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ANCY TOILET ARTICLES, LEADING PATENT MEDICINES, l ABTECR
BEMEDIB8, AND EVERYTHING KEPT IN A
First-Class - Drug - »tore.
At wholaaale and Retail MPSyrup of Fig* and Haaeeikua' Wioc. Prescrip¬
tion* filled at all boon of Da; or Night. Paints, Oils, Etc, Etc.
PR.E. R. ANTHONY’S PBUC STORE
R. jrDEANE,
PHOTOGRAPHER.
PICTURE FRAMES MADE TO ORDER.
yf Old Picture*, Copied and Eo l*rged.
ttrifla, 6a.* May 17.
THE FINEST
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a* HILL STREET.
Having purchased the stock and fixture* the
of Finest Jae. Campbell, city, we with propose the largest to mn and
Bar In the
best assortment of all kinds of
Wines, Liprs and Sear!
and slao aa elegant Une of Domestic
Imported fir Free Cigars. Lunch day during
every
JlffttOf!*
pr An experienced mixologist always kinds.
hand to prepare fancy drink* of all
Please give us a call and we will
you.
0. H. SCHERER & CO.
mtyl3ddcwlm
Potato slips, ten cents n hundred
Jos. Morris, East Griffin. tf
House and Lot for Sale.
The nine room house known
the Nall place, corner of
and Sixth streets. One square
business portion of city.
place for day boarding booBe.
ply to C. P- or Tboe. Nall.
UrifBa’a Manufacturing Boon.
The Macon Telegraph makes
kindly editcral mention ol Griffin:
“Griffin has long been one of
moat prosperous cities in
and now it bids fair to become
important manufacturing center.
first cotton mill was considered
doubtful experiment by some
but last year it made ihe
nal showing of over 29 per
profit on its capital stock.
following the cotton mill came
foundry, a chair factory and a
factory. All these have been
pleted on a large scale and are
in successful operation. A
weeks ago $100,000 was readily
scribed in Griffin for the erection
a new cotton mill. Mr. W. J.
caid and Mr. Seaton Grantland,
of the directors, are now in tbo
purchasing machinery for the
mill Its fonndations have
been laid and work is
rapidly on the building. It is
ble that the stock and capacity
this mill will be doubled.
“Griffin has made a brilliant
in cotton manufacture, and there
no reason why it shouid not
a great industrial centre. We
gratulate our neighbors upon
enterprise them.” and the rewards it
brought
“The Proper Study of Mankind is
says the illustrious Pope. If he
included woman in the list, he
have been nearer the truth, if not
poetical. them Dr. II. V. Pierce has
both a life of study,
woman, and the peculiar
to which her delicate system is
Many women in the land who ore
q sainted with Dr. Pierce only
his "Favorite Prescription,” bless
with all their hearts, for he has
them the panacea for all those
ailments peculiar to their sex, such
lenoorrhose, prolapsus and other
meats, ulceration, "internal
other bloating, tendenoy tointeral cancer,
ailments. Priee reduced to
dollar. By druggists.
There 1* no Verdigris or other imourity
Chase's Barley Malt Whisky. It is rich
nutritious, and the best of all Whiskies
family and medicinal puaposes. Soid
Removal I
The MIDDLE 6E0RGIA JOB OFFICE has been removed up-stairs, over
Blakely’s store. We return thanks for the almost universal patronage of the
people of the city, as well as the towns adjacent, and repeat our old motto-
*'OC ‘25 percent- n<«» AAnl cheaper nh AORAf than anybody.” a ni.ltAflu ** and nn*l first-class m commercial AAm mni*Ai o I work. u/npL
We invite all to visit our office, and give us a chance to bid on their work.
BLAKELY A SON.
'ROUND ABOUT.
Nmtpri («u*rata( Prsplp uniM.pi
aral Emma CU»»lp.
as xcaosxic ok At La
WHO i- the m«n on whom the people’* eyes
WILL turn next fall ? W’e only can surmise;
BE anre whoe’er the priceless prize shall
OUR gain,
country star of nations will remain,
NEXT autumn when we're voting who shall
be
THE PRESIDENT, when in every state we see
party strife, let's keep from anger free.
MAN never is but always to be blest—
WHO 1* our next no doubt will be onr best.
18 it n ot gr and a nation'e choice to be.
ELECTED by the suffrage of the free?
John Westbrook spent yesterday in Atian-
ta.
Capt Jno. H White spent yesterday in
Atlanta.
a large line of bird cages at the
Novelty Store.
Col. II. A. Peeples, of Hampton, was in
the city yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Aleck Lifsey, of Zebu'on,
were here yesterday.
Jelly glasses and fruit jars at the
Novelty Store.
The Episcopal church is eemraeneing
to learn the revised prayer book.
The Griffin Fertilizer Company is erecting
a new office in front of the colored church
Henry Coliias.of Jackson, was in the city
yesterday and looked as happy as usual.
A nice lot of baskets just received
at the Novelty Store.
F. B, Lindsay, a prominent merchant of
Brooks Station, was in the city yesterday.
Mrs. G. C. Stewart and Miss Susie Stew¬
art returned from Washington yesterday
evening.
R. F. M. Mann had a serious attack of verti
go Tuesday, but was thought to be improv¬
ing yesterday
J. E. Speriin, of Fayetteville, and his
daughter Miss Mary, were in the city yester¬
day shopping.
A large lot ol fish globes just received
at the Novelty Store.
Mrs. Dr. Terrell, of Greenville, in visit
ing her brother Dr. E R Anthony, on
Taylor street.
The finest mint juleps in the city are those
made by Geo. Seymore and Tom Hatton.
They are artists and no mistake.
Cols. E. W. Hammond and N. M. Colleus
spent yesterday in Atlanta en Supreme
Court business.
Miss Chattie Mitchell is teaching the sixth
grade of the public schools, iu place of Miss
Annie Starke, who is quite sick.
Mrs. G. A. Nicoll, nee Miss Ruby Baoon,
of Savannah, is expected to visit the Mb sea
Chariton here to-morrow or next day.
Andrew Dnnbar, of Brooks Station, was
in the city yesterday. He expects to go
down with the firemen to Americns.
Mrs. Sallie Speer, of Concord, after a short
visit to friends here left on the 8:20 train yes¬
terday for Americns to spend some time.
C. B. Smith is lying very low at his resi¬
dence on Chappel street. He is a good citi¬
zen, aud we trust the worst may not come
yet.
J. B. Hawkins, tf Atlanta, came down to
Griffin yesterday to bring his wife, who will
spend a few months here for the benefit
her health.
Fresh, cold beer of the best kinds alw ays
on tap at Geo. Seymore’s. Go where they
eel! the most and you will get the freshest
and best
All the machinery is in place for the Griffin
Broom Factory and the stock is expected to
arrive to-day, in which case the first broom
wi!! probably be made this evening.
The young ladies of Griffin will give*
leap year German in two or three weeks
None but those boys who are on their h«st
behavior in the mean time will tie invited
Rev. Ellison R. Cook, of Orchard Hill, was
in thejeity yesterday. He has just recover
ed from a short spell of sickness, much to
the thankfulness of his appreciative congre¬
gation.
There is no healthier and more refreshing
drink in the summer than a milk punch.
Anil they • an not be made better than they
»re made at Geo Seymore’-.
Some haudiome brown bang.- were found
near the armory door Tuesday night, after
the dance broke up. The owner can recover
the same by applying to the police head¬
quarters.
Dr. R. Vain pill, a Chicago subscriber lo
the Nxvrs, writes that he expect* to have the
pleasure of com.ng down here some time in
August if not sooner. He will be welcome,
with alt the friends he with
the Tbere line will of be tbe a large G. M. crowd A G. go RR. from to along tha j
t
; stockholder* meeting at Colnmbos to-day. J
; and the passenger care of the road will be se
verely taxed to bold all..
For all kinds of plain andmixed summer
• drinks yon can do no better than to go to
» °*° Seymore s, George knows how to
make them and Tom i* one or the aptest j !
pupils yourTer saw. j
There is a young lady in Grifta who ha*
three or four dozen drees**, and when she
raises her arms above her bead after putting
on any one of them It takes three hours to
repair the damage*. This does not include
the Mother Hubbards, of which she ha* sever
*1.
C. B. Host wick, while taking the school
eeusus in UnioD, came across a house
where the dog* were so fierce and numerous
that the colored owner had to come 250 yard*
from the house before he could report He
had six children and eight dogs, and very
little tofeeti -a, >>f them upon.
Capts. W. J. t .-aid and 8. Gruntland re¬
turned j e-terds evening from New York
and Wash toi They did not do anything
toward it. easing the oapital of the cotton
factory, but it is understood that they did
good work in forwarding Judge Hammond's
chances for United States Commissioner of
Agriculture.
The Ay cock Manufacturing Company are
busily engaged in getting out 210 window
frames and sash and 38 door frames and
doors for the new cotton factory. Work on
the factory is progressing so rapidlj that
part of the frames are already in. Mr. Ay-
cock also has tie < t for 150 window
frames and sash 1..... fartory cottages.
“Shortfeilow V’ article on the men who
join the Farmer’s Alliance in order to ruin
the merchants and keep from paying their
own debts, is timely and pointed. He does
not hit them too hard, and what be says ap‘
plies equally as well to the same class in
town. There is nothing meaner or more con¬
temptible on earth than the man who delib¬
erately and int- »’ aally avoids the payment
ol his heneet b
With one acc>< ir readers acknowledge
that the N ews earn, j off the palm for bright,
witty, aud reliable correspondents. It ia a
rare thing to hear one of their statements
questioned, for they are careful and do not
indulge in senseless twaddle. As for news,
well, they get it all, and what more could
they do. They are admirable agents, too,
and never tire of getting good subscribers.
As a consequence, onr list of weekly sub¬
scribers is daily growing larger and its
circles becoming wider and wider. Two
new correspondents, ‘ Becks" and "Short
fellow,” appear this week.
It has been conceded by the housewives
of Griffin that the “President's Wife” is th*
best flonr foraU purposes ever sold in Grif¬
fin . jt contains no injurious adulterations,
but is a pure wholesome goods. Every one
who has not tried it up to date, should call
on either J. M. Mills, 8. H, Deane or M. F.
Morris <fc Co., and buy a sack to tests its
merits.
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To Trouble to Swallow
Dr. Pierce’s “Pellets" (the original
“little liver pills”) and no paio or grip
ing. Cure sick or bilious headache,
sour stomrch, and clease the system and
bowels. 25 cts. a v.al.
ORCHARD HILL OCCURRENCES.
Cotton Just Coming Up--An IceCream
Festival and a School Concert.
Okchabk Sill, May 16.— The
weather is coo! for the season. The
thermometer registered last night
at 50 degrees and there was some
fro9t this morning in low places
though not enough to do any serious
datnoge. We have had some nice
showers during the past week, which
will be a great benefit to the crops.
A great deal of the cotton was not
up owing to the previous dry weath
or, but now it is pushing up the
ground and in a day or two there
will be excellent stands. Some are
chopping now, while others "are pre
paring to commence the great battle
with General Green, which muat be
kept up until the last enemy to the
great kiDg of crops is conquered. As
a general thiDg farmers are pretty
well up with work and with the aid
of sufficient rains will soon have their
crops in Bplendid condition.
There was an ice cream festival
yesterday evening at the Methodist
conrcb, which was well attended,
especially by the yoaug people, who
had a pleasant time Abont sixteen
dollars was taken ip.
W W Grubbs is on a business trip
to Southwest Georgia and will per
baps remain for several weeks.
T G A and Miss Tinnie Htarr at
tended services at Rehobeth last
Sabbath and seemed to bo very hap
py-
j Andrew Cooper, enumerator of the
ecbool ln , h ; g , Akin, district,
i
j Wl ‘ BOOB compile his .sork and he
; will perhaps report about six ban
re( j 6 cbohirs. a majority of whom
! are colored.
The little son of B F Maddox, who
; has been very low with lockjaw, is
still improving.
W J Duke has moved his saw mill
on the promises of Mrs Martha Burk,
where he expects to do a good Jam :
ber business-.
mis Mirtba Willio is visiiiug her
| daughter Mrs Emma Thorntou. of
; Griffin, who is quite sick, as well
also cs her little child.
The Rchoo! at Liberty Hill under
the supervision of Prof Perdue and
daughter Mist Lortna, will have an
e „ m ; oatioiJ on n „ t Fri day and a
Some good , work .
concert at mght.
has been done by them in advancing
their students, and we trust the pa
tron9 gnt ] friends „i!j give them their
presence on that occasion.
J. T. Baird visited J. ?. Brown a
few Jays past, and wniia there cam*
near being ho^ bit while taking a
look at some fiue Jersey pigs. Un
fortunate affair! Mr. B. says he will
keep the fence between himself and
mother of those pigs when he
to look again.
Yom correspondent attended ser
vices at Reboboth church on last
Sabbath and bad the privilege of
hearing an excellent sermon deliver
by Uncle Wash Oliver from the
text, “And the people had a mind
to work,” The congregation was
large and attentive, and we believe
his sermon wiil accomplish much
Rehoboth is a flourishing
numbering about one hun
dred members. They also have an
interesting Sabbath school of about
forty scholars. Roxie.
FACTS FROM FLAT SHOALS.
Cotton Chopping—First Squares-*!
Contemplated Snlcide, Etc.
Flat Shoals, Ga., May 16.— Cotton
chopping is the order of the day; you
can hear the hoe in every direction. I
had occasion to pass Capt. Vf. H. Hart
nett’s farm on Monday, and if I am not
mistaken I counted thirty hands, one
right behind the other. It looked like
business. H. B. Neal also has a great
many hands chopping. Crops are look
ing rather flattering just now.
J. E. Duke, of Monroe county, has
recently been spending a few days with
Mr. Head’s family.
Dr. R. Guinn, ol Baltimore, has been
spending a few days with Capt. W. H.
Hartnett.
Miss Mary Thrash is vLsiting Griffin.
Mrs, W. A. Gibson has returned
home.
D. N. Freeman has returned from
Atlanta.
H. B Neal was called to McDonough
yesterday on account of sickness of Dr.
Nott.
The following very pleasant party
from Griffin spent Sunday and Monday
at the Shoals: Mrs. E. W. Hammond,
MisaeB Chattie Mitchell and Eeola Ran
som, were the guests of Mrs. W. T.
Rawls; while D. Glessner, N, M.
lens, C. P. Nall.Thos. Jones and
Brown divided their time between Capt.
Hartnett’s bachelor ball and W. T.
Rawls’ residence,
C. G. Kenny contemplates going
Griffin to spend a week. The people at
the Shoals have had to keep a close
watch on Mr. Kenny since the
party returned home, to prevent.suicide
His case is considered here to be
less.
Fish are biting books nicely now, and
seiners are also having good luck.
T. Williamson says he has
squares. Tom never allows any one
get ahead of him.
Mrs. T. J. Williamson was taken
severely sick last night. She night. was not
expected to live through the r. w.
You. VUEIQHT
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It* saperior for excellence proven in
of homes more than a quarter of a een
tury. It isused by the United Ftatea Gov¬
ernment . Endorsed by the heads of
Great Universities as the btrongest,
and most Healthful. Dr. Price’s Cream
Baking Powder does not contain Ammonia,
I.ime, or Alum. Sold only in Can*.
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THE VERY LATEST STYLES
NEW AND BEAUTIFUL
j IQS • ’ RlDuOnS 3fld u H3tS
VST Do not fail to call aud examine.
MRS. M. L WHITE,
Cor. Hi!’ a"d Broadway.
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C. P NEWTON, Ag’t,
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA,
Atlanta Beer and Ice!
UHEAQUALLEDI UNSURPASSED;
Lot Mens Tall
Defy Competition in PRICES or QUALITY!
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according To "X- KR*
ingredients or adulterations.
My ICE is of superior quality perfectly, Clear and Solid.
Write for my prices before purchasing of either.
i©“ Ice delivered to any part city.
A GOOD MULE!
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Cheap for CASH or good NOTE! If you want i
good load of wood send 11 s one dollar and your or¬
der. J. H. KEITH & CO.
Strawberries
Every Morning,
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HOLMAN & CO.’S,
, FLEMISTER
RECEIVED THE PAST WEEK
New India Lawns. Checked Muslins, White Lawns.
Fans, Silk Mits, Ladies Lisle Undervests,
SWISS AND HAMBURG FLOUNCINC8
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pieces “Renfrew” Well best Ginghams at 7 1-2 rent#.
worth 12 1-2 cents.
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My Same Lore Price*
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SURA ILKS, BLACK SILKS,
-AND-
ALL WOOL NUNS VEILINGS,
Will Ik* maintained until they are all
closed out.
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My Shirt Department
Will be found the most complete in the city. Boys 1
Shirt Waists at COST to close ont.
NEW SHOES ADDED
MY ALREADY LARGE STOCK. EVERY WEEK I
Will save you money on your purchases
in this line.
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★ LARRCE ★ ASSORTMENT ★
FUR, WOOL AND STRAW HATS!
t3sr New lot straw Hats to arrive this week!
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500 May Fashion Sheets to be Given Away !
Patterns for Sale, in stock !
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YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED!
E. J. FLEMISTER,
• 51 AND 53 HILE STREET.