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VOLUME 17
Griffin,
Grilftn is the liveliest, pluckiest, most pro
gressiVe town i& Georgia. This is no hyper¬
bolical description, ap the record of the last
tlv* 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 twice the capital. It has pntup a
a ge iron and brass foundry, a fertilizer fac-
ory, an immense ice and bottling weeks, a
iush and blind factory, a broom factory
opened up the finest granite quarry la the
Uuited States, and has many other enter¬
prises in .ontemplatioo. It has secured
another. atlroad niaety miles long, end while
ooatca on the ha's greatest system in the touth,
the Central, secured connection with its
important rival, the East Tennsssee, Virginia
sad Georgia. It has just secured direct inde¬
pendent connection and with Chattanooga sad
the W«st, has the President of a fourth
railroad redding her# aad working
to ltd completion. With
its five while and three colored
churches, it is now building a $10,000 new
Presbyterian church. It has laoreaaed its
opulstfonby nearly one-fifth. It has st-
t ra r : e 1 around its borders frolt growers from
early every State in the Union, until it is
now surrounded on neariyevery side by or-
herds and vineyards. It is the home of the
rape and Its Wine making capacity has*
doubled every year. It has suceacsfully
naugurated a system of public schools, with
seven years curriculum, second to none.
This is part of the record of a half decade
and simply shows the progress of an alr e ady
mirable city, with the natural advantage#
having the finest climate, summer iromer and
uter, in the world.
Griffin is the county seat of Spalding
ounty, situated in west Middle Georgia, with
healthy, fertile and rolling country, 1160
set above sea level. By the censos of 1890, it
will have at a low estimate between $,000 and
uoo people, and they are all of the right
ort— wide-awake, up to the times, ready to
weleomc strangers and anxious to secure de-
irable settlers, who will not be any less wel-
ome if they bring money to help build up
the town. There is about only one thing we
need badly jnst now, and that is a big hotel.
We have several small ones, but their aooom-
inodations are entirely too limited for our
business, pleasure and health seeking guests.
If you sec anybody that wants a good loca¬
tion for a hotel in the South, just mention
Griffin. '
Griffin is the place where the Cmerix
Nrws 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,
18&. By January 1st, 1889, it will have to be
changed to keep up with the times.
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY
leak's coixECTisa asd protective agekct.
S. C. LEAK,
ATTORNEY AT LaW,
Office, 31K Hill Street.
GRIFFIN, - - - - GEORGIA.
Prompt attention given lo clerical work,
general law business and collection of claims.
may9d<fcw8m
DR. JOHN L. STAPLETON,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
GRIFFIN, s : : : GEORGIA.
Office—Front Room, up Stairs, News Build
fey. Poplar Residence, Prompt at W. ^ H. attention Baker “--- plaoe given 3 on to
street. Pn “ —
cells, day or night. jan21d(fcw6m
O. L. PA
ATTORNEY AT LAW
WOODBURY, : GEORGIA.
Will Prompt attention glvan Courts, to . all and business. where-
praotioe in all the
ever trasiness business calls. calls.
UT Collections a specialty. aprCdly
HENRY C. PEEPLES,
ATTORNEY AT L AW
HAMPTON, Georgia.
Practices in all tba State and Federal
Courts. oct9dftwly
JNO. J. HUNT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
eurru. oho boll.
White's Offloe, 31 Hill Street, Up Stairs, over J. H
Clothing Store. raar22d&wly
D. UUUtUX». K. WwOOLLIXS
LAWYERS,
OBIFFIN, «A.
O iloe,first room in Agricultural Building
Stairs. jnarl-dftwtf
ITHOt. IT. MILLS,
TTOBNEI AT LAW.
Will oHcnmi, ga. Federal
practice la the State and
Courts. Office, over George A Hartnett’s
•omer. novt-tf.
on u. it a wan. host. t. daniel
STEWART * DANIEL,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Over George A Hartnett’s, Griffin, Ga.
Will practice in the State end Federa
-tarts. lanl.
C. S. WRIGHT,
WATCHMAKER AND JEWELEB
Hill Street, 81XT7IX, 8A.
Jr., ft Co.’s, Up Stairs over J. H. White
GRIFFIN GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 20 J88*
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
parity, strength ir never epd 1 wholesomneee. wholeson varies.
Mot
economical than the ordinary ordinary kinds, k and can
not be sold in eompeMtonwith titan with the 1 multitude
of low test, short weight, slum or phosphate
• Powders. Bold cAJyia VaU sens. Rota*,‘Bajuso
owna ota-d&wlv-tou Co., 100 Street, New York
column let or 4th page.
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Jeffersonian Democracy, pure end simple,
is good enough for the Star. Single hand¬
ed among the metropolitan press, it has
stood by the men called by the great Democ¬
racy to redeem the government from
twenty-five years of Republican wastefulness
and corruption and despotism to the South.
For these four years pest it has been nnswerv
big hi its fidelity the administration of Grov¬
er Cleveland. It is for him now—for Cleve¬
land and Thurman—for four years more of
Demoeratic honesty in onr national aflairs,
and of contin ed national tranquility and
prosperity.
For people who like that sort of Democracy
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The Stab stands squarely on the National
Democratic platform. It believes that any
tribute exacted from the people in exoesa of
the demands of a government economically
administered is essentially oppressive and
dishonest. The scheme fostered and cham¬
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government a miser, wringing millions an
nually from the people and locking them np
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KBMHBiw oaSteBtOM
WAITING ON A BIRO.
A* InridcBt fat Mm life mt iMMtor Cor-
Um—A Teach ot WmmmaMy.
The late Edward Corflss, of Providence,
the inventor and manufacturer of the
great Corliss engine, was a man who
valued his business largely for the op¬
portunities which it brought him of doing
thoroughly nod unpretentiously humane
acts. Very many stories are told at
Providence of his generosity to people in
his employ, and especially of a way he
had of coming to some employe or
workman who looked ill or overworked,
or who had complained of having a hard
time, and saying to him, ‘‘Now, look
here; you are not looking well. You
had better go off somewhere for a rest of
a few weeks, and I will take care of your
family while you are gone.” And the
man was started off on a vacation of
months, if months were needed, without
any feed* apprehension of his family. on his mind as to the
But other employers have done the
same thing, no doubt, and the Listener
would not have had occasion to note the
matter if it had not been for the true
story of another generous deed of Mr.
Corliss’, lately told him from a most
authentic source, which is so exceptional,
and so quite idyllic, that it merits special
relation. More than that—it merits such
a setting of incident as the story telling
genius give it; of but a Hawthorne the or a Hale, would
as Listener can give it no
such setting, and as, moreover, he has no
right to do more than tell the tale just as
it wfis told to him, he will narrate it in
its simplest form:
Mr. Corliss, not very long before his
death, had occasion to build an addition
tojhis manufactory—a big “L,” for ad¬
ditional machinery. To prepare the
foundation for this L it was necessary to
remove a ledge of rock by blasting. The
men to uo the work on the addition had
been employed an • t on the pay roll;
tha materials had bet!! purchased and
brought to the building, an the work of
blasting had begun. The ne; morning
Mr. Corliss passed by the ph. t where
work was proceeding, when the f o 'man
in charge, knowing his interest in . v tty
things, called him.
‘‘See here, Mr. Corliss,” said he;
“here is*a bird’s nest that we’ve found,
and that’s got to go.”
He showed the manufacturer a robin
Bitting upon a nest that had been built,
fast and snug, in a crevice of the rock,
among some bushes that grew there.
The bird flew off her nest as the men
came near, and - showed five blue eggs,
that looked as if they had just been la. 1.
“Can we move that nest somewhere
else?” asked Corliss.
“I’m afraid not, sir. We’d tear it to
pieces getting it out, and it isn’t cfc nil go’
likely that you could get the bird to
to sitting again anywhere else. We’ve
got to go on, so we may as well rip it
out and throw the eggs away.”
“No,” said Corliss. “We won’t dis¬
turb her. Let her bring out her brood
right there.”
“But we’ll have to stop the work on
tin bu’’d'ng‘”
“Let us stop it then.”
And so orders were given that opera¬
tions on the addition should be suspended.
They were suspended; and the hands
stood still, drawing their pay for doing
nothing, or next to nothing, while the
robin sat on her neat with her air of
great consequence and zealous attention
to business, and had her food brought
her by her mate, and at last hatched her
brood. And then there were three weeks
more to go by, at the least, before the
young ones could fly. Corliss visited the
nest frequently, not with any uneasiness
or impatience to have thdrobin and the
young ones out of the way, but with a
genuine interest in their growth. The
old birds had all the time they wanted,
and when at last they had sternly helped the
the clumsy, reluctant youngsters over
edge of the nest, and they snowed them¬
selves to be able to get about on their
own hook, orders were given to resume
the building operations; and the dull
boom of the gunpowder, tearing the
rocks apart, was hoard where the birds
hsgl peeped.
It was an idle freak, a practical man
would say, of a man who may have had
more money than he knew what to do
with. Perhaps it was a freak, but it was
one of the sort of freaks that make the
world better.—Boston Transcript “Lis¬
tener. ’ ’
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The Potency of Facts.
A fact is always a fact, whatever may
be the consequences. The question is,
whether it is true; the student should
recognize no other. Many of the facts
encountered in our studies are obscure
and hard to explain, but that does not
prevent their being facts; or, at least, the
chief question should be to learn whether
they are facts. Besides, contradictory
facts are the ferment of science. I once
asked a distinguished naan of science how
a certain discovery he had made was
getting on. “What “H is .net getting on,” it?” he
replied. jo. the flatter With
Tanxiously ai^ed. except-the»ewhich “Why,” he said, fa¬ “I
find no tacts are .
vorable to it; and,” be adfted, “it takes
contradictory facts te teach us.” : This is
true. The theory will either explain the
posed to it acid which have entered into
It; or it will be replaced by a vaster and
more comprehensive theory. In both
cased there is a gain tor science, which
would not have been obtained if we had
hes itat ed, on account of vain scruples, to
seek out and verify the facts in ques¬
tion.—Paul Janet in Popular Science
Monthly.
A peculiarity of Hood’s Sarupartiia is
that while it purifies the blood,Tt the body. Imparts
new vigor to every function of
64,500,000.
THE ESTIMATE OF POPULATION AT
THE NEXT CENSUS.
Hew the StoHtUoi ef a Great Conntry
WHI toObfaincd—Features
ef the BUI.
Washington, Jaly 19.—|Speoial]
—It ie not probable that tbe Senate
will ohaege tbe bill for the taking
of tllfe next census which Mr. Cox,
Chairman of tbe Census Committee,
hfts just got through the Bouse. If
it does change it at a 11,the alterations
will be so very slight as to be im¬
material. The census of 1800 will
not be on a$ great a scalp as was the
oensne of 1880. The result of tbe
latter was a set of twenty two vol
amet, the last of which has just been
issued from tbe Government Print
ing-office. The next census will re
eu!t in only six volumes. There will
be no (reatiAes on forest trees, petro¬
leum, coke, water power, the social
statistics of cities, wages paid, and
tbe price of commodities oonsumed
by wage workers, the socialelogical
changes, lighting and healing, min
ing, tecbnelogy, Alaska generally,
and ship building. There are two
reasons why these subjects will be
omitted.One is that such subjects as
water power, the sooialology oi
cities and forestry were completely
covered in 1880, and the publics
tions about them have a permanent
value, and are as good now as when
first got together. Other subjects
will be omitted because it is not de
sirableto have such a great mass of
matter only of temporary importance
as was ground out by the last cen¬
sus, and because they are under
Government bureaus specially organ
ized to handle tnem. Tha main ob¬
ject of the census, the enumeration
of the population of tbe country, has
been kept in view by Mr. Cox. He
made an estimate some time ago,
taking tbe census of 1870 and that
of 1880 for bis ground work, that
the census of 1890 will show tbe
population to be 64,476,5000.
Shortly after he had fignred this out
he received a letter from Mr. Edward
Atkinson, tbe well known writer on
political economy,in which Mr. Atkin
son said that be bad made a similar
estimate to that of Mr, Cox. His con
clnsion is that the next census would
show the population to be 64,500,
000. The nearness of the estimates
of these two experienced men is cer
tainly striking, and adds to their
value. Tbe cost of the last censos
was $6,080*000, aboat nine and one
half cents per capita. The cost per
capita of the next census will be
more than nine and one half cents,
because the supervisor and enumer
ators and others engaged in the
work of the census will be better
paid than they were in 1880. It is
thought that the cost of the 1880
census will be in the neighborhood
of fifteen cents per capita. In mak
ing up his admirable bill Mr. Cox
followed the plan of enumeration
drawn up by tbe late President Gar¬
field for the centos of 1870. Th : s
plan was enlarged in several particu
Ian, as experience dictated. One
festote vf. tbe next censos, which
many people desired to see in- it, will
be absent. . It w Ike question of
aortal fodebtedaeis, mortgages, etc.
There Mas been a gnat deal said on
tbat subjeet in the debates in
grass during the present session, and
tbe proposition that it be
ed upon by the next census has many
friends. It was finally abandoned
beoause it w$s thought to be impos
sible to secure correct Information
on the subject, for people would be
naturally adverse to givinn informa
tion about their financial e m harass •
ments. Tbe completion of the cen
tus will be followed by a new Con
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JUST RECEIVED.
C- W. Clark A Son.
gressional apportionment. U it*c
present basis of representation is not
changed, there will be at least 430
members of the House elected after
tbe completion of the next ceneus.
As the House is already an un wield
ly body, it would, with sue if* a large
increase in its membership, become
practically unable to do anything.
There has already been a good deal
Of talk about raising tbe basis of re¬
presentation.
DBY TIMES IN INDIANA,
Prohibitionists Will Thereighly
Canvass the State.
Ibdianafolis, July 19.—Tbe Prohi
bitionista have laid plani to make a
busy canvass from one end of this
Commonwealth to the other. A
State ticket was put in the field long
ago, nomination have been made for
congress, for legislature,and in many
counties for the county offices.
This bit of information in ohieiy dis
oouraging to tbe Republicans, who
rightly surmise that a vast fragment
of the vote east for tbe probibitonki
disciples will earns from tbe Harrison
ranks. The biggunaof tbe cold water
party will be the first to open in tbe
State. John A. Brooks, of Missouri,
the candidate tor Vice President, will
begin a week’s engagement at West
field nextJ'Satmday. Special trains
will be run. Mr. Brooks will not vis
it Indinapolis on his first round, but
later on both be and Gen. Fish, tha
Presidential nominee, will oome here
for a day or so. Tbe women Prohibi
tion Olnb will be an effifying factor
in tbe fight.
Tie Little Huckleberry
that grows alongside our hills and noun
tains contains an active principle that
has a happy effeot on the bowels. It
enters harry Cordial, largely in Dr. great Bigger#’ bowel remedy. Huokle
the
Hotels for Winter Tearists.
Twto years ago tbe Manufacturera'
Record printed statistics showing
tbst northern visitors left annually
in Florida about $7,000,000, not
counting the money invested there.
It now says that daring tbe past
winter 30,000 northern visitors were
entertained by tbe St. Augnstine
hotels, and that according to s low
estimate, they left $2,000,000 in that
town. Tbe bnikUng of tbe Ponce
de Leon, says tbe Record, was
looked upon as s folly of s man so
wealthy that be did not know what
disposition to make of bis money;
bat, contrary to expectation, the
profits of the first season; it is said,
were considerable, And next winter it
is expected they will be mooh larger.
Tbe Winter travel to this section
was greater last season than it ever
has been, bnt next winter it ought
to be still greeter, and it will be if
the proper inducements are held out.
It is becoming as muob a custom
among Northern people to viait the
South daring tbe winter as it is for
them to ge to the mountains and
eaaside jn the mniniea The sever¬
ity of ■ tba winters there chases tbe
people to a milder climate. Tbe
Sowthem people, etiatddnoi welt for
an nerease in Northeu trwrri before
they erect mere hotels and t ben in¬
vite custom. Tbe hotels in Jack*
soovilh end St. Angttstine,
TbomrsviilH, Ga., Aiheo, S. O., uhl
AsLville, N. C„ do • good business,
and besides they help the cities in
which they are located by inducing
investments and I scoring pem Mien
citizens. No doubt hotels erected
in other Southern cities would
prove a paying investment.
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THE *a» M ‘- COMMONWEALTH. J ~iirr---T- 'imihwn'iafemni
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New* te O s l h er M i fer Georgia.
Hoc. A. 2).Hawes it a candidate
for elestor io the Second ooogres
aional district.
John E. Trlmadge has been elect
ed president of tbe Northeast Geor¬
gia fair Association.
Dr. Bamael Hape, of Hepeville,
will be a candidate for the secretary
ship of tbe etate agricultural eoriety.
Bainhridge will ship ont 1.000
crates of pears this year, and her
groves are just coming into bearing.
Tbe resUit of lut week’s prohibi
tion election in Mitchell oounty in to
be contested by tbe anti prohibition
ists.
Hon. Jefferson P ' has accept
ed honorary merubc |* u tbe Gon
federate Veterans’ vmtion of At
lanta.
Governor Gordon will probably be
beck next Monday. He writes that
his health is much improved and
that he is enjoying his rest.
The sefoi annual retorua of the
banks in Geosgia are nearly all in.
Only one insurance company baa
made its semi annual return up to
date.
Zeke Edge, now an undertaker at
Athens, was a drummer in tha Ninth
Georgia regiment. Hasan bant tbe
long roH goat to makes soldier's
hair stand on end.
The first nine counties reporting
their property- assessments this year
show sn increase of 1244,941. Tbe
only decrease is In Baldwin, whose
return fell off •15,000.
A. B. Fitts, editor and proprietor
of the Carroll ^County Times, baa
bought out Capt. James Hill of tbe
Commercial hotel, end now proposes
to edit e paper and ran a bote).
Douglas county superior court met
last week and adjourned until Mon
day, Nov. 26. It ti said that it ad
journed on aooouotof life Cbautau
qua at Salt Springs, and there is a
great deal of complaint.
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THE VERY LATEST STYLES
NEW-:-AN 0 -:-BEAUTIFUL
KS* SUMMER HATS
Lowest Prices!
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yT Do not foil to oell aad examine.
MBS. M. Ik WHITE,
Cor. Hfll anf Broadway.
G. A. CUNNINGHAM,
GRIFFIN,:;: GEORGIA,
Hus Been Appoints* Uni Agent
the sale by placing their property In his
hands.
Full particulars in regard to the most r
noble lands in tola county ean be obtain
by addressing him as above. A foil US
bouse* and lands and lots of all desertptio
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