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Mi UME 17
Scheuerman & White
—ARE DISPLAYING—
The Handsomest line of White Goods, Em-
broideries and Laces
Mitre Shown in Griffin!
fc^It is a well known fact that we always
carry the prettiest and cheapest line of these
gocds of any house in town. Our stock for
this season is]
Far : A.la.©a,d
of any ever bought before.
f ;wiss, Mull and Hamburg
Embroideries,
at 10,121-2,15. 20 and 25 cents per yard that
cannot be duplicated for anything
near that price!
Plain Organdies .
AT Only 10 cents per yard and Upwards.
ANOTHER - INVOICE
*^Of Black Silk Lace Flouncings just
received. The prices on these are remarka¬
bly low.
★ LADIES LISLE AND ★
SILK-:- UNDERWEAR
Short Sleeves and Low neck—A beautiful
line of woods and must be seen to be appre¬
ciated.
Ladies Commonsense Shoes!
Ladies Opera Slippers!
.Ladies Oxford Ties!
BEAUTIFUL -:- LACE
CURTAINS !
SCHEUERMAN and WHITE.
GRIFFIN GEORGIA, SUNDAY MOl MAY 27 1888
WHAT GRIFFIN HAS DONE
THE HANDSOME TRIBUTE OF A
NEWNAN EDITOR.
The Half Million That Griffin Hm
invested in the Last Few
Tears.
In a interesting editorial in which
be speaks of the enterprises of bis owq
town, and which we regret that jrfe
can not reproduce in full, Cot. Brown
writes as follows of Griffin in the last
issue of the Newuan Herald and Ad¬
vertiser: - ;
Already there is talk of erecting a
third cotton factory in Griffin, the
capital to be lurnished exclusively
by Northern men, and there is a
strong probability that the plan will
be carried out. In addition to this
new enterprise, (which is now reason
ably assured),& broom factory has just
been started up in that thriving
town, and a canning factory will loN
low in a short time.
Griffin’s success in the manuiactur
ing line has excited admiration and
astonishment wherever the town is
known, and there seems to be no
limit to her enterprise. With far
less capita! than some of her neigh
boring towns, she has outstripped
them all, and is still going bravely
ahead. Though constrained to give
due credit to her enterprising people
for bringing ahout this prosperous
state of affairs, it must be admitted
that the peculiar conditions by which
the town was hedged jffioat had a
great deal to do with it. When
tbe Columbus and Rome road was
completed to Greenville she vi-tually
lost the trade of Meriwether, which
amounted to thousands of bales of
oatton annually. Some of her best
territory was also invaded by the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Geor¬
gia road. Then came the Georgia
Midland, which she was not only
forced by circumstances to assist in
building, but had to give up a large
slice of her territory besides. The
building of the Atlanta and Florida
road, which bisects the scope of
country west of town already divided
by the Georgia Midland, made still
further inroads upon her trade area,
and left her high and dry in the
centre of a small scope whose circle
seemed to be Bteadily narrowing—
the termini of a network of railroads
and yet for this very reason, appar
rently, a centre of commercial isola
tion. Small towns sprang up all
along the line of the Georgia Mid
and and Atlanta and Florida roads,
and trade tbftt legitimately belonged
to Griffin, and formerly gone there
was decoyed away. An other de
moralizing consequent was the fall
ing off in her cotton receipts, and
the outlook for the future of the
town was undeniably dishearten
in the face of these discouragements,
however, she set resolutely to work
to retrieve her losses, and very
sensibly turned her attention to
manufacturing. After months of per
sistent effort and energetic canvass
ing on the part of a few leading
spirits, enough money was raised
finally to build and equip a cotton
factory. This has been most fortanate
ly managed, and is now one of the
most profitable and successful enter
prises of the kind in the South. A
few weeks ago it was decided to erect
another cotton factory, and the
money required for the purpose wag
raised in ten days. Work on the
new factory baa already commenced,
and it will be in operation by Sep
tember 1st. Now there is prospect
of a third factory, and we have no
doubt the project will be successful.
The three factories will represent an
actual capita] investment of $350,
000, and’will pay oat in wages to the
operatives not leas than $50,000 an
nu&lly. The amount thus expended
for wage* (and there are numerous
items of expenditure not included in
the foregoing estimate,) finds its
way directly into the local channels
of trade, and every department of
business is benefited. Thus, the
trade that Griffin will derive from
her three factories will more than
compensate for the loss of her
Meriwether and Pike trade, insures a
permanent prosperity and independ
onefc that neither competing towns
nor wildcat railroads can tako away-
Anijl six this is not all. Within the past
years Griffin has built a guano
factory, ,80 * 0r L a a broom broom factory, factory, an an ice ice
,actor y, a sash and blind factory,
machine shop, and a cotton seed oil
mill and is now figuring ou a can
ning factory and a hundred thou*
an4 dollar hotel- The new enter
prices already in operation represent
capital iavestrasnt of not less than
$400,000, most of which has been
furnished by home capitalists, and
other enterprises now in contompla
tion will ran this amount up $500,
000 .
Ilood’n Sarsaparilla is peculiar to itself
and superior to all other preparations In
strgnirtn, ecouoroy, and medicinal raerft. (3)
A Constitution Critique.
Smtor News ;—In looking over
the columns of today’s Constitution
my attention was attracted by the
heading “Sternberg’s Inning.” Nat
orally supposing the article to refer
to base ball, which is of no interest
to me, I was about to pass on when
I saw the words, “Wagner Festival,”
in the next lino.
The reporter stated that the con
cert last evening was attended by a
large audience, composed of Atlanta’s
most cultivated people, and then do
flared that the audience ‘vaught ou”
to Wagner’s music, and that
Sternberg and his troupe “got
there.” Is the Constitution
er to bo taken as a fair sample of At
lanta's cultivated people—and is his
English the standard of theirs ?
Further on he announced that the
chorus from Tannhauser was given
“with a snap”—whatever that may
be—“a precisior,“ &a. Again . “the
spinning chorus from Flying Dutch
man went with a charming grace, vig
our and snap/ 1 I have beard Wag
ner‘s music given in Munich, but
never with anything like “snap.”
That distiction has been reserved for
Mr. Sternberg and the Constitution
reporter. Finally the the able critic
said that Mr. Sternberg “scored an
immediate success.“
If tho performance was on a
with criticism it n.h enough to raise
Wagner's ghost, from his
grave.
If Atlanta wishes to lake
rank with New York and Boston, her
leading daily paper ought to
for such things as Wagner Festivals
a reporter who could and would de
scribe them in other terms than those
suited to a game of base ball.
A Lover of Wagner's Music.
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in Forced Griffin to go, Macon. by the increased business of his houses lines
and He has picked up many
lar below their value, and his old habit of diving deep
has brought with it this time, as heretofore, more
goods bargain than we absolutely ft needed. When he sees a
he takes hold of
Regardless of Quantity!
to clear shelves in due especially Iways
manage our season
when they are laden as they will be in this instance
with the
VERY CREAM OF BaRGmiMS !
Listen to what Uapt. Lyons says in a letter receTf-
ed yesterday by his Manager anager Mr. Mr. Shaffer: Bhaffer: “In “In aT all
visits to to New York I I have have never never seen seen Jobbers Jobbers i
manufacturers so anxious to sell; they have tempted
look me beyond my needs by their extra offers and you may low
for stocks of goods. 1 have bought in large
but at prices that
Stagyer and . -|||
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Now mark down everything in Dress Goods, White
Goods, Embroideries, Parasols and Fans, and
ULEAR : THEM : OUT !
You will get during the coming week a line of goods
that your cash boys can sell because they will sell
themselves. I will expect to have you as busy in
June selling these bargains as you could possibly be
in the busy months ot fall and winter. Close out
everything writes the you can before your new goods get In.”
So great
MANIPULATOR AND CONTROLLER I
AND SO IT WILL BE! 9
Now to sell what we have in store and make
room for the coming flood of goods
3,000 Yds. Lawn will be put upon the couters at 5 c.
1 500 Yds. Pacific Lawn, full count and width, mark¬
ed down from 124 c. and 10c to 6}c. A Clo-
ious Opportunity.
One Case Crinkled Seersuckers at 10c. Splendid
value.
One Lase White Lawn cut duwn from 8c. to 5c.
One Case grade better at 8 c. If you want a White
Dress ask*to see these goodr.
One case lnd;a Linen at 8^c. You can t touch them
anywhere for Jess tnan 1 2 jc and 15c. No idle
talk here. See the goods. They will speak for
thamselves.
10 Packages of Linen de inde. Deceidedly the best
goods 15 made lor summer wear. Now cut from
. c. to 10 c.
These cuts are made to move things and get in shape for
“The Great Incoming!”
Silks, Mories. Surrahs and Fine Trimmings will be sold at Slaughter
Prices. Parasols all come in for reductions. Wc have a lovely line el these
goods. Fans from the common Palm Leaf to the dainty gauze have keen
marked down. Kid Gloves, Silk Cloves, Lisle Gloves and Silk Mils, ail join
in the tumbling procession and and sing the sam song of
"i Am Going to Make Room for the Paralyzers.”
Come right in and don’t wait even until Mandgy afternoon- We p ropeee
j cleaning cut lots for of bargains before noon. As for the week it wiHbea
memorable one two good reasons Our sales will make us remember it
and the bargoins picked up will n it live in the minds ef our easterners
| for years and years. They will lo: jpon and speak about it like our grand
.atbers freshet. do of the rtarrlson freshet. It takes importsnt events like cyclones,
and LYONS’ LOW PSICES to impress themselves indelibly on
mind ot American people. tz
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