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-olume A SMALL BLAZE of chief of police. The* present incumbent, H. H. Towry, is a candidate for re-election, and he is being opposed by Messrs W. E. Smith, Bartow Parks and Tru man Bagwell, with several .more to hear from. All of the present employees are candidates for re- election, and are averse to being turned down. An alarm of. fire was turned in Tuesday at noon from Col. J. M. Towery’s residence on Oak street. Fortunately, the fire^was put out before any damage was done. on Catarrhal Diseases. HOLDER IS A MEMBER. the Thirty-first, senatorial dis trict, has been appointed a mem ber of the depot commission, which is to have in charge the building of the new passenger de- poj on the state’s terminal prop erty in Atlanta, in accordance with the bill passed at the recent session of the Georgia legislature. His compensation Georgia school teachers will have ample cause for rejoicing this week. Within the . next few days warrants aggregating $300,- 000 will have "been drawn on the state treasury to pay these teach ers their salaries for last March. The warrants are now being prepared m the state school com- Illinois.: as a member of such committee will be $500. Senator Holder’s many friends in Gainesville and Hall county con gratulate him upon his appoint ment. Winter Catarrh. Catarrh of head. Catarrh of ear. Catarrh of eye. Catarrh of throat* Catarrh of lung a. Female catarrh. Summer Catarrh. SSSSfiSrS?™*"* Catarrh of bowels. Catarrh of kidneys. after being properly approved will be forwarded to the county school commissioners all over the state for distribution. State School Commissioner Glenn said Tuesday that it would be several days before the last of the warrants were ready. The Highly favored sections! AFTER CITY JOBS Winter catarrh prevails most, north tg||||j| Summer catarrh prevails most south. \ The Cause of Most Bodily Ills Is Catarrh. CONGRESSMAN.CUMMINGS, GENERAL OF NEW YORK CITY. Major Gen Hon. Amos J. Cummings, of commanding New York, says: “Peruna is good front of San for catarrh. I have tried U and of **The San know It. It relieved me Immense- speaking oft ly on my trip to Cuba, and edy, Peruna, I^1 ways have a bottle In reserve. Senators Sul Since my return I have not suf- Enery in the fered from catarrh, but If / do I runa. It Is shall use Peruna again. Mean- by those wh time you might send me another excellent toi ‘The poor ye have with you al y;s ? * likewise, the candidate Educate Your Bowels With Casoarets. Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever. 10c, 25c. If C. C. C. fail, druggists refund money. MANGLED BY TRAIN. The funeral services over the de ceased were held at Mr. Logan’s residence, two miles South of the city, Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock, conducted by Revs. A. A. Tillv and J. C. Otwell. ted, about thirty yards. The wa gon was torn into smithereens, ' The train crew claim not to have seen the boy at the crossing, al though it was just about dusk and, although the brakemau had a good view of the crossing before Cap tain Cox signalled the train to back ahead toward the depot. None of the train crow claim to have known the boy had been run over until after the train reached the point where it was desired to leave the cars, and the train was stop ped, The body, or parts of it, was first found by Tom Cooper, who was passing down the track after the accident happened. Coroner Dorsey was immediately sum moned and the body was carried to his Undertaking establishment and prepared for burial. Mr. J. R * Logan, father of the boy, was preparing to go home from the etore of the Gainesville Merchandise Co., where he is em-. ployed, when he heard that a boy, driving a one-horse wagon, had been run over and HI led by a train at the Southern depot. Ab he had just sent his eon on home, he felt sure it was he who had been killed, and he hurried to the' scene only to have his fears confirmed by the mangled SToung Joe Logan Run Over And Killed at Southern Depot Monday Evening. Joe, the fourteen-year-old son if Mr. J. R, Logan, was run over ind killed by a switch-train of the Southern railway, at the crossing it the South end of the freight lepofc, last Monday evening at >:10 o’clock, FUN IN THE NINTH. “The race for congress in the ninth district promises to be un- usally interesting,” said a promi nent politician yesterday while loitering among his friends in the Kimball lobby. “The entry of Dr. Watkins from Gilmer against Carter Tate will make a third candidate almost a certainty, and he will probably be from one of the three big counties of the district—Hall, Jackson, or Gwinnett—and i t is said he will have-some assurance of carrying all three of them. Dr. Watkm’s friends say he is sure to carry some of Carter Tate’s mountain coun ties. And I believe this will give a man from our side of the dis trict a fighting chance to come in and carry off the plum.”—Atlan ta Constitution (Sunday). Death was instan taneous, the body being cut liftwo, ■the lower half being dragged a dis tance of thirty yards. | The switch-train was in charge [of Conductor H. T. Cox and Crew, and was shifting freight cars on the side tracks. The engine and crew are used for switching cars at the Gainesville and New Holland stations, they working between the places all the time. Young Logan had been to the Queen City Planing Mills with a one-horse wagon for a load of Imp-, her. Failing to get it, he was on his way home, and as he was crossing the Southern railway hacks, was struck by the train as *t was backing toward the depot. Two freight cars and two flat cars, loaded with lumber, were' coupled t° the engine. The boy was sit ing on the wagon hounds, and he wagon was evidently struck centrally. The force of the blow roke the horse, which was across e track, loose from the wagon, *?d h was unhurt. The body of . 8 b °Y was thrown upon the ^ r &cks and cut in two, the lower * being carried, as above s t a - February 1st., !next, we will give up the lease on our building, and from this date offer bur entire stock, consisting of At 25 per cent discount below cost. « The business will, positively be closed up by the above date, and all parties indebted to us must positively settle their accounts at once. ANOTHER SNOW For the third time this fall snow fell here Tuesday afternoon. It only lasted an hour, and had not the ground been frozen, it would have soon disappeared. It is quite unusal for three different snows to fall in this section before Christmas. The weather man says this December is the most severe of any in many years. awful sight ofthe boy Ibrm.* An inquest was hel< body by Coroner Dorsey Tuesday morning. The jury put the blame for the boy’s death upon the rail road, attributing it to the road’s By Jno. A. Smith Mfg Co. Owners