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PEACE TREATY RATIFIED.
Washington, Feb. 6.—The treaty
of peace negotiated between the
commissioners of, the United
States and Spain at Paris was to
day ratified by the United States
senate, the vote being 57 ayes and
27 nays, or one vote; more than
the two-thirds majority necessary
to secure senatorial concurrence
in a treaty document.
The vote was taken in executive
session, and until the injunction
of secrecy was removed the result
was supposed to be private, but
the vice-president had no more
than announced the figures before
senators rushed out of every door
leading from the senate chamber
declaring that the treaty had
been ratified. Some made the
mistake of stating that there were
three votes to spare. There was
in fact only one vote more than
necessary.
No vote had been taken in
the- senate since that on the re
peal of the purchasing clause of
the Sherman law that lias been
followed with as close interest as
was the vote of today. This
anxiety was due not only to the
magnitude of the question at issue,
but to the uncertainty which
attended the matter up to the last
moment.
SHI
PENDLETON AT THE HELM.
Col. C. R. Pendleton has pur
chased a controlling interest m
the Macon Telegraph, and is now
its editor and business manager.
He is an able editorial writer anc
the Telegraph, which has had the
benefit of his influence for two
years, will become a greater power
in the state, and will again oc
cupy the sphere of usefulness it
held in the days of Lamar and
Edwards.
HALT, SUPERIOR COURT.
Hall Superior court adjourned
last week. In looking over the
general presentments we find that
the Grand Jury recommended that
the General Presentments be
published in the Ragle and the
Cracker at the regular rates. The
press of the state can heartily
commend the action of the Grand
Jury on this particular point.
Banks County Journal.
Filippinos and Americans at War.
Dispatches received at the war
department at Washington from
Manilla state that the first battle
between the United States troops
and the Philippine insurgents be
gan Sunday evening at the out
posts around Manila, caused by
the firing, of a Nebraska sentry at
Santa Mesa upon Filipinos, who
were deliberately crossing the line
after repeated warnings, the evi
dent purpose of, drawing our fire.
The first shot from the American
sentry was evidently accepted as a
prearranged signal, for imme
diately the Filipinos began a ter
rific fusilade along the entire line.
The Americans returned the fire,
and the battle was kept up through
the night. Dewey brought his war
ships m to play and a fearful de
struction was the result. The
American soldiers fought bravely
and drove the insurgents back ten
miles. Careful estimates place
the Filipino losses at *2,000 dead,
3,000 wounded, and 5,000 taken
^prisoners. The Americans had
about 54 killed and 125 wounded.
A Record of Ten Years.
Gainesvile and Hall county are making great strides forward!
One who has not watched closely the progress of the town and
county may be somewhat astounded when he investigates and finds
the rapid increase in wealth and population. *
Gainesville of today and Gainesyiile of ten years ago are vastly
different/ Where then only a few small enterprises strived to main
tain existence, today is seen prosperous business concerns working
scores of people and turning out thousands of dollars "worth of goods
annually. -
Hall county ten years ago lacks much in being Hal! county of
“today. The increase in population and wealth, and the progress made
in educational and other lines ranks Hall with the foremost counties
of the Empire State. ;
The people of - the town and county are thrifty, and know not
what it is to be idle. They have U mission to perform, and right no
bly are their duties done. Progress is their watchword, and 4hose who
know the truth realize that it does not adorn the masthead in vain.
Progress means something, and Hall county citizens have exemplified
its meaning.
We have endeavored to get at some figures which would show tfie
true growth of the city and county, and many of them are presented
herewith. * *
We first take the post office of the city, which gives an insight to
what is done here, and find that in 1888 the postal receipts for the
year .were $4,592.55. In 1898, ten years later, the receipts were
$6,282.28. The number of square feet occupied by the post office in
1888, was 1,152, but when the new office is finished next week the
number of square feet used will be 2,418—an increase of 1,266 square
feet. There are twenty-two receivings and disebafgings of mail daily
from and to railway trains, and seven from and to star'routes. No
one doubts that in ten yearp time the office will need 4,000 square feet
to handle the mails here. < *
The population of the city in 1§88 was 3202, and in 1898 it was
4,677. This is confined strictly to the corporate limits and 4 ddes not
take in the heavy population immediately surrounding the city.
The taxable property within the. city in 1888 was $1,660,000, and
in 1898 it was $2,060,000. This, as in the case of the population, is
confined strictly to the corporate limits, and does not include the
vast amount of property just outside the city. As will be seen by
the above figures the taxable property has increased m ten years
about half a million dollars. The addition of the property immedi
ately surrounding the city would make the sum at least three fourths
of a million dollars increase.
•The number of registered voters in the city in 1890 numbered
470, and in 1898 numbered 645. In the next few years there will be
even a greater increase.
One item which bears special significance upofl the progress of the
city is that of the growth of the educational fund. In 1888 the
public school fund of the city was only $910.52, and m 1898 it
amounted to $2,658.39, an increase of $1*747.87. This shows our peo
ple are standing loyally by education, And will continue to advance
in this line. , ,
' Perhaps one of the best indications of the growth of the city com
mercially is found in the amount of capital engaged in banking in
the city ten years ago, and what is at work through this channel now.
There were only two private banking houses in the city in 1888 with a
capital aggregating only $50,000. Now there are two incorporated
banks in the city, one a National and the other a State bank, and
a private bank, the three haying a capital amounting in the aggre
gate to $213,000. This is a splendid indication that Gainesville is
forging ahead. -
The manufacturing enterprises of a city always help it, and in
these factories Gainesville has a great support. In 1888 there was
only one poorly equipped cotton factory here, employing only a
small force of hands. In 1898 there was a well equipped cotton yarn
factory with fine buildings, covering about four acres, running all the
time and employing about one hundred hands.
In 188& the shoe factories here were in their infancy and em
ployed only about forty hands, producing only about 150 pairs of
shoes per day.* Ten years later, in 1898, there was but one factory
here, the J. G. Hynds Manufacturing Company, but it employs 160
hands, is equipped with all the latest labor saving machinery, and
produces 1,000 pairs of shoes per day. The factory occupies a three
story brick building, 120 by 160 feet, and the products are sold
throughout the country, the business amounting to thousands of dol
lars annually. • ' ,
There was no saddle, harness or collar factory here in 1888, but
now. there is one, that of Mr. H. J. Brandon, employing about forty
hands, with a big output, the product being sold all over the country.
In 1888 there were two small tanneries working only a few hands,
while in 1898 they worked seventy-five hands, turning out an im
mense amount of leather.
In 1888 there was one small planing mill working only a few
hands, and in 1898 there were two large planing mills and factories,
and two furniture factories, employing in all fifty hands, the pay
rolls aggregating a large sum.
There were two small wagon factories here in 1888 employing ten
or twelve hands, and in 1898 there wpre two large brick carriage and
wagon factories giving employment to perhaps fifty hands, and sell
ing their vehicles over a number of southern states.
In 1888 there were no wholesale houses in the city, but in 1898 there
were five or more, representing half a million dollars, with traveling
men all over this and adjoining states.
The taxable property of Hall county in 1888 was $3,290,615, and
in 1898 it amounted to $3,602,594. However, if the real value of the
taxable property could be gotten at it would far exceed the abc,^
amount.
The public school fund of the county was, in 1888, $6,164, h„ t
last year it had crawled up to $17,850—an increase of $11,689,7^
This is certainly a good showing for Hall county educationally.
One cause which has somewhat retarded the growth of tbeeit*
commercially for the past several years has recently been remove^
viz: five toll bridges on different roads leading to the city. TfcJ
county commissioners have purchased these bridges and opened the^j
frefe to the public. This act will prove a great benefit td the city
to the people all over the county who for years have* had to pay t 0 |
over these bridges. -
In keeping with the growth in every branch of industry the city
has its system of water works, bringing water as pure and cleargj
crystal from a spring three miles distant, has an up-to-date
light systezb, extending out all the leading streets; has a telephou^
system, and better than all, a citizenship that cannot be surpass^
by any city in the* world.
There are'many more facts and figures which would show rapid]
development of the city and county, but the above show unquestiou.
ably that Gainesville and Hall county have made great strides f or .
ward during the last ten years; and that they are destined to grow
more rapidly and surely is not doubted by any who know her peop! ft
and the vast resources lying so abundantly within their reach.
ItwMnstein’s Disillusion*.
The posthumous “Souvenirs’ 5 of R$
binstein in the Vom Fels zum Md**
contain some of the disillusions of^jt
great musician. Rubinstein alludes *1
a concert organized by Pasdeloup, whic#
he conducted in Paris, the program
consisting mainly of his own com;
tiona It was held at the Cirque,
some 4,t)00 people were present
Throughout Rubinstein was possessed
with the conviction that the attention
of the ehtire world was directed exclu
sively upon him. On reaching his hotel
Rubinstein was met by an old friend,
who expressed the greatest .surprise at
seeing him. “What!” exclaimed the
friend, “you in Paris! When did you
arrive? One never Ijears a word about
you nowadays. Are you thinking o!
giving any concerts in Paris?” Rubin
stein was so much taken aback that he
was speechless.
“The spectacle of General Go-^
mez and Mr.. McKinley singing
‘Comrades,’ ” says the Macon Tele
graph, “would be worth going
miles to see.” ; A
A Healthy Man
Until the Crip Broke Down His
H ealth — Hood's Sarsaparilla
Cave Him Appetite and Sleep,
“ Up to the time when I had the grip j
Was a strong, healthy man. After that I
had no appetite and was not able to
rest well at night. I decided to try
Hood’s Sarsaparilla and purchased a sup.
ply. It has dene me a vast amount of
good, I have a good appetite and can
sleep well.” Joseph M. Wabdia^
Rome, Georgia.
“I have found Hood’s Sarsaparilla in
valuable for purifying the blood and loss
of appetite. If cures all eruptions and
makes me feel better in every way.”
J. A. Croud, Brunswick, Georgia.
Wonderful cures of Scrofula, Salt
Rheum, Ulcers, Sores, Dyspepsia, and
other diseases, prove the great curative,
blood purifying and enriching powers of
Sarsa
parilla
The best—in fact the One True Blood Purifier.
Insist upon Hood’s ; take no substitute.
Hood’s
Hnnd’s Pilk CTjre Hver mi
IlOOU S rlUS take,easytooperata25c.
Mrs. Vanderbilt Cross has been $ued
for $40,000 damftges by a waitress, who
alleges that Mrs. Cross, on account, of j
excessive alcoholic indulgence, gave her
orders which resulted in her falling
down an. elevator shaft and receiving
severe in juries.
A Famous Apple Tree.
The American Gultivator says that
the original greening apple tree is still
standing on the farm of Solomon
Drowne* at Mount Hygeia in North
Foster, R. L The tree was a very old
one when the farm was sold in 1801.
The seller informed the purchaser that
it was a pity the old. tree was going
into decay, as it produced the best fruit
of any tree in the orchard. The pur
chaser determined to see how long he
could keep it alive, and it still survives,
after almost another century has been
added to -its venerable years. But it
8$lows signs of final decay, and the par
ent of all the famous Rhode Island
greenings, which has set its grafts on
the orchards of almost all the world,
will soon be but a neighborhood memo
ry. It is doubtful if there is a more fa
mous apple tree to be found in all Po
mona’s groves from end to end of ths
Hall Sheriff Sales.
GEORGIA—Hall County,
Will be sold before the court house
door, in the city of Gainesville, Hall
connty, Ga., within the legal hours of
sale, at public outcry, to the highest
bidder, on the first Tuesday in March,
1899, the following described propertv.
to wit: ** ’
A tract of 375 acres of land, more or
less, lying on Ader’s creek, in Bark
Camp district, Hall county, Ga., about
8 miles west of Gainesville, being the
north half of lot No. 81—125 acres, and
the whoie of lot No. 82—250 acres,
both lots lying in the 10th land district
of Hall connty; and bounded north bv
lands of Berry Couch and S. C. Dunlap-
east by lands of the estate of the late
Freabtephensj south by lands of Joab
Whitley, and west by lands of Obe
armer, known as the farm whereon
John Law now resides. Being the
same land which was conveyed by John
f ja 1 ^ r Q t / th T e Plaintiff by deed dated Dec.
o, 1896. Levied on as the property of
Law under and to satisfy a fi fa
from Hail Superior court in favor of
the British and American Mortgage
Co., Limited, against John Law. Deed
of reconveyance having been first filed
and recorded and notice hereof given
John Law as by statutepro-
vided. Jan. 30, 1899. P
The Columbia State thinks that
the name should be' changed from
the peace treaty to war .treaty. It
brings us bloodier war than it
ends.
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Hangs On i
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I You need something!
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A. J. MUNDY, Sheriff.
I up the body.
1 SCOTT’S
| EMULSION
| will do this when everything j
I else fails. There is no doubt |
about it. It nourishes, j
strengthens, ' builds up and:
makes the body strong and j
healthy, not only to throw j
off this hard cough, but to I
f fortify the system against;
I further attacks. If you are |
| run down or emaciated you I
| should certainly take this *
j nourishing food medicine.
i 5°c. and $1.00, ail druggists. . f
SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, New YorfcJ
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