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County Directory
judge Superior Court
John ]i. Estes.
Solicitor General
w.A. Charters,
Senator 40th Senatorial District
W. J. Green
Member of Legislature
It. E. A. Hamby.
Ordinary
W. S. Long.
Sheriff
J. It. Pltcliie.
clerk Superior Court,
' J. S.^Kamey.
Tux Iteceh er
James O. York,
Tax eolletoor
Joseph L. Dickerson
County Treasurer
tv. E. Thompson.
County Surveyor
tv. E. Jones.
Coroner
william Wheeler.
Justice of the Peace
V. C. Kerliy.
Notary Public and Ex.Justice
D. T. Duncan.
County School Commissioner.
AV. J. Neville
Members Hoard Of Education
M. w Swofford, President, W. J.
Green, Cicero Blalock, B. Dillard and
V. G.Holden.
Mrs, Amanda Green, of Turner-
villo, is visiting her son. Dr. Green,
for a few clays.
Rev. R. S. Sanders is having
fine success at a protracted meeting
at Tallulah church.
We do not remember ever hear
ing of us manY mashed feet and
skinned heads before.
Cnuitcii DiiiECToitr.
Below arc the appointments for the
Clayton Circuit:
Clayton. First, Sunday in each mouth,
11 a. in., 7.30 p. m
Wesley Chapel, 3ml and 3rd Saturday
and Sunday in each iiinnth.il a. m.
Pine Mt., Fourth Sat. and Suii-in each
month. II a. in.
* Antioch, First.Sun, in each month,
3.30 p. m., and Fifth .Sat. and Sun,. 11
n. m.
All are cordially invited.
(.'HAS. IV. CUItllY
P. c.
Spine men pay annually millions
of dollars for advertising,but others
#ay it doesn’t pay.
John Godfrey arrested Peter
Leal yesterday fur violating the
internal revenue laws*
Low prices and kind attention
bring cash customers. You will
find both at Henson’s.
W. C. Donaldson is making a,
a nice improvement on the proper
ty of W. A. Matheson.
Our hotels are making prepara
tions for court and the fair sex
arc preparing for courting.
W, C. Farmer, of Leathorwood.
Gii., returned home Monday after
a visit hero of a few days.
B. C. Reynolds, of Tallapoosa,
Gu.. was the guest of relatives a
a few days during the past week.
Religious services ore being pro
tracted at Rabun Gap by Rev.
0. W. Curry with good results.
J. T- Church, representing John
15. Daniel, druggist, of Atlanta,
was here yesterday talking drugs.
The chestnut crop is t failure this
year- We do not believe old Screa
mer imuntain will produce one
bushel.
flenry Cannon opened the con
test for the largest Irish potato
grown in the county this year by
bringing three large-fine ones to
our office last Saturday,
Mr. C.F. Potter, cf New'York.
who has mining in this county,
will he tjie guest of Mr. S. S. mil
for some time. Mr, Potter has
many friends in this section,
Willie Duncart is still at the
Grady hospital in Atlanta very’ Simmon
Mr. J. L. Henson showed us some
tomatoes, one of which weighed 14
ounces after being taken from the
vine twenty-four hours. They
were grown hJtfSre enwood of Dil-
sAn^wyaricty to
lard. They :ft
us and a beautiful one. Tomatoes
like almost every -thrn^Tn the vege
table lint, grows with great p
lusion here.
Mr. J. N. Crunkleton, of Per-
happened to a painful
sick." His father, Mr. A. ,T. Dun- al,d what ' llla .Y P rovc t( > be a fatal
CITY DIRECTORY.
J. L. Ilonson, Mayor.
Couneilmrn.
W. C. Donaldson
T. j, Coffee
j. A. Reynold*
Marshall
V. M. Oliver.
Regular mooting*, first Tuesday.
Personal
and Gleanings
s-
August
Court next Monday.
Our jail has r.o inmates,
llavoyour house painted.
Old time August weather
A.nice line of groceries at
son’s.
Mrs. Slurley continues fo iin
prove.
Mr. D. T. Dulican is quite sick
^ to-day
Hen-
S.
to
Marshal Oliver is silvering from
a mushed foot.
Our temple of justice has receiv
ed a coat of white.
Sliver leaf lard at Henson’s.
There is no bettor.
John A. Earl made Russel,
C., a visit Saturday.
Mrs. E. A. Bell will return
Walhalla to-morrow.
Mr6. Henson says it pays her to
advertise in the Tribune.
Dr. Green left for Atlanta this
I morning for a few days.
That flour at Henson’s is roal
good-—65 cents for 24 lbs.
" Eddie Norton has been threat
ened with feyer for several days.
Blank notes for sale at this office.
Call court wee* and get a supply,
i Mrs. Huntjngton. of Atlantj, is ing themselves.
Nothing adds more to your build
nig than paint. Mr, Garrett, will
do your work with neatness and
dispatch.
Marion Long and Will Bruce
went out hunting yesterday and
c.iine jn with a string of squirrel Is
and a large ground hog that weigh
ed ten pounds.
Why not have your house paint
ed? Mr. M. V. Garrett is here
now in the business and will tin
your work op short notice.
I will pay cash 121- cents per
pound for nice fresh butter ami 10
cents per dozen for fresh eggs.
Mrs. D. A. llentfon.
John Qualls, of Whetstone, S.'
C., had the misfortune to get his
foot badly shot or) last Monday.
The affair was an accident.
Mr. Waller Dickson, of Fair
Piny, S. C., lias been up among
bis friends and relatives. lie re-
Iturncd to his place of business Mon
day.
Wo will publish the names of
those contesting for the largest tur
nip and the largest Irish pot tit o
grown in the county at the close of
the contest.
Mrs. W- B. Grant, of Jackson
ville, Fla , will be the guests of the
Wall mm so for the season. Mr,
Grant will join Mrs. Grant here in
a few days.
Lafayette Dickson presented us
yesterday with a beet of the turnip
variety th,\t weighed five and half
pounds aril measured 25$ inches in
1 circumference. Canyon beat this
beet,?
A‘ large party of pleasure seekers
frrtm Harmony Grove. Ga.. passed
thfottgli town last Friday en route
to the Nnntuhala river. They were
all smiling and seemed to he enjoy-
can, is at his bedside and writes
home that Willie is delirious and
his condition is'disemiraging.
Since writing tlje above we learn
that there are no hopes of his re
covery.
Charlie Williams, son of E. h.
Williams, of Wolfcreek. . was in
town yesterday to have a, ton am
putated. A cow stepped on his
foot and severerely bruising it,
so as to have his toe taken
off.
Wo want to attend court at Clay
ton, Ga.. next Monday and Tues
day, and request that; all our pat
rons who may be there be prepared
to settle what is due on their ac
counts, and .we will he under ob
ligations. —Franklin Press.
The Southern,Record comes to
us this week with a two page ad
vertisement of Cornelia Institute
and Cornelia’s business, men. Cor
nedia is a town of destiny and it
has more natural born merchants
than tiny town in NorMi East Geor
gia. and the 'Southern Record
knows exactly how to present men
and things to 1 lie public. The peo
pic of Cornelia are showing their
good judgement bv advertising
their school, town and business.
Dr. Ilenson showed us two gold
miggetts that were taken from the
.mines in Calafornia in the fifties*
by Mr. Jiime c M. Ritchie of the
valley. The two weighed one
half ounce and Dr. Henson paid
ten dollars foi‘ them. .Or. Henson
will take pleasure in showing
t hem,
Mr. H. A. Kilby <?f Quarts,
who was bitten by a rattle: snake
pilotc the first of July last, was in
town Friday with his urhvin a
swing. Mr. Kelby was uncon
scious from 4 o’clock on the morn
ing lie was bitten until thirty hours
hilerl He is iffit u well man yet
and suffers u)uqb pain."
An old pherotvpe picture was
found in tearing . an old ciiimneY
from the residence of Ordinary
Long Monday. The face of the
image was nearly perfect and the
accident a few days ago. He had
trimed his pencil and laid his Knife
on his knee and some pupers start
ed to drop from his hand and mak
ing a quick grab for them stuck
the blade of tlie knife into bis wrist
joint, from which he is suffering
greatly.
M. L. Shirley, who has beep con
fined in jail here since the last day
of May, charged with shooting his
wife, bus made bond in tho sum of
eight hundred dollars for his ap
pearance tit the August term of the
superior court. His bondsmen arc
L. N. Shirley , James E. Bleckley ,
II. 1$. Stonecyphtr and J. L . Watts
Mr, Shirlev was a proud man when
lie was given his liberty.
Betty’s Creek
Miss May Garland is still on tho
sick list.
Misses Laura and Texie Hopper,
of Persimmon, are visiting relatives
today.
The bo vs and girls are attending
! the protracted meeting and we hope
arc doing much good.
Mr. Sam Cary and wife of North
Carolina, were the guests of J. P.
Norton Saturday and Sunday.
A crowd of the Betty’s CreeK
t nd Persimmon folks went to a bee
tree cutting near Isaac Ramey’s
and got two gallons of honey.
Persimmon need not brag so big,
Betty’s CreeK has corn ro big that
lightning bugs never know when
daylight comes. The stalks are
like plill logs and the grains will
soon be iikc iron wedges.
Mr. Synev Bradley and wife vis
ited their son J. M. Bradley Sun*
day,
L. M. Brooks, L. L. Long, J,
J, P. Norton attendeed the associ
ation last, week at Hamburg, N . C.
Cornelia Institute,
CORNELIA, GA.
the guest cf Dr. und Mrs. Green.
Sheriff Ritchie is officiaiy serv
ing witnesses on Tallulah to-day.
Remember your county paper
next week. Plcuse dqn’t forgot
US- • * ;> .-
•Dr. J. C. Dover made a profes
sional trip to South Carolina yes*
tetriuy.
Sortie of our citizens suggest that
* ve hold a funeral over town today
' - ■ •. it . *
It ia SO quiet.
Babe Lacounte, Judge Long and
W. C. Donaldson have knocked a
bit of the monotonous dull and hot
days in town by tho sound of the
hammer, saw and the ring of the
steel dressing granite. .
Thomas Price, one of the party
who was maugled in tno moon
light ride Aboqt. & week ago, js still
in u very critical condition. His
recovery both physically and men
tally is a matter of doubt. (V
Stands as the most successful and
thoroughly equipped school of the
kind in the state. Location, in
Habersham county, which has the
lowest death rate of any county in
the U.S. Health . pure air and the
finest mountain scenery make Cor
nelia an ideal location ' for such a
school.
Two railroads, Southern and
Tabulah Falls. Building brick,
large modern and well furnished.
Heated by hot air furnace which is
perfect. Faculty composed of
young progressive, Christian men
and women. Dormitories for boys
and girls under care of teachers.
First term’s enrollment 200, 22
of whom were lrotti Rabun Co.
No shoddy out of date methods but
everything up to date. Expenses
reduced to the minimum. Confer
With the President.
A.E. Booth,
Cornelia , Ga.
Germany.
We are having some flue Weatlift*?*
People are alt visiting.
We had a fine quilting at Cal York’s
Saturday.
Clerk I. S. Rainey was shaking hands
with frietuis here yesterday.
J. M. Justus, who has l>eeq visiting
on Germany, will return home soon.
Virgil ard Miss Deska Justus went to
Wolffork Sunday. \
Marvin Powell says if lie had a dollar
and a half lie would take it to the ordi
nary.
Col. S. G. Dunlap has been made
manager of the Tallulah Falls Rail
way, which runs from Cornelia to
Tallulah Falls, a distance of 25
miles. President George Lewis
Prentiss of t he road was hero a few
<*iys ago and closed up 1ho deal
with Colonel Dunlap, who assumed
film was about all that was left, | control of the property last Sutur-
the tin having almost entirely cor
roded. No one here has the least
idea whom the picture is the like
ness.
An Old Landmark Gone.
day morning.
Col. Dunlap’s successful manage
incut of the Gainesville, JetTefson
and Southern railroad attracted
the attention of President Prentiss,
When it comes to large mon flic
Democrat is uble to put Milos Dar
den, who lived in Henderson coun
ty, against any of them. He was
born in Northampton county, N-
C., Nov. 7. 1799; was married to
Mary Jenains in 1820. By this
marriage he had seyen children,
and by his second marriage four
children. He moved from North
Carolina to west Tennesse in 1829
and died six miles west of Lcxing*
|lon in lSf:7. He was 7 feet 6 inch
es high, and in 1845 weighed over
1,000 pounds. In 18539 his cout
was buttoned around three men,
each weighing over 200 pounds,
and they walked across the public
square at Lexington, Tcnn. In
18-jO it required li$-i-2 yards ot
cloth one yard wide to make him a
coat. His coffin was 8 feet long,
35 inches deep, 5$2 inches across
the breast, 18 inches across tho
head and Iq inches across the feet.
It took twenty four yards of blacK
velvet to cover it. His hat meas
ured 27 inches around flic crown,
and is now in possession of the
Slate Historical Society at Nash
ville.—Carroll (Tcnn.) Democrat.
Mr. -William Stonecyphcr. of j >vho half been, negotiating with him
Burton, an aged and highly re-1 for some tim«. Col. Dunlap re
spected citizen of the county, died; mains recover of the C. j. & S.
at his horn Tuesday night about railroad, and will divide his time
midnight, from ihe effects of a fall
from a ladder the same day. Mr,
S'onecypher bus been troubled
with something like paralytic
strokes for some time past nod it is
/bought lie w’as so affected tit the
time he fell. Mr. Stonecypher
is a native of the county, having
bec'n born near his Itome place
and spent his long and useful life
near the place oi his birth. The
deceased had many relatives in the
county. Ho is an Uncle ot Sena
tor \Y. J. Green and our Clerk of
Superior Court J. S. Rumey, The
bereaved family have the sympa
thy of the entire community.
between the two lines. Everybody
feels confident Col. Dunlap will
push the Tallulah Falls line and
make it a profit to its owners.
Consumption
I do not want any shooting
hunting or fruit gaTlTering done on
m}' lands, or tresspassing in any
way on my premises.
Mrs. E. A. Bell.
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iustnUed, *cmJ-monthly journal, of 16 to 3a pages.
** ’ t Adventures bySea and Land,
to tresspass on my land.
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" lor** Lore Letters to tho Pebllc are of spe-;
1 Interest. Sample cony free. Agents Wanted.
fifth land district. Any persons|FREE! 5hS’Sa7J2a.^<r^i«w' , mbSJTi>
trespassing by hunting, fishing oriStiitJuS?
•4&y-.
taking fruit or any other property
will be prosecuted to, the full extent
of the law.
1>. A. Henson.
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Hi
1 who will secure enough new subscriD* •
regular rates to equal the regular price>
cle selected, wo will (rive free: bicycle, 1
i, diamond nog, fir a scholarship either!
gold watch,.
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Gal veston, or Texarkana
Bulncu Colteg. or Lii
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Oram In almost »uy;
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TRIBUNE, CLAYTON GA.
is robbed of its terrors by
the fact that the best med
ical authorities state that it
is a’ curable disease; and
one* of the happy things
about it is, that its victims
rarely ever lose hope.
You know there are ail sorts of
secret nostrums advertised to cure
consumption. Some nuke absurd
claims. We only say that if taken
in time and the laws of health are
properly observed,
SCOTT'S
EMULSION
will heal the inflammation of the
throat and lungs and nourish and
strengthen the body so that K can
throw off the disease.
^We have thousands of testi*
moniuls where people dahn they
have been permanently axed of
this malady.
soc. and $1.00, atl druggist*.
SCOTT * BQWNE, Chwmsts, Hew York.
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