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jr —. -tW y. — Awiitgv"" ml County I'Ti.mt SI. F'BKyTx,* - Editor 1 h wrence Vi I) f»: - G « 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. ___ ] 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.