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HE MORNING CALL.
Vol IX. No. 1««.
Cotton as a Beady Asset,
At Charlotte, N.C, a really feasible
plan for the bolding of the cotton crop
f end the turning of it at once into a
gilt*edge security for advances at a
low rate of interest, has been inaugu
rated. The plan ia in actual operation
ic both of the Carolinas, and is work
ing smoothly and favorably.
It is the bonded warehouse plan.
Farmer Jones living near Charlotte,
raises five bales of cotton. He owes
some debts that must be paid. The
staple is selling down to possibly below
the cost of production. What does he
do? He hauls the cotton to a bonded
warehouse in Charlotte, getting a re
ceipt for it, which is called a ware
house certificate. He fifteen
cents a month per bale as a storage
and insurance fee. His bales are
weighed and graded, are numbered
and his certificates call for the identi
cal bales, instead of so much cotton.
He takes the certificate to any bank,
or to a merchant, and borrows at low
est rates the market price of the cotton,
less one cent a pound ; goes out to pay
bis debts, and goes home prepared to
hold his cotton until be desires to eel)
it. Farther Jones is in this way ena
bled to name the time when bis cotton
shall be sold, im-trad of his creditors
naming the time.
These new and revolutionary ware
houses are called bonded warehouses,
not because the government has any
thing to do with them, but because
the capital of the warehouse company
is further protected by the surety bond
of some well known and strong trust
company of an eastern city. The
plan is regulated by legislation, and
all such warehouses may be, and
should be, closely supervised by the
state.
The plan has many good features,
says the Birmingham Age-Herald. It
will, for example, enable southern cot
ton mills to buy a year s supply with
out involving much outlay of capital.
The mill buys and stores the cotton,
and any bank will furnish nearly all of
the money to carry out the transac
tion. The rate of interest on security
of that nature will run fiom four to
six per cent.
The amount o! capital required in
the establishment of a warehouse need
not be large. A reasonably secure
and fire-proof building, provided with
fire-walls between each compartment
is the chief expense. Such a‘building,'
however, is chiefly roof, and is not
very expensive. The Charlotte Bond
ed Warehouse company was incorpo
rated with a capital of $12,000, with
the privilege of increasing to $50,000.
It is bonded in the American Bonding
and Trust company, of Baltimore, for
SII,OOO, and its secretary and-treasurer
ia bonded in the same company for
SIO,OOO. In order to establish such
warehouses there is no need of looking
to outside capital.
Home capita) is altogether sufficient.
The bank and financiers generally fa
vor the bonded warehouse plan. It
does not it?vile the fool killer.
Sunday School Convention.
Where? Gainesville, Georgia,
When? Aptil 18,19, 20, 1898
Who? Some of the best Sunday
School workers in the Unit
ed States, and a delegate
from every live up-to-date
Sunday School.
What? To discuss plans and meth-
- ods of work.
Why? By mingling with these
workers, we are socially, intellectually
and spiritually benefitted We get out
of the old rut ol indifference and onto
the new idea bandwagon, and return
to our respective fie <ls of labot to do
more and better work for the Master,
Superintendent, come and bring twc
of your best workers. Reduced fare
and entertainment Send names ol
delegates at once to H J Pearce
Gainesville and to me at Marietta, Ga
By order of President and Executive
Committee Respectfully,
J H Miller, Field Worker.
W. S Witham, Pres , Atlanta; J. W
Wheatley, Vice-Pres , Americus ; Joht
M Green, Cbrn’fi. Ex, Com , Atlanta.
Best cfAll
To cleanse the system in a gentle and truly
beneficial manner, when the springtinw
comes, use the true and perfect remedy
Syrup of Figs. One bottle will answer foi
all the family and costs only 50 cents; thi
large size sl. Buy the genuine. Manu
factored by the California Fig Syrup Com
pany only, and for sale by all druggists.
Much Ado About Nothing.
s It seems to ua that there is much
> ado about nothing in’these rumors
i Concerning Judge Atkinson’s possible
i or probable withdrawal from the guber-
> natorial race. What difference does it
i make whether he remains in the race
. to the end or be goes out
qow? It may make a difference to the
gentleman himself aud to his* friends;
, it will save him and them a good deal
i of unnecessary worry and work if be
i retire now— but why should the gen-
> eral puolic and especially the gentle*
i man’s opponents care? Surely, they
I have nothing to gain of lose by his
. decision, no matter what it may be.
Judge Atkinson's entry into the race
i under the circumstances that attended
i it caused /ome little excitement for the
i time being, but it was not long before
even his best friends realized that fie
and they had over-estimated the effect
of that Candler letter —that on sober
, second thought the people of Georgia
could see in that letter nothing to
offend honest men and no provocation
whatever for apposition to a man of
, Allen Candler’s calibre.
The Atkinson boom ( it may be truth
fully said, died aborning. Instead of
capturing South Georgia, as they
i thought he would, Judge Atkinson
will not be avle to carry every county
in bis own congressional district, while
, the chances are ten to one that Can
dler will receive more South Georgia
voles than either Atkinson or Berner
or both. ,
As the campaign progresses it be
comes more and more evident that
Candler is a sure winner. Even if
Atkinson and Berner were to combine
they couldn’t defeat him.
So, why should the newspapers or
anyone else exercise themselves about
what Judge Atkinson will or will not
do? If he prefers to remain in the race,
rather than undergo the mortification
of a withdrawal at this time, by all
means let him remain. He has a right
to run it through if he wants to. And
he will have no one to blame except
himself —unless, perhaps, it be the
’potram rapper which enticed him
> into the race.—Macon News.
Our Chronic Danger From Cuba.
It would be well for the people of
the United States to remember that
Cuba, and especially Havana, sustains
at all seasons a foe which in the long
,■ run may claim the lives of more
American citizens than any war which
could well result from international
. complications yet in sight, even to the
eager belligerents upon congressional
. outlook.
Havana is one of the two great cen-
■ ters of distribution of the germs of yel-
■ low fever in America, and it is not un
- likely that this sinister disease may
, before long, as the season advances,
; play an important part in the relation.
ship between the United Stales and
, Spain. But whatever the outcome of
. the present disturbance, it is probable
; that unusually favorable conditions
will prevail during the coming sum
mer for the transmission of yellow fe
ver germs from the hotbed in Havana
to the congenial soil of the southern
states.
r It is none too early for every town
and city in the south to get ready to
3 deal with this disease in the only way
3 in which it can be dealt with success
fully, namely, by the maintenance of
good sanitary conditions and the sups
port of enlightened and efficient health
0 organizations. Quarantine will no
f doubt be maintained with a reasona
-1 ble degree of rigor, and abundant or
-0 ganization for this purpose already ex
a ists. This will be of unquestionable
0 value, but to rely largely upon quar
r’ autine for protection to the neglect of
0 local measures is folly little abort of
3 ’ crime—New York Times. .
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i CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
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Pugan House For Sale or Rent,
y My house and lot on Poplar street.
ie Apply to myself, Mrs. E. W. Dugan,
Williamson, Ga., or H. P. Eady, Gris
Seed Corn.
Genuine Tennessee Seed Corn for sale.
Apply to C. A. Jones, at R. F. Strickland
& Co.’s. - ■ ■ , ,
Educate Your Bowel* With Caecaret*.
• Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
We. SScrt If C. C. C. fail, druggists refund money.
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 19, 1898.
The Cost of War-
i G“lf,” says a thoroughly informed
i {writer, “no men were lost, if no ships
i ‘were destroyed, or even damaged, il
• would cost $2,000,000 or $3,000,000 for
> ammunition alone to fight a first class
i battle with modern arms and projec
tiles,and a large part of the $50,000,000
i appropriated will go for powder and
; shot. An ordinary allowance of ammu
nition for one of the big guns coats
about ns much as the gun itself, and
anyone can realize that we will need
an enormous amount ol powder before
our navy goes to war, for it takes near
ly half a ton eve<y lime o«e of the big
tbirteen-inch guns U fired. There
were 250 tons of powder on the Maine
when she went dowb, and her maga
zines were only ball filled. The big bat
tleships and the first class cruisers
should never go into action without a
supply of from 500 to 800 tons, or, say,
an average of 700. There are 11 of
these battleships, which together • re
quire 7,700 tons Then there are 16
second rate ships which ought to have
500 tons each in their magazines. Or a
total of 8,000 tons ; 42 third rate ships
which should have at least 300 tons
each, or a total of 14,000 tons.- Without
counting the torpedo boats, it requires
about 30,000 tons of powder to fill the
magazines of our navy before it would
be safe to send the ships into action.
The sea coast with their
monstrous 8, 10 and guns, re
quire several times v »s rrtuch. The
four inch rapid fire rifle requires 16
pounds of powder to carry a projectile
weighing 33 pounds four miles The
five inch gvn requires 25 pounds, the
six inch rifle 50 pounds, Hie eight-inch
rifle 250 pounds,, the ten-inch 500
pounds, and it costs SI,OOO every time
one of the 13-inch rifles is fired. There
are four of these guns each on the bat
tleships Indiana, lowa, Massachusetts
and Oregon.”
The Last Days of the Confederacy-
The people of Griffin no doubt will
be delighted to learn that there is a
strong probability of Geft. Gordon’s
visiting this place in the near -future
and will deliver bis thrilling lecture,
“The Last Days of the Confederacy,”
at the Olympic—probably on the 30th
of this month.
Should he come il is safe to say that
the opera house has never seen such a
gathering as will greet the old scar
worn veteran of many a battle on this
occasion.
The old soldiers will come from ev
ery section for miles, and bring their
wives and daughters, to hear this word
painting of the closing scenes of the
most wonderful conflict of ages, from
one who filled such a prominent place
in making such scenes and deeds his
toric and never-to-be-forgotten.
Have him to come by all means.
Reflections of a Bachelor-
A woman has no conscience as far
as a man isn’t concerned.
Most women’s ideas about a foreign
war remind yon of canned peaches
, that have begun to work.
If a man can only keep a girl bating
him long enough she is pretty sure to
fall in love with him.
The reason why a woman is shocked
, at a ballet is because she never realized
, before that she had two legs. t
You can always tell whether a man
I or woman runs the house by watching
, al what age the youngest boy gets bus*
j pendere, and what age the oldest girl
j does her hair up.
, Every woman has her times when
she wishes she dared act the way she
did when she was little and used to
make faces and slick out her longue
k at the neighbors’ children.
J ANNOUNCEMENT.
For Sheriff.
I respectfully inform my friends -the
people of Spalding county—that I am a
candidate for the office of Sheriff, subject
to the verdict of a primary, if one is held
Your support will be thankfully received
and duly appreciated.
M J. PATRICK.
FOR SHERIFF.
I am a candidate for the democratic
nomination for Sheriff, and earnestly ask
the support of all my friends and the pub
lie. If nominated and elected, it shall be
my endeavor to fulfill the duties of the of
* flee as faithfully as in the past.
M. F. MORRIS.
I hereby announce myself a candidate
for Justice of the Peace 1001st District, G.
s- M., for the unexpired term. Election first
d Saturday in April.
' . . . W. D. CARHART.
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To Cure Constipation Forever,
k w Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or 25c.
t If C. C. C. fail to cure, druzgUts refund money.
ttayal make* the food par*.
whofoaom* and deUctew*.
I
£
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I'l 1 ' 1 mi
SakiHC
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
ROVAI BAKIN* rOWDtR CO., NCW YORK.
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Getting a Start.
You can find thousands of men who
attribute their failure in life in finan
cial way to the fact that they never
a start. This is their own fault.
Every young man can get a start if he
goes at it in the right way. We will
call a start, if you will, the earning
anff eaving of SSOO and take young
fellows as they run, is a pretty good
start, for our observation is that if a
young man will take up the cross of
bard work and deny himself until he
haft saved this sum, he can be safely
trusted to make his way in life there
after. Now, this SSOO w.ill come the
' hardest of any money a fellow will
eatn, be dead sure of that. It will be
something akin to the going of Moses
out into the wilderness to fit himself
for life work. It means letting the
girls alone during this period of pro
bation, for if you have to dress np, hire
livery teams and go into society you
will never get out of the wilderness
with your SSOO. It means getting up
early in the morning, going to bed late
al night and working bard all day.
It means letting beer, cigars, shows,
dances and such tomfoolery alone. It
means not onjy earning but saving.
While you are doing this the fellow
who never gets a start will call you
1 qtieeT, stingy and mean and alt that,
’ and you will have to stand itjyour
turn will come by and by. The self
denial and economy you will have to
practice to get your first SSOO win do
very much to make a man of yon.
This may not be very pleasant doc
trine, but if you hope to clip coupons
for a living at 60 you must not be
ashamed of a blue jeans, overalls and
bard tvork at 20.—Greensboro Watch
man. - »
ON® ENJOYS
Both the method and 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 fn its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy ana 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 anyone who
wishes to try it Do not accept any
substitute. «F
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
UM HUUKOCO. CAI.
OBtnif. MY. MEW YOU. M.\
We would like to
make your old Buggy
as good as new’, or
give you a new one
for it. .
Hand-made harness
H.P.EADY&CO.
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IT IS TRUE,
IF YOU SEE IT
IN MY ADVERTISEMENT!
Every article of Winter Wear at absolute
cost for the next two weeks.
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1 WILL BE ABSENT, VISITING THE WHOLESALE MARKETS AND
PURCHASING THE NOBBIEST LINE OF CLOTHING EVER SHOWN IN
GRIFFIN.
In the Mean Time
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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.
1 “‘I- ■—■■■■ ,
R. F. Strickland X Co.
Effii LOW
o I PRICED
SHOES!
La(lies Rabers 35e. and 50c.
Mens Rubbers 50c.
Childrens Rubbers 35c.
IMB nsji Boys and Girls School Shoes 75e.,
I f sl,o ° aDd $L25 ‘
Ladies heavy buHoa or lace Sheas
SI.OO, $1.25 and $1.50.
Mens wet weather Shoes keep
thc savoy your feet dry.
U. F. STRICKLAND & CO.
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RACKET STORE PRICES!
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LOW PRICES ’
‘ 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 Pina, Ic.
> 1 good lead Pencil, Ic.
r 1 card Hook and Eyes, Ic.
1 card Hook and Eyes with hump,3c
1 quire of good Note Paper, 4c.
1 package of good Envelopes, 3c.
. 1 package large square “ sc.
1 spool Coats Thread, 4c.
j 2 spools King Thread, 2CO yds, sc.
All grades of Linen Collars 10c.
r Celuloid Collars, sc.
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r The priedfe we have placed on Shoes are
3 moving them out, to be replaced by our
spring goods.
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EDWARDS BROS.
Ten Cents per Week
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 Perc&ls, best goods, 9c.
Yard wide Sea Island, 4ic.
A. 0. A. Feather Ticking, 10.