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THE MORNING CALL.
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Vol IX. No. 125.
SOCIALSALAD
PLEASANTLY REPORTED FOR
SUNDAY’S CALL.
Around me was the beauty
Which only summer yields,
The shadow of the woodland,
The bounty of the fields,
The gleam of shining waters,
The murmur of the sea—
The varied book of Nature,
All opened wide for me!
Amid these scenes of beauty
I spied a pathway there,
All flowerless and dusty,
All hard and brown and bare.
No dainty gown swept over,
No foot in dalliance strayed
Along the narrow limit
The tread of Toil had made.
But weary men and women
At morn and eve did pass
Beside the way unshaded,
Amid the sunburnt grass.
Their step was slow and heavy,
Their garments bore the soil
Os the hard world’s grim work-day—
They walked the way of Toil.
So close against our pleasure
Is the undertone of Care,
Os those who, all unsheltered,
The heat and burden bear.
And the fair summer memory
Sweet harvest to me yields,
Yet ever lives the picture
Os the path across the fields !
• -Lucy Randolph Fleming.
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The marriage of MisaC-lara McKen
zie to Mr. William Brown Reeves,
which occurred oo Wednesday evening
last at the First Baptist church in
Montezuma, was indeed an affair of
beauty and brilliancy. The bride was
attired in a lovely costume of white
duchess satin, and never appeared
inore beautiful or attractive. An ex*
quiaite bridal bouquet of orange blos
soms was carried. The bridesmaids
were daintily gowned in white organdie.
Immediately alter the ceremony an
elegant reception was tendered Mr.
and Mrs. Reeves at the home of Mr. J.
W. McKenzie, brother of the bride.
The bridal party arrived here Thurs
day afternoon and that evening Mrs.
Florence Reeves gave a most elaborate
affair in their honor. Mrs. Reeves
was assisted in receiving her guests by
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Anthony, Mr. and Mrs.
Brown, of Fort Valley, Mr. Mrs. T. R,
Mills, Mr. and Mrs. M/J. Daniel, Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Beck, Mrs. R. A. Drake and
Mrs. M. E. Wilson.
Over the entire house were beautiful
decorations of roses and white hyas
cinlhs. In the dining room Misses
Bessie Word, Bessie Clark Brawner,
Jacksonia Mills, and Loys Hudson
gracefully served the guests to the
elegant refreshments of turkey, olives,
cranberry sauce, cracker biscuit, cel
ery, and coffee, with a second course
of gelatine and whipped cream. This
was indeed a most brilliant affair and
was in every particular a perfect social
success. Mrs. Reeves received her
guests in a handsome costume of black
velvet, entrain, with rich lace and dia
monds and was never more queenly in
appearance. Mrs. W. B. Reeves, who
charmed every one with her beauty
and gracious manner, wore an exqui
site costume of white satin and dia
monds and carried a lovely bouquet of
lilies of the valley. She possesses a
lovely voice and delighted the guests
with her beautiful selections. Many
elegant costumes were worn on the
occasion of Thursday evening.
Mrs. Brown, of Fort Valley—black
•brocade.
Mrs. R. A. Drake—pink prgandic and
white hyacinths.
Miss Patrick, of Montezuma—white or
gandie.
Miss Leonard, of Vienna—heliotrope
silk, violets and diamonds.
Miss Jeter, of Macon—white organdie.
Mrs. Williamson—black silk.
Miss Beeks—blue organdie.
Miss Reeves—white organdie.
Mrs. M. J. Daniel—lavender silk.
Mrs. W. H. Beck—white silk.
Miss Williamson—white organdie.
Among those who accompanied Mr. and
Mrs. Reeves here were: Miss Patrick, oi
Montezuma; Miss Jeter, of Macon; Miss
Leonard, of Vienna; Mr. McKenzie, of
Atlanta; Mr. Skellie, of Fort Valley; Mr.
Dawson Kendrick, of Fort Valley; Mr. P.
M. Brown, of Macon; Mr. Maxwell, of
Montezuma, Mr. Oscar McKenzie, of
Montezuma; Col. M. P. Hall, of Jackson.
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At present Mr. and Mrs. Reeves are
occupying an elegant suit of rooms at
th© residence of Judge John I. Hal!
but will soon be at horn© to tbeir
friends at the handsome new residence
of Mrs Reeves on South Hill street.
Mr. Reeves is deservedly popular in
Gtiffin and his many friends will give
to Mrs. Reeves a most cordial welcome
into tbeir midst.
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On Wednesday afternoon Mrs. B. R.
Blakely very pleasantly entertained
the members of the Social Circle at
her home on North Hill street. The
prettily furnished rooms rendered
additionally attractive by ths decora
tion of hyacinths and fernsX Dainty
refreshments of syllabub and cake were
served in a graceful manner by Misses
Louise Woodruff, Louise Johnson,
Roselyn and Marguerite Blakely.
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One of the most delightful small
affairs of the week occurred on Wed
nesday evening at which the charming
hostesses were Misses Opal and Mattie
Smith. The evening was spent in
dancing and playing pillow dex and
was indeed very pleasant for those
present who were Misses Neely, Janie
Brawner, Opal Smith, Mattie Smith,
Messrs. Otis Crouch, Wilbur Barnes,
Ben Flemister, and James Redding.
On Monday evening Mrs. E. P. John,
son entertained a few of her friends at
a very pleasant tea. The invited guests
were Misses Florrie Jean Richards,
Lois Hudson, Margie Slaton, Roselyn
Reid, Messrs. J. M. Kimbrough, B. C.
Murray, Lang, and Powell. In the
evening a pleasant game of progressive
whist was enjoyed. Delicious fruits
were served during the game,
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The members of the Social Circle
will give a “silver tea” on Thursday
evening for the benefit of the Metho
dist church. The affair will be held
at the home of Mrs. E. P. Johnson and
will be very enjoyable.
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The following marriage announce
ment, taken from the Atlanta Consti
tution, will be of interest to all Griffin,
where the fair and talented bride is so
extensively known and admired:
-The wedding of Mr. Andrew M. Mc-
Connell and Miss Marion Delana
Daniel was solemnized yesterday after
noon at 3 o’clock at the residence of
Mrs. M. C. Daniel, 174 Angier avenue,
Dr. Henry McDonald performing the
ceremony. The wedding was a home
affair and but a few friends and the
immediate family were present.
The bride is one of the south’s most
gifted writers and has for several years
been a contributor to the eastern mag
azines. Mr. McConnell for a number
of years has been identified with Alas
bama newspapers and is a lecturer of
ability. Mr. and Mrs. McConnell have
a host of friends throughout the state
who wish them much happiness.
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The Card Club was most delightfully
entertained Thursday afternoon by
Mrs. Roswell H. Drake. At the close
of the very interesting game of euchre
an elegant course of refreshments was
served. The decorations of crimfion
geraniums and white hyacinths were
arranged with artistic grace and this
proved to be one of the prettiest affairs
of the week.
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Friday night Miss Ruby Johnson
was the bright and attractive hostess
at a very pleasant affair at her home
on Broad street.
Officers Sleeted.
The members of Griffin Lodge, No.
413, F. and A. M., bold their regular
meetings in tbeir lodge room in the
Bailey building, every second and
fourth Tuesday nights.
This is a new lodge of the Masonic
fraternity and had tbeir first election
of officers on Tuesday night last, for
the ensuing year, with the following
result:
A. G. Martin—W. M.
R- H. Taylor—S. W.
C. 0. Bradbury—J. W.
D. J. Bailey, Jr.—Treasurer.
F. A. Rauschenberg—Secretary.
W. R. Bullard—Tyler.
J. L. Davis—B. D.
J. W. Kucwles—J D.
W. H. Wheaton—Senior Steward.
C. H. Wolcott—Junior Steward.
W. A, J. Knowles—Chaplain.
In Olden Times
People overlooked the importance of per
manently beneficial effects and were satis
fied with transient action; bat 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, bat
finally injure the system.
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 30, 1898.
"THE. BOOK OF OUR LIVES.”
BY W. E. H. SEARCY.
Our thoughts, our judgements, our
actions—indeed, all events that come
within onr consideration—are impress,
ed upon us. They are just as certain
of making an impress upon us as our
voices are to make an impression on
the wax cylinder of the phonogram
when wo speak into it
Where and how these impressions
are made upon us we do not know-
We aie simply conscious of the fact
that the impressions are made and are
retained in our bping somewhere and
somehow.
Every man whose intellect is not
shrouded with physical or mental in
firmity is conscious of these facts, and
needs not the disquisitions of the
learned metaphysicians to direct his
mind to them.
As to Whether man will receive
these impressions or not does not de
pend upon his volition. This we also
know because there are many things
in life that we would gladly have abut
out and not retained within us.
The phonogram, when in order, re
tains everything that is spoken to it;
and man receives all impressions that
pass in through bis senses or hjp con
sciousness. We may take the little
wax cylinder and scrape off the little
indentations that the sound waves
make in it because it is a thing of
matter, but impressions that are made
upon our spirits we cannot erase.
Now, we call this act of retaining,
memory. Some writers call ita power,
some a capacity, some an atribute,
some a faculty. We know what it is
and we know that it is inherent in
man.
The power to recall events, which is
called recollection, is sometimes class
ed with memory, but not properly so.
The power to recall is simply the pow
er to seek the record aud find it, or
fish it up and present it afresh to the
mind. Some possess this power more
wonderfully than others, but this de
pends greatly upon the physicrl parts.
For example : People sometimes are
stricken with paralysis and lose all
power to recall anything past, except
the most commonplace affairs; but
these, upon partial recovery, have
been known to come again into all
their past knowledge. This is conclu
sive that the memory was unimpaired,
but the recollection had been clouded
by physical infirmity.
That our memories survive our pby
sical death the parable of the rich mao
and Lazarus abundantly shows us
(Luke 16). Lazarus (which signifies
one without help) died and was car
ried by the spirits to “Abraham’s bos
om,” which signified the place of spir
itual felicity in the minds of the Jews,
and represents to us our Paradise. The
rich man—who represented an oppo
site character—died, and in hades—
not hell as translated—lifted up his
eyes and seeing Lazarus in a stale of
felicity, asked that he might be sent to
minister to him. Abraham replied:
“Son, remember,” etc. If the memory
had perished, then there would have
been nothing to recall. This rich man
also remembered his brethren and felt
an interest in them.
Some one has said that when in
Revelation the judgement is described
—Revelation 20—and the declaration
is made that the "books were opened,”
that this- refers to our own memories—
that we are judged out of the things
that are written in them, from the re
cords that we have kept ourselves, and
that this is the book of our lives. And
this subject of memory is one of the
most terrible thoughts connected with
the future.
Think of ill We carry in our own
selves the record of our lives.
Have we wronged a fellow being? If
we have, it is engraven in our own
book.
Have we been unfaithful to God? If
we have, we carry the record to the
judgement, and can never say a word
when we turn from its bar to our own
place.
Have we in the shelter of the night
degraded our natures? Behold the
dark lines that run along our being
and makes an ugly blot.
According to Mythology, Lethe was
one of the rive;s of the unseen world,
the waters of which possessed the prop
erty of causing a total forgetfulness of
the past. The spirits of the dead,they
thought, drank a draught of its waters
when entering on the joys of Elysium
and ceased to remember the troubles
and sorrows of lifts.
This fancied picture of the misguid-
Royal make* the food pare,
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ROYAX BMUN9 MWOER CO., HtW VONG
ed heathen is but an emination of
sosls sick and faint with the disap
pointments of life. Tired of the stern
realities of time, from which they see
no way to escape, they looked with
longing eyes for something to bring
“surceaee of sorrow” in thelife beyond.
We have not improved upon the ap
cients in this desire; man still craves
oblivion for bis misfortunes. He does
not now seek Lethe’s waters in tbeir
noiseless flow through unseen lands as
these old ancients did ; but he is seek
ing, nevertheless, for some grave of
forgetfulness, fleeing as it were, from
the "book of bis life.”
When he tries to pluck the fairest
flowers of life and fails to reach them,
whether on his own account or the
treachery of others; or, perchance,
strikes the reefs and sands of sorrow
that border the sea of life, and falls a
stranded wreck upon the coast of lime
with none to do him honor, he would
gladly quaff this fabled drink, and
turn away in sweet forgetfulness to see
once more a bow of hope upon his sky.
But, alas, he cannot cease to remem
ber. No fabled waters or fancied lands
can obliterate from the mind the mem
ories it has gathered. They will live
On, fresh and green, surviving the
wreck of matter, the shock of worlds
•and the ruins of time.
“Oar memories
We cannot erase;
They cling like the odor
Round the old shattered vase;
Their bdauty has gone
Their sweetness is fled,
But memory will gather
The leaves that are dead.”
Received by Saturday’s express a
large line New Swiss and Cambric
Embroideries to go on sale at cut
prices Monday morning.
FLEMISTER & BRIDGES.
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Fire Alarm,
Quite an excitement was caused
yesterday evening by an alarm of fire,
which called out our department. The
alarm was caused by the catching on
fire of a small negro house close to the
oil mill. The attacbees of the oil mill,
by the use of their water power and
hose, easily subdued the fire and thus
prevented what would have been
quite a disastrous fire had it not been
confined.
Married Yesterday-
Yesterday morning at 10 o’clock
Mr. J. M. Huckaby, of Meriwether
county, and Miss Kittie Brannan, of
this place, were married at the ordi
nary’s office, by Rev. J. A. Drewry.
Miss Brannan recently moved from
Meriwether county to this place, but
yesterday Mr. Huckaby appeared and
claimed her as his bride, and after be*
ing united by marriage they left for
their happy home in old Meriwether.
All Wool Dress Goods, Silks,
Flannels, Corsets, Gloves, Hosiery,
etc., damaged by water, at almost
give away prices Monday.
FLEMISTER &] BRIDGES.
A CARD.
As it would be impossible for us to
thank each one personally, we desire
in ibis manner to sincerely thank all
who were so kind to us in our redent
bereavement.
Mrs. J. D. Boyd and Children.
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
n«fM-
iiaii* ta oa
REGISTRATION* NOTICE.
The county registration books are now
open at my office in Hasselkus’ Shoe Store
and all qualified to do so should call and
register.
They will close twenty days before next
election. T. R, NUTT, T. C.
Dissolution Sale
THOS. J. WHITE HAVING BOUGHT MR. C. F. WOLCOTT’S INTEREST
IN THE BUSINESS OF WHITE A WOLCOTT,
Offers at Absolute Cost!
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All Winter Suits for Men or Boys,
All Overcoats for Men and Boys,
All Winter Underwear. •
THESE GOODS MUST BE CONVERTED INTO CASH AT ONCE. NONE
OF ABOVE ARTICLES WILL BE CHARGED TO ANY ONE AT THESE
PRICES. ANY ONE HAVING ACCOUNT ON MY BOOKS CAN HAVE
THESE ARTICLES CHARGED, BUT AT REGULAR MARKED PRICES.
THOS. J. WHITE,
SUCCESSOR TO
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R.F. Strickland & Co.
New goods of every kind bought right and
sold right. Others get our prices
try to meet them; they don’t
always do it.
THOSE NEW EMBROIDERIES
<sf OURS ARE MUCH ADMIRED BY EVERYBODY. THE PATTERNS ARE
ALL OF NEW DESIGNS AND THE PRICE IS THE ONLY THING CHEAP
ABOUT THEM.* -
10-4 UNBLEACHED SHEETING 12jc.
10-4 BLEACHED SHEETING 15c.
4-4 CABOTTS BLEACHINGS Ojc. ALL THE BEST BRANDS AT THE
LOWEST PRICES.
SATIN STRIPED TICKINGS MADE TO SELL FOR 15c. WE BOUGHT
THE WHOLE LOT-OUR PRICE 10c.
MENS UNLAUNDERED SHIRTS THREE FOR fil.oo.
MENS NEGLIGEE SHIRTS, NEW STYLES, 50c. EACH.
NEW FLOWING END FOUR-IN-HAND TIES 50c.
LADIES HERMSDORF HOSE 12|c., 15c., 20c. AND 25c.
MENS SOCKS, FAST BLACK OR TANS, Bc. TO 25c.
SHOES, SHOES!
ALL SAMPLE SHOES AND BALANCE OF WINTER STOCKS WILL BE
CLOSED OUT AT REDUCED PRICES.
R. F. STRICKLAND & CO.
SCHEUERMAN STORE.
PRICE FOR THIS WEEK:
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Red and Blue Calicoes 4c. per yard.
Best Calicoes 4 l-2c. per yard.
Fruit of Loom Domestic 4-4, 6 l-2c. per yard.
K Cabut Domestic 4-4, 6c. per yard.
’ Standard Ginghams sc. per yard.
Standard Sheeting 4-4, 4 l-2c. per yard.
All SHOES at cost, and everything else in our stock of Dry Goods,
Clothing, Notions and Crockery.
T7T. ZEIOZRZLTE,
21 Hill Street—at Scheneman Store.
J. H. HUFF’S BOOK AND JIUSIO STORE
HAS OPENED UP A BEAUTIFUL LINE OF
LACE VALENTINES
Fun Flndns ud it-'En-Hlld Conies.
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Ten Cents per Week