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VOLUME XII
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L Mq Trvirg- to Frighten SomeNe
Hit Sh i Was Struck With a
F Brick.
[PbilhdelpliiS'* Aug. 19.
Lie frightening a crowd o ; ne-
L g by pretending she was a
osfc Florence Almond age 15
arg ’ W as struck on the head with
brick, thrown by one of the ne-
The negroes
.Leaving out the sums expended
by private individuals and pprpo-
rations in the interest of their fa
vorite candidates, it is estimated
by a writer in the New York her
ald that the cost of the campaign
of the presen t year to the Nation
al and State committees will be
not less than $25,000,000, and
probably more than that.
This is an enormous sum to be
disbursed in less than four months,
but a t residential campaign moves
rapidly, and there is always a
place to put every dollar that
comes into the polities'Ltreasury.
Lt is claimed by political work
ers that but little money, compar
atively speaking, is used in bri
bery and other criminal and dirty
practices. There are in all cam
paigns certain voters who seek to
be purchased, and the probabili
ties are that they are taken care
ofc But that element is relative
ly very small. The great, over
whelming, majority of American
voters are honest, and cast their
ballots from principle. The cor
ruption funds, therefore, are not
large when compared with the to
tal of campaign expenditures.
The chief items of expense are
speakers and literature, together
with clerk hire and postage. It
is estimated that each of the great
parties will send out from nation
al headquarters no less than 5,000
speakers during the next week or
two, and they will be on the
stump for eight weeks. To 10,000
speakers from national headquar
ters must be added about 50,000
speakers from State headquarters.
Cost m salaries and expenses of
these speakers, The New York
Herald says, will be approximate
ly Jll,000,000. Then' there mUst
be ton8 and tons of literature
printed, stamped and mailed.
That involves the employment of
an army of printers, clerks, wrap
pers and other workers, and a big
bill for postage. Furthermore,
no campaign could be successfully
run without brass bands, torch
lights, banners, public halls for
meetings and the like.
And all these things cost money.
Upwards of 14,000,000 votes, it
is estimated, will be cast for Bry
an and McKinley next November.
To reach , and influence as many of
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these votes as possible is the task
of the campaign managers. Jt is
a gigantic undertaking, necessita
ting a. great deal Of hard and in
telligent work and the disbursing
of a large amount of money for
Arlington, Minn., August 20-
Last night between 10 and 11 p m
Theodore Wallatt, a farmer killed
his wife and two step children, a
girl of 16 and and a baby and se
riously wounded a 19-year old step
son. He then set fire to the barns,
destroying the stable with nine
horses, a corn crib and a full hay
barn.
Three years ago Wallatt married
the widow Sterbers, and for some
time has been in trouble. The wife
recently has be6n trying to secure
a divorce, and had taken means to
prevent Wallatt from coming to
the farm.
Yesterday morning after prac
ticing in the woods with a revolv
er* he feturhed to thd^jhouse and
entered diq jof windqtys.
The wife was' ^eyidehtly alarmed
by the noise r and she was killed as
•she was leaving the bed.
The baby was found dead on
the lounge, and the girl on the
floor of her bed * room. The sec
ond boy was seriously wounded
and has been brought to town. It
is feared that he may die.
Wallatt fled to the woods after
the crime and has not yet been lo
cated.
Two Candidates.
Atlanta,'Aug. 21.—An interest
ing race is now on before the next
legislature for the position of post
mistress. The contestants are
Mrs. Dr. {Armstrong, mother of
Mrs. W. C Glenn, former postmis
tress, and Mrs. T, R. R. Cobb of
this city. Their applications
have already been, filed with the
speaker of the house and will be
watched with interest by their
f /lends. The postmistress is* not
elected by the legislature, but ap
pointed by the speaker of the
house, Hon. John D^Little of Co
lumbus.
|es, and killed,
|re gathered on a lot and the girl,
|o lived near by, had wrapped
Ibite sheet about her and sud-
Ljy appeared before the crowd,
the latter scattered and the girl
|s about to return home when
I brick was thrown. She expired
[a few minutes. The negro sus-
Icted of throwing the missile has
It been captured.
Ruled By Lawyers.
Senator Depew, at a recent din-
L given in London in honor of
L American jurists in that city,
id that “lawyers made the Uni-
1 States and lawy jrs g verned
b United States.” In this state-
3nt he was pretty nearly correct,
there are 60 lawyers in the sen-
two-thirds—as
money: saved,
IS MONEY MADE
and this is an opportunity to make money
3 & G Vigilant corset, sells
everywhere at50c will sell
in this sale at 39
Big lot Ladies’ Belts to
close out. Belts of every
description, lot of factory
Sample belts, worth from
15c to 25c. to close out in
this sa e at 10
Another lot of Belts worth
from 25c to 50c, at 19
Ladies’ parasols offered at
greatly reduced prices, 35
50 and 75c, all great
values.
Men’s and Boys’ negligee
f shirts, 50c quality at 35
Factory Checks,. 5 . cents
qualif y at 4
Athens Checks at 4
5,000 yards Calico, 5c and
6c quality, at 4
1,000 yards Dress lawns, all
the latest styles and col
orings, the kind that
sell at 6c per yard, will
now go at 4
Nice lot late style Dimities,
all pretty bright colors,
and worth in any store 6
to 7 cents per yard, will
sell how at ' 4
One lot best yard-wide Per
cales, 10 and 12£c quality,
je—more
[ainst four farmers, the highest
[mber for any other occupation.
lawyer. M
ie president
hot and other members of the
pinet are lawyers. Nearly all
the executive and legislative
ipartments of the government
e ruled by men trained, skilled
id practiced in the law and
miliar with its subtleties and
ihnicalities.—Savannah * Press.
CLOTHING!
CLOTHING!
The best Toilet soap in town at
the price, 10 cakes for 25 cents,
and with every ten cakes we give-
one oil painted picture. This
picture itseit is worth what you
pay for the Soap. The factory
gives the picture in order to in
troduce the soap. Don’t fail to-
get one of these pictures.
Never such a reduction made be
fore on Clothing.
A nice black twill Clay and
Cheviot Suit, worth $4,
will be sold now at $2.5(
100 Men’s suits of every kind
worth from $7.50 to $10,
to close out now at $6. OC
Boys' and Childrens’ Suits
from 50 cents to $2.5(
me Macon Telegraph On the
Race Trouble.
[The Macon Telegraph has taken
fgnizance of recent race troubles.
Isays:
“Many of our dear contempo-
Iries to the north of Mason and
iron’s line are sore and rather
ticent a bout the black bull in
tail's Kitchen which got among
ie china several days ago. Many
l them pass the matter over with
simple paragraph. They are
isposed to condemn the police
id blame them for it. We have
10 lbs. good Green Coffee $1.00 | Early Bird tobacco, per lb 30c.
“Cock Spur” and “Uwanta Chew” Tobaccos are the best values?
we ever sold at 30 cents per pound. Respectfully,
Gainesville, Ga
GUNS AND PISTOLS
pe attack was upon the race and
|°t upon the individual offenders.
“With its characteristic gall
nd bitterness the Chicago Tribune
[eclares that it was not an assault
)n race, but on law*—that there
Pay be found in all the larger
n lea a tough element, resembling
k 0 people of the South, ready to
Mack the law. Race has noth-
to do with it—in this case.
‘It is all very funny, but—mark
b 0 prediction—there are other
iell’s Kitchen?, other china shops
ln d other black bulls. Look out
CANE MILLS, CIDER MILLS and EVAPORATORS,
It is believed by the New Y ork
Herald’s writer that the republi
can national committee will have
$3,000,000 or better to spend on
the campaign, while the demo
crats will spend more than $2,000
000 through their national organ
ization, and for every dollar spent
by the national committees there
will be four spent by the state
That would biing
Clark’s Cutaway
ENGINES AND BOILERS,
McCormick Mowers
committees
the total cost, through committees
up to the 25,000,000 mark.
BELTING AND MILL SUPPLIES
Just received new
crop turnip seed-now
is thetimeto buy. M.C.
Brown & Co. o&gj
Gainesville