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FTTa ■ ■ > NT w ’T'wr w w H ■ ■ B i / S Ik ■ I V IWk I w y ■ B B B P /■ B Bn U I I I IB B '■ ■ ’I IBi / ■ ■ B ft- Z w » e 1 I B B /Bk ■ 1 ■ I vk/ E Jr I E I * TT Awa JL' M M M V X▼ JI A 1 w M 1 ’■ si Vol IX No. 130. ANOTHER COTTON MILL. > * GRIFFIN MOVING TO THE FRONT nr MANUFACTURING, The Success in Manufacturing Cot ton Goods Renders Another Mill Necessary. The success of the two large cotton mills in Griffin have been phenomenal. They have been enabled to compete with any mills in the country as to style and quality of. goods, and the result is, as stated to a Call reporter yesterday, they find it impossible to keep up with orders, after running on full lime every day of the year. To meet the increasing demand for goods manufactured by these mills the directors have decided to at once more than double the capacity of the Kin caid mill, or build another mill near that plant. The stockholders of these mills own land enough surrounding the Kincaid mill to erect several more mills, hence the plan may be to build another mill instead of enlarging present plant. The proposed extension or building of this mill will require an investment of from $125,000 to $150,000, and the work will all be done by the time an other crop of cotton is gathered. Many business men of Griffin fully realize what this vast improvement in the cotton mills means to the business of our city, and they will bail with de light the announcement that dirt will be broken and active work begun on the new mill in less than sixty days. When it is remembered that the recent expenditure of $150,000 in en larging the plant of tbe Griffin mills and the immediate investment of a similar amount in increasing the out put of tbe Kincaid mills is all home capital and made by the stockholders of tbe two mills, a proper conception may be formed as to their successful and profitable management. Tbe goods turned cut by these mills are not surpassed by any mills in the land or equaled by but few. Hence tbe necessity of increasing tbe output. Located, as they are, in the heart of tbe cotton growing belt, they can dump the cotton bales from the presses of tbe farmers almost within tbe doors of tbe factories, thus saving freights, drayage, wharfage, stealage, commis sions, ect., which alone will furnish a good margine for profits. It is the aim of tbe directors of these mills to build a new rpill every five years. With this plan carried out for twenty years, as it has been the past ten years, and Griffin will be tbe Low el of tho South and her fame as a manufacturing city will be known and recognized throughout tbe laud. Planting Season Will soon be here and from indica tions our farmers are going to raise another large cotton crop It is too late to plant grain, except tbe spring grain, but from our experience of some years, we advocate the spring planting of oats, Lucerne millet, clover, etc., etc. If it does not make fair crops, if put in properly, the land is left in good shape to harvest a good crop of hay, and, according to our experience, there is more money to be made on a hay crop than there is on cotton. In fact cotton has not paid expenses for several years. Let our farmers devote some of the time heretofore expended in preparing for a big cotton crop io hauling up compost and thorough breaking of the s >il and then plant as much grain as possible, with just enough cotton to pay your debts. Merchants and Planters Bang. Al a meeting of the directors of the Merchants and Planters Bank held yesterday, Capt. Seaton Grantlaud was chosen president to fill the vacancy made by the death of Col. J J). Boyd. Hon. Robert F. Strickland was elect ed vice-president, to succeed Capt. Grantlaud. This bank is one of Griffin’s solid and substantial financial institutions. The Modern Way. Commands itself to tbe well-informed, to do pleasantly and effectually what was formerly done in the crudest manner and disagreeably as well. To cleanse the system and break up colds, headaches, and fevers without unpleasant after effects, use the delightfill liquid laxative remedy, Syrup of Figs. Manufactured by Califor nia Fig Syrup Company. Forever. JUSTICE PREVAILS. The County Commissioners and City Authorities Harmonize- The county commissioners held a very important meeting yesterday. The resignation of Col. T. R. Mills having been accepted by the governor, left tbe board with but two members— Capt. J. A. J. Tidwell, of Line Creek, and D. L. Patrick, of Cabin, Capt Tidwell was made chairman of the board, and will spend Saturday of each week in the city looking after tbe interests of the county. The most important business trans acted by tbe board yesterday was the harmonizing of the relations between the city and county, in reference to the operatiops of the county chain gang, to conform to tbe recent recom mendations of the grand jury. The basis of agreement between tbe county commissioners and the mayor and council may be briefly stated as follows: ♦ The city is to turn over to the com* missioners all convicts convicted in the criminal court of Griffin, free of charge; to allow the county the free use <Sf mules, wagons, carts aod tools, as heretofore, and to collect a road tax of $l5O from every citizen of Griffin subject to such tax, and pay said money into the county treasury for road purposes. The Commissioners, in lieu of tbe above are to work the streets and side walks of Griffio, with the convict force, as they do the public roads of the county. This contract, or agreement, went into force yesterday, and should, as it doubtless will be, satisfactory to both country and town. By this arrangement tbe burden of operating the convict force, as well as the distribution of the fruits or benefits of their labors, will be equally divided between the city and country. The Conjugating Dutchman- While two Englishmen were con versing in a coffee house in Paris, says Success, one remarked that a certain dwarf had arrived in the city, at which a qnaint looking personage sitting near them opened his mouth and said, with a look of earnestness, “I arrive, thou arrivest, he arrives; we arrive, ye or you arrive, they arrive.” One of the Englishmen in astonish ment asked : “Did you speak to me, sir?” “I speak,thou speakest, he speaks; we speak, ye or you speak, they spoak,” was the sole reply. “What, do you intend to insult me?” “I insult, thou insultest, be insults; we insult, ye or you insult, they in sult," came from the lips of the stran ger. “I will have satisfaction,” shouted the perplexed and irritated English man. "If you have any spirit with your rudeness, come with me”; to which the impenetrable stranger re plied : “I come, thou comest, he comes; we come, ye or you come, they come,” and followed the others. “Now, sir, you must fight me,” said tbe first speaker. “I fight, thou lightest, be fights; we fight (here be made a thrust), ye or fight, they fight,” arid here he disarm ed bis adversary. “Well, on my honor,” said the de feated man, “you have the best of it and I hope you are satisfied.” “I am satisfied, thou art satisfied, he is satisfied ; we are satisfied, ye or yon are satisfied, they are satisfied.” ‘ I am glad everybody is satisfied,” said the Englishman, “but pray leave off quizzing me in this unmerciful manner and tell me what is the mat ter.” For the first tkne tbe stranger spoke rationally. "I am a Dutchman,” said he, "and am learning your language. By tbe request of my teacher I conju gate every verb which I bear, and as I do not like to have my actions inter rupted I could not explain before.” A hearty laugh followed and an in vitation to dinner from tbe English man. Before accepting the Dutchman continued : “I dine, thou dinest, he dines; we dine, ye or you dine, they dine—we will all dine together.” Everybody Says So. Cascareta Candy Cathartic, tbe most won derful medical discovery of the age, pleas ant and refreshing to the taste, act gently and positively on kidneys, liver and bowels, cleansing tbe entire system, dispel colds, cure headache, fever, habitual constipation and biliousness. Please buy and try a box of C. C. C- to-day; 10, 36, &0 cents, Sold and guaranteed to cure by all druggists. MUFFIN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 5, 1898. DANCING DOWN DINNERS. Expedient by Which Gormandizing la Greatly Facilitated. One of the most painful facta io life is the apparent impossibility of recon ciling fashion and common aenee. One maybe long on style and short on comfort, or he may have comfort to burn and give fashion the shake; but there seems to be no all-around good thing, bo one may be swell and com fortable at tbe same time. You must choose between them. There la no good reason for this. It is an arbitrary and unnecessary infliction, laid on a ■suffering world, and one is forced to the conclusion that nothing short of utter malignity could bare inspired many of tbe fashions under which we groan. Tbe:e is not even the excuse for beauty, for which one might well endure many pangs of discomfort. There is nothing artistic in a linen collar so high and stiff it looks like an understudy of a terracotta chimney flue. But it is full of suffering and style. No one since the days of Meph istopbleee ever bad feet built after the architecture of the pointed-toe shoes. There is no beauty in them—nothing but aches, and corns and fashion. When nature made lovely woman it wrote beauty in every soft curve of her body, but fashion never rested until it squeezed and compressed her into tbe shape of an hour-glass. She Was too comfortable in flowing draperies that fell in loose grace, and she was girded up in stays, and smothered in frills and weighed down with ornaments in tbe interest of the theory that style and comfort could not be amalgamat ed. Such being tbe case, it gives great pleasure to notice that a new fashion has been introduced which happily combines the very latest wrinkle of fashion with tbe most admirable coms mon sense. Recent dispatches from New York bring tbe information that it is now customory among tbe smart set to have dancing between the courses of elaborate dinners. The swell dancing is varied with cake-walks, skirt danc ing and other edifying aids to diges tion. The possibilities this opens up to people of epicurean taste are simply limitless, and it is also beyond praise as a kind of life-saving measure, as every one at a long dinner must have some time felt that the next course would be the death of him. Then, too, thia scopes heavily for us as showing the advancement in refinement that has been made since the days of tbe banquets of Lucullus and other swell dinner-givers of antiquity. When their jaded appetites gave out, they took a disgusting, if simple, means of refreshing them, so as to be able to take a fresh start all over again. Now, wo will simply arise and execute a short but violent dance, and be ready to do justice to the further triumphs of the chef. No more dishes served with sauce piquant of sauce Hollan daise, but with an accompaniment of Virginia reel, or a cake-walk, or a highland fiing, and good digestion will wait on appetite. Another advantage it offers is the suppression of the after-dinner orator. Fellows like Chauncey Depew will no longer have a monopoly on a good thing because they can talk, don’t you know. On the contrary, young fellows whose brains are in their heels will be the bright, particular stars that people who give fashionable dinners will seek out. On the whole, this readjustment of the etiquette of dinner giving has every thing to commend it, and will stand as a monument to tbe genius who de vised it.—New Orleans Picayune. -J- Ik GlO.•<> Tic ZIC- , it Still Leading. A. K. Hawkes received the gold medal highest award from the great Exposition, superior lens-grinding and excellency .n the manufacture of spectacles and eye glasses. This award was justly earned by Mr.' Hawkes as the superiority of his glasses over all others has made them .amous all over the country. They are now being sold in over eight thousand cities and towns in ths U. 8. Prices are never reduced, same to all. J. N. Harris & Son have a full assort ment of all the latest styles onzA. TKefac- y? - _ liajlo „ !*® stnataMZ .r s -A ew F *r*wa LSiucate Yoar Bowels With Cocarttn Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever. Dc.S6o. If 0.0. O. mH, OrugsletH refund money. Roy.l the food pure. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK. WOMAN’S RIGHTS. Her Rights in a Barroom the Same ai “Other Men.” Editor Call : Why must the preach ers seem “crazy" because forsooth they think ato an of tbe feminine gender has as much right in a saloon as a man of the masculine gender? A woman is a citizen ; as such she e entitled to all the protection that the law affords to any citizen. She has, or ought to have, every right that a male man has. She has a right to eat, and drink, and be merry—to buy and sell, to own property, and, if tbe truth be told, she ought to be allowed to vote, and hence to join the army and be enrolled among tbe military, to do jury duty and work the roads. Every American citizen has a right to drink whiskey, or beer, or pop, or coca-cola, or Dr. Pepper. A woman is an American citizen, therefoie a wo ias a right to run the gamut of pota tions, from Scotch whiskey to Qam >ric tea. I suppose no one would question the abstract right of a woman to drink anything that a man has tbe right to driok. A mao has a right to drink whiskey, champagne, military punch, or boms made wins; why hasn’t woman the same right? Whether she has such right or no, she exercises it if she wills to. She has a right to get drunk, if a man has. Would you repress, restrain, muzzle a person because of an accident of birth, for which she is no degree re sponsible? What’s a saloon for? Why, a place to buy a drink at. It’s a store where goods are sold, it is under the protec tion of the law, it is therefore a lawful place—the business isa lawful business Thy woman is free, white and twenty one, has money up her sleeve, has a right to do business on her own ac count, to buy, sell, and barter. Still you would close the doors of a lawful place of business against her. Her father, her husband, her broth er, her beau, has a right to do business or to trade in them, why has not she? The preachers are right. A woman has as much right in a barroom as a man has. If a barroom is a good place a woman has a right to enter it. If it be not a good place, the man has no right to enter it. In a word, a good man ought not to want to enter any place that a good woman can not en ter. This is not a question of proprie ty, or taste, or moral expediency—its a question of abstract right or of Woman’s Rights Educate Your Bowel. With Cascareta. — Ca " d y Cathartic, cure constipation forever. 10c. 25c. If C. C. C. fail, druggists refund money. • ‘W? eos-rRiG-T GETTING THE GRIP is easier than getting rid of it unless you use our Grippe Pills. Your grip on good health Is best preserved by keeping the body in good condition, and your vitality strong, by the use of Grippe Pills, which prevents sudden chills, and enables you to resist disease. Try it. and you will weather the winter without illness from colds. N. B. DREWRY A SON, 28 Hill Street. Dissolution Sale TIIOS. J. WHITE HAVING BOUGHT MR. C. F. WOLCOTTS INTEREST IN THE BUSINESS OF WHITE & WOLCOTT, Offers at Absolute Cost! All Winter SuiKforJfon or Boysf All Overcoats for Men and Boys, All Winter Underwear. k THESE GOODS MUST BE CONVERTED INTO CASH AT ONCE. NONE OF A3OVE ARTICLES WILL BE CHARGED TO AMY ONE AT THESE PRICES. AMY ONE HAVING ACCOUNT ON MY BOOKS CAN MVE THESE ARTICLES CHARGED, BUT AT REGULAR MARKED PRICES. THOS. J. WHITE, SUCCESSOR TO j *// r - t/J g JUJ j Z 7fjlrnL]i/7rfnn. C— >!■■■■■■ up— | T" If—M ’■ A1 Th V- .Z', ‘r SCHEUERMAN STORE. We will continue to sen everything In the WILLIAMS STOCK at the marked cost until Feb. 15th. Call and price our goods before making a purchase. TXT. lE=. 21 Hill Street—at Scbenerman Store. R. F. Strickland S Co. New goods of every kind bought right and sold right. Others get our prices and try to meet them; they don’t always do it. THOSE NEW EMBROIDERIES OF 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 BHEETINQ 15c. | | 4 4 CABOTTB BLEACHINGS, OR. 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 SI.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. in ■ !■■■—»i. i I u-aggegaß' •./ J. H. HUFF'S BOOK AKO MUSIC STORkB * HAS OPENED UP A BEAUTIFUL LINE OF LACE VALENTINES Ml nta m Bt-’EtrW Conte 1 O’. EC. Ten Cents per Week