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*Vr ■ ? h 4 mk ■ pi i ¥ * VOLUME 17 Griffin, Ga. Griffin is the liveliest, pluckiest, most pro¬ gressive town in Georgia. This is no hyper¬ bolical description, as the record of the last tlye years will show. During that time It has built and put into most successful operation a $100,000 cotton actory and is now building another with nearly twioe the capital. It has pntup a a ge iron and braes foundry, a fertiliser fac¬ tory, an immense ice and bottling works, a sash and blind factory, a broom factory, opened op the finest granite quarry in the U uited States, and has many other enter¬ prises in contemplation, it has secured another railroad ninety miles long, and while located on the greatest system in the South, the Central, has secured connection with Me important rival, the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia. Ithae just seoured direct inde¬ pendent connection with Chattanooga and the Wist/Snd has the President of a fourth railroad "residing here and -working to feyhre white , lta __completion. and three - colored With its five Pre»bytd|tan churehes, it is now building a $10,000 new church. It has increased its population by nearly one-fifth. It has at- ti-ncfo" 0 -onnd its borders fruit growers from nearly every f tatc in the Union, until It is now surron .ded on nearly every side by or¬ chards an i tineyards. It Is the home of the grape an ! its wine making capacity hae doubled every year. It baa successfully inaugurated a system of public schools, with a seven years curriculum, second to none. This is part of the rcoord of a half decade and simply shows the progress of an already admirable city, with the natural advantages of having the finest climate, summer and winter, in the world. Griffin is the county seat of Spalding . county, situated in weet Middle Georgia, with a healthy, fertile androi i.ig country, 1160 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 light, sort—wide-awake, up to the times, ready to welcome strangers and anxious to secure de¬ sirable settlers, bringfhoney who will not be any less wel¬ come if they to help build up the town. There Is about only one thing we need badly just 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 sec anybody that wants a good loca- tionfor a hotel in the South, just mention Griffin. bGriffin is the place where the Griffin N sws 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, IMS. By January 1st, 1889, it will have to be changed to keep up with tho times. PROFESSIONAL DIRECT ORY Divorces quietly. Advise free. Address G. Cons, Atty. Box 031, Chicago, 111. LEAK’S COIX.ECTIHO AUD PROTECTIVE AGEKOT. ATTORNEY S. C. LEAK, LaW, AT Office, 31% Hill Street. GRIFFIN, - - - - GEORGIA, Prompt ompt attention and giveu to clerical of claims. work, general ral la law business collection may9d&w8m D. L. PARMER, ATTORNEY AT LAW WOODBURY, : : GEORGIA. Prompt attention given to all business. Will praotloe In all the Courts, and where- ever business calls. 13F* Collections a specialty. aprfidly DR. JOHN L. 8TAPLETON, PHYSICIAN AN0 SURGEON, GRIFFIN, : : : : GEORGIA. Office—Fron7 Room, up Stairs, News Build ing. Residence, at w. H. Baker place on calls, Poplar day street. night Prompt attention janSld&wOm given to or HENRY C. PEEPLES, ATTOEN.EI AT LAW HAMPTON, GKOBGIA, Practices in all the State and Federal Courts. Oct9d&wly JNO. J. HUNT, ATTORNEY AT LAW OBtmN, GEOBGIA. Office, 31 Hill Street, Up Stairs, over J. H White’s Clothing Store. mar22d&wly 0. DISMUXE. N. It. COLLINS DISMUKE At COLLINS, LAWYERS, GRIFFIN, GA. Oflloe.first room in Agricultural Building Up-Stain, marl-ddbwtf ITHOS. R. MILLS, TTORNET AT LAW, GB1FFIN, GA. Will practice in the State and Federal Courts. Office, over George & Hartnett’s oraer. . nov2-tf. ^ ' OH D. STSWASt . BOBT. *. DANIEL STEWART It DANIEL, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Will Over practice George A in Hartnett’s, the State Griflln, and Federa Ga. -oxrts. ianl. _ C. S. WRIGHT, WATCHMAKER AMD JEWELER Hill QIIWIK, GA. Jr., A Co.’s. Street, Up Stairs over J. H. Whit®. GRIFFIN GEORGIA, SUNDA Y MORNING. JULY • J88» SOUTH BAY DUCK SHOOTING. A Uuy in a "Bslltrj'," with Gun in Iiaaii, Suspicion* Hlrtla. There is a fascination to many sports¬ men in shooting ducks from a South bay battery, comfortable though a more cramped and un¬ that position cannot be found than required by the gunner. The battery consists of a box about eighteen inches deep and long enough to admit the outstretched body of a man. A rub¬ ber coat is the substitute far a mattress and a sandbag serves for the pillow. From the box extends on each side a flat, raftliko screen composed of wood and and brown canvas, which serves to float the box and break the force of the waves as weights they dash up against it. By means of the box is sunk in the water and iron decoy ducks hold it in place. A hundred decoys are scattered about the box in a natural manner. The gunner then lies down flat in the box, with bis shells on one side and Ids gun on the other. With a parting instruction to be sure and keep the head well down the battery man sails away, leaving the gun¬ ner alone on . the sea. To the man first trying tho sport the situation is a peculiar one, and the sensa¬ tion the same. AH alone, surrounded by the little flock of decoys, and the waves pounding qp with a swash ag ainst the guards to the box, he feels somewhat in¬ secure. As he lies flat in the box hit body and head are below the level of the water. Sometimes, if the wind is blow¬ ing pretty strong, a ritve will break over into the box, tickling his face with briny down drops and his back. sending If cold streams of liquid * he is sportsman he a will only mly lai laugh at this and take a pull at ids whisky flask to prevent catchint cold. Sometimes the waves run so high that the gunner is compelled to bail out his box or it will become a fish pond in the sea. The sun beating down on his face will redden it in about ten minutes. Meanwhile the sail boards tacking across the bay to stir up the dueks. A bunch of them is aroused, and as the the birds birds go skimming along ing the the water water they they spy spy the decoys, and, thinking feeding, they are a flock of brethren peacefully shape their course toward them. As they rail up to the decoys they soon perceive ' they are deceived and wheel away. Just as they come about Is a good time to Are, and u the gunner is expert while they are get¬ ting away he ha3 tifne to slip in another shell and fill the back of the rear duck with cold lead. If any of the ducks fall the gunner stands up in the battery, which is a signal for the sailboat men to come up and gather in the fowls that have been shot. Them the gunner stretches himself out again and waits for another flock. If the ducks are thick and not in a suspi¬ cious mood he will not have to remain so long before another set will be along and more blazing away is in order. Some favorable morning there is a constant booming of guns on the bay, and big boatloads of ducks are brought in. It is not uncommon in the autumn for one man to shoot fifty to eighty ducks from a battery. The next day ho may not get five. In the season about five batteries a day start out from Patchogue. The drip¬ per always has a man to help him sail liis catboat, and it is a race to secure the best ground. Often in making the best run across the bay the "cap’n” only gets in first to find the ground already seised by the ambitious huntsman who has gone out the night before, slept in the catboat and at sunrise Is ready in his battery. The eariy morning is the best time, as at dawn the ducks begin to feed and are out in great numbers. Every sailboat man is a “cap’n” and must scrupulously be addressed as such. His assistant is the mate. There is no crew. Thc*3outh bay boatmen arp honest, good hearted men, always ready to get as much as they can out of the sportsmen, but work¬ ing bard to drum up the game for him. He will charge $10 a day for the use of the battery, and will throw in the meals. In the cabin of the catboat the mate cooks ham and eggs, steak, potatoes and coffee, and serves it hot. If the sports¬ man likes oysters, he will throw over his rake and bring up half a bushel to open on the spot If one is not having much success with the ducks it is a good plan to allow the “cap’n” to lie in the bat¬ tery for a time, for he is invariably a crack shot and will fill up the quota needed in short order. Brant and broadbifls are the most abundant of the family in the Great South bay in spring. The broadbilla are a plump duck, with short bills. They are swift flyers, and it is like shooting at a bumble bee to draw on one as he comes by. In the fall black ducks and red¬ heads come in the bay. Shell ducks are also plentiful. Shell ducks and coots are shooting, but not worth eating, broodbills are great divers, and often, when wounded, will lead the skip¬ pers a long chase. On diving windward, they are pretty sure to come up to the and a good distance off. Often the ducks come in the bay in great quantities, and set up in the water like big rows of ten¬ pins. When started they rise with the noise of a whirlwind in the forest. The boobies ore a small species, of duck that sometimes come In the bay. They get their name from their aptness at losing their heads. A shot into a flock of boo¬ bies will sometimes so disconcert them that they will fly around in a circle and allow the gunner to take hb time in shooting them down, They noisy axe great with chatterers, and keep York the bay their cries.—New Times. Distilled from the richest Malted Barley Chase’s Barley Malt Whisky is full of nutr ment, mild and excellent and absolutely pure- George & Hartnett sole agents for Griffin, Ga. HEW YORK ALL RIGHT I THE LABOR MOVEMENT IN CLEVE¬ LAND’S FAVOR. Tammany Hall and County Democracy at Peace and Solid for the • National Ticket. mi * Machinery af Maw • Mark City Dtaacniu -Tk* MitnatioB and Oatlaok. Correspondence News. New Yobk, July 38th. Tammany Hall vir- tnally controls the vote of No w York 8tate- Of course, there are modifications to this statement; but with Tammany satisfied -With, the ticket and at peace with the othei organizations, the out- look in the light ol the past political history of the State and city must appear unprom¬ ising to the Republicans. Let us look at the situation before the field is clouded over by the heavy firing of the campaign already opened. The second week of the great national political campaign passes here, the chosen battle-ground, withoutany incident of start¬ ling significance. The Democratic tide is still running high and it looks as if nothing could check it. Organized Labor’e first an¬ gry protest against the nomination of a man whose public record—what there is of it—Is avowedly hostile to their interests, has been burned in by the bringing to light of other events in keeping with the Chinese affair. The Indianapolis strike episode of eleven ■ years ago, when Gen. Harrison as chairman of a citizens’ committee talked blood and bnl- lets to the ambassadors of the striking brakemcn is being made the most of here. People outside of New York are apt to qn- der-ratethe strength of the Labor move¬ ment in polities. Bight or wrongs the so called Labor leaders hare absolute control of a great number of votes. It is not two years since Henry George, the greatest of them all, as Labor candidate for mayor, drew 60,000 votes from the two parties,— equal to the voting strength of a city of a third of a million people. Last year at a state election nearly 40,000 Labor votes were east in the city alone. Now George, the magnetic leader, and the best part of his men are training with the Cleveland forces. What is known as the “regular Labor ticket" will not poll 5,000 votes in the city. Astute politicians say the Democratic ticket will cross the Harlem with at least 80,000 majority. It looks mightily that way. In less than a week after the nomination of the St. Louis ticket, the big and little chiefs of Tammany pnt on their fighting paint aad feathers and sent up a warwhoop that shook the old wigwam to Its founds, tion. When there is fighting ahead Tam many is always np bright and early. It is the best disciplined,' best captained, most compact political organization under th* sun. A soldier of the Legion would no sooner think of disregarding the command of his sspeyior than a setf respecting Tam¬ many brave. In John Keljlcy’s days there was a sort of a notion prevalent in some sections that he was Tammany Hall, or the best part of it, —that his iron will and splendid despotism were the secrets of its Invincible unity. The withdrawal from polities followed shortly by the death of the old chieftain who made things pretty lively hereabouts In his day, dispelled that illusion. Tammany w«n is moresplid and more powerful today than ever before, and the secret of it is its wonder ful system of organization. Dividing the Democratic vote with Tamma ny and having almost precisely the same strength is the County Democracy,—Irving Hall being only areminlscenae, with a tomb stone at each end. “The Counties” as the organization is popularly called, is also ad¬ mirably organized and officered. Not in y&rs before have these two great branches of the New York Democracy been cordially united, in a presidential campaign. Men who were boys in 1876 readily recall the the gleam of the tomahawk when the cry went up for Tilden. Two years later the braves got lost completely in the fog and wandered from the camp of »h t i r fathers, defeating Robinson for Governor. That was the reason perhaps why they goV- credit for knifing Hancock in 1880, for the troth of history does mot seeigAo have justi¬ fied that at the time very general imputation. The Chicago incident of four years ago with Big Chief Cockran reaching fiercely for the forelock of the “Man of Destiny” is fresh hr all minds. Bat today these two great forces are absolutely one in their de¬ sire for the election of the Democratic ticket and the promotion of the principles enoncia ted in the platform. It was the “Counties” turn to ratify later on and great were the preparations therefor. They hired the largest hall they coold get, pnt Speaker Carlisle st the top of their bill, mid set in to celebrate in a manner befitting the occasion. Everything was propitious except the weathei. The wind blew s Hying gale and rain fell in torrents, rmt New York Demo- crate don’t permit such trifles to dampen thefr enthusiasm when there is any fun on hta<*. Twenty thousand votcia turned omi in the storm,—so many that another great hell had to be brought into requisition to ac¬ commodate the overflow. Speaker Carlisle made a great speech as is his custom. Gov. Hill, District Attorney Fellows, Congress¬ man McMillan, of Tennessee, contributed to the ora,torioal menu. The latter took his text from the tariff and got ab«ut as much applause as Speaker Carlisle. In very inournfnl con¬ trast was the Republican ratification meeting held night after. A scant five thousand people sat through it. The front seats were pre-empted by a select coterie of mil¬ lionaire potentates who BEPCBMCAX been counted on to BATIFIEK. such common-place citizens as might to be present. It was a demonstra of sympathy for Brother Moneybags ton,—a sort of Leyi and Ben Wall street with Col. Bob ingersoli as ringmaster aad the ancient Horr, of Michigan, as the trick-mule. The ancient Horr worked off a number of Northwestern chestnuts and msde himself generally agreeable after file fashion. Curiously enough he began Ms re¬ marks with a quotation from the Bible. Someone in the audience turned the meeting into a beer-garden by challenging the cor¬ rectness of the quotation and appealed to In gersoll to sustain him. The latter didn’t believe in the Bible any more than he did that the Democratic ticket would be elected. Gonpling this with his late Burohardian ex¬ perience at Chicago, when he punched all the wind out of the Gresham bladder, a reck less newspaper scribbler has hinted that Boss Platt is preparing a psyoho-politloal brochure on “The Mistakes of It.gersoll”— to be published early In November. Fbahk E Vaughn. _ Methodist Nans. New York 8an. Methodist nuus are to be a novelty in experience. They were created the Methodist General Conference, after a careful consideration of the sub by the committee on Missions. Th® committee reported favorably, and the conference inserted in the Discipline of church a section regulating them. are to be called deaconedhes, and willl be similar to the nuns of the Boman Catholic Church, except that are not to take vowh of life service of oelibacy. Every annnal conference which the deaconesses are established will have a board of nine members to this kind of work. Nothing definite than this was done by the but the impression is that Methodist nuns will wear distinctive and live in houses by them They will minister to the poor the sick, care for orphans, and do work of charity. They will be re to serve a probation of oontinnal of two years before being and they will have to be at least twentyfive years of age. It has long been a desire of Rev, Dr: Dix, of Trinity, to have such duties performed by regular orders o£ woman, and he sue ceeded several years ago In forming an of Episcopalian Nona, bot they have not been formally indorsed by denomiuatioo,and so the Methodists the first Protestant Church in Amer to attempt the recruiting and nni forming of religious sisters. The first of these deaconesses will be very likely to be seen in Chicago. “And what eos tames will the deaconesses wear?” was asked of nearly every oommitteo respon for their creation. No definite answer conld be obtained. Naturally a sober garb will be chosen. Killed by Lightning, Sznoia, Ga., July 6.—A heavy rain and hail storm passed over here yea terday. Darling Conch was standing in his door daring the storm. Light ning struck a peach tree near the door and killed him instantly. H.* wife and one child were in the house but were not hurt. L R, Brantley's house was struck by lightning, but no one was hurt. There has been so much raij here that what wheat is not threshed is nearly all rained. Nearly everybody is in the grass, some have bad to turn part of the crop work. out. The They can't get bands to negroes won’t work. —....... ■ 1 1 *■ — « The Opening of the Campaign. To open the campaign with any hopes of speedy before it success, has chance attack to the entrench. enemy, malaria, a An ob¬ stinate foe ’twill prove if you don’t ga right Stomach medicinal ammunition that yon require. Every form of malarial fever yields to this fine preventive and re me dy. For constipation, river complaint, dys- notem and WmtT^o^Sis& uersons soioorning in or bound for the great jest West, should this the medi- fre- cine as means of defense a . patent qneat dotations of miasma. Those in deli- cate should '4 health, in in the i instance aged and the enfeebled, this sigj every every resort to nal Invigorant Bose It for weak nerves. as Honey! . ; HHI - - y. “-t 1 Fresh Fish, Shrimp, Crabs. ■ -w4 Try Gordon’s 4 A Tobacco. & fi Wmm Q. W. CLARK & SON mm . RELIGIOUS MATTER?. How Politics Are Running in The Churches. The subject of Dt. Bradley’s dis course at the Methodist- church this mormog will be “The Potter and the Clay,” and it will doubtless be a fine sermon. The two Presbyterians who now stand as representatives of the two rival parties in the country are re ported to be both firm adherents of the Calvinistic dogma, with modern improvements. A Pennsylvania judge not long since decided that “no legal mar riage can be celebrated on Sunday, marriage being a civil contract, and therefore not lawful to be entered into on that day.” Out of the four nominees on the Democratic and Rapublioangtickets, three of them—Cleveland, Thurman and Morton—are preachers’ sons. This is a boom for preaohers’ sons that they do not often receive. Rev. Simon Peter Riehardson has been visiting Augusta the past week. From there he goes with a fishing party to St Catharine's island. This is about the time of year, we believe, that Simon Peter was wont to go fishing. Elder E. R. Carswell, Jr., will dis cuss the following topics of absorb ing interest today at the Baptist chnrcfa: At 11 a. m„ "The Second Coming of Oar Lord;’’ at 5 p. m., "Row to Believe,” and at 8:15 p. m„ “Tne Unpardonable Sin.” A cordial invitation to all. In the list of republican presidents there has not yet been a Presbyter! an. General Arthur was an Episco palian, General Garfield a Campbell ite, General Grant a Methodist, the Fraudulent Hayes a Methodist, An dy Johnson a Methodist, and Abra ham Lincoln a devout son sectarian. Preaching at Christian etrarch this eve at 7.30 by Elder T. M. Harris, of Atlanta. Mr. Harris is an eloquent speaker and thorough scholar. Pub lie cordially invited. Also, preach ing tomorrow evening at 7.30 and after services a business meeting to which all the members are expected to be present. ExMayer Seth Low having signi fied bis determination not to support the republican presidential ticket, crush the New him York Tribune endeavors to j with the charge that is a Sunday school politician. Yet the republican party used to be proud to claim morality and Chris tiscity on its side.. 0. ing to the fact that repairs are beir .; made iu tbe interior of tbe Methodist ebureb, services today, in eluding Sunday school, will be held in the lecture room, tbe entrance to which is in the rear of the church. This room, by the way, has also re cently been put in order, and will fnrnish a pleasant retreat for tbote inclined to worship at tbe Methodist cbwib today. Class meeting as usual, commencing at 8.'45 o’clock. Tbe proverb says: “Misery so quaints us with strange bedfellows.” This is far more true of vice. How strangely vice draws people togetbrr in character, in guilt, in destiny-- drawing Uu in across the widest in tervait which part them in Society —drawing infidel and Christian, Bo manist and Protestant, priest and heretic, .into cloaest partnership of wrong end infamy! "Extremes meet,”—moat opposite and remote extremes of social position, of wealth N1 — - and poverty, of culture aoeo—in l hese confederacies of via BOTH FSR«BTTXRUS8. New York Sun: We have never before had two Presbyterians ning against each other at tore .for the office of preetdent c the United States. President Clev land is a Presbyterian, the eon of t Presbyterian minister, and Genera Harrison, who wants to be preside* in his place, Is another who has risen to the rank of in tho Presbyterian church, dent Cleveland does not tako the craments of his faith. General rison Is in full communion of saints, according to the of the Presbyterian confession. ” HE BOYCOTTED TOT fcXDAJCA. Last Sunday, chi” ‘ < >era hi ’ d*. small town in the >• • *» P*rt Minnesota were not a.....* when they had settled in their pewsf to see staring at them from the back of the preacher’s desk the lowing card,written with charcoal a piece of white cotton doth: n "Members of this church frain from wiping their with red bandanas daring until after the presidential as such an act would o democrats present to cheer for ver Cleveland, and prove a aer__ interruption Georoe to the divine service. Squires, Pastor.” CAR’t STAND FREE W SSBUT. New York Pori: No more im pressive evidence of the transforms tion of parties now in progress could be furnished than is afforded b j the comments upon the republican {fist form elsewhere reprinted from the Christian Union of this city, and the Advance and Standard, of Chicago, —three of the most prominent and influential among the religions news papers of the country. The Chris tian Union, although by andenomhtfi tional, is edited Congregational - ists, while the Advance is tbe chief western organ of the Congregation alists, and tbe Standard the chief western organ of the Baptists. AH three papers are edited by men of republican antecedents, and would naturally side with a “party of moral ideas,” but all three find it impossi ble to support the republiosa plat form of extravagance and free wMs key. Tbe Standard, expressing, as it believes, “the general sentiment of Christian people, heartily toed of whiskey of Chicago rule,” indorses the V^lliiUtl the Tribune Tribune that that the free plank will lose the repobli cans hundreds of thousands of votes. POWDER Absolutely Pure. This Powder never vanes, economical parity, strength than the and not be sold in of lev tost, Powders. Soto Powd»» rt2ditwtr-to» Ocx, m