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__ ~ ' • - ’ THE MORNING CALL. . VoL IX. No. 101. Anti-Flirting Law«- At its last session the legislature of Tennessee passed what is known as the “Johnny law.” The legislature of Vir ginia has before it a similar bill, and the -probabilities are that it will be passed. In broad terms, the Tennes see law and the proposed Virginie law are designed to minimise the danger ous pastime of flirting, especially as it is indulged in school girls to the neg lect of their studies. It is well enough understood, of course, that the actual prohibition of flirting is beyond the power of the law. So long as there are smiling maids and susceptible young gentlemen, just so long will there be flirtations, and love passages and marriages. But it occurs that not all young men are young gentlemen. In almost every city there is a class of young chaps who persist in forcing their attentions upon girls. They are to be seen banging about prominent corners, about theater doors and else where, ogling and smirking at tbp ■ girls upon all possible occasions. They even take lueir brass cheeks to the churches, and attempt th?ir flirtations at the church doors, if not in the sanctuary itself. The chief end of the laws referred to , above, then, is not so much directed against flirting, per ee, as against these "Johnnies.” They are nuisances, and it might be said that the legislation against them is merely anti-nuisance legislation. It is proposed that the Virginia law shall be very broad and sweeping, going much further than the Tennessee law, which has especial reference to the young loafers hanging around school houses. The Virginia law will take in the theaters, the street corners, the churches and other public places. It will endeavor to prevent bold and ill-bred young men from an noying passers-by and others who do not desiie their attentions. Meantime, whether the bill becomes law or not, it would be risking nothing to say that Cupid will hold court in the Old Dominion the same as ever’—Savan nah News. When Bryan Was Mentioned One of the most striking things to our mind at the Newnan gathering on Friday was the lack of enthusiasm when the name of Hon. W. J Bryan was mentioned. /We would not construe it to mean that the democrats of Georgia have any the less loyalty to the Chicago platform, but it was somewhat as if they thought “we don’t know whether we want him or not, and we don’t care.” The applause was not a spon taneous outburst, but rather scattering* There were a few vociferous io ap plause of Bryan’s name, but it was not general. . The mind of the banqueters was in tent on state issues and the state cam paign, and all seemed most interested in that feature. While we attach no significance to the incident as indicat ing any special opposition to Mr. Bry an as the next candidate of the na tional democracy, yet we record it as an interesting fact,—Rome Tribune. Incendiary’s Work. Saturday night some fiend took a bottle of kerosene and poured it upon the floor of John Ison’s new home, be ing built out on the Zebulon road, one and a half miles from Griffin, and then applied a match.- The oil burned a hole through the floor, but the walls failed to catch, and there being no litter or trash beneath the house, and the lumber ip the building being new, the fhmes went out of their own accord, doicg no fur ther damage than recorded above No clue is had to who attempted the dastardly act. Public School Notice for 1898. Public schools will be continued the present year six and one half scholas tic months, or 130 days. The first term embraces the mouths of January, February, March and April, closes , on the 6th of May The summer term will begin July lltb end continue two months 1 A temporary examination will be held Saturday, Jan. 15th. By order of the board : J. O. A MILLER, C. 8 C. O-a. SM.'OjptX. House For Rent Cheap. Close to business and schools. Best ™ter in Griffin. Apply to Mrs. L. R. West, Milledgeville, Ga, or W. M. Thomas at court house. Why the South Will Win. I Other things being equal, the cost of » any product of labor is less in a warm and genial climate, like that of the I cotton-growing states, than in the rig » oroua climate of New England. The ■ single item of fuel cuts a large figure ’ in the expense account of a New Eng i land family redding in a city, hut Jit amounts to very little in the cotton belt. Clothing and bedding are other indispensables in which the New Erg landers labor under great disadvantage compared with their southern compet itors. Rents are higher in a cold than in a warm climate, because it is neces sary to construct more costly dwellings in the one than in the other. Food is naturally more abundant in the south than in the eastern states, for vegeta bles and fruits grow with little care, and two or three crops can be grown annually on the same ground in most of the southern states. For these solid reasons, which neither legislation nor labor organizations can change, it will always cost less for subsistence in the south than in New England. And the cost of subsistence has such rela tion to the cost of labor, and, there fore, to the cost of production, as must inevitably be a permanent factor in manufacturing industries. Other things being equal, this single fact would give the cotton states a steady reliable advantage in the business of converting their staple into cloths. But other things are not equal, as the south has one other and much greater advantage which, resting like its cli mate on nature’s laws, can be held against all competitors for all time. The proximity of the factory to the leld would of itself enable the south ern manufacturers to make money in turning out goods at prices below cost of production in mills far removed from the fields.—Washington Post. Admission to the Bar. The Forsyth Chronicle publishes the following: -Among the many wholesome laws enacted by the legislature was one pro viding for the admission of applicants to plead and practice law in this state in the future. As is well known the law regulating the admission of appli cants to practice law has been so loosely enforced that the bar in Geor gia has become. ctpwded with young men utterly incompetent and unfit to assume such responsible obligations* Nobody has realized this fact more clearly than our supreme court. To remedy the evil that has crept into the practice all over this state, the legisla ture at the session just adjourned pass* , ed a law changing the manner of ob . taining license to practice lawr The law we understand provides that c< rtain questions shall be prepared by the j idges of the supreme court and forwarded to the judge of the superior court, where theapplicant resides, who , shall keep the same a secret. The ap plicants are required to come before the judge or his representatives when the questions are furnished and they are required to make answer then and there. The applicant signs the exam ination paper by a number, withhold ing bis name. The paper thus an swered and signed is forwarded to the supreme court by the judge of the su perior court, who will then pass upon the application. It will be seen that when the supreme court passes upon the application they do not know the name of the applicant. The above is a brief outline of the terms of the law. Under the opera tion of this law, if strictly enforced,no more incompetent lawyers will be turned loose on the people of Georgia. In Olden Times People overlooked the importance of per manently beneficial effects and were satis fied with transient action; but now. that it is generally known that Syrup of Figs will 1 permanently overcome habitual constipa tion, well-informed people will not buy other laxatives, which act for a time, but , finally injure the system. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. , « , ’ No-To-Bm for Fifty Cents. Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weajc men strong, Wood pure. soc.SX. AU druggists. FOR RENT. 1 A5-room residence on Poplar street. The house contains 5 rooms, a cook room and servants’ room. A good well of water and garden. Adjoins Dr. McDonald’s | home. Apply to J. D. BOYD. GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 4,18 M. Revising the Inner Man- Verily, whither are we drifting? The wise men of the medical profession i have given an opinion to the effect that that troublesome incident of the i human anatomy, the vermiform ap pendix, is useless except for the pur pose of producing an aristocratic complaint, appendicitis, and making large doctors* bills. Tbe lay public had about settled down to the belief that it would be a good idea for all who conld afford it to have the vermi form appendix extirpat\l», when now comes news from Switzerland that not only that little annoyer, but the whole stomach, is not essentially necessary to life; in fact, that the stomach and its variona appendages is rather a menace to comfort and good health. Happy discovery I With the stomach, vermiform appendix, etc, removed early in life, infantile cholic would be abolished. There would be no more walking the floors at night in vain efforts to quiet the heir apparent, and no more searching in dark and dan gerous closets for squills and paregoric. There would be no more reason to fear grape seed, and the young hopeful’s bill of fare might be extended witjj impunity. And then, later along in life, there would be no reason for tak iug “a little something for the stom ach’s sake,” to the great benefit of the pocketbook and the nerves. Now, if the good, kind doctors would just discover bow one could get along without a liver, they would confer an inestimable blessing upon the bunam race. What a picnic life would be with no stomach and no liver! A poor liver, or a badly conditioned one, is the cause of a very, very large part of the trouble in this world. A bad liver is the bane of the profusions! man who permits that part of bis internal economy to get out of order through not taking enough exercise. And while the liver is being gotten rid of, it might be just as well for the doctors to abolish the kidneys also. They are second only to the liver in causing trouble.- It is not possibly, that we have been civilized up point where we do not actually need all of these trouble-making organs? Stomachs, livers and kidneys were no doubt necessary to man when he ex isted in the rough times of the stone age, and possibly also in the medieva* period. Ages ago men ate roots, ber ries, raw herbs, raw meats and the like. I' Now they subsist on scientifically pre pared foods. There is no telling what wonderful 1 things the doctors have in store for mankind in the future. The only thing to be feared is that they will , remove so much of the internal econ omy that a great deal of the fun of living will be spoiled—Savannah News. Eat Plenty of Lemons. An experienced and highly respected , physician gave a Valuable hint the other day, which all may find valuable. “I am convinced,” said he, “not only from prac tical personal experience, but on the theo retically scientific grounds also, that a safeguard against much prevalent summer illness lies in the free use of lemon juice.” —Athens Banner-Watchman. - • MOZLEY’S LEMON ELIXIR. A PLEASANT LEMON DRINK. Cures indigestion, headache, malaria, kidney disease, fever, chills, loss of appe tite, debility, nervous prostration and heart failure, by regulating the Liver, Stomach, Bowels, Kidneys and Blood. Lemon Elixir is prepared from the fresh juice of lemons, combined with other vegetable liver tonics, carthartics, aromatic stimulants and blood purifiers. W. A. Jambs, Bell Station, Ala., writes: I have suffered greatly from indigestion or dyspepsia. One bottle of Lemon Elixir done me more good than all the medicine I ever taken. A CARD. For nervous and sick headaches, indi gestion, biliousness and constipation (from which I have been a great sufferer),! have never found a medicine that would give such a pleasant, prompt and permanent re sos as Dr. H. Mozley’s Lemon Elixir. I have used it in my family for years—it has never failed in a single case. J. P. Sawtell, Griffin, Ga. MOZLEY’S LEMON .HCT DROPS. Cures all Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, Sore Throat, Bronchitis, Hemorrhage and al! throat and lung diseases. Elegant, re liable. % . • Twenty-five cents at druggists. Pre pared only by Dr. H. Mozley, Atlanta, Ga. Administrator’s Sale. STATE OF GEORGIA, Spalding County. By virtue ox an order granted by the Court of Ordinary of Spalding County, Georgia, at the December term, 1897, of said court, I will sell to the highest bidder before the courthouse door in Spalding county, on the first Tuesday in Feb ruary, 1898, between the usual -hours of sa’e the following property, to-wit: Five shares of the capital stock of the Southwestern Railway. Sold as the prop erty of Mrs. Martha T. Trammell, late of said county, deceased, for the purpose of Eying the debts and division among the irs of said deceased. 7 arms cash. BOBT. V HEATON, Administrator of Estate of Mrs. Martha T. Trammell. ■v ryas-i-*- ' ■ ? ■ ; Royal makes the toad para, KOYAI ■ BBSB * POWDER Absolutely Pure H ’ . z ' ■ '■ ’ ROYAL BAKING POWDtR CO., MW YOM* A Logical Reault- The Dipgley tariff law is directly re sponsible for the situstiou in the Fall River district By erecting unparal lelgd barriers to trade, it bas enraged the best consumers America bat bad for her products, and they are buying elsewhere. Home consumption will not take all the products of American cotton mills. Other countries which have been liberal purchasers, finding our ports shut against the products they have to sell, are buying their cot ton in more friendly districts, and American workmen suffer in capse quence.—Dea Moines Leader. Deafness Cannot bo Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one wav to cure deafhese.and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an Inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it u entirely closed deafness Is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroy ed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an in flamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any cue ofwdhess (caused by catarrh) that Cannot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cura. Band for circulars, free. ■d Ohbney & Co., Toledo, O. Sold w Druggists, 75c. __ HairsTamily Pills are the best. CABTOR.IA.. fiw- /9 _ ■tails y/T/t <7 njj Still Lefting. A. K. Hawkes received the gold medal highest award from the great Exposition, ' superior lens-grinding and excellency .n the manufacture of spectacles and eye , glasses. This award was Justly earned by Mr. Hawkes as the superiority of his glasses over all others has made them .among all over the country. They an ' now being, gold in over eight thousand cities and towns in the U. 8. Prices are never reduced, same to alt. J. N. Harris & Bon have a full assort ment of all the latest styles M. o. bowdoln Renting Agent, No. 31 Hifl street, - - Griffin, Ga. WM. E. H. SEARCY, JR., Counsellor at Law, GRIFFIN, ,‘GA. GENERAL PRACTICE. 50 Y KARS’ EXPERIENCE ■ **s 1 IJ V I * /. ■ ■ ■ , B ■ ■ ■■ k ■ fb j JB 4 Trade Marks Designs r vrvw ’ Copyrights Ac. Anyone «eo<Hn< a (ketch and dMeripOon may 1 SdtiHlfic American. ■—■■us! ■,■ ■■■■■■■- i -j DISSOLUTION NOTICE. The firm of Brewer & Hanleiter is this day dissolved by mutual consent W. H. Brewer assumes all debts due by Brewer & Hanleiter and alldebts due to Brewer A . Hanleiter to be paid to W. H. Brewed W. H. BREWER, W R HAJSTLEITER Griffin, Ga., Dec. 17,1897. I will continue the wholesale grocery business on my own account Thanking all for their liberal patronage to the firm of Brewer A Hanleiter, I hope to merit and continue to receive the same patron age for myself. My ambition is to make Griffin a regular jobbing city where the surrounding country can get their supplies as cheap as any market in the state or Isewhere. W. H. BREWER. ONE FOURTH OFF FOR SPOT CASH. •- > / — 0 You can buy any OVERCOAT, SUIT or WOOLEN UNDERWEAR in ow store for TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT off of market price* Hard times make it difficult tor people who actually need a sail or overcoat to buy. But at these prices, ONE FOURTH OFF, any body can buy: $ 4.00 SUITS OR OVERCOATB4FOR $ 3.00. 5.00 “ “ “ “ - 6.50 “ 4.88. 7.50 « “ « « 5.63. 8.50 “ “ 6:37. 10.00 “ “ “ “ 7.50. 12.50 ** “ * 9.38 15.00 “ “ “ « 11.25. ■BOS “ “ “ “ 13.50. THEBE PRICES ARE ABSOLUTELY FOR THE CASH. ANY ONE HAVING AN ACCOUNT WITH US CAN 'HAVE TW»RR GOODS CHARGED AT REGULAR MARKET PRICES. - r j w w y r -r ' ■ _ : ' A R.F.Strickland&Co. I■■. 1 ■ . ■ . —(p)_— ■ 1 Usefill and Ornamental JI Christmas Presents. < ' ' * - '■ uO GENTIEMENS TAN ANP RUSSIA HOUSE SUPPERS. j BLACK AND TAN ROMEO ELASTIC SIIJES. GENTLEMENS FINE PATENT LEATHER SHOES. “ BROWN WILLOW CALF SHOES. LADIES FELT LINED HOUSE SLIPPERS. W M FUR TOP ROMEO. “ FINE SHOES AND OXFORDS. “ EMBROIDERED AND HEMSTITCHED HANDKERCHIEFS 1 “ FINE HOSIERY AND GLOVES. 4 J INFANTS SOFT SOLE SHOES IN COLORS. > Low Prices to Everybody. R. F. STRICKLAND & CO. .s._ _ ...» Edwards & Power’s /■ RACKET STORE i INVITE THI PUBLIC TO CALL I * AND BEE OUR LINE OF- - Holls i Joliiay Toys. . XyAy PRICES TO bUIT THE TIMES. ONLY Ski m li'WR a raw cents will 11x0 thb LITTLE ONES HAPPY AND NO |||p- CHILD SHOULD BE NEGLECTED. I 111 —WE WILL TAKE PLEASURE IN ~ SHOWING YOU WHAT WE EDWARDS & POWER. - ■ 'L'LJ.f i ’ !'. . ■ . . 1 --1" 1 X-■. ■«■■■!■» NOTICE I XTOTICE 1 OWING TO THE LOW PRICE OF OUR CUSTOMERS’ PRODUCT COTTON-WE HAVE DETERMINED TO LOWER THE PRICE OF GOODS. WHICH MEANS LESS PROFIT. NOW WE WILL SELL CHEAPER THAN EVER, FOR CASH ONLY. WE URGE OUR FRIENDS WHO OWE PAST DUE BILLS TO COME AT ONCE AND SETTLE. N. B. DREWRY A SON. Ten Cents per Week