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TH> GAINESVILLE EAGLE
t Jie Eagle Publishing Company.
VO LUME LV
C/V/J' IMPROVEMENT WHERE
* CITY COUNCIL GETS SHOW.
The d isv ’ s Back Y ar( l Nee<^s ome Mention
Jadly--Also a New Fence Would
Help a Little.
t £]le public Square has been rem
erfjj Ito a very great extent—thanks
to |the Chamber of Commerce and
thef Civic League.
•And the city’s back yard should
x- Rooked after.
jJ.way last year when the bullfrogs
we re in their glee down on Main
str eet, and the old pieces of wagons
an I buggies and trash and logs,
ar d in fact every kind of rubbish
that a muskeeter would take a fancy
to,\was to be found on the city’s lot
on Main street preferably termed
tpe city’s back yard, fronting on the
r /ain thoroughfare of the town, and
with a rotten fence nearly tumbling
vto the ground, and a frog pond that
would not be considered to have the
of ripe peaches, the Eagle
I that this place be doctored
Obne, but to the present time noth
iwg has been done —except!
< J TAs a rule there are always excep
wons to things.
1 There was one place in the fence
® where the negro employees of the
■ city climbed through getting into
■ the lot to their work that had fallen
F down, or rotted down, or worn out
I by continual use. That was fixed
| —that is, sorter fixed—but it looks
worse today than any other part of
the old rotten fence that is about to
tumble down.
And, by the way,, we are always
glad to see an east wind coming,
regardless of the sickness it may
cause, for w T e are always expecting
to wake some morning and see the
old fence sprawling on the sidewalk.
But the east wind has done the
Christian act to the fence as yet, so
we are compelled to call upon the
City Council again.
We hope that this matter will be
attended to before the summer
guests begin to come in.
It wouldn’t cost the city very;
much to sewer the branch of water I
that runs through from Main to |
u Maple street, and it would certainly '
more healthful, and would keep i
an stench, and perhaps
of fever.
And in rebuilding the fence —it is
-a cinch that it will have to be re
; ' built —it would be a good idea to
hL build it higher than it now stands,
tor truly one can’t help but see the
nastiness of the city lot, in passing
while the fence is as low as it is.
All Day Singing.
There will be an all day singing
at Central church next Sunday.
Preaching at 11 o'clock. Prof. Moore
of Bethlehem will lead.
Returned from Convention.
Mrs. Hayne Palmour and Miss
Ruth Kendall returned last Friday
from Athens, where they attended
the Convention of the Foreign Mis
sionary Society which convened at
that place for three days. They
yf? were delegates from the First Metho-
Sl dist church.
r
Mr. E. C. Deal
Has accepted the position of vice
president and general manager of
► the W. N. Coler & Company Public
Service Corporation, with head
quarters at Greensboro. The Greens
boro Daily News of last Sunday
| had much to say of this old Gaines
| ville boy, and expressed apprecia
tion of the fact that Mr. Deal would
make his headquarters in their city.
New Postmaster Appointed.
Mr. Geo. D. Rucker, editor of the
; Free Press, has been appointed post
master at Alpharetta. He received
’ the appointment last Tuesday night,
the blank bond being enclosed. He
made bond Wednesday and will in
all probability take charge of the
I office next week. The bond is fifteen
hundred dollars, and was signed bj
individuals living in Alpharetta.
The Alpharetta post-office has
been sought by many applicants for
the past six or eight months. While
it is a fourth-class office, it pays
about one thousand dollars and is
>■ \ considered a fat plum.
The office will remain where it is
now and the best service possible
will be given the public.—Free Press.
This is another office where there
was a contest between Hoke and the
Whip. The Whip doesn’t seem to
be a-gettin’ of much in the~way "f
Pie ' i \
4 a 1
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
PLANS MUCH FOR GAINESVILLE
To increase Growth of City—J. H. Hosch Tern
porary Secretary in Place of E. E.
Mincey, Resigned.
The commissioners of the Cham
ber of Commerce recently held
several meetings looking to the en
largement and of its scope in con
nection with the growth and prog
ress of the city on all lines.
Since the i esignation of the regu
lar Secretary, the commissioners
have requested Mr. J. H. Hosch to
act temporarily in this capacity.
For the present, the plan agreed
upon is for each commissioner to
have charge of the work’ coming
under his supervision, answering
all correspondence and giving careful
attention to the successful handling
of the work in each department.
Plans are now under way to inter
est Furniture and Woodworking
plants to locate in Gainesville, and
the Chamber feels that in the near
future something definite can be
announced in this direction.
Another movement that means
much for the general advertising of
our city is the issuing of something
like 10,000 booklets and folders, plac
ing before the outside world Gaines
ville’s many advantages as well as
opportunities.
It is proposed to publish a booklet,
of general information pertaining
to the city’s every interest, giving
all the points that would tend to in
terest the home-seekers, or business
man with investment in view.
Then to issue a beautiful folder of
views and statistics, specializing on
the school advantages of our city.
This folder to be edited by the man
agement of Brenau, Riverside and
Public Schools.
Another folder giving the facts
and figures regarding the timber and
power so accessible here for manu
facturing, as opened up by our im
mense Hydro-Electric Power Plants
and the building of the Gainesville
& Northwestern railroad into the
largest belt of undeveloped timber
land to be found in the South.
These booklets to be placed in the
hands of our business men, hotels
and schools for distribution, as well
as to be mailed out to the public by
the Chamber continuously.
The cement work on the public
square is now completed and the
work of beautifying the grounds will
be taken up soon with the view of
making it one of the most attractive
spots to be found.
Great things cannot be accom
plished in a day, but it takes the
steady work of all our people in
bringing to pass the splendid achieve
ments desired by every loyal citizen
interested in the future progress of
Gainesville.
If you can't throw boquets don’t
throw brickbats.
Letters Uncalled For.
Remaining on hand in the Gaines
ville post-office for the week ended
February 23, 1914:
ladies:
G. W. Allison, Robert Bryson, B.
A. Bagwell, Claud Cobs, Candler,
Ga., Mrs. Ela Delonega, Cora Eng
land, Tim Early, H. J. Hawkins,
Mrs. Katie Hubbard, Mrs. H. H.
Howard, Ardline Lantrell.
gentlemen:
Madege Loggins, J. B. Ledford,
F. L. Martin, Sylby Rice, Dr. Jami
son Vaw’ter, Wes Youngs.
Persons calling for same should
say advertised, and give date. One
cent due on each letter.
Mrs. H. W. J. Ham, P. M.
The Histery Club
Feb. 28,1914, Mrs. Waterman hostess
A woman’s club.
“A meeting ground;
A place w’here kindly, helpful words
are said,
And kindlier deeds are done!
Where hearts are fed;
Where wealth of brains for poverty
atones,
And hand grasps hand, and soul
finds touch with soul.”
Roll call. Responses. Current
events.
A Trip to Chile. Mrs. Mershon.
Chilean Conditions. Miss Clyde
Manning.
The Straits of Magellan.
Mrs. Kimbrough.
A Quiz. Conducted I y Miss Mer
ritt. .
It is not work but worry that
breaks one down. Anxiety is
of the heart, circumsVaces
chiefly. Faith and prayer cr ast
anxiety out. I
GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 26, 1914,
CANTRELL GETS LEASE ON
t LIFE FOR THIRTY DAYS.
He will Live to See the Termination of Bart's
Case, which will be Argued Before the
Supreme Court on March 4th.
A long distance telephone call to
Col. Hammond Johnson yesterday
afternoon from Governor Slaton, an
nounced that a respite would be
given Jim Cantrell of thirty days,
owing to the fact that young Bar
tow Cantrell’s case would not be
argued before the Supreme court
until next month.
The granting of the reprieve
seemed to hitch upon a letter from
Judge Jones. A few days ago Col.
Johnson had a communication from
the Governor announcing that he
had not heard from Judge Jones and
could not determine what action
he would take until the Judge was
heard from.
It will be remembered that a few
weeks ago Col. Johnson, with other
citizens of Hall county, and the
mother of the convicted boys, ap
peared before the Board of Pardons.
The order will arrive some time
today, Governor Slaton announcing
that it would be forwarded as soon
as he could dictate it to his stenog
rapher and have it mailed.
Visiting Parents.
Mrs. Jesse Lamb of Atlanta is
this week a guest of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Harrison, at their
home, 9 Sycamore street.
Mrs. I. M. Smith Sick.
Mrs. I. M. Smith is critically ill
at her home on West Broad street
from heart trouble. Her son, Mr.
Luther Smith, who has been with
the Tallulah Falls Construction Com
pany, has been called to her bedside.
The Orpheus Club
Recital at Brenau College Monday
evening was an interesting event.
Barcarole, LeHoche; Etude, Haber
bier, by Miss Ernestine Ham, was
one of the most enjoyable features
of the evening’s entertainment.
Off for Convention.
Hon. W. B. Sloan left Tuesday
afternoon for Thomasville, where
he went to attend the Second Geor
gia Division of the Order of Odd
Fellows. During the program Col.
Sloan will address the meeting on
Odd Fellowship.
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Getting Ready for Work.
The newly appointed road over
seers for Hall county have been
pouring into the Commissioners’ of
fice this week at the Court House
and making bonds, preparatory to
entering upon a busy session of
road working.
Each overseer this year has to
make a SSOO bond.
Society Editor Sick.
Mrs. Ben P. Gaillard, the Society
Editor of the Eagle, has been quite
sick at her home on S. Green street
for the past three weeks, conse
quently the Eagle has not been car
rying its regular society news. We
hope that Mrs. Gaillard will soon be
able to again take up her duties.
It hurts when a printer gets under
the weather, but when an editor gets
sick it breaks into arrangements
considerably.
-Bacon's Will Contains Hope for
Immortality.
A belief in a happy immortality
with his kindred and friends was
that of the late Senator A. O. Bacon, s
who stated his convictions in his
will, that was offered for probate
yesterday in the court of Ordinary
C. M. Wiley. His estate is valued
at $200,000.
The will w*as written by Sanator
Bacon himself in Macon in 1909, and
a codicil to it was executed in
Washington September 6, 1913. It
covers 32 pages and is pronounced a
good example of the exceptional le
gal ability of the author.
His allusions to immortality were
in the second paragraph, as follows:
“I commit my soul to God, in the
humble hope that in spite of my
many weaknesses, imperfections,
faults and misdeeds, I shall be re
united in a happy immortality with
my kindred and friends, particular
ly with the members of my imme
diate family, to whose happiness
and welfare my life has been gladly
and unsparingly devoted.”
Senator Bacon’s act in stating his
idea of immorality recalls that J. P.
Morgan wrote a similar expression
in his will, probated after his death
last year. At that time it was widely
commented on.
Established in iBOO.
YOUNG MAN STEALS GIRL
AND THEN GETS JUGGED.
' Dewitt Pressley, a Young White Man of the
Glade District, Swiped Gainesville Girl,
but Didn't Get Married.
A charge of kidnapping was pre
ferred against Dewitt Pressley Mon
| day by the irate parents of pretty
| Pearl Fowler, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Fowler of this city, and
Deputy Sheriff Buffington just ar
rived over the Glade way in time to
binder a marriage of the kidnapper
and the kidnapped.
It seems that the thing was al
ready cut and dried between the
two young people, and upon Press
ley’s arrival in the city Monday
the young woman was in readiness,
and they lit out for the Glade to
hunt a parson.
Complaint had been made by Mr.
Fowler to Sheriff Spencer, who im
mediately sent Deputy Buffington
on the trail of the young people.
Mr. Buffington overtook the young
people before they could get the
nuptials tied and returned with them
to the city.
Pressley was given a commitment
trial Tuesday afternoon and bound
over under SIOO bond to higher court.
Out for Sheriff.
Mr. J. M. Long, a good Hall county
man, is out for Sheriff. He resides
in Friendship district, and is a man
excellently qualified for the office
he seeks.
Bill Whelchel Running.
Your Uncle Bill Whelchel from
over the river is out for Tax Receiver
and expects to make a warm can
vass. There are no better men
made than Bill.
Mr. J. D. Lokey,
Who is one of our very best citizens
and possessing No. 1 qualifications
for the office, has announced for the
office of Tax Receiver of Hall couny.
Mr. Lokey is a popular man and
will make the others hustle.
Mr. L. B. Cato
Os Tadmore announces this week
for Tax receiver. He is a well
known and popular resident of Tad
more district and possesses all the
qualifications for an efficient public
officer.
An Editor’s Saving.
An editor who started about
twenty years ago with only fifty-five
cents is now worth about SIOO,OOO.
His accumulation of wealth is ow
ing to his frugality, good habits,
strict attention to business, and the
fact that an uncle died and left him
the sum of $99,998.
Spencer in the Race.
You will find Sheriff E. A. Spen
cer’s announcement for re-election
to the office he now holds. Mr.
Spencer offers two years of good
service as a reason for what he asks
of the people, and will make the
fur fly among the brethren before
the election is pulled off.
Love’s Labor Lost.
The sparkling, picturesque com
edy will be given next Monday
night in the auditorium. This is the
dramatic event of the year at Brenau.
There is a large cast of the best
talent and the costumes and scenery
will be very attractive.
Come and have Shakespeare read
to you. There is no serious plot nor
deep thought which will necessitate
I a preliminary study of the play, tho
■ a familiarity with the witty lines
■ of course adds to one’s enjoyment of
I the presentation.
Reserved seats at the Piedmont.
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Beef Cattle Bring Fancy Prices.
From Commerce News.
Fat cattle are in demand now at
fancy prices. A few days ago* a
farmer sold a cow for beef in this
city that netted him $37.50. During
the same week, another farmer sold
| one for the same purpose, that
i brought $45.00. These straws show
i the current of the wind. It means,
first of all. that cattle is scarce. It
means more, that the man who buys
beef steak will tackle, on his table,
the cow that is nearly ready to leap
over the moon. It means more than
that, to wit: that there is demand
here at our doors for cattle at profit
able prices, and there is a good time
in store for the man who raises cat
tle for the market.
W. S. WEST NAMED
TO SUCCEED BACON
AS U. S. SENATOR
New Senator is One of the Best Known Men
of South Georgia and Prominent
Politically.
A few moments before 4 o’clock
yesterday afternoon Governor
Slaton announced that he had ap
pointed Hon. William Stanley West,
of Valdosta, one of the best-known
men in the State, to fill the unex
pired term of the late Senator A. O.
Bacon, whose death occurred in
Washington, February 14.
Governor Slaton did not wite any
formal announcement. He merely
walked out into the reception room,
saw that the newspapers were all
represented, and spoke one word:
“West!”
In an instant the news traveled
throughout the capitol and was
flashed to all parts of the city by
telephone.
Commenting on the appointment,
Governor Slaton said:
“It was only a moment ago that I
came to a definite decision. At any
time up to five minutes ago I was
free to change my mind. I had told
no one of my intention.”
Colonel West was naturally grati
fied when he heard the news of his
appointment.
Felder will Enter Race.
Macon, Feb. 20. —Hon. T. S. Felder
of Macon, attorney general of Geor
gia, will very probably announce
his candidacy for the United States
senate for the unexpired term of
Senator A. O. Bacon.
Guests at Rev. McArthur's
The family of Rev. and and Mrs.
H. W. McArthur have as their guests
this week Mrs. Marvin D. Norton of
Atlanta, who is pleasantly remem
bered as Miss Era Black, and Misses
Lottie Moore and Evelyn Sanford of
Athens.
Has Carbuncle.
Mr. Will Redmond of this city,
who has been with the Tallulah
Falls Construction Company for
sometime, is suffering severely from
what is thought to be a carbuncle
on his neck.
His physician states that nothing
serious is expected.
Back to City.
Mr. Green Martin, who for a
number of years w as connected with
the North Georgia Power Company
of this city, but later at Tallulah
Falls, has this week moved his family
to Gainesville and they are now oc
cupying the Erwin house on S. Main
street.
Mr. Martin came in advance of the
family in order to secure a house.
Boy Sent By Parcel Post.
Mrs. E. H. Staley, of Wellington,
Kan., received her 2-year-old
nephew by Parcel Post Tuesday
from his grandmother in Stratford,
Okla. The tag around the boy’s
neck indicated that it had cost 18
cents to send him thru the mails.
The boy was transported 25 miles by
rural route before reaching the rail
road. He rode with mail clerks and
shared his lunch with them. He
arrived in good condition.
Mr. Thankmar Sfraube
A German citizen who resided in
Polksville district upward of thirty
years, died at his home last Friday,
at the age of 72. Mr. Straube was
an exemplary citizen, and was well
known and beloved by many people
in Gainesville, where he lived 35
years ago. The funeral and inter
ment occurred at Holly Springs
church Sunday.
The deceased is survived by his
wife.
“The New Generation.’’
Friday March 6th, Brenau Audi
torium, by The Dramatic Club of
Gainesville.
The play has been called a satire
and it has been called a comedy; it
is neither exclusively, for it clings
too closely to life? The urgency of
love to possess what it has claimed,
the ferment and struggle for libera
tion, the inevitable tendency for the
- emancipators of today to become
J the tyrants of tomorrow —these are
the thoughts which give vitality.
A collaboration which has been
pronounced an unique piece of play
wrighting, it has scored one of the
most conspicuous successes of re
cent years in all the large cities.
The profits from this play are to
be donated to a fund for the Library
of our Public Schools.
I Admission 50 cents.
SI.OO a Year in Advance
NUMBER 9
YOUNG MAN OF ATLANTA
JAILED HERE FOR FORGERY.
R. B. Stribling Did First National Bank for
SI,OO0 —Money will be Recovered.
Last week a young man, saying
that he was from Decatur, appeared
at the First National Bank here and
asked that a draft on the Bank of
Decatur, Ga., be honored for SI,OOO.
Mr. Z. T. Castleberry, explained
that he could not honor the draft,
the young man being a stranger.
He then asked Mr. Castleberry to
wire the Decatur Bank, where he
would find that the draft would be
good. Mr. Castleberry did so. and
later received a telegram that Strib
ling did not have an account with
tho bank.
Later in the day Mr. Castleberry
received a telephone call, supposedly
from the cashier of the Decatur
Bank, stating that the telegram was
an oversight in the bank, and that
theyoung man had SI,OOO in the bank
and even more. It is said that Mr.
Castleberry told the party at the
of the line that he could
not honor the draft on a telephone
call, but would honor it on a tele
gram.
The second telegram came and
Mr. Castleberry paid the SI,OOO to
the young man, who immediately
left for Atlanta.
After arriving in Atlanta Stribling
hit in with another young man who
introduced him to a pretty young
woman, borrowing in the mean
time $75, before he left the young
woman and Stribling, so the later
told Sheriff Spencer. Stribling also
alleges that the woman “touched”
him for nearly SIOO but that he loves
her, and under no condition will he
divulge her name.
It is believed by Sheriff Spencer
that if Stribling can be induced to
give the names of the man and wo
man implicated, it may give some
clue to work upon in rounding up a
bunch of crooks that are working in
Atlanta.
It has developed that Stribling has
an estate of about $7,000 which he
will receive on his twenty-first birth
day, sometime during the coming
year.
A communication from an aunt of
Stribling’s in Atlanta says that the
SI,OOO will be returned to the First
National Bank.
Hon. J. 0. Adams for Senate.
We are authorized to state that
Hon. J. O. Adams will be a candi
date for State Senator to represent
the thirty-third senatorial district.
Mr. Adams is now serving his
sixth year in the house of repre
sentatives, and will rely upon his
record in representing the people.
Bacon Left $200,000 Estate.
Macon, Ga., Feb. 20. —An estate,
valued approximately at $200,000 and
consistingly principally of real es
tate in Macon, was left by the late
United States Senator A. O. Bacon.
Nearly all of his property was
owned by the senator when he en
tered the senate nineteen years ago.
His accumulation since then is rep
resented by a modest bank account
or small bond investments.
He provides that after the death
of his wife and daughter, seventy
five acres in the heart of Macon,
valued at nearly SIOO,OOO, together
with the sum of SIO,OOO, shall be
given to the city of Macon for park
purposes as a memorial to his “ever
lamented and only sons,” twins,
who died in 1884.
Fort—Taylor.
Mr. J. L. Taylor of this city an
nounces the marriage of his daugh
ter, Lona, to Mr. Merman Fort of
Dublin, the wedding having oc
curred in Atlanta on February 7.
The announcement came as a com
plete surprise to the many friends
of Miss Taylor in this city, even her
father not knowing of the wedding
until yesterday.
Miss Taylor left the city for At
lanta on February 7th, to visit rela
tives, and there she and Mr. Fort
were married, the pretty bride re
turning home and assuming her du
ties at the wholesale grocery of B.
R. Merck, as bookkeeper, and Mr.
Fort returning to Dublin, where he
is cashier of one of the banks.
The groom arrived in the city
yesterday morning, and he and his
bride left yesterday afternoon for
Dublin, where they will make their
home.
The bride is a beautiful and ac
complished young woman, whose
charming personality has made for
her many friends in the city