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VOL. XXVI. NO 30 Great Slaughter Of Dry Goods, Hats, Shoes & Notions TV t Norcro#Bi Desiring to close out this branch of my business by December next, I offer my en tire stock of dry goods, hats, shoes, no tions, etc., for cash At Cost. I have a large, well selected stock of first class goods in this line that will be closed out at a great bargain. Come a( Once. I will keep a good supply of family gro ceries, hardware and stock feed which will! be sold at reduced prices. Livery HusineHs: I also conduct a general livery business! where ample accommodations will be giv en the traveling public. All persons indebted to me by note or account are notified to make payment by the first of October, k. K. Medlock. Norcross, Ga., Sept., 16, 1896. THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE. A RAI) ONE. Slie —Is this dress a tit? He —It couldn’t he much more of a fit without being a convulsion. —Detroit Free Press. THE QUEEN ANNE STYLE. Customer —I would like to have a nice gown to weaf around the house. Salesman —Size of the house, please? —Philadelpia Record. EITHER WOULD DO. Conductor —Your ticket, please. Passenger —I’m traveling on my face. Conductor—All right; I’ll punch that. —Town Topics. ONE WAY OK LOOKIN'!! AT IT. A.lethea ( blushiugly)—Now, don't, Mr. Dasu&p! I ki»w little Ferdinand is watching at llie keyhole. Dusnap—Well, let’s gratify his curiosity, and then ho may go away.—Puck. THK INTHI'OKB SI’KVIVKD. Watts —1 wonder if the wa ter is fit to drink yet? l’otts —Guess it is. An eel came through our hydrant this morning and it seemed to he in good health. — Indianapolis Journal. THKII! HATTI.K HYMN'. Mosquitoes are hateful, aren't they ? Yes; 1 don’t mind their egt ji.g me if they didn't keep up such an everlasting c mplaint about the way 1 taste. — go Record. thkv hsiikkhoy’s i.reit. When the minsiter eaught the little hoy fishing instead of be ing at school Urn par tun asked the lad what his mother tlid when he ran away like that anti gave her the slip. Gives mi.* the slipper. ONK THINII I'KHTAIN. Caller—Th y tell tip*. Mrs. Sourly, thaL yopr hqshaud is a hull on the hoard of trade? Mrs. Sourly—Don’t know anytniug about that, but. I do know tiiat he's a hear at home. —Detroit Free Press. A* H AT I»WEI,tBR’» WISH. I wish, said Klutley, who had lx-?!! to the circus and was tired; I vyisli tlvsc hui|d|ng* could be trained to |in dovyn when we en tered them. He glanced at the sixteenth story and heaved a great sigh. —.Texas Sifter. I.OHINU their WIND. You have a tine climate here, said the visitor to a resident. Such a bracing air. Yes, replj d the resident, gloomily, but them there bicy clists come along unJ ptfQip the air into their pneumatic tires and carry it hit'.—Truth. A number of dresses, valued at S2,UK), w« re iicovered from thieves bv the Atlanta poii e recently. The Gwinnett Herald. WHAT ADVERTISING WILL NOT DO. Advertising will not sell goods. Advertising will not make business. Advertising will not consum mate sale. Advertising simply makes it easier for business to he done, and easier for the salesman to sell. The unsuccessful advertiser complains because his advertis ing did not bring direct return. Assmntning that the advertis ing was well constructed, it was not the advertising’s fault. In the combiu tion of good advertising, good goods, good salesmen, good location, and good management, is profitable business. Leave out management aud the other four conditions are worthless. Leave out salesmen, and what you have left cannot make profit. Leave out goods, and you sell nothing because you have noth ing to sell. Leave out good location, and it will lie hurd to do gootl busi ness. leave out advertising, and good as the other conditions o! your business may be, .there cannot lie flush return. In the harmony of the parts is the strength of the whole. Advertising is simply the yeast in the broad of business. It will raise nothing if there is nothing for it to raise. Place upon advertising .the responsibility of advertising, and no more. A dark gloomy store and bright advertising are us un profitable us a cheerful store and dull advertising. The most cordial advertising uml the most indifferent clerks, allow the good of the one to be spoiled by the fgults of the other, (live your advertising u chance to pay, and it will pay. FREE PILLS Sind your address to 11 K| Hucklen A Co., Chicago, and get a free sample box of l>r. King’s New Life p||*. A trial w ill convince you of thejr merits. These pills am easy in action ami are particu larly effectjyo ji, the cure of Constipation and Sick Head ache. For Malaria and Liver | troubles they have been proved invaluable. They are guarau- I teed to he perfectly free from j every deleterious substance ami t > be purely vegetable. They ffo not w-aken by theft action, hgt by giving tone to stoniach and bowels greatly invigorate the system |segi t l u r sije tri*- per box. Ho d by A M Wiun, Lawrence VI lie In Germany more rain falls during rising barometer than any other time. LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6th 1896. THE WEIRDEST SI’OT. ; Itl.ooli < i-W>l r.\<; KKATUIIKs UK Ht'I’KUHTITION MOIN j. TAIN. Sail Francisco Call. Tlio most’ uncanny spot on jtlio face of the earth is very | likely within t lie boundaries of j the Superstition mountains in i Arizona. The name was given I this range of volcanic rock by the Indians, and never was j.imme more appropriate. Of J course the educated man of to day knows that all of the strange and weird phenomena to he seen there are the result of natural causes and can he easily ex plained, hut the poor Indian j who knows not these things can hardly be blamed for hnvingm wholesome fetjr of any part of t he range. The stories the Indians tell of the Superstition mountains! would take months to repeat, but the idea of all of them seems to he to impress the fact J that the arch fiend who pre sides over the domain has a ha- j (red of the red man and is con stantly laying traps to destroy him. All who enter the realms ! of horror do so at the risk of! never coming hack, and [ill who] do come hack have some new tale to add to the alrendy long! list. The most terrible things told of are the swinging stones that turn out from the walls of the canyon and crush the passerby. Then there are plades where the ghosts dance; trees that reach out their branches and entangle all who come near them.-There are caverns filled with witches and devils, and awful birds that make the strangest sounds. W'ild animals by the thousands collie right out of % the solid rocks. Fishes with legs come from tin* lakes and drown all within their reach. Fire and smoke and horrible groans and howls till the air on all sides. To see the weird aspect of this uncanny region it is best to select that time of the month when tin* moon is full. The most interesting portion'!*, in a canyon that opens'on the north side of the range, and if an ex plorer will manage to get about ten miles iuto this during the daytime, and, after selecting a quiet spot, wait for the moon to rise, he can have an experi ence ho will never forget. But don’t go unless your nerves are str mg. In most parts of tin* world silence comes with the night. Just the reverse seems to lie the case ig the Superstition moun tains. Or is tins imagination ? But suddenly the air is rent with the most unearthly shrieks that ever fell on mortal ears. Again and again it comes and rolls and echoes through tin* canyons, getting weirder with each reverberation. The cry is taken up on all sides until the mountains seem like pandemo nium. But nerve yourself and pass' on. Keep to the bottom of the \ canyon, and you will bo in no danger of a fall. Silence will come again, and if you keep on you w ill soon see a cone shaped mountain rising before you. ■ Approach o|o.st»r, and a castle j as perfect as any on the banks of the Rhine will appear perch ed on its summit. When near i'll ) igh, a soft , muffled sound of footsteps w ill be heard. What is it ? By lookiug carefully a procession of pgnther* cun be seen walking around the cone shaped mountain ai if guarding i the custie on its summit. Hound ami round they go, looking neither to the right nor j left, amt though considerable I noise is made they will not no -1 tice it. Many old hunters say that it is possible for a man to walk right across the line and the panthers will mil attack him.* ►’aft||er up tho canyon are numerous gulches, into which the moonlight falls. One of them has a sort of overhanging ledge, and beneath it appears a crowd of men, Surely they are talking, for tjmir arnf* upptar to movij, their heads turn from side to snip. Some huve on \yhite clothes and ntffef'a appear so bo oi different colors A pe culiar sound like tlm murmur of voices tills tin- air. By climbing a *mull canyon to the left the most sturtlmg 'sight in the mountain can be seen. Surely it is not of this world. The canyon sudden v , terminates in a gulch that cros - Jes it from side tokide. At first I sight it is only an abyss of inlv j blackness. Listen I A peculnft rnmljliug sound can he heard, and from the profound depth a white rohed figure will appear: then another and another, until there is a whole procession of I ghosts passing over the brink. •Many of them will wave their firms, as if beckoning the ob server. While this is going on clouds will appear to float in from the sides, and perhapi thunder will he heard in the distance. But the procession moves on and passes up a can yon, and finally disappears over a cliff. Silence will follow,and the act will be repeated. This canyon cannot be traversed farther, but by turning back and entering a small valley on tlie other side three giants can be seen in conference. They are sitting close to a tree, and their attitudes show them to be interested in what one of them is saying. Farther up the canyon there is a large cliff, and behind it at intervals can be seen flashes of light. Thunder follows and the earth beneath your feet will shake. Possibly one of tin* flashes may throw you to the ground, and you can hear the hissing of serpents near by. If you happen to bo in the right place, you can hear a grinding sound and a rock on t*op of a clit! will swing outward. But it won’t fall, as the next shaki will swing it back. Dozens es experiences liki these, just related are likely t< befall the night explorer in t' < Superstition mountains. so tie when daylight conns lie wtl feel as if he lias been to the in . . . . 1 fernal regions or with Alice i i Wonderland. ol ll FRIEND, THE DtK’TOI j Doctors give us rational ail vice, but we do not take it am must abide the consequ nee; Few doctors follow their owi prescriptions and some do no imbibe their own medicine Like lawyers, they legitimate! live on the* folly of mankind and have a right to do so The; do not pretend that medicim that medicine is an exac science, and, if they rim to. much to surgery and specialism to diplomacy and the knife their patients and the time compel them to do so almost it self-defense. A doctor onc.e told us thi story: “I visited a friend of mine ii tin* medical profession. He hat no advantage of me intellect!! ally or any other way in tin ordinary fashion, but lie w«i popular ond successful, while I had great difficulty in inakiii} a modest living. He gave m> an object lesson. Going w.ill him to visit a patient who wa not very ill, I was surprised a the gravity of his countenane and the ominous way he regard ed the patient. The faniil; were much impressed, and om member, following us to tin door, said most anxiously • ‘Doctor, he is in n bad fix. is In not ?’ My fiiend, in solemn tones, replied: ‘He is indeed Im' I think wo will bring bin through all right.’ “When we got out of ear-sin my fjiend said: ‘Don’t gel mail, but you are a fool. No woiule you don’t succeed. Imitati me. I exaggerated the case If the man dies, the family de clare that nobody could liuv. saved him. If In* recover*, my praises resound on every side o tin* household and go abroad That's the way to practice med icine successfully, and also ti escape calumny or reproach. ’ ’’ We once t'dil this anccilot to a doctor and he laughed out right. Then he significant I pointed out men in his proses siun whom it just fitted, al though'the story was {old abut i none oft hem. Sumo of our friends weir and are doctors. \Ve # rev»*,e th« ilie memory of those who nr no more. We gre glad to met ; 1 I map who up Slijl in the tlesh Mgv tl,r good diiMu** who nr. gone hemvt tigve eb I'jia bliss Muv the go.a) doctors who sui vivo live long and' prosper.— Augusta (’hronicle. - Kipans Tabuls* cure constipation Ripaas Tubules: for sour stomach. Kliians Tubules curs dizziness. Hlpaii* I'abult s cure bsailacbc. DESERVED TO BE IIAI'N'T ED. A CRUEL OKED COMMITTED IN SPAIN PUNISHED IN SCOT LAND. Kdingbiirgh Scotsman. A correspondent sends for the following story of “Pearline Jean, taken from : u letter written by Lady John , Scott to the late Mr. Janies Hibson Craig in 1 SOS. Toward the end of the seven teenth century Sir James Stuart of Allanbank was traveling in Spain. While he was at Mad rid he saw and fell in love with a beautiful nun. He w ithdrew her secretly from her convent and promised her that jshe should go with him to Scotland as his wife and that he would never forsake her. She used to I dress magnificently, and from wearing a quantity of the old lace called pearlin he called her his Pearlin Jean. After a time he began to think he should have an awk ward story to tell if he took lief home, and lie made up his mind to get rid of her by leaving Madrid suddenly without her knowledge. They did not in habit the same house. His carriage and horses stood ready at the door by day dawn, and he was just getting in w hen Pearlin Jean, who had for some rerson suspected his treachery, rushed to him and entreated him to take her with him. He pushed her away without speak ing and got into the carriage. In her frantic despair she threw herself .on her knees in front of the horses to stop them. Sir fames called out to drive on. I'hev did so. The horses t min ded her under their feet, the wheels of the carriage went over her, but he, without even look ing lack upon her, proceeded on his journey. “It was on a dark winter night that he drove up the avenue of Allanhank. His return had beeu sudden and, us lit* knew, quite unexpected "by his ser vants. Therefore his surprise was great when, on looking to ward the house, he saw that every window was illuminated. As his carriage stopped the great doors were, thrown open, and in a blaze of light Pearlin Jean stood at the top of the steps to receive him. From that time she haunted him. As soon as he lay down in bed she appeared, and, open ing the curtains at the foot of he bed, stood gazing at him. His life became a burden to him, he neither ate nor slept, mil he fell away day by day. In vain his friends tried to per suade him that his terrors were imaginary. He always replied, She is there!’ ■ IL> had a picture taken of her io Madrid. Some of his friends thought they would try to cure him of his delusions by placing this picture on the-wall opposite Ills bed and opening the curtain secretly as soon as he had lain down, hoping that if he declared again hi* had seen th • ghost they might then show him the picture and laugh him out of his fears. Two of them hid themselves in his room, and the moment his head was on tin* pillow they drew back the urtains at the foot of tin* bed Sir James started up with ter ror in his countenance and ex claimed, *.My God, there are two of them!’ and instantly fell back in a tit. After this tine* m> attempt was made to explain away her appearance, aril I’earlin Jean continued t<> haunt the house d Allanbunk as long as it stood It was bought and pulled down by Lady Houston (Miss Ros well of Hluckaddcr), hql wheth er Peurliq Jean still wanders about tile site of I III' uld Ii Hl-H [ don’t know. The mermaid vvus taken sud denly ill —a o«s,, of svu siek lluas. I ucle Neptune, sin* nioaned, I wish you would dive ftp miongst that group of bathers ivvr tin.-ru fu the surf and ask them if there is a doctor pres- I'licle Nep. del so, and pres ; •lit ly returned with a proses-j ■ ion-looking young man, who I presented Ids card. £ The mermaid glanced at the j card,, uttered u wild shriek of j hysterical laughter ami turned I tail and fled. I lie was a chiropodist.—Buck. THE DUEL.. 15Y EI'UKNE EIKf.D. The gingham dog and theealico ~ftt Side by side on the table sat: i Tuns half-past twelve,and,what do you think! Neither of them had slept u wink! And r the old Dutch clock and Chinese plate Seemed to know, as sure as fate, There’was going to he an awful spat. (I wasn't there—l simply state \\ hat was told to me by the Chinese plate). Tin* gingham dog went ‘ Bow wow-wow ! ” And the'calico cat replied, ‘•Me-ow!” And the air was streaked for an hour or so With fragments of gingham and calico While the old Dutch .clock in the chimnev-pla'*e t p with its hands before its face, For it always dreaded a family row! (Now mind, I’m simply telling you What the old Dutch clock de clares is true). The Chinese plate looked very blue, And wailed, “Oh, dear, what shall we do!” But the gingham dog and the calico cat Wallowed this way and tumbled t hat And utilized every tooth and ekiw In the avvfullest wav you ever saw— Arid oh, how. the gingham and calico flew. (But don't think that, I exag gerate— -1 got my news from the Chinese plate.) Next morning where the two had sat They found no trace of the dog or cat; And some folks think unto this day That burglars stole that pair away; But tin* truth about that cat and pup Is that they ent each other up— Now, what do you really think of that ? (The old Dutch clock. it told mu so. And that is how I came to know). THE DOCTOR’S ADVICE. The doctor looked serious, says the Chicago Post . "You should be very careful for at least a month,” ho said. “Is it as bad as all that ?” asked the patient anxiously. "If the result is to be as sat isfactory as I would like to have it you cannot fol'ow the rules I lay down too carefully.” “1 will do exactly as you say,” said the now thoroughly alarmed patient. “A—am I eating too heartily ?” “Much too heartily. You should eat simpler food aud not so much of it. If you follow my advice you'll out your butcher’s and grocer’s bills just about half.” “I’ll do it, doctor.” ••You ought to take more ex ercise, too,” continued the phy sician. "How do you go to vour office now ?” “On the ears.” “Stop it at once. You must walk to and from your office everyday, rain or shine, 'Do yon ever go to the theater ?” “Guite often.” “Yen musn’t do it while you are under my care. How about smoking ?” “I smoke of course, but only in moderation.” “Don’t smoke at nil,” in structed the physician. Throw away all your cigars and don’t buy mint her for thirty days ni least, or I'll throw up the case.” • *“ 1 *ll do it, doctor, but—bill >» “Do ymi drink ?” “Occasionally, bm 1— ” ‘.‘Stop it cutirely.” “A little claret nn the table IlnW and then ought Hot to—’’ “No*, a drop at guy time.*’ “All right, doctor. What next V' ‘•Nothing. Foil,,wlh.se in structions closely for thirty days, and by that turn—” “Yes?” said the patient eagerly. “By that time, what ?*' t “Mv that time,” repeated the doctor, “you might .to have I saved enough to pay nn- the balance due on that little bill you have owed me lot a matter id about eighteen months. I Good day.” 1.00 PER ANNUM,'IN ADVANCE IDghest of all in Leavening Power— Latest U. S. Gov’t Ret,or ABSOIUTEIV pure Comspondenca. PROHIBITION. Editor' Hkr.ii.d: I just want to sav “Amen” to J. I). Wha ley s reply to I. 1!, Jackson in your last issue. J D. Whaley is right—ex actly right—iu his conclusions. I happen to live in one of those cities he referred to, and know ; something, of the destitution that reigns in thousands ot homes caused by the ‘ accursed j stuff. \nd when I hear a pro lessor of religion, like I presume .Mr. Jackson is, talking about _• ‘personal freedom” to drink whisky (or more properly the devil s slop), I know at once what that man needs—he needs the religion of the Lord Jesus Christ to take him out of the bondage of the devil, and give him “personal Irecioni,” free dom from sin, then lie will not advocate the hellish stull'—the devil s greatest agency to popu late hi* own kingdom and di populate the Kingdom of Glory. es, I happen to know some thing of whisky and its effects, but when the devil and I dis solve! co-partnership 1 let him take all the whisky, and 1 lmve liever Wanted or needed any since, and I never knew what “personal freedom” was until J was freed from sin. • Bro. Jackson, nad up before you refer others to scripture to try to justify the whisky busi ness, and 1 think you will find that you will have to refer to some other source' fi r justifica tion. Perhaps you might find it in the platforms of the most popular political parties, or perhaps you might ti::d it among the records of the City council in all the principal cities of the world: Imt not in God s Book for lliut is a Heavenly Book, and had its origin in Heaven; no, you need not look there for justification'. May tht* good Lord show Itro. | Jackson and all who advocate whisk\ their error, and that speedfly, is the sincere desire of one that loves God and bates j sill. \V . F. ItIIKWKH, Atlanta, Ga. SNELLVJLLE. Cotton is not so short as once reported. Henderson Bros., run their gin day aud night, The candy pulling at W. .J. Mathews’ Saturdays night was very much enjoyed by all pres ent.. F. M. Moore Inis accepted a position at (Vntreville He will handle tin* yuril stick for Johnson >V Evans. J. R. Malm It ey was around lost week delivering pictures for the Southern Photograph Co. \V.*J. He watt is the proud father of a bouncing habv girl, Tim smiling faces of Messrs. McDonald, Clement, Haslett, Cain and Miner were seen on our streets Saturday. Eessrs. T. L, Harris and J. A. Hannah, Jr., leave for Auburn Monday, where they will enter Perry-Rainey College. We <*an -ufely say that old Cut' s will - ml up 75 majority tor Gov. W. Y. Atkinson the 7th of < Ictober- A large crowd assembled hire mi the “litti to hear Hon. T.M. ffoeples spout, and were sadly disappointed to learn that he vvrk sick and couldn’t come. ——— ♦ • ♦ YELLOW RIVER. Our farmers are all about done picking cotton, and most of them have sold it. Mr. John Barnes has give up his place to A. Garner and will move over the river. Tl.« infant of Mr. J. U. iiule [died lust Tie -..lay ami was buried '■it (’amp ('reck. It was only 'wo Months old, and died of fever. A negro l.y tin name of Allen Bark and Mr. ,A, 1,..,' hud a lively snemiulecl p t „t Wednes day. The negro struck Mr. l ee on ill,' arm with a rock, making a painful wound. No other damage was done. The Stone Mountain corres pondent He. ■ IIIS to be .'tuck 0)1 Seal. Wright. Can’t, ymi per suade Seal, to In,ve his hair cut y Mr. J, It. Garner says he hus j had live cats to lake up at, Liu house, and that i ( t m a sure i sign lie is gujig to Iki rich. I Mr. and Mrs. George Gossett lost their baby when it was only a few hours old. It was buried at Pleasant Grove. We are glad to note that Dr. Dickens and son are about well, | Miss Xorra Simmons wilt luve charge of the school a this place next year. .Mr. John C. McDaniel is gin ning more cotton and making finer lint than any other gin in this section. He'gins from 8 to it) bales per day. Mr. Johnson Nash, one of our rising young farmers, and Miss Lollie Flynn were happily married 1 /.mt I'hursdav evening. We wish them a long and hap py life. Mrs. Dr. 11. B. Johnson had tin misfortune of falling and breaking her arm last Thursday. She is suffering intense pain at this writing. Miss Susie Nash of Atlanta is visiting relatives here, STONE MOUNTAIN. . t Our people are hustling around"with their petitions to get the Court house moved to this placeand it is presumed there will not he much opposi tion as the Decatur people claim they are almost in Fulton any way. The contributions at this place will be very liberal. \ enable Bros, w ill furnish all the granite free of charge. The contributions will amount to about five or six thousand dol lars. It is claimed by some that it will add 9f> p*r pent to our town. Several of our citizens atten ded the tumble’( no, gold) bug rally in Atlanta last week. Mr. J. I>. Whaley went to Atlanta last week on busllcss. Some of our people attended tin* exhibit ion at Beaver Ruin, the 28rd i nst., and report that the atmosphere was tainted wit li blind tiger whiskey and candi dates. Guess tlio candidates furnished the “bust-head” themselves to get a few votes. Now, Mr. Editor, don't you get. excited. You just hold the tail and let nn> do the skinning. Perhaps 1 get a little meat with the hide but you can never tell it after it is'tanned. The old scoundrel that hasn’t got character enough to get elected w ithout buying votes and smut ting the character of Ins opo nent is not wormy »f the free dom he enjoys. What young man from Law rencevillo got his straw hat torn up at Reaver Ruin? Guess he felt like a Ruined Beaver. Mr. Will Gofer and mother, of Snellville, paid our town a visit one day last week. What young man of Norcross is it that is so fond of Flowers that he comes to Stone Moun tain to see one? Look out young man, there may be a mortgage on that beautiful bo quet. Livingston and Fl*ek are not doing -iiihcli in tin* mud-sling ing business. The weather is so dry that they are just giving each other a good dusting. The singing given by Mrs. J. D. Whaley, Sunday night the Pith, inst, yvas a grand suc cess. Mr. Clint Lauford was the organist. The cotton crop is very short in this section, and the price is shorter. Why is it ? Ber haps the over-production crowd could give us a little consola tion on the question. A REGISTRATION Ml DDLE. Several citizens .who live on th i line between Jackson and Gwinnett, but have been pay ing taxes and voting in Jackson, are in a quandary. The public road is the line, but their farms nearly all lie m Jackson while their homos are on the Gwinnett side of the road. The Regis trars of Jackson decided that they could not vote in that county. They have appli dn. register in Gwinnett, but us they have never paid tax. s in this county it is questionable whether they can vote here. Tin- proa pern is that they will I lose their Vote, A great many people are de ceived as to what constitutes a “liner,’’ as he «s called. The mere fjet that a district <>r county line p:*s.u , through a man's farm does not constitute hiu. a Jin.’i'. so that he nun elect which county In* will I* a citizen of. if the line passes through his resideiyie, then he may . lect; ami having mice made the. election la* »*• 1 11 1... held l" abide by it. lie cannot afterwards change it, mm- —■ - Kiliuiis Tubules core lu.liaesliuu, it ipuus Tubule* assist UigvSlam.