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BANKRUPT SALE
OF
HARDWAREI
Having bought at Sheriff’s sale
the entire stock Hardware, Stoves,
«
Tinware, Farming Implements, etc.,
Os 0. 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.
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New Garden Seeds.
Al! fresh from the best growers. Genuine
Eastern Irish Potatoes.
Prescriptions carefully compounded.
I 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.
Sgjy. ■ ■
Wholesale and Retail Grocers.
New Silver!
FROM
Gorham & Whiting,
JUST RECEIEVED.
MANGHAM BROS.
■ Morning Cail.
GRIFFIN, GA., JAN. 25, 1898.
Oltlceover Baris’ Hardware Store
TELEPHONE NO. 88.
PERSONAL AND LOCAL DOTS
Maj. A. Randall spent the day in
Atlanta yesterday.
R H. Williamson, of Rover, spent
yesterday in the city.
W. H. Hartnett, of Flat Shoals, was
io the city yesterday.
Dr. J. T. Gray, of Sunny Side, spent
yesterday in this city.
Dr, H. J. Garland made a businers
trip to Atlanta yesterday.
John Ward spent Sunday with rela
tives and friends in Concord.
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. A. Stewart spent
yesterday with friends in Atlanta.
Trainmaster Broyles, of the Central
railroad, was in the city yesterday.
Col. 8. B Burr, of Barnesville, spent
yesterday with relatives and friends in
this city.
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Mrs. J. F. Emerson returned yester
day from a few days visit to relatives
in Orchard Hill.
That dreaded disease, Consump
tion, cured with Thrash's Lung Re
storer aad Consumptive Cure. All
druggists, 50c bottle.
Mrs. Ida Judkins returned Sunday
from Savannah, where she spent some
time visiting relatives and friends.
Mrs. J. H. Huff and her guest, Mies
Mattie Lee Woodruff, of Macon, spent
yesterday with friends in Atlanta.
Alderman R. F. Strickland returned
yesterday from Carthage, Texas,
i where he spent several days on bus.-
I ties?.
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Col. N J Hammond, of Atlanta,
returned home yesterday after spend
ing a lew days in this city with his
daughter, Mrs I). J Bailey
Owing io the death of Col. J D.
Boyd, the proposed meeting of the
Young Matrons Cooking club, which
was to be held this afternoon at the
home of Mrs Wilson Mathews, has
been postponed.
There is nothing better than
Thrash’s Lung Restorer for Coughs,
Colds, LaGrippa and all Lung
Troubles. 50c bottle.
Advertised Letters.
List of letters remaining in the Griffin,
Ga., postoffice, wcek'ending Jan. 22,1898.
Persons calling will pleae say “advertised"
and give date. One cent must be paid on
each advertised letter.
MALE LIST.
R. J. Jeffenes, W. Coleman, Sandy
Allen,. Edwin A. Sautle, W. A. Turner,
Cnas. I. Kengston, P. 11. Hicks, D. E,
Damsey, Thos. Randall, Bar Rile* Bob
Whattv.
FEMALE LIST.
Mesdatnes Jelar Sims, Jane Stallings,
Mires Sear, Misses Cynthia Koon, Flora
Gunn, Rosa Johnson, Jennie Jones, Annie
Bell Miller, Ev. Bullard, Josie Brown.
David J. Bailey, Jb , P. M.
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.
C ASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
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Fine Cane Pasture.
I am prepared to pasture your dry
cows through the winter ; aiso have
several milk cows for sale or to trade
for dry ones. For terms apply to
A. 8. Blake.
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STORY OF THE 818 L...
HOW IT WAS COMPILED, PRESERVED
AND BROUGHT DOWN.
Tll» Record* Began With Abraham nnd
Wore Collected by Ezra—lt Waa Born
In the Little Land of Canaan—Conquered
larael’i Gift to the World.
New discoveries about the Bible are
being made almost daily. The religious
world is startled every now and then
by the announcement that some eld
manuscript has been found or some clay
tablet corroborating Biblical history has
been deciphered. The last few years
have been especially notable for remark
able finds, not the least of which has
been a single leaf of papyrus bearing a
few sayings of Jesus—logia, as they
have been called. These discoveries
arouse a questioning frame of mind.
We ask, how did we get the Bible,
whence did it come, what was the
method of its transmission to us?
Learned volumes have been written, but
only scholars read them. One of the
latest of these is by Dr. William A.
Coppinger, but it is so expensive a vol
ume—only 150 copies have been printed
for sale—that few can read it, even if
they would. The much talked of poly
chrome Bible, edited by leading Biblical
scholars of the world, is an answer to
this demand. Still, the question, how
did the Bible come down to us? ought
to be answered briefly, so that the mass
es of the people can read and under
stand. It is irreverent to the Bible and
the inspired men who gave us this
world classic—the classic—dealing with
the eternal theme of the relation be
tween man and God to think of it as a
ready made volume, dropped down from
heaven bound and gilt edged.
The Bible was born in the little land
of Canaan as the weary caravan, led by
Abraham from Ur of the Chaldees,
pitched its tents and the patriarch wrote
down the promises of the Eternal on
the palm leaves which he found at hand.
This was more than 4,000 years ago,
and that writing was in use so early is
proved by inscriptions found on Egyp
tian steles or Assyrian tablets from
6,000 to 8,000 years old.
The records kept by Abraham and
his immediate descendants undoubtedly
formed the basis of the book of Genesis
and the earlier chapters of Exodus, to
be later utilized by the hand of Moses
and his successors. With the advent of.
this great legislator of the Hebrews the
nation was formed, with bis legislation
as its heart and center. It is probable
that Moses wrote his portion of the Bi
ble upon the linen used for such pur
poses in Egypt, for many large pieces
of this linen covered with hieroglyphic
writing have come down to us wrapped
around mummies. The inscriptions are
still legible. The Pentateuch was the
nucleus of our Bible, the only Bible
known to the Hebrews for many gener
ations. It was written in the ancient
Ibri character, closely resembling the
Phoenician, as by the Siloam in
scription discovered near Jerusalem and
some ancient coins which have been
found. Leaders like Joshua, Gideon and
Samuel wore needed in the promised
land. Singers and prophets, too, arose,
and the scribes of the leaders recorded
what was done. The poets wrote down
their best songs. The prophets’ words
were treasured up by their disciples and
followers. The official records were kept
in the national archives, and the songs
of tho poets and the speeches of the
prophets were passed from hand to
hand. When the kingdom was divided,
records were certainly kept both in the
southern kingdom of Judah and the
northern kingdom of Israel. But much
of the earlier literature was forgotten
in the catastrophe of the destruction of
the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, and
the exiles refused to sing the songs of
Zion as they “sat by the waters of Ba
bel and wept. ” When at last the term
of exile was over and some of the more
devoted Jews returned to rebuild the
walls and temple of Jerusalem, the law
had to be brought back to them.
Ezra was the man for this work, and
he and his coadjutors, the ciders, col
lected tho scattered records of earlier
days and made the first canon of the
Pentateuch. They wrote it in a new
script—Kethav Ashuris, the Assyrian
or square character brought back from
Babylon with them and read and
taught it to the people. By’ this time
some of the speeches delivered by the
prophets of the exile, the second Isaiah
and his disciples, had become so dear to
the hearts of the people that they were
esteemed as classics. Some had preserv
ed the addresses of the earlier prophets,
and gradually a second set of accepted
writings was added to the law. The
older songs, too, were found again, and
new singers were inspired for the serv
ice of the new temple, and the book of
Psalms became its hymn book.
The proverbs of the nation were col
lected by various hands. Other books
were founder written as late as the sec
ond century before the Christian era.
The book of Daniel, for instance, was
composed to inspire a people, fainting
under Syrian oppression, for the Macca
bean revolution. And all this later lit
erature was struggling for acceptance
into the Bible until the canon of the
Old Testament as we now have it was
established in the first century of our
era by the rabbinical school of Palestine.
As the nation Israel sunk under the
waves of Roman conquest the Jewish
spirit held the Old Testament aloft as
its gift to the world.—Clifton Hardy
Levy in Review of Reviews.
Both Awake.
First Burglar—lt's no use try in thet
place t’night. Bill. Tber man an his
wife went in .’bout an hour ago, an I
heerd him tell her he’d buy her a
di’mend necklace termorrer.
Second Burglar—What's thet got t’
do wid it?
First Burglar—Plenty. She won't bo
able t' sleep fer t'inkin ’bout it, an be
won't sleep fer t'inkin how he's got t’
pay fer it. —Landon Fun. t
TO THE THADING PUBLIC,
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To the Bargain Hunters of
Middle Georgia.
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 selling so cheaply. The prices we name are
cheaper than cotton at 5 cents. 5
We have our store rooms well supphed with red
hot stoves to make you comfortable when you visit
our matchless bargain sale, which begins today.
Cotton Goods.
Dress Ginghams, 10: quality, only
sc. yard.
Gilded Edge 4 4 Bleaching, only
4c yard.
4-4 Sea Island just half price, 3jc.
4-4 heavy Sheeting lower than ever.
Calicoes at 2ic.
Turkey Red Calico at 4jc, 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.
Good Feather Ticking at 10c yard.
Feather Ticking that will hold
water at 121 c yard.
Heavy Drilling, worth 10c, our
price during this sale is 6ic.
We will Jet 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,
JEANS anfIFLANKEI.
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
13ic.
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 Suits at $4.65,
cheap at SB.
Schloss Bros. Fine Clothing at un
heard of prices.
Overcoats as cheap as dirt.
2,C00 Sample Hats and Gaps at 50c
on the dollar. We own more Hats
than any one in town.
Miltaiy ÜBjartmeiii
Miss Snyder, who presides over this
department, is unquestionably one of
the finest milliners in the South—she
has few equals any where. Her Hats
are perfect.
She can make an old hat look en-
ZLCZEZET LIE
BASS BROTHERS.
THE BIG STORE IN 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. W T e
bought heavily and our stock is full.
We gave the mills a small check for a
car load of Dress Goods, and all we
want from you is just enough cash to
let us know what home they made
happy.
No\e!ty Suitings, double fold, at
9ic, cheap at 20c.
Novelty Suitings, two tone effect,
i 40 inches wide, at 17ic, cheap at 35c.
Klondike Plaids, double fold, at
12}c, cheap at 25c.
36-inch Novelty Plaids, beautiful
styles, 20c, worth 35c.
Imported Scotch Plaids, greatly
admired, 33ic, worth 50c.
38-iuch Henrietta, black and all
colors, 25c, worth 40c.
48-inch Imported Serge at 40c,
would be cheap at 60e.
Something new in Brocaded Serge
48c, cheap aj sl.
Chaugeame 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 Udies 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 SIIS *
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, ail wool
flanne’, at 25c.
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Notions—
—Underwear
One lot of black Hose at 2ic.
One case ladies fast black' seam less
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 Hand Kerchiefs 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 50:.
All 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 siz:B 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 tor horses,
or horses for mules. If you want a
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.
