The News-herald. (Lawrenceville, Ga.) 1898-1965, January 06, 1899, Image 1

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■ c -- iN ->- v— O - - News-Herald j I* 55 Constitution, I 3.2 :Mlon.tlis~sl.2s! \ THE GWINNETT HERALD, ) THE LA KNCE VIIXk' NEWS, . CODSOIi(ISt6(I Jill. 1, 1898. Established in 1893. ) GWINNETT’S OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. * Sheriff—Thomas A. llaslett. Deputy Sheriff, R. T. Martin. Clerk Superior Court—D. T. Cain. Ordinary—John I’. Webb. Treasurer—C. D. Jacobs. Tax Receiver —Eli I’. Miner. Tax Collector—Arbin VV. Moore. Coroner—James (I. Wilson. Surveyor—Robert N. Maffett. Board County Commissioners—James T. Lamkin, Chairman; J. P. Byrd, < Clerk; J. T. Jordan, S. li Hinton and M. A. Born. Board of Education —\V. T. Tanner, Commissioner: A. M. Winn, President; B. L. Patterson, W. p. Cosby, Thos. C. Shadburti and E. G. McDaniel. Superior Court—R. B. Russell, Judge; C. H. Brand. Solicitor-General. Con venes Ist Monday in March and Ist Monday in September. City Court—Samuel J. Winn, Judge; F. F. Juhan, Solicitor. Convenes 2nd Monday in January, 2nd Monday in April, 2nd Monday in July, and 2nd Mon day in October. JUSTICES OF PEACE AMD NOTARIES PUBLIC : 1295—8ay Creek, (Ist Saturday) Thos. Langley, J. P., W.P. Williams, N. P. 31U(-Ben Smith, (3d Saturday) J. S. Pate, J. P., J. O. Hawthorn, N. P. 405 Berkshire, (3d Saturday) J. R. Cain. J. P., W M. Jordan, N. P. 650—Buford (3d Friday) W. W. Wilson, J. P., G. Legg, N. P. 542—Cains, (3d Saturdry) J. M. Pool, J. P., J. R. Cain, N. P. 408—Cates, (2d Saturday) T. A. Pate, J. P„ J. A. Hannah, N. P. 1584—Dacula, (Thurs. before 4, Sat.) J. W. Freeman. .1. P„ J. D. Hood. N. P. 1263—Duluth, (Thurs. before 4, Sat.) G. H. Barker, J. P., A. H. Spence, N. P. 404—Goodwins, (Fri. before 4, Sat.) J. T Baxter, J. P., W. J. Maxie, N. P. 478 —Harbins, (Sat. before 2, Sun.) A. J. Bowen, J. P„ Robt. Ethridge, N. P. 444—Hog Mountain, (4th, Saturday) Cicero Maffett, J.P., J.L. Mauldin, N. P. 407—Lawrenceville, (Ist Friday) W. M. I.angley, J.P., J. M. Mills, N. P. 644—Martins, (4th Saturday) J. F. Wilson, J. P., Dam's Corley, N. P. 406 Norcross, (Wed. before 3d Sat.) A. J. Martin, J. P., J. W. Haynie, N. P. 1397 —Pucketts, (2d Friday) Wm. Wallace, J.P., C. B. Pool, N. P. 571—Rockbridge, (3d Saturday) J. A. Johnson, J. P., E. T. Mason, N. P. SPECIAL cm RATE O-ood. ’Till Pels. Ist, 1899. sl.lO ...ONE DOLLAR AMD A DIME... sl.lO GETS THE News Herald AIID Weekly Constitution. Twelve Months. This cut price is made to enable the people of t|winnett county to read two of the best papers in the South during the year 1899. Bring along your dollars , a(nd dimes and let us enroll you as a subscriber NOW! /It f r?r SEfll-VnCEKLY JOURNAL. (ft If <7 R' \ 4 7 K WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. V' /*\ kill) SftWS-HEfiALD. lj> Al i U ~~AII For si.7s.Hi~ /C^S® dmifAuyS£j}t>/c£ TO I ATLANTA, CHARLOTTE, AUGUSTA, ATI ENS, WILMINGTON, NEW ORLEANS, CHATTANOOGA, NJ SHVILLE AND NEW YORK. BCISTON, PHILADELAHIA, WASHINGTON, NORFOLK, RICHMOND. Schedule .in Effect Jujy 18, 1898 NofiosV No.it SOUTHBOUND. Atlanta s. A.L. Spatial. Kiress Ly jfaw York, T,a Pa. K. K.""*TTWni ' 9 00pm “ Philadelphia 111 pm Mam “ Baltimore 81l " 8 80a ir. Lv Washington 4 4*" 430 “ Richmond, via ACL __ 856 p m 905 Nor(ofk7vTrs A L *B3O “ »;; “ Portmouth 845 p m 92© _ Lv Weldon, via 8 A L "*ll Wpm *ll Hum Ar Henderson 18 54 am 148 pni Ar Durham, vi. S aL” 4if Warn I|4lo pm Lv Durham *’ *7 OOpm | <lO 19atn Ar Baleigh, via SA L 210 a ml 3 40pm “ Sanford 2 *• “ *• Southern Pinea 4 23 5 58 “ Hamlet 507 “ I 850 “ Wadeaboro 5 53 8 10 “ Monroe 048 " * jj* “ 19 ilmiugton *l2 06 pm Ar Charlotte, via SA L |» 7 50am ! ’» 025 pm Ar Cheater, via SAL 8 08a in li 56p ro Lv Columbia, C. N. AL.R.R. . . +6 00 p m •• Clinton *vT4f am It 14 ant “ Greenwood 10 35 " 1 07 " 41 Abbeville 11 03 ** .85 “ Klberton 12 07 p m 241 ■ “ Athena 1 18 " B<3 “ Winder 1156 * 4-8 “ Atlanta.U. D„ cen.time 250 " •>» ' No. 412. No 38. NORTHBOUND. Atlal ta S. A. L. Special. Enreaa. Lv Atlanta, 8 A L,cen. time | *l2 00 ’n i *7!« pm “ Winder 2 40 pm; 10(0 “ Athene 813 pm 11 * “ Elberton 415 “ | 1211 a^m “ Abbeville 515 i IJJ “ Greenwood 5 41 “ *. Clinton 630 I 2f6 Ar Columbia, K. C, AtR. R. . . . t" * * ni •• Cheater *3 13 “ *4 2t *■ Ar Charlotte, via » A L | *1025 pm I *7 5 aai LvMWoeTVimU I 940 p ml 60. a m “ Hamlet 1 n 15 •* Ar Wilmington, ' Of P ro •• Southern Pinea jj® p.'S “ •• Raleigh *316 * ArHenderaon, Lv Henderson. 328 aiq 5 q Ar Durham Lt Durham via sal J Ar Weldon, vi* s iL I *4 55 ft d u Richmond 8 20 M * Was tuning, Tift rK ft |1231 p ** Baltimore | 14« pn 44 Philadelphia 3 50pra 44 Sew York *6 23 “ _ Ar PorUmoath 7 25 “ » Norfolk *7 85 •• • Daily. f Daily. Rx. Sunday. J No 408 and 40L-"T’he “Atlanta‘Spec.» ‘■id Pullman Veatibttled Train oX Pullman *t and Coaches butwcyii Washington am* «•» also Pullman Sleepers between Portemoutl »nd Chester, S.C. Nos. 41 and 38, ‘‘The S \ LtExpret-* >o hd Train,Coaches and Pullm n Sleepers Portsmouth and Atlanta. Company per* between Columbia »n*Ul mts. Immediate Connections At AtU >* r Moncrumery, New arityti)*, Texas, Mexi a* l * fora is, Macon. Pensacola, Helena and 4 b. No extra fare on any train, Foil sleepers, and information, apply to tfrki« or to B. A. Nxwland, General 1A Wm. B. Clem jcnts, T t P. a! 6 Kimball House, Atla 1 K. St. Jorn, Vice Pres, and Cieneral|Mal V. E. Mcßkk, Gen. Superintendent. I iL W. K. Glover, Traffic Manager. \ f, J. Andkrhon,General Paes. Agent, I General Offices PorUmoatbi. THE NEWS-HERALD. BORN’S Consumption to, If The Great Consumption • —And— Blood Remedy. Renovates the Whole System and Strengthens the Lnngs. A positive cure for Consumption in its first stages, and one of the best known remedies in the later stages. Es pecially beneficial for girls suffering from suppressed menses, who are likely to de velop consumption. Price, 50 Cents. DIRECTIONS--Take a tableupoonful every four bourn. DR, M. A. BORH, Proprietor. Lawrenceville, Ga. Sold by Bagwell Bros., Law renceville. Miss Fitzgerald, the only child of Attorney General Fitzgerald, of California, owes her life to a dog. Fainting on the shore, near Fort Point, she fell into the waves and had gone under twice when she was rescued by the men from the Unitet States life-saving sta tion nearby. A huge St. Bernard, owned by the wife of Lieut. Pow ell, of the First United States In fantry, gave the alarm which brought help to the drowning girl. IN MKMOKY OF JAMES M. JACOBS. I My Uncle Marion, the genial soul, | They tell me now has passed away. Secure he rests within the fold, Where all is fair eternal day. His kindly eyes are forever closed. The gentle voice we loved is still, And now he sleeps in calm repose Under the sod at Loganville. In fancy I can see him now, Sitting in his favorite chair; I see again his noble brow, Ilis kindly face and snow-white hair. It’s sad indeed to know he’s dead, But sweet to know that he’s at rest. A true and noble life he led, And now he's resting with the blest. He lived to love and do the right, Was loved by those he chanced to meet. No human life he tried to blight, But laid iiis burden at Jesus’ feet. His life on earth I did admire, It was an example for all naen, His purpose, aim and whole ddsire Was to be somebody’s triend. Come you who would true homage pay To one you knew for many a year. And chant some sacred, solemn lay, That angels sweet may hover near. Come and plant some flowers rare ITpon his grave so quiet and still, And think of him who slumbers there, Undef the sod at Loganville. Some years have flown since last I seen His kindly face and radiant smile, But still in memory fresli and green I see again his form the while. Some day I’ll come again and view The cottage where he lived and died, And oh 1 The thought is sad but true That he no longer there abides. I know I’ll miss his kindly face, I know I’ll miss his snow-white hair, Around his humble dwelling place Where he breathed his humble prayer. While grief and tears bedim the eyes We must submit to God’s own will! God bless his soul in Paradise Peace to his ashes at Loganville. —Jacobs. An Echo From the Bazaar. To say that the first annual Ba zaar of the'Ladies’ Society of the Baptist church was a success does not fully express it. Beginning and culminating in the pressure of hard times, finan cially it was an agreeable surprise to all those who worked so faith fully for its accomplishment. This first of our Bazaars has al so fully demonstrated two things that the people of Lawrencoville and Gwinnett county may feel proud of. First, that such an ex hibition of fancy articles and taste ful display is fully appreciated by those of our people whose refine ment of taste qualifies them to en joy it. Second, that in our midst we have a body of ladies capable of inaugurating and successfully carryiug out a work for the cause of humanity and God. No one but those directly concerned in the work of preparation can fully re alize the amount of labor and self sacrifice Deeded for such an under taking, and while we recognize the capability of our ladies in Law renceville of all and every denom ination for any work devolving up on them, we claim all due praise and thanks for our church society for the splendid tact and courage they have shown ip the face of many discouragements. From the first hour of its opening to the last moment, when it closed with an oyster supper, everything worked harmoniously, and nothing seemed lacking in its stocejess. Just a word to those who so no bly aided us in our effort: To those who patronized the Bazaar in auy way, we hereby tender our thanks, and trust next year we shall be better fitted to furnish your every want. To Messrs. Sas ser & Rockmore for the use of their exhibiting counter we tender our appreciation; to the merchants who aided us in any way we can say you will not be forgotten, es pecially to Capt. Vose, whoso gen erously donated us articles we ex press our gratitude and good will, aud to Mr. J. A. Ambrose who gave us the use of his store we are in debted beyond measure. Finally, a word of salutatory greeting for the New Year: In 1899 we hope to build a new church house. We shall appreciate your sympathy and help in this work. May the Lord bless our town and county and prosper us all together. Great undertakings require great faith for their accomplishment; this pre-requisite we have, and the Lord has promised to bless His peo ple, therefore we believe we shall succeed. Let us all pull together for the upbuilding of humanity and the cause of Christian devel opment. Respectfully, L. T. Reed, Pastor Baptist Church, Lawrence ville, Ga. These are dangerous times for the health. Croup, colds and throat troubles leads rapidly to Consumption. A bottle of One Minute Cough Cure used at the right time will preserve life, health aud a large amount of money. Pleasant to take; children like it. Bagwell Bros of Lawrenceville, and Dr, Hinton of Dacula. LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1890. SHORT PARAGRAPHS. SOME LOCAL AND SOME OTHERWISE. Lawrenceville pays higher prices for cotton than Atlanta. Old Santa and old Nick held high carnival during the holidays. The moral of a dog’s tail is that it invariably points to the past. Now that we have the Philippines, what are we going to do with them ? * Houston, Texas, has already received 2,000,000 bales of cotton this season. Christmas jags were not so numerous this year. Thanks to “four cent cotton.” Thousands of horns were blown in Atlanta Christmas eve. Atlanta is good at that. Tom Foster was killed by Policeman Levi Patterson in Atlanta the day before Christmas. Some people are in trouble on account of their debts, and s me in debt on account of their troubles. Hon. George Clement is prominently spoken ol as a candidate for the State Senate two years hence. B. H. Hill has withdrawn from Pet Shahan’s case. Pet, it is thought, will be convicted at he>r next trial. The Atlanta correspondent of the Macon Telegraph scores the peace jubilee, and calls it the “Hemphill Jubilee.” Frank Stanton is one poet that does not wear long hair. He makes enough out of his rythm to keep it cut short. Jeff Bolton, colored, was hanged by a mob in Jackson county Christ mas eve. Jeff was accused of burning Van Dedwyler’s barn. Hobson has gone to the Philippines. When he lands among the damsels of the Archipelago his appetite for kissing ought to become satiated. The News-Herald smiles on its readers this week with a new head. It will look straight a-head during this good year, treating everybody with fairness aud justice. Evidently the Chinese empire is breaking up, going to pieces, aud will finally be divided out among the nations. Ignorance and idola try will prove its downfall. Commissioner Day announces that ho will decline extravagant pay for bis services on the Peace tribunal. Butin the eyes of an Ohio man there is nothing extravagant in McKinley’s administration. The prize for the most popular young lady in Lawrenceville was won at the Bazaar by Mbss Eva Hutchins, a daughter of Judge Hutchins. The prize for the ugliest man in Lawrenceville was won by Mr. J. A. Ambrose, he receiving a majority of the ballots cast. Presiden. McKinley expressed a desire in his Atlanta speech that the federal government care for-the graves of the Confederate dead. Good I Now, if he will be as generous to the living, we could overlook his voting for the force bill while in Congress. There are several negroes in Early county who have solved the race problem, so far as it applies to themselves. They own well stocked farms, hogs and cattle; in fact are easy iD circumstances, These ne groes take very little interest in polities, while they have considerable “ ’fluence.” The Philadelphia Record admits that “in cheap and constant water power, in nearness to the cotton fields and the necessary saving in cost of transportion, the south has permanent advantages which must prove decisive in the long run. Capital will flow in the direction of natural opportunities.” Mr. J. R. Camp, of Walton county, was married at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. John D. Malsby, 49 Luckie street, to Mrs. Media Kelly, of Norcross, Ga., on Thursday afternoou, December 29th, at 4:80 o’clock, Rev. Mr. Stradley officiating. Mrs. Camp is the widow of the late G. B. Kelly, of Norcross. A bale of cotton has been kept at a gin near Sandersville for the past ten years. The owner then said he would take 10 cents per pound or nothing for it. The bagging has rotted from exposuie to the weath er, and the lint is now being scattered to the wind. The owner could uot get 10 cents and has accepted nothing. President McKinley talked mighty sweet at the late Peace Jubilee, especially when it is remembered that he voted for the Force Bill when l a member of Congress Even Matt Quay had more charity in his soul than to vote for that infamous measure. But all thiugs were forgot ten when he drew the big crowds to Atlanta. The many friends of Cliff Rodgers will be glad to learn that he is to remain with Maj. Simmons this year as his private secretary. Cliff is a model young man, an expert stenographer and typewriter, and since his residence in Lawrenceville has won the respect and con fidence not only of Maj. Simmons bat of everybody in town, who knows him. It is stated Andrew Carnegie has announced his intention of supporting Bryan for the presidency at the next election. The issue will be imperialism, according to Mr. Carnegie. The democratic lead er had a conference with Mr. Carnegie when the latter w»b in New York recently. Carnegie promised to furnish him all the funds need ed to carry on the fight. Mr. Jake Ambrose got a box of buttons at the Baptiet bazar for be ing the ugliest man in town. Tho contest was quite spirited, Rev. L. T. Reed aud Sheriff Haslett receiving a number of votes, those for the Sheriff being conditioned upon his having his whiskers shaved off. While the prize is useful and will come in handy by-and-bye, Mr. Am brose appreciates carryiug off the honor more than he does the intrin sic value of the buttous. On Saturday before Christmas in a row, caused by the effects of blind tiger juice, in Martins district, near Gloster, John Clark cut S. J. Lockridge in the left side, inflicting a severe wound. Sam says if he hadn’t been so tough skinned the knife might have penetrated a vital part. The tiger juice came from Dawson county, and was peddled out openly by the mountaineers. Sam is again no foot, buy ing aud selling chickens aud eggs, and savs he is not gon g to be knocked out by John Barleycorn on the fiist round. Fitzhugh Lee and Capt. Sigsbee are toge'her in Hnvana again, but under very different circumstances from these which characterized their presence there last winter. Then both were called “Yankee pigs,” and snubbed and hooted at by the Spaniards. Sigsbee had his ship blown up under him, and Lee left smarting under an insult from the captain general of the island. Now Sigsbee goes back in command of the Texas, sister ship to the destroyed Maine, while Leegoos to take command of the province in the place of the man who snubbed him. Gov. Candler’s pocket was “touched” by the pickpockets at the At lanta peace jubilee to the tune of $290. After being relieved of his cash, many of the Governor’s friends cautioned him to be more care ful, but he laughingly informed them that it was no use then, as ha was an “immune.” The nimble-fingered gentry hud cleuned him u|| for all his surplus cash. The morning alter Governor Caudier’s pock et was picked he found on the front veranda of the Governor’s man sion his pocket-book containing valuable checks and r.otps, but $290 iu cash was mis Sing. The pick-pocket couldn’t use the checks and notes, but needed the cash in bis business. A car load of soldiers recently passed through Lawrenceville, en route to Athens The train made a short stop at the depot. Among those gathered at the depot was jovial Lyle Williams, who. with his rotund avordupois, looked as jolly as old Santa Claus. A party of soldiers appeared on the platform of the car, and after sizing Lyle up one of them drew a quart bottle from his pocket and asked Lyle to step on board and take a drink with them Of course, such a hearty invitation couldn’t be refused, but just as the bottle was handed him the train began to pull out for Athens, aud Lyle stepped off, bottle in hand. He waved a hearty good-bye to the soldier boys, amid their invitations to get back on the train—that they would pay his fare, etc. But he declined with thanks. The soldiers, Beeing the joke was on them, waved their hats at Lyle, as the train picked up speed, with “Good-bye, old boy 1 You are a good one! ” The quart would have served tor a Christmas egg-nog for Mr. Williams had not some of the cotton-seed handlers at the depot found where he had hiditund made way wit,ti the contents. So it was—the joker got joked ; but nobody epjoys it more than Lyle. LOIOE OF SOEBOW. Xaioni Celeb rats St. John'* Bay With Appropri its Oeremonlea la Honor of leparted Brothers The Masouic order of this place celebrated St. John’s day, whioh is the 27th of December, by ob serving a lodge of sorrow in mem ory of their departed masters, Ma jor R. D, Winn, who for forty years was a bulwark of Masonry in north Georgia, and also Judge Janies D. Spence, who was for twenty-two years master of this lodge. At the same time they celebrated the memory of all the brethren who had departed this life in the years gone by, ns no lodge of sorrow had ever been held in this county before. Addresses were made by Dr. Moses Richardson, of Norcross; Capt. T. M. Peeples, o? Lawrence ville, and Colonel George M. Na pier, of Monroe; each of which were admirable in every particular. Colonel Napier charmed everyone by the grace of his imagery and the beauty and truth of all his statements concerning the sterling worth of the order of Masonry, and the noble part conserved by the private members of the fra ternity. By all who were present the ritual and ceremony as gone through with was admitted to be the most impressive ever observed iu this community. A charming choir of male voices rendered ap propriate music, led by Miss Mary Hutchins, organist; viz: Messrs. Houston Powell, Tyler Peeples, Jr. Will Hutchins, Lee Winn, and Victor Hutchins. The officers of the Lodge who so proficiently conducted the ceremo nial service were: R. B. Whit worth, Worshipful Master; S. A. Hagood, Senior Warden; Oscar Brown, Junior Warden; Rev. J. W. Pogue, Chaplain; S. W. Du- Bose, Senior Deacon; S. A, Town ley, Junior Doacon; R. W. Sam mons and Jas. M. Wilson, Stew ards. The dinner spread by the lady friends of the order, at the Ma sonic Hall, was indeed a royal feast, consisting as it did of every thing that goes to make up the ancient Cornucopia or the modern reception. At the conclusion of the day’s program, the following resolution was unanimously adopted by tho Lodge: “Resolved, That this Lodge of Free and Accopted Masons tender their sincere aud hearty thanks to the speakers for the able and graje ful manner in which they acquit ted themselves; and it is further resolved that it is the undivided plersure of this Lodge to extend to the choir their thanks for the swee t and appropriate music ren dered during the ceremonies.” Taken altogether, it was a day long to be remembered with pleas ure by the friends and promoters of Masonry in Lawrenceville and sum nndiug country. Christmas Tree at Suwanee. Suwanee, Ga., Dec. 26. —The Christmas tree at the Methodist church Saturday night was beauti fully arranged with presents for the little ones, and was in every respect a decided success. Coes to Texas to Marry Suwanee, Ga , Dec. 26. —Miss Florenoe Walls, a beautiful and attractive young lady of Gaines ville, stopped over at this place Thursday en route to Commerce, Tex , where she goes to wed Mr. W. L. Burnett, who preceded her ibout two months ago. Miss WnlU stopped hero to see Mr. Burnett’s brother, who lives near Suwanee. She left Atlanta Fri-' day evening for Texas. New Minister at Snwanee- Suwanee. Ga., Dec. 26.—Rev. H. A. Hodges, the new Methodist minister on this circuit, filled his appointment here Sunday, preach ing a Christmas sermon from the text,/found in Luke ii, 10, 11: unto you is born this day in tli?) ;ity of David a Saviour, which hr Christ, the Lord.” From be ginning to end tiis logicul deduc tions and practical illustrations were of the highest order, very in structive, and his sermon was pro nounced one of the best ever de livered at this church, and made a fine impression upon an appre ciative audience. La Grippe is again epidemic. Every precaution should be taken to avoid it. Its specific cure is One Minute Cough Cure. A. J. Sheperd, Publisher Agricultural Journal and Advertiser, Eldeu. Mo., says: “No one will be disap pointed in using one Miuute Cough Cure for La Grippe.” Pleusaut to take, quick to act. Bagwell Bros, of Lawrenceville, and Dr. Hinton, of Dacula. ALL OVER GEORGIA. items from our state exchanges Gainesville ig infested with burglar*. The Dahlonega Signal is 59 years old. Jay McDonald, a prominent citizen of Gainesville, is dead. 1 he amount of money Houston county schools will receive thi* year will bo $18,260.44. 1 Hall county has bought Ihompson’s bridge, spanning the Chatta hoochee, for SB,OOO. Mr. J. A. Crawford has been appointed postmaster at Dalton and will take charge of the office about the first of February. Atlanta and Chicago are now united telephone line, and it ia possible to carry on a conversation with a man in the Windy city. There is some talk of calling a bond election soon in Athens, and it is believed that tho vote will be favorable to the issuance of bonds. Col. Farrow, tliej postmaster at Gainesville, is preparing to move tho postoffice from the Arlington block to the Hudson house. Some people are kicking about it. There are now confined, in the state sanitarium, at Milledgeville 2,852 patients—B7B white females, 970 white males, 859 colored fe males, and 826 colored males. Waycross Journal: There is a woman in Charlton county who ii the mother of seven children, having given birth to four at one time and three at another. All the children are living and doing well. J. H. Smith, colored, has served notice that he will contest the seat in Congress of Hon. J. M. Griggs, of the second congressional district. He is relying on the republican majority to do something for him. A man by the name of Stal worth, with a crowd of three or four fam ilies of negroes from North Carolina, passed through Dublin recently on his way to Telfair oounty, where he will run au extensive farm. Dublin Dispatch—Dublin may congratulate itself that it was not tho scone of a single Christmas casulty. In nearly every other city in the state there were accidents, murders and mysterious crimes in abundance. Mr. W. P. Edmondson)’s barn was burned Tuesday night at La- Grange. Besides the loss of the barn, which was a very large one, there was in it about 200 bushels of corn and about 40,000 pounds of hay. No insurance. There will be an unusual amount of tax fi fas issued in Colquitt county this year. There are in the neighboihood of $4,000 remaining on the books which is'more than double the amount unpaid at this time last year. The cotton produced m Wilkes county in its raw state brings from $600,000 to SBOO,OOO. The comity has water power going to waste that could be utilized in manufacturing (very pound of cotton grown within its borders. Miss Mery Russell, daughter of Mr. J.C. Russell, of Carrollton, left for Kennings, La., Tuesday, where she goes to be married to Mr. A, E. Damon of that town, whom she has never seen. The courtship was carried on through correspondence. Abe Small, the man now in Savannah’s jail under sentence of death . for the murder of Policeman Neve, is trying to get nitric acid witn which to commit suicide. A woman gave away the scheme by whiciß he hoped to smuggle tho stuff into his cell. The Houston Guano and Warehouse Company, at Fort handled 8,200 bales of cotton this season, the largest receipts reached by a firm in the town. The total receipts for Fort will probably run up to about 12,000 bales for the season. IBfl The name of Dr. P. 1) Pollock, president of Mercer being mentioned now for chancilk rof the state university. Dr. lock was born and reared in Rome, and his rapid and brilliant rise iH the educational world is a source of much gratification to his manß friends. The Augusta Tribune claims that when the prisoners were removed from the old jail to the new in Atlanta one was discovered to have been imprisoned there four years for contempt of court, and bad been forgotten. He had been sent to Atlanta from Augusta, and nothing more had ever been heard from him. Mr. George M. Brantley now has the largest hog in Washington county, estimated to weigh between 700 and 800 pounds. He believes the Duroc-Jersey is the best breed of hogs in existence, and has been raising this kind for the past ten or twelve years. He frequently s:-nds to the Western states to purchase fresh stock from different breeder*. Tifton Gazette—Monday last the negroes had an entertainment, given by one of their secret orders, at Sparks. About 400 were present’ and when it became necessary for the marshal to arrest one of the women, who had overloaded on rye, it looked for a while as if a riot was pending. A few broken heads quieted things down considerably, however. Mr. J. C. Burnarn, the merchant who was shot at through his front window Saturday night at Cordelo, has caught the party who did the shooting. It proved to be John Neal, a negro, who keeps a small stand and negro barber shop just across the street from Mr. Barnam’s store. He swore out a warrant before Judge Campbell, who gave the negro a preliminary trial and bound him over to a higher court. L. Floyed, a young white man, now languishes behind the prison bars at Vienna, charged with the crime of burglary. Floyed has for some months past been in the employ of the Dooly Lumber Company at Kerns. Since his employment the commissary has been burglar ized several times in a mysterious manner unknown and unexplaina ble to the ownors. Floyd is now charged with the crime. Americus Times-Recorder : The home of Mr. and Mrs. Marion S. Sims, on Church street, was the scene of a happy and romantic mar riage on the evening of December 25, when their sister, Miss Stella M Persons, was wedded to Mr. John H, McClurkin, of Springtown Tex' The bride and groom met for the first time a few hours before ’ their marriage was solemnized, though an-engagement has existed for some time as the result of a lengthly correspondence. At the coroner’s inqnost over the body of Henry Perry, who was shot in a questionable resort on Madison avenue, in Atlanta Monday afternoon, John Milam, who was held for the murder, stated on the stand, in reply to a question from a juror: ‘-I am the man who killed Perry.” The confession of the man was unlooked for, especially so, since at the police barracks the evening before, Milam had stoutly maintained his innocence of the ohargo of shooting Perry. There was a narrow escape from death in Gibson a few nights since There was one negro prisoner in the county jail, at Gibson, which was a strong building and a credit to the little city. About 2 o’clock in the morning there was an alarm of fire, and the town was thrown in to a state of excilement. It was discovered that the jail was on fire There was every evidence that the fire was the work of the solitary prisoner, but ho had overdone the thing, and instead of making his escape, was fast suffocating to death. It was with considerable dif ficulty that he was rescued just in time to save his life. T ? ec " Ilt 'y in J H ? ard J count y De P ut y Collector of Internal Revenue John R Ware destroyed a seventy-gallon copper still and about one thousand gallons of beer and mash. This distillery belonged to Messrs. Will Mills and Ed Hammond. He also captured another seventy gallon copper still and about fifteen hundred gallons of beer and mash, belonging to a negro, Pink Rowe. At the same time, about a couple of miles from Pink Rowe’s still, he captured an eightv gaHon copper still and about two thousand gallons of beer and mash which belonged to another negro, Frank Hubbard. Uapt. Ware had no deputy marshal along, so none of the parties were arrested but will be in the near future. Rufus L. Perry, a negro lawyer of Brooklyn, N. Y., backed, it is said, by several well known Tammany officials, is to form a negro settlement of 60,000 people within sight of Greater New York. Ac cording to the statement, a traot comprising 1,500 acres has been br- Wh siST'd! r Will r be at °“ ce br o“Bht to their new homes from North and boutn Carolina and Georgia. The projectors say that they have ussuranee tly , several large factories will be put into operation as soon as the cofcred folks are settled. A town is to be formed and the projectors say that they will not only be able to eleot a mayor but an assemblyman as well. Each lot holder will receive the deed ot his plot, for be charged $5. r\ News-Herald Journal, wStyj Onl3r $1.25. VOL. V I—NO 11