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I ° HH- Ei' wnmiw f I rAI I ■> I M■ ■ R ■ V> lloC/ * *-*• i I® Bpnuu Hats. • | ; jji", j[ ” W-’V*’ ‘ '.' ’ - If )M wnt to tay ike best Cl.itag possible >«lkeawey, jw cu X »i«< “ R® ■! f stock by. Im will Iki MtH stay won CMtag may ecutors—b»t lew gocte. Ibis smsm’s yniKtiws Neat cbeeks, stripes •M plaids, k plala aad alied edeis. My $7.50 Suit ... Is tbe best Use «t pods at Ibis price ever stows la Grill. Absditely all weal aad sewed wltb pan dye silk. Il fact, I ctolleip uy body to stow yn a liae at $lO of non iatriisie nlie- Up to $20.00. The« »y finer lines tre perfect in Hand work miship, eqwal to Tailor aide goods. THOS.J.WHITE Clothier, Furnisher *nd Hatter. GERMAN MILLET SEED. New crop, extra fine, Melon Seed. Fine Cigars and Tobacco. Fine Perfumery, Soaps, Combs and Brashes. AU kinds Patent Medicines, Chemicals and Powders. Paints, Oils and Glass. Paper, Ink and Pencils-nice butler color. WILL APPRBCIATE YOUR TRADE. PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY COMPOUNDED. J. N. HARRIS & SON GRIFFIN CYCLE ca A RUST CLASS BICYCLE SHOP FILLS A LONG FELT WANT .11 GRIFFIN. WE CAN 00 ANY BICYCLE WORK. , AGENTS FOR STERLING, \m\\\ /ft RAMBLER, aite-ttp* ECLIPSE, CRAWFORD BICYCLES.UU 17W 7 This is the flnest line of wheels ever handled 11 Srlfln. ALL KINDS BICYCLE SUNDRIES. Griffin Bicycle Co. For the present in Kincaid Building, on Solomon street ■ —■ ■ " FICKLES! We have the finest stock of Pickles ev eran'Griffin; every kind you may want and the cheap or as costly as you want. G. W. CLARK & SON. Wholesale and Retail Grocers. A FEW Ice Cream • / Freezers AND BABYCARRIAGES At Cott to Close Out. MANGHAM BROS. Morning Call. GRIFFIN, GA., MAY 7, IMS. "'■■hi ji ilffleeeier Da rig Hardware Store TELEPHONE NO. SB. PERSONAL AND LOCAL DOTS Bob Halo, of Jolly, was in the city yesterday. Milla McNeel, of Marietta, was in the city yesterday. B. R. Fiemister spent yesterday with friends in Alien ta Cosby Bawtell made a business trip E. H. Dorsey, of Sunny Side, spent yesterday in this city. Col. Cary J Thornton, of Co’umbus, was in the city yesterdsy. • Mrs. T. W. Manley, of Hollonviile, was io lbs city yesterday. H. C. Burr went down to Maeon last i night on Masonic business. Miss Jessie MeL’ndoo, of Concord, visited Griffin friends yesterday. Dr. J C. Beauchamp, of William* eon, spent yesterday in this city. , W. H. Williams is spending a few days with relatives in Woodbury. Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Overby spent : yesterday with friends in Atlanta. Mrs George Binns, of Lnella, spent > yesterday with friends in this city. i Mias E uma Mathews, of Zebulon, spent yesterday with friends in this Love laughs at locksmiths, but it re serves its sweetest smiles for the gold* smith. A dash of poetry in a mao’s natare seldom prompts him to leave his hair uncut. Capt. Harry Fisher, of Newnan, was in the city yesterday as the guest of Col. Geo I. Jones. • Mrs J. J. Child left yesterday to spend several days with relatives and friends in Newnan. nom. other woman. Mina Louiae Waddell Sell at ni ht lor Atlanta, where «b. will apeod a few d.y. with friroda. Mie. Clyde Dixon, of Newnan, is •pending • few daya in this city a. the guMtof Mre. W C Elder. Dr. and W. W. Walcott k t yester day for Senoia, wher. they will spend Several daya visiting reislivet. Mrs J. W. Hanlon retain ’d yester day from Monro., wher. ah. spent tome time visiting relative, and friend.- ; Fo* Saul Cmur.—One second-band Fitch 1 S hone-power boiler on skids; si to, one shc«horse-power boiler and engine on iron wheel*, suitable for a traveling thresh. H. C. Ccmmdio. Officer Fly nt arrested Nath Patton yesterday for disorderly co ml not He baa been hiding out for some time, and it was only yesterday that the offi 'era learned of his whereabouts. The young ladies who compos, the lawn tennis club of Jackson are be coming very pr<-fi -i- nt in their prac tice. and Col. Hall is thinking very seriooely of getting up a ma ch game of tennis between th. Jackson Club and that of Griffin. Os course Jack son can beat Griffin in any kind of a game;—Jackson Argus. Come ever colonel with your club. The Griffin team baa not practiced ibis .season,, but (hey will soon convince you that “you aint so many." When Nature Needs assistance it may be best to render in promptly, but one should remember to use even the most perfect remedies only when needed. The best and most simple and gentle remedy is the Syrup of Figs, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Company. General M. E. Church, South, Conference Baltimore, May 4-28, ’9B. On account of the above occasion the Seaboard Air Line will sell round trip tickets from Griffin to Baltimore for $17.50. Tickets on sale May 2d, 3d, 4th, 9th, 10th, 11th, good for return passage until June 15th, 1898, inclusive. "Old Line Insurance at Minimum Cost. The Provident Savings Life Assurance Society of N. T. Its 20-Y tar Rsnswable Term Policies are written as low as is consistent with absolute safety and are especially adapted to those desiring Insurance for Protection without Investment It is re newable without Medical lie-examination. Its Whois Use Policies with liberal Surrender Valuesjn Cash. Paid-Up or Extended Insurance. Jive Year Dividend Period. Liberal loan to tbe Insured beginning the first year. Its New Limited Payment Policies contain everything desirable in this form of Insurance. A policy with Guar anteed Cash Value Additions. An exceed ingly liberal loan will be allowed to the Insured, if desired,beginning tbe first year. Tbe Guaranteed Additions to this policy liquidates tbe loan, beginning the Third Year. NUTTING BROS., State Managers, Atlanta. W. T. SMITH, Special Agent. Dcn’l Tu’.k-rc ».yit aed Samte Tver fife Anry. To qait uoacco easily ,®a<l forever, to mag neiic. lull of dte, nerve amt vigot, take No-To Bae. the wonder-wo:her. thatmal.es weak mcß strong. All druggists, &0e or Si. Ctire guaran teed Booklet and sample free. Address Sterling Remedy Ce- Chicago or New York. fti fK /J _ , WORKS OF ART. Belford, Middlebiook & Co., of Chicago, are publishing weekly a series of beautiful portfolios, devoted to tbe AMERICAN 1 NAVY AND CUBA. The illustrations are reproductions of photographs, with , introduction and deccriptive texts, show ing all the vessels of our navy, the MAINE, as she majestically rode the waves before her destruction, and all of her officers. CUBA, THE QUEEN OF THE AN TILLES, is illustrated in all its phases, from the captain general's palace to the hovels of its starving wretches—shown as it is today, not as it will appear after Sampson's fleet has bombarded it, that will come later. . We have made exclusive arrangements with the publishers whereby we will fur nish our subscribers with 'these beautiful portfolios, containing 16 reproductions in each number, at 10 cents for each series. Tbe regular subscription price is SO cents, and those wishing them, who are not sub scriber! to our paper, can secure them at that pnee. And they are well worth 50 ceuta. We have samples of these beautiful worksofart and history in our office which we would be glad to show you and take your subscription for the entire series or as many parts as you wish. < JS. Car* CmmmUpbUm Fwrwvet. Tta«Ctac«rts CWMIyCMIMMtic. We orSta U C- a C fail B»cnre.<»wteta wfwl mom*. THE KBG SWvh. does harm to no one, but kills POISON REPTILES. BatUmrs HtoS Ci»>rtM* A»« tto. »*■» Ba Xwvw «• msfo » Mm* •ea TMtd AAer BMb BakUe to Prem* Him V«r th. M«xt XMomter. Tbe distant murmur of the waterfall, th. *mvn of the bees among the flowers, mad. bm feel buy. laying aside my fishing rod, I stretched myself on the soft spring gram under a weeping willow and watched the bln®, cloud gpeckedaky. I had almost fallen asleep Xn I wm aroused by a vuioe inquir ing, "Kotahed enny fish, mister?” Looking up, I raw a typicsl moun taineer and assured him I had not “I axy, mister, this here ia a jwwer ful bad kentry fur onakea One bit Jim Sloan’s buy mare last night, an week afore last another bit Sally Milligan. Some on ’em air powerful pizen, -spe cially the rattlers an coppers, an that •minds me, es I wua yerself, I’d move a little further from that ’ere copper. He ain’t ractly petty to look at an es ye wuz to rile ’im with yer boot be mow git vicious.” Ixmg before that speech had ended I had turned a somesaul t backward, which caused the mountaineer a gnat deal of genuine pleasure to behold. I was about to exterminate the big, sluggish reptile with a stick that I had seized when my companion asked me to wait a few mo menta, as a king might come along. Not exactly understanding whether he expected a person of that name and failing to see what that event had to do with my laudable desire to smash the big, ugly thing that had presumed to take my leg for a pillow, I asked him for an explanation. "Air it posable yer town folks dnnno what a king air? Why, a king air the boss snake uv the woeda He don’t do no barm to nothin, ’ceptin snakes, an he don’t pester them as hain’t pizen. But he do love a copper an a rattler, which is the worst snakes uv these dig gin’s, an he’s death on ’em. "T’other day I wuz gwine long a old road, an all uv a sudden I heerda singin as though a camp meetin had just tuck in. I knowed it wuz a rattler, an lookin round I saw him on a knoll, an a pow erful big un he wuz. He vyu quilled up like a corkscrew, an his rattles wuz a-makin the air jingle. But at first I couldn’t ’scover the cause, an I knowed a rattler never got ready fur business fur nothin. Presently I seed the grass a-swayin an a-bendin, an then the rat tler, he gets nervius an skeered, an un quillin hisself he made a break to run. "But it wuz too late, fur on came the king like a hurricane, an puttin hisself just ahead the rattler showed him his jig wuz up. Seein he couldn’t ’scape, the rattler quilled ag’in an showed fight The king, he commenced to run round his inimy in a wide circle, the rattler watchin, lickin out his tongue an makin his rattle sing like a ban jer. Closer an closer the king drawed his circle as he dashed round until he wuzn’t more’n three feet from the ini my. "Then the rattler, thinkin he raw 1 the last show to save his bacon, made a powerful spiteful lunge at the king, an thar is whar he slipped up, fur the king he dodged, an qnicker’n gunpow der wuz on to the rattler. Thar wuzn’t nothin but a ball uv snakes in sight fur a few minutes as they fought an tus sled over the grass, but arter a little I could see the red an black striped king wound round the big rattler just like a grapevine on a tree. "Then I seed the king hold ’im by the back uv the neck, an I could bear him crushin the rattler as he tightened on him. It wuz all over in half an hour, an the king, unwindin hisself from his victim, got behind an waited fur ten minutes. Then he crept up an put his nose on the rattler’s _to see if he wuz breathin. Ye see, other snakes know the king an sometimes possum on him by pretandin to be dead. "But the rattler wuz shore ’nuff gone, an when the king wuz satisfied uv this he crawled in a old stump hole an presently came out with a mouse’s tail stickin out his mouf. But he soon ‘swallowed the mouseyan, wipiniiis nose on the grass, went off sarchin for more trouble. A king alien eats,a rat or a wad after a fight to make-him strong , fur the next un. | "An now, mister, ,1 could tell, ye a powerful lot more’n that, fur I knows snakes, I do, but I’ll help ye kill the .copper, which mout not meet a king until he bites some un es we didn’t, an then I must huny on after my oxen, i what I wuz huntin .when I seed that i varmint a-tryin to go to sleep with • yerself.’’—Philadelphia Timea' Performance Boston Festival Orchestra, Atlanta, May sth to 7th. Account of the above occasion the Cen ! tral of Georgia Railway Company will , tell round trip tickets at rate of $1.72. Tickets on sale May 5 and «, limited until May 7th. C. S. White, Ticket Agent, Griffin. J, C. Haim, G. P. a., Savannah. Educate Your Bowete With Mascaret*, cure constipation forever. auc, Sc. if Qc. C. fail, drujfß.-sts refund money- ( Performance Boston Festival Orchestra, Atlanta, May Uh to 7th. Account of the aboveoccasion the South- • era Bailway offers rata of $1.72 for the round trip. Tickets on sale May 5 and 6 : limited to May 7th. i Rakdam. Cuetos, T. P. A., Macon. C. 8. White, Ticket Agent, Griffin. i I. . i Motice to Owners of Real Estate. Tbe City Assessors having completed the Mamnaenta for the present year and turned the bocAs over to this office, parties are henfoy notified to examine the same and file application for reduction If they so desire. THOS. NALL, April 99,1998. Clerk and Treat. 50 Sewing Machines To be Given Away. IT’S FULLY EXPLAINED BELOW. READ ABOUT IJ- WE ARE DETERMINED TO MOVE OUT MORE GOODS DURING THE NEXT THIRTY DAYS THAN WE HAVE IN THIS LENGTH OF TIME IN THE PAST Hl B TORY OF THIS BUSINESS. OCR PRICES SHALL TEN TIMES OVER EMPHASIZE THIS RESOLVE. MILLINERY . . As busy a» bees? Yes, and busier. Miss Mynson has clrarmed the people, and the people, almost as one, are coming to her for their fine bonnete knd Juris. Are receiving new material daily. Come and Mie 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 our recent incomparable purchases. They are just too lovely. Hew flings, new flowers, new aigrettes, all the new things belonging to the milhnery family, may be found on our second floor. Three cases of assorted hate just bought at not over half values. _ . ; ‘ •WASST A TIT .~RS. . In colors and design harmony is Bounded in every chime in spring and J summer textiles. French Organdy, real value, 50c, at 25c. Trinh Dimities, the 25c grade, reduced to 15c. Dimities as low as sc. 20c. Organdies bought at half and selling at 10c. Fine 40Jnch White Lawn, worth double, our price 10c. As to the Sewing Machines. . | We are going to give fifty away during the next ,80 days—possibly dur. 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. Buy the goods, pay for 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 this date you 11 get a machine if fifty others are not ahead of you. When you make purchases tickets or coupons will be delivered to you Irom which you 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 well eupplyyour wants for less than they can be secured anywhere else in this town. We sell the best ana 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. Toilet articles—big stock. Fine selec tion of purses. Leather belts, black, tan, green and white, many of them as low as 25c. Fans, the latert and prettiest When your mind or your purse suggests a saving, why, just make your purchase with us. CENTS 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 aave you money on these goods. The nicest makes known to gent’s furnishings. Bows and scarfs and ties —mixtures and ley’s in men’s neckwear. See them and you’ll like them. Collars, 1900- linen, 10c. Cutis, 1900-linen, 15c. Shirts, pure linen bosom, reinforced back and front continuous ficingt, patent gussets, felled seams, worth SI.OO at 5Cc. Negligee Shirts, select assortment, lower than othenL Guess you don’t object to a saving, do you ? Ours the neatest stock in Middle Georgia. Speoieuls- 60 silk waist patterns—new creations and just too lovely, - - $1.59 Great purchase of New Shirt Waists,the value of each is one dollar the price Silk Grenadines, you'd say one dollar, at-------- 50c Silks, brocaded Gros Grains and Taffetas only a few pieces to go nt the price -75 c. linen Crash, extra wide, plain and fancy, a good quality at - -25 c 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 30 pieces Dress Duck, the 15cent grade at------- 9c 2,000 Ladies Handkerchiefs at 5 cents worth everywhere else -10 c 60 pieces Dimity, worth 10 cents, at ......... . 5c Good brass pins, per paper . 1® Hair pins, per package 1c School Handkerchiefs, each . 1c 600 yards good quality Dimity 5c BASS BROS. 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