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iuson raffled it ago
aod No. 17, which was bought by
a drummer for 17 cents, drew the
prize. The breechloader was be
ing kept until the traveling man
returned to claim it, but another
travejiug man drew it before the
ifightful owner called to claim his
own.
The moon was full that night
and s'lown almost as brightly as
day. Entrance to the store
likewise effected through the back
window, and the authorities have
no clue as to the guilty parties.
t Landmark Bemoved.
Another of the old landmarks of
the town has been removed by the
tearing away of the old log house
on the east of the square formerly
occupied by M. S. Cornett and
owned by John M. Wilson. There
were several of those ancient build
ings in Lawrenceville and one by
one they have been removed until
the last one standing has been
brushed aside. It did not have
the appearance of a log structure
the outside, because <it was
wimtherboarded and plastered.
The house was built by Dr. Hall
about 1880, and he died in the
structure he erected. Dr. Hall was
a practitioner and also a brother
in-law to Hon. William Maltbie,
wild was once ordinary of Gwin
nettVsounty.
\ Fred Byrd Shot.
Last Monday about noon Fred
Byrd was handling a pistol in
Vose & Pentecost’s store when the
weapon was accidentally dis
chargedryhe ball taking effect in
his left ieg above the knee, rang
ing downward. He looked at the
same pistol a short while before
that while it was empty and on
his return he was carelessly snap
ping it as before, when a sudden
report and a sharp sting told him
too plainly that he was wounded.
The pieiol had been loaded in
JWPfI Ibsenoe and he was uncon*
sciouslof this fact. The ball en
tered from the inside of the liihb
and passed dw-'v through before
Judging. DnjAtchell and Bush
extractec tirj^^^ r ro nt a oppo
site side fromit
Fred is and will
be out again days if lie
continues to imMje. It is only
a flesh wound, \WT will probably
teach him a viTtuable lesson in
the matter of handling fire arms.
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into the
were wound around
Trees.
Two prizes were awarded, Miss
"Anna Cooper and Miss Leize Vose
each finding a nice book at the end
of their,string. If they had gone
to the end of the rainbow they
would have found a much more
valuable prize, which would have
been a bag of gold.
A nice supper was served.
Mr. and Mrs. Peeples are well
persed in the art of entertaining
and the young ladies in whose
honor the entertainment was giv
en rendered valuable assistance to
the host and hostess on this occa
sion.
Lawrenceville has witnessed no
more pleasant entertaiument this
season than the one given last
Friday evening.
The following were in attend
ance: Misses Clara Graham, An
na Cooper, Leize Vose, Ida Mitch
ell, Lillie Ambrose, Eva Hutch
ins, Annie Glenn, Cora Byrd, Min
nie Peeples, Ida Craig, Pearl Mitch
ell, Kister Born, Daisy Ambrose,
Mrs. Ellen Houston; Messrs.N. L.
Hutchins, C. R. Ware, J. M. Ja
cobs, J. C. Flanigan, Lawrence Ex
urn, Jim Craig, Wesley Clower,
Will Johnson, C. M. Morcock.
MASS MEETING.
A mass meeting of the white cit
izens of Lawrenceville is hereby
called to convene at the court
house Friday night, January 11th
at 8 o’clock, for the purpose of
nominating a mayor and council
to serve for the ensuing year. Can
didates for mayor are specially in
vited to be present.
Many Citizens.
Money For Teachers.
The county school commissioner
will pay the teachers next Mon
doy. Checks for six thousand dol
lars will be sent out and the teach
ers will be made to feel that their
labor is appreciated.
NOTICE.
Good mule for sale, cash or on
time. Call on Dr. A. M. Winn.
l-10-01-4t.
WANTED.
Reliable man for manager of
branch office we wish to open in
this vicinity. If your record is
O. K. here is an opportunity.
Kindly give good reference when
writing.
The A T. Morris Wholesale
House, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Illustrated catalog 4 cts stamps,
to mch 28.
ecu red for this year what is known as
corner, the largest and best store build-
county, I am now buying and will
the first year of
Hie Xwentietli Cent urv
We largest stock of goods ever carried by any
one in Gwinnett county.
To You, My Friends and Customers:
1 want to thank you for your past patronage. I
t
know it is to you that I owe the necessity of a
larger store building and 1 promise you my best
efforts in giving you a store worthy of your pat
ronage.
JAMES 11. McGEE.
Officers Installed
The local lodge of Odd Fellows
is in a flourishing condition and
at their meeting last Monday night
the new officers were installed.
A great deal of desirable material
is being received into the lodge
and at each meeting a number of
candidates are initiated into the
mysteries of the order. Last week
they had three grand lodge officers
from Atlanta to come down and
assist in the work. The full set
of officers that were installed are
as follows:
J. A. Perry, noble grand.
M. M. Sammon. vice grand.
C. C. Cooper, permanent secre
tary.
D. T. Cain, recording secretary.
J. H. Shackelford, treasurer.
C. C. Wall, warden.
R. L. Robiuson, outside guar
dian.
F. B. Morgan, inside guardian.
C. R. Ware, right supporter of
noble grand.
F. Q. Sammon, left supporter
of noble grand.
J. D. Rutledge, light scene sup
porter.
G. W. Clower, left scene sup
porter.
J. P Webb, right supporter of
vice grand.
O. A. Nix, left supporter of
vice grand.
Following clsely upon the
resintion of General Passenger
Agent Allen of the Seaboard Air
Line comes the voluntary re
tirement of Vice President and
General Manager St John from the
same system. Mr. Bunch has been
named as the successor of Mr.
Allen, but the person which is to
fill the office of that popular
railroader, Mr. St John has not
been selected yet. It is pretty
generally believed that genreal
shake up will occur all along the
line.
J. D. SIMPSON,
BARBER,
Office in the building on the south
east corner of the court bouse square,
opposite J. M. Wilson’s. Solicits pat
ronage.
[JERALD.
Y, JANUARY 10. 1001. VOL. VIII. NO 11
■Year Greeting
IJ. H-SMcGEE.
king Public of Gwinnett County:
I LOCAL OVERFLOW.
Graff Harris, it is said, has sign
ed a contract to solicit for a Bir
mingham life insurance agency at
a salary of SI,OOO and expenses.
Graff as a solicitor for the Wrought
Iron Range Co. was an instantane
ous success; and his attention to
the interest of his employers has
met with further recognition.—
Walton Tribune.
Mr. Oliver Hawthorn, of Au
bifrn, passed through the city
Wednesday, carrying a lot of cat
tle to Atlanta. Just before reach
ing Lawrenceville a negro, who is
helping him, threw a rock at one
of the cows and broke its leg.
Mr. Hawthorn killed and dreesed
it and sold the beef here in town
and continued his journey.
Clarence Gunter is carrying a
very sore finger that had a hole
Bhot through it by the same pistol
that wounded Fred Byrd. Mr.
Gunter and Marshal Morgan were
out testing the gun and Clarence
slipped hie finger too far up the
barrel when he went to fire the
weapon. Two men in the town
are satisfied that it can shoot
Quarterly conference for the
Lawrenceville charge will be held
in the Methodist church here on
January 27th, at which time Dr.
Walker Lewis, the new presiding
elder, will preach. He will be at
Loganville the Saturday before.
The duties of tne presiding elder
will not permit his giving a Sun
day at each visitation and Law
renceville will be favored by a
Sunday sermon on Dr. Lewis’
first visit.
Seven machinists arrived in
Lawrenceville last week and they
are rapidly putting up the ma
chinery at the factory. The work
has been delayed on account oi
the shafting failing to arrive, but
it is here now and the pickers and
carders are being placed in posi
tion. The boilers and engine are
up and in two more mouths the
whistle of the engine and the buzz
of the machinery will be heard.
Uncle Sam wants more soldiers
to enlist in his army, The term
for which a great many of the
volunteers enlisted will soon ex
pire and recruits are needed to
hold our new possessions and sub
due the Filipinos. A large flashy
circular has been tacked up in the
post office here announcing that
able bodiod men between the ages
of twenty-one and thirty will be
enlisted at Fort McPherson, Ga.
A Lawrenceville young man got
himself into a predicament, not
long since that ~has never been
satisfactorily explained. He was
escorting a young lady out the
other night to an entertainment
and fell off the sidewalk and got
stuck in the mud. Rumor sayß
he is very much stuck on the
young lady, but this time his lady
love had to assist him out of the
situation of sticking in the mud
and place his feet on terra firma,
where he had an equal showing as
before. The question is, how
came he there by himself ?
A large crowd was at the Metho
dist church last Sunday morning
and they listened to a good sermon
delivered by the pastor, Rev. G.
W. Griner. The minister chose
for his text Psalms 126:8: “The
Lord hath done great things for
us; whereof we are glad’,” and
spoke on the line of the great
achievements of the nineteenth
century. He spoke of the discov
ery of steam and electricity and
said the railway, steamboat and
electrical appliances, in fact all
the manifold utilities of the pres
ent day are being used for the
further spread of the gospel. Iu
speaking of the growth of the
Methodist church the preacher,
said in this county it had grown
from 100,000 to 6,000,000 an4the
M. E. church south had a mem
bership of 1,500,000. At night
Mr. Griner delivered a discourse
on the parable of the pounds and
brought out many useful lessons
from the proper use of the means,
at our command.