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■. T*r “<k. \ r ^ VOLUME 17 p ■ Griffin, !| (ifitiiu is the liveliest, pluckiest, most pro¬ gressive town in Georgia. This is no hjper- bolieal description, as the record of the last Ore years will show. Duriug that time it has built and put into most successful operation a $100,000 cotton M ttiry and is now building another with nearly twice the capital. It has pnt up a a ge iron and brass foundry* a fertilizer fac- 0 ry, an immense ice and bottling works, a gash and blind factory, a broom opened up the finest granite quarry in the United State®, and has many other enter¬ prises in .outemplation. It has secured another . .nlroad ninety miles long, and while oeatea on the greatest system in the South, the Central, Iras secured connection with its important rival, the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia. Ithasjust secured direct inde¬ pendent connection with Chattanooga and the Wt st, and has the President of a fourth railroad residing here and working to its ultimate completion. With its five white and three colored ohnrches, it is now building a $10,000 new Presbyterian churoh. It has increased its population by nearly one-fifth. It has at- t rae'e 1 around its borders fruit growers from nearly every State in the Union, until it is now surroin.ded on nearly every side by or¬ chards and vineyards. It is the home of the grape and its wine making capacity has doubled every year. It has successfully inaugurated 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 finest climate, summer nnd winter, in the world. Griffin is the county scat of Spalding county, situated in west Middle Georgia, with a healthy, fertile and rolling country, 1150 feet above sea level. By the census of 1890, it will have at a low estimate between 6,000 and 7,WH) people, and they are all of the right ort—wide-awake, up to the times, ready to weleome strangers and anxious to secure de¬ finable settlers, who will not be any less wel- oome if they bring money 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 our Itiiness, pleasure and health seeking guests. If you see anybody that wants a good loca¬ tion for a hotel in the South, just mention Griffin. Griffin is the place where the Ubiffin 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, 18818. By January 1st, 1889, it will have to he changed to keep up with the times. f K0FESSI0NAL DIRECTORY HEADQUARTERS Protective Leak's Collecting and Agency of Georgia. GRIFFIN, ------- UEORGIA. S. G. LEAK. Manager. fcjf* Send your claims to 8. G. Leak and correspond only with him at headquarters. for Cleveland & Beck, Resident Attorneys Griffin. may9d&w8m DR. JOHN L. STAPLETON, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, GRIFFIN, : : : : GEORGIA, Office—Front Room, up Stairs, News Build Poplar Residence, ncoiucutc, street. ‘ Prompt "---- at tu W. »V . II. II. Baker place piuuc on cm A attention ntion given given f‘ to calls, day or night. jan21d&wGtn HENRY C. PEEPLES, A T TOBN.EY AT LAW HAMPTON, OEOUGIA, Practices in all the State and Federal Courts. octOddrwly JNO. j. HUNT, attorney at law GRIFFIN, GEORGIA. White’s P.® ce > Clothing 31 Hill Street, Store. Up Stairs, mar22d&wly over J. II O. DI8MUKE. N. M. COLLINS DISMUKE & COLLINS, LAWYERS, GRIFFIN, GA. Office,first room in Agricultural Building itairs. mai'l-d<twtf .. THOS. R. MILLS, TTORNEY AT LAW, Will practice GRIFFIN, GA. Coarts. in the State and Federal 3 finer. Office, over George & Hartnett’s nov2-tf. OH D. SrgWART. ROST. T. DAXIEC, STEWART & DANIEL, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Will Oyer practice George & in Hartnett's, the State Griffin, aud Federa Ga. -ourts. ianl. C. S. WRIGHT, watchmaker and jeweler Kill Street, GKIFfIN, GA. & Co.’s Up Stairs overJ. H. White . D. L. PARMER, ATTORNEY at law WOODBURY', : : GEORGIA. Prompt attention given to all business. busine* 56 ^ 1 Courts, and where- vif' Collections n a specialty. * sprOdly GRIFFIN GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING. AUGUST !) J88B PfflAl *4KlM 6 POWDER Absolutely Pure. This Powder never varies. A mar purity, economical strength and wholesomnes3. than the ordinary kinds, and can not be sold in competiton with the multitude of low test, short weight, alum or phosphate Powders. Sold only In oans. RotaaJBaking Powder Co., 106 Wall Street, New York ot2-d<ftwlv-toD column lBt or 4th Bare. THE STAR. A GREAT NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPER. The Stab is the only New York newspaper possessing the fullest confidence of the Na¬ tional Administration and the United Dem¬ ocracy of New York, the political battle ground of the Republic. Jeffersonian Democracy, pure and 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 past ithasbeenunswerv ing in its fidelity the administration of Grov¬ er Cleveland. It is for him now—for Cleve¬ land and Thurman—for four years more of Democratic honesty in onr national affairs, and of continued national tranqnility and prosperity. For people who like that sort of Democracy the Stab is the paper to read. The Stab stands squarely on the National Democratic platform. It believes that any tribute exacted from the people in excess of the demands of a government economic ally administered is essentially oppressive and dishonest. The scheme fostered and cham¬ pioned by the Republican part-of making the government a miser, wringing millions an nually from the people and locking them up in vaults to serve no purpose but invite waste fulness and dishonesty, it regards as a mon¬ strous crime against the right of American citizenship. Republican political jugglers may call it “’protective taxation;” the Stab's name for it is robbery. Through and through the Star is a great newspaper. Its tone is i u"e and wholesome, its news service unexceptionable. Each issue presents an epitome of what is best worth knowing of the world’s history of yesterday. Its stories are told in good, quick, pictur- eque Edglish, and nrisrkty interesting read¬ ing they are. The Sunday Star is as good as the best class magazine, and prints about the same amount of matter. Besides the day’s news it is rich in spesial descriptive articles, sto ries, snatches of current literature, reviews, art criticism, etc. Burdette’s inimatible hu¬ mor sparkles in its columns; Will Carleton’s delightful letters are of its choice offerings. Many of the best known men and women in literature and art are represented in its col umns, The Weekly Star is a large paper giving the cream of the news the w irid over, with special features which make it the most complete family newspaper published. The farmer, the mechanic, the business man too much occupied to read a daily paper, will get more for .his dollar invested in The Weekly Stab than from any other paper It will be especially alert during the cam paign, and will print the freshest and most reliable political news. Terms to Subscribers, Postage Free: Every day.! day 1 .?. for f°. r .? one De year yc * r (including Sun S .“ n $7 00 | . . Daily, without Sunday, one year...... 6 00 Every day, six months................. 3 50 Daily, without Sunday, six months — 3 00 Sunday edition, one year. .............. 1 50 Weekly Stab, one year................ 1 00 A free copy of The Weekly Stab to the sender of a club of ten. jgfT Special Campaign Offer-—-The Weekly Stab in clubs of twenty-five or more will be sent for the remainder of this year for Forty cents for ca h subscription. Address, THE STAR, Broadway and Fark Place, New York. MACON, GEORGIA. --lot- XT'IFTY-FIFTH ANNUAL SESSION opens JD September 26th and closes Jnne 28th. Elegantly furnished class rooms and neat, new cottages for students. Centrally located. Good board at reasona- JjJ 0 information For catalogues and other ap¬ ply to REV. J. A. BATTLE, julyl2w4 President. 'rillO | Hi\ n JlPfc 1 Bf na If oinidn PhlUlrlDbll llsSS FSLfc!Jtista*AKetH at the Newspaper of Mesas Aaver «uitbort*e«l y N, W> AVER * VON. our wzenw JUDGE HALL ACCEPTS His Correspondence With the Com¬ mittee. The following correspondence is self explanitory: Griffn, GA.Joly 28 tb,1888. Hon. Jxo. I. Hall, Griffin, Ga. Sir:— As a committee appointed by the c'emocnftT^SfvenlTon for tbe 26th Senatorial dislrict, which met in session this day and nominated you as the party’s candidate for sena tor. We as a committee from that body, were delegated the pleasant duty of informing you of such action and to ask yon to accept the nomina tion. We are pleased to be able to say that your nomination was unanimous and heartily tendered by tbe conven tion which, without dissent adopted the following resolutions; Resolved, That the Democratic party of the 26th Senatorial district takes pride in commending to the district Judge Jno, I. Hall, who pos sesses those qualifications of mind and character whieb eminently fit him for the position, to which bis party has called him. Resolved further, That in view of the all important measures which wili come up for consideration he fore tbe next session of the Legisla ture we feel in the person of Judge Hall we shall have a representative who will guard and protect the inter ests of the people of Georgia. With high personal esteem and re for you we have the honor to Your obdient servants. W. B, Hudson, Wm. M. Mallet, Charles R. Wolsey, Committee. Griffin, Ga., Aug. Gtb, 1888. Messrs. W. B. Hudson, W. M. Mai lett and Charles R. Wolsey, Com mi t tee, Gentlemen: —Your communication the 28th ultimo,in which you as the the committee of the 26th Senatori Democratic convention notify mo of my nomination as the candidate of the party for tbe Senate, was jeceiv ed very late on the day it bears date and a continued absence from homo on professional business has prevent ed an earlier reply. I accept the nomination tendered tome by the convention through you, and if your choice is ratified at the polls I shall protect aud further the interest of the people to the best of my ability. My position on the lead ing questions that will likely be dealt with in the next General Assembly is well known to the voters of the district; for on those questions I de dared my views fully before the pri marv was held which resulted in my selection for the senate. There are other questions—per haps many—that may come before the next General Assembly, but as I have not the space in this short let ter of acceptance to refer to and dis cuss them I will simply say that in all matters I shall use my best judg ment to Promote the interest of the people. Please accept for yourselves, the convention you represent, and the people of the district my sincere thanks for the honor conferred upon me by the nomination, and I give my special thanks for the very flattering terms in which the convention saw proper to present me to the voters of the 26th Senatorial district as the democratic candidate for the senate- With high regard-, I am Very truly, Ac., John I. Hall. The many remarkable cures Hood’s Sarsa parillo it does accomplishes peculiar are sufficient curative proof that possess pow ers. (4) There is no Verdigris or other imnurity hase’s Barley Malt Whisky. It is rich and nutritious, and the best of ail Whiskies for family and medicinal puaposes. Sold b George & Hartnett, Griffin. The Pike County S. S. Convention. The Sunday School Convention of PikeeomPy convened at BlnfF Spring camp ground Aug. 1st, President T. J. Barrett piesidiug. The meeting was called to order by the President with singing and prayer by the Rev. J. Singleton, followed by an address of welcome by Arthur Pope, son of Judge J as. Pope, of Zebulon, It was quite appropriate and delivered in good style, which has added another laurel to his attainments: if improv¬ ed will bo a gem of great price in his future usefulness. D, P. Blake, son of Capt. A. W. Blake, of Griffin, re sponded in quite an eloquent address, equally appropriate as the address of welcome, which points for him a bright future in usefulness and an orator with proper training. Tbe roll call of schools and respon ses were next in order. The response to roll call report 2000 Sunday school scholars, including superintendents and teachers, in Pike county. The various topics for the advancement and interest of Sunday schools wore elaborately discussed by able divines; essays, speeches and songs from the adult scholar to the smallest juvenile were entertained. Rev. Henry Quigg, D. D., Presby terian divine, entertained the conven tion in a very eloquent lecture on the traiuiug of children and church modification, which was replete in ed ification. Tlio illustrations be used were practical, showing up human nature in many forms. His conclus ions on church modification wero amusing in accent, aggression and modern progression of tho churches. That the Methodist was always satis fied with the little quantify of water, just enough to sprinkle in baptism; the Presbyterians a sufficient quanti ty only lo pour; the Baptist in an cient days were not satisfied with a less quantity than the river Jordan, or Phillips creek, but id these more modern daya wero satisfied with tho small quantity of a church tank half full. Al) of which indicated a church milloniutn in tho near future, which would be the proudest day of his life. The essays, reading one of which attracted my attention in particular by Miss Ophelia Manley, daughter cf Washington Manley. She read an essay with the rhetorical force and in flection of the distinguished and able pastor of the Methodist church in Griffin and who is one of tho ablest divines in the North Georgia confer ence. Miss Manley ought to have had a priz\ Next and last on the speaker, but not least, the ex-Presi dent of the convemiou and President eleetjare no doubt men of sterling worth in Sunday school advance ment. Next tbe prize singing, three schools only chiding for the prize. The schools were Barnesviile, CLnta ry Nelson and Fincher. The prizes were a silk banner and one dozen “Gospel Voices, ’ also five dollars in gold offered to the best class of sing ers under 12 years of age. The judges were Capt. A. W, Blake, Prof, Jae. Biasingame and CoJ. John Banks. The Barnesviile contestants were Mrs. J. C. Porch, Misses May Stafford, Pearl Swatts, Jean Ken drick, Lutie Tyler, Lncy Murphey and Belie Crowdei; Messrs J. M. Cochran, J. il. Lambdin and B. Z. Holmes, oi ly nine against forty or fifty in ei.her of the other c:.is*cs In juBtice to the Barnesviile class they chose the most difficult piece in the musical books, yet they were trained to opera music, voices well cultivated, full cf music, which was enchanting in angelic sweetness. I never heard sweeter siDging in the Brooklyn Tabernacle in New York, and yet the judges awarded the prizes to the Century Nelson school, I know not from what standpoint, but suppose they acted on the princi pie of State fairs, awarded lo those whose influence to the enterprize was largest. Prof. Jas. Blas.Dgame pre sented the prizes in a beautiful ad dress, likewise the response received Motts’Apple Vinegar! Just received Bb). S. II. & John C. Motts Pure Apple Vinegar, Four Years Old. C* W. Clark & Son. in an appropriate address. A. H R. CONUOUDCULIjINUS. The Marriage of John Green ami Other Important Mailers. Concord Ga., Aug. 8. —TBe liev. K. M. Ilooten has a protracted meet ing near this place to which a great many go, and seem to take an in terest. I hope good will result. John Green having married the other day is now moving from bachel ors headquarters to a private bouse. If you want to make a man some ac count, let him take to himself a good wife, join some Christian church and all will be well. Were I a wiie and my husband failed to keep me in stove wood, rations would be short and snaps all the time. We have propitious seasons and crops iko Lest in ten years. After next Tuesday politics will be hot in Pike; Pros, Antis and the negroes will have candidates. I am sorry to hear that my old friend Mrs. G. W. Jackson, of Ilol- lonvilie, is no better. A better wife never lived. Aunt Jane Jackson is suffering with a sprained ankle. Schoolsjare in a prosperous con¬ dition . About one hundred in all. The Baptists will soon finish their church with a steeple 75 Or 100 feet high. Rover Rattlings. Rover, Ga,, Aug. 8. —This kind of weather makes a fellow feel bad, and I never saw the like of gnats in my life. We are needing some rain about now and I expect would ba wel corned with all so it comes moderate and not with a twist, because we farmers have got a very good pros pect to make a cotton crop this year and 1 hope we will so as we can get out of debt and be happy. Fodder pulling has begun with us and is making us wipe our brow occasionally, but for all that it makes the ears show better what are though they are not as good as we should like to see them, but suppose we will make enough and so ought to be satisfied. Typhoid fever still prevails here with us. Miss Lizzie Aycock is still confined to her bed and grave fears are entertained for her notwithstanding the best medical treatment; but we shall hope for the , . rs. Mary ,, I, . Armstrong , and , Miss ... -> Liz eV. Dance, of Richmond, Texas, and Mrs Jane Maddox, of Ogle therpo, Ga., are visiting Thos, Al¬ len’s i’aniily. Protracted meet ing is now going on at Old Red Oak church. The Rev. Dr. Bradley, of your city, is with us and is doing a grand work, Truly, he is a man of God, for other wise he could not discourse with such spirit and eloquence. His sermons completely confound the people and stir them up as they have never been before. May his labors be greatly rewarded that he may here aft( r see the result in this world j.:. • in tbe one 'o come, Ti • • is something which is ing tlu. attention of R.' II, W. the way here and we think we what it is although he makes out is bird hunting. I expect it is. not birds of the air, Rob VVilliAms says that he ~ NUMBER M,7 afraid his corn patch will cave in if something ain’t done. The corn is so thick and heavy on five acres he is actually afraid to try and pnll his fodder for fear that by so doing the thing will collapa eand carry every thing with it. Every now and then he says they can hear the ground crack. Superior Court Proceedings, The following business was trans acted in Spalding Superior Conrt on Wednesday: Jane Pack vs. Jim Pack. Divorce. Verdict granted. Jamea U. Horne, trusfee, it. Charles and Fannie-Reid. Ejectment. Verdict for plaint’ff, with order to make deed. J. T. Spence vs. J, P Harrison and N. C. Wigger . ’diet for plaintiff. Malcolm McLean vs. John Keller- Rule nisi granted. Malcolm McLean vs j. H. Slilwell. judgement for plaintiff'. Duncan, Martin & Perduo vs. W. T. H. Taylor. Rule absolute granted. Laub, Strombnrg <&. Korn vs. Stil well & Keith, Rale nisi granted. B. C. Kinard & Son v*. I, j. & /• W Ward. Rule 'absolute granted. W j Lane, of jasper Co., admitted topractice law. Walter T Miller vs Adolphus Schaefer, surviving partner. Rule absolute granted. G M & G RR vs O H Johnson. Pending, This is a test case of all those against whom the railroad has brought suit. It occupied most of yesterday afternoon and will go to the jury soon this morning, judge Hall spoke for the plaintiff and Cols Ham mond and Mills for defence, and mdge Stewart was closirg for plain tiff when court adjourned. Hollonville Happenings. Hollosville, Ga„ Aug. 8.— We ar« very diy and hot in this locality. A shower of rain would be very accepta hie with the people all around. Crops are looking line an a general thing. Mr. W. B. Jackson has such pleasant smiles tho last few days. Ho has two boys at his house. Miss Hattie Fountain and her father are here, visiting thoir friends and neigh bora, The hand of affliction is still resting on Miss Anaa Perkins and Mrs. G. W. Jackson. We think they are some bet { cr _ I Rev. E- M. Hooten held his annual meeting hero last week, with grand ef fort on his part. Such sermons as be P reae ^ es always draw a crowd. Rev W. C. Fox is holding a protract ed meeting at tho Methodist chutch week Mrs. A. C.Dunbar,who has been with her sick mother for some time, was call ed to the bedside of her husband, at Brooks Station last Sunday. Monday wo were called on to bury tho sweet little daughter of Mr. and Mrs, J. C. Wilson, who was sick for three weeks, with typhoid. Dom Pedro. ENGINES, Gins, Feeders g GoMeisers. ALL FIRST CLASS, AND A NO. 1 I Price and Quality Guaranteed. Also, the celebrated 1HOMAS HARROW, both in Wood and Iron- IW A few Buggies on hand will be sold cheap. G. A. CUNNINGHAM. taept T- at eh?.