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It now looks as if it will be the old lease; system again. The bill of Walton county in the legisla ture last week providing for the election of a principal keeper of the penitentiary and tor the leas ing of the convicts is a clear indi quantities of gold is daily taken from the Big Joe, some of the ore being worth more than $1Q0 per ton. _<?*-. ■ .v There are a lot of hogs to be butchered as soon as the weather turns cooler. Mr. Gordon Thompson has re new honse. LIVE, LOCAL NEWS Is what yon want. Spicy, interesting reading is what you’re after. cently painted his Quarterly meeting was held last Thursday at St. Paul’s. St. Paul church is soon to have a new roof. The shingles are on the ground. Mr. Robert Hightower will move over on the creek. Messrs. Sloan and Boone at tended court at the Hickory last Saturday. Mr. J. L. Poor will start down the country at an early date. Georgia legislators, and they re fused to consider any such thing. They are going ahead and prepar ing for the leasing of the convicts in such a way that the state will get the greatest amount possible from their labor. The abuse of the convicts com plained of under the present sys tem yrill -be looked after and pro vision will be made in the law for their good treatment. t they did not reach trouble. Some one advised her to try s-i S.S.S. and she very soon found that she had a real blood remedy at last. She says: “Alter tak ing one dozen bottles' of S.S.S. I am perfectly well, my shin is dear and healthy and I would not be in my former condition for two thousand dollars. Instead of drying npthepoison in my system, like the potash and arsenic, S.S.S. drove the disease out through the skin, and I was perma- A Profitable Investment. An advertisement in The Cracker is a profitable invest ment. We work for our ad- : vertisers—they get good re sults. Contract for space. CRACKER ADS ALWAYS PAY. Dress Goods. All-wool 86-ineh Suiting in variety of styles, 25c a yard. All-wool 36-inch Dress Flannels, extra value, 25c a yard. 27-inch double fold half wool Cash- mere, assorted colors, 10c yard. 27-inch double fold half wool Nov elty Suitings, 10c a yard. 27-inch fleece-lined Flannelettes, new selection of patterns, 10c yd BellepOrt Plaids, cheap m price but good value, 5c a yard. . Underwear* Men’s white knit Undershirts 15 cents each. Men’s heavy white knit Under shirts 25c each. Ladies’ Jersey Ribbed Vests 12£ cents each. § Infants’ Jersey Ribbed Vests 5 cents each. j Men’s Ga. ties, high cut, too Clothing. Men’s dark gray Cassimere* $2.50. Men’s all-wool winter weight; 5.00. Boys* heavy Cassimere Suits Good assortment odd Coats Vests and odd Pants to ^ Ladies’ Cloth Capes, braided Jar, 50c each. Ladies’ Black Beaver Capes, braid ed and fnr trimmed. $1. Ladies’ Seal Plash Capes, fall sweep,Thibet fnr trimmed, $2.5(X Notions. Spool Cotton, 200 yards guaran teed, 24c a spool. Spool Cotton, 500 yards guaran teed, 5c a spool. Adamantine Pins, cent a paper. Helix oval_ eyed Needles lc paper. Large size Pencil Tablets^M sheets, 1 cent each. Shoes. Ladies’glove-grained button Shoes climax back, 75c a pair. Ladies’ glove grain and pebble grain button Shoes $1. nently rid of it.” Mining is on a boom in north east Georgia. The hills are full of gold. S.S.S. never fails, to cure Sex Eczema, Rheumatism Contagious Poison, or any disorder of thfe 1 Do notrely upon a simple tonic t a deep-seated blood disease, bull 1 real blood remedy. Our books C O ( Specific Co., . 280 count, 1 THE MONEY SUPPLY. The Atlanta Journal says the amount of money in circulation in the United States on November 1 was $1,706,732,904. This was the high-water mark of our monetary circulation. The increase during the month of. October was $35,- 629,078, and the net increase over the amount of circulation on No vember 1, 1896, was $79,677,290. The great increase in the month of October was due mainly to the issue of $11,175,200 in gold coin, $11,943,892 in treasury notes, and $7,201,454 in United States, notes. In Addition to these items there was an increase of $3,051,008 in standard silver dollars and of $2,- 256,614 in subsidiary silver.. The largest decrease during the month was in currency certificates and it amounted to $4,540,000. There was also a decrease of $1,- 781,370 in ’ silver cerfj||^es of $1,829,872 in national Candler will be the peopled candidate for Governor. And he is bound to win. FLOWERY BRANCH. Rev. C. T. Brown has reeigner as pastor of the Baptist church at this place, and Rev. D. S. Me- Curry has been called. Mrs. T. H. Gibson, who has been sick for some time has been moved to Augusta, for medical, treatment. Dr. L. H. Jones, a citizen of this place trill about November 15th, remove his family to Shel ton ville, Ga. * The new paper has started up here and is called the Flowery It is edited by 8 bales best heavy Sheeting? 2 bales Cotton Checks 4c j<j 2 bales heavy Cotton Checks? 10 pieces good Feather Tk 10c yard. 10 pieces best Feather Tk 12£c yard. Mattress licking 6c a yard. Jack Frost did some mighty good work when he laid his icy hand on yellow fever. Circus is Coming. The great Wallace shows are coming to Gainesville, and will exhibit in this city Wednesday, November 24th. The shows are leaving an excellent reputa tion wherever they have appeared this season. The great Nelson family is with Wal lace's shows and their performance in itself is well worth the price of admis sion. The list of artists is too long to enumerate in detail, but the principal ones who can be mentioned in this limited space are the Martelle. in phe nomenal bicycle and skating nov elties, the Werntz family, thrilling mid air feats on the trapeze, the Petits, in a laughable comedy bar act, Mme. Dupre and her trained elephants, Ro- wenna the head balancer, the Samsoni sisters, contortion wire walkers, Giraad Leon, and his famous singing mule, Trilby, Oscar Lowande, Reed sisters, Mile. Tatulli and others, bareback riders, together with a long list of menage riders, revolving globe walkers, tumblers, trained Atlanta’s newspaper men “are not so warm.” Macon has at least two who are “hot stuff.” The backbone of the yellow fever is broken, says an exchange. It is to be hoped that this will kill it. Hosch Bros. & Co. Branch Journal Smith and Johnson and is a spicy sheet. V v The new schoolbuilding is being painted by Mr. J. D. Morgan. Mr. George M. Mooney of The circus is coming, and the small boy is happy. November 24th will be a great day for young America in Gainesville. Was Seventy-Six Years Old. Mr. Gilderoy Mooney died at his home five miles from the city Monday at the age of 76 years from paralysis His funeral occurred Tuesday at Pleasant Hill chnrch. Some of the boys now spell it Chandler, but by the time he is made Governor they will have learned better and will spell it Candler. notes. There has been a very heavy in crease in our stock of gold. I now amounts to $692,691,685, against $570,557,083 on September ^ 1, 1896, an increase in fourteen - months of $122,134,602. 1 There was a decided increase in J the last months in the circulation | of standard silver dollars, and on | November 1, for the first rime since August, 1893, the number of these in circulation exceeded $60,- 000,000. The amount of subsidiary silver in circulation on that day was $63,432,920, a gain of more than $8,000,000 during the year. The per capita circulation, esti mating our population at 73,461,- 000, was on November 1, $23.33, ' all in money as good as gold. William C. Whitney is today one of the biggest men in the democratic party. It was he who steered Van Wyck’s canvass free from the shoals of silver. animals, funny clowns, and all the other comcomitants that go to make up the modern mon ster circus. Gainesville, Ga., Oct. 12, ’97. Africana Company, Atlanta, Ga. Dear Sirs: Eleven years ago I had a had case of rheumatism and the veins in my legs burs ted. Since then my * legs from my knees down have been covered .with running sores. I have tried every remedy known, and phy sicians have given me almost every thing in an effort to effect a cure, all to no avail. Who will take pleasure in showing yon through her line. Yellow Fever Germs breed in the bowels. Rill them and you are safe from the awful disease. Cascarets destroy the germs through out the system and make it impossible for new ones to form. Cascarets .are the only reliable safe-guard for young and old against Yellow Jack.. 10c. 25c. 50c. all druggists. VEHICLES 0 0 0 We Build ’Em to Suit Yi Missouri children will erect a monument to Engene Field and have already raised $10,000 for this purpose. It is a tribute from children to their greatest lover. If you want a good a carriage, wagon or other vti just give ns the order, and i get exactly what yon wantJ What about that repj yon need? Bring us your| and let ns fix it up fori Wealways please our costs! The proposed textile school in connection with the Georgia School of Technology meets with almost universal approval. It should be established by all means. Prevention is always better than core, even-when cure is possible. But so many times pneumonia is not cured that prevention becomes the Two months ago I began taking Africana and have taken nearly three bottles. The running sores on my legs are rapidly healing, and I have thrown aside my crutches, being now able to walk without them. Africans has already done me worlds of good, and I believe in a short time I will again be entirely sound and well. Very gratefully yours, THOMAS WALKER. Dressmaking. Miss Lizzie Sharp has opened a dress making parlor at 42 North Bradford st. Perfect fitting, neatly finished dresses guaranteed, haying had special lessons in the art. Would be pleased to have the ladies call. nov.21. preservation which is “ the first law of nature.” Pneumonia can be pre vented and is often cured by the use of Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral. ‘“Some years ago I had a severe cold and u‘as threatened with pneumonia. 1 could neither eat nor sleep, and was in a wretched condition. I procured a bottle, of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral and took it according to the directions, mid at the end of fifteen aaysw as Yancy Carter, the well known populist, says he doesn’t know whether he will be the populist nominee for Governor or not. What good would it do him if he was? PENDERGRASS. • • Low cotton has given every thing and everybody a blue cast- over in this neck ’o the woods. Rev. Charlie Brown, the newly elected pastor of the Baptist church here, preached his intro ductory sermon last Sunday to one of the largest and most atten tive audiences ever gathered with in the walls of the church. All. pleased with his beautiful Wholesale and Retail, Gainesville. Georgia. That part of Governor Atkin son’t message condemning lynch ing has met with universal en dorsement. . The people do not want any more lynchings in Georgia. . They say that the old war horses, Howell Walsh and James jjf. Robertson, are booming Allen B.-Gandler for Governor.—Savan nah Press. It would be impossible for them to boom a better man. S. C. DINKINS & C Summer’s Editor Georgia Cracker.—I have dis covered a reliable cure for consumption and all bronchial, throat and lung dis eases, general decline, loss of flesh and ail conditions of wasting away. By its timelyuse thousands of apparentlyhope- less cases have been cured. So proof- positive am I of its power; to core, that were and logical sermon. Mrs. E. C. Jackson and family left to take up their permanent abode in .Harmony Grove Wed nesday. All sorely regretted to have this excellent lady leave us but wish her well in her new home. The birthday supper given last Wednesday by the Woman’s Mis sionary Society of the Baptist church proved a great success in More than $20 re- Wholesale Hardware LARGE CALIFORNIA PEARS, 50 cents dozen. MALAGA GRAPES, 20c lb. CONCORD GRAPES, 10 lb bask ets 25c. BANANAS, 10c and 15c dozen. NICE ORANGES, 30c and 40c doz. COCOANUTS, 5c and 10c each. CRANBERRIES, 15c quart. RAISINS, 15c lb. NUTS, 15c lb. 1, 2 and 3 lb cans of BOSTON BAKED BEANS, 10,15 and 20c. HEINZ’S KEG PICKLE, A paper that is constantly at work for the town in which it is located is one of the most valuable enterprises any municipality can have. The Cracker is always at work for Gainesville and will do ail in its power for the advance ment of the town and section. is put up in half-size bottles at half price—50 cents. get a reasonably goat, meal at every way. suited from the admission fees. Col. J. E. Wilhelm’s comic Dutch recitation brought down the honse. Nice recitations were also rendered by a number of our young ladies C. F. W. GUNTHER Cuttaway Harrows. Baker and Confectioner. 2nd door below post-office. Fresh Bread and Cakes and Home made Candies. Moore & Co.’s Restaurant , sour at 15c quart; sweet at 25c quart. FULL CREAM CHEESE, 15c lb. Bay your goods from me.' I will save you money. Will Summer. FOR IS CENTS. Or you can pay 25 cents all you can eat. The Savannah Press says keep it before the people that in Greater New York “the ticket of the democratic organization which refused to indorse free silver as embodied in the Chicago platform has been successful and every man has been elected. that were highly entertaining; Miss Annie Harrison of Jeffer son, was visiting relatives in Pen dergrass-last week. OYSTERS SERVED ALL HOURS. Another Class in Book-keeping and Commercial methods taught by They also keep on hand Tobacco. Candies, lasses, 20c gallon. E, P. Mitchell C. A. DOZIER. Beal Estate and Insur- is, Rubber Coats and h Children’s Rubber Shoes Expect Accountant.' A few desired. Call or address Bank building. . • - more pnpils Over -1st National bank. “The Artistic Tailor. Large line to select from, j patterns in stock. Whips re your in old re | Scott’s Emulsion For Infants and Children. Tbs fae- ilalle signature. of Cod-liver Oil, with Hypo- phosphites of Lime and Soda, contains just the remedies fto meet these wants* The cod- liver oil gives the needed strength, enriches the blood, feeds the nerves, and the hy- pophosphites give them tone and vigor. Be sure you get SCOTT'S Emulsion* All druggists; 50c. sad feoo. ’y SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, New York" zna&es a specialty of V Epilepsy, has without L doubt; treated and cur. ^ ed more cases than any Wl living’ Physician; hts || anccess is astonishing. We haveheard of cases of so years’ standing R Jit ■ he sends large bot- ettre, free to any sufferers ’ P. .O. and Express address, 1 wishing a cure to address F.D.„4CMarSt., HewYork Co., Nashville, Tenn. FREE: $20.00 IN GOLD. Y Oil YI Bicycle,Gt ld Watch, Diamond * Ring, or a Scholarship in -v S Draughon’s Practical Business College, Nashville, Tenn., or Texarkana, Tex., or a schol arship in most any other reputable business col lege or literary school in the U. S. can be secured by doing a little work at home for the Youths’ Advocate, an illustrated semi-monthly journal. It is elevating in character, moral in tone, and especially interesting and profitable to young people, but read with interest and profit by peo- We now have plenty of money to loan on improved form lands and Gainesville city property. Terms and interest lib eral. Call and see us. (2-25-’98) Duntap & Pick hell. Cascarets stimulate liver, kidneys and bowels. Never sicken, weaken or gripe. 10 cents. First-class Dental Work. Head quarters tor best Tooth and Mouth Preparations. Call to see him on West Side Public Square,