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We hem - that 1/P« •tl.
merchant prince of AlatUsOu, is .selling
more dry goods, clothing. «h .06 B ami
hat a than nil the other lion St* 8 COIU
billed. Mis 11 lee goods, low prices
and ad', i i ti l .ni,.nit - a.-count Cor it.
We are 'compelled to sell 355 ,( 10(1
worth o! "■.!•■ in the next ill Jays in
order to catch tip with .spring' busi
iirss, and we are filing to run prices
down in order to run sales up.
tf Tint Monhok Meui'.vnTh.k Co.
All' Ethel, Hged four, . bad retired
for the night when her ninnniiii asked
her if she had said lier prayers. "No,
mamma," was the reply. "I was
tireil ami 1 asked God to excuse me.
lie said ‘certainly. Miss Ethel, don't
mention it; ’ ”
See Nnnnally's .Sitl buggies, the
host in the state for, the money. Mon¬
roe, bn. 8t
Tommy—“Oh. maw. we was in the
woods today and saw a garter snake
most a yard and a half long.
Maw "Pshaw! child, gurtei -nakes
do not reach that length. "
“Well, 1 thought it was a garter
snake’eause it was wrapped round
the limb of a tree.
If there are hooks in running brooks
what an immense volume the Missi ss
ippi must he at present.
Prices are cut to fit the pockets of the
people at Nnnnally’s liig store at Mon¬
roe, G a.
The latest stingy man lis recently
come to light a few miles from here in
this county. He is all old bachelor
and noted for his closeness. A friend
w li s pa sing his farm the other day
when lie saw this mail down on a
blanch with a stick in hand ns if he
was Dying to, kill something, and
every now and then tie would chase
something that seemed to lie living
through the air. Upon a closer ex
amination this friend found that lie
was killing “dirt dohbers" that was
touting Iris dirt off aifd building nests
on some one else's land.. We cannot
vouch for donh^lk.-knowiiig the truth of this, though we
do not the party os
we do.
Miss Katie McLeroy spent Saturday
night with relatives at Gb ndale farm.
Kev. William Code, of Wintervill, .
will preach at tile baptist church here
tin* second Sunday m dune. Mr, Code
is a preacher of high standing, and
Inis just closed a very successful meet
mg at Winder.
d. W. Rod well and lady. Dr. 11. F
Save and Indy, and Ed N. Center and
attended services at Sandy Creek
Sunday last.
Rev. II R. Ronmrd. former pastor
of the baptist church at this place,
spent Thui-day night with lion. das.
I ra'/ei. Dr. Bernard has a host of
friends here, and quite a nice crowd
was out to hear him preach at the
Baptist church Thursday uiwlii
r 1 ’ Hale, of Bogart, wax in town
last Friday and Saturday.
Mrs. 1). C. Jones, of Atlanta, is nu
a v isit to her sister. Miss Mat Harris,
nt C-isulan farm this week.
T. -It. Baxter, wife and child, spent
Sunday with relatives and friends at
Whitehall.
In the .war 'between Turkey and
Greee.e, the former seems to begetting
tile best of it. " f
Mr. Boh Thomas, one of Morgan's
prosperous young men, will lead to
Hymen’s altar today .one of Madison s
sweetest and iicctlniplisheil young la¬
dies, Miss Mary Lizzie Baynes. The
Mh.s*j:ngi:k with a host of friends ex¬
tends congratulations.
Why ix.it that every time a young
lady smiles on a certain young man in
town he thinks she is dead in love witlf
/ "
him
Our nioflv>L,;i>H-law stuck a rusty
naif in "her fool the other day ami- >’
caused her to have lockjaw for
day s: We havn’t lajen doing a thing
since but hunting rusty nails and stick¬
ing' them around w here she will be
likely to step on them,
Hester Tata, the daughter' of Mr.
anil Ml ., ( 1)an i e | Tlltl . departed this
j • uft , , nst Tn „ s dav night, the with 20th. aficr
^ iUu „ HK <l{ SPV ,. r „j weeks pneu
| ni „ uift . she wax interred at the Bap
t \ H \ oeiiuder-y Thursdaymorning, The
| llui|J | ,. X( . n .j ... conducted hv
llo „ p nwr . Theheriavedfam
j| v lltlK the svmputh v of their f rends
in their loss.
(Ins Rvnn has vetutned to his home
in Atlanta.
(’apt. G. M, Napier, editor of ilia
Walton News, spent Monday night
with Col. T. \\ . I’owell.
Rev. W. S. McCarty, of. Monroe,
will pleach at thff Baptist church the
fifth Sunday in May.
Watch these columns next week for
the spring ml of John H. Lowe.
A WAltJU i;k« I.I'TION.
It was a, m.
l ie had just eomr home,
»blie regarded him for a moment m
iilenc .
At length she spo>«e.
Fm thei more, she spoke at length,
his ow a.
A r- I ’>■ fji.uii 1 >o you believe that
' marriages made in
are lie i veil
1 ) t( ill mi I Vi'uv C lint vva-n’t.
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High Shoals, Oconee County, ”
A UEHKI.V Nrwsi-AI’RR.
(II. »i. <1 VI 1 11 . I filler *n(t Proprietor.
SI l!S( KII’TION I'll It F..
Owe Year . 5(1 cents.
♦ill Months .. 30 it
Church, marriage ami death notices
inserted - fret
Advertising rates on application.
Entered at the postoftiett at High
Shoals, (in., as second class matter.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
Ml THOPtHT K- v. .T. T. I (Owe. Pa -
lor; Preaching every fourth Sunday
and Saturday night before, Sabbath
school every Sunday at ‘.1 a vo., l W
Powell, * » Superintendent.
IUitjht--R ev. <>- B Harris, Pastor.
Preaching every second Sunday and
Saturday night before. Sabbath school
avery Sunday at ‘J a. m., 3. W. Rod
well, Superintend! nt. Society meets
Woman's Missionary
every first Sunday Sirs. immediately after
Sunday school. .1. M,. McLeroy.
President. tf
MORGAN (TRUITT.
\ 1 \ 1 'oliSs (lev. I.T. I K» fa-tor fir-'
Snl.irusv met Sund ry s.-in. t it p. in. 'I it)
a. in. m l -'in. 1 u . **i (per hit' "n. -lit U. 1'
hiill. .
fim.XMU.rnu -let Saturday Hie! sea
- - - -.11 «*r 1 no'ljdeai I. I.
SOirg-s
Hiatovo i u t ■ n s.Oui'.fa; v4 Sunday
mi Ii.d ;l (. n. -2 1 (i. in. third Sunday.
Ku|i-iiivlcii.lc!i!. Ii- \. ’in- yiot**> • .
H it \ t. -s. irday p. n ,
Bmu Ikv > u ’u oil peril 1 ■ id.-et,
T. V . f YV. il.
Wanted.
A good man to solicit subscriptions
for the Mkh«f.vuei:. Will pay salary
«r commission.
LOCAL MKLANdi.
ITEMS OF INTEREST GATHERED
FROM HERE AND THERE.
VTfeaf in lloln( on Around and About l'»
TalU In Brief, Pithy an<l *•
ParuarayHa.
p ■
>ohr on a . . y, >»
dlmu ( esday,
(a : i- • •• i
with 1 captain ” lun
ton.
Frank Cook and J. P. Ingrain spent
last Wednesday in Athena.
Ow ing to the long rainy spell this
spring, the spring trade is opening up
late, and m order to give it a send-off
we will make some astonishingly low
prices. Mosnor MmtC.XNTIT.K Co.
tf
High Shoals is making preparation
to entertain a large crowd that w ill at¬
tend the Missionary Rally day here
Sunday. Everybody invited to attend
and bring a little change along with
them.
An Arkansas editor gives his delin¬
quent# u gentle hint in this way: “It
is said ii New York girl kneads
bread with'her gloves on . hut that is
no news to us. We need hi end with
onr hoots on ; we need bread with onr
punts on, and If those subscribers who
are so much in arrears don’t pay soon,
will need bread without anything oil."
For stylish things in liafs; clothing
and gents’furnishing goods, see Nuu
nally's big stock Ht Monroe, Ga. ■j t
A novel way of choosing partners
lias become the rage in some of the
western towns. At a party a sheet is
strotched across the room,: the ladies
«taml behind it and nd-vancr, iht-u
feet a few inches beyond the.sheet:
each gentleman pick - out a .pair of
shoos and the Indy who stand' 111 them
is the one he takes t.* •upper.
“You sre a.jewret. aid the gushing
youtig man trfhis girl, “ami 1 am go
ing to have yen <et. And lie i|iiietly
took her in hi- lap.
Rev. J T. Lowe filled Ills regular
monthly appointment iit the Methodist
dmreh Sunday last.
J. S. V, Willard, uiiii nf our hand
some and sturdy young farmers, is
sporting a‘“iicy new buggy and the
young h- ‘ ( well, wo won't tell oil
him. '
W. 11. NtUlUally A Co., til Monroe,
have the largest h mini cost display of
millinery in the county. :tt
Mr. and Mrs. lb J. Carter have the
sympathy of the town in the loss of
their two-year old baby The little
one died Monday night mid was (aid
to rest Tuesday morning.
A a IK
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MAM JMltERS Of ROTH HOUSES
,0 TO NEW YORK.
PRESIDIN ' 1 LEAVES OH SPECIE
II e»os- nr <«• e Hold Uriel' and l ornial
Bei yy NumlnnlioDK s.-nt
irintin r»lli'em*n.
Was ..^..on was practically deserted
Viy the politieians Monday. Many
went home, an d two special trains
carried a forge delegation to New
York. In consequence the senate
chamber lia<J a d< rted appearnnee
when the sedsio 1
Mr. Harric, nf r t see, w ax at
his desk fo n. in many
week'-, a- . . .dated on his
recovery frorli lie a .eC < illness.
In the al nee of Vice President
Hobart and ^’resident pTO tern Frye,
Air. Nelson, kif Minnesota, occupied
the chair. 1
Dr. MilburuVopening prayer made,
eloquent reference to the gathering of
^thousands to pay tribute to the great
chieftain, Grant, and invoked that tin;
glow of patriotism freshly enkindled
may strengthen oiir nation, our gov
i rninent and the union of the states,
When the Endian hill was reported'
back from tlm house an effort was
Hindu to semi it to conference, hut Mr.
Gorman objected,, saying it had been
undo stoiid thaf no business abate . er
was to he i rausneted, Thereupon, at
l'J:i|5p. ui. on motaiui of Mr. Merrill,
the senate atljouTiied to Thursday.
II..uni- lintel* l'ormal Si**»l«in.
Thc house held a purely formal ses
a ion, astnany of its me nil HU s had also
go.ie to New York to attend the Grant
tniiil) exercises and under the nr
rungenionts Wa ie Friday after the
reading of the journal, iin adjourn¬
ment was immediately taken until
Thursday.
The president.x message transmit¬
ting tin report of tin* interhationnl
houiuhiry lino commission was, lion
ever, received lie fore adjournment,
I'lTnlilenl t>n III ft M ;i>'.
The jn csitlentiul train jnilled out of
the Sixth street station of the Penn¬
sylvania railroad at 10:30 Alomlay,
hoivml for New York, with a distin¬
guished | .it'ty aboard, all the guci ts
of the city of New York, to attend jit l
ceremonies connect' i with the liedi
(•ntiou of the Grant monument.
The train vya- n. ' h* up of sc.oii
conches, and it'wu: iiot i-cahio that the
president solved iii : •Ivnnce.any might (pics
tion of precedent that have
rnseu by*him taki'“ \ tin.xlast i couch on
the trjiiit. t.uiliutiiinii.
l*i-, .,o-iit .tl s
Thejire-ident Mo day sent the fol¬
lowing nominations o the senate for
confirmation:
State \V i 1. am It. Day, of Ohio, t
he assistant i erctar; of state.
Reliamy Sti rer. ot Ohio, to lie en
vov extraordim iyii.nl minister ph n
ipotentinry to. Relgitwn. If
George M. Fisk, Ohio, second
secretary of the enibi ssyof the I nited
States at Berlin, Get 1 nany.
Huntington VYilsoi, of Illinois, fo
be second secretary t the legation of
tiie United States at ’.'okio, Japan.
Justice Tin >m>>*' district
judge for the eas 1 1- t of North
( ai olina..
Edward Brndfo •• t> ■ judge for
the district of l)e. ■
interior Cassi - ' . rues, e>
(l:i ho in a. to lie i. fv . ('kliiiin
bin territory. 1
Frank 1). Dekuhagh vegiffler of haul
oflice at Olympia, Wmh.
. To he reciviy ers of public moneys
John Oii, Scobev, at Olympia. AA hsIi.
- Porter Warner, at Rapid City, S. D.
* I’oiiiiQtnnn Hur^likv.
A queer c()mplieatitm_in hnrglnnsm
developed at the capital Monday when
Policeman .Tnmes E.. Pierce, of tin
Metropolitan force, w*« arrested for
rubbing.two house, on his heat.
'The families were away at the time
and Pierce improved the opportunity
to carry away n large imoiint of glass,
clothing, poreelnm ami other portalih
vuliiuliles. Detective; searched his
bouse and recovered about §1,500
worth of plunder.
Pierce lias been or the force fuUr
years. He coiifessetl his guilt, but
refused to say where all his booty wa
betTeted,
The Mexican Treaty Passed.
The treaty between lOreot Britain
and Mexico settling the boundary line
between this country md the colony
of Belize or British Honduras, has
passed the Mexican senate.
Garibaldi Is Patriotic.
Lieutenant Manlio Girihnldi, of the
Italian navy, has sailed from New York
on the Teutonic w ith the purpose of
aiding the Greeks in their present
struggle, as his brother is about to do.
Y'oitdffNewell for ( Hawaii.
President McKinley sent to the sen¬
ate Thursday the name bf Harold M.
Sown!!, of Maine, to hoi envoy extra¬
ordinary and minister plenipotentiary
of tiie United SlAtes to Hawaii.
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We carry in tick tin
stylish cud I’tu a pi mi
in be touud “ Athen H,
tvh \\ » • W U ' f'lcusV
vrn:.
Misses - Rmdherry.
Next- I >ou( 1" 1 ’ostoffices
Ad HENS. (I a.
t.U
Fine . .
Millinery
TIif Leu
MiliiiM 11 .»
of lladison
r .
Bessie Trail •!
M ADI SO ft. (I A
fte. 111 ! & *ll. x I
.f
Clothiers.
Furnishers.
Hiltlws.
tlHflUii Stet. l)Pi) 3 :it? Postoffilu
^THEWSi, GA.
PROGRAM
For the Missionary Rally Day at
Shoals, Sunday, May 2d.
..Opening Song—Py entire
tion.
Scripture Lesson By Miss Mat
r is.
Prayer. Mrs. An¬
Introduetory Remarks By
nie Anderson.
Song By the choir.
“Tlic (.1 rounds ot Missionary Duty
By Mrs. .1. M. McLeroy.
Twenty-two Questions and Answer:
on Chinn By member,-.
Song. the(
“ The Mortuary of iihie.se By
Mrs. J. P. Ingram.
An Original P.-say tm Buddhism - By
Mrs. F. E. Florence.
Solo By Prof. 11. -I Langston.
Reading Jiy Miss Claire Bostwiek.
“A Brave Deed' By Mixs-Zuitie
(linn.
Song By the choir.
Reading—By Miss Claude Landers.
A collection.
Recitation By May .McLeroy.
I hixology.
Dinner. ,
EXKUCJSI S HOI V I TI.IlNOON.
Song- Bv congregation.
An < higinal Essay By Mrs. J. T.
Eovve.
“The Sfiitly ot Profit and Loss"
By Mrs. J. W. Lea.
"Reflex Influence of Missions By
Mr . W. 1’. Price.
Recitation By Mi s Daisy Antler
s« > n.
Song By choir.
An Original Essay By Miss Helen
Powell,
“The Lord Wants You” By Mrs.
15. F. Haye.
(blest ions and Answers By honora¬
ry memhers.
Hong By choir.
"Maggy's Gift" By Miss ldaSiiiith,
Reading By Miss Blanch Gwynn.
Reading By Airs. F. E. ITorencc.
Collection.
Exercises By MastersClmmice
tei and Holly Ginn.
Song By choir.
Beiiediftion.
1 tinner will lit* spi v ed iin the gronuda.
Everybody invited.
'The juvenile mis loniiry entertain¬
ment will be held at the church
day night.
CUlKYIMT things too I Vi;.
W illie—Y ahs llmt Broadway ( able
Car ( oinpauy is an out wage oil.every
decent New Yorker. They wiiii every
tliing in a liijth hamii d manner. W hy,
the other day they actually earn ie i Bobby
and 1 two block, beyond where we wished
to yet out.
Atiss Level head — Yen. they do cat
thing* too tar sometime*.
WANT COLUWiN.
Adve, tiseun Uts will he inserted in
this I - '.'.<i.iii at One Cent a. word for
e.-ocii insertion.
. W WI LD A w ife. Apply to tlie
“devil. " at this office.
W AN I'I’ 1 >' Kveryho<ly tu know that
T>. Ii. riiompHon, Madison, <*a.. sells
Huggins, Wagons,. Harness, 6to.,
t*heiv\vi*r than any one else in to\yn*
\Y ANTED A gentleman, aged be¬
tween 80 and HI years, who lias a nice
com 1 ■to ' home and a loving heart,
wish ii correspond with a young
lady iu.ler 25 years of age. - Object
w ell, wrip-and sec. Adilresa Bachelor.
High Shops Gn.
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WANTED Everybody that goes to .
Madison to inspect the stock of Hard¬
ware, Buggies, Wagons, Mowers, Reap¬
ers, etc., at the Leak Hardware Co.
WANTED. A few gentleman cor¬
respondents by a pretty brunette of
20; only real gentlemen need write.
Address Brunette, High Shoals, Ga.
WANTED —To know Why yon can’t
Convince a pretty gill that she is
pretty.
WANTED Everybody when they
trade with the merchants that adver¬
tise in the Mksskm.kk to tell them
that they -aw their ad in the Mk.h.xkn
OKll.
WANT ED You to subscribe for
the Mv.ssknoei! at 50c ii year.
WANTED, A young clerk, with
some money, wishes to correspond
with a yretty young hidy with some
means; object, copartnership. Address
“Clerk,” High Bhoals, Ga.
WA N'TI'.D—•Evcryhody to know; that
John H. Lowe, High Simula, Ga., has
received his spring stock of dress
goods ami he is offer ing them at SUC
rtfieing prices.
FOUND That you can save money
by buying your dress goods of T. \V.
l'owcll. High Shoals; (in.
FOUND—A “note” written by a
young music teacher to a young man in
Atlanta. Written in 0 sharp. Owner
can get the note by paying for this nd
tisement.
FOUND -The best place to buy
your groceries is from A. JT. Medlin
A Sou. High Shoals, (lit.
FOUND That High ghouls pos¬
sesses a few very smart young men
that she will dispose of very cheap.
Address most anybody at High
Shoals, On.
FOUND—One young man who
doesn’t think he knows more than his
father. Admission, 25c.
gllWL* /iii.t. I.. >f. Thompson, i
of Madison, carries a lull line of cof¬
fins, euskets lilid burial robes that he
i»s willing.to save you money on.
LOST- Strayed or Stolen—A very
large, loving heart, When last seen
w ax making its way down in Morgan.
1(1.50 will lie paid for the young lady
finding it. Address J. B., High
Slioals, (hi.
LOST Money By not buying
your Coffins. Caskets, etc., from J»s.
H. Lowe, High Shoals, Ga.
LOST- Five or more golden mo¬
ments in each day by everybody.
They are lost forever.
LOST A good chance to secure
bargains by not buying wliat you need
from the Monroe Mercantile Company-,
Monroe, Ga.
LOST Money- Those who bought
their dress goods before inspecting
the stock of J. II. Lowe, High Shoals,
Ga.
i A uu A -i BUS i j
Itll IMIS, <sil.
‘--Ti liolBsalfi Dry Gooos ) - r,.
Nolions. : Sloes ail Hals.
l.arcest Store in North Georgia.
U -t ham will do well to get on
"prices before inlying. .
MICHAEL HBOS • *
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
(8 m (
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not a i*m/a i ii».
“No," sighed llie farmer, a* he iniilv
coulemiilatftl his poster e nv ■-1 fa if I „a>
that 1 eiimii'b r her a v -v bkety animat,
hut we all hav" our sliortcoiiiiiig'-, 1 -up
pose.
mru:e rue.* - m kd.
Dr. I.m It- There's iioibui;' s . an* me
mailer with M 'ileubfi 1
think n bite ieip and vie, n ii; do e.
a- nine, 'on 1 :: *. any n
Yirs. Alme,-they I MOHver Oil ill
Ui :ive it t hnu heb-er o: a".lier Ie..- mini's(