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Neat Job Printing S A SPLENDID ADVER- tisement for any business house. It shows pride and enterprise, besides the con= venience of it. Right now The New Era has the lar gest and most varied line of first-class Stationery ever car ried in Dallas before; besides, we also have recently added to the of fice some of the latest style type on the market. No printing establishment in this section is any better—if as well—equipped for turning out neat, substantial printing. If it is convenient you can drop in and select what you want, but if it is not a card or ’phone mes sage will bring you samples forth with so you can see the kind of material arid workmanship you may expect. Prices very reasonable. We solicit your orders which will be highly appreciated and filled with dispatch. Subscribe for The New Era Every patriotic home loving: citizen should take his county pa per. We have some excellent clubbing of fers with some of the leading papers in the country. 1 THE NEW ERA, Dallas, Ga. Ex-Prcsidcnt Cleveland Dead. Grover Cleveland, the only living ex-president, c\ied at. his home in Princeton, N. J., on the the morning June 24th. He had been for some time in declining health, but death was not expect ed so suddenly. His death removes from the stage one of the most conspiciu- ous characters that has lived in our generation. He was the ou- ly democrat that had been presi dent since the war. President Cleveland has been unmercifully assailed by sore heads who failed to make good during his administration. But when the stnoke of battle has entirely cleared awav he will stand above his critics. He was in sympathy somewhat unduly, perhaps, with the negro race, but we think he was honestly seeking their good for which we shouldn’t blamo him. Leaving the negro out of it he was a democrat of no small calibre. Coming up from a poor boy he made good at ev ery position. Wherever he was found ho performed his duty faithfully. When lie was elected president he made many politi cians mad because he let the oc cupants of tmn^y subordinate of fices hold them because of their competency. On the other hand he turned out many fourth class post masters who had secured their places through party ma chinery without regard to fitness. He vetoed many bills. So many that lie might aptly be called the veto president. He was a hard woraer, slow to reach a decision, but when once reach ed, lie could not be changed. Ilis declining years were practically spent in writing books on ques tions of state and citizenship. In spite of critics and criti cisms lie will go down in luslorv as one of our greatest presidents. The following is a brief sum mary of Ins life: Born at Caldwell, Essex coun ty, New Jersey, Marce 18, 1887. Christened Shephen Grover Cleveland. In 1881 family moved to Pay ettevillc, N. V. Served as clerk in a country store. In 1S52 was appointed assist ant teacher of the New York in stitution for the blind. For four years, from 1855, as sist.ed his uncle in preparation of “American Herd Book,” and had a clerkship in a law firm in Buffalo. Admitted to bar in 1859. Appointed assistant district attorney of Erie county January 1, 1808. Defeated for the district at torneyship of Erie county in 1865. Practiced law. Elected sheriff of Erie county in 1870. Elected mayor of Buffalo in 1881. Elected governor of New York in 1882 bv a plurality of 200,000. Elected president of the Uuited States in 1884. Majority in the electoral college 87. Broke all records by vetoing 115 out of 987 bills. Married Frances Folsotn in the White House June 2, 1880. Defeated in campaign for re- election in 1888. Engaged in the practice of law in New York. Elected president of the United States in 1892. Settled Venezuela boundry dis pute in 1895. After leaving White House in 1890 established home for his family in Princeton, N. J. Braswell. I took a peep into the solar system Sunday and saw the moon changing. The health of our vicinity is good. J. M. McLendon, of Atlanta, train dispatcher for the Southern raiload, came up Sunday on a visit to his sis ter, Mrs. M. E. O'Neal. Mr. W. S. Norton and family, of Attalla, Ala., are visiting relatives here and in Dallas. I would like to have some of that good “Brown bread and beef”! Whoopingcough and measles have left, but we have sunshine and (last to spare. 7f| Per Cent Off From now until the balance of our stock is exhausted we will sell any thing in the millinery line at ONE- THIRD OFF of the regular price* This includes everything in the way of trimmed and untrimmed hats, ribbons, velvets, flowers, etc. Remember, the above prices are on everything in the millinery line and are being made in order to move everything now on hand, so if you need anything in this line be sure and get it at once as the quan tity is limited and will not last long. \ • 20 Per Cent Off on Clothing The balance of our stock of men’s and hoys’ suits and odd pants will be put on sale at 20 per cent off in order to clean up for our fall stock, which will he coming in in August. All those who bought at our stock- reduction sale last fall will remem ber the unprecedented values they obtained, and we believe we are in a position now to give greater val ues than ever before, as we think our clothing this time excells any- that we have ever had. Come early if you need a suit or pair of pants, for the earlier buyers will get the best values. Dallas Mercantile Co.