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PHOTOGRAPHER
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BROADWAY STREET.
Finest Turnouts and Best Horses
to be Had.
fjf" Tarras Moat Reasonable and
Strictly CASH to all!
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JUST ARRIVED!
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THE TESY LATEST STYLES
NEW-:-UNO BEAUTIFUL
Tips, Ribbons and Hats.
MPDonOi fail to call and examine.
MRS. M. L. WHITE,
A Cor. Hill and Broadway.
Spalding Superior Court.
Special Session, May 24th,
Ordered, That a special session of the 8u-
narter Court of Bp&ldinK Thursday, county 5Ki.li is day hereby of
esftad to convene on of hearing applications
May, for the purpose
forth* granting of charters to corporations
in ail cases requliwmrobj^haa^cen^cwnpllcd where the law as to publication
and other
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wat.au.Awad Judge 8,0.
Potato slips, ten cents a hundred
Joa. Morris, East Griffin. tf
It has been conceded by the housewives
of Griffin that the “President’s Wife" is the
best floor for all purposes ever sold in Grif
fin. it contains no Injurious adulterations,
but is a pare whojeeome goods. Every one
who has not tried it up to date, should call
oa either J. M. Win*, 8. H, Deane or M. F.
Morris A Co., snd buy a sack to teats its
merits.
A Griffin gentleman who went to Colnra
bus on the excursion Thursday was astonish
m 1 by the amount of beer sold thers and
overcome by Ita exocllence, so moch better,
tie said, than Griffin be«.r. His ponderlags
upon the subject made him weary, and he
was fast asleep when the car stopped at Griffin
At McDonough he awoke to inquire why the
train stopped ao long, and was lofarraed
that he was at the other end of the road.
He went to a hotel and asked to be awaken
ed for the morning train. In the morning
he made a leisurely breakfast and got to the
depot—farther off than be thought—in time
to see the train leave for Griffin. He ae
cured a horse and buggy and rode to llamp
ton and then took the first freight to Gri ffln,
and when he get here wss entirely satisfied
with Griffin beer.
Blowing lp 11«J1 Oat*
has been a laborious and oostly work,
tint the end justifies the effort. Obstruc
tion in any important channel means die
aster. Obstructions in the organs of the
human They most body be bring cleared Inevitable away, or physical disease.
wreck will follow, blood Keep the liver through in or
der, and the pore coures
the body, conveying health, strength
and life: let it beoome disordered and
the channels result are clogged disease with snd impuri death.
ties, which in
No other medicine equals Dr. Pierce's
“Golden Medical Diaoovery” for acting
upon the liver and purifying the blood.
Removal I
The MIDDLE GEORGIA 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 eld motto,
“25 percent, cheaper than anybody.” and first-class commercial work.
Wg invite alt to visit our office, and give us a chance to bid on their work.
BLAKELY A SON.
’ROUND ABOUT.
■aiwr. ( .M.ntar P..f l. aaS U*a
ar»l law. dwilp.
or nova asi> naans.
What I bo’ the the green leaf grow ?
TwiH last a month and day:
is all a waa t flowers that blow
Luxka Death Ms slave Decay
But ut tf II i my lady smua
There 1* so Death at all;
The world is fair the while—
What the’tbs red leaf fall?
tVm. Jones, of Atlanta, was in the city yea
lerday.
Miles 0. Dobbins, J r n wee in the city yes-
terday.
ifim Mary Arlope returned to Macon yea
tarday.
Thera was a colored picnic at Lueils yes
terday.
i R. 8. Brawn, ef Maoon, will spend the day
in Griffis.
Mrs. Ruby Nieeli, of Savannah, is viaiting
the Mimes Charlton.
Cary Tewnsed, of Savannah, is spending
the day in the city.
Mias Emma Malaiar, of Bunny Side,waa
in the city yesterday.
Officer Bowden ran in two plain drunks
yesterday afternoon.
W. C. Lyons passed through the city yes
terday on lys way north.
Mrs. H. B. White has returned from a visit
to relatives in Booth Georgia
Quite an interesting revival is now in pro
frees at the Christian ohurok
Mrs. Billie Wilson and Misa Emma, of
Hampton, were in the city yesterday.
Mra. M. E. Dickenson returned to HoUen
ville yesterday after a pleasant visit hers.
James F, Bntton, a former citizen of Grif¬
fin, but now of Woodbury, was here yestcr
day.
There were two large picnics in thiB neigh
borhood yesterday, one at Mt. Zion and one
at Barrow’s pound.
A depot and a poet office have been estab¬
lished at Edmond Leach’s place,in Mt. Zion,
district, on the A. A F. K R.
If the trees in heaven smell like the
"Heaven tree" down here, there are many
who will feel their sort-ow alleviated at not
being able to get there.
George Seymore celebrated bisj twenty
fifth birthday yesterday. For so young a
man George has many friends, who wish
him many returns of the day.
Tump Reed, slightly colored, last night
shot Henry McGbeo more colored, lncon
veniently but not seriously, in a quarrel
about a quarter of a dollar. Reed escaped.
Miss Mamie Howell, of Zebulon, and
Miss Pinle Rucker, of Barnesvllle, attended
tba Mt. Zion picnic yesterday and are ths
guest of Mm. R. w. Champion, on Taylor
street, today.
B. L. Tisinger, Esq., of Thomas ton, was
in the city yesterday. Mr. Tisinger is one
of the moat brilliant young attorneys of that
section, and we are glad to learn is enjoying
a lucrative practice.
Meridian Bun Lodge No. <St> F. A A. M.
Of thia place, has acoeptted an invitation
from Mt. Vernon lodge No. 304, of Colom
bus, tobe present at the laying of the cor
car stone of the new pnblio school bouse
at the latter place on the 2toh Inst.
Those ladies who visited Columbus oa
Thursday are unanimous in saying that Mrs.
M. R. Brows A Co., of this plane, have a
much finer millinery store and larger and
finer stock then any millinery store in Co¬
lumbus, though th< latter is three fines the
size of this place.
Usual services at the Christian Church to¬
day. Preaching at 11 o’clock by H. W.
Bevlll. Subject: “Alone by ths roadside.”
Preaching at 7^0 by J. A. Perdue. Subject,
•‘The Action of .Baptism," after which the
ordinance of baptism will be administered.
Services will be continued through the
week.
A project is on foot to build by next sea
son, at a suitable place on the hill, at Ma
eon, a hotel to cost from $100,000 to $173,000,
to catch northerners who stop at Macon go
ing to and comics from Florida. The plan
will be inaugurated by Messrs. Henry Horne
and W. B. 8parks. Griffin may soon be
known as the city surrounded by magnifi
cent hotel*—in other cities.
The hour for holding B&bbath schools
having been changed from afternoon to fore
noon, the pastors of the Presbyterian,
Methodist and Baptists churches have de
cidedto hoid a prayer and song serviee
every Sunday afternoon at i o’clock, the
services to alternate between the churches
mentioned above. Tue first service will be
held at the Preebyterian chnrch this after
noon Let ail the people come out.
Services will hold one hour only.
mil MIX II IUIUL
THE STRANGE BUT GLORIOUS EF¬
FECTS OF A LATE FREEZE.
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How Neighbor Simmons Mail a Dis¬
covery and How He Eqjflyed
It-Nick Willis’ Bran-
fly Orehard.
HACJUcmusiK, Ala., May bib, *88-
Several years ago, in 1880,1 bought
of W. A. Haler, Huron, Ala., 2500
peach trees, of which he coaid give
mono uu.- “lion; he bad gotten
the tret a mix i in his nursery and
coaid nc.‘ tel 1 me kind from another,
wherefo he sold them very cheap,
and as I had an old red clay bill
which had never been worth caltivat
ing, I concluded to plant it id peach
ee. Knowing that they suited (he
clay soil, I was certain I bad made a
good investment I planted the trees
about the middle of October, took
great pains in cultimring them, and
hoped for ti > • *r, not knowing
what variety i nuJ purchased, In
the spring I was greatly surprised,
on walking over my orchard, to find
that out of the 2500 tiees there were
odIj a very few had died daring the
the severs winter we had in 1881.
They pot on’ and grew very rapidly
the followir,. ..mgier: some of the
largest havii. Tew blooms on them,
which I noticed were much larger
than any peach bloom I bad ever
seen, and were shaped long like a
sweet potato bloom. I watched
them closely to see what would come
next, and to my disappointment they
all dropped off without producing
fruit of any kind; but I consoled my
self, knowing that the trees were en
tirely too young to bear fruit- In
the spring of ‘83 the trees budded
ont very early, about the middle of
February. Just as the buds were
cracking, but not quite open, we bad
a very cold snap and heavy froBt,
but as the buds were not open good
I still had hopes of a very good crop
of peaches, or something else, for
the buds were very long, as they
had been the y»ar before. The cold
weather was soon over and spring
had about come, but strange to say
none of the buds had opened. I be
gan to wonder, and on examining the
trees I found to my surprise that the
buds had closed up perfectly tight.
They didn’t drop off. What could
be the matter? There was not a
bloom that spring, but the trees kept
on growing vigorously all the sum
mer, and seemed to do well until the
next spring (1884), Instead o' bud
ding out as usual there was not a
bad and qo indication of any. I
began to think the trouble was in
the soil, or the red clay, I should
have said; it was too pcor, I
thought, but this was not all the
matter- The old red clay hill was
actually becoming moist- I could
not understand it. In the fall you
would bog up almost to your knees
in mud. The neighbors all came
over and pbilosophied each one dif¬
ferently, and got me in a very good
notion to dig the blasted trees up
and burn them. Neighbor Sim*
inons enquired if I had planted the
tree« merely for someihing to do—
and some one else said that I was
trying to make a swamp on top of a
red clay hill. It did seem as if that
was my intention, for every fall the
ground would become very wet and
boggy.
Things went on in a very myste
rious manner until last year, when
the trouble leaked out. During a
wet spell last fall I noticed several
streams spring forth from the hill
sfcle among the peachtrees. One of
the boldeet, I was glad to see, ran
down through my pasture, whore I
had never been able to get a stream
or spring that would run in dry
weather. It was such a bold strearq
that I thought it would be a good
idea to catch the water, for my cat
tie suffered a great deal in dry wenth
er for the want of water. I had a
good dam built and in a few days
the poud was full.
The next thing that came into my
notice the hogs bad stepped coining
up at night for their com—this was
yery unusual and I couldn’t imag
ine what bad come over them. So I
walked down through the pasture to
see if I could fiud out the trouble.
I had not gone far before I walked
up on a shoat of 200 lbs lying over
in a gnllv. He only looked as if he
was taking A tSrfddajr trap, to I kick
ed him iu order to wake him up, but
he eoly responded with a grunt and
did not move. I walked an a little
farther down to the pond, and what
should I see—piga and hogs of all
sixes lying aboct all over the ground
come as if they were dead, and oth
era trying to walk with their feet
turned op toward the son. I had
nev«.r seeo socb a sight before in my
life. I looked up into tbe woods
and what should meet my gaza but
tbe old gray mare leaning up against
a tree nodding her bead and tbe colt
catlingcepera that it would be hard
to Dame. I thought at once tb&t it
must be colic, grubs, blind atapgers,
or something of tbe kind. So I
went back to tbe house, and sent
right over [for Neighbor SimmoDB.
who professed to be and wbb a very
good horse doctor, or at least I had
greet faith in him. Before many
minutes Simmons came puffing up
with bis shirt bosom open and
sleeves rolled up,
“Hello, Willis, what is the matter
with you and your set? Jack come
er r murin' alike tbar was fire m the
woods, and come to find out thar was
nothin’ the matter but perhaps a lit
tie cwlic amongst the ponies. Let’s
go down and ace them.”
We walked down and SimmOna
first spied the bogs. “Why, Willis,
have the hogs got the grubs, too?
The good Lord must er sent a cuss
on you and your ranch. Willis, I be
lieve that thar mare’s got the blind
staggers, and that tbar pony, I—I
don’t know what he’s got, unless he’s
got the fools, jest to keep up with
bis mammy. He looks like he furst
wants ter stand on one end, and then
on tother, I think we will have to
bleed that thar animal (speaking oi
the mare). Is thar plenty of runnin’
water whar they can drink?”
I told him yes, and discussed the
pond I had made. Says he; “Let’s
go down and see that bit of a mud
hole er yourn. I cau’t but think
that the matter lies right thar.”
vVe walked down to the pond,
which had now settled and was clear
and beautiful. Simmons shook his
bead and folded up his big white hat
and said: “This looks fit fur any
beast.” He brought up a hat full
and before gettmg it to his mouth
smelled a delioious odor. H# drank
the hat full without stopping. Drop
pnig down to his knees I heard him
say:
“Bless your life, Willis, if this
aint reverent old”— the rest was cut
short by a gurgling sound which told
that a hydraulic pnmpwas working
at a lively rate in Simmons’throat.
I got down on my all fours to see
if I could tell what was the matter.
Not to say anything of myself, who
have a special liking for high flavor
ing, Simmons got up with the blind
staggers or something else, and some
of the bovs had to show him the way
home.
When things got straight with us,
which was next day, we called in
some of the neighbors afid made a
thorough examination of the pool,
which was found to be pure peach
brandy of finest quality. And upon
further investigation the ether
springs about in the orchard proved
the same. The mystery had at last
explained itself, and we can only ac¬
count for it in thie way: Just as the
fruit sap w:;s rising that cold spell
forced it back into the roots, where it
came forth in the form of under
ground peaches. They must have
been very thick all over the roots, and
after maturing they rotted and by
some chemical action of the
earth, on the clay soil, the juice was
changed into a clear and delicious
brandy, which is now running out in
several bold streams in the orchard.
I have had large cisterns built at each
spring so that it may not be lost, and
I am putting it up as fast as I can
obtain barrels. The seed of the
peaches that rotted last year are com
ing up all over the ground sad before
many years, I have no doubt but
that the orchard will be a dense for
est of brandy producing trees, that
will each year increase the number of
springs.
Neighbor Simmons is a constant
visitor, and though he has not had
the blind staggers hard since w
were both sick, he says: “Let the
good work go on, I like to see
it if it does run out of the ground.”
And before going home, he always
samples each Very spring to see which is
the best. Respectfully, Witj.is.
Nick
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GRIFFIN. <• 1IORGIA,
Atlanta Seer and Ice!
UNEAQUALLED! UNSURPASSlL;
Defy Competition in PRICES or QUALITY (
This Beer is brewed from the finest grades of imported Hops and prepared
according to the most improved methods. Perfectly free from ary injurious
ingredients or adulterations.
My ICE is of Superior quality purchasing perfectly, either. Clear and Solid.
Write for my prices before
fl©“ Ice delivered to any part of city.
A GOOD MULE!
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Cheap for CASH or good NOTE! If you want a
good load of wood send us one dollar and your or¬
der. J. H. KEITH & CO.
Strawberries
Every Morning,
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HOLMAN A CO.’S.
E. J. FLEMISTER
RECEIVED THE PAST WEEK
New India Lawns, Checked Muslins, White Lawns,
Fans, Silk Mils, Ladies Lisle Undervests,
SWISS AND HAMBURG FLOUNCINCS
+ :o:t-
25 pieces “Renfrew” best Ginghams at 7 1-2 cents.
Well worth 12 1-2 cents.
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My Same Low Prices
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SURA ILKS, BLACK SILKS,
-AND-
ALL WOOL NUNS VEILINGS,
Will lx maintained until they are all
closed out.
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My Shirt Department
Will be fonnd the most complete in the city. Boys
Shirt Waists at COST to close out.
NEW SHOES ADDED
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MY ALREADY LARGE STOCK. EVERY W r £K!
Will save you money on your purchases
in this line.
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★ LARRCE ★ ASSORTMENT ★
FUR, WOOL AND STRAW HATS!
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,