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AT AUDITORIUM. Mr. W. S. Witham Lectures To morrow Afternoon at 3.30 O’clock. Mr. W. S. Witham, president of the Georgia State Sunday School Associa tion. lectures t the anditoi iaci tomor row afternoon at 3:30 o’clock, on the “Freight train vs. the vestibule limited Sunday School. ’ Mr. Witham is one of the most prom inent Sunday workers in the state, and those who hear his lecture tomorrow afternoon will not only enjoy it hut will profit by it as weL. A grand chorus of the Sunday schools of the city will render some very fine music, Prof. C. J. Wallace leading on the big pipe organ in. the auditorium. Everybody will be requested to join in the singing. It is expected that a big crowd will be present to hear the lecture. Eev. J. H. Little Appointed. Rev. J. H. Little, who has been as sisting in the meeting at the First Methodist church received a letter Wednesday from Bishop Galloway no tifying him of his appointment to the pastorate of the Battle H?P circuit at Atlanta, and the removal of Rev. W. J. Wood who has gained such an unenvi able notoriety on account of the scan dal involving his wife and Rev. J. T. Gibson. The letter does not state the cause of the removal of ilev. Mr. »\ood but it is supposed to be that the con ference will not allow a minister to re main a member, whose wife is alleged to be guilty of immorality and whose character is not above suspicion. It is •upposed that Rev. Mr. Wood will be silenced by the conference and not al lowed to preach any more. Rev.»Mr. Little has been engaged in Conference evangelistic work for a long time but will now give it up and take pastorate duties on a regular charge. BOTH ONE YEAR FOR $1.25 Grand Tower, Ill., Feb. 7, lt>98.—I take pleasure in recommending Dr. J. H. McLean's Liver and Kidney Balm. I have been troubled with a disease of the liver and kidneys for years, and have been treated by a number of phy sicians, but to no advantaga. By the use of six bottles of Dr. J. H. McLean's Liver and Kiuney Balm 1 am now well. —J. J. Vastine. Headquarters Opened. The Candler Campaign Club head quarters have been opened in the buil ding. Judge. J. B. Estes is president of the club, and is in charge of the Gainesville headquarters, assisted b y Col. J. C. Boone, the Secretary. The correspondence and everything about this end of the campaign will be con ducted from the local headquarters. A large sign with ‘ Headquarters Can dler Campaign Club” has been stretched across the entire front of the building. A fine line of Heinz's Pickles, can goods &c at Will Summer's. To Celebrate Anniversary. At Harmony church on April 26th, the Odd Fellows will celebrate their 79th anniversary. A big time is in store for those present and no pains will be snared to make it a big success and a happy event. The program is as follows: Meet at Harmony church at 10 o’clock, march to arbor; music; anniversary ceremonies; music; Welcome address by W. A. Thompson; music; Response to welcome address by Rev. J. A. Wynne; music; Basket dinner, one hour. Speeches by Maj. J. H. Butt and Dr. J. W. Oslin. Best Of All To cleanse the system 111 a gentle and truly beneficial manner , when the Springtime comes, use the true and perfect remedy, Syrup of Figs. Buy the genuine. Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, and for sale by ah druggists at 50 cents per bottle. Negro Military Company. The negroes of Gainesville are organ izing a military, company. At a meet mg held Thursday night Ed Jones was elected captain and Lem Heywood first lieutenant. About twenty negroes have joined and signified their willingness to take up arms for their country. The company is being or ganized ostensibly for the purpose of going to war if needed and their ser vices will be tendered the Goyernor. • Bucklen’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- qnired. It is guaranteeed to give per feet satisfaction or money refunded- Price 25 cents per box. For sale by M. C. Brown & Co. More Cattle to Texas. Another shipment of 500 head of cattle was sent to Texas this week 300 head having been shipped by Mr. A. R. Braselton, and 200 head by Messrs. T. V. Eberhart and Newt Gaines. The cattle business is a-humming. A Low Bate For The Cracker And The Weekly Constitution. Attention is called to the offer else where of The Cracker and The Weekly Constitution both one year for SI.25. This is a special combination rate which we make for a limited time. The Cradker publishes eight pages of live interesting reading every week, and in the Constitution you will find all the news of the world. Just at this time when war between the United States and Spain is engaging the attention of the world, everybody wants to keep posted and this can be done by subscrib ing for The Cracker and the Weekly Constitution. Mrs. James S. Lathem Dead. Mr. James S. Lathem died at her home eight miles from the city near Bolding’s Bridge in the Fork district yesterday morning at 5 o’clock. She was eighty-six years old and has been ill some time. She was a consistent Christian and has endeared to her a large number of true friends who are saddened at her death. Mrs. Lathem was the mother of Messrs. P. A. and J. L. Lathem, of Gainesville. The funeral will be held tomorrow morning at Antioch church. Rev. Mr. Osborn officiating. Several people from the city will attend the funeral. To Elect a Captain. At the inspection of the Piedmont Rifles Thursday night, it was decided to hold’an election for Captain next Wednesday night, Prof. A. W. Van- Hoose having accepted the Captaincy only for a short time until the company could get in shape. It is understood that Mr. Jasper N. Dorsey will probab ly he elected Captain. A majority of the members of the Company enlisted for another year, and several new mem bers were taken in. Aptly Expresses It. “The stronghold of styles” correctly expresses it as applied to the big dry goods house of R. E. Andoe & Co. Their special spring sales are attract ing their old line of customers and many new friends. They have what the trading public are after conse quently their business is always lively and brisk. Don’t fail to visit their store and see what they have to offer you. “What’s the matter” with givingyour hovse or mule a dose of Dr. Tichenor’s Antiseptic when he has colic? It will cure him and that is what you want. For sale by all druggists and by county merchants. Another Old Citizen Dead. Mr. J. Hardy Mayes died at his home two miles from the city in Quillians district Thursday of cancer. He was seventy two years old, and was well known in - the county. The funeral services were held at Hickory Grove in Lumpkin county yesterday morning where the remains were interred. ±3. D. Langford’s Cash Price List. Arbuckle and Lion Coffee, 10c. 14 lbs. Good Green Coffee, $1.00. 16 !bs. Best Leaf Lard, $1.00. 18 lbs. Granulated Sugar, $1,00. 24 lb. sack best Patent Flour, 65c. Two 1 ib. bars Laundry Soap, 5c. 1 lb. Timothy Hay per cut, 75c. Corn and Meal per bushel, 50c. 4 large bales Cotton Seed Hulls, $1.00 1 sack Cotton Seed Meal, $1.00. Crackers, all kinds, per pound, 6c. Tinware cheaper than any house in the city. All kinds of goods in propor tion to above. Come and see me. (4t) B. D- LANGFORD. Card From Mr. Bell. To the Candidates for the Legislature and County Offices! Gentlemen: Since the executive com mittee has seen proper not to couple our county primary with that of the gubernatorial election I respectfully ask each of you who have announced and those who will follow, (except can didates for coroner and surveyor,) to join me in asking the chairman and several committeemen to estimate the total expense of the primary and assess each of us our pro-rata, and that we pay this at such time as may be sug gested by the chairman and committee and thereby save the taxpayers of the county this expense. In excluding candidates for coroner and surveyor T do so because the pay of these offices is such as would not warrant them in paying any part of the expense. Very respectfully, THOMAS M. BELL. iTSHINS PILES E’S OINTMENT ABSOLUTELY CUBES. SYMPTOMS—Moisture; intense Itching and stinging; moat at night; worse by scratching. If 'Uoweo to continue tumors farm and protrude, which often bleed and ulcerate, becoming very sore. SWAVSE’SOISTMESI stops itching and bleeding, absorbs the t am or*. Sold bydrnggisisorby mail for 50c». Prepared by Dh. S-v a Tsi A Sow. Philadelphia. The simple sppiicauJn of SWAYNE’S OINTMENT without any internal j medicine, cures tot- \ ter, eczema, itch, ail r eruptions on the face, ' hands, nose, ike., leaving 'the skin ciesr. 'vniie and be.'JthjT P'd** bv drnggUta. it trui by m.i.l for 50 Address &b. t boa, Philadelphia, Pa. Adr r --for iw The Easiest Buggy ever ridden in has the Thomas Coil Springs. The most com- lf _ ad justing, make % pact, most elastic best springs gr -“ang^ust ruStfbave the easiest, evenest motion possible; cost little jet last long. The THOMAS COIL SPRINGS can be used to replace any shopseverywhere use _ , — h THE BUFFALO SPRING & GEAR CO., Buffalo, N. Y. \ _____ Bo Girls Keep Secrets? YVe believe they do; think of the marriages that will occur during the next 60 days and which are secrets now. It is no secret, however, who is engrav ing all the fashionable invitations for marriages in Georgia now. If you are thinking of getting married or need vis iting cards send to J. P. Stevens & Bro. Atlanta, Ga., for samples and prices. Invitations executed in two days; cards in one day. Infant Dead. The infant of Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Black died Saturday night and was buried Sunday afternoon, the funeral being conducted by Rev. J. M. White at the residence on Academy street at four o’clock. The sympathy of friends is extended the grief stricken parents. Headache and Neuralgia cured by Dr. MILES’ PAIN PILI<S. “One cent a dose.” It costs just a little more to run the New York Journal thau it does The Cracker a9 the following will show: The New York Press is authority for the statement that Alfred Henry Lewis, “the present pet of Hearst,” receives $300 per week for his services to the New York Journal. The Press further says, quoting Mr. Lewis as its au thority, that Mr. Hearst is spend ing more than $6,000,000 a year on his paper. Evidently there is big money in yellow journalism for somebody. When the children have earache, warm a few drops of Dr. J. H. McLean's Volcanic Oil Liniment on a teaspoon and drop it into the ear. The effect will be magical, it stops the pain in stantly. Price 25c, 50c and $1 a bottle. For several weeks the suspense occasioned by probability of war has resulted in the demoralization of business. War, or no war, ei ther one or the other will bring relief. PERSONAL ENCOUNTERS. tome Interesting Notes About Duels ml the Practice of Dueling. Even in Germany the popularity oi the duel is open to some doubt Its ex istence is dne not so much to a desire for a combat as of fear what people will say if there is no fight. There have been noted duelists who were always ready for a fray, and when they entered a drawing room women quailed and hoped it would not be their husbands or lovers who would be so unlucky as to excite the ire of the men of blood. During the occupation of Paris by the allies there were duels every day, the Frenchmen usually being the challen gers and the victors, as they were very skillful with the small sword. Some times, however, they made a mistake, as when they jeered at an English officer over losing his leg at Waterloo. The jeerer discovered that the loss of his leg did not interfere in the least with the Englishman’s aim. There have been exceptions to the mania for fighting at any price. An English captain, challenged by a Frenchman, had the choice of weapons and chose pistols. The Frenchman de clared he would fight with nothing but the sword, and interested friends finally compromised on lances, on horseback. The combat naturally attracted much attention. A great crowd witnessed the duel. One man received three ugly prods, but finally killed his antagonist. No duelist could ever be made smile over the famous story of the Englishman and Frenchman who were to fight a duel in a pitch dark room. Not wishing to kill his man, the Englishman fired up the chimney when the word was given, and, to his surprise, brought down the Frenchman, who had hidden there. When this story is told in France, it is always the Englishman who is up the chimney. Fighting Fitzgerald was successful in 18 duels before it was discovered that he always wore a coat of maiL Foi years his fame in society had rested on his invariable success as a duelist, and this discovery was his undoing. A cer tain major in fighting him objected when bis sword snapped on a heart thrust and demanded an investigation. He was afterward hanged in Ireland for murdering a neighbor. The most tragic dnel in England was between Lord Byron, granduncle of the poet, and a kinsman. It was fought in a tavern room by the light of one tallow candle. Lord Byron was tried for mur der. but got off on manslaughter, from the penalties of which he escaped be cause he was a peer of the realm. Thi* safeguard of peers was done away with only during the present ^ign.—Ohicajr* Hews. A NEW TRIUMPH. The Dreaded Consumption Can Be Cured. 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. * Nothing could be fairer, more philan thropic or carry more joy to the afflict ed than the generous offer of the hon ored and distinguished 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 dis eases, catarrhal affections, general decline and weakness, loss of flesh and all conditions of wasting away; and to make its great merits known, we will send three free bottles of his newly discovered remedies to any "afflicted reader of The Georgia Cracker. Already his “new scientific system 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 human ity—to donate his infalible cure. He has proved the “dreaded con sumption” to be a curable disease be yond a doubt, m any climate, and has on file in his American and European laboratories thousands of “heartfelt testimonials of gratitude” from those benefited. Catarrhal and pulmonary troubles lead to consumption, and consumption uninterrupted, means speedy and cer tain 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. N. C. White & Son, PHOTOGRAPHERS, Gainesville, Georgia. SPECIAL ATTENTION TO EN LARGING DEPARTMENT. Northeast Side of Public Square. For a perfect fit go to C. H. SAUNDERS. Over Owen’s Furniture Store. "The Artistic Tailor.” Large line to select from. Also patterns in stock. Dr. C. A. Ryder DENTIST. First-class Dental Work. Head quarters tor best Tooth and Mouth Preparations. Gainesville,. : Geoigia. Dr. C. H. WINBURN, The Dentist. Room 3, Gordon Block, Gaines ville, Georgia. A Liberal Amount of Patronage Solicited. Class in Book-keeping and Commercial methods taught by E. P. Mitchell, Expert Accountant. A few more pupils desired. Call or address No. 2 State Bank building. THE FIRST STORE OF THE SOUTH. % Of interest to , Overt/ jffouvekeeper Are the few items we name this time. Of interes* cause they are necessities—of interest because -t can now buy them at saving. We exerted evsrv fort to make this sale of NEEDFUL FOR THE HOUSEKSEpn* a sale to be remembered ji point of giving better barges than we ever have in the && The prices we name below 7 attest that we have succeed* In our 33 years in business i! have never had such g-’ values for such low prices » we name below, and remem ber, if you favor us with an order on any of these things and they are not even better than we describe then you can get your money back. f/ieadi/^made Sheets 850 sheets were here when w e first re ceived them and put them on sale. They are made of Cones toga sheeting, one of the very best brands on the market. They are laundered, hemmed and size torn to keep them straight. The material in the 2 1-4x2 1-2 size will cost 55c off the bolt, and the 2 1-2 yards, square size, will cost 63c off the bolt. But while these last the sheets, already hemmed and laundered, will sell for 2 1 -4x2 1 -2 yds. long at 43c 2 1-2x2 1-2 yds. long at 54c 200 twilled Sheets, sizes 2 1-2 yards wide by 2 1-2 yards long; goods worth 78c off the piece, here until sold, already hemmed and laun- dered, at # dp kins Tne gr2atis: - i ^i bargain we hard ever offered is in 396 dozsl Napkins, which we bought odd! the cloths having been soil 240 dozen could not be imocre: today to sell for less than 22.;' a dozen, and 156 dozen or* not be Imported to sell for 5 than $3.00. They con many threads to the inch ah weigh as much to the dozen s any Napkins we ever owned 2 $2.50 or $3.00 a dozen. Wife these last the 240 lot at $ 1.59 dozer. 156 lot at $1.79 dozer TJab/e In a sirr.ir m we closed a hid *Damask J ab e from a manuiit, turer; 68 inches wide, bleached, cannot be male to to sell for less than 85c, but our price on this .6! IPiih In the same lot were f OW pillow Slips, size 36 C/* « x45 inches, material %jeip* worth more off the bolt, but these already hemmed and laundered, will be sold while they last at .09 Regular $1.35 Bed Quilts of fine heavy /7.,/y/c quality, 3-ply honey- ** combed, size 11 -4; . during this sale will / /)/) be sold for....... . J0 6/1/ Handsome Dimity Spreads for summer use will also bring under prices like these: 11 -4 size at 12-4 size at .$1.25 .$1.50 Another lot Is in a very 2 double Damask, full two rrs wide. This is as heavy aria fine a quality as we dinarily to sell for $1.35. s| while this small lot lasts—as I six pieces—It will sell for Ow, SS, “J5 Towels will be sold with a parta our regular price clipped t Instead of 15 c. regular % 2 now $ 1.20 a dozen, or each ■i The same quality of Huck Towels, size 18x4C 'zeesj instead of 18c. regular now $1.50 a dozen, or each I L\ Are 2/ou Soing to Sot\ Si/k Tlfa/st Zfh/s Spring If so, we can save you a dollar or on the ones we name below. They from the best makers in the east < made to our order, and for chicness *-1 fit are unexcelled over any souti-j counter. In ordering give bust meae-- and describe the style you like as # 1 as you can. This applies to a Waist at a dollar apiece, or a Silk at $18.00, and remember, if its ’ d what you want, or it does not fit y° u ' get your money back. The first lot is in plain and plaid Taffeta Silks, in 10 new styles and spring shades, beautifully made and will cost for same quality $6.00 over any other southern counter, but yf f \ r* here for i/O The second lot is in Blac* £ feta Silks neatly tuck# yoke and front, and a will cost you $7.50 el here in any size bust, r fill from 34 to 42, .at.. 0*^ I Chambers ATLANTA, GEORGIA.