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- NewlGaraen Seeds. *r ' All fresh from the best growers. Genuine Eastern Irish Potatoes. Prescriptions carefully compounded. J. N. HARRIS & SON- 00-hr ‘ Jr 1 t~ i l~,i WE HAVE SOME EXTRA FINE GRADES OF COFFEE. WE HAVE SEVERAL KINDS OF BLENDED GOODS, WHICH MAKE A VERY FINE DRINK. WE IUVE 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. fj>- II " -I - * Blfe \ Saturday, Fab. 26. Will receive by this a.m. express Roe Shad, Trout, Mixed Fish and Oysters. >' '< ■ ; J. M. SEARS. Telephone 48. I w IniiinjiKiK/M 8 (2A3 IL* ‘F' i | C/ W»j / if |u b - / / uL - (j ifu / 1 1 * t! y u * LIGHT TOUCHES. The construction of some Pianos and Organs is such aa 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 parity of their notes. And the exteriors are fitting houses for such music. See them at J. H. HUFF, 24 HILL STREET. 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 glrmei This award was justly earned by Mr. Hawkes as the superiority of his gjaaeea over all other* has made them .amousall over the country. They an now being sold In over eight thousand cities and towns in the U. 8. Prices an never reduced, same to all. J. N. Harris A Son have’* fall assort ment of all the latest styles Educate Tour Bmrota With CMcaretc. Candy Cattartle, cure constipation forever. 10c. ZSe- If CC C f.ll. dniKKisu refund money - - -fr Ho-To-Bm for Fifty Coat*. awawtrotw, h’ood pore. Wc.W. AU drachma 1 Morning Cail. « GRIFFIN, GA., MARCH 2, 1898. Office over Dav is* Hardware Store TELEPHONE NO. 82. PERSONAL AND LOCAL DOTS Col. F. D. Diamuke spent yesterday in. Atlanta. Mrs. M. E. Wilson visited friends in Atlanta yesterday, Tom Caulhern, of > Hants, spent yesterday in thia city. Col. Geo. I. Jones made a business trip to Newnan yesterday. Sopt. Epperson, of the Central rail road, was in the city yesterday. Judge W. H. Beck went to Sunny Side yesterday on legal business. Mrs. Chas. F. Wolcott returned yes terday from a few days visit to Atlanta. Henley Kell and Miss Evie Kell, of Sunny Side, spent yesterday in this city. Mrs. Edwin Lovelace returned last night from a pleasant visit to friends in Atlanta. Mr. and Mrs J H. Huff returned last night from u few days visit to friends in Macon. Mrs J H. Walker left yesterday for Atlanta, where she will spend several days with relatives. That dreaded disease, Consump tion, cured with Thrash’s Lung Re storer and Consumptive Cure. All druggists, 50c bottle. Miss Roselyn Reid returned yester day from Macon, where she spent sev eral days very pleasantly as the guest of Miss Theo Tinsley. Mrs. T. L. McCombs, of Milledge ville, arrived in the city yesterday and for several days will be the guest of her sister, Mrs. E. J. Flemister. The fourth anniversary of the Social Circle will be celebrated thisCWednes day) afternoon al 3 o’clock at the home of Mrs. J. W. McWilliams. A full attendance is greatly desired. Col. aod Mrs. N. J. Hammond and Mr. Thad Hammond, Sr., of Atlanta, and Mr. George Hammond, of Deca tur, came down yesterday to attend the funeral of Mr. M 0 Bowdoin. A J. Walker, of Atlanta, came down yesterday to test the value of Spalding county lands. He sold, at administra tor’s sale, 120 acres of land, in Akina district, for $637, which shows that there is still life in the low land. Mr. Walker met many of his old friends here. There is nothing better than Thrash’s Lung Restorer for Coughs, Colds, LaGrippe and all Lung Troubles. 50c bottle. Clay Hale left yesterday for Newnan where he will take charge of the tele phone exchange. He has been con nected witb the Griffin exchange for some time past and thoroughly under stands his business, and we cab assure the citizens of Newnan a perlectly sat isfactory service under his manage ment. A Turkish Reward. The sultan baa decided to create a Dew form of the ancient order of Iftikar for the officers and soldiers who distinguished themselves In the Greco-Turkish war. The patent is somewhat curiously worded. It reads as fallows: “Patent of the Insig nium of honor specially instituted to per petuate the memory of the valor of my troops and the victories which they won in the war undertaken with Greece in or der to defend the rights and the grandeur of my empire, and to appreciate the per sonal courage of each of the combatant*. Thia patent haa been delivered to , who by bls conduct has merited thia hon orable distinction. * Lavender scented sheets an mid to in duce sweet slumbers. The odor is exceed ingly fresh, dean and wholesome, and old fashioned housewives always scented their linen and napery with sprigs of tbs sweet oM flower. Italian orris root and French vstfesrt, a dried root, may be nbatttntad tor the lavender if the latter earnest be Spain, Past and Present. It is imeiesnog io know that tbe total population of Spain io 17 565 632. Hany people, without looking up tbe matter, would say st a gueee that Spain’s population was 35,000,000 or 40,000,000 But.lt is, i» reality, not 18,000,000. Spain has an area of 197, 670 square miles. Tbe area of France le only a few thousand square miles greater, and yet France has a popula tion of very nearly 40,000,000. Texas has an area of 274.356 square miles. Spain could be laid out on Texas and Texas would have 76,686 square miles left over. Tbe states of Pennsylvania, New York, Illinois ahd Alabsma have more population together than has Spain, and are immensely more wealthy. These states could borrow enough money with their whole field of commodities, men and capital be hind the loan, to pay off at one coup the whole national debt of Spain. They could raise, pay and maintain a bigger army than Spain could. Their natural resources could outlast Spain’s ten to one. Their steam power is in definitely greater, and as man power can always be guaged by steam power you can imagine the difference. These four states could exist if they were sequestrated from all tbe rest of tbe world. Spain could hardly Five a day. Spain was once the greatest nation on the face of tbe globe. Say, rather, she was twice so. First aa a centre of learning and science under the Sara cenic rule, when the city of Cordova had a mile of gas lit streets and foun tains tJjf quicksilver played io the palace.yard' of the caliph Second, when she was the greatest military power in Europe. If you look at tbe names of countries, cities and places in the western hemisphere you will realize wb»t a (grand empire Spain once was and what a power She wield ed over,men But Spain could not stand the march of modern invention. She has steadily shrank and shriveled and lost her possessions ‘until now all she has left w orth speaking of is Cuba. The Philipines are insignificant pos sessions. Why has Spain lost all her power? The theorist who holds that education is the cause of progress will point you the answer in the statistics concerning Spain’s illiteracy. Only one nation in Europe is lower in enlightenment than Spain That is Italy. Os ail the population ol Spain only 28 per cent can read and write, 4 per cent can read only and 68 per cent can neither read nor write. When you come to think about it this fact staggers the mind. Here *s a nation in tbe heart of civili zation, and 68 per cent of its people have no conception whatever of the marvels of the printing press or of the letters thalCadmus brought to Europe. But let us go a little deeper into this matter of illiteracy. Ido not desire to talk about causes ; the sociologists can do that. But were one in the mind to do it a sociological study of Spain would be worth the writing. Spain, as I have said, has a population of less thau 18,- 000,000, and 68 per cent of her people cannot read or write. The United States has a population of, let us say, 70,000,000 Os the native population in this country only 6 per cent cannot read or write. Ol the foreign whites only 13 per ceut cannot read or write, and of tbe colored population 56 per cent cannot read or write. But, ac counting for the foreigners and ne groes in the computation, there is but 13 percent of the population in this country that cannot read or write. Think of it! Out of nearly 40,000,000 native white Americans only 6 per cent cannot read or write, and Spain’s percentage is 68! Don’t. Don’t judge the liquor by the fancy bottle. Don’t try to unlock a door with a key stone. Don’t fail to ask a man for advice if you want to flatter him. Don’t drink imported wine in order to drown domestic troubles. Don't think every man’s name is mud because he is short of dust. Don’t call your grccer a man of grit He may think you refer to his sugar. Don’t let a man persuade you that it is belter to smoke a poor cigar than none at all. Don’t fail to keep your temper. Other people never appeciate.tempers as a gift. / Don’t fail to lay up Something for a rainy day, even if it’s nothing more than a borrowed umbrella. Don’t worry if yon fail to get into society. Tbe oyster is often present at a social function when he would doubtless prefer to be at his home in his bed.—Chicago News. CXdU9*X*OXUL4U Atta- „ . A Glance Over Europe- . Thenotion tb«< Spain would be aid -d by any other European power is rather far-fetched France, to which Spain has been looking, already has ohestnu's enough in the fire; so bays Germany and Russia Barring eon tingencies of an improbable character, tbe fight would be between Spain and the United States. Os the ultimate re sult there can be no doubt, but it is quite possible, even probable, that this country would sustain very great loss es. It might be added that Spain to too poor to pay an indemnity except by ceding Cuba.—Louisville Courier- Journal. MOZLEY’S LENON ELIXIB- Its Wonderful Effect on ths 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, fevers, chills, blotches, pimples, all impurities of the blood, pain fa the chest or back, palpitation of the heart, and all other diseases caused by a disordered liver and kidneys, tbe first great cause of all fa tal diseases. 50 cents and $1 per bottle. Bo.d by druggists generally. Prepared by H. Mozley, M. D., Atlanta, Ga. A CARD. From a number of St. Louis’s prominent citizens, as to the 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 tor 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. i Dr. H. Mozley—Dear Sir: Since using your Lemon Elixir, I have never bad 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. Jonkb, Parkersburg, West Ya. Mozley’s Lemon Hit Drops.) Cures all coughs, colds, hoarseness, sore I 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. ■ ) ■■■- .... I I < A ■ Tl| I J Os fl I I’ll IIIiMmUIiW WVM9 Ml 98C 5 • awn 9 618 4 ENGAGEMENT EXTRAORDINARY Frank B. BMe’s MERRYMAKERS, The Kings of Comedy. March 3rd, 4th, sth. Grand Opening Thursday Night in “Hie Great Diamond Mystery.” Popular prices, 25, 35 and 50 cents. Tickets for sale at usual place. H.P.EADY&CO. IN HILL BUILDING, Buggies, Wagons and Hamess. We give good prices for your old Buggy and Harness in exchange for new ones. All kind of repair work promptly done. H. P. EftDY » CO. THE HORRORS OF HOUSE-CLEANING are realized when tbe bottom drops oat of your chairs and sofas, and every defect is accentuated when the furniture is removed and your walls and carpet renovated. There is no necessity of trying to keep up a continuous job on mending old furniture When we are selling well-made and hand some parlor, dining room and bedroom suites at such astonishingly low price*. CHILDS &CODMRD. WAR DECLARED! - . ■■ —. > 1 O'""'"' nr ~ On All Fall and Winter Goods. BASS BROTHERS HAVE ISSUED THIS PROCLAMATION--THAT ALL WINTER GOODS MUST GO AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES IN ORDER TO MAKE ROOM FOR OUR NOW AND SOON TO, BE ARRIVING NEW SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS. /• ’ ' Few mor* pair of those 50c. Blankets left Oome early if you want a pair. All wool Blankets worth $6, will go for $3.25. Cloaks and Capes at lees than half their value. We do not want to carry these goods over and will save you big money in this line. FLOOR COVERINGS. —If you want anything in Carpets, Mattings, Rugs, etc., you will find it to your interest to see us this week. Clothing, Clothing! All winter suits and odd pants will be sacrificed to make room for new spring and summer purchases that will soon arrive. If you want a fine suit cheap, very cheap, come to see us. New spring and summer samples for Clothing have arrived. 11 you want a new stylish suit, made to fit you, at prices, see our new samples and get our prices. New Spring Goods. You are invited to call Monday and every day this week at our store and ask to see the new Percale, new Sateens, new Embroideries, new Laces, new full line of Embroidery Silk, new Braids, new Crochet Silk at sc. spool, new Ohambry, new black brocade Dress Goods, These are beauties ana you should see them. Just received new black Satins, handsome quality. SHOES, SHOES. 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 store. For style, quality and price we are sure to please the most 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 JO I OUR INTEREST BY GIVING YOU GOOD VALUES THE COMING WEEK. BASS BROS. HOHUH, 21 Hill Street—at Scheuerman Store. COME IN TO SEE OUR NEW LINE OF SHIELDS HATS. JUST IN RANGING FROM 20c. UP TO |2.00.| STILL SELLING CALICO AT 2ic„ 4c. AND 4jc. YARD. BEST A. C. A. TICKING 10c. YARD. BLACK, BLUE AND WHITE DUCK AT 7c. YARDS. FOR ONE WEEK MORE THE WILLIAMS STOCK GOES AT COST. A TRIAL .WILL PROVE A CONVINCING ARGUMENT. W. P. HORNE. P. S.-DONT* FORGET TO GUESS AT THE JAR OF BEANS. <——■——M—— —— I 111- I *■■!■— RACKET STORE PRICES! LO3AT ZPZRIOZES ON GOOD MERCHANDISE IS THE LEVER THAT TURNS THE MERCANTILE WHEEL AND KEEPS BUSINESS GOOD. BY THIS METHOD WE WILL CONTINUE TO MERIT A JUST PORTION OF YOUR TRADE. 1 paper of Pins, Ic. 1 good lead Pencil, Ic. 1 card Hook and Eyes, Ic. 1 card Hook and Eyes with hump,So 1 quire of good Note Paper, 4c. 1 package of good Envelopes, Sc. 1 package large square “ sc. 1 spool Coats Thread, 4c. 2 spools King Thread, 2CO yds, sc. All grades of Linen Collars 10c. Celuloid Collars, sc, | The prices we have placed on Shoes are moving them out, to be replaced by our spring goods. EDWARDS BROS. Silk Club Ties 10c.—dont pay 25c. Best yard wide bleached Domes tic, 6c. Best Prints, 4c. and sc. Splendid black Hose, 10c. The best Toilet Soap in the world, absolutely pure, sc. and 10c. Yard wide Percale, best goods; 9c. Yard wide Sea Island, 4ic. A. C. A. Feather Ticking, 10.