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• x ... . - r . ' Vl F"" W" A nk AT W TIT TT A ▼ A JL ±l—> IVY Vvlvl W 11 WV T jl J. Vol IX. No. 141. THI WAR CRY * - Griffin Enjoyed a Brief Sensation Yesterday Morning. The blowing up of the battleship Maine, in Cuban waters, has been the town talk since the catastrophe hap pened, and yesterday morning the public pulse was just right for a een nation, and it came. About 10 o'clock the report flew thick and fast through the streets that McKinley bad declared war against Spain—that the fact bad been . estab lished that the Spaniards had blown up the Maine—and such bustling is rarely seen on Hill street. The Call office was besieged for the "latest and most reliable war news,” and the Griffin Rifles were on tip toe, awaiting the bugle call to arms. Telephone bells rang in every home and office to learn or tell the war news, and if a train had been convenient, heading for the Florida coast, there is but little doubt but Griffin’s population would have been greatly reduced in a few hours. Atlanta was besieged by wire for confirmation of the report, but no confirmation came and the boys began to smell a rat and wear a smile, and spent the afternoon in guying each other over the effect of the fake, Bnt seriously, older and cooler beads reasoned together and are anxiously awaiting news from the seat of war in Washington and the investiga tion of the blowing up of the big war vessel, and were confident the trouble has not yet subsided. They feel that something was radically wrong and wicked in the “accident,” and when unearthed a Spaniard will be found in the meal tub. They are waiting and watching. THE LATEST. Everything from the seat of war was enveloned in mystery at latest ac counts. The impression prevails among navy officers generally, and Americans in Cuba, that the destruc tion of the battleship Maine was not an accident. Then, if not accident, it was treach ery, and this fact established Ameri cans know the remedy and will apply it. There will be neither quibbling nor dodging tolerated, but instant action. The painful silence of Gen. Lee, consul to Havana, and Capt. Ligebee all day yesterday, and of McKinley and his Cabinet, plainly portends trou ble, to the investigating mind, and the exercise of patience, while the investi gation is being made is advisable. If war is declared there will be am ple time and opportunity afforded for all who are just "dying to fight” to go. Plain Facts- • The Carroll County Times, after reviewing the movements of the politi cal ringsters up to the return of Gov. Atkinson from Mexico, says: Governor Bill, the boss of the “men who control,” was out of the stite when all of this was going on, and he bad not been at home long enough to stretch bis legs or straighten out his raven locks before be was in a caucus to get out a man in opposition to Can dler. Knowing the facts as be did and the methods being employed, there is no wonder that Candler brought them out in the opening. .He only uncov ered them, and the uncovering was not to their liking, hence the bowl. These are facts as we have gathered them from daily observation. If Can dler bad never written that letter be would have had opposition and the opposition would have come from the source it has He only told the truth in it and it may be impolitic to tell it but it is the truth. There is more Catarrh in this section of he country than all the other diseases nut together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable. For a great many years doctors pronounced it a local disease, and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a consti tutional disease, and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall’s Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co.. Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitu tional cure on the market, jit is taken in ternally in doses from 10 drops to a tea spoonful. It acts directly on the blood ana mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure. Send for circulars and tes timonials. Address, F. J. CHENEY <fc CO., Toledo, 0. Sold by druggists, 75c. Hall’s Family Pills are the best. Educate Your Bowels with OMearata. •ear as&aassfts The Principle of Business. » No calling requires a greater use of brain power than business, and few re quire a higher order of general ability, says an economist writer. The great secret of success in business—the se cret, in fact, of success on a large scale —is to conceive of it as a matter of principles, not merely as a series of transactions. There are great mer chants as there are great politicians, and the difference between the great and the small men is very much the same in both. The small politician workshy the day, and sees only one opportunity before him; the small merchant does the same thing—be is looking for the next dollar. The statesman, on the other hand, is mas ter of the situation, because be under stands the general principles which control events; bjs knowledge enables him to deal with large questions and to shape the future. The great mer chant does the same thing. His busi ness is not a mere money getting af fair, nor a mere matter of barter, but a science and an art; he studies the general laws of trade, watches the gen eral condition of the country, investi gates present needs, foresees future wants and adapts bis business to tbe broad conditions of bis time and place. He puts as much brains into bis work as does tbe statesman, and he ends by being not a money getter, but a large minded and capable man. An emi nently successful man of the states mah-like quality said the other day that the more he understood life tbe more clearly he saw that it was all dgne on business principles, by which be meant, not only- that tbe universe was governed by unvarying laws, but that tbe promptness, exactness, thoroughness and honesty are wrought in every fibre. On these business principles all life is conducted—if not by men, at least by that power which is behind man. It ought to be the ambition of every young man to treat bis business from tbe point of view of the statesman, and not from that of the politician.—Marietta Journal. Worth Thinking About. The following statement is worthy of the serious consideration of the people everywhere: Woman lives longer than man, goes insane less numerously, commits sui cide one-third as often, makes one tenth the demand on tbe public purse for support in jails, prisons and alms houses, and io every regard, manifests potentiality above that of man. This is an observed fact in the gen eration now passing, and it will be yet more so in the generation now coming on. The physical and moral fiber of the young man is weakening Con tributory to this is the dangerous habit of cigarette smoking. The hour has come for a serious consideration of this evil. Parents sbouljfl be apprised of the danger awaiting tbeir boys. School boards should instruct their teachers for a vigorous crusade. De mands should be made on legislative bodies to enact laws to stay the wide spread break down now going on. Encampment of the Military. The plan which was put on foot a few weeks ago to bold tbe state mili tary encampment at Chickamauga this year has been abandoned. It was expected*that tbe Georgia monument to tbe Confederates who a fought on Chickamauga’s bloody field would be completed by May or June, and tbe plan was to bold tbe encamp ment there so as to have all the state troops present at the dedication. General Lee of the monument com* mission states that tbe monument can not be gotten ready for dedication before next September, so that it will be too late to carry out the plan to use tbe encampment in connection with the dedication. 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 delightful liquid laxative remedy, Syrup of Figs. Manufactured by Califor nia Fig Syrup Company. cykeToniA.. Tke fie- z- , 4S-. City Tax Notice. The city tax books will positively close on Feb. 15th, and executions will be promptly issued against all defimlters. Thos. Nall, * Clerk and Treasurer. 4 GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 18, 1898. NO CHANCE FOR BOYS NOW. f American Sea Captain* Nowaday* Kelua tant to Take Them on Voya*ee. » Hardly a day passes that Shipping Com t missloner Tolman does not have two or , three applications from boys who want to •hip as sailors. The most of these boys are 3 between the ages of 15 and 18 and have • never been out of the sight of land or seen . a vessel larger than a small coaster. All of these applications arc treated kindly by • Mr. Tolman, who, after questioning them as to their homes and parents, their inten- ’ tions and reasons for wanting to go to t sea, generally ends the interview by assur , Ing the would be sailors that he has no opportunity for them to ship at present, but will bear them in mind and give them 5 the first chance that comes along. He ad- I vises them to call again in a few days, but it Is not often that the shipping oommis ! sioner ever hears from them again. The j boys are anxious to see something of the world and in nearly every case have good homes and opportunities for entering some ■ kind of business which will prove more lucrative and far more pleasant than a Bailor’s life. • The applications from the boys are so [ numerous that Mr. Tolman does not pay much attention to them now. He seldom ’ has a chance for boys to ship on large ves sels, as no sea captains wish to take them. There is sometimes a chance for boys toga to sea in the larger vessels which are bound ■ on long voyages for South America or the i West Indies, but as nearly all the vessels sailing out of Portland are in the coasting trade the shipmasters have no use for boys and will not take them if they can help it. , And yet, though the. shipmasters will not take boys and give them an opportu- 1 nity of learning seamanship, they all com plain because there are not to be found more American sailors. Said one ship master the other day: “I have not had an American sailor on my vessel for so long that I cannot remember the last one. They are all Norwegians, Danes, Germans, Nova Scotians or P. E. I.’s, Irishmen or other foreigners. It seems as if there were no American sailors afloat now.” When Shipping Commissioner Tolman asked this very shipmaster if he had room on board his vessel for a bright young American boy who wanted to learn sea manship, the master replied: “Why, my dear sir, what use i a boy to me? I couldn’t afford to pay him $5 a month. I have no use for a boy on my ship. A man who eats of the bread of my owners must be able to pay up for it, and his salt be sides.” Until some chance is given boys to learn seamanship on American vessels there is little chance of there being a great increase in the number of American seamen. This is recognized to be a serious question by the navy department, and for the purpose of encouraging American boys to learn seamanship the apprentice service was in augurated. This is giving the navy an able corps of petty and warrant officers, but the enlisted men in the navy are still mostly foreigners. The reluctance of Ship masters to take boys into their vessels and teach them the rudiments of seamanship probably explains the scarcity of the American sailor on board the Yankee men o’-war and in the merchant marine.—Port land (Me.) Press. OCT ENJOYS Both the method ana results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys tem effectually, dispels colds, head aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro duced, pleasing to the taste and ac ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy ana agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50 cent bottles by all leading drug gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it Do not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAM FItAMCISCO, CAL. uumiu£. a. hew roitK, hl fho fie- yf , _ . ilrlie * * riputur* ( S' /S/-71/SS',. , J™?.. at /SdScSi&Zi * T *CT* fc Educate Tour Bowel* With Caecaret*. Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever. ' 10c, 25c. It C. C. C. fail, druggists ref und money. CASTOHIA. she fM- . simile STV .// w sigtiture /S' jj(S~rS . rnr ! . of- ————v—w— . FOR SALE. One S9OO first mortgage 7 per cent Odd Fellows bond for sale. Apply to Call office. Doufl Tobacco Spit tad Smoke Your l ife Away. To' quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag 1 netic. full of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To- Bae, the wonderworker, that makes weak men strong. All druggists, SOcor 11. Cure guaran teed. Booklet and sample free. Address Sterling Remedy Co.. Chicago or New York. -4 . ... , . , , ■ . , , Koya I makes the food pure, 6 akiH c rowpff AMoiutery pure ROYAI. baking rowder co., NEW YORK. Southern Strawberries. Tbe Chattanooga district ia one of the main strawberry producing sec tions of the south, and from present indications the crop this -year will be exceedingly heavy. Last season the fruit-growers of this 1 section were credited with having shipped 100,000 crates of strawberries to the northern and eastern markets. The greater part of tbe fruit was ship** ped to Baltimore, Washington, Cincin nati, Cleveland, Chicago and New York. Conservative growers say that this season’s crop will be much greater than that of 1897, They expect to ship at least 150,000 crates, and say that this number will be doubled within another year on account of tbe increased acre age. The recent cold weather will delay the blooming of the plants until after the later frosts. Blood Poison Cured. There is no doubt, according to tbe many remarkable cures performed by Botanic Blood Balm ("B. B. B.”) that it is far the best Tonic and Blood Purifier ever manufactured. All others pale into insig nificance, when compared with it. It cures pimples, ulcers, skin diseases, and all man ner of blood and skin ailments. Buy the best, and don’t throw your money away on substitutes. Try the long tested and old reliable B. B. B. per large bottle. For sale by Druggists. A BAD CASE CURED. Three years ago I contracted a blood poison. I applied to a physician at once, and his treatment came near killing me. I employed an old physician and then went to Kentucky. I then went to Hot Springs and remained two months. Noth ing seemed to cure me permanently, al though temporary relief was given me. I returned home a ruined man physically, with but little prospect of ever getting well I was persuaded to try Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.) and to my utter astonish ment it quickly healed every ulcer. Z, T. Hallebtom, Macon, Ga. Everybody Says So. Cascarets 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 ofC. C. C. to-day; 10, 20, 50cents. Boidand guaranteed to cure by all druggists. International Oonvention Foreign Mis sions, Cleveland, Ohio. Account of this occasion the Central of Georgia Railway Co., will sell round trip tickets at one first class sere. Tickets on sale Feb. 20, 21 and 22 with final limit March 2. C. 8. White, Ticket Agent, Griffin, J. C. Haile, G. P. A., Savannah. To Cure Constipation Forever. Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c er 25c. It C. C. C. fall to cure, druggists refund money. * ♦ Hams per pound ... -10 c. 10 bars Laundry Soap - - -25 c. Salmon per can - - - - -10 c. Peas per can 10c. Prunes per pound .... 10c. Dried Apples per pound - -06 c. Evaporated Peaches per pound 10c. lib. package Scotch Oats - -10 c. Asparagus per can - - - - 3Cc. Imported Olive Oil - - -25 c. Imported Macaroni - - -10 c. Macha and Java Coffee - -25 c. Best Mixed Tea - - - - -50 c. Pure Fruit Jams per can - -10 c. 11b. can Baking Powder - • 10c. J. H. SEARS. Telephone 48. IT IS TRUE, IF YOU SEE IT IN MY ADVERTISEMENT! k Every article of Winter Wear at absolute cost for the next two weeks. • I WILL BE ABSENT, VISITING THE WHOLESALE MARKCTB AND G^FW BING ™ NOBBI3SBT Or CLOTHING EVER SHOWN W ' ' ' In the Mean Time IT WILL PAT YOU TO BUT ANY THING YOU IN WINTER GOODS, AS YOU WILL GET IT AT ABSOLUTE NEW YORK COST, FOR THE CASH. , * „ -s'- THOS. J. WHITE r Clothier, Furnisher and Hatter. " " 1 R. F. Strickland & Co. < (O) NEW DRY GOODS. NEW NOTIONS, NEW SHOES. It pays to buy here. Special' values for this week on / Na r W;?r?A ßnlilC ' raratliLL sHrwa,' LONG CLOTH, 04 PILLOW CASING. We received last week: t^A^ D 2 MEBTIO TOR FANCY WORK. ° ABINO FOR FANCY WORK. 38-INCH LINEN LAWN FOR FANCY WORK. OUR NEW LINE OF EMBROIDERIES IS IRE MOST COMPLETE EVER SHOWN HERE—PRICES VERY LOW. • SHOES AND OXFORDS. NEW LINE OF MEN AND BOYS SHOES DITTMiN * SBBOB WIS ™ BTOCK TO CLOBE ODT CHEiP R. F. STRICKLAND & CO. CTTT FBICES SCHEUERMAN STORE. We will continue to sell everything in the WILLIAMS STOCK at the marked cost ma til Feb. 16th. Call and price our goods before making a purchase. 21 Hill Street—at Scheuerman Stere. J. H. HUFFS BOOK AND MUSIC STORE HAS OPENED UP A BEAUTIFUL LINE OF LACE VALENTINES 1 Fail! Finders and Hlt-’Em-Hard Comics. J. H. HXEF’F. s ■ Tea Cents per Week