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SATURDAY JANUARY 11. 1902,
Don’t let anything interfere
with your determination to put
your shoulder to the wheel and
push your town and county on
ward and upward.
lows for Mardecal unconscious or ms
own fate. Albert, my boy, do you see
the point?”
Lester Puckett is a man of convic
tions. He is as firm as a stone wall and
as true to his friends as the needle to
the pole. He is not a stranger to the
political chess board and when you
l ’-go up against him” you will be con
vinced that while politics is fascinating
it is a very'uncertain game. Mr. Puck
ett has been on the -Aldermanic hoard
for the past two years and is now at
the head of the finance and police com
mittees. • '
Policeman Prater gays that he is a
live wire. That he can tab© a good
look at a man and tell • the brand of
whisky that he drinks; what he- had
for dinner and . what he is thinking
about.
President Roosevelt has a big
j ob on hand in contend mg with
the politicians at the pie counter.
He needs all of his old time “stre
nuousness,” and a little more. ~
EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS.
Dont forget, during the good
year of 1902, to trade with our ad
vertisers. .
Marietta is going" to have her
chautauqua again next summer.
Gainesville’s Chautauqua will go
into winter quarters about the
same time.
Gainesville’s -two- new cotton
mills, liks Milwaukee’s beer, has
made her famous. ^
Help your town along by saying
a good word for it as you go here
and there.
~ Railroad wrecks seem to increase
in number. Almost every day a
number of people are killed. Why
isn’t more precaution taken? Speed
seems to be the only desire to be
obtained.
Insurance. Notice.
I take this method of informing my
friends and the citizens of Gainesville
and vicinity that I have engaged in the
business of Insurance Solicitor, and am
prepared to have any one who may fa
vor me with a share of their patronage
written in some of the very best Fire
and Accident companies now doing
business in this state and at as reason
able rates as can be given by any first
class company. '
Applications respectfully solicited.
Office with Mr. C. A. Dozier, Boom
No. 1. upstairs m in State Bank build
ing.
J. H. Butt
Insurance Solicitor.
Guerry is the live wire in the
gubernatorial canvas. He lets the
boys know where he goes along.
Col T. W. Hard wick of Wash
ington county,, has announced for
congress’ in the Tenth district
against the present encumbent,
Hon. W. H. Fleming of Richmond
county. The principal plank m
his platform is the disfranchise
ment of the negro. He will be
left at home.
Start out the new year with the
determination to do your town the
greatest possible good during 1902.
Who is vour choice for Gover
nor? A prize will be given the first
one naming the successful candi
date.
Here’s four years more of suc
cess to Postmaster Farrow. May
he continue to give the people good
service.
He Raised the Limit.
Mayor Pf N.' Parker held his first
court last Saturday afternoon. Three
negroes, two women and amah, were
before him charged with fighting. Af
ter carefully*considering the evidence,
they were adjudged guilty and a fine
of $2.50 and costs was imposed upon
each, by the Mayor. This,was Raising
the limit a little, a'nd it only goes to
show that the way ot the transgressor
will be unusually hard when he hap
pens to come before Mayor Parker.
The,Man And The “Billy Goat.”
We held up Mayor pro tem Puckett
the other day-and threatened to put
our auger into him for the “news.’*
He*“bueked” slightly at first but when
we exhibited our diamond pointed
‘•borer” he Weakened and consented to
talk. He was in fine humor and in a
reminiscent mood. He descanted on
various and sundry things and finally,
during a lull-in the conversation, we
referred to the “hot” contest in the
election for city officers held* by the
council on the night of the 1st, instant.
He said: I am glad that you have
touched upon this subject for I was the
center of an almost unending conten
tion from 9 o’clock p. m until 1 o’clock
a. m. and had to keep my eye on my
number. There was an element on the
aldermanic board that decided to hold
a caucus previous to the election; leave
me out of its deliberations and “fix”
things in accordance with “plans and
specifications” to suit it. I heard of the
scheme and when the time arrived was
ready for the fray and after a spirited
contest routed the opposition “horse*
foot and dragoon.”
,?Vhy, said he, growing more anima
ted, the result of this contest reminds
me .of the story that Hon. .Emory Speer,
that gifted son of genius, use. to tell in
the Ninth District when he was run
ning for Congress. He said that a fel
low was passing a road and spied gome
beau tilul apples on a tree in a sedge
field and thought that there would be
nothing inappropriate in getting over
into the enclosure; knocking some
down and satisfying his appetite.
Gainesville ha& grown wonder
fully during the past year. She is
destined to be a big city yet.
Watch her grow.
selection from this 1
handsome dress of ti
How Jong before electric street
cars are running over our streets?
The railroad people say it wont be
long. So mote it be.
. Mr. W. B. Smith was called to Sum
ter, S. C., by wire Tuesday to take an
inventory of a stock of goods recently
damaged by fire at that place. He re
cently, in conjunction with Mr. W. A.
Wilson, straightened out the Lytle
stock, hnd as he made such a good job
of it the insurance company promptly
wired him Tuesday to come to Sumter
on a like errand, which is quite a com
pliment to him.
Much is expected of Mayor Par
ker and his administration, and
we feel sura they will not disap
point the people.
The merchants in Gainesville
had a very prosperous year in 1901.
We hope^they will be more pros
perous during 1901.
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The old liberty bell from Phila
delphia is touring the South. The
patriotism of the Southern people
is always alive, bell or no bell.
It- wont be long before county
politics begins to warm up. There
promises to he*some hot fights on
hand for several offices-
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The farmers should keep his Log
and hominy campaign going, re
gardless of whether the gubernato
rial campaign progresses or not.
H ake h o
A Good. Company.
The Grace Rentfrow Company is fil
ling a week’s engagement at the opera
house. Theatre goers are delighted
with-the plays of Monday night, Tues
day, Wednesday and Thursday nights,
and declare that they are equal to the
highpriced companies that ever came
..ere. It is the best repertoire com
pany ever seen in Gainesville. The
plays are all new and well rendered,
with numerous specialties introduced
between acts There will be a grand
family matinee, today, Saturday, at!
2.30 p. m. 10c. to all parts of the house.
$10 in gold will be giyen away tonight
to some lucky person, $5.00 up stairs
and $5.00 down stairs. *
For Tttfflnts and
17 Killed In Wreck.
New York, January 8.—Two lo
cal trains bound for New York,
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yoar mind now to sup
port bnly the best men for office
in the ^approaching primaries]
Fitness for office should be consid
ered.
A\kgelab!e PrefraratiouforAs
similating iiierood andReguta-
tiiig Ski Stomachs andBowels of
one
from South Norfolk and the other
from White Plains, crashed togeth
er in a smoke-clouded Park avenue
fcunnelof the New ifork Central
line early today. Seventeen per
sons were killed and forty injured.
Promotes Digestion,Cheerful
ness and Rest.Contains neither
Opium,Morphine nor Mineral.
KotNmcotic.
TheGsACKER would welcome t
good correspondent in every sec
tion of the county. Won’t yoi
send us the news from your sec*
tion? r
Plural Possessive Case.
Benham—Where is iny necktie,
wife?
Mrs. Benham -You mean our
necktie. I have it on.r—Judge.
The gubernatorial situation is,
up-to-date, anything but exciting.
However, it is. expected to warm
up considerably by the first of
March. V
The Kind That Suits.
I sugrJ for her hand,
TnJ dear little thin?,
And now_l am suing
To get back mjr ring.
—Yonkers Statesman.
A perfect Remedy for Constipa
tion, Sour Stomach,Diarrhoea,
Worms Convulsions /Feverish
ness and LOSS OF SLEEP.
There is said to be a surplus of
money in the United States treas
ury. Our treasury can hold a few
more dollars, if they are looking
lor a place to put it.
A Royal Cynic.
A decidedly cynical remark is
credited to Prince Ferdinand of
Bulgaria on the occasion of his re
cent visit to a chrysanthemum ex
hibition in Paris. One chrysanthe
mum in particular, with enormously
long petals of reddish gold, attract
ed his attention, and, turning to
the friend who accompanied him,
h<*said,.with a smile: “A flower with
long hair and hardly any heart. It
should have been named woman!”
WEW YORK
Schley hopes to get justice at the
handB of President Roosevelt, who
has consented to review the case.
The Americian people will give
him justic whether the President
and the naval clique does or not.