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THE! GAINESVILLE NEWS, WEDNESDAY JUNE 18, 1902.
In Memoriam,
Callie Wills, born April 9th, 1901,
died .Tune 8th, 1902, aged 1 year, 10
months, 29 days.
“There is a reaper whose name is death,
And with his sickly keen, ?
He reaps the bearded grain at a breath,
And the flowers that grow between,”
for while, in our miest, the old and
those in the prime of life have been
called away, this little one, as a beauti
ful flower has been plucked to adorn
the garden of the Lord in heaven.
Little Callie was a favorite with all
Her bright.
space they would have taken up if
there had really been as many
of them as Tapp claimed.
New Light on an Old Subject.
Old Mrs. Hubbard, several years
after the poem appeared in print
describing her fruitless visit to the
cupboard in search of a bone for
her poor dog, was speakmg of the j
incident to her next-door neighbor
says the Chicago Tribune^
”In the first place,“she said, ”if
wasn‘tworth making a poem about
and, in the next place the man did
not get it right. I saw the dog was
hungry, and I went to the ice bdx
and got a nice piece of raw beef for
him. I don’t feed my doer on bones
And if I did I wouldn‘t keep them
The cupboard
INDUSTRIAL
AN INFANT DIES-
The infant son of Mr. and’Mrs.
X E. Stockard died at their home
ou West Broad street Sunday af
ternoon. The funeral services
were conducted Tuesday morning
at 11:30 o’clock by Rev. A. A.
Tilly, after which the remains
were interred in Alta Vista ceme-
who knew her. Her bright, sunny
disposition and sweet babyish ways
caused all who knew her to love her,
and the heart of each friend was sad
dened by her untimely end. Too young
to have been touched by the taint of
sin, her spirit left this world of sorrow
and care and winged its flight to regions
of bliss above. A yonng and tender
blossom, that the Allwise Father in
His inscrutable wisdom, plucked from
sinful world, and
in the cupboard
wasn’t bare, either. It was just as
well filled as anybody’s.”
’’What do you suppose made the
fellow say cupboard?“ asked the
neighbor. ‘*Hq coukhrt think of
any other rhyme for Hubbard,” re
plied the aged dame, lighting her
pipe with a fresh coal of fire.
j this wicked, and
transplanted to the garden of bliss
above, where it blooms ever immortal
far from the withering blight of sor
row and care. ' *
! Weep not, fond parents, though bit
ter and poignant grief rends your
hearts, God alonedoeth all things well,
j Let this be your solace, that ycur
loved one is an angel now, and that
when the toils of life are over, in Godis
I own good time, you will meetlier upon
j that beautiful strand where bliss reigns
immortal and sorrows never come.
M, L. W.
J Gainesville, June 18, 1902.
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] Shooting “Scrape Near Thompson’s Mill.
News reached the city this week of a
serious shooting scrape near Thomp
son’s Mills. It is alleged that Rev. W.
| A. Lamb, pastor of the Congregational-
ist church near Hosehton, shot and
fatally wounded Frank/ Duncan, Jr.,
son of John Duncan, who had entered
a rear window in the minister’s house
at 12 o’clock Saturday night. The
shooting .Was done with a shot'gun,
and the load took effect in young Dun
can’s stomach. Dr. Alien of Hosehton,
was called in and he pronounces the
wound a fatal one. It is alleged that
illicit relations existed between young
Duhcan and one of Mr. Lamb’s daugh
ters.
For a Lame Back,
Sore Muscles,
or, in fact, all Lameness and Sore
ness of your body there is nothing
chat will drive out the pain and in
flammation so quickly as
Mexican
Mustang Liniment. •
If you cannot reach the spot your
self get some one to assist you, for
it is essential that the liniment be
rubbed in most thoroughly.
Weekly Press Gathering’.
Cedar town, Ga., June 18—The
. sixteenth annual meeting of the
| Georgia Weekly Press Association
will be held in the city of Quitman
on July 15 and 16, and from there
the party will go to Tybee for a jfew
days’ outing at the coast.
The Washington Star is wise en
ough to realize that the world
would get along with consummate
ease if every one was as smaat at I
forty-five as they thought themsel
ves at twenty-five. i
A hen belonging to a Conn,
man was missed tor the period of a
week, but at the end af that time
she turned up with six young par
tridges, which she has since hover
ed in the most motherly way.
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It is reported that upon the en
trance of a daughter of President
Roosevelt into a room, "all pres
ent rose and remained standing un
til Bhe was seated. Respect to the
President is proper, but when it
cornes to extending it to all the lit
tle Presidents and Presidentesses
we should think it would be the
least bit too imperial for even the
imperialists. —Augusta Chronicle
Ex-President Grover Cleveland
suggests a national board of arbi
tration to settle all disputes be
tween labor and capital, and some
of our Northern exchanges not
only approve of the idea but would
like to see him made the first chair
man of such a tribunal. Can it be
possible that the portly Grover had
a notion that such blushing honors
would be thrust upon him when he
rose to remark?—Ex.
The old guard has saved some
thing only a little, however, from
the wreck. It still has a finger in
the appointment of “Estiil dele
gates to the state v convention.-—
With the closing of the schools
comes the annual problem of keep
ing the small boy away from home
and at the same time out of mis
chief.
Mexican Hustang Liniment
overcomes the ailments of horses and all domestic animals. In fact,
it is a flesh healer and pain killer no matter who or what the patient is.
Wioyd Arnold, who skipped out
from here last January, was ar
rested in Chattanooga last week.
Sheriff Gilmer went to Chatta
nooga after Floyd, but he would
eome without requisition pa
lace, causing a delay of several
4&ye. Floyd was wanted on a
warrant-charging him with larceny
af&er trust. His bondsmen, Mi*.
I£. D. Mitchell and Mr/ E. E.
Kdaffingtnn, offered a reward of $25
€«c his arrest, which was paid to
&&e cbief of police in Chattanooga.
ITldyd will remain in jail here until
the July term of court when he
will likely go “around the moun-
A TEST THAT TELLS
If we were not sure that our clothes were better than tk
erage ready-to-wear at the same price—do you suppose we c
say—money back if we are not right?
When we say better we mean not only better fabric, bat 1
ter linings, better canvas, better padding, better half dozen li
points that make up the life of.the garments. And these
the points that tell—■? Cause most clothes look right at first i
you can’t tell any thing about them until they’ve been i
awhile—Then comes the test—and one thing remember-
don’t care whether you test us on a
$xo«6o, $12.50, $15*00 or $25.00 Si
the result will be-—The best clothes on Barth for the money.
Trouser Sale.
We have accumulated something like
200 pair of Men’s and Young Men’s
Pants from Suits which in the first place
are cheaper than regular Pants; but we
will put these on the bargain table at
bargain prices, and to come early gives
you a better chance to get desirable
patterns; at the same time quite a lot
of them are Blues and Blacks m choice
weaves. Can fit most any size.
W ATEEMAN, BURNETT & Co.
Attended Captain Laird's funeral.
Rev. ana Mrs. J. A. Wynne and Mrs.
McGarrity went to Atlanta last Friday
to attend the funeral of Captain L. J.
Laird, their brother-in-law, who died
after an illness of two weeks. Captain
Laird was one of Atlanta’s best known
citizens. Funeral services were held
Saturday afternoon.
Mr. A. <3-. Williams Dies.
Mr. A. G. Williams died at his home
in Oxford yesterday morning at 1
o’clock. He was about 45 years of age,
and is survived by hfs wife and several
children. The deceased was an uncle
Lcrd Kitchener gets a quarter of
t, million dollars and the title of
in South
viscount for his services
Africa. He must think of himself
Qceamonally as an obtainer of goods
under false pretenses.
AND
battle raising should be a great
mdasfcry in Georgia. The Sparta
Xalitnaelite thinks that it should
never fee necessary to import a
pottad of beef into the state. As
*eattie can be raised here, and
cheaply, as on the prairies of the
west.
/Never were shown in such exclusive design:
to wear for the Young, Middle aged or old man.
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) is
to have thedegree of LL.D. confer
red upon him by the aniversity of
Mm native state, Missouri, during
the commencement exercises atCoi
xzmbia. With a recollection of all
Ifehe fan <tiiat Mark has made in the
past of stilted affectations of all
kinds and conditions, it will be in
teresting to watch for what he has
fA7 say in regard to this honor being
4.<3ii9:upon him.
IiOSt.
One gold-filled cased, 15 ruby jeweled
Elgin movement watch between Pen
dergrass and Gainesville, or in Gaines
ville, on Monday 9th inst. Finder will
please report to me and receive reward
upon return of watch.
R. L. Blackwell,
Park Ave., Athens, Ga.
Long distance Phone
Mail orders have
prompt attention
The paragraphers of the state
press are still having their fun with
T&pp. Here‘s a smile from the La
grange Graphic: ’’The Guerry
ccewd got only 66 votes out of the
S5Giu the gubernatorial cenveu
tietL, they filled up three-fourths
<if tfes joint dispute page of the At
lanta Journal. Scientific men are
ao9r trying to compute how much
Thomas-Carroll.
Mr. John Thomas and Miss Ella- Car-
roll were married by Judge F. M. Loden
at his office Wednesday morning, 11th
instant.
Building Material.
Are you going to build a house?.
If so see J. T. Hargrove at his lum
ber yards. I have in stock flooring, ceil
ing,siding, framing, laths, boxing, base
boaids, moulding of all kinds etc. Also
g-et up varanda trimmings and brack
et*. J. T. Hab&bove.
Mr. E. B Buffington has sold his in-
terest in the livery business of Buffing- 'Wickless Blue Flame Or
ton & Bagwell to Mr. John W. W. stove—something you want, Guaran
Simmous, and the latter and Mr. James teed against smoke, perfectly odorless,
Bagwell will continue the business at \ Smith.
the same stand. *