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VOLUME 17
Griffin, Ga.
Griffin is the liveliest, pluckiest, most pro¬
gressive town in Georgia. This is no hjper-
bollcal description, as the record of the last
five years will show.
During that time ft has built and put into
most successful operation a $100,000 cotton
aetory and is now building another with
nearly twice the capital. It has put up a
a ge iron and braes foundry, a fertilizer fac¬
tory, an immense ico and bottling works, a
sash and blind factory, a broom factory,
opened up the finest granite quarry in the
U oiled States, and has many other enter¬
prises in contemplation. It has secured
another railroad ninety miles long, and while
looated on the greatest system in the South,
the Central, has secured connection with its
important rival, the East Tennsssee, Virginia
and Georgia, It has just secured direct inde¬
pendent connection with.Chattanooga and
the Wt st, and has the President of a fourth
railroad residing here and working
to secure its completion. With
its five white and three colored
churches, it is now building a $10,000 new
Presbyterian ohunSh. It haa increased its
population by nearly one-fifth. It has at-
u;' c.: u round its borders fruit growers from
nearly every State in the Union, until it. is
now surr< utided on nearly every side by or¬
chards a .d vineyards. It.is the home Of the
grape and its wine making capacity has
doubled every year. ■ It has successfully
inauguiatcd a system of public schools, with
a seven years curriculum, second to none.
This is part of the record of a half decade
and simply shows the progress of an already
admirable city, with the. natural advantages,
of having the linpst climate, summer and
winter, in the world.
Griffin is the county seat of Spalding
county, situated in weBt Middle Georgia, with
a healthy, fertile and i. .ling country, 1150
feet above sea level. By the census of 1890, it
will have at a low estimate between 6.000 and
7,000 people, and they are all of the right
sort—wide-awake, up to* the times, ready to
weteome strangers and anxious to secure de¬
sirable settlers, who will not be any less wel¬
come if they bring money toheJjJ build up
the town. Therefis about only one thing we
need badly jnst now, and that is a big hotel.
We have several small ones, but their accom¬
modations are entirely too limited for onr
business, pleasure and health seeking guests.
If you see auybody that wants a good loca¬
tion far a hotel injtie South, just mention
Griffin] **
fcGriffin is tlio place where the Gmffin
News is published—daily and weekly—the
vest newspaper in the Empire State of the
Georgia, Please enclose stamps in sending
for sample copies.
This brief sketch will answer July 1st,
1888. By January 1st, 1889, it v, ill have to be
changed to keep up with the times.
fROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY
Divorces quietly. Advioe free. Address
G. Cole, Atty. Box 631, Chicago, 111.
leak’s collecting and photecxive agency.
S. C. LEAK,
ATTORNEY AT LaW,
Office, 81 % II11 Street.
GRIFFIN, - - - - GEORGIA.
Prompt attention given lo clerical work,
general Taw business and collection of claims.
may9d&w8m
D. L. PARMER,
attorney at law
WOODBURY, : : GEORGIA.
Prompt attention given to all business.
Will practloe In all the Courts, and when¬
ever business calls.
iSF Collections a specialty. apr6dly
DR. JOHN L. STAPLETON,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
GRIFFIN, : : : : GEORGIA.
Office—Fron*. Room, up Stairs, News Build
ing. Residence, at W. H. Baker plaoe on
calls, Poplar street. Prompt attention jan21d&w6m given to
day or night.
HENRY C. PEEPLES,
A T TOR N.E Y AT LAW
HAMPTON, GKOBGLA.
Practices in all the State and Federal
Courts. oet9d&wly
‘
JNO. J. HUNT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA.
WL Office, ite’s Clothing 31 Bill Street, Store. Up Stairs, mar22d&wly over J. II
I>. DISMUKB. N. M. COLLINS
DISMUKE & COLLINS,
LAWYERS,
GRIFFIN, GA.
Offioe,first room in Agricultural marl-d&wtf Building
Up-Stairs.
8THOS. R. MILLS,
TTORNEY AT LAW,
GRIFFIN, in GA.
Will practice the State and Federal
Courts. Office, over George & Hartnett’s
c inter. nov2-tf.
on D.arawAKT . nonr. t. daniel
STEWART A DANIEL,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Will Over practice George <fc in Hartnett’s, the State Griffis, and Federa Ga.
-parts. ianl.
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C. S. WRIGHT,
WATCHMAKER add jeweler
Hill Street, GRIFFIN, Up GA.
Jr., Stain over J. H. White-
k Co.’s.
GRIFFIN GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING. JULY 7 188*
A NEW FOUND PEOPLE.
A Tribe of Lung Haired Blacks Id Africa.
Interesting Discoveries.
Lieut. Lienart, who accompanied Capfc.
Van Qele in his recent journey which
solved the greatest remaining problem of
African geography, haa returned to Brus¬
sels, bringing full details of the trip by
steamer for ninety-nine days on the Mo-
bangi river. The expedition proved that
the Mobangi is identical with the Welle-
Makua river, and is, therefore, the great¬
est northern tributary of the Congo.
On Oct. 27 last the expedition, com¬
posed of four white men and fifty-seven
native boatmen ana soldiers, left Equator
Station, on the Congo, and started up the
Mobangi on the tittle steamer En Avant,
the first vessel launched on the Upper
Congo. The steamer had in tow a na¬
tive war canoe with a capacity of 100
men, on which a part of the expedition
was quartered. About 450 miles up the
river they reached the Zongo rapids,
the furthest point attained by Gren-
fell, and there their explorations
began. In the next thirty miles they
passed a aeries of five rapids, at two of
which they were compelled to take the
machinery out of their drag vessel, unship the
paddle wheels and her up with
great Three difficulty on rollers over land.
weeks were required to pass these
rapids, river did above which the broad, m&jestio
not offer a single noteworthy
obstruction in the 200 remaining miles of
the ascent The country, writes Capt
Van Qele, is very beautiful. The river,
which for long stretches - is over a mile
in width, with an average depth of
twenty feet, is bordered by nigh lulls, on
whose gentle in the slopes distance, are hundreds have of huts,
which, the appear¬
ance of chalets. Here and there are
semi in the branches of lofty cottonwood
trees buildings made of branches and
grass, which are used merely as poets of
observation, and which doubtless gave
rise to the romantic rumors Grenfell
brought home of aerial dwellings on the
Upper MohangL The first new tribe the
explorers discovered were the Bakombe,
who are said to extend Mobangi over a and large the re¬
gion between the
Congo. . remarkable
The Bakombe are among
all the blank races of Africa for their un¬
usual growth of hair, which many of
them arrange in the form hair of large chig¬
non s. Others wear their down their
backs in many long, thin braids, which
are frequently fastened together. Capt.
Van Qele makes the surprising statement
that he saw some persons with hair
nearly five feet long. * lietrt: lienart
says he saw some women who tied their
long braids around their arms, and that
this remarkable custom did not incon¬
venience them at all as they engaged abund¬ in
their usual occupations. No such
ant head coverings have been found
among any other tribes in Africa.
For about 140 miles, midway between
4 degs. and 5 degs. north latitude, and
north of the big bend of the Congo, the
river flows almost due west, and new
tribes are met along the banks. Capt.
Van Gele calls this stretch of the Mo¬
bangi valley the most fertile and popu¬
lous part of Africa he has visited. “I
have “such not affluence seen elsewhere,” of provisions. he writes, Every¬
an
where are endless supplies of bananas,
maize flour, sorghum, sweet potatoes,
arachidea, yams, beans, sugar cane,
sesamum, tobacco, honey, sheep, in goats the
and fowls. My men had poultry
pot every day. Our boat was sometimes
loaded down with presents of food, and
throughout the journey I did not touch
one of the sacks of rice that I had taken
with me from the equator.”
Here the river is at its widest and it is
thickly dotted with islands, all inhabited
and under cultivation. Conical huts,
like those among some tribes of the Upper thou¬
Wella-Makau, begin to appear by
sands. They are grouped in villages,
sometimes forming wide streets that are
very neatly kept, and again built in large
circles in the center of which is a speak¬ high
mound of earth from which their
ers address the popular assemblages. The
largest of these tribes is the Banzy, who
as workers in iron are equaled by few
African tribes. Their iron products variety and are
noteworthy workmanship. for their gnat They make lance
superior heads, harpoons, hoes,
and arrow axes,
spades, knives, bracelets, chains, pipe
bowls, beads, little- bells and many other
articles. They are also skillful workers
in Ivory, and everywhere the explorers bracelets
saw artistically turned ivory
and pins a foot long. The Banzy is the
only tribe found in Central Africa whoso
women deface their upper lip by the In¬
sertion of the p dele, a practice that is
very common among the tribes east and
south of Nyassa. tribes for about ljJO miles
These large friendly,
along the river were very
though they had never seen white man
before. They were frightened neither
by the steamer nor by the shots that were
often fired at the ducks and other game
in the stream. Often fleets of thirty ox
forty canoes would paddle out to the
steamer, offering food for sale. At the
town of the head chief in the Banzy
tribe another rapid barred the way, and
it was necessary to tow the steamer up
stream by means of a stout cable. The
natives gathered by thousands to
watch the operation. They rocks pointed lurked out
spots where dangerous un¬
der tlio surface. They hauled in their
fish nets that were in tile way, and laid
hold of the cable with right good will,
while the fetich men on the bank made
favorable invocations. .When the En
Avant was safely past the rapids the na¬
tives raised enthusiastic cheers, and many
of them shook hands with the Europeans,
and felicitated tliem upon their success.
—Brussels Cor. New York Sun.
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our traveling correspondent.
What He Saw la a Round Through
Pike.
July 4,1888.
Editor Nkws:—A s your traveling
correspondent, local ageat, and asso
oiate editor of the News, I will give
you a brief of travel and- my wherea
bouts. I reached today by the con
vement and popular Georgia Mid
land and Gull railroad, the little
hamlet of Concord in old Pike court
ty, where I met many of my old coun
ty chums, to vrit: Jeff and Jack Lee,
Capt. Henry and John Strickland,
Will and Jasper McLendon, the von
erable Jas. Madden and his son Hon.
John. It was one of the most gaily
memorable days of my life. The
Gorilla monkey exhibitar of the day
was old Jack Lee, just to see him
take on one of his smiles of 8x9
which would shake him up from
head to foot like a bag of beef jelly
on the drop. The exhibition was in
the storehouse of Mr. Jeff Lee; the
electric fluid caught on to every one
in the house. Dr. Barnes was sitting
on the counter and he took on such
a quantity of the fluid that be bad
nearly the power of Lula Hurst. He
like to have jerked the counter clear
over in his convulsive laughter. Why,
the influence over and in me was bet
ter than a medicine, for it acted on
my system as a cathartic, dieurhetic,
diaporbetic, antiseptic, pepeintome,
antiespasmodie and narcotic. It so
stimulated the pneumogastrio nerve
of niy stomach which controls the ao
tion of the heart as to cause it to pul
sate so strong as to alarm me. My
advice to any and all chronic invalids,
such as have gout, dyspepsia, rheu
matism, sciatic pains or lumbago, to
go there in preference to the Elec
trie Hillman well, for I stayed there
only one day and am quite cured of
rheumatism.
Concord has 6 dry good aad._gro
eery stores, 1 drag store, 1 fafni
ture house, a livery stable; a fine
school, Baptist church, a grist and
planing mill, wood shop »nd a neat
hotel. It has a population of 350 in
habitants and they claim a territory
of 8 miles square as a backbone sup
port. They shipped from there the
last season 2000 Dales of cotton.
Jas. Ilooten, (the-son of the in
spired divine,) has several hundred
acres of the finest timber in Middle
Georgia; has a saw mill of the capac
ity of 15,000 feet per day; has orders
for 8 carloads of lumber With local
bills now on hand. They have -two
doctors there, Drs. Barnes and Mallo
ry, who are quite popular and are get
tiag a lucrative practice.
I left on an omnibus for Zebulon,
the county site of Pike county. The
rain retarded me getting there for
the commencement. I, however,
give an outline of the programme on
the occasion as given me by Prof.
Merreit, in charge of the high school
at said place. Commencement ad
dress, delivered on education, by W,
C. McCall, D. D., of Atlanta. The
address was very instructive and full
of thought. The exercises of the
school took up two days and nights.
The night services were on the theat
rical order of charades, music, etc.;
closed on third night with an ice
cream festival given by the patrons
of the school to the professors and pu
pils as an appreciation of his and
their success. Professor Merritt is
a very high classic grade, refined
strictly mrral, and with a gifted tact
to impart and instruct bis pupils.
Mrs. Minnie Merptt, bis assistant
teacher and Misk Nell Merritt, aausic
teacher, are endowed likewise with
the same qualifications to impart and
instruct and each is gifted in har
monizing the senool into a family of
love and affection, which has won
for them the highast esteem and love
of patrons and pupils.
"When I reached Williamson I was
met with such an ovation that made
me feel good. I was caught up cm
a Utter with a hoist of flag waving to
the breeze, inscribed on its banner,
hurrah for fhe hero of modern timps.
I was borne to the express on the
litter by W. H. Baker and R. W.
Williamson where I extended to
them my congratulations and appre
ciation oi the honor conferred on
me.
Mr. Editor, please allow me a
word of commendation to the fairest
of the fair among ten thousand and
altogether lovely, the matrons and
young- ladies in the oity of Griffin.
In mj round of travel I have met
such distinguished ladies of culture,
refinement, taste and beauty, and
these are the ohai ms and attractions
or the cultured and fascinating
young men which makes the city
of Griffin the place of such a pleasure
ful resort for them.
The Griffin News fonnd a wel¬
come in every househould I visited.
Yours in esteem, A. H. R.
KILLED BY A TRAIN.
A.' F. Neals, of Harris Centjr, Ran Over
By a Freight.
Enquirer-Bun
The freight train of the Georgia
Midland railroad, north bound,
which left Columbus at 6 a. m., yes
lerday morning, killed Mr. A. F.
Seats, of Harris county, near Ossa
batohie creek. Mr. Seats was very
deaf and was walking down the track
with bis face to the train. The train
was a long one, and was going down
grade at the time the engineer saw
Mr, Seats. Every means possible
was resorted to to prevent the aoci
dent. Whistles were blown for
brakes and they were pot on, danger
mgnrita given, bat all to no avail, as
it was impossible to stop the train
betoro.it <hit and fatally hurt him.
It was exceedingly unfortunate and
deeply regretted. The remains were
put on the train and sent to Wavetfy
Hall, where a coffin was sent on the
1:10 p. m. train. Mr. Seats was an
elderly man, and oae highly respect
ed by all his acquaintances. He has
long suffered with a great defect in
hearing.
The coroner's jury fully exonerated
the eogineer and conductor of said
train. ■ The accident is very much
regretted by. the community. Mr.
Seats had a brother that was killed
in like manner by a train in Florida
a year or two ago. It is said that
not a single member of this family
hrs died a natural death. Mr. Seats
was a veteran of the war of 1848.
Get rid of that tired feeling ns quick ns
possible. Take Hood’s Sarsaparilla, which
gives strength, a good appetite, and health.
He Ought te Here to Griflin.
There is an alderman in Albany
who ought to move to Griffin and be
happy. Ue could be sure of an elec
tion to the council as longas be lives
and would Bad more congenial spir
its there than be seems to find in the
Albany board. Come on, Alderman
Watson!
The Albany News and Advertiser
says:
‘‘Alderman Watson desired to
make s statement to the City Coun
cil, and ask for an expression of their
wishes as to the advisability of con
the tinning streeis. the cutting of the weeds on
He stated that the
weeds when cot wonld in due time
spring up again, and that be wanted
it to go on record that he was op
posed to any such foolish expendi
ture of the money of the people. If
pat is permanent improvements, the
money wonld be much more jndi
ciously used. Tho City Council in
strocted Mr. Watson, as chairman of
the street committee, to continue
catting the the health weeds to the the end and of pro
serving of city of
removing their unsightly rankness.
Tim mayor ordered Marshal West
brook to give direction to and exar
cise a supervision over the mas ran
ning the city mower,''
Distilled from the richest Malted Barley
Chase's Barley Malt Whisky is full of autr
meat, mild and excellent sad absolutely
pore. George 6 Hartnett sole agents for
Griffin, G»
Honev i om
We have fine lot Pure Country Honey-
100 Fresh Melons.
Try Fresh 6tiS^ Fish, Shrimp, Crabs.
4 A Tobacco.
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C.W.CLARK*SON. -
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GEORGIA ON WHEELS.
The Exhibit Car ef the Georgia Bu¬
reau of Immigration.
In the first issue of the Southern
Empire it was stated that the Burma
of Immigration would fit up a special
oar, handsomely decorated, in whioh
weald he placed a condensed exhibit
of the produots of Georgia—agricul¬
tural, mineral, wood* and manufaetur
ing—and that this car would be sent
North and the exhibit shown at va*
rioos State, distriot and county fairs,
and at the same time there would be
distributed suck pamphlets, circulars
and papers as the different counties
should eon tribute, thus affording each
locality an excellent o ppor t un it y of
advertising its resources.
A handsome ear, fifty feet long, is
now being built for the purpose at
the oar shops of the Central railroad
in Macou. Atone end will be the
Commissioner’s private office, with
sleeping berths, closets, toilet room
eto. The remainder of the oar will
be fitted np with racks and shelves
to hold the various articles for exhibi
tion. On tbe outside of the ear along
the. top, will appear In large gold let¬
ters, “Central Railroad of Georgia,”
In the center of tbe aide of the oar,
between two doors, will be painted a
representation of the great am!
.the State of Georgia, surrounded by
tbs words, “Empire State of the Sun
ny South.” At one end on tbe side,
will appear in large geld letters
“Georgia Immigration Bureau,” and
at tbe other end, “Georgia Agricui
tarsi Society.” As it goes flying
through the Northern States stopping
at tbe different stations, tbe car will
of itself be a big advertisement for
Georgia.
In the car will be a representation
of all the varied products and in
dostries of Georgia. From the
mountains of North Georgia will
come specimens of gold, silver, iron,
lead, marble, manganese, graphite,
mica, talc, and other minerals, to
gather with grains and fruits. From
Middle Georgia will come samples
of wheat, rye, oats, corn, barley,
cotton, vegetables, fruits, batter,
honey and grasses. From Southern
Georgia will come rice, sugar cane,
syrup, sugar, sea island cotton,
(dives, melons, palmetto, grey moss,
yams, and all the products of that
senutropieal region- From tbe for
eats will come specimens of yellow
pine, cedar, cypress, gum, oaks,
hickory, poplar, turpentine, rosin,
etc. From the manufactories will
come sanples of ootton and woolen
good*, wooden ware, iron, and a
long line of manufactured artiotse.
Tbe Commissioner is sparing no
paius to make tbe exhibit both eon
plete and attractive, and he haa en
listadin his aid enterprising m*n in
every section of the State, He asks
all who have any special prodnota
peculiar to their section, manufac
tored a-tides or curiosities, to send
them to him without further inrita
tion. Articles of special value wiU
be ntarntd when so requested.
Mark all articles for exhibit, “W. L.
Glessner, Commissioner of Immi
grtiieo, Americas, Ga.,” and ship
by the 1st of August, Label each
article with naan of specimen, asm -
of donor and county, «pd notify tbe
Commissioner of ill shipment,
Papers throughout the State are
requested to copy this article and
urge the people of their county to
prepare and print a d esc rip tion of
its resources and advantages for Ms
tribntion throughout the Norto,
NUMBER m
shipping them to tbe Commissioner
not later than the 10th of August.
GOING THROUGH THE FORMALITY.
The Counties Preparing Far The Con-
grotsionai Convention.
The Fifth District Con gres s ional
Convention meets in Atlanta on the
11th instant, which is next Wednee
day, and, as the Augusta Evening
News says:
“The counties of the Fifth District
endorsing are going Hon. through J. D. thefermattiv Stewart for of
re
election deserves to all the Congress. praise bestowed The Judge
him,” up
on
73m Democrats of Fayette county
assembled in mess m^tiagon the
3d instant, in Fayette: to elect
delegates to the c- ioosl con
vention. Hon J ». Jrahii#
sleeted chairman, and T V Lester
secretary. On motion, the chair op
pointed J W Kitchens, Jasper Spur
Ho, Samuel Loyd, J N s fi cOo ohe ra ,
and OH Eastin, as a committee to
suggest names, one from eaehffis
trict, of persons suiuble for dele
gates. They reported in favor of J
W Kitchens. TO Speer, J NMoCo
chern. Dr Paul Favor, S B Lewis, W
B Whitaker, C P Daniel, JasperJSpnr
lin and W G Maddox, who wen
unanimously elected, and were in
strocted to vote for the
tion of the Hon J
as there was any possible chance for
bis being nominated.
At a mass meeting held at Shir
burn on Thursday, Judge 3 D Stew
art was unanimously indorsed for
Congress, mid the following dele
gates were elected to oast the vote of
Campbell for him id the convention:
T J Smith, 3 B Smith, and WA
Tanner and J F Bailey, alternates.
■ THE FIRST BALES
Primes Joses Keeps Up His Bepatatlm.
Albany, Ga., July 5.—The first
bale Of new cotton arrived from the
Hon. Primus Jones' Baker county
farm at 9:30 o’clock and was sent to
Hall's new warehouse, bat the ware
house was not complete and the bale
was sold at 8. R Weston's wars
house at 11:30 to Mr, Yon Gunnell,
one of our daisy cotton buyers, for
21£ cents per pound. It
370 pounds.
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POWDER
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This Powder stmiAb never varies. A ’
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