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YoL IX. No. 154.
A 810 SWINDLE.
Bed Hot Report on the Chattahoochee
Land Company Case.
Auditor H. L.Culberson’n report in
the Chattahoochee Land Company case
was filed in Clerk Tanner’s office this
morning. It is one of the warmest
documents which has ever been placed
on the Fulton county records.
Mr. Culberson in bis decision aus
. tains the claim rnadd against the pro*
moters of the company and uses some
very salty language in commenting on
their actions.
The case was that of Seaton Grant*
land, administrator of Mrs Susan M.
Bailey, deceased, against J. D Collins,
J. H. Moore, P. H. Harralson, A. S.
Seals and H. L Wilson. The bill,
which was filed in 1894, was highly
sensational. It charged that the Chut*
tahoochee Land Company was organ*,
ized for the sole purpose of defayiding
innocent people. It was alleged that
Mrs. Bailey, by false representations,
was induced to take 360 shares of stock
and pay $6,000 for it*.
The charge was made that the com*
pany bought a tract of land in the
Collins district from Mr. J'_ D. Collins
for $125,000 and put it into the cbm
pany at $750,000, and further that
some Cherokee mineral ‘lands which
bad a merely nominal value were put
into the company at a valuation of
$2,250,000,thus making up the $3,000,-
000 capital required by the charter.
The company was chartered in 1891
and collapsed a few years later. Mrs.
Bailey’s administrator sues the pro*
moters and officers to recover the
amount she bad lust. H L Wilson
was made a defendant on the ground
that the stock was purchased through
him as an agent for the company, al
though he had nothing to do with its
organization.
In his report the auditor states:
“The promoters of the. scheme, as is
clearly proven by the evidence, never
disclosed to those who were solicited
to take stock any knowledge of the
fact that an inflated valuation had
been put upon lands.
“True, the minutes of the company
show that same were valued by com
missioners, but the commissioners
named, to-wit: one A. E Calhoun,
swears positively that he made no val
uation. But defendants, by tbeir
counsel, say they acted bona fide and
are blameless. The truthfulness of
these gentlemen surpasses comprehen
sion if they believed half they now
claim was the result from their enter
prise, and the fact that they failed to
disclose to those whose money they
were taking the exact truth as to the
condition of the scheme debars them
of all right to fall back on the cl inn of
good faith.
“The foregoing is applicable to
Messrs. J. D, Collins, J. H. Moore and
P. H. Harralson, and the contention,
especially of Harralson that be lost
what he put io, goes for naught. He
knew the entire secret, and if he lost
it was with his eyes open while others
were traveling, as the evidence dis
closes, in the dark.”
The findings are as follows :
“I find from the evidence that the
stock was ostensibly subscribed for in
full, as claimed by plaintiff, and hence
there was none to sell.
"I find that the valuations of the
lands were fanciful and unwarranted,
and an effort of the defendants to stock
the company in that way was ineffect
ual, pand their attempted operation as
a company was illegal, and that, in
fact, no company ever existed, and
therefore as to James D. Collins, J. H.
Moore and P. H. Harralson, judgment
should be entered against them joint
ly and severally for tlie full amount of
plaintiff’s claim, and Iso report and
recommend to the court.
“I further report and recommend
that a judgment in favor of defendants
A. S. Seals and H. L Wilson be enter
ed by the court.”—Atlanta Journal
Best Os All
To cleanse the system in a gentle and truly
beneficial manner, when the springtime
comes, use the true and perfect remedy,
Syrup of Figs. One bottle will answer for
all the family and costs only 50 cents; the
large size sl. Buy the genuine. Manu
factured by the California Fig Syrup Com
pany only, and for sale by all druggists.
Seed Corn.
Genuine Tennessee Seed Com for sale.
Apply to C. A. Jones, at R. F. Strickland
& Co.’s.
Milch Cow Wanted.
Will pay a liberal monthly rent for a
good Milch Cow. Apply at Call office.
The Heart of Cuba-
The Heart of Cuba, as presented by
tbe Merrymakers last night, proved to
be one of the best performances of the
season. Tbe scenery and calcium
effects were unusually fine.
The acting of Herold Holmes In the
role of tbe heroic Cuban patriot, Man
uel Roderigo.wsa very fine and stamps
him as one of the best romantic actors
seen here for a long lime.
Mr. Rhodes, as the heavy villain, is
a splendid actor and deserves special
mention
Ted Byers, as Captain Lasardo of
Spain, played the part he assumed in
an excellent manner. Al Berger, as
the hunchback, was simply great as a
dramatic actor, and shows wonderful
versatility looming up in splendid con
trast to his excellent specialties in tbe
olio.
Miss Childress and Miss Tuller did
well and deserve much praise for tbeir
good work. Miss Childress is a splen
did dancer and singer, and in the olio
carried tbe house by storm.
A grand matinee of tbe popular
pantomime, “Humpty Dumpty” wiO
be given this afternoon, with all the
trick scenery and original costumes
and music
Tonight the company close their en
gagement with tbe sensational come
dy-drama, “Tbe Land of Gold.”
Matinee prices 10, 25c; regular
prices 25, 35 and 50.
Baying War Ships.
The latest from tbe seat of war says
that Spain is buying war ships of huge
dimensions, while tbe United States
bought two cruisers yesterday. Both
sides are putting on tbeir spurs and'
war paint.
Consul Gen. Lee has given out tbe
first official opinion in reference to the
wrecking of the Maine, which is that
it was from outside agencies.
The President said yesterday to a
cabinet officer:
“Peace at any price?” he exclaimed.
“Not go to war about the sinking of a
battleship? I would go to war over a
birch bark canoe if the conditions were
ripe.”
It is claimed in Washington that
the wrecking of the Maine will not
figure in a declaration of war, but that
the President will soon issue a procla
mation declaring tbe independence o
the Cubans, which will be promptly
resented by Spain, when hostilities
will begin.
Johnny, Get Your Gun.
A wild rumor gained circulation up
on the streets yesterday that peremp
tory orders had been received to re
port at once the names of all men be
longing to the Griffin Rifles, rank and
file, condition and number of guns,
etc.
Of-ogurse this rumor spread fast
and thick and the quartermaster’s
office was eagerly sought for confirma
tion of the report, or better, its denial.
The Call reporter was among the
early callers, and was promptly told
that it was a joke. e
Gan-Cotton-
Torpedoes are loaded with gun-cot
ton, which is ordinary cotton fibre
soaked with nitric acid. When gun
cotton is wet it is a non-explosive
except under certain peculiar condi
tions. Dry gun-cotton is very explo
sive, and wet gun-cotton will explode
if tbe dry is placed with it and sub
jected to a shocks or an electric current
or fire from a fuse. It is the habit of
men-of-war to keep tbe bulk of gun
cotton saturated with wafer and a
small quantity of dry for priming pur
poses locked up in the cabin or at
some safe place where it will not be
subject to contact and can easily be
inspected. It is usually stored in a
red steel box suspended to the wall or
to one of the ribs of tbe ship In an
other reel box at a distance from all
other explosives are kept the fuses for
the torpedoes, which are made of the
fulminate of mercury. These also are
inspected every day and are never
removed except in case of action or
target practice. Chicago Records’
Washington Letter.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
I hereby announce myself a candidate
for Justice of the Peace 1001st District, G.
M., for the unexpired term. Election first
Saturday in April.
W. D. CARHART,
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GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 5,1888.
Gen. Fitxhugh Lee.
If the American congress should
confer upon Gen. Fitzhugh Lee the
rank of brigadier general in the United
States army, because of gallant and
meritorious service to his country
while serving as consul general at Ha-*
vans, tbe whole people of the United
States would applaud. That the honor
should be bestowed by a Republican
congress would make it all tbe mare
marked. This ex-Confederate soldier’
has earned tbe admiration of bis fel
low countrymen for bis wisdom, cool
ness and courage in a time of great
trial. He has indulged in no reckless
speeches for home consumption, nor
has he yielded to tbe blandishments of
Spanish diplomacy.
As be has gained the esteem of hie
fellow-Americans, he has also won the
respect of tbe Spaniards because of
tbe dignity ofr his bearing on all occa
sions. He has shown that be cannot
be cajoled or tricked with, while at the
same time be has not made himself
personally offensive by braggadocio.
If ever a right man was put into tbe
right place, it happened when Presi
dent Cleveland sent Fitzhugh Lee, the
nephew of Rebert E. Lee, to Havana.
He has conducted himself in such
fashion that tbe State Department has
not been worried by any indiscretions
on his part.
When became home last fall he wad
proof against tbe solicitations of tbe
yellow journalists. Though he ten
dered his resignation when Mr. Mc-
Kinley succeeded Mr. Cleveland, be
was asked to remain. This was in itself
a very great honor. Congress in times
of war frequently votes medals to men
who have shown special ability or
courage when the interests of the
country were at stake. Therefore, if
Fitzhugh Lee should be made briga
dier general it would meet tbe appro
bation of the whole country. And tbe
South would not only be proud of tbe
honor conferred upon one of her most
beloved sons, but it would welcome tbe
event as indicative of the extinction of
sectional prejudice.—Macon Telegraph
When Rattlers Were Plentiful.
Uncle Berry Lannoo,"who lives in
the western portion of Lumpkin coun
ty, has a wagon that was manufactured
about the year 1830 by Joseph Berry,
in Burk county, North Carolina, an!
was bought by George Larmon for $125
who moved in it to this county in 1833.
It was in constant use for a number of
years, and is in a very good state of
preservation, and is now owned by
Uncle Berry, as before stated. Tbe
bind wheels ere five feet and a half
high and the bed holds fifty bushels of
corn in the ear. Mr. Larmon says be
moved to this county on the 15th day
of April, when not a stick of timber
had been touched except what tbe
surveyors had cut, and they cleared
and fenced land and made corn enough
to do a family of eleven persons, six
bead of borses and thirty-five head of
cattle and a good deal to sell. That
year the family killed 137 rattlesnakes
and Martin Larmon killed ninety-six
deer in one year. If any one has an
older wagon, has killed more deer and
rattlesnakes we would like to hear
from them.—Dahlonega Nugget.
SIOO Beward, >IOO-
The readers of this paper 1 will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dread
disease that science has been able to cure
in all its stages and that is Catarrh. Hall’s
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Hall’s Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system, thereby destroying the founda
tion of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its work.
The proprietors have so much faith in its
curative powers, that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails
to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Hall’s Family Pills are the best.
Assessment Life Insurance-
It is being held by tbe courts that
policyholders in assessment life insur
ance concerns are liable for tbeir debts.
A second one of tbe failed assessment
companies, .the United Life Associa
tion, has beeu taken into tbe courts,
and tbe holders of its worthless policies
will have to pay premiums, death
losses, and so on, in a word, pay tbe
company out of debt.—Chattanooga
Times.
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Educate Tour Howel* With Cusesreta.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
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(Revised.)
My country, ’tie of thee,
Land where from sea to sea
Cheap cheats are schooled;
Land where the people take
To every kind of fake,
And bite just for the sake
Os being fooled; ,
„ Land where an honest man • * °
Who does the best he can
For other men
Gets left far in the rear,
Is looked upon as “queer,”
And has no business here,
With pick or pen;
Land where tbe people itch
For anything through which
They may be sold;
Land of the gilded brick,
Land of the cure-me-qulck,
Where the quack may work his trick,
However old I
Land where the folks get hot
When they find that they are not
Bled, fooled or stuck;
Where the man who has a scheme
That’s like the wildest dream
May float upon the stream
Os Rare Good Luck—
Land where this sort of thing
Is going on, I sing
Os thee, today!
When swindles swell the breeze,
„ When fakes grow on the trees,
Folks still will take to these.
In tbe*same old way !
—Cleveland Leader.
o?m enjoys
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 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 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 acceptany
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
MH FKAHCISCO, CAL
uumuu. n. hew row, ML
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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
.among all over the country. They are
now being sold in over eight thousand
cities and towns in the U. B. Prices are
never reduced, same to all.
J. N. Harris & Son have's full assort
ment of all the latest styles
Don’t Tobacco Spit and Smoke Toor Ufa Away.
To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
netic. full of life, nerve and visor, take No-To-
Bae, the wonder-worker, that makes weak men
strong. AU druggists, tOc or 11. Cure guaran
teed. Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co. Chicago or New York
* for Fifty Ceuta.
Guaranteed tobacco habit euro, sakes weak
men strong, b'ood pure. 600,81. All druggists
IT IS TRUE,
IF YOU SEE IT
IN MY ADVERTISEMENT!
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 7
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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. |
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R.F.StricklandSCo.
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HT-f LOW
LJ PRICED
SHOES!
Rubbers 35c. and 50c.
Mens Rubbers 50c.
Childrens Rubbers 35c.
Ajtjpi Boys and Girls School Shoes 75c.,
IL tsC sLo ° and sl * 2s '
® fIK Ladies heavy buLou or lace Siwes
SI.OO, $1.25 and $1.50.
Mens wet weather Shoes keep
th« savoy your feet dry.
R. F. STRICKLAND S 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
are determined to close it out with
in 60 days.
Such bargains in Hardware as
you will find in our store have nev|B
before been offered >1 Griffin. |
W. D. Davis & Bro.
Ten Cento per Week