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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 GEORGIA SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY, am, Ga. f r r . -■ Z t . The South’s great « Technical and -g. i ' r"_ Engineering fejk School Ga. Tech Spells "Oppor if trinity” for the young ■ijO ' ' rnen of Georgia and the ‘ South. r Ft *lt ”* Offers full four-year courses ia x Mechanical, Textile, Chemical, Civil and Electrical Engineering, and Architecture. The graduates of ‘'Georgia Tech” are in great demand, owing to the 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.