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1 n w m 1 M VOLUME X. GAINESVILLE, GA„ SATURDAY, MA.Y 28. 1898 NUMBER 5 WEDDING PRESENTS In Cut Glass. Solid Silver Fancy Goods, i We send goods on selection. .Write to us before you buy. We also engrave wedding invitations : and visiting cards. Send for our sam- i pies. J. P. Stevens & Pro., 9 W. Ala- 1 barua street. Atlanta. Ga. WARM LETTER. r. pirmrfhi j no Thompson Attacks Some of Tate’s Underhand Methods. The features of cur business are correct styles and good values, and this is proven by the crowds which throng our store from day to day. Don’t Miss our Special. Spring Sales! NEW SHOES.—All shapes and shies. Our hew Hats for men and boys are beauties. SPRING CLOTHING—For men, boys and children—the styles and prices are both right. OUR GREAT Wash Goods Department a pronounced success. NEW IMPORTED Dress Patterns and all the latest Trimmings match. IMMENSE LINES of Laces, Embroideries and Ribbons. to Come and see them, scribe them. "We can show them better than we can de- R. E. ANDOE & CO., 14 Main St. ’Phone 9, The Prettiest and the Best THE LATEST STYLES IN DESIGNS IN HATS. THE GOODS. LATEST Everything New and Up-to-Date, All Work of the Most Artistic. MRS. J. E. JACKSON. Agency Crescent and Sterling Bicycles. * 0 rid a ® e , D ^ tk 0 famous Waverley Bicycles, the best wheel in the 1. for the money. lc >Tle sundries. All kinds of Repair and Rent Wheels. Cheap and second-hand wheels. WILL SUMMER. Gainksviulk, Ga., April 27, 1898, Hon. F. C. Tate, Washington, D. C.: Dear Sir: I had hoped that during our canvass for the Democratic nomina tion honorable means only, would In- employed. but froth the following letter you have sent out to people in White county, which is only one of many which you have circulated, I am con vinced that my dream has been dis pelled’ House of Representatives, U. S., Washington, D. C., April 8, 1S9S—Mr. ', Parks, Ga. (.Personal)—Dear Friend: I bad hoped to be at your court next week, but with war staring this country in the face I cannot leave ray post of duty for the purpose of advanc ing my r own political interest; there-’ fore tied down here as I am, I must rely upon you and my other friends to take care of lpy interests. I have at all times kept my promises and endeavored honestly and faithfully to discharge ray duty, and I am sure that you will agree with me that no fair or truthful man will assert that I have not done so. Every scheme and plan known to the slick politician will be resorted to for the purpose of prejudicing the people against me. As I can’t be present, 1 ask that you look after my interest and see to it that I am not misrepresented. 1 understand that Air. Thompson claims I that lie has done roe great service in J my. political campaigns. This is un true, as eyer-v Democrat in the district, is aware. You know he never made a Democratic speech or helped the Demo crats in any campaign in your county. I do not suppose you can find a voter in your county that Mr. Thompson ever asked, either private or on the stump, to vote for me or any other Democrat, and how he can. so fur forget the truth as to stand up in the very face of men like you who have worked for me and claim the credit for what you and my other friends have done for me I can’t understand. In reply to Mr, Thomosoti’s attacks on me, I desire to say, that there is nothing which he.now says against me that he did not know at the time when he claims that he alone elected me— the only difference being, at that time he was not himself a candidate for Con gress; therefore his own criticisms of me show that he either deceiyed and misled the people by not telling them what he knew against me when he was not a candidate, or there is no truth in what he says about me now, and be can take his choice of positions and by J either he condemns himself. Mr. Thompson should at least be j truthful and fair. I have done more j for him and his brother-in-law, Sain Dunlap, as you are aware, than for any other two men in the district, and they seem to appreciate it less. Hoping to hear from you soon, and assuring you of my appreciation of your lo^rnl friendship, I am, Your friend, F. C. Tate. 1st. You claim “that with war star ing this country in the face you could not leave your post of duty,” etc, yet on the 17th of March, last, the day before the committee met in Atlanta to ar range for a joint discussion between us, you were on hand “to advance your political interest” and advise your friends on the committee, and again when the executive committee of this district met here on the 22d instant for the purpose of calling a convention to nominate a candidate for Congress and arrange the preliminaries therefor, you left your “post of duty,” although war was actually cm.and is now officially de clared to have begun on the 21st. "to advance your political interest,” and were on hand to advise with your friends for that purpose. You say “that every scheme and plan known to the slick politician wiil be re sorted to for the purpose prejudicing the people against” you. The whole context of the letter shows that this charge Is intended for me. I defy you to produce a single letter that I have written, personal or otherwise, that will in any way prove this assertion. . In my speeches before the committee J. G. Hy nds Mfg. Co SPECIAL, SALE OF Ladies’ Shirt Waists. There is nothing but high-class Garments here. The celebrated “Stanley” Waist, made by V. Henry Rothschild, is known to almost every lady in the land. Wo think it as much our duty to price our goods fairly as to be fair in quality and reliable dealings. We are not speculating— price is a matter of computation from fixed facts. That is why you can get such Garments as these at such prices. You would gladly pay more in many cases if you were asked to do so. 50 CENTS Gets choice of a large assortment of colorings in regular DOLLAR quality, made of-fine Organdies and Lawns. 75 CENTS Gets choice of a handsomer line of the $1.25 quality made of fine madras and organdie. If you will examine them you will appre ciate them. SPECIAL, SALE OF Men’s Shirts, Collars and Culls. When the season has just begun and buying is at its height, it may seem unwise to lower prices. Now, if ever* is the time for profit. We, however, prefer to maintain our motto, “Quick Sales,” and in order to close out quickly the remainder of our exceedingly heavy' early’ pur chase of Shirts, we offer AT 50 CENTS About 50 dozen Negligee attached Collars and Cuffs; large assortment colors; fine Percales, worth $1.00 everywhere. About 50 dozen soft bosom, white neck and cuff band, handsomest line of patterns in the State, and not to be had anywhere for less than $1. DON’T FORGET We handle exclusively the celebrated Eugene Peyser’s Cuffs, 4-ply all linen, 20c; Collars, 4-ply all linen 10c. J. G. Hynds Manufacturing Co., Retail Department, corner building, Main and Broad Streets, Gainesville Georgia, failed to arrange a joint discussion be tween us, I neyer uttered y r our name, and since that time I have assaulted you only in the open, and if I have done you an injustice I hope you will meet me face to face in the three discussions arranged by the Democratic executive committee of Habersham county and prove it. Don’t now stab me in the back under the guise of personal letters. If I cannot prove all 1 have char ged against you when in your presence I will take pleasure in withdrawing them 3d. Ypu say further, “I understand Mr. Thompson claims that he has done me great seryice in my political cam paigns; this is untrue as every Demo crat in the district is aware.” Had you the proper appreciation of truth and that, gratitude due a loy’al friend you would not have written this. Tou know, and so do the records show, that I have been a member of t he Congress ional campaign committee of this dis trict and did all I could in your behalf and in the last campaign in the conven tion in this county' I tried to have dele gates instructed for you by that meet ing, notwithstanding the executive committee of the county had named a later date for the selection of delegates to the Congressional convention, I did this for you in spite of the following letter from you: Washington, June 3, 1896. Dear Howard: I have done as you suggested in reference to White and Lumpkin. We can carry both of these county. Look out for delegates to the Stgte convention and see to it that our friends are selected as delegates to the convention. I don't see how you can select a regular delegation from your county on Saturday unless it is author ized by your executive committee. The trouble is the delegates to the county' convention were not selected for this purpose, or in the original call there was no authority given the county con vention to select delegates to the congressional convention. We have got them beat; don't give them any just ground to kick. Your friend. F. C. Tate. I was actively aiding you in every county in this judicial circuit in your last canvass, and you aud thousands of other Democrats of the district know this to be true. You came to my house the Sunday before the executive GAINESVILLE IRON WORKS, FOUNBERS AND MACHINISTS. SHAFTING, PULLEYS, HANGERS, . WROUGHT IRON PIPE AND FITTINGS. SAW MILLS, STAMP MILLS, CANE MILLS, SAW MILL SUPPLIES, ENGINE and BOILER SUPPLIES. SHOES, DIES, CAMS, TAPPETS, SCREWS. All manner of Iron and Brass Casting for general machinery, engine and boiler repairs. A full line iron and brass steam fittings. Kindly permit us to make you before you buy. prices on anything in our line Office and Shops on Main street at Southern R. R. Depot. committee of this district met, with S. C. Dunlap, who held the proxy of Oliver Wyly of Towns county', who is your cousin, and earnestly begged me not to go to White Superior court, which met Monday morning thereafter, but re main in Gainesville to be present at the meeting of the committee, and to aid yxra in devising way’s and means to de feat Col. Perry. After full conference it was agreed that I should go to White court, as I could be of more service there than at Gainesville, and I w'ent and Dunlap remained, met with the ex ecutive committee and aided you in eyery way in his pow'er. In your other two campaigns I was equally as active for you. 4th. The charge that I never asked a voter to vote for y'ou or any 01 her Democrat, etc is equally as barren >f truth. 3th. The charges I now make against, you were. I confess, unknown to me in y our previous canvasses, and the fact that y r ou now' fail to speak of them, so the people may know' what they' are, shows that you think they cannot be satisfactorily explained to an exacting public, and if they' could your friends on the joint committee to arrange for our canvass would have been glad to have you meet me. 6th. Again you say, “Mr. Thompson should at least be truthfjil and fair. I have done more for him and his broth er-in-law, Sam Dunlap, than for any two men in the district,” etc. In the face of the record, you again deceive yourself. You know that the first time I ran for solicitor-general of this cir cuit, in 1882, you were a member of the legislature and promised to vote for me, and had you kept your word 1 w'ould have been elected, as I was only defeat ed by one vote, and your vote for me would have changed the result. In 1886 I was again a candidate for the same office and you voted against me but I was elected. In my last election, at my request you v/ere neutral. These are the only raees I ever made w'hen I had opposition. Now in what w'ay have you ever helped me ? On the question of gratitude and ver acity I let the record speak for itself, and upon it I am willing to stand or fall. I am not engaged in the building of my political fortunes and stabbing an opponent in the back under the guise of personal letters at the expense of the truth. Very truly yours. How \ Thompson. Recital Of Misses Miller, Reed, and Jackson. The recital of Misses Miller, Reed ane Jackson occurred at fr^e auditorium Tuesday evening. A y ry large crowd was present and greatly enjoyed the interesting pvogram. The young la dies are among the brightest pupils of the department of elocution, and they, acquitted themselves nicely.