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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. -—~o-——— \ 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- ————o— ’ 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, inr.imininmmmmniini'intiiiiiniimniiiniimi;imitniii'iiimininiit;{ 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.