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THE GAINESVILLE EAGLE.
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.SOW ALFALFA!
With Cotton at 15c a pound, Alfalfa would still be
a profitable crop.
How much better it would be now, with cotton at or
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Try a patch this fall.
Alfalfa, Red Clover, or Crimson Clover, any or all, will
pay you well.
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COME Early—tomorrow or the next day!
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GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, <914
BUY-A-BALE-OF-COTTON-AT-Wc
MOVEMENT PROVES SUCCESS.
Many Progressive Firms of Gainesvi/Ze Enter
Enthusiastically into the Movement —Hotel
Princeton’s Bale Bears U. S. Flag.
Following the start made last week
by the Farmers and Merchants bank
and the Robertson Drug Co., many
other citizens and business people
have joined the movement, and now
a bale of cotton decorating a show
window is common.
The Princeton Hotel now has a
bale in the lobby decorated with
two 1 nited States flags, and it makes
a nice ornament, too.
And Newman - Frierson - McEver
Company have bought a bale, and
Mr. H. A. Terrell of the Southern
Express Company has bought a bale
and Mr. Geo. P. Estes has bought a
bale. And so by next week it is a
pretty safe calculation that nearly
every business house in Gainesville
will have bought a bale of cotton.
The cotton mills are working a
full force of help, and the demand
will be*as great as the supply from
the output of these mills for this
year and next.
Taking into consideration the fact
that the United States imported
$29,000,000 worth of manufactured
cotton goods from the European
markets last year, should wake our
home milisi up to their possibilities
in sales of the manufactured prod*
nets.
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Now at Palmour’s.
Miss Aland Whelchel, an efficient
and popular saleslady, who has been
for a long while at Newman-Frier
son-McEver Co’s, is now to be
found at the department store of
W. J.l& E. C. Palmour. She invites
her numerous friends to come to see
her.
Mr. William Bridges Dead.
Mr. Williarfifßridges, age about 60
years, died suddenly at his home in
Talmo Saturday morning, sup
posedlyjfrom appoplexy. The funeral
and interment occurred at Mountain
Creek Sunday afternoon, the Masons
having charge of the services.
The deceased leaves a wife and
several children. He was a con
secrated Christian gentleman.
Bienau's Splendid Opening.
Brenau College opened its fall ses
sion today at 1 o'clock with an at- .
tendance as full or fuller than last ■
year or any previous year. j
About forty prospective students
canceled their engagements on ac
count of the war.
The opening entertainments at
Brenau are;
'Thursday 8.30 p. m., Bonawitz,
voice, and Michaelis, violin.
Sunday afternoon at 5.00, song re
cital, Linscott.
Monday 8.30 p. m., dramatic re
cital.|School of Oratory.
Tuesday 8.30 p. m., organ recital,
and lecture, Hanchett.
May Get Them Cheap.
Judge W. D. Whelchel has two
marriagejlicenses that any aspirant
to the altar of Hymen might be able
to get at a greatly induced price—
being sorter second-hand ones.
And here is how it happened:
Two young men went to the Or
dinary la-t week and purchased
licenses to float their -anoes on the
sea of matrimony at high-tide, but
the young ladies who had promised
to help them paddle the canoes re
niged. Therefore the Judge had the
licenses shoved back at him. and
now has them in stock. If there are
two other young men aspiring to the
Hymeneal altar, they might -ee the ,
Judge and get a bargain.
To Organize Eastern Star.
For a long time The question of or- i
ganizing a chapter of the Order of
the Eastern Star, the woman's
branch of Masonry, has been de- ;
bated among the Masons of this city
and vicinity. This has taken a def
inite form, and next Tuesday eve
ning at 8 o’clock, in the Masonic
Temple, a meeting will be held in
order to take the necessary steps to
organize such a chapter.
Those eligible for membership are
Master Masons, and the wives, wid
ows. sisters, daughters, and adopted
daughters of Master Masons. The
age limit is 18 years and over.
Those who are interested in such
an organization are requested to at
tend Tuesday evening, as then the
charter list will be made out and the
list closed. So any one who wants
‘ to be a “charter member'’ should at
i tend.
Established in i&OO,
erecting Large Building.
Mr. J. A. Gaines is erecting a new
brick building on S. Bradford street,
next to Hughes' grist mill. It will
. be 90x100.
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Will Move Jan. 1.
The mercantile firm of Parks &
' Bowen will after January 1, 1915,
move into the store room next to Dr.
J. B. George's, now occupied by
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Broke His Arm.
■ Uncle Tom Williams got tangled
up with a scrape last week while
working a road in the Fork district
and got his left arm broken just
above the wrist. People who will
work ought to be very careful.
Bible Class Friday Night.
By urgent request Mrs. Kendall
will open the Bible Class Friday
evening 8.00 o'clock in S. S. room.
First Methodist church. Lesson will
embrace the 2d and 7th chapters of
Daniel. All cordially invited.
Makes Investment.
Mr. W. A. Roper this week pur
chased from Mr. J. W. W. Sim
mons the two-story building ad
joining the post-office .lot, on E.
Washington street. The lot fronts
44 feet and runs back 98)£ feet. The
consideration was not made public,
but it is understood that it was near
-*6,600. Mr. Roper bought the lot as
an investment.
The Horrors of War.
There is something in an appeal for
recruits to fill up gaps in a fighting
army; nothing inspiring in the call
issued by the french government for
5,000 excavators. What are they
wanted for? Are they needed to help
the troops to throw up intrench
ments? Not altogether. Most of them
are needed to dig graves. Two or
three whole regimentes will be
armed only with shovels and it will
be their duty to put out of sight the
mangled clay that once was bravely
stepping soldiers filled Avith patriotic
and converted into what the
gravediggers will find and hide.
CRACKERS WILL PLAY HOME
NINE TOMORROW AFTERNOON
Bill Smith and His Crackers Cross Bals with
the Gainesville Team at Brenau Park —
Benefit Harry Welchonce.
The local fans will have the oppor
tunity of witnessing a game of base
ball tomorrow that will be far
beyond the average games, for Bill
Smith and the Atlanta Southern
League team will meet with the
local nine at Brenau Park tomorrow
afternoon, when the game will be
called at 4 o'clock.
George Kircher, the Crackers' in
imitable comedian, will catch for
the Gainesville team, and this feat
ure within itself will be more than
worth the 35 cents admission.
Perryman, who played with the
Gainesville team one season, will be
again seen on the local diamond,
but will be pitching big league ball
this time for the Crackers, and not
Gainesville.
Everybody will be expected to pay
the small admission fee of 35 cents,
owing to the fact that the Atlanta
team will receive the entire gate
receipts which are for the benefit of
Harry Welchonce, who is in North
Carolina suffering from tuberculosis.
In addition to having the time of
your life rooting at the game, you
will be doing alms by helping’ Wel
chonce. Every fan knows Harry
Welchonce and will avail themselves
of this opportunity to help him in
his struggle against the White
Plague.
Billie Smith and his team are to
be congratulated upon this move to
help their comrade.
Howell Smith says the local team
takes the contract of furnishing the
balls. Better put your right and
left fielders over about New Holland,
hadn’t you, Howell?
Everybody come and enjoy your
self tomorrow afternoon.
The outlook is that a great deal of
cotton is going to be held on the
farms and in warehouses. Some of
it will be; on that account a word of
warning is not out of place. Care
shuold be taken that no cotton is
ginned unless it is thoroughly dry
for if it is damp when it is ginned
and baled it is likely to deteriorate
before it is placed on the maket and
if held very long will lose a consid
erable part of its value.
At First Baptist.
At 11.30 service the pastor will
use as a theme. "Georgia and its
People;” and at 8 o'clock "The
Devil and his tactics."
In Florida for Health.
Mr. Harry Fox Galloway, accom
panied by his sister. Miss Irene
Galloway, left Monday for Miami.
Fla., in the interest of his health.
Chief Richardson Very Sick.
Chief of Police Hymen L. Rich
ardson is very ill and his physician
has almost given up hope of his re
covery. For many months he has
been suffering from diabetes.
First Methodist Church.
Rev. T. R. Kendall, the pastor,
will preach morning and evening
next Sunday on special gospel
themes.
Members of the congregation af
fectionately requested to attend.
Read it Yourself.
In this issue we publish the pro
posed amendment to the charter of
Gainesville, providing for a com
mission form of government. You
must read it for youself and see what
it provides for before you vote on
the question.
Athens by 90 majority defeated
the proposition for a commission
form at an election held Tuesday.
Distinguished Visitors.
Mrs. Annie Burton Hawk and
little Mi** Charlie Burton Hawk,
of Valdosta, have been spending
August and September in Gaines
ville at the Princeton hotel, guests
of Mrs. Hawk’s sister, Mrs. J. W.
Wherry’. Mrs. Hawk has been
connected with daily papers in
Georgia and Florida as editor of
the Woman s Page. She will return
home soon and again take up news
paper work.
Cotton Bringing 3
Mr. H. B. smith began buying
cotton for the local mills Tuesday
morning, paying 8 cents for the
staple. Yesterday’ he raised to
A few years ago this would have
been considered a good price, and at
that time the seed brought only 12
cents a bushel. Now it is many
times that much.
But the farmer will say: “At
that time meat was 8 and 10 cents
and Hour was cheaper than now.”
Now. there’s the rub. If you had
raised your own meat and wheat
your 8-cent cotton would look a good
deal larger, wouldn’t it?
Are the people ever going to learn?
This is a first-class hog and wheat
country.
Returned from Pleasant Trip.
Mr. John A. Hobbs accompanied
by Mrs. Hobbs is at home after a
visit to points in Georgia and Ala
bama, which combined business
with pleasure. A pleasure stop-over
was enjoyed in Birmingham with
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Wing. Mrs.
Wing is ar. old Gainesville girl, who
has adopted Birmingham as her
home since her marriage. She will
be pleasantly remembered by friends
in the city as Miss Leone Hobbs,
daughter of Mrs. J. W. Wherry.
At Waverly Mr. and Mrs. Hobbs
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Garner, parents of Mrs. Hobbs. At
Opelika they were shown many
pleasant social attentions as guests
of Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Sanders and
J. W. Williams of the Clement
hotel, Opelika, and St. Charles
hotel. West Point.
That Non-fading Smile.
Ever since before the election we
bad been hearing that Ja«per Pierce
was still smiling. They would phone
it down from up there and people |
would come by the office and tell of
it.
Well, Jasper was in to see us yes
terday morning—and all that we
have been hearing is so. He is not I
smiling still at that Tombellicus
joke, but smiling because it is his,
nature to smile —for he is indeed an
apostle of good cheer.
Jasper had come down to see his
daughter, Mrs. D. P. Martin, who
for several weeks has been very ill
at her home on N. Bradford street,
but who is at present on the road to
recovery.
Jasper is sensibly touched by the
open-hearted kindness of the neigh
bors of Mrs. Martin, who have visited
and administered to her ever since
the beginninir of her illness. He
extends to all of them his gratefull
thanks.
SI.OO a Year :n Advance
NUMBER 38
/. H. BROGDON INSTANTLY
KILLED IN COTTON-GIN PRESS
Mangled Terribly when Hervy Press Block
Reversed and Fell —Went in Press to
Recover Dropped Fork.
Mr. I. H. Brogdon, a well-known
■ and prominent ‘itizen of Tadmorc
I district, was instantly killed Friday
I afternoon while at work in J. R.
I Whaley's cotton gin.
i Mr. Brogdon had dropped a cotton
' fork into the press of the gin. and
jumped in after it while the press
; block was being raised. The press
being a patent one. the block after
rising drops back unless the belt is
shifted to the dead pulley, and Mr.
Brogdon being down in the press
could not reach the belt shift, hence
the block reversed and came down
on him, crushing him to death.
Mr. Brogdon leaves a wife and
three children besides his mother.
He was about 36 years old. a deacon
in the Baptist church at Harmony,
and a valued member of the order
of Odd-Fellows, the latter, with Rev.
; Henderson, having charge of the
funeral service which occurred in
Harmony churchyard Saturday af
ternoon at 4 o'clock.
He was a brother of Mrs. A. E.
Fuller of this city and a cousin to
Mr. A. J. Mundy.
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The Citizens Bank
Will after January 1. 1915. move into
the room occupied by Parks &
Bowen, northwest corner square.
Grace Church,
66 Washington street, near the
main entrance of Brenau College,
the Rev. I. M. Merliujones, D. I)..
Vicar, will hold services as follows
Sunday: Early communion at 8
o’clock; morning service and sermon
at 11.30 o’clock, and evening service
with an instruction at 8.15 o'clock.
i Sunday School and Bible Class at
110 a. m. Morning subject: “An
' Outlook.” Evening: "Why Chris
tianity.” Special music.
WHO ARE YOL'R FRIENDS?
Now when the pinch is on. and
i there is no cotton market, to whom
do you look for aid? You have been
skipping your home merchants and
sending your orders, and your cash,
to Sears, Roebuck <fc Co., and other
mailorder houses. Y<»u pay about
as much for a defective article as
you would pay your home merchant
for something better —and you pay
cash, while you buy from your home
merchant on credit. Yes, when you
have a little ready cash you spend
it with the mail-order houses —but
you ask the home merchant to
please charge it —and he charges it.
Now your home merchant is
ready to lend you a helping hand to
tide over the pinch—he will take
your cotton at a good and put
it on what you owe him, ami extend
i further credit for what you need.
But is the mail-order house pro
posing to help you any? If they are.
we have failed to hear of it.
You see. it is this way: We are a
community ot mutual interests. No
! one can live to himself, but every
one must help somebody. Reci
procity must be the rule. "Praisethe
i bridge that brings you over.” is a
good maxim. And there i- no more
; admirable trait in human nature
than the disposition to hang by your
I friends —those who help you.
‘ Every merchant i:i Gainesville is
ready to assist the farmers in tiding
over the j>rese.ii emergency, and
we do hope everyone ..iL show their
; appreciation of this by spending
I their cash with the home merchants,
instead of sending it to the cheap
mail-order houses, that care nothing
f .-r you —ex ept for y >ur money, and
would not help you out of a hole to
s ave your neck.
LET US LOWER THE TAXES.
The returns of taxable property for
Hall county for this year are $8,485,-
870. against $7,607,950 for last year.
Last year the tax levy for the
county was 55 cents, and during the
year more work on the public roads
was done than in any year in the
history of the county. So that the
roads are now in better sha] e than
ever before and there is no need
for any extraordinary expenditures
in that direction.
Besides the county is out of debt,
with money in the treasury.
In the light of these facts a re
duction of the county tax rate would
be extremely welcome—also con
sidering that cotton, our staple crop,
is bringing little or nothing.
It is up to our friends the Com
missioners.