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GEORGIA CRACKER.
A blind man, a deaf man and two
oneranned men visited Gainesville one
day not long- ago, comprising a com
pany of only two men. The blind
man had only a left arm, and the deaf
man had only a right arm. Between
the two there was both a left and right
arm. The blind man minus the right
hand used the wrong hand—the left
hand—to pick a banjo* with whieh to
gether with a harp fastened by the aid
of a stout wire'around his head, he man
aged to make very good music, picking
the banjo strings with the fingers oil his
left hand and keeping time with musie
dn'the harp._ The effectr-prodnced on
the hy-standersabout the street corners
where he played was striking, Little;
darkies peered at him in utter amaze-;
ment, deeming the performer a won
derful genius. A person does not khow.
what they can do till necessity to pro
cure a livelihood presses them to ac
tion. This man makes his bread in
this way, and the deaf one-armed man
begs and collects the money with
his right hand to' purchase bread for
both. The two travel together about
the country and toil as one.
Gainesville public schools opened
Monday with a most excellent showing.
All the teachers of the several grades
promptly responded to roll call, and
were ready to enter upon the re
sponsible duty of training the
young minds of the pupils. Opening
exercises were held by the superinten
dent, "Prof. J. W. Marion, and music
was' rendered on the organ that has
Mr. Henry Roth, of 1848 South 9th
Street, St. Louis, was given the usual
mercurial treatment for contagious
blood poison. He was twice pronounc
ed cured, but the disease relumed each
time, he was seized with rheumatic
pains, and red lumps and sores cov-
ered his body.
ment I receiv-
ed, the worse I
JnH A New Y^>rk
“ J jgPSte* he could cure
treatment did
whatever. I wasTstiff and full of
pains, my left arm was useless so
that I was unable to do even the
lightest work. This was my condition
when I began to take S. S. S., and a
few bottles convinced me that I was
being benefftted. I continued the i
medicine, and one dozen bottles cured
me sound and well.. My system was
under the effects of mercury, and I
would soon have been a complete';
wreck but for S. S. S.”
S. S. S., (guaranteed purely vegetable)
is the only cure —
for real blood dis-
eases. The mer-
curial treatment
of the doctors ai-
ways does more
harm than good. Beware of mercury!
Books on the disease and its treat*
ment mailed free to any address by
LIVE, LOCAL NEWS
Is what you want. Spicy,
* interesting reading is what
vou're after.'
“It is due you and a pleasure to mo to recommend your Tetter
ine. -Truly, it is an infallible .remedy and cure for tetter. My wif (
has been annoyed by same for about twelve years, and after using
the Tetterine for five djiys it disappeared entirely, to her great relief
She is ready to siug your praise, and I am prepared to contribute
my gold dollar in erecting a monument to your name.”
Yours, etc.p.^-c A. M. HAYGOOD, Evelyn. Ga
THE GEORGIA CRACKER
Is the.livest' local paper pub
lished in Gainesville. Read
it, and keep posted.
- Three hundred and sixty pupils .pre
sented themselves for enrollment the
first day, and more are coming in each
morning since; This makes a good
showing.
A Profitable Investment.
An advertisement in The
Cracker is a profitable invest
ment, We work for our ad
vertisers—-they get good re
sults. Contract for space.
‘ Prof. Marion is well pieased over the
beginning,, and thinks that this term
will be a successful one to all con
cerned. - There is no reason why . it
should Hot he.
The board of education is-td be con
gratulated on 'securing the services of
Prof. Marion another term. He has
proven. himself a capable ’man, well
fitted for the position he occupies. In
IT CURES ECZEMA AND ALL SKIN DISEASES.
[ If you are afflicted, swap". 50 cents for a box.
It will be the best £rkde of your life.
! At all Drug Stiwes^or by inail
Upon receipt of 00 cents in cash or stamps.
J.* T. SHUPTRINE, SavannaH r Ga;
For sale in Gainesville by Dr. E. E. Dixon & Co., M. C. Brown &
CRACKER ADS ALWAYS PAY,
BULLING THE COTTON
MARKET.
Within a few days there has
appeared in. the leading newspa
pers of the country, says the Sa
vannah Press, the following 1 ad
vertisement, in big type:
“Buy cotton and hold it; it is
the only cheap thing left.”
For two days this advertisement
was planted. Everybody in Wall
street noticed it and wondered
that it had no brokerage firm’s
name attached to it. It simply
stood for itself. It was, on the
face of it, a bit of altruistic ad
vice anonymously advanced. In
the course of a day or two Wall
street men found out that the
peculiar advertisement had ap
peared in all the leading news
papers of the country from Maine
to Texas and from the Atlantic
to the Pacific. The cost must
have been between $25,000 and
$30,000. A local advertising firm
the institute work tips summer he gave
satisfaction and made for - himself a
good name as a main well' qualified for
the work he has chosen. As a diseip-
Willis Kilgo is the name of a colored
man who has worked on the streets of
Gainesville for a space of; sixteen years
on a stretch, and without missing very
.many work days. Warren Butler has
been in; for eleven consecutive years.
They are both good workmen, and
Street Overseer Ebprhart states that
he can rely upon them to-do what is to
be done. If they keep up their present
reputation, and the city needs and
uses them'if will not be a great while
before they will be old enough and have
worked long enough to be worthy of
a pension. •
WHERE TO WORSHIP.
Two other colored men 'of promi
nence who toil on the public thorough
fares of Gainesville are Frank Aker,
whose nick name is “Bow-legs” fox
FIBST BAPTIST.
Regular services to-inorrow morn
ing at the Baptist church: Sun
day-school at 9:30 a. m., Prof. A.
W. Van Hoose, superintendent. Prayer
meeting at 8 o'clock Wednesday even
ing. Young People’s Union Sunday
afternoon at 5 o’clock, Mr. G. G. Byers,
president.
. FIBST METHODIST.
Col. Henry H. Perry will preach at
the 11 o'clock service to-morrow. Rey.
W, L Colley will preach at 8:30 p. mJ
Epworth League services will be held'
at. 5 o’clock. i
-MV it TIE STREET METHODIST.
To-morrow being the regular time I
for preaching services the pastor; Rev.!
W. L. Colley, will preach. Services are
held every second and fourth Sunday.
Protracted services will begin-soon. . j
BAPTIST t?NION. I
The young people of the Baptist
church who have been meeting togeth-
er in a“union” capacity, have changed
the time of their services from Monday
'evening to Sunday afternoon. They
will meet to-morrow at 5 o’clock p. m.,
at the First Baptist church.
EPISCOPAL. .
Regular- services will be held at the
Episcopal church to-morrow at 11
o clock. Sunday school at 9:30 a. m.
CHESTNUT STREET BAPTIST. 0 .
No preaching to-morrow. Regular]
services every first and third Sundays.'!
Sunday sehool at 8:30 a. m. I
PRESBYTERIAN. j
The pastor will preach at the Presby
terian church to-morrow morning. No j
evening service. Sunday school at 9:30
a. in., and prayer service on Wednesday I
evening at 8:30 o’clock. •
MISSION SUNDAY SCHOOLS. . J
The Sunday schools at the East-side j
and Oak street mission chapels will be
held to-morrow afternoon at 3.*30M
o’clock. - J
BAPTIST MISSION CHAPEL.
Revival services have been in pro-1
gress during this week. The meeting j
will continue. I
LANDS DISPOSED OF.
-Combined in the naaiiufaeture
of onr vehicles. Onr jobs are
NEAT, our STYLES are the
latest, our WORK fe DURA
BLE and our PRICES are LOW
...
If yojtt; need repairing done,
remember how weH we pleased
you before. Extra orders and
diffioul t jobs receive immediate
attention.
Tuesday was legal sale day, and lots
of property was auctioned off ^before
the court house steps to the highest
bidder. *?!.
The house and lot on College avenue,
known as the J. T. Hargrove home
place was sold to T)r.' J. T. Curtis, as
the property of Mi*. George P. Boone.
ners in the firm declare that they
do not know whence the advertise
ment came or what its purpose
may be. All was conducted with
the greatest secrecy they say. On
Wall street the general impression
obtains that the advertisement is
designed to bull cotton. If this
is true we are glad of it. The cot
ton market ought to be boomed.
j Thomas Harmon, formerly of the
Httnnieutt &.Bellingrath Co., Plum
bers and Steam Fitters of Atlanta, can
now be found at F. L. Comer & Cq.’s.
Towery & Harmon.
“It would be an excellent good
scheme if the Southern railway could
see fit to put up a freight depot on
some central site up near the public
square. The lot on the corner of Broad
and Bradford streets, just below the
express office, would be a good place.-
If this was done it would probably save
money for the merchants and would
look like business. The freight for
this place could just be hauled up and
emptied and the time it would take for-
the merchants to get their goods in
the stores would be much quicker, and
possibly they would like it. It would
not cost a great deal. ,• A track could
be plaeed very cheaply, I think I will
move that this be done.” Thus spoke-
a Gainesville gentleman the other day,
addressing a number of other gentle
men standing in a group. We don’t
know whether or not his motion was
seconded,tand we do not know whether
or not the Southern Railway "^Company
will take note of his idea,
The lot is 90x300 feet in size, and the
. price for same was $815..
A lqtouton Oak street, with small
house, containing half an acre - of land
was sold as property of Mr. George P,
Boone, to Dr. J. T. Gnrtis fcKr'$300.
A tract of land known as the “Frost’’
tract situated in this county about lour
miles south of Gainesville was sold ag
property of Mr. A.B. ,C. Dorsey. M r
W. D. Griffith, recei ver of Building and
Loan Association of Athena, bought the
land for §055. -fj;. -
A two-acre lot of land belonging to
Mr. Patterson Brooks was sold to Mr.
James A. Blackstock fov the" sum of
$25. '
Mr. H. H. Cooper, as administrator
of Mrs. Luvina Cooper,; deceased, dis
posed of a tract of land containing
seventy-five acres, and lying in Mor
gan’s district, Hall county, ft is a
good farm place, containing pastures
A- Contrary Flag.
If ever there was anything in the
world t^at went by contraries, it is the
Chinese flag. It will be recalled that it
is-one of the gayest of national stand
ards. The body of the banner is of a
pale yellow. In the upper left hand
comer is a small red sun, and looking
at it is a fierce Chinese dragon. About
1,000 years ago, so the story runs, the
Chinese made war upon the Japanese.
They prepared for a great invasion. As
a prophecy of victory they adopted a
standard which is that of. the' present
time.' -They took the sun .of Japan and
made. it very small. This' they put in
Wholesale and Retail
MADLDINSMILLS.
Mr. G. W. Hammond and Miss
Matilda Mauldin were married
last Sunday evening, Rev. R. F.
Sloan officiating. May their
pathway be strewn With the
brightest of flowers.
Mr. Louis C. Fraser is lying. at
the point of d^ath. He has been
a sufferer |or a long time.
The union meeting at Union
The Gainesville
Transfer- Com
pany issues the
following tick
ets, which will
be sold at the
rate of 28 tick
ets for $1.00. .
5 cents fare
tc Belle trains,
both morning
a n d evening^
until further
notice.
front of the dragon’s mouth to express
the idea that the Chinese dragon would
devour the Japanese.. It happened, how-
ever, that the Chinese fleet* conveying
an army of 100,000 men, was wrecked
on its way to Japan by a great storm,
l and all but three of the 100,000 perish
ed. The result of the last war has not:
been any more- convincing than the
first that the-Sphinese flag has
been correctly conceived. —Pittsburg
Dispatch..
j Good QiAjom Gnrlmes
To any point in city limits, including
New Holland: and-Gower.
Gainesviller Transfer* Co.
with running water, about half the lot
in cultivation and a lot of forestland,
and was sold -to . Mr. J. L Bell for
$342:50. The property was sold to ben
efit the heirs of Mrs. Cooper, and the
money “received will be divided be
tween them.
GILLSVILLE.
Mr. Felix House is building a
new gin bouse.
Prof. N. A. Moss, who has been
teaching in the Flowery Branch
schools for the past term, will
take charge of the. Gillsville High
School this fall.. The school
How’s This?
We offer. One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case of Catarrh that can.
not be dured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
. .. F. J. CH^skkyGo, Toledo, O.
: We the undersigned have known F.
J. Cheney for the.- last 15 years, and
believe him .perfectly' honorable .in all’
business transactions, and financially
able to carry Out any obligations made
by their firgi f-. ; “
West & Tbit Ax, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, O. Waldin©, Kinnan ^Mar
vin, Toledo,©.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces: of the system
Testimonials sent free. Price 75c.
Hall’s; Family Pills, are the best.
ABOUT
The Board, of Education Meets
and Attends to Business.
The county board of education met
in regular session in the school com
missioner’s office last Tuesday for. the
: purpose of discussing school matters.
Those gentlemen who constitute 3 the
.board are: Messrs. J. B. Estes, chair
man; I. F. Duncan, J. R. Mason, D. T.
Quillian and W. A. Crow. The follow
ing is a report of the business trans
acted by this bodyn
Gainesville, Ga., Sept. 7, 1897.
New Shoe Shop,
Mr. D. D. Simpson has opened up a
shoe shop in the rear of the store-room
of Mr. Taylor, third door below post-
office. He is prepared to do satisfac
tory work, making and repairing shoes,
at reasonable prices. See him;
good teacher*
here no doubt.
. Tie Straggling Young Autnor.
“I have always read, and alwajn
with interest,” said the struggling
young author, ‘‘-what literary men had
to gay concerning their habits of work.
In many cases productiveness appear*
to depend upon mood—sometimes a
man can write and sometimes he can’t.
A man feeling-in condition can do any
sort of work, no doubt, better than
when he is but of condition, blit a man
may be mistaken in himself. I find
that it is a good thing to make a begin
ning.
“Often the mere effort of making a
STRICKLAND.
Several caseB of fever have been
reported in, this neighborhood.
The daoj^iteriof hlr; W. M. Puck
ett, the daughter of- Rev. A. J.
Lyle, the entire family of Mr.
Odell are eiek with the fever, and
there are three or four other cases.
A good meeting has just closed
at Liberty Congregational church
near here. Several additions to
the ch urches.
Henry McElhannon who has' served
his apprenticeship as porter on the
“Belle” . train, has been promoted to
one of the through vestibuled trains.
He will act as porter and will, make a
good one.
The county hoard of education, at a
regular meeting l|eld to-day, having
under consideration the establishment
of school districts, in order that they
might act with the most intelligence
possible in permanent^' locating school
houses, divided the malitia districts of
the county among the.five members 'of
the board as follows:
W. A. Crow—Glade, Gillsville and
Tadmore.
J. B. Estes—GaiiiesvillC, Wilson,- Mor
gan and Candler.
I. F. Duncan—Flowery Branch, Rob
erts, Friendship.ana Clinchem.
J. R. Mason—Fork, Bark Camp and
Big Hickory,
D. T. Quillian— Wbelchel, Quillian,
Polksyille and Narramore.
Each member is to study carefully
the section alloted to him, noting the
changes that it will be necessary to
make in the buildings and locations in
order to secure the best results, and
•report to the bo.ard at its next meeting
in October when the matter will 1)«
finally.settled. ' .
All citizens who are interested in the
location and establishment of- schools
are requested to confer with the mem
bers of the board in their respective
sections and co-operate .with them in
their efforts to establish the schools for
the best interest of the greatest num-
Mr. Ben Ham is reported as saying
that he intends paying a visit to'tbe
Klondike regions just as soon as he
can complete the-necessary arrange
ments. ' He is a natural born miner
and probably would thrive and do well
Not
and biliousness. Please boy and try a box
of C. C. C. to-day; 10,25,50 cents. Sold and
guaranteed to cure by all druggists.
Mr. John M. Oliver, the manager of
the Gainesville Telephone system has
purchased a aew switch-board, which
has arrived and is in position. The
old board has been almost useless for
some time, hut the new one seems to
give entire satisfaction.
beginning is enough to dispel clouds
that had seemed to-be heavy, but which
are shown to be mere films, and one
touch of concentration is enough to
bring back fancies that you had thought
were wandering far from home, but
were really loafing about right near,
waiting only to be called. ”—New York
in that section of the universe,
many years ago, possibly during the
fall of 1895 he, in company with others
made a trip to South America for the
purpose of doing some mining, but the
mine he was to .work was never opened.
After spending a long time down there
he returned, reporting a fine time,
giving graphic descriptions of his trip,
Sell, exchange an d rent all kinds of
real estate. Have in hand anything
you want in this line. Wfil make it to
your interest whether you want to sell
or buy.
Will insure your property against,
loss by fire in old reliable prompt pay
ing companies.
JARRETT.
M*&.-C. C. Pool is .quite.iff at
tiu»~wrifing, but her: friends hope
to pee her up before,long.
Mr. I. H. Brogdon has his resi
dence about completed.. •
Mr. Billie Jarrett was the first
man to have a new bale of cotton
ginned in this community.
The school at this place under
the management of Miss May
Butt, has closed. Miss Butts will
return to her home in South
waiting only to be called.
Soil
telling of the big herds of large ca£tle
he §aw roaming the valleys in abun
dance of the Cancan Valley in
the northern part of that continent
containing-some of the finest lands on
earth, thirty miles across and as level
as a floor: of the large lot of white
rum that the people manufacture down
there. It is not necessary to tell of the
mosquitoes he battled with, nor of the
nights he spent alone using the blue
sky as a blanket and a large stone as a
pillow. After undergoing this part of
a miner’s life and trials his friends
thought that he would not undergo the
Klondike.
c. F. W. GUNTHER,
Baker and Confectioner.
2nd door below post-office.
■
Fresh Bread^nd Cakes-ahd Home-
Bead What Follows and Save a
Doctor s Bill.
so common In summer-time,
accompanied by loss of energy,
ack of thought-power, means
a deficient supply of nourish
ment. The vital force is lost.
i isn’t a question of muscle and
sinew, but of resistance and
endurance. At any age, but
especially in youth, it involves
tie risk of lung disease. Loss
of flesh and a cough are threat
ening signs.
Dr. Q. Henley Snider, of Atlan
ta, Ga., has successful iy treated
various chronic diseases, in all
parts of the country by mail and
express for the past fifteen years.
• He treats Old Sores, Dropsy,
Fits, Catarrh, Asthma, Bronchitis,
I Rheumatism, Blood Poison, Pri
vate troubles and Female Com-
[ plaints, guaranteeing a cure in
i every case undertaken. Treaty
ment furnished at $5 per month*
Dr. Snider speedily removes can
cers, “roots aiid all” by modern,
painless treatment without knife
or caustics, and at a cost of onlv
$10.00.
Opium and Morphine habits
speedily and permanently cured.
Hundreds of testimonials. Ex
plain your case and save a long
sickness. Everything confidential.
Enclose stamp.
0. HENLEY SWDER. A- M, M,:D. Ph. D.,
Atlanta, Georgia.
OCONEE NULLS.
Miss Mattie Jones, a young lady
of this place who has been blind
for a long time, has left for Ma
con, where she enters the .State
. Institute for the blind.
Mr. E. Buffington, who went
from here to Texas some time ago,
has returned. - ' - J
Judge Homer A. Langford had
the misfortune of losing a fine
mule not many (lays ago.
Everybody seems happy in
this part of the county, crops are
^good and there ie very little sick-
But he loves travel and ad
venture, and it is probable that he will
go sometime.
Yes, At Parnell’s.
Lee Parnell's is the place to get a
nice clean shave or hair-cut. Visit his
barber shop—he will treat you right.
Hot and cold baths. 3|ll§§§jK§itte^
If your bath tub, basin or kitchen
sink leaks see Tom Harmon about it.
First door below post-office.
Towery & Harmon.
of God-liver Oil, with the hypo-
phosphites, meets these cases
perfectly. It tones up, fattens
and strengthens.
In Scott’s Emulsion the taste
of the oil is fully disguised,
making it almost as palatable
as milk.
Per jm. ud |t.o» by all dra frosts.
flCOTT A Bows* Mfe ChMBisU, N»w York
Over 1st National hank.
The Artistic Tailor.
line to se
patterns
-Get an experienced Plumber to do
your work. Tom Harmon served his
apprenticeship with the best firm in
the South. Get him to do your work.
Towery & Harmon.
- -
First-class Dental Work. Hea
quarters for best Tooth and
Mouth ‘ Preparations.
Gainesville, : . : Georei
When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was a Child, she cried for Castor!*,
When she became Miss, die clung to Cactoria,
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria.