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Mr. Sewall Dead,
Hon. Arthur J. Sewall, who was
the democratic candidate for vice
president in 1896, died at his sum
mer home near Bath, Maine Sept.
5, from the effects of a severe
stroke of apoplexy. Mr. Sewall
was a great ship owner, controlled
the largest American fleet and was
identified in many large business
enterprises.
House and Its Occupants Were lifted
High in the Air.
Winnipeg, Man., Aug. 81.—-In a
tornado which passed over the
village of Wapella, Manitoba, An
gus McDonald, a farmer living
two miles from town, and his two
children, were killed, and Mrs.
McDonald seriously injured. The
McDonald’s attempted to take re
fuge in the cellar, but before they
could reach it, the tornado lifted
them and the house high in the air.
Many buildings in Wapella were
badly damaged.
In order to reduc_ my slock, and get ready for my fall buying, I will
offer for the next thirty days some of the greatest bargains ever
shown in Gainesville. Cost "t an article will have nothing to dp
with the selling price, I need the cash to buy my fail stock,
and the goods must , Remember
MONEY SAVED
IS MONEY MADE
R & 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, holts, 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 redpced prices, 35
50 and 75c, all great
values.
Men’s and Boys’ negligee
shirts, 50c quality at 35
CLOTHING!
CLOTHING!
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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. Thie
picture itself 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 $6.0(
Boys’ and Childrens’ Suits
from 50 cents to $2.5(
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
More War Clouds.
Information brought by return
ing Central American vessels in
dicates that the United States of
Colombia, having suppressed a re
cent rebellion of an unusually
sanguinary character, is deter
mined to coll Venezuela to ac
count for permitting the rebels to
organize there to cross the line
into Colombia. *
GUNS AND PISTOLS
CANE MILLS, CIDER MILLS and EVAPORATORS.
Annexes the Transvaal.
London, Sept. 3.-—Under date of
Belfast, today . Lord Roberts re
ports: “I have today issued un
der her majesty’s warrant of July
4, proclamations that the Traans-
vaal henceforth will form a part
of her majesty’s dominions.”
Clark’s Cutaway Harrows
ENGINES AND BOILERS,
McCormick Mowers
Ernest Gaskin was killed by
lightning last Saturday at Doug
las, Georgia.
BELTING AND MILL SUPPLIES.
• Looting and murder are going
on daily in the Pei-Ho valley.
Just received new
crop turnip seed-now
is thetimeto buy. M.C.
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terrible accident
Sunday Excursionists Meet with
a Catastrophe.
Philadelphia, Sept. 2.—Thir
teen persons killed and over thirty
others injured is the appalling
record of a rear end collision be
tween an excursion train and a
jjjph train on the Bethlehem
branch of the Philadelphia and
Reading railway this morning at
Hatfield, Pa., twenty-seven miles
north of Philadelphia. The train
consisted of 10 day coaches and
was the first section of a large ex
cursion made up of people from
Bethlehem, Allentown and sur
rounding towns to Atlantic City.
It left the union depot in Bethle
hem at 6:05, exactly 35 minutes
behind the milk train. The latter
tram consisted of two milk cars
and two passenger coaches and
had stopped at every station oh
the road from Bethlehem en route
to Philadelphia. At 6:54 the milk
train drew up at the milk plat
form at Hatfield and in less than
two minutes the special excursion
train, running at the rate of 35
miles per hour, crashed into the
rear of the milk train. The loco
motive ploughed through the two
passenger coaches and crushed
them as if they were eggshells.
The milk car in front was also
[ badly wrecked. Four persons ou
[ the passenger car of the milk
[ train were almost instantly killed.
| Fortunately there were very few
[ persons onthis train.
The excursion train was a pic
ture of indescribable horror. The
locomotive was a mass ot bent and
broken iron and firmly held the
| bodies of its engineer and fireman
beneath its great weight. Behind
| the engine, six of the ten cars,
were also a mass of wreckage.
The first car was broken in twain
and the other five cars were thrown
on their sides, completely demol
ished. Nine persons were killed
in the first two Cars and the oth
ers in these coaches were badly
maimed.
The coroner of Montgomery
county promises a rigorous investi
gation as there are conflicting sto
ries as to responsibility for the ac
cident.
Danger in Jokes.
Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 8,—It
come to light that J. L. Evans
a yard foreman of the Louisville
and Nashville railroad in this city,
attempted suicide a few nights
ago as the result of a practical
joke, and came very near losing
his life. Evans had been looking
forward for some time to marry
ing a popiular youug lady at Pick-
ensville, Ala., and this fact was
known to a number of bis ac
quaintances. One of Evans’
friends decided to play a joke on
him, and meeting him in the
street told him that the young
lady in question had married an
other man on the previous day.
Evans in his disappointment
and dejection, walked into a drug
store and purchased ten grains of
morphine. Going to a saloon;, he
dissolved the drug in a glass of
water and swallowed it. As soon
as his condition was discovered
two physicians were summoned
and by hard work the young man’s
life was saved.
Pursued by a Burly Negro.
Marietta, Ga., Sept. 4,.—As
Miss Leo Hatcher of Atlanta, who
is visitingin this city, was return
ing from a visit to a friend on the
edge of the city, accompanied by
two children, she was pursued by
a negro man and only her being
fleet of foot saved her.
Miss Hatcher came through the
confederate cemetery. Just as she
emerged from the cemetery Miss
Hatcher discovered that a negro
man was following her and the
children. She quickened her pace
as did the negro. He ordered her
to stop, whereupon she ran, the
fellow following. Miss Hatcher
ran across the railroad at the
crossing and just as she came in
sight of some negro cabins she
stumbled and fell. The young
lady was screaming as she ran,
and two negro women saw her
running and heard her screams.
A negro man came out of one of
the houses to her rescue and or
dered her pursuer to stop. The
w uld be assailant was recognized
as Henry Maxwell who works for
the Southern Express company at
this place.
Miss Hatcher went. home ,and
informed her ancle and Maxwell
was soon behind the barsm Cobb
county jail.
There is considerable excitement
over the affair.
A Suicide’s Prank.
Chicago, Sept. 4.—Jacob Kob-
ier was a practical joker during
his life and when he decided to
quit living he did so in a way
which fully sustained his reputa
tion.' Kobler went to the lake
front earlv in the evening and at
the foot of Adams street drove a
stake into the ground. Then he
took thirty feet of wire and
stretching it out tied one end to
the stake and with the other he
made a loop and passed around
his body at the armpits. After
completing these preparations
Kobler placed his broad-brimmed
felt hat on top of the stake and in
the bat band stuck a sheet of pa
per on which was written:
“At the end of this wire you
will find a man.”
Kobler waded as* far out into
the lake as the length of the wire
would ,permit and drowned him
self. At midnight a watchman
employed at the dumping grounds
saw the stake and hat. He inves
tigated and found the note and
notified the police. Officers were
sent to the lake front and when
they saw the wire and read the
note they said:
“It’s a joke some one is trying
to play on us. There is probably
a log at the other end of the wire.”
When they caught hold of the
wire and drew it in they were sur
prised to see that it was attached
to the body of a man. A letter
disclosed , bis , identity. He left
home on Monday leaving a note
saying he was goiug to commit
suicide. ... J . • ' •<;;
Was not Impeached.
There will be no impeachment
trial of James G. Woodward, At
lanta’s mayor. The agreement
reached between the city council
and Mayor Woodward was brought
about by the mayor in a written
statement acknowledgeing that
he Has been drinking too much,
asking forgiveness, and promising
it his actions are overlooked, to
conduct himself more discreetly
in the future. He also, as an evi
dence of good faith, deposited in
the hands of Councilman Rawson
his resignation, to take effect im
mediately upon his taking another
drink. The impeachment charges
were withdrawn.
Forty Mills Shut Down.
Fall River, Mass., Sept % 1.—For
ty-four cotton mills, operated by
24 corporations, shut down today
until Sept. 30.
These mills employ 17,500
hands.
About three-quarters of the
corporations will haye completed
a months curtailment on that
date in accordance with the gen
eral agreement.
Burned to Death.
Gadsden, Ala,, Sept. 1.—Dwight
inn, the leading hotel in Alabama
City, was burned shortly before
daylight this mosning. A. C.
Baer, a german music teacher of
Harmony Grove, Ga., lost his life.
Baer was endeavoring to get out,
missed the stairway by going into
another room, where he was over
come and burned to death.
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