Newspaper Page Text
- . . ■ ■ . -v; „ ■ .
I—l Im ft /■ f ILJ iX. X ff f /ft B
’ . VIII ix XI IIX ft T ft j/ % j a.
. . . ■' ' '■
'j - .
Vol. IX. No. 216.
' WILL BREAK CAME
SECOND REGIMENT OR
DEBED TO TAMPA-
j.i,t of Officers Who Will Lead The
pint Georgia Volunteers Into
Service-Other Camp News.
The iodisation# point to a short
uy of the soldiers in Camp Northeo.
j D fact much shorter than was
thought by those in authority who
know the training necessary to pre
pre men for actual war duty.
| At midnight Sunday orders came
B from the war department at Washing
F ton ordering tbo Second tegiment at
H Camp Northen to leave for Tampa.
Florida, as soon as possible.
I? This regiment is composed of eleven
I eompanies and are principally from
Atlanta, Macon, Savannah, Barnes*
Ville, Columbus and Rome, and, has
jo all something near one thoueand
men. *
Col Oscar J. Brown went op to At
lanta yesterday to perfect arrange
ments for the transportation of bis
troops to Tampa, and it is officially
stated the troops will leave here ae
soon as transportation, rati* ns and
ether preliminary arrangements can
be made.
All the men eeem anxious to be - off
to the front, few realizing that aa yet
they have no guns to fight with.
The following is a complete lilt of
the field and commissioned officers
of the companies composing the sec
ond regiment:
FIELD OFFICES S.
Oscar J Brown.—Colonel.
Wm. Garrard—Lieutenant Colonel.
E. H. Almand—Major.
W. J. Kendrick—Major.
Maj. E C. Davia —Surgeon.
Lieut.C. D.Geer —Assistant Surgeon
Lieut. W. H. Moncrief—Assistant
Surgeon.
Captains Cleveland Wilcoxen,
L Thomae Scravee, W. W. Fry, /. Van
HEfolt Nash, Jr., A. J. Renkl, J no. F.
| Howard, J. H. Beusse, J. B. Nevins,
I W. W. Barker, W. T. Hopkins, W. G.
| Austin.
First Lieutenants —Davis Freeman,
Adjt ; Eugene Hardeman, Quarter
master; C. A. Von der Leith, W. T.
Herring, H. H. Bacon, John Sancken.
Thomae N. West, Frank C. Wilson, 8.
H Askew, Jr, B M. Baxley, Walter
E Perkins, Jno. H. Boston, Jr., Geo.
F Summers.
Second Lieutenants—W/R. Cham
blee, W C. Hartridge, Anson L King,
Charles 'Sancken, Albert E. Bryan,
Walter P. Oct, Clayton C, Singleton,
e; Henry Biun, Jr , Nicholas E Powell,
Richard M. Screven, James H. Bry
son, Howard P. Jack,
No information has yet been re*
oeived as to the movement of the
First regiment or artillery companies.
Although rumors were plentiful
__ yesterday throughout the camp that
the First would be ordered
to Mobile in a day or two, this how-
F■. . .
ever, proveg, upon investigation, to
be untrue.
Sunday night a supply of under
wear was received into the commissary
i department, and every man in camp
has been supplied with a couple of
suits of underwear. As yet no uni
forms have arrived, but they are ex-
II peeled every day.
I Yesterday morning Lieut. LH.
| Kenan, who was appointed first lieu
tenant of Company A several days
•go, was reappointed quartermaster for
the camp, and at once entered upon
. the discharge of the duties he has be*
I » come familiar with by years of experi-
I ence.
I Sunday was a big day in camp. Sev.
| «ral of the companies had quite a
I t number of visitors, who spent the day
i very pleasantly.
I All day yesterday the men were
It drilling on the parade ground, etop
|| Ptng only for dinner. Ths recruits
|| Me learning fas*, «nd tho.-e of the wc-
I °nd regiment who have soon are con-
■ fident they will be well up io tactics.
I The hospital was well filled all day
I yesterday. Many of the men are suf
ft , ng from th® heat, while others
I fom various ailments that will likely
II not prove fatal.
I A J- Burr, of the Griffin Ri-
ft », has been ordered by Col. Candler,
o[ the Fifth Georgia Regiment, to
OT,,r to Cot L ' wt °° ° nesthird of
i 1 e guns and equipments of the Rifles.
ate Yonr nowell with cmetr.u,
■
THE CAPE VERDE FLEET-
Wons Than “Between Ths Devil and
The Deep Blue Sea.”
Washington, May 16—Both Samp
son and Schley have the same order—
'Capture or destroy the Spanish
fleet.” This order will be obeyed, but
whether in 24 hours or in as many
days is a matter of speculation,though
the navy autbo-iiies express the belief
that the meeting on the water must
take place witbin a short time now.
Inevitable destruction awaits the
fleet unless it turns back to Spain, a
thing the navy department does not
expect. Il it is the intention of Ad
miral Cervera l> come to the relief of
General Blanco and undertake to
break the blockade at Havana, he
will be met by Bcbley ;if be contin
ues to hang about the Caribbean sea
then our squadrons will, make a joint
counter movement on i». Evrry day
sees our navy net woven closer found
the Spaniards From now on the
movements of our ships will be kept
aa secret as those of the Spanish,
Tbeoable received yesterday by .the
president from Admiral Dewey an
nounces that he is perfectly satisfied
with the condition al Manila, and is
able to take care of himself and bold
the fort, and gave a long list of things
kbicb were necessary for him to Have.
In bis dispatch he also stated that if a
wrecking apparatus were sent him be
would be able to raise a number of the
Spanish warships sunk during the
battle.
The admiral thinks that there are
several of the gunboats which can be
easily raised, repair.d and made use
of. In view of this cablegram request,
the war department today baa been
hastening the preparations to dispatch
the war transports now on the Pacific
coast to Manila, and they expect litem
to be able to leave San Francisco Dy
Thursday.
The steamer Onesie, which left
Tampa'last week with arms and ammu
nltion Wke fwattTgentr-<Trnrtfa,“has
returned after making two unsuccess
ful attempts to land on the island.
Both limes thj steamer was met by a
large force of Spanish cavalry which
prevenied the landing of her cargo.
Police Court.
Charlie McGinty, the negro arrested
by Officers Connor and Flynt last
week for selling liquor, was tried be
fore Judge W. H. Beck yesterday af
ternoon, and upon conviction was
fined s2o] and costs. Hib attorney
certioraried the case to Spalding Su*
perior court. McGinty gave bond for
hie appearance at court and was given
his freedom. *
Good Arnold, another coon, was
fined $2 50 and costs for quarreling
and fighting, but being unable to pay
hie fine he was turned over to Oapt.
Camp for twenty days.
When Nature
Needs assistance it may be best to render
in promptly, bat one should remember to
use even the most perfect remedfes only
when needed. The best and nkost simple
and gentle remedy as the Syrup of Figs,
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Company.
Fruit Growers Attention-
All interested in fruit growing are
requested to meet at the office of the
Griffin Banking Company, May 24,
st 10 o’clock.
Cuba is known in history under
several-names. The first was Antilia;
then Judana, after a Spanish prince
(Fernandina came third, followed by
Santiago and the Isle of Ave Maria.
The original Indian name Cubanacan,
signifying “where gold is found,” was
finally adopted, and usage shortened
it to the first two syllables
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children. .
thefts* _.
Notice.
Water has been turned on the cemetery
i mains and it is tree to any lot owner. It
’ can be used by calling upon a the sexton,
Mr. Frank Doe, who carries a key.
Private keys will-be sold by him, or me,
at |IOO each.
’ Any one making keys or injuring in
J any way the fixtures will be prosecuted.
W. K. Howabd,
Supt. Light and Water Works.
T» Cara Con.Hpatton Forever.
. Take Cascareta Candy Cathartic. 10c or 25c.
U C. C. C. fail to cure, drvzgists ref” nd money.
*
BRIFFIN, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 17, 1888.
A Card.
Mr Editor: The catd of Mr. W.l
E H Searcy, Jr , which appeared ini
your paper of lhe 14*h iost, merits »o.
lice only for its misstatement ol facts-1
He charges that because a fi fa was I
issued against Col. Candler that that
is proof Chat said fi fa ie unpaid jwhicb
is false
He charges that I fought Bryan and
Sewell, nominees of the Democratic
party, which is false.
He charges that Col. Candler did so,
which is false
He charges that because Mr. dußig
non is for Col Candler that I am also,
which is false. • -
He charges that Mr. dußignon is on
Col Candler’s campaign committee,
which is false.
He chargee that Col. Candler is iw '
favor of monopolies, which is denied
by the record of his whole life, and
hence ie false. *.
He charges that I don't pay my
tixes, which is false.
He charges that I am a money lend
er. Thecniy truth in thja cha.-ge is to
the extent tbal I am connected with a
bink chartered by lhe state ,qf" Geor
gia, for the purpose of loaning money ;
otherwise it is false
I don’t well eee how he could have
gotten more misstatements in so short
an article
The bold assumption by Mr. Searcy,
Jr , for all responsibility for this dis
picable publication ie in strange cou- I
trast with bis admission to me, that -
his falher bad searched the record,
and which fact is also known tooth-
ers.
Hie invitation to me to “come out
into the open” was entirely unneces
sary, for he well knows that I am al
ways open and outspoken in all my
saying and doings and don’t have to
“come out” for I am always there,
while he hides behind the paper.
I made no allusion in my article to
the person who transported the man
ufactured facts, but to him who delved
among lhe musty and dusty records
.twenty-*aigbt yeaseold to x ftwd-tBM W
tax fi fa for $3 90 hafl been issued by
the city of Griffin against Ooh Candler
months after be bad left lhe city, and
which fi fa has been satisfied long
years ago. If it has not, produce it.
By the way, what has an Atkinson
man to do with this attack of a Berner
paper? It seems that Col. Candler
was right in calling .them running
mates Are they?
S. Grantlakd.
New England Spice.
In the year 1603 the merchants of Bris
tol, England, fitted out two vessels for
Virginia, whidh then embraced New Eng
land. It would puzzle the reader to guess
for what commodity they were sent.
These vessels, the Speedwell and the
Discoverer, were to load with sassafras,
which has been termed the New England
spice.
Sassafras is of little account today, but
in the seventeenth century it was esteemed
for its fabulous medicinal properties, and
ita.cost was proportionally gxfeat. It sold
for 8 and 5 shillings a pound and some
times for more.
Sassafras, it is said, aided in the discov
ery of America, since Columbus smelled
the odor of this wood and bark—the Id*
dfans had been cutting some of the trees
—and was thus enabled to convince his
mutinous crew that land was near.
It was on the Massachusetts coast, where
the sassafras tree grows abundantly,'that
the crews of the Speedwell and the Discov
erer obtained their supply.
The sassafras, found over a wide stretch
of country, rarely attains the dimensions
of a large tree and ie commonly little more
than a shrub. In the middle of this cen
tury there was growing in Cambridge,
Mass., a tree more than 60 feet in height,
the largest and most beautiful tree of its
kind known in New England.
* The owner of the field in which this fine
specimen grew, finding it in the way of
running a straight line wall, out it down
and dug up its roots. Little oared he that
sassafras root rather more than a century
ago was worth |2,000 a ton and was
esteemed a panacea for nearly every ill
that flesh is heir to.—Youth’s Companion.
Why He Didn’t Care.
A boy was taking his father’s breakfast
in a breakfast can, when another boy came
ap to him and gave the can a kick.
"Do you care about me kicking that
can?” asked the newcomer.
"No, I don’t,” replied the other boy.
“Do you now?” said the former, giving
the can another kick.
“No, I don’t,” answered the latter.
"Do you now?” cried the infuriated
bully, giving the can such a kick that it
knocked the bottom out.
“No, I don’t,” again replied the boy.
with the can. "My mother borrowed it'
from your mother this morning I”—Pear
, son’s Weekly.
Educate Toor Itowela With Caacarats.
, Candy Cathartic, enre constipation forever.
10c,25c. If C. O. C. fail, druggists ref and money.
’ Notice to Owners of Real Estate.
t The City Assessors having completed
the assessments for the present year and
turned the books over to this ofllce, parties
are hereby notified to examine the same
and file application for reduction if they
so desire. THO 3. NALL,
April 29,1898. Clerk and Trees.
■ Moyal amkes th* food pare,
II J
1'
-• ■ r
-
-
j *
r NOVAL BAKINa rOWDCR CO., MW VONK.
' A KNEW MISS FILKINS.
Idttlo Salt Became Commander I
' ; Maria’* Meaaanger.
Tmrt charming Cleveland favorite,
Gregt-Filkins, who wfll bo so pleasantly
remaubexed in “Shore Acres,” is now
supfiftrting Charles Coghlan in "The
BoymBox.” She lathe wife of Lieuten
ant wmmonder Adolph Marix, the judge
advqMte of the naval oetfrt of inquiry
wbi& investigated the destruction of tho
batwship Maine. Lieutenant Commander
Mar* was formerly the executive officer
of tft Maine,' and was continued as such
untilvclthln three weeks of the time the
battßship was cent Ao Havana, when he
was fataohed for shore duty.
* Wien Commander? Marix was first as
elgnwl to the Maine, he and Miss Filkins
had dust become engaged to be married,
and the,-naval officer.was much in dove
with;the lady. Commander Marix desired
a sh|p’s messenger and ordered a second
lieutgnant one'day to range up all the lads ■
In tftb ship, that he might select a mes
sengWfrom them. A dozen youngsters
soongtood in Commander Marix’s cabin,
all a*er to be examined, for to be mat- ,
renMr for the executive officer was a ow
etedftonor.
Im .the row of lads Commander Marix
notieftd one little fellow staring with wide
openSyes at a picture of Miss Filkins on
his Mk. This somewhat surprised him,
and it pleased him too. When this young
ster’* 5 turn came to be interrogated, he
stepped forward, but did not remove hie (
eyes Worn the photograph. He answered
intelligently, but somehow his gaze could
not be diverted from the lady’s picture.
Finally the commander asked, "Do you
know-this lady, young man?”
•MSSftlMlfat Ped th ° Uttle
“How do you know Miss Filkins?”
"My mother washed for her for nine
years, sir. ”
It is needless to say that the little ap
prentice was given the post of messenger
to the lieutenant commander. This boy’s
name was Kogel, and about 18 months ago
he was lost overboard in a storm off Cape
Hatteras. A great wave boarded the ship
and sent tho lad into the sea. Four or five
men sprang overboard in the midst of the
storm to rescue the lad, and all were saved
but poor little Kogel, who was sucked
down by the heavy sea and never seen
again. It is a noteworthy fact that two
sailors of those who went overboard in the
storm after this boy were lost from the
ship for over two hours and finally were
saved, after having been almost washed
aboard of her by a great sea.—Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
THE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF FIGS
is due not only to the originality and
simplicity of the combination, but also
to the care and skill with which it is
manufactured by scientific processes
known to the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, and we wish to impress upon
all the importance of purchasing the
true and original remedy. As the
genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured
by the California Fig Syrup Co.
only, a knowledge of that fact will
assist one in avoiding the worthless
imitations manufactured by other par
ties. The high standing of the Cali
fornia Fig Sykup Co. with the medi
cal profession, and the satisfaction
which the genuine Syrup of Figs has
given to millions of families, makes
the name of the Company a guaranty
of the excellence of its remedy It is
far iu advance of all other laxatives,
as it acta on the kidneys, liver and
bowels without irritating or weaken
ing them, and it does not gripe nor
; nauseate. In order to get ita beneficial
effects, please remember the name of
( the Company—
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FBANCISOO, CaL
Lorunuuk, b>. rbw tore, n. t.
WOOD YARD.
I I want to sell you your Wood, cut and
1 split, ready for use. Wood yard at No. 1
1 Hill street. Telephone No. 10,
W. B- CRIFFIN
r I ■■ jw=
To Cure CoMtlpatton Forevex.
Take Caaeareta Caadv Cathartic. 10c or 25c.
U C. C. a fall to cure, druggtett refund monej.
R.F.Stricklan<i&Co.
I
The Department
* 1.. • I
Store of Griffin, j
,— w I
Look at These Prim and Come in and I
Qompare Qualities. 1
1
V lite figuied I’ique 10», ffigpbr.price 12ic.
White figured Pique 174 c., reffelar pttoo 23c.
White cord Pique 17]c llfir
_ White checked Dimity price 17|c. |
Persian Lawn and India Liam 17Jc., regular price 25c.
Muslins and Organdies sc. io 30c. jard.
Ladies seamless fast black Hose 9c. pair.
Ladies Hermsdorf fimt black HoeeU2ic. to 25c.
Bleached honey comb Towels 9b., 4tortii l2ic.
Unbleached honey comb Toweb eaoh. ■ ># <
New plain and fiimcy Ribbons
New Vai. Laces and Ennertion.
ZNdZZEZST’S -WnLA-ZR.
Men’s balbrigan Undershirts 25c. r u
Men’s bleached drill Drawers 3k:.*
Men’s Negligee Shirts 48c. to 98c.
Men’s all linen Collars 10c., Ottffs 20c. Everything sold cheap.
c ■' 'S ' " ' y W||
B, F. STRICKLAND & CO.
SHOES, -SHOES I
IN MENS SHORS .WE HAVE THE LATEST STYLES-COIN TOEB,
GENUINE RUSSIA LEATHER CALF TANS, CHOCOLATES AND GREEN
AT |2 TO »8.50 PER PAIR
IN LADIES OXFORDS WE HAVE COMPLETE LINE IN TAN, BLACK
AND ALSO‘TAN MID BLACK SANDALS RANGING IN
• • • • u>. .
XV
ALSO TAN, CHOCOLATE AND BLACK SANDALS AND OXFORDS IN
CHILDREN AND MISSES SIZES, AND CHILDREN AND MISSES TAN LACE
SHOES AND-BLACK.
I •s x -
HOBITE. 1
WE HAVE IN A LINE OF
SAMPLE STRAW HATS.
SPECIAL EDITION I
Infantry Drill Regualtions, United
States Army*.
ALSO,
Xhe $5.00 VIVE CAMERA, with Complete Outfits for
Taking Pictures, for sale at
J. H. HOFFS BOOK AHO MUSIC STORE
EDWARDS DRDS.
♦
RACKET STORE.
»
HAVE JUST RECEIVED
SOI puts SIMPLE -SROES!
All Grades to the Finest
Call before they ere pick- .
ed over and get a pair ..
AT WHOLESALE PRICE
■
EDWARDS BROS.
Tea Cents per Weei