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lanta this week.p'-'7'. Mr. J. B. Lipscomb, of Bell Lon. was in the city Thursday. Mr. C. BL Parks of the Atlanta’ Jour nal tyas in the city Tuesday. Interesting services were held Sun day at the Episcopal church. Mrs. J. EL Jackson made- a business trip to the Gate city Wednesday. Advertise in the Georgia Cracker and get your business before the people. The Cracker will keep you posted. Bead it and find out what’s Profs. Van Hoose and Pearce Working for the Seminary. _ Prof. A. W. Van Hoose and Prof. H. J. Pearce left Tuesday on a two week’s tour in the interest of the Georgia Fe male Seminary and Conservatory of Music. The former goes to Southern and Middle Georgia, , and the latter will visit Augusta and- points in South Car-. f Miss Lula Humphreys has gone to Apple Valley to spend a few weeks. Mr. B. L. Hardage, a well known commercial man, was in the city this week. ->, J. Kelly and wife of Win- or two as guests of Judge .T. B. Estes’ family on Bradford street, haye gone on a trip across the mountains for a week. Col. Estes always takes this trip when he comes up this way and invariably finds it pleasant. Since he went to Macon to practice lavghe has, been quite successful and is reeqgnjzedi as one of t^e leading, attorneys of ithe' Central City. ' “ . Last Saturday was Children’s Day.—Gov ernor. Atkinson Delivered a Great Speech.—Prize Declamation Contest, —Cozart and Underhill Lecture. ' —New Members Added to V- the Chautauqua Circle. which ended Monday. There is not a more hospitable and congenial family in the city than Judge Dunlap’s and those who were fortunate enpugh to at tend the house party knpw what a great pleasure Itis to be, -en tfertained; at this homfe. Judge a-Jid. Mrs/ Dunlap and "Misses Maggie, Minnie, Mary and Fan nie Dunlap, Messrs^Jaines and Samuel Dunlap with Master Edgar as their mascot, made their guests have a royal time. Those who attended the house party were: Misses Nell, Callie and Pauline Nowell, of Monroe, "Miss Julia Dean, of Borne, Miss BelL-Sffott, of At lanta, ’Messrs.. Hal Nowell* Emmett Lunsford, Albert Mobley and Ben Wat kins, of Monroe; H. N. O’Neal, Jasper < Judge der, were registered at the Hudson last Sunday. Mr. John Blats spent Saturday and f Sunday in the Gate City with his wife and daughter. Mr. R. L. Puckett, one of the staunch citizens, of Strickland, was in town this week. Mrs. Dr. Sanderson of Haysyille, N. C., is in the city visiting the' family of J. H. Pitcliford. Mr. L. A. Redwine and wife, of At lanta, will be in the city today, the of relatives, Mr. R. D. Grigg Jr., who has been in the drug business at Eatbnton, has ac cepted a position with Dr. E. E. Dixon & Co. and arrived in the city Monday to assume the duties of his new posi tion. He is a licensed and experienced pharmacist and no doubt will be very successful in his work here. He was accompanied by his wife and children. going on. Miss Jennie T. Kramer, of Atlanta, is spending some time at the Hunt House. Bey. T. A. Jones conducted the ser vices at Myrtle street church ^ Sunday night. . __ Col.J. N. Twitty, with his little sons, spent a day or two in Jefferson this week. Miss Myra Birdsong, of. Columbus, is the guest of Miss Jadie Matthews, on Green street. Mr. B. G. West, of Atlanta, visited relatives and friends in the city Satur- guests prof. J- W. Marion, superintendent of the public schools, has returned ■from a trip to Marietta. Mr. B. IP Roberts, with his wife and child, of Buford, spent Monday in the citv, on a visit to relative; Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Humphreys, of Apple Valley, visited the family of Mr. A. C. Humphreys this week. The friends of Mrs. L. T. Fuller are glad to know that she is recovering from a severe attack of fever. Mr. W. D. Candler has gone to Shi loh, Ga. to teach school. He is a splen did teacher and has served in this capacity in several places, and each time MB. GEO. H. BRICE DEAD. satisfaction. Gainesville boys always do well, and Mr. Candler’s friends know he is made ont of the stuff that never gives out until success is attained. DEATH OF MBS- DUNBAR. day and Sunday. Mrs. Eisman and her charming daughter, of Atlanta, are in the city at the Piedmont Hotel. Mr. A. A. Hope has about completed work on his livery stable on Main street. He has a nice stable. Miss Addye Hayes, with her mother, of Hamburg, S. C., is visiting Mrs. Geo. Counts on North Green street. Mr D. Frank Smith is now in Ala bama selling fruit evaporators, and is meeting with fairly good success. Has Been -Ill Several Months with Consumption. - Mr. George H. Brice, who has been a sufferer for a long timer passed away Saturday night. He has’ been in Gainesville'for some tune, and has been a victim of that dread disease—con sumption.. He was a young mah; about twenty-fiye years of age, and a son of Mr. John B. Brice, a prominent man in business circles. At four o’clock Sunday afternoon the funeral services were conducted from the residence oh North Maple Street by Dr. J. A. Wynne, pastor First Baptist chureh, in a most fitting manner. The remains were interred in Alta Vista Cemetery. A loving father and mother and sev eral brothers and sisters, with a host of friends, are left behind to mourn his loss. Mrs. G.,C. Dunbar died at her home in this city Wednesday morning. She has been a sufferer for several years with dropsy, and her death has been expected for some time. She had reached a ripe old age, and death was a great relief to the sufferer. Mrs. Dunbar was a member of the First Baptist church, and the funeral was conducted by her pastor, Rey. J. A. Wynne. The remains were interred in Alta Vista Cemetery at 5:30 o’clock Wednesday afternoon. YOU ARE WAITED To call at Lee Parnell’s Barber Shop, Arlington Block, for'the best barber work. Hot and cold baths. Mr. T. M. Gay and wife of Eu- faula, Ala. are in the city stopping at Mrs. John Kendall’s on Green street, Mr. Gay is a—large and successful planter and has made good money out of farming. He will return home in a day or two but Mrs. Gay will remain here the remainder of the summer; tion. lne preliminaries were gone through with and then the Governor was introduced by Judge J. B. Estes, in a beautiful little speech. For more than an hour did the orator *please his large audience with excellent good sense, beautiful rhetoric and fine language. More than once did the en- Rev. W. T. Hunnicutt, pastor of the M ethodist church at Dahlonega, has returned home after attending the Chautauqua in this city. His visit to Gainesville was very pleasant and he enjoyed the Chautauqua programmes. He is a very successful minister and is doing good work at Dahlonega. Miss Meyer and Miss Florette Meyer of Selma, Ala., are at the Arlington. Mrs. W. W. Blair, with her family of New Orleans is in the city at Judge J. B. M. Winburn’s on Washington street. Mr. Jerome Castleberry, ■agent of the Pennsylvania Life Insur- jptnee Company, was in the city a day or two recently. F Mr. D. D. Simpson offers for sale his [residence at 11G Pine street. He will [either sell cheap, or exchange for good [farm lands. | Mrs. W. W. Stovall and her three [children, passed through the city Tues- [day last on their way to Forsyth coun ity to visit relatives. I Mr. .lames Sims of charlotte, N. C., k s spending some days in the city the Ignest of his brother, Squire George |sims, on Aspen Hill. Mrs. M. R. Kendrick of Greenville, |s. C.. was a guest of the Hudson last ■Tuesday. She went up to Dahlonega A Reliable Specialist. We direct attention to the card of Dr. O. Henley Snider of Atlanta, Ga Bead the card he presents to the readers of this paper. We commend him to the consideration of any who may need his services. Write to him for any infor mation you may want. the echo. He paid especial attention to the book trusts, and advocated the pub lishing of school hooks by the state, saying- that they could be furnished at ai much less price than is now being paid for them. After the speaking was over a big baskef dinner was enjoyed by all out on the Seminary campus. In the afternoon occurred a declama tion contest, free to any pupil of the public schools of Hall, Jackson and Gwinnett counties. Quite a number of the young folks entered this contest. A gold medal was offered to the best male declaimer by Prof. A. W. Van" Hon. Douglass Glessner, who spent last week in Gainesville a guest at the Arlington, has returned home to Griffin. Of course he was charmed with the Queen City of the Mountains as is every body else who comes here. He spoke formerly one of the Gainesville hoys, hut now of Pilot’s Point, Tex., was in city Sunday. ON HIS ANNUAL TOUR. MR. J. L TONER MARRIED. For Sale or Exchange. 51 have for sale one 5-room house, out houses and lotat 116 Pine street.: Will sell cheap, or will exchange for good farm lands. For farther particulars call at the above address or write me at Gainesville, Ga., D. D. Simpson. Col. H. W. J. Ham left last week for his annual tour of the Western Chau? tanquas. He Was at Mont Eagle for three days and from there welat to Nashville, where he took in the Expo sition for a day or two going from there to Piasa Bluffs, Hli, and on urday will reach Maysville, Mo., where his own Chautauqua opens with. friend Miss Louise Jackson, on Wash ing street. Mr. John M. Oliver returned Sunday night from an extended business trip to Washington, Baltimore, Charlotte, and other points. A very interesting meeting of the Junior Leaguers was held at the resi dence of Mr. G. E. Gardner, on Thurs day evening. Mr. Ike Lipstine, an erstwhile citizen of Gainesville, now in business in the Gate City, was in the city a day or two this week on a visit. The pastof of the Presby terian church Rev. J. A. Young, is spending the week in Banks County, assisting in a protracted meeting. ^ Mrs. Dickenson of Summersville, ac companied by her daughter, .Miss Carriers in the city the guest of the family of Dr. E. E. Dixon. Mr. Ed Nunn, or.e of the jolliest of the boys here, left Monday with his father, Mr. J. M. Nunn, on a pleasure trip to -the mountains. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis P. Walker, with their son, of Spartanburg, S. C., will be the guests of the family of Mr. E. P. Chambers, on Green street. Miss Jessie Smith, a charming and attractive young lady ox Atlanta, is. in the city on a visit to her friend, Miss Pearl Goudelock, on High street. Col. A. R. Smith, clerk superior court, spent several days the early part Dawson county, at- [of the week. [tending to business. | Mr. If. A. Terrell, of the Southern Express Co., is taking holiday for a few days, and is spending the while in Asheville and Murphy. » Messrs. R. G. Welby, Winston, N. C.; It’. A. Garrison, W. D. Burch and W. T. Harrison, Atlanta, were registered at ftlie Hudson last Monday. , Mr. Jeff Stovall of Atlanta, spent a ■ew hours in the city last Tuesday, and Bts warmly greeted by many friends. Brwas autographed at the Hudson DIED AT BELLMONT Hr. J. J. Lancaster of Bellmont, one UjflrlQ'll/jO ||PT1n j'A of the best citizens of Hall county, died IIP i/l U.Q vVij at his home Tuesday night and was * ;; 1Hopewell Baptist Tchim*. .Yoaeau rest assrtred thafrymr will Rev. W. G. Woodbridge, who was here last week and who delivered a sermon at the chautauqua that was highly en joyed and appreciated, has returned home to Griffin. He stated that he had traveled over the country pretty well and it was seldom thatdae found as nice an auditorium as the one here in which the chautauqua was held. Mr. Wood- bridge spoke very highly of Gainesville and her* hospitable people and commen ded the spirit of the citizens who secured the Southern Chautauqua As sembly. Read prices on a few below: Full Havana cigars, among wl’.i CITY (^ETTO^ONVENE Third Quarterly Term the Third - Monday In August. Sheriff Muddy has finished serving the papers for the third quarterly term of the city court of Gainesville, which will convene the third Monday in this month. Quite a great deal of business is on hand to be disposed of. The jurors drawn for the term are: A. W. Van Hoose, George W. Hill, Virgil M. Beard, W. D. Whelchel, sr., Wm. P. Sloan, J. P. Harman, George L. Street, W. H. Ogle, James M. Crawford, Felix W. House, Wm. J. Pitman, B. M. Chambers, M. O. Gilmer, Harvey C. Parks, J. R. Riley, James W. Smith, G. N. Owens, John N. Puckett, J. C. Mc Connell, B. G. Mooney, W. K. Merck, -John A. Cleghorn, Zack Collins, J. J.- Pool. " ■Rs. T. R. Sawtell, with her two 'Hren. of the Gate City, came up frr 1 * 3 '' ar >d spent a day in our city in Blbltation with and under treatment !§. J. W. Bailey. JHesday was the day for the regular ; ^^R;lv It-gal sales. No property was Rsj but the property which was to ES been sold will be disposed of on ■first Tuesday in September. : Hps. Mattie Merritt has gone to tjSiesville to spend a few days with ■tives at her home. She is the popu- Hnatron at the Seminary, and her will prove to be a pleasaut and en gS&ble one. H>1. Bill Findley has been at Daw- IBvilie this week attending court and Bning after the interests of his clients Hliat section. Incidentally he talked Httlc politics and found out how the H’b. were getting on over that way. Buy Evans, the bright young clerk B the firm of R. E. Andoe & Co., has Ben confined to his - room sick this Bek. We trust that the illness is not I a serious nature, and that he will Sain he at his post of duty ere long. ■The state meet .of the League of luerican Wheelmen held at Macon lednesday. Gainesville did not enter by of the contests but she has some pcpert riders. Perhaps no other town i the state of its size has a larger lumber of bicyclists. who Confederate Veterans will Have a Reunion First Tuesday in October. A meeting of the old soldiers was held in the court house Tuesday after noon at two o’clock. There was a very fair representation of the veterans, and it was decided that bn the first Tues day in every month a meeting be held; On the first Tuesday m October a big basket dinner will be spread at the eity park, and a good time will he experi enced. Several good speakers have been ^secured, and - all the old sOldiers who fonght for the lost cause will en joy the day* if they will come and join in the exercises the occasion;' All members of the Daughters of .the Confederacy are invited and requested to come. Every old. soldier who is not a mem ber of the veteran’s association,^ re quested to join at once. Hon. H. M. McIntosh and wife Of Albany, were in the city recently! The boys over the state usually refer to him as - Hog and Hominy” McIntosh but his political friends sav unless all signs fail it will be ’‘Governor” Mc Intosh before a great while. His name has been promniently mentioned in this connection and there is no doubt about the genial editor haying a very strong following. Mr. T. S. Campbell, and his son John Henry, made a business trip to the Gate City this'*week to make investigations concerning the baying of some holiday goods. Mr. Dan G. Bickers left Monday morning on an extended visit to friends in the Carolinas, and relatives scatter ed over the Old Dominion state. He will have a big time. The family of Mr. Wiley W. Stovall, now .of Atlanta, is in the city on a visit of a few days. These good people were once regular residents of our eity and have many friends here. Howeyer, it is thought that he would much prefer ed iting his excellent paper and devoting his attention to his mining interests aboye Gainesville, where he has been for the past week. BURIED AT CONCORD. HIS CONDITION SERIOUS ^ielpards Dru£ Qo. North Side Public Square, Dr. R. V. Cotter of Barnesville was in Gainesville this week 1 fen route to Dahlonega and Porter,Springs where he will spend a montfcormbre. He always comes up this way about this season Of the year and says there is not a better section of Georgia. For several years his health has been poor, brought about by overwork" when practising hiis profession at. Macon, where he did a large practice. He is one of the best known specialists in Georgia and is a gentleman whose companionship is con genial and charming. His stay in the DEATH OF MR. LAW. the position of foreman of one of the fire companies, and has made a good workman. The cause of his untimely death was due to consumption. Mr. Fleming Law, the father of Mrs. HI H. Dean, -died very suddenly early Monday morning of heart failure. Mr. Law has been in our city quite awhile visiting his daughter, who lives on Race street. He has shown himself to be a good man during his stay here —quiet, affable, kind. His sudden death is a seyere shock to fcheentire community.' Sunday Mr. 'Law appearedto he hale and hearty, but at four o’clock Monday morning very suddenly the end came. The remains were embalmed by Cor oner A. B."~C. Dorsey, and sent to Un ion Springs, Ala., where he formerly lived, for burial. Relatives and many friends lare'left to mourn thelloss of a pure and good man. * mountains will no doubt greatly benefit him. The Gainesville Transfer Co., issue the following tickets, which will be sold- at the rate of 28 tick ets for $1.00: I Mr. J. E. Murphey of Atlanta, [was a citizen of Gainesyille for many years, has been in the'yeifcy this week. H-:s friends here 'would-be glad tb:wel- [eome him back asa-citizen of the Queen jC?ty and hope hfe'.WiH; decide to go in •cosiness here again. ■ r .Vork is going ahead rapidly, on -the * tory building of the' J, G. Bynds [ ’f?. Co., sitnatocl. oh'- Maide^-Street," L ’L t beyond the ^shbfe Ifactory. The iding, when cbmjjiefed. win bp thifee ki<‘ ies in height, and R2x?5 feet in s: ze. fet -ill be used by*’-the cohapaby as a I* <ing and shippmg f aj»rtinent. .. ; : I lossy Creek csimp. meeting begins Wednesday night and, as ds ■Wtfi-lly he case, thi#bjecesipn- w?U he BaJoyed by a great-.^anyt "TMr. Chris Pt&Lm, and‘ a v Bfever lived;-•sa^T' ; titartciBe! c *lS..n3reaJ.y B J e* iring- -meeting and^that he not missed a season in thirty years. Prof. J. S. Stewart, formerly super intendent of the public schools of Marietta but recently elected president of the"North Georgia Agricultural College at Dahlonega, was in. the city this week en route to his new horde. He is a weli known educator and was formerly vice-president of the Georgia sociatioh^fie iS^qjjpf neW woEk“he ;v had unmeet DAY TRIP. ; The funeral services of Mrs. Harvey Puckett were held at the residence on Maple street yesterday afternoon. Sh’e was a good yvoman and many friends are left to mourn her death. Her death occurred Thursday night at 11 o’clock, j A big game ot ball among.the colored boys occurred here Saturday afternoon. Jefferson and Gainesville crossed bats. After a great deal of lighting and a great deal more of quarreling, when the game was finished the score stood 9 to 9. . - - ' . 5 Mr John M. Oliver has purchased a brand new up-to-date switch-board for the telephone exchange which will arrive, in a day or two. He states that the Gainesville Telephone Company Will not charge full rates for-’phoues siuee the date of the damage to the old s witch-board by lightning. ; Mr. Louie- Bigsby who b ^ n > the jewelry business, .here for qui.e a. while has gone ter Augusta whece father liyed some years ago, and iu all 'probability will enter business there His friends here regret exceedingly to give him up. Miss Norrine Lester Cochrane, the talented teacher of eloeut.on .n the teachers. She has been aiding m con ducting an institute there and is mak- -for herself quite an enviable repu- Mrs. E. M. Willingham of Atlanta, will arrive to-day to' spejid several weeks in the ei^y, the guest of Mrs. E. C. Chastain. . *** J '" v Mrs. Warren, Mrs. Wilkins ancTTVIiss ^ilkins of tVaynesboro,.. arrived in the city Tuesday to spend some time, and: are among the charming guests at the Arlington. ... ?!-• : Mrs.' B. i). Render and Miss Sallie Ren- der of Greenville, Ga. are in the city for the. summer and are guests at. the Arlington. Miss Cairie Ward, a young lady of Selma, Ala.. has been at the Langston House for the past week. HANDLE DIDN’T MATTER. ified for the taken and will no doubt greatly advance the interests of the . college at Dahlon-- ega. ;* Sheriff A, J. Mundy is»^ Jonesboro visiting his father’s family. He goes down every few months and spends several days with Lome folks: For twelve years he has been sheriff of Hall county and though there, have bean many Hard -battles to fight he has always come out on top and won a decided victory. He is a true blue Democrat but' n otwithstanding^this f act he has imany friends in. the other polit- iral . parties who admire him and who have caNt their ballots for him in the past. - There is a an old saying- among the barbers, in regard to shaving; “I’ll get ’em.if.the handle don’t break. The other day a certain young fellow, -Who is learning the art of tonsorial-ism was sci-acthing away on a customers face at . a great rate, when suddenly, "pop, went something, like a powder mill ex ploding, and the razor lay on the floor, the stub of the handle only remaining in the Hands of the amatuer, hut a sort of.a determined expression was on> his 5 cents fare to Belle trains, both until fur- morning and evening, ther notice. * \ HATFIELD-COOPER. - Mr. A. B. Hatfield. and Miss Leila; Cooper were married at the residence . of the bride’s mother, near Jarzett, ■ last Sunday morning at 9 o’clock, Judge J. Z. Hudgins performing the ceremo ny. Only a few friends and the rela tives of the family were present. The bride and groom are popular young people of the community in which they Eve, and have many friends whn extern! warmest, nrmerrat,illations and othi inspect- tion of tooth a: ery,toil Pfof. j. Holmes J ‘ tte Molena High was in Gaiue 1 mite to fiaBlqnejga le mvtion a Nighty goHcf ra ^^ B(a ¥ia school teache Jordan will be. I RUNAWAY. in front of the residence of Prof! C. J. Wallace with no one in the buggy ex cept Mrs. OEyer. The horses became frightened -and rah" down the hill i towards town. At the juncture of : Sycamore street a young lady, who Cols. Perry and Dean left Sunday evening for Dawsonviile to attend court. Col. Dean returned Monday, however, on account ^of the sudden