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' ' ' . \ i— «B |W /■ < B Ba,/ I B I M __ w /W 1 > VII J rtk ‘ \ I X l T 1 i I Vol IX. No. 144. FACTS PLAHLT STATE) ■ ■■■■ n , - 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 tion, cured with Thrash’s Lung Re storer and Consumptive Cure. - All 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 Don't Tobacco Spit and Smote Tear Life Away. To quit tobacco easily and forqvqr, be .map netic. full of lite, nerve and Vigor, take No-To* Bac, the wonder-worker, that makes weak men strong. All druggists, 50c or 41. Cure guaran teed. Booklet and sample free. Address Sterling Remedy Co. Chicago or New York. No-To-Bac for Fifty Ceuta. Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak men strong, Wood pure. 50c, |i- AU druggists. MUFFIN, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 28, 1888. A DARK FEATURE. e> 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. J. N. Harris & Son full assort ment of all the latest styles . /•'"TV * 9t S-C&CCfLcM vr*FP» Royal make, the food par., Adil fjg 11ctcrtAA w POWDER Absolutely Pur® A ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., MEW YORK. 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. ntfu- 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 8U Mu tale. CALIFORNIA FIG STROP CO. U»nUKOCO. CAL iowmhu. a. K&H rate «f IT IS TRUE, IF YOU SEE IT 1 i IN MY ADVERTISEMENT! ;3B Every article of Winter Wear at absolute | cost for the next two weeks. - I ? i|H I WILL BE ABSENT, VISITING THE WHOLESALE MARKETS AND PURCHASING THE NOBBIEST LINE OF CLOTHING EVER SHOWN IN' GRIFFIN. ' ■ ■ ■ 1 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. * ' THOS. J. WHITE Clothier, Furnisher and Hatter. • -3; J i« ~ ■ ■ =SS=ggSS=SBSg» ”< R.F.StricklandSCn. • . 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, • ■rrrv , ' Why not buy them NOW, 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. STBICKLAHII & <% BANKRUPT SALE OF HARDWARE! 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. ■ w Such bargains in Hardware as you will find in our store have never before been offered in Griffin. WD Daufa X Rrn a JU a UuvlU UL DI U* . Ten Cento per Week