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eCrifFin * I-.#'' 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. -mm r POWDER Absolutely Pure. Thi# Powder never vanes. A marvel parity, strength and wholesonines#. economical than the ordinary kinds, and not be sold in com pet i ton with the of low teat, f hort weight, alum or Powder* Sold only in cans. P Own an Co., 106 Wall Btreit. New etS-ddrwlv-tor column lat or ML page NUMBER 106 HbiMMHMHIHMMHMHIMMHMHMHMMF I MAKES A S E C O N DT R I NEW YORK ■■iii - 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 . -||| . • * ***’*•• ' ^ ■> • 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 NEW YORK STORE