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THE GAINESVILLE NEWS, WEDNESDAY JULY 16, 1902 State elections will be held in Alabama on August 4, in Arkan sas on September 1, and in' Ver mont on September 2. Jackson County Singing Convention. The Jackson county Singing Conven tion will meet at Zion church, two miles from Hoschton, on the G. J. & S. rail road, the 4th Sunday in this month, and Friday and Saturday before. The church is right on the road, and the G. J. & S. will run trains on Sunday, arriving there ! A Raging, Roaring Food Washed down a telegraph line which Chas. C. Ellit,of Lisbon,*I^., had to re pair. “Standing waist deep in icy wa ter,” be writes, -“gave hie ,, a terrible cough and cold. It grew worse daily. Finally the best d octors! -in Oa nd, Neb., Sioux City and Omaha said I h&d Consumption and could not live, Then I began using Dr. king’s New Discov ery and was wholly cured by six bot tles.” positively guaranteed for Coughs, Colds and all Throat and Lung trou bles by M. C. Brown. Price 5oc. and stop at the church, from all points from 8 o’clock to 10, and leaving in time to get home early in the evening; This is the opportunity to hear the best singers of Jackson and adjoining counties. The first and second places in Mississippi’s Hall of Fame have been awarded to the memory of Jefferson Davis and L, Q. C. La mar. If you have no appetite for your xneals something is wrong with your di gestion, liver or. bowels. Prickly Ash Bitters cleanses and strengthens the stomach, purifies the bowels and cre ates appetite, vigor and cheerfulness. Dr. E. E. Dixon & Co. The cost of the twelfth census to date has been $12,000,000. Facts and figures come high but they are useful things to have around. Superior Courc Convenes Monday. The July term of Hall superior court will convene next Monday morning. Several interesting cases will be dis posed of, and the term will be a busy one. In warm weather Prickly Ash Bit ters helps your staying qualities. Workers who use it occasionally stand the heat better and are less fatigued at night. Dr. E. E. Dixon & Co. ! A New Organization. The Empire Burial Association of Gainesville is the name of a new organ ization formed this week, with Messrs John C. and Abner R. Dorsey at its I head. The association is expected to have a large membership at an early date. It is a good organization^ and one that helps the poor and rich alike. Neglected Promises. During the closing hours of the I late session of congress the house spent a little time in carrying out some of the long neglected promis es of the continental congress. In 1777 congress voted that a m6nu- j meat be erected in honor of the I memory of General Francis Nash, of North Carolina, who was mor tally wounded at the battle of Germantown. Two years later congress solemnly resolved that a monument should be erected to the memory of General Pulaski, who was killed at the siege of Savannah* In 1781 congress re solved that a monument should be erected to General William Lee Davidson, of Pennsylvania, who was killed while fighting Cornwal lis on the Catawba. The conti nental congress was well supplied with ink and paper and had no difficulty in drafting and adopting resolutions, but it was always short of money. The monuments it ordered erected had not been The house therefore ap- We are pained to observe that Uncle Lon Livingston and Uncle Joe Cannon are $250,000,000 apart in their estimates of appropriati ons made by the last congress. But we can safely rely on Uncle Lon to insist that he is right —Semi- Weekly Journal. Keep your system in perfect order and you will have health, even in the most sickly seasons. The occasional use of Prickly Ash Bitters will insure ■vigor and regularity in all the vitals organs. Dr. E, E. Dixon & Co. | The Philadelphia Ameri can says: “Edward has held the throne but eighteen brief months, but it will ever be remembered to his glory that it was through his personal influence a reluctant min istry was compeled to efid a foreign war which had proved a frightful dram on the empire in blood and treasure. History will regard that as the crowning act in,his royal ca reer, even if the honor of receiving the jeweled diadem of jtate has been denied him.” v OA1NKSVJULE Poisoning theSyetem It is through the bowels that the body is cleansed of impurities. Consti pation keeps these poisons in the sys tem, causing headache, dullness, and melancholia at first, then unsightly eruptions, and finally serious illness unless a remedy is applied. DeWitt’s Little Early Risers prevent this trouble by stimulating the liver and promote easy, healthy action of the bowels. These little pills do not act violently but by strengtheng the bowels enable them to perform their /own work* Never gripe or distress. Robertson & Law. '; - erected propriated $100,000 for statues to Pulaski and Steuben, and $5,000 each to Generals Nash and Dav- idBon, one a Pennsylvanian killed at the South and the other a southerner killed at Germantown. MIm Clara McKinney Given. Scholarship. At a meeting of the Daughters of the Confederacy held July 4th, Miss Clara McKinney was unanimously elected to the scholarship at Brenau College. This was done in accordance with the gener ous and liberal ofier of Prof. Van Hoose to bestow this honor upon the daughter of a Confederate Veteran to*be selected by the members of Lougstreet Chapter of Gainesville. To Celebrate At Bedwine. There will be a Sunday school cele- i bration at Red wine church the fourth | Saturday in this month, which is the 26th instant. An interesting program has been arranged, and it is expected that everybody who attends will have a good time. Mr. D. T. Moss Is Dead. Mr. D. T. Moss died at his home near Candler, of heart trouble, at 9 o’clock Monday night, after an illness of sev eral weeks. He was 68 years of age, and was one of Hall county’s best cit izens. He is survived by his wife and six children. The funeral services j were held at Hopewell church Tuesday afternoon, conducted by Rev. C. T. Brown. Vacation Days. Vacation time is here and the chil dren are fairly living out of doors. There could be no healthier place for them. You need only to guard against the accidents incidental to most open *ir sports. No remedy equals DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve for quickly stopping pain or removing danger of serious consequences. For cuts, scalds or wounds. “I used DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve for sores, cuts and bruises,” wiya L. B. Johnson of Swift, Tex. “It ♦•the best remedy on the market.” Sure cure for piles and skin diseases. Beware of counterfeits. Hobertson & Law. • - m 1