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WEDNESDAY JUNE 11 THE GAINESVILLE NEWS PUBLIC ROADS. Tom Eason literally wiped up the earth with his opponent. Eason is held in high esteem by all who know him—and that means all Georgians. Cost of Bad Highways and Effects of Good Ones. The public highways have a very im portant bearing on the judgment form- INDUSTRIAL There seems to be nothing the state In a short while the people will begin to talk about county politics. As soon as one race is over there’s always another to claim the atten tion ot the people. mother-in-law its, which is to be one of the links of the railroad to Asia. With a line of steel lighters across the straits, about 80 miles, San'Fran cisco will be brought within'18' of St. Petergurg. “The Charleston exposition has closed,” remarks the Washington Post, “and the gentlemen who managed it are now engaged‘ in making an examination of the cash registry.. 5 ’: ; So far as Hall county is con eerned—she’s all right. . If so see J. T. Hargrove ber yards. I have in stock i idg,siding, framing, Jaths, Merritt’s defeat of Glenn was a great surprise, but it was never theless very gratifying. Merritt is aver' v fi n e rn a r. - ifPPgPIlfPPP terreul won nomination. In the primary election last Thursday Hon. J. M. Terrell won the nomination for Governor by a large majority, receiving 196 of the 350 votes in the convention. Col. J. H. Estill came second with 86 votes, and Mr. DuPont Guerry brought up the rear with 68 votes. In the contest for the nomina tion, this paper advocated Col. Estill. He is a clean, pare man, and he emerges from the fight without a stain upon his character and with the respect and good will of all the people. Re threw r no mud at his opponents, ai d had none thrown upon him. He treated everybody with the utmost respect, and they, in turn, respected him. Although Col. Estill failed to land the governorship, l.elo3t nothing by going into the campaign. He became personally known to hun dreds of Georgian’s, visited almost every section of the state and he left a pure, wholesome impression upon the politics 'of Georgia that will not soon be forgotten. In Hall county, Col. Estill won a signal victory. As in every other section of the state, the machine politicians were against him, but he came among. the people, met them face to face, told them where be stood upon all public questions and they were so deeply impressed with his honesty, frankness and candor that they left their plows for a sufficient length of time to go to the polls and register their approval of the man aud his meth ods. v In Mr. Terrell, Georgia will have a good Governor. He has the Ability and the experience to fill the office creditably and accepta bly. The worst thing that can be u&id of him is that he is a politi cian. EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS. Here’s to Private Estill of Chat ham ! Speaking of things and things, didn’t Mr. Guerry have too much on Tapp? *— o "‘My chief opponent won, but I got run over by “Innocdnce.”—Du Pont Guerry. j o—— Now, lets talk some more about the upbuilding of Gainesville. o Crops are in good shape, and prospects were never better. There’s life in the old land vei. o We need another big cotton mill. Won’t somebody start the. move ment and help Gainesville to get one more. matter with Hanna just at present. He is said to be overwhelmed wi.h invitations to attend’State conven tions and address the delegates. If this be so, it will be strange if he does not manage to keep hiB little Presidential boom groomed and in training.—Augusta Chronicle. A striking feature of the conclu sion of peace between Boer and Briton, is the complete ignoring of two men who did much to bring a- bout the war, ex President Kruger and Dr. Leyds. The fighting burgh- ers apparently took matters into their own hands, and wisely so. The man who preaches strife from a distance of several thousand mil es has no right to expect to be list ened to when the real strivers grow tired of the conflict.-Ex. The lunar day, from sunrise to sunset, is nearly as long as fifteen terrestrial days. Roosevelt expects the President ial nomination from, his party. His party does not believe that he can win. If he is nominated and the Democrats go at him as a unit ed party, Roosevelt will find it rough riding, and no doubt about it Governor Jefferson Davis, of Arkansas,is back in the church again and his friends are claiming his vindication. The Thomasville Times insists that the Atlanta Journal “joint de bate” editor be given a good, long vacation. - ' An Indiana healer who kissed his female patients for nervousness caught the malady instantly when their husbands found it out. The coronation business is near ly up to king Edward and the world will soon know how long it takes him to pass a given point. Sam Spencer of the Southern railway has made a present, of $1,- 000 to the Technological school m Atlanta. This is very handsome. Santos-Dumont hopes to see New York the principal air pert of the world. But pumping hot air is not Mr.Dumonts specialty. Mr. Terrell will make a good Governor. He is an excellent gentleman and is capable of re flecting credit upon himself and judgment form- by strangers in regard to the thrift and enterprise of any coupty. One who is looking about 5>r a good local ity in which to settle will be apt, all things else being equal, to deeide up on a county in which good roads give him easy access to a market at all seasons of the year. It has been estimated by those wrho have given* the matter careful atten tion, that in a section of country hav ing first-class roads the transportation of his produce to market will cost the farmer just about one-fourth the ex pense involved in the same traffic over our ordinary Georgia roads. Professor S. W. McCalMe, assistant state Geologist, in his excellent treat- ease on “The Roads and Road-Building Materials of Georgia,’’ says: “It Is a well-known fact that in the winter and early spring months, the majority of our common dirt roads become well- nigh impassable for heavy traffic. Dur ing this season of the year, the teams, which might be profitably engaged in hauling the farm products to mar ket, remain idle, at a considerable ex pense to their owners in the matter of attention, feed, etc. Cost of Bad Roads. “Professor J. A. Holmes, State Ge ologist of North Carolina, in discussing this item of expense chargeable to bad roads, places the loss due to this cause in 56 middle and western counties of that state at $1,600,000 per annum, an amount sufficient to build more than 75 miles of first-class macadamfeed road. “Now, if the above figures are cor rect, and they are ufidoubtedl| r plausi ble, it would be no exaggeration to say that the farmers of Georgia annu ally sustain a loss of more than $2,000,- 000 from this cause alone. In other words, this large sum of money would be an annual net gain to the farmers of the state, if the roads were so im proved, that teams could be used at all seasons of the year. Effect of Good Roads. If time and space allowed, we should be glad to quote more from Prof. Me- Callie; but we will do this at another time and show how good roads dimin ish the wear and tear on vehicles, harness and hoiv^, and how they in crease the val Jrof real estate. On the moderate estimate that good roads will increase the value of lands con tiguous to them by $2 per acres Prof. McCallie thinks that this apparently insignificant amount would aggregate more than $10,000,000, a sum equal to about one-half of the present assessed valuation of all the farming lands of the state. Some Good Roads in Georgia. While urging our people to progress on this line, we are glad that we are not compelled to go hej T ond our own State for examples of good roads. Sev eral hundred miles of first-class ma cadamized roads have been built in several counties under the system pro vided by our laws for the improvement and maintenance of public highways. The Manchester, and Peachtree roads near Atlanta, in Fulton county, are thoroughfares equal fo the best ideal. More than 76 miles of splendid ma cadamized roads in Floyd county give to the citizens easy access to the thriv ing city of Rome: The Washington Pike and the Savannah Valley roads, of Richmond county, make travel .and transportation easy to Augusta. Roads of similar merit radiate from Macon in Bibb county; from Savannah in Chatham county, and from Brunswick near “the marshes of Glynn.” GA. ; >KP" r OF AGRICULTURE. riustang Liniment w don’t stay on or near the surface, but goes In through the muscles and tissues to the bone and drives out all soreness and inflammation. For a Lame Back, Sore Muscles, or, in fact, all Lameness and Sore ness of your body there is nothing that will drive out the pain and in flammation so quickly as If you cannot reach the spot your self get some one to assist you, for it is essential that the liniment he rubbed in most thoroughljL Mexican flustang Liniment overcomes the ailments of horses and all domestic animals. In fact, it is a flesh healer and pain killer nomatter whoor what the patient is. The favorite son of the King of Corea has lost $30,000 in the stock market. This is what comes of try ing to get. too civilized at once. The Belgium government wants 50 did locomotives'. If any one ha9 ah old locomotive in his garret or backyard he can sell it to Belgium. The physician who says it is a good thing for the eyes and general health to read lying down must have some lazy folks among his patients. In the case of the New York girl who was sent to jail for 60 days for flirting with a married man, the latter should have been given'a sentence for life. That New Hampshire man who * lias been identified in Maine lost j Engineers have reported favor- his memory so completely that he j ably for a railroad to Fort Clarence, Alaska, on Bering Stra- A TEST THAT TELLS A TALE. If we were not sure that our clothes were better than the av erage ready-to-wear at the same price—clo yoil suppose we wow say—money back if we are not right ^ When we say better we mean not only better fabric, but bel ter linings, better canvas, better padding, better half dozen little points that make up the life of the garments. And these are the points that tell—’Cause most clothes look right at first and you can’t tell anything about them until they’ve been worn awhile—Then conies the test—and one thing remember—We don’t care whether you. test us on a $io.oo, $12.50, $15.00 or $25.00 Suit the result will be—The best clothes on Earth for the money. FURNISHINGS AND In Japan the doctor never thinks of asking poor patients fora fee* A proverb amoDg the medical fra ternity of Japan runs: “When the twin enemies, poverty and dis ease. invade a home, he who takes aught from the home, even though it be given to him, is a robber.” IllS UlCUlUlJ aw uuuij/ivvv;.; ~ " ' wouldn’t even tell who was his Never were shown in such exclusive designs—Kvervtfef o to wear for the Young, Middle aged or old man. ' THE POPULAR CLOTHIERS, 37 Whitehall St., Atlanta, Ga. Long distance Phone Mail orders have out prompt attention Building material. Are you goiug to build a house?. at his lum- fiooring, eeil- framing, Jaths, boxing, base boards, moulding of all kinds etc. Also To TheLadies in Gainesville Hall and sourounding country: do not piace your * *= orders for House-furnish er goods anything from the kitchen the parlor—until you first see Prices cannot be duplicated. R. Surra*