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YoLZ No. 22.,
PLAIN TALK
A Great Mewroap* the
WarMMM^ nt
The SprioffieAljZ ) Republican
a great indep« de V t New England
newapaper,dcyeno/ mio ® e word, « 11
aaya:
“Wt den^ oce the management of
Hamp Th** 3 ** during the past sum
mer aa u/wortby of a civilized nation.
We denounce the eurgeon general of
the Unted States army for grots in
capaciy- Even now he indorses the
hors/dootor who had charge of the
boaptala at Camp Thomas in these
reported as spoken at Cincin
nati on Monday:
“ 'He got a higher position than I
recommended him for. I did not
know at the time that be waa a veteri
nary surgeon; but hie professional in
dorsements were such that I would
have named him anyhow. I consider
him a capable man.*
•‘We denounce the secretary of war
as even a greater incompetent than
the surgeon general. A superb secre
tary we have, who, in the indignant
words of Rev. Dr. Hamlin, of Wash
ington, on Bunday, pleads 'the baby
act* and throws the blame upon his
subordinates.
“Finally, we denounce the president
of the United Slates, upon whose
shoulder* the responsibility for Alger
and Sternberg rest*. In defying pub
lie opinion and keeping the secretary of
war in office the president assumes the
full burden of that official's pottering
maladministration, ridiculous selfsuffi
ciency and egregious conceit. All the
heroes of Camp Thoma* *nd every
other camp where horror* existed thus
come home to the amiable mao in *u
‘prem* power."
The Republican supported McKin
ley in *96
Fever in the Southwest.
It would take a very clever man to
•bow that the yellow fever which is
prevailing at various points in Missis
sippi and Louisiana was carried from
New Orleans or elsewhere to the places
at which it has made its appearance.
It is prevailing in a mild form at more
than a dozen widely aeparated place*
in the foregoing states It looks very
much a* if the fever originated in the
localities in which it ba* been discov
ered. That view is against the very
generally accepted theory that yellow
fever never originate* in this country.
The truth may be that if both origi
nates here-and is brought here. If it
be true that it originates here under
ceitain conditions, we know pretty
well what those conditions are. They
are an undrained soil filled with the
poison of decaying vegetation and
long continued heavy rains followed
by excessively hot weather. Those
were the conditions which prevailed
in New Orleans and the Mississippi
valley in 1878, and in this city in 1876.
Assuming that the fever originates
locally and all three of the foregoing
conditions are necessary to its produc
tion, the fever can be prevented by
removing one of the conditions. The
rains and the hot weather are, of
course, beyond human control, but the
soil can be drained and the poison tak
en out of it. It would be well for cities
of tbe South to act upon the theory
that, tbe fever is not always imported
—that it is sometimes of local origin.
Then they would be more strict in
„ sanitary matters and have tbe lands
adjacent to them thoroughly drained,
and if possible, put under cultivation.
It is a fact that is worth careful con
sideration that the cities ol the Nhrth
Atlantic coast, viz , Philadelphia, New
York and Boston were not free from
yellow fever epidemics until they bad
paved streets and complete systems of
house drainage and tbe country round
about them was drained and cultivat
ed —Savannah News.
>IOO Seward HOC.
The readers of this paper will be pleas
«d to learn that there is at least one dread
ed disease that science has been able Co
cure in all its stages and that is Catarrh.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is the only positive
cure known to the medical fraternity.
Catarrh being a constitutional disease, re
quires a constitutional treatment. Hall’s
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system, thereby destroying tbe
foundation of the disease, and giving the
patient strength by building up the cons
titution and assisting nature in doing its
work- Tbe proprietors have so much
fitfth in its curative powers, that they offer
One Hundred Dollars tor any case that it
fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address, F. J. Chxkxt & Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggist. 75c.
Haifa Family Pills are tbe best.
HELPS THE TREASURY-
Uncle Sam Will Hot bo “Basted." But
in Better Shape After the War.
Uncle Bam will have more cash in
the treasury at the end of the fiscal
year than be did before the war began
and the cost of the fight with Spain
will be far below the most conserva
tive estimates, and legislation will be
needed early in 1899 to prevent a con
gestion of money in Jhe national treas
ury.
The cost of the war, including the
maintenance of garrisons in Cuba,
Porto Rico and the Phillipines, until
Jone 30, next, seems likely to drop be*
low 9235,000,000 To offset these esti
mated expenditures there are two big
items of revenue, the sale of $200,000,-
000 tn 3 per cent, bonds and the col
lections under the new internal reve
nue law, The latter were $13,000,000
in July and $12,000,000 in August. If
they continue to average $12,000,000 a
month, the total collections at the end
of the present fiscal year -Would be
about $140,000,000, These two sources
of ineome therefore will afford an ex
cess over probable disbursements for
the year o| $105,000,000.
■ The treasury balance on March 31,
when the expenditures for the war be
gan to assume serious importance, was
$226,164,944. The surplus from the
bonds and the revenue will swell this
balance at the close of the fiscal year
to about $331,000,000,
The current monthly receipts from
the new revenue law will more than
pay the maintenance of garrisons in
all the former Spanish possessions, and
the treasury will still have on hand
the largest balance of many years,
consisting of more than two-thirds in
gold.
Assistant Secretary Howell has com
puted a surplus under tbe present law
amounting to $9,652,719 for the seven
months ending with June last. If a
similar surplus should continue it
would add about $22,000,000 to tbe
treasury balance at tbe close of June
next. A growing volume of imports
•nd an expansion of business activity
would swell this balance in tbe same
manner in which tbe revenue was
swelled in tbe prosperous years during
tbe latter part of Mr. Cleveland’s first
administration. A surplus of $50,000,-
000 would not bean excessive estimate
for tbe proceeds of old laws in a period
of business activity. If this should
occur tbe treasury would find itself on
June 30 next with a surplus approach
ing $30,000,000. General Shafter has
informed the war department that be
collected $104,000 at Santiago in cus
toms, duties and navigation charges,
during part of August, and that tbe
local tx penses for tbe custom bouse
and the municipality were only about
$12,000. It the handsome net revenue
thus indicated for Santiago should be
duplicated at Havana, San Juan de
Porto Rico and Manila, the treasury
might be relieved of tbe expenditure
of $10,000,000 per month set down for
garrisons from November until June,
and annotber sum of $80,000,000 add
ed to the available surplus.
A great congestion of money in the
treasury like this would call for legis
lation to reduce the amount, restore
tbe currency to tbe channels of circu
lation and guard against congestion
in tbe future. It is probable that Sec
retary Gage will recommend tbe re
tention of the increased tax on beer,
and some of tbe stamp taxes, but will
suggest the repeal of a portion of the
stamp taxes.
The Sure La Grippe Ours.
There is no use suffering from this
dreadful malady, if you will only get
tbe right remedy. You are having
pain all through your body, your liver
is out of order, have no appetite, no
life or ambition, have a bad .cold, in
fact are completely used up. Electric
Bitters is the only remedy that will
give you prompt and sure relief. They
act directly on your Liver, Stomach
and Kidneys, tone up tbe whole sys
tem and make you feel like a new be
ing. They are guaranteed to cure or
price refunded. For sale at J. N. Har
ris A Son’s, and Carlisle & Ward’s,
drug store, only 50c per bottle.
caul TJMSHi Sail *«* Rank*tear 14Te Ansy.
To <;eit easily an<l forever, be ma<
nene, full of life, nerve and vicar, take No-To-
Bae. tbe wonder-woiker. that maker weak aaea
strong. All druggists, 500 or Si. Curegnaran
teed. Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co - Chicago New York
to Caro Cousttpatloc Foraver.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. lOe or
g C. C. 0. fail to out. drvzrikU refund rooue*.
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOMR 1, 1858.
The Congressional Elections
At the headquarters of the congres
sional committee of the Democratic
parly in Washington the belief is
strong that the Democrats will elect a
majority of the next House. The re
ports which tbe committee is receiv
ing from al) parts of the country are
of the moot encouraging character—
at least the chairman of the committee
so reports.
The Democrats have every reason
to expect that they will capture the
House. Their record in the present
Congress io an excellent ore. They
were more aggressive than the Repub
Ircans io demanding that Spanish
rule in Cuba should be brought to a
speedy end. If it bad not been for
the stand they took in respect to tbe
Cuban question it is probable that tbe
Spaniards would still be desolating tbe
island of Cuba. Whatever credit,
therefore, is duo for giving freedom to
the Cubans, tbe greater part of it be
longs.to tbe Democrats. And it will
not be forgotten that the Democrats
were just as willing to vote money for
the prosecution of the war as were tbe
Republicans.
Ao far as tbe war is concerned there
Is not a single point on which the
Republicans have tbe advantage of
tbe Democrats. The Democrats were
as prompt to enlist as tbe Republi
cans, and of those who distinguished
themselves in the war aa many were
Democrats as were Republicans. In
deed, if the list were made op it would
appear probably that tbe majority of
those who won distinction were Demo
crats.
We don’t refer to this matter for tbe
purpose of claiming that the Demo
crats bore tbe greater part of tbe bur
den of the war or to convey the im<
pression that they were more patriotic
than the Republicans, but simply to
show that in tbe campaign speeches
the Republicans are Dot in a position
to claim that their party ought to be
kept in power in tbe House because of
anything it did in tbe war It is true
that a Republican administration con
ducted the war, but that fact is not
likely to help the Republicans in the
congressional elections, because there
is so much complaint of the manner
in which tbe war was managed. It
may be true that these complaints do
not rest upon a solid foundation. But
whether they do or not is not likely to
be known officially in time to in>>
fluence the congressional elections.
The complaints will influence the
public mind against the Republican
party until it is shown that there is
no truth in them.
The financial question is not being
pressed to tbe Pont, and hence will
not have much influence in determin
ing tbe political complexion of the
next House. The Republicans are in
dorsing tbe St. Louis platform and
tbe Democrat* are pretty geneially in
dorsing the Chicago platform, and
there, as a general thing, tbe finan
cial question is being allowed to rest.
We cannot see any reason, therefore,
why the Democrats should not carry
the House. They certainly have tbe
advantage as far as political ammuni
tion is concerned. If they make the
right use of it, it can hardly be other
wise than that they will win the vic
tory.—Savannah News.
A Narrow Escape.
Thankful words written by Mrs.
Ada E. Hart, of Groton, 8. D. "Was
taken with a bad cold which settled on
my lungs; cough set in and finally
terminated in Consumption. Four
Doctors gave me up, saying I could
live but a short time. I gave myself
up to my Savior, determined if I could
not stay with my friends on earth, I
would meet my absent ones above. My
husband was advised to get Dr. King’s
New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds. I gave it a trial,
took in all eight bottles, It has cured
me, and thank God I am saved and
now a well find healthy woman.” Trial
bottles free at J. N. Harris A Son’s
•nd Carlisle A Ward’s drug store. Reg
ular size 50c and SI.OO. Guaranteed
or price refunded.
Pitt’s Carminative is pleasant to the
taste, acts promptly, and never fails to
give satisfaction. It carries children over
the critical time of teething, and ia the
friend of anxious mothers and puny
children. A few doses will demonstrate
its value. E. H. Dorsey, Athens, Ga.,
writes: “I consider it the best medicine I
have ever used in my family. It doss all
you claim for it, and even more.’’
NOTICE.
Parties desiring to settle their in
debtedness to D. A. Oxford esn find
ms at my office in tbe old B. swer A
Hanleiter building, West Solomon
stioet. Butler Oxforp.
H OO.g
, Important to Ladies.
k The ladiea es Griffin io order to pro*
mote economy of visiting time, have
arranged the population into four
classes, and consider tbe following to
be as fairly equal a territorial distri
bution of themselves aa it is possible
to make, viz:
Ou .the First Thursday of each
month, those ladies will receive who
live in the 3rd Ward/and also those
who live in that portion of tbe 4th
Ward neat ot Temh street.
On each Second Thursday tbe ladies
will receive who live in the Fourth
Ward west of Tenth street and also all
who live in tbe Ist Ward to tbe south
of tbe Central railroad.
On tbe Third Thursday of each
month, the ladies will' receive, who
live in that portion of the First ward,
not th of the Central railroad, and also
who live in tbe entire Second ward.
On the Fourth Thursday, all tbe la
dies will receive who live in suburban
homes. \
All ladies who approve ot this effort
to concentrate on a certain and under
stood Visiting day, and who will regu
late tbeif receptions on the above ba
sis, are requested to send their names
to the Moshing Call, care Society
Editor, on or before Saturday next,
Oct. Ist.
THE EXCELLENCE OF STREP OF FMS
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 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 ia 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, please remember the name of
the Company—
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO, CaL
Locmvnxx. Ky. NEW TOIUK. w. w.
DISSOLUTION NOTICE.
The firm of McDonald A Hanes is this
day dissolved by mutual consent R. A.
McDonald will collect all notes and ac
counts due the firm, and pay all indebted
ness of tbe firm. Thi* Sept. Ist, 1898.
R.A. McDonald.
E. L. Hanks
CASTORXA.,
Bear. th. linn** saw AMs fagM
Bigsjm
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FOR RENT.
Six-room dwelling on Poplar street.
Apply to Wilson Mathews.
FOR RENT.
The store room in Odd Fellows
building now occupied by G. W. Clark
A 800. Possession given Sept. Ist
next. Apply to either of the under
signed. Jno. L. Rew,
J. 0. Brooks,
W. M. Thomas.
R.F. Strickland & Co.
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IT WILL PAY YOU TO
BUY HERE THIS WEEK.I
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.
DHEBB PATTERNS ALL
PRICES FROM 82.00 TOBIOAO.
SPECIAL PRICES ON BLACK GOODS.
86 in. Black Henrietta, Half Wool 20c.
40 in. Black Henrietta, AU Wool, worth 50c at 39c.
36 in. All Wool Berge, Black and Colors, at 25c.
46 in. Fine Twilled Serge only 50 cents per yard.
46 in. Storm Serge, Very Cheap at 50 cents per yard.
BLACK CREPONS AND POPLINS. SEW SKIRTINGS IN BYODERE KF
FECTB, A SPECIAL BARGAIN Al SI.OO AND $1.35.
Silks for Waist and Linings - - -
WAIST SILKS 4YD PATTERS 75c TO 11.00.
BEST QUALITY TAFFETA SILK 75 CENTS.
BLACK ISATIN AT 75c, SI.OO AND $1 50.
New Stock of Ladies and
Childrens Hose.
MOST COMPLETE STOCK OF CORSETS IN THE CITY.
ALL NEW STYLES AND BEST MAKE.
R. F. STRICKLAND & CO.
SOMETHING NEW
AND INTERESTING.
Titua—A Comrade of The Otom.
The Wrestler of Philippi.
DeVotee and A Darling.
Ont of The Triangle, a Story of the Par EmL |
Ten Nights in a Bar Boom.
.*' - Amy of the above at 5o each.
J. H. HUFF, - 24 Hill Street.
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Columbia Bicycles
Lead All Others.
$35.00 Dini: nn »50.00
mo ° “ dlZualU “ 87500
Hartford Bicycles!
CASH OR CREDIT.
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EDWARDS BROS.,
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NEW STORE-NEW GOODS
Below we name a list of prices on the most
staple goods. Comparison will prove
that no competition can touch them.
■
Pepperell Mills unbleached 10-4 Sheet
ing IGfc.
Pepperell Mills bleached 10-4 Sheeting Kte.
Fruit of Loom 44 Bleach Oic.
Pepperell Mills Pillow Casing 10c.
English Long Cloth 10c.
Indian Head 10c.
Beet Prints, all new styles, 4c to sc.
Beautiful quality welt Pique 20c.
72-inch all linen bleached Damask 85c.
EDWARDS BROS,
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72-inch all linen unbleached Damask 00c.
Linen Doilers 5 to 124 c.
Best Tabb Oil Cloth 15c. • t r
Canton Flannel 5,0,7 and 10c.
New wool Drees Goods under value.
Fine lisle thread, silk Inish Hose, beau
ties, 19,30 and 25c. ■
Linen Window Shades 25,30,88 and 50c.
On Notions you are familiar with oar
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