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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. w 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.