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The Gainesville [ijlt. Entered at the Gainesville Postoffice as Second-class mail matter. Official Organ of Hall County. Official Organ of White County. Official Organ of the City of Gainesville. W. H. CRAIG, Editor and Business Manager. Thursday, August 3. 1899. LET’S DON’T MUDDY THE WATERS. In last week’s Cracker there is a great beating of tomtoms in an effort to muddy the water and transfer the attention of the public from 'the jail to the Eagle. The Sheriff himself writes a card, in which he says we are a liar and scoundrel when we intimate that he had any knowledge of the lynching of Smith “until after it happened.” He might have gone even further and said “for a good while after it happened.” We don’t think the Sheriff knew anything about it for upwards of an hour. The condition in which the first arrivals after the shooting found him does not indicate very clear faculties. Then didn’t Will Summer and John Wbelohel, who arrived after some time, have to un lock the cage ? In the meantime no one knew what bad happened. No one knew who was dead or who was bleeding to death. And didn’t those persons when they arrived find the upstairs door locked and the key in the Sheriff’s pocket; and didn’t the Sheriff testify before the Coroner that neither he nor his boy, Hubert, went upstairs at all after the tragedy ? Don’t these things prove that he did not know but very little after the affaiiT No, we are confident the Sheriff did not know anything about the tragedy before it happened nor for a long while after it was over. We know of several men in this county who, if they had been sheriff, would have known something of the affair before it happened. They would have known something about it while it was happening. The Sheriff makes a great howl about our having intimated that there was an understanding or col lusion between the mob and himself, when he knows as well as he knows anything that we made no such inti mation. By no sort of ingenuity or ignorance can the language of our article be construed into such inti mation. In fact we said that the reason the mob were not disguised was that they knew the Sheriff would not admit men in disguise. We pointed out some strange and contradictory incidents and condi tions in connection with the affair, but in no way intimated that col lusion was the explanation. Had we thought there was collusion we would have said so. There would have been no intimation about it. We stated that there were some amazing incidents and conditions connected with the tragedy at the jail. We volunteered no solutions. If we are in error in our statements let the Sheriff point out such errors. If we have misstated the thing, or any part of it, it is a duty he owes to himself to make plain and unmistak able corrections, for people are think ing all sorts of things. Some are thinking he was in collusion with the mob, and some are thinking that be recognized members of the mob. Perhaps he does not care for these things. Perhaps be is content to call us a liar and scoundrel. If so, so be it. And again we say, may our fellow-citizens judge between us. Collusion—bah! Why should the mob seek collusion with the Sheriff, knowing him as they did? Even if he could be bribed, or influenced in any way, what would be the use, when they could enter the jail so easily without it? No, the mob neither sought collusion nor feared collision. Now, let it be understood, plainly, once for all, that we did not and do not now accuse the Sheriff of col lusion, but we do accuse him of pure and unadulterated incompetency and unfitness. That is the unclouded itsue, and we intend that the people shall judge between the Sheriff and ourself. The Cracker inserts another feather in the Sheriff’s cap, as follows: It may be news to the editor of the Gainesville Eagle to know that the raid that was made on the jail by the mob on the night of the 14th instant was not the first one that Sheriff Mundy has had to meet Some few years ago a mob went there in quest of a prisoner just after dark with the avowed purpose of lynch ing him, but Sheriff Mundy had short notice of the intention of the mob and the prisoner was spirited away and his life saved. Yes, that prisoner was a negro who had just outraged a white girl. The Sheriff never as much as crooked his little finger to save a white man from being killed two weeks ago. The Cracker denies that the jailor was up town drinking beer when the tragedy occurred. Why deny that which is well known to the com munity? The fact is possibly of no consequence, but to deny it makes it look suspicious. It were better for the Sheriff if he would address himself to pointing out the errors in our statements, if errors there are. He can do either Ulis or throw coarse and abusive epithets at us. He seems to choose the latter, and may God and the people judge between him and us. What we have said we have said. Our statement has gone to the people, and we shall be satisfied with their verdict. Let’s don’t muddy the waters. The clearer the situation, the better for the Sheriff and the better for the Eagle, and the better for the country. AN APPEAL TO REASON. Governor Candler appeals to the people of Georgia—all good citizens, black as well as white—to join bands and do all in their power to prevent crime and put an end to mob violence. The governor believes that the only way to restore a condition of peace and tranquillity and to bring an end to lawlessness that has been manifested in different parts of the state is for the people to uphold the courts, aid them in bringing to speedy justice all criminals, and by the strong force of a virile public sentiment bring punishment to the law breakers of all kinds. An especial piea is made to the legal profession to exert its great influence in every community to ibis end; and the good which the lawyers can do in expediting justice in every legitimate way is clearly pointed out by Governor Candler in an interview which he gave out Monday. “Reproach has been brought upon the fair name of Georgia,” said the governor. “For more than a hun dred years Georgians have merited and maintained the character of a conservative and law-abiding people. But of late fearful crimes have been committed by lawless men within her borders. Robbery, arson, burglary, assassination, murder and that foulest of all crimes, rape, have blurred our fair escutcheon. To avenge these foul crimes, lynch law, that most dangerous of all remedies, has been resorted to by misguided citizens. The press of other parts of the country has rung with denunciation of our state and our people. Sen sational newspapers have magnified the fearful vengeance inflicted upon the despoilers of female virtue and our people have been denounced as Apaches and barbarians. From the mountains to the sea we have trem bled for the safety of our wives and our daughters because of the diaboli cal assaults made on pure woman hood by black demons who are a dis grace to their race, while because of the fearful retribution that has been, visited upon the perpetrators of these fiendish assaults, the entire negro race in the localities in which they have been made have lived in a state of constant terror and alarm. “The purity of the mothers and daughters of Georgia must and shall be preserved, and at the same time the lives and liberties of all the law abiding negroes must and shall be protected. Arson and burglary and assassination and robbery and rape must stop, and at the same time lynch law must stop. The good of both races and the fair name of the state demand this. “The ordinary processes of the law are amply sufficient to punish ail crimes. Our judges are pure and incorruptible. Our juries are com posed of the most intelligent, upright men, who seldom make mistakes. The mob often makes mistakes and the innocent are made to suffer with the guilty. It never knows where to stop, but after pun ishing the guilty, drunk with the blood of one vktim, it thirsts for the blood of another, and often sacrifices on the altar of vengeance those who are guiltless of any crime. Under its rule the very foundations of society are undermined, life and property are insecure, the courts are defied and the majesty of the law is insulted. “We must away with the mob We must re-entrone the law. We must restore the altar of reason and tear down the altar that passion has erected. We must do this in the interest of the white men of Georgia, and for the fair name of Georgia and to protect the virtue of the women of Georgia. “Lynch law does not stop arson nor murder nor rape. Thu requires the strong power of the statute kw, sustained by a healthy, vigorous pub lic sentiment.” To do this, the governor pointed out, all good men of both races must be diligent in building such a sen timent to sustain the courts of law. All good men must denounce crime in all its forms, whether it be that of the incendiary, the ravisber or the men who kill in retaliation for these crimes. The man who lynches the ravisber is as guilty in the eyes of God and the law as the ravisber himself,” said he. “ ‘Vengeance is mine, saith the Lord.’ ” “I would appeal,” continues Gov ernor Candler, “to all officers of the state, civil and military, urging them to remember that the dignity and the fair name of Georgia are in their keeping. I would appeal to them to remember that they are the guardians of the peace and happiness of the people of the state. It is their duty to apprehend and bring to justice ail who violate the law, whether it be the negro who commits rape or the white man who kills him for his crime. The grand jurors must real ize that it is as much their duty to ferret out and return true bills against the murderer himself. “I would appeakespecially to the bar to bring that potent influence which the members of the profession exercise in every community to the aid of the law and order, not only by discountenancing mob rule, but by aiding the courts and juries in bring ing accused parties to speedy trial. It is the duty of a lawyer to see that his client has a fair and impar tial trial, but he should not resort to technicalities and pretexts to defeat the ends of justice or even to delay the enforcement of penalties whereby society suffers and the con fidence of the people in the ability of the courts tn punish crime is destroyed. “To bring about this end,” said the governor in conclusion, “I would invoke the active, earnest co-opera tion of all good men, white and black, with the officers of the law in their efforts to prevent crime, sup press mob violence and bring crim inals to justice and to restore peace and order and tranquillity to all of our people of every race, class and condition.” A CARD FROM JUDGE ESTES. Mr. Editor : I desire to say that when I received a telegram from G. P. Erwin saying that “Habersham jail is safe—that J. S. Smith has employed counsel and has some rights,” what I said was, “I do not know what rights be refers to. He certainly has not the right to say what jail be should be imprisoned in. He has the rights guaranteed to every person charged with crime, a speedy and impartial trial by a jury of his peers.” I said this and nothing more. J. B. Estes. AS OTHERS SEE IT. In commenting on the killing of Si Smith the Clayton Tribune says: “This work was done by skilled rascals. It was not the work, either of men unacquainted with a single nook or corner of Hall county jail. Men, too, led this violence who knew the sheriff of Hall county well, and just what to do with him and how to do it. In fact with the “peculiar” ease with which the horrible work was done, it must have been accom plished by some of Sheriff Mundy’s neighbors. This tragedy should learn every jailer, sheriff and judge in Georgia a lesson. The jailers and sheriffs should know human nature too well to even allow the possibility of the commission of such a crime. They are to trust no one, to fear nobody, when helpless human beings, though criminals they may be, are placed in their charge for safe-keep ing, and for whose protection and subsistence they are generally well paid. This is one of the most sacred duties that rests on such officers, especially in these days of lynching and mob violence.” Mormons Swam Creek. Atlanta, Ga., July 31.—A special to the Journal from Jackson, Ga, says : The three Mormon elders who were taken away from the home of William Cunard at Newton Factory, in Jasper county, Wednesday night, escaped from the mob while crossing a creek in that county, and are now safe near Jackson. They are suffer ing from many bruises and injuries sustained in a fight with their cap tors. They swam down the creek, hotly pursued by the mob, finally escaping and making their way to the home of friends. From there they sent for some clothes. They tell a thrilling story of their expe rience. It is not thought here that the mob intended to lynch the Mor mons, but was bent on escorting them out of the county. Mrs. Cunard, a portion of whose jaw was shot away in the fight with the mob and her busband, is badly wounded. Ingersoll Cremated. New York, July 31.—The body of Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll was cre mated at Fresh Pond, L 1., today. The body was placed in the retort, at 11:50 and at 2 o’clock all that remained was ashes. There were no services at the cre matory. Even the organ, which is usually played while a cremation is going on, was silent. This was at the request of the family. The ashes were then placed in the usual canister and then in the urn. Both were sealed and the urn taken in charge by the Ingersoll party. The funeral urn is a beautiful one, wound with laurel leaves and berries in bas relief and set with cypress leaves fashioned of green bronze. It is oval and set on a red prophyry base that rests on a brass plate. On one side is the simple inscription: “Robert G. Ingersoll.” On the other side in French are the words: “This urn bolds the dust; the heart the memory. Ancient Egptin Sweet Peas. London, July 31.—At the Wind sor flower show sweet pea vines are exhibited which were grown from seed taken from the tomb of an Egyptian mummy buried 2,000 years ago. The blossom is of a delicate pink and white in color, and is less than the ordinary size. Grand Jury Presentments. We, the Grand Jurors chosen and sworn for Hall Superior Court, July term, 1899, submit the following pre sentments and recommendations: Through appropriate committees we have examined the various de partments and offices of the county, and beg to present the following : ORDINARY. We find the records of this office neatly and correctly kept as far as we could ascertain. TREASURER. We find the Treasurer’s books neatly and well kept, and, so far as we were able to ascertain, correct. We find cash on hand >4,408 74. SHERIFF. We find the Sheriff’s books correct as far as we could ascertain. PUBLIC BUILDINGS. We find the jail well kept and in good condition. We find the court house in fairly good condition, but needing some repairing, to which we have called the attention of the County Commissioners. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. We find the books of this office neatly and well kept, and, so far as we could ascertain, correct. We commend the system of book-keeping used in that office. TAX COLLECTOR. We find the books of the Tax Col lector neatly and correctly kept, as far as we are able to ascertain. COUNTY FARM. The farm is in a good state of cul tivation, with a good growing crop. We find twenty-six inmates at the Home, who are all well cared for and satisfied. The buildings on the farm are in good condition, except the steps to some of the bouses need re pairing and some of the buildings need repainting. DOCKETS OF J. P.’s AND N. P.’s. These dockets are generally cor rectly kept. CLERK. The Clerk’s books are in elegant condition. We commend the Clerk for economy used in the purchase of the necessities of his office. We find the transcribing of the records in splendid progress. We recommend the re-ap.point ment of Mr. J. A. Mooney J. P. and N. P. for the 1270 District G. M. when bis present term of office ex pires. TAX RECEIVER. We have examined the Tax Re ceiver’s book and have raised the returns of those whom we believe to be too low. We find an increase of >94,464 of the value of taxable prop erty returned for 1899 over the re turn for 1898. We find the books neatly kept. ROADS AND BRIDGES. Owing to the drought and pressure of work upon farmers, the roads, and especially the main thoroughfares, are not in good condition. They should now be put in good condition. We call special attention to the fol lowing sections of roads and bridges : The Carnesville road from Leckie’s place to Tadmore court ground. The road from Pass’ mill to Clark’s Bridge road at John Whelchel’s. The Lawrenceville road from the Blackshear place to the Young place is almost impassable. The Bellton bridge is in bad con dition, the East approach being dan gerously steep and the cracks m the floor large enough to allow mules’ feet to pass through. The Buffington bridge on Oconee is in bad condition. The Gilmer bridge is too narrow and needs repairing. The bridge across Little river, on New Bridge road, is in dangerous condition, and the timber on ground for repairing is inferior. We recommend that banisters be placed on all bridges needing the same. We recommend that the County Commissioners rebnild Brown’s" bridge as soon as practicable. We recommend the Commissioners to have the telephone poles, which are in the road-way on the Dahlonega road, removed at once. Wc find all pensiontrs worthy to draw, except W. F. Snellings, (causes, doubtful service and ability to work.) We condemn the lynching of Si Smith in our jail as a stigma and an outrage to Hall county, and heartily commend the action of Gov. A. D. Candler in offering rewards for the guilty parties. We recommend that Jurors and Bailiffs be paid two dollars per day for their services for the coming year. We extend thanks to Judges J. B. Estes, R. B. Russell, and E. J. Rea gan for the able and impartial man ner in which they and each of them have discharged the duties devolving upon them as presiding judges. We also extend the thanks of this body to the Hon. W. A. Charters, Solicitor General, for the faithful and painstaking discharge of his duties as prosecuting attorney, and fur courtesies shown our body. We also extend thanks of this body to our bailiff, J. R. Barton, for the faithful discharge of his duties. We recommend that these present- ments be published in the Gainesville E’gle and the Georgia Cracker. Robert F. Quillian, Sandy B. Car ter, Theodore S. Day, Amos M. Ev ans, Bensen A. Rogers, Samuel S. Cranford, Henry J. Brandon, Jackson H. Randolph, Jackson T. Duckett, William M. Jackson, Manon J. Phil lips, Amos E. Fuller, William W. Wiley, Isaac Green, Thomas N. Hulsey, James D. Howington, Jas. M. Ellis, Edward A. Davidson, John W. W. Simmons, William L. Mc- Kinney, Robert C. Green, Julius E. Hulsey, Virgil C. Roark. Ordered, that the foregoing pre sentments be entered npon the min utes of the court and published as recommended. July 29,1899. E. J. Reagan, Judge S. C. F. C., presiding. W. A. Charters, Sol. Gen’l. I, Thos. M. Bell, Clerk Superior Court in and for said county, hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the Grand Jury Present ments, made at July term 1899 of Hall Superior Court. Witness my band and seal, this 29th day of July, 1899. Thos. M. Bell, C. S. C. Satisfied with the Show. * An editor who died of starvation was being escorted to heaven by an aagel who had been sent for that purpose. “May I look at the other place before I ascend to the eternal hap piness ?” asked the editor. “Easy.” So they went below and skirmished around, taking in the sights. The angel lost sight of the editor and went around Hades to look him up. He found him by a big furnace fanning himself and gazing with rap ture upon a lot of people in the fire. There was a sign on the furnace which read “delinquent subscribers.” “You go on,” said the editor. “I am not coming.” > The Lightning’s Mark. It is almost a weekly occurrence for the Washington monument to be struck, the shaft being so high it at tracts every bolt within a wide radius. There are no less than one hundred and eighty lightning conductors fixed into the cap of the great structure, and each of these leads into a thick wire which carries the electricity down the inside of the shaft. It is said if the were placed on the outside—as on other struc tures —there would be many acci dents and the handsome monument would be scarred and chipped by frequent bolts. During storms the are stopped, and the inside of the monument is regarded as a dangerous place to be during a thun derstorm. Paid IK Cents to Hug His Wife. The maddest man in Platte county lives at Humphreys. He attended a social, and during the evening the ladies inaugurated a hugging bee, the proceeds to go to the Sunday school. Prices were graded according to the person hugged. For instance, for hug ging a young, inexperienced girl the bidder had to give up ten cents, mar ried women brought 15 cents and widows a quarter. Well, the man was blindfolded and, giving up 15 cents, he said he would take a married woman. After he bad hugged 15 cents’ worth the bandage was removed from his eyes,and, lo and behold,he had been bugging his own wife! Then he kicked and wanted his 15 cents back.—Colum bus (Neb.) Times. A Good Memory. “Excuse me, sir, but haven’t we met before? Your face is strangely famil iar.’’ “Yes, madam, our host introduced us to each other just before dinner.” “Ah, I was positive I had seen you somewhere! I never forget a face.”— Harlem Life. A Blue Grass Deflner. The applicants for teachers’ certifi cates in Calloway county were asked at examination to define “bric-a-brac.” One teacher answered that “bric-a brac is something to throw at a dog.” —Louisville Courier-JournaL The New Way. The cannibal chief stood with his hand shading his eyes. A solitary figure was timidly creeping toward him from the jungle. Suddenly the old chief i-etarted. He took a quick step forward. '"lt is,” he cried, "it is my son! He is coming home again!” Then with his ayes still fixed on the slouching figure he shrilly called to his head hunter: "Mbongwa, the prodigal is returning! Kill the fatted Kaffir!”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. A Little Matter Amon* Friends. Two boys were in fighting attitude like bantams; another and a smaller one stood watching them, wiping hie eyes, sobbing the while. "What did yer hit him for?” said one. “ ’Tain’t none of your business.’ “Yes, it is; he’s my friend.” “Well, he’s my friend too.”—New York Commercial Advertiser. An Undeaired Ally. “How is Mud Slinger going to side in this race? Is he for you?” “That’s what’s worrying me,” re plied the candidate for office. “If I thought he was going to be against me, I would feel surer of election.” —Col- umbus (O.) State Journal His Reference. Chief (to commercial traveler seek' fng a place)—Do you know how to talk up goods to customers? Applicant—Allow me to turn on this phonograph with a conversation be tween a customer and myself.—Flie gende Blatter. The title of “majesty” was first giv en to Louis XI of France. Before that time sovereigns were usually styled “highness. ” A bqggar is usually a touching ob ject.—Berlin (Md.) Herald. THE HELPFUL WOMAN SHE WAS TOO ANXIOUS TO ASSIST HER FELLOW MORTALS. Her Excessive Zeal In Looking After the Welfare of*Si Blind Man on a Train Got Her Into Trouble With the Blustering Man. I knew a good woman once—God never made a better—wbo on her jour ney through life was always trying to be helpful; always looking out to lend a hand to her fellow wayfarers and to make the rough paths smoother and easier for them. She was never so happy as when she was making some sacrifice or serving some other person, sharing her strength with the weak or her plenty with the poor, and some times she overdid it. For the purpose of identification I will call her Mrs. Jones. While traveling between Utica and Albany one day, a blind man was led into the car and placed in the seat be hind her. Here was a chance for a good Samaritan, and she seized it be fore anybody else got ahead of her. She saw that he was comfortably seated; she opened her lunch basket and of fered him something to eat; she looked at his ticket to see that it was right and did everything else she could think of to show her interest in a fellow be ing so afflicted. The blind man was going to Little Falls, and every time the train stopped he would inquire in an anxious way if he had reached his destination, and whenever he heard somebody passing through the aisle he would ask how far it was to Little Falls. Mrs. Jones was alert and answered every question and assured him that she would see to his perfect safety. She urged him to be comfortable and contented and promised to let him know when his journey was ended. When the train slowed up and a brakeman yelled, “Little Falls!’’ she pushed aside several officious persons who offered to assist her and, taking the blind man by the hand, led him out to the platform and delivered him to some friends who had come to the sta tion to meet him. After she had bidden him goodby and returned to the car she noticed in the seat he had occupied a well worn satchel. She seized it in stantly, rushed to the door and threw it off toward her blind friend on the platform with as much force as she could exert, screaming at the top of her voice: “You forgot your satchel.” Then she returned and took her seat in the car with the consciousness of having performed a Christian duty. Pretty soon a rather rough looking person, who had neglected to shave that morning and chewed tobacco, came back from the smoking car and began to look around curiously and in an anxious way. Noticing that Mrs. Jones was watching him, he looked at her inquiringly and then said; “Madam, have you seen a satchel that was left In that seat?” “Yes,” she replied promptly. “It be longed to a blind man, and I threw it out to him at Little Falls.” “The. blank you did!” exclaimed the unshaven citizen, whereupon Mrs. Jones, perceiving that her friendly in terest in the blind man had possibly caused some inconvenience to one who had two large, blazing eyes and was addicted to the tobacco habit, began to apologize. The stranger listened with an expression on his face as if he re gretted that murder was out of style, and when Mrs. Jones had completed her somewhat Incoherent explanation he remarked: “Madam, permit me to advise you hereafter to mind your own blank business, and let blind men and other folks’ gripsacks alone. lam going to Utica to attend court today, and that satchel contained all the documentary evidence in a case that involves many thousands of dollars. I have got it continued twice on various pretexts, but if I go into court today and tell the judge that I can’t go on because a lunatic has thrown my grip at a blind man, he’ll give me the laugh and my clients will be robbed. And you are to blame for it.” Mrs. Jones protested, apologized and shed tears, and when the conductor came back and sent a telegram to the station agent at Little Falls to find the bag and send it to Utica by the next train she took out her pocketbook and offered to pay all the expenses. She even offered to leave the train and go back to Little Falls herself and bring the bag to Utica. She was eager, anx ious to do something to repair the damage and aid the lawyer in saving his case. He settled down in his seat, ghewed his tobacco calmly and let her do aH the fidgeting. When she reached home and told the story to her daughter, she solemnly promised that she would never try to help a blind man again.—Chicago Rec ord. Reverent, Though Drunk. The large majority of Russians of the orthodox faith will not pass a church or shrine in the street without uncovering their heads and crossing themselves. Travelers have seen in toxicated men who were staggering along observe this ceremony, a.nd in the case of those who were too help lessly fuddled to walk home the friend or relative who has accompanied a tipsy companion in a sledge or drosky has, while holding him in the vehicle with one hand, performed for him the sign of the cross with the other when passing a sacred place. Warranted Fresh. Fair Customer—Are these eggs strict ly fresh? Grocer—Yes, mum. The chickens that supply me with eggs don’t lay anything but fresh ones.—Philadelphia Record. W. D. Howells thinks “genius is nothing* but hard work.” but as there is lots of hard work where there is no genius, it would seem that genius is hard work and some thing else. All genius may be bard work, but all hard work is net genius. 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Provision was made first of all for duties of praise and thank-giving, and especially for the supreme act of worship offered in the holy Sacrafice of the Mass, but, this being secured, there was no idea of interfering wi'h the rational enjoyment of the people. The curious thing is that this con ception of Sunday as a day both of rest and amusement was by no means abandoned at the change of religion. John Knox found Calvin at Geneva doing honor to the Lord's Day in a game of bowls. Elizabeth and her successor habitually assisted at dramatic representation? on Sun day, and the chief objection to the bear-baiting in the eyes of the Pur itans, as Macaluay has long ago told us, was not that it gave pain to the bear, but that it gave pleasure to the spectators—on the Sabbath. At any rate, in the early years of the seven teenth century the bear-baiting took place almost invariably on that day. In Wales and in the remoter part of the kingdom, into which Puritanism never completely penetrated, the Sunday sports lasted on down to the beginning of the present century. The football, tennis, dancing and other amusements took place most frequently in the church yard, and in many a Welch village to this day the public llouse will be found adjoin ing the churchyard, with a private entrance made of old times through the churchyard wall, for the con venience of the players. Mrs. F. F. Livingston, Towns, Ga., writes: I have used Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine for 15 years and know it cures Sick Headache, Dyspepsia, Liver Complaints and Constipation. I think it stronger and better in every way than Zeilin’s Regulator. Don’t Like Monotony The rank and file of the democratic voters in the big democratic counties on this side the 9th district are get ting a little restive in being called upon every two years to “vote for Carter Tate.” Tate, of course, is a “clever fellow,” and knows bow to “tickle the boys” with his hale fel lowship, friendly handshakes and clever slaps on the back along about “feedin’ time.” That’s politics. But when our clever Congressman has a nice, juicy plum to give out he looks not to the democratic side of his district to bestow the favor, but pro ceeds to give it to Hon. John Witzel, from the republican county of Fan nin, whom he has appointed Census Supervisor. But after all there is nothing strange in this, since Mr. Tate himself is from a republican county. Wouldn’t it be good poli tics for the democratic voters on this side the district to give Mr. Tate a rest and elect a man to Congress who will recognize the democrats over this way when he has offices to give out? —Lawrenoeville News. If They Don’t Act the Fool. The democrats have an excellent chance to win in the next presiden tial election if they will not act the fool. But General Grant once re marked that “they can always be depended to act the d—n fool just at the right time.” And it does look so. To nominate Mr. Bryan again would be the height of folly. Put out a strong Eastern man for first place and a Southern or Western man for second place, on a platform for currency reform and “dtath to the trusts,” and victory is ours. Nominate Bryan and the d mocratic party will go the way of Ward’s ducks, so to speak, for the time be ing.—Lawrenceville News ’ Twenty Years Proof. 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Whereas certain petitioners have made their application to this court praying for an order granting the establishment of a new road, com mencing at Lawless Ford, in the 392nd district of said county, and running thence into the Mauldin’s Mill road, one hundred and fifty (150) yards above Mrs. Rhoda Pirkle’s; thence run ning through her lands; thence down said Mauldin’s Mill roai about three hundred (300) yards; thence a northeast course through J. E. Pirkle’s and F. T. Davie’s land, about one and one-fourth (1%) miles, and terminating at the house of Christy Orr, on the Long’s Ford road; and whereas Commissioners apnointed for that purpose have reviewed and marked out said contemplated road, and reported to this court that the said road will be of much public utility and convenience. Now, this is to cite and ad monish all persons that on and after the 14th day of August, 1899, said new road will lie granted, if no good cause is shown to the con trary. Witness the Hons. E. E. Dixon, F. 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