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lume XVI.
GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTBEMER 28, 1904.
NUMBER 19.
DII'TED LONGSTEET,
I the General’s Manhood Forbade
[Acceptance of $60,000,00 OfFer.
manhood of the South, as well my
duty to my Master, forbids my
acceptance of the offer.”
But few know to this day that
General Longstreet was ever offer
ed the plaoe, or that he declined
it. He was not a man to boast, or
to confide to the outside world his
good fortunes or his vicissitudes.
Although an acceptance of the of<
tell him what 1 said, please.
Guess I’ll be moseying along
fore he gits here.”—Rome-Herald.
DEMOCRATS ORGANIZE.
Preparing to Roll up big Majorities at
the November Election. Work
Now Underway.
hie New Orleans Lottery, .once so
ous and infamous, although Gen
uref?ard and Lieut. Gen. Early were
Imissioners of the drawing, is still
I as tbe Honduras National Lottery, good fortunes or hlB Vicissitudes. I A Tom Bell Democratic Club was or
Britf. Gen. W. L. Cabell, C. S. A., (Although an acceptance of the of- Iganized ut the court house last Friday
/ a West 1, . oint + er a “ d ZltJZTni fer meant eaBe > comfort and pleat- “**«»* a membership. Col.
[and now lieutenant general of thei ^ f a Howard Thompson was made chairman
ore from the standpoint of finau-l f tbe clubt J] R> D< Mitchell vice .
cial.ability, and it’s rejection cou- chairman, and D. G. Bickers, secretary,
tinued deprivation and hardship, Preparatory work was begun for big
16 did not “halt between two opin- majorities at the polls on November
ions.” The moral effect would 8th *
hnvfl bfipn bad—and that was as The following gentlemen were nam
have been bad and that was as L d as an Executive Committee: How-
far as he cared to go BO it took ard Thompson, Chairman; B. G. Parks,
no rejuventation of moral back-1 s. C. Dunlap Jr., L. D. Smith, J. E
bone and moral stamina to urge
him to decline—he knew his duty,
aud like the soldier that he was,
he did it.
V,, as the commissioner of draw.
.’’—Sidney Herbert in the SaVannah
ninft News.
be above brings to mind the
t that the late General James
gstreet was ouce offered the
iBidency ot that famous lottery
salary of $50,000 per year,
was in Bore straits financially
hat time and as there was ab-
tely no work attached to the
tion, it took that heroio nerve
which the;general was famous
esist the tempting offer.
|he promoters of the lottery de-
the name of the famous Con-
rate Geueral $for the influ
it would lend to the lottery,
as at the close of the civil
, before the general aroused the
ity of many of the “boys in
’ by enlisting his sympathies
the Republican party, and
ame as the head of the fa
» lottery would have meant
ands of dollars in the pock
the owners.
len the offer was made, Gen-
Story on Ex-Governor Candler .
Ex-Governor Candler, of Geor
gia, is not a handsome man by
several degrees, but Mrs. Candler
objects to his beiug taken tor a
scarecrow.
Congressman Adamson relates a
story about a Hall couuty farmer
who was a great admirer of the
Governor, but had never seen him.
Oue day the farmer visited
Gainesville, the Governor’s home,
his residence being out on the
hoopskirts of that beautiful mouu<
The countryman drove
Lougetreet was liviu* iu G..U- hou8e #nd a8kfld M „.
Candler if the Governor was at
He. He confided to some of his
friends the tender made him.
knowing his financial con-
)», urged him to accept it.
fcaid he couldn’t do it. They
led him to think over the mat-
before refusing. Their entrea-
[caused him to hold his answer
Ibeyance for a day or two,
)gh he gave no mtimation
he would ever accept,
jually, the morniug arrived
his friends had agreed on for
fther conference to get him to
!>t it, and he gave a final “No 1”
tbeir overtures. His reason
[this: “I cannot allow the
of my name for the Presidency
py institution in which there is
iblauee of a game of chance,
jever much I may need the
[lumentB of the office, my duty
ay people and to the young
home. ~
The answer was that the “Colon-
Redwine Jr.. E. R. Barrett, W. B.
Smith, R. D. Mitchell, H. A. Terrell,
Hayne Palmour and John T. Waters.
The Campaign Committee is composed
of the following: F. M. Johnson, B. P.
Gaillard, Hubert Estefes, W. B. Sloan,
Geo. K. Looper and J. G. Collins. It is
the duty of this, committee to organize
clubs in every district in tlje county.
The members of the Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee of the county were
appointed to look after the campaign
in their respective districts. A resolu
tion was also adopted requesting the
chairmen of tbe committees in the
differerent counties of the 9th. district
to organize and report progress from
time to this central Tom Bell Demo
cratic Club.
At the conclusion of the business
of the meeting, Col W. P. Findley made
a stirring speech assailing the record
of the Republican party and ridiculing
Ashley's promises of what he would do
if elected. He declared that neither
Ashley, nor any other Republican, had
ever promised, or ever would promise,
to refund to the people of the South
much to my surprise, he put his
haud in his pocket and asked how
muoh he owed me. Supposing
that he waB green aud had an idea
that my bill would be for a dollar
or so, I thought I would stagger
him, so I put it at $100. But he
pulled a large roll of bills out of
his pocket, counted out the
amount and handed it over. It
was my turn to gasp. Then he
shook hands, thanked me again,
and left me staring at the money
he had placed before me. When
I recovered from my trance I
started to put the $100 away with
$200 that a deacon of a church
had paid me just before for win
ning a line fence x suit tor him.
The $200 was gone! Yes, sir,
that ungrateful young whelp had
touched me, and then had the
nerve to pay his bill from my
roll.”
Theu the meeting was prompt
ly adjourned amid considerabl»
confusion.
the 935,000 hidden away in the United
uel” was out in the field looking I States treasury which was illegally
alter some work. 4 taken trom them by tbe collection of
< ‘I 8 he down in that patch by Eternal revenue tax on their cotton
the Bide of the road where I saw a ‘ h6civil war - ^n.tcd
/ ... . . .. .■ States Suptetne court held to bo un*
scarecrow? asked the yisitor.
“We have no scarecrows around
here and I do uot think you could
have seen a scarecrow,” was the
reply.
“Yes I did. Here, you can see
it juBt over the ridge there,” point-
lug to an object in the field.
“That’s not a scarecrow, sir.
That’s my husband, Col. Alleu D.
Candler.” “By gosh 1 ‘Souse nie,
my good woman, but dinged el: I
didn’t think that objeot was
constutional.
General Watt Hardin of Kentucky,
who had previously been made an hon
orary member of the club, was invited
to address the meeting. He did so in a
happy and eloquent speech which was
the hit of the evening. The General
is an old campaigner himself and his
plea for Democratic supremacy was a
bit of rhetorical argument, the like of
which is seldom heard in these parts.
Mrs. Nancy Hallman Died
At the home of her husband James
a I Hallman, near Piioe, on the farm
. , .. ,, of Mr. J. H. Martin, last Thursday
ecareorow. Aud that’. Gov. Can- ^ 6g y(jsr , ghe
diet? Wall I’ll be BWitohed. Don't |, memh „ of Yellow Creek Baptist
church from which place the
I fmiernl was conducted by Rev. T.
L. Robinsou Thursday afternoon.
| The deoeased leaves a husband and
M several children to mourn her
death.
Something
on Which You
t
Can Depend . .
Dr. Dixon’s Diarrhoea Cure for
diarrhoea and Dr. Dixon’s Dys
entery Cure for Dysentery.
They Will Not Fail.
25 Cents.
I George’s Drag Store.
Ingratitude That Stung.
He looked so young and mno
| cent,” said the lawyer who was
telling the Btory, according to the
New York Press, “that I couldn t
bring myself to believe he waB
| guilty. While I was in court he
was arraigued on a oharge of pick
ing pockets. He was without
friends and was not represented
by a lawyer. Something iu his
appearance attracted me, and
volunteered to defend him. The
evidence against him was very
strong, but I fought trhe case to
the bitter end and succeeded in
clearing him. The next day
reoeived a visit from my olient,
who assured me, with tears iu his
eyes, thut he never could repay me
for what I had done. Then, very
The Beggar’s Watch.
Dr. Edward Everett Hale, who
is advocating a ponsion of $2 a
week for all indigent men of sixty
five or more who have paid a poll
tax for twenty-five years, is a foe
to the professional beggar, says
an Exchauge. “The professional
beggar is nearly always a bad man,
a hypocrite, a sham,” be said the
other day. “Did you ever notice
how many stories there are about
professional beggars’ frauds?
Where there is smoke there is
usually fire, aud I am convince
that more than a little truth is
contained in some of these stoneB.
“A veteran pensioner told me
the other day that in his boyhood
he had oome upon a blind beggar
on a country road. He dropped
a coin in the beggar’s cup then he
entered into conversation with the
man on the begging trade. Final
ly he said:
'Sitting here like this, how do
you tell when it is time for you to
go home?” “ ‘By the heat of the
sun,’the blind beggar answered.]
He Wished To Be Truthful.
The sour aud surly looking vis
itor oalled the little boy to him
on his knee, says the New York
Press. It so happened that at
this particular time he wished to
make friends with him iu order to
stand in with his parents.
I like little boys, said the visi
tor.
The boy looked as if he doubted
it, but he hhlt his peace.
That is, explained the visitor, 111
order that there should be no
mistake, I like good little boys;
and you're a good little boy, are’nt
you?
Well, returned the boy cau
tiously, there are a lot worse than
me on our street.
I wish that you should like me,
too, persisted the visitor.
Again the boy was wise enough
to hold his peace, but he looked
as if he thought the job was a
pretty big oue. T^he expression
was not lost on the visitor.
Don’t you like me now? he ask
ed.
The boy looked at the visitor
and Bighed. Then he looked at
his father, and his expression was
of great doubt.
Pop, he said at last, does all
that Btnff that you told me about
never telling a lie go or not?
Bixby 1 bawled the brakemau 01
the Mooresville line, and the train
slowed down in front of two or
three houses and five country ne
groes standing close to the track,
says the Charlotte Observer.
There was a central figure in the
party. He was a man of middle
age* and the others looked us ii
they were his family. The man
had Under each arm a little pig 01
shoat, and they were resting tran
quilly in their places. The negro
had on most gay apparel, bat the
most striking thing about him.
outside the pigs, was a blue cellu
loid collar. He made for the
steps as the train came to a stand
still, but the brakemau inter
rupted him.
You can’t take dem pigs 01
board, said he.
“Huocume?” asked the would
be traveler.
Cause you can’t, dat why.
The negro boiled with rage.
I’d like to know w’y dese pigs is
objictionable, said be in an ag
grieved tone. I’ae ca’ying ’em an’
dey amt going to sturb nobody.
Drap dem pigs an’ git on ef
youse gwinter, said the brakemau,
sharply, signalling to the train to
start. Wese got no time to
’souss die.
But the man turned doggedly
on bis heel to tbe other members
of his party.
Go on wid your d urned ole train,
he called over his shoulder. Ef
de pigs don’ go neider do I go.
An’ da’ts right.
The train pulled away, and the
negro, with his pigs still reolining
reposefully under his arms, stood
and regarded it with a look of su
preme disgust.
"House Is Empty, Factory Gone*”
The last load of machinery
from the old shoe factory, whioh
has been operated in. Gainesville
for many years, was loaded on
the oars at the depot here last
Thursday and by this time is in
Nashville, Tenu., where it is beiug
installed in the new building
ereoted for the J. G. Hynds Shoe
Manufacturing Co., a corporation
organized under the laws of Ten
nessee. As soon as all the ma
chinery oan be put in place, th«
new enterprise will start up
there with Mr. Joe Hynds as pres
ident and general manager.
Mr. Hynds, with several of his
experienced helpers, left Monday
for Nashville to assume their du
ties in the factory there. They
start out business finder very flat
tering prospeots, and the friends
of the gentlemen in Gainesville
wish for them abundant success
in their new field of labor.
Everett, Ridley, Ragan Com
pany, who have operated this
plaqt for two years, will run a
smaller plant in Atlanta for the
manufacture of shoes for their
trade.
If a man doesn’t break anything
else when he slips on a banana
peel he is pretty sure to break one
of the commandments.
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