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THE MORNING CALL. Vol. X. No. 119. sPA LDING SUPERIOR COURT- Will Goins’ Case Continued Until the Second Monday in March- The criminal docket was taken up in Spalding Superior court yesterday morning and several cases were tried during the day. Will Dillingham, the young white man who stole a pistol, winchester rifle, shot gun, shoes and a coat Irons Mr. H.H. Geiger a lew days since, plead guilty to the charge of larceny from the house, and being unable to pay a fine of SSO, was sent to the cbaingang lor twelve months. George Hunter, colortd, was sent to the gang twelve months lor gambling. The case of the state vs. Jack Evans for carrying concealed weapons, was dismissed, after which court adjourned until 1:30 o’clock. It was known that the case of Will Goins,charged with the murder of Charles Currier, would be taken up in the afternoon, and the court room was uncomfortably crowded with specta tors. Goins’ young wife, with a babe but a few weeks old, and his aged father and mother were occupying seats negr Col. Thoe. E. Patterson, the leading attor ney lor the defendant, when the case was called. Colonel Patterson asked that the case be postponed on account cf the illness of one of the most important witnesses for his client, and after con siderable sparring between .the oppos ing counsel, the judge announced that the cass would be continued. Judge Reagan stated that he would hold an adjourned term of court, be ginning on the second Monday in March, to try all ciimnial cases that were continued from this term, and Goins case will be among the first to come up at that term. In the case of the State vs Guy Owens, the jury brought in a verdict of guilty and he was fined S4O or sen tenced to serve 12 months in the chain gang. A Romance of Mexico- Many peop'e here will remember Theodore of Sierra Moj ida. Mex ico, who has paid a number of | visits to this city during ttie last two or three years and who has a large number of friends hera. Mr. Schoen diet has recently been one of the cen tral figures of a most interesting romance which bad its inception in St. Louis nearly sixteen years ago At that time he was a tall, ungainly buy of 20 years. Among his acquaintances in St. Louis was Miss Emms Schlarmann> who was a schoolgirl in short dresses, and an attachment sprang up between the two. He decided to leave St. Louis for Mexico to make his fortune, and when he left he said to the girl ; “When I get rich J will return to claim you as my bride” He went directly to Sierra Mojada, and obtained employment in a silver mine at that place, where, with untiring industry’ be afterward rose to the position of superintendent He often came to Mexico on busi ness connected with the property and made a number of friends here. Hie last trip down was about a year ago, when he remained for several weeks and was at the Hotel Iturbide. About three months ago he con cluded that he would go back to St. Louis, and among the first persons that he met after his arrival there wai bis schoolgirl sweetheart, whom be left in short dresses. He found her to have grown into a beautiful woman. The ’est was simple. He prepoaed and was accepted. He came back to Mexico and arranged bis affairs, and afterward returned to St. Louie, where he was married on Chri tmas day, and left immediately with his wile for Mexico—Mexican Herald. A Clever Trick It certainly looks like it, but there is really no trick about it. /\ny body can try it who has Lime Back and Weak Kidneys, Malaria or nervous troubles. We mean be can cure him self right away by taking E ectric Bit ters. This medicine tones up the "hole system, acts as a stimulant to the Liver and Kidneys, is a blood puri fier and nerve tonic. It cures Consti pation, Headache, Fainting Spells, -'eeplessnese and Melancholy. It is purely vegetable, a mild laxative, and restores the system to its natural vigor. ry Electric Bitters and be convinced that they are a miracle worker. Every bottle guaranteed. Only 50c a bottle I, /* Harris & Son and Carlisle & ’’ hrd druggist. COMMISSION READY TO RETURN- Une Commissioner Confirms Statement that Uncle Sam Will Loan Money- New York Jan. 23 —A special from Washington says: The Cuban commissioners who have been in Washington six weeks upon the affairs connected with the plans for future government, having com pleted their will soon sail for Havana. They will proceed to Santa Cruz and report to tho assembly The commissioners express the greatest satisfaction aud state that they have succeeded in gaining favor able action upon a l their requests. One commissioner says that a certain amount will be advanced by the United States for the payment of the Cuban soldiers and that, upon its re ceipt tho army will be immediately’ disbanded Just how much will be granted or how much each soldier would receive be would not say. This amount will be secured by the revenues of the island over which the American government will have con trol until the debt is paid The members of the commission were disinclined to discuss the success of their mission until their report has been submitted to the Cuban as sembly. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve- THE BEST SALVE in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum Fever Sores, 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. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by J. N. Karris & Son and Carlisle & Ward. Small Farmers Needed- In a letter to the Charlotte News and Observer, Mr J. Bryan Grime?, of Pitt county, N. C , shows the need for small farmers in that section of the south. Among other things the letter says: “This year in Pitt and Beaufort counties I will have over 500 acres of productive fields uncultivated. In a radius of five miles from me, exclusive of my own properties, there are five plantations embracing about 8,000 acres that can be bought for S3OOOO or $35,000 that twenty years ago could not liave been bought for $130,000.” The statement of the writer of the letter is interesting, in that same con ditions exist in many sectionsof Geor gia and Alabama, as well as in other southern states. It has long been argued that the large plantations of the south should be divided into one and two-horse farms, for the reason that since the southern planters lost their slaves, they are no longer in con dition to wn immense plantations successfully, as they did with slaves before the war. In those days, the planter who owned a large plantation usually bad a sufficient number of slaves to work his land properly.. Labor then was easily managed, which is not the case now. The mast suc cessful farmers on a large scale, as a rule, runs only a small part of his plantation himself, the remainder be ing divided into small farms and Let to tenants or worked on shares The south needs thousands of small farms—white men who are not afraid of work themselves and who know how to make others work who are in their employ. Too many farmers leave their farms and move to the cities and towns leaving their plantations in charge of idle, shiftless negroes, who allow the places to go to ruin as fast as possible. This fact has a great deal to do with the decline io the price of farm lands mentioned by Mr Grimes in the letter we quote. With the large plantations of the south cut up into small farms, and operated by intelligent, industri ous white farmers, it would not be many years before this favored section would be the garden spot of the earth. —Columbus Enquirer. i For Croup useCHENEY'S EXPECTORANT Pitts’ Carminative is pleasant to the taste, acts promptly, and never fails to give satisfaction. It carries children over the eritical time of teething, and is the friend of anxious mothers and puny children. A few doses will demonstrate its value. E. H. Dorsey, Athens, Ga., writes: “I con sider it the best medicine I have ever used in my family. It does all yen claim for it and even more.” iS<lue.;rc Your lloweis IVtiti An’caret*. Candy Cathart’c, cure eonstipulion forever. 10c. 25c. If C. C- C fail, druggists refund tnouc’’ SRIFFIN,.GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 24, 1899. CAUSE OF SAMOAN TROUBLE Germans Charged by a Resident With Instigating the Warring Chief. In a private letter received by a gen tleman in New York from a friend in Apai, Samoa, much light is thrown on the political situation now existing there and which promises to result very seriously to the American and British residents of the islands because of the attitude assumed by Mataafa, the aspirant for the throne made va cant several months ago by the death of Malietoa Laupepa The Germans are said to be chiefly to blame for the trouble which exists, which threatens to become most seri ous, The actual new features of the situation in Samoa were told in the Herald of Saturday last, undei date cf Dec. 28, from Apia. The authority of the chief justice, W. L. Chambers, an American, who was appointed jointly by three powers—the United States, England and Germany—which adopt ed the Berlin treaty, is openly defied by the German consul, and the chief justice is subjected to gross insult by that official. The letter is in part as follows : ‘‘Mataafa is supported by tho Ger mans in his aspiration for the throne not because they have any love for him, nor have they forgiven the defeat of their sailors at the battle of Fagali on Dec. 12, 1888, in which 23 were killed by Mataafa’s troops, but because he is anti-Britisb, although when he fought the Germans in 1888 he was most friendly to the Americans and English. The Germans say that the London Missionary Society, which has been established in Samo.a for many years, has always supported the Malie toa party,and they look upon the socie ty as the forerunner of British unnexa tion. The Germans have completely thrown over the Tamasese party, who they so strongly supported in 1888-89, and Tamasese has joined forces with the Malietoa party. It is the most comp’ete turnover you ever saw. “The German consul, following the custom of his predecessors here, has done aud is doing all in his power to bring about trouble so that the Ger mans may have an excuse to land men from their warship in the harbor and thus attempt to gain the foothold that they have been seeking for so many years ; but Capt. Sturdee of the Eng lish warship Porpoise has checkmated him at every point. “The German consul has accused Chief Justice Chambers of maUesauce in office and has specified a number of charges, such as unfair decisions and partiality in cases between Germans and persons of other nationalities. The charges are frivolous and most trans parent, and the object of making them is thoroughly understood by American and English residents. “The assertion has been made by the German consul that the residents of Samoa are losing confidence in the Supreme Court of the country. This is a fabrication, for during the last two years the business of the court has been s eadily increasing, and natives of all parties from all parts of the Samoan group of Islands have been appearing in court when summoned to do so. The Supreme Court had had no assistance whatever from the consuls of their governments or from the war ships that happened to be here, and still up to the time of Mataafa’s return from the Marshall Islands the court was steadily becom ing a power in the land. “Chief Justice Chambers has replied to the charges of the German consul by accusing him of prejudice, malice and falsehood ” —N. Y. Herald. Deafness Cannot be Cared. By local application. r s they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroy ed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, w’hich is nothing but an in flamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. J. Cheney & Co,, Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. I Hall’s family Pills are the best. For Whooping Cough use CHENEY’S EXPECTORANT. RoYal Baking Powder Made from pure cream of tartar. Safeguards the food against alum Alum baking powders are the greatest menacers to health of the present day. ROYAL fIAKINO rowoen CO., NEW vows. The Rural Editor's Appeal- Thia is the time of year when the country weekly issues an exigent ap peal to its subscribers to come forward and settle for their subscription. It is customary for tbe city papers to make light of this Macedonian cry of their rural contemporary, but in reality it is no joking matter. Tbe res >urces of the country weekly are generally small, and its very existence may depend upon tho collection cf such claims. Moreover, the editor and proprietor is almost always a man o* family, and the smaller his proportion of worldly goods tbe larger his share of children, all of whom are as eagerly expectant at Christmas as their city cous’ns Nobody who has not been placed in the position of father in such cjjcumetances can appreciate his abso lute need of money at such a time. Well may tho rutal editor call on those who owe him for at least a por tion of his dues He is everybody’s friend in the community, and does everybody a eervice when occasion of fers, and in <quity be should have a r ght to t xpect something more than the mere sum of subscription at this season when men’s hearts are suppos ed to be overflowing with good will. Yet he is in the most cases the last person to be remembered. It io a settled fact that alt country editors go to heaven. Else there would be no justice in the higher powers Memphis Scimitar. S Im JSU THE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP 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 processes known to the California Fig Syrup Co. only, and we wish to impress upen 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 tho 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 FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. LOUISVILLE. Ky. NEW YORK. N. Y. CUT PRICES THIS WEEK ON Bleaching, Cambricka and 10-4 Sheeting. 10-4 Unbleached Sheeting at 111 c, All 10c. Dress Suitings at 7fc. All colored Dress Goods to close j out at reduced prices. R. F. STRICKLAND & CO. c -A.STOTLIA. Bests th* The Kind You Hare Always Bough* Signature '■ 1#- Bargains in Groceries. WITH A VIEW TO MAKING SOME CHANGES IN OUR LINE OF BUSI NESS, WE WILL OFFER OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF FANCY GROCERIES AT VERY' LOW PRICES FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. WILL SELL THIS WEEK STAPLE GROCERIES AT THE FOLLOWING VERY LOW PRICES: % 18 pounds Standard Granulated Sugar - - - SI.OO 14 pounds best Lard ..... SI.OO 14 pound best Rice ..... s|,qo 3 pound can Tomatoes, per case - - - $1.65 2 pound can Tomatoes, per case •» - * $1.50 45 bars Good Laundry Soap s SI.OO Will sell our Crockery and Tin Warn at Actual cost Mocho and Java Coffee, per pound - - - 25cts. GIVE US A TRIAL. E'JLTZ’JXrT &Z co. GRIFFIN HORSE SHOEINC SHOP. Horse Shoeing Your horses feet done with - care and can be by A • shod and balanced knowledge of nature to the All work is done leg with .afety] strictly first-class! and the careful attention owner is well is convinced. given to the feet. 11. TSI. REAVES, Afanager. R. F. Strickland & Co. will sell this week thirty doz. negligee and work shirts of the Everett, Rid ley, Ragan stock, slightly damag ed by water, at less than half price. N&jy patterns.in neg ligee shirts,detachable cuffs, two collars, 48c each. Cost $9 dozen. Negligee shirts,collars attached,39c each,cost $4.50 to $6 doz. Work shirts, very best qual ity 35c each, worth 50c. Don’t miss this shirt sale, the prices asked are only half value. Furniture Repair Sliop o O John T. Boyden has opered an Upholster Shop, and will do all other General Furniture Repairs ing, and Guarantees Satisfaction on work and prices. Please call and see me. JOHN T. BOYDEN, 19 1-2 Hill St. Pay Your City Tax. I am instructed by the Mayor and Coun cil to close the books on Feb. Ist. Fi fas will be issued against all delinquents on that date. Pay now and save cost. Jan. 17,1899. Tnos. Nall, Clerk and Treas. For Sale. The Hughes place, 2 miles north of Gris fin; good 5-room house, big barn, bermuda pasture, etc. 67 1-2 acres of land. Easy terms. A. 8. Blake. Have you seen the new Em broideries at R. F. Strickland & Co’s. Ten Cents per Week Salary Ordinance For 1899. Be it Ordained by the Mayor and Conn cil of the City of Griffin, that the following salaries be paid the different officers of the city during their term of office: Mayor, S4OO 00 per annum, payable monthly, Clerk and Treasurer, $300.00 per annum payable monthly and fees. Chief Police, 45.00 per month payable monthly. Policemen each, $40.00 per month pay able monthly. City Physician, 150.00 per annum pay able monthly. Janitor S2O 00 per month payable monthly. PARSNIP COMPLEXION. It does not require an expert to detect the sufferer from kidney trouble. The hollow cheeks, the sunken eyes, the dark, puffy circles under the eyes, the sallow, parsnip-colored complexion indicates it. A physician would ask if you had rheu matism, a dull pain or ache in the back or over the hips, stomach trouble, desire to urinate often, or a burning or scalding in passing it; if after passing there is an un satisfied feeling as if it must be at once re peated, or if the urine has a brick dust de posit or strong odor. When these sympton ° ni-p proven’, t o time'-h »ui 1 I m leu.' Viug tue cause. Delay may lead to grave), catarrh of the bladder, inflammation, causing stoppage, and sometimes requiring the drawing of the urine with instruments, or may run into Bright’s Disease, the most dangerous stage ot kidney trouble. Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root, the great discovery of the eminent kidney and blad der specialist, is a positive remedy for such diseases. Its reputation is world wide and it is so easy to get at any drug store that no one need suffer any length of time for want of it. However, if you prefer to first test its wonderful merits, mention The Middle Georgia Farmer, and write to Dr. Kil mer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y.. f.r a sample bottle and book telling all about it, both sent absolutely free by mail. 1 Parlor Car and Sleeping Car Service Be tween Alanta and Albany, Ga, The Central of Georgia Railway Com pany has inaugurated parlor car and sleeping car service between Atlanta and Albany, Ga , on train leaving Albany 4:15 a. m , arriving Macon 7:40 a. m., Atlanta 11:20 a. m., and on train leaving Atlanta 4:05 p. m., arriving Macon 7:20 p. m., Al bany 11:0.5 p. m. Passengers from Alba ny, Ga., bolding berth tickets, can take sleeper at 8 p. m., thus allowing them to remain in sleeper over night. Passengers arriving Albany at 11:05 p. m., may re main in sleeper until 7:00 a. m. Rate for double berth in sleeper, 150 miles and un der, $1.50; over 150 miles, $2.00. Charges for seats, as follows : 50 miles and under, 25 cents; 51 miles to 125 miles, 50 cents; 126 miles to 200 miles, 75 cents; 201 miles to 300 miles, SI.OO. WM. E. H. SEARCY, JR., Counsellor at Law, GRIFFIN, GA. GENERAL PRACTICE. R, H. TAYLOR, M. D. J, F. STEWART, M D. DRS. TAYLOR AND STEWART, Physicians and Surgeons. Office hours from Ba,m.toß p, m. A physician will always be in our office during that time. DR. E. L. HjVNTES, DENTIST. Office upstairs in building adjoining, on the north, .M Williams & Son.