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THE MORNING CALL.
Vol. X. No. 150.
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
A Lengthy Session of the City Father*
Held Yesterday Afternoon.
• The city council held their regular
meeting yesterday afternoon which
was’presided over by Hie Honor, May
or Davis. The following aldermen
were present: Patrick, H id, Davis,
Oxford, Smith, Bailey and Blakely.
The minutes of last meeting were
read and approved.
A petition was read from several
citizens of north Griffin protesting
against council granting Osboru &
Wolcott permission to run side tracks
from Central railroad out Hi I street
to their foundry. The petition was
ordered to go ou record.
Aiderman Patrick, chairman of the
street committee, reported the streets
as being in a very bad condition and
staled that some arrangements must
be made at once whereby they might
be worked, as the committee was un
able to make satisfactory terms with
county commitsioneis for use of chain
gang.
Alderman B akely moved that the
council advertise for bids and have the
streets worked by contract for the next
ten months. He was of the opinion
they could make very satisfactory ar
rangements and have the work done
at less cost than if the city hired free
labor and paid for the services of an
overseer. The. motion was unani
mously carried
The council corrfirmed the election
of H. B. Futral as fireman of No. 1
Fire Company.
The council engaged in quite a dis
cussion over the best manner in which
bids should be audited before payment
but took no action.
A motion was introduced that in
future no bills coming from the board
of health be paid until they were read
before and acted upon by the council.
Motion was carried.
Aiderman Blakely gave notice that
he would offer an amendment to the
ordinance regulating the board of
health by making the mayor and city
physician ex-cfficio members of the
board.
Alderman Patrick moved that in
future the street committee should
order the payment of hands working
the streets.
The council authorized the treaurer
to pay Col. 0. 11. P. Slaton $25 and ex
penses for services rendered in the
mandamus case, after which council
adjourned
The Naval Repair Ship.
Every officer in the American fleet
at Santiago, from the admiral down,
has praised the usefulness of the Vul
can. Her equipment was equal to
that of any but large repair plants on
shore, and the work actually done by
her covered almost every conceivable
part of the machinery of a war vessel,
including repairs to hulls, gun mounts,
dynamos, main steam pipes, main
piston rods (for small ships), brass
eastings without number, and a con
siderable quantity of iron castings.
This last is an especially interesting
feature, as it is believed that the Vul
can is the first vessel ever fitted with
a cupola for making iron castings.
The object of such a ship is readily
seen ; it enables the vessels to have
every repair, short of a breakdown of
some of the larger parts, made on the
station, when otherwise they would
have been compelled to go at least
several hundred miles, and in some
cases more than a thousand, to reach
a repair yard —The Engineering Mag
azine
Application for Bankruptcy.
J. R Shedd has filed a petition for
voluntary bankruptcy, and Judge
Newman has appointed Col. W. E. H.
Searcy, Jr, as temporary receiver.
The case will be tried before Referee
Wm. H. Beck within the next few
days.
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
offer one hundred dollars for any case it
fails to cure. end for circulars and tes
timonials. Address,
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
t Hall’s Family Pills are the best.
IS IT ONLY A RUMOR,
Or Did Dewey Really Fire on a Ger
man Vessel I
Washington, Feb. 28 —lt is said at
the war and navy departments that
there is no truth in a rumor set afloat
that Dewey had fired on a German
vessel.
The war department says the Phil*
ippine affairs are reassuring and the
navy department says there is no
probability that additional ships will
be ordered to reinforce Dewey.
This story gained currency today
and was rapidly flashed over the Unit
ed States. The rumor was felt on the
stock markets despite all denials. How
it originated no one seems to know, as
there is no excuse, it is said, for such
a rumor.
At the war department today it was
said the latest reports from Manila
show that there hrs been the usual
desultory firing along the various
parts of the line, but the only casual
ties today are Captain David 8. Elliott,
of company G, Twentieth Kansas vol
unteers, and a private of the same
regiment. They are both seriously’
wounded. They were shot by the en
emy’s sharpshooters near Caloocan,
according to official reports
A battaiion of th’e Twenty-third in
fantry relieved the battalion of the
California volunteers at San Pedro
Macati today, The latter will ba or
dered to embark on the transport St.
Paul tomorrow.
Taken as a whole the situation at 1
Manila is much improved and “all
quiet along the line”is the report.
The latest advices from Hong Kong
state that the battleship Oregon, ac
companied by the sailed
from that port for Manila Feb. 20:h.
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.
Mathematics and Matrimony.
“It may not be complimentary to
the men, but there seems at least a
semblance of truth in the statement
that the greater the quantity and the
better the quality of education among
women the less the chance of mar
riage,” writes Prof D. R McAnally in
the March Ladies’ Home Journal.” It
has been shown conclusively that
college women marry less than others.
The ixplanation of this apparently
anomalous condition may’ perhaps be
found in the fact that a large per
centage of college bred women educate
themselves for the purpose of becom
ing teachers. Teachers have not so
good an opportunity of marriage as
other women—in fact, teachers in
female seminaries have hardly more
prospect than nuns, their limited as
sociation with the opposite sex and
the restraints under which they are
visited by gentlemen fully explaining
the situation. It is clear, however,
from the figures furnished, that the
rate of marriage among ‘coeducated’
women is higher than among women
who attended female seminaries. It
is singular to notice that in the case
of educated women the same geo
ographic differences between the east
and the west may be observed as in
the case of the others. In the north
Atlantic division—that is, in New
England—the marriage rate is lowest.
It gradually rises toward the west, at
taining its highest figure in the moun
tain slates, a fact which indicates that
the educated eastern woman who goes
west to teach has an excellent pros
pect of finding a husband there.”
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.
Harris & Son and Carlisle & Ward,
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH I, 1898.
LONDON'S COSTLY GUESTS.
Great Sums Are Expended in Enter
taining' Dignitaries.
\\ hen the city entertains distin
guished guests it lavishes its money
with a profusion more befitting an
Eastern potentate than a body of
thrifty city meu. It is, indeed, no
uncommon thing for the city fathers
to spend ou the entertainment o' *
guest much more than his own weight
in gold, a compliment surely of which
even Emperors may be proud.
The city was never moved to more
prodigal hospitality than in 1876, when
it entertained the Prince of Wales on
his return from India. In honor of
the “return of the wanderer,” the Lord
Mayor and corporation spent no less
than $137,895, or sufficient sovereigns
to outweigh two princes, even of his
present ample proportions. Nine years
earlier the city was equally lavish
when it entertained the Sultan at »
cost of $123,069 In 1893 it cost the
corporation $52,035 to welcome the
Bhab of Persia, although in the follow
ing year the Czar was brilliantly en
tertained at a cost of nearly $15,000
less.
Thanksgiving day cost the city
$65,995, or almost as much as the
Czar’s reception ; and the jubilee re
joicings of 1887 left the city pooler by
$58,000.
ThaPriaceof Wales’ wedding, thirty
five years ago, was the signal for a
great display of city hospitality. The
amoun't epentjn entertainments alone
was sb.q*2OO 4 and, in addition to this,
the corporation spent $50,000 on the
diamond necklace and earrings pre
sented to the Princess.
‘When the Queen attended the Lord
Mayor’s banquet in 1837, the corpora
tion spent $40,860 in entertaining her,
and the outlay, when she again honor
ed the city fourteen years later, was
$28,770 Thus, on nine entertainments
alone, the city has lavished no less
than $669,055, or an average of $74 340
for each guest
In contrast to this regal entertain
ment, it is interesting to state that in
1727 George II was entertained at a
cost of SIBB ; King VictTlt Emanuel,
in 1855, for $6 690, and Mr. Sianley,
eight years ago, for $7,755
The marriage of the Duke and
Duchess of York cost the city $19,-
240; in 1891, the German Emperor
was entertained for $18,920; the Shah,
in 1889, for $10,240, anil the King of
Danmark, in 1893, for the very mod
erate sum of $8,825.
It marks the unstable character of
city hospitality that it cost to enter
tain an Emperor, a Shah and a King
less than one third the sum lavished
on the Sultan in 1867 —Tit Bits.
A Narrow Escape.
Thankful words written by Mrs
Ada E Hart, of Groton, 8. I) “Was
taken with a bad cold which settled on
my lungs; cough set in and finally
terminated in Consumption Four
Doctors gave me up, saying I could
live but a short time. 1 gave myself
up to my Savior, determined if I
could not stay with my friends on
earth, I would meet my absent ones
above. My hueband was advised to
get Dr. King’s New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds. 1
gave it a trial, took in all eight bot
tles. It has cured me, and thank God
I am saved and now a well and heal
thy woman.” Trial bottles free at J
N. Harris & Son, and Carlisle & Ward
J)rug Store. Regular size 50 cents and
SIOO. Guaranteed or price refunded.
—* —«. -
Laziness and Success.
“Laziness,” said Mr. Chipperly, “is
one of our besetting sins, and it is
quite possible that we may ba very
lazy even when we are fully occupied.
How many of us pitch in for all w«
know bow, when We work, and how
many of us putter around the edges
and [>ick out the easy things and Use
up the time of the lough proposition
that everybody’s got to tackle? That’s
the question. There are more forms
of laziness than one.”
“Not only is procrastination the
thief of time,” said Mr. Greylop, “it is
the underminer of resolution. By
putting off we not only lose lime, but
we get into a spongy, no-account,
irresolute state, which may become a
part of our habit in life. With this
way of doing things we may scrape
along from day to day, but that’s ail.
To succeed we must get at it; and as
getting at it is the opening wedge to
success in life, so keeping at it is the
beetle that drives the wedge home.”
For Whooping Cough use
CHENEY'S EXPECTORANT.
Ml
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.
BOY Al BAKING POWDER CO,, WW YORK.
A Diamond Road.
Strange as it may appear, there is a
roadway near Kimberley, io South
Africa, which is literally a bed of dia
monds The debris from 'he mines
has been thrown outside of the city
walls in enormous quantities, and for
the last eight years has been utilized
for macadamiz ng the roads from
Kimberley to the diamond fields. Dur
ing a late strike, which threw many of
the miners out of work, it occurred to
the City Council to assign a small
section of this diamond road to each
one, for him to wash it over and see if
he could find any diamonds of value.
The only condition imposed was that
he was to put stone macadam wherever
he removed the other. Owing to the
.industry of the miners and the intro
duction of the new processes, each
ya,d of the road yielded from three to
five thousand dollars worth of dia
monds. There were found, and are
Util I finding, diamond bearing debris us
a market value of one hundred, two
hundred, and even three hundred
thousand dollars to its workers. It is
no exaggeration, then, to speak of this
as the only road of diamonds iu the
world, a more royal roadway than ever
king or queen rode upon.
THE EXCELLENCE OF STRIP 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 aiftt
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.
RAN FRANCISCO. Cal.
LOUISVILLE. Ky. NEW YORK. N. Y.
THE PRETTIEST LINE
.OF
WALL PAPER SAMPLES
Ever shown in Griffin has just been re
ceived at the
NEW BOOK AND MUSIC STORE.
You are invited to call and see then at
J. H. HUFF,
24 HILL STREET.
R. K. TAYLOR, M. D. J, F. STEWART. M. U.
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.
No iw-iia. I
Gua >ui.cci.i tobacco Lu. vuiu n.uh:*
feu strong, pure, sue, a .
R.F. Stricklands Go.
(O>_
Everything New inFancy and Staple
Dry Goods and Notions.
Special Bargains for Monday’s Selling:
10 YARDS GARNER’S DRESS CALICOES FOR 25c. NO ONE WILL BE
DISAPPOINTED -PLENTY FOR EVERY ONE 10 YARDS TO A CUSTOMER
BERKELEY S 1000 FINE LONG CLOTH WORTH $1 85, MONDAY AT |I.OO
PER BOLT.
BEST 4-4 BARKERS BLEACHINGS 5 3 4c YARD, NO LIMIT.
M-i ENI’.LEACHED SHEETING-WORTH 15 , MONDAY AT IT
GILT EDGE YARD WIDE BLEACHINGS MONDAY AT 43 4c.
5 4 PILLOW CASING MONDAY !»c YARD.
NEW PIQUES 10c, 124 c, 15c, 20c, 25c.
LINEN PILLOW < ASING 6 4 WIDE, WORTH 75c, AT 50c.
NEW LINEN LAWNS 50c, 75c, Xsc.
SHIRTING PERCALB, YARD WIDE, AT 7c, AND 10c,
CORSETS.
rkoTilkK.^6^ 8 D E ’i»K 8 Y “ CAn,<IED IN OUK
SHOE
25 PAIRS LADIES KID SHOES ON CENTER COUNTER, SIZES 3, 31 AND
4, WORTH $1 25, TO CLOSE MONDAY AT 50c.
GREAT SALE OF LADIES WINTER SHOES- -
AI.L $8.50 SHOES TO CLOSE AT 12 75.
“ 3.00 “ “ “ •» 245
“ 2.-50 “ “ “ “ ft)2*
° F LAI ’ IE3 50 $3 00 POIN I~ED SHOES TO CLOSE
MUpilJAi A I $1 (X).
THESE PRICES ARE FOR CASH ONLY.
R. F. STRICKLAND & CO.
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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 rm
lar price. Take advantage of this opportunity and have your wheel made to LOOK
LIKE NEW. for the o«<boon.
WE ARE REPRESENTATIVES OF
John A. Lambert, Florist,
are Prepared to furnish CUT FLOWERS and DECORA
1 Iv E I LAN IS, for entertainments, weddings, funerals, etc.
Call ’Phone 4 Two Calls
Messenger AT n ONCF nii 1 parc j^ r message anywhere. We will send a Bicycle
KILLIAN & LAMBERT.
in STREET.
CEPHALOTUS
The Infallible Headache Cure.
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 tor
package of 3 powders or 3 pkgs of 9 pow
ders for 25c. Don't tail to try it.
MARSH M’F’G. CO.
53s 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. A Co.,
L. L. May & Co.’s
Garden Seed at
2icts. per paper.
Peas and Onion Sets
Correspondingly Low
THE BEST IS ALWAYS THE
CHEAPEST.
N. B. DREWRY & SON.
«>on'tr. L r . ;i:,C '•i >. p Your LiTc Am sty.
I '' '■ ■ ’ f ' ■’ ' '-r be
tic. f; ;of . . !.' IVOan i.. ipor, Uke To
B to. t ‘ >r ...’ icr, toa»,s vculc rnvn
strong. ,\i* t 7; -•?•£’. ( ireg iaran
teed. Booklet and Mann : • free Arfdre««
Stirling Keniedv Co - ChLn-o C" New Tor*
Furniture RepairSliop
0 o
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 docs 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 de
posit or atroqjr rotor.
W ii.m tn. ■ »yuipiu;us are present, no
time should be tost 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 rus
into Bright’s Disease, the most dangerous
stage o! kidney trouble.
Dr. Kilmer’s Bwamp-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.. for
sample brittle and book telling all about it,
both sent absolutely free by mail. 1
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.Mention Griffin (Ga ) Morsis® Call
Chaap Batea to Atlanta.
On February 27th the Southern Rail
way will sell (rom Griffin to At
lanta and return at f 1.72 cents for the
round trip. Good returning February
28th. Account Madam Duffs Concert.
R. J. WILLIAMS, Agt.
H. I. Cary, T. P. A., Macon, Ga,
Cheap Bates to Atlanta.
On Monday, Feb. 27th, the Central of
Ga. Railway Co., will sell round trip
tickets from Griffin to Atlanta and return
for J 1.72 cents. Tickets good returning
Feb. 28th. Account Madam Duffs Con
cert.
R. J. Williams, Agt.
J. C. Hails, G. P. A., Savannah, Ga.