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VoLX. No. 48.
DEMAND THE PHILIPPINES
The Soaniarde Ask Until Friday to
Make Their Reply
Pai™, Oct. 31.—Tbe American
como>ieei ooor * P reeen * e( i * written
expression of the purpose of the Uni
ted States to take the entire group of
Philippine Tolands and to assume
such proportion of the Philippine
debt as has been spent for the benefit
of the islands or their inhabitants in
public works, improvements an 4 per
manent betterments.
It was also set forth that the United
States would not assume any part of
the Philippine debt which had been
incurred by Spain for the lutheranee
of military dr naval operations to quell
insurrections of the natives.
The session was adjourned until
Friday in order to give the Spaniards
time to propart> a reply.
The session today’lasted a little over
an hour. The Spanish commissioners
made no protest, only asking for time
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MARCHAND WILL WITHDRAW.
A Paris Paper States That France
Will Yield to the British.
Paris, Oct. 31,—The Eclair today
says it learns on reliable authority
that the Faahoda question will be set
tled favorably to Oreat Britain by the
recall of Major Marchand. France,
the paper adds, yields all, reserving
only the question of the light to the
Bahr-EI-Gbazal district, Which she
does not consider as belonging to
Egypt. 1 ,
Continuing the Eclair remarks:
"M. Delcasse, however, has decided
to raise the whole Egyptian question,
which should have been done from the
first and thus avoiding the humilia
tion of yielding to British ultimatum.
When the question is thus enlarged,
France will not be alone in its discus
sion with the Marquis of Salisbury.
Egypt Interests all the powers. Rua*
sia has promised M. Delcasse its most
effective assistance and, besides, Ger
many has the biggest interest in view
of her east African possessions and
trade in the far oast, that the Sues
canai should not become exclusively
British and is disposed to support
France Russian arguments for a defin
ite settlement o f the Egyptian ques
tion."
To Repeal Registration Law.
• A bill that created considerable com
ment Was introduced in the Senate
yesterday by Mr. Davis, of the Thirty
seventh district. It was a short bill,
but provided for the repeal of the law
requiring the registration of voters iu
the state.
“I introduced that bill,” said Mr.
Davis, "because the present registra
tion law has proven very unsatisfacto
ry. lam not opposed to the registra
tion of voters, but lam opposed to the
present system. It is inc implete and
bungling, and a more complete system
is demanded by the people.
"They would rather have nothing
than the present system. I have no
plan of my own, but hope some one
Will introduce a bill during the present
session that will be satisfactory to the
people. Even the Australlian ballot
system which Senator Redding's bill
provides for would be more satisfac*
tory to the people than the present
system of registration ”
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Death of Mrs- Touchstone-
Mrs. J. D. Touchstone died at her
home near Mt. Zion at an early hour
yesterday morning, after a lingering
(Hopes-
She leaves a busband, several chil
dren and a large circle of friends to
mourn tbeir loss. *
The remains were buried yesterday
gltffpooQ at 4 o’clock.
Remarkable Rescue.
Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plainfield, 111.
makes the statement that she caught
cold, which settled on her lungs; she
was treated a month by her family
physician, but grew worse. He told
her she was a hopeless victim of con
sumption and that no medicine could
cure her. Her druggist suggested Dr.
King’s New Discovery for Consump
tion ; she bought a bottle and to her
delight found herself benefitted from
first dose. She continued its use and
after taking six bottles, found herself
sound and well; now does her own
housework, and is as well as she ever
was Free trial bottles of this Great
Discovery at J. N. Harris A Son’s and
Carlisle £ Ward’s drug store. Large
bottles 50 cents and fl 00.
ALL CUBANS WANT OFFICE,
Outlook For a Peaceful Solution is
Gloomy Just Mow- .
Manza>ULa, Oct. 31,—The visit of
General Wood, governor of the milita
ry department of Santiago, has been
instrumefitel Tn bringing all elements
a mob g the Cobans to the front. No
fewer than 2,000 insurgents, of whom
500 are officers, want office, - and
tttafr datagr amounts almost to a de
*>and. ~ft
There are two leading factions, one
bead'd by General Jesus Rabi and the
other by General Rioa At present
most of the offices are held by repre
sentatives of tbe Rabi faction, icclud
ing tbe mayoralty and custom house
inspectorships. General Wood, in or
der to pacify the Rios faction, has
given them six positions on tbe rural
police force and turned over to one of
their people the lighthouse al Qape
Crux, together with several other minor
appointments
The majority of insurgents have no
money and go about living from band
to mouth and wondering what will
happen next; Armed men are not al
lowed any rations. As the Cubans will
not disband and will not work, nothing
remains for them but to strut about
die city with machetes and revolvers.
Some of them are nearly x naked;
others appear in long legged pants
with silver spurs, carrying superbly
wrought machetes. A few wear Im
maculate white suits and pajamas.
General Wood and Colonel Pettit
think the outlook is rather discourag
ing, still they hope that some means
may be soon found to break up the
Cuban army. The members of tbe
rank and file are anxious to go to
work, but tbe leaders refuse to allow
them to do so and tbe men do not dare
desert, as they would certainly be
shot if captured.
General Wood is hoping that the
other towns be will visit on bis trip
around the province will not present
the same conditions as prevail here,
as tbe Coban problem is presented io
*a vefy difficult form here, the most
difficult be has yet encountered
It was necessary to send a detach
ment of tbe Fourth immune regiment
under a sergeant to tbe Cbiney plant
ation in order to compel tbe armed
Cubans to allow men to work there.
Tbe undertaking, however, proved
successful and 200 men are now reg
ularly employed.
The Washington Guns-
Tie two brass pieces in front of Ar
mory Hall, headquarters of the provost
guard of the Seventh Corps,are among
the most interesting and cherished
relies of tbe Revolutionary period in
tbe country. They are French guns,
which were captured by tbe Colonial
and British force" in Canada during
tbe war which resulted in the wresting
of that country from France, and they
were afterward used by tbe British
against the Americans in the Revolu
tionary war. They formed part of tbe
artillery surrendered by Loid Corn
wallis al Yorktown. When Gen. Wash
ington visited Savannah in 1791 tbe
Chatham Artillery was one of the mil
itary companies that received and
welcomed him, and on bis return to
the seat of government at Philadelphia
he caused the two brass pieces to be
presented to the company.
Tbe guns were too light to be used
in the war of secession, and In order
to provide against tbe possibility of
their falling into tbe bands of the
union forces, should Savannah be cap
tured —which eventually occurred—
the members of tbe Chatham Artillery,
before they left borne for the field, bad
tbe cannon buried, and they remained
underground until 1870, when,Georgia
having regained her position as a sov
ereign state and having the right to an
armed volunteer force, they (were res
urrected and mounted on. new car
riages.
There old^uns, first French, then
British, then Confederate, are now
guarded by an Illinois regiment in
front of tbe armory of a Georgia artil
lery battery. In tbeir present sur
roundings, therefore, is represented
not only tbe mutations of time, but
tbe complete reunion of tbe sections
of the United States.—Savannah News.
That Joyful Feeling
With the exilarating sense of renewed
health and strength and internal cleanli
ness, which follows the use of Syrup of
Figs is unknown to the few who have not
progressed beyond the old time medicines
and the cheap substitutes sometimes offer
ed but never accepted by the weil-inform
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GBIFFIN, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1,1898.
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MILLIONS MADE AT FARMING.
How David Rankin Has Succeeded
In Making Agriculture Pay.
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Farming does pay, if you know bow
to conduct it, and a large capital is
not essential to succeaa, as is shown
by the startling experience of David
Rankin, a millionaire farmer of Atchi
son county, Missouri, who ha- amasved
an immenbe fortune in agriculture and
stock raising. In these pursuits alone
be accumulated an immense fortune
before embarking in other ventures
called forth'by the desire to vsry the
a capital of five mil
lions.
Likely the wot Id contains ne more
successful farmer than Mr. - Rankin.
He now owns 21,700 acres of land in
Atchison county, *around z tbe pretty
town of Tarkio, He has divided his
land into fourteen ranches, varying in
size from 640 to 3,000 acres.
This year Mr. Rankin had 12,000
acres of corn, 1,000 j| qafe, 320 in
wheat and tbe rest in pasture. He
annually feeds about 10,000 head of
cattie. His shipment this year will be
11,250 bead pr 625 car loads.
Twenty-one years old Mr. Rankin
started to make his fortune with a colt
—a gift from bis father—as his only
capital outside of bis mental and phy
sical endowments. Tbe colt was sold
for $52 and tbe money invested in
calves. He then bought an eight-acre
farm on credit, and farmed it in a
-systematic manner, with judgment
and close application. In four years
after his start he owned his faim, clesr
of debt, and bad eighty head of cattle,
slightly encumbered.
He was then married, without a dol
lar of cash to his name, but soon had
a bank account, bought horses and
began breaking prairie. He farmed
in Illinois, lowa and Nebraska, and
finally settled on tbe prsiries of Mis
souri, and made bis home in Atobieon
Here he purchased his extensive tracts
of lands, paying from $6 to sl2 an
acre.—New York Herald.
OA.MTORIA.
LETTER LIST.
List of letters remaining in the Griffin,
Ga., poetoffice, week ending Oct. 81, 1898.
Persons calling will pleae say “advertised”
and give date. One cent must be paid on
each advertised letter.
MALE LIST.
E W Allen, Ph 8.. Warren Banks, J B
Green, Henry T Irwnunge, Fiord John
son, D W Leddell, Wm Mosely, Thos Mc-
Collough, William J Renlla, Endian Chief;
Adolphos Troutman, Alex Westmoreland
(2); Rm Weldon, Chas Wilcox, Will Will
iam, John Williams.
FEMALE LIST.
Miss Lula Benson, Ms Mary Brown,
Mrs Emily Buchan, Mrs Laura J Connor,
Eliza Clemonts, Lizzie Ooppedge, Lula
Oopage, Mrs Leela Fuller, Mrs Maud Gas
ton, Mrs Lizzie Greene, Miss Minnie
Green, Mrs M T Hall, E A Johnson, Miss
Fannie Locker, Mrs Sam Lockle, Mrs A
M Lottie, Mrs John Ogletree, Miss Sue
Warren, Mrs T A Williams, Miss Matt
Tucker, Mary M Turner.
R. L. Williams, P. M.
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve-
THE BEST BALVE in the wqrld for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Balt Rheum
Fever Bores, Tetter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions,
and positively cures Piles, or no pay re
quired. It is guaranteed to give perfect
satisfaction or money refunded. P;ice 25
cents per box. For sale by J. N.
Harris A Son and Carlisle A Ward.
Now That Cold Weath
er Is Here You Will M
Want Heavy
Underwear.
For 23 cents a very heavy ribbed
ladies undervest and you would
think it cheap at 35 cents.
For 15c a good quality of UndervesL
We Take Care Os the
Children Also.
Infants heavy Fleeced shirts 10, 15
and 25 cents.
Childrens Union Suits 25 cents.
Ladies Union Suits 75c and SI.OO.
Boys Extra Ribbed Shirts 25 cents.
Mens Ribbed Fleeced Shirts 150.
Mens Ribbed Fleeced Shirts 25 cents.
Meas Knit Shirts and Drawers 50c.
R, F, STRICKLAND & CO.
II
Baking Powder
; Made from pure
, cream of tartar.
'W * .
Safeguards the food
* against alum
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Afam baking powders are the greatest
mMlacsfS to health of the pestamday.
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I The Pension Curse-
“Every old soldier who deserves a
pensiem should have one, and every
soldiers' widow who is entitled to a
pension Under the law should have it,
but when all these are accounted for,
does it seem possible that, without
diehogesty, mnrt pensions could have
been granted io'the last fiscal year
than St Sny titoe between 1869 and
1880, or that the list of pensions new
being paid, mote thari a generation
after the close of tbe war, could ag
gregate 1,040,356?”
With the Republican party there is
nothing in tbe way of rascality that is
impossible. When the pension bill
was first introduced in congress, and
subsequently when one swindling
featura after another was added to it,
the Democratic members dared not
chirp Jest they be denounced as rebels
and array sgainkt the party every fed
eral soldier in the Union, and, more
over, they very well knew tbeir oppo
sition Would avail nothing. So they
sat idly by while tbe holocaust of
thieving was being offered up
alter of bogus patriotism. Cleveland
was tbe only man who had the bold
ness and honesty to lift a hand against
tba outrageous spoliation of the pub
lic treasury, but that did no good.?-
Philadelphia Ledger.
HE EICEUENCE OF SYWP OF FIGS
is due not only to the originality and
simplicity of the combination, but also
to the care and skill vMth which it is
manufactured by scientific processes
known to the California Fig Strop
Co. only, and we wish to impress upon
all the Importance of purchasing the
true and original remedy. As the
genuiqe Syrup of Figs is manufactured
by the California Fio Strop 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 FiW Strop 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, please remember the name of
the Company—
CALIFORNIA HG SYRUP CO.
IAN nAKCUOS, C.L
LStnaVTUB. My. MBW WOMK. X. V.
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YRUR mENTIDN
Is Called to Oar Fine
Line of Broadcloths.
Wear*agents for the Celebra
ted 1008 Broadcloths, the hand
somest fabric on the market.
We have the new shades of
browns, greens, blues, reds, etc.,
—for style and quality nothing
equals these.
Other Broadcloths at 75 and 60c.
We haye a large stock of Drees
Goods and Black" Goods and our
prices are the lowest.
5 “Pitts’ CarmlnatlvQ j
Johnson Statkm. Ga.. September <6. 489®.
X LAMAR & RANKIN DRUG 60., Atlanta, Ga. |
J Gentlemen: I can not recommend yow Pitts’ Carminative too J
A strongly, as 1 owe my baby's life to it. She had Orient Infantum X
a when five months old, and I could ret no relief untill began using Pitfs I
[ Carminative. The fever left her when 1 had given her but two bottles. ?
J and she had fattened so she did not look like the same child. IwMseaß J
5 mothers who have sickly or delicate children to give th?)remedy a trW.
| Respectfully, MRS. UZZIB MURRAY. t
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The Only House that Pays a Rebate
in Griffin This Year.
We have gotten W. B. Griffin to run a warehouse and pay ten (10c)
cents rebate on each bale weighed at his place. He will run the D. W.
Patterson house and Mr. Olay Driver will do the weighing. We g*»t Mr.
Griffin to weigh cotton three yean ago and pay us ten (10c) cento rebate,
and now that we have to do it again wo ask you to stand by u&
-Youn truly, MANY FARMERS.
J.H.HUFF'SNEWBOOKANDMUSIC STORE
Is the place to go for the Latest
Periodicals and Sheet Music.
NEW GOODS COMING IN EVERY DAY, AND YOU ARBCOR
DIALLY INVITED TO COME AND SEE THEM- ALSO
TO LISTEN TO THE GRAPHOPHONE.
J. H. HUFF, - 24 Hill Street
■W. F. HOORCNCE-
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COOL WEATHER ITEMS
Ladies fur Capes worth $5, at $8.75.
Ladies Astrakan fur trimmed Capes worth $3.50, at $2.76.
Ladies doth plain Capes worth $3, at $2.25. /
Ladies pretty Hade fur trimmed Capes worth $2.50, at 22.
Ladies pretty Hack fur collar Capes worth $2, at $1.50.
ladies Under Vests worth 850., at 26c. The 50c, kiml at 86c.
Ladies Union Suita worth 76c. and sl, at 60c. X
Mens Undenhirta worth 26c. at 18c; worth 60c. a>4Cc; worth 76c. at 60c
Mens Ovenhirts wortlwßOc. at 40c; 76c. and 85j/k ind ul LOc.
We have sone hudsone Rugs at Cat Prices.
30x60 fine Smyrna Rugs worth $3.60, at 12.76.
26x54 fine Smyrna Rugs worth $2.75. at $2.25. ; g j
We have a few extra large 6-4 Cheneill Table Coven worth $1.50,
NECKWEAR AND HOSIERY.
Puff Scarfs worth 50c. at 85c.
Fancy and black Scarfs and Ties worth 50c. and 60c., at 40c.
Fancy Scarfe and Four in Hands worth 30c. and 86c., at 18c.
All kinds and styles of mens club and boys Windsor Ties at cut prices.
Ladies Hack, tan and toney Hose worth 25c., 85c. to 40£, at 20c. pair.
Ladies black ribbed and plain Hose worth 15c. and 20c., at lie. pair, and «
some values in mens goods to see is to buy. Quality and price are the two
levers by which we intend to merit and obtain your patronage.
W. P. HORNE.
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EDWARDS BROS.,
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39 HILL STREET.
Attention Ladies!
•. . Cotton is bringing 4c, Prints
must follow suit
We offer our entire line of In*
digoes, Oil Reds and Simp
son Greys at the lowest price 1
reached by any merchant
this fall, 4c.
EDWARDS BROS.
Ten Cents per Weak