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BANKRUPT SALE
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HARDWAREI
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 & Bro.
New Garden Seeds.
All fresh from the best growers. Genuine
Eastern Irish Potatoes.
Prescriptions carefully compounded.
J. N. HARRIS & SON
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NOW!
Row wo have now crop Lemons, fine Yellow Bananas, Pickle
Tripe, Pigsfeet, all Polk Sausage, Plain and Self-Rising Buck
wheat, Georgia Canned Peaches, Home Canned Peaches, Home
I Made Jelly, Hew 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,
JUST RECEIEVED.
MANGHAM BROS.
Will HareToflay, Sat
rti, Fat. silt,
CELERY.
CRANBERRIES.
SPRING CABBAGE.
IRISH POTATOES.
SWEET POTATOES.
WHITE PEAS.
ONIONS.
New shlpmemt of Morrow POT
PEAS at same price, 10c.
Fresh RECEPTION WAFERS.
Fresh FISH and OYSTERS.
Bargains in Groceries today.
J. M. SEARS.
Telephone 48.
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Cane Pasters.
lin prepared to pasture your dry
cows through the winter; also have
several milk cowt for eale or to trade
for dry ones. For terms apply to
A - 8-'Blake.
No-T*-Bm foe ntty Coals. (
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
men street, b'ood pure. SOe, tl At! druggists, i
Morning Cail.
GRIFFIN, GA., FEB. 8, 1898.
Office over Davis' Hardware Store
TELEPHONE NO. 32.
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PERSONAL AND LOCAL DOTS-
Luke Brown i»penl Sunday in Mil
ner.
G N. Porter, of Macon, spent yesier
! day in this city.
Walter Beeks spent Sunday with
friends in Atlanta.
P. S. Parmalee made a business trip
’ to Senoia yesterday.
Dr. J. P. Starr, of Sunny Side, was
in the city yesterday.
Toni Farley, of Liberty Hill, spent
yesterday in this city.
Will Boynton left yesterday to spend
a few days in Atlanta.
Rev. T. W. O'Kelley spent yesterday
with friends in Atlanta
Eli Brewer returned yesterday from
a short visit to Columbus.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H Elder, of Birdie,
were in the city yesterday.
H. T. Patterson, of Sunny Side,
spent yesterday in the city.
Mrs. J. O A. Miller, of Sunny Side,
spent yesterday in the city.
Joe Neely, of Louisville, spent Sun
day with friends in thia city.
Cliff Ford, of Carrollton, spent Sun
day with bis many Griffin friends.
Dr. E. L Hanes spent yesterday in
Jonesboro on professional business.
Mrs. J. L. Williams and daughter,of
Brushay, were in the city yesterday.
Miss Louise Woodruff returned yes*,
terday from a pleasant visit to Dalton
H. C. Oxford and daughter, Miss
Mariah, of Concord, were in the city
yesterday.
Mrs. J. F. Emmerson returned yes
terday from a sborf visit to relative?
in Orchard Hill.
Editor Edge, of the Hampton Her
ald, was in the city yesterday in the
interest of his paper.
Mrs. J. M. Kell, of Sunny Side, and
daughter, Mrs. E. H. Davis, of Eaton
ton, spent yesterday in the city.
H. W. Goddard came down from
Chattanooga Sunday and spent the
day with bis family in thia city.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C Anderson, of
Chicago, are spending some time with
relatives and friend* io this city.
Colo. J. 8. Boynton, W. E. H. Sear*
cy, Br., and W. C. Beeks spent yester
day in Forayth on legal basinese.
Miaa Theo Burr returned last night
from Atlanta, where she spent several
days as the guest of Mrs. Frank Lake.
Workmen commenced repairing the
Flemiater & Bridges building, which
was to badly injured by fire, yesterday.
Col. J. M. Kimbrough, Jr., returned
yesterday from Hamilton, where be
spent several days visiting relatives
and friends.
W. M. Sasser, a large merchant and
one of the most prominent citizensol
Lawrenceville, spent Sunday with rel*
stives in this city.
Capt. Harry Fisher, of Newnan, was
in the city yesterday. He and Col.
Geo I Jones left last night to spend a
few days at Warm Springs.
Bruce Coppedge, a bad negro, seri*
ously carved Emma Chapman, a yel
low girl, in Suuth Griffin, yesterday.
After thinking he bad fatally wound
ed his girl, Bruce took to the woods
and is at large
Saturday last, while Mr. T. 8. Pat
rick was handling a pistol at his home
in Cabin district, it was accidentally
discharged and the contents entered a
negro man’s body, and it is thought
the wound will prove fatal.
Sunday morning ae Mies Jennie
Sawtell descended the front steps of
her home, the same being covered
with a heavy frost, her foot slipped
and she fell violently to the ground.
One of her ankles was painfully injur
ed wh'ch will keep her ip her room
three or four weeks.
Ordinary’s Advertisements.
Administrator’s Sale.
STATE OF GEORGIA,
Spalding County.
By virtue of an order granted by the
Court of Ordinary of Spalding county,Ga.,
at the February term, 1898, oi said court, I
will sell to the highest bidder before the
court house door in Spalding county, Ga.,
on the first Tuesday in March, 1898, be
tween the usual hours of sale, the follow
ing property, to-wit: All that part of lot
No. 11, in Akins district, Spalding county,
Ga., bounded’as follows: On the north
by lands of-Thomas Thrower, on the east
by lands of J. A. Beeks, deceased, on the
south by lands of John Freeman, and on
the west by lands of A. J. Phennazee; part
of lot No. 11 containing one hundred and
twenty acres, more or less. Terms cash.
A. J. WALKER,
Adm'r. of Miss Lavonia Walker, deceased.
Feb. 7,1898.
STATE OF GEORGIA,
Spalding County.
To all whom it may concern: 8. Grant
land having in proper form applied to me
for Permanent Letters of Administration
on the estate of Mrs. Susan M. Bailey, late
of said county, this is to cite all ana sin
gular, the creditors and next of kin of Mrs.
Susan M. Bailey, to be and appear at my
office in Griffin, Ga., on the first Monday
in March, 1898, by ten o’clock, a. m., and
to show cause, if any they can, why per
maneht administration should not be
granted to S. Grantland on Mrs. Susan M.
Bailey’s estate. Witness my hand and
official signature this 7th day of Feb. 1898.
J. A. DREWRY, Ordinary.
TATE OF GEORGIA,
Spalding County.
To all whom it may concern: Whereas
Mrs. Nancy M and W. F, Elder, Admin
istrators of David P. Elder, represents to
the court in their petition, duly filed and
entered on record, that they have fully
administered David P. Elders estate. This
is therefore to cite all persons concerned,
kindred and creditors, to show cause, if
any they can, why said administrators
should not be discharged from their ad
ministration and receive letters of dismis
sion on the first Monday in May, 1898.
J. A. DREWRY, Ordinary.
Feb. 7,1898.
TATE OF GEORGIA,
Spalding County.
To all whom it may concern:
J. C. Gilmore having, in proper iorm,
applied to me ior permanent letters of ad
ministration on the estate of Clark Gil
more, late of said county, this is to cite all
and singular the creditors and next of kin
of Clark Gilmore, to be and appear at my
office in Griffin, Ga., on the first Monday
in March, 1898, by ten o’clock a. m. t and
to show cause, if any they can, why per
manent administration should not be
granted to J. C. Gilmore on Clark Gil
more’s estate. .
Witness my hand and official signature,
this 7th day of February, 1898.
J. A. DREWRY; Ordinary.
S~TATE OF GEORGIA,
Spalding County.
Whereas, 8. M. Wayman, executor of
last will and testament of 8. F. Gray, rep
resents to the court, in his petition, duly
filed and entered on record, that he has
fully administered 8 F. Gray’s estate.
This is, therefore, to cite all persons con
cerned, kindred and creditors, to show
cause, if any they can, why said executor
should not be discharged from his admin
istration and receive letters of dismission,
by 10 o’clock a. m.,£>n the first Monday in
May, 1898.
J. A. DREWRY, Ordinary.
February 7th, 1898.
STATE OF GEORGIA,
Spalding County.
To all whom it may concern :
B. F. Beall having in proper form ap
plied to me for permanent Jetters of ad
ministration on the estate of 8. R. Dor
ough, late of said county, this is to cite all
and singular, the creditors and next of kin
of 8. R. Dorough, to be and appear at my
office in Griffin, Ga., on the first Monday
in March, 1898, by ten o’clock m., and
to show cause, if any they can, why per
manent administration should not be
granted to B. F. Beall on 3. R. Dorough’s
estate.
Witness my hand and official signature,
this 7th day of February, 1898.
J. A. DREWRY, Ordinary.
TO THE TRADING 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. .
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.
Dress Ginghams, 10c quality, only
sc. yard. s
Gilded Edge 4-4 Bleaching, only
4c yard.
4-4 Sea Island just half price, 31c.
4-4 heavy Sheeting lower than ever.
Calicoes at 2ic.
Turkey Red Calico at 4ic, cheap
at 7c.
All grades of Calico and Percals go
in this sale at unheard, of prices.
Canton Flannel, all the numbers
beginning at 4ic.
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 make the above prices on staple
goods necessitates a purchase of a
car load, which we have done for you.
JEANS and FLANNEL
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 18ic
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,'50c
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.
Milliwy Depannieut
Miss Snyder, who presides over this
department, is unquestionably one of
the finest milliners m the South—she
has few equals any where. Her Hats
are perfect.
She can make an old hat look en-'
awTEET MH u&JT . 1 ■
BASS BROTHERS,
THE BIG STOREUN 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. 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 r cash to
let us know what home they made
happy.
Novelty Suitings, double fold, at
9tc, cheap at 20c.
Novelty Suitings, two tone effect,
40 inches wide, at 17ic, cheap at 35c.
Klondike Plaids, double fold, at
I 12}c, 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-inch Imported Serge at 40c,
would be cheap at 60c.
Something new in Brocaded Serge
48c, cheap at sl.
Changeable Tafieta 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 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 prices.
Black Brocaded Taffeta Silk atsl.lß
cheap at $2.
Black Brocaded Taffeta Silk $1.58
Cheap at $3.
15 Dress Patterns at 9&c—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 Hose 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.
All wool Undershirts at 41c,
Camel Hair Uudershirts 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 331 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 for 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-