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To Inveiti«f*te the Conduct of the
W ar by the Department. Discuwed
the Matter Informally-
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Washington, Sept. 26.—The com
mission to investigate the c induct of
the war department during the recent
conflict with Spain held its initial
meeting at the office of President
McKinley Saturday in the While
bouse.
Eight members were present, and
it was announced that the aervices of
the ninth were counted upon, though
his name was was not given. Th<
eight present were Major General
Greenville M. Dodge, of Iowa; Colonel
J. A. Sexton, of Illinois; Captain E. P.
Howell, of Georgia; Major General
J. M. Wilson, chief engineer of the
United Stales army; Hon Charles
Denny, of Indiany, late minister to
China; Ex Gov. Urban A. Woodbury,
of Vermont; Ex-Governor James A.
’ Beaver, of Pennsylvania, and Major
General H. McD. McCook, of the
army, (retired). The appearance of
Governor Beaver as a member of the
commission was a surprise, as the
selection was not known until he ap*
peered at the Whitehouse at the be
ginning ol the session.
The oommission spent an hour and
a half with the president and then
proceeded to the room assigned it at
the war department for the purpose of
organizing and begining work.
The proceedings with the president
consisted of a general exchange of
views as to the scope of the commis
sion's investigation in which the pres
ident participated freely. He told the
members that the organization of the
commission bad been undertaken at
the request of Secretary Alger and be
read a letter from the secretary in
which he made the request.
The president bad put bis own view
in writing and read them before pro
ceeding to a verbal discussion. In this
statement he said that complaints had
been directed especially st tbs sur
geon general’s, quartermaster general's
and commissary general’s departments
of the army and be suggested that the
conduct of these departments should
receive special consideration at the
bands of the commission. To this
specific request be added that it is bis
desire that the entire military organi
zation should, if it appeared necessary,
be made the subject of inquiry, saying
chat he wished the committee to go to
the bottom of the subject in all cases
and proceed in the work without fear
- or favor. X \
“If,” he said in informal discussion,
“the commission should have difficulty
in securing the attendance of witness
es or obtaining access to papers
thought essential to the prosecution of
labors, I hope the matter will be
brought to my attention when I will
do all in my power to overcome the
difficulty."
The pre»ident offered the name of
Major Mills, of the army, for the posi
tion of secretary of the commission.
lobbed, the Grave.
▲ startling incident, of which Mr.
John Oliver, of Philadelphia, was the
subject, is narrated by him as follows;
“I was in a most dreadful condition.
My skin was almost yellow, eyes sunk
en, tongue coaled, pain continually in
back and sides, no appetite—gradually
growing weaker day by day. Three
physicians had given me up. Fortu
nately, a friend advised trying 'Elec
tric Bittersand to my great joy and
surprise, the first bottle made a decid
ed improvement. I continued their
use for three weeks, and am no r a
well man. I know they saved rny life,
and robbed the grave nf another
victim." No one should fail to try
them. Only 50c per bottle at J. N.
Harris A Son’s and Carlisle A Ward’s
drug stores.
/ Diamond Jubilee Carnival.
On account of the Diamond Jubilee
Carnival at Macon, October 11-Uth, 1898,
the Central of Georgia railroad will sell
round trip tickets at very low rates, from
all its agent stations. Please apply to the
nearest ticket agent for full information as
to rates, selling dates, limit of tickets, and
schedules of trains, or to J. 0. Haile, Gen
eral Passenger Agent, Savannah, Ga.
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Bean the KM You Hatt Always Bought
Slgnatars e
£<lac*te Year lieweta With Vtwcaret.
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DEATH AT CAMP WORTHEN
New Guns and All Other Equipments
Issued to the Men Yesterday.
Another death occurred at Camp
Northen yesterday morning. W. E,
Preston, of Columbus, a private in Co.
H, Capt. Van Riper, died at 3:30
o’clock after an illnees of several days
from periotinetis His remains were
sent to his home yesterday afternoon
escorted by a Sergeant’s sjuad who
will bury their comrade today.
Young Preston was a good soldier
and greatly liked by all who knew
him, especially bis company where be
had proved himself to be a rvaq of
much worth and value in the dis
charge of doty.
He was a member of the of the bat
tleship Montgomery for three years
and was stationed on that vessel when
it was sent to Havana just after the
blowing up of the Maine.
The new guua, canteens, knapsacks
aud other equipments were issued to
the soldiers yesterday afternoon. Here
tofore there has only been 50 guns to
each company, and, as a consequence
only half of the men were supplied.
But new ones arrived and wen so»
sued yesterday, giving each man a
Springfield rifle, and now the com pas
nies are all equipped.
Unfair to the President.
The President io not being treated
justly by some of the newspapers in
the investigation of the war. A few
weeks ago there was a very general
demand for an investigation of the
charges that were made in connection
with the management of the war. Now
that the President has determined to
have such an investigation, these pa
pers are saying that the investigation
should be dropped because nobody
will have confidence in the finding of
the commission. For instance the
few York Times of Tuesday says that
"the commission is made up of weak
men, because strong men have with
one accord refuse to act on it." Con
tinuing, that paper says: "The Presi
dent has eight men secured for bis
famous investigating commission. 1
Slone of them demands gsneral confi
dence as to fitness for the work they
are supposed to be about to undertake,
and none of them deserve general
confidence. Some of them are men of
ability and character, but totally un
qualified for their task. As a body,
even if they were clothed with ade
quate authority, they could not affect
public judgment by any report they
could make. The most they could do
would be to express opinions based on
neither special knowledge nor special
experience.”
It sti ms to us that this kind of
criticism is wholly unjustified by the
facts. The President, as admitted by
the Times, baa. made every effort to
get commissioners of the. greatest
prominence io respective parts
of the country, and it is not bis fault
that he has in most instances failed.
Still, those who have accepted ap
pointments on the commission are
men of integrity and high standing,
and will, there is every reason to be
lieve, make a thorough and strictly
impartial investigation. There is no
basis for a doubt that they will make
an investigation that will be as sati
factory to the country as an investi
gation by the first men selected by
the president would have been. They,
have the ability, and there can be do
question of their intention to get at
the truth Capt. Howell said that be
would not accept a place on the com
mission unless assured by -the Presi
dent that the investigation was to be
an hunest one There is no reason to
believe that either be or any one of
tbe other commissioners would at
tempt to shield even the President, if
tbe evidence should lend to show that
tbe President’s acts had helped Co
bring about the condition of affairs
-vbich the commission is to investi
gate.
A congressional committee would
nbt co the nfeaYer getting the truth
than this commission will, because a
committee would be influenced to a
very considerable extant by political
considerations The Democrats would
strive to find testimony that would
briog tbe administration into disre
put®, while tbe republicans would! en
deavor to suppress Hets calculated to
hurt tbe the
K>ptiblicane, having control of tbe
committee, could bring in a white
frsgbing report if so disposed. It is
unjust to condemn the commission
before it has even organized. Give it
a chance, and if it shows a disposition
to shield any one it will then be time
enough to condemn it.—Savannah
New*.
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HROTIN, SBOBSIA, TUESDAY MORNINfi, SEPTEMBER 27, 18J8.
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The Low Incn W Cotton.
The price of cotton is well calculated
to make cotton planters fed despond-1
New fO
market, tbe fewest price oo record wtol
touched. That means that unfeM
there U-a speedy change tor the better J
in the price the planton will not gad
enough for tbeir cotton to cover the I
cost of growing it and the taxes on the!
land on which it was grown. TtMwf
indeed a sad outlook for tbem.becautol
ft leaves them nothing on which to I
Naturally such acoadfeton of aOuto
makes tbe planters dissatisfied Many I
of them want a change of some sort m I
the monetary system, thinking that al
change couldn’t do them any harmj
and migh t do (pm Wtoi
don't knew that a iMjfc&d bole
fit them, but they are wWingto Ifefen
to theories wbicb point in.that direo
itap; ’ ,-X X
There isn’t an intelligent man
among them, however, who
know the real reason for the low price
of cotton and how the price could be
increased. More cotton is produced
than the worid needs at a price which (
would yield a fair profit to the grower. ;
When it is pointed out to them that ;
they afe growing too much cotton, ;
they reply that it la all consumed, an 4 !
that therefore the amount produced la 1
nut more than tbe world wants. They
fail to notice the fact that the world !
has just so much money to spend for
cotton and that it simply gets more
cotton for its money when the market
is overstocked. Unless the cotton
growers purpose working for the ben
efit of the consumers of cotton rather
than for their own they will have to
reduce the cotton crop. They have
been told that the low price is due to
overproduction, but they continue to
increase the cotton acreage every year.
They cannot expect to be prosperous
with cotton as low as It is at present
unless they can find some wqy to pro
duce it at about half what its produc
tion now costs.—Savannah News.
Bsshrksble TUscue,
Mrs/ Mutoael Cnrtaio, PlainfieW,
IU., makes the statement that she
caught cold, which settled on her
lungs; she was treated for a month by
her family physician, but grow woree.
He told her she was a hopeless victim
of consumption and that no medicine
could cure her. Her druggist sug
gested Dr. King's New Discovery for
Consumption; she bought a bottle and
to her delight found herself benefited
from first dose. She continued its use
and after taking six bottles, found
herself sound and well; now does bar
own housework, and is as well as she
ever was.—Free trial bottles of this
Great Discovery at J. N. Harris <fc Son's
and Carlisle A Ward's Drug Stores.
Large bottles 50c and f 1.00.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
HE CITI IITIOUL M
(No. 2075.)
At Griffin, in the State of Georgia, at the olose
of business, September 20,18#8.
BBBOUBCBB,
Loans and discounts.... • 90.M8 H
Overdrafts, secured and unsecured, 5.848 M
Un^o B fe. bo^. fe ?. KOOOOO
Stocks, Securities, judgments, etc-. w ISAM <*
Banking house, furniture and fix-
Duo from spprovdd rosorvp p£<mtß» • 67
Checks and other cash itema.” RS 90
Notes of other Mational Banks MOO 00
Fractional paper currency, nickels
lawful Mooey Beserve' in Bank, ids: *
Specie ..SIMM 80
Legal tender notes 7,000 00—26,486 80
Hedemption fund with XT 8. Treasur-
er (s per cent of circulation)..... 630 00
Due from V, 8. Traasarer, other than
6 per cent, redemption fund ..
Total ,41TM17«J
Capital stock paid in 1 58.000 00
Surplus fund. ffi.OOO 00
Undivided profits, less expensss and
taxes paid...—..... > ITO 28
National Bank notes outstanding.',., 12,600 00
Due toother National 8ank5........ 2,908 71
Due to State Banka and Bankers,.. ..
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T0ta1.....
STATS OF GBOBGIA—County of Spalding. SL
I. J.G. Bhea, Cashier of tbeaboye named
bank, do solemnly swear that the above state
ment is true to the best of my knowMse and
. V /- , .J- G. <Saier.
Subsaritoed and strorn to before me this 26th
too.-*.-.
W, J. I
Ths Ladies
The pleasant effect and pertect safety
with which ladles may use Syrup of Figs,
under all conditions, makes U their fevor
ite remedy. To get the tree and genuine
article, look fer tile name of the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Company, printed near
the bottom of the package. For sale by
all responsible druggist*.
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LETTIB LIST.
List of letters remaining in tbe Griffin,
G*., postoffice, week ending Sept 2(5,1808.
Persons calling will pleae say “advertised”
and give date. One cent must be paid on
each advertised letter.
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MALE LIST.
Sam Adams, O M Ausly, (2 letters), T D
Cherry,JohnMCoppedge,CL Davis, G
D Deck, (section foreman,) E R Dant, R
B Dudley, Arther Emmerson, (care O R R)
A TGardon,EM Garrett, Griffin Bros.,
Hhward Holcomb, 0 B Bowell, M J Lang
stein, COMcGaugb,(careHattie Daniel),
Willie Ranson, Joe. Rane Rivers, Wm.
Strickland, Wm. Stanton, William Voice,
Macon Wynn,
VKMALB LIST.
Mra. J W S Allen, Mrs. Jus Beaks, Mrs
Luny Conley, Miss Minnie Cook, Miss
Willie Conley, Emma Cook, Mies Lorro
Fuller,Miss Bettie Gholson, Miss Frnnie
Greenberg, Miss Mary Jane Hall, Miss
Maud Jordan, Mrs. Mat Kent, Mrs. E E
Lewis, Miss Mattie Peak, Mrs. Cresie Bop,
Mrs. Susan Scott, Mrs. Augusta Smith,
Miss Allice Storke, Miss Kittle Stewart-
Mas Alice Thomas, Mrs. OL Vellepegue,
Mrs. J N Wildes, Emma Willson.
--; ' R. L. Wuliams, P. M.
ns ekouike w snw OF FNS
is due not only to the originality and
simplicity of the combination, bnt also
to the care and skill with which it is
manufactured by scientific processes
known to the Caxjfobnia Fig Sybvp
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 manufactored by other par
ties. The high standing of the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup 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 in advance of all other laxatives,
as it acts on the kidneys, liver and
bowels without irritating or weaken
ing them, and it does not gripe nor
nauseate. In order to get its beneficial
effects, remember the name of
the Company—
CALIFORNIA HG SYRUP CO.
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LaCTsvatuawp. wxwTmt<.N.Y.
Famen Warehouse Meeting.”
At a meeting of a Isrge number of
farmers of Spalding and adjoining
counties they endorsed the action of
tbe board of directors and managers
of the Farmers Warebousw.
R. V. Ogletree, Chair.
<i, B. N. Miller, Sec't'y. ]
FOR RENT.
Theptore room in Odd Fellows
building now occupied by G. W. Clark
A Son. Possession given Sept. Ist
next. Apply to either of tbe under
sigusdt /<, Jno* L. Heid,--
». s « J. O. Brooks,
' W. M. Thomas.
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NOTICE.
Parties desiring to settle their in
debtedness to D. A. Oxford can find
me at my office in the old Brewer A
Hanleitor building, West Solomon
street. Butler Oxford.
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DR. E. L. HANES,
DENTIST.
Office upstairs in building adjoining, on
the north hf MTilliAiQS & Son
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R.F. StricklandS Co.
IT WILL PAY YOU TO
BUY HERE THIS WEEK. 1
We have collected this season the largest and handsomest stock of staple
and fancy goods that we have ever owned.
We want to show you Monday all the Latest
Novelties in Dress Goods. Moderate in price for
Such Goods.
DRESS PATTERNS ALL I
PRICES FROM 82.00 TOBIO.OO.
SPECIAL PRICES ON BLACK GOODS.
36 in. Black Henrietta, Half Wool 20c.
40 in. Black Henrietta, All Wool, worth 50c at 89c.
86 in. All Wool Serge, Black and Colors,, at 25c.
46 in. Fine Twilled Serge only 50 cento per yard.
46 in. Storm Serge, Very Cheap at 50 cento per yard.
BLACK CREPONS AND POPLINS. NEW SKIRTINGS IN BYODERE EF
FECTS, A SPECIAL BARGAIN Al |I.OO AND <1.36.
Silks for Waist and Linings
WAIST SILKS 4YD PATTERS 75c TO |LOO. < s
BEST QUALITY TAFFETA BILK 75 CENTS. . W
BLACK SATIN AT 75c, |I.OO AND fl 50.
New Stock of Ladies and
Childrens Hose.
MOST COMPLETE STOCK OF CORSETS IN THE CITY.
ALL NEW STYLESAND BEST MAKE.
B. F. STRICKLAND & CO. 1
1 !' J'- -man
SOMETHING NEW
AND INTERESTING.
• Titue—A Comrade of The Crocs.
The Wrestler of Philippi.
DeVotee and A Darling.
Out of The Triangle, a Story of the Far East.
Ten Nights in a Bar Room.
A ny of the above at 5c each. - -
J. H. HUFF, - 24 Hill Street.
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Columbia Bicycles
Lead All Others.
835.00 0101; nn $50.00
840 XX) “ Jl/O.yy “ $75.00
HARTFORD BICYCLES!
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CJLSU OR CREDIT.
TCP TEZr TRITS A UT T* 1
GRIFFIN, GA.
EDWARDS
39 HILL STREET.
NEW STORE-NEW GOODS
i Below we name a list of prices on the most
j staple goods. Comparison will prove
that no competition can touch them.
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Pepperell Mills unbleached 10-4 Sheet
ing l«|c.
Pepperell Mills bleached 10-4 Sheeting 19c.
- Fruit of Loom 4-4 Bleach 64c.
1 Pepperell Mills Pillow Casing 10c.
b English Lotog Cloth 10c.
1 Indian Head 10c.
Best Ppnte, all new styles, 4c to sc.
Beautiful quaUiy welt Pique 20c.
r 72-inch all linen bleached Damask 85c.
EDWARDS BROS
Ten Cents per Week
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72-inch all linen unbleached Damask 00c.
Linen Doilers 5 to 124 c.
Best Table Oil Cloth 15c.
Can ton Flannel 5,6, 7 and 10c.
New wool Dreae Goods under value.
Fine lisle thread, silk finish Hose, beau
ties, 19,20 and 25c.
Linen Window Shades 25,80,38 and 50c.
' On Notions you are familiar with our
prices and know they are the lowest