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_ J * tow - rm wm jH*" mm. r I I l_J 1% /I f 11J ’ p\-. I rv f 1 f r\ JL JL A J—l’AWl.Vi ill w v_R ■I 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 4 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 ” ■> » -■- ——— 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 •4- GBIFFIN, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1,1898. ■ _ • '■* • Way, MILLIONS MADE AT FARMING. How David Rankin Has Succeeded In Making Agriculture Pay. 1 I 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 x ' 1 Afam baking powders are the greatest mMlacsfS to health of the pestamday. - ' ■— 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. r. f. miun m 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 X •• • »mr flw •« • = ;1 - 1 ■■ !■ ■ ■ I'"”'— 1 fV** !□ "Ea?*E3 /V II IL 1 A —(O> 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- O 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. a-: 5 F— uni I EDWARDS BROS., * ? ■' : 'V • * - •* *■' 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