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r - • inr j If ju wilt to boy tke best Clotbleg possible for the noney, you can sot afford to pass my stock by. You will Had >o cld shop wore CMMig on ay centers—bnt new goods, this season's productions. Neat cheeks, stripes and plaids, or plain and mixed colors. My $7.50 Suit . . . h (be best line of goods at this price ever sbowi in Griffis? Absolutely all wool and sewed witb pure dye silk. In fact, I challenge any body to show you a line at $lO of more intrinsic value. x Up to $20.00. Then my finer lines are perfect in fit and work manship, equal to Tailor made goods. THOS.J.WHITE S4K ' Clothier, Furnisher and Hatter. I GERMAN MILLET SEED. New crop, extra fine Melon Seed.J Fine Cigars and Tobacco. Fine Perftunery, Soaps, Combs and Brushes. All kinds Patent Medicines, Chemicals and Powders. Paints, Oils and Glass. Paper, Ink and Pencils-nice butter color. WILL APPRECIATE YOUR TRADE. PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY COMPOUNDED. J. N. HARRIS & SON . GRIFFIN CYCLE CO. BICYCLES TO RENT. BICYCLES REPAIRED. BICYCLES SOLD. [||!l We Are the People I GRIFFIN CYCLE CO., Ki...,..! 8U.n1., PICKLES! We have the finest stock of Pickles ev- ■ .... er in 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 ■ BABY CARRIAGES At Cost to Close Out. MANGHAM BROS. — . . ... K a Morning Call. — r i. GRIFFIN, GA., MAY 18, 1808. ollceorer Davis* Hardware Store TELEPHONE NO. BA PERSONAL AND LOCAL DOTS •J v Miss Emma Gay, of Gay, spent yes terday in the city. #. A. Bell, of Sonny Bide, was io the city yesterday. Ed Lonsberg, of Atlanta, spent yea iayrfaw in tliismatv Wiunj 1U sUWVisJi ?. A. B. Clark made a botiness trip to Atlanta yesterday. I Capt. John Milledge, of Atlants, was in the city yesterday. ** Mra. M. 0. Boadoint a pent yager day with friends in Atlanta Mr. and Mra. W. T. Smith, of Mc- Kibben, were in the city yesterday. Misses Peat 1 and Neely Miller, of Birdie, spent yesterday with friends in thia city. Mr. and Mra. J. M. Allen, of Mo Kibben, apeot yesterday with friends in thia city. Miss Theo Burr returned yesterday from Atlanta, where she apeot some time as the guest of Mra. Frank Lake. Joa L Burr left last night for Sa vannah where he has accepted a posi tion with a large wholesale hard ward house. I Badges for the Bunday rchool chil dren of the Baptist church can be ob tained today by applying at the book store of J. H. Huff. Mies Clyde Dixon, of Newnan, re turned home yesterday after spending several days io this Ibity as the guest of Mrs. W. C. Elder. * Maj. W. J. Kendrick came down from Atlanta yesterday and will at once enter upon the discharge of hie duties at Camp Northern Judge W. H. Beck and Cols. Thos. E. Patterson and Joe. H. Drewry re- I f k T Tt Mr. J. G. Rhea on yesterday corn* plated all tbe arrangement* with the Southern Railroad for carrying the 1 Sunday school* of this city to Cold Spring* tomorrow-on their uioul out' i ior The railroad far* lor round trip will * be 60 cent* for whole ticket end 35 1 cent* for half ticket*. Ticket* will be on sale at office in Central passenger depot this afternoon after on* o'clock, and all who can do so shoold sectire them today and avoid the ru*b. Basket* should be tent te the train tomorrow morning by 6:30 o'clock, ‘ and will be looked after by the proper I committee I The train leave* the Central depot promptly at 7:15, and on the return will leave Warm Springe at 5 p. m. The place selected for holding the picnic tbi* year i* one of the finest for such purposes in the state, the South* ern has msde a very low rate for trans* portalion and it is hoped a large crowd will go down, VAUGHN VOICINGS* Vaughs, Ga., May 11. 1898. The farmers about here are all about up with their crop* and are waiting tor a rain to get up the balance of their cotton. Last week a jovial fishing party com ’ posed oi Messrs. Champion, Reeve*, Allen •ad Bate* left our lovely villiage to enjoy the sport* afforded at “Log Landing.” They pitched their tents, set the camp fire to glowing and prepared their cooking utensil* for the fruit of their exertion*. Their anticipation* were not groundless, nor their expectation* vain, as indeed their net* were weighted by the fishes of the waters. T. J. Allen and I. H.Kendell spent last Thursday in Griffin. Prof. C. B. Mathews, of Zetella, spent Thursday night here with Prof. A. M. Jackson. T. R. Nutt, our clever tax collector, 1 was here Thursday shaking hands with his many friends. T. J. Beasly is reported as not doing so well now as he has been doing fur several days. J, J. Vaughn and Tim Parker spent Friday in Griffin. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Kendall will be glad to learn that they are still improving. F. J. Freeman and A. F. Vaughn spent Friday afternoon in Griffin, Miss Joe Butles, of Patrick, is spending this week here with Misses Lora and Mil tie Steele. W. F. Fr&man and J. W. Vaughn were among our visitors to Griffin last Friday, Isaac Woolsy, of Woolsey, wa* here a short time Friday. Henry Milam, of 'Atlanta, is visiting relatives here this week. Walace Steele, of Patrick, spent Sunday. here with relative*. Mr. and Mrs. Hogan, of Griffin, spent Saturday and Sunday hero with George Parker. B. C. Head has been on the sick list for a few days. Prot A. W. Jackson closed his school last Friday until July. Rev. E. W. Hammond filled his regular appoint here last Bunday. We are pleased to note that Miss Clide Kendal is able to be out again after her indisposition of a few days. Quite a crowd of our young people at tended the exhibition at Brooks on last Friday evening. Miss Lois Freeman is on the sick list , this week. Everybody here attended the celebration Saturday, and despite the fact that it was a very disagreeable day everybody seemed to enjoy themselves. Mrs. Ida Wells, of Zebulon, spent Bun day here with Mrs. J. 8. Vaughn When Nature i 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. E.iacMte four Dowel* With Caacaretiu Cautty Cathartic, cure constipation forever, vc. If C. C. C fall, druggists refund money. "OH Lins” Insurance at Minimum Oort. The Provident Savings Life Assurance Society of N. T. It* 20-Ysar Renewable Term Policies are written as low as is consistent with absolute safety and are especially 1 adapted to those desiring Insurance for Protection without Investment It is re newable without Medical Re-examination. Its Whole Life Policies with liberal Surrender Values,in Cash. Paid-Up or Extended Insurance. Five Year Dividend Period. Liberal loan to the Insured beginning the first year. Its New Limited Payment Policies contain everything desirable in this 1 form of Insurance. A policy with Guar* anteed Cash Value Additions. An exceed ingly liberal loan will be allowed to the Insured, if desiredjieginning the first year. The Guaranteed Addition* to tills policy liquidates the loan, beginning the Third Year. NUTTING BROB., State Mixagwu, Atlanta W. T. SMITH, Special Agent. A BAUD MAN TO BEAT • THE LIVE RAILROAD AGENT IS UP TO ALL BORTB OF TRICKS. Circa* Fcopte- An PNtty Cate Xlteßa- Mlvaa, but Thl# Story Show» How One Party Was Cleverly Outwitted by the Hustlla* BeUroMter. “There are pec;!e who think you can't beat * circus man, but I want to tell yon that the hardest man to do i* • live railroad man." The old sawdust manager had tried it He continued: "Know where Purcell la in the In dian Territory? Away down at the jumping off place on the Santa Fe road. The show had been at Purcell and we wanted to get out in the night for a long run. We were going to make a jump to Kansas City. Not far from Purcell is another town, Oklahoma City. At that point a competing road with the Sant* Fe run* in. We had 600 people, and of course the railroafi men were after u*. It wa* a big bauL Some of our people bought through tickets from Purcell, and they didn’t worry. But about 300, maybe more, of the crowd that always baggies over a 10 cent dicker concluded to take the Santa Fe from Purcell to Oklahoma City, pay the short haul, and then take the com peting line at Oklahoma, the agents of which were active and full of promises. “Then the Santa Fe man fixed it so the dickerers couldn't buy any tickets from Purcell to Oklahoma, for the train we were to go on was a special. The dickerers said that was all right; that they would wait for the regular. In less than five minutes a bulletin was slapped on the board of- the station to the effect that the regular Santa Fe wa* 13 hours late. That made the fellows who were dickering for a cheaper rate tnrn white around their gills. "In another five minutes I saw a man on a track velocipede scudding dotrn the stretch. Every man to his business. So I thought the railroad people knew what they were doing, and they did. That chap on the velocipede was going down the track to flag the regular and hold it indefinitely. Smart trick, wasn’t it? Wait till I tell you. There was a smarter trick than that "When the special got ready to pull out, the dickerers asked the agent if they could pay on tbo train from Pur cell to Oklahoma, and he said ‘Cert’ So they all boarded the train at Pur cell, intending to get off at Oklahoma. Just before the train pulled out the agent walks down to the engine and asks the old man at the throttle bow long he had been on the road and about the capacity of his iron horse, and so forth. “ ‘How many miles an hour can she go at her best?’ asked the agent. “ ‘On a good track, B 5 miles.’ ‘*‘ls it a good track through Oklaho ma City?’ " ‘Yes, pretty good.’ “ ‘All right. You’ve got no orders to stop there nor to slow up, have you?’ “ ‘Not yet.’ “ ‘ Well, when you get to the edge of the town you let her go. Don’t stop for anything—flags or teams or cattle. Scoot throngh the town at a 65 mile gait, or more if you like, and don’t slow up until you strike that strip of desolation about 11 miles t’other side and you smoke a box of the finest cigars in Chicago. Is it a go?’ “ ’lf I don’t get no orders ’fore I start.’ ’“Well, you are five minutes late now.’ “In a minute, and I calculate it was less, the circus special was under way. It went around curves like a scared snake. It shot across straight lines like a gazelle that had been singed. It whirled the dust of that country into the sky. After awhile we saw a town. Then wo went through it like the wom an that’s shot from the catapult, only more so. One of the dickerers, who was smiling to think the conductor had not yet come round, asked a brakeman as the train was going through the street, ‘What town is this?’ The brakeman said, ‘Oklahoma City.’ “The dickerer’s smile faded as it came, as the poet says, and his hair stood up, and turning to the brakeman he says: “ ‘Jezecriminil Stop her! Here’s where we get off I’ " ‘She doesn’t even hesitate at a town like this, ’ said the brakeman. “Well, about 11 miles on this side, in a strip of country where a crow can’t live and Where an Indian wouldn’t be oaught dead, the old iron horse began to slow up. The conductor came through just then and said: “ ‘Tickets!’ “Well, say, that was a funny sight Them that had tickets showed up and then went to sleep. But the dickerers began to kick. They said they should have been let off at Oklahoma City. The conductor said the train didn’t stop at Oklahoma, that it wasn’t scheduled to stop there, and that he wasn’t going to go back that trip. The leader of the dickerers for cheap fares wanted to know what was to be done. ‘ ‘ The conductor was an old timer. He had a face on him like a woman who never loved anybody. He just told them, ‘Pay or get off.’ Then they asked him where they cguld pay to. And he said the train wouldn’t stop any more until it got to Kansas City the next morning unless it stopped to put them off. And he reached up and caught the bellcord. “And every one of the dickerers paid to Kansas City. And, of course, under the railroad law, they paid more than they would have paid if they had bought tickets at Purcell. And the com pany was that much ahead. And that’s what I mean when I say that the hard ertqnan to do is a live railroad man. ” —NeW York Sun. According to the latest statistics the women in Sweden outnumber the men by 148,669. 50 Sewing Machines To be Given Away. IT’S FULLY EXPLAINED BELOW. READ ABOUT IT. WE ARE | DETERMINED TO MOVE OUT MORE GOODS DURING THE NEXT THIRTY i DAYS THAN WE HAVE IN THIS LENGTH OF TIME IN THE PAST m 8 I TORY OF THIS BUSINESS. OUR PRICES SHALL TEN TIMES OVER i EMPHASIZE THIS RESOLVE. MILLINERY . . 1 As busy as bees? Yes, and burner.' Miss Mynson has charmed th* I people, and the people, almost as one, are coming to her for their fine bonnets and hats. Are receiving new material daily. Oome and see the new arri I vote. We have now a great assortment of new shapes, Panama Strain. 6 Sailors, Chips, etc., and as for Ribbons and Laces we invite you to *ee on ’ I recent incomparable purchases. They are just too lovely. New veiling. I new flowers, new aigrettes, all the new things belonging to the milliner I family, may be found on our second floor. Three cases of assorted hats j«t I bought at not over half values. I •WASET A 'FIiES. . ' I In colors and design harmony is sounded in every chime in spring and I summer textiles. French Organdy, real value, 5Qc, 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 4(Kinch White Lawn, worth double, our price 100. | As to the Sewing Machines. I 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 I us and pay for them and one of the machines will be given to you, provided I fifty other customers have not done so before yoo. 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, haviiig I them charged on the books, pay the account. As soon as yon shall have 1 paid us S2O for goods bought on or after this date you’ll get a machine if 1 fifty others are not ahead of you. I When you make purchases tickets or coupons will be delivered to you I from 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 I nothing upon purchases of $20.00, and we’ll supplyyour wants for lees tnan | they can be secured anywhere else in this town. We sell the beet and our | prices are always the lowest. | LADIES’ FIXINGS. Ladies fixings—a big subject. But our stock is big enough and varied I enough to meet its multiform and multiplex requirement*-—well, nearly— | but only a hint can be given here. Toilst articles—big stock. Fine seleo- 1 tion of purses. Leather belts, black, tan, green and white, many of them as p low as 25c. Fans, the lateat and prettiest When your mind or your puns I 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 I it more popular; going to do it with the right things at th&ght prices. As ] in everything else we’ll save you money on these goods. The nicest make* | known to gent’s furnishings. Bows and scarfs and ties —mixtures and mud. 1 ley’s in men’s neckwear. See them and you’ll like them. Collars, 1900< | linen, 10c. Cufis, 1900-linen, 15c. Shirts, pure linen bosom, reinforced back and front, continuous firings, patent gussets, felled seams, worth SI.OO | at 5Cc. Negligee Shirts, select assortment, lower than others. Guess you. 1 don’t object to a saving, do you ? Our's the neatest stock in Middle Georgia. I Specials. 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 -50 c I Silks, brocaded Gros Grains and Taffetas only a few pieces to go at the price - 75 c. : linen Crash, extra wide, plain and fancy, a good quality at * 25c 60 fine Novelty Suits at pricee to *«•>>>.<.•>*« Sell Etamine, latest in woolens recommended for separate skirts - • 35c 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 1c Hair pins, per package 1c School Handkerchiefs, each 1c 600 yards good quality Dimity M 1 BASS BROS.| The Best Company is the Company that does the Most Good. THE— — MUTUIL LIFE llSimtE co. OF NEW YORK. IS THE OLDEST IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE LARGEST IN THE WORLD. 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