struck on the head with the butt end of a musket when the enemy had charged the Rebel in trenchments, and the next thing he knew was when he and several hundred others were being taken to Fort Delaware as prisoners of war. There were six hundred in all in Uncle Davy's squad. The horrors of Andersonville had aroused the ire of the North, and it was de termined to retaliate on this six hundred. There was some excuse for the horrors of Andersonville, for under the Yankee blackade the Confeder ates could get very little food and no medicines at all. The Confeder ates did the best they could. But here was a deliberate, cold blood conspiracy to torture, in sheer barbarism, against the rules of all civilized people. For there was food in plenty to be had at Fort Delaware. ; Well, the Six Hundred caught it hot and heavy—they got retaliation from the word go. They got a fifth of a loaf of bread and a quar ter of a pound of meal twice a day. Oh, think of that, ye eaters! Think of it, Andy Conner and Tom Cato I And this lasted for seven months —lasted till after Lee’s surrender. Many of the “Immortal Six Hun dred” had died, and about two hundred were on crutches—hadn’t strength to walk. To keep his mind employed, Un cle Davy, then Lieutenant Harris, made jewelry out of tbe very silver spoons that Sherman’s men “cap tured” on the march to the sea. He made it with an old file and a jackknife. He has some of this jewehy yet at home. While in prison he sold much of it at fancy I prices. I Uncle Davy had a capital of $5.00 I when he arrived at the prison. He i had captured a fiver from a dead Yankee at Spottsylvania, before he was captured himself. After the prisoners had been properly herded j preparatory to starting f or Fort Delaware tbe Yankees went around taking up a collection—gathering in all the money that could be found on the prisoners. “Oh, for my fiver,” thought Uncle Davy, very agitated. But he thought of his canteen. He quickly emptied out the water and put the fiver in. And that was the capital he began on to buy Rebel spoons to make jewelry. After the cruel war was over and the survivors of the Six Hundred, and several other odds and ends, had been gathered up they were taken to Philadelphia to be sent home. There wasagain an even six hundred m the crowd. And such a crowd it was! They had not yet been paroled and were still under guard. They came to a magnificent hotel— tramped up to it and stopped. The proprietor—a large, handsome man —came out and spoke to them. He said, “Boys, come in here at dinner time and eat with me.” Then he spoke confidentially to some of the leaders and told them to not let the Yankees know that he had given them their dinners—told them to say that they all had a little money left, and were getting it at a cheap rate. Then the man said, “Come into the bar and all get a drink— but don’t get drunk.’' All hands piled in, and stayed there until dinner was announced. Then they tramped into the din nig- room and the whole six hundred were seated. Uncle Davy says it was the most magnificently furnished room he ever beheld, with grand pictures hung everywhere finished and burnished with silver and gold —even like unto the palace of fairies. Said Uncle Davy: “I looked at those walls—and then I looked at the men sitting at the tables. Os all the tatterdemallion assortments of tramps and Loboee I/eveY looked i upon this was far the worst —dirty, lousy, ragged, unwashed, uncombed! It was the original Hungry Army. And what a dinner! I will never see the like again.” This hotel man was a native of the south, and he felt for these men, although he had to be very careful about showing his sympa thies on account of the anti-South ern feeling still existing. After ward the story was published and this hotel became the Mecca of Southerners who visited Philadel phia, and this generous man made a large fortune. After various vicissitudes Uncle Davy and his squad arrived at Car tersville by train. There the track was torn up. Then a walk through the country to his home—walked 100 miles without a bite te eat. Hie young bride of two days had not heard from him since the battle of Spottsylvania, when he was re ported missing. He was not al lowed to write from Fort Delaware. He didn’t know that she was yet living,-and surely she must think him long since dead. These were his reflections on the way home. As he neared the beloved spot his heart beat faster, and so did his feet. He was dirty, footsore, ragged, lame would she know him? Yes—she was out looking for him. A year and a halt without a word, and yet she was out looking for him. And did she know him, with all this disguise—Did she? Uncle Davy says, “She knew me when I first came round the bend in the road, and she had me round the neck before I got in a ’•undred yards of the house., I netc did see a gal run so fast.” The. was a reunion of the de scendants *of the parents of Uncle Davy last summer m Forsyth county. Then, are lots of them. This good old couple had 13 chil dren, They all married and bad large families. At the reunion ibere were 465. and >< vt ra! absent. SI.OO a Year in Advance NUMBER 40 These are all good people—for good people run in families. Uncle Davy said, with a look of pride, “And not one of them were ever behind the bars.” But he seems to have forgotten himself. Then we spoke of cotton gins. He says there have been hundreds of improvements since the gin was invented by Eli Whitney, but the principle is the. same between that primitive one and the four giant fellows he is now running. Uncle Davy can do mere work than half the young men in the country, and do it far better—at the age of 71. VICIOUS NEGRO USED DEADLY RAZOR ON TWO WHITE MEN. Young Man of Jefferson has Throat Cut and Another One Badly Wounded. A bad negro mixed with bad whiskey was the cause of a serious cutting affair at Jefferson last Sat urday night. There was a small traveling show on exhibition and this negro seems to have been insulting to a young white man, Lee White. A difficul ty arose and the negro used the deadly razor, the favorite weapon of his race, and the jugular vein of White. He also severely cut Joel Alexander, who came to the aid of White. The negro then made his escape to the woods, aided of course by members of his own race. He was afraid to leawe the woods during the night, and next morning he was arrested and lodged m jail by Sheriff Collier. White came near bleeding to death before the flow ot blood could be stopped, and his life hung on the balance for several days. Salt water was injected into his veins by phisicians, which is thought to have saved his life. The Indian Passion Play, “Hiawatha” will be given at Brenau Lake on next Wednesday evening at 8.30. This play will be given under direction of the Brenau fac ulty, and it is needless to say that it will be a success. All Roads Lead to Rome. Our old friend Dock Suddath , tells us he is heading this way—that he is going to buy him a place and build himself a nice, snug residence and move into it and become a per manent citizen of the Queen City. He has just sold his magnificent farm in Banks county. It contained 450 acres and brought $35 an acre. Mr. J. C. Henderson of Gillsville was the purchaser. Mr. Suddath and his gcod lady are folks of the first class and will be cordially welcomed m Gaines ville. Marion Gilmer Vice-president.. The new bank of Gillsville has about got ready to open its doors and start business. The new bank building is now nearing completion and will be an ornament to the town. It is one-story structure, built ot brick, with pressed brick front and windows of plate glass. Its size is 26 by 40 feet and its cost about $2,000. I A burglar proof safe at a cost of S7OO has been installed. Within ten days or two weeks the bank building and equipment will be ready for opening. Mr. R. H. McCrary of Athens is president of the company; Mr. M. O. Gilmer ot Gillsville is vice presi dent; Mr. Claud Meaders, secretary.. We congratulate tbe bank upon the selection of Marion Gilmer a# one of its important officers. He is & good, solid, sensible business man. And the other officers are good ones too.