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Mrs. Woodliff Dead. Mrs. Mary J. Woodliff died at her home near Brown’s Bridge, nine miies from Gainesville, last Saturday night, after a short illness. She was well known and was a good woman univer sally beloved. She was seventy-seven years old, and leaves several children and a large family connection to mourn her death. The funeral was held at Antioch church Monday and was conducted by Rev. Berrien Brown. A large crowd attended the funeral, attesting the high esteem in which she was held. Mrs. Woodliff was a member of the Methodist church. Genuine South Georgia Ribbon Cane Syrup 35 cents gallon at Will Sum mer’s. Pleased the Audience. The performance of the Miller-Sisson- Wallace combination at the Auditorium Monday night was of a very pleasing character and was fully up to the stan dard. The v o k of Polk Miller was all that was expected of him, and there was no disappointment on the part of the audience who appreciated a true delineation of the old-time negro and a real hearty laugh. His songs and banjo picking were great and were done in Polk Miller’s inimitable style. Both Mr. Sisson and Miss Wallace were clever, and provoked their full share of applause. A fairly good crowd was present. Wanted : io setting liens for which. will pay 35c each. Apply at Dixon & Co.’s drug store. A fine line of Heinz s Pickles, can goods &c at Will Summer’s. Probably At Rome. Colonel Candler is being strongly urged to open his campaign in Rome. A committee of representative Romans called on him Wednesday to get him to say he would make his first speech there, but he did not say positively that he would but has the matter under consideration. He was anxious to make the first speech of the campaign in his home town, but may speak in Rome since that ‘famous letter’ was first pub lished there, and he wants to beard the lion in his lair. Morning Joy, Mocha and Java, Lion and Arbuckle's coffee’s at Will Sum mer’s. Looking For A Site. Messrs John P. Campbell and W. S. Walcott were in the city Tuesday look ing for a site for a cotton mill and bleachery in the south. They are owners of the New' York cotton mills, and were driven over the city and shown the advantages offered by this section by Col. S. C. Dunlap and Mr. R. H. Smith. They were very favorably impressed and may decide to move their plant here. When bilious or costive, eat a Cascaret, candy catharic. Cure guar anteed. 10 and 25 cents. Mr. Frank Graham, who has been at the Arlington the past two weeks with his mother, returned to Princeton Mon day afternoon to resume his studies in the university. He is a bright young man and is doing good work at Prince ton. Col. Fletcher M. Johnson returned Thursday night from Atlanta. Celebrated Her Anniversary. Mrs. Sarah Adair celebrated her eighty-eighth anniversary last Sunday at her home on Green street. All of her children were present, and the occasion was one of great pleasure to the family. Those present were: Messrs. A. D. Adair, G. B. Adair and Mrs. A. J. Moore, of Atlanta; Mrs. W. H. Campbell, Mrs. J. L. R. Barrett and Mrs. Derrick of this city. ITCHING PILES ABSOLUTELY CURE3. BYHPTOMS—Moisture; intense itching and stinging; most at night: worse by scratching- a? •'Uowed to continue tumors form mad protrude* which often bleed and ulcerate, becoming very sore. S WAYNE’S OINTMENT stopsitehlngand bleeding, absorbs the tumors. Sold by druggists or by mailforoOcts. Preparedbv Hit. Dwayne* Son,Philadelphia. The simple application of SWAGE’S OINTMENT without any internal! medicine, cures tet-) 1 ter, eczema, itch, all 1 r "eruptions on the face, j „ hands, nose, &c., leaving , _ *the skiu clear, white and hoalthyr Sold bv druggists, or sent by mail for 50 cts. Add re* Da. « watmk ft Soa, Philadelphia, Pa. Ask jour druggist for it. Wedding Presents In Cut Glass, Solid Silver Fancy Goods. We send goods on selec tion. Write to us before you buy. We also engrave wedding invi tations and visiting cards. Send for our samples. J. P. Stevens & Bros., Jewelers, 9 W. Alabama street, Atlanta, Ga. A NEW TRIUMPH. The Dreaded Consumption Can Be Cured. Now Has 640 Members. The Caudley club met at the court house Thursday night with a very fair attendance. Encouraging speeches were made by tbe members who had visited other counties, and everything went to show that Colonel Candler’s candidacy was moving along nicely. Secretary Boone stated that the mem bership of the club was now 540, and three of the committee on membership had not yet reported to him, which will doubtless swell the list consid erably. T. A. Slocum, the Great Chemist and Scientist, will Send to Sufferers Three Free Bottles of His Newly Discovered Remedies to Cure Consumption and all Lung Troubles. Backleu’s Arnica Salve. The best salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and all skin eruptions, and positively cures piles, or no pay re quired. It is guaranteeed to give per feet satisfaction or money refunded- Price 25 cents per box. For sale by M. C. Brown & Co. Try Lemon Pie Filling—something new and very fine—at Will Summer’s. Literary Meeting. A literary meeting of the Epworth League was held at the residence of Col. H. H. Perry Thursday night. A good crowd was present and the meet ing was greatly enjoyed. Several in teresting papers were read, and the program as a whole was quite nice. Mr. D. P. White came up from Atlan ta Thursday afternoon. t ANNOUNCEMENTS. CLERK SUPERIOR COURT. I have decided to make the race for Clerk of the Superior Court of Hall county. I make this announcement subject to the will of the Democratic party, and will cheerfully abide by its action. James T. Chamblee. Nothing could be fairer, more philanthropic or carry mere joy to the afflicted than the generous offer of the honored and distin guished chemist, T. A. Slocum, M. C., of New York City. He has discovered a reliable and absolute cure for consumption and all bronchial, throat, lung and chest diseases, catarrhal affections, general decline and weakness, loss of flesh and all conditions of v ast- ing away; and to make its great merits known, we will send three free bottles of his newly discov ered remedies to anv afflicted read er of The Georgia Cracker. Already his “new scientific sys tem of medicine” has permanently cured thousands of apparently hopeless cases. The Doctor considers it not only his professional, but his religious duty—a duty which he owes to suffering humanity—to donate his infallible cure. He has proved the “dreaded con sumption” to be a curable disease beyond a doubt, in any climate, and has on file in hi9 American and European laboratories thou sands of “heartfelt testimonials of gratitude” from those benefitted and cured, in all parts of the world. Catarrhal and pulmonary trou bles lead to consumption, and con sumption uninterrupted, means speedy and certain death. Don’t delay until it is too late. Simply, write T. A. Slocum, M. C., 98 Pine street, New York, giving ex press and post-office address, and the free medicine will be promptly sent. Please tell the Doctor you saw his offer in The Georgia Cracker. See Them. One of the best hardware firms m North-east Georgia is that of S. C Dinkins & Co. They carry everything in the hardware line, and make prices that nobody can beat. Go to see them for all kinds of hardware. They will accommodate you with good goods and low prices. ss State of Ohio, City of Toledo, Lucas County. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State afore said, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the u»e of Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Frank J. Cheney. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of Decem ber* A. D. 1886. A. W. Gleason, [Seal.] Notary Public. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken inter nally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by druggists, 75c. Hall’s Family Pills are the best. Dr. C. A. Ryder spent Wednesday in Atlanta. Cascarets stimulate liver, kidneys and bowels. Never sicken, weaken or gripe. 10 cents. Proposals for Convict Farm. As authorized by an act of the gen eral assembly approved December 21st. 1897, the prison commission of Georgia invites offers for the sale of not less than two thousand, nor more than five thousand acres of good land, in one body or in several bodies, located in different parts of the state,accessible by railroad, to be used, under the provision of said act, for a convict farm or farms, and will receive such offers in writing up to the 15th day of March, 1898. All such offers must be accompanied by a complete abstract of title, and a topographical map showing the cleared and timbered lands, quantity and qual ity of such timber; waste land; quality of soil and clay; quanity and quality of stone suitable for building purposes, and water power, if either or both; water supply and railroad facilities. After the date specified above the commission will, as soon as practicable inspect the lands so offered, or such of it as may be deemed suitable for the purposes mentioned, and will purchase such tract or tracts as can be obtained the most cheaply, other requirements being equal; but the right is distinctly reserved by the commissioners of re jecting any and all offers so made. No purchase will be made until the abstract of title shall have been favor ably passed upon by the attorney gen eral. For further information address the commission. JOSEPH S.‘ TURNER, Chairman. Douglas Glessner, Secretary. (Mar. 12.1 S. C. DINKINS & CO., Gainesville, Georgia. Wholesale and Retail Hardware. Gainesville Iron IGork Try us for Farming Implements, Blacksmith Tools, Turn Plows, Tornado and Cutaway Harrows; Compost Distributors, and every thing in the hardware line. Prices and satisfaction guaranteed. Gainesville. Georgia. FOUNDERS AND MA0HINl$j$ MANUFACTURERS OF STAMP MILLS, CANE MILLS, SAW MILL SHAFTING J LEYS, HANGERS and GENERAL MILL WORK. ■DEALERS IN- Wrought Iron Pipes, Pipe Fitti?igs, in iron ar \ brass. Boiler, Engme and Saw Mill Supply Repairing Machinery a Specialty > 4 T -g 3 % / V i Orfl This papei announces, m connection with 1 he Atlanta Week;* Constitutution, a new offer in which everyone may have a chance to supply the missing word in this sentence: i “/IT FIRST IT IVAS CONSIDERED BY k A GOOD OMEN" I Jr THE AS The sentence is taken from a well-known publication. The word is a familiar one, and it may readily suggest itseli. Contest Began tan, 1-Ends TO ENTER THIS CONTEST YOU MUST SUBSCRIBE FOR IN CONNECTION WITH THE GEORGIA CRACKER, $1.50 AT THE EXTREMELY LOW PRICE OF In connection with this Clubbing Rate, we will, if you send your guess with the subscription price, forward all for you and thus SIVE TOO A CHANCE AT THE MISSING WORD FUND ^ At the end of period covered by this contest The Constitution will pay os. I to the successful party or parties the full prize amount that has accrued | in the contest. The plan i= simple and these contents have become so popular and have been conducted with such absolute fairness to ailthat I they have been widely copied after, but none have become equate Tael Constitution’s great original series. IN ONE YEAR THE CONSTITUTION HAS PAID OUT.—-an®. NEARLY $6.000 IN CASH in these missing word contests. It sets aside 10 per cent of the subseri{| tion tund received from subscribers guessing at the missing word, ir.l this fund is given to the successful guesser or guessers in the contesl The fund is distributed with absolute fairness, and the fact that rail Weekly Constitution has MORE THAN 150,000 subscribers and that It! puts aside 10 per cent from all guessers’ subscriptions for this diitriba- tlon fund shows that the amount to be divided at each interval is largj enough to.be worth striving for. It is not a catch-penny or a dece-t-1 ful proposition, but the p’an is open and simple and TS ADMITTED#! the malls bv tbe Post Office Department as a meritorious contest. ft®-The book from which the sentence is taken is deposited in n safety vault, under seal, and wil! »| opened at the clrse of the contest before a competent committee, which makes the award after an era j nation of the subscription books. In one of these contests there was only one ■successful guesscl who received mor^ than $1,000; and in addition to this in one year£®| has been d'stributed among successful guessers. ; Remember that, whether the missing word is supplied or not. it cos?! nothing to guess, and even though pot successful, the guesser ee21 THE GREATEST OF ALL WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS FOR ONE TM Keep that in view and send your guess with your clubbing subscript I for your home paper and The Weekly Constitution. \ Should you already be a subscriber to your home paper, renii/* to this paper for The Weekly Constitution for one year, rifi will be forwarded to The Constitution with your guess The Constitution guarantees that the amount of the award will 1 not be less than $5U0 in cash, and it may be as much as $2,0001 THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION IS THE GREATEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER^ I THE WORLD. It is a TWELVE-PAGE, SEVEN-COLUMNS-TO-THE-PAGEI NEWSPAPER, containing EIGHTY-FOUR COLUMNS every week. It has# I equal as a Weekly Newspaper in America; its news reports cover theworH^J its correspondents and agents are to be found in almost every bailiwick of the South-1 ern and Western States. I AS A MAGAZINE it prints more matter than is ordinarily found in any magazine in the country 1 AS AN EDUCATOR it is aschoolhousein itself; a year’s reading of The Constitution is a liberal edneife-1 ITS SPECIAL FEATURES commend it especially to every farm home in America. ITS FARM AND FARMERS’ DEPARTMENT, Us Woman’s Department and h’ dren’s Department are all under able direction, and are specially attractive to those to*.--;! these departments are addressed. The Constitut*>n is Democratic In Politics, and it » I hearty advoca te of the principles enunciated in the National Platform of THE F0LL3WIN6 ARE THE GONDiTlilNS OF THE CONTEST Ten Per Cent of the Guessers’ Subscrip tions goes to the Fund to be divided. In other words >f this Subscription Fund amounts to $20,000 for this period then the fund to gd to the successful guesser would be $2,000. THE CONSTITUTION PUTS IO PER CENT of the am receives for subscriptions from parties entering the Missing t -st into a fund lor distribution amonsr those who name corn*®. J missing word. If only one contestant gets the right word. W q will be given the entire fund. If more than one supplies the word, the same will be proportionately divided among the saco-. guessers. \ THE CONDITION PRECEDENT FOR SENDING A 6 l J at the Missing Word, is that each and every guess must panied by a year’s subscription to The Weekly Constitution. -7, through'the paper publishing this advertisement in acceptance ^ clubbing offer, the guess at the missing word will be forwar d-- guess must be sent with the subscription. Should onepery--.^ more than one answer, he or she wi” he entitled to a share of ; ’ for each correct answer. There will be no capital prize will get a first prize, subscriptions. Persons may guess as many times —even 1 astMf* IN MAKING YOUR ANSWER you need not write the sentence out in full—just say tbe ^ Word for tbe pbove particular period (designating it) is “ ” ADDRESS ALL CLUBBING ORDERS TO THE. GEORGIA CRACKER, Gainesville. Ga.