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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