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Adams; Misses Susie, Louise and Fanny
West.
Mr. J, E. Murpny was born in For
syth county, but reared in Gainesville,
and is a veteran merchant of a lifedong
experience. Founding his business in
1887, he has builded it to a point sec
ond to none in this thriving- little city.
A polished gentleman, whose integrity
and honor is above reproach, he is one
of our best known and 'most esteemed
citizens. Mr. Murphy is a member of
the Baptist church.
years, and as a physician enjoys a wide
practice.
Dr. DeLacy Law was born in Union
Springs, Ala., qualifleld for pharmacy
at Vanderbilt University, (Nashville,
Tftm,) and comes among us from Mont
gomery, Ala., backed by 19 years of
experience in the drug business. Dr.
Law is pleased with Gainesville, and
we are sure our people will eventually
know him with pleasure and profit. He
is a Methodist and K. of P.
in Union county, Ga., in 1851, coming
to Hall county in 1878, since which
time he has resided among a people of
whom he is best known and his good
qualities most properly admired. His
first office was that of'bailiff in Dis
trict 810. This he held but a short
time, when he became and served
twelve years as Justice of the Peace of
the same district. He next served six
years as Jurv Commissioner, two years
as Notary Public, and is npw in the
midst of his second year as Ordinary.
The emphatic manner in which the
voting suffrage o± Hall cpunty have
repeatedly spoken in his behalf is the
strongest endorsement^ of his rugged
honesty, the faithful, zealous guarding
of the sacred trusts committed
to his care, and his high qualities as a
gentleman of honor and principle. It
is heedless to say Mr. Dyer is a good
Democrat, and has always been In
hearty sympathy jvith his party. So
cially, he is a member of the I.
O. O. F.
qualifications, we know, he will feel “at
home” among usl
Mr. J. C. Lewis, General Superin
tendent, is a ‘‘Down Fastener,” hailing
from the Old Pine Tree' State of Maine*-
He came to his present position of in
terested labor with 32 years of ex
perience, and it is largely due to bis-
dictates that the present plant is that
essence of perfection of which it*is. Im
bued with that broad business and
public spirit and untiring energy so
easily characteristic of the, Fastener,
he is not only a revelation of push and
enterprise, but. an inspiration to our
people. Mr. Lewis expressed himself
to a Cjsackeb man as being charmed
with Southern people, and especially
Georgians, and he was pleased to be
-“among them,” It is unnecessary to say
that he has made many friends since
coming among us, but we do wish to
impress all employees that may chance
to come unto him that he is their
friend. Mr. Lewis is a Mason and
Knight of Pythian.
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Wjer=Current
M. I). HUDSON.
Manufacturers of High Grade Buggies
and Wagons.
Contractor and Builder, and Man
ufacturer o£ High G-rade
Building Brick.
One the oldest brick manufacturing in
dustries in Gainesville, known throuh-
out a vast territory where there is a de
mand for a hard, high grade building
brick, is that of “The M. D. Hudson,”
which is practi c a 11 y the fa
ther, or pioneer, in this line of impor
tant manufacture around Gainesville.
This plant was established in the spring
of 1874 by the present owner, Mr. M.
D. Hudson, who has continuously oper
ated it excepting an intermissionn in
1898-99. The yards embrace several
acres of land jubt east of the Southern
railway depot, where is to be found all
the modern machinery in brick making
and afford a capacity of of four million
brick Der annum. In the annals of
brick manufacture, Hall county clay is
far-famed for its superiority, while Mr.
Hudson in particular has a self-patent
ed, new-process of burning, that ena
bles him to put upon the market a grade
of brick that is equalled by few, and in
all probability, surpassed by no other
m the* country. As evidences of their
high quality, the management is con
stantly receiving orders from other
parts of Georgia and distant states and
more particularly speaking is now fill
ing an order from Jacksonville, Fla.,
of 1,000,000 brick which does not allow
him coming under one carload per day
at the present time. During summer,
or operating season, 50 men find em
ployment in this industry.
Personally, Mr. M. D. Hudson is one
of the most conspicuous men in the in
dustrial and commercial life of Gaines
ville, and Hall county. Born on the
eastern coast in South Carolina, Gaines
ville has been his adopted home for the
past 30 years, all of which has been
identified with the brick industry. Mr.
Hudson is also a contractor and build
er of many years standing, and his rep
utation and labors in this line pene
trates to different states, representing
in their operations numbers of im
portant and large problems. Numer
ous residences, business and public
buildings in Gainesville also bear testi
monials as-the product of his material
and ability. Mr. Hpdson is a man of
sterling integrity, high moral worth;
withal a Christian gentleman, and a
Deacon in the Baptist Church for the
past twelve years. Public spirited and
progressive, he always lends a helping
hand in the general advancement of
Gainesville and this section.
The foundation of r this prosperous
and growing manufacturing industry
was laid in 1870 by Mr. J. D. Bagwell,
who, to this good hour, still directs its
management. * - * It has
grown during the past 32 years until
it has reached a point which renders
it one of the largest and best equipped
industries of the kind m the South,
and enables it to successfully compete
for business with the biggest factories
in the state. The main building is a
huge brick structure, four stories, and
affords 35,000 square feet of floor space,
consisting of the blacksmithing, wood
working, painting and trimming de
partments, machine shops, the reposi
tory and ware-rooms and the office.
The firm gives employment to between
fifteen and twenty-five men, all skilled
machanics, and each expert in his par
ticular department of manufacture.
This factory, owing to its permanen
cy, solidity, and the high class of goods
turned out, is properly regarded as
one of the most substantial enterpri
ses of Gain esv ille, and a credit to this
little city. From the beginning to the
present day the same high purposes
have animated the. management. It
has always been the aim of the owner
to excel in quality aDd character 01 the
output, with the result that any ve
hicle,—buggy, carriage, heavy or light
road or delivery wagons—bearing the
firm name is known to be the best that
can be manufactured. Just as the
name Brewster is in the carriage mak
ing trade of the East, so is that of Bag-
well in this section of the country—all
Vehicles bearing the “Bagwell” stamp.
The output of the house is not limited
to vehicles of all discnptiOns, but em
braces cushions, trimmings, wagon
tops, harness, etc. Goods are shipped
to Noi*th and South Carolina, Alabama
and throughout Georgia, the company’s
reputation having penetrated to dis
tant points.
The repair department of the works
is one of its most important features, all
kinds of repair being done in a skillful
and workmanlike manner.
Mr. J. D. Bagwell was born in this,
Hall county, in 1844. Being yet a
mere youth when the civil war came
on, he was one of the Confederacy’s
most active participants, taking part in
most all of the famous battles that
characterized the Western* army.
Peace being declared, he returned
home, and in 1866—at the age of twen
ty-two—took up the carriage maker’s
trade. In 1870 be formed the nucleus
of the business that during the past
year represented an annual transaction
of $25,000, which is a fair criterion of
his great enterprise and executive bus
iness ability, Mr. Bagwell is a man of
many warm friends, is prominent in
commercial circles and always does his
full share toward" the advancement of
Gainesville and the development of our
vast contigeous territory. Mr. Bag-
well is a Mason and a Baptist.
Ljch grasps one without warning;
[ mucous membrane which lines
e entire body suddenly becomes
akened in some spot and disease
established. It may be of the
igs, the head, throat, stomach,
pels, or any other organ. Where*
jr it is, and whatever it seems, i1
springs from the same cause—
Proprietor of the Gainesville Bottling
Works, Grocer and Confectioner.
In every community there are to be
found young men who make their work
for orignality, enterprise or progress^
ive ideas in whatever line they choose
to direct their efforts; these are the
men that succeed. Gainesville possesses
at least one man of this stamp in the
person of Mr. Wm. Summer Jr, proprie
tor of the Gainesville Bottling Works,
and one of this city’s most healthy and
attractive grocery, confectionery and
soda stands. The latter branch of the
business was established fiyeyear-s ago,
while the first named has existed only
about one year, and has a capacity of
125 cases per day.. All the latest ma
chinery is brought to bear, and espec
ially is marked improvements now tak
ing place for the ensuing years’ busi
ness, and while the first year was very
gratifying to the management,the pres
ent one promises to be even more suc
cessful in spreading its goods abroad.
The store is located on Main street, and
is a popular resort for a prosperous,
high class wade.
° . .
Mr. Summer is native to the health
of Gainesville, his father, W. H. Sum
mer, being also one of our most suc
cessful business men. He realizes fully
the future possibilities of his business
and is determined that if industry, en
ergy and honest business methods will
secure its fullest development, he will
attain his ambition. Mr. Summer com
mands a wide acquaintance and is per
sonally popular. *
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Imbrane.
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r. The delicate lining is mors
bceptible to irritation or inflamma*
In, and thus we have pneumonia,
6p, colds, coughs, fevers, etc., all
prrhal conditions which may
feily be checked by pne catarrh
jre—Pe-ru-na.
That’s the only way out of it.
du may dose forever—you will
k be well until you try the true
ire and that is Pe-ru-na. You
ay think your trouble is some
her disease and not catarrh. Call
what you will, one thing is sure,
m system is affected and must be
eated, and Pe-ru-na is the only
anedy which reaches the right
lace and does cure.
$35,000 Spindles: 748 Looms: Will Con
sume 60,000 Pounds of raw Cotton
Per Week, and Employ 500 People.
The superior, if not marvelous, ad
vantages, and might we well say, won
derful possibilities, of Gainesville may
be shown in many acceptable ways,
but none are so simple, forceful and il
lustrative as in the case of the man-
moth Gainesville Cotton Mills choos
ing their location at this point except
to state that labor is plentiful and
cheap, commercial and social senti
ments unusuallly friendly, the local
cotton supply limited and shipping
facilities equitable, we will
forego abusing the readers time and en
deavor to brieflly portray a pen-pic
ture of this 20th century achievement.
Situated on a lovely spot, evidently
selected and predestined by nature, in
the Southeastern Suburbs of Gaines
ville, oyer east of the Southern railway
track, is to be found the man moth Gain
esville Cotton Mills, with all its kindreu
paraphernalia, and its village of oper
atives’ cottages occupying a lofty emi
nence even farther East. The main
building covers a. floor space of 150x350
feet, and is reared to a heigh th of five
stories, inside of which is situated 25,-
000 spindles, 748 looms, and 500 peo
ple find employment, combining a
weekly pay-roll of $2,500 or $130,000 per
year, all of which will serve to stimu
late the arteries of GainesVille com
merce. Dirt was broken for this plant
March 20. 1901’. According to the com
pany ’s program it will be in full opera
tion Feb. 1.1902. Its product will con
sist of “385 sheeting” and “3 yard dril
ling,” and in justice ito all materially
and morally concerned, it must.be stat
ed the plant will consume only su-'
perior raw material, and turn out only
superior finished goods.” It should
tingle the blood veins and tickle the
pride of every Gainesville citizen to
know that the product^ of this plant
will be shipped to all parts of the world,
which is a fact.
In the material and machinery equip
ment of this plant the management
have had the advantage of selecting
during a modern progressive age, have
spared no expense, and when the im
mense plant bespeaks its buzz and
thrive of industry on Feb. 1st, next,
knowing ones can truly say it is one of
the most perfect, advanced plants in
this great Souiihland.
The officers of the Gainesville Cotton
Mills are as follows: Jno. H. Montgom
ery, President; L. G. Potter, Secretary;
and J. G. Lewis,. General Superinten
dent.
Mr. L. G. Potter is a native South
Carolinian, and is a valuable acquisi
tion to the first ? citizenship of Gaines
ville, A man of many noble traits of
heart and mind, and sterling business
J. E. MURPHY CO,
E PEOPLE'S EMPORIUM,
KEPT ABREAST OF THE
TIMES.
among the best
I One of the busiest
lass of Gainesville’s mercantile estab-
phments, and certainly one of the
leading houses of its kind in thi8 sec-
ion of Georgia, is the J. E. .Murphy
po’s., dry goods, millinery, clothing,
poe and hat emporium, situated in the
Pean building opposite postoffice, on
port!east corner of square, in the very
hinter of the most active part of the
pity. People occasionally are found
Wo say that it is at times necessary to
Ro to Atlanta to dc tlieir dry goods
and shopping, but if such people would
f*ke the trouble to thoroughly exatn-
the extensive stocks carried in the
l E. Murphy Co’s large apartments,
and give candid expression to their
opinion after so doing,*they would ad-
®it that right here in Gainesville, at
their very doors, in fact, may be found
a n assortment of dry goods, clothing,
Towering about the business build
ings on either side, a conspicuous land
mark -for buyers, stands the Opera
House Block, in which is conducted the
mercantile business of Mr, G. F. Tur
ner, known throughout North Georgia
as “Turner’s Big Store,” a very appro
priate name, by the way, well sus
tained. The business was established,
by Mr. Turner in person in 1895, and
through the exercise of those energetic
and progressive business methods for
which that gentlemen is. known, an ex
cellent trade has been built up, which
continuously shows a marked improve
ment. The premises are 50x130 feet in
dimensions, and here may be found
practically everything that classifies
general merchandising on a large scale,
the dry goods, clothing and shoe lines
leading in, importance.
Personally, Mr. Turner is the most
congenial among men, and as to his
business qualifications and commercial
standing, his business success is the
safest criterion. He is a native of Hen
ry county, Ga., and upon coming to
Gainesville in 1892, was a member of
the firm of Brice, Turner and Brice, af
ter which he laid the , foundation for
his present good fortune m 1S95.
Educate Your Boweis With. CascsretS.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
10c, 25c, If C, C. Q. fail, druggists refund money.
Recent Successors to the Fuller Drug Co
As successors to The Fuller Drug Co.
Jan. 1st, last, the firm of Robertson &
Law assumed charged of one. of Gaines
ville’s oldest and time-honored drug
establishments, and it is sale to say un
der their guidance will relinquish none
of its popularity—if, indeed, it does
not largely increase same. The store
is situated on West side of square*
where the attractiveness of both its ex
terior and Interior appearance, and the
large and comprehensive stock of drugs
measures up to every metropolitan de
mand-—including paints, oils, glass,;
field and garden seeds.: Special atten
tion is given to the prescription depart
ment, the same being compounded day
or night. We should also compliment
the beautiful soda f o an tain, from which
aU seasonable drinks are served.
Dr. P. E. B. Robertson has been a
resident of Gainesville for the past ten
shoes, hats, millinery and the thous
and and one articles comprised m the
[StocK m trade of dry goods stores of
p e first grade, seldom gathered to
other under one roof, except in the
^■gest cities.
The premises occupied by this hos
tess are commodious and admirably
adapted to the character of the dry
£oods trade. The stock comprises a
igeneral assortment of dry goods, dress
j stuffs, white goods, ladies’ gentlemen’s
|^d childrens’ furnishing goods, no-
| ‘° D s, shoes, hats and millinery, Miss
| 0 er being in charge of the latter
| department. The corps of em-
p°veesofthis establishment is well
^ganized, and one is certain of reeeiv-
[t^ eVery courtes y and attention from
i epclite-cierks, who are as follows:
** Ur &°per, Jas. Rudolph, Oscar
w. N. DYER
ttat.t; COUNTY’S COMPETENT
AND POPULAR ORDINARY
The official family of Hall county
will bear favorable comparison, in
point of personality, and executive abil
ity, with any m the sisterhood of Geor
gia’s commonwealth. A truthful re
flection through this special Edition of
The Georgia Cracker, therefore,
would indeed be incomplete without
their sepepate biographies.
Mrr W. N. Dyer, Ordinary, was born