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NOTES' OF TEAVEL.
NORTHENT ON RAILROADS.
Ex-Governor W. J. Northen
in a recerft issue of the Manufac
turer’s Record has a timely article
on the people and railroad?.
He has been eDgagect, since his
retirement from-the office of Gov
ernor, in promoting the interests
of the South and securing an ex
cellent class of immigrants from
the North and West. He says in
the article referred to that “as the
South has been for so many years
almost exclusively agricultural,
and the people have worked so
long upon a single idea, prejudice
has crept into the minds of a
large number of men against cor
porations ; they have come to be
lieve that corporations are formed
lor the purpose of stealing from
Mr. W. B.. Staton of Dip, was in the
city this week. Be is a prosperous
farmer, and does most of his business
with Gainesville merchants. He stated
that the lumber which was. to have
been used in enlarging and improving
Concord church was burned last week,
and the work is temporarily stopped.
However, it is only for a short time
as the good people of the community
are “going ahead and will have more
Inmber on the grounds in the course of
a few days. The church is one of- the
Editob Cracker: I have been away
from home for a week but it seems
months.. I have been through some of
the finest farming sections Of the State;
have seen some of the most prosperous*
mind and
Watch the Georgia Cracker I
It is the one.disease that physicians can
not cure;, their mercurial and potash
remedies only bottle up the poison in
the system, to surely break forth in a
more virulent form, resulting in a total
wreck of the system.
Mr. Frank B. Martin, a prominent
jeweler at 926 Pensylvania Ave., Wash-
ington,D.C.,says:
; v I -was for a long
Tk time under treat
|||§^ 1 ment of two of
the ^ est physi-
people of Georgia, but my
heart grow tired of the broad- acres,
the fertile fields, the beautiful country
homes that I find here, and long for
the “Hills of Hall.” ...
Last'Sunday night I reached Millen
in Burke county, by private convey
ance. I had been on a country trip
and had not had aline from home since
leaving, having directed my letters
sent to Savannah. * Beaching the Mil-
len hotel I bought a paper, went up to
my room and retired to read the Macon
Telegraph. In a few moments I was
startled and shocked to read that my
brother-in-law, Mr. F. W- Glover, had
died at my home m Gainesville on Fri
day before and was buried in Macon
Sunday afternoon at four o’clock, six
hours before I even knew of his serious
home we all
McKinley is trying awful hard
not to fish.
==============
The cotton market in Gaines
ville will soon be booming.
Tt.is.dhe you and a pleasure to me to recommend your Tetter-
Truly, it is an infallible remedy and cure for tetter. My wife
oeen annoyed by same for about twelve years, and afte^ttgfp^
Fetterihe for five davsit disappeared entirely, to her great relief
is ready to sing your praise, and I am prepared to contribute
fold dollar in erecting a monument to your name.”
Yours, etc., A. M. HAYGOOD, Evelyn, Ga
Cubans should not rejoice over
the assassination of Canovas.
Campmeeting commenced at Mossv
Creek camp-ground Wednesday . and
will continue through Sunday. Large
crowds have been in attendance and
every bod/m having- a good time. Per
haps Mossy creek campmeeting is more
largely atended than any other in the
jeaififiy 'It is said that while it is in
progress each year if you want to see
anybody in that section of the county
you’ve got to go to the camp-ground to
find them. The people of that com
munity are hospitable and - kind, and
ibis accounts largely for the pleasure
had by thoge who attend Mossy Creek
campmeeting.
The Cracker is for G&ime^ville
first, last and all the time.
Candler for Governor would
mean 80,000 Democratic majority.
IT CURES ECZEMA AND ALL SKIN DISEASES.
If yon are afflicted, swap 50 cents for a box.
It will be the best trade of your life.
At all Drug Stores, or by mail
Upon receipt of 50 cents in cash or stamps.
X T. SHUPTRINE, Savannah, Ga.
For sale in Gainesville by Dr. E. E. Dixon & Co., M. C. Brown & Co.
Richards Drug Co.
T Seth Low has announced as a
candidate for mayor of Greater
New York.
almost eaten away, so that for three
months I was unable to taste any solid
food. My hair was coming out rapidly,
and I was in a horrible fix. I had tried
various treatments, and was nearly dis
couraged, when a friend recommended
S.S.S. After T - had taken four bottles, I
began to get better, and when I had
finished eighteen bottles, I was cured
sound and well, my skin was without a
blemish, and I have had no return of
the disease. S.S.S.saved me from a life
of misery.” S.S.S. (guaranteed purely
vegetable) will cure any case of blood
poison. Books on thedisease
illness. When I left
thought him better and it was a,great
shock to me to learn that he, whom we
all loved so much, was dead and that
my family had been called upon to
pass through this' great sorrow in my
absence. Since. reaching Statesboro,
my mail has been sent me from Savan
nah, and letters from the family tell
me of the exceeding kindness shown
them by Gainesville friends. To one
and all I say, “God bless you,” and rest
assured that all your kindness and
sympathy is appreciated.
There are no nobler .or. better people
than the citizens of our dear little‘city.
For twelv% years my lot has been cast
among them in times of doubt and
trouble, when obstacles too great to be
seemed to confront me, I
General Weyler is congratulat
ing himself that he haa not been
assassinated.
Tybee has, during the past
week, been full—of Hoo Hoos and
Hayseeds.
Mr. John L. Hutchinson of Flowery.
Branch, was in Gainesville this week.
He comes up this way occasionally and
always finds a hearty welcome await
ing him. Mr. Hutchinson is engaged
at present in erecting a handsome new
residence at Flowery Branch, and will
have it completed in a few weeks-. He
says the prosperous little town in
which he lives is forging ahead, and
while it is making no great fuss about
it, improvements are gradually being
made. \ ' I
Gainesville is a good town now,
but it’s citizens will make it a
better town.
Mr. E. P. Epperson, who is interested
in mining interests, is also the proud
possessor of a most beautiful piece of
horse flesh. This animal is a black
saddle horse, and a prettier and nicer
•looking one never worked under a
saddle. His limbs are. supple, he has
a fast running walk, and he travels
Three hundred dollars in,
Gainesville, Ga
Less politics and more real gen
uine hard work will be best foi
the people.
FIVE SUNDAY SCHOOLS
overcome
have found kind, sympathetic friends
whose counsel and aid have enabled
me to overcome many trials and diffi
culties. Mr. Glover was a true-hearted,
Christian man, and I wish our people
had known more of him. - He was a
kind, affectionate father, a noble eiti-'
zen, a pillar in the church, an earnest-
follower of our Savior. We mourn his
loss, but know that he has gone to a
better and happier World.
I wish that every farmer in Georgia
could visit a community in which I
have been for the past two or three
days. Such magnificent farms, such
beautiful homes, such cultured people
I have never seen in any other com
munity as I met at Halcyondale, a
little village on the Central railroad in
Screven county. Halcyondale itself is
but the smallest village, only two or
three stores and a post-office, but I
hud had some correspondence with Mr.
H. C. - Evans, who lives five miles
from the station, and upon leaving the
train, drove immediately to his home.
Mr. Evans is a prosperous farmer in
every sense of the word. His home is
beautifully built, handsomely furnished
and inhabited by one of the most cul
tured and intelligent families that it
has ever been my pleasure to meet.
Before dinner he showed me to my
room, and on the table I found hand
some copies of Shakespeare, Scott,
Dickens, Stephen’s war between the
States, and kindred books. After din
ner, which was such an one as only his
mother, Mrs. Dasher, could prepare,
we went into the parlor where his
daughter, Miss Ola, entertained me
with some elegant music, and his son
Walker, who will graduate at Mercer
next year, engaged me in pleasant con
versation. There is not a more re
fined, elegant home in any city in Geor
gia than this country place, six-miles
from a railroad, and I wondered why
any man should want to leave the farm
when it is possible to make farm life
so delightful.
Later in the afternoon Mr. Evans
drove me through the country to sec
other parties who had daughters to
educate. Everywhere I found large,
beautiful homes, well furnished, with
intelligent parents, and boys and girls
who are attending our best colleges.
I went into half dozen homes and in
every one I found an upright piano, a
parlor with brussels carpet and hooks
and papers' in abundance. I learned
that every farmer raised his own corn
and meat; - nobody was in debt, and
while—so they said—no one was rich,
all were' happy, contented and illus
trating the possibilities of the Georgia
farmer. Mr. Evans saidthat in this
community they have an agricultural
ciub vf hich has been meeting once a
month for ten years. One. day in each
month they assemble at the home of
one of tl^feir number, give results of ex-
■ periments which they have made in
certain lines of farming, discuss ques
tions pertaining to agriculture, have
music, readings, etc., and end the day
with an old time Scriven county din
ner.
I have
Jobbers and Retailers of Staple and
Groceries, Fruits and Vegetables,
^^-CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED.-
The Georgia Cracker and
Gainesville are two things that go
well together.
Mr. H. A. Terrell sent three large
watermelons to the agent of the South
ern Express Company at Murphy, N.
C., Monday. They were Hall county
melons, and the three weighed 140
pounds. He was with the agent at
Murphy last week and they had a great
time together. When he returned to
right along,
cold cash would hardly buy the animal.
On last Saturday, August 7th, Hope-
well,
Mount Vernon, Cooi Spring, St.
PauTand Yellow Creek Sunday schools
gathered themselves together at Yellow
Creek campground to enjoy their first
annual celebration, and although the
skies were covered with threatening
clouds,-more than seven hundred people
had assembled by ten o’clock./
yAt this time Hon. W. P. Price of Dah-
lonega, was introduced by Mr. Benja
min G. Parks, chairman of the occas
ion. Col. Price spoke in a very com
prehensive manner, and for one hour
held the vast audience charmed with a
striking and eloquent address.
He never grows weary in this great
work. He is sixty-two years old and
has been a member of the Sunday
school for fifty-eight years. Would
that Georgia had many more such men.
After this Prof. J. S. Stewart was in
troduced as president of the North
Georgia Agricultural College at Dah-
lonega. His address was eloquent, yet
plain and practical. He urged the
young •men and women to rise to a
grander and nobler conception of the
possibilities of their lives,' and to learn
to see the beauty bf noble Christian
character. Prof. Stewart is one of
those bright gems that glitter in the
diadem of Georgia’s most prominent
educators, and with him at the head of
this noble institution, we can*hut pre
dict that it is at the dawn of a most
prosperous era of its history.
It was next announced that dinner
would be served, near by, and a big
dinner it was. Turkey, chicken, beef,
roast, pig, slaws-, pickles, jellies, sal
ads, and all sorts of cake, from the reg
ular old fashioned pound-cake through
the entire list to the delicate “lady
finger” and “angel food.” Certain
it is that there are no hard times
around Yellow Creek, and for first-class
taste and judgment in preparing an
elegant dinner, I will put the ladies of
tfiis community against the world.
In the afternoon at one o’clock the
people re-assembled at the arbor and
were cheerfully entertained for two
hours by songs, recitations and decla
mations by the representatives from
the different Sunday schools.
At three o’clock Prof. J. O. Adams of
Hampton,
Mrs. J. W. Hargrove Dead.
Mrs. J. W. Hargrove, who has been
[ quite sick for some time, died at her
home in this city yesterday afternoon
at- 1 o’clock. She wag a consistent
member of the Methodist church.
She leaves a husband and several
children to mourn her death.
She will he buried today in 'Alta
Vista cemetery. Funeral services will
be. conducted by Rev. J. M. Whjte
from the residence at 10:30 o’clock this
The friends of the family
It is not the nigger in the wood-
pile anymore, bnt the nigger in
the post-office.
STEAM! STEAM !
I have a 20-horse Boiler and
15-horse power Engine at a bar
gain for cash, or will take lumber
Yon can see it at
Visitors are always favorably
impressed with Gainesville. It’s
a good town. - .
some hne mountain trout. Mr.'Terr ell
expects to receive them in a few days,
and of course is getting himself in
shape for a great feast.
in the trade,
work at my factory. All in tip
top working order.
X. T. Hargrove.
I have a lot of second-hand wheels
that have been used for rental purpose*',
to close out cheap for cash.
Wai Summer.
Lynchers are taking a rest in
Georgia. It’s time they were stop
ping for good.
morning,
are invited to attend.
§tate, is going through all the old rec
ords and compiling a list of the Georgia
soldiers who fought in the revolution
ary war. “There is a record of the
commission of all the officers,” said
CoL Candler in an interview, “but the
only way to,get at the commissions of
the private- soldiers is by going to the
old land grant which contains a brief j
record of their services for their coun
try. I think a record should be made
and the names of they Georgia privates
embodied in permanent form.”
Good crops are not due to the
Republican administration, but
Hanna will probably say so.
JOHNSON & DORSEY,
Advertise your town by talking
about it. Gainesville is one of
the best little cities in Georgia.
Dr. O. Henley Snider, of Atlan
ta, Ga., has successfully treated
various chronic diseases, in al
parts of the country by mail and
chief executive of the state, and if
he could be induced to run there is
not a doubt that the old time 80-
000 majorities would be piled up
once more.
He is a man whom the people
love and respect, and with him at
the head of the Democratic tick
et, there would be fewer Populist
votes polled than at any time
since the formation of the party.
Allen D. Candler is the man
above all others to lead the Demo
cratic hosts to the greatest vic
tory within the history of the par
ty. With him as a leader all
breaches will heal, and all differ
ences will be forgotten.
Hjs record in private and pub
lic life is untarnished and unsul
lied. He has. always shown him
self to be a true man, and the
-people have honored themselves in
honoring him.
Allen D. Candler is the man the
people want for their next Gov
ernor.
express for the past fifteen years.
He treats Old Sores, Dropsy,
Fits, Catarrh, Asthma, Bronchitis,
The man who attends to his
business the closest says less about
hard times thap. the man who neg
lects it.
Over 1st National bank.
“The Artistic Tailor.
Large line to select from. .
patterns in stock.
Rheumatism, Blood Poison, Pri
vate troubles and Female Com
plaints, guaranteeing a cure in
every case undertaken'. Treaty
ment furnished at $5 per month
Dr. Snider speedily removes can-
Cbrs, “roots and all”
There is one gentleman in this town
who Las sworn eternal vengeance on
the entire tribe of felines—that man is
Prof. Charles J. Wallace. He cannot
hear the looks of a cat. They worry
and kill his chickens, and the Professor
cares , more about the welfare of the
inhabitants of his hen roost than he
does for the sly and cunning cat. Not
many nights since he was aronsed early
by cackling fowls, and on investigat
ing the matteir found that the disturb
ance was caused by the presence of a
sleek and fat Thomas eat. It was just
light enough to see, and the Professor
went in search of his trusty rifle. He
is an excellent. shot, and never misses
his aim. The crack of the rifle sounded
out on the still air, qnd at the present
writing the animal target at which he I
aimed is resting on the other shore.
When Professor Wallace was a younger
man, nothing delighted him so much
as a good, jolly hunt in the woods forj
game, and he still enjoys the sport.
It is to be hoped that some who
went to Klondike will not recover
from the fever—Lord Beresford,
for instance.
by modern,
thont knife
or caustics, and at a cost of only
$10.00.
Opium and Morphine _habits
speedily and permanently cured.
Hundreds of testimonials. Ex
plain your case and save a long
and biliousness. Please buy and tty a box
of C. C. C. to-day; 10,25,50 cents. Bold and
Indications are that the farm
ers will gather a bountiful har
vest. They feel thankful that it
is well with them.
sickness. Everything confidential,
Enclose stamp.
0. HENLEY SNIDER. A. M. M. D. Ph. D.,
. Atlanta, Georgia.
New enterprises for Gainesville
are on foot. They are bound to
materialize, and the Queen City is
moving forward. f
" PRESIDENTIAL FADS.
Our National Executives Have AH Had
XlTeir Hobbies.
Every president since the time of,
Washington has had some particular pet
amusement. ~ /
As every one knows, George Washing
ton was a great sportsman. His greatest
pleasure was in following the hounds,
mounted on a tiptop hunter. He was an
athlete in his yonth and his love of out-,
door life continued to the day of-his
How Grandfather lighted His Candle.
" Nowadays when you want a light in
the evening all yon have to do is to torn
a little peg, and the electric damp be
gins to gl»w. Gas and oil lamps are on
ly a little more trouble. Bnt it was very
different 100 years ago. The lighting'of
a candle was a complicated process and
took a good deal of time and skill.
First, there was the tinder box. Prob
ably yon have heard of a' house burning
The farmers throughout the
section surrounding Gainesville
find this an excellent market for
their produce.
introduced and made
one of the ablest speeches of his life.
Yn diction, it was a gem; in logic,
strong; and in eloquence, striking.-- He
is an ambitious young man, and his
genius sparkles in the priceless princi
ples that lie embedded in the matchless
morals of the man. ’ He contemplates
NOTES FROM PENDERGRASS.
Mieses Nellie Getzen and Lula
Appleby, two of our expert lady
cyclists, made a trip to Jefferson
on their wheels Tuesday afternoon.
They were accompanied by Messrs.
Weldon Stark and Eugene White-
head. •
Miss Alma Thurmond, an ac-,
complished young lady of Har
mony Grove,, returned home Sat
urday after a two week’s visit with
death. When he was president, his
chief diversion. was horseback riding.
He was fond of dancing, too, and regu
larly attended the assemblies in the
long zoom in the City tavern at Alexan
dria, says the Washington Post. \
Thomas Jefferson sought relief from
the cares of state in his love for music.
He was a clever perf ormer on the violin
and whiled away many hours sawing
The Georgia Gracker has adopt
ed the Georgia Female Seminary
as its pet. This is a Yery pretty
pet.—Savannah Press.
.“like tinder, ” bnt do you know what
tinder really is? Our grandfathers made
it by lighting a piece of cotton cloth at
the fireplace and. allowing it to char.
This was placed in a shallow, round tin
box, something like the box now used
for shoe blacking.-
Matches were made by splitting thiri
Judging from the number of
chickens brought to Gainesville
every week it is presumed they
are not suffering from the Klon
dike fever. „
VOW
pieces of wood into many pieces and ty
ing them together in round bundles.
Then when the brimstone, the old name
for sulphur, was broken up and melted
both ends of these bundles oYsticks were
dipped into it Thus old fashioned
matches were burned at both ends.
In lighting a lamp or candle the tin-
derbox was opened, then the flint and
steel struck together, dropping a spark
on the tinder, into which one end of a
match was put as quickly as possible
and the candle lighted. This done, the
cover was shut down on the tinderbox
to smother the lighted tinder and to
save it. The matchjfas also extinguish
ed at once, to .use the. good end next
time.’
And by the time the candle was light
ed supper was ready.’ Weren’t those
slow old days?—Chicago Record.
and some of his happiest moments were
those spent in trying to evolve some la
bor saving device. -
President Tyler had a deep and abid
ing love for the. good American game
of poker. Surrounded by a few chnms,
he spent many pleasant evenings draw
ing to bobtail flushes, filling 'against
four aces and hoisting the fnH houses,
Muffing on deuces^.bucking ante. The
stakes were invariably small, but his
tory says that he was a bad loser. “**
Andrew Jackson was passionately
frmrl a# 2.2 *» V - T
NEW MANAGEMENT.
It looks dark for Perry, the
murderer of Bqley Lanier. The
date of his execution is next Wed
nesday. Only executive clemency
"•an save him.
H. M. O’Neal, Prop’r.
I have been all over Georgia,
seen as fine lands elsewhere. I have
! seen as good people elsewhere, but I
have never seen so many happy homes,
r so many educated, refined people in so
small an area anywhere in our State as
j I found here in Scriven. Their church
inn model, the burying ground is well
■, kept and nearly every grave has a
; monument or slab; their school building
is the best in this section and supplied
with the latest improved school furn-
iture.
. I have merely given you,a brief out-
. line of what I saw here. It was all an
inspiration to me. If all homes were
made as pleasant and attractive as
those I visited there would be no desire
. on the part of young people to leave
the farms and go to the already over
crowded cities. This, Bulloch county,
is filled with just such home's and pro-
, gressive people. I might say some
thing of their air and water as com
pared with that which God has given
1 us, bnt I must be “up and doing” for
the Seminary. I am exceedingly anx
ious to get home again. -
Hurriedly,
A. W. Van Hoose.
Statesboro, Ga., Aug. 11, ’97.
All day singing and a general gpod
time was the program at Pleasant Hill
Sunday,- and Gainesville was well rep-*
resented. A ’bus load of happy song*
sters,attended, and most every knrnqdt
in the livery stables was jhired, while
NEW STREET RAILWAY.
Those Gainesville merchants
who want to reach buyers in this
section can place their wares at
the doors of these people by adver
tising in the Georgia Cracker.
Mr. John M. Oliver is at the head of
% company that has applied for a
charter for the Queen City Street Rail
way Company.
It is proposed to build and equip a
street railroad twenty miles in length.
There is plenty of money back of the
enterprise, and if a franchise is
granted by the city council, work will
begin within sixty days after the char
ter is granted.
Whether the cars will be propelled
by steam or electricity has not yet
been fully determined. Mr. Oliyer
wheelmen turned out in full force. It
was a fine day for riding or driving-
cool and bracing'—and many a fellow
treated bis best girl to a buggy ride.
Everybody enjoyed the occasion, and a
grand time was experienced all ’round. I
- When yon see an advertisement
in The Georgia Cracker yon may
know the advertiser; is perfectly
reliable. This paper will have no
other kind of business.
Why the Irishman ymx.
There was once an Irishman who
sought employment as a diver, bringing
with him bis native enthusiasm and a
certain amount of experience. Although
he had never been beneath the water he
bad crossed an ocean of one variety and
swallowed nearly an ocean of another.
But he had the Hibernian smile, which
is convincing, and the firm chanced to
need a new man. And on the following
Monday morning Pat hid his smile in a
diving helmet.
Now, the job upon which the crew to
which Pat had attached himself was
working was in comparatively shallow
water, and Pat was provided with a
pick and told to use it on a ledge below
in the maimer with which he was fa
miliar.
Down he went with his pick, and for
about 15 minutes nothing was heard
from him. Then came a strong, deter
mined, deliberate pull on the signal
rope, indicating that Pat had a very de
cided wish to come to the top. The as
sistants pnlled him to the raft and re
moved his helmet.
* ‘Take aff the rist av it, ” said Pat.
“Take off the rest of it?”
Yis, ” said Pat. “Oi’ll worrik no
longer on a domn job phere Oi can’t
spit on me .bands. ’’—Boston Budget
Many of the wheelmen of the city
took a spin together Sunday afternoon,
They took -in the town, and a large
portion of the country. The Queen
In the Sixth district it is proba
ble that Judge Marcus W. Beck
will enter the race for Congress
against Hon. C. L. Bartlett. It
will be a lively tilt if he does
come in.
ital Work. He#k
best Tooth and
’reparations. ' \
: : Georg*.
of these. Accidents will happen in
almost any undertaking, and such was
the case with this union spin. Mr.
Dave White, one of the best looking
members of the crowd, lied the mis
fortune to run into agate, which had
been carelessly left open on Broad
street. He was thrown from his
wheel and his hand was injured, but
the affair did not.result very seriously,
and he is still in the ring and not dis
figured io count. Mr. W. H. Summer,
one of the heaviest riders, ran over an
old curry comb in the road,- and Ms
tire was badly punctured. Mr. George
R. Walker, who is an excellent rider,
received a puncture out from town
about three miles, and the wheel had
to ride home at the expense of its
owner. Notwithstanding the accidents
he crowd had a pleasant ride.
W. GUNTHER.
Bucklen’s Arnica Salv e, .
The best salve in the World for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores,'Ulcers, Salt Rheum. Fe
ver Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chil
blains. Corns, and all Skin Eruptions,
and positively cures Piles or no pay re-
q uired. It is guaranteed to give perfect
satisfaction or money refunded. Price
25 cents per dox. For sale by M. C.
Brown & Co.
Governor Atkinson and the
teachers, of Georgia differ on the
question of state uniformity in
school books. The teachers are
almost without exception opposed
to the Governor’s plan. .
lipllpll-,- =- ~ ; •' — T ■
The State Agricultural Society
has been in session at Tybee this
week, and has been largely attend
ed. It is said that some of the
^City Rot For Sale.
Two acres, 360 feet front,on Candler
reet, near Green street. Fine loca-
on for a home with a -garden and
■chard, about seven
minutes walk
from publi.c square. Enquire of C. A.
Dozier, real estate agent.