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nr n > - . r ■ A I / A /T WIT Ik i T T I JriizL IVI vJ KF\ lIX Ct C Ijl ■a. A. wAL N W-waBB Vol IX. Na 143. SOGIALjALAD PLEASANTLY REPORTED FOR SUNDAY’S CALL. , * They blame me that'e’er I met you, That e’er my lone heart found bliss ; They say that I must forget you, Be torn from your clasp, your kiss! . As if no more to remember, To quench the one joy life gave, Were just to tread out an ember, Or trample a rose’s grave! To love you, they say, is madness! .1 reck not of aught they say ; Too deep have I drunk its gladness, To thrust love’s chalice away ! No! better not ev’n to regret you, By death’s dark eddy to part, Than suffer my heart to forget you And find it a broken heart! What, is the world to divide us, To rob us of love’s free sun ? Heaven it was that allied us, And Heaven shall keep us one ! In the shrine of my heart I set you, More hallowed than e’er before, To forget, if I must forget you, When memory is no more ! —William Toynbee. ** * . On Monday last the Dorcas Society « held a meeting at the residence of Mrs. T. R. Mills. A very pleasant after* □oon was enjoyed and a nice sum was collected. These meetings are held monthly at the homes of the members and the proceeds go toward church repairs and missionary work. Mrs Lloyd Cleveland read a beautiful and sparkling little poem—a production of her own gifted pen—which gave much pleasure to Mrs. Mills’ guests. Mies Lillian Patterson delighted her hearers with two beautiful selections. Mies Patterson has a voice of rare natural sweetness and flexibility and a year’s study under some of New York’s best masters has rendered it truly magnifi cent. Mieses Evelyn ReiJ, Mary Speer, Jeffießloodworth, Florence Doe, and Hattie Cope Mills gave two charm ing little charades which very much pleased all those present. Their acting on this occasion evinced marked his tronic talent. * * * Mrs. M. E. Wilson gave an elegant Valentine party Monday evening at her lovely home in honor of MiSsLora Smith. Mrs. Wilson is a gracious hostess and she made this evening one of rare pleasure to her guests. She was beautifully gowned in black satin and real lace Miss Smith wore an elegant costume of cream brocade with trimmings of American Beauty velvet and pearl paseamentries. The decorations were of jonquils, hyacinths and smilax, and throughout this charming home hearts made of these beautiful flowers were to be seen. In the refreshments, which consisted of oyster patties, salads, wafers, pickle, olives, fruit, gelatine and cake, this same quaint idea was noticed. Those present were : Misses Lora Smith, Mollie White, Nettie Sherwood, lone Hammond, Mattie Terry, Janie Brawner, Pearl Neely, Bessie Clark Brawner, Mattie Smith, Mattie Mathews, Lucy Beck, Ma mie Mills, Jacksonia Mills, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Reeves; Messrs. J. M. Kimbrough, J. A. Redding, J. H. Ward, W. H. Newton, L. Patterson, D. Glessner, W. H. Barnes, R. O. Crouch, B. R. Flemister, C. B. Thomas, L. 8. Davis, T. W. O’Kelley and J. H. Smith. • ♦ * Mrs. Florence Reeves was the charm ing hostess at a delightful tea given at her lovely new home on South Hill street on Monday evening last. The affair was a compliment to Mr. J. Hamlet Patterson who left for Louis ville, Ga., the morning following. Mrs. Reeves’ guests were Mrs. E. E. Patter son, Mrs. W. B. Reeves, Mrs. Drake, Miss Lillian Patterson, Miss Marie Terry, Messrs. James M. Kimbrough, J. Hamlet Patterson, Benjamin C. Murray. * * * Mrs. M J. Daniel entertained the Social Circle at her home on Poplar street Wednesday afternoon of the past week. The hypnotist, Mr. Henri Blandford, was present on this occa* sion and gave several tests of his won . derful power. Elegant refreshments were served. * * * The Sextette Club was pleasantly entertained on Tuesday evening by Miss Florrie Jean Richards at her charming home on Taylor Street, Evefy meeting of thia club is a delight ful affair, but the entertainment of Tuesday evening ranks as one of the , moat elegant and generally delightful that they have ever known. Whist was the order of the evening and was enjoyed for several hours. The score sheet E—dainty cards embossed and in scribed with hearts aud diamonds and other appropriate designs—-showed many clever scores. The prise, a dain ty letter-opener in bear! and a beauti ful purse, were won by Miss Mattie Terry and Mr. Lyndon Patterson. An elegant collection of salads and ices served at the close of the games added to the evening’s pleasure. It was growing fast into the morning ere the bright assembly bade the charming hostess good night and expressed their thanks for so delightful an evening. Miss Richard’s guests were Misses Lois Hudson. Eunice Edwards, Mattie Ter ry, Mollie White, Mr. and Mrs. C A Jones, Messrs. Leon Davis, Louis Niles, Lyndon Patterson, Walter Beeks and Ernest Carlisle. * » * On Tuesday afternoon last the Young Matron’s Club met with Mrs. Lee C. Manley at her elegant home on South Hili street. This home, so beautiful iu its structure, so dainty in its fur nishings, was prettily decorated with fresias, violets, heliotrope, lillies, and maiden-hair fern. Mrs. Manley, with that graceoueness and charm of man ner characteristic of her, is an incom parable hostess, and she received on this occasion the graceful aid of Mrs. Hardin Lake Cobb of Atlanta, and Mrs. Crete Mtfnley of Marietta Mrs. Manley wore a handsome afternoon costume of brown silk, Mrs Cobb was stylishly and becomingly attired in green velvet and cloth. Mrs. Crete Manley wore a beautiful gown of black satin with jet trimmings. Mrs. Chas- F. Wolcott’s music gave much pleas ure to the guests. A special feature of the afternoon was the election of two new members, Mrs. W. B. Reeves and Mrs. C. A. Jones, who will, no doubt, prove quite an acquisition to this charming club of our brightest young married women. From a number of small tables placed around the dining room the guests were served with tur key, salads, pickle, celery, wafers, and coffee. The favors were dainty boxes of bon boos tied with vari colored rib bons. * » • Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Randall were the host and hostess at a most delightful luncheon on Wednesday last. Their pretty home was rendered even pret tier by artistic decorations of cut flow era, ferns and palms. A delicious menu at 1:30 o’clock. Tbote who enjoyed the hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. Randall were Mr. and Mrs. Victor M. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Doe, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Jones. * * * On Thursday afternoon of the past week Mrs. W. Key Howard gave an elaborate and elegant heart party in honor of the North Side Card Club. Yellow was the prevailing color in the decorations. The flowers used were jonquils, the waxen tapers, held in siN candelabra, were yellow and over these were tiny jonquil shaped shades of yellow silk. Mrs. Howard is a delight ful hostess, who imparts to her enter tainments an individual elegance and grace that one associates with her per sonality. The score-cares were dainty hand painted beauties; each having attached to it a bur.ch of jonquils tied with yellow ribbons. After an unusu ally pleasant game, fruit, gelatine, cake and coffee were served. The guests of the occasion besides the members of the club were, Mesdames E. E. West of Atlanta, Tbos Nall, W. H. Beck, J. W. Wolcott, B. R. Blakely, John Mills, Misses Opal Smith, Pearl Neely, Mattie Smith, Mollie White, Janie Brawner, Bessie Clark Brawner. There will be no more meetings of this club until after the Lenten season. * * * The first of a series of monthly re ceptions was held at the Y. M. C. A., building last Friday afternoon and evening. A committee of twelve ladies was selected by the board of directors of the Association to perfect all ar rangements. The elegant reception rooms presented a new attractiveness with their decoialious of nasturtiums, jonquils, and evergreens. During the evening Druckenmiller’s Orchestra gave several selections in a most pleas ing manner. Misses Gertrude Hams mond, Lucia Starnes, Evelyn Reid, Mattie Rivers, Lillie Rivers, Elizabeth Mills and Annie Kimbrough served delicious refreshments which consisted of sandwiches, salad, olives, zephyr ettes and coffee. * « ♦ There was a good attendance at the meeting of the Current Topic Club at the residence of Mrs T. R. Mills last Friday afternoon. Mrs. Brawner and Mrs. Nall read excellent papers on the superiority of American women over those of other nations. The subject at the next meeting is one that will in terest all very much—that America has writers equal to George Elliott. Mrs. Collier and Mrs. Martin will lead in tbe discussion of this subject. ffMFFIN, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNINS, FEBRUARY 20, 1888. BEATS POLITICS. Work to Begin on the Hew Kill in Ten Days- A representative of the Call drop ped into the office of the Griffin and Kincaid mills yesterday and asked if any new developments or progress were ready to be noted, touching the erection of the new cotton mill. “Have a seat,” remarked one of tbe head men. “I thought you had prob ably come to interview u« upon the gubernatorial question, and am glad to acknowledge my mistake. While we are all, more or less, interested in the public offices of the state, we are more deeply interested in cotton mills.” ’•You may slate,” our genial friend remarked, “that we expect to begin active operations upou the new mill within the next ten days, and until tbe building is completed and filled with the latest improved machinery and the turned on to spin and weave our cotton, we will be too busy to engage extensively in talking poli tics.” That is business, and tbe erection of another cotton mill in Griffin will be worth more to tbe city and Spalding county than the election of any man governor. While other counties and sections of Georgia are going wild over politics tbe capitalists of Griffin will be placing $150,000 of their cash in erecting an other cotton mill, which will be the third in number for our enterprising little city. Three cheers for the cotton mills of Griffin and Col. Candler! POLITICS BOOMING. Gubernatorial Candidates Continue to Multiply in Georgia. Candler, Atkinson, Berner and Bam Jones have announced, with Garrard on deck, is the status up to date, with other counties to hear from. Sam Jones says it is nobody’s business whether he is in earnest or not He had no idea of running until he returned home yesterday morning and read his mail. Then he conferred with himself and wife and they unanimously agreed to announce at once. And he did. He will publish his platform Monday. He says he is sure he will not be the “hind dog” in the race. Everybody will want to hear Sam and the other candidates in joint debate. Judge Atkinson has not given out his platform yet, as he had promised to do. At The Olympic. The treat of the season will be next Tuesday night, when the grand cantata, Esther, the beautiful queen, will be played at the opera house, in full, elaborate and gorgeous costumes. All of the ancient Median, Persian and Jewish styles. About 60 performers will take part. The leading characters are in excellent hands and play their parts in professional style. The choruses are grand and will surprise every one that hears them. Prof. Druckenmiller, under whose man agement it will be produced, has spared no time, labor or money to make this a grand success, and every prospect is that it will be way beyond his expectations. Tickets are now on sale at White’s clothing store, and all who wish a good seat had better secure them at once, as everything points to a packed house. Ad mission 25, 85 and 50 cents. Thrash’s Lung Restorer and Con sumptive Cure. We, the undersigned residents of Griffin, Ga., take great pleasure in recommending Thrash’s Lung Restorer as a most wonder ful remedy for all the diseases he claims for it: J. G. Rhea, City National Bank; H. C. Burr, City National Bank; W. E. Drewry, druggist; J. C. Brooks, M. and P. Bank; J. W. Hunton, W. H. Baker, merchant; 8. B. McWilliams, merchant; R. F. Strick land, W. J. Harris, druggist; Wm. M. Thomas, Clerk Superior Court; J. W. Mc- Williams, Aaron J. Burr, Geo. I. Jones,-A. A. Snyder, merchant; J, D. Boyd, banker; J. F, Walker, J. W. Mangham, J. P. Nichols. Griffin, Ga., Nov. 15, 1897.—This is to certify that I have been using Thrash’s Lung Restorer for the past 23 years, during which time I have never been without it, and in all Bronchial troubles and diseases of the Lungs, I regard it tar superior to any medicine I ever used. I had an old mother that was kept alive by it for years. W. H. Botcb. If your druggist does not keep it it will be sent on receipt of price, 50 cts. Wholesaled and retailed by CARLISLE & WARD, Griffin, Georgia. afinlla U " R.yal make, the food pare. POWDER Absolutely Pure ROYAL BAKIM4 POWDER CO., NEW YORK. WOMAN’S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY. BY THE SECRETARY OF THE GRIFFIN DISTRICT. It is unwise to indulge a prejudice that is not sanctioned by the church. The chief religious denominations of this country aggressively favor tbe great foreign missionary movement that is now forming an epoch in his tory. It is wise for church members not to “fall out of ranks” on the mis sionary question, but to “keep in line” with tbe church. The church is the "salt of tbe earth.” Tbe missionary spirit that permeates a church is a test of its strength and growth. Anti missionary churches lack the main element of religious thrift and, therefore, cannot flourish. Tbe tendency of churches that have little or no missionary spirit is to de cline. "Hardshellism” has no vigor ous heart of throbbing Christian life within that pulsates in sympathy with the salvation of tbe whole world, but retains in its hollow trunk the seeds of its own decay. Another pleasing accompaniment of missionary zeal is intelligence. "Which things tbe angels desire to look into” was said of the inhabitants of heaven in regard to tbe plan of sal vation. In imitation of this worthy angelic curiosity, men are also invited to look and live. Tbe wisdom of Christianity, being an emanation from the God head, will eventually prevail. The hue philosophy of religion, not withstanding the slurs of Ingersoll,will bear the closest scrutiny. Tbe best way to investigate Christianity is to try it. “If ye do my will, ye shall know of my doctrine.” No, indeed. Ignorance and super stition are not tbe handmaids of reli» gion. “Science falsely so-called” can never erect a permanent barrier against "pure and undefiled religion.” Young people need not fear that their piety will be mistaken for stupidity- Tbe highest grade of intellect is com patible with the most fervent piety. “Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore, get wisdom, and withall thy getting, get understanding.*’ • —————— Many well meaning persons bestow no thought upon the heathen in dis tant lands. Others have a vague sym« pathy for heathenish ignorance, super stition and its consequent bodily suN sering, but this sympathy takes no practical form. This class of our peo ple would fain believe that the heath en will be saved even if we do not send them tbe gospel. They claim that heathen nations, in their ignorance of the true God, “are a law to them selves.” But Bishop Pierce showed that it is our duty, as a Christian peo ple, to send tbe gospel to the heathen, and if we deliberately fail to discharge this duty, we will not be saved our selves. “Freely have ye received, freely give.” A Card of Thanks. As representatives of the Y. M. C. A., and the ladies’ committee, we desire to ex press onr unbounded thanks for the cheer ful assistance which augmented the suc cess of our entertainment of Friday even ing. That it was a success was evidenced by the attendance and cordial good will that was so manifest, and we believe will work to tbe good of our object. Especially do we wish to thank Miss Elizabeth Mills, Miss Mattle Riven, Mr. J. A. Redding and the Messrs. Drucken miller for their music, which entertained all. Thanking each and every one who con tributed to this entertainment, and assur ing them of our high appreciation, we are Grateftilly yours. Mbs. R. J. RBDDnra, Chairman Ladies’ Committee. J. 8. Huntkb, Gen. Sec’y. IT IS TRUE, IF YOU SEE IT I IN MY ADVERTISEMENT! 1 Every article of Winter Wear at absolute I cost for the next two weeks. w ' ' ' r ’ ' sj? ■ ’ I WILL BE ABSENT, VISITING THE WHOLESALE MARKETS AND PURCHASING THE NOBBIEST LINE OF CLOTHING EVER SHOWN IN GRIFFIN. In the Mean Time 3 IT WILL PAY YOU TO BUY ANY THING YOU MAY NEED IN WINTER GOODS, AB YOU WILL GET IT AT ABSOLUTE NEW YORK COST, FOR THE CASH. | THOS.J.WHITE Clothier, Furnisher and Hatter. . -.'J •; -- ■' ' =ggSBgBBBBgBgBgB»mBM3» * '.H ’' ■ - - R. F. Strickland & Co. * Shoes at Reduced price ALL OUR WINTER SHOES, INCLUD ING ALL OUR BEST MAKES OF BOTH LADIES AND CHILDRENS GOODS, MUST BE CLOSED OUT TO MAKE ROOM FOR NEW GOODS. YOU WILL • NEED HIGH SHOES FOR A LONG TIME YET, Why not buy them NO W, and save money ? ' OUR SPRING STOCK OF LILLIE BRACKET* CO. FINE SHOES FOR- ' ~ MEN NOW READY. STOP IN AND . SEE THE LATEST STYLES IN MENS TAN SHOES AND PATENT LEATHER SHOES FOR SPRING. EVERY PAIR - _ OF OUR SHOES GUARANTEED. B. F. STRICKLAND & CO. “ ' ■ ■■ 11 BANKRUPT SALE OF HARDWAREI J Having bought at Sheriff’s sale the entire stock Hardware, Stoves, Tinware, Farming Implements, etc., of O. H. JOHNSON & SONS, we are determined to close it out with in 60 days. Such bargains in Hardware as you will find in our have never before been offered in Griffin. Wn n 1 n iUa UdVIS ImOa - - Ten Cents per Week