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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. - ] 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. * - • " - j* i . I 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. *