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■ . . - .• ' ■■. . , , mi TT7 ATT I M H VI( jK FX I t I jAmml JL JL JL I. It JL w AJL vJ Vol IX. No. 104. bubglabs abbested. Five Young Men Held on Serious • Charges- Yesterday completed the arrest of the five young man believed to have committed the robberies here on New Year’s morning. Those under arrest are : Guy Owens, Oscar McMahon, Ed Etheridge, Gray Britt and Jim Willis—young men, but of not very savory characters. Jim Willis was arrested in Barnes* ville Wednesday afternoon by officer Phelps and,brought up Thursday and placed behind the bars.' Gray Britt was arrested in Macon yesterday and officer Phelps went after him last night. Oscar McMahon and Ed Ethridge have told Chief Ison much of the bur* glaries, and there is now no doubt but the gang will be broken up, and it will establish the fact that Griffin has in Ison, Gordon and Phelps a trio of des tectives that she should be proud of, as it has been a tedious case to hunt down. As an evidence of the difficulties the chief and bis co-wotkers had in mak« ing the it is only necessary to relate Barnesville’s attitude toward them in the matter. Early Wednesday m< ruing,a’ter the arrest of three of the suspects, it was learned that two of the gang—Britt and Willis—had fled. Mayor Davis called up the police of Barnesville, and made enquiries after the fugitives, and was informed they were there The Barnesville authori ties we;e asked to arrest and bold them until the evening train went down and an officer would go after them, as they were wanted in Griffin on State war rants. The Barnesville officials refused to make any arrests unless a specified re ward was offered. They were assured a liberal reward would be paid, but they still declined to aid in capturing the refugees, aud Mayor Davis was forced to send an officer down by pri vate conveyance to make the arrest. When Policeman Phelps reached Barnesville he soon arrested Willis.but Britt could not be found. But this is not all. Phelps was not allowed the use of the town prison of Barnesville, in which to confine his prisoner through the night, and Phelps was thus forced to sit up all night and guard bis prisoner. Britt escaped some time after his arrest upon a state warrant had been asked, and went to Macon, where the police know him and knew he was wanted in Griffin, and pulled him and wired Mayor Davis they had his man —send after him, which was done. Thp-flifl'erence between Barnesville and Macon in this transaction is patent to all, and it may be said the greatest difference is not in popula tion. Death of Mrs. Maddox- Wednesday evening Mrs. A. J. Mad dox, who has lived with her husband and reared a family near Orchard Hill, for years, ate her supper, as usual, but before 10 o’clock she died. The deceased was a stout, healthy person, of a jovial temperament, the light and life of her home and large circle of friends Despite all this she was, of late years, troubled with a heart affection, but never regarded it serious ly- On Wednesday night soon after the shades of darkness enveloped the outer world she was stricken down with her heart trouble, and expired before a doctor could reach her bedside. By this sad and sudden death not only the family but the entire com munity was thrown into tiro greatest grief and sorrow. Advertised Letters. List of letters remaining in the Griffin, F Ga., postoffice, week ending Jan. 1,1898. Persons calling will pleae say “advertised'* and give date. One cent must be paid on each advertised letter. MALE LIST. Tom Alexander, W. M. Brown, Wash ington Howard, Alex McLoed, George Roberts, J. Q. Roark, Henry Wimbush (col), G. W. Wise. FEMALE LIST. Mrs. Lucy Adikins, Mrs. Annie Bone, Lousa Rogers, Mrs. Anna Scott David J. Bailey, Jr., P. M. NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS. The annual meeting of the stock holders of the City National Bank wil be held at the bank on Tuesday, Jan. Utb, 1898, at noon. A full attendance is requested. J. G. RHEA, . ? Cashier. THE QUESTION OF BATES. Judge Speer Preparing an Important Decision on the Griffin Case- Judge Speer will probably have bis decision in the Griffin rate case ready by today or tomorrow. He has been studying the question since the hear ing was had in December, and has about made up his mind. At least, he has obtained a vast amount of data, and has gone actively to work on drawing up the decision. This matter has been dtosely watch ed by the public since tiro date of its hearing, because it has a great deal to do with the affairs of the towns and cities in the state. Some of Macon’s wholesale merchants have been beard to say that if the ruling of the inter state commerce commission is sustain ed by the courts the big wholesale houses in the cities will have to go out of business. Os course, such an ex treme view is not taken by all mer chants, but it shows bow much im l * portance is attached to the question In February another case of even greater importance, but involving practically the same principles, will be brought before Judge Speer in Savan nah In that trial nearly all of the towns and cities in the state are direct ly interested It grows out of the interstate commerce commission’s de cision in regard to the long and short haul clause which has been before the public so long. Unless Griffin should prove an exception to the other towns of the state, the decision in her case, naw under consideration, will have a great deal to do with the determination of the case at Savannah—Telegraph. Some Figures. When the pension appropriation bill was being railroaded through the House the other day, Mr. Dingley, the man who seems to be the official figur er for the Republican party, threw out a few figures that are a little startling. The pension bill carrying an appro priation of $140,000,000 went through like it bad been greased, just as it came from the committee. But the New York World takes the Dingley figures and summarizes as follows : What is the meaning of this pension appropriation of one hundred and forty millions of the hard earned dol lars of the people? That greatest of figurers, Dingley* showed one aspect of it—total cost of running the government, $2.50 ; inter est on the public debt, 50 cents; pen sions, $2! As there are 975,000 pensioners, one family in every fourteen in the coun try is largely supported by a collection of $2 from each member of the other thirteen families. But a better way of realizing the grab is by means of the table of the probability of human life used by our life insurance companies. Double the chances of life as shown by these tables. Assume that everybody who took part in the war was alive and well at the end of it. Assume that the average age of the participants was only 32 years in 1865, Assume that everybody was married in 1865. Still you get this result: There ought to be now alive less than 100,000 soldiers and widows of soldiers who were wives at the end of the war. The pensioners outnumber the prob able survivors nine to one! A miracle! A miracles 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 permanently overcome habitual constipa tion, well-informed people will not buy other laxatives, which act for a time, but finally injure the system. Deafness Cannot be Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased, portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, 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 is entirely closed deafness is the result, and unless the inflammatinn can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroy ed forever; nine cases out often are caused by catarrh, which is -nothing but an in flamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c, Hall’s Family Pills are the best. GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 7,18#8. • Why Leave Out Cotton I The New York World, in an editori al comparing the value of our gold output last year with tbervalueof some of our crops, says: “For example, while our gold output is worth $61,« 500,000, our corn is worth $491,000,- 000, our wheat $310,600,000, and even our lowly oats $132,500,000 ” Has the World forgotten the south’s great crop ? Is the cotton crop of so little account jn the estimation of that papier that it does &ot even thiuk of it when calling other crops of tfie country ? The value of the cotton, which was harvested last year is about $260,000,000. It may be more than that, it will hardly |>e less. Not more than half this crop is yet mar keted, and a substantial advance in the price would make a very considerable difference in the value of this crop, The price is low—remarkably low. If the price this season had been 8 cents per pound instead of 5, the money value of the crop would have been greater than that of the wheat crop, notwithstanding the high price of wheat But high as the price of wheat is, it is doubtful if the value of the wheat exports will be as great as that of the cotton exports. Cotton exports are depended upon to keep the balance of trade in our favor, and cotton eventu ally will unable us to greatly increase our expprts of mauufactured goods. Cotton was king once, and when the south has mills enough of her own to manaufacture her cotton crop, it will be king again. The whole world then will have to buy cotton manufactures from the south. The World makes a mistake in passing cotton by as if it were no longer a crop of consequence. —Savannah News. _ « Should Women Swear? A lew days ago in a trial in Alabama two women were sworn in as witnesses. It was in a federal court, and the pre siding judge expressed some doubt as to whether women should be sworn in the courts. The Ledger says this brings up an old and interesting ques tion of how much sworn testimony is worth anyway. Judges and juries bave'in all times had hard work to sift out the truth of any case before it. No witness is accepted without ques tion in any case. It is, the Ledger thinks, true that most men intend to swear the truth, but is also true that most swearing is inaccurate and un certain. But should women swear? In the case in question each woman swore right through the hour for her side, and never wavered. One was wrong, but which? Men who have to be about a court very much do not place much stress on a woman's testimony, but at the same time they do not believe men absolutely. It seems difficult for tbe female mind to discriminate between whatshe believes and wbat she knows. This is universally true of women. But we are getting beyond what we intended—merely to throw out a fede ral judge’s thought, for conversational uses. 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 ELIZIB.; 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. James, Bell Station, Ala., writes: I have suffered greatly from indigestion or dyspepsia. One bottle of Lemon Elixir done me more good than all the niedicine I ever taken.- ' s ~ A GARD. 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 relief 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 .HOT DEOPS. Cures all Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, Sore Throat, Bronchitis, Hemorrhage ana all throat and lung diseases. Elegant, re liable. Twenty-five cents at druggists. Pre pared only by Dr. H. Mozley, Atlanta, Ga. L lucatc ionr Howell With Cascareta. Candy Cathartic; cure constipation forever. 10c, 25c. If C. C- C. fail, druggists ref und money. Royal makes the food pare, wholoSOtKlß AS4I delidOTMa <*! Uy fl ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., HEW YORK. How a Prophet Fell Down- There is a prophet abroad in Colum* bia who may be known by his beard. About Christmas, 1895, when at Bruns wick, Ga, a certain present of whisky Which had been made to him fell into the keeping pf Mabry, the express agent, and disappeared It could not be recovered, and he believed that Mabry bad appropriated it. Where upon he lifted up bis hands and pro phesied, saying to Mabry : “You’ll be in the penitentiary within two years.’’ As he remarked yesterday, but two years and one week had expired when Mabry found bimself in jail for rob bing the “x press company. A decid edly dangerous prophet to monkey with! Yet a prophet with a little of the Mabdi in him, for the state of Georgia has no penitentiary for Mabry to enter. —Columbia State. Wants to See Big War. Wbat we want to see is a big war over China. There is not a power in Europe that doesn’t need a first class licking. The principle governments have been taxing their people outrag eously for years in order to enable the diplomats to make faces at one an other aud the soldiers to insult and bully civilians. It is time the sol diers did something to earn their liv ing. A general war between the pow ers will show the folly and tbe danger of vast war establishments, and it is the only thing that will bring about disarmament—Topeka Capital. The Great Salt Lake of Utah, the Galilee of tbe Mormon, is seventy miles long and fifty miles wide in its widest part, with a preaent*max~ imum depth of forty feet, though much of its area does not exceed from twelve to twenty, says the New York Tribune. Fifty years ago, when the Mormon first fared thitber, it was much deeper, exceeding 100 feet in places, and its average being much greater than present measurements show. Just now it is two feet lower than has ever been known, and the lo cal savant conjectures that it is grad ually turning into a body of fresh wa ler, The theory is supported by an examination of tbe waters of number less springs which used to pour pure brine into the Jake, the outflow of many of them being now quite fresh, as if they had exaueted the under ground deposits of salt of which they were formerly the solvent and carry ing vehicle. Still, of the lake in gen era), it may be safely asserted that its salt will long outlast that of the doc trines which its pioneer apostle pro mulgated along its shores, and though it occasionally shows, as at present, a particularly low water mark it is not going to dry up altogether for a long time to come. Electric Eight Blindness. Several cases of blindness from electrio lights have been reported. Ono was a stoker on ship board, who suffered great agony. He walked the floor, holding his hands to his eyes and moaning. The tears literally poured from his eyes. Under treatment ho soon recovered, when ho gave his physician the following facts: One afternoon he stood for the space of about three minutes looking at an electrio drill, which was being used to drill holes In a steel plate. Ho was standing about 85 or 40 feet from the drill. At the mo ment he observed nothing unusual, but when he returned to his own work he had peculiar sensations In his eyes and every thing looked as though covered with gold. This state of things continued for some time, when he turned in and went to sleep. Three hours later he woke up in great pain, which did not subside until cocaine was applied. Another case was also a stoker, who looked at a drill and experi enced the same peculiar conditions as to color, alhthlngs being a clear golden yel low. The surgeon declared the condition to be akin to snow blindness, but said that the intense irritation of the nerves brought this state of affairs about. It is claimed that a number of casea of this kind have occurred in dockyards wberf electric drills were first introduced, the men standing about and looking on as a matter of curiosity.—New York Ledger. * ONE FOURTH OFF FOR SPOT CASH. You can buy any OVERCOAT, SUIT or WOOLEN UNDERWEAR in our store for TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT off of market prices. Hard times make it difficult tor people who actually need a suit or overcoat to buy. But at these prices, ONE FOURTH OFF, any body can boy: $ 4.00 SUITS OR OVERCOATS.*FOR $ 3.00. 5.00 “ “ “ “ 3.75. 6.50 “ 4.88. 7.50 “ « « « 8.50 “ “ . “ “ '6:37. 10.00 “ “ “ “ 7,50 12.50 " « *9.38 15.80 “ “ “ “ .IIJS. 18*00 “ “ “ ** / 13.50. THESE PRICES ARE ABSOLUTELY FOR THITCASH. ANY ONE HAVING AN ACCOUNT WITH US CAN HAVE THESE GOODS CHARGED AT REGULAR MARKET PRICES. A // ■ -‘-r - ■ " .-'..j *. R.F. Strickland & Co. w Useful and Ornamental ■ Si Christmas Presents. “ .. r, '. i GENTLEMENS TAN AND RUSSIA HOUSE SLIPPERS. BLACK AND TAN ROMEO ELASTIC SIDES. GENTLEMENS FINE PATENT LEATHER SHOES. ' s. XT . •• BROWN WILLOW CALF SHOES. LADIES FELT LINED HOUSE SLIPPERS. “ FUR TOP ROMEO. “ FINE' SHOES AND OXFORDS. “ EMBROIDERED AND HEMSTITCHED HANDKERCHIEFS “ FINE HOSIERY AND GLOVES.' INFANTS SOFT SOLE SHOES IN COLORS. Low Prices to Everybody. • _ B. F. STRICKLAND & CO. Edwards & Power’s RACKET STORE ‘ (ih-jk we invite the public to call gtJrjiji AND SEE OUR LINE OF Dolls Holiflay Toys. /gyZ r WE HAVE A VARIED LINE AT < PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES. ONLY Sgrikß ISn A FEW CENTS WILL MAKE THE BM LITTLE ONES HAPPY AND NO I II" CHILD SHOULD BE NEGLECTED. I I WE WILL TAKE PLEASURE IN ' ~~~ SHOWING YOU WHAT WE HAVE. EDWARDS & POWER. I XTOTICZ! ITOTICEI 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 * SON. Ten Cents per Week