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Clothing and Gents’ Furnishings. Our stork is in lune with (he demand. Just what is sought afier the most can In* found at our place. What the season, style and trade wants we have. We respectfully ask you to give us a call. WILEY L. SMITH, 23 HILL STREET, GBIFFIN, GA New Crop TURNIP SEED. All Varieties direct from Buists, just received at CARLISLE & WARD. T*— - TOUGH ON FLIES. Something new for the relief ol horses and cattle. One application lasts 24 hours, improves the hair and cures any skin diseases. A good disinfec tant. Try It. A full assortment of all kinds of Drugs and Medicines, Lamps and Chimneys, Paints and Oils, Combs and Brushes, Soaps, Perfumery, Pens, Paper, Writing Tablets, Ink. Please call and see us. J. N. HARRIS & SON. Car Melons Today. Special Prices in Lots! G. W CLARK & SON. CHEAPEST GROCERS IN TOWN. WE WILL HAVE SATURDAY, JUNE 24, Fresh Pine Apple, Tomatoes, “ Cucumbers,' “ Irish Potatoes, “ Squashes. “ Canteloupes, “ Onions, Fancy * “ Bananas, Fresh water Fish, Finest Bread in the South. Try my Graham Cakes. J. M. SEARS. The Grocer. The Evening Cali. GRIFFIN, GA., JUNE 30, ND. Oliiceorer Davis’ Hard ware Store TELEPHONE NO. 82. PERSONAL AND LOCALsDOTS- OH. J. M. THOMAS, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office: No. 23| Hill street, stairway next to R. P. McWilliams «fc Son. Tele phone 27, 2 rings. T. P. Jones spent today in Atlanta. Prof. J. C. Harris, of Rome, was the guest of Griffin friends today Mrs. Marie Ford, of Cedartown, is spending a few days with Griffin friends. Fresh Jersey butter daily. Kept on ice. Lewis D. Clark, 20 Hill St. If you wish first class, ice cold J< r sey Buttt r, call on Lewis I) Ci \rk, 20 Hill S Hon J C Beauchamp, of William son, was among the distinguished vis itors to Griffin today Mie W G. Woodbridge and sin, W illie W oodb.’idge, left this morning to spend several weeks in Atlanta I he City N iiional Bink is painting and iherwise improving i’s building, which will add much to i’- appear ance M:s E , i G:e-ham v ent up to At lantu today, where she will remain for some limo with relatives and friends. Mis* Aiageie McFarland left thia morning foi U,». -»‘y, called there by the illness of In r staer in-law, Mrs Chas Mc I'.il land .'I >js p miso M : Pi, ■■ r- • n aei ■m pa nifd Mrs J F Stew -rt hormi from Dublin and wi'l spend s mo lime with her ni■nv i lends her■ Mi-- Ad.hi Anthony „ d El An ti) ny, w i I, »ve Ii , non visit to I J h i i r 1 ern I at Greenville, will return home tonight Jim Emu < rson, for a number of yeare < ngitiper on tin- Cirrollton road, has be< n promote’, am! is now run no g between Macon end Atlanta. Miss May Woodward, who has been atti tiding the Teachers Convention at Wann Springs, arrived in the city today ami will spend a tew days with ■ i Griffin friends. t I’rof. 11. L. > well, superintendent ] I public SCliooG of Cede, town, was the * 'em st o! his triend, K J, Williams, , this morning while enroute home from i Warm Springs, where he attended the ‘ ’ Teachers Convention. Mr Wiley L Smith holds the belt i so far as the grower of large t< matoee. ' He complimented the Cai.i. office w ith ' one today which weighed 2‘ pounds, • ami if they ever grow larger, we have 1 no recolection of having seen them. Hugh O'Connor, furmeily of this city, but more recently of Columbus, died yesterday in Greensboro, S. C , JUST RECEIVED TODAY, 54 Fine Frying Chickens. 20 and 25cts. First come first served. 75 Boston Hams weighing 3 to 61bs. Will only cost you 10c per pound and just as good as any ham. Fresh lot of good Tea, Green, Black and Mired. Fresh crate Fine Apple-' and Lem ons. M’COWELL & EDWARDS. 4 and his remains have been carried to Columbus for interrment. Mr. O’Con nor was a gentleman of wide acqaint ance, and bis death will be regretted by all who knew him here. The • prayer services which have been field at the Methodist cbifrcb this week have not been attended by large congregations, but have been very helpful and greatly enjoyed by those who have attended. Services tonight at 8 :15 o’clock. There will be no service tomorrow night. Every body is invited to attend the service tonight. Lambert’s Death to Lice and Mites will kill lice and mites on chickens. For sale by Lewis D. Clark, 20, Hill St. The non-advertising merchant con tributes nothing to the growth of a town, because he does nothing to bring business to it. It may be true that he gets bis share of the business that comes to the town’ just &s the drone gets his full share of the honey the working bees bring in. But it is the advertiser, the constant, regular enthusiastic advertiser that brings people from the country fm trade.— Tifton Gazette. Two of the companies in which the Reeves Pharmacy Co. was insured have adjusted the losses sustained by the tire last Saturday night, an d have given their chicks covering the dam age done. The companies which made the prompt settlements were the Na tional Fire Insurance Company, and the Fire Insurance Company of N rth America, and are lepresen't-d by Capt. J. Ileniy Smith The aef.Dnunt was perfectly satisfactory to Messrs Reeves and Brown, who appreciate the efforts of Capt. Smith in securing such an amicable adjust merit of tb--ir losses The Appetite of a Goat Is envied by all poor dyspeptics whose Stomach and Liver arc out of order. All such should know that Dr. King's New Lite Pills, the wonderful Stomach and Liver Remedy, gives a splendid appetite, sound digestion and a regular bodily hab it that insures perfect health and great en ergy. Only 25c. at J. N. Harris & Son’s and Carlisle & Ward's drug store. I **e« of Ad remit?-. It is something now to discover that a bodily affliction can assist one in mastering the difficulties of learning a foreign language, but there is a case of the kind on record. Miss Gertrude came down stairs one morning with red eyes, a swollen nose and a generally distressed appearance. “What is the matter, Gertrude?” asked her mother. “An awful cold in my head,” she re plied. “I am very sorry, ” said her sympa thizing parent. “I was when I got up,” cheerfully rejoined the young miss, “but I’m not now. I can get that French nasal sound exactly. Tray be-ong. Bong zhoor. How’s that?”—Youth’s Companion. Bears the Kind YOU HeVfi Always B ’ht Signature of L&a.yyy/S'' ToB. 7. P. U. Convention The International Convention of the Baptist Young Peoples L nion of America will be held in Richmond, Va , July 13th to 19tb, 1899. For this occasion the Sea board Air Line will sell tickets from all points to Richmond and return at rate of one fare for round trip. Tickets will be sold July 11th, 12th and 13th, good to re turn on or before July 31st, but by depos iting tickets with joint agent at Richmond the limit can l>e extended to August 15th, T 899. The Seaboard Air Line has elegant ly appointed vestibule trains for Rich mond daily, carrying Pullman Buffet Sleeping Cars, and tast schedules. The “S. A. L. Express,” giving passengers a daylight tide, and the Atlanta Special, affording night ride in Pullman Sleepers, placing passengers in' Richmond in the early morning. Seaboard Air Line is the only line oper ating ttdrotlgh Coaches and sleeping ’ cars between Atlanta and Richmond. • reservations, etc , apply to nearest ticket agent. Washings& 1 ukzles a Boy- One Sunday • zrr. -h n hi,. J says (be Washing.in Poe', h> .L. 1 gentleman ms taking a stroll through the Capitol grounds and I e found a small boy gazing at the Mntute of j George W-.-l,;.,git>n atririd in classic I >og a»<■ <I -.1 t ir.g «>:i ■ ■■ p- :. s' i' it ihe j South itotil ol lilt I UllllitiV. 1 111- boy j kept turning In 111 £hje lizure.to the Statue <>f C dull L . poiri. it tj i globe ] in his li ituL ‘Siy, misttr,' said the urchin, with a ptizz'ed look, ‘is tu.it man g"iu t • throw that ball to Washington or not? ‘1 don’t know, my boy. Why do you ask?' returned the gentleman. 'Cause he acts like it, and W tshiog- ‘ tonljhas got his hands ready to catch it.’ The boy pointed to the uplifted ! band of the Father of Hie Country ! with an air of supreme c> eviction. The lad turned to the group per- : fraying the settler trying to wrest the tomahawk from the Indian. That bothered him, too ‘Do you suppose that man's trviu’j to get that hatebet to give to George Washington to chop d »>a u r-. me more | : cherry trees?’ > The gentleman was too convulsed!' • with laughter to reply. • 'Maybe he didn’t lie that time,’ weqt I on the boy, ‘but I’ll bet be did some time or other, lie ; have quit j when be was a man « j ‘Say, mister,’ pursued the inquisl-l ■ live lad, again turning to the half clad j j, figure of Washington, ‘why do yoh . • suppose be ain’t got any clothes on ■ ‘My boy,’said the old gentleman,! 6 with a twinkle in bis eye, ‘he was in > . I such a hurrj’ to be first in war, first io I e peace and first in the liearts of bis j countrymen that he didn’t have time: to put them on.’ i i, ‘l'b-hub,’ said the boy, staggering' under the poser. ‘Well, I’ve just been to Sunday school, and I got to get I . home Good-bye.’ a ■ Heroei of the Pen. ■ j ■ The intensity of application with e which the mind follows whatever it s lays hold of in literary pursuits is ex- i e emplified in the case of Robert Ains worth, a celebrated writer and anti- • quarian of the seventeenth century. He 8 had been for years engaged in a volumi r nous Latin dictionary, and while fas- 8 cinated with this heroic work gave so ‘ little time and attention to his wife I that he incurred her bitterest jealousy, I and before the work was quite complete 3 she committed the whole to the flames. Instead of abandoning himself to de i spair, Ainsworth set to work and re <’ I wrote it, accomplishing the entire work a • in time. The same bitter disappoint . ment was endured with similar heroism by Carlyle when the manuscript of his “Frederick the Great” was destroyed ' by fire. i Lucas County. f ss. Frank J, Cheney makes oath teat he is the senior partner of the firm ot F. J, 8 Cheney & Co., doing business in the City b of Toledo, County and State aforesaid,' and that said firm will pay the sura,., of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each ■> and every case of Catarrh th? t cannot be cured by the use of Hall’s Cat»rrh Cure. FBANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A.! ~ D., 1886. ", ( j A. W. GLEASON, Notary Public, i I Hall’s Catarrh Cure is tak- n internally,j and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system Send i r testin’. - , nials free. 1. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. s Sold by druggists, 75c. 11 ill’s Family Pills arc the I cD. Rights of the Fair Sex Mrs. Lillie Devereux Blake, wh■> be- ■ , lieves women eh o d have more rights, I j raises the question whether they; f should also enjoy th ight to pn ; se i She contends that ■> ben a woman 3 3 meets a man for whom she think- et-e i would make a good r, i■ ( -he s! old j ' have the privilege of it- ..-.g him e .-> And why should ro t t..i- i ■ j (t . ! instead of bright y oung girls having j . to wait for some years, and - ne for- ■ ever, fur a man to propose : > them, j and then, maybe he h < niv aj, cr ’ clerk *<n a small -..i.y Wh -hou’d not a pretty girl be ii!;.,wcd to tell a j rich but phlegmatic I ci : r ip her artlees, iuocceut way, that she loves him "very dearly? ’ And why should a dear old maid, with H<pi. nc nose and glasses, ba eternally I I from etat» ing her case to some t.i ?, kind man? la it It ia a moi -trona custom . thia of letting the girls d all the aim i pering and the men ad the talking! 1 Os course we can imagine, circum eta uc i a v. here a man w.iu-J h a v e w ide* f »pr< .id [ id.He syui; ..shy directed to ’ him But these won :be few and far . between Ihe law jus « ill, of course, i eupp :r- B.ake in her humane' proposals, r. 8 numerous damage suits ■ resulting from injured masculine affections Would be sure to result from i the operations of her plan.—Nashville , American. csre oax, Bears ths The kind You Hare Aja;;.» : Signature zt "A 1 - i_ [ tdacme Tout Bowels With r ftscarev , ttccc'wuL*° n ?“ l * l ‘ M '«evet u L tail. refund moneji IMPORTANT! (oj You should not fail to attend our 60 Day Sacrifice Sale For SPOT CASH. We can save you money and will do it. 87 : a”. $l.O ■ - I bOctfi. Hose. 45 cts. for all 50 cis. Corsets. ‘ 15cts. for all French Organdies worth $2.00 for all $2.50 Corsets. : 30cts. $1.25 for all $1.50 Corsets. i 42cts. (or “No Rub” White Shirts 22cts. for 25cts. Hose. ’ worth 50cts. 12jcts. for all 20ets. Hose. 85-ete. for all ol our SI.OO Negligee 30cte. for all 35cte, Hose. j Shirts. Can’t mention in this space prices on every article in our stock, but will Guarantee you a saving of from 10 to 25 per cent, on all purchases in our line. FIEMISTEfI 1 1®, BASS BROTHERS. Shoes and Slippers, ALL SIZES AND LATEST STYLES. We have too many low quarter ed Shoes, and have decided to sell them very much below their real worth, so we have made another great cut in prices. .'I [ - f C 'Fk- ’"****»>. Drew Selby & Co. make the most stylish Oxford Shoes known to.the trade. We have them in all the pretty shapes. Summer Goods Reduced in price to close them out. G: eat b rgains in everything in Dry Goods, Clothing, Hats and Millinery. miss our Shoe Sale. BASS BROS. REGARDLESS OF AGE Th ■ k.dne . s are responsible for more •Ic!.r ...suffering, and deaths than any oth r rgans of the b >dy. A majority of the ills afflicting people today is traceable to kidney trouble. It pervau-j all classes of society, in all cli mate’, regardless of age, sei or condition. 1 l opt irns oi a; Itiey trouble are un mista’. •. c. as rheumatism, neuralgia sleeplt pain or dull ache in the back a desire to urinate often day or n.ght, pro fuse cr scanty supply. Uric acid, or brick-dust deposit in urine are signs of clogged kidneys, causing pois oned as. 1 germ-filled bio d. Sometimes the heart at s badly, and tube casta (wast : ing ol the kidneys) are found in the urine, which if neglected will result in Bright’s , Disease, the most dangerous form of kid i ney trou 1 All these symptoms and conditions are promptly removed under the influence of Dr. Kuner’s Swamp-Root. It has a world wide reputation for its wonderful cures of distressing cases. No one i.eel be long without it es it is so easy to get at any drug store at fifty cents or one dollar. You can have a sam ple bottle < t this wonderful discovery, iSwamp.Root, and a book telling all abont it, both sent to you absolutely free by mail Send your address to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Bmghamton.N. Y., and kindly mention that you read tnis liberal offer in the Mid dle GkOKOia Fabmeb. 6 Tax Receiver's Notice. I will be at the different places on days mentioned below, for the purpose'■’* i receiving state and county Taxes for the ; year 1899: Districts. April. May. Africa Union I 2 Mt. Zion Line Creek '• 4 2 Orrs 5 Akins Cabin 11 • office in L. C. Manley’s store unti of Ju.y, when my books will be closed. II T. JOHNSON, tild Ga _ J. CHES TN EY SMITH. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office over Griftin Banking Co. - Griffin, Represents the liest and mo” >? Fire, Accident and Sic. iknefit I. Companies in the country. -- iree Addre* ...- tfe., Var* Sterling ’.’l Uied. Co < • “