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THE MORNING CALL.
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Vol IX. No. 147.
A GOOD MOVE.
To Ban a Water Pipe Into the Citi
zens’ Cemetery.
There is some talk of the city fathers
running * water pipe from the nearest
main to the cemetery and then through
some of the principal avenues, placing
spigots at most central points, for the
purpose of affording water for those
wishing to grow flowers and other
plants upon their lots.
This proposition will undoubtedly
meet the unanimous endorsement of
our citizens, or should do so at least.
At present, and for months past, it
has been impossible to get a cup of
water from any of the wells in the
cemetery, which has worked a great
inconvenience to owners of lots, who
wish to keep the same fresh with
blooming flowers and growing ever'
greens.
It would not cost exceeding $l5O to
thus supply ample facilities at con ven
ient points, covering the entire ceme
tery grounds with water.
Let the council lay the pipe and
place a dozen or twenty spigots, such
as require a key to obtain water, and
let the sexton carry a key for public
use, to be lelurned to him after using,
and all can be accommodated alike>
free of cost, and the spigots could not
be turned and left open by unknown
parties.
If, for convenience or otherwise, a
family or individual wishes a spigot
key of their own to avoid the necessity
looking up the sexton to obtain one, I
let such persons pay to the city clerk
one dollar for same and keep it and
use it when desired
Enough private keys would be taken
by owners of lots Io pay a very satis
factory interest upon the cost of laying
the pipes, ard would give every owner
of a lot pure and fresh water within a
few yards of their lot, to sprinkle their
flowers, fill vases or for other purposes.
The present mayor and board of al*
dermen have already done much to
beautify our “city of the dead,” for
which they -have received the com
mendations of our citizens universally,
and if they wilt now place pure water
within reach of the lot owners they
will soon see how readily thj good wo
men of our city will beautify and make
bloom the homes of their departed
loved ones, whose remains lie there,
that have been so neglected in the past
for want of water.
The wells have all gone dry and
should be filled up. When in use the
water taken from them was so filthy
that many carried jags and pitchers of
water from home, rather than use the
wells.
Will not the city fathers of Griffin
give this matter some worthy and caro
ful consideration? They surely will do
so. And don’t wait until next summer
or fall to act. This is the season of
the year to transplant flowers and
evergreens, but such things cannot be
done under present slate of affairs.
The Call will patiently watch fpr
and gladly report any and all move
ments made on this suggestion.
Coming to the Olympic.
“Old Farmer Hopkins,” said to be
one of the brightest rural dramas ever
written, will be produced at the Olym
pic Feb. 28, by the well known com
edian, Frank S. Davidson, and an ex
cellent company.
Special scenery, mechanical effects,
specialties of a high order, all go to
make “Old Farmer Hopkins” the great
success it undoubtedly is.
This is the first appearance of this
company in this city and will no doubt
draw a large audience.
Butts Superior Court. -
This court is in session, Judge M.
W. Beck presiding. The civil docket
was concluded Wednesday and crimi
nal docket taken np Thursday morn
ing. Court will close Saturday even
ing.
Judge Jas. 8. Boynt in and Col. W.
E H. Searcy are here from Griffin.
At the Morrison the other day were
ex-Gov. Boynton, candidate B rtiei\
and ex-candidate J. K. Hines. It is
not often three men are present who
have been candidates for the same high
office. S
Th* 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
tti* Fg Syrup Company.
SHALL THEY DISBAND?
The Ladies Memorial Association is
Without a President-
Tbe Call is pained to record the
fact that the indications are that the
Ladies Memorial Association of Griffin
is about to disband, if it has not already
done so
At least such has been reported to
this office There is no president or
bead to (he association—no one to
speak for or to in reference to the
wishes, plans or aims by the members
or any citizen of this community.J
This should not be. Within our
borders we have the remains of several
hundred confederate braves, sleeping
their last sleep, that have been watebed
over and cared for by the Ladies Mem
orial Association in a manner that
spoke of their patriotism and sympas
thy for these fallen braves.
Have the ladies of Griffin grown
weary in thus once a year strewing
the graves of those heroes with fresh
flowers that filled the cemetery with
sweet perfume? Do they think it a
meaningless tribute, or worse, a mock
ery, to see the little children—tbe
daughters and sons, or grandchildren,
of the Confederate veterans —gather
tbe early spring violets and flowers
and place them upon the mounds ris
ing above those that gave their lives
for the protection of southern homes?
By no means.
But who of the ladies of Griffin will
come to the rescue and reorganize and
assist in re officering the association
and perpetuate its history?
The Call has been requested to
make this appeal, and no apprehen
sions are felt they are made in vain.
“Memorial Day” approaches and we
cannot believe the hallowed exercises
of the occasion will be allowed to go
by default for want of organization of
the association.
The columns of the Call are at the
service of the ladies on this question
An Old Offender-
Eberhart Dickinson, wbo was dis
charged from court on Monday last,
for want of proof to convict for selling
liquor, was again arrested yesterday
afternoon on a similar charge—runs
ning a tiger—and gave bond for his
appearance.
Eberhart is a sly old coon, but the
boys say they have some strong evi
dence against him now, and he will
hardly get off so easy this time.
Atkinson’s Platform.
Spencer Atkinson has presented bis
platform, which is an able paper and
will bear criticism. It displays great
care in its construction and reads like
it was b 'neatly expressed
He believes that the state governs
ment should be administered with
economy, but not with niggardliness;
he favors keeping the public school
system up to a standard that will pro
duce the best results in the state; he
favors paying the school teachers
monthly, and is opposed to the present
method by which they are obliged to
hunt a third party to loan them money
on the obligations of tbe state; he
takes a liberal view as to tbe rights of
corporations; he would have the state
do all in its power to encourage agri
culture, to open mines and to promote
industrial plants ; he sees tbe necessity
for taxing that large amount of pro
perty that does not pay its share for
government, and which, in evading
the tax collector, places extraordinary
burdens on all other property, and be
would have the legislature take steps
to equalize the burdens of taxation,
and in so doing increase the tax re
ceipts of the state and counties.
He does not resign bis position as
member of tbe board of railroad com
missioners, which is in bad taste. No
man should be allowed to hold on to
one office while contending for another.
There is more Catarrh in this section of
he country than all the other diseases put
together, and until the last few years was
/tap posed 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
and mucous surfaces of the system. They
offer one hundred dollars for apy 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.
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, FRIJAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 25, 1888.
WAS IS IMMINENT.
The United States is Making Bapid
Preparations for the Fray.
The news from Washington end
Havana last night was extremely in
terosting, and showed tbe war clouds
gathering thick over the borders.
There is no longer any doubt but
that the battleship Maine was wrecked
by Spanish treachery, and President
McKinley said yesterkay, as he saw
the crisis was approaching, “Congress
must be ready to assist me.”
The greatest activity is seen at all
important Atlantic ports from New
York City to Key West/
The government is arming and
equiping everything and place for
active operations and stubborn defense.
The garb of secrecy bas, in a meas
uie; been removed from affairs in
Washington, and tbe greatest excite
ment prevails
R?porls say that Spain is equally
active in preparing for the conflict,
and a declaration of war will probably
be made before another new moon is
seen.
The Griffin Rifles, at their armory
Wednesday tight, by a rising vote,
almost unanimous, resolved to at once
tender their services to whip Spain.
And thus it will be throughout the
land in tbe near future, and there will
be no dodging the issue.
That Epistle to a Roman.
Rev. Sam Jones, in his letter giving
bis reasons for his announcement of
his candidacy for Governor, says that
he is not sorry Col. Candler wrote that
letter to Mr. Meyerbardt, the Roman,
in which he scored the politicians who
euehered Gen. Evans out of the Gov
ernorship*in 1894, but he says he is
sorry that Col. Candler wrote the sec
ond letter—the one in which he at
tempted to explain the first. •
It would have been better for CoU
Candler probably if he had not written
the second letter. It left the imprest
sion in the minds of some ol bis frienda
that he thought he had made a mia<
take io writing the first letter. As a
matter of fact he had no such thought.
He found out that Gov. Atkinson’s
friends were planning to defeat him,
and so he put his own friends on guard,
and he did it in such away as to arouse
the whole state. After his letter to
Mr. Meyerhardt was made public a
still bunt campaign was no longer pos
sible. His opponents were forced to
come out into the open and let the
people know what they were doing.
There is no such division in the
Georgia Democracy as tbe Evans party
and the Atkinson party, and if there
ever was it disappeared before Gov-
Atkinson was elected. But tbe Gov
ernor ever since he took office, has
been fighting every man that be
tbougbt was against him, and bas seen
an "Evans man” in every Democrat
who refused to believe “Bill” Atkinson
was a great man and hurrah for him.
It was apparently this condition of
affairs which Col- Candler wanted to
uncover. He did not want to bring
up old issues, but he wanted the peo
ple to understand that others were do
ing so. Gov. Atkinson has run his ad
ministration on the idea that there is
an Evans man in every bush, and be
has treated as good, if not better dem
ocrats than he is as republicans or
populists, not because they opposed
his nomination, but because they have
not enrolled themselves among his ad
mirers.
Col. Candler did not propose to con
duct bis campaigb~in silence while bis
opponents were working to defeat him
and so he uttered a battle cry, as it
were, which brought his foes out in the
open. He knows who they are now
and he can fight his battle to much
belter advantage.—Savannah News.
To Cure Constipation Forevei.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or 25c.
If C. C. C. fail to cure, druggists refund money.
H.P.EADY&CO.
IN HILL BUILDING,
Buggies, Wagons and Harness.
We give good prices for your old
Buggy and Harness in exchange for
new ones. All kind of repair work
promptly done.
H. P. EADY & CO.
Msyal makss th* food pars.
WiIOIMQHM and dnUctMNA*
kflr
Absolutely Pure
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK.
The labors of the naval court of in
quiry at Havana are fraught with tbe
gravest responsibilities. Upon tbe
finding of that court depends tbe moat
serious consequences. Tbe officers of
the court, therefore, should not be
barrassed with the voluntary and
wholly undesirable attentions, impor
tunities and suggestions of the “yellow
journal,” self constituted, hysterical
saviors of the honor of the nation.
Libetty of the press does not include
foolhardy license to inflame the public
mind and rush the country into *
terrible war, in order that the publish
ers of the sensational newspapers may
have an enlarged market for their
publications —Savannah News.
ONT® JOYS
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 ana 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 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.
SAN FRAHCI3CO, CAL
u>umiu£. n. hew rou. ml
Fresh Garden Seed!
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Buists, Landreth’s, Mays. We are
selling them cheap.
Eastern grown Seed Irish Potatoes.
N. B. DREWRY & SON.
Everybody Say« So. i
Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the most won
derful medical discovery of tbe age, pleas
ant and refreshing to the taste, act gently
and positively on kidney s, liver and bowels,
cleansing the entire system, dispel colds,
cure headache, fever, habitual constipation
and biliousness. Please buy and try a box
of C. C. C. today; 10,25,50 cents. Hold and
guaranteed to cure by all druggist*.
IT IS TRUE,
IF YOU SEE IT
IN MY ADVERTISEMENT! I
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Every article of Winter Wear at absolute |
cost for the next two weeks.
I WILL BE ABSENT, VISITING THE WHOLESALE MARKETS AND
PURCHASING THE NOBBIEST LINE OF CLOTHING EVER SHOWN IN
GRIFFIN.
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In the Mean Time
IT WILL PAY YOU TO BUY ANY THING YOU MAY NEED
IN WINTER GOODS, AS YOU WILL GET IT AT ABSOLUTE ' 'fl
NEW YORK COST, FOR THE CASH.
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THOS.J.WHITE
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Clothier, Furnisher and Hatter.
R. F. Strickland & Co.
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Shoes at Reduced price
ALL OUR WINTER SHOES, INOLUD- L '
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 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. STRICKLAND & CO.
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BANKRUPT SALE
OF
HARDWARE!
Having bought at Sheriff’s sale
the entire stock Hardware, Stoves,
Tinware, Farming Implements, etc.,
of C. H. JOHNSON & SONS, we fl
are determined to close it out with
in 60 days.
Such bargains in Hardware as
you will find in our store have never
before been offered in Grififin. I
W. D. Davis & Bro.
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Ten Cento per Week