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Epworth League Officers.
The annual conference of the
North Georgia Epworth League,
in session here since Thursday
evening, closed Sunday night with
a sermon by Rev. Nath Thompson,
it Waleska.
The following are the officers
sleeted for the next year:
President, Rev. W. M. Barnett,
Murrayville; first vice president,
S. D. Stembridge, Milledgeville;
assistant, Miss Willie Belle Mauck,
Milledgeville; second vice presi
dent, UvaM. M. Barnett, Murray
ville; third vice president, Miss S.
Guyton, Atlanta; fourth vice pres
ident, Mr. Cobb Lampkin, Athens;
secretary, Col. Hammond John
son, Gainesville; treasurer, Mr. S.
S. Girth, Atlanta; superintendent
Junior league, Miss Eva Thomas,
Augtista; Epworth era agent, Mr.
Alleh'lf. Pierce, Atlanta.
Tk$ choice of the next pldce of
me$ing was referred to these of
fers, and the committee on the
Nnp ground, consisting of Rev.
ath Thompson, Dr. C. E. Dow-
an, Prof. Wilber Colvin. The
plan being, if it can be arranged,
to use the proposed North Geor
gia conference assembly grounds
located near Tate, Ga.
Th* conference adoped resolu
tion. against Sunday moving pic-
tun in Atlanta; asked for the
l thment of Junior Epworth
Lag •i'*--; the raising of funds for
the ? • :h department by a free
wi. mi ing to be taken at month
ly lary meetings.
Georgia Boy Honored.
The Washington Times of June
6, 19TL contains a notice of the
closing exercise of the George
town Law school, District of Col
umbia. The heading is a good
motto: “Major Holmes Conrad, tof
District Bar, Advises Two Hun
dred Graduates to ‘Hitch Their
Wagons to a Star.’ ”
Among the prizes awarded is
the prize to Benjamin A. Matth
ews, of Georgia, $50, for best
grades, in first year. He is a
clerk in the war department, and
is taking advantage of his oppor
tunity in attending Georgetown
University. His success gives
much pleasure to hisjriends, and
they are proud of his record.”
The above appeared in the At
lanta Constitution of yesterday.
Mr. Matthews is at home on a vis
it to. his mother on Boulevard.
Ben is succeeding well in Wash
ington, which is gratifying to his
friends.
A Charming Woman
is one who is lovely in face, form,
mind, and temper. But its hard for a
woman to be charming without health.
A weak, sickly woman will be nervous,
and irritable. Constipation and kidney
poisons show pimples, blotches, skin
eruptions and a wretched complexion.
But Electric Bitters always prove a
godsend to women who want health,
beauty and friends. They regulate
Stomach, Liver and Kidneys, purify
the blood; give strong nerves, bright
eyes, pure breath, smooth velvet skin,
lovely complexion and perfect health
Try them. 50 cents at all Druggists.
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Death of
W
an Estimable
oman.
Mrs. Emerlinc M. Chapman died in
her eighty fifth year, at her home ten
miles north ot Gainesville. She was
born May 2..‘, 1825 Being left an orphan
in infancy, she was reared in the home
of her maternal uncle, Col. Philip Byrd,
so well and favorably known in Georgia
in the years long ago, heired his prop,
erty and lived at the old homestead till
her death on the 9th. of June, inst.
She was married to Rev. J. L. Chapman
Nov. 9th 1842. She lived a widowed life
thirty-four years; in these years of deep
affliction she beautifully exemplified
the’Christian spirit. She bore her deep
sorrows and bodily afflictions with
meekness, patience and fortitude. Some
of her children < preceded her in death
viz: . Mrs. B. F. Suddath, Mrs. Steve
Whelchel and another daughter who
was afflicted all her life and died at the
\ age of 46 years, only a few weeks ago
Ger tender and untiring devotion to
Viat, : afflicted daughter was beautiful
' deed. It h&d been her life long prayer
> be soared as long as her afflicted
aild so lived; that prayer was answered
and then the energies of her life that
had never flagged now fast subsided,
because she felt that her task was done
and in a few days she folded her hands
in death. Only three children survive
her: Philip M. Chapman, Clarks, La.,
Mrs. Robert Quillian who,with her hus
band,have lovingly and faithfully given
their lives to the care of the aged moth
er and afflicted sister for several years,
and Mrs. S. H. Dillard of Athens. Her
trust was steadfast, her hope was bou-
yant to the end. She laid her down to
sleep in peaceful rest, and will awake
to meet her Lord. May the Lord comfort
the bereaved ones till they shall meet
her again.
She was buried at Dewberrry Bap
tist' church where she had been a con.
sisteiit member nearly seventy years.
Funeral services conducted by the writ
er.
' . R. D. HAWKINS.
Remains Of Stansbury
ed Here.
Interr-
The remains of Roscoe Stans
bury, son of the late D. H. Stans
bury of Gainesville, who was
killed in Atlanta last Friday, were
broueht to Gainesville Sunday
morning and interred at Alta Vista
cemetery, Rev. A. F. Nunn officia
ting. Stansbury was serving a
term in the chaingang for forgery
and in making an effort to escape
was shot down by one of the
guards. He had previously led an
exemplary life and the forgery
charged against him was of
small check after he mad lost a
position. He was so humiliated
at serving a sentence Jhat he
tried to effect an escape and was
shot down in the act of getting
away.
Pasadena, Cal. March 9,1911
Foley and Co., Gentlemen:—We hgve
sold and recommended Foley’s Honey
and Tar Compound for years. We be
lieve it to be one of the most efficient
expectorants on the market. Contain
ing nol opiates or norcotics it can be
given freely to children. Enough of
the remedy can be taken to relieve a
cold, as it nas no nausating results, and
does interfese with digestion Yours
very truly, C. H. Ward Drug Co., C. L.
■Parsons, Sec’y and Treas. Get the
Ortgirtal Foley s Honey and Tar Com
pound in the yellow package. For
Sale by All Druggists.
Death Of A Good Woman.
The death of Mrs. W. L. Byers
occurred at the home of her hus
band near Murrayville Monday
after an illness of considerable
length of cancer. Mrs. Byers was
sitxy-five years of age, was a con
sistent member of the Baptist
church and her life was filled with
good deeds. She was held in high
esteem by all who knew her, and
the news of her death will bring
sorrow to many.
The deceased is survived by
her husband and the following
children, viz: Messrs George G.,
Augustus, John R., Joseph A.,
Rufus and Miss Annie ByerS, all
of whom have reached their ma
jority and are living at different
parts of the country and have be
come useful men and women.
The funeral services were -con
ducted from Yellow Creek church
yesterday afternoon at 2 o’clock,
Rev. T. L. Robinson officiating. A
large concourse of people assem
bled to pay a last tribute to the
memory of the deceased.
To the bereaved ones the News
extends sincerest sympathy.
Cornerstone Laying New Ma
sonic Hall.
The cornerstone laying of the
new masonic hall and school build
ing will take place at Oakwood on
ihe fourth Saturday in July. The
Grand Master of the Grand Lodge
of Masons of Georgia, and District
Deputy Grand Master Robert Mc
Millan of Clarkesville, together
with other officers, will be present.
Every Mason in this section is in
vited to be present. The new
building cost about $2,700 and is a
good one. The occasion promises
to be a very interesting and en
joyable one. The enrollment of the
school there has been over two
hundred this term. Prof. H. -J.
Death Of Mrs. J. B. Hancock.
Mrs. J. B. Hancock died at the
home of her husband in Tadmore
district yesterday and the remains
were interred at Harmony church
today, Rev. J. R. DeLong officia
ting. The deceased was 60 years of
age, was a Christian woman who
had many friends, and is survived
by her husband and four children.
The sympathy of the community
is extended the bereaved husband
and children.
Howington isjthe popular princi
pal.
Dinner will be provided for all
who come on above occasion.
Middle Aged and Elderly People.
Use Foley Kidney Pills for quick and
permanent results in all cases of kidney
and bladder troubles, and for painful
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by All Druggists.
Edgar Dunlap Wins Debaters
Prize. 4
Edgar Dunlap of Gainesville, yonng-
est son of ’Col. and Mrs. S. C. Dunlap,
won a debater’s medal offered by the
board of trustees of the State Universi
ty in the debate held at Athens last
Saturday night, announcement of
which was made at Athens oivMonday.
Edgar’s friends congratulate him upon
the signal honor he has won.
A Dreadful Wound
• /
from a knife, gun, tin can, rusty nail,
fireworks, or or any other nature, de
mands prompt treatment with Buck-
.len’s Arnica Salve to prevent blood
poisou or gangrene. Its the quickest,
surest healer for all such wounds as
as also for Burnes, Boils, Sores, Skin
Eruptions, Eczema, Chapped hands,
Coroes or Piles, 25 cents at All Drug
gists.
For Sal@r
A good milch Cow. Apply to H, E.
BELL, Oakwood^ Ga.,
Phdne 47?1.
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Gainesville vs Royston Games.
Three games between Gainesville
and Royston teams are scheduled on
the Gainesvilie diamond 'this week.
The first of the seriefHvas played Mon
day when Gainesville won by a score
of 7 to 3; the second of the series,
played yesterday afternoon, was won
by Roystoh by a score of 5 to 4. The
last of the series will be played this
afternoon, and Gainesville is expecting
to win by a good score. The attendance
at the games has been very good, end
the series has been enjoyed hugely
by local fans.
Work Will Soon Start
after you take Dr. King’s New Life
Pills, and you’ll quickly enjoy their
fine results. Csnstipation and indiges
tion vanish and fine appetite returns
They regulate stomach, liver and
bowels ana impart new strength and
energy.to the whole system. Try them.
Only 25 cents at All Druggists.
Showing of the Postal Banks.
"Official statements just issued in
Washington indicate that before July
1 the deposits in the ninty-one postal
savings banks will aggregate $l,0Q0,00O.
Considering that forty-eight ofj|j[the
banks will have been in operation only
little more than five months, and
forty-five of them an even briefer in
terval, the showing thus made is im
pressive. It must be remembered, too,
the individual deposits are small
and that the idea, in this country, is so
new as to require some timejfor it to
r^ach its maximum appeal to the
class it is intended to aid.
Bearing these facts in mind, it is
reasonable to assume that ere long these
institutions, which are to be increased
rapidly in number, will eventually so
win the public confidence as to bring
forth the hoarded savings so abundant
with certain classes m this country.
The benefits of such a development
will be two-fold: Depositors will gain
an absolutely safe place for the hold
ings, and be paid’interest on them;,
money needed for fluidity in business
will be added to the supply of currency
now available.’’—Atlanta Constitution.
What seems to be good for the rest
of mankind will be beneficial also
to Gainesville. The Postal Banks are
being hailed with delight wherever es
tablished. The press of the country is
giving them the glad hand!. They will
bring money from its hiding places for
the prosperity of us all.
The Postal Bank recently opened in
Gainesville is a most important benefit
and the people appreciate the fact
that the Postmaster General singled
Gainesville out from among many thou
sands of offices clamoring for Postal
Banks in all sections of the - country.
Our people are patronizing the bank.
It led gie whole South on opening day,
and promises to become one of most
important postal banks in theen-
tire country.
The Postal Banks are operated under
a law framed by Congress. The law
provides for the holding of the money
in the town where it is taken in. Any
depositor at our postal bank may any
day draw out his entire" deposit. The
integrity of the United States is behind
every cent deposited in a postal bank.
The deposits are entirely at the pleas
ured the depositors.
SUMMER SPECIALS AT
&
from 2.50 to 7.50
12.00
- 15.00
“ at 1.75 to 3 50
1.75
" 5.00 to 10.00
Porch Chairs
x
Mission Porch Set, 3 pieces
Mission Porch Set,' 4 pieces
Spring Cots
Cot Mattress, all cotton,
Children’s Crib Beds
Go=Carts, at prices that will surprise you.
3.50 for the folding ones with hoods up to = 15.00
ART SQUARES
For the Remainder of June.
$7.50 Art Squares $6.00 $12.50 Art Squares $9.95
8.50 Art Squares 6.50 15.00 Art' Squares 11.95
10.00 Art Squares 7.95 20.00 Art Squares 15.75
Bargains that you can appreciate by seeing
smith & co.
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A Curiosity of Sound.
If when riding in a balloon at a
height, say, of 2,000 feet a charge of
guncotton be fired electrically 100 feet
below the car, the report, though really
as loud as a cannon, sounds no more
than a pistol shot, possibly partly
owing to the greater rarity of the air,
but cbiefiy because the sound, having
no background to reflect It. simply
spends itself in the air. Then, always
and under all conditions of atmosphere,
there ensues absolute silence until the
time for the echo back from earth has
fully elapsed, wbeu a deafening out
burst of thunder rises from below,
lolling on often for more than half a
blpute.
Impartial. •
Professor C. Alpbonso Smith once
wrote an English grnmmar. The book
was published while Dr. Smith was
teaching nt the University of North
Carolina. One day he received from
a farmer a letter containing the follow
ing:
•T am glad somebody baB written an
Impartial grammar at last."
Dr. Smith Immediately wrote to the
farmer asking what be meant by an
"Impartial grammar.’’ The answer
was:
"You give the children this sentence
to parse: ‘One Confederate killed ten
Yankees.’ ’’—New York Post
TRIAL BY ORDEAL.
The Farce Called Justice That
Siam Used to Play.
TESTS OF FIRE AND WATER.
Have your trousers made at WATER-
MAN’S, no extra’.chargefor extras, and
they are made at .home on short notice
for no more cost than ready made.
TWO THOUSAND samples to select
from. . It
House to Rent.
Apply to 63 North Bradford street.
Whore Honesty Failed.
"You are still having trouble in your
search for an honest man?"
"Yea,” replied Diogenes. "There arej
plenty who are scrupulous about busi
ness and politics. But I have never
yet found a man so honest that be 1
wouldn’t try to ring In a portrait taken
when be was ten years younger when
you ask him for 0 picture for publica
tion."—Washington Star.
Indispensable.
"That banquet tonlgbt can't get
along without me.”
"You have a pretty good opinion ot
yourself. Billed for a speech?”
"Oh, no. I was Invited to listen.”—
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Proof,
Kicker—Have you a cook engaged at
present? Snlcker-I think so; there’s
a man ont In the kitchen every night—
Harper’s Bazar.
Politeness is good nature regulated
by good sense.—Sydney Smith,
LOST: Memorandum book, contain
ing two $10 notes signed by Vandiver
& Beavers. Also, contains shoo repair
accounts. Reward if returned to F. D,
Harris.
Miss Isabel Goforth is visitirfg rela
tives in Dawsonville this week.
fThe Aooused end the Accuser Each
Had to Faoe the Same Kind of Muaio,
1 and Whiohever Way the Case Wat
Decided the Judges Were Winners.
The modem methods of justice In
civilized Europe do not Include trial by
ordeal, but in the east it is still a rec
ognized means of proving an accused
person’s innocence or guilt In a coun
try like Siam, now so closely in touch
with western Influences, the ordeal by
fire was practiced a generation ago.
This is the oldest form of ordeal in
Siam, as in any country. When pre
paring for the ceremony two trenches
were dug side by side. They were
each about ten feet long, two feet wide
and two feet deep. These were filled
with layers of redbot coal to a depth of
ten inches. The plaintiff, or accuser,
walked over one fiery path and the de
fendant over the other. In order to
prevent the parties from unduly bur-
cylng over their tasks rods were placed
across their shoulders, and certain of
the officials leaned heavily on these,
one at the end of each rod. In reality
they partly defeated their own ends,
for the great pressure of the boruy
soles of feet unused to boots somewhat
quenched the fire beneath them. When
the walk was completed the soles of
the feet were examined in order to de
tect any burns or blisters. This exam
ination was repeated every day for fif
teen days, and at the end of that time
the tqan who showed no signs of being
hurt in any way was adjudged the
winder. During the course of the trial
the judges sat In a specially erected
and gayly decorated pavilion, where
they feasted royally, the expense ol
which had to be defrayed Jointly by
the persons engaged in the lawsuit.
It happened more than once that the
lire failed to make any Impression on
the feet of the competitors. In such
cases they were both compelled to un
dergo another trial by means of the
water ordeal. If both parties got
Binged, then they were both held to be
guilty of something or other, aud so
they were both punished with heavy
fines.
The water ordeal 1b a kind of diving
competition. The spot chosen was ei
ther some part of thq nearest river or
else a large, deep pond. The law in
sisted that.the spot must be one where
the wfitor was clear and cool and fra*
frdTfreeecDes and mud. In the ease of
a river there was to be do strong cur
rent The preliminary preparations
{were simple and consisted In driving
two tough poles Into the bed of the
pond or rlvor for the competitors to
take hold of on Immersion. 1 These
poles were placed about ten feet apart
Before the actual trial took place a
cockfight was held, in which the two
birds were supposed to represent the
two litigants, and the result of this
preliminary conflict was held to be
ominous of the results that would at
tend the serious trial.
This was never omitted, because the
spectators, who were assembled in
hundreds to watch the event, always
treated it as a kind of holiday and
gambled largely os to the Issue of the
day; hence the cockfight was a sort
of gnide to them in their speculations.
The two persons next addressed them
selves to the water deities and asked
for their protection and help, each be
seeching them to help him only an
each promising gifts and offerings
should he be successful.
Then they stepped Into the water
until it reached up to their necks.
They were hampered by heavy collars
Similar to those sometimes worn by
Chinese prisoners. Round their wrists
they wore bracelets of unspun threa .
.Which had been blessed by the priests
and which were considered to posse^
a protective chnrro against all adver
Influences. Finally each one bad a
strong rope fastened tightly round the
waist bv menus of which be could be
hauled out of the wntor b.K-misewh
both men were possessed of IP*
breathing capacity It
pened that after prolonged lmmei
the competitors were too m
bausted to get themselves out of the
"when all was ready a hori7 '°" d t ^ P0 Jf
was placed nc.oss the should ^
each person, and at a g _
from a metal gong the two p
simultaneously depressed by
clals, and so the two bend
thrust under water. The ^
ped their wooden stakea a ^ rf 8 ace of
held their heads « nder f * e ® d tbe ra-
the river until one or both ^
•elves In
cation. The man whoremnme^ ^
the water the longer of . t0 a
the day. The trial was subjec
time limit was
In certain cases dlvl ^f P earcb was
allowed, and then a general searc
made for able and willing s™ Erne9t
There is a story extent, wy h|)W
Young In the ^ ond °“ J re J with a
a Persian trader ^
Burmese about
The Burmese engaged ns ^ dl3 .
tatlve the champion diver ’ oM" hlm
trlct but the Pe ?f. a “ b3tl tute a oro-
fcv employing ns his substitute
terionnl pearl W *™» "
gulf. In 1882 this fom
brogue la Hit north of
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