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Gainesville Merchandise Comp’y
John Redwine can now ba found
in the Hudson House, next door
to postoffice- on Washington
Street, with the most
COMPLETE LINE OF FURNITURE C
Ever in this section* consisting of. Chamber Suits*
Hall Racks* Sideboards, Wardrobes,_ China Clos
ets, Book-cases, Writing Desks, Folding Beds, La
dies Desks, Sewing Machines, Organs, etc. Iron
Mrs. Sarah Gantrell Dead.
Mrs. Sarah A, Cantrell died at her
home near Liberty church in Wilson’s
district, Monday night at 7 o'clock* of
dropsy. She was 78 years old and was
well known and esteemed. Several
children are left to mourn her death.
Her funeral occurred at "Flat creek
church Wednesday and was conducted
by Rev. J. M. Phillips.
Mrs. Sheridan’s Recital.
The recital of Mrs. Sarah McDonald
Sheridan occurred at the Seminary
Thursday evening 1 nnder the auspices-
of the Gamcasville Womans dub. A.
large audience was present and the
noted singer was given a most cordial
SYMPOSIUM.
1. Tell' something of Beethoven’s boy
hood.
2. Describe-his life in Vienna.
3. What of his great affliction and its
bearing on his music?
4. Sketch his last days,
5. Characterize Beethoven. .
. 6.. Give an estimate of his work and
of his influence on the progress of
music.
reception. The program was 'replete
with choice selections sfnd each num
ber was enjoyed. The Woman’s Club,
after paying all expenses, had a few
dollars left in the treasury from the
VOLUME X.
GAINESVILLE,
, APRIL 39. 1899.
electric railway.
mR . d. E. EVANS NOW IS AT
WORK ON NEW ENTER
PRISE.
Wants Gainesville to Subscribe
$30.000—Says New York Cap
italists Will Put in $100,000
Plant at Chattahoochee
River.
A New Opera
Mr. J. H. Hunt has not
the idea of remodeling the
opera house. The roof of
ing will be raised several feet
walls run up higher. When
done very likely Mr. Hunt will remodel
the opera house and make it a credit to
the town. This work will be
July.
The old talk of an electric railroad
for Gainesville lias been revived in the
last week and this time Mr. D. E. Evans
is behind it. At a meeting held at the
court house last Friday night he set
forth what he proposed to do and wliat
he wanted the people of Gainesville to
do. " _
In a nutshell, Mr. Evans plan is
about as follows: He wants to raise $30,-
000 in Gainesville to build a dam across
the Chattahoochee river at the Dunlap
property.' He says if the people of this
city will raise this amount and become
stockholders in a company to be organ
ized, a New York capitalist will put in
a 8100,000 plant at the river, and an
electric line will be run from the
Southern depot through town to Dr.
Bailey’s corner, from this point to the
Seminary corner, up Race street, down
Candler street to Green street, thence
to Lhe Bailey corner, forming a circuit;
and from Candler’s corner to the Chat
tahoochee river.
At the plant at the river there will be
enough power generated to run all the
factories and plants in the city, and to
furnish enough incandescent lights to
thoroughly light the town. From these
sources Mr. Evans claims there Will
arise sufficient revenue to pay the ex
penses of the plant, and also to bring
i n large dividends to the stockholders.
Mr. Evans is now at work on the en
terprise and hopes to get enouglL stock
subscribed to get the thing on foot.
The stock is placed at $100 per share,
and ten per cent of this is to be paid
when the work begins and 10 per cent
as the work progresses. He states that
as soon as the $30,000 is raised the New
York capitalist is ready to begin work.
Mr, Evans is very enthusiastic over
the scheme and sees, great things in it
for Gainesville. He says that' such an
enterprise will make the town grow
and prosper as never before. He says
many factories will come here when
they find out they can get power so
cheap, and can operate their plants at
such little cost. He proposes .to give
several sites to various ^manufacturing
enterprises if the line is built.
The line for the railroad has been
surveyed several times heretofore when
the matter was .under discussion. One
of them js via the Gower Springs prop
erty, and the other via General Long-
street’s home place. Mr. Evans favors
the Longstreet route and will run it
that way if he succeeds in getting- the
thing going.
Eventually, if the road is built 3 Mr.
Evans*says that a hotel will be bujjt at
the riyer and attractions will be offered
the people to go there. Among other
things will be ; electric launches and
boats on the river and everything that
will be attractive to the people. He
feels satisfied that all these things will
pay.
Mr. Evans has already sold the. iron
rails of his horse car line and states
that the road is to be built if he can
get hold of enough money to push it
through. He is intensely in
earnest
and no one who converses with him
can doubt his enthusiasm. He certainly
has great faith in the enterprise.
Adjourned Term.
An adjourned term of Hall Superior
Court will be held next week beginning
Monday. A number of cases will be
tried, among, them Thomas Chapman,
charged with burning Quillian *& Mead
ows’ ,barn in February, 1898. He has
already been tried twice, mistrials re
sulting both times, Judge J. B. Estes
will preside and Solicitor W A... Char
ters will be on hand to look after
state’s interests.
5015 INHABITANTS.
of
Census Just Taken Shov
of 338 the Past Year.
5015.—That is the population
Gainesville today.
Census Enumerator Robert Cochran
finished taking the census of the city
Thursday and his report to the council
shows that there are 5,015 residents of
Gainesville.
The completion of Mr. Cochran’s
work shows that there are 338 more
people in Gainesville now than were
here one year ago. The census taken
by Mr. Cochran last April showed a to
tal population of 4,677, while this year
it is 5,015.
The census by wards is as follows:
First ward, 1,550; Second ward, l,955i
Third ward, 1,710. It will be seen
from the above figures that there are
more people in the second ward than
in either of the other wards.
The census shows that Gaihesville is
growing. 338 people have come into
the city within the past year, and that
is a pretty good record. With this-in-
crease every year it will not be a great
while before Gainesville will be a big
city.
There«is no boom about Gainesville—
it is just a steady, healthy growth.
Each year enterprises of various kinds
are added, and the volume of business
*
increases proportionately. It is the
best town hi the state, and there are
still greater things in store for the
Queen City of the Mountains.
Literary Section, Woman’s Club.
The literary section will entertain
the Woman’s Club of Gainesville on
next Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock in
the Seminary parlors. The chairman
of this section, Mrs. E. E. Dixon, is one
of Gainesville’s brainiest women, and
with her tact and enthusiasm she has
caused great interest to exist in this
section^ Quite an interesting program
has been arranged for next Tuesday
afternoon. Miss Merritt’s original
poem, recitations of rare merit and a
duet hv Misses Wheeler and Dunlap,
may be mentioned. Everybody who is
interested in the Woman’s Club is
invited.
Musical Section, Woman’s Club,
Will meet in the studio of Mrs. Coch
rane, Thursday afternoon, May 4th,
3:30 o’clock.
' Subject—Beethoven.
i. Biographical Sketch—Mrs. J oe
Hynds.
II. Story of “Moonlight Sonata”—Miss
Winbnrne.
III. Piano Solo, “Moonlight Sonata,”
—Miss Mattie White.
IV. Beethoven’s Compositions— Mrs.
Irvine.
V. Piano Solo,-“Farewell to the Piano
Forte,” (last composition.)—Miss
Marion Chambers.
VI. Recitation—Miss Nellie White.
VI. Piano Solo, “Fur Elose,”— Miss
Virginia Moreno.
VIII. Analysis of ‘^Sonata Pathetiqae”
—Miss Lyon.
IY. Piano Solo, “Sonata Pathetique,”
—Miss Maude Yarborough.
23.—(Special)—
murderer of Al-
the assailant of
Cranford’s wife, was burned at the
stake one mile and a quarter from this
place this afternoon at 2:30 o’clock.
Fully 2,000 people surrounded the
small sapling to which he was fastened
and watched the flames eat away his
flesh, saw his body mutilated by knives
and witnessed the contortions of his
body in his extreme agony.
Such suffering has seldom been wit
nessed, and through it all the negro ut
tered hardly a cry. During the contor
tions of his body several blood vessels
bursted. ,
For sickening sights, harrowing de
tails and bloodcurdling incidents, the
burning of Hose is unsurpassed by any
occurrence of a like kind ever heard of
in the history of this State.
A few smouldering ashes scattered
about the place, a blackened stake, are
all that is left to tell the- story. Not
even the bones of the negro were^Left
in peace, but were eagtfrly snatched by
a crowd of people drawn here from all
directions, who almost fought over the
burning body of the man, carving it
with their knives and seeking souve
nirs of the occurrence.
Self confessed and and almost defiant
without a plea for mercy and no expec
tation of it, Hose went to the stake
with as much courage as any one could
possibly have possessed on such an oc
casion .and the only murmur that is
sued from his lips was when angry
knives plunged inter his flesh and his
life’s blood sizzled in the fire before his
eyes. _
One of the strangest features of the
entire affair is the part played in the
execution by a Northern man. This
man, whose name would not be divul
ged by those who knew him, announced
that he was from the North, while he
calmly saturated Hose’s clothing with
kerosene oil.
• I --
Sam Hose was captured at Marshall-
ville Saturday night at 9 o’clock by
Messers. J. B. and J. L. J ones. .He had
been in hiding at the home of his
mother since the Friday after his
crime. When found his face was black
ened with soot in an attempt at dis
guise.
Palmetto, • Ga., April 24.—Lige
Strickland, who was implicated as a
conspirator in the Cranford Tragedy
by the confession of Sam Hose, was
caught last night near Palmetto, car
ried within a mile of the town and
lynched by a large posse of men. The
negro’s body is*still hanging at this
hour, bearing a placard:
“We Must Protect Our Southern Wo
men.”
Graduating Recital.
\
The recital of Misses Alma Boring
Belle Bloodworth, applicants for
_raduation, occurred at the auditorium
last Tuesday evening. They are pu-
Miss Lelia Wheeler, teacher of
voice, and acquitted themselves credit
ably. Their vocal selections reflected
credit uppn themselves and upon their
teacher. The recital was enjoyed by
all those present. After the program
had been completed Dr. J. L. M. Curry,
a distinguished educator and agent of
the Peabody fund, made a short speech
which was thoroughly enjoyed. He is
deejply interested in education and his
remarks were in behalf of his cherished
idea.
Col. W. P. Price o± Dahlonega was
in the city yesterday: ,
No Memorial Exercises. *
No memorial exercises were held here
Wednesday, Decoration Day. The
Daughters of ths Codfederacy, who had
the matter in charge, decided it would
not be best to try to have the exercises
and the day was allowed to go by un-
obseryed. Appropriate exercises were
held at nearly every other 'town in
the state.
To Picnic.
Stephenson Lodge, No. 26, Knights
of Pythias, will .have their annual pic
nic at an early date. Committees are
now at work, and at the meeting Mon
day night will report on the time and
place. It is very likely that the picnic
will be held near the city, probably at
some good place qn the Chattahoochee
river. -
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