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AT LAST!
Extraordinary
Inducements!
2 OR THIS WEEK,
AT
Scheuermann White’s
10 Cents per Yard!
500 YARDS STRIPED ORGANDIES !
700 YARDS PLAID ORGANDIES I
3G0 YARDS CORDED MUSLINS!
The above goods have just been receiv¬
ed, and nothing has ever been shown in
Griffin like them, for that money.
10 Cents is the Price!
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Embroideries ★
-AND
★ Laces !
Embroidered Flounces
Lace Flounces!
ALL HAVE SEEN REDUCED !
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GRIFFIN GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 12 1883
Stock of New Goods ?
We have just received full line of
if PICNIC GOODS, if
Fresh Vegetables, Fresh Fish, Shrimps, Crabs Fresh
Strawberries.
C. W. CLARK & SON.
SPALDING COUNTY.
The Fruit region of BHddle Georgia.
Middle [Prepared Georgia by Prof. Horticultural Miller, Chairman Society Im¬ of
migration Committee. |
This county lies on the gentle “di
vide” that extends from Atlanta to
Macon, the Ga. Central R.R. running
almost centrally through it. The sur
face of the county is generally level
or undulating, there being no hills so
precipitous or rugged as to prelude
cultivation. Natural drainage is
well nigh perfect. Flint river and
its small tributaries, ramifying
through the lands on one side, afford
drainage and irrigation to the west
ern portion of the county, while
numerous creeks and branches on the
eastern side, carry off the surpSns
water, which after snccessive aggre¬
gations, finally reaches the Atlantic
Ocean. The water that falls west of
the Central, eventually finds ils way
to the Gulf of Mexico. The upper
part of the county is 35 miles from
Atlanta; the lower. 50 miles from
Macon. The county comprises 190
square miles, and by the last census,
1880) 12,585 inhabitants.
The soil ol the county is varied,
that having a firm red clay subsiil
oredominating. The farmers ciassi
fy their lands into red and grey.
Without having the fertility of the
western prairie lands, the soil is
nevertheless wonderful on account
of its adaptation to so rich a variety
of productions. Cottou, grain,
grasses, potatoes, tobacco, sugar
cane, berries, grapes and Iruits many
tinds, thrive here, as perhaps, con¬
sidering the extent and quality cf
the varieties, they do nowhere else in
the worid, outside of Middle Georgia.
Our happy combination of soil, sea¬
sons and climate, enables our people
to realize, with proper judgement
and energy, an abundance of nearly
everything neccessary to man’s com¬
fortable and independent existence.
Much of the land has been cleared
of timber, and is under cultivation,
still there is enough native woods
left for purposes of fuel and for
plantation use. The original
growth consists of oak, hickory, ash,
pine, poplar, maple, dogwood, ect
All thin and worn lands, turned
of cultivation, rapidly grow up
pine forests that in a few years be
come valuable for fuel or lumber,
for restoring the fertility of the
There is no need of an arbor or
planting day in Middle
nature voluntarily resumes
control of all the landa
doned by man and
trees and grows forests without
man’s aid, yet greatly to his
In worn out lands, the
properties of the soil, by virtue
the self seeding and rapidly
old field pines, constitute a real
inherent value in the lands of
Georgia that is not
by the casual observer. The
and desolate appearance > f these
fields is altogether deceptive;
is only bedecking itself in
of evergreen to symbolize the
nial return and abiding
of the soil’s fertility.
The fruit industry of
county, though extensive and
growing, is thought to be in its
fancy. The red clay sub soil
underlies most of the lands is
ed best for peaches, grapes and
fact for most all fruits. There
hardly a plot of arable ground
Spalding county unfitted for an
chard or a vineyard. Plots of
in different p iris of the <.utility have
been testa;) and have been found to
be adopted to the growth of fimts
of various kind*-. Thousands of
grape vir- , tv- cb tree?, apple trees,
as well an many acres devoted to the
cultivation of small berries, are to
be seen along the lino of the C. R. li¬
as it passes through the county.
Many citizens from the colder see
tion.-J of the Union, from Maine, OMo,
Miasouri, Massachusetts, Michigan
and other Stale:?, and even f. ora Cui
adn, have of late years, bought and
improved lands in Spalding county,
and have levoted their time rmd at
tentioa to (he production of fruit
an 1 to kindred industries. Theto
new comers from other seetiono r.ro
pleased with their new homes on ac
count ot the salubrity and healthful
ness of the climate; and by means of
their superior intelligence, industry
and morality, has given dignity to
the avocation and a new and lasting
impetus to the fruit industry of the
county. There are within view of
from the C 11. 11. from h’u’.ny t ide
to Griffin, a distance of six miles,.
800 pear trees, 6,000 . ppie trees,
10,000 wild goose plum fiver, 10,000
peach trees, 90,800 grape vines, 16,->
900 raspberry vines, 12^- acres in
strawberries, 8,000 cultivated black
berries, besides quince, cherry and
other trety pf which no enumeration
has been made. During the season
F
of 1887 upwards of two car loads cf
of grapes were shipped from this sec
tion alone, besides an immense qnan
fcity of strawberries and other fruits.
The Squeezing Point,
It occurred at the ball given at
the Mexican Legation on Monday
evening last. It was so clever that
half the town has been laughing at it
eyer since. The night was oppresivo
ly warm and the weather, was the
principal topic of conversation among
the guests: General Greely, grave,
sedate and dignified as if on dress
parade, stood talking with one of
the I i : ■ iiU'st women in Washington
society. The latter, suddenly shift¬
ing her petition, struck the chief of
the Signal 1’uteau with her fan play
fully upon tli-' arm ami exo!timed
with a pi vy blush:—
“Speaking about the weather
General, answer me this:—It thirty
two above /.• roe is the freezing point,
wh t, pray, is the squeezing point-”
General Gr A. who is one of the
most modes, tuun ii\ inn, replied wiih
some embarrassment that he did not
know, and then added, “Do you?”
“Why, certainly,” the pretty
\ woman replied. “It’s two in the
shade, of course.”—[N. Herald
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
Tlii8 Powder never varies. A marvel
parity, economical strength than and wholceotnoe?-*. kind?, m.-t
the ordinary
not be soul in competiton with the
of low te=>t, short weight, alum or
Powders. Bold only in cans. Hot a
Powdbs Co., 106 Wall Str.j.t bow
OCt2-d«w1v-*r»r> column 1st .it.
NUMBER 93
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T- X
Causes The Trouble
PILING UP CHEAP GOODS!
IN HIS
GRIFFIN STORE!
Th r \ t index to a merchant’s success is the num¬
ber o! people found at bis counters. The day is past
for customers to be gulled by extravagant advertise¬
ments without facts behind them. Just so sure as a
concern will engage in vain boasting through news¬
papers and not fortify themselves with
GOOD GOODS ! *
★ CHEAP GOODS AND ★
★ CORRECT TREATMENT 1
Just so sure will they come to grief.
pardonable Lyons lias made it the rule of bis business and, with
only tell pride the trade we may say bargains the rule when of his they success,
to iound he had were
to be on his eountors. Under no circumstances
will there be found in the management of
The New York Store
even the shaddow of turning from this establish¬
ed custom. Therefore when we tell you we have
a bargain you may take it as a certainty that the
thing mentioned is cheaper than you can find it
elsewhere.
We Propose Making Things Very Lively
during the month of May by making a clearing ol all of •
our spring Figured w oolens and a sweeping reduction in White
Goods, Lawns, Laces and Embroideries.
The line of Henrietta Cloths formerly sold at $1,25,
now marked down to 85c.
The line of $1.00 Henriettas, now marked 70c.
The 55c. line cut dow n to 40c.
'eantifnl Serges, all colors, sold np to tiffs time for
65 per yprd, now put upon our counters at 47 l-2c*
hose lovely Cashmeres which have sold so well and
be ft so Prices much admired, have been reduced a few
lengths. cut from 40c. to 25c. Splendid bargain.
The 25c. line slashed down to 15c. The PopHns inall
shades cut to 10c.
Springtide Plaid Nainsook, India Lawns, French Nainsook,
Plaids and many other styles of White
Goods have been marked way off their regular rates,
and will offer you a
RARE AND GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY I
'Ye carry an immense ickof Laces and Embroid¬
er i s and you will fn ’ rsclf if you do not catch on
toll:'. ,;icial reduction. Lyons says “sell them,”
and ourse this means cut the prices.
NEW YORK STORE.