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Vol X No. 82.
STAYS TAX BATS
Cutting Dowa Appropriations Makes
It Less Thai for 1898.
Atlanta Dec. 7—The state tax
rata for the years 1899 and 1900 will
be .85 mill*, or 85 cents on 81,000, less
than that for 1898.
The rate as fixed by the bouse In
considering the general tax bill this
morning io to be 5 36 mills, as compar
ed with 6 21 mills for the present year.
It is estimated that there will be
nearly half of a mill fnitber reduction
if the Brandon penaion bills, which
have passed the house, become laws.
The appropriation b»’l as adopted by
the committee of the whole bouse was
passed with a few changes. The tax
on bicycle manufacturers or dealers
and that on commercial agencies were
reduced from S2OO to SIOO a year.
There was * n n *y ’ ole
taken on the school fund, and all but
■even members who were in the bouse
at the time approved the SBOO,OOO ap
propriation.
In the senate there was an effort
made to reconsider the . bill cutting
stenographer’s pay. The motion to
reconsider was indefinitely postponed.
Mr. Calvin’* bill to test the consti
tutionality of the 10 per cent, tax on
sta|e banks passed the upper bouse.
INITANTANSOUB RBLZBF
From Asthma Bas Been Afforded
Many Sufferers in Griffin-
Il there was doubt in the mind of
any sufferer from Asthma in this city
as to the truth of the claims made for
Dr. Sobiffmann’s Astbtpa Cure, that
diubt no longer remains, providing he
was among those who called at N, B.
Drewry <fc Son’s drug store, last Tues
day and obtained a free sample pack
age. A great numbed who have al
ready tried the same declare in posi
tive terms that relief was immediate;
that tbe wretched spasms were check
ed ; that free expectoration was in
duced ; that a reclining position was
readily assumed and gratefully main
tained ; that the sleep that followed
W*s reatfql and uubrokou, and -that
the morning brought a dear head and
a feeling of delighted thankfulrsss
which no words are too strong to de
scribe.
Abundant voluntary testimonials
prove that Dr. Schiffmann’s Asthma
Cure cot only gives instant relief in
the wprst cases, but has positively
cured thousands who were considered
incurable.
Tbe remedy is now sold by all drug
gists in packages at 50c. and SIOO,
thus bringing it witbin the reach of
all Should any reader be unable to
obtain it of bis druggist, it will be sent,
postpaid, by sending to Dr. R Schiff
mann, ||6 Rosabel St., St. Paul, Minn.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
Un KM Yu Hm Always Bought
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Signature of Cjut&XP&fa&K
Little Health Hints-
Try’swallowing saliva when troubled
with sour stomach.
Try eating onions and horseradish
to relieve dropsical swellings.
Try buttermilk for the removal of
freckles, tan and butternut stains.
Try hot flannel over tbe seat of neu
ralgic pain and renew frequently.
Try taking cod liver oil IP tomato
catsup if you want to make it palata
ble. f
Try bard cider—a wineglassful three
times a day—-for ague and rheumatism.
Try taking a nap io tbe afternoon if
you are going to be out late in tbs
evening.
lew’s This!
We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
foranycaaeof Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Hall’s Catafrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY A CO., Props., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for the last IS years, and believe
blip perfeptly Jpppratfe h tfl hnsipegs
transactions, and financially able to carry
out any obligation made by their firm.
West it Traux, Wholesale Druggists, To
ledo, O.
Walding, Rinnan A Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price 76c. per bot
tle. Sold by all druggists. Testimonials
free.
fall’s fomjly Pills are the best
Baars th*
TBB THIHG9 AGRKID TO-
The Commissioners at Paris Have
About Completed Their Labors.
Pabis, Dec. difficulty in
stating tbe number of articles in tbs
peace treaty, arises from tbe fact that
they have not yet been drafted. There
ie reason to believe there will be four
teen articles, ss follows;
First—The relinquishment of Cuba.
Seco* J—The ceseion of Porto Rico,
other Spanish West Indies and Guam.
Third—Tbe cession of the Philip
pines and tbe payment of twenty mill
ions by the United States.
Fourth—The release of prisoners
and evacuation of the Philippines.
Tbe fifth deals with the retard of
public archives and regulates tbe term
concerning public property.
Tbo sixth, the only one agreed to >
today, treats of the status of Spaniards
io ceded tevritories. i
Tbo seveaA provides for tbo mutusl 1
sbandenmeot of national or private <
claims, and ths eighth grants privi- 1
leges for ten years to ships dpder tbs 1
Spanish flag trading with the Philip
pines. 1
Tbe above are tbo essential articles.
Though the order of -he others have i
not been deteroaiood, tbe ninth will I
possibly arrange for tbe release of 1
political prisoacaa In tbe tenth tbo I
United States wBl advise Cuban gov- <
eromwnt to accept tbo obligations tail
ing on it under the treaty. Tbe elev- 1
enth provides for rdigioue liberty.
Tbe twelfth deale with the powers
of consuls.
Tbe thirteenth treats of copyright
pstents and port changes, and then io
the fourteenth the commissions rscom
mended the ratification of the treaty
by tbe senate sod the queen regent.
Tbe United States undertakes to re
turn all Spanish arms and flags from
tbe Philippines and repatriate all <
Spanish troops.'
Both sides are heartily glad that the
end baa been reached.
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Send your address to H. E. Bucklen
A Co., Chicago, and got a free sample
box of D; King’* s*• I* Pills. A. ’
trial will ooDvinse yowWabetr merita. ‘
These pills are easy in action and are 1
particularly effective in tbe euro of
Constipation and Sick Headache For
Malaria -and Liver troubles they have
been proved invaluable. They are
guaranteed to be perfectly free from
every deleterious aubstance and to be
purely vegetable. They do not weaken
by their action, but by giving tope to
the stomach and bowels greatly invig
orate tbe system. Regular siae 25c.
per box. Sold by XN. Harris A Son
and Carlisle A Ward, druggists.
“Monte Cristo’’ Outdone-
Tbe increase of wealth has been
prodigious since tbe time of our civil
war, especially in America. When I
was a boy, any ope *ho bad one hun
dred thousand dollars to his name was
considered fairly rich ; but at present
people think little of trifles like that.
Even in Europe, where fortunes are
gained much less rapidly than with
us, a property must now be many
times larger than in the first half of
the century, before it begins to dazzle
society.
I suppose some Os you have read
“Monte Christo,” and you know that
few things were too extravagant for
the imagination of Alexander Dumas.
He meant that bisromantic hero should
lead tbe whole world in magnificence,
and probably thought of giving him
the biggest bank account ever beard
of. But Monte Christo wai worth only
a fraction qf what several real men
now living can show. This was not
tbe sort of mistake you would have
expected from Dumas.
It would have cost him only a stroke
of the pen to multiply tbe hoard in
the Mediterranean island a hundred
times; but although his novsl was
written when be was 40 years old, be
could not feresee that bis fiction would
be utterly distanced by solid facts be
fore be died.—E. H. House in St.
Nicholas.
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Imh tbs UM YssltasMm Bought
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Pitts’ Carminative aids digestion, regu
-1 lates the boweia, cutes Cholera Infantum,
i Cholera Morbus, Dysentery, Pains, Grip
ing, Flatulent Colic, Unnatural Drains
from Ute Bowels, and all diseases incident
to teething children. For all summer com
plaints it is a specific. Perfectly harmless
and free from injurious drugs and chemi
cals.
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 10, 1898.
LOM OF TBB JURIA TERMA
Ho Haval Officer Was to Blame, the
Court of Inquiry Reports.
Washington, Dec. 9—Tbe findings
of tbe naval board of inquiry appoin’e
ed to investigate the loss of the Span
ish armored cruiser Maria Teresa wero
made public by the navy department
today. The court exonerated Lieuten
ant Commander Ira Harris, and found
that Lieutenant George P. Blow, of tbe
Vulcan, acted properly in directing
that tbe tow line between the Vulcan
and the Maria Teresa be cut. It ie
recommended that no further proceed
ing* ba h«d. The navy department I
bujMOt taken any action on the record
mendatfon. The court says:
‘•The voyage wa* favorable until the
morning of Nov. 1. The towing against
a heavy head sea opened leaks in tbo ,
vessel, which had not been discovered
in smooth water, causing an inflo# of
water, which could not be cleared by
tbe pumps. It further appear! that
the failure of the pumps to clear the
ship was duo in a measure to neglect
of tbe people in charge properly to (
clean out ths bilges before starting.
The failure of tbe two principal wreck
ing Dumps, caused in the one case by
the welting and slipping of tbff bands (
and in the other by tbo breaking of
tbe priming pump, added to tbe diffi
culty of the Situation.
‘•Tbo wreck drifted from the time of
abandonment at 5:11 p. tn , Nov. 1,
about fifty five miles W. 8. W. 1-2
W., stranding on Cat idand, near I
Bird Point, where iht now lies hope-1
lowly wrecked and abandoned. It
weald aeem that the casting off of the
tow line and consequent freedom of
the ohip to drift before wind and sea
caused a great improvement in her
condition.
“Finally, tbo court finds that the
abandonment of the steamer Infanta
Maria Teresa was in no wise due to
fault or negligence on tbe part of any
officer of tbe navy, and is of the opin
ion that no further proceedings should
be bad in tbo matter.”!
Bs&ts ths Xlondikt.
• Mr. A. C. Thomas, of Marysville,
Tex, has found am ore valuable dis
covery than baa yet been made in tbe
Klondike. For years he suffered untold
agony from consumption, accompa
nied by hemorrhages; and was abso
lutely cured by Dr. King’s New Dis
covery for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds. Ho declares that gold ie of
little valqe jp comparison with this
marvelous cure; would have it, even if
it coat a hundred dollars a bottle.Asth
ma, Bronchitis and all throat and lung
affections are positively cured by *Dr
King’s New Discovery for Consump
tion. Trial bottles free at J N. Harris
A Son’s and Carlisle A Ward’s drue
stores. Regular size 50cts and SIOO
Guaranteed to cure or price refunded.
TH! TENSION BILLS.
Text of the Brandon Measure Which
Has Passed the House-
Following is the Brandnn pension
bill which was passed by tbe House of
Representatives of the Georgia legis
lature :
“Section 1. Be it enaeted by tbe
general awembly of the state of Geor
gia, That section 1262, of volume I, of
the code of said state of the year 1895,
be and is, hereby amended by adding
the following words at the end of said
section, to-wit: ‘Provided further, that
no person whatever, whether she has
heretofore received S pension under
this section or not, shall be entitled
hereafter to be paid any pension here
under unless she shall prove by her
| own affidavit and that of one other
person who knows her circumstances
| that owing to her poverty she ie unable
( to provide a living for herself io addi-
I tion to tbe proof required by section
, 1263 and under other statutes pertain
, ing thereto: but those wboee applica-
I tions fur pensions shall have been
, granted before this act shall take effect
shall not be required to make any
further proof under this act except
that hereinbefore required for showing
that owing to their poverty they are
: unable to provide a living for them
aelvea, so that said section when tbua
amended aball read as follows: To tbe
widow of every Georgia Confederate
* aoldier who enlisted io a Georgia regi
’ ment, aud to the widow of every Con
federate soldier who is herself a native
t Georgian new reaiding in the state of
, Georgia, and no tong aa she may cou
i tinue to reside there, aball be paid an
. Dually oo the 15th of February a pen
aion of SQQ; provided that this section
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Baking Powder
Made from pure
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Safeguards the food
against alum
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shall duly apply to such widow as was
married at tbe lime of the service of
such in tbe Confederate army and
have remained unmarried since tho
death of such soldier husband ; provid.
ed, further, that the said soldier hus
band shall have died in the service of
the Confederate states, er since from
wounds received therein, or disease
contracted io. .the service; provided,
furthei, that no person whatever,
whether she has heretofore received a
pension under this section or not,
shall be entitled hereafter to be paid
any pension hereunder unless she
shall prove by her own affidavit and
that of one other person who knows
her cireumstancee that owing to her
poverty she is unable to provide a liv
ing for herself, in addition to the proof
required by section 1263 and other
statutes pertaining thereto; but those
whose applications for pensions shall
have been granted before this act shall
take effect shall not be required to
make further proof under thia act, ex
cept that hereinbefore required for
showing that owing to their poverty
they are unable to provide a living tor
themselves.
THE EXCELLENCE OF SYBUP 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 ptooesae*
known to the Calivorhia Fia Sntup
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 Cat.t
fobnia Fig Syrup Co. with the medi
cal profession, and the satisfaction
which the genuine Siyrup of Figs has
given to millions of families, makes
the name of the Company a guaranty
of the excellence ot its remedy. It is
far iu advance of all other laxatives,
aa H 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 pame of
the Company—
CAUFQRNU HG SYRUP CO.
SAW CL
LOUISVILU. KF. NXW TOKK. X.T.,
B, ■. TATLOB, M. D. J. V, STEWART, M. D.
DRB. TAYLOR AND STEWART,
Physicians and Surgsous. i*
Office hours from Ba,m,toß p. m. A
physician will always be in our office
1 during that time.
DR. E. ZL. H j’IHSTES,
, DENTIST.
i Office upstairs in building adjoining,‘on
; the north. M Williams & Son.
Tickets
From November Ist until April 80,1899
Winter Tourist tickets to principal South
ern resorts, including Asheville and Hot
Springs, N. C., and Florida pointe will be
on sale at special rates, via Southern Ry.
Tickets allow fifteen (15) days stop-over,
and are good to return until May 81,1809.
For further information, call on or ad
dress. R. J. Williams, Tkt. AgL,
C. 8. White, T. P. A., Griffin.
Macon.
•»ua’t T Jnu.fr Spit ch I Smokn Juar life Ausy.
To quit Übacco easily and forever, be mae
netic. lull of rife, nerve and vigor, take No-To-
Bae, the vouder-worker, that makes weak men
itrong. AU druggists, 80e or Si. Cure guaran
teed. booklet and trample free. Address
Sterling Remedy CD . Chicago Naw Yerk i
R.F.StricklandßCo.
NEW GOODS
WE HAVE JUST OPENED NEW LINE OF BLUE AND RED PERCALB
NEW LINE OF MERIMACK CALICOES.
NEW LINE OF FLANNELETTB.
NEW LINE OF COTTON FLANNEL, AND IN FACT OUR WHOLE -
STOCK IS MADE ANEW.
JUST A FEW PRICES HERE TO SHOW HOW GOODS WILL HE SOLD
THIS WEEK:. > . . •- „ v .
Standard Calicoes 3|c.
Heavy Cotton Flannels sc, 7jc and 10c.
5-4 Linen Pillow Casing only 50c.
Children’s Undervests 10c and 15c.
Ladies Union Suite 00c salt
' * Boys ribbed Shirts 25c.
—ItiBK 10 bars beat Laundry Soap Me.
HOSIERY. |
Ladies Hose, 15c quality, 10c.
Rubber Sboea 25c, 85c and 50c.
Hake iBSvWHKM If your boys are bad on their stockings
flfau-k firP* suppose you try Trippie Knee Leather
nrkndt Stockings-Black Cat Brand. They last
v twice as long as the ordinary kind.
Our are the beet, our prices the
'' lowest.
R F. STRICKLAND & CO.
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HAS JUST OPENED UP HIS COMPLETE LINE OF HOLIDAY »
GOODS WHICH YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO CALL AND
SEE-COME AT ONCE AND MAKE YOUR SELECTION BEFORE
THEY ARE PICKED OVER.
J. H. HUFF, - 24 Hill Street.
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COME IN AND BUY YOUR SHOES FROM US. WE WILL
SELL YOU ONLY GOODS THAT WE ARE WILLING TO
GUARANTEE AND WITH EACH PAIR SOLD DURING NEXT
80 DAYS WE WILL GIVE A GOOD SCHOOL SATCHEL ANO
A COPY OF CONKEY’S HOME JOURNAL, DEVOTED ESPEC
IALLY TO TOPICS OF INTEREST TO LADIES.
WHILE BUYING YOUR SHOES OF US LOOK AT OUR BAR
GAINS IN DRESS GOODS, NOTIONS. JEANS, CALICOES, DO
MESTICS, CAPES, JACKETS, TRUNKS, CLOTHING AND
HATS.
We want a chance to sell you. I
W. P. HORNE.
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GRIFFIN 5 and
10 CENT STORE.
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We have the Largest and Beat Selected Stock of CHRISTMAS
Goods in Griffin. Our stock is comprised of Dolls, China Nov
elties, Tin and Iron Toys, Silver Novelties, Bisque Figures,
e Wagons and articles too numerous to mention in the way of
•’ Holiday wants. All at prices to suit the times. Every
child must oe remembered. A lew cents will make the little
ones happy here. So be sure to give us a look.
EDWARDS BROS.
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