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-- Official Organ Tointantl COvnty Fti an Al. I J KKPijM/j _ Eoitoi ' swrencevjllp. Gft Ttmsdny, May Isth 1 S'.*7. E—_Z : r r '-:-\‘XL - ry dealers of Alliens, failed lasi .week. r Tim Georgia exhibit al Nash ville, is said to I»*■ one of the best on exhiliftion. It is ahout settled that Mnj. ffhiytho will get the office of r Collector of Internal Revenue «ffj.his State. i Ben Tillman takes occasion jjpjalroot off a red-hot, remark in We Senate. When P.en gets on hi* fget lie plays hall and some lEslv is likely to get hit. 4 -A silver star is to lie placed (V the spot in the cupitol ver at Montgomery, Ain , ■Acre JelT Davis stood when In Bis inaugurated President of ■’A Confederacy. r ap railroads are now getting cheap excursion rates to the fsprings, to the mountains, to kho sealiuard,J»4foi* exposit ion; Kt, umynherc they think Htjpfit to ' : i... | .• uples some! line- Ky lf.d of each other very n Atlanta. A Mrs. Floyd. Elffo was married on the 14-th Uff last March, is asking the fourt for a divorce. Stephen H. Mallory, son of Stephen Mallory who was Sec retary of the Navy under the Confederate government, was elected F. S. Senator from Florida last Thursday. The Supreme court has de cided that a circuit court judge, except in Atlanta, Savannah, Macon and Rome, which are constitutional courts, cannot preside in the Superior couit. An Atlanta man sued his wife for taxes he nad paid on her property. She plead a set off, charging him for board for three years. The Justice dis missed the cases and made the husband pay the cost. Jerry Simpson, the Populist leader in the House, had a spat with Speaker lleod last week. Simpson wanted to know where he was at, and Tom replied, “lie had never been able 1n find any one who knew that. Prof. A. W. Barnard seems to have made a success of a Hy ing machine, which, like per |M-tual motion, has been the ambit ton of inventors for a cen tury. He made a trial trip lit Nashville last Thursday and sailed eleven miles. That is a pretty good starter. Dr. Ball of Winder is suing t he Southern railroad for $ 1 ,500 daiiisges for putting him oil the train. The Doctor purchased a ticket to New Orleans from a scalper. The conductor refused to accept it for passage, and re fused to return the ticket or re. fund t he money. The second volumn of the new code of Georgia has at last lieen published and is being de livered first to the State officers. Ah soon as they are supplied, the State will offer them for sale to the public. The price is four dollars for the three volumns. Fifty-seven shots were fired into the residence of Lindsey Smith in Elbert county last Thursday night by unknown parties. It, is supposed that the effort to kill him was made on account of prosecuting cer tain parties in the l nit'ed State court. Col. Buck will leave the lat ter part of this month for Ja pan. lie will ston at Honolu lu and study up the situation there. Japan is making an aggressive movement to take control of the Hawaii Islands and Uncle Sam has a longing eve oil this coveted patch. The prospect of establishing a branch mint ut Daltlonegs seems to lie good The mining interest of North Georgia is at tracting so much attention that it is believed Congress will con sent to Hie re-establishment ot this mint which was abandoned a short time before the war. A matron has been placed in the police barracks in Atlanta. She will have charge of the women prisoners and hs>k after their welfare. The matron i* .Mi** Sue Holloway. Her first subject wan an old lady, Mrs. Ammou% who had got lout in the city. A new railroad i* projected from Atlanta to Selma, Ala., and through to New Orleans it is claimed that it will cut oil H 5 milea between Atlanta and Selma, and IG'J milea on the diatanoe to New Orlcana. 000 have been subscribed, and it ia underatood that Col. It. M. Mitchell, who built the Au gusta, Gibson A' Sanderavilh* road, will be the Presi dent. A BONE OF CONTENTION. TIIK Al’orSTA i-OST OFFICE AN ISSUE. I The effort, to put Jndson Ly ons, a negro, in charge of the Augusts post office is creating a big split in the Republican party in Georgia. Both here and in Washington the two factions are getting in their work with energy and determi nation. Lyons is the Republi can committeeman from Geor gia, and is backed by the col ored element of the State, who demand that their face shall be recognized in the distribution of the spoils. With them are working some of the b-ading lights among the whites, head ed by Buck, Johnson and others The President was inclined to give this place to Lyons in recognition of lii« services and the colored element, hut every influence has been . brought to bear upon him that could lie mustered to prevent flu- ap pointment.. Immense petitions signed by business men, and others signed by the ladies of the- city, have beeil piled on the President and Post Master General protesting against the appointment. The Indies have appealed to Mrs McKinley, in behalf of her own race, not to put this shame upon the city. It is insisted that the Presi dent can give Lyons some other place, where lie will not come in contact with the citizens, and demand that a white man be given this place. The fight will go on, even if the President appoints him, and the Senate will he asked to refuse to approve his action. Large delegations have visit ed Washington, representing eacli side, and the officials have a knotty question before them. Col. Hanson leads the fight on one side and Buck on 1 lo ot her. It is not only a fight as to this oflice, hut it is the opening gun of a battle between the white and black Republi cans that may continue during the term of-the President. THE CUBAN* SIT CATION. The beautiful island of Cuba is in a deplorable condition. Overrun with hostile armies, the farming interests have, been destroyed. The people driven from homes into the towns are on the verge of starvation. Brutal Spanish soldiers are driving the people about like dumb brutes and the land is almost desolate.. The brave insurgents still continue the warfare. They do not tight great battles, because they arc not prepared for it, but outside of the fortified towns they control almost the entire country Gen’l. Gomez, the long-head ed chief, is still in the field watching his opportunity and allowing the climate to light his battles. The rebellion is uo nearer the end than it was a year ago. On the island are a large .number of citizens of this coun try who are entitled to the pro tection of our llag. Under the strange policy of our 'govern ment they are not protected but stand by and sen their property destroyed with no hope of redress, Gen’l. Leo has kept government informed of the condition of affairs. It is now said that the Presi dent will send a message to Congress asking an appropria tion to feed our own citizens. This cowardly and supine policy will be riddled in Con gress. If our flag will not pro tect American citizens in Cuba, in the language of Gen’l. Mor gan, “it is a digraced rug ” What does Weylor care for protests and honied words? Half a dozen war ships flor.tjng in the harbor of Havanna will In the best ami most affective protest this government can present to protect Iter citizens. HEW COURT BOUSE QUES TION. DeKal'o is still wrestling over the court house question. The Ordinary is going aheud timing .ng to re-build at Decatur while the Stone Mountain people keep up the fight all ulmig the line. A bill has been tiled to enjoin the Ordinary from ac cepting bids because a majority of the voters were in favor of Stone Mountain. The Ordinary now says the election was illegal from the start ami it was illegally con ducted in many districts. The courts will probably wrangle over it for some tiiue to come. HOPE FOR REDWINE. Tha-friends of Lewis Redwine have great hopes of securing his pardon from the President. His sentence will expire in Oc tober but on account of his health it is believed he may go free at an earlier time. There is one thii.guhoul Red wine that has demonstrated his nerve. Although lie had ruined a bank and brought shame upon bis family, every body is satis fied that he did not steal all that money; that there were others perhaps as guilty as ho and who reaped the reward of his faithlessness to his employ ers, but he quietly took on him self theTdame. He never talk ed or complained, even when lying in a prison with death al most staring him in the face lie had nothing to sav. And the great secret will probably die with him. The report that Miss Emma Smith, who was stabbed by a robber near Winder, bail died from the effect of her wounds turns out to be a mistake. She is still living and will probably recover. She says the person who assaulted her was a negro, but the people in the vicinity Relieve it was a white man blacked. She will he a mother in a short time and made oath that the father of the child was John Highland. The affair has created intense excitement in the community. She says she would know the man if she could sec him ngnin. Several negroes have been ar rested and brought liefore her but she could not identify them. HUDSON TO HANG, Terrell Hudson, who killed Seat) Malcolm in DeKalh coun ty about a dog, was sentenced ’by Judge Candler last Friday to be hung on the 11th of June. This is the second time he has been sentenced to death. After his first conviction his case w as carried to the Supreme court, but a new trial was re fused, and he will hang unless the Governor interferes, which is hardly probable, because the murder was entirely unpro voked. Malcolm, the negro killed, lived for several years in Law rencuville, and was known as a clever, inoffensive man. A STATEFAIR. The State Agricultural .Socie ty is considering the feasibility of holding a State Fair in At lanta this fall. The project seems to meet with great favor in Atlanta, and if sufficient money can be put up to a satire its it will doubtless be held. Three committee have been appointed to investigate the matter, and a definite decision will be reached in a short time. The grounds and buildings are all ready for a fine exhibit. FOUND GUILTY. Uap’t. Romeyn, who was tried by n court martial for conduct unbecoming an officer and gen tleman, has lieen found guilty. The army regulations prescribe dismissal from the army as the punishment, but it is believed that the Captain, who lias been a soldier for 84 years and won distinction, will uot be dismiss ed but that the President w ill modify it in someway. He was to be retired oil the first of June. He was much surprised at the verdict. VOLE NTA It TER. Douglas Cooper, who was on trial last week for the murder of Claude Dunson, in LaGrange, last Christmas, was convicted of manslaughter. The jury was out 24 hours and it was believed a mistrial would be the result hut on Friday the verdict was rendered. The accused intro duced no evidence. The ver dict seems to be in accordance w ith the evidence, lie lias not yet been sentenced. ALLEN M*l'ST HANG. The Governor lias refused to interfere with the sentence of the court in the case of Tom Allen, sentenced in the Bibb Stijierior court to be hung on the Ith of June, His friends have not given up hojie and a monster petition is being circulated asking the governor to commute the pun ishment to imprisonment for life. A CURFEW BELL. A project is now on foot in some of the cities to have a cur few ordinance adopted. This law is intended to require every* nody, and especially youths, to lie at home hy nine o’clock. Like a great many other scheme* that Utopian dreamers propose,it will all end in smoke. LYNCHED. Three negroes have been lynched near Jeff, Ala., hy an indignant community. Two ,of them were women and one man. They were charged with poisoning the O’Kelly family by mixing “rough on rats’’ in flour. ' The Woman Suffrage Associ ation of Colorado has issued an address in which they claim wonderful, things have been ac complished by giving women the ballot. They cluim that they have purified Ihe election laws and placed women on a much higher scale than she heretofore occu pied in the West. Douglas Cooper was sentenced yesterday to the penitentiary for I-' years. The President has asked Con gress to appropriate $50,000 to aid Americans in Cuba.' A negro girl in Atlanta con fessed that she set tire to a house to see the engines run. Preacher Norcross, of Atlan ta. says the people of that city are shooting tlie chutes to hell. And he ought to know. A California company has just sold sold 2.500,000 gallons of wine to a New York compa ny at 18 cents n gallon. The Governor has decided to offer the- North-Eastern road for sale. This is in accordance with the act of the Legislature. Even t he Chinamen of Atlan ta are learning from the white folks. The treasurer of one of their societies Ims vamoilsed the ranch. The Athem-'Mutual Insurance Company has failed and a re ceiver has been appointed to take charge of the assets. One by one the roses fall. Col. Mercer Slaughter, who was formerly general passenger agent of the Bichiiiond it Dan ville It. It. died at Richmond, Va., last Monday week. The American Bible Society sent out to foreign countries last year over 100,000 bibles. Seven-eights of them went to Mexico, Central and South America. There are now in the service of our government under eivil service regulation 178,717 per sonsAvho draw out of the treas ury salaries aggregating #90,- 589,827. The Southern cotton manu facturers have organized an as sociation which meets in Char lotte, N. C., this week. They have organized to protect and advance the interest of southern factories. An old man in Fulton coun ty named McDowell, who is 7f5 years old and married a bloom ing young widow of 20, now wants a divorce, lie says he married under a delusion. Matter of course he did. It is now understood that Judge Allen Fort will retire from the rail road commission in the expiration of his present term, lie was appointed by Gov. Northern It is rumored that Judge S. W. Sampson will succeed him. South Curolinu has no mar riage license laws and no di vorce laws. There is no trim ble for a fellow to get married but when they get the noose on him there is no escape in that state. He has to emigrate or stick to his wife. Er I.awshe, one of the pio neers of Atlanta and |>erhaps the oldest jeweler in the state, died yesterday. He was well known all over North Georgia as a high-toned honorable gen tleman and successful business man. lie was seventy-four years of age. A sixteen year old boy is in jail in Atlanta chained with miming a blockade distillery. It is claimed tlmt lie lots been operatieg it for a year. A young lady and gentleman riding bicycles in Augusta in opposite directions one night elitl.V collided. The result was | WO broken wheels, tile mall pretty badly Iniiod, wlule the young lady is nursing a broken leg. Gen. Longstreet is slated for a good pine- lie will succeed Gen. Wade I lampion as com missioner ot railroads. This is a good fat job without much work. Gen. Hampton’s term has expired but on occount of bis sickness bis successor bus uot been appointed. . . * Over*the County. SWEET WATER. Everything is quiet at this writing, after some trouble amoi g the neighbors. Misses Clyde Martin and Mo ra I lliott visited their coutin, Mr. .1 B. Arnold, near ( 'ruse, last Thursday and Friday. Misses Ella and Lillie Shaw paid a visit to their cousin, Mias Lena Tramme'. of Duluth, last Saturday and Sunday. Thomas Nichols of Yellow River visited his father last Sunday. Misses Alma and lima Hew att, of Cruse, visited here re cent !y. Miss Lee Mathews visited Mbs Mattie Ha/lrrigs, of Graig, last Sunday. Mrs. W, H. Hailey has re turned to her home at Snell ville, after spending some time with her father, R. P. Phillips Three of our young ladies re cently made their new dresses wrong side out. Marion Phillips visited his sister near Snellville last Fri day. J. L. Johnson and family of Suwanee visited his fatlnn at this place last Saturday and Sunday. What fellow has been going lo see his girl so long that he got ashamed for people to see him, and now goes through the swamp ? We saw you just the sane l , little Charlie. Two young people went along the road telling the people that they were married. Is it so, or do ihpy want to he? Tell us about it, George. Misses Willie and Ida Brand visited their brother, J. A. Brand, near Craig, last Sunday. FROM PUCKETTS. Our farmers are getting on well with their crops. The little sick cotton is look ing better since the warm weath er has come. Mrs. Ira Puckett is no hotter. She has been sick a long time. Messrr. Saul Pharr and Fieteb er Davis of Shiloh were here Sunday. Mrs. J. W. McKlvaney visited relatives here last week. J. D. Wallace went to Buford on I tininess last week. Frank Haney is making a new buggy A number of i nr young peo ple attended the union singing at Duncan’s (’reel; last Sunday, and report a nice lime. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Wallace visited their parents last, week. The writer had the pleasure of attending Sunday-school at Hog Mountain last Sunday. If you want to takr a good old reliable paper, take The IIEIiAI,I>. If you feel stupid and dull, pick up the Herald and freshen up. Quite a number from this place went Ashing on the Chat tahoochee last Saturday. They r< port a good time. L. B. I’aniel v.• • i.I to Atlanta on business lust week. A. O. Bowman bus the finest patch of rye we have seen. S tine of it will measure eight feet high. Joo Wallace ntteiulid Sab bath school at Zion’s Hill Sun dry evening. Journey Mauldin visited his girl at Duncan’s t'reek Sunday nig it. Old Uncle Obediall* Cupel in, one ol tin- oldos! citiz-ms of the county, was in our midst last week. I be rv<‘ in thi« see)ion is lock iug li. e, mid th** bo vs are train ing up their reapers to meet tin harvest held. S. S. Bnrell’s little child is verv sick. Joe Wallaee is chopping cot ton this week Hurrah, boys, and we will help him. Guess what youi g man at Hog Mouniaiu let his beat girl go back on him. Cheer up, Hoke. Mrs v W. T. Wallace has re turned home, after spending several days with her daughter in A'lunta. Prof. J. S. Cheek of Zion's Hill attended the union singing at Duncan’s Cm k last Suuda'. HOG MOUNTAIN. Chopping cotton is now in order. Rev. W. It. Hash'll tilled his regular appointment at this place last Sunday. Esquire Mauldin was on our streets oqe day last week. Glad to see you out again, ’Squire. L O. Mauldin is happy. It is a girl. Sum one lias left a one-horse wagon mi W. E. Forrister’s premise*, which he would be Tvino Of > SPRING & SUMMER GOODS. A'p G.W.& A. P. Cain’s We have just received our new line of Spring and -> x '4 Summer (Goods. It composes a variety of the very latest and newes! goods. In our store can he found an elegant line of I )ry Goods, Notions, Bhoes, 10to. Our Dry Goods were all bought in the East, and we have nev er had a better or cheaper line. You will find our store filled with goods, and we are able to make you prices that cannot be duplicated in this part of the country. Our aim has been to sell goods c heap and sell them fast, and the success w*e have had since we commenced business in Lawrenceville proves con clusively that our manner of doing business is approved and ap preciated by the people. We have never been in a better posi tion to sell goods cheaper than now, We have the largest and BEST SELECTED STOCK OF GOODS in town, and you will find our prices are cheaper than they have ever been before. If you will examine our stock you will see that we can save you money. We call your special attention to our new line of Clo lli in*; and Shoes just received. We can show dozens of different styles c?f Cloth ing and Shoes—the biggest lines ever shown in Lawrenceville. We have a few Standard and White Sewing Machines, the best made. As we are going to quit the machine business, we will close these out at below manufacturer’s cost- We have a beautiful line of Millinery which weare selling cheap. Below is a partial list of what we carry : New line Henrbttas, all color*, 111 to 50c A beautiful line of Nan *o >k, figured and stripped, 7 to 9c Black Lawns-plain and figured W hilc Lawns-plain and figu red- A nice 1 ne of Checked vluslin. A heautifu* line of Duck -all colors, best grade 10c Black Satteen. A beautiful line of tay lor made Suiting-latest out A big lit e of Organdies pink, yellow, black, blue and slate it eiegant line of I)in - itics. 1 >re*s linen. Cotton plaids, 41 to 5c Big line of Calicos, nil colors. Turkey Bed In digo Blue-all colors sum mer calico, best grade 5c B g lot bonnet and dress ginghams 5 to Gc Big lot Screen, different prices. Cotton checks 31 to 5c • ° VvE KEEP A COMPLETE LIITE OF HARDWARE Consisting of Plpw Stocks (Heyinon and Georgia I’aient) 2 II rse Turner Plows flow <>e.t>, Guano Horn.,, Scovel and Handle Hoes. We also have a few of the Reed Cotton Planter and Guano Di>t ihufnra com billed, i his is without doubt the most complete planter and distributor male ami we have reduced the price from JlO 00 to |5 00- Come early as we have •>n y a few b it. We also handle the Brooks & Dowlow Planter- A i-have a nice line of Table Putlerv, Pocket Knives, Razors. Gtt ns. Oocke ;y. MlCnames tools. Hei/.s Pickles, Sauce, Catsup. Baskets, dugu re ami all kinds ut Heavy Groceries. glad to have removed. •I, .1. Cheaaer haa bought a new buggy. Look out girls. Mr. Chesser and Oscar Hurell went to Winder Saturday. We are glad to know that Gwinnett will have u county lair, [t will he a great benefit to the county. Pest wishes to the Hkrai.U and I ho fair. I'ltoM kknckT" I lie liirmers are busy plowing over their little iruck. 11. e prayer meeting at this P'ao. lias been changed from Saturday to Sunday nights. Oscar Harrison and Starling ! alley are frequent visitors to our Sunday-school. II Ara I'ulley doesn’t watch out he’ll get a Ileail. Some of our young people at tended the singing convention * at Duncan s Creek last Sunday. Bunting,different colors White table damask.pure linen -35 c Red table damask 25c Seaisland, made at Mon roe mills, over yard wide, at 5c Percale, stripped, red, blue and black. Perkaline. dilfeient col ors Silk thread, assorted colors-. Chambry, different col ei s. Turkey red lloss. Sheeting-Shirting. aii elegant line of Shirt > Collars and Cuffs-new est styles. A beautiful line of t e>. bows and scarfs. A big line of hats at all pi ices. Ladies, mens and miss es hose 5c up • Lsdus aud gens kid gloves. Ladies silk gloves and mits. Ladies and gents hand kerchiefs scup I . J- H. Mitchell, our clever | little merchant, has been out peddling. .1 W. Parr and I’. K. Strick latul are speaking of putting up a cotton gin at this place. Let the good work go on. I Our little village can now houst of a store, a postolhce and a school house. Success to the Hkrai.o and its editors. ► ■ - . Ihe Republicans and gold Democrats on one side and the silver Democrats ou the other are having a cut and dog time ot it in the Kentucky Legisla ture. Only 50 Cents! la addition to our clubbing rates with the Constitution, Journal N » . World and Southern Cultivator ia order to give the people of the county their county paper fora low price, we will seed the Hkhali> l'"“* ni »w until January the first li»i>B ror t ifty Cents. Send in your order* bv mail or through the Post i!SSr 1y,w,,,, ‘ r( o,n Ladies belts, white, kid and leather, 9 Ladies belt buckles. Gents belts New line corsets, differ ent prices. Ladies underveels, J()c up. < Jents underwear Pat. books and eyes. Counter pins. Towels 5c tip. Zephyr-all colors, 5c oz C'ocliet cotton, all col oiß, sc, large spools. K'astie, different prices Baby Caps L >t of jeans at co t. Sn p niiers al a I prices. Window shade-. Aca Bed t ink in*;. Mai ress Peking. Hiek'ii' shirting. Big line of jewelry. 1 mbrel'as, Valentines laces. 1J ack silk lace Mull and HamburgFm broidery. iuser i >n, \ elvetine braid ing- Etc, Etc, Etc*. John tVI- Jacobs • hfiXTIS Lawkkm'kvh.lk, - - Ga, S& 'i '(lice over <I.W.A r A. P, Cain's Store. LAND I’OSTKD. All persons are hereby warned not L o hunt, list, or otherwise iress pass oi. my land I will prosecute all persons tresspissiug on my laud in I?winuett eonnty. j Apr. OH. isa;. lit a. Cash. I mo. I'd. V Sleet Water Cl. ... ~Y t : rrra All persoos\re ly rehy notitied not to Innil, lisKor jiherwise treM pass on i,iy lamlVi (. winuett eoun t>. I will pros,\jii> i,|| persons trea»| a ingon mvised. Apr. oih’a;. ‘ pd. k* n kw . '” 1 " 1 ater Oa. I‘apa and Maupi: D.m’t for get McDaniel's ,-llahy Powders when l>aby is tdPthi.ig. Ash liver biodi.-iuo, M. A. I hod ford s \ ego tore cannot ho excelled. A. M. Winn A’ Son are selling it »t u reduced price. When children are tossing and wakeful n jghts, dun t forget n surety —Mc« Daniel’s Rahy Powders.