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as the ore
ing a day or
A Silicon, spent
jlNlN^Jdasef
Tom Fitzgerald
after-
A. Gillespie, a clever gentleman
connected with the Central BR.
spent Sunday in the city.
Miss Maud Williams, of Augusta,
and Miss Carrie Chambers, of Carroll¬
ton, are visiting Mrs. J.E. Mitchell in
A- S- Murray went to Savannah
yesterday to attend the Georgia
7 ,r“ lon
*
Daniel, of the Columbus
ton, spent Sunday with his
or A. G, Daniel, the genial
Ellis Gotbard went bathing in Flint
river, near Rev. A. G. Peden’s house,
on Saturday, and was drowned, it is
wrs^Pd teking cramp ' He
The boys are not going to allow
tee girls to wear all the pretty and
cool summer clothing, and silk shirts
* all
I fancy shoes are thS
In the list of PS............... distinguished pupils
[ for the spring term in the published 7th grade Sun- of
I i public school, as
day, the name of Miss Katie Thrash
| wanJgfitted. being in the list She for the was whole very close to
!«&«?»;= year.
j terday which proves to be very in-
wonderfu 1
re. Joe Stewart. Chas. Lower,
*y Kincaid.
ill be seen that tbe best mater-
ning uniform is very handsome, ele¬
gantly trimmed and made, and con¬
sists of a white flannel shirt, black
jersey knee pants, black stockings,
white jersey skull cap and black tie.
They were received yesterday.
This morning the balance of the
company leave at 6 o’clock on the
excursion train which will make the
force number about fifty men. To¬
day the pulse of our beautiful city
will throb with the excitement of un¬
certainty, and toward evening hearts
will beat wildly in expectation of the
announcement over the wires,
sure our gallant boys will do their
best.
The judges are Capt. W. H. Hart¬
nett and D. J. Bailey, Jr., and the
timekeepers are J. M. Mills and B. H.
Drake. Many friends of the compa¬
ny accompany them on their trip.
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The entering wedge of a complaint that
may prove fatal is often a slight cold, which
a dose or two of Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral
might have cured at the commencement. It
would be well, therefore to keep this remedy
■within reach at all times.
TheTwo OU Mills Pool Their Issues
* and Capital.
The Grffin Oil Mill and tbe Middle
Georgia Improvement and Manufac¬
turing Company, both of whom pro¬
posed to go into the manufacture of
cotton seed oil, seeing the uselessness
of rival companies in a limited terri
tory, met on Saturday afternoon and
effected a consolidation, which was
perfected yesterday. A meeting was
held at the Griffin banking Company’s
office iffiee yesterday yesterday morning, morning, and and the the fol¬ fol-
lowing new board of directors elec¬
ted: N. B.Drewry, A. Scheuerman.M,
L. Bates, J. C. Brooks, S. Grantland,
B. R. Blakely, W. J. Kincaid, J. D
Boyd, H. H. Bass, J. P. Nichols, W.
A. Bates. The board then elected
the following officers:
President—N. B. Drewry.
‘ Vice Pres’t—W. A. Bates.
Secretaay and Treas.—J. P. Nichols.
The name ef the new company wil 1
be the Griffin Oil Mill and Fertilizer
Company. The building now in pro-
cess of erectiou by the Griffin Oi 1
Mill will be completed in an enlarged
form and its capacity increased from
twenty tons to thirty tons, with a
capital of $40,000. The News and
Sun wishes all success to the new
consolidation.
Tbe prevalence of scrofulous taint is the
blood is much more universal than many are
aware. Indeed, but few persons are free from
it. Fortunately, however, we havejn Ayer’s
Sarsaparilla, the most potent remedy ever
discovered for thU terrible nffliction.
A SUNDAY ACCIDENT.
The train which left this city Sun-
day morning at 8:35 bound for Chat,
tanooga, drawn by an old used up
engine known along tbe line as tbs
“coffee pot,” did not get any further
than Flint river., about ten miles from
here. At that point the injectors on
the engine were blown out and the
train was compelled to Jay by until
another engine could be procured,
which was late in the afternoon, when
the exploded plug and tbe cars were
drawn back here. It is said that the
but it is a good ©
Collector Stew*
brought in and mi
thousands of doll
,rt, which la. «
tnroed for taxati.
will no doubt be 1
fore the year is <
General Manager M. S, Belknap,
the Central railroad, has visited
new quarry at Griffin, recently
chased by the Central railroad,
ing his trip over th'e road, and
talks very favorably of
Belknap at onetime owned a
and he has considerable experience
that line. He says that the
quarry is the finest he ever saw.
thing in the South. The qnarry
just outside of Griffin, andwithin
yards of the Central railroad.
are nearly 100 acres of the
and it fs thought not to be less
twenty feet thick, capable of
ing ballast for all the roads in
State. A crusher has item
with which to make the baUast,
Major Belknap said that the
pany will be ready to open-tire quar
ry soon.
Advertised letters remaining in
postofflee at Griffin, Ga., May
1889, which will be sent to the
Letter office if not called for in
days:
James Afford.
Miss WilBe Anderson.
A. W. Author.
Josh Bailey.
Mary E. Butler.
Sandy Child.
Jennie Ravis (2).
Mary Davis.
Ida Dausey.
Laura Ellison.
Charlie Hall.
Hattie Harper.
Julia Francis.
Mary Low.
Anson Mathern.
James Moore.
E. P. Reid.
Cathin Bawl.
S. N.
most as soft as i^ee, aud held in shape
by fine wire. , v ^
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naper and in rose-colored or
nRf> ink
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bodice which has one ride glif
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coats are to be lined with colored
nex t reason.
: A modem decoration for the hall is
a Warming pan, newly furnished and
hung close to the hat rack, an indi-
cation that visitors will have a warm
The Ladies’ Dress Association of
London, Which does its best to ex¬
tend the use of garments conducive
to health, and comfort, employs a
mfflhMTwho has invented a cork hat
for la died *
“A steel white is twelve inches
long and planed in the back of the
dress twelve inches below the waist
.ta-tte.at.JtMmtlonoIabusa.,
MRS. L L. BENSON
ATJNT SHADY
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wish te inform their friends th*'
suMMor*
iWDSRFOL REDUCTIONS
I In the
FISEST MATEBTAI.
*-*HATS from Ten fafo Tweny-five
Cents EVERT BAY.
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^ And Fa line rming Impl ements.
PISTOLS. Have just received a nice of CEDAR BUCKETS, POT-V
* * * PISTOLS! PISTOLS!! *
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W. M.HOUVIAN
We Standard A Sugar for making cake, m» Currents, Prui
kinds of Extracts for Flavoring. The best
and in fact anything you want.
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Attention, P
ized This and is exclusive to certify that John for the Ison, sale Esq!, Of of Griffin,
agent our celebrat.
Old Gum Spring” Kentucl
in the city of Griffin from this date, and no other
brand of whiskey to offer to the trade. Those wis
Try terated and whiskeyforall be convinced. purposes, The ladies, will find*it babies, only aijp i
it
Kentucky,” and wherever known, for years.
Practical Jeweler aM Dealer-
JEWELRY, CLO
Special attention given to Repairing.
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