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I'Ti.mt SI. F'BKyTx,* - Editor
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0 Tneaday, May 25th 1807.
Tho Ordinaries of the Stale
ln ht a eiinventioti in Macon
last Thursday
Vty era has been found again.
Will the country ever pot done
hearing bhout the capture of
this noted criminal ?
11. AV. J, Mam nflvertise* the
Georgia Cracker for sale. Here
is a gisid opening for an enler
. pfiwng newspaper man.
A V>aby ukAValker county was
drowned iffa lard can. It 101 l
iiv headforemost and drowned
hefora it was discovered.
jgj Ilogansviile will have a pegro
r ~ pdatmastof’, so the department
says, but Senator Clay and
the Congressman are working
against Idm.
The .floods in the Mississippi
valley Cave subsided. awH M
|H,unli'am. t’fttegig an ’lnvent •i .A
Insju "isl is estimate i
atltt,3oo,<XK).
F Jfresidgnt McKinley, it is
smokes twenty-five rigatp
Sjpday. Hte ought to he in favor
fmf thy of Culjti./-"
.JPS’fitsiippll'himjW'lf Ixy- of
ii'-’ ' /
- i..r
ABOwimfrftriujchody elaf-s money
ijrrolUj tu tie U!H
tl- day.
Ame) , IM .y
e.kfeißp jS'W th“ eUll.e/
©t’HPT. Alkmson. nee,>m]>n111> •<I
keeper Turner, is
-vLiting the penitentiaries in
several states with a view of
tmaking some recommemlalion
Fto the Legislature as to what
I should be done with our own
I convicts.
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] It is estimated that ten t lions
, and Confederate veterans will
)attend the re-union in Nashville
Ton the 22nd and 28rd of June
The two camps in Atlanta will
.send over 200 delegates. The
three days program lias not yet
been published.
f \\'. L. Massey of Lafayette,
'jla,. has been appointed Assist
ti)t District Attorney to aucceed
T. \V. ltucker. lie will be
Worn in June the first. Mr.
tucker will continue the prac
tice of the law in Atlanta, and
lias rented an ofHce there,
i
wins iit the first
- Curst* .Judge Candler refused
at* Jjgh" u j 1 j.■ i ll jnet ion which
k* pP*S|fe■ of Stone Mountain
jued to prevent the Ordinary
fcoin huildingu new court house
n Decatur. H'lie case will now
to to the Supreme court. Both
ides seem determined to light
he case to tin* last ditch.
Gainesville had a destructive
ire on the 18th inst. It de
frayed the residence and livery
table of A. A. Hope, a ware
r'Anihe anti contents, consisting
Ls cotton seed meal, salt and
■tachinory owned by I). E. Ev
fps. The loss is estimated at
I jI.OOO, with an insurance of
jbly *I,BOO.
I. THE FLANAGAN CASE.
|| A special term of DeKalb
I aperior court convened yester-
I \y to try Flanagan. The case
I as continued about a month
I jo on account of the sickness
| W. C. Glenn, leading coun-
I 1 for the Defendant. The
I urt then announced that the
I Be would be tried on the 21th,
I ;t it appearing that Col. Glenn
I is still unable to attend the
I urt from a recent attack, the
■ dge postponed the case until
I a 20th of July.
G FIRE IN COVINGTON.
yesterday morning between
uid 2 o’clock there was u de
uctive fire in Covington.
j)ne whole block was burned
%, and the loss is estimated
between #oo,ooo and #i‘>o,(XXl,
h an insurance of #20,000.
V C. Swain, A. S. Fowler,
C. Lee, J. A.Farrell, W. B.
t and Lewis Miller were the
refer*.
pie lire was tbo work of an
imdiary.
|>rists church, in Savannah,
first ar.d only church estab
| fed in America by John Wes
the founder of Methodism'
destroyed l>y fire last Sat-
I J> '
he present building was eon
fctod in 1810. The first
•oh erected there in 1700,
destroyed by fire in 170(5,
a new building was erected
h wus partly destroyed by
rricaue and was rebuilt in
was in this church that the
s Sunday school was estab
*d before Robert Raikes,
bears the credit of fnuud
he Sunday school, begun
'ork in England.
p^BCTßA?lifl' BSTION.
After a year’s dejny the /pies
tion of recognizing the exiatoncu
of war in Cuba confronts the
American people in a shape it
has not been presented before.
And the issue is squarely made
in Congress by a resolution
which has passed the Senate by
a two-thirds vote recognising
the insurgents as belligerents.
It is only necessary for the
House to concur with the*Hen
ate in this resolution, and we
have no doubt it will be ap
proved .by the President, to
make this long delayed ju»tico
to a people struggling for free
dom.
The American people for
twelve months have been de
manding of the government'
that the insurgents should be
recognized as belligerents. Hut
Mr, Cleveland v,as afraid of
war, and under the influence of
Eastern men, who were inter-,
ested in trade, stood up against
public sentiment and yielded
to tho demands of Spain,
It seems now -that matters
are to he brought to a crisis.
a little backbone is to be
iinfused into the foreign policy
of the government. The $50,-
000 contributed by the govern
ment to aid,American citizens
is hut the beginning, and we
believe that in less than 90
days our ships will be in Cu
ban waters, not to catch fili
busters and relief boats, but to
protect Americnn citizens and
American interests in the gulf.
It does liot follow that a recog
nition of belligerency amounts
to a declaration of war, but it
gives each side an equal oppor
tunity to buy supplies in this
country.
Spain recognized the Confed
eracy, and that did not bring'
on war, and it need not do so
now.
The action of our government
will be followed by other na
tions, and the iron-handed des
potism of Spain will he at an
end.
The news that the Senate had
passed this resolution was
cabled to Madrid. It created
a storm of excitement, and the
haughty old Dons were for
war. lint they soon cooled
down, and the debate ended in
personal wrangles and fist
lights.
Hut if wav should result, we
cun feel that we are justified
in tho eyes of Clod and humani
ty in stopping ibis inhuman
warfare.
TIIE WAR*OVER.
At the demand of the Euro
pean [lowers, Tnrky has con
sented to an armistice for 17
days, to enable tie* belligerents
to agree upon a t reaty of peace.
This ends the war, as the pow
ers will practically dictate the
terms of pence, and poor Grieoe
will have to submit to the hu
miliating terms, while Turkey,
although victorious, will not
dare continue the war over tin*
terms which will be submitted
by the powers."
The Greeks have lost pros
tige as a warlike jieople. Her
troops were miserably handled
by her (dicers, and the cry that
the Turks were upon them
seemed to create a panic. But
for the intervention of foreign
countries the whole of Greece
would have been overrun, and
even Athens would have b**en
captured by tho despised Turks.
One fact has been developed,
that Turkey is well prepared
for war. It has a well organ
iited army, splendidly equip|>ed
with all the modern appliances
of war. And her troops fight
with a zeal and bravery that
well befits the old saying of
“lighting like Turks.” ,
The Sultan is extravagant in
his demands, hut will have to
submit to the dictation of
others.
Fred J. Cunningham, a white
man, was convicted in Atlanta
of attempted highway robbery
and sent up for ten years. He
and another man, said to be
Sut Lovingood, watched around
the store of Charles Stanford
until bo looked up and started
home when they ordered him to
hold up Ins bauds. But Stan
ford instead of holding up his
hands reached for his pistol and
several shots were exchanged,
one of them hit Cunningham
making a slight wound. He
run oil' and later in the night
pretended to have been shot by
another robber in a different
part of the city. When he run
off at the shooting lie left, his
hat, in which were the initials
of his name. This gave him
away and he was arrested and
promptly convicted.
DEATH OF JUDGE STRONG.
The announcement of the
death id' Cicero H. Strong, of
Atlanta, will bring sadness to
his many friends in Gwinnett,
the county of his nativity, and
among a very large class of cit
izens who knew Idm intimately.
He. died last Friday after a
short illness. If is wife proceed
ed him only a few months. He
only had three children,' all
girls. One of them married J.
M. Graham and the other .two
are still single.
In the early settlement of
this country Noah Strong settled
at old Sugar Hill court ground
in t his county. There he con
ducted a mercantile business
and deult largely with the Cher
okee Indians, who then occu
pied the county west of the
Chattahoochee. \V«bilo the
family lived here "Cicero was
horn and he was always proud
to claim this county as the
home of his youth.
His father subsequently
moved to Gumming and was one
of the leading merchants of that
place up to the time of his
death.
"Cicero, when a young man,
went to Atlanta and engaged in
the cotton business and up to
the war the war the firm of C.
11. Strong & Co. was one ftf the
largest dealers in that city. He
had like most speculators vary
ing luck, some times rich and
and then strapped. But he al
ways commanded a good salary
and lived easy and comfortable.
He’was a good business man,
of genial disposition, who coun
ted his friends by the hundred.
He served a term or two as clerk
of the Supreme court. Ai the
time of his death lie was about
70 years old.
A DIVINE HEALER.
A man named Miller has been
performing some wonderful
cures in Atlanta. He claims to
do this by Divine power and he
is either a sharp fakir or has
some remarkable healing power.
All day long crowds of diseased
people, white and black, the
maimed, halt and blind swarm
around him eager to receive his
manipulations. Some of them
profess to he healed, and the
lame are made to walk. Opin
ion is sharply devilled among
the people. lie has gained the
confidence of a large class who
stand for hours waiting their
turn to be healed.
He does not. charge anything
but if anybody sees proper to
give him money he takes it.
The police have been after
him for doing business without
a license, but 'if be fails to
charge it is not very clear how
lie can be made pay for a li
cense.
One old woman, who seems
to he an enthusiastic admirer
of tho healer, said, “If the
Lord was to come to Atlanta to
lichl tho poor, Jumbo Hunter
would have him arrested fordo
ing business without license,”
CANT I'BE THE MAILS.
The mails cannot be used for
fraudulent purposes, at least
after the fraud is discussed.
In cases ot this kind, when the
facts are made known to the
department, the Post Master
General directs the Post Master
to return all letters sent to his
address to the sender if known,
and if not known, then to the
dead letter office.
A case has just been made
public at Sandersville, tin ,
where W. P. Lovett had lieeii
ordering goods through the
mails, and it was claimed failed
to pay for them. The fre
quency with which tho com
plaints came led tlm depart
entm to believe that he was
carrying on u systematic scheme
and now he is forbidecii the use
of the mails. He cluitns it is a
pat up job on him by his ene
mies, but he will have to go to
Washington to get the order re
voked, or carry his own mail
hereafter.
HONOR AN EX-CONVICT.
Sidney Lacclles,better know n
as “Lonl lleresford,” who
served several years in the pen
itentiary and was pardoned out
by Gov. Atkinson, is an honored
citizen of Fitzgerald. He is su
perintendent of the. water works
of the town and in the social
swim of tho city.
He celebrated tic*anniversary
of his birth day a few days since
with a big hunquet. The pa
pers say it was elegant and el
aborate and was patronized by
all the leading citizens of the
town. The ladies rivaling the
men in their honors to the ex
convict.
1' IDE IN DF.CATI^Pi
.1. I’. CROCKKTr m.ows «>}T IIJS
HEAD.
One of the strangest, suicides
on record is that of J. P. Crock
ett, of Decatur, who deliberate
ly took his own life at his home
yesterday morning.
lie appeared to bo in his
usual health, nod had no
troubles that anybody was
gwure of, and is said to have
been worth $200,000, which he
had accumulated in a long bus
iness career in that town and
in Atlanta.
A’esterday morning he got up
at an early hour, leaving his
wife nsleepj and .went to the
dresser, got out four shells
loaded with buckshot, and then
went in the next room and got
his gun. He left the house
quietly and went to an old out
house, took bis seat on a bench
and placed the butt of the gun
or. the floor and the muzzle in
his mouth and pulled both trig
gers. One half of li s skull was
torn away.
His family did not hear the
report, but some of bis ncidlL
bora did. When his wife jH.
up a short time afterwards she
found her husband gone. Not
fmdii.g him about the house,
the family became uneasy and
began searching (or him. Mrs.
Crocket t found him, sitting in
an upright position, and she
did not at first realize that he
was dead.
The ’family soon gathered,
and iiis remains were carried
to the'house. An inquest was
held and found that he came to
his death by his own hands.
E. It. Chapman is in jail in
jail in Washington. He is a
broker anil sold stocks to mem
bers of Congress. All investi
gating "committee summoned
him before them to tell what he
knew but he refused, in fact he
continued to refuse. All the
threats of dungeons and con
tempt proceedings did not
weaken his nerves. He fought
the case into the courts but they
decided that he must go to jail
for contempt, of the committee.
80 day . was his limit. He is
now serving it out in high style.
He is one of the lions of the
Capital oily. His meals are
furnished from the hotel and he
sits on rich carpets, receives his
friends carries on his corres
pondence using the jail for an
office.
lb* is still firm and says he
did right. He does not propose
giving away his rights even at
the bidding of Congress. His
secrets are his own and betakes
Ids punishment like a little
man.
He will go back to New York
a bigger mao tlmn ever. The
whole town may turn out to
welcome him buck.
Tho Queen of England is soon
to celebrate the sixtieth anni
versary of her reign, and the
United Kingdom will join in a
grand jubilee over her long and
eventful reign.
It is something remarkable
in the history of the world that
a woman should rule over the
destinies of a great empire for
such a length of time without
trouble. In this time her gov
ernment has been engaged in
great wars, and stands at tlie
bead of all nations in its com
mercial importance.
London is preparing for the
grandest display ever seen in
Christendom at this anniversa
ry. All tho nations of the
earth are expected to Fie repre
sented by creditable delegates,
and the old woman, now uhoiit
eighty, deserves, as she will
receive, the plaudits of admir
ing nations at her successful
reign'.
CON FE I) ER AT I*: MO N l MEN T
IN NEW YORK
The Kx-Coiii’ederates of New
York city, headed by Charles B.
Rouse, have erected a monu
ment to the Confederate dead
who are anil will Lit, tinned
t here.
This monufneni is seventy
feet hiyh'and eest five thousand
dollars.
DEATH OF SENATOR
EARLE.
After a jn'otranted sickness,
Senator Karin, of South Caro
lina, died at his home in Urcen
villw last week %
The young Senator had just
entered upon a very successful
career and had mauo a fine im
pression in Washington and
amon*; the other Senator*.
Gov. Kllerhe will appoint a
sue,- -.or, who will servo until
an elect ion can bo held. It is
thought that John Gary Evans,
who is backed hy Tillman, will
probably succeed to the vacant
seat ,
b-*» - »*«> *****
him tre leave in 80 days after
his appointment is confirmed,
hot the Boss could • not. afford
to leave until he had landed
that negro in the Augusta post
office, but be has failed up to
date and will have to go away
sorrowful.
Ti e fight continues with ana
bated interest. The citizens of
Augusta do not propose to give
up.
It is somewhat strange that
of all the offices in the gift of
the administration they should
pick out a post office to put a
negro in charge of in a Southern
city, where the race prejudice
runs high. All classes of citi
zens, men, women and children
have to come in contact with a
post master and it looks like
trying to humiliate them. If
Lyons deserves anything from
the party, give him a hole in
the wall some where else. That
would seem to be common sense
if the President desires to main
tail. the respect of the Southern
people.
VERDICT ON SUNDAY.
The Supreme court holds that
a juA' riiay lawfully return a
verdict on tho Sabbath day.
Two of the Judges dissent.
If the jury may go on with
its investigations and return a
verdict into court convened on
Sunday to receive it, why can
not the courts proceed on the
Sabbath to hold its courts and
try Cases ? The distinction will
be hard to draw.
A LOTTERY.
DeKalb New Era.
Recently we received a notice
to publish an advertisement and
render our bill for same, hut
knowing t he laws against lotter
ies to he very strict, we * asked
advi ;e upon the matter, and ns
quite a number of our exchanges
are already publishing the ad.
and to prevent others from do
ing so, we publish the answer
below, which expl tins itself:
VVasiiinoton, 1). O , May 18,
’97. E, ri. Steadman, Edimi"
DeKalb New Era, Decutnr, Ga.
Dear Sir:—The plan of the
Richard Respress Go, of Atlan
ta, to distribute p ises, varying
in value from one cent to one
hundred dollars, >o purchasers
of prise chew ing gum, is a lot
tery, and the advertisement,
sent you for pul iicntion will
render copies of y ur paper con
taining it non-mailable.
Very respei t fully.
Jas N. Tv. nek.
Assistant Attoriuy General, ■
Post Office Department.
Over tho County.
FROM PUCKETTS.
Crops are doing we, 1, consid
oring the cool nights.
Mrs. Era Puckett, of this
place, is still quite “iek. She
has been carried to her mother
in Walton county.
Mrs. Glosson has been very
j sic.* .
M '. John Bret lov** of Wal
ton county was in our midst
last. week.
Mr and Mrs. 1!. E. Ihiyn
were the guests o Mr. u"d Mrs.
W. T*. Wallace last Sunday.
Mrs. Jane Pratt is visitiug
ber brother, A. (>. Bowman,
this week.
Qude a large c-owd attended
the Sunday-school convention
at Hog Mountain on last third
Sunday.
John Mitchell of Peachtree
was in our midst recent h.
•
Miss Cora Hays, beautiful
young lady of '/.'•••> Mill, was
the g eel of Mi.< lfilin.'i Hannah
last tillidua .
The writer had the pleasure
of attending Zion Hill Subhuth
school last Sunday evening.
All our |ieople agree that the
old reliable Hkkai.d is tho best
ci nuty paper in the South. *
Sunday-school at. Hog Motin
tain every Sunday'. Let every
body come. The old jieirple are
specially invited.
Mr. and Mr. A. O; Bowman
visited their daughter at this
[dace lust Sunday.
J. W. McElvaney and wife
visited W. K. Haduway mill
family last Sunday.
Roseoe Bun-11, one of the
leading young in* u of Duncan's
Creek, attended pniuching at
llog Mountain last Sunday.
A tramp passed through our
settlement last week, and sonic
of the neighbors got frightened
at bun.
Mr. Isaac L. Brown and wife
joined tho Primitive Baptist
church at old Iv. y church, and
will tie baptized toe third Sun
day in June at Woodward's
mill.
Dr. tiwin will preach at Hog
Mount:, in on tho second Sunday
m July. Let everybody como
A’vew I vine ( )f '
SPRING 4 SUMMER ROODS.
AX
G.W. & A; P.Cain’s
We have just received our new line of Spring and
Summer Goods. It comprises a variety Of the very
latest and newest
an elegant line of •
K >ry Goods, Notions, 81ioes, Kte.
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 cheap and sell them fast, and the success we 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
Olotliinjj, and Slioch
just received. We can show dozens of different styles of 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 havot a beautiful line of Millinery which weare selling cheap.
Below is a partial list of what we carry :
New line Henrnttas, all
color*, 12 to 50c
A beautiful lmr* of Nan
f-o >k. figured and stripped,
7 to 'do
Black Lawus-plain and
figured •
W into Lawns-piain and
figured-
A nice 1 die of Checked
Muslin.
A Leautifu’ line of Duck
-ail colors, best grade 10c
. J Jiao'; Ratteen.
A beautiful line of tay
lor made sniting- latest out
A big li i* of Organdies
pin l ', \ cllow black, blue
and slatp
■i n elegant'line of Dim
ities.
l>re?s linen.
Cotton plaids, 4A to 5c
Big line of Calicos, all
colors. Turkey Red In
digo Bluo-all colors sum
mer calico, best grade 5c
B g lot bonnet and ditss
ginghams 5 to tic
Big lot Screen, different
prices.
< oiton checks to lie
VvE KEEP A COMPLETE LINE OF HARDWARE
Consisting of How Stocks (Heymon and Georgia Patent) 2 Horse T ll|, n<‘r Plow*
Blow Geai. Guano Horn.,, Scovel and Handle Hoes,
We a's i have a few of the Reed Cotton Planter and Guano Distributors com
billed. 1 his is without doubt the most complete planter and distribu'or male
and we have reduced the price from SIOOO to SSOO- Come early as we have
on'y a few left. We also haftidle the Brooks & Dowlow Planter.
have a nice line of Table Cutlery, Pocket Knives, Razors, Guns, Croeko
<y, Mechanics’ tools, Hei/.s Pickles, Sauce, Catsup. Baskets, Jugwjro and all
kinds of Heavy Groceries,
out and bear him.
Miss Ora Cheek of Zion Ilill
was the guest of Misses Florence
and May liuroll lasi Sunday.
The croquet party givey by
Miss Cora McKlv.iney last Sat
urday afternoon wus an enjoy
able affair.
Guess who found five little
rabbits in one bed.
Rev. 11. N. Rainey gave an
interesting talk at the Sunday
school comv'i at ion on lost third
Suti rday.
Rev, W. R. i 1 islett spent last
Saturday night m our commu
nity.
A A Mauldin w.n here last
week.
J D. Wallace went to Law*
reneevillo on business last week.
Ci I. L. F. McDonald of Law
renoeville attended the Sunday
school convention on last third
Saturday.
Col. Kdom Moon of Logan
Bunting,different colors
White table dam ask,pure
linen, 35c
Red table damask 25c
Seaisland, made at Mon
roe mills, oyer yard wide,
at 5c
Percale, stripped, red,
blue and black.
Perkaline. different col
ors
Silk thread, assorted
colors.
Oharabry. "different col
{%f fl ,
Turkey red floss.
Sheeting-Shirting.
an elegant line of Shirt i
Collars and Cuffs-new
est styles.
A beautiful line of t es.
Rows and scarfs.
A big line of hats at all ■
prices.
Ladies, mens and miss
es hose 5e up
Lvdits and gens kid
gloves.
Ladies silk gloves and
mits.
Ladies and gents hand
kerchief’s seup
ville was in our midst last week.
J. D. Wallace says it is too
late to bo chop|iing cotton. We
can all guess why he says so.
NOTICE TO* APPUCANTS
FOR LICENSE.
The General Examination will
be bold at the court house on
Saturday May the 29th, as or
dered by the Stale School Com
missioner Persons who reside
in this county, and also those
who teach desiring license, are
eligible to this examination. 1
will commence said examina
tion at 8 a. in., and close at 7
p. m. Let all applicants be
prepared, bringing their bas
ket.*, so it will not lie necessary
to leave examination room at
noon. W. T. Tanner,
C.S. C.
John M.Jacobs
—DENTIST,—
Lawkknckviu.e, - - - Ga.
i WOfficeover G. W. A A. P.
Cain’s Store.
Ladies belt?, white, kid
and leather,
Ladies belt buckles.
Gents belts.
New line corsets, diHer
mit prices.
Ladies undervests, 10<j
up.
Gents underwear
Pat. hooks and eyes.
Counter pins.
Towels 5c up. *
Zephyr-all colors, 5c oz
Ciochet cotton, all col
ors, sc, large spools.
K'as tic, different prices
Baby Caps
L it of j ■ans at co t.
Bn -p nders at a 1 p rices.
Window shade*.
Aca Bed ticking.
Matress ticking.
Hickur/ shirting.
Big Hue of jewelry.
I inhrel'as,
Valencines laces.
B ack silk lace
Mull and llamburgFm
broidery.
i user'ion,
Velvetine braiding.
Lte, Etc, Etc.
Cheap Money !
1 tun prepared to secure losim
on real estate for f> years at a
low rule of interest. Parties
cosiring in obtain loans will do
weil to sec me before making
other arrangements
1.. F.M’DONALD.
Lawrmceville.Doo., 21, ’iHi.—-tf
Take M A. Thedford’s Voge
ture- for all diseases of the
stomach. For sale by A. M,
Winn A Son.
When children are fretting,
tossing and wakeful at. nights,
don’t forget a surety—Me*
Daniel’s Ruby Powders.
As a liver medicine, M. A.
Thedford’s Vegeture cannot be
excelled. A. M. Winn A Sou
are selling it at a reduced price.
Ronald K. Johnston!
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Lawrencec i lie, Ua
Patronage solicited; prompt
sxecutiou of business assured.