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Vol, X. No. 158.
PLEADS FOR PROTECTION!
WITHROW WRITES GOVERNOR
CANDLER A SEVERE LETTER
Asks Protection for His Ruffians
After They Hare Terrorised
Middle Georgia
The intense txcitement created in
our city Wednesday afternoon by the
outrageous conduct of the negro sol
diers, was changed yesterday to intense
indignation over the libelous article
in the Constitution from C. H. With
row, lieutenant colonel of the regi
ment
Withrow’s statement was contained
in a letter be wrote Governor Candler,
asking f or protection for himself and
the black desperadoes whom be was
accompanying to North Carolina. As
long as the negroes were allowed to
fire their guns in every village they
passed through, shooting down inno
cent men and endangering the lives of
women and children, Withrow sets
qnietly in bis car rurrouoded by his
negro officers and tbeir wives.
But when the law abiding citizens
of Griffin—forced by desperate circum
stances to use desperate means—rise
in righteous indignation and stop the
lawlessness of these half-drunken
fiends, the craven hearted lieutenant
colonel pleads to the governor, for pro
tection—and his petition is but a fab
rication of lies
He says his men were orderly and
were peaceably making tbeir way
home, while the press dispatches from
every village between Macon and At
lanta tell of their riotous conduct.
His troops were not attacked in
this city, but the train wns met by
the officers and deputized citizens,
who were under instructions from
Mayor Davis to preserve peace and
order.
The negroes alone were responsible
for the shots which were fired by the
citizens,and not the military company
as be claims
It wag not the drunken negroes un
der the command of Withrow that
needed protection, but the women and
children of Griffin, and they got it.
When the first section passed
through Griffin the police were pow
erless and the negroes fired their pis
tols and acted like a lot of drunken
rowdies, which they were.
The police reported the matter to
Mayor Davis who took prompt action
to prevent a recurrence of the dis
graceful scenes when the next section
came.
Mayor Davie, in speaking of tba
position b» took in the matter said :
"When the reprehensible conduct
of the soldiers was reported to me, and
the citizens appealed for protection
from the next section, which was due
here in about an hour, I at once tele
phoned Governor Candler and asked
him to order out the Griffin Rifles. He
promised to advise me in twentj’ min
utes whether he would do so or not,
but the second sect'on was approach
ing the city, immediate action was
necessary and by the power vested in
me as mayor I ordered the Rifles out.
My authority for doing so is found in
article 3, section 1170, of the civil
code of this state. The Rifles and all
those whom I deputized to meet the
train, were on hand and acted in a
manner that was above reproach. As
long as I am mayor of Griffin I shall
use all the means in my power to pro
tect the life and property of her citi
tans.”
The statement that the firing was
done by the Griffin Rifles is untrue
They were lined up along the railroad
track but bad positive orders not to
Are until the command was given
They never received that command
and all the firing was done by the
citizens.
Lieutenant M. J. Daniel, Jr. who
was in command of the Rifles, made
the following statement yesterday :
“Yesterday afternoon I received the
following order from the Mayor of the
City of Griffin: ‘Commander Griffin
Rifles—Owing to emminent danger of
riot at train of colored troops just
mustered out in Macon, while passing
through Griffin, which will be in a tew
minutes, bring your command to the
passenger depot at once and receive
orders from Chief of Police for preserv
ing order. VV, D. Davis, Mayor
“The above order was issued to me
under authority of Sec, 1170 code of
Georgia.
“I responded to the order as was my
duty and reported as instructed to ths
chief of police at the depot.
1 I lined my command up and down
the railroad track about twenty feet
from the train of negroes, arm* at the
order.
“The chief of police ordered half my
company about 200 yards west as
depot. Upon the departure of the
train the negro troops fired several
volleys directly at the citizens and
militia. This fire was not returned by
my men but the citizens did return
the fire. I had given positive orders
to my men not to fire and they most
positively did uot.”
The officials and citizens acted as
they should have done through that
trying ordeal, and if the women and
children should ever again need pro
tection from a drunken mob they will
get it.
Eia Life Was Saved-
Mr. J. E. Lilly, a prominent citizen
of Hannibal, Mo , lately had a wonder
ful deliverance from a frightful death
In telling of it he says : 1 I was taken
with typhoid fever, that ran into pneu
monia My lungs became hardened.
I was so weak I couldn’t even sit up
in bed. Nothing helped me. I ex
pected to soon die of consumption,
when I heard of Dr King’s New
Discovery. Ont bottle gave great
relief. I continued to use it, and now
am well and strong, I can’t say too
much in its praise.” This marvellous
medicine is the surest and quickest
cure io the world for all Throat and
Lung Trouble. Regular sizes 50 cents
and SI.OO. Trial bottles free at Harris
& Son and Carlisle <fc Ward’s drug
stores; every bottle guaranteed.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
LAWTON WILL COMMAND.
The Old Indian Fighter Will Oppose
Aguinaldo’s Forces.
Washington, March 9.—General
Lawton, with 1,600 regulars, wi.l ar
rive at Manila Friday next and pre
parations for an immediate aggressive
campaign will be inaugurated, with
object of capturing the insurgent capi
tal, Malolos, and Gen. Aguinaldo him
self.
A general forward movement against
the rebels will begin about March 15,
and the rebels will be given no rest.
They will be bunted down wherever
they are thought to be.
Gen. Lawton, who is considered one
of the best Indian fighters in the army
and who is used to such fighting, will
command the forces actively engaged.
He is untiring in his activity and ran
the noted Indian Geranimo into the
mountain fastness in Mexico years ago
and captured him there.
The military officials here are con
fident that he will persue the same
tactics in dealing with Aguinaldo.
A Dispatch from Manila says;
“After yesterday’s fighting Gen. Hale
withdrew his lines to their former
position. The insurgents followed,
rt-occupying their lost grounds.
“Gen. Wheaton estimates that 15,-
000 rebels are confronting our forces.
“Captain Luisck, of the First Idaho,
captured 19 insurgent sharp shooters,
without loss. They laid down their
arms without firing. There is no fir
ing to speak of today.
“Col Polter has returned from Cebu.
He reports that Major Goodale landed
a battalion of the Twenty-third infan
try, without opposition, on March 3rd.
Col. Smith’s battalion of Californians
was received with enthusiastic greet
ings by the inhabitants of Bacalod,
the capital of Negroes island. An
hour after landing thers Capt. Tilley,
of the Signal corps, opened a cable to
Iloilo, exchanging greetings with Gen.
Miller.”
No Bight to Ugliness.
The woman who is lovely in face,
form and temper will a'ways have
friends, but one who would be attrac
tive must keep her health If she is
weak, sickly and all run down, she will
be nervous and irritable. If she lias
constipation or kidney trouble, her
impure blood will cause pimples,
blotches, skin eruptions and a wretched
complexion. Electric Bitters is the
best medicine in the world to regulate
stomach, liver and kidneys and to
purify the blood. It gives strong nerves,
bright eyes, smooth, velvety skin, rich
complexion. It will make a good
looking, charming woman of a run
down invalid. Only 50 cents at Harris
& Son and Carlisle & Ward’s drug
store.
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 10, 1899.
ST4TE FAIR-
Let all Georgia Pull Together to
Make the Coining Fair a Success
The Call gladly prints the follow
ing appeal from Gov Nori hen to the
people of this state :
To the People of Georgia :
The executive committee of the
Georgia State Agricultural Society
has accepted the proposition of the
citizens of Atlanta providing for a
state fair, to be held in that city, from
the 18tb of October to the 4’b of No
vember, inclusive. The organiztiion
is now complete. A comprehensive
premium Het is in course of prepara
tion, and the work is fully under way
for a successful and attractive display
of the state’s resources.
This fair has been undertaken with
the distinct understanding that the
whole effort to be msde, will look to
the betterment of the educational,
industrial and agricultural interests of
the commonwealth
The fair, in all its appointments, is
intended to become an object lesson
to our own people, along the several
lines named therein, and, at the same
time, show to outsiders and, especially,
to homeseekers and investors, our pos
sibilities, the value of our resources,
and the profitable opportunities offer
ed in tbis state
The Agricultural Society, aided by
the generous people of Ibis city, has
set out to solve some of the problems
that concern the well being of every
individual citizen
The state needs to have its system
of education brought to the highest
standard This can be best done by
displays at the (air, made by city and
county boards of education , our high
schools, colleges and universities, so as
to give some dem-netration of tbeir
methods of instruction and school
government, together with the general
conduct and management of their
several schools. In this connection, we
need, also, models of school buildings
and attractive displays of school ap
paratus, libraries and all the general
appliances used, so there may be a
satisfactory examination and a final
acceptance and commendation of the
best. Good schools make the basis of
the best citizenship.
Again, we need to have our raw
material manufactured within the
limits of the state.
If, by displays at the fair, we can
see how much of this it now beiug
done and the lines pursued, we can
then know how much remains to bs
done and the best way to gel at doing
it. We ought to have on display at
least a sample of everything manu
factured in Georgia, from a well bucket
to a steam engine. Such display will
help the manufacturer and largely
benefit the state.
Especially do we need to have our
agricultural conditions advanced and
the rural districts of the state, thereby,
brought into better material prospect.
Possibly we need to stress this feature
more than any other single intvrest,
as all other business rests thereon.
If farming along any or several lines
can be demonstrated to be satisfacto
rily profitable, the management of the
fair and the public-spirited people
who co operate with them will be far
more than compensated for the efforts
they put forth for the common good.
If this end is, in any measure, to be
accomplished by displays of products
that pay, together with detailed state
ment of costs and sale, farmers will
have something to study to profit.
If success is to be reached through
the use of labor saving implements,
let us have every one of these imple
ments on exhibition and in practical
operation.
If farming can be made more profit
able by attaching the dairy, apiary
and pou’try, the raising of horses,
cattle, sheep and hogs, let us have it
demonstrated through the attractive
display of all these things upon the
grounds, remembering that the fair is
to be a great and comprehensive
school for the instruction of our peo
ple and the betterment of our condi
tions.
Now, the question comes ‘Who is
going to bring all these things to
pass?”
Not the State Agricultural Society.
The members will lead us, of course.
Certainly not the local directory This
would be impossible. We will lend all
the aid we can to the society, and do
the work assigned us cheerfully and
diligently, but we cannot maka ex
hioits. If the fair is to be a success,
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.
I anr.l BAKIHO FOWOtB CO,, MEW VOS*.
the press and the people must make
it so. If it is a failure, no man who
does not help will have any right to
criticise or to complain.
The fair is a public interest; it will
be held for the pnb'ic good, and,
whilst organization is necessary to
manage the details, the people must
make the show.
If we bad the money for the pur
pose, we do not believe it necessary or
desirable to send soliciting agents over
the state, to arouse and interest the
people.
This communication is written
simply to awaken public spirit and
bring into touch with the Agricultural
Society the generous patriotism of the
people. If its purpose is accomplished,
the press must take up, at once, and
actively, the publication of all matter
given out about the progress of the
lair; the people in communities,
counties and sections must organize
and go to work on the lines to be in
dicated in the forthcoming premium
list, and see that they are not left out
of the work undertaken for the com
mon good
The object contemplated should not
only command the sympathy and en
dorsement of the public and the press,
but it should receive the hearty co
operation and active aid of every pa
triotic citizen of the state.
If it be true that we now have an
opportunity to improve our conditions
along all lines and to make our peo
ple more prosperous, surely there is
not a newspaper in all eur domain,
nor a citizen among all our struggling
people, who will not be willing to give
the necessary time and effort to make
the fair a magnificent success.
The fair is, in no sense, a local en
terprise. The aid given the Agricul
tural Society by the generous people
of this city is for the common good, ss
the effort is intended to forward every
interest of the people and, thereby,
help every citizen of the state. The
local directory has undertaken the
work assigned them as a labor of love,
and we hope to be joined in our efforts
by the generous patriotism of the
press and the people. If so, the fair
will be a success and the state pul for
ward in prosperity and promise.
If the press of the state will lend its
columns for the publication of matter
about the fair, and the people will
furnish the exhibits, I shall be pleased
to be so informed, from time to lime,
by post, so that the management may
know what to expect and for what to
prepare W. J. Northen,
Chairman Local Directory.
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&n Excellent Combination.
' The pleasant method and beneficial
effects of the well known remedy.
Syrup of Figs, manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Co., illustrate
the value of obtaining the liquid laxa
tive principles of plants known to be
medicinally laxative and presenting
them in the form most refreshing t.> the
taste and acceptable to the system. It
is the one perfect strengthening laxa
tive, cleansing the system effectually,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
gently yet promptly and enabling one
to overcome habitual constipation per
manently. Its perfect freedom from
every objectionable quality and sub
stance. and its acting on the kidneys,
liver and bowels, without weakening
or irritating them, make it the ideal
laxative.
In the process of manufacturing figs
are used, as they are pleasant to the
taste, but the medicinal qualities of the
remedy are obtained from senna and
other aromatie plants, by a method
known to the California Fig Syrup
Co. only. In order to get its beneficial
effects and to avoid imitations, please
remember the full name of t he Company
printed on the front of every package.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
BAN FRANCISCO, CAT*
LOUISVILLE. KY NEW YORK. N Y
| For sale by all Druggist* Price 50c. per bottle
R. F. Strickland X Go.
A Rare Opportunity to Increase the Purchasing Power of Your Cash
25 percent Off for Cash on All Mens and Womens Winter Shoes.
400 mens Box Calf or Tan Shoes at $3.00.
350 “ “ “ " “ 265.
350 ladies kid Shoes at $2.65.
300 ladies tan Shoes at $2.25.
250 Shoes at $1.90,
This sale will last only a few days so come early.
For Monday's Sales.
50 pairs of ladies $3, $2.50 and $2 kid Shoes, wide and narrow toes,
sizes 1 to 3i, at $1 25 pair.
DRY GOODS DEPARTMENT.
New colored Piques 10c to 20c. New white Piques 10c to 35c.
New Percals and Madras 7c to 15c.
White table Damask goods only 25c.
Largest stock of Print Cloths and Domestics in the city.
Checked Muslins at sc.
Lovely white Dimities at 10c and 12i< .
Latest Pompadour Coml>s 25c.
Small Notions of every kind.
Latest Cyrano Chains only 50c.
Childrens Hose Supporters 10c and 15c.
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 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,
/ F ATLANTA, and arc 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.
15 HILL STREET.
RICH ES
COME BY SMALL SAVINGS.
One Penny Saved ie ; equal to .Two
Made
For Spot Cash
We will sell
David Landreth & Son,
Robt. Buist, Jr. & Co.,
L. L. May & Co.’s
Garden Seed at
2icts. per paper.
Peas and Onion Sets
Correspondingly Low.
THE BEST IS ALWAYS THE
CHEAPEST.
H 8. DKEWRY t SON.
FmilmllejsirStoj
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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.
T. B, Rice, a prominent druggist of
Greensboro, Ga., writes as follows:
“I have bandied Dr. Pitta’ Carminative
for eight years, and have never known of
a single instance where it failed to give
perfect satisfaction. Parties who one*
use it always make permcnent customers.
We sell more of this article than all the
other Carminatives, soothing syrups and
colic drops combined.” For teething chil
dren it has no equal.
NOTICE.
Sealed proposals will f>e received by the
Mayor and Council for the working of the
Streets of city of Griffin from the Ist of
April, 1899, to the Ist of February, 1900.
All bids to be handed in to the Clerk by
14 inst. Specifications to i>e Seen at Blake
ly & Ellis store. Council reserves right
to reject all bids.
W. D. Davis, Mayor.
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 be at once re
peated, or if the urine has a brick dust de
posit or strong od< r.
Whun (i.tne sy mpioiiiS 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 rus
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
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However, if you prefer to first test its
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