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■VOLUME XII Little Girl Gets Caught in Mill Wheel and is Instantly Killed. An awful accident occurred at Mr. S. S. Carter’s mill, two miles from Bellton, on Friday, Decem ber 28th. The little daughter of Mr. Walden, the miller, got caught in a large fly wheel, which pulls the mill machinery, and her body was crushed and torn to pieces, She had just ^passed inside, the cfeor when her dress was drawn into the wheel by suction .and in stantly her body >vas being bat tered to pieces by the wheel. The miller shut down the water as quickly as, possible, but"it was tod: late to save the child. The re- mains were gathered together and; buried. No one witneseed the ac cident but he- child’s father and mother. The Strength of the South. . The strength of the south, under the ideas that are dominant now at the beginning of the twentieth century, lies in its extensive sea- coast, its coal and iron mines, its cotton production and its diversi fied manufactories, • united with the support of a thrifty, courage ous and determined people. Aline, the six-year-old daugh ter of Mr. M. F. Fortson, happen ed to a painful and dent at the home of her father last Saturday afternoon. While de sending a stairway she became un balanced and tell over the banis ters to the floor a distance cf twelve feet. Her skull was frac tured, her face was bruised and she sustained internal injuries, The fall knocked her unconscious and she remained in this condition until Sunday evening. Drs. W. G. and E/P. Ham were called in and rendered medical aid and chances for her recovery are now very good. The fall was a severe one and the wonder is that it did not produce instant death. I Jeople without Drugs, Medicines/ Sal ves, Appliances or the 3£iiife, I answer, Come and see. A i Is it possible that YOU know more about it than they?. I have treated ADD classes oi people—even Medical Doctors, and healed Steal or Starve. - In Cleveland, Ohio, the other night, a burglar entered a house and stole $89 from the proprietor. On the' bureau, however, the in vading thief left a note which read as follows .of loss of either. His face and ayes have been terribly swollen, &nt he is getting well now and iwill likely be out soon. W.d. Dozier was right painfully Ihurfc on the back of the neck by a [huge cannon cracker exploding in Ibis hand at Will Summer Jr’s., [store. He was holding the cracker nn his hand and forgot that he had lit it,^hen it exploded. Several bottles of ginger ale in the store kero broken bv the explosion. Lee Blackwell, a young white boy, was playing with his compan ions on the public square Chrisit- paa day, aud they were throwing f ball of cotton saturated with oil pr turpentine, which was burning, phe ball struck Blackwell in the lack igniting his coat, which llazed up instantly. It badly frightened him and he started on IrnD. He was caught and his llothes torn off. His body lightbadly burned, but not sen* l&sly. His fright was terrible, Ind those who saw him funnies With the help of Al mighty (Jod and my health, I will pay you back in one year with in terest. You have a steady job, on meat Hunt’s Bank, Rooms No. 3 and 4. Phone 132, or propagation and industry. Only a few more years are needed to convince the world that the seat of independent power rests in the south, the garden spot of America. ... If the output of coal alone has drawn the attention of Europe JLo the inherent power of this great republic, our young men and all Europe and America should re member that the product of the south made this exhibition possi ble, Without; the, inexhaustible supply from the coal pits of the south t be price wcijld be beyond figures at which contracts have been made with Europe, and the supply would have prevented ship ments at any price. , . With its coal, iron, cotton apd manufactories, to say nothing of its tropical fruits and varied pro ductions, the south holds the reins of power. The young men who will hold its destiny in their hands are invited to the banquet. It will require able heads and cour ageous hearts to the end; th^rt it may be* demonstrated that the south is not unworthy of her po sition. ‘ L The people will be behind the and we all enter the A man who steals Beldom returns stolen nboney or tproperty. That stolen from you, Personal Mention. General Harrison Gray Otis' is again engaged in cqnduQting his Lbs Angeles newspaper and [says that, far as preference is concerned, he would not leaye that for * any, other kind of .work. Emphatic denial is made by a friend of Secretary John Hay that the latter apes English. mappers and dross. “Why,” sayB the which you may count as gone. The good Lord save us from all rinds of imagoes. To Auditors Report in G. J. & S. B B. Receivership Case. , Exceptions to the auditors re port in the receivership case of th - Gainesville, Jefferson and South ern Railway was heard by Judge John S. Candler in the state lib rary at Atlanta last week. Among those who attended the hearing from Gainesville were auditor H H. Perrv, Receiver S. C. Dunlai , Col. Howard Thompson and Coi H. H. Deho. A number of new intervention- were filed and the report was re committed to the auditor for a re port on three questions, hitherto uureported, that will have a great deal to do with the making ot a de- cision. .'jy§|pS| The case is a very importan one and quite a number of attoi neys are interested in it. Whei the application wa9 granted for ; receiver for the road, Col. Samu< ^ C. Dunlap was made receiver. A the time of the receivership a num ber of persons made apphcatioi to become parties to the suit. A) of this matter was turned over to H. H. Perry, of Gainesville, as an ditor. Since being in the hands of th* receiver the road has cleared at expenses audit is understood, ha besides made more than $50.00C. The auditor’s report will be sub mitted sometime in the future. was A Few Things to Learn. '• f Some one has suggested ' a * fefr things that every girl can learn before she is 12. Not every one can learn to sing or play or paint well enough to give pleasure to her friends, but the following “accom plish men ts” are ' within every/ body’a reach: Shit the door, and shut it softly. Keep your own room in tasteful order. Have an hour for rising, and rise. Never let a button stay off twen ty-four bqurs. Always know where your things are. Never let a day pass without do ing something to make somebody comfortable. Learn to make bread as well as cake. Never go about with your shoes unbuttoned.—Home Notee. man to wear a mustache, and such a breach of good form is un known in England.’ ’ The powerful attraction of .the prize ring is easily understood. Here is “Terry” McGovern for ex ample, who is reported to have made $112,000 during the past year by 132 minutes of actual work in the ring. But not all prize-fighters are “Terrible Terrys. ’ —Springfield Republican. Herbert Putnam says that libra ries are growing in number far more rapidly than are librarians. He directs attention to the fact that whereas there are now about eight thousand libraries in the country, there are not more than five or six hundred especially trained librarians. Geo. A, Fuller, who died in Chi cago recently, is credited w r ith bein^ the originator of the modern office ‘sky-scraper.” When he first announced that he would build a steel frame-work twenty stories high, and put in the walls after wards, he was thought crazy, but even a twenty-story building is rather humble nowadays. young men Hp|ipip||pp||VPI9PiPil9j||ppHp twentieth century both hopeful and determined.—Athens Banner. How Baseball Started. The devil was the first coacher. He coached Eve when she Btole first. Adam stole second. When Isaac rqet Rebekah at the well, she was walking with a pitcher. Samp son struck out a good many times when he beat the Philistines. Mo ses made his first run when he slew the Egyptian. Cain made a base hit when he slew Abel. Abraham made a sacrifice. The prodigal son made a home run. David was a long distance thrower, and Moses shut out the Egyptians at the Red Bea.—Ex. onn o. Kendrick Dead. J°hu C. Kendrick died at ^ in the Glade district m as ev e at 12 o’clock, mid- of kMne y trouble. He-was r8 .°f a " e snd was a well bedizen of the county. He onee-^Mr. W. R." Ken- ^ UUe ral services were imber Ridge church the wring his death, the re- 9i,1 g interred in the church Leiy. Bryan Has Beached The Top. Hon. W. J. Bryan has taken another step upward on the lad der of Fame. - He is going to start a weekly newspaper and become “a country editor.” * That settles his fortune, and will put a real climax on his bril liant career in politics and letters. •‘Rah for Editor Bryan, and his weekly paper, “The Commoner.” CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use in time, told by druggists. -- . . .. • J' - ■ 1'! W ' 1 . I 11 £ SHI \ ■ 1 Ak ^SB • I - i