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Vol IX. No. 144.
FACTS PLAHLT STATE)
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Proposed Legislation Against South
ern Cotton Mills.
Capt. 8. Grantland, who was io
Washington City last Friday, was
heard by a reporter of the Washing
ton Post to make some pointed deola
Xi upon the operation of southern
mills and the question that is
being agitated in congress of seeking
to cripple such southern enterprises
and thereby to cater to Um depressed
condition of the mills in the New Eng
land states.
The Washington Post says:
“Ono of the most prominent of the
cotton manufacturers of Georgia, Ur.
8. GrantUnd, of Griffin, was seated in
the lobby of the Riggs last night talk
ing with his friend and representative
in congress, Judge Charles L. Bartlett.
The latter was assuring Mr. Grantland
that there was no danger of congress
passing any'law looking ti the eetabwl
lisbment of uniformity throughout the
States ia the hours of labor per day or
week it) cotton mills or other indus
tries.
“ »All we ask,’ said Mt Grantland,‘is
to be let alone. We have now an elev
en hour law in Georgia, while in North
Carolina there is no statute limiting
the number of hours employes may
work, and it must be remembered that
we come in close competition with the
North Carolina factories. Our opera
tives would oppose national legislation
fixing the time they should labor, bit
terly, for they get paid by the piece,
and they do not want to tee their
wages cut down. In the three mills
with which I am connected we have a
good many women employed, mostly
in weaving. A large per cent of
these make from $175 to $2 a day.
They are happy and contented, and
have nothing to say about working
lees time.
“‘One of these women, who has
been with us ten years, owns a very
comfortable home, rents two other
houses, and has lent our company
$2,000 of her savings. Every dollar
she owns was made by her exertions
in the mill and by her thrift. Her
case is not so exceptional that there
are not numbers of other women who
have done almost as well. Families
that used to be in penury now get a
comfortable living out of their employ
ment in the factories, and most of them
have something to their credit in bank
or with the company.
“ ‘The mill owners of New England,
after long years of fat revenues, now
raise the hue and cry against southern
competition, and want congress to cut
down our hours of labor to even up
with the labor law requirements in
their own states As I have said, this
would be more of an injustice to the
working class of the south than to the
corporations that use their help. The
southern mills do not labor under the
disadvantage common in the north, of
supporting a retinue of high salaried
officials, who get big pay for doing
little or nothing. Our machinery,
too, is newer, and with up-to-date
eqtfipment of course we get better re*
suits.
“ ‘I am glad to know that such leg
islation would be unconstitutional and
that there is no chance of its enact
ment. All we ask in the south is for
congress to let us manage our own af
fairs. We are prospering fairly well,
and more factories are going to be
built, until the south will ultimately
manu’acture all the cotton it produces.
Our own concern will add a fourth
mill this spring, larger and better than
any of the rest and adapted to the pro
duction of very fine goods If there
was any probability of hostile national
legislation that mill would not be
built.’ ”
Death of an Infant.
The infant baby girl of Mr. and Mrs.
-J. D. Ruff died Sunday at their home
on North Hill street.
The little babe was but four months
old but its young tendrils had so en
twined themselves around the hearts
of the parents that its loss has caused
a sad bereavement in tbe happy home.
The little remains Were carried out
to Brooks Station yesterday and burie<?«
A largp circle of friends in Griffin
share with tbe inmates of this desolate
home the sorrow that has thus fallen
upon it.
That dreaded disease, Consump
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druggists, 50c bottle.
BAM JONES’ PLATFORM.
He Makes His Formal Announce
ment for Governor.
Many in Georgia thought that Sam
Jones was joking in Saturday’s Atlan
ta Journal, when he said he would
•land for governor of Georgia, and
would publish his platform and formal
announcement oa Monday.
But in this all were mistaken, as his
platform was published yesterday and
it was undoubtedly built by himself,
and without the assistance of outside
suggestions.
Here are some of the prominent
planks in his platform :
“5. was an original Candler man, for
I belong to the common people of
Georgia as contradistinguished from
the ring streaked politioiaris and pap
suckers.”
“The platform on which I stand and
have stood for twenty years and more,
is simple, unadulterated, unpurchasea
ble, unbulldozable manhood ”
“I would not lug into thia campaign
gold buggduy or silver diggery and the
tariff issue, for the governor of Geor
gia and tbe state bouse officials have
no more to do with the enactment or
non-enactment of laws on that ques
tion than the frosts of Alaska have to
do with the oranges of Florida.”
“Let’s pen up the jackasses for a
while in the back lot and trot out
some thoroughbreds.”
A Few Cases in Point.
It is altnoat amusing to hear tbe ex
planations made by Governor Atkin
son’s hand organs with reference to
their support of that gentleman’s
namesake and political legatee. Among
them the esteemed Griffin News and
Sun, the Rome Tribune, the Newnan
Herald and Advertiser, and others.
They all base it, of course, upon tbe
Candler letter. That letter is what
turned them. Al least, that is tbe
inference. Let’s see just how much
there is in all of this:
Douglass Glees n er, for instance, is a
good fellow, but be is Bill Atkinson’s
heart and soul. So is Jim Brown, and
so is Mr. Knowles. Just suppose Col
onel Candler hadn’t written that letter;
Judge Atkinson’s candidacy bad al
ready been decided upon by the Atkin
son ring, long before that letter was
written. Governor Atkinson, notwith
standing his statements to the contrary,
set to work to this end immediately
upon his return from Mexico, to find
that his friend, Joe Terrell,, had quit
the race.
So that in a few more days Judge
Atkinson’s announcement would have
been forthcoming—letter or no letter.
Does any one believe that either Glees
ner, Brown or Knowles would have
stood bj Candler, in direct opposition
to the governor’s wishes? Do they be
lieve it themselves? Certainly not.
They are all his staunch political
friends ; all of them have received office
at his hands. Each of them owes him
a politicaldebt, and each of them is
bound to him and bis ring..
Is it at all likely, then, that they
would have lagged in their support of
the ring candidate, once Atkinson bad
given the word? It all, then, resolves
itself into a question of whether or not
Governor Atkinson was engaged in an
effort to name his own succesesor On
that point wo think there is no honest
difference of opinion.
So that tbe Atkinson organs and
the Atkinson heelers would have acted
just as they have acted, letter or no
letter. Wouldn’t it, therefore, be more
creditable to our esteemed contempor
aries to throw off the mask, and come
squarely out with the admission that
they are against Candler solely and
simply because he is not Governor At
kinson’s candidate—because be doesn’t
belong to their crowd.
They have a right to oppose him, of
course, for this or any other reason;
but they have no right to try to de
ceive tbe public as to the motive of
their opposition. The matter is of
small consequence, however, in view
of the fact that they are deceiving no
one—not even themselves. —Macon
Evening News
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MUFFIN, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 28, 1888.
A DARK FEATURE.
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Wai the Blowing Up of tbe Maine
the Program ?
Developments seem to show that
the wrecking of the battleship Maine
was simply in accordance with threats
previously made by tbe Spaniards and
the assassination of Gen. Lee may fol
low, as set forth in the following cir
cular, brought to light since the terri
ble catastrophe.
The following is a copy of a circular
secretly distributed by tbe Spaniards a
few days before the Maine was blown
up:
“Spaniards—The time has arrived
when the patience of the loyal has
vanished before the decided protection
that the Americans lend to the bands
of turbulent foragers who lay waste
our country. Death to them. The
moment has arrived to lower the co
lossal head of tbe Americans and prove
to them that our unconquerable na
tion can reach tbe doors of the capital
at Washington, demand reparation for
the grave offenses which they daily in
flict upon us, expel, yes, expel,without
delay, Consul General Lee, who with
bis fame, is nothing more than tbe
miserable secretary of the bandits.
Away, away, with tbe Yankee consul
ate protector of criminals of the low
est degree. Every moment the action
of justice is impeded by American in
terference. Are we to continue our
toleration? No, no, a thousand times
no.
“Consul General Lee, when the stu
pendous explosion comes that will car
ry consternation to the whole city, if
you have strength left it would be well
for you to hie yourself to your coun
try and relate what has happened to
you.
“Long life to Spain, longlife to
Spanish Cuba. Death to our enemies.”
Vest Pocket Items.
Over 1,000,000 pawn tickets for sums
under ten shillings are issued weekly
in London alone. A5
The soil of Hawaii is of a dark choc
olate or reddish brown, and the darker
is best adapted to growing coffee J
The tonnage of the German Mer
chants’ navy has increased from 1,065,.
000 to 1,502,000 tone during the past
twenty years.
The prefix “O” before so many of
tbe names of Irish families is an ab
breviation of the “ogha,” meaning
grandchild.
Golf can positively be traced in
Scottish history to 1457, and it is be
lieved to have been played much
earlier than that date. ’
Ice by tbe
use of chemical mixtures is not a late
idea by any means, the invention dat
ing back to 1783.
There is a curious superstition in
Venice that if a stranger dies in a ho
tel the number of bis room will be
lucky at the next lottery.
A Frenchman in bis own country is
not at liberty to marry without the
consent of bis father, or legal guardian,
until he has passed his twentieth year.
Tbe smallest race of people in the
world inhabit the Andaman islands.
They have an average weight of sev
enty pounds, and are under four feet
in height.
An ingenious hatter of Paris con
structed a house of felt made out of
24,000 old hats. This house consisted
of parlor, diningroom and bedroom ;
also a kitchen.
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.
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 the U. 8. Prices are
never reduced, same to all.
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Editor Napier for Candler.
To the men who control, who hold
their power by manipulation,tbe letter
will be unpalatable. - But to tbe rank
and file of the democratic party, to
those who do the work but who ask no
reward for party service, it is a revela
tion. It shows that they at least have
a man who in his rugged, fearless hon
esty is unalterably opposed to rings,
cliques, slates and combinations and is
therefore worthy to lead the people.
And they will follow where Candler
leads. —Walker County Messenger.
There is more Catarrh in this section of
he country than all the other diseases put
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
spoonfiil. It acts directly on the blood
and 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 & CO.,
Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Hall’s Family Pills are the best.
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
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Not long ago it was reported that
Mr. Cleveland bad purchased a farm
near Trenton, N. J., and there was
some speculation as to what his pur
pose was. It transpires that he had
no other purpose than to save tbe home
of an old man which bad been sold by
the sheriff, and from which the old
man was about to bo driven. Mr,
Cleveland had often been accorded tbe
privilege of hunting on the farm, and
tbe old man had shown him several
little attentions. In return for these
kindnesses tbe ex-President redeemed
tbe property, and his old friend will
not have to move.
ONE ENJOYS
Both the method and 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 cares 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 and agreeable substances, its
many excgMent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Qyrup of Figs is for sale in 50
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist wh>
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it Do not acceptany
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IN MY ADVERTISEMENT! ;3B
Every article of Winter Wear at absolute |
cost for the next two weeks.
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PURCHASING THE NOBBIEST LINE OF CLOTHING EVER SHOWN IN'
GRIFFIN.
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In the Mean Time 1
IT WILL PAY YOU TO BUY ANY THING YOU MAY NEED
IN WINTER GOODS, AS YOU WILL GET IT AT ABSOLUTE
- NEW YORK COST, FOR THE CASH.
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Clothier, Furnisher and Hatter.
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ALL OUR WINTER SHOES, INCLUD
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LADIES AND CHILDRENS GOODS,
MUST BE CLOSED OUT TO MAKE
ROOM FOR NEW GOODS. YOU WILL
NEED HIGH SHOES FOR A LONG
TIME YET, •
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save money?
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Having bought at Sheriff’s sale
the entire stock Hardware, Stoves,
Tinware, Farming Implements, etc.,
of O. H. JOHNSON & SONS, we 1
are determined to close it out With
in 60 days.
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you will find in our store have never
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