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THE GEORGIA CRACKER, SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1901
JAUNDICED EYES
spent Thursday
ning to end, und when yon go back to
your office tell the editor to call in that
man of his who writes the big stories
about tall corn, snakes, turtles, high
jumps and hot weather. He can’t hold
a candle to that Eagle fellow, Who cer
tainly, in all right and justice, should
be publicly presented with th£ great
tin medal which the Erwin house Men
dacity club presents to its champion
liar.”
rain, which had been coming down, as
we all know, for two weeks almost
without intermission, and up to 10
o’clock of the morning of the 23d it was
not known whether the exercises
would take place at the court honse or
on the grounds. Indeed, 1 think under
the circumstances that Mr. T. M. Bell,
to whom the honors of the occasion, to
a large extent, are due, did all possible
for the entertainment of these people.
“Now, as to the question of food,
think the editor of The Eagle has been
very unfortunate in his criticisms. He
certainly did not learn the facts in the
case. I stated from the stand that the
old soldiers and invited guests woulc
be entertained first; and Colonel Phil
Simmons got them in line at my re
quest, and when the spread was ready
success, largely due to your kind aid, for which
all the confederate veterans are most grateful.
I'am, very truly, your'Mend,
gunt has returned from a
#r spri n £ s *
r price is visiting friends
Alabama.
f j ar rard of Cleveland, is
us week.
of Carrollton is visit-.
SECRETARY CAMPBELL’S VIEWS.
This was the sixteenth annual reunion of tM*
glorious^regiment at Gainesville, Ga., on Aug
ust 23,1901. As the vast audienee looked on the
faces of these heroes of the fiercest fought revo
lution in the hirtory of modern or ancient times
many were moved to serious thought of the
bloody battles fought by these heroes of the lost
cause (but not lost). It is said that their deeds
upon many battle-fields were equal to the charg.
of the old guard under Marshal Ney at Waterleoo
Estimated that some l,2t 3 persons were upon
the old fair grounds and partook of one of the
best prepared basket, repasts ever seen on an.
occasion like this. There was no disturbance
to mar the pleasure of any one. The rostrum
was well adapted to the. occasion, as also the
seats, as it was not expected that there wonld
be parlor chairs or cushioned seats. The exer
cises were impressive and thrilling and the
hearts of the veterans as well as the multitude
were made happy; Long may the galla t 43d
and 52d Georgia regiments live to have many
more pleasant reunions.
W. H. CAMPBELL. Secretary.
PIANO! MANDOLIN!
GUITAR S BANJO !
Terms are Reasonable.
, Mrs. M, M. Child,
Residence: Dr. W. A. Palmour’s.
Quarantine Oyer.
The friends of Mr. and Mrs. R. J.
Sanders will be pleased to learn that
they are at last liberated, they having
been quarantined for some time on ac
count of their little boy Bernard hav
ing scarlet fever. Mrs San ders and the
little boy are in Naeoochee where they
can enjoy their much appreciated liber
ty fully.
Secretary Warren H, Campbell Declares
the Reunion of the Old Confederates
a Great Success—Many Other Vet
erans Swear it Was the Best
Managed of Affairs—Colonel
Hiram P. Bell’s Strong
Letter of Commenda-
• b - tion.
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The kid reporter, who rather prided
himself on the faithful and painstak
ing manner m which he covered the re
union frolic of the old confederate vet
erans for this paper, on Friday of last
week, was considerably surprised wheq
the editor of .The Cracker “rounded
him up,” and placed in his hands his
own report and the first page display
story headed “It Was the Old Soldiers’
Day, "which appeared in gthe Eagle
this week. The kid reporter^read The
Eagle through to a finish, and then,
so astonished /was he, gasped his de
fense in these words :
‘Tm sure, sir, I didn’t see anything
of that sort ; and if there were hap*,
penings out at the fair grounds such as
are described in that article, it’s very
queer that I didn’t hear' of them. I’m
sure the dinner was fine. I had all I
could *eat and several gir—young la
dies whom I met out there just gorged
themselves. There’ was more than a
plenty, and when we had eaten all the
substantiate we wanted, we topped off
on watermelons, which were there by
the wagon load.”
“WelL!” retprted the editor. “It is
evident, that you have either missed a
good story or the other fellow has——
Well, we won’t say what.
ijoiistoii
hjate Dozier.
U Kimbrough and
Liu Elberton.
Lyderand family 1
[ c ity this week. ^
Ly Bishop of Atlanta, is a
Mrs. W. T. Branon.
L Worley was a guest of Mrs
bbrough this week.
E, Murphy is in New York pur-
all and winter goods.
1( 1 Mrs. Howard Thompson,
nrsday at Clarkesville.
Loulie and Eva Ellis of Ma-
risiting Mrs. M. C. Brown.
irtrude Locke *of Greensboro,
is a guest of Mrs. J. R. Boone.
osias of Brenau college, has
from an extended tour of the
children
COL. W. F. FINDLEY CALLS IT A SUCCESS.
Col. W. F. Findley, who was quoted
as an authority for some of the state
ments made in The Eagle says :
“I did give Editor Craig the informa
tion he thought he possessed when he
published the article. I heard no-com
plaint on the part of any confederate.
Barring the rudeness of some had boys
the reunion was a decided success,”
WHO DEFRAYED THE EXPENSES.
The committee of citizens having in
charge the entertainment of the veter
ans reports that the total money con
tributions for the purpose amounted to
$66. The expenses were $101.72, and
the deficit of $35.72 was made good out
of the pockets of the committeemen.
Thgse were the contributors :
T. M. Bell...$5 00 F. M.Tumlin 1 00
F. Cr eate... 5 00 A. J. Mundy. 1 00
W. N. Dyer.. 5 00 C. F. W. Gun-
F. M Johnson 5 00 ther... .. 1 00
J. A. Smith.. 5 00 Cash ........ 50
H, H. Dean. . 5 00 P. fleck.... - 2 00
S/C. Dunlap. 10 \Q0 H. Thompson 1 00
J. D. Bagwell 5 0*0 M. C. Brown. 1 00
W.’ B. Smith. 3 00 Cash .1 00
W. I. Hobbs. 1 00 Andoe & Bell 2 00
R.D Mitchell 3 00 G. H. Prior- 1 00
J. B. Gaston. 1 00 J. B. Boyd.. 50
H. B. Smith. 1 00 T. Gould...., 50
p. Telford is again in the city
Lit te relatives in Bank conn-
•ner Quillain was a guest of
of Judge A. Rudolph this
Two Deaths,
The ten months-old baby of T. P.
JEfanberry of Atlanta, died at WiH Ash
fords Thursday morning at 8 o’clock.
The body was carried to Atlanta for
burial.
Monroe Latty aged 51 years died
Friday morning in Glade district. His
body will be buried at the church at
Dunagan today.
[). Evans and daughter are
of the family of Mr. W. H.
Go out and
see some of these veterans—talk with’
them—get the names of those who had
to buy their dinners at the restaurants
—see people in town who were there—
ladies particularly—get interviews with
all the kickers.” y
Thus instructed the kid reporter
. started forth on his assignment, a lit
tle chagrined at having missed such a
.juicy sensation, and yet, at the same
time, more than seven-eights convinced
that the “It Was the Old Soidiers’ Day”
story was a fake, pure a nd simple, in
spired by a man who witnesses the hap
piness of his fellows—particularly his
enemies—with the jaundiced eyes of en
vy, and describes the distorted pictures
thus impressed upon his morbidly bil
ious mind in language that would do
credit to that venerable father of fa- j
kirs; the mendacious Baron Munchaus
en. He spent the day in-a weary hunt
for some person who would Confirm the j
Eagle story—which he took along* with
him and read to each person inter
viewed until he knew it by heart—but
the shadows of night fell upon the city
aud io! not one man, woman, or child
had been found who would speak of
the reunion otherwise than in the most
enthusiastic terms, or who failed to
shower encomiums upon the gentle
men who inanaged the gathering.
The veterans all declared that they
wouldn’t have missed attending the !
gathering for worlds, and that “ra
tions” were more than abundant ; the
Civilians who honor the brave old men
who wore the gray, and wept* ouWto I
the fair grounds to help them Celebrate
—applauding their war-worn jokes and
listening interestedly to their garru- I
lous war gossip—asserted with great J
unanimity. that the queen city did her- j
self proud that day in her hospitable
welcome to the old fighters ; the ladies
young and old voted it “perfectly
splendid; especially the music and the
war songs,” and only one young ma
tron could be found who would admit,
after a dubious hesitancy, that the cel- j
ebration had not been altogether a suc
cess so far as she was concerned, “be
cause,” as she confessed, “my little boy
MB. T, M. BELL USES STRONG LANGUAGE.
I see in The Eagle an artigje about
the confederate reunion, held in our
city last Friday^ that reads like the
ravings of a madman or a fool. The
writer of this article starts out with
the proposition that “the rainy weather
which is
Innie and Ludie Holland of
Ire visiting their sister, Mrs.
trine, Jr.
11 Artope of Charleston South'
is visiting Miss Addie Smith
ak street.
la Byrd of Athens was in the
reek, a guest of the family of
Martin.
EL. E. Andoe and Harry Bell
p York to layjin their supply
Jason’s goods.
\ R. Boone and Miss Eva
i haye returned from a visit
fagle, Tennessee. ~
I. H. C. and L. G. Williaiqs
are in the city, guests of their
krjim Williams.
play Millen of Atlanta, who
fin this city for some time,
[o his home Monday:
W. Marion and family have
prom an extended visit to
hd friends in Missouri.
[fl. Hardy of Barnesville has
pff in the city this week as
P? relatives and friends.
p Dozier and family have
Ito Carrollton after visiting
h of c. A. and J: H. Dozier.
p Holmes, who has been on
pd visit to relatives in South
pturned home Wednesday.*
raffle Kimbrough leaves to-
jetherford Texas, after spend-
f with her sister, Mrs.
NOTICE.
1 have this day resigned my position
with the Red Store on Green street, to
accept one wish Geo, G. Price at* “The
• White Grocery/’ I will xbe pleased to
have my friends call and see me as I
will he prepared to filTany order in the
staple and Fancy Grocery line. ’Phone
your orders in.
JNO. W. BAILEY.
For fine livery see D. E, Evans.
had ceased the night before,
enough excuse within itself for the
shortcomings of the reunion. It had
been raining for three weeks before the
day appointed, and up to 9 o’clock on
Friday morning it was doubtful that
the reunion would be held, at all, and,
if it was, whether it would be at the
fair; ground or indoors.
There \vere
75/or 100 g6od ladies of the city who
had promised to send filled baskets,
and only about fifteen were sent; they,
too, thinking on account of the rainy
weather that there would be no re-
The bulk of the dinner was
union
ordered from the city after 12 o’clock
in the day, the crowd having merged
into several hundred people to the sur
prise of evefy one. interested. If any
one did not get enough to eat it is re
gretted by the committee, who did the
best they could under the circum
stances.
* The Eagle says that “the orator of
H. C* Flowers sells the Singer
Sewing Machine, the best m the world.
Bears the
Signature
of
ing to a tired, fagged-out and impa
tient audience,”
while the orator of the
day said in the afternoon of the day oft
the reunion, and on one occasion since,
that he never saw a more patient, at
tentive pnd appreciative crowd in his
life. This article further says that
‘‘the news had gone out to have one
targe spread and for it, to he served
without restriction, and that the plan
was carried out to the letter.” This is
a lie and the writer of the article is
the liar. Thos. M. Bell.
The quickest cure
for COLDS, GRIP, ETC.
The OldReliafile.
I am still at the same old stand ready
to do your work at any time. Come ^o
see the old reliable who never fails to
give you satisfaction. Hair cuts, shayes.
shampoos, shunes, baths—hot and cold,
all the time. Don't forget me.
LEE PARNELL,
Arlington Block.
ing spread by the ladies,’ nor am I
aware that there stood by the table the
uneurried canaille who had brought
nothing to the feast but their nails and
claws and rushed like famished coyotes
and grabbed everything in sight, and
hid things about their clothing while
they ate. This I leave to be proven by
the editor himself, and if he can get
any good'out of an article of that kind
for himself, for the benefit of the town
or his paper, I wish him to proceed in
all his glory.”
| r y Lou White left yesterday
^ position in the Tennille
priiere she wHl teach for the
' CHAIRMAN JNO. A. SMITH TALKS.
In speaking of The Eagle article Mr.
John A. Smith said in an interview
yesterday: “I think it does the people
who had the matter in charge a very
great injustice. I had nothing to do
with the management of the occasion
I was merely requested
; ne s Goss of Athens, who has
faestof Miss MaudMontgom-
ew days, returned to her
week.
I ’ Canning and H. V.
hack from the eastern
^ ere they have been pur-
111 goods,
m any way,
I by those who did manage the affair to
preside over the meeting at the stand,
which I did; I was asked to contribute
a small amount of money, which I did;
I was requested to furnish my carriage
to convey the speaker of the day, Col.
Richardson, to the grounds, which I
did; our company was requested to
I furnish lumber, which we did free of
charge and which was dressed on one
side and which were the best plank I
ever saw used on an occasion of that
kind. No one expected the seats to
I haye backs. J It is true I invited the old
soldiers to find seats on the platform
wherever they could, and did so not
thinking of the clothes they wore or
whether they were washed or un
washed. I was interested m entertain
ing the people and not what they wore
“Again, I should like to say in jus
tice to the management of this oeca*
sion that the seats were built in the
lam sel ling the best sewing machine
on earth at less price than an agents
in the United States. I will eell you a
! >40 machine for $25, a $35 machine for
No agent’s com-
go with me
who attended the reunion at this place on Aug
ust 23d, have read the article in the Gainesville
Eagle purporting to describe the occurrences of
; 520, and so on down,
ndssion or profits
—my customers get this benefit them
selves, If you haven’t got the cash I
will sell you on time, with a good note.
Call at the express office and let me
whisper a little machine talk in your
ear. I can show you any kind of ma
chine, from the latest improved drop
head Singer to the cheapest machine
on the market. Don’t get caught with
“cheap John” advertisements—come
and see me. . H. A. Terrell,
Gainesville, Ga.
it’s a virtual throw down of our story,
and we always aim to print .the truth,”
the kid reporter bethought him of what
one of the old veterans—who is loved
and respected by every Gainesvillian,
and whose honorable scars, received in
the forefront of battle, entitle him to
respectful consideration, exclaimed
when The Eagle story was read to him.
“It is a wonder,” quoth this grizzled
old warrior, “that the earth don’t - tip
up when the man who wrose that arti
cle sets his foot on it, such a heavy
weight he seems to be. There’s not a
COL. H. P. BELL’S LETTER.
Gumming, Ga., August 26, 1901.
Hon. John A. Smith, Gainesville, Ga.
gy Dear Sir*—1 drop yon this note to express
to you my high appreciation and profound
1 thanks for the great service you rendered to us
. & our late reunion is your city. It was a grand
lbs Kind Yon Haw Aiwa]