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rather retire
edifirbet independent connection with Chat-
*■ tauooga, and the West, and will break ground
in a few days lor a fourth road, connecting
witSra tOTfrthlndependent system.
With its five white and four colored church¬
es, it ha« recently completed a #10,000 new
Presbyterian church. It has increased itepop-
ulatiom by nearly one fifth. It has attracted
around its borders fruit grower* from nearly
every State in the Union, until it is now siir-
ronnded on nearly every aide by orchard*
and vineyards. It ha* put up the largest
frnit evaporators In the State. It is thehome
of the grape and its wine making capacity has
doubM%ver| augurated year, of It public has successfully schools, with in¬
a system a
seven ^TW^part years curriculum, p# second to none.
Hb$W«lfcho record of a half decade
and progress of an already
admirable city, with the natural advantages
of having the finest climate, summer and
winter, in the world.
Griffin is the comity seat of Spalding coun¬
ty, situated in west Middle Georgia, with a
healthy,fertile and rolling country, 1150 feet
abov*W»v*]; By the census of 1890, it
will have at alow estimate between6 000 and
7,000 people, and they are all of the right
sort—wide-awake, up to the times, ready to
welcome strangers and anxious to 'secure de¬
sirable settlers, who will not be any less wel-
eome 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.
W# have several sihoil ones, bat their accom¬
modations are entirely too limited for our
business, pleasure and health seeking guests.
If you see anybody that wants a good loca¬
tion for a hotel in the South, just mention
Gu#n in.the place where the Griffin News
pa^ttb^SreSthteOlQeorafa. nrOfiHw—f,hpImut npu-fi.
enclose stamps in sending for sample copies,
and descriptive pamphlet of Griffin.;
This brief sketchiswritten Aprillfith, 1889,
and will have to be changed in a few months
to embrace new enterprises commenced and
completed, -
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY.
HENKY C. PEEPLES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HAMPTON, GEORGIA.
Practices in all the State and Federal
Courts. oct9d*wly
JOHN J. HUNT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA.
Office, 81 Hill Street, Up Stairs, over J. H.
bite’s Clothing Store. mar22d&wly
THOS. R. MILLS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Will practice in the State and Fed'
Courts. Office over George A Hsrtnt
corner.
JOHN D STEWART. ROBT. T. DANIEL.
STEWART & DANIEL.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Over George k Hartnett’s, Griffin, Ga.
Will practice in the State and Federal
Courts. julylOdtf
D. L PARMER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
' woonsrav, Georgia.
Win Fprompt practice attention in all the given Courts, to a
ever business calls.
W Collections a specialty.
HOTEL CURTIS
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA,
Under New Management
6. DANIEL, Prop’r.
i ii ii n.tet si! trains.
•iOSKY HOUSE,
7 Rooms, Stove Room and Kitchen, rich
garden spot and staqle. ne btook from
from centre Hill street. Well located for
SHELTON HOUSE, i
Cto^lP^Ur New t room street, house 5 and It acres a nd . o ne land a on (
S. A. CUNNINGHAM,
jV ■ I* M 1,-
'"it.
AMERICA'S VAUR
ed veteran* were nursed, A happy
thought tltat of Senator Morrill, now
the Nestor of the Capitol, who,
mw in 1864, -mtart moved m to set apart : this '
oM old hall hall for for a gallery of statuary.
Bach state was invited to send two stat¬
ues, and what n gallery of greatness it
will he when all of the forty-two states
now existing or in immediate prospect
shall have complied, to say nothing of
the states of the* future. The smallest
state was the first to accept the invita¬
tion, quickty followed by the largesfcgAa
yet only ten states have sent here the
marble or bronze figures of their well
loved sons, being embarrassed, probably,
by richness of material to select from;
but the government has added several
statues, so that as we enter from the ro¬
tunda of the Capitol’s majestic dome
we are confronted by two dozen fall
length figures of men who were great in
their life, and who will never die in the
hearts of their countrymen. Instinct¬
ively heads are uncovered as we enter.
The present is forgotten and only the
past seems real in this sacred presence.
Who Is this at our left, standing erect
and at the
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SAMUEL adams.
ation expressed hi face and posture, we
think we hear him saying to his majes¬
ty’s officer, who has consented to with-
lead a regiment
to bis death at
BaiTs Bluff. He
is here represent-
X^ncUitVrief
but glorious mili-
tary career issug-
geeted only by
the military hat
resting at his feet
upon a book, in-
dicative of his
purpose to say
farewell to the
senate, throw off
mount his horse.
One almost wisli- j
can toga had been *x>s7xbd d. bakkk
dispensed with by fhe artist. Many
other statues in this loom clearly show
that he should
first attract our
attention, tar it
was he—Samuel
uel ths Publican"
—who first pro-
tested against
England’s op-
presetve stamp
t be 8*0*8
Adams who as
early as 1769 de¬
dared: “Inde-
pendent and independent we are
we will be.” As
ho stan<ls before
us in semi-heroic
marble, with
folded arms,
curled hair, firm-
ness, self confi-
rtT\7/^k V /4^
Wif!jf Fifli Hr
ill
iff' / If ffl
vjff r /(jB il\|l
/
I
Ji MX
BtUttK'
r t
the Declaration of Independence. Tram-
Council and House of Representatives
**» in ywwol General Court WU1 * W«*VUCU Convened”--* w re-
minder of his election twenty-two
successive times to the speakership of
#
P&SSa
JW fi
fit If WS&
ESHlinn
hand held in front with fist doubled bel¬
ligerently, head up, ©yes shooting defi¬
ance, the whole pose one vigor
and victory, and demanding the sur¬
render of Tieonderoga in the name of
Jehovah and the Continental congress,
Ethan Allen is the hero of the young,
known above most of his greater con¬
temporaries, and the artist has properly
preserved all the spirit of the hero and
his ms deeds, ueeus, though uiuugu of ui the WO man man himself uuuwu no uu
portrait is known to posterity. A truly
ivMvr Hal figure this, with its epaulets,
cockade wlfh rosette, broad sash with
heavy gold tassels, rising three feet taller
than its life size neighbor, Trumbull,and
with a great marble boot fourteen inches
long and six broad. His Is the only
covered head in the august assemblage.
In his neighbor, Lewis Casa, the Latest
comer in the gallery, we find our first
swallow taiL His is a portly figure, obsti¬
with a strong, fine face, a drawn,
nate mouth. This sculptor shows us
that neither toga nor uniform is neces¬
sary in the making of an heroic figure.
At the feet is a strong box full of papers
and books. Could thasirtist have meant
tins os a suggestion of bonds and money,
denoting Cass as the only rich man In
tbs Pantheon, made a millionaire by his
lucky purchase for #9,000 of 500 acres of
land on the rite of Detroit?
Garfield is next, and a fine, statesman¬
like figure it is, with the modem Prince
all buttoned down before,
and eschewing
cloak, 8 word,
scroll and all oth-
sr devices of dig-
that tells the story
of his unhappy
boy is this with
clothes of the co-
smooth, young
liair’ pompadour
and tied behind,
grasping his cloak
with right hand
wWt tbo
safssrpaapsttt whom Pennsylvania has delighted to
then resigned. » a In
this bold old face
Q QQQ |>^Q IXl iltrTl
who refused to
take oath in sup-
P° rt of the Btamp
act in 1765, and
whose counsel
waa 80 highly
able is the next
figure, Ethan AI-
Ian in full milt-
tary uniform, the
v&eJa
jKwfc
HI 1 1./0H L I UW
H:JL Jr??*
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,
J I
<
.
’
ure, with gold cane an
in left hand, powdered '
and raffled waistbands
is the Georgs Clinton
York’s first governor, (
Hi
abraham LINCOLN, statue of Lincoln
by Vlnnle Ream is not happy; its toga held
in the left hand like a woman’s skirt, the
melancholy, almost peevish, better. face are His not
Lincoln’s. Hamilton fares
marble face shines with intelligence; his
pose is one of dignity; no toga the encum¬ deli-
bers him. One con almost see
rosy cheek* For
these men, the
one next to
Washington, the
creator of the re¬
public, and the
other its preserv¬
er, drop a tear.
One fell in a duel
which he entered
against his prin¬
ciples, but to
“protect his fut¬
ure usefulness as .
a publio man;” i
the other by the
hand of an as-
flnnftln
Another figure
and the circle has
been completed.
Last, but not least
interesting, is old
John
the Declaration
of Independence,
and was so inhu¬
manly treated by
the British In
prison as ulti¬
mately to die of
the effects; and
gallant Phil
Kearny,the fight¬
er, who tett eit
Chantilly in the
I civil war.
Ica’a Two of Ameri-
great men—
(indeed, [good in some
judgment,
America’s two
men —
Lincoln and
town of any kb
They propose
them that wine
to love and frim
wife that no o
if he should i
that wine until l
the cellar, not thinking them wort
tian burial. Happ of fa looking about
almost to a state despair at the
the %'tS^s^tsx old Burgundy, ditoov«red tbe I
and delivered them to hi* guest* fa
THE BONOS THAT HJUBK
They soon had the bottheopen,
wine pretty freely, were It highly fin* pi.
its flavor, pronounced a elai
It had now become time to teet the a
gU&, 5 S£nSe.
szzxzizis.'ssz
oar boys to Virginia that “Dixie” always de¬
moralized the Yankees, and was sore Stonewall to ore
ate a stampede, especially when
Jackson led the muste-but to play some oi
thoee old tunes that will please the Yankees,
such as “Yankee Doodle."
The young ladies wsot into the parlor and
played the “Bonny Blue Flag,” and several
other old Yankee airs, which closed pleased their
guests very much, and finally the con
cert with “Sweet Home, there is noplacelifcs
home.” With “Sweet Home” the finale wa«
reached, the enemy surrendered at discretion,
and called a guard and placed over Happ’i
cotton, with strict instructions to allow no
one to approach within lass than titty yards
of that puo of cotton.
Whether it waa the sweet musto or tbs
blackberry wine that calmed the savage breast
LI. _„_ A M .A Ah* —.
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