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I Spring Huts. I If yoi will to boy tbe best CMblig possible for the moey, yon can not afford to pass my stock by. Too will IM mdd shop worn K « . . Clotblu on my coolers—bit new goods, tbls I setsn’s productions. Neat cheeks, stripes ud plaUs, or plain end mixed colors. I My $7.50 Suit . Is the best line of goods at this price ever shown in Griffin. Absolutely all wool and sewed with pure dye silk. In fact, I challenge any body to show yon a line at $lO of more intrinsic nine. | Up to $20.00. Then my finer lines aft perfect in fit and work manship, equal to Tailor made goods. THOS.J.WHITE I F Clothier, Furnisher and Hatter. K ~ ■ ■'- * ~' J————— | New Garden Seeds. AU fresh irom the best growers. Genuine Eastern Irish Potatoes. Prescriptions carefully compounded. J. N. HARRIS & SON- Li amnlmmimmnmßssßussßssHHssßss— ========= GRIFFIN CYCLE CO. A FIRST CLASS BICYCLE SHOP FILLS A LONG FELT WAkf IH GRIFFIN. WE CAN 00 AHY BICYCLE WORK. AGENTS FOR STERLING, \|WA\ RAMBLER, ECLIPSE, CRAWFORD BICYCLES. OIW 7 This is the flnest line of wheels ever handled in Griffin. ALL KINDS BICYCLE SUNDRIES. Griffin Bicycle Co. • * For the present in Kincaid Building, on Solomon street. I? 17 j See Our New Stock or . PRUNES, EVAPORATED APPLES, CURRANTS, RAISINS. k Extra low prices on these goods to close them out before Summer. G. W. CLARK & SON. Wholesale and Retail Grocers. eg.-- - - t New goods in Cut Glass and Sterling Silver for Wedding or Anniversary gifts. I Kt MANGHAM BROS. Morning Cail. GRIFFIN, GA., MAY 8, 1866. onceover Davis' Hardware Store TELEPHONING. M. PERSONAL AMD LOCAL DOTS. Col. W. D. Carbart spent yesterday Atlanta. Wilbur Barnes spent the day in At* lanta yesterday. J. 0. Brooks spent the day in At* laata yesterday. R. 8. Ison made a business trip to Macon last night. .. ■ , - Douglas Boyd spent yesterday with friends io Atlanta. W. H. Moor, of Atlanta, is visiting relatives in this city. Mrs W. A. Pryor, of Concord, spent yesterday in this city. R H Williams, of Woodbury, spent yesterday io this city Dr E R Anthouy made a business trip tj Atlanta yesterday. Mrs. M E Crawford, of Concord, spent yesterday in this city. Hon. H. E Williamson, of Rover, spent yesterday in this city. Mrs. B. F Barrow, of Zetella, spent yesterday with friends in this city. Sidney Green, of the Pike County Journal, was in the city yesterday. Capt. J. Henry Smith and Capl. A. J. Burr spent yesterday in Atlanta. Prof. J. O A. Miller, of Sunny Side, spent yesterday with Griffin friends. Col. Frank Jones, of Atlanta, spent Sunday with his many friends in this city. Mayor and Mrs. W. D. Davis return* ed yesterday from a pleasant visit to LaVilla. Miase» Ottie nod Emma Touchstone, of Zetella, visited friends in thia city yesterday. Mieses Mary and Ola Pryor, of Hol- I lot. vihe, spent ysster ay w t en o hnibUcity Wilbur McDonald returned to At | i.nta yesterday after 0 mpsndiug a few timye Io this city. Mrs. B W. Kincaid and Mbs Mar* j-rle Bialon spent yesterday with friends in Atlanta. C.pt J. W. Sparks. of Tbemaaville, is spending a few days with hi. many friends io thia city. I N. Drewry ha. returned to bis post of duty at Baes Bros., after spend ing tom. time at Senoia Mayor W. D. Davis and Aidermen R. F. Strickland and B. R. Blakely •flint yesterday in Atlanta. John Ward is spending a lew days in Concord attending th. bedside of his father, wbo is seriously ill. Miss Hattie Cope Mills left yester* day for Atlanta where she will spend several days with her sister. Mrs. 11. I. Watt. Mrs J H Covio, of Hogansville, returned home yesterday after spend ing several days in this city as the guest of Mia J P. Nichols. Judge James 8. Boyotoo, tbe hero of many battles, was the guest ofthe Confederate veterans io Jackson co Memorial Day.—Jnckson Argus. Ths stores began closin’ it 6 o’clock yesterday afteruoon and the clerks oow have a short time for recrestion, which will be highly appreciated. Silk stockings fine enough to be drawn through a rvedding ring are be ing worn Tbe most exquisite come from France, and they range in price from $3 a pair to S6O and even rrore. E L Rhodes, of Baltimore, Mil., was in the city yesterday. Mr Rhodes is traveling salesman for a large millinery establishment in Baltimore but as this is out of bis territory it be believed he was here on a tender mission. Fob Sale, Cheap.—One second-hand Flick 18-horse-power boiler on skids; al so, one six-horse-power boiler and engine on iron wheel*, suitable for a traveling thresh. H. C. Cumming. The committees appointed in each of the Sunday schools to decide on a place and time for bolding the annual picnic made their report last Sunday. They have decided to hold the picnic ibis year on Friday, May 13tb, at Cold Springs, ab)ut forty miles down the Southern, near Warm Spring* The railroad fare has not beeu agreed on yet, but the Southern is one of the most liberal roads in th. country, and will make a rate satisfsc lory to all. Officer Gurdon went to Savannah Sunday believing he had a clue that would enable him to recover rhe jew els stolen from the watch charm of Mr. Burr, which was recovered last week and the particulars given in the Call A dispatch was (received here yesterday stating ho had recovered the jewels and also the • fine watch which was stolen Item Mr. E. C. Smith, on the same night Mr. Burr’s residence was robbed. The dispatch contained no particulars, but stated Mr. Gordon would return this morn* ing. Ordinary’s Court Ordinary J. A. Drewry held bis reg ular monthly court in his office at the court bouse yesterday, and disposed of some little business, E. W. Hammond was appointed ad ministrator on the estate of M. O. Bowdoin. 8. M. Wayman was dismissed from the executorship of 8. F. Gray. J. P. Nichole and J. H. Huff, admin istrators of tbe estate of Mts. M. M. Todd, applied for letters of dismission from said estate. J. D. Holman, administrator estate of Mrs. Rosa 8. Holman, applied for permissiontoe.il ten shares of the capital stock nf tbe Southwestern rail way. J. A. Brooks petitioned for guar* diansbip for his minor children. F. H. Drewry was appointed admin istrator of tbe estate of S. J. Doroogh When Nature Needs assistance it may be beat to render in promptly, but one should remember to use even the most perfect remedies only when needed. The best and moat simple and gentle remedy is tbe Syrup of Figs, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Company. Itoa't Tulaero spit a«d Satuke leer Lift Angy. To quit Uoacco easily and forever, be mag netic. full of ute, nerve .nd vigor, take No-To- Bae, the wonder-worker, that makes weak men strong. All druggists, SOcor Si. Cure guaran teed. Booklet and sample free. Address Sterling Remedy Co. Chicago or New York. Notice to Owners of Real Estate. Tbe City Assessors having completed the assessments for. the present year and turned the books over to this office, parties are hereby notified to examine the same and file application Tor reduction if they so desire. THOS. NALL, April 28,1896. Clerk and Trees. Edaratw Year Itowwta With CaaeareU. ‘ * I .. 4.- t * . r— ■- J ■ - s Bawcw* NowvpapM* At th. preoout day every trade murt iJeIU p-’per. but U can boast that they are thus favored. Tbe Parisian begga™. who, according to a writer to Household Words, number about 8,000, have two daily papers. One of there is entitled Le Bon Guide. It gives to ite subscribers a oomplete llrt of the baptisms, weddings and funerals to take place on • that day, so that they may he well Dosted re to he twrt places to pur sxrai-v. r ers there la a list of the aadreress, arrivals and departures of persons of known chari able Tbe paper to a mine ol information to Its readers The Beggars’ Journal is not so high olass” a paper, bnt it to perhaps more In teresting. It prides itself on the exclusive ness of Ito Information. It to unique in form, being written and not printed on the coarse browny white paper used by grocers to wrap sugar in. Its advertisement columns are suggest ive: “Wanted, a Mind man to play the flute. Apply to the editor.” “Wanted for a fashionable watering place a one armed man; good references; security required. This paper contains, like the other, no tloes of births, deaths and marriages in hlah circles. It docs not boast of a very lame staff, for the editor, wbo to also sole proprietor, writes out the single copy of the paper and takes it round every morn ing to each Qf Ms subscribers, who have the privilege of looking over this unique journal sot a few minutes by paying the munificent sum of 8 cents a month. ■ ■ " ’A Dlffemt Views of a Hangman. There to no lack of competitors for the office of executioner when the operation has to be performed In England, but in Ireland there to a great prejudice against undertaking It and there have been diffi culties sometimes in the colonies in flnd ini an operator. Marwood used to say he never experienced any unpopularity in England and accounted for Calcraft being sometimes, badly received by saying that “Mr. Calcraft never made himself agree able. ” Going to Wales on one occasion to fulfill his office in the case of a foreigner wbo had committed several brutal mur ders, he found himself quite popular and. was received at the station when about to depart with a sort of ovation, to which he responded affably, saying be hoped he might “before long have occasion to visit them again. ” On the other hand, on coming back from Cork, where be had been to carry out the duties of his profession because no native could tfe found to do the job, he had rather a rough experience, for on board the steamer he overheard a conver sation between two Irishmen, one of whom related that he heard the hangman was on board, to which the other replied that could be find him he would throw Mm overboard during tbe night. Marwood on this thought it well to retire to hto bed in a dark corner and did not make hto ap pearance any more until the steamer was well in tbe dock in England.—Chambers’ Journal. a jrirc-a., Tho-'x- si2ll Is x- "zi' . X Vl l ** it dsiaturt/ x eTeTy Lemons for Insomnia. From the Ashville Chronicle. The Rev. T. 8. Brown, the pastor of the Lutheran church of this city, is running opposition to Bishop Lyman on insomnia cures. Mr. Brown yesterday told a Chron icle reporter that lemon juice, diluted and taken just before retiring, will almost cer tainly produce sound and refreehingsleep. Mr. Brown also said that he had learned from an eminent physician that if diluted lemon juice were drunk after a heavy dose of quinine, it would prevent latter’s caus ing buzzing in the head. A PROMINENT FARMER WRITES. Robert Statioh, Jones County, Ga.— By the recommendation of Rev. C. C. Da vis, I used Dr. Mozley’s Lemon Elixir for indigestion, debility and nervous prostra tion, having been a great sufferer for years and tried all known remedies for these dis eases, all of which failed. Five bottles of Lemon Elixir made a new man of me. ' Your friend, William B. Emerson. Mozley’s Lemon Hot Drops.l Cures all coughs, colds, hoarseness, sore 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. CLASTOEI TA. ft» lie- - y? , //C/) jf •*** To Cure Constipation Forevei. Take Csuscarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or 25c. If C. C. C. fail to cure, druggists refund money. BULLETIN. The following telegram explains itself: Philadelphia, Pa., Apr. 25, ’9B. R. H. Drake, General Agent, Griffin, Ga. By resolution of board of trustees unanimously adopted this day, all members holding policies in this company bear ing date prior to April 25th, are privileged until May Ist, 1900, to engage in present war without prejudice to their Insu rance and without payment of any extra premium therefor. PENN MUTUAL LIFE INS. CO. For'' Insurance which Insures anywhere and everywhere, in war or in peace, take a Penn Mutual Policy. R. H. DRAKE, ?- General Agent, Griffin Ga. Everybody Says So. ■ Csscarete Candy Cathartic, the most won derful medical discovery of the age, pieas- SBt and refreshing to the taste, act gently and positively on kid neys, iivw and bowels, cleansing tbe entire sysum. dispel colds, cure headache, fever, habitual constipation and biliousness. Please buy and trv a box of C. O. C. to-day; 10, 85,50 cents, bold and guaranteed to cure by all druggists. % ■ , . • * - - 50 Sewing Machines To be Given Away. ■ ITS FULLY EXPLAINED BELOW. RKAD ABOUT IT. WE ARB determined to move out more goods curing thenext thirty DAYS THAN WE HAVE IN THIS LENGTH OF TIME LN THE PAST HlB TORY OF THIS BUSINESS. OUR PRICES SHALL .TEN TIMES OVgR EMPHASIZE THIS RESOLVE MILLINERY . . 1 Ab busy as bees? Yes, and busier. Miss Mynaon has charmed ths people, and the people, almost as one, are coming to her for their fine bonnets and hats. Are receiving new material daily. Come and see the new arri vals. We have now a great assortment of new shapes, Panama Straws, Sailors, Chips, etc., and as for Ribbons and Laces we invite you to see ov recent incomparable purchases. They are just too lovely. New veiling new flowers, new aigrettes,'all the new things belonging millinery family, may be found on our second floor. Three cases of assorted hats just bought at not over half values. - - J In colors and design harmony is sounded in every chime in spring and summer textiles. French Organdy, real value, 50c, at 25c. Irish Dimities, the 25c grade, reduced to 15c. Dimities as low as sc. 20c. Organdies bought at half and selling at 10c. Fine 40*inch White Lawn, worth double, our price 10c. As to the Sewing Machines. . j We are going to giye fifty away during the next 30 days—-possibly durs ing next week —to our customers. Buy twenty dollars worth of goods from us and pay for them and one of the machines will be given to you, provided fifty other customers have not done so before you. the goods, pay f OT them or have them charged—it’s all the same, that is,\ you must be one of the first fifty to either pay down twenty dollars for the goods or, having them charged on the books, pay the account. As soon as you shall have paid us S2O for goods bought on or after April 25th you’ll get a machine if fifty others are not ahead of you. •„ v j , , t When you make purchases tickets or coupons will be delivered to you from which yon may evince your claim. These machines are not worth fifty dollars each, neither are they worth twenty dollars. But they will cost you nothing upon purchases of $20.00, and we’ll supply your wants frr less thu they can be secured anywhere else in this town. We sell the best and our prices are always the lowest. LADIES’ FIXINGS. Ladies fixings—a big subject But our stock is big enough and varied enough to meet its multiform and multiplex requirements—well, nearly— but only a hint can be given here. Toilst article*—big stock. ( Fine selec tion of purses. Leather belts, black, tan, green and white, many of them as low as 25c. Fans, the lateit and prettiest. When your mind purae suggests a saving, why, just make your purchase with us. GENT’S FIXINGS. We’ve made this department a leading one in our store, Going to make it more popular; going to do it with the right things at the right prices. As in everything else we’ll save you money on these goods. The nicest makes known to gent’s furnishings. Bows and scarfs and ties—mixtures and mud ley’s in men’s neckwear. See them and you’ll like them. Dollars, 1900• linen, 10c. Cuffs, 1900-linen, 15c. Shirts, -pure linen bosom, \ reinforced back and front, continuous fAcingb, patent gussets, felled seams, worth SI.OO at 5Cc. Negligee Shirts, select assortment, lower than others. Guess you don’t object to a saving, do you ? Ours the neatest stock in Middle Georgia. Speeis-ls. 60 silk waist patterns—new creations and juat too lovely, - - $1.59 Great purchase of New Shirt Waists,the value of each is one dollar the price is---**--- - -50 c Silk Grenadines, you’d say one dollar, at - -50 c Silks, brocaded Gros Grains and Taffetas only a few pieces to go at the price - _ 75c. Linen Crash, extra wide, plain and fancy, a good quality at * *> 25c . 60 fine Novelty Suits at prices to - Sell Etamine, latest in woolens recommended for separate skirts * -35 c 44-inch French Serge, very special -45 c ’ SOpieces Dress Duck, the 15cent grade at - -.-- - - 9c . 2,000 Ladies Handkerchiefs at 5 cents worth everywhere else -10 c f 60 pieces Dimity, worth 10 cents, at 5c Good brass pins, per paper le ’ Hair pins, per package > ....... . le School Handkerchiefs, each 1c 600 yards good quality Dimity 5c BASS BROS.j The Best Company is the Company that does the Most Good. ——THE • MUTUIL LIFE INSURIHCE EO. OF NEW YORK. LS THE OLDEST IN THE UNITED STATES AND. THE LARGEST IN THE WORLD. Since organization to the present time, it has paid and now holds on policies not yet due the enormous sum of $716,000,000. Its dividend record is unsurpassed by any other company in the world. It piotects your dividends in case of death and provides for your old age. See that your policy has this clause inserted in it. As compound results are the source of life of all the old line companies,, what is best for the company should be best for the insured. And for best results take a policy in the grand old MUTUAL LIFE. 868 *° th ßl the daughter, the pride of your heart, when as sailed by the vicissitudes of life and touched by the cruel hand of fate, shall be provided with a guaranteed income for life. The MUTUAL LIFE, the strongest financial institution known on the globe—twice as large as the* Bank of England—writes that gnarantee to the patriotic soldier who feels called upon to avenge the wrongs' to his country, we say don’t forget the loved ones at nome—the Mutual Life is prepared to take care pf all. And for the benefit of those who have a policy in this grand old company we give the following extract from a letter of the president, Richard A. McCurdy: "I wish you to assure every policy-holder in this Company? that his rights will be fully protected under all circumstancew and that no one need hesitate to respond to the call of patriot ism or duty through fear of the forfeiture of his policy. RICHARD A. McOURDY/Prerident” For best plans of insurance please consult me. JL. W. HILL, Special A gent. - \