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THE GEORGIA CRACKER, SATURDAY AUGUST 17, 1901.
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
Uncle Ezra’s voice had softened. ^ m
when he spoke of Ben, but it grew ’ StcIMWonsen
suddenly stern when he asked:
* *
*
“Whar’s Bill this morninM”
Mrs. Valentine Tells How
Lydia Em Pinkham 9 s Vegeta
ble Compound Cured Hop*
parents
had thin
I “My Bill?” was the senior Led
better’s counter-query.
%*
“Sartin shore—Bill Ledbetter.”!
: *;.*
I taps their
^children h^ ( y.e : r t h i n
not make it necessary 1
for them to have thin
hair.
One
you,
may
rely
upon—
r\
Happiness will go out of your life
forever, my sister, if you have any
of the symptoms mentioned in Mrs.
Valentine’s letter, unless you act
promptly. Procure Lydia ,E- Pink-
ham’s Vegetable Compound at once.
It is absolutely sure to help you. Then
write for • advice .if there is anything
about your case you do not under
stand. •
i . •, ♦ , 1 You need not be afraid to tell the
Theyall hev ben layin by ter go things you could not explain to the
thar fur quite er spell ter ,list in doctor—your letter will be seen only by
4-1 11 women. All the persons who see priv-
tn$r reg lar army, j ate letters at Mrs. Pinkham’s Labora-
#" » vegciaoie tumpuuna a
‘Oh Bill lef’ afore day fur At- M-t is absolutely sure to help you.
7—him an’ Bud Erwin an’
Sim Kickhghter an’ Tom Oakes.
1 ■ ■ J *^0 I ' I tory, at Lynn, Mass., are women. *AU
Utitu «+ t ^ A i . j tt i 8 r* letters are confidential and advice abso-
. What ! ejaculated Uncle Ez- lutely free. ■-* .
ra' orjd hia In nfL lijl 1 - f v ;pBif • ! I Dora ic Dia lalfa* • - tt liT ic ivifli
ra, and his teeth shut
svith a savage snap,
um
together! here is the letter: — “It is with;
“All four un ‘ I>leas H r ® * hat 1 add my testipaony to
iA
it ,grpw 'buck and
your list, hop
ing it may in
duce Others to
avail them
selves of the
benefit of your
valuable rem
argin,
It
dan-
i i,
It
color to
all the dark, rich color
of early life. There is
no lOttge^y^edi 'dP
your looking old be
fore your time.
$1.00 a bottle. All druggists. _?
softly ^murmured Vegetable
Uncle Ezra, and he walked away ^^ery’bad 1
with his face bowed upon his bos- ly, was terribly
n£nT wbile^Eedbetter pere spat Mred^had^tek
[ inediifetiveiy hi the head of a near-| headaches, no
^iipuud^aud muttered under 1 his a p p e * 11 e ’
breath:
■O’
□***
“Yer will ride er bull critter fur
11 Ab a remedy for restoring color
to the hair I believe Ayer’s Hair,
Vigor has no equal. It has always
given me perfect satisfaction m
everyway.”* •
Mrs. A. M. Strehx,
BOS. Hammondsport, N.Y.
eYhdss, an’ Start new churches
thet’s plum ergin Baptis’ doctrin’,
^11 yer?”
gnawing pain in stomach, pain in my
back and right side, and so weak I
could scarcely stand. . I was not able
to do anything. 1 . Had sharp pains all
through my body.. Before I had taken
half a bottle of your medicine, I found
myself improving. I continued its use:
until I had taken four bottles, and felt
so well that L did not need to take any
more;. I am like a new person, and
.your. medicine f shall always have, my
praise. ”—Mbs. P. Valentine, 5)66
Feriy Ayeiiue* .Camdenj N. Jj
ap*
Aug.
Write the bootor.
west
He will send you a hook on The
Hair and Scalp free, upon request.
If you do not obtain all the benefits
from the use of the
the Doctor about it.
DS. J.C.AYEB
Lowell, Mass.
Unthinking young men who go $5
in search of fortune com-I - Lydia E* Pinkham Medtolne Cam
that the “old red hills of
Georgia” are played out. Tpiere|V EXPOSITION NUMBEB.
is a specimen stalk of corn on ex '
hibition at The Cracker office! The sale of thousands of copies
)NTINUED FROM FOURTH PAGE.]
FROGTOWUPS DEVIL.
aDd bellowing* through the
window'that had given- their,
ritual shepherd a means of es-
they recovered themselves
iciently to flee in an opposite
action; and out into the dark-
|d night they ran, whither they
led not. iAnd, their flight was
alerated, for, as they cast
fchtened glances over* their
ilders they saw that * fiery
jues of flame were licking up
bark roof of the church house,
presently the rude structure
i great square of fire, that rose
above the tiee tops and cast
rid glare on all the country
id about.
whiph refutes this erroneouft im-’ of a teu-ceht magazine at one dof-
pression. ' It was grown by Mr. A. lar, apiece was^a very curious hap-
S. Erwin on a piece of bottomland I ppning at: the time of the .Ghicagoi
at the fobt of one of the aforesaid world’s fair. The Cosmopolitan!
“red'hills” and is an average^am^J prepared a World’s Fair number,!
pie. * This stalk has two .^ell- contributed to by many famous'
formed ears upon it and they are writers, and so; throughly illustra-
of G-argantnausize. To pluck the ted that it. surpassed even the;
lowest of these ears a man stand- most expensive * book which, had
ing on the ground woufd have to up to that time been issued. In
lever,
? since the revenue officers
■ e their first raid through the
town settlement, had there
such fear
excitement
pg its people, and it was not
the next mornfp^ .^hen, be-
r e it was a siojry , too good fd
the cause of the fire was ex-
led, did they cease to believe
that the blazing monster
ft had dashed through the
F°h the night previous was
himself. Uncle Ezra eluci-
the mystery* the next morn*
an informal talk with Bill
Otter’s father, Amos.
er
waz them tha? &5d-dratted
> noo’count boys, ” he de-
bitterly. “While weuns
wusahuppin* they drenched
oil critter Ben*Tillman with
8ee n, tied er bunch uv fier-
ers ter his tail, an’ tu’ned
, 008e , headed to’ds ther
house. I foun’ pore Ben
’ ore day down yander in ther
u * e l cove in sech mis’ry thet
^eder bullit inter him ter
his suff’rihs—an I w’u’dn’t
r % dollars fur thet bull
have, an arm reach of seven feet: those dhys the magazine was pnn-
eleven inches; from the top ear ted from two sets of plates only,
to the extremity of the tassel is and when these were worn out it;
six feet four inches. The total was impossible, without a great
length of the stalk is fourteen feet loss of time, to put further edi-
Council Chamber, July 25, 1901.
The council met in regular ses
sion, Mayor R. D. Mitchell pre
siding. Aldermen J. M. Hubbard,
P. N. Parker, T. V. Eberhart,
J. H. Martin, L. D. Puckett and
B. B. Landers present. Minutes
ot preceding meeting read and f
proved.
The following resolution, pre
pared by the finance committee,
fixing the tax rate for the year
1901, was read the first time, and,
on motion, the roles were sus
pended and after the second read
ing pas8ed. ; ^^S:|w^^PS^^^8
Tax Levy for the Year 1901.
Be it resolved by the mayor and coun
cil of the city of Gainesville: That the
following estimate of all sums which
are or may be chargeable on said city,
and which ought to be paid in one
year, made up by the finance cbnimittee
d adopted by the council,, be entered
. ° n the minutes, and that a tax of
twenty-four hundredths of one per
cent, for interest on public debt, and
twenty-nine hundredths of one per
cent, for notes payable, and fourteen
hundredths of one per cent, for public
school purposes, and seven hundredths
of one per cent, for finishing city hall,
and six hundredths of one per cent, for
current expenses, aggregating eighty
hundredths of one per cent., be levied
for the present year upon all taxable
property, real and personal, within
said city, and upon all banking, in
surance, and other capital employed in
saidL city which is. subject to taxation,
which is, in the opinion of the council,
with ether sources ot income, necessary
to pay said sums, to-wit:
Interest on bonds, public debt.® 4,964.00
Notes payable 6,065.00
Pu blic schools 2,945.60
Officers and employes, salaries , 5,320.00
Fuel and supplies, water and
light plant........ ..
Labor, streets and sanitary ..
Lumber and pipe, streets ....
Feed, eight mules
Fire department, including
cost of hose wagon and feed 1,000.00
Blacksmith, hardware and
freight accounts
Printing and Stationei^
Insurance and repairs, public
buildings . .L......
Assessors .... iA..
5 M* y? • &
Census enumerator .
Relief and dieting prisoners..
Extra- police;,, .v.. s v..
Interest on short loans.......
Tapping watei* mains and re-
PdilTS - • •••••• , ,
Cost of two mules. .......
Public buildings (fihisiung-op-
era house, city hall)
Sundry items 1......
THE
HARDE
WORKERS
Have s^^lls of “ f
feeling’* iow and t j
This fe %g is ca, ^ |
|6y. some derangement!
Sfe, the stomach, liver
iWdneys or bowels, and
must be removed before
» f I /a 1V» 1 /Y v
'the natural vigor and
| buoyancy of spirits can
be restored.
aiRiMii
1.0
BITTERS
1,500.00
2,000.00
400.00
500.00
850.00
100.00
quickly corrects the dis
turbance, purifies the
bowels, helps digestion
and sends the blood
tingling through the
veins, carrying life and
renewed energy
throughout the system.
100.00
90.00
36.00
500.00
10.00
500.00
200.00
325.00
solo py DRuacr**^
Pl iDE, $1.00.
1,350.00
388.74
eleven inches.
Australia has more than
newspapers.
1.000
A!
/%
The liability to disease is greatly
lessened when the blood is in good con-
tions on the press. The newsdeal
ers, taking advantage of this con
dition, raised the price of the Cos
mopolitan’s world’s fair number
to one dollar a copy. A few sales
j were even made toward the close;
j at the phenomenal figure of five
dollars. Undoubtedly this hap
pening is unique in the history of
magazine literature. The Cos- 7
otherwise it would rap'idly accumulate
—fermentatioii|wouldrtake place; tfiej I icau J, JH |
blood become polluted and the consti- W H1 be even more attractive, if
exposition number, which
its world’s fair
tution so weakened that a simple , . 1
malady might result,seriously. - j |P 0SS1 ble^^tnan
A healthy, active circulation means predecessor,
good digestion and strong, healthy
nerves^ o The most Jamous writers of the
As a blood purifier and tonicS. S. S. country have beeu invited to take
has no equal. It is the safest and best I . ... ,. n - ...
^ ^ 'part m the preparation of this
issue. After many days’ careful
study of all the wonderful scenes
im- | °f the exposition, more than a
purities. At the hundred photographs have been
e time it builds^J prepared, which, taken as a whole,
2,945.60 |
$28;634.34
Estimated Income.
Ad valorem tax on ®2,104,000—
2.4fl0 mills, int. public debt.S 5,049.60
2 9-10 mills, notes payable.. 6,101.60
X 4-10 mills, pu blic . schools.
7-10 mills, public buildings
(finishing' city hall) ...
6-10 mills, curr’nt expenses
Amount due from year 1900,
•- less insolvent claims.......
License tax, 1901
Street tax, 1901..............
Water rents, 1901
Gpmetery
Fines
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1901...
Sundry items
1,472.80
1,262.40
2.000.00
3,000.00
2,000.00
3,000.00
500.00:
500.00
202.34
600.00
SPECIAL AGENTS, E. E. DIXON & CO.
$£8,634.34;
Respectfully submitted,
L. D. Puckett* ’
J. H. Martin,
P, N. Parker,
Finance Committee.
Tremble
and Don’t Know it.
M_ It is the safest and best}
remedy for old people and children
because it contains no minerals, but is
the weak and de
bilitated, and reno-
n \ij~t ijrJjrr i, vates. the entire sys
tem. It cures permanently all mannei
of blood and skin troubles.
•Mr. E. E. Kelly, of Urban a, O., writes:
**I had Eczema on my hands ana face for
five years. It would break out in little
white pustules, crusts , would form and j
the
give a through conception of
marvels of this exposition.
It is doubtful if ahy book, sell
ing at forty times the price of the
magazine*, will give any deserpition
of the fair which will approach in
drop off, leaving- the skin red andinflam
ed. The doctors did me no good. I used (
all the medicated soaps and salves without; interest and artistic value the Sep-
benefit. S. S. S. cur.^d me, aad my _skin ' ^
is as clear and smooth as any one’s,
Mrs. Henry Siegfried, of Cape May. If.
J., says that twenty-one bottles of S. S. S.
cured her of Cancer of the breast. Doc*
UU1CU UOl Ui V/aUV/Ol wx
tors and friends thought her case hope
less. •»IffJ.
Richard T. Gardner, Florence, S._ C.,
•suffered for years with Boils,
ties of S. S. ». put his blood in
dition and the Boils disappeare
Send for our free book, and write
our physicians about your case.
! Sdedical advice free.
THE SWiFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, 6A.
Two ibot-
ut his blood in good con-
“ " ' id. MB
teinber Cosmopolitan.
Those who visit the fair will
preserve this number as a delight
ful reference-book in the years to
come, and those who are unable
to go there will secure such a com
prehensive view of its main attrac
tions as will be well worthy of
preservation. ~
n'<*>id<r> How To Find Out;^ j
Fill a bottle or common glass with your
^ater and let it stand twenty-four hours; a
sediment or set
tling indicates an
unhealthy condi-
\ IV» Mr' tion of the kid
neys; if_.it stains
your ifnin it is
evidence of- kid
ney trouble; toa
frequent desire to*
pass it or pain in:
11 Jill!*>; back • ; ls ''als»o !
co nvincing proof that the kidneys and blad
der are out of order. boh
What to Do.
There is comfort in the knowledge s<
often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp
Root, the great kidney remedy fulfills ever)
wish in curing^ rasamausm, pw.i in th;
back, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part
of the urinary passage. If corrects inability
to hold water and- scalding pain in passing
it, or bad effects following use of liquor,
wine or beer, and overcomes tnat unpleasant
necessity of being compelled to go often
during the day, and to get up many times
during the night The mild and the extra
ordinary effect of Swamp-Root is soon
realized. It stands the highest for its won
derful cures Of the most distressing cases.
If you need a medicine you should have the
jest. Sold by druggists in 50c. and$l. sizes.
You may have a sample, bottle of this
vonderful discovery
ind a book that tells
nore about it, both sent
Absolutely free by mail,
address Dr. Kilmer & Home of Swamp-Root.
Co., Binghamton, N. Y. When writing men-
1 on reading this generous offerta this paper.
•The following accounts, ap
proved by finance committee, were
read a second time and ordered
paid : Gainesville Telephone Co.,
$7.50; E. E. Dixon & Co., 75c.;
Hardie & Son, 70c. ; A. S. Hardy,.
$5.50; G. F. Turner, $36.60; P. N.
Parker, $12.50; Palmour Hard
ware Co., 55c.; W. E. Smith, ser
vices rendered the city, $5.23;
H. H. Towery, dieting prisoners..
2d quarter, $43.75.
The following accoun fcs were read,
first time and referred to finance
committee: J. B. Gaston, 200
bundles oats, $4.00; Dr. K. A.
Smith, professional services ren
dered city, $79.25; Tillman Funk*
services water and light plant,
$108.73.
Messrs. H. H. Perry and HW-
ard Thompson were re-elected
members of the board o*
of the citj if Gainesvil
third wan to serve fo
three year from Augu
Mr, E. E. Kimbrough v*
a member of the board of educa
tion of the city of Gainesville,
from the city at large, to serve for
a term of three years from August
I, 1901.
No further business, on motion,
council adjourned.
J. Blalock, R. D. Mitchell,
Clerk, . Mayor.
:?9?n
% 1€
if
/AV'ObC
.dears the
Signature
of
* The Kind Yon Haw Always Boiighl