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* • > BANKRUPT SALE HARDWARE! i I Having bought at Sheriff s sale the entire stock Hardware, Stoves, Tinware, Farming Implements, etc., of C. H. JOHNSON & SONS, we are determined to close it out with in 60 days. Such bargains in Hardware as you will find in our store have never before been offered in Griffin. W. D. Davis & Bro. SELLING OUT Cut ZPrices I A VISIT TO MY STORE WILL CONVINCE YOU THAT HAVING JUST BOUGHT OUT THE STOCK OF R. L. WILLIAMS, I AM PREPARED TO GIVE YOU BARGAINS, EVERYTHING AT COST, a SAVING OF 25 PER CENT. ON EACH PURCHASE. WE CAN SHOW YOU A NICE LOT OF CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, WOODENWABE, NOTIONS OF ALL KINDS, UMBRELLAS, .TRUNKS, VALISES, RIBBONS, SHIRTS, COLLARS, CLOTHING, JEANS, FLANNELS AND WOOLEN DRESS GOODS AND MENS HATS. ALL INCLUDED IN THIS SACRIFICE BALE. TXT. HOHITE, 21 Hill Street--at Scheuerman Store. ■m..'. ' - - - ■' New Garden Seeds. All fresh from the best growers. Genuine Eastern Irish Potatoes. Prescriptions carefully compounded. J. N. HARRIS & SON. NEW GARDEN SEED New crop 1898 Garden Seed. Also Buist Seed Irish Potatoes, Onion Sets. Now is the time to plant to have early gardens. G. W. CLARK & SON, Wholesale and Retail Grocers. New Silver! from Gorham & Whiting, JUST RECEIEVED. MANGHAM BROS. I - Morning Cail. GRIFFIN, GA., JAN. 21, 1898. Officeover Davie’ Hardware Store TELEPHONE NO. 22. PERSONAL AND LOCAL DOTS Wallace Gadden, of Zebulon, was in the city yesterday. Mrs. J. M. Kelley visited friends in Atlanta yeaterday. J. H. Walker, of Hampton, was in the city yesterday. Tbos. Glosier, of Hollonville, spent yesterday in the city. B. H. Bow dep, of Raleigh, spent yesterday in the city. W. M. Hawkes, of Atlanta, spent yesterday in this city. \ * Robt. O’Donnelly, of Atlanta, spent yesterday in this city. Capt. W. H. Hartnett, of Fiat Shoals, was in the city yesterday. G. W. Langford, of Barnesville, spent yesterdaj’ in the city. Mrs. McGahee, of Zebulon, was in the city shopping yesterday. Will Boynton left last night to spend a few days in Thomaston on business. Mrs, J. F. Stewart left yesterday to spend several days with relatives and friends in Atlanta. That dreaded disease, Consump tion, cured with Thrash’s Lung Re storer and Consumptive Cure. All druggists, 50c bottle. 8. D. Cowart, of Murray county, is spending a few days with friends in and neur this city. J. J. Rawles and bis charming sister, Miss Mary Rawles, of Zebulon, were in the city yesterday. David Waxelbaum has moved bis stock of goods to Atlanta, where he will do business in future. Judge Samp Harris, of Carrollton, spent yesterday in this city as the gjiest of Judge J. 8. Boynton. There is nothing better than Thrash’s Lung Restorer for Coughs. Colds, LaGrippe and all Lung Troubles. 50c bottle. Capt. T. J. Hightower; of Atlanta, came down yesterday to spend a few days with friends in this city. Mrs. W. C. Eider left yesterday for Newnan, where ehe will spend a few days visiting relativesand friends. Doughs Boyd returned ?yee e day from Atlanta, where he attended the entertainment al the Grand given by the Bostonians. , Mica Mattie Leo Woodruff, of Ma con, ia spending a few days in the city the guest of Mrs. J. H. Huff. Miss Woodruff is quite a favorite in Griffin. Geo. A Niles left last night for At lanta, where be will be with David Waxe'.baum. George is one of Griffin’s most worthy yodng men,and bis many Griffin friends will ever rejoice to learn of bis success and happiness. The Call yesterday in speaking of the speeches made in the trial of the burglars, spoke of the argument made by “Col. E. W. Beck.” It should have been by Col. W- H. Beck. There were three Judge Becks in Griffio, and to get their initials mixed was quite easy, but ws are sure our readers generally knew to whom allusions were made. A Warning to Bachelors. “Young men tenacious of life,” says The Chicago Times-Herald, “should read an interesting book on the subject by Dr. Schwartz, of Berlin. The doc tor has given much time to the study of longevity and the conclusions at which he arrives are based on statistics which seem in all respects reliable. “He begirra with the bold statement that any one who desires to live for four score and ten years should get married. In other words, he claims that conjugal life is a necessary condi tion of longevity. Here are the statistics which support his elatejment: Os 200 persons who had reached the age of forty years the doctor found that 125 were married and 75 unmarried. Os 70 men who bad reached the ago of sixty years be found that 48 were mar ried and only 22 unmartied. “He next took 38 men, each of whom was in his seventieth year, and he found that 27 were married and 11 unmarried. Finally he took 12 men> each aged ninety years, and found that 9 were married and three unmarried. It may be claimed that no sure conclu sion can be drawn from statistics of this nature,for the reason that the institu tion of marriage is spread all over the world, and hence it is natural to find the majority of persons married. Dr. Schwartz in reply again brings for ward some curious statistics. These statistics show that the mortality among bachelors between the ages of 30 aud 45 is as high as 27 per cent., whereas among those who are married it does not exceed 18 per cent. “It is evident,” says a French writer who has closely studied Dr. Schwartz’s statistics, “that we must acknowledge the potency of these figures, and that if we desire to live to a good old age wo should get married as soon as pos sible. We should certainly do so if we wish to live a full century, for Dr. Schwartz cites the cases of fifty cen turians, net one of whom is a bachel or A curious fact, too, is that these fifty centurians all widowers ” First Person Photographed. It was in 1842 that John Draper, then a professor in the University of New York, made the first portrait photo graph. The subject was Elizabeth Dra per, his sister. Professor Draper had the idea that in order to produce distinct facial outlines in photography it would bo necessary to cover the countenance of the person photographed with flour. This seems a strange notion now, and it proved not to be a good one then, for all of Professor Draper’s early attempts were Finally he left off the flour and then was quite successful. This so delighted him that he sent the picture to Sir William Herschel, the em inent English astronomer. Sir William was in turn delighted and made known Professor Draper’s success to the scien tific men of Europe. He also sent Pro fessor Draper a letter of acknowledg ment and congratulation, which has been carefully preserved in the archives of the Draper family. Cruel, but Neceeuary. The Eskimos dread the winter and take early precautions to provide against famine. As the season approaches the great herds of reindeer migrate south ward, and the walrus or the seal are all that remain for food. When an in wind is blowing, the wal rus is easily found on the outer edge of the ice packs. When it is blowing off the shore, however, the ice packs sail out to sea with the walruses on them. The natives then class their numbers in a list from the strongest to the weakest. The food that is in store is divided up, the weakest having the smallest quan tify, the strongest the largest. Thus the mightiest hunters have strength to pro vide for the others. It is a cruel system, but, nevertheless, a necessary one. If all were weak, all would die; if some are strong, they will save many of the weak. Anticipating the Obeequy. A poor man lay dying, and his good wife was tending him with homely but affectionate care. “Don’t you think you could eat a bit of something, John? Now what can I get for you?” With a wan smile he answered fee bly: “Well, I aeem to smell a bam a-oooking somewheres. I think I could do with a little bit of that. ” “Oh, no, John, dear,” she answered promptly, “you can’t have that. That’s for the funeral. ’’—London Telegraph. TO THE TRADING POIILIC, - oi • To the Bargain Hunters of Middle Georgia. I You are respectfully invited to attend the greatest CUT PRICE SALE of Merchandise ever inaugurated in Griffin We have the best selected stock of Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, Clothing, Hats, Gents’ Furn ishings, Carpets, Rugs, Millinery and Groceries that we are going to sell. ■ You may think this quite an undertaking when cotton is selfing so cheaply. The prices we name are cheaper than cotton at 5 cents. . We have our store rooms well supplied with red hot stoves to make you comfortable when you visit our matchless bargain sale, which begins today. Cotton Goods. Dress Ginghams, 10c quality, only sc. yard. Gilded Edge 4-4 Bleaching, only 4c yard. 4-4 Sea Island just half price, 3|c. 4-4 heavy Sheeting lower than ever. Calicoes at 21 c. Turkey Red Calico at 4|c, cheap at 7c. All grades of Calico and Percals go in this sale at unheard of prices. Canton Flannel, all the numbers beginning at 4}c. Goo'd Feather Ticking at 10c yard. Feather Ticking that will hold water at 12ic yard. Heavy Drilling, worth 10c, our price during this sale is 6fc. We will let you price our Cotton Checks when you make us a visit. To make the above prices on staple goods necessitates a purchase of a car load, which we have done for you. JEANSMfIFLAHNEL 15 pieces school boy Jeans worth 22c, our price 15c, 40 pieces of Ky. Jeans worth 40c, our price 22c. Plain red Flannel, all wool, at 10c. White Flannel cheap at 20c, now 13}c. Red Flannel heavy twill at 18}c and 25c. Neckwear, Suspenders, Toilet Articles, Combs, Belts, Hair Ornaments, Zephyrs, Embroidery Silks, etc., at reduced 'prices. CLOTHING! Clothing to fit every one at half price. Childrens Knee Pants 25c, 35c,J50c and up. Mens odd Pants 50c, SI.OO, $1.50 and up. Mens Suits at $4, well worth $6.50. Black Clay Worsted Suite at $4.65, cheap at SB. Schloss Bros. Fine Clothing at un heard of prices. Overcoats as cheap as dirt. 2,000 Sample Hats and Caps at 50c on the dollar. We own more Hats than any one in town. Millwy Dejartmeni Miss Snyder, who presides over this department, is unquestionably one of the finest milliners m the South—she has few equals any where. Her Hats are perfect. She can make an old hat look en- MEET X4ZS BASS BROTHERS. THE BIG' STOREiIN GRIFFIN. Our French Flannel cannot be du plicated in quality or price for 25 per cent, more elsewhere. See our Eiderdowns at 38c and 48c for cloaks and sacks for children. Woolen and Silk Dress Goods. We have made some purchases re cently that have made us think there was no value to wool or silk. We bought heavily and our stock is full. We gave the mills a small check fora car load of Dress Goods, and all we want from you is just enough to let us know what home they made happy. Novelty Suitings, double fold, at 9tc, cheap at 20c. Novelty Suitings, two tone effect, 40 inches wide, at 17 ic, cheap at 35c. Klondike Plaids, double fold, at 12ic, cheap at 25c. 36-inch Novelty Plaids, beautiful styles, 20c, worth 35c. Imported Scotch Plaids, greatly admired, 33}c, worth 50c, 38-inch Henrietta, black and all colors, 25c, worth 40c. 48-in ch Imported Serge at 40c, would be cheap at 60c. Something new in Brocaded Serge 48c, cheap at sl. Changeable Taffeta Silk at 30c — great bargain. Black Brocaded Taffeta Silk at 75c tirely new, with but little cost. If you want a stylish Hat or Bon net—one that you will not be ashamed of—come and get Miss Snyder to serve you. She will please you in every way. BLANKETS. 10-4 Bed Blankets at 25c each. Heavy Comforts at 50c each. Counterpanes and Sheets in abund ance. Buggy Robes—a nice Xmas present Handsome line of Rugs, Carpets and Mattings. Rugs 29c and up. Fur Rugs at $2.50 to $4.50, Ladies’ Capes. 100 ladies heavy Capes at 48c, worth sl. 75 ladies fur trimmed Capes at 78c, worth $2. 46 ladies plush Capes at $4.35, worth SB. Capes and Jackets at all prices. Black Brocaded Taffeta Silk at $1.13 cheap at $2. Black Brocaded Taffeta Silk $1.58 Cheap at $3. 15 Dress Patterns at 98c—all we could buy. 10 Dress Patterns at $1.40 —all we could buy. 8 Dress Patterns at $2.00 —all we could buy. - 7 Dress Patterns at $3.20. Don’t miss these bargains. Broadcloth at 70c, 85c and $1.25. 20 pieces French Plaids, all wool flannel, at 25c. Notions— —Underwear One lot of black Hose at 2}c. One case ladies fast black seamle® Hose, we break the record on quality —only sc. One case heavy black Hose —they beat the world for the price—a dime. An immense stock of Handkerchiefs and Gloves for Santa Clause. 10,000 Handkerchiefs at 1c each. 20 dozen Handkerchiefs at 5c each —nice quality worth twice that amount. Heavy fleeced lined Undershirts worth 25c, our price 15c. Extra heavy fleeced lined Under vests at 25c, cheap at 50c. A ll wool Undershirts at 41c, Camel Hair Undershirts at your price—we bought them that way. Shoes, Shoes. 1,500 pairs of Sample Shoes and Boots to go on sale today. Nearly all sizes for children; for ladies and mens heavy winter Shoes at a discount of 33i per cent. A great opportunity to buy Shoes. Shoes at 25c, 35c, 50c, 75c, SI.OO and $1.25. Bring your feet along and we will do the balance. Another car of fine young Tennes see mules received and will sell for cash or on time, exchange young mules for old mules, mules for horses, or horses for mules. If you want • horse or mule come to see us. Our stables are full of stock. Mules will be very much higher after Xmas. We have three new buggies to sell cheap. < Two milch cows, with young calves to sell for cash or on time. Every one is invited to see our offerings-