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News-Herald j I"® Constitution, 1 | 12 Montla.*—sl.2s. ] THE OWHNtTT HERALD, ) THK LA WRKNIUK VILLK NEWS, . CODSOlMltfid JID. 1, 1898. Established lu 1893. > Getting Ready For 1900! "•That is What Rutledge & Clower’s Spot Cash Store is Doing. We try to do an up-to-date business, and in order to do this we have to take stock once a year and then cull out all out-of-date and broken lots of goods and close them out at some price. The last of December is stock taking time, and we are going to have the closing out sales before hand. HOW WE FIND THESE LOTS TO START WITH: * 125 Youth’s and Men’s Suits, former price (PD KA $3.50 to $lO, price now $2 00 to. ipU.uv 100 Boy’s Men’s Negligee Shirts, old price 35c to $1 00; now 25c to lull 50 pairs Pants; regular price 50c to $2 00. We CA offer them now at 35c to (])l.ul/ 100 pairs Shoes, Job Lot, to close out at Some Price. 5 dozen Men’s and Boy’s Hats on the bargain list. 1 20 pieces of Jeans, more than we want, and we are going to sell them. 12 Good Stoves left which were bought before the last rise, and will be sold at the same old price. 25 boxes of Tobacco to sell by the first of January. Hello! Yes, here ir, the boy now for our ad., and we can’t tell you any more now, but will say that we have lots of nice goods, besides the above lots, to show you and will make prices right. We want Corn, Peas and other produce. We want 50 bushels of nice White Peas, at $1 00 per bushel in trade, at once. Rutledge & Clower's Cash Store, Lawrenceville, Ga. C. A. WATKINS, Blacksmith, Machinist and Woodworkman, Lawrenceville, Ga. Repairing of all kinds. \\ ith two forges, and mechan ics with a thorough knowledge of their business, we are prepared to do all kinds of work in Iron and Wood on short notice. We have a machine for sharpening gin saws, a cutter and threader for working over iron pipe and boiler and can save you money on jobs of this kind. Old buggies, carriages, etc., made good as new. Horse shoeing a specialty. Give us a call—satisfaction guaranteed. BUILDING MATERIAL. DOORS—INSIDE AND OUTSIDE, SASH, SIDE LIGHTS, BLINDS. MANTLES, FLOORING, CEILING, BASE BOARDS, CORNER BOARDS, DOOR AND WINDOW FRAMING, MOULDINGS, LATHS, SHINGLES, LOCKS,HINGES,WINDOW WEIGHTS, ETC. All material complete for building a house. Atlanta prices duplicated and freight saved. J. A. AMBROSE & CO. Lawrenceville, Ga. JACOBS & WILLIAMS, TRIP, GEO. Our spacious store room is packed full of Jeans, Shoes, Hats, Stoves, Furniture, Clothing, Ladies’ and Gents’ Underwear, and any and everything usually kept in a first-class country store, and must be sold. No Catches, but everything sold at closest living prices. Just received a nice line oi Ladies’ Capes at all prices. They were bought with care, and we guarantee to delight even the most fastidious in prices and ouality. Come and see them— they are beauties. Bring us your cotton: we are preprrod to pay the highest prices tor it. Bring Us Your Barter. THE NEWS-HERALD. PROHIBITION. Sermon by Rev. H A. Hodges, at Lawrenceville. November lOtli, ISSMI. In order to accommodate my self to the'conventionalities of the pulpit, I shall take for a text, the fifteenth verse of the second chap ter of the prophecy of Habakkuk : ‘‘Woe unto him that givest his neighbor drink, and puttest thy bottle to him ” And as a princi ple, upou which this woe is based, I shall read you the twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth verses of the twenty-first chapter of Exodus: “If an ox gore a man or a woman that they die, then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not he eaten ; but the owner of the ox shall be quit. But if the ox were wont to push with his horn, m time past, and it hath been tes tified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned, and his owner, also, shall be put to death.” This text and principle in law calls our attention to the indi vidual responsibility of the citi zens of our land in that there is turned loose among us an evil beast, whose character for violence has been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in. We would like to call attention to the character of the saloon, the dispensary and the “blind tiger” as being bad, only bad, and essen tially bad This wild beast of Pandemonism is doing violence to the best interest of our country, so much so that it is time for the official and his constituent to speak out in unmeasured terms against the ravages and devasta tions wrought by him in our “Em pire State of the South.” and„also in the United States of America. In order that my congregation may see that it is the character of this beast to “push with his horn” ruining our country, I will give you some statistics gathered from reliable and trustworthy sources: Ist This wild beast of Bashan causes a waste of money of $1,200, 000,000 auuually iu the United States, this enormous, almost incomprehensible amount, is lock ed up in this iniquitous business, which if turned loose iu legitimate channels of trade would increase the money in circulation S2O per capita. This would make, added to the money already in circula tion SSO per capita and thus meet the demands of the most ardeut bi-metalists, even Mr. Watson himself. But this is not all. In our own state, the taxable property in 1895 decreased $17,000,000 Of this amount, $14,000,000 was in thirty nine “wet”counties, leaving only $8,000,000 in the ninety-eight “dry” counties. How does this fit the Iccal cptionists of the “wet” counties? A decrease of taxable property increases the rate per cent, and the dry counties there fore have higher taxes because of a decrease of property in the “wet” counties. Now’, let the tax-payers consider this, and go down in their pockets and defray the expenses of the State government by in creasing the rate to meet the de mand. 2nd. This beast causes a waste of labpr. There are iu the United States 40,000 tramps; most, if not all of them have become parasites on the body of this great nation of ours, through the influence of strong drink. This product of the saloon, going from house to house, getting their living ought to be stopped, and the way to stop "it is to stop the saloon. Besides these 40,000 tramps, there are iu this country 2,500,000 drunkards and the greater part of these spend their time iu a way which is worse than wasted. Were it not for the saloon these armies of drunkards and tramps would in all probability be engaged in some sort of honorable occupa tion making an honorable living for themselves and families. And to this army of tramps and drunkards 600,000 white-apron scoundrels who are engaged in the manufacture and sale of this liquid damnation, which is ruin ing some of the brightest and best citizens of our beloved country. Suppose Queen Victoria were to send an army of red-coats to this country to shoot down 100,000 of our citizens yearly, it would not |be 24 hours before every citizen i that could bear arms would offer ; his services to our government in order to drive these murderers from our nndst But what a spectacle do we see? 600,000 men like those described in Isaiah, fifth chapter and twenty-second verse: “Men of LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1. 1899. strength to mingle strong drink which justify the wicked for re ward and take away the righteous ness of the righteous from him.” And yet we, as a people, stand by in stolid indi HVrence while this awful w'ork is being peipetrated by this army which is in league with hell. 3rd. This beast does violence in the destruction of life. Seven ty per cent of all the suicides are committed under the influence of strong drink, and ninety per cent of the murders are from the same cause. Add to this, the fact that there are lOOOOOdruukards that die annually, going down to a drunk ard’s disgrace, a drunkard’s grave ai.d a drunkard’s eternal hell. It would take the mind of an arch angel and the dialect of heaveu to even partially describe the awful work wrought by the damnable saloou on these immortal spirits that go down beneath the scathing malediction of God’s awful judg ment, in that He hath declared “no drunkard shall inherit the kingdom of God.” 4th. The attention of the peo ple should be called to the fact that the saloou destroys the minds of the people as well as their property, their labor, and their bodies. There are in the lu natic asylum 2,000 inmates. Of this number 50 per cent went from the “wet” counties making about Ito every 500 population. The other 50 per cent went from the dry counties, making 1 to every 15,000 population-. We would like to iuform the owner of the beast called the saloon that for the rea son of his violence to the minds of our people, this beast should be “stoned to death.” sth. The saloon destroys the uprightness and law abiding prin ciple in man. So much so, that the people and states that tolerate the saloou furnish the larger part of the criminals of our land. Maine has one criminal to every 4,833 in habitants. Georgia has one crim inal to every 1,090. Texas has one criminal to every 050 inhabi tants. If all the states in the Union had the same ratio that Maine has, there would be seven ty-five per cent less criminals to he supported than there are. But let us come a little nearer home. Georgia has 2,228 criminals in her penitentiary, the majority of which went from the wet counties, or one to every 481 population, while the dry counties furnish one convict to every 1400 population. If Georgia had the same ratio in all the counties as exists in the dry, instead of having 2,218 con victs she would have only 870. That the saloon produces crime, is supported by the fact that the Irish, who, as a rule, are the heav iest drinkers, furnish more crimi nals in the United States than any other nationality. 6th, What shall we do with the saloon ? How shall it be dis posed of, is the question now be fore the legislature and before the people of the state of Georgia. The conspicuous want of consis tency is apparent on the part of the enemies of prohibition. When local option was resorted to, as a means of getting rid of the saloon, the saloon advocates said : “Give us a general prohibition law, and we will vote for it, but wo do not want local option.” Now what do we behold ? These same ar dent advocates of the liquor pow er opposed the passage of the “Willingham Bill” because it is a general prohibition bill, and plead very earnestly in favor of local option, but is local option the best method ? If each county was a separate commonwealth, en joying its local immunities and bearing its local burdens, local option would meet the case. But we cannot lose sight of the fact that in Georgia we have but one commonwealth, or state. And the burdens upon one part of it must be borne by all. Now is it right for the wet counties of the state to carry on a business that will entail hardship on the dry coun ties ? If the wet counties will sell whisky, let them pay for their loss of money in taxes and not lay this burden on the dry coun ties. If the saloon must be kept in a few counties to make the ma jority of our lunatics, let the wet counties be taxed for the majoritv of the support of the asylum at Milledgeville. And if they will persist iu manufacturing paupers, drunkards, tramps, criminals aud political rottenness and corrup tion, then let each county become a state so that the dry counties of the state may not be burdened with the products of the saloon. In the discussion of a great question like this, you often hear I ■it reiternted that “prohibition does not. prohibit.” If any one will take the pains to get the sta tics from the labor bureau at Washington and from the prison commission in Georgia, they will be convinced that 'here are fewer criminals where liquor is not sold than whore it is. Now, in conclusion, allow me to say that the saloon keeper is not the owner of this beast that is “wont to push with his horn” and slay so many of the brightest and best of our land. But it is an institution of the United States, of the state of Georgia, and of some municipalities who foster it and give license to the saloon keeper to turn loose this beast upou society to do its deadly work. The government is not run by the officiary hut by the people, and the officials that make and execute our laws, as a rule, are as good as their constituents. And until the people speak <ut and make their voice heard at the ballot box, we need not expect to be rid of this gory beast. So let us work, and vote, and write, and pray, UDtil this deadly evil, according to the prophecy of Joel 15, is destroyed. THE ONE-ACKK CROP FAIL A fad is usually a passing fan cy, popular for a time but quickly dropped and forgotten, as for in stance the red necktie fad of a few years ago. But the Galveston News tells of a Texas fad that is likely to have much vogue next year which deserves to become permanent. It is called the one acre crop fad, and a large number of farmers will iudulge themselves in it. Stated Bimply, the farmer will pick out the best acre on his place and exert special efforts to the end of producing the largest crop possible on that acre, or see ing how great he can make his profits from it. This is not to stand in the way of ordinary far ming operations, of course, hut is to be somewhat in the nature of a side issue. The fad acre may be farmed on the intensive plan, or new ideas may be tried upon it, but its function is to he to show the capabilities of Texas soil when special attention is devoted to it. The idea is not a new one, but it has never been followed iu Geor gia as generally or with as much benefit as might have been the case. Many of the more progres sive farmers have set off one acre aud made a specialty of cultivat ing it; aud it would be probably within bounds to say that nine times out of ten the acre so set apart has given most bounteous returns for the kindness shown it. The report of such a one-acre crop was made to the recent con vention of the Georgia Dairyman’s Association, by Mr. Thomas Tread way of Floyd county. Mr. Tread way planted his acre hi the most ordinary sorts of truck —turnips, Irish potatoes and corn. The lat ter he sold green. He plowed his ground deep, fertilized it liberally and gave it all of the attention it demanded. When the harvest was finished and the crops mar keted, Mr. Treadway found that his single acre had given him pro ducts to the cash value of $520. That was truly an exceptional showing, but it illustrates the pos sibilities of Georgia soil when care fully and intelligently tilled. It would not be possible for every farmer to duplicate the Floyd county man’s success, of course, and the majority of them might make less than half as much from their one-acre crops. But if they realized one-fourth, or in round figures, $125, tho first year, there would no doubt be profit in it, aud the experience gained would be worth money an other year. The small farm high ly cultivated is, unquestionably, more profitable than the large farm cultivated upon the loose and careless plan that is too fre quently followed; and it may be that the one-acre crop will be the means of bringing farmers to see the truth of the assertion. Geor gia farmers might well follow tho example of their friends, the Tex ans,in making the one-acre crop a fad next year.—Savannah News. Ships at Manila. When the “Brooklyn” and “New Orleans” reach Manila, Admiral Watson, who has charge of the United States fleet in the Philip pines, will have twenty-five ships at his command. The plan is to surround the coast of the Island of Luzon with a line of warships and prevent the Filipinos from ob taining arms and ammunition from Hong Kong. THE HARDWICK AMENDMENT. The Hardwick hill, which pro vides for an amendment to the constitution disfranchising the ne groes, has been reported favorably by the committee of the House having it in charge, hut there is but little beiug said about it as yet. It is presumed that the members of the legislature are giv ing it very thoughtful considera tion. It is not a measure to be rushed through hastily It would he a good thing for many reasons to bo rid of the ignorant negro vo ters —the main reason being that so many of them aro purchasable in state, county and municipal elections. There are, however, some things deserving of careful consideration before action on the bill is taken. One of these tilings is the effect the elimination of ignorant negro voters from the voting population would have upon the state’s repre sentation in congress. The census will be taken in June, and that census will furnish the informa tion on which the basis of repre sentation in congress will be fixed. Representative Crumpacker, of In diana, has announced that he will introduce an amentment to the census law, as soon as congress meets, requiring the Directors of the Census to make an enumera tion of the voting population in each of the states. He proposes also to introduce a bill looking to a reduction of the representation in the House and in the Electoral College of those states which have disfranchised the negroes. If such a bill should become a law, and there seems to be author ity m the constitution for such a law, the influence and power of the states disfranchising the ne groes would be greatly reduced in the national government. The constitution of the United States provides as follows: “But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President amt Vice President of the United States * * * is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such state, being 21 years of age and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens2l years of age in such state.” The republicans will support Crumpacker’s bills, and, as they have control of both branches of congress, and also of the executive branch of the government, the chances for these measures becom ing laws are very good. It is doubtful if the republicans would undertake to reduce therep resentation of the south in the House and the Electoral College if ignorant voters without regard to color were disfranchised. Massa chusetts has long had a suffrage law based on education. Even the negroes would not seriously object to a law that made no discrimina tion between the races, aud if the negroes made no outcry against a law of that sort it is hardly prob able that the republican party would. The feature in the Hardwick bill to which the negroes seriously ob ject is that which discriminates between the ignorant whites and ignorant blacks. That feature is in the Louisiana constitution, and it is proposed to put it in the con stitution of North Carolina. When it was under discussion in Louisiana it was pronounced un constitutional by some of the ablest lawyers of that state. There was, however, good legal opinion in support of it. The question whether or not it is constitutional will no doubt find its way to the United States Supreme Court. But whether it does or not, the other question, the question of cutting down the representation of the states which deprive negroes of the right to vote, is certain to come up in congress.—Savannah News. Lord Curzon is visiting the fam ine-stricken districts of India. This includes a district covering 850,000 miles with thirty million people. Deafness Cannot he Cubed by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear There is only one way to cure Deafness and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed con dition of the mucous lining of the Eu strachian Tube. When this tube gets inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is en tirely closed Deafness is the result, and unless the iiiflamation can be tak en uul and this t,uhe restored to its nor mal condition, hearing will be de stroyed forever. Nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is noth ing but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) ttiat cannot becured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. J. CHENEY <k CO., Toledo, O. | Sold by alt Druggists 75c. Hall’s Family Pills are the best. DEWEY’S SOCIAL RANK There hns bpen ft great deni of talk in Washington relative to Admiral Dewey’s social rank. This talk began very soon after his return from Manila. Those Washingtonians who pretend to know everything about social matters took the ground that he was really at the head of the mili tary establishment of the govern ment, and that he was only out ranked by the President, Vice President, members of the cabi net, diplomatic corps and the Su preme court. This talk about his social posi tion was particularly uoticnhle after his marriage. A paragraph appeared in one of the local papers iu which it was stated that the Admiral expected to he placed next to the President on all social occasions. It is alleged that this paragraph was traced to the Ad miral, but it is probable that there is no authority for that statement. But whether there is or not, the state departmeut took the matter up and settled the question of precedence, so as to save any an noyance to anybody in future. It was held that the Admiral was a subordinate of the navy de partmeut, and that a subordinate could not take precedence of his superior at a social function. His place on groat Bocial occasions at the capitol therefore will be after the cabiuet and diplomatic corps. This question of precedence at social affairs seems to be a small matter to most people, but in Washington it is regarded as next in importance to a declaration of war. —Savannah News. Fined S2OO For A Sneer. Valdosta, Ga , Nov. 28. —The present session of the superior court is the leading sensation of the week here. Judge Candler is presiding and he has been rushing things at a lively pace. Ho has introduced several innovations which are real striking to the crowds who have attended the courts held by that ahle, dignified and quiet jurist, Judge Ilansell. Judge Candler lias made lawyers, jurors, witnesses and all toe the mark during the week. Today he popped a term of twenty days’ imprisonment upon G. W. Harrell for refusing to go before the grand jury to testify in a caso. Harrell’s excuse was that he had business to attend to and did not have time to go before the jury. When the judge imposed the sontouce upon him he said, with a sneer: “That’s all right.” “Collect two hundred dollars from that man,” replied the judge, addressing the sheriff, “and keep him in jail until he pays it,” A movement is now on foot to raise SIOO,OOO to be used as an endowment fund for the Agues Scott institute at Decatur. The idea is simply following iu the wake of other Soutnern institu tions of learning that have de cided on the importance of an en dowment fund. Although the movement is still in its infancy, SBO,OOO, or nearly one-third of the total amount needed, has been raised. Of this sum it is under stood that Col. George W. Scott, who founded the institute and who has already expended on it about $150,000, has subscribed nearly one-half. The remainder has been raised among frieDds of the institute. The estimates now are that the cotton crop will fall considerably short of nine million bales. Still, Mr, Neill in one last effort to in jure the south, has gotton out a statement, claiming that the crop will reach eleven million bales. No one now places any faith in Neill’s figures, yet they furnish the excuse the speculators want for hammering prices down. The farmers can only get out of the clutches of such tnen by acting in harmony and making a consider able reduction in the acreage of cotton. Over-production in the past has come very near ruining the farmers, and the more cotton they make the less they receive, net, for their crop.—Enquirer- Sun. There is ouly one question that is exciting the people of Griffin now, and that is “What will the decision of the Supreme court be in the prohibition election case ?" It is safely said that the registrars will be maintained on one side, and on the other it is claimed that Judge James A. Drewry will have the power to decide. In the former case the antis have it, and in the latter instance it may be that it will be months before whisky is legally sold there. News-herald J"“ Journal, W S’ LV , I Only $1.25. VOL. VII-NO 6 OLD TIMES. There are no days like the good old daya-- The days when we were youthful! When humankind were pure of mind And gpoech and deeds were truthful; Before a love for sordid gold Became man’s ruling passion. And before each dame and maid became Slaves to the tyrant Fashion! There are no girls like the good old girls-- Against the world I’d stoke ’em! As buxom and smart and clean of heart As the Ixird knew how to make ’em! They were rich in spirit and common sense A piety all-supportin’; They could bake and brew, and had taught school, too, Ami they made the likeliest courtin’! There are no boys like the good old boys— Wben we were boys together! When the grass was sw'oet to the brown bare feet, Than dimplod the laughter heather; W hen the pewee snug to the summer dawn Of the bee in the willowy clover, Or down by the mill the whip-poor-will Echoed his night song over. There is no love like the good old love— The love that mother gave us! We are old men, yet we pine again For that precious grace—God save us! So we dream and dream of the good old times And our hearts grow tenderer, fonder, As those dear old dreams bring soothing gleams Of heaven away off yonder! -Kugknk Field. GEORGIA NKWS NOTES. In the suprerior ourt Judge Felton fined seven o* the Macon barkeepers in whose places of bus iness the Clayton-Cohen slot ma chines had been placed. Prof. II S. Shockly, head of the Rome business college, has been arrested on a warrant charging Urgency after trust by J. A. Crane, a pupil who claims fraudu lent dealings. Cedartown gets another cotton mill—a 10,000 spindle, $200,000 mill this time. It will he built by a company of which A. W. Birkbeck and Wm. Parker are the lending stockholders. Hon. John W. Lindsey, of Wil kinson county, has been appoint ed by Gov. Candler as pension commissioner to succeed Commis sioner Richard Johnson, whose term expires in December and who was not an applicant for reap pointment. In the Atlanta aud West Point shortage case the grand jury has found an indictment against Thos. J. Hunter, former auditor of the company, and against Colonel Al bert Howell until recently ticket agent at the Union depot. The charge is embezzlement, and the prosecutor is George C. Smith, president of the Atlanta and West Point and the Western of Ala bama. The Christian Scientists convict ed in the mayor’s court for disor derly conduct at Americus for re fusing to be vaccinated, appealed to the city council at a special meeting. By a majority of two votes only, the mayor was sup ported by the council, and the case of the Scientists is now before the superior court on certiorari. It will be carried before the high est courts probably before the end is reached. LaGrange Reporter: Through its president, Mr. O. A. Duuson, the Dixie Cottor, Mills bought 1,000 bales of cotton last Satur day. The cotton was purchased of local holders, and had been stored in the warehouses for some time. The cotton will be moved to the company’s warehouses at once and will relieve to some ex teut the congested condition of the warehouses in which it is stored. It required over $40,000 to make the transaction, making the deal one of the largest that has taken place in LaGrange in some time. A white primary was held in Griffin Wednesday of last week for the purpose of nominating an alderman from each of the four wards of the citv. The election passed off verv quietly aud as the candidates had no opposition a small vote was polled. Those re ceiving the nomination were B. B. Davis, first ward: B. R. Blakely, second ward: D. A. Oxford, third ward and Douglas Boyd, fourth ward.. While everything was quiet on Wednesday it was but the calm proceeding the storm, aud before the election takes place next month a bitter fight will be made on the nominees. A nomination heretofore has meant an election in Griffin, hut such will not be the case in this election. Thousands of circulars have been distributed throughout tlie city announcing opposition to the primary ticket and the fight will bo a warm one. As a cure for rheumatism Chamber lain's Pain Kalin is gaining a wide rep utation. D. B. Johnston of Richmond, Did., has been troubled with that ail ment sinue lsiu. In speaking of it ne says: “I never found anything that would relieve me until I used Cham berlain’s Pain Balm. It acts like mag ic with me. My foot was swollen and paiuiiig me very much, but oue good application of Pain Balm relieved me. For sale by Bagwell Drug Co. Honesty enhances every virtue.