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Joe Barney Captured.
Last Fridav morning Joe Ra
mey, handcuffed and in the hands
. of John Godfrey, United States
Deputy Marshal, was carried do wn
to Gainesville, Ga., to stand trial
before Judge Gaston for the of
fence of counterfeiting or having
in his possession a mould rudely
made from two plates of metal.
In a recent issue we gave an ac
count of the capture of a counter
feiting outfit at Ramey’s house,
who lived at that time about a
mile east of the court house, but
since then moved his place of
abode near Tate City. Thrsday
morning United States detective
Wright came up from Atlanta
with a warrant for Ramey and star
ted up to arrest him but on the
way at Race Path Gap, Wright and
Toro Mitchel met Ramey in the
road and brought him here and
placed him in the custody of the
sheriff. B. E. Ramey is gone as
a witness and it is thought that
through him the information was
given the officers. .The counter
feiting outfit was made,- according
to the statement of Rameys wife,
from an electro of one of Hood’s
sarsaparilla advetisements, taken
from the Tribune office. Counter
feiting is a crime that is not very
pleasing to Uncle Sam and he
deals roughly with this class of off
enders, and if conviction follows
the arrest, Ramey will likely go
as the boys say, “around the
mountainThis is another case
of “the way of the transgressor is
hard.”—Clayton Tribune.
Luther vv&rd. meets xxis ueatn in
Elbert County.
Luther Ward, a white convict
in one of the misdemeanor camps
m Elbert county met his death
while chained to a tree. Published
accounts were to the effect that
while chained to the tree Ward
was whipped to death,. but upon
investigation it was decided bv
the coroner's jury that death re
sulted from heart failure.
The warden of the penitentiary
investigated the matter and ex
amined a number of people who
were present. R. H. Clark, on
whose farm Ward was working,
said: “Ward had been complain
ing for four or five weeks of hav
ing fainting spells and shortness
of breath. He was always per
mitted to sit down until he felt
better, then would go back to
work of his own accord. On the
day of his death he was ploughing
on the side of a ditch,—he stag
gered as he walked. I asked Mc
Bride, superintendent in charge,
what wa£ the matter with Ward.
Re replied that he was either sick
or playing off. Just at that time
Ward sat down and said he could
not make it any further. McBride
went to him and said, I believe
you are fooling me, and hit him
three or four licks with the strap,
then stopped and said to me, Do
you think he is sick? I replied I
would not whip him but would
send for the doctor. McBride
told Ward to get up and go to the
shade. He attempted to get up
and in doing so fell in a ditch
about one-and-a-half feet deep.
He was then picked up by the
other hands and taken to the
shade. The doctor was sent for
but he died before his arrival.
Ward had not been whipped or
abused in any way except the
three or four licks referred to. I
sent for Dr, Boll, camp physician
but he was not at home. I then
sent for Dr. Black he being the
next nearest physician. ”
Ward was under sentence of
five months from Hall county and
had served out three and-a-half
months of his sentence.
The deceased was well known in
the upper portion of the county
and his awful fate should be a
warning. “The wages of sin is
death.”
Narrowly Escapes Lynching 1 at
Indiana Town.
Marion, Ind., Aug. 27.—C. C.
Beck was locked up here to escape
being lynched at Point Isabel, his
homb. Beck is a merchant and
he is accused of criminally assaul
ting his two granddaughters, one
eight, the other four years old.
In order to reduc my stock, and get ready for my fall buying, I will
offer for the next thirty days some of the greatest bargains ever
shown in Gainesville. Cost an article will have nothing to do
with the selling price. I need the cash to buy my fall stock,
and the goods must gi. Remember
Lightning's Freaks.
A severe electrical storm passed
over New York and vicinity last
Saturday afternoon, a number of
houses being struck by lightning.
At Union Hill, N. J., the an
nual test of a German society was
being held when the storm came
up. Everyone who sought shelter
in a pavilion was affected by the
shock and two young men of Un
ion Hill and another who was not
known were killed. A woman who
had also sought shelter in the
place was so badly affected by the
shock that it was a long time be^
fore she could be brought back to
consciousness.
The lightning took off the up
per part of one man’s ear and
burned off one side of another
man’s moustache. A policeman
on duty at the park had a shoe
torn from his left foot.
At Middleton, N.J., Walter Ste
vens was badly injured by a light
ning stroke, and a horse which
was tied in front of the Stevens
residence was instantly killed.
MONEY SAVED
IS MONEY MADE
and this is an opportunity to .make money
R & G Vigilant corset, sells
everywhere at50c will sell
in this sale at 3
Big lot Ladies’ Belts to
close nut. Belts of every
description, lot of factory
Sample belts, worth from
15c to 25c. to close out in
this sa e at 1
Another lot of Belts worth
from 25c to 50c, at 1
Ladies 7 parasols offered at
greatly reduced prices, 35
50 and 75c, all great
values.
Men’s and Boys* negligee
shirts, 50c quality at c
Factory, Checks, 5 cents
quality at 4
Athens Checks at 4
5,000 yards Calico, 5c and
6c quality, at 4 4
1,000 yards Dress lawns, all
the latest styles and col
orings, the kind that
sell at 6c per yard, will
now go at ^
Nice lot late style Dimities,
all pretty bright colors,
and worth in any store 6
to 7 cents per yard, will
sell “now at 4
One lot best yard-wide Per
cales, 10 and d2£c quality,
CLOTHING!
CLOTHING!
The best Toilet soap in town at
the price, 10 cakes for 25 cent?,
and with every ten cakes we give
one oil painted picture. Thi*
picture itself is worth what yon
pay for the Soap. The factory
4 gives the picture in order to in
troduce the soap. Don’t fail to
get one of these pictures. >J|lB
Never such a reduction made be
fore on Clothing.
A nice black twill Clay and
Cheviot Suit,’ worth $4,
will be sold now at $2.5(
100 Men’s suits of every kind
worth from $7.50 to $10,
to close out nowat $6.0(
Boys 1 and Childrens’ Suits
from 50 cents to $2.5(
ShepJierd for Librarian.
Editor Thomas Shepherd, of the
Fort Valley Leader is in the race
for State Librarian. Mr. Shep
herd has many strong friends over
the state, especially over south
Sentenced for Life.
Cleveland, O., Aug. 27.—Louis
Peck, the negro man who last
Monday evening assaulted 6-year
old Christiana Maas at Akron,
and whose crime is responsible
for the fearful - rioting that oc
curred in that city Wednesday
liight and Thursday morning, was
this afternoon taken from the
jail at Cleveland, where he had
been removed for safety, rushed to
Akron, taken to the court house
and within five minutes after his
arrival m Akron was convicted of
the crime and sentenced to the
penitentiary for life at hard labor.
He had been indicted by the spec
ial, grand jury which had been im
paneled during the afternoon.
Judge Nye, of Elyria pronounced
the sentence. Within two min
utes after the sentence had been
pronounced Peck had been placed
on board a Cleveland, Akron and
Columbus/train, and in charge of
the sheriff and an assistant he
was taken to Columbus.
Fannin’s New Court House.
Blue Ridge, Ga., August 29.—
The contract to build a new court
house for Fannm county was let to
W. W. McAfee for the second
time this week, the bid being
$20,240. He got the con tract
when let six months ago, and had
put in the foundation when a bill
of injunction was filed, based on
the foundation being inferior,
which was granted, and the adver
tising for bids had to be done over
The way seems clear now as far as
the ordinary knows.
10 lbs. good Green Coffee $1.00 | Early Bird tobacco, per lb 30c,
“Cock Spur” and “Uwanta Chew” Tobaccos are the best valuer
we ever sold at 30 cents per pound. Respectfully,
Gainesville, Ga
GUNS AND PISTOLS.
Sent to Jail.
Louisville, Ky., Aug. 27.—For
mer Secretary of State Caleb
Powers, convicted of complicity
in the murder of Governor Goe
bel, was placed in the Louisville
jail today..
Powers was indignant because
nippers had been placed on his
wrists. He said he had given his
word to his guards that he would
make no attempt to escape, as
such an attempt would have ru
ined his chance for another trial.
According to an exchange there
are two farmers in North Georgia
named, respectively, Day and
Sunday, who are neighbors., Mr.
Day is the father of seven girls,
wbjle Mr. Sunday has an equal
number of sons. Four, of the
sons have married Days, and an
other is engaged, so that now it
appears “every Day will be Sun
day bye and bye.”—Dahlonega
The will of Moses Peirce, the
cotton manufacturer, of Norwich]
Conn., recently probated, ieaves a
trust fund of $100,000 to the Am
erican Missionary Society of New
York city to be known as the “Ed
win Milan Pierce fund,” the in
come to be used for educating
teachers for common schools
among the colored population of
the South,
H. Coulter Brinker, a theatrical
found dead at the
CANE MILLS, CIDER MILLS and EVAPORATORS,
manager was
bottom of an air shaft in the
Grand hotel. New York, Sunday
morning. r It Js believed that he
went to a window of the shaft to
get a breath of fresh air and lost
his balance. He fell from the
sixth Boor. He had been secretly
married more than a year to Miss
Abell, his leading lady but the
marriage had not been made
public for business reasons.
An English curate has been dis
missed because he is a poor cricket
player, though no fault was found
with his theology.
One of the rules of the New
York police force is, when you see
Clark’s Cutaway Harrows
ENGINES AND BOILERS,
It is estimated that free rural
mail delivery is increasing the
value of land in Colorado, where
it is in operation, $5 an acre.
The most magnificent tomb in
the world is deemed to be the pal-
ace-Temple of Karnafc, occupying
an area of nine acres. -
McCormick Mowers
BELTING AND MILL SUPPLIES,
Just received new
crop turnip seed-now
is thetimeto buy. M.C.
Brown & Co.
Gainesville