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THE MORNING CALL.
Vol. X. No. 159.
LET THEM INVESTIGATE.
Cowardly Officers and Drunken Ne
groes are Responsible for Trouble.
A special from Washington to the
Atlanta Journal yesterday stated that
Secretary Alger would maae an official
investigation of the recent clash be
tween the citizens cl Griffin and the
drunken negroes last Wednesday af
ternoon
We hope the investigation will be
made. We think it is a duty ths govs
ernment owes the south. TM world
should know of the damnable outrage
that has been perpetrated upon this
section by negro troops, whose mur
derous conduct is being dcbnded by
white officers.
The dispatch is as follows :
Washington, March 10.—The war
department was thronged today with
negroes and officers of the Eighth irn
mune regiment and by officers of the
Tenth lodging complaint with the
officials of their treatment in the
south.
Secretary Alger will investigate the
matter, as there has been nothing but
complaints from every territory
through which these regiments have
passed. The officers deny misbehavior
on the part of the men and lay al) the
blame on the community through
which the trains have passed.
This morning one of the majors of
the Eighth immunes, colored, who
visited the department, made a report
to the adjutant general in regard to
the soldiers and their conduct, and
told some very startling stories in re
gard to their reception at Nashville.
The officer told Gen. Corbin that at
Nashville the police entered the cars
where the immunes were and attacked
and beat them in a horrible manner
and not only did this but robbed the
soldiers; in one instance sls bsing
taken from one of the colored soldiery
Tbe adjutant general told the major
to make a written report of the affair
and to include a statement in regard
to other incidents of tbe trip.
An officer of the Tenth immunes
also stated to General Corbin this
morning that the report that tbe stale
militia at Griffin, Ga., had fired into
the car containing the soldiers, and
where there were women, was true,
and that he was surprised that a num
ber of women as well as soldiers were
not killed.
This officer was also asked to make
a written report, and when these are
made the department intends to make
them public.
Tbe department wishes reliable res
ports from cities and towns in both
Tennessee and Georgia in order that
the blame may be properly placed.
Best of All
To cleanse the system in a gentle and
truly beneficial manner, when the Spring
time comes, use the true and perfect
remedy, Syrup of Figs. Buy the genuine.
Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, and for sale by all druggists, at
50 cents per bottle.
Court Adjouras-
Judge Hammond cleared tbe docket
of the City court yesterday at noon
and adjourned for the present term.
In tbe case of I, M. Watson vs. the
Southern Railway, the plaintiff was
given a verdict for S2OO.
John Reeves, the negro soldier who
was arrested by Officer Gordon Wed
nesday afternoon, was convicted of
carrying concealed weapons and sen
tenced to pay a fine of SSO or work
eight months on the chaingang. Reeves
had not been able to pay his fine up
to last night, and will probably be en
gaged in improving the roads of
Spalding county for tbe next eight
months.
No Bight to Ugliness-
The woman who is lovely in face,
form and temper will always 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 has
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 tbe blood. It gives strong net ves,
bright eyes, smooth, velvety skin, rich
complexion. It will make a good
looking, charming woman of a run
down invalid. Only 50 cents at Hai ris
& Son and Carlisle it Ward’s drug
store.
For LaGrippe and Influ
enza use CHENEY’S EX
PECTORANT.
EIGHT NEW GENERALS.
Work Begun on Recruiting the Reg
ular Army to 65,000
Washinton, March 10.—President
McKinley has decided on eight of the
new brigadier generals of volunteers
under the reorganization law, and the
other two have been practically se
lected. These officers will be trans
ferred to the regular army, if congress
continues it at 65,000 men.
The new brigadier generals are
James H. Wilson, of Delaware; Fifz
hugb L?e, Generals Lawton, Chaffee,
McArthur, Ludlow, Wood and Davis.
Tbe selection of the other two lies be
tween Generals Young, King and
Hale. These officers will not receive
their commissions until after the
peace treaty has been promulgated.
The names of General Wheeler and
General H. G. Otis were also consid
ered. The president would especially
have liked to appoint General Wheel
er, but his age, in consideration, con-.
Dected with bis status as a congress
man, prevented the appointment.
The war department has commenced
the work of the recruiting of the ad*
ditional 25,000 men to give the regu
lar army a strength of 65,000, instead
of 40,000 men.
The number of recruiting stations
has been increased from about forty
to between seventy and eighty. The
principal stations are at Chicago, New
York and Philadelphia New stations
have been established at Augusta, An
niston, Albany, Chickamauga Park,
Macon, Savannah, Hartford, Conn.,
Harrieburg, Pa , Raleigh, Columbus 1
and other towns, principally in the
east. Men will be first recruited for 1
duty in the Philippine islands and will 1
be ordered, upon acceptance, to join 1
the six regiments—Ninth, Sixth, Thii
teenth, Sixteen and Twenty-first in- '
fantry and Sixth artillery—which are 1
under orders to reinforce General Otis '
at Manila as soon as transportation '
can be arranged
Story Behind an Appointment-
There is an interesting story behind
the recent appointment of Dr. Gossner
as postmaster at Findlay, Ohio, says
the Washington correspondence of
the Chicago Record.
A good many years ago tbe family
of the late President Rutherford B. ,
Hayes, owned a dog, which ran into
the street one day and barked at a
passing carriage. The horse was
frightened, bolted and knocked down
a woman, who brought a suit for dam
ages against the ex-president. A man
by tbe name of Love was her lawyer.
He got judgment, which President
Hayes refused to pay. Love waited
for an opportunity to collect the judg
ment, which came when Miss Fannie
Hayes was married to Lieut. Wilson,
of the navy. He created a sensation
by descending’upon the Hayes man
sion during tbe ceremony with a con
stable and seizing the wedding pres
ents. There was intense indignation
among tbe friends of the Hayes fam
ily and the respectable people of the
neighborhood. President McKinley
happened to be a guest, witnessing
the entire proceedings, and bis pres
ent to the bride was seized with tbe
rest. A few weeks ago this same Mr.
Love came up as a candidate for tbe
postoffice at Findlay, strongly recom
mended by Senator Hanna, the mem
bers of congress and other republican
politicians, but when the president
learned through a member of the
Hayes family of his identity somebody
else was immediately appointed.
His 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 : “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
Disc ivery. One 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
cu r e in the world for all Throat and
Lung Trouble. Regular sizt-s 50cents
and SI.OO. Trial bottles free at Harris
<fc Son and Carlisle & Ward’s drug
stores ; every bottle guaranteed.
“notice.
Sealed proposals will be received by the
Mayor and Council for the working of tbe
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 l>e seen at Blake
ly & Ellis store. Council reserves right
to reject all bide.
, W. D. Davis, Mayor.
BRIFFIN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 11, 1899.
OUR POLICY IN CHINA.
No Foreign Alliance to Be Made Con
cerning Affairs in the East
The government is taking a passive
interest in the revival of European
activity looking to the partition of tbe
Chinese empire through the efforts of
Italy to secure certain concessions
there. No representations on the sub
ject have been made to this coun try
by any of 'he nations concerned in
the matter, and it is specifically denied
that Great Britian has approached this
government in any way, directly or
indirectly, for the purpose of securing
American co-operation in opposition
to the supposed plans of Russia and
Germany.
Italy is the only country that has
taken tbe United States officially into
consideration in connection with the
efforts of European nations to secure
a foothold in China and her action in
the matter was apparently of a per
functory character. When the Italian
government made application for har
bor and railway concessions to the
Chinese authorities, the Italian minis
ter at Pekin notified Mr. Conger, tbe
United States.minister there, and Mr.
Conger promptly telegraphed the state
department of tbe fact. It is sup
posed here that this action of the Ilal
ian minister was intended as a cour
teous recognition of tbe United States
as a factor in the eastern question
through the establishment of Ameri*
can authority in the Philippines. Be
yond that nothing has been done that
would in any way involve this country
in the partition of China.
While denying that there have been
any negotiations with Great Britain
in connection with the situation in
China, state department officials are
non-committal in their answers to
questions as to whether, if formally
approached on the subject, this gov
ernment would join Great Britain
against European interference in Chi
nese affairs. This refusal to commit
themselves is probably due more to
diplomatic reserve in connection with
matters net officially before the de
partment than to any other reason,
for it is tbe understanding that tbe
United States will not form any for
eign alliance or join with any other
power in making representations con»
cerning affairs in the far east.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the y / f/F
Signature of
It Was a Genuine Coin.
The cashier in tbe registry depart
ment at the postoffice is a very much
indignant man, all because o' the faet
that some of the clerks have been
using him as the butt of a practical
joke, says the St. Paul’s Globa. Some
ingenious servant of Uncle Sam, hav
ing more time than be knew what to
do with, conceived the idea of coating
a quarter with a tin foil, which-he
proceeded to do so dexterously that
the tin foil looked as if made on the
coin Then another young man took
the quarter around to the registry
window and shoved it in for change.
“What is this?” inquired the cashier
as he rung the coin and listened to
the flat sound it gave out.
“It’s perfectly genuine,” declared
the joker.
Then an argument ensued. Tbe
jokist refused to take back the coin,
and the cashier insisted it was coun
terfeit. Finally he threatened to re
fer the matter to Capt. Lawrence, of
the secret service, ams became so pos
itive that a little trifling wager was
laid Or. tbe genuineness of the disput
ed quarter.
After the stakes were in safe hands
the joker whittled off the tin foil with
a pen knife, and now the cashier is
looking for a chance to gel even
T. B, Rice, a prominent druggist of
Greensboro, Ga , writes as follows:
“I have handled Dr. Pitts’ Carminative
for eight years, and have never known of
a single instance where it failed to give
perfect satisfaction Parties who once
use it always make permanent 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.
Baa™ th» The Kind You Haw Always Bougk*
Signature /'fl , S'
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.
BQVII MiXIHO POWOtRCO , HTW VOWK. __
A Story of the Pope-
“There is a story now going the
rounds us clerical society which has
the merit of being true," says the
Rome correspondent of the Pali Mall
Gazette. “Leo XIII, with all his vir
tues, has, like «I1 mortals, nleo his
small defects, one of which, as is well
known, is closeness with regard to
money matters. Some members of
bis family cannot, however, be accused
of this trait, and have consequently
got into trouble. One of these, who
stands very near the Pontiff, when al
most al tbe end of bis resources, re
membered that Leo XIII not long
ago had sold a vineyard belonging to
tbe family in common without ever
speaking of dividing the proceeds.
The young man, spurred on by ne
cessity, took his courage in both
hands and went to tbe Pontiff. After
much circumlocution he arrived at
the point of asking for what he con
sidered his‘share ’ ‘Sharel'exclaimed
the Pope, with benevolence. ‘My eon,
have you not been to tbe Church of
the Stigmata? Have you not seen
theie the family chapel, the paintings,
tbe portraits of your grandmother and
your two uncles and the pictures of
St. Camile, your own patron, and St.
Sylvia, tbe patron of your grandmoth
er? There, my son, is where your
share has gone.’ ”
Wf.
fiin 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 to 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 aromatic 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 the Company
printed on the front of every package.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
BAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. KT. NEW YORK. N Y
For sale by all Druggists.—Price 50c. per bottle.
Guardian's Sale.
STATE OF GEORGIA,
Spalding County.
By virtue of an order granted by the
ordinary of Spalding county, Georgia, at
the March term of said court, 1899,1 will
sell to the highest bidder, Wore the court
house door in Griffin, Georgia, between
the legal hours of sale, on the first Tues
day in April, 1899, the following proper
ty : Two-thirds (i) interest in twenty
three acres of land, more or less, bounded
as follows: North by lands of J. T.
Beasley, east by lands of E. T. Kendall,
south by lands of Mrs. Sarah Beasley and
B. C. Head and west by lands of W. J.
Bridges. Sold for the purpose of encroach
ing on corpus of ward’s estate for their
maintenance and education. Terms cash.
W. T. Beasley,
Guardian of his minor children.
March 6tb, 1899.
c A- S T O K. I yk .
Bears the /f Re Kind Yau Hava Always Bought
Bigaitare .// ¥/ < //
R. Strickland X Go.
A Rare Opportunity to Increase the Purchasing Power of Your Cash
25 percent Off for Cash on Ail 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 ladies kid 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 20j. New white Piques 10c to 85c.
New Percale 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 12ic.
Latest Pompadour Combs 25c.
Small Notions of every kind.
Latest Cyrano Chains only 50c.
Childrens Hose Supporters 10c and 15c.
R. F. STRICKLAND * CO.
EASTERN GROWN SEED
Potatoes.
Fresh Garden.
Seed, Cheap for
Cash.
N. B. DREWRY & SON.
Furniture RejairSW
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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.
APRIL DELINEATOR.
NEW LINE OF WINDOW
SHADES JUST RECEIVED.
J. H. HUFF,
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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
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Delay may lead to gravel, catarrh of the
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