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* ViU- %. V JJ THE (xEOMHlA RACKER. Gainesville, Ga., Jun* ary 8, 1898. HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT a ® e ® i THE CRACKER IS PRINTING MORE n EWS, BETTE NEWS, FRESHER NEWS, THAN-ANY PAPER IN GAINESVILLE ? m rrhn Watch The Georgia Cracker! Don’t forget tba» aro a hont to bre»»k 9olutioD you Hlive \ ou sworn • lug ' if? If not, it’* fV from swear- t ime. 1898 is a pretty b kid to be just seven * ilthy looking ivs old. The Cracker hard year’s is going to do Gainesville. y- b. ^ pville grows. wi 11 It Trow as ill not the lag FOR 1898. The Cracker has started, the new year with the determination of filling its mission as a represent ative newspaper of Gainesville and Hall county in every sense of the word. It will leave no stone unturned when the interests of its home town and home county are at stake, but it will conscien tiously labor for the advancement and upbuilding of Gainesville and this section. As the true exponent of Democ racy, it will ever*be outspoken for the principles of the party and will earnestly contend for those things deemed for the best interests of the people. / Watch the progress of The Cracker and Gainesville during the year 1898! ind. Ii you’ve planted '•acker s ou’ll sen C grow this year in ad in The our business V >u wont hurt . breaking it but, ,• sustain injuries by >t •resolution by chaps, you’ll Manufacturing «-nterprises help every town. A few more would not injure Gainesvilie. 1898 promises to be a prosperous year for The Cracker’s pet—The G 1-1 * > I a Female Summary. !-nre you are right, then go abend.' You makn no mistake wht*!i y on contract f or space in The Georg]; a Cracker. r Th« candidates for Governor seem tc ) have narrowed down to Can (il ft r and Terrell. A lively contest is promised. .Christmas ’97 was a happy one fo: the people of Gainesville. We hope Christmas '98 will be a happier one for them. A hog and hominy campaign will help the farmers more than a political campaign. They should make the experiment to verify the prediction. Indications point to a year of industrious work for the people generally. Everybody seems bent on i ottering their condition,—a Worthy undertaking, by the way A YEAR OF POLITICS. 1898 will be a year of politics in Georgia. A Governor of the em pire state of the South will be elected this fall; congressmen from each of the districts will be chosen; representatives in both houses of the legislature will be elected; and the various county offices will be filled by the votes of the people. The people of the state have a very grave .duty before them Though it is early to even hint of politics it is, nevertheless, not amiss to mention the fact that nothing but the best and truest men and most loyal Democrats must be put forward for any posi tion by the party. None but good men are needed, and none but good men must be elected. In almost every campaign each party is burdened with hungry office-seekers who are willing to sacrifice principle, party and every thing else in order that they may be permitted to suck the public teat. Such men must be frowned down upon, discountenanced and be made to stand aside that the better element may be unham pered, and better prepared to fight for victory. That Democrats may start the new year with a full knowledge of their duty, these facts are im pressed upon them that they may know what is their duty, and know ing it dare maintain it. In these fin de seicle days the old axiom “a good beginning makes a, bad ending” has been reversed or, rather, changed so that it now reads, “a good beginning makes a better ending.” , So, it is but to start well, and end Eczema All Her Life. • » Mr. E. D. Jenkins, of Lithonia, Ga. •ays that his daughter, Ida, inherited a severe case of Eczema, which the usnal mercury and potash remedies failed to relieve. Year by year she was treated with various medicines, external appli cations and internal remedies, without result. Her sufferings were intense, and her condition grew steadily worse. All the so-called blood remedies did not seem tc reach the dis ease at all until S. S.S. was given, when an improvement was at once noticed. The medicine was continuecd with fav orable results, and now she is curec sound and well, her skin is perfectly clear and pure anc she has been saved from what threat ened to blight her life forever. * S.S.S. (guaranteed purely vegetable) cures Eczema, Scrofula, Cancer, Rheu matism, or any other blood trouble. It is a real blocd remedy and always cures even after all else fails. A Real Blood Remedy. Take a blood remedy for a blood disease; a tonic won’t cure it. Our books on blood and skin diseases mailed free to any address. Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga. RETROSPECTION. proper better. No doubt Governor Atkinson Wants to go to the United States Senate. There are few politici ans who do not have this aspiration, but there is an amazing difference in the number of those who want to go, and those who do go. «i < ► i! n a 4 > O O D Modern Treatment of Consumption The latest work on the * treatment of diseases, written is by forty eminent American il physicians, says: “Cod-liver * ; \ oil has done more for the con- $ \ J sumptive than all other reme- ^ jj dies put together.” It also jjj | says: “The hypophosphites w D of lime and soda are regarded 41 by many English observers as £ specifics for consumption.” $ it it t _ 4> 41 contains the best cod-liver oil i\ in a partially digested form, \! combined with the Hypophos- \ j phites of Lime and Soda• This j j remedy, a standard for a 4 \ quarter of a century, is in exact accord with the latest views of the medical profession. Be sure you get SCOTT'S Emulsion* All dniggfets; 50c. and $1.00. SCOTT & BOWKE, Chemwts, NeW York. *9*e*mmm*%e ci Scott’s Emulsion PENDERGRASS. Everything is quiet since the Yule-tide passed in Pendergrass. Miss Etta Young, a beautiful young lady of Smyrna, is on an extended visit with the Misses Lory of this place. Several marriages have occur red around us this Christmas, but none have struck our town as yet, but we make no prediction for the coming month. Miss Mary Lee Mahaffey, a charming young lady of Jefferson, spent Christmas week with Miss Lula Appleby. Dr. Z. J. Herrin of Athens, spent ltfst week with home folks here. Mr. Will Summer, one of Gaines ville’s most popular business young men, was on our streets the first of the week. • A number of social entertain ments have occupied the young folks’ evenings during the past two weeks. Mr. Jim Braselton and nephew of Weatherford, Tex., are on a visit to relatives here. Miss Evie Trout of Gainesville, is spending a few days at home this week. \ Miss Mattie Lou Felker, a charming young lady of Monroe, is spending a few days with friends in and around Pendergrass this week. Homer, Alabama, June 2, 1887.— Recently my horse was relieved of a severe case of colic by the use of Dr. Tichenor’s Antiseptic.—T. B. White, Pastor Methodist church. At the dawning of a new year that bears every indication of success, and a reasonably “good time" at least, for the people generally, it will be well perhaps to cast a retrospective vision into the year just numbered with the forever past, and note with accuracy the mistakes and failures made as well as the successes which have come to us. As far as each reader is personally concerned, the writer is unable to tell, but in regard to Gainesville’s citizenry as a whole, much could be .said. The year 1897 has been an eventful year. Our people have been successful in business matters and have enjoyed themselves in a social way. A great deal of business along many lines has been carried on in Gainesville, but the good people have not neglected the moral and social side of-life. Among the most important signs of progress transpiring during the year may be chronicled the completion and dedication of the auditorium building of the Georgia Female Seminary. At a great cost this magnificent structure was erected—a noble monument to the untiring efforts of the associate presi dents of this grand institution of learning for the young ladies, and an ever present reality showing the liberal magninimity of the citizens of the “Queen City.” In this auditorium the eighteenth annual commencement ex ercises were held last June, at which time a large class of young ladies re ceived graduating diplomas. During the summer the first session of the Southern Chautauqua Assembly was held in this hall, a movement that should ever receive the favor and hearty co-operation of all. These ser vices proved a benediction to the entire community. Many new buildings, business houses and residences, have been erected. New firms have been established, and many new people have added their names to the swelling list of Gaines ville’s population. Among other happenings of interest may be mentioned: State Baptist Con vention, 'which met with the First Baptist church; an interesting session of Hall county teachers Institute; excellent additions to the Gainesville public school building; big revival ser vice conducted by Rev. W. P. Fife; an earnest effort to secure a military school for Gainesville;x many improve ments in our manufactories; interesting election for mayor, and three council- men; decision in favor of payiug in full city’s indebtedness. In the county, things have passed off very nicely. Farmers* really have nothing to fret about. While cotton has been sold for less than the proper price, a good crop of corn and other staples has been harvested, and hog and hominy raised in sufficient abun dance. More has be^n done in lifting mortgages and settling old debts than usual. The county commissioners and the good citizens have waged a fierce war on “bad roads,” and active steps have been taken, for their betterment. The county home is in fine condition, and great good has been done in caring for the needy. A charter has been applied for to build an electric road, connecting Gainesville and Dahlonega, but whether the project will be* carried to a successful termination remains to be seen. One thing Hall county people should feel exceedingly grateful over, viz., their escape from epidemics of any description, and for the manifold blessings bestowed upon them. In the state. Georgia has been all right. It is impossible to enumerate all the important events of state. But, ia the hands of tried and true men, the Watts’ Eczema Ointment The new, quick and permanent enre for . 1 Eczema, Tetter, Ringworm, all Parasitic Diseases of the S| Watts' Eizema Ointment Is truly a scientific treatment for all skin diseases. It has been subjected to thorough tests extenj over a period of five years! It has never failed to perfect a permanent cure. Watts’ Eczem Ointment is Odorless; does not Irritate and is Non-Poisonous. • Watts' Eczema Ointment cures when everything else f a n s -PREPARED ONLY BY- THOS.. J. WATTS, Barnesville, Ga SENT BY MAIL ON RECEIPT OF PRICK. For sale in Gainesville by Richards Drne will cause none to record for 1897 be ashamed. In the United States, the year has been marked by the opening of a new administration of government; by comparative political quiet; abundant crops; and a gradual improvement in business* The Dingley Tariff Law was passed by a special session of Congress in March, but the effect has not been what was expected. x No action was taktin in regard to the currency. A treaty providing for the annexation of the island of Hawaii was laid before the present session of Congress in De cember, with the favor of President McKinley. Different state elections in the fall showed a considerable drift against the republicans, with laVge democratic gains. In Greater New York, the Tammany candidate for mayor —VanWyck—was successsful. Among the sadder events of the year’s history may he counted the floods along the Mississippi river; several big labor strikes; epidemic of yellow fever in southern Mississippi and Alabama, the death rate being very small. Remarkable gold discoveries in the Klondike regions have given promise of great gains to those interested. Many have flocked to the rich gold fields in Alaska. In other countries. The war in Cuba has been carried on, the insurgents doing good fighting and holding their own against the Spanish armies well, but have not gained their freedom. They will accept nothing but absolute independence. The relation between the United Slates and the Spanish government has caused more or less anxiety, but Spain made friendly reply to our representations. The an nexation of Cuba to the United States is supposed to be out of the question. A change of ministry hag, been brought about in Spain since the assassination of the prime minister, Canovas, and liberal reforms have been offered Cuba. There have been uprisings in the Phillipine Islands, and Spain has here again been troubled. England has celebrated with great pomp the six tieth anniversary of the accession of Queen Victoria. France has made an alliance with Russia. A revolt in the island of Crete against Turkey moved Greece to take the part of Crete, but the Turks defeated the Greeks, and the great powers had to interfere to stay the cruel hand of the sultan, but onorous terms df peace were imposed on the unfortunate Greeks. In Asia, the great Siberian railway has been built across the continent. India has been visited by a famine and a plague. Crops in foreign countries have not been good. All our crops have been abundant and we have supplied the necessary demands and kept plenty for home consumption beside. —S. P. B. J-U. Vord l : ni rapt*? O n rituruti u >upri\ thr announces, m connection with The Atlanta Weekly 11, a i cm- offer in which everyone may have a chance missing word in This sentence: 1 1* word u f .a,il 1 n r* j umiudl n Uni LUgufi! tn'.en from a well-known publication. The nr one, and it may readily suggest itself. s L! id! i l — i S dr" r ;ST S!J3S0RIB€ FOR ijjG I H jP 1 i t ^ r a < 1 1 1^ IN CONNECTION WITH GEORGIA CRACKER, $1.50 AT THE EXTREMELY LOW PRICE OF In connection with this Clubbing Rate, we will, if you send your mess with the subscription price, forward al! for you and thus i ji A ;■»«£/•/ .'■or UUMi: ‘Jim AT TiiE teiSSiaS WORD FUSS A ’» Oie end or period covered by this contest The Constitution will pay out to ti.e successful party or pat ties the full prize amount that has accrue? in the contest. The plan Is simple and these contests have become so popular and have been conducted with such absolute fairness to ail that tn'-y have been widely copied after, but none have become eaual to The Constitution’s srreat origin'll series ONE YEAR THE CONSTITUTION none have become equal to The J has paid out Big Clearance Sale. The big clearance sale of the J. G. Hynds Manufacturing Company means something to the people of Northeast Georgia who are seeking bargains for the new year. They have cut tfieir prices in twain, and have beffun a sale such as has never before been inaugu rated in Gainesville. In their mag nificent advertisement in The Cracker thev enumerate a few prices which are a revelation to those who have been trading with high price concerns. Go to see the Hynds Company for the next thirty days and you will reap a harvest of bargains. EARLY £6.000 IN CASH! ihcstr missing word contests. It sets aside 10 per cent of thp subscrip tion iund received from subscribers guessing at the missing word and t.iis nn.1 is given to ti.e successful guesser or guessers in the cor.test. The fund rs distributed with absolute fairness, and the fact that The Weekly Consmutidn has MORE THAN 150.000 subscribers and that it puts SfhIa 10 per c. nt from a’! guessers* -nibscriptions for this distribu- t.on tuno shows that the amount to be divided at each interval is large ^nousre to be worth striving for. ft is not a cateh-pennv «• •» dereit- i,‘- r ,oi : , N’t the nan -'s no«n and ^mote nnd Is itMl’TlIIH' the '••»']« l>v tl><- I>osi Office Oepartineiit :«<* m.~rit ,S ,Hken *n naif*ty vault, under <*»!..ml will M r.Mn<ft..e - hmil-* , t * fore a competent committee, which makes the award alter an exatni- In x.ifc of tnese contests there was only one successful guesser. 8V 1 , 0 f^-ived more than $1,000: and in addition to this in one year £5.000 hflfc be. n M stributed among successful guessers. Remember that, whether the missing word is supplied or not. it costs and even though not successful. the guesser gets ng to LE PTAT - I ALL WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS FOR OWE YEAS Ke--p :hnt s n view and send your for your home paper and The guess with your clubbing subscript^ weekly Constitution. Should vou already be a ;ubscriber to your home paper, remit il to this paper for The Weekly Constitution for one year, and it will be forwarded to The Constitution with your ^uess. I lw Constitution guarantees that the amount of the award will not he le^s than .$51H) in cash, and it may be as much as $2,b90- 1 I,l L WI r KKI - Y CONSTITUTION IS THE GREATEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER U* I HE WORLD. It is a TWELVE-PAGE, SEVEN-COLUMNS-'TO-TfUE-PAGE NEWSPAPER, containing EIGHTY-FOUR COLUMNS every week. It has no equai a-> a Weekly Newspaper in America; its news reports cover the world, an'i its correspondents and agents are to he found in almost every bailiwick of the South ern am! Western States AS A 51 * b’AZINE it prints more matter than in ordinarily found in any magaztne in the country •V** AN K!>1 i 'A TO It tl ia asehoViIhouse ip itself; a year'? reading of The Constitution is a liberal elacatw*- 1 ! S *»!’ '•.( .A I. FfcA n if RS commend it especially to every farm home in America. ITS KARR AND FA1H1EKS’ D-1PART3IEN , Its Woman's Department ami Its < hi** nrcn s l.cpnrfinent -ire nil under uhle direction, and are specially attractive to these to wSd® tin .«»• departments are addressed. Tin- Const rutton is l>.-inocrntie ia Politics*, and ii is * hearty advocate of tue principles enunciated in the National Platform of the Parff* T‘fF FOLLOWIHE ABE T IE SpOiTUHS OF THE CONTEST A new corrugated iron building is being erected on the lot just below the office o f tEe Southern Express Company by Judge G. H. Prior and Mr. A. J. Mundy. It will be occupied by F. L. Comer & Co., and Thomas A Clark. 1 en Per Cent of the Guessers’ Subscrip tions goes to the Fund to be divided. In other words if this Subscription Fund amounts to $20,000 for this period then the fund to go to the successful guesser would be $2,000. THE <ONST1TI TION PI TS IO PER CENT of the am unt * receives for subscriptions from parties entering the Missing \\ on! O* t.*st into a fund ror distribution among those who name oorre tc missing word. If only one contestant gets the right word, he or ^ will be given the entire fund. If more than one supplies the mi^?’ word, the same will he proportionate^- divided among the sms’®**® 1 guessers. THE IONDITION PRECEDENT FOR SENDING A f at the Missing Word, is that each and every guess must be panled by a year’s subscription to The Weekly Constitution. 'through the paper publishing this advertisement iu acceptance ci clubbing offer, the guess at the missing word will be forwarded 1 , guess must be sent wi-.h the subscription. Should one person more than one answer, he or she will be entitled to a share of tlK?f“““ for each correct answer. There will be no capital prize-ev?r£*j will get a first prize. Persona may guess as many times as they ie ° u subecriptionB. YOltR ANSWER you need not write the sentence out in fall—Just say the >0**^ Word for the above particular period (designating it) is “ " ADDRESS ALL CLUBBING ORDERS TO— THE GEORGIA CRACKER, nJS'S i f"l siyr-ji V j ( vl %