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VOLUME
MARIAN RECOVERS.
school. Miss Thomas will act as
private secretary to the principal,
Miss Gibson, while taking a
course of normal training and also
a thorough course in medicine,
having access to the school hospi
tal. She will probably take charge
of a school in Mexico after a
twelve months’ course.
Miss Thomas is very popular
here and her many friends regret
to give her up, but wish her much
success in;this step.
She, will be accompanied as far
as Atlanta by, several pf her home
friends.
snortin’ rampage,” and all of them
are out of their banks. Conse
quently the damage to growing
crops in the bottom lands has
been considerable.
The public highways have suf
fered considerable. The flood of
water has washed them into gul
lies and ruts, and the low places
are almost impassable quagmires
of mud. Bridges and culverts have
been washed away, and it will take
a good long spell of sunshine to
dry up the accumulation of water
and enable the people to take an
account of stock and repair dam
ages.
Will Hold a Three Days’ Conven
tion in Gainesville. '
In the good old days “befo’ de
wah” Gainesville was the head
quarters of air the cracker past
master horse-swappers, and these
veterans held continuous session.
A history of this noble order from
its inception down to the time
when more strenuous duties deci
mated its ranks and dissipated its
Little Marian, whose mother,
Mrs. Anna R. Chapman, died here
recently of hydrophobia, the re
sult of a bite received from a pet
dog that had the rabies, and who
was also bitten by the mad brute,
has entirely recovered, and the
terrible virus has been completely
eradicated from her system. On
July 9th both the little girl and
her mother were bitten by the
dbg, ijforhich two days latbr died of
rabies. Shortly afterwards Mrs.
Ch apman became ill and the hor
rible convulsions which attended
her illness convinced the attend
ing physician, Dr. E. P. Ham, .that
his patient was suffering from
hydrophobia. The malady in the
mother was too far advanced to
admit of her removal, but until
her death, twenty-two days after
having been bitten, she received
all tile attention and loving care
possible all through her frightful
sufferings. Immediately after tak
ing charge ! of the case Di, Ham
sent little Marian to Atlanta to
receive expert treatment at the
Pasteur institute.
For one month she was carefully
watched and treated, but no signs
of tpe terriblb disease appeared.
Tueiday morning list she was dis
charged, perfectly immune, and
will hereafter live with relatives
in the gate city.
members would be more interest
ing reading than “Arabian Nights,”
“Gulliver’s 4 Travels,” “Robinson
Crusoe,” and the whole pack of
“pavid Harum” and, “When
Knighthood Was in Flower,’ ’
romances of our later day, rolled
into one compact volume. There
are very few of the old guard left,
but some ot them Lave left de
scendants whose blood still thrills
with the lust of witty and wordy
battle over an equine exchange;
and these pigmy progeny of a race
of giants aie attempting; to revive
interest in the old pastime, and;
in pursuance of this purpose, a
committee of the “sons of vet?
erans” has called a convention of
the somewhat demoralized' and
enervated army to meet in this
city Thursday, Friday and Satur
day, September 12, IB and 14.
It is confidently expected that
there will he a big attendance and
that some of the old heroes may
be tempted to come out of their
retirement and t&ke part in the
proceedings,
It costs hut one dolJar a year for
The Georgia Cracker—less than
two cents a week.
OYER THE BRIDGE
I James Poindexter, Columbus, O.
an in the capital city of the State
> is better known than the Rev*
Poindexter. For many years hfl
en the successful pastor of the
L Baptist Church of that city,
day his venerable figure and
' face may be seen on the streets
city where he has labored for sc
pears. What a history of benev*
and self-sacrifice might he writ*
;imply giving the details of the
ay life of thisfaithfczl pastor and
t preacher.
d age comes to the best Of men.
sumatics peculiar to advanced
already begun its insidious rav*
en it became necessary to find a
if possible, that his days of use*
night not be shortened.
I efficient nerve tonic. that woulc
folate the circulation, improve the
gtion, and increase the tone and
irof his whole system, was needed,
only remedy capable of meeting all
je indications was found, to be Pe-
L In a recent letter to Dr. Hartman,
|ates*.
Ey attention was called some time
Mulberry creek, according to Mr.
Milt. Hope, who drove down into
the Chestnut mountain section
last Tuesday, was away out of its
banks and running over the
bridges at snob depth that the
guard rails, could not be seen.
“Just after dinner,” said Mr.
Hope, “we had a regular cloud
burst and the ram came down by
the bucketfull. I don’t think I
ever saw such a heavy rainfall in
my life.' ’
Considerable wind accompanied
Use downpour and the two com
bined beat flat to the ground a
great deal of the corn in that sec
tion, in many instances snapping
the stalks off short.
Visitors to the city from the
surrounding country report; great
damage done by the heavy storms
of the past week, Crops have been
beaten down and seriously inj ured,
particularly corn, and if the wet
weather bad continued much lon
ger there would -be much damage
to cotton. Farna work of all kinds
has been ‘entirely suspended, and
many neighborhoods have been
entirely out of communication
with the'outside world by reason
6f swollen creeks and rivers.
These latter have been cn what the
wild westerners would call “a rip-
f- to your medicine for rheumatic
ibles by Mr. Cook, an^old Reliable
ggist of this city, and take pleasure
faying that I have tried them and
Id them good. It is my opinion that
remedy, Peruna, is justly entitled to
name which it has throughout the
led States.” .
press The Peruna Medicine C<Xj
ambus, 0., for free catarrh book*
There were those
among that rapidly vanishing band
Mary Early, a “lady of color, 15
was brought up before Mayor Mit
chell Monday; charged with disor
derly conduct and. using profane
language. Her accusers were Mrs.
Beni West and her little daughter
Handy. Mrs. -< West . swore that
the accused h ad in passing her and
her little daughter grabbed the
child and flung her from the walk
and after that had thrown rocks
at her and even, struck the witness
herself. ■ Her little daughter swore
to virtually the same.
But—such a difference—when
Mary: Early’s witnesses began to
testify the situation was almost
the reverse. Mandy, the little
daughter, they declared, had
chased herself from side to side on
the walk to prevent the Early
woman from passing, and that
when a passage was eventually
made the child chased the negro
woman for some distance, throw
ing rocks at her all the - time.
This quite complicated affairs, but
Mayor Mitchell decided that one
was aB guilty as the other. There-
who could start out in the morn
ing with a grass tie Tope and re
turn at nightfall driving a span
of high-steppers. Wh^t glorious
stories of adventure those old fel
lows could tell, and how—it any
of them put in an appearance at
the forthcoming convention—they
will boast of the men they have
“traded to a halter.’’
There will be ample accommo
dations for those that may attend;
and there will be a nice camping-
ground* with wood and water pro
vided for the # swappers from a dis
tance. The committee having the
reupion in charge—Messrs. Joe
RUN AWAY.
fhileMr. J. H. Hunt was roll-
[his big safe to the Arlington
pi Monday, and just as he had
ten the safe in . the center of
in street in front of the Arling-
[ the delivery horse of George
Estes came tearing along with
wagon. There was a rush to
lout oi the way and the horse
between the safe and a tele-
ph pole, striking the former*
went but a short distance fur-
Mor striking a bus belonging
Bagwell and Buffington with
front wheel of the wagon, it
to the feet and hence through the
whole bodyjthe path of disease is ' ■
often plainly marked. f\A\7l
Don’t catch cold from wet feet.
Wear a pair of our strong, hand-
j some, and well made SHO£S t
' and be independent of the weather.
.Men’s and Women’s Shoes are both
made of honest material. There
is no filling up with useless trash.
Real leather and good workman
ship do not cost much here.
Brown’s Celebrated 5-Star Shoes, from $2 to
$3.50. W, P. Taylor’s Foot Glove $8.50. All Summer
Footwear at sacrifice prices.
Early Fall Clothing is now being received in specially
attractive lots. Extraordinary values and beautiful
patterns will predominate the coming season in our
store. A handsome lot of suits and odd pants now on
display. Unheard of reductions will be made on all
summer clothing.
SHIRTS! We are giving some heart-rending sacrifices in
shirts of all kinds, for instance: $2 Manhattan Shirts
vo go at $1.50; $1.50 Manhattans at $1.25; $1 Monarch
Shirts given away at 85c. Also, big line dress shirts and
work shirts at similar reductions. Come while you can
get th«m.
Dress Goods are being closed out at awfully low figures.
We will have to make room for our increased line of
beautiful fall goods soon t > be received. Here is one on
which we ate piece-making a run: 20c. and 25c. Lawns
( are selling at 12Jc.
Our Grocery Department is up to the standard in its
line of Fancy and Staple Goods. Send us your orders.
ance, an
veteran s.
NEARLY COMPLETED,
The city hall of Gainesville is
now nearing completion. Every
thing has been put ih ship-shape
order except the woodwork, which
will be completed in the near fu
ture. The plAtered walls are
nicely colored and the overhead
finished in sky blue. This is a
building of which every citizen of
this city should be justly proud.
Upon the completion of the
A large member of hands are
at work on the streets of this city,
filling in washouts, removing the
debris, where the heavy rains have
recently wrought damage. A
great many sidewalks were badly
washed and the sewers filled in,
but street overseer Wills says that
he will have th6 streets in good
shape before long.
;
MISS THOMAS LEAVES,
Miss Guseie Thomas will leave
this city Monday for Kansas City,
Missouri,
(HYNDS CO’S OLD STAND.)
where she will attend
the Bcarritt Bible and Training
