Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

THE MORNING CALL. Vol. X. No. 141. an important meeting Tbe City Council Transacted Import ant Business Yesterday Afternoon. The city council met yesterday af ternoon with His Honor, Mayor Dbvib, in the chair, with the following alder men present: Burr, Patrick, Oxford, Davis, Bailey, Smith and Reid. The minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed. A petitition was read from the Grit fin Horscsboring Co., arking that their license be transferred to H, H. Jones, their successor in business Petition granted. A Petition was read from Allen <fc Anderson asking to be relieved from the special tax of $lO which is charg ed all new firms, as they bought the stock of goods belonging to Jenkins & Co. Council refused to grant peti tion, as Jenkins & Co , are still doing business at another stand. A petition was read from Osborn & Wolcott, asking permission to be al lowed to run a side track out Hill street to their foundry and machine shop. The petition was referred to ajrtet committee with instructions to report at next meeting. Aiderman Patrick, chairman of the street committee, reported that the committee had appeared before the county commissioners and endeavored to coma to some terms whereby the streets of Griffin might be worked by the county chain gang. He said the commissioners would listen to no proposition made by tbe committee, and all they w .old agree to do was to work a few of the principal streets as they did the public roads The offer of the commissioners was not accepted by the committee and he could see no way of coming to terms. The mat ter was discussed at considerab'e length by the counci l , who feel that they are being imposed upon by tbe commissioners. The city attorney was instructed to look into the matter and see what legal recourse was open, and report at next meeting The building committee was au thorized to have the engine house of No. 2 fire company re-covered. The reports of the clerk and treas>» urer and chief of police for the month of January were presented and referred tc the proper committees. Aiderman Patrick moved that in future these reports be read to the council. Motion was carried. The street committee was instruct ed to notify tbe officials of all railroads entering tbe city that plank must be put on all crossings and raise bed of track to a level with tbe rails. Several accounts were read which bad been approved by the finance committee, and were ordered paid. A salary of SIOO was voted chief of fire department for services last year Col. W. J. Kincaid was present and upon invitation addressed the council on the matter of taxation. He said the back taxes of his mill had been paid and they were ready to pay the taxes for this year, but be wished to ask the council to assess the property at an equitable valuation. It was the purpose of his company to make an addition to tbe mil! this summer, which enhanced property in the city and it was hoped tbe council would be liberal to the mill. Upon motion tbe mayor was authorized to appoint a committee to assess the property and he named Aidermen Burr, Blakely and Davis, and to report at an adjourned meeting to be held this afternoon at 4.15. There being no further business the council adjourned. There is more Catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put to gether, and until the last few years was supposed to .be incurable. For a great many years doctors pronounced it a local disease, and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a consti tutional disease, and therefore requires constitutional treatment Hall’s Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitu tional cure on the market. It is taken in ternally in doses from 10 drops to a tea spoonful. It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They ■ ffer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure, end for circulars and tes timonials. Address, F. J. Cheney <1 Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall’s Family Pills are tbe best. For Croup use CHENEY’S EXPECTORANT To Cure Constipa: I /Take Cascarets Caady Cathartic. lt‘c oi 25c * C. C. fall to cure, druzuiau refund inuucv A FATAL ACCIDENT. A Young Man Killed by the Recoil of a Shot Gun- News reached this city yesterday of a fatal accident that occurred near Brooks Station last Wednesday after noon, which resulted iu the death of a prominent ycung man of that section. Mr. A. B. Goodman, Sr., had been unwell for several days and his son, Will, a young man 19 years of age, shouldered bis gun Wednesday after noon and went to the woods to kill a squirrel, bis father having expressed a desire for one. It was not long before young Good man saw a squirrel, which he fired at but failed to kill. The gun was a single barrel muzzle loader, and the young man began to hurriedly reload it, to get another shot at the wounded squirrel before it could get away. Af ter loading tbe gun he rested the butt on bis stomach to put on a cap, and in bis excitement the gun was discharged. It was loaded with a heavy charge of powder and the recoil ruptured a blood vessel in young Goodman’s stomach. He returned home and Dr. Luther Gable was hastily summoned-and did what he could to relieve the suffering of the young man, but he died Thurs day night at 7 o’clock. Willie Goodman was one of tbe most popular young men of Fayette county, and bis tragic death has cast a pall of sadness over the entire neigh borhood in which he lived. 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. Beautiful Rhetoric. Although not agreeing with Judge Emory Speer in bis views in regard to expansion we reproduce an extract from bis charge recently delivered to the federal grand jury in Augusta, After speaking of the typical design on the back of the President’s chair in the first constitutional convention, representing tbe rising sun, the elo quent speaker went on to say : “It was, in truth, a glorious sunrise for our country, but it has not yet reached the zenith of its splendor. It is more than a rising sun. Under the Providence of God it is never to be ’a setting sun. On the home of liberty protected by the ages of the constitution the shadows of night will never completely fall. When the god of day, rejoicing in the East, il lumines the feathery frontage of Porto Rico, the golden glories of his departing smile is yet reflected from the opalescent waters that bathe the ice bound islands of Alaska, and when his first beams salute the granite coast of New England, the softened shades of evening have scargely fallen on the palm and cocoa groves of these is lands of the Orient where even now the guns of Otis and of Dewey are proclaiming to mankind that the ge nius of America takes no step backs ward.” The Georgia Peach- The Georgia peach has become fa mous and all dealers in the United States contend for its sale Around Fort Valley there are over 70 000 bear ing peach trees, some 50,000 above Marshallville, 100 000 around Griffin, and large orchards near Forsyth, Barnesville, Eatonton and Albany, and the Central road authorities have done a great work in advertising the fruit sections of tbe state along tbe Central railway. The Georgia peach industry is but in its infancy and of fers great opportunities for investors, Il is terrible to think that the recent freiz. i has cut a swath in the orchard belt of Georgia Tbe amount of fruit killed cannot be estimated. It is cer tainly to be hoped that some of the fruit will survive the great blizz.srrfof February 13th and 14tb —Savannah Press CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the /'p Signature of GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 18, 1899. PRESIDENT FAURE DEAD President of the French Republic Dies Suddenly of Apoplexy. Paris, Feb. 17 —Felix Faure, pres ident of tbe French republic, died suddenly from apoplexy at 10 o’clock last night. He had been slightly in disposed for a day or two, but did not consider himself really ill. The news of-his deathdid uot reach the public for more than an hour after it occurred. It is impossible to describe thh first effect upon the public mind. The an nouncement that Faure was dead was received with incredulity. Confirma tion followed swiftly, however, and disbelief gave way to almost terror, for the public came to the conclusion that tbe president was the victim of an as sassin, and the majority be[ieve that tbe decade coup d’etat had fallen, For an hour Paris believed that todays sun would rise upon some form of die talorship. Official news finally gained credu. lence, and tbe panic subsided and tbe crowds began to disperse. The effect of the death in tbe midst of a great na tional crisis as a personal feature of the calamity, is subsiding, for Faure was not regarded as a great figure in national history. Still, he was re markably successful in the delicate task of keeping clear of all complica tions of tbe terrible scandal now blighting the national life, although it is well known that be opposed a revi sion of tbe Dreyfus case. President Faure was in bis study in bis study in the palace of Eiysee about 5 o’clock • yesterday afternoon. He complained of fatigue and weakness Dr. Humbert was called and adminis tered ether, but declared that there was nothing serious about Faure’s condition. Nevertheless he grew worse and other physicians were sum moned Faure was conscious and recognized Prime Minister Duper, who had hastened to tbe palace. 'The death agony began at 9 :50, and Faure passed away ten minutes later. His wife, daughters and the military rfficials of the household were present. The Modern Way Commends itself to the well-informed, to do pleasantly and effectually what was formerly done in the crudest manner and disagreeably as well. To cleanse the sys tem and break up colds, headaches, and fevers without unpleasant after effects, use the delightful liquid laxative remedy, Syrup of Figs. Made by California Fig Syrup Co. Aguinaldo, a Grand Scoundrel. When Dewey destroyed the Spanish fleet, on that now historic Sunday morning, Aguinaldo was a fugitive. He had betrayed his followers, sold them out to the Spaniards and fled to Hong Kong for the double purpose of escaping tbe wrath of his victims and securing the price of his infernal treachery. Even al Hong Kong be was not safe, for there was gathered the partners of bis infamy, who knew that be sought to defraud them and to seize tbe whole amount —$400,000 —which Spain had paid. Then Ag uinaldo fled from Hong Kong to Sin gapore, and there after tbe news of Dewey’s brilliant victory, be managed to persuade our Consul, Hon. Spencer Pratt, together with A. Wildman, of Borneo, that he could become a pow erful ally of the United States if only our authorities would intercede in his behalf with the insurgents be bad be trayed. Next Dewey was envolved in the malignant blunder, and soots Ag" uinaldo returned to Manila in the character of our ally, and was, through some inconceivable infatua tion, treated with confidence and furnished with arms. He easily re covered his lost influence and ascen dency with the childish Filipinos, and then began tbe characteristic con spiracy against the United Slates which is now bearing its first fruits of peril and disaster—Washington Fost. Remarkable Rescue. Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plainfield, 111 , makes the statement, that she caught cold which settled on her lungs; she was treated for 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 benefited from first dose. Sue 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 & Son. and Carlisle & Ward’s Drugstore. Large bottles 50 cents and SI.OO. 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. total OAKisa powotn co., new voiar. How Were They Armed How did the Filipinos procure a large supply of rifles, field piecea, quick firing guns and ammunition during the past month? General Otis cables the fact to the war department, and indicates the importance he at taches to tbe period during which these arms were received. The insurgents have been armed either by the Spaniards or by the Ger mans. If tbe Spaniards have been selling or giving their arms to the rebels in other places, as it was charg ed they did at Iloilo in order to pre vent General Miller landing, it would be xio surprise. Ge> many’s persistent adherence to her determination to in jure us in every possible manner in tbe Philippines will cause many to believe the aims came from her. General Otis says tbo rifles were Mausers. Germany is ibe only coun try in Europe that makes Mausers, except Spain. CA.HTOTIIA.. Bears tbo >4 The ou a>B Always Bought Signature The “Bl ack Sand” of the Klondike- The Klondike miners have been embarrassed by a black sand of so great specific gravity that it interferes with gold washing. But, now that the sand has been analyzed, it is found to be rich not only in gold, but aiso in platinum—a metal that the world needs even more pressingly than it needs gold. For platinum is a prime essential in the arts and the supply of it is rapidly failing. It sells now at sls 50 per ounce and promises soon to equal gold itself in price, in spile of the fact that it is practically unfit for use as a money metal and entirely lacking in that beauty which makes gold and silver valuable for ornamental use. If the “black sand” of the Klondike shall yield a new supply of p’atinum for use in photography and in elec trical operations, it may rival even gold as a “find.” —N. Y. World. 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 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 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. BAN FRANCISCO, C»l. LOUISVILLE. Kr. NEW YORK, N. Y. For Whooping Cough use CHENEY’S EXPECTORANT. R.F. Strickland# Go. OVER SHOES FOR MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN, ALL SIZES AND STYLES. BOYS AND GIRLS SCHOOL SHOES. THE KIND THAT WEAR, R. F. STRICKLAND * CO. BARGAINS IN BICYCLES. Now is the time to get a wheel at your own price, either new or second hand. We are doing all repair work on BICYCLES AT ONE-FOURTH OFF the regu lar price. Take advantage of this opportunity and have your wheel made to LOOK LIKE NEW, for the coming season. WE ARE REPRESENTATIVES OF John A. Lambert, Florist, GF ATLANTA, and are prepared to furnish CUT FLOWERS and DECORA TIVE PLANTS, for entertainments, weddings, funerals, etc. Call ’Phone 4 Two Calls When you want to send a parcel or message anywhere. We will send a Bicycle Messenger AT ONCE. KILLIAN & LAMBERT. <« HILL STREET. CEPHALOTUS The Infallible Headache Care. It is unniversally conceded its equal does not exist. It is an absolute sure cure for the most obstinate case of nervous and sick headache, and will in any case give relief in fifteen minutes. Once tried you will never be without it. Price, 10c for package of 3 powders or 3 pkgs of 9 pow ders for 25c. Don’t tail to try it. MARSH M’F'G. CO. 538 W. Lake St. Chicago. RICHES COME BY SMALL SAVINGS. One Penny Saved is equal to Two Made- For Spot Cash We will sell David Landreth & Son, Robt. Buist, Jr. dt Co., L. L. May & Co.’s Garden Seed at 2}cts. per paper. Peas and Onion Sets Correspondingly Low. THE BEST IS ALWAYS THE CHEAPEST. N. B. DREWRY & SON, i/on’t Tobsrro Spit ai-.J Sinohc lour Life Away, To quit tc ric'-o easily and forever, be mag aerie, full of i.le, nerve and vigor, take No To Bac. the wor.der -.ro:her, that makes weak men strong. AU druggists, SOo or Bi. Cureguaran, teed. Booklet and sample free. Address -terllng Remedy Co . Chicago New York FurnitHrßßßjairSliflj o 0 John T. Boyden has opened 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. Ten Cents per Week 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 lie at once re peated, or if the urine has a brick dust '!■■■ posit or-'r od r. When these symptoms are present, no time should be lost in removing the cause. Delay may lead to gravel, catarrh of the bladder, inflammation, causing stoppage, and sometimes requiring the drawing of the urine with instruments, or may ru» into Bright’s Disease, the most dangerous t stage of kidney trouble. Dr. Kilmer’s Bwamp-Root, the great discovery of the eminent kidney and blad der specialist, is a positive remedy for I 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.. for sample bottle and book telling all about it, both sent absolutely free by mail. 1 50 YEARS' f Patents Trade Marks Designs r Copyrights &c. Anyone sending & sketch and description may • quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an invention is probably patentable. Communica tions strictly conflMentfaL Handbook on Patent* sent free. Oldest agency for securing patents. Patent* taken through Munn A Co. receive tptrlat notice, without charge, tn the Scientific American. s A handsomely Illustrated weekly. lusraeet dr dilation of any scientific journal. Terms, >3 a yoar; four montba, fl. Sold by all newsdealer- - MUNN &Co. 36,B '°* dw ” New York Branch Office. *25 F 8t„ WaahingtuD, D. C. i GOOD and eend, i f soon, this <t i FOR an< ] 60C. (stamps taken )t > i ‘ musTiuno youth ho ise I mMJS" ISUMMW <e AdWcsMl. AMSHVZLXJT, TI«., ; ■■■■■■■■■■ and it will he sent one year as ‘trial subscription;’* or will send it the first 6 for 30C. Regular price Jr per year. It is an il ustratrd, send-monthly journal, of 16 to $1 pages. Fiction, Po«try, Advexiws by Sea and Lard, Wit andHvmoh, History, Biografhy,Travk*, Science, Gbnbkal Information. Woman’s De 'ARTMENT, and GOV. TAYLORS DEPARTMENT, fajlor’s Lore Letters to the Public are of spe ial interest. Sample copy free. Agents Wanted. COCCI EDUCATION, etc. r i I\LL » who will secure enough new subacrio •rs at our reguhr rates to equal the regular price •f the article selected, we will give free: bicvcle, Fold watch, diamond ring, or a scholarship in either . >f Draughon’* Business Colleges, Nashville, 1 er n., Galveston, or Texarkana, 1 ex., or one in almost any Juaii.ess College or Literary School. W rite us. Mention Griffis (Ga ) Morrino Calx