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THE GAINESVILLE EAGLE
Sy the Eagle Publishing Company.
VOLUME LV
Following Our Usual Custom,
We offer for the season of 1914, a prize of $5.00 in
Gold for the best exhibit of Turnips grown from
Seeds sold by this store. Terms and specifications
of the contest will be announced later. Plenty of
Turnip Seeds of this year’s growth now on hand.
George’s Drug Store.
For Sale Cheap
On Reasonable Terms
One Brand New Five Passenger FORD Touring Car—
never has been run of Warehouse.
Address at once—
Box 55, Gainesville, Ga.
C. H. MARTIN, Sn ? stable
Livery, Feed and Sale
Stables.
Hauling, Draying, Grading
Done Promptly. Jy)
Nite line of Carriages, Buggies
and Riding Horses. sV
Carriage s for F uneral s
N. Bradford St. Near Square
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splendid training offered at this institution. Courses of study practical
and thorough. For Catalog address,
K. G. MATHESON, President.
Fifteen Free Scholarships For Each County in Georgia.
Says Vote for Smith and Charters.
Talkin Ben Reed has .received a
letter from his uncle, Anderson
Cagle, an old and respected citizen
of Hall County, but who now’ lives
at Konawa, Oklahoma. The old
man still takes an interest in the
politics of this section, and gives
some mighty good advice as to
voting. Following is the letter:
My Dear Nephew:
I see through the papers that
Company I) is to hold their annual
reunion August Ist. Give the old
boys my love and tell them to vote
for Hoke Smith for Senator and
Charters for Congress. Charters,
like you and your brothers, is the
son of a Confederate soldier. If I
lived in Hall County and failed to
vote for Smith and Charters my
father would turn in his grave and
weep at my stupidity.
Mrs. Atkinson Buying Goods.
Mrs. O. B. Atkinson of the Atkin
son Millinery Company is now in
Cincinnati, Ohio, where she has
gone to purchase Fall Hats and
other toggery for the millinery trade.
This firm handles hats exclusively,
and upon Mrs. Atkinson's return,
which will be in about four weeks,
it may be expected some beautiful
hats can be -een at the store. Tn
themeantime the Company are offer
ing some bargains in ready-trimmed
summer hats. Read their ad on
another page of this issue.
Flowery Branch.
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Norton of Chat
tanooga are expected to visit the
latter's parents, Mr. and Mis. Har
vey Charles, this week.
Miss Roe Palmour of Oklahoma
and Miss Mabell Smith of Atlanta,
accompanied by Miss Irene Smith,
of Gainesville, are guest of Mrs. B.
Williams.
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Spencer,
with Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Miller, of
Gainesville, spent Sunday with Mr.
C. Spencer.
Mrs. W. W. Liles and little daugh
ter, Annie Maud, Spent Wednesday
in Buford.
Mrs. Johnie Reed visited her
mother at Oakwood first of the
week.
Mr. and Mrs. P. Parsons are
happy parents of a new girl.
Miss Grace Light spent the week
week end in Buford.
Miss Willie Green is teaching at
Chattahoochee this summer.
Mr. Moore No Better.
The friends of Mr. T. T. Moore
will regret to learn that he is still
unconscious as the result of having
sustained a broken leg oy having
been knocked down by an automo
bile a few days ago. Although his
condition has now seemed to remain
about the same for four days, his
friends are apprehensive over the
final outcome.
GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1914.
CHARTERS CLUB MEETS
at Armory to-night
Good Attendance is Urged at this Meeting—
Something Special on Hand.
The Hall County Charters Club
will meet at the Armory of the Can
dler Horse Guards tonight at 8
o’clock and a full attendance is
expected.
Some good speaking may be ex
pected. Come and bring your
friends with you. Everybody wel
come.
With Mr. Lederer Now.
Mr. C. R. Hammond, formerly
from Corry, Pa., but who has been
in Philahelphia for some time, is
employed by Geo. E. Lederer, the
Jeweler, as a watch repairer and
engraver.
Mossy Creek Campmeeting
Will convene on the 12th of August
and run until the 17th. Dr. S. R.
Belk will attend and preach twice
each day.
Revs. W. M. Barnett and M. B.
Whitaker will help in the meeting.
The Northwestern R. R. will take
care of all who wish to go over that
road.
Spent Vacation in Commerce.
Mr. Bartow Parks of the Gaines
ville Fire department spent his vaca
tion in Commerce last week with his
sister. Mrs. W. G. Parks. The tire
men are all taking their vacation by
the week, as are the policemen.
Mr. Parks was accompanied home
by his daughter, Miss Robbie Parks,
who has been visiting her aunt for
sometime.
Married
Last Thursday evening at 8.30, in
Atlanta, at the parsonage of the
West End Baptist church, Mr. L. C.
Loudermilk and Mrs. E. H. Jewell
of this city. The pastor, Rev. John
F. Purser, performed the ceremony.
Rev. Purser was the pastor of the
bride when she was a teacher in the
Normal School at Troy, Ala.
The happy couple went at once
to Tampa and other points in Flor
ida, and will return next Saturday
night.
Dr. Hampton of First Baptist Church
Denies Rumors.
Gainesville, Ga., July 24, 1914.
To the Editor of the Eagle:
Having returned from my vacation
and learned of the rumors circulated
against Hon. W. A. Charters, one of
which charged him with being or
having been a Catholic, and in re
spose to the many questions asked
me. I take pleasure in stating that
Mr. Charters is a member of the
First Baptist Church of Gainesville,
Ga., of which lam pastor. I bap
tised Brother Charters one year ago
last April. Since that time he has
been a regular attendant at the ser
vices of the church and a substan
tial supporter of its missions to the
world.
Brother Charters has never been
a Catholic, and is held in the high
est esteem by the church, its pastor
and congregation, and is regarded
as one of its most useful members.
Col. Charters is a scholar and a
Christian gentleman; his word is
considered by those who know him
best, to be as good as his bond.
T write this of my own motion and
without The knowledge of Brother
Charters, that my friends and those
who know him as I do, may know
the facts as they are. T give this
statement as to these facts without
regard to any sectarian feeling,
which I would in no wise inject into
the campaign, and 4 give them with
the kindest feeling towards his oppo
nent. J. E. HAMPTON,
Pastor of the First Baptist Churc h
Visiting Brother.
Mr. Ernest Grigg and son of
Petersburg. Va., are guests this
week of the former’s brother, Mr.
H. H. Grigg, of this city. Mr. Grigg
visited Gainesville last summer and
has many friends here.
Ed Harrison Guilty.
The jury on the case of Ed Har
rison. jointly connected with Will
McKinney, charged with the murder
of Lee Mack, another negro, was
found guilty of murder with a recom
mendation to the mercy of the court.
The negro has not been sentenced |
yet* '
The case of McKinney was taken
up this morning, and witnesses are
being sworn.
Established in iB6O.
CHARTERS HOWLED DOWN
AT NEW HOLLAND SPEAKING
Thugs and Hoodlums Organize to Break Up
Meeting at New Holland.
There was a most disgraceful scene
at New Holland last Friday night
when Col. Charters attempted to
speak.
He was literally howled down by
a bunch of thugs and hoodlums,
some of them small boys urged on
by young men.
Col. Charters was laboring under
a serious affection of the throat, and
his voice was low’ at best, and he
had not intended to speak long, but
the howling of the hoodlums made
it impossible for him to be heard
except by those. standing near him.
T hey were appealed to time and again
by many of the good citizens, but
nothing could stop them.
It was the same way when Col.
Sloan got up to talk after Charters
had sat down, and he also had to
quit.
The good citizens of New Holland
feel outraged over the affair —Char-
ters men and Bell men alike. No
one holds them responsible for the
acts of a few’ Bell hoodlums at the
mills, urged on by a few thugs who
went out there to organize the dis
turbance.
The account in the Gainesville
News is a slur on the people of New’
Holland. It says„“The people of
New 7 Holland resented the methods
of the Charters people.” And that
“the people of New Holland feltthat
an effort was made to bulldoze
them.”
We believe the people of New
Holland will feel outraged if they
read what the News says.
“The people of New Holland,”
indeed ! The people of New Holland
are law-abiding. They are not
toughs and ruffians. It w’as only a
few 7 of the New Holland hoodlums,
helped along by some imported
toughs, that wouldn’t let Charters
speak.
The people of New Holland con
demn it in unmeasured terms—ex
cept a very few.
Whisky Furnished to Break Up
Charters Meeting.
Editor Eagle:
Will you please print this in the
next issue of your paper?
Some of the Bell men at New’
Holland are telling that everything
was perfectly quiet at the Charters
meeting last Friday night until the
car came and Mr. Landers arrived. I
w 7 ant to say that this is untrue. The
men w’ho came on the car had noth
ing to do with making the riot, for
just as the men got off the car that
little drunken band tried to throw
up all the wisky they had drank.
There are two men who work in
the mill who went to the boss and
got him to let them off on the day of
the speaking at night, and they had
their whisky turning things around
before the hour of the speaking.
I am told that money was sent to
them to get the whisky that was
drank on that night.
I want to say that there are a lot
of the Bell men who have changed
and will vote for Charters, on ac
count of the w 7 ay the whisky men
acted on that night. They got up a
lot of small boys gnd told them to
holler for Bell and make all the
noise they could.
We want Mr. Charters, when his
throat gets well, to come out here
and make us a speech and show this
little drunken band that he has
faced bigger things than this little
squad of whisky men.
From what I can find out, this
little mob, and the men who fur
nished the whisky, will be indicted
for cursing in the presence of ladies.
XXX
The Perils of Pauline.
She seems to have no end of them,
and they seem to get more perilous.
The ninth installment of this story
will be show 7 n at the ALAMO to.-
morrow.
Will Cantrells Hang?
Up to our press hour no message
has been received from Governor
Slaton in regard to the Cantrell
boys. Should not a communication
be received from the Governor be
fore noon tomorrow the boys will be
executed.
It is not compulsory on the gov
ernor’s part that he should speak
either way, but it is expected that
some communication will be received
tonight or early tomorrow morning, j
CANTRELL BOYS RESPITED
FOR ONE WEEK BY GOVERNOR.
The Governor Reopened the Case for Consid
eration After Visiting Gainesville.
Governor Slaton last Thursday
respited the Cantrell boys for another
week, giving as his reason that he
would open the case for further con
sideration, after being solicited to
do so by more than a hundred of
Gainesville's representative citizens.
After the speaking here last week
on the tax equalization act, Gover
nor Slaton was seen by members of
the different churches, and their
pastors, and members of the W. C.
T. U. and asked thut he again con
sider the case of the Cantrell boys
for commutation to life sentence.
Everything had been made ready
for the execution when the reprieve
came granting the boys another
week’s life.
The gallows had been tried out.
A reporter of the Eagle called on
the boys Thursday night and there
were many women children and
young ladies in the jail visiting the
Cantrells at that time.
The first thing to greet one’s eyes
upon entering the jail was a sack of
sand weighing the exact weight of
Bartow 7 Cantrell, the younger
brother, who is the heavier one of
the tw’o.
The trap with gaping mouth, the
step—the final step between life
and eternity, had opened its jaws
and six feet down hung a sack of
sand, testing itself for the ordeal
when tw’o young men would- take
the final drop.
But about that time the messen
ger with a telegram prolonging life
for seven more days came in. The
governor allowed the boys another
week, that he could again consider
the case. So that the plea from
good people who plead with him so
earnestly might not be in vain.
It has been thought that the
younger man—the one who did the
killing—might get a life sentence.
Could it be possible that an ac
cessory get a life sentence, while
another accessory was hung, and
the principal get a life sentence.
Would it be just?
Could anyoneentertain thethought
that it even had the spirit of justice
in it?
Mrs. Hawkins passed the gun to
Jim Cantrell and Jim passed it to
Bartow Cantrell. Even then. Jim
says, he plead with his brother not
■ to commit the crime.
Let the trio suffer alike. That is
what it takes to constitute justice. -
BELL’S WINDER CROWD.
The News has a long article, pur
porting to be from Winder, but with
no name signed to it, giving a full
account of Bell's speech at Winder
last Friday. The article was proba
bly written in the News office—but
that doesn't matter.
It said, “Bell addressed an au-
■ dience of one thousand and seven
teen.” This w’as in the opera house.
Then in another article in the
News Brother Hardy says: At
Winder the opera house would
hardly hold the people.”
This morning we called up Bob
Ross, editor of the Winder News.
We said, “How many will your
opera house hold?”
He replied, “About six hundred
—hardly that many, but somewhere
about it.”
So you see it is easy to catch ’em
if you go about it right.
For they seem to be out of prac
tice.
SKULKERS FROM DUTY.
From Macon News:
The transaction of public business
by Congress is hampered by the large
number of skulking senators and rep
resentatives. The prolongation of
the present session is largely at
tributable to the fact that members
of Congress have been guilty of wil
ful and culpable neglect of public
business.
Monday a week ago the House was
debating a matter of some impor
tance and a roll call showed a total
attendance of only sixty-seven. An
effort w 7 as made to secure a quorum,
and 117 members of the House were
found in other places, but this only
made 184 present, thirty-four short
of a quorum, and the House had to
adjourn.
Lebanon Campmeeting
Will convene on the 6th of August,
and run until the 12th. Dr. S. R.
Belk, Dr. T. R. Kendall. Rev. C. A.
Swift. Rev. D. A. Mcßrayer, and
Rev. W. W. Benson will do the
preaching.
SLOO a Year in Advance
NUMBER 31
DR. HARDMAN’S CHANCES.
From Brunswick Daily Banner:
Many people in this section do not
fully realize the strength of Dr.
Hardman s following in his race for
Governor, inasmuch as his sup
porters are almost as modest in their
claims as Dr. Hardman has been
in his long record for good service
to his State. Dr. Hardman is far
away above all other candidates, in
the matter of service to the greatest
number of the people of the State,
and while his name has not been
heralded in newspaper headlines
during his service in the Legisla
ture, his inate modesty and con
sideration of the ethics of the noble
profession which he represents for
bade such advertising of his doing,
as is usually sought by politicians.
Dr. Hardman's forethought and
wisdom gave to the State of Georgia
a State Board of Health Organiza
tion second to none in the Union in
its efficiency as a producer of re
sults. To agriculture, soil survey
and drainage, with all that these
mean to this great State. Dr. Hard
man has devoted considerable study
thought, and it is safe to say
that many of the sturdy farmers of
the State will voice their approval
of his efforts in their behalf.
Dr. Hardman is a man not gifted
in the ability to sway the multitude
w ith w ell rounded oratorical periods.
His is a campaign of warm, friendly,
handshaking and heart to heart
talks for the best interests of the
State that he loves and longs to
serve in a broader and better field.
No man can argue records and
fitness against the claims advanced
by the friends of Dr. Hardman.
Others may have done great things
tor the Jjjtate, but the measures in
stigated .and pushed to passage by
Dr. Hardman during his service in
the Legislature have benefited
more of the citizens of the State at
, large than any one or a dozen meas
ures championed by his opponents
in their legislative careers.
CONGRESSIONAL DESERTERS
; From Atlanta Constitution.
Something amazing has happened
in Wasnington. Representative
Witherspoon, of Mississippi, has re
turned to the United States treasury
182.20, representingfour days’ salary.
Witherspoon had been absent from
Washington for four days on private
■ business. Little as it seems to be
known, there is a statute prohibiting
congressmen from accepting pay for
days they are absent, unless they
are providentially detained. With
erspoon felt he could not be other-
I wise than honest With the govern
, ment, w’hich means, of course, his
constituents.
Suppose the gentlemen who leave
Washington to campaign for re-elec-
■ tion or forelection to a higher posi-
I tion should take this exalted posi
tion. Suppose that all men who,
■ for the past fifty years, have deser
. ted their duties in Washington to
| prosecute private profit and ambi
| tion. should return the amount they
j had drawm to the government. There
would be enough left, almost, to buy
i and equip a new dreadnaught.
I It is a significant commentary that
’so rare is the spirit of fair, honest
i dealing with the government, that
when just one congressman who has
drawn pay for nothing is honest he
gets inso the newspapers. We com
mend the item to the rest of the de
serters.
It is also well that the voters
should take cognizance of the statute.
Every congressman absent save for
providential reasons and accepting
his pay is violating the law 7 . There
is simply no way of getting around
that fact. We have had outlaws of
this stripe in Georgia. How they
excuse their offense is immaterial.
The offense speaks for itself, and
they go on collecting from the gov
ernment.
In the mean time, let us hope that
congress will have the nerve and the
patriotism itself to grapple with this
matter. The men who are bearing
the burden and heat of the day in
Washington should not be penalized
and placed on the same plain as the
other fellows, back home on the
hustings or on frolics. Let an inves
tigation be instituted. Separate the
sheep from the goats. Make con
gressmen stay on the job. Or make
them disgorge.
Back from Arkansaw.
Mr. W. P. Jarrett, an old Hall
county boy who has been living in
Arkansas for the past few years, is
vi«iting his brother, Mr. T. W. Jar
rett, here. Mr. Jarrett speaks highly
< i Arkansaw, but still loves Georgia
in the same old way. They all know
Georgia can't be beat.