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»'-'-' ■ ’ . • • TT? li ATT I 111 IL IVI 11 >VJ v IJ 7- w - . . . - ■ ■ . r _ : > : . .... 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. ' 1 ■!——. —MW— 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.. she . ■ - . 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. I —— 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. f J ■— — 1 R.F. Co. ■ 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. . ■ 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. - ■ 1.. .J..a 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