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High Priced Mine.
The famous Asbestos mine at Salt
Mountain, in White county, has been
sold for $200,000 to Bancroft & Kenney,
mining 1 engineers ofLondon. The sale
on the basis of $200,000 . is the greatest
amount ever paid for a mine in the
state of Georgia, not excepting, some
of the gold mines m the northern^ part
of the state.
Mr. William !>. Martin.
Mr. William D. Martin died at his
home near Gillsville Tuesday night at
12 O’clock of pneumonia. He was
about fifty years old and had many
friends in the section in which he
lived. The funeral services were held
at Timber Ridge Thursday at 10 o’clock-
A. M., and the, remains were interred
in the church cemetery.
Veterans Met.
Longstreet camp, No. 973, Confeder
ate veterans, met in the court house
Tuesday at noon, and elected dele
gates to the annual re-union at Charles
ton the 10th instant. Those elected
were Messrs T* P. Hudson, David R.
Johnson, and H. W. T. Gaines. An
other meeting of the veterans will be
held this afternoon at 3 o’clock to
which all veterans are earnestly re
quested to attend. Business of im
portance will come up and all veterans
are wanted present to take part in the
discussions. Probably in July a grand
rally Or re-union will be held and a
good time had by the veterans. No
plans have as yet been perfected but
the matter will be decided by that
time. New officers will also be elect
ed at that time for the ensuing yecr.
Successful Enterprise
Merit.
from tty*? East
SASH, DOORS AND FURNITURE
EVERYTHING KEPT IN A WELL REGULATED GENERAL.
STORE! -
OUR GOODS AND OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT !
We invite your careful inspection.
Gainesville MercliepcJiseGornp’y,
Successors to Hynds Mfg. Co*
FULLER & NEWMAN, Managers.
Union Meeting.
A union meeting of the churches of
the Chatahoochee association was held
in Gainesvillle Friday and Saturday of
last week and a most excellent time
was had by those present. Some good
work was done by the delegates pres
ent and all enjoyed the meeting with
the First Baptist Church. The church
es of the association -take great inter
est in these general meetings. Rev.
J. A. Bell was appointed to preach at
the First Baptist church last Sunday
morning and h entertained the con
gregation with a splendid sermon.
Had to Pay Tax.
The city council has decided that
the Georgia Female Seminary will
haye to pay city taxes. A number of
the councilmen wanted to exempt it
because it was an educational institu
tion, but they could see no way out of
it under the law.
Public Sales.
Not a great deal of property was sold
Tuesday, though there was a good
crowd in town and bidding was lively.
Thirty-five acres of land in Polksville
and Quillian’s districts, sold as the
property, of the estate of Mrs. H. Y.
Karr, deceased, was bought by Judge
W. N. Dyer for $85.
Sixty acres of land in the Ninth dis
trict was sold as the property of W. T.
Kirby and was bought by Mr. I. K.
Carter for $80. <
Judge G. H. Prior bid in the house
and lot of land in this city sold as the
property of Thomas H. Jackson, for
$101. V -
Mr. N. C. White bought the lot and
dwelling house on Grove and Hig^
John Redwine can now be found
in the'Huelson House, next door
to postoffice on .Washington
Street, with the most
streets.f belonging to Mrs. D. W. ^Win-
burn, for $240., „ \ .'C
Lot* No. 4 of the Merck property in
the Ninth district containing thirty
acres of’land was sold to Mr. B. Z.
Hulsey for $286. The remainder of
the Merck property was withdrawn.
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Congregational Meeting.
A congregational meeting will be
held at the Presbyterian church to-
It is
However, the col
lege will have to pay for only one year
back, 1898, because of an exemption
allowed by the city charter.
Ninety Per Cent.
Of the people are afflicted with some
form of humor, and this causes a vari
ety, of diseases. The reason why Hood’s
Sarsaparilla feures when all others tail
is found in the fact that it effectually
expels the humor. Scrofula, salt rheum
boils and all eruptions are permanently
cured by this great medicine.
Ever in this section, .consisting of Chamber Suits*
Hall R&cks, Sideboards) Wardrobes, China Clos
ets, Book-cases, Writingr Desks, Folding- Beds, La
dies Desks, Sewing Machines, Organs, etc, iron
morrow morning at 11 o’clock,
held for the purpose of selecting a pas
tor to serve the church a for the coming
year. The church has a well known
minister in view but it is not known
yet positively who will be chosen.
Rev. J. A. Young’s resignation, which
was handed in several weeks ago, has
been accepted by the presbytery and
he will be sent elsewhere.
Hood’s. Pills are the best family ca
thartic and liver tonic. Gentle, reliable,
sure.
VOLUME XL
Telephone Line to Dahlonega.
Col. H. P. Farrow will build a tele
phone
line from Gainesville to Dahlon
ega-
He has
had the matter under
consideration for sometime but held
u p on the matter a while back, think-
jng he could go in with the Dahlonega
people, but he states that it is not
probable now that they can work to
gether on the scheme and he will build
an independent line.
At a recent meeting of the city coun
cil of Gainesville, the following resolu
tion was passed, allowing Col. Farrow
to use the electric light posts to the
outskirts of the city to attach his
wires to:
“Resolved, That this council now in
session after being duly called together
I by his honor, the Mayor, and there be
fog' a quorum present, hereby agrees
to permit Henry P. Farrow of this city,
\ and his associates in building a tele
phone line from this city to Dahlonega
and Porter Springs, to attach their
wires to the posts of the waterworks
and electrie light plant owned by this
city out Green street and on out the
road leading from this city towards
Thompson’s Bridge as far out towards
the waterworks as the said parties may
desire, said wires to be so attached to
said posts as not to interfere in any
way with the city’s wires or said posts;
and, to insure the proper building of
said telephone line so far as it puts its
wires on said posts, this council accepts
the suggestion of the said Farrow that
the construction of said line shall'be
under the supervision of the electrician
who is employed by this city, in charge
of its electric lights, and line to the
city over said posts with the proviso
that the said Farrow, and not this city,
pay him for his services, and that he
render the services at such time as will
not conflict with his employment
with the city.”
Col. Farrow states that he has al
most enough posts on the line to go
ahead with stretching his wires, and
in a short time he will put hands to
work to complete his line, and will
have it ready for use by the middle of
June or the first of July. The line will
be run from the city out the road to
Thompson’s bridge and the nearest
route to Porter Springs. It will be a
great convenience to the people along
the line and at each end. People in
Lumpkin county in the vicinity of
Porter Springs and other points tribu
tary to the line can call up Gainesville
and order from the merchants .what
they want without having to come here.
Gainesville can also have communica
tion with the section touched by the
line. It will be a good enterprise and
everybody is glad to know that it will
be built.
TU The Mountains.
A party consisting of Mrs. C. G. San
ders, Mrs. J. C. Boone, Miss Montine
Sanders, Miss Lelia Banks, Miss Min
nie Dunlap, Miss Mary Connally, and
Messrs, E. L. Befgstom, H. J. Pearce,
Joe Brown Connally, Dr. A. W. Wil
liams and Hon. C. R. Williams, of Col
umbus, leave this morning for Nacoo-
chee Valley. The party will spend
about ten days in the mountains and
no doubt will have a delightful time.
They have all the necessary camping
Paraphanelia, cooking utensils, etc.,
and will* rough it and pass the time as
they see fit. The party was gotten up
by Hr. A. W. Williams.
Teachers Examined.
The examination of teachers in the
c lty public schools occurred at the
college building last Saturday, a A num-
ber of teachers stood the examination,
and the board of education will elect
tbe teachers at an early date for. the
places to be filled for another year.
Prof. j. \y. Marion, th$ efficient super-
1Q tendent, has already been re-eleqted
*° the position for-another term. He
has given eminent satisfaction here
in d his work has been quite success
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Chapman Convicted.
Hall Superior court met in adjourn
ed term Monday morning with Judge
R. B. Russell presiding. Judge Estes
was disqualified in the case of Thomas
Chapman, who was tried. . Late Mon
day afternoon a jury was secured and
thje testimony introduced, this part of
the case being finished by Tuesday
at noon. The speeohes for the state
and defense were then made and the
case went to the jury at 6 o’clock.
At 10 o’clock a verdict was agreed on,
being guilty with a recommendation
for mercy. Judge Russell had already
left the city but the attorneys agreed
to waive all disqualifications of Judge
Estes and allow him to receive the
verdict and dismiss the jury. Judge
Russell returned to the city Tnnrsday
night and passed sentence on Chap
man, giving him four years. Chap
man’s counsel gave notice of a motion
for a new trial and if it is refused the
case will go to the Supreme court.
This is Chapman’s third trial, two for
mer juries having failed to agree,
and this last returning a verdict of
guilty.
Wednesday morning T. J. Benton
was tried on the charge of assault
with intent to murder, but the jury re
turned a verdict of not guilty after
being out a short time.
A small injunction case was heard
Wednesday afternoon, and a recess
was then taken until Judge Russell re
turned and sentenced Chapman, final
adjournment then, being taken.
Recital Wednesday Evening-.
The graduating recital of Misses
Janie Williams (piano) and Maud^ Yar
borough (violin) occurred at the Sem
inary Wednesday evening. A large
audience was present, and appreciation
of the excellent' work of the young la
dies was shown by the hearty applause.
Miss Williams is one of the finest pi
anists Jthat lias ever studied under Prof.
Wallace and she thoroughly captivated
the audience with her exquisite play
ing. Miss Yarborough displayed much
skill in her violin numbers. The vocal
solo of Miss Wheeler was most -ex
cellent, and the audience would not be
satisfied until she responded to an en
core. Prof. Wallace is always greeted
with pleasure by a Gaineseville au
dience and bis organ “solo, “Fantasie
from Opera Martha,” was beautiful.
In response to a hearty encore he
came back and played another organ
solo which was vefy fine.
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and will recommend it to your friends
or to any who suffer from constipation,
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headaches, biliousness, or other ills
resulting from an inactive condition of
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In the process of manufacturing the
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