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Crops Are Growing.
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Every indication now points to good
crops tins year. For four weeks farm
ers. have had excellent weather -and
seasonable showers, and vegetation
is a humping. The stands of cotton
and corn are very good and it looks
like that this is going to be the best
crop year this section has had in a
long time.
Was an Honored. Citizen.
Mr. A. J. Mundy of Jonesboro, Clay
ton county, father of Sheriff Mundy of
Hall county, died at his home last
Snnday afternoon at,5 o’clock, after
a long illness. He was eighty-five
years old and was one of the pioneer
citizens of that section of Georgia. Mr.
Mundy was highly esteemed and hon
ored aud was well knowrr throughout
middle Georgia. He was the father of
a large family, and his sons and daugh
ters have grown to be useful meii and
women. The funeral was held at
Jonesboro Monday afternoon at four
o’clock, and was largely attended,
Sheriff Mundy has been with his
father as much as it was possible dur
ing his"affliction, and bestowed every
attention a dutiful son could to an
affectionate father.
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Ballard and
Mrs. E. A. Harris, of Detroit, Mich.,
who have been at the Arlington hotel
for several weeks, left Tuesday morn
ing for Clarksville and Tallulah Falls
to spend a few days before returning
home.- They have come to Gainesville
several winters and have made many
warm friends here who hope to have
them return again.
John Redwine can now be found
in the Hudson House, next door
to postoffice bn Washington
Street, with the most
Expect Their Uniforms.
The Uniform Rank, Knights of Py
thias, Stephenson Lodge, No 26, ex
pect to receive the. uniforms recently
ordered sometime next week. . The
company will put up some very pretty
drills when the members practise a
while, and they will come out on pa
rade. There were twenty-four charter
members, and acquisitions have been
made all along since the company was
organized. . .
Hall Racks* Sideboards* Wardrobes, China Clos
ets, Book-cases, Wrrtingr Desks, Folding 1 'Beds, La
dies Desks, Sewing: Machines, Organs, etc. Iron
V Sample Treatment Free.
A trial package of Drl Miles’ favorite
treatment, consisting of-Dr, Miles’ An
ti-Pain Pills, Dr. Miles’ Nerve and
Liver Pills and § Dr. Miles’ Restorative
Nervine will be sent absolutely free of
cost to any person who will send name
and address oh a postal -card, request
ing the samples, and mentioning name
of this paper to
Dr. Miles Medical Co., j
Elkhart, Ind.
B ennett-Moore.
Mr. Nevill Bennett and Miss, Cath
erine Moore were married Monday by
Rev. J. A. Wynne. They had been
sweethearts for sometime and as soon
as Mr. Bennett returned from Cuba
and secured his discharge from Ray’s
Immuhes they were married.
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VOLUME XI.
GAINESVILLE, GA„ SATURDAY, MAY 13. 1899.
CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
CLOSING, EXERCISES "WILL
OCCUR NEXT WEEK.
’jhe Examinations Will Be Interesting
anti Everybody Is Invited to Attend
Them.—Good Work Pone the
Fast Term.
The closing exercises of the city pub
lic schools will take pla<5e next week,
and Prof. Marion extends a cordial in
vitation for all citizens to attend. The
following is the order in which the ex
ercises will come:
Monday and Tuesday, written, exam
inations. Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday public oral examinations, to
which all are not only cordially invited
but earnestly solicited to attend.
WEDNESDAY A. M.
Algebra, 8th grade, J. W. Marion,
teacher.
U. S. History, 7th grade, R. L. Black-
well, teacher.
.* '. WEDNESDAY P. M.
Plane Geometry, 9th grade, J. W. Ma
rion teacher.
Physiology,' 10th grade, Miss Dozier
teacher.
Geography, 7th grade, R. L. Black
well teacher.
Reading and Spelling, 5th grade,’Miss
Canning teacher.
THURSDAY A. M.
Virgil, 10th grade, Miss Dozier teach
er.
Algebra, 9th grade, J. W. Marion
teacher.
Algebra, 7th grade, R. L. Blackwell
teacher.
Grammar, 6th grade. Miss Mitchell
teacher.
Geography, 5th grade, Miss Canning
teacher.
THURSDAY P. M.
Caesar, 9th grade, Miss Dozier teach-
er.
Trigonometry, 10th grade, J. W. Ma
rion teacher.
Arithmetic, 7th grade, R. L- Black-
well teacher.
Arithmetic, 6th grade, Miss Mitchell
teacher.
Grammer, 6th grade, Miss Canning
teacher.
FRIDAY A. M.
Exercises will be held in all the
grades except the ninth and tenth.
There will also be exercises at the
£. Broad street school conducted by
the teacher, Mrs. Bickers. Commence
ment exercises will be held at the
court house at 8:30 p. m. May 19.
Again in behalf of both pupils and
teachers we urge your presence at each
of the examinations.
CAPTAIN- MAYNE HERE.
Preparing to Begin Mining Opera
tions Again.
J. W. Marion, Supt.
COLORED SCHOOL.
Oral examinations will be held in all
the grades Tuesday and Wednesday,
commencing at 9:30 a. m. All patrons
and friends invited to attend. Concert
Thursday and Friday evenings.
G. S. Moon, principal:
Masonic Entertainment.
The Masonic Brotherhood are pre
paring to give an entertainment at an
early date, that will embrace several
novel and interesting features, and
hope to make it one of the most bril
liant and reeherche affairs of the kind
ever presented in Gainesville. The
program which will be published later
will no doubt attract the attention and
onlist the sympathy of every member of
this ancient and venerable fraternity,
not only in the city but throughout
this and adjoining counties. Other
benevolent institutions have expressed
* willingness to help 'make the affair
a success. Many ladies too, for whose
amusement and gratification, a consid
erable portion of the program will be
specially arranged, are expected to
ta ke part and contribute, in no small
‘ e gree, to so laudable and benevolent
enterprise. •
. "Captain Eugene Mayne, managing
director of the Bl-itish and Georgia cor
poration, arrived in Gainesville Mon
day from London, accompanied by Mr.
John Henry Crawford, a prominent
financier of England.
Mr. Crawford has come over to in
vestigate the gold mining properties
held by the Georgia British company,
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Captain Mayne, who has been absent
from Georgia for just a little more than
two years, says that his company is ye
ry much alive, and, although damaging
reports have been circulated in this
country about it, the project is in good
shape. The company holds 23,000 acres
of mineral lands in Georgia and North
Carolina. Most of these lands are in
Hall, Lumpkin, White, Gilmer, Dawson
and Fannin counties of this state
These properties were secured by Cap
tain Mayne prior to 1897, and on some
of them considerable sums of money
have been paid.
Captain Mayne spent several years
in North Georgia investigating the
gold deposits, and his company is de
termined to push their interests here.
He says he was badly treated by H.
Hedley Bush, with whom he left his
power of attorney to secure options on
properties for his company and to
whom he sent money amounting to
about $10,000 to. pay on these properties
He claims that Bush used the money in
promoting his own interests and failed
to carry out instructions left by Mayne
Captain Mayne and Mr. Crawford are
at the Arlington hotel, accompanied
by Col. F. H. Greer of Ellijay, their at
torney. They are at work securing and
renewing options on properties, and
wHfen they get things in shape Captain
Mayne and Mr. Crawford w.ll return to
England, report to their company and
prepare for developing their properties.
They will be here several weeks.
FOUR BUILDINGS BURNED
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
Principal Losers are Martin & Hunt and
W. R. Canning & Bro.—Origin
of Fire Unknown. Build
ings WiU Not Be Re
placed Now.,
A Happy Event.
Dr. William J. Carter of Patterson.
La., and Miss Lizette McConnell of
Gainesville, were married Wednesday,
afternoon at 1 o’clock at the home of
the bride’s father, Mr. J. C. McConnell,
on Green street. The ceremony was
impressively performed by Rey. S. Y.
Jameson of Atlanta.
Miss Lillie McConnell, sister of the
bride, was maid of honor, and Mr.
Wofford of Atlanta, was best man. The
attendants were Misses Irene and
Leila Carter, Mattie Campbell, Annie
Bailey, Sadie McConnell of Gainesville;
Myrtle McConnell of Lynchburg, Va.;
Lottie Nevil of Patterson, La., and An
nie Leak of Cartersville. The wedding
march was played by Miss Mary Dean
Campbell of Gainesville.
The ceremony was witnessed by the
families of the contracting parties and
a large number of friends. The wed
ding was a very pretty one in every
respect. Many beautiful and. hand
some presents were given the young
couple, attesting the high esteem in
which they-are held.
After enjoying a luncheon, the bridal
party was driven to the depot where
the bride and gi;oom boarded the
southbound vestibule for their future
home at Patterson, La. They were
accompanied by Messrs. Schimdt and
Bude, friends of the groom, and Dr.
Ernest McConnell, who will make his
future home at Morgan, La,, where he
will practice dentistry.
Mr. and Mrs. Carter have the best,
wishes of their numerous friends for a
Long and happy life.
it
7,000.00
3,500.00
400.00
1.000.00
125.00
50.00
Gainesville was visited by a very de
structive fire Wednesday night. The
fire originated in the building OWDed
by Messrs. Prior and Mundy at the
corner of Bradford and Broad streets
How it started no one knows, but
was discovered at about 4 o’clock A. M
and before the flames could be cheeked
the buildings Qf Prior & Mundy, Mar
tin & Hunt and Mrs. J. R. Thornton
were consumed.
The losses are estimated at $13,
000, and the following are the losers:
Mundy & Prior, building, $ 400.00
Martin & Hunt, ice plant
and building,
W. R. Canning, warehouse
and goods stored therein,
Mrs. J. R. Thornton, jwo
buildings,
Shelton & Hunt, marble
works,
H.r A. Terrell, produce q,nd
cases,
H. W. Rich, buildings dam
aged,
E. E. Buffingon, blacksmith
shop fixtures, 500.00
- As soon as the alarm was given, the
fire department responded promptly
and went to work in earnest to check
the flames. In a short while two
streams of water were playing upon
the fire, and in half an hour the flames
were under coutrol. The. offices of the
Southern Express Co., and The Cracker
were threatened for awhile and much
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of the furniture and material was - re
moved from them. However* the fire
wall of the Express building next to
the flames kept them in check until
the fire department could, play ppon
them sufficiently to keep them from
spreading.
There was no insurance upon any of
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the buildings or the goods, or plants.
The high rate of five per cent, kept
the owners from insuring. All the
buildings were of corrugated iron and
were inexpensive. They burned rap
idly and it was only a few minutes
after the first building caught until
all four were in flames.
The heaviest losers are Martin &
Hunt, and W. R. Canning & Bro. The
ice plant of Martin & Hunt was totally
destroyed. W. R. Canning & Bro. had
about $3,000 worth of goods in their
ware house, and the small amount of
goods saved were badly damaged/
None of the buildings^ will be rebuilt
right away, and Messrs. Martin &
Hunt will not replace their ice plant.
It is understood that the city council
will refuse to issue permits hereafter
for the erection of any corrugated iron
building within the fire limits, and if
buildings are put up where these were
burned Wednesday night they must be
of brick.
fro/n ttyf East
Dress Goods* Motions* Silks*
Laces, Swiss Curtains, Cloth
ing, Men’s Plain and Fancy
Shirts* Nice Assortment of
Umbrellas* Parasols*, Etc.*
Etc.
"We are Sole Agents for tlie
£6
Celebrated Home-made Shoes.”
ALSO CARRY A FULL LINE OF
SASH, DOORS AND FURNITURE.
Oar Stock of Groceries and Feed is Complete.
EVERYTHING KEPT IN A WELL REGULATED GENERAL
STORE! ;
OUR GOODS AND OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT!
We invite your careful inspection.
Gainesville Merchandise Comp’y,
Successors to Hynds Mfg. Co.
FULLER & NEWMAN, Managers.
