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BANKRUPT SALE
OF
HARDWARE!
Having bought at Sheriff’s sale
the entire stock Hardware, Stoves,
Tinware, Farming Implements, etc.,
of 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 & Bis.
-St-‘ f
New Garden Seeds.
All fresh from the best growers. Genuine
I Eastern Irish Potatoes.
Prescriptions carefully compounded.
J. N. HARRIS & SON.
NOW!
Nov we have new crop Lemons, fine Yellow Bananas, Pickle
Tripe, Plgsfeet, all Polk Sausage, Plain and Self-Rising Buck
vkeat, Georgia Canned Peaches, Home Canned Peaches, Home
I, Made Jelly, New Prunes.
We always have In stock Corn, Hay, Beans, Cotton Seed Meal and Hulls.
G. W. CLARK & SON.
Wholesale and Retail Grocers.
. New Silver!
FROM
Gorham & Whiting,
1 «* JUST RECEIEVED.
MANGHAM BROS.
Morning Cail.
GRIFFIN, GA., JAN. 28, 1898.
Office over Davis' Hardware Store
TELEPHONE NO. 82.
PERSONAL AND LOCAL DOTS
Gilman Tutwiler spent yesterday in
Atlanta.
Dox Martin, ci Newnan, was in the
city yesterday.
Will Logan, of Chattanooga, was in
the city yesterday.
In a few days now and active gar
den work will begin.
W M. Combe, of Locust Grove, was
in the city yesterday.
Dr. J. P. Starr, of Sunny Side, spent
yesterday in the city.
J. W. Beldin, of Sunny Side, spent
yesterday in this city.
Mrs. Florence Reeves returned yes
terday from Montezuma.
Mrs. E. W. Smith, of Locust Grove,
was in the city yesterday.
Dr. J. D. Yarbrough, of Williamson,
win in the city yesterday.
Mrs. D. D. Malaier, of Hollonville,
spent yesterday in the city.
Mrs. Jas. M. Caldwell, of Drewry
ville, was in the city yesterday.
The farmers will kill the remainder
of their meat this cold weather.
Mis/May Bell Ballard, of William
son, spent yesterday in the city.
Charles and Jack Sullivan, of Zebu
lon, spent yesterday in the city.
There is nothing better than
Thrash’s Lung Restorer for Coughs,
Colds, LaGrippe and all Lung
Troubles. 50c bottle.
Mr*. May Yarbrough, of William*
sou, spent yesterday in the city.
Mr. and Mrs. Lovick Blanton, of
Zetelia, were in the city yesterday.
Col J. D. Dominick, of Zebulon,
spent yesterday with hie Griffin friend?.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas Wheeler spent
the day with friends in Atlanta yester
day.
Up to date this has been the mildest
winter experienced here in many
years.
Col. Samp. Harris, of Carrollton,
was in the city yesterday for a short
while
Randall Clifton, T P. A of the
Southern railway, was in the city yes
terday
The blizzard promised for this sec
tion was of a mild type, yet it was ac
ceptable
J. H'. Milner, the clever and popular
sheriff of Pike county, spent yesterday
io the city.
Mrs. T. J. Marshall and sister, Mies
Lizzie Dunn, of Hollonville, soent yes
terday in (be city.
Mrs. W. A. Freeman and Mies Mollie
Johnson left yesterday for Atlanta,
where they will spend a few days vis
iting friends.
That dreaded disease, Consump
tion, cured with Thrash’s Lung Re
storer and Consumptive Cure. All
druggists, 50c bottle.
There is considerable speculation as
to who will be elected county commis
sioner, to fill the vacancy created by
the resignation of Col. T. R. Mills
Mrs. G. H. Worthington left yester
day for Birmingham, Ain , in response
to a telegram announcing the serious
illness of hergrandson, Hilliard Worth
ington.
Capt. J L. Bass came over from
Rome last evening and will spend to
day in talking to the boys in his busi
ness house here They are always glad
to have him call on them.
FOR RENT.
A5-room residence on Poplar street.
The house contains 5 rooms, a cook room
and servants’ room. A good well of water
and garden. Adjoins Dr. McDonald’s
home. Apply to J. D. BOYD.
FT. OXTIA.
FIREMEN’S WATCHFULNESS.
Habit, of Vqtflanc. That Prar.nt a Con*
ra/ie’z Danger From Being Overlooked.
After twoMOore firemen had been tak
en unconscious from the cellar of a
burning building in Chambers street a
curious citizen who wandered inside
the fire lines asked: 53
“How do they happen to know in all
this confusion and noise that men sup
posed to bo fighting ’fire in the cellar
have been overcome by smoke and are
lying down there unconscious, and
how, too, with nearly 40 men rescued,
do they know that there are not more
men in the cellar in a similar predica
ment?”
Under the circumstances the question
was perfectly natural. It was a dark
night and the fact that the electric
lights for a block east and west sputter
ed constantly instead of giving a steady
light did nos improve matters. All was
confusion around the burning building.
Firemen were running every which way.
Policemen were beating back the crowd
which was struggling to get near enough
to the engine house to see the prostrate
firemen within. Ambulances and fire
engines blocked the street, and firemen
; were clambering over the roofs of ad
joining buildings, yelling hoarsely at
one another and seeking places to fight
tbo fire.
Naturally in all this confusion it was
a matter of wonder to one not familiar
with the ways of firemen how in the
world they could tell whether or not
any of their comrades was*in danger.
The cellar of the building was full of
thick, black smoke, which no man
could live in even for a short time, and
besides that the temperature was down
to zero, for the fire was in a cold stor
age warehouse and the freezing rooms
were in the cellar.
There is a system in the fire depart
ment by which the men can keep track
of one another. The rule is for the men
of each company to look out for the
members of that company. This makes
it comparatively easy for the men to
keep track of one another, for there are
rarely more than a dozen men in a
company, and each man in it knows
about where his comrades are working
at a fire.
The custom among the men is to keep
constantly inquiring for one another. If
Jones hasn’t happened to see Smith for
some time, he immediately asks the
first man of his company that he comes
across where Smith is. If that man can’t
tell, the inquiries go on, and so a man
| can’t be missing for very long without
his comrades knowing it Then it is an
easy matter to trace Smith to the last
task he was ordered to do, and as a rule
he is hauled safely out of danger. From
constant usage the system has become
almost perfect, and the cool courage
that it has developed has made the de
partment one of the finest in the world.
The men will risk everything and go
against the most tremendous odds to
save a comrade.—New York Sun.
A Wheelman’s Device.
4 Ingenious wheelmen of Nice have put
an end to the tribute of lives which
a hill near that city has been ex
acting from them. At the bottom of
this declivity, it seems, there is a sharp
turn, then a bridge with a low parapet,
and just beyond a terrible amount of
nothing at all except scenery. Long ago
the French Touring club put a sign ad
vising caution in a conspicuous place at
the top of the descent, but this did not
prove sufficient to overcome the fatal
attraction of the abyss, and wheelmen
continued to precipitate themselves into
the view—which, by the way, was pri
vate property—with a rapidity that
threatened in time seriously to diminish
the club’s annual receipts from dues.
After long study of the problems,
, financial, aesthetic and others, which
the case involved, it was decided to sus
pend just beyond the parapet a strong
net neatly w’oven of steel wires. The
very day after it was put in place a bi
cyclist came coasting wildly down the
hill, struck the stone wall, left his wheel
—it wasn’t worth taking any farther —
and took a graceful header into the net.
For the first time it wasn’t necessary
for the newspapers of Nice, in giving
their regular news from the bridge of
Raminguo, to say anything about “a
plunge into eternity. ” Since then the
net has saved an average of four lives a
week, and so well known have its pow
ers become that picnic parties from the
city, which once avoided the bridge as a
placo of tragical associations, now re
sort there daily to watch, from the cool
shade of nearby trees, the amusing
postures assumed by the wheelmen and
wheelwomen when they strike the elas
tic wires. According to recent informa
tion from that region the spectacle is
well worth seeing.—New York Times.
Bone and Sinew.
"We cannot succeed,” said the prime
minister, “without the sinews of war.”
“By sinews,” said the private secre
tary, who occasionally moved in the
lower circles, ‘‘l presume yon mean
bones. ”
And it was with sorrow that he
found himself compelled to explain to
his chief that dollars were often so des
ignated by vulgar.—Typographical
Journal.
Rough on Abdul Aziz.
When Abdul Aziz, sultan of Turkey,
Was deposed, Queen Victoria tele
graphed to his captors in French,
“Soignez le bien,” or “Take good care
of him.” The wires said, “Saignez le
bien,” which means something very
different—namely, “Bleed him well,”
an error of the wires which reads grew
•omely in the light of the fate which
befell that unhappy monarch.
Contentment.
“I saw you last night as I passed by
your house. What in the world was that
contrivance you had sticking out from
your forehead?”
“Cute, wasn’t it? You see t my wife
lets me smoke in the house, but I have
to wear an arrester to keep the smoke
from soiling the ceiling. Clever, ain’t
it?”—Cleveland Leader.
TDI HE TRADING PUBLIC,
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. .
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.
Drees Ginghams, 10c quality, only
sc. yard.
Gilded Edge 4-4 Bleaching, only
4c yard.
4-4 Sea Island just half price, Sic.
4-4 heavy Sheeting lower than ever.
Calicoes at 2ic.
Turkey Red Calico at 4ic, cheap
at 7c.
All grades of Calico and Percale go
in this sale at unheard of prices.
Canton Flannel, all the numbers
beginning at 4|c. j
Good Feather Ticking at 10c yard.
Feather Ticking that will hold
water at 12ic yard.
Heavy Drilling, worth 10c, our
price during this sale is 6ic.
We will let you price our Cotton
Checks when you make us a visit.
To m'ake the above prices on staple
goods necessitates a purchase of a
car load, which we have done for you,
JEANS aiMIEL
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
ISic.
Red Flannel heavy twill at 18|c
and 25c.
Neckweai', Suspenders, Toilet Articles, Combs,
Beits, 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,
2,000 Sample Hats and Caps at 50c
on the dollar. We own more Hats
than any one in town.
Millinery Dejarlmenl
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-
MEET 14E
BASS BROTHERS,
1 . t
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.
1
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
9ic, cheap at 20c.
Novelty Suitings, two tone effect,
40 inches wide, at 17ic, cheap at 35c.
Klondike Plaids, double fold, at
12jc, 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 oh 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 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.
Fnr 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 pi ices.
Black Brocaded Taffeta Silkat $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 Hoee at 2}c.
One case ladies fast black seamless
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 33J 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 ana will sell for
cash or on time, exchange young
mules for old mules, mu lee 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-