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THE MORNING CALL. I Vol IX. Na 151. LOCAL OPTION The Supreme Court Decides an Im portant Question. A decision handed down by the supreme court wipes out a large num ber ot local liquor laws enacted by the legislature since the general prohibi tion laws nf the state were passed. The general assembly in 1885 passed a local option law affecting every county in the state. In 1895 the same authority passed a special prohibition law apply ing to the town of DeSoto, in Sumter county. A saloon keeper named J. W. Bagley sold liquor at DeSoto after the act of 1895 was signed by the governor, and was tried and convicted for that offense by the superior court of Sumter coun ty. He resisted the law on the ground that it was unconstitutional, being a local or special law enacted after the general law on the same subject was passed, , The court below overruled this point, but tbe supreme court sustains it. In the decision handed down the court s says that as the general liquor law had not been repealed the special lav pass ed for the town of DeSoto was uncon stitutional. On this ground the judg ment of tbe court below is reversed. This raises a question on a mass of special legislation on the liquor ques tion, and if this decision is applicable to all tbe laws passed since the general local option act passed, a great deal of dry territory will become wet. This is regarded as one of tbe most important decisions the court has banded down in many a day. Tbe number of local liquor laws passed at each session of the genera! assembly is considerable and the ac cumulation of twelve years is very great, covering much territory. Death of M. 0. Bowdoin. Monday afternoon, as the abades of night gathered over the city, tbe spirit of Mr. M O. Bowdoin took its flight imp tbe great beyond. 'Mr Bowdoin was well known here where be had spent most of bis life, and truly may it be said that none knew him but to respect and love. Having a disposition gentle and kind, he never sought to wound or coerce others, but if differing in opinion it was always with words of toleration and fairness that invariably command ed the respect of bie opponents. He had eerved as clerk of the supe rior court, postmaster for four years, and was a justice of the peace at tbe time of his death, all of which posi tions he filled acceptably to the public and with credit to He was a member of the Old Fel lows, by which order his remains were buried from the Baptist church yester day afternoon at 3 o’clock. He leaves a wife and two children— a son and daughter—and many rela tions and friends who mourn bis de mise, Jefferson’s Ten Rules- Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today. Never trouble another for what you can do yourself. Never spend your money before you have earned it. Never buy what you dou’t want be cause it is cheap. Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold, We seldom repent of having eaten too little. Nothing is troublesome that we do willingly. How much paiu the evils have cost us that have never happened! Take things always by the smooth handle When angry, count ten before you speak ; if very angry, count a hundred. Attention Veterans. Every confederate veteran ia Spalding county is earnestly requested to meet in Griffin, in the city council chamber, Kin caid block, at 10 o’clock, Wednesday morning the 23d inst, to discuss and ar range preliminaries for attending the re union of the United Confederate veterans of the South soon to be held in Atlanta. It is desired that every veteran in Spalding county so arrange to attend this grand reunion, and we should endeavor to go in a body. By order of W. R. Hanlkitkr, J. P. Sawtmll, Commander. Secretary. To Care CountlpuUon Forevei. Cascarets Candy Cathartic. IDc ortac. It C. C. C. fail to cure, druggists refund money. r■• r . TO MOVE THE TROOPS- - Southern Railroads Make Complete Reports to War Department. i How quick could the railroads of ■ Georgia transport troops to the Allan -1 tic porta? This is a question frequently asked now,and the war department in Wash ington has on file reports from all rail roads in the southeast. From inquiries it appears that in case of an emergency, requiring a tem porary interruption of ordinary busi. ness.tbe various lines could move 100,- 000 men from Atlanta to Brunswick, Savannah, Port Royal or Charleston fvitbin 24 hours. They could deliver the same number of men at Tampa, Punta Go rd a and Miami in 36 bours- Tbese estimates allow 12 hours to get the trains ready after notice. The Southern railroad has over 60 per cent of its box cars equipped with air brakes and other roads are to some extent equipped in the same way. There are three lines to New Orleans that could deliver 75,000 troops in 24 hours. ' Atlanta is a natural gateway for provisions from tbe west and would be a great depot for tbe commissary de partment. Tbe amount of that busi ness the railroads could handle is prac tically unlimited. There are three routes to Brunswick and as many to Savannah, Charleston and Port Royal. It is thought that trains could be run to any one of these places io 8 to 10 hours with 20 cars each and 50 soldiers in each car. The trains could be run 20 minutes apart and in that way could move 3,000 men an hour. The Central of Georgia road has 1,100 cars equipped with air brakes and the Southern has about 12,000 so ♦ quipped. Tbe Atlanta and West Point has 60 per cent of its box cars fitted with air brakes and other roads have smaller proportions. With these equipments the move ment ot troops would be far more eas ily and safely made than it was during tbe civil war, when there was no such equipment. They Are Coming. Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights next, tbe theatre loving people of Griffin will have an opportunity of seeing tbe highly commended and much praised Frank B. Rhodes’ Mer rymakers. This company has received tbe most flattering press notices in all the large cities in which they have appeared. Recently they filled a most successful week’s engagement at tbe Columbia theatre in Atlanta, and tbe press of the Gate City spoke of them very highly. We feel as though Manager Patter son is about to give bis partons a de cided treat in the Merrymakers, be cause the company has tbe reputation of being one of the best in farce come dy repertoire. During their three nights engage ment here, popular prices will prevail, 25, 35 and 50 cents. Thursday night Tbe Merrymakers will inaugurate their short stay in our midst by pro ducing tbe latest Metropolitan success "The Great Diamond Mystery,” filled with lovely music, charming singing and dancing specialties, magnificent costumes, beautiful scenery, etc. 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 incurab’e. 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 .It 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 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. nt he- /V dalle b« fhehe- . dalle XT/ -/f. "y, ts . vnga * h GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 2, 1898. MORE CRANK LETTERS # One Warns the President That Other Vessels Will Be Destroyed. I Strange crank communications con - tiiiuo Io be received at the White House and tbe department. Saturdays I mail brought a large number, several * of which warn tbe government that ■ other ships of the fleet will meet the fate of the Maine unless they are order- i ed away from Key West. From a man ■ in New York comes this warning, ad dressed to the president: “My guides direct me to say to > you that if you do not call back tbe flagship New York and Marblehead to Norfolk they will be destroyed just as tbe Maine was. John Roach examined the Marblehead this week and reports the bull in a shocking condition. Tbe visit of tbe Vizcaya in New York waters is for the sole purpose of giving the captain an opuprtunity for person ally observing the water front of this city, which he thinks he is going to shell in the near future. He may be in a position to pick up shells before he shells this city. Information has already been given to Capt. Etilate by a United States government employe that Twenty-third street ought to be tbe limit of shelling this city in order to destroy the business part. Tbe de struction of the Maine was done by Rome, which forced Spain. Rome bad its agents, and, with tbe Roman Cath*> olio politicians, they brought about the destruction of tbe vessel.” Brief Bits of Wisdom- Minutes are tbe mosaics of time, the ages are those of eternity. > Adversity gives the great man a chance to show how great be is. Trying to love is an absurdity ; love is spontaneous combustion. However high a man may climb, be must always start from tbe ground, If you can’t swim never wade in uo* known waters. Few wear their charaters like their cloaks—outside- Airing other people’s faults never made them smell any sweeter. The ability to do good quarrels with tbe will. He is far from home that has none to go to. A patched-up friendship is apt to break in a new place. There is a river within that is ever warring with its shores—Ram’s Horn. 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 systeni 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. Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Anay. To quit tobacco easily and torever, be mag netlc. lull of lite, nerve and vigor, take No-To- Bac, the wonder-worker, that makes weak men strong. All druggists, 60c or 11. Cure guaran teed. Bobklet and sample free. Address Sterling Remedy Co.. Chicago or New York. REPORT OF THE CONDITION —or— TIE tin mil BINK, (No. 2075.) At Griffin, in the "State of Georgia, at the close of business, Feb. 18, 1898. BEBOUBCES, toans and discount, | 81,315 38 J nd unsecured, 6.944 01 United States bonds to secure efreu- letion, .. . Stocks, Securities.) udgments, etc-.- 13,328 00 Banking house, furniture and fix- tures, 6.700 00 Otherrea! estate and mortgages 3.467 21 Due from other National Banks 8.284 75 Due from State Banks and bankers.. 4,249 47 Due from anproved reserve agents.. 22,380 78 Checks and other cash items 598 20 Notes of other National Banks 1 JOO 00 Fractional paper currency, nickels and cents. 74 85 Money Reserve in Legal tender notes’.'.’.'.”'.',’.', 00-17,182 50 Redemptlon fund with U 8. Trtasur- er (5 Pw cent of circulation) 630 00 Due from U, 8. Treasurer, other than 5 per cent, redemption fund ... 742 55 ■ ■ i To** l 8181,350 67 LIABILITIES. pald ,n • • M ’°°° oo surplus fund......... 21.000 00 Undivided profits, less expenses and taxes paid . 415 51 National Bank notes outstanding.... 12,600 00 Due to other National Banks' ....... Duo to State Banks and Bankets..... Dividends unpaid 77.... 680 00 Individual deposits subject tocheck. 75,886 » Demand eertfficatw of deposit 1L769 91 Bii^pSaWe 18 re " dUoounted Total 4181J80 67 , STATE OF GEORGIA—County of Hp#lding.M. Bhea, Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above state- true to the day U jbMS^ 0 ” *° bef ° rC me E - c - Smith. N. P. Co RXSCT—Attest : ALEX. 8, MUHBAY, > Royal makes the food pars, »OY*L BAKING l-OWOCR CO., U« YORK. Possible War and the Currency. In case of war it is only fair to as sume that Congress will be disposed to deal with the question of ways and means in a reasonable and patriotic spirit. If it should there would be no change in the currency growing out of the war. That people who have money to loan are satisfied that Con gress will deal with the matter in tbit spirit may be inferred from tbe fact that a loan of $100,000,000 has already been tendered. There would have been no such offer if it had been ap prehended that Congress would avail itself of the opportunity which war would present.to wreck the currency. —Chicago Chronicle. lifasm SI ■IISHIIIWI Hl. nil Ml s———— ONB TO?JOYS ' Both the method and raralte when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acta 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 and ac ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial m 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 aay one who wishes to try it Do not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA HO SYRUP CO. UK FRAMCIBCO, CAI, iovmuu. n. «£tv row. ML Fresh Garden Seed! Buists, Landreth’s, Mays. We are selling them cheap. Eastern grown Seed Irish Potatoes. N. B. DREWRY & SON. ■verybody Sejr. So. Cascarete Candy Cathartic, tbe moat won derful medical discovery of the age, pleas ant and refreshing to the taste, net gently and positively on kidneys, fiver and bowels, cleansing tbe entire system, dispel colds, care tieadacbe, fever, habitual constipation and biliousness. Please buy and try a box Ofc. C. C. to-day; JO, SB, 50cents, tfoidand guaranteed to cure by all druggists. IT IS TRUE, IF YOU SEE IT IN MY ADVERTISEMENT! t 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. In the Mean Time - IT WILL PAY YOU TO BUY ANY THING YOU MAY IN WINTER GOODS, AS YOU WILL GET IT AT ABSOLUTE NEW YORK COST, FOR THE CASH. THOS.J.WHITE Clothier, Furnisher and Hatter. R. F. Strickland X Co. New Spring- Goods. AND W ® WILL aHOW YOTJ ABOI TrRACTIV E TIIINQS THAT WE CAN NOT TELL YOU BLACK DRESS GOODS. th. XS&WRM M ” PIM “ jMt r * eei " d “ a *“ NOVELTY DRESS GOODS. 40-inch Novelty Suiting only 250., worth 40c. Fancy Smtange in broken plaids, very new, 50c. W-inch all wool Suiting in braid effects, 50c. Printed Duck Suitinge, 10c. and 124 c. . if SILKS, RIBBONS AND CHIFFONS. K uarant «ed not to split, 75c. Plaid and etnped Silke for shirt waists. All popular shades of Satin only 50c. Black Batin, 27-inch wide, 75c. to $1.50. 44-inch Moueelin, all shades, 75c. New stock of Satin Ribbons. New stock of Sache Ribbons. . NOTIONS AND WHITE GOODS. impossible to enumerate the many things in this line, but our “ d 1< ” pric “ “• u ” it. F. iSTBItKLAND & Cft BiranPT SALE OB’ HARDWARE I Having bought at Sheriff’s, sale the entire stock Hardware, Stoves, Tinware, Farming Implements, etc., of C. H. JOHNSON & SONS, we are determined to close it out with in 00 days. Such bargains in Hardware as you will find in our store have never before been offered in Griffin ■ W. D. Davis $ Bro. '•Li’s Ten Cents per Week