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'.■ A . THE MORNING CALL. • ■ —l ■ . •' 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. * * * 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. ♦ # • 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. ♦ ♦ * 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. * *• ♦ 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, • • • 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. • « • 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. • « « 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. * * 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, WliOlffißOflM Mild &AKIHO . POWDER Absolutely Pur© i 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. © 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! • » 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 Jr / j */) » / _. / / j j Ju a j J • 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: ->* • 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. ■■ JIJL h JLoJL wfc? . * Ten Cents per Week