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LAGRANGE, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 1, 1893.
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M1D8UMMEB1NOS.
Tho dairying business around La-
tGrauge has assmnoil the proportions of
an important industry. Col. 13. G.
Swanson’s herd is composed of a pure
strain of Jerseys and has a magnificent
range of meadow. Tlio yield of rich
milk brings in a lot of ready money to
the proprietor. Messrs. L. E. Spikes
and A. 13. Norris both run milk-wagons,
delivering tho lacteal fluid daily to
regular customers. Mr. Kidwoll ships
largely to Atlanta and, no doubt, derives
a solid incom^ from his business.
There’s money in it, properly conducted,
as milk and butter are among tho prime
necessities, the demand for which is
unceasing. Forty or fifty dollars a
month, “cash money," above all expen
ditures, is net to be sneezed at in times
like these.
bull. One of her sons is a lawyer o
Chicago, and his office joins that of the
venerable man who was formerly his
mother’s preceptor. Tho young lawyer
is a great favorite with the old one.
Here!
It was tho writer's privilege to havo a
long and pleasant conversation witli this
noble woman, who, all her life, has
movod in the highest circlos and whose
friends are Senators, Congressmen,
diplomats and their wives. A
staunch Democrat, loving, with
unquenchable ardor, her nativo
South, and true to tho political doc
trines taught by her father, she is, never
theless, beloved, honored and admired by
men and women of every school of poli
tics. Logan and Lincoln were sometimes
guests at her home, during the life of her
husband, but she never accepted their Re-
publican creed. She is the highest typo
of a cultured, gentle, sincere woman.
Speaking of grape culture, one of our
largest planters remarked, tho other
day, that he had investigated the busi
ness and was satisfied that it would pay.
He is showing his faith by his works,
and has already started a vineyard,
which he will enlarge, from time to
time. It will require about six hundred
cuttings to set out an acre. The holes
must be well filled with good manure,
and other holes must be made ready for
posts, which latter will cost about seven
cents apiece, or forty dollars for each
acre. The market is unlimited and there
And get these
bargains in Sum
mer goods as I
put the Knife to
them.
1 Choice of all my
$1 and $1.50 Straw
Hats for 50e.
2 Choice of all my
50e and 75c Straw
Hats for 25.
can bo no such thing as over-production.
The grapes can be sold where they hang,
or shipped in refrigerator cars, and, in
either case, tho returns are prompt and
siue. In a few years tho hills about
LaGrange will bo vine-clad and their
juicy product will bo a source of wealth
to those who have the perspicacity to
see and act upon what the future has in
store for the industrious and enterpris
ing. A gbod vineyard is a valuable
piece of property. We learn that a
trade may be consummated within a few
days that will result in a great impetus
to this business in our community.
3 39 pair Ladies
Patent Tip Oxford
Ties, sizes 2; 3, 4, 5,
at 45c pair. Regular
$1 Oxford’s.
41000 yards Indi
an Mull, Cotton Chi-
Oj*hese, Etc., 15c goods,
* * to close out at 8c
yard.
5 Masons qt., Fruit
Jars for 10 days, 8aC
each, $1 per dozen.
These prices
talk for them
selves. “RUN
HERE” and get
them.
Puller E.Callaway
PVfi
Mammoth
Department
Stores.
and
Corner Court Square
Vernon Streets.
LaGrange, - Georgia
Dr. H. R. Slack, who was a delegate
to the World’s Pharmaceutical Congress
in Chicago, and also a visitor to the
Columbian Exposition, says it is an
impressive fact that, though the Fair is
still opened on Sunday through logal
compulsion, the attendance an that day
is ridiculously small, and the manage
ment would be only too glad to save tho
expense of gate-keepers, etc., by clos
ing. On one of the Saturdays lie was
there it was estimated that 180,000 peo
ple visited the great show. The next
day not more than two or three
thousands were on the grounds.
This voluntary abstention from Sabbath
violation demonstrates to the world
more conclusively than if it were en
forced, the fact that tho American people
reverence tho institutions of the Bible
and are responsive to the teachings of
tlieir pulpits on tho great question of
keeping the first day of the week.
We have already noted the presence in
LaGrange of the widow of tho late non.
Orlando B. Ficklin, of Charleston, Ill.,
who, for many years, was a distinguished
Democratic representative of bis State
in the United States Congress. Mrs. Fick
lin, when a girl, was much in Washing
ton City with her father, Senator Walter
T. Colquitt, and there she met the gentle
man who became her husband. They
were married at “The Retreat,” Sen
ator Colquitt’s summer home, two miles
southeast of LaGrange, August 20, 1846.
The place is beautiful for situation and
is now the residence of Mr. A. J. Heard.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
Thomas Samford, the father of the dis
tinguished William F. Samford, of
Alabama, and grandfather of the gifted
gentleman of that name now living in
Opelika. A large party of distinguished
guests accompanied the bridegroom
from Washington. His groomsmen
were Stephen A. Douglas, of Illinois,
Senator David Reed, of North Carolina,
and J udge Bowlin, of St. Louis. In its
personnel, this was the most brilliant
wedding that ever took place in La
Grange.
Mrs. Ficklin was named for her
grandmother Lane, who was Elizabeth
Hill before her marriage to Joseph
Lane, ller mother, Nancy Crane Hill,
was shot in the foot during one of the
battles of the Revolution, whilst engaged
in the wifely duty of nursing her sick
soldier-husband. Ever afterward she
was compelled to wear one high-lieelcd
shoe. Joseph Lane was
uncle of the distinguished Gen.
Joe Lane, of Oregon, who
was nominated for Vice President on
the ticket with Breckenridge. He was
a man of “infinite humor,” prominent
in State politics, for many years a mem
ber of the legislature, great as a fox-
hunter, and figures in Judge Long-
street’s “Georgia Scenes" as one of its
interesting characters. His oldest
daughter, Nancy Hill Lane, married
Walter T. Colquitt, in 1823, and became
the mother of Senator Alfred II. Colquitt
Mrs. Ficklin and Col. Peyton H. Colquitt,
Lorena, the second daughter, became
thejwife of Bennett Ware, one of the lead
ing men in LaGrange. This venerable
lady, well advanced into the eighties, still
lives amongst us. The third daughter,
Eudocia, married Dr. Hampton W
Hill, and the fourth Mr. Fred
Ball. Mrs. Ball, esteemed by every one,
is still a citizen of our town.
The Lane homestead occupied the
site of what is now the place of Mr. J.
E. Toole. Mr. Albert Lehmann lives at
the old home of Mrs. Tarver, the mother
of Walter T. Colquitt.
Mrs. Ficklin was a pupil of the cele
brated Dr. Brown, at Brownwood, and
as a little girl, also attended a school
taught in Greenville by a young man
who afterwards became a United Sena
tor from Illinois—Hon. Lyman Trum-
Good times are coming,
last night irom the
Our four buyers arrived
Dedicatory Services.
The new (2nd) Methodist church was
formally dedicated by Rev. Dr. Warren
A. Candler, President of Emory College,
last Sunday. An overflowing congrega
tion greeted the gifted preacher. The
choir, which rendered splendid music,
was led by Prof. Alwyn Smith, with
Miss Maideo Smith at the organ.
Of .the sermon we cannot say too
much. Like all that emanates from Dr-
Candler, it was original, profound, cap
tivating, impressive and eloquent. He
is a unique preacher, and those who
hear him are always interested, awak
ened and instructed.
His theme was “Faith,” and grandly
did he show its different manifestations
and wonderful power. He held his
hearers spell-bonnd, (that is the word),
for more than one hour, on a hot day,
and they were hardly conscious of the
passage of time.
It was announced that four hundred
dollars were still due on the building
and that it could not be given to God
without being cleared of debt. It
seemed a difficult undertaking, in view
of the great stringency of money, but
Dr. Candler set to work, and when the
congregation bowed in the dedicatory
prayer the last cent had been subscribed
and there were three or four dollars to
spare. It was a generous contribution,
in view of all the circumstances.
The church is a neat and handsome
building, elegantly finished and nicely
furnished. To Rev. W. H. Speer, the
indefatigablo pastor, is due, under God,
the credit of an edifice that will ad
vance His glory, for he it is who has
labored wisely and steadily to erect it.
Success lias crowned his labors and all
good people rejoice with him.
The church is situated on Hines
street, opposite the railroad crossing,
and its location is the most eligible that
could havo been selected. It is conven.
ient and accessible to all the peoplo in
that vicinity.
Dr. Candler preached to all tho
congregations of the city in the
First Methodist church, at night, on
Christian Education. It was a charac
teristic sermon and stirred the audience
greatly.
Eastern Markets,
Where they have been for the past four weeks, and
report more bargains than ever before offered] in
LaGrange, now on the road for our immense
Pensions.
I will collect U. S. Pensions for Indian
War soldiers or their widows. Valuable
historical and documentary information
on hand. No charge made, unless suc
cessful. Address, with stamps,
Flynn Haiigett, Hardeman, Ga.
CRYSTAL LENSES
TRADE MARK.
Quality First and Always.
EMPORIUM.
We are daily receiving the good things they bought
and invite you to come early and see some ot the
many nice goods we have just received. Look
for us next week. We are the People.
out
E. R. Bradfield.
BRADFIELD & SLACK, druggists
have the exclusive sale of these cele
brated glasses in LaGrange, Ga., rrotn
the faotory ot KELLAM & MOORE,
the only complete optical plant in the
South, Atlanta, Ga.