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VOLUME 17
Bp Griffin, Ga.
Griffin is Hie liveliest, pluckiest, most pro¬
gressive town in Georgia. This is no hyper¬
bolical description, as the record of the last
Are years will show.
During that time it lias built and put into
most successful operation a $100,000 cottoa
actory and is now building another with
nearly twice the capital. It has pntup a
I« ge iron and brass foundry, a fertilizer fac¬
tory, an immense ice and bottling Works, a
sash and blind factory, a* broom factory
opened up the finest granite quarry in the
Uuited Stater, and has many other enter¬
prises in ontemplation. It has secured
mother . ailroad ninety miles long, and while
ocateu on the greatest system in the Sonth,
the Central, has secured connection with its
important rival, the East Tennessee, 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 its ultimate completion. With
ts five white and three colored
churches, it is now building a f10, 000 new
Presbyterian ehoroh. It has increased its
population by nearly one-fifth. It has at-
trae'e 1 around its borders fruit growers from
nearly every State in the Union, until it is
now surrounded on nearly every side by or¬
chards and vineyards. It is the home of the
grape an I its wine making capacity has
doubled every year. It has successfully
inaugurated a system of publio schools, with
c seven years curriculum, second to none.
This is part of the record of a half decade
cud simply shows the progress of an already
cdmirable city, with the natural advantages
•f having the finest climate, summer and
winter, in the world.
Griffin is the county seat of Spalding
ctfunty, situated in west Middle Georgia, with
t healthy, fertile and r uling country, 1150
feet above sea level, Iiy die census of 1890, it
will have at a low estimate between 6,000 and
7,o00 people, and they are all of the right
sort—wide-awake, up to the tiipee, ready to
weleome strangers and anxious to secure de-
•irable settlers, who will not be any less wel¬
come 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.
Wc have several small ones, but their accom¬
modations are entirely too limited for our
business, pleasure and health seeking guests.
If you see anybody that wants a good loca-
tionfor a hotel in tlie South, just mention
Griffin. Griffin
Griffin is the place where the
N*ws is published—daily and weekly—the
nest newspaper in the Empire State of the
Georgia, Please enclose stamps in sending
for cample copies.
This brief sketch .will answer July 1st,
lMte. By January 1st, 1889, it will have to be
changed to keep up with tho limes. *
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY
HEADQUARTERS Protective
Leak's Collecting and
Agency of Georgia.
GRIFFIN, ------- GEORGIA.
S. G. LEAK, Manager.
Sr-STSend your claims to S. G. Leak and
correspond only with him at headquarters, for' t
Cleveland & Beck, Resident Attorneys
Griffin. may9d&w8m
HENRY C. PEEPLES,
A t'TORN.EY AT LAW
HAMPTON, GEORGIA.
Practices in all the State and Federal
Courts. oet9d&wly
JNO. J. HUNT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA.
Office, 81 Hill Street, Up Stairs, over J. H
WLite’s Clothing Store. mar22d&wly
V. OISMUKB. N. M. COLLINS
DISMUKE A COLLINS,
LAWYERS,
GRIFFIN, GA.
0,tioe,firBt room in Agricultural Building
Stairs. marl-d&wtf
1thOS. R. MILLS,
TTORNEY AT LAW,
GRIFFIN, GA.
Will practice in the State and Federal
Courts. Office, over George & Hartnett’s
•orner. nov2-tf.
osd. uiwinr. ajBr. t. da nibl
STEWART A DANIEL,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Over George & Hartnett’s, Griffin, Ga.
Will practice in the State and Federa
ourts. ianl.
C. S. WRIGHT,
WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER
GRIFFIN, GA.
HiU Street, Up Stairs over J. H. White
r.,Sc Co.’s.
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D. L. PARMER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
WOODBURY, : : GEORGIA.
irompt attention given to ail business.
Will practice in all the Courts, and where-
evet business calls.
BT Collections a specialty. aprildl y
J. r». NICHOLS,
TH*
Northwestern Mutual Life In¬
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in America. »ng28dly
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ot2-d<fcwly-toD column 1st or *th rare.
THE STAR.
A GREAT NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC
NEWSPAPER. 4
The Stab is the only New York newspaper
possessing the fullest confidence of tlie Na¬
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ground Jeffersonian of the Democracy, Republic. simple,
pure and
is good enough for the Star. Single hand¬
ed among tlie metropolitan press, it has
stood by the men called by the great Democ¬
racy to redeem tlie 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—forCleve-
land and Thnrman—for four years more of
Democratic houesty 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 economically
administered is essentially oppressive and
dishonest. Tne 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
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umns,
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ST.JOHN’S COLLEGEfiTRS
This College enjoys the powers of a Uni¬
versity and is conducted by the Jesuit Fath
ers. It is situated in a very beautiful part
part of New York Counjy between the Har¬
lem R. AL. I. Sound. Every facility is giv¬
en for the best Classical, Scientific and Com-
mercial Education. Board and Tuition per
Year $300. Studies re-open Wednesday,
September 5th, 1888.
St. John’s Hall, a Preparatory School for
Boys from 10 to 12, is under the same diree-
tion. Fer further particulars apply to Rev.
John Samj-T, S. J., Pres. augiMAwlm
o mm
AT YELLOW SULPHUR.
AN IDYLLIC TIME DESCRIBED BY
AN IDEAL GIRL.
How a Griffin Young Lady is Enjoy*
ing Herself Among the Moun¬
tains of Virginia.
Yei.i.ow Sulphur Springs, Va
,
August 18th.
Drar Mr. Gj.K8s.ver. —Having
received a copy of the News today
and seeing trom its columns that the
mercury stands at 91 in Griffin, I
think it my duty to my friends to
tell them of this lovely place and to
beg them to come here, and cool off.
We have been to the Alleghany
Springs and to the White Sulphur
Springs since leaving home. They
are both very beautiful and fashion
able places, but we were not so well
pleased with either as with the Yel¬
low Sulphur. It is not so gay her*
as those places, but it is delightfully
cool and the fare is excellent. We
are almost on the summit of the Al¬
leghany mountains, being ouly sixty
feet from the top and 2,000 feet
above the level of tho sea. Incon¬
sequence of this elevation the air is
very invigorating and one is glad to
sleep under blankets at night. Tb’s
place is situaied in a little valley
formed by green sloping hills on
three sides, and the cottages are
built on these slopes and the hotel in
the center. The wonderful spring,
which is said to be a sure cure for
every known malady, is also in the
center of the lawn.
A lovely stream winds through at
the foot of the slope, and it is eras
ed by three rustic bridges.
The stream affords mush pleasure
for a troop of little boys who spend
their time paddling about in it and
trying to dam it up, bat in vain,
as their yells attest, when after
working for hours the water breaks
through.
Among the many amusements
here, lawn tennis with the young
ladies and gentlemen is preferred,
but ten pins and boating (on the
lake) is also much resorted to, while
the children spend much time
playing croquet aud wandering over
the green hills for wild flowers which
grow in the greatest profusion.
At night both young and old dance
to the sweet strains of harp and
violins.
I had the pleasure of dancing in
the same set with Miss Winnie Davis,
who is the most gracious and lovely
young lady I ever saw. She has
been here most of the summer, but
she left a few days ago for Bar Har¬
bor,Maine. She was kindtoeveryone.
I will give you a few instances of her
kindness. Every day she went down
to the bath house to rj*ad the Bible
to the old colored woman who takes
care of it. If anything prevented
she would apologise. S m was sit¬
ting at the spring bouse one day
alone with a basket of peaches on
each side, when a lady went in and
asked what she was doing. She
said an old colored man had asked
her to watch his peaches while he
went on the hill to sell others. She
is not beautiful, but she has the most
radiant smile, which makes here face
lovely.
There are about 300 guests here
and among them we find some very
nice Georgia people. Dr. Armstrong
and family, of Atlanta, and the Nis-
bet family, of Savannah, we like
very much. Miss Gussie Noble, of
Athens, is quite a belle here. New
Orleans is well represented. Gen.
G. T. Beauregard, of New Orleans,
spends part of each summer her£i
Gen. Jubal Early is also here with
four charming nieces.
We have made some nice acquain
tances among the Virginia people.
We have met Mr. Cbas. Walker
and family, of Farmville. He is
the Mr. Willie Walker who lived In
Griffin. The people are all so social
we can hardly realize we ire so far
from borne. It would be a treat,
however to see some one from Griffin,
I hope this may be the means of in¬
ducing you and other friends to join
us here. We enjoy getting the
Nrws. Sincerely
Adihe Kincaj*.
TUB CENTRAL’S LAST PURCHASE.
The Scoop of tho Cincinnati, Selma,
and Mobile Ra 'road.
Mention was made in the Macon
Telegraph Sunday of the purchase
by tho Central of the Cincinnati, Sel
ma and Mobile railway. The bonds
were purchased and to day the road
will be operated by the Central from
Akron to Marion junction where it
connects with the East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia to Selma. The
bonds amount to between $1,200,000
and $1,500,000,
To a Savannah News reporter Gen
Alexander explains that the extent of
the line now controlled by the Cen
tral is fifty three miles from Akron to
Marson junction, and that fonrteen
miles of the East Tennessee, Virgin
ia and Georgia has been leased to
operall the line to Selma.
That deal, however, csvers the en
tire Hue of the road, which is 61.15
miles in length, with fonr loco mo
tivee anb one hundread and eight
cars. |ts earniDgs last year was $40,
000. Cecil Gabbett, the present pres
ident and general manager, and H.
M. Abbott, the treasurer, have been
retained, and Gen. Alexander express
ed the views that Mr. Gabbett will be
oontinned in the management.
The bonds were issued about
seven years ago by a syndicate,
of which Goorge P. Doughty was
the leading spirit, and they were an
over issue of the New Orleans, Tex
as and Pacific, which sold at 80 cents
and were hypothecated to build the
Cincinnati, Selma and Mobile road.
Since that time Doughty has died,
and the plan to sell the road to the
Queen and Crescent miscarried.
It is understood that the Central
bought the bonds at about 50 cants
on the dollar. The new purchase ex
tends the lines of the Central further
west, and is a road the Central has
long had an eye on, and is evidently
the last purchase the Central is like
ly to make for some time to come.
Gen. Alexauder says he is oegotia
ting for the funds to build the road
from Eden to Americas, and he
hopes soon to announce that the ar
rangements have bean perfected.
A I'hallesu: I
Hon. M. V. McKibben, of Jackson
challenges*the counties of
Spalding, Monroe, Newton and
per, on the production from 101
of cottoa’ in one body of land, and
offers as a premium a fine
colt or a fine Jerfey heifer.
newspapers of the reapectiie
ties will please make a note of this.
Fram Birth to the Grave
We do carry wjth us certain physioal traits,
we certain mental characteristics.
much that psychologists have striven to
ignate by generic titles certain the
ments— at the bilious, the nervous,
phatic. The individual with a sallow
plexion If the is set saffron down in as the bilious, hue often of his skin rightly
so.
traceable to bile in the blood, its presence in
the wrong place instead of the liver, will
be evinoed by fur on the tongue, pa
neath -be right ribs and through the
shoulder-blade, sick headache,
flatulence and indigestion. For the relief
this very common, bat not essentially peril¬
ous thorough aompiaint, there is no more genial
remedy than Hostetter’s
Bitters, which is also a beneficent tonic
gtren
rem
rheumatism
Advice to Mothers.
M.i. Winslows Soothwo
for children teething, is the
of one of the best female nurses
has physimans been used in for the forty United States, with
failing by millions years of
sneoess
for their children. Daring the
of teething its value is
health to the ebiid and rests the
Price % cento • bottle, augeodAwly
Down They Go!
Lemons only 20c. per dozen.
New Irish Potatoes,
New Cabbage, Fresh
Ubl. Plenty Boss of Fresh Crackers, Fish to-day. jost.in.
Nice Smoked Sausage.
C- W. Clark A Son.
Columbus and Her Exposition.
October 4tb, 1888, will be a day of
wonderful note to the people of the
Chattahoochee Valley. Thousands
are looking forward to the pleasure
of a visit to the Lowell of the South,
and the enjoyment and instruction
that will be offered within the gates
of Exposition Park. The premiums
and parses are remarkably liberal, ag
gregating $15,000, and so divided
that the competition will be.iu teres tiog
and attractive, both to the exhibitor
nnd to the visitor. Months of elabor
ate and costly preparation have result
ed in the finest grounds and the best
group of buildings for Exposition
purposes ever seen in this
section, and the business men of Go
Iambus are giving their time and en
ergy to the success of the enterprise.
The entries already received from
the leading conn ties of Georgia and
Alabama promise a magnificent dia
play of agricultural products.
The Lowell of the South, with her
manufactures, and the Pittsbnrg of
the Sonth. with her ores, will equally
interest the student of the New Sonth.
The citrus Doits of Florida will serve
as a foil for the coal and iron of
North Alabama, and the Art Exhibi
tion will contain paintings of nation
al reputation.
The magnificent group of exhibits
will be folly equalled by an unparal
elled list of amusements. An inter
state military encampment and drill
in whieb the best Southern Oompa
nice are already entered, will oconr
on the first two days of the Exposi
tion. The fastest horses in the coon
try will be seen on the Golnmbns
track, pronounced by every ohe the
finest in the South. Music of the
highest order has been engaged.
Elaborate programme for Shot gun,
Bicyole and Tiltingcontesta have been
arranged. The largest balloon in the
esuntry will make ascensions, togeth
er with thrilling parachute jump, and
the displays of fireworks will be a
revelation. From the opening day,
when the parade will be reviewed by
the Governors of Georgia, Alabama
and Florida, to the closing, each
day’s programme will be complete
with all that goes to make np a great
Exposition.
— — • • » .
Sunny Side Scintillations.
Sunnv Side, Ga., Aug. 21.—Cot¬
ton is shedding some on account
dry weather.
Camp meeting is now in session
Ml. Zion and Sunny Side is well re¬
presented.
Mr.and Mrs. H. I. Starr, of
Hill, epent Sunday in Sunny Side.
Miss Kittle Ch&tfield, of Jones
bor *, was in town Saturday.
l’rof. A. R. Rozar spent
days in Sonny Side this week.
Missas Erfie and Laura
visited Griffin friends Saturday.
Protracted services at the M.
church closed Sunday night.
al new members were enrolled on
church book.
Miss Goulding, of Roswell,
is spendiug sometime with Miss
sie Kell of Sunny Side.
We are sorry to say that on
day a. m. 6th inst. while W. B.
fin's clerk went in the store
“closed the door’ behind him,
P. E. Bro«n came up aud
the J <i,r open and walked in, aud
trap door being up, came near
therein, and was of course hurt
some extent, but Dr. Gray was
in, and said it was nothing
and we ar« glad to ’earn that be
able to attend to his business
NUMBER »7»
day following.
C. L. Patterson snd Lee Griffin
spent yesterday in Griffin.
Setnraes Kell, and Will Malaier |
left at 5 o'clock this morning to
walk to the Mt. Zion camp ground.
As it is only 13 miies they aay will
make the journey in 3 hours, if Wilt
can keep up with Semtnes, they will
“get there Eli.”
There is $15,00 reward offered for
the scalp of the gentleman that ham
pered Pof. Richter’s largest water
melon some time sinoe.
Dash.
WILL FABMIN0 PAT 1
The Answer Finished hy the Expert*
CMofO.W. Clark.
Will fanning pay * T jr yea, pro
Tided the old adage , strictly ear
ried oat—
“He that by tbe either Plow would thrive
Himself must hold or drive.”
Mr. G W Clark, who is farming on
the snbnrbs of Griffin, conveyed me
oat to see his farm last Saturday.
There I found demonstrated to my
satisfaction that systematical farming
will pay and pay a large dividend at
that. Mr. Clark settled on an old,
worn out plantation some years aga,
and by industry and system has
brought an old, unsightly farm to be
a perfect gem of a farm. By theses
ot proper ditching and the placing
levees on the lower side ot hie ditch
es he has stopped the lend trom wash
ing entirely, He so constructs bis
levees ^that water passee off very
gradually. While he has some 350
yards long he has the levees so con
strncted at the emptying end that the
water merely drains off, leaving much
of the sediment on the upper side of
the ditch, which enriches the land on
that side of the ditches. I beg to
mention jost here thac Mr. Clark
uses a good deal of home-made man
are on bis farm. He showed me a
two acre plat of ground which at the
time was a clay ground* on which he
pat a quantity of oak leaves and acid
tear years ago. The prospect now
is that it will make a bale of cotton
to the acre. I advise any oitisen who
would like to feast his eyes on a fine
crop of corn and cotton and system
atical farming operations to call and
gee Mr. Clark’s farm.
8j W. Bloodwoxt*.
□The many remarkable cures Hood’s Bane
that parillo it accomplishes peculiar are sufficient rati proof powf
*».__(O .dose possess ca vs
Pure and rich, possessing all the until tioo
properties of Halt, Chase’s Barley Matt
Whisky is a perfect Tonic for building up
the system. George A Barnett sole agents
er Griffin.
Mill HOUSE BARBER W
COLUMBUS, . GEORGIA,
JOE McGHEE, JProp*r
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The best place in Columbus to gets balk
or clean Shoe. Give ns a call whan hi tfc
It JOB McGHEE
ENGINES,
Gins, Feeders! Coin m
ALL FIRST CLASS,
AND A NO. 1
Price and Quality 6ua runtc a d.
Also, the celebrated I HOMAN HARROW,
both in Wood and Iroa-
Or A few Buggies on hand will be
ebeap.
6. A. CUNNfNBHAffi.
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