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I- 1 . 11 .■ "’ ' ■' ' W .• ..-■ ■. New Garden Seeds. All fresh from the best growers. Genuine ll' f Eastern Irish Potatoes. Prescriptions carefully compounded. J. N. HARRIS & SON OO4r' ti- * WK HAVE SOME EXTRA FINE GRADES OF COFFEE. WE HAVE BEVERALKINDB OF BLENDED GOODS, WHICH MAKE A VERY FINE DRINK. WE HaVE ALSO ROASTED AND GREEN BIOS. WHEN YOU WANT A GOOD COFFEE TRY US ONE TIME. * G. W. CLARK & SON. Wholesale and Retail Grocers. BARGAINS IN FURNITURE, * CROCKERY, LAMPS, CUTLERY, ETC., ETC., MANGHAM BROS. 'h , . 11 1 ■■ " "■ ' a Hams per pound - - - -10 c. 10 bars Laundry Soap - - -25 c. Salmon per can - -10 c. Peas per can - - * ■ - -10 c. 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. Manhn and Java Coffee * -25 c. Beet Mixed Tea - - - * -50 c. Pure Fruit Jams per can - -10 c. 11b. can Baking Powder * -10 c. J. M. SEARS. Telephone 48. 9 “**■41151)7- v u/ fj LIGHT TOUCHES. The construction of some Pianos and Organ■ is such as to require considerable force to produce sound. In those we are showing the mechanical parts are so nicely adjusted that they respond to the most delicate touch. But they can stand the heavier hand of a player made enthusiastic by the richness of tone, the volume, the purity of their notes. And the exteriors are Utting houses for such music. See them at J. H. HUFF, 24 HILL STREET. ** —— Gamblers Pulled- Between 12 and 8 o’clock yesterday ai teraoon Chief Ison and Officers Gordon and Phelps arrested seventeen negro gamblers. The last raid was a large success and resulted in the capture of six negroes— gating all the coons, cards and cash. They were all placed behind the bars, except a few who gave bond. This was a big half day’s work, and shows that evil-doers stand a slim chance to evade detection by the police of Griffin. At a late hour last night the six coons arrested last night plead guilty and were fined $25 and serve six months on chaiqgaag. It is thought that most of them win pay out. Morning Call. GRIFFIN, GA., FEB. 22, 1898. Office over Davis’ Hardware Store TELEPHONE NO. 22. PERSONAL AND LOCAL DOTS- Clay Driver spent yesterday in At lanta F. D. Dismnke went to Macon yes terday. Tom Spencer, of Atlanta, was in the city yesterday. 3 Sam Webb, of Atlanta, was in the city yesterday. Mrs. Ed Lovelace is visiting friends in Atlanta this week. E J. Flemister made a business trip to Atlanta yesterday. ' Alderman M. D. Mitchell spent the day in Barnesville yesterday. Judge and Mrs J S. Boynton visit ed friends in Atlanta Sunday. Trainmaster Broyles, of the Central railroad, was in the city yesterday. H- C. Burr left yesterday lor West Point, where he will spend a few days on business. , Mrs J J. Elder, of Birdie, is spend ing a few days in this city with Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Eider. E. J. Flemister will leave lonrorrow morning for New York to buy a stock of spring goods for his trade. Cols M. P. Hall and W. N. Browu returned to Jackson yesterday after spending a few days in this city There is nothing better than Thrash’s Lung Restorer for Coughs, Colds, LaGrippe and all Lung Troubles. 50c bottle. Mrs. Whitley Kincaid and Miss Marjorie Slaton spent yesterday in Atlanta, where they were entertained by friends. Mr. and Mrs. R C Iverson and son, Master Robert, of Senoia, are in the city the guests of Judge J. A Drewry anil family. Miss Tudie SePnian, of Monroe, re turned home yesterday after spending a few days in this city as the guest of Mrs,. J W. Hunton. Mrs. M. E. Curtis, of Chicago, who is spending the winter with relatives in this city, will go down to Columbus this morning io spend a few days Prof. J H. Walker left yesterday for Chattanooga, Tenn., where ho will spend several days attending the na t’onal convention of school superin tendents C’ >1 J O. Towns, of 8 moia, was in the city yesterday, enroute for Atlanta to attend the funeral of his eon, Terry Towns, who died yesterday morning at 10 o’clock. Mi. and Mrs. Jas A. Clark are re ceiving the congratulations of friends upon the arrival of a sweet little daugh ter, which came to gladden their home last Sunday morning. Today being the anniversary of George Washington’s birthday, and therefore a legal holiday, all banks >n the city will be closed, and the postof fice will observe Sunday hours. Yesterday was the coldest and moat disagreeable, of the winter In the forenoon snow Hakes drifted upon the icy wind, and out door duties were ueglected or postponed until a more pleasant day. The thermometer mark ed below the freezing point all day. The play al the Olympic tonight should be well attended, for it is one of the best productions ever put 90 by Griffin amateurs One who saw the full rehearsal at the Olympic yester day alternoon says it is far better than a great many professional perform ances. To Cure Constipation Forever. Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or 25c. If C. C. C. fail to cure, drvzgists refund money. CALLING BACK THE SUN. The Mo<ul Dance That Helps to Caase the Return of Sammer and Harvests. Dr. Tewkea of the Smithsonian tnstltu tion at Washington returned recently tc Denver from the Moqui villages in Ari zona, where he attended the winter dances of the Indians. He la one of the few white men who have ever aeen this remarkable ceremony, and the result of his visit will appear in a detailed report on his return to Washington. The dance or ceremony is called the say la-na, and is the most complicated of all the religious ceremonies among the Mo quia It continues for nino days, includ ing preliminary preparations. It is one of the few ceremonies still in existence among the uncivilized tribes in which the sun is directly the object of worship. The dance tokos place at the winter solstice when the sun has receded to its farthest limit in the southern sky. Its object is primarily to induce the sun to recede from its southern inarch and retrace Its stops toward the north, to bring joy. warmth and returning harvests to the Moquis. The secondary ob ject is to extend a peace offering to the great plumed snake, a deity hostile to the sun, in order that his wrath may be ap peased and he may cease to chase the sun away from the Moquis. The main dance took place at Walpai on Den. 20, and on the 22d at Oriaba. It was held between 10 and 12 o’clock in the evening in one of tho secret rooms of the khlva. A rude altar bad been construct ed in one end of tho room, back of which was a partition of wreaths nnd flowers, through which the head of an effigy of the plumed serpent protruded. This head was about 18 inches long and about 12 Inches in diameter and made from a large gourd. Tho upper part of the head was stained black, the lower part whire, and the mouth, with a hideous exhibition of teeth, Was stained red. Behind this screen was an Indian, whoso office it was to impart to the head of the reptile a swaying motion, as if the serpent was imbued with life. At tho same time a number of Indians blew in to hollow gourds, which emitted a strange rushing sound to imitate the noise made by tho swift movement of a monster snake. In front of the altar and the effigy of the snake appeared a warrior with a shield on Which were represented emblems of the sun. These minor deities and the plumed snake attacked tho warrior representing the sun, and a battle ensued in which the lono warrior triumphed, beating back bls enemies, and thus being enabled to return to the north to cheer the land of the Mo quis. The next morning after the performance as the sun rises above tho eastern horizon and tips the western hills with gold the Indians offer up their prayers and sprinkle holy meal in its fore, and by these simple acts of devotion welcome its return from the southern skies, and with it also the re turn of the kachenos, the good spirits who bring tho Moquis rain, corn, abun dance of harvest and all tho blessings of life.—New York Sun. Famous Washington Parrots. Chief Justice Fuller has a Mexican par rot of which he is very fond and of whose acquirements ho is exceedingly proud. Its latest accomplishment is to call the chief justice “grandpa. ’’ The title was not so pleasing at first, but since his last married daughter, Mrs. Beecher, has presented the family with two grandchildren in two years he is perfectly resigned to the inev itable title, even from a parrot’s lips. There are several distinguished friends of tho chief justice who talk parrot with him and swap bright sayings of their pets. For one, the British ambassador has an exceedingly talkative and well Informed bird.. His name is Jacob, and-ho has been a pet in tho family for 13 years. Not long ago Jacob was blown from tho window seat of the dining room of the embassy and was picked up in the street by a boy— a good boy, as it happened—and conse quently was restored after about a week, in which the family nearly went distract ed. The good boy was rewarded by the finest atlas that Sir Julian could find, with his name in it, as a reward of merit, and the good boy is the envy of all bis school mates. The wife of the Mexican minister, Mme. Romero, has a parrot who is a fine lin guist. He speaks Spanish and French and occasionally English. Ho is a beauti ful Mexican bird and is quite the idol of the family. Miss Mitchell, daughter of J. J. Mitchell, cousin of Mrs. Stanley Mat thews, has a parrot of rare attainments, who talks and sings. Judge Advocate General Lieber also has a well trained par rot. —Washington Letter in Chicago Trib une. What Zola Has Undertaken. The government is the smallest of M. Zola’s foes. He faces an angry nation, which, with exceptions that hardly count in the flood of passion and prejudice, is ex asperated against Dreyfus almost to the shedding of blood. His indictment, what ever may come of it, is a piece of the most heroic courage in the annals of civil life. Ho has had a foretaste of the persecution that awaits him. Colonel Picquart, who was the first to expose Esterhazy, has been arrested and shut up at Mont Valerien. It is rumored that M. Mathieu Dreyfus is to be prosecuted, and, if possible, to be bled with a demand for damages fixed at £20,- 000. But the most conspicuous figure of this group of brave men struggling for the justice of an open trial is tho great writer who leads their forlorn hope. If tho gov ernment give him an open trial, ho may yet succeed in putting its methods to shame. It is more probable that it will bring his old age to ignominy and ruin.— London News. The Curfew Bell. The Rev. Charles A. Crane, a Methodist minister of Boston, advocates the revival of tho curfew bell in that city. “Boston,” he_said the other evening, “owes it to her self, and especially to her boys, to pass and faithfully execute a curfew law which shall require all children 16 years of age and under to be off the streets at 8 o’clock in the winter and 9 o’clock in the summer. Lincoln, Neb., was the first city to adopt; the curfew law, about two years ago. Omaha, Denver, Kansas City, Des Moines, Topeka and Evanston, Ills., are among the larger oities which have followed. Tho testimony in favor of the innovation is strong. The chief of police of St. Joseph, Mo., says that seven-eighths of the people give it their sincere approval. There has been a reduction of SO per cent in com mitments to the reform school from that city. ” Frifhlfnlng Him. “Now, just as soon as you are married, ” said the experienced husband, “the life in surance solicitors will be after you in droves. ” “Is matrimony so dangerous as that?” asked the candidate for nuptial honors, with apprehension in his voice.—Detroit Free Press. Want Wealth 100 Quick- Bradstreet's Commercial Agency has arranged a review of the business con ditions of 1897, icclading all of the failures in business and the different causes (hat led to them The report is issued iu a bound volume and soma of the facts in it should be penned to the spinal column of a large element in business who enter upon the com* mercial seas with n determination to outstrip any olhvi craft io the wide domain. The report shows, as usual, that Providerce and the times helps those who help themselves. The fact is de veloped in the report that two thirds of the failures are the result of faults in tbe men who failed—and are due to lack of capital to begin with in some; incompetency, inexperience, fraudu lent disposition and extravagance in others, while unwise granting of cred its, neglect and speculation come in for their share of the year’s failures in still other instances. Perhaps a majority of failures in business is due to the fact that many business men attempt to do more bus iness than their capital will warrant They enter business with a few hun dred dollars and in a short while have stretched their credit into many thou sands. The inflation of credit is always followed by contraction when the pay ing time comes and failure is the result. Tbe man goes to tbe wall and tbe difference between the liabilities and assets in almost every instance shows more money than was originally pat in the business, besides allowing tbe proprietor of the business a support, extravagant in proportion to (be amount of bis assets, rather than bis actual woitb. < What is true in the business world is true in every other calling. In stances of vaulting ambition overleap ing itself is seen in every walk of life The farmer who tries to attend to more acres of land and raise a greater crop than he is able to cultivate without going heels over bead in debt will find failure awaiting hint when his balances are made at tbe end of the year The slow and steady steps are safer for all. The man who remains within tbe bounds of bis own ability, spending not more than he earns, will .find suc cess in almost any undertaking. No system of laws and no financial system will insure any man against inevitable failure if these things are not regarded. —Valdosta Times. Notice. On being legal holiday, the post office will observe Sunday hours David J. Bailey, Je , P. M. mozlets lemon elixir. Its Wonderful Effect on the Liver, Stom ach, Bowels and. Kidneys. A pleasant lemon drink, that positively cures all biliousness, constipation, indi gestion, dyspepsia, headache, malaria, kid ney disease, dizziness, colds, loss of appe tite, levers, chills, blotches, pimples, all impurities of the blood, pain in the chest or back, palpitation of the heart, and all other diseases caused by a disordered liver and kidneys, the first great cause of all fa tal diseases. 50 cents and $1 per bottle. Sold by druggists generally. Prepared by H. Mozley, M. D., Atlanta, Ga. A CARD. From a number of St. Louis’s prominent citizens, as to tbe merits of Dr. Mozley’s Lemon Elixir, the following named gentle men pronounce it the only pleasant, thor oughly reliable, and economical remedy they have ever used for the diseases for which it is recommended : Judge Alex Davis, Fourth and Chestnut streets. Judge John P. Hughens, 102 N. Fourth street. Hon. J. I. Martin, office opposite Four Courts. T. P. Grasty, law office, 1107 Clark ave nue. Capt. J. A. K. Stotts, of the St. Louis Beef Canning Company. GRATITUDE. Dr. H. Mozley—Dear Sir: Since using your Lemon Elixir, I have never had an other attack of those fearful sick head aches, and thank God that I have at last found a medicine that will cure those aw ful spells. Mks. Etta W. Jones, Parkersburg, West Va. Mozley’s Lemon Hot Drops. Cures all coughs, colds, hoarseness, sore throat, bronchitis, hemorrhage, and all throat and lung diseases. Elegant, relia ble. Twenty-five cents at druggists. Pre pared only by Dr. H. Mozley, Atlanta, Ga. International Convention Foreign Mis sions, Cleveland, Ohio. Account of this occasion the Central of Georgia Railway Co., will sell round trip tickets at one first class fare. 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. Educate Your Bowels With Casearets. Candy Cathartic, care constipation forever. 10c, 25c. If C.C.C. fail, druggists refund money. To Cure Constipation Forever. Take Cases rets Candy Cathartic. 10c or 25c. It GG C. fail to cure, druggists refund money. Educate Vonr Bowels With Cascarets. Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever. 'oc, 25c. HC.C- C, fail, refund money. WAR DECLARED!I ——o- ■ On AH FaH and Winter] Goods. I rars BROTHERS HAVE ISSUED THIS PROCLAMATION—THAT AD I WINTER GOODS MUST GO AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES IN ORmJ I TO MAKE ROOM FOR OUR NOW AND BOON TO BE ARRIVING SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS. Few more pair of those 503. Blankets lelt. Come early if you want > pair. All wool Blankets worth $6, will go for $3.25. Cloaks and Capes at less than half their value. We do not want to I carry these goods over and will save you big money in this line. FLOOR COVERINGS.—If you want anything in Carpets, Mattia- | Rugs, etc., you will find it to your interest to see us this week. Clothing, Clothing! I All winter suite and odd pants will be sacrificed to make room for I spring and summer purchases that will soon arrive. If you want a fine I cheap, very cheap, come to see us. . w . New spring and summer samples for Clothing have arrived. It fl want a new stylish suit, mads to fit you, at hand-me-down prices, see qqj I new samples and get our prices. New Spring Goods. r * You are invited to call Monday and every day this week at our store and ask to see the new Percals, new Sateens, new Embroideries, new Laces, new full line of Embroidery Silk, new Braids, new Crochet Silk at sc. spool, new Chambry, new black brocade Dress Goods. These are beauties ana you should see them. Just received new black Satins, handsome quality. SHOES, SHOES. I First invoice of new spring and summer Shoes just received from Drew Selby & Co., also H. C. Godman. Ask to see these when you visit our rtore, For style, quality and price we are sure to please the moet fastidious. A HINT TO YOU. WATCH OUR REMNANT COUNTER. WATCH OUR SAMPLE SHOE COUNTER. WATCH OUR SAMPLE HAT COUNTER. LOOK TO YOUR INTEREST AND WE WILL MAKE IT TO YOUR INTEREST BY GIVING YOU GOOD VALUES THE COMING WEEK. BASS BROS, f > s&i t ... s ' ' A Gold Watch Free. WE ARE GIVING EACH CUSTOMER WHO MAKES A CASH PUR. CHASE OF 25 CENTS A GUESS AT THE NUMBER OF BEANS CONTAINED IN A GLASS JAR NOW IN OUR SHOW WINDOW. THE NEAREST GUESSER TO GET WATCH. CONTEST ENDS MAY 1, 1898. TRY YOUR LUCK. 21 Hill Street—at Scheuerman Store. N. B—WE WILL BUY THE WATCH FROM THE LUCKY GUESSER AT 115.00. RACKET STORE PRICES! EDWARDS BROS. Are determined to reduce their stock of goods before buying spring stock. EVERYTHING MARKED DOWN. These pi ices will appeal to the purse of every one needing these goods. A. C. A Feather Ticking, per yard, 10c. Lonsdale fine Bleaching, yard wide, 6c. - Silver Spring “ “ “ 3 7-Bc. Fancy Dress Percals, “ “ 9c. Calicoes 3 l<2c., 4c. and sc. Come early and get your share of these good thing. EDWARDS BHDS.