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Vol IX. No. 107.
BURGLARY-
Another Route Entered in Griffin
Sunday Night.
About 10 o’clock Sunday night Mr.
L A. Allman,, of West Griffin, was
aroused from bis slumbers by some one
in his room.
Mr. Allman at once sprang from his
bed and the would be burglar made hie
escape before be was recognised.
An entrance to the home bad been
effected by raising a window, and de
siring to facilitate bis escape ht open
ed the bed room door, which ?-s fast
ened with a lapboard, the lock being
bad, and in removing the board it was
let fall, which caused the alarm.
Nothing was taken from the room,
aa the aalrm was made in making ar
rangements for plundering.
Judge Speer’s Decision-
The case of Brewer & Hanleiter- vs.
the Central railroad, upon the ques
tion of freights, having been decided
in favor of the complainants by the
interstate commerce commission, was
carried into the United States court,
and tried before Judge Speer.
Judge Speer made an exhaustive and
elaborate decision of the case on Sat
urday, setting aside the decision of the
commerce commission, and allowing
present rates on long and short haul
freights to stand.
This has been a hard and prolonged
fight, in which not only Griffin but
many sections of the atate were inters
esled.
Habeas Corpus Denied.
Judge W. H. Beck, of the criminal
court of Griffin, swore out a writ of
habeas cof'pus for the relief of Oscar
McMahon, in prison, charged with
burglarizing the homes of H. C. Burr
and Ed C. Smith, on the morning of
January Ist.
The case was tried before Ordinary
J. A. Drowry yesterday, who dismissed
the writ upon the ground that the ap
plicant had never demanded a trial
A Runaway.
George Evans, a pushing farmer liv
ing near Peeksville, in Henry county,
and Mrs Willard, a widow lady living
in the same community, drove to Jack
son last Tuesday and took the train
for parts unknown.
Evans is comparatively a young man
who has borne a good reputation in bis
community and leaves a wife and sev
eral small children, while Mrs. Willard
leaves a little girl about 11 years of
age The affair has created a great
Sensation in the community where the
parties lived.
They drove Mrs. Willard’s mule and
buggy to Jackson and left it hitched
near the depot. It remained here sev
eral days.—Jackson Argus.
French Women as Business Helpers
In the families where the father con
ducts Any business the wife becomes
bit best clerk, and usually his cashier
The wives are exceedingly intelligent
and acute, extremely sharp at driving
bargains, and accurate in keeping ac
counts. They are their busbands’
partners In every sense et the word,
and it is wonderful to see how they ac
quit themselves of such a multiplicity
of duties. Self is completely annihila
ted, and if weak health is mentioned,
it is never an impediment to what they
have to do for their children, or their
husbands, but is mentioned only as a
disagreeable accompaniment to a nec
essary fatigue, without an idea of using
it as an excuse lor shortcomings.—
Century.
Ownership of Southern Mills-
It is not true that the rapid develop
ment of the cotton manufacturing in
dustry in the South is due to Northern
capital or enterprise. Os the $80,000,-
000 invested in the Southern cotton
mills with their 4,000,000 spindles, 88
per cent, is of Southern and only 12
percent, of Northern ownership. These
figures are given by a Northern man
who has made An investigation of the
subject.—Knoxville Tribune.
- 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.
New Garden Seed.
All fresh, from best growers, for sale
by J. N. HARRIS A SON.
Edison After Gold.
One of the mechanical and industrial
wonders of the age is Edison’s New
Jersey plant for extracting iron from
low.gfade ores. He has been able to
produce apparatus for mining at a
profit iron oret of a grade so low that
they could not be worked by the old
processes. In the new process ma
chinery and electricity take the places
of latge numbers of laborers. The
work is nearly all automatically per
formed. No hand touches ’the ore
from first to last, and nearly all of the
operatives employed are machinists
and repairers.
Mr. Edison himself is authority for
the statement that he has turned his
attention to a new process for mining
low grade gold dres, and that, within
the course of two years, he expects to
have a plant in operation. He will
come south for his gold ores, setting
up his first plant in Georgia, South
Carolina or Alabama. ' There is a gold
belt in the south fully seventy-five
miles wide, lying chiefly in Georgia,
Alabama and the Carolinas, and run
ning in more or less narrow strips from
the mountains to the serf,” says he.
"These are mostly long abandoned
veins bearing ores of such a low grade
that it is impossible to mine them at>
profit by ordinary methods." Mr.
Edison says with bis new process he
can make money from working ores
which assay as little as $1 25 per too,
no matter how refractory they may be.
There are many refractory oies which
assay as high as S4O to the ton, which
cannot be profitably worked, because
of the difficulty of separating the gold
from the rock. No ore, Mr. Edison
says, is too rebellious for his new pro
cess; his machinery will make them
give up their wealth, and that quickly,
too.
The great inventor has been looking
over the southern gold field. It would
not pay to set up one of bis proposed
plants to work a small deposit, or even
a moderately large deposit, since it is
calculated a first-class plant would
cost in the neighborhood of $1,000,000;
but Mr. Edison finds there are plenty
of big deposits in the south. One of
them, of which he has informed him
self, "is large enough to keep one of
my plants busy for 500 years.” ’At the
end of that period of time, gold mining
will probably be a thing of the past.
The people will probably be getting all
the gold they want out of the sea
water.
Mr. Edison’s invention, no doubt,
means much for Georgia. It is well
known that very extensive deposits of
low grade gold ores exist in the north
ern part of this state. Some of the
low grade deposits are now being more
or less profitably worked by the com
paratively new cyanide process. When
the “electrical wizzard”enters the field,
the probabilities are that the gold pro
duction of the south and of the coun
try will be vastly increased. Indeed,
it may be that Edison, with his elec
trical machinery, will solve the gold
and silver problem for us.—Savannah
News.
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the City National Bank wil
be held at the bank on Tuesday, Jan,
lllh, 1898, at noon. A full attendance
is requested. J. G. RHEA,
Cashier.
DISSOLUTION NOTICE.
The firm of Scott & Horne has this day
been dissolved by mutual consent, W. P.
Horne retiring, and J. A. Scott assumes
all debts due by Scott & Horne, and all
debts due to Scott & Horne to be paid to
J. A. Scott. J. A. SCOTT,
W. P. HORNE.
Dec. 81, 1897.
I will continue the former business at
the old stand, where I hope to meet and
serve my friends as heretofore. I shall
endeavor to merit the patronage of the
public by legitimate dealings,
J. A. SCOTT.
”a card.
To My Friends and Customers:
As you will see the firm of Scott &
Horne has been dissolved, and I have
bought out the stock of goods of Robt L.
Williams, and will henceforth be found a*
the Scheurman Store, where I will be
pleased to serve my friends, I trust, as
well in the future as in the past.
Thanking ydu for past lavon, I am,
Respectfully,
Jan. 1,1898. W. P. HORNE.
Fine Cane Pasture.
lam prepared to pasture your dry
cows through the winter; also have
several milk cows for sale or to trade
for dry onee. For terms- apply to
A. 8. Bup.
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 11.1888.
Two New Champions of Marriage.
We do not bear as much of the in
quiry "Is Marriage a Failure?” now, as
we did sometime ago, but it is doe,
possibly, to the fact that no topic can
hold its place on the public stage long
in this fast moving world of ours.
Fads have their day, and pass away as
suddenly as they came. This is true
in the field of fashion, literature, poli
tics, philosophy acd science alike.
But though the discusaiob of marriage
as a failure baa ceased to agitate the
public mind, the custom is Just as
much in rogue as though its success
had never been challenged.
Two new champions of marriage
have recently come before the public.
They reason from entirely different
points of view, but they are both in
earnest, and neither has lacked ample
opportunity for observation. Justice
Epbriam Keigwin, of Jeffersonville,
Ind, who married 8,600 con pies in
thirty years, says:
"Marry young, is my advice. If you
cannot marry young, marry as young
as you possibly , can, and, above all,
marry. Most marriages are compro
mises, anyway, a matter of give and
take, and as a whole it is belter for a
man and a woman to be married,even
if they do quarrel occasionally, than
it is to remain single. I believe that
married life makes people better. It
has more restraining influence, which
is found in no otbei relation. It throws
a responsibility on men and women
which few shirk wholly. There is
more genuine, saving religion in the
marriage ceremony than in any other
ceremony performed by men.” *
Dr. Edward B. Foote, of New York
city, gives facts and figures to show
that 90 per cent of the inmates of our
insane asylums would not be there to*
day if they had been married at the
proper time. Dr. Foote thinks that a
law should be passed making it com
pulsory for all young people to marry
between the ages of 19 and 25. Speak
ing of bis views Dr. Foote said:
"We have no means of getting at
tbe exact figures on insanity in the
United States at tbe present time, but
we have a good criterion in tbe figures
compiled on tbe same subject for Great
Britain. This report shows that at
every age from 19 to 65, and even up
ward, the chances of a tingle man be
coming insane are six times greater
than tbe chances of a married man
going mad. Between the ages of 20
and 24 the odds against tbe single man
are something like 77 to 10, although
they become slightly smaller as tbe
ages increase.”
Dr. Foote said from his experience
io having charge of an insane asylum
he believed these ‘figures equally ap
plicable to the United States.—Augus
ta Chronicle.
Stepping Stones
Men attain high political office by
means of situationsover which they
have no control, and which may be
called accidental stepping stones.
Hard cider and tbe log cabin elected
William Henry Harrison president of
the United States. His war record
Washington, and nothing less could
have done it, for every big man in the
country wanted tbe office; He had
more opposition than all tbe other
presidents combined, with tbe excep
tion of Adams. Appomattox sent
Grant to the White House. Guiteau
elected Arthur to tbe highest office.
Hickory poles and the battle of New
Orleans elected Jackson. A plate of
hot soup, which General Scott refused
to leave, made Zachary Taj lor presi
dent. Andrew Johnson reached tbe
white house through tbe fanatacism of
John Wilkes Booth. And so on and
so on to the end of tbe chapter.—New
York Press.
Devious Definitions.
Parlor—Matrimonial market place.
Proverb—An undisputed fact with
whiskers on it.
Curiosity—Tbe man or woman who
is not curious.
Blubber—The usual result when a
small boy.gels whaled.
Contrast—The goodness of ourselves
and the badness of others.
Agnostio—A man who knows very
little and is not sure of that.
Boodle—A buy-word popular among
a certain class of politicians.
Molehillv-Tbe foundation .upon
which real estate builders build moun
tains.
Affection—Something a girl dishes
out to her male friends just before
Christmae.—Chicago Daily Newe.
Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets.
Candy eyre constipation forever.
10c,35c. HC. C-C. fail, druggist* ref undmoney.
Cashier.
Royal (flakes the food pure,
royai.
SB’S
" ROVAI BAKINS FOWOU CO., MO MOSS. '
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Why This Difference!
The prodigal son may return, but
how about the prodigal daughter? As
Taras the world is concerned there is
no mercy for the returning prodigal
daughter. The son may wallow in tbe
mire and filth of polution, feed upon
husks of sin and infamy, and if be
will come back in becoming raiment
and knock at the door of society, be I s
eagerly received within its portals j
marriageable daughters smile and
simper at the moral leper and fond
mfaimai are very gracious and hind in
feeling their womanly duty to encour
age the dear fellow to do better now
that be has sown his wild oats. But tbe
repentant daughter! Ahl Hush!
Breathe not her name in the precincts
of society 1 Keep her out! Push her
onward to the suicide’s grave, and af
ter having appeased your righteous in
dignation return to pelliug and caress
ing the “dear boy” who has made a
start to get back to the path of recti
tude. Ten to one be never got back.
He knows he can wade up to bis eyes
in sin and still keep bis place in soci
ety.—Cleburne (Ala.) Plowboy.
Deafness Oannot be Cured
by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to care 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 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 case of Deafness (caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free.
F. J. Chunky & Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Hall’s Family Pills are the best.
CA.STOFLXA..
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Educate Yonr Bowels With CaacareU.
.„ Ci !E < l y Cathartic, cure constipation forever,
we, 25c. If C. C. C. fail, druggistsrefund money.
Jesse.
“THERE IS SOMETHING
ROTTEN IN DENMARK,"
Hamlet exclaims. Possibly he had just
gone through the seat of some old chair
and found it out to his sorrow. There is
nothing like handsome, new and up-to
date furniture for general satisfaction and
all around comfort, and we havetbe latest
designs and styles in parlor, library, dining
room and bed room fufnitnre on* display
for your inspection.
CHILDS ftCODDARD.
H.P.EftDY&Ca
IN HILL BUILDING,
Buggies, Wagons and Hamess.
We give good prices for your old
Buggy and Harness in exchange for
new ones. All kind of repair work
promptly done. ,
H. P. EADY & CO.
ONE FOURTH OFF
FOR SPOT CASH.
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You can bay any OVERCOAT, SUIT or WOOLEN UNDERWEAR ia oar
store for TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT off of market prices. "*■
Hard times make it difficwlt tor people who actually need a suit or overcoat to
buy. But at these prices, ONE FOURTH OFF, any body can buy:
$ 4.00 SUITS OR OVERCOATS.fOR $ 3.00.
5.00 “ “ “ “ 3.75.
6.50 “ 4.88.
° 7.50 “ “ « “ 5.63. I
8.50 “ “ 8:37.
10.00 “ “ “ « 7.50.
12.50 *< “ u 9.38 lH
15.00 “ “ “ « 11.25.
18.00 “ “ “ « 13.50.
THESE PRICES ARE ABSOLUTELY FOR THE CASH.
ANY ONE HAVING AN ACCOUNT WITH US CAN ’HAVE THESE
GOODS CHARGED AT REGULAR MARKET PRICES.
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R.F. Co.
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You all know the policy this store—“ Don’t e
cany over any goods that it is
possible to sell?'
TO CLOSE OUT OUR ENTIRE WINTER STOCKS, WE OFFER THEM
AT PRICES BURE TO SELL. COME IN, SELECT THE GOODS WANTED
AND WE WILL AGREE ON THE PRICE.
REMNANTS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION AT YOUR OWN PRICE.
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THE SHOE STORE.
THIS WEEK WE MAKE A SPECIAL RUN ON $2.00 SHOES FOR MEN
AND WOMEN. SEE OUR WINDOW FOR (SOME'OF THE STYLES THEY
ARE JUST THE KIND YOU PAY SB.OO FOR ELSEWHERE.
CHILDRENS SCHOOL SHOES, IHE KIND THAT WEARS.
LADIES FINE SHOES AT REDUCED PRICES.
MENS FINE SHOES AT REDUCED PRICES.
R. F. STRICKLAND & CO.
Edwards & Power’s
RACKET STORE
tNVITE THE PUBLIC TO CAIX
I r-% AND SEE OUR LINE OF
Dolls & Holiday Teys,
’ ESS A VARIKD UNB AT
> PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES. ONLY
sltrfl HR a few cents 111101 thb
xZSy LITTLE ONES HAPPY AND NO
| CHILD SHOULD BE NEGLECTED.
, fl I WE WILL TAKE PLEASURE IN
- (J- 1' SHOWING YOU WHAT WE HAVE.
EDWARDS & POWER.
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ITOTICE! ITOTICEI
OWING TO THE LOW PRICE OF 'OUR CUSTOMERS’ PRODUCT
COTTON-WE HAVE DETERMINED TO LOWER THE PRICE OF GOODS.
WHICH MEANS LEBB PROFIT. NOW WE WILL SELLtCHEAPKR 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