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When we say Everything we mean Everything
from a foundation post to the belfry of a church, every-
thing inclusive
Headquarters,
July Griffin, Ga.,
12,1892
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TIi© volunteer soldiers have come and
gone, and my only headquarters from now
on will be at my old stand at the Engel Cor¬
ner, where I will continue to run
and supply all customers with the best goods
at the lowest price. Your custom solicited
the same as ever.
Yours truly,
GROCERIES,
DO NOT FAIL TO CALL ON US.
We Aim Please
And the satisfaction we have given to our large number of
custojners since the Encampment opened shows that
We Hit the Marh
We have everything that a soldier or citizen can want
in the eatable line and invite the patronage of ail.
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GRIFFIN, GEORGIA. SUNDAY MORNING. JULY 17,1892
ONIS ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
and Syrup refreshing of Pigs is taken; it is pleasant
to the taste, and acts
gently Liver and yet promptly Bowels, on the Kidneys,
cleanses the ays
aches fern effectually, and fevers dispels colds, head
and cures habitual
constipation. only Syrup of Figs jg th"
duced, remedy pleasing of its the kind ever pro¬
ceptable to taste and ac¬
to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial m its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy excellent and agreeable substances, its
to many all and have qualities made it eommeud it
the most
popular Syrap remedy Figs known.
of is for sale in 50c
and $1 bottles by all leading drug-
ALL ABOUT 6RIFFIN.
Capital of the Garden Snot
of the World!
BIFFIN is the
county seat of
Spalding Bounty,
Georgia, and is sit-
tinted in tli# cen-
•IHhVdj vTl jWBftg -tion tre of oi the the best, por-
t Umpire State great
. ■M of
its Kouth, wonderful where
all
1**]™**”*".' *^ V .....i .1 and varied indur
. . tries meet and are
carried on with greatest success, and is thus
ing the a home and for a profitable growth that career. is increas¬ These
are reasons a
ing its population almost daily. )
It has ample and sufficient railroad lacil
ties; the second point in importance on th.
Central railroad between the capita) of the
State, forty miles distant, and its principal
seaport, 250 miles away; an West, independent
line to Chattanooga andphe by way oi
the Savannah, Griffin and North Alabama
Ilailroaii; the principal city on the Georgia
Ifhiiaftd and Gulf railroad, one hundred
miles long, bnilt largely through its own en-
terprise uud soon to he extended to Atlanta
and the systems ol the Northeast, direct
connection with the great East Tennessee.
Virginia and Georgia railroad system; built—all an¬
other road graded and soon to be
bringing in trade and carrying oat goods
and manufacturers.
That this is the very cream and flower ol
the agricultural and horticultural portions
of the state is evidenced by the fact
that the State of Georgia and the Uuited
States unanimously chose it as the the site lor
the Experiment other Station, section. against It has strong two
efforts of every
crops that never tail, being cotton, the most
important crop in the South, and grapes,
Griffin’s record dnring the post half decade
proves it to be one of the most progressive
cities in the South.
It lias built two large cotton factories rep-
resentiug $250,000 and shipping goods all
over the world.
It has put up twoiarge iron and brassfoun-
dries.a fertiliser factory. 8. cotton seed oil
mill, a sash and blind factory, a plow factory
an ice factory, bottling works, a broom
factory, a mattress factory, a wire fence
factory and various smaller enterprise*.
It has put in an electric brilliantly light plant by
which the streets are lighted.
It has completed an complete extensive system
ol waterworks, and givinsr furnishing protection
against where. tire, water every
It has laid several miles of street railroad
tor convenient transportation over its large
area.
It has opened up the finest and largest
granite quarry in the State, for buildntg,
ballasting and macadamizing purposes
it lias seetwed o-eottGB compress w.th a
full capacity for its large and in. reusing re¬
ceipts of this Southern staple.
It hu* established a system of graded pub¬
lic schools, with a seven years curriculum,
second to none, and has just erected one of
the largest and id finest finest school school buildings buikfiags In hi the the
State in addition tion to to the the former former commodious commodious
structure.
It has organized two new hanks, makings
total of four, with combined resources oi
half a million dollars.
It has Uuilt two handsome new churches,
making a total of ten.
It has built several handsome business
blocks and many beautiful residences, th<
building record of each year averaging
$150,000. attracted around it* borders fruit
It has
growers from nearly every State in the Union
and Canada, until it is surrounded on ev«ry
side hr orchards and vineyards, and has lie-
come the largest and best fruit section in the
State, a ringle car load of its peaches netting
$1,280 in the height of the season.
. It has doubled its wine making capacity,
makingby tioth French and German, method*
both by individuals and by a large wfoo
company incorporated in 1891.
it has been exempt from eyciones. floods
and epidemics, and be subject by reuson of titera. Ite topo¬
graphy will never to
With an altitude of 1,150 leet above the
sea level, it* healthfulness has attructedgsn-
erai attention.' v- j
It bas just secured the permanent mililary
encampment of the State, adding about
*.
live and growing town, with a bealtb*nl and
pleasant climate rammer and winter, a
hospitable and cultured people, and a soil
capable ol producing semi-tropic any product Griffin of th»
temperate or zone, offers
every inducement and a hearty welcome to
For Sale or Rent;
Two new dwelli
and Poplar Sts.,
one live rooms, *
Water connection
Peter Daniels Pays the Penalty
of His Crime.
Sylvia Lyle’s Twice Convicted
Slayer Protests Innocence.
End of a Hard Legal Contest Over
a Negro’s Life—The Governor
Shed Tears But He
Could Not Interfere.
Atlanta, July 15.—Peter Daniels, the
twice convicted murderer of Sylvia Lyle,
has expiated the crime on the gallows
in Fnlton county jail.
The execution was superintended by
Sheriff J. W. Morrow, and the great
care which had been taken to have the
death of the doomed man as painless
and effective as possible, was evidenced
by the quick and successful work of the
officers.
The crime for which Daniels was
executed was committed in Atlanta on
the night of Auguat 5, 1891. Sylvia
Lyle, with whom he had been living,
was shot down in ooid blood on the
streets.
Ed Wright, a negro, who was walk¬
ing along the street in frout of the wo¬
man, was also shot in the side by the
assassin who ran off Immediately after
the shooting,, Wright made his way as
quickly as h* could to a physician and
his wound was dressed and he was soon
able to tell
The Start UnR Story,
that fixed the crime oh Peter Daniels.
He said that he waa on his way to
church, and While walking down Harris
street, he heard voices behind him—one
being that of Sylvia Lyle, who had fol¬
lowed him down the street for several
blocks^, and the other Was that of Peter
He heard Peter ask this woman why
she did not stop when he called her, and
the woman replied that she would have
him arrested if he did not go away.
He 'next felt a bullet ploughing
through his body, Two and heard shots the negro
woman scream. had been
fired.
The woman died in a few minutes
and was never able to tell who shot
her. Upon and W right's story Peter was
arrested, the coroner's jury charged
him with murder.
Bis First Serene*.
He was tried in the superior court be¬
fore Judge Bichard H. Clark September
98, 1891, and found guilty, and sen¬
tenced to hang, but his case was ap¬
pealed the The and his hanging affirmed affirmed was the the postponed. decision decision
supreme supreme court court
and the negro was again sentenced to
hang.
Another effort was made to get a new
triul, this time on the pitta of new fonnd
testimony for the defense, and Judge
Clark granted the motion.
A second time a jury fonnd him guilty,
and he was given his final ssntencs—to
be executed Jnly 15.
Since then Peter has made several ef¬
forts to have his sentence commuted to
that of life imprisonment
Bis last appeal was sent to Governor
Northen several weeks ago. It was a
strong one. Many of the prominent
citizens of the city asked the governor
to exercise his power and send the ne¬
gro to the penitentiary for life.
After a careful consideration of the
case the governor declined to do so.
Notwithstanding he has been twice
convicted, and it seems that every sf-
fo rt w aa m a de to get at the troth of the
matter, and if there was any doubt as
to the guilt of the negro to give him the
benefit of it, yet he protested bis inno¬
cence to the last, and there are many
people in Atlanta who believe an tuno
cent man has been huug
Clarkson to Succeed Himself.
Nkw York, July 14.—' The election of
chairman of the Republican national
committee, which takes place at a meet¬
ing of the national exeentive committee
on Saturday next, has been the main
topic of discussion among every one in¬
terested and in politics daring have shaped the few days
past, matters them¬
selves in sneb a manner as to lead to
the oonelusion that when the executive
committee meets, they will proceed to
re-elect T. 8. Clarkson to the position
held by him In the last presidential
campaign. Clarkson is at present the
only member of the committee who is
thought to have all qualifications position. neces¬
sary for the important Con¬
gressman Burleigh admitted that the
•election of Clarkson was a possibility.
Roller tor Canada Sufferers,
Ottawa, Oat, July iL— The Domin¬
ion authorities have ordered the govern¬
ment steamer Newfieid from Halifax te
Newfoundland with a cargo of suitable
provisions for the St. John sufferers.
Lieutenant Governor Daly has been ask
ed to make arrangements lor the load¬
ing and Sir dispatched John Abbott for has the vessel at
once. sent a cable
message of sympathy to tiro noting gov¬
ernor of the ancient colony. » r Ter¬
rence O'Brien, the governor, being now
in England. The acting governor bas
also provisions. been informed of the afaigime&ts of
r—-—#*■.
A New Cotton Ootl»t.
London, July 1- -A dispatch to Th*
Times from Hamburg say#: An associ¬
ation of capitalists, with backers here
and toward this sod lines advantage of shipping will be
taken at the direct be¬
tween Hamburg and America It is re¬
ported that arrangement* for immediate
shipments have been made.
“FOOD FOR POWDER.
HOW THE TWENTY-SIXTH NORTH
CAROLINA CAUGHT HOT BULLETS.
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A Pet IlugUneut Theft Never Knew
When tu Quit and Practically r.g(kt
N It* Stumps After Being Shot All to
Piece*.
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lion. Book rights reserved.]
MONO the butter
I f H that not battalions shouldered
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r —"fl thelr wa ? ahw>K
V STlfT\ 1 *» ll tbo tween dorty Cash pike be
tow n
and Gettysburg,
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mSw K A V tail, lank North
ll HrlitX V Carolinians, one of
i the freshest and
iM fj aPB r*wl JP \l Lee’s jolliest entire musters in
ss^’kWj/ army.
North Carolina
WT w regiments cooati
tuted several bri¬
gades in HiU’e corps, the vanguard of the
invading host, and there waa nothing to
distinguish the Twenty-sixth from a doaen
other organisations' in the command, ex¬
cepting its long line of well clad, hearty
and high spirited men. '
In a certain sense it had been a pet regi¬
ment to that Ume; that is, with a friend at
court it bad enjoyed its privileges and
skipped hard lines now and then, apd
marched to Pennsylvania fresh from green
pastures and the native heath. Bo while
the mass of war worn troops in HUi’a lead¬
ing division looked upon their early morn¬
ing trip to the country market town as a
foraging raid to gobble stores of shoes and
sugar before the eyes of raw home guards
and militia, the soldiers of the Twenty-
sixth cared not a rap for the prospective
plunder further than that the taking of it
might lead to a scrimmage certain to be
fanny and possibly exciting. I put it
The regiment stopped mere bullets at
organisation Gettysburg than in either did any other iidantry
army in a single bat¬
tle during the whole war. The records of
Union and Confederate regiments seem to
show a few coses where the loss in killed
and wounded waa greater in proportion to
numbers engaged than that in the Twen¬
ty-sixth had at Gettysburg, hut this regiment
a large list of missing, and if all the
facts were known it would doubtless stand
at the head of till, both in actual numbers
lost and in proportion of kiss to fighting
strength.
The Twenty sixth North Carolina was
organised in 1881 from companies recruit¬
ed in eight counties. Four companies
hailed from the mountain districts along
the Bine Ridge, three were from the cen¬
tral counties and three from the southern
border. The organizer was Zebulon B.
Vance, a Utter opponent of secession up to
the moment the die was cast. Vance, un¬
like many political colonels, led his boys
into several fights, particularly at New
Berne and in the “Steven Days,’’ in 1862.
He was elected governor in August of that
year and took his regiment home, and
there St remained in garrison throughout
the Manaasas. Antretam, Frederictsbnrg
and Chancellorsville campaigns. To this
long furlough was due the Bursting files
of stalwart yeomanry that marched cheeri¬
ly on to Gettysburg, “good food for pow¬
der.”
It is a well known story how Ileth’s bri¬
gades ran into Buford’s cavalry and Rey¬
nolds' infantry along Willoughby creek in
the early morning of July l. The brigades
of Archer and Davis plunged across the
stream, dropped Reynolds with a chance
shot and then were surrounded and all hut
destroyed. Then Heth’s reserve brigades,
under Pettigrew and Brocken brough, took
it up, rushed to the rescue of their lackless
comrades and the three days’ struggle was
began. The Twenty-sixth was on the left
of Pettigrew’s brigade and crossed the
creek abreast of McPherson’s woods, where
Meredith’s “Iron Brigade” and Rowley’s
Pennsylvanian's, replacing the brigades
that had wrestled with Archer and Davis,
were awaiting the next victims. While
crossing the creek the Carolinians met a
scathing fire from the and men in the woods,
but they weathered it pushed ap the
slope on Union a bayonet charge.
Ope brigade gave way a little, and
as Pettigrew followed up, the Twenty-
sixth alone struck the other brigade on its
flank. By that time Union supports were
on hand, batteries were in position, and
every clump of trees, every fence, ridge and
building bristled with bayonets and can¬
non. It looked as though Heth’s men
would earn their shoes mid sugar or go
without. The Twenty-sixth pressed on to
within twenty paces of its antagonists, the
overlapping flank of the "Iron Brigade.”
Finding their ammunition low, the men
went among the dead picking op cartridges,
aad were busy at this make when Pettigrew re¬
called his brigade to a new align¬
ment
The Twenty-sixth didn’t retire The
constant shifting of Union regiments from
position to position led the Confederate* to
expect an easy victory, bat every step in
advance revealed a new foe—to the right,
to the left, or in front la the pathway at
the Twenty-sixth, Cooper’s Pennsylvania
'
Highest of all in Leavening Power. —U. S. Gov't Report,,
8old in this city l.y B. li. BLAKELY
To say that the slaughter Wits enormous
on that field is to speak fu played out
terms. Battle historians formerly thought
it worth while to go into enthusiasm when
ranks were decimated. On the field I
write about scores of Union regiments Sort
SO to TO per cent, killed and wounded. That
mean* I or 7 out of every 10 shot down.
The Twenty-fourth Michigan, of the Iron
brigade, fought part of the time against
these Carolinians, mid its lass that day
was the highest in the Union army.
The One Hundred and Fifty-first Penn¬
sylvania, also opposed to the Carolinians,
lost nearly TO percent, of its men killed and
wounded, Gen. Heth reported that at the
point where the Twenty-sixth engaged the
second Union Hite, the flanks of Rowley’s
and Meredith's brigades, the "Union dead
marked the line of battle with the accuracy
of a line ondressparade.” It was in doing
this execution that the Caroliulans fired
away all their bullets and took to rifling
the boxes of the dead for more. And it
got ns good as it gave. One of the wound
ed of Rowley’s brigade, who lay on the field
when the Carolinians passed on in pursuit
of the retreating Union columns, said that
they didn't charge in line of battle, but in
■quods, so hot was the Union fire. The
Twenty-sixth showed no line of battle
when it finally advanced over the field it
bad won, because there were only ten iso,
lated squads where formerly the ten mag
niticent companies had been. Over *500 of
the 820men had caught a hot buttet apiece
and name of them two or three. The roll
call that evening showed exactly 210 meu
unhurt.
It might be thought that another fur¬
lough would fall to the lot of a regiment
so terribly punished. Noi it took its place
in line on July A to support Pickett’s
chargedi the left at the column. Its place
that day was the right of Pettigrew’s di
vision Joining the left of Pickett, a eon
necting link between the two. As Pickett
advanced the uneven ground broke the
formation of the line, and the Carotiniaas
touched elbows to the right and clung
close to Pickett’s column. They kept in
step w ith his line over the meadows, across
Emtnitsburg pike, on, on up the slope to
the atone wall uorth of the angle. At that,
point the wall recoded toward the Union
line ami compelled them to go farther than
Pickett in order to reach Hancock’s works.
Bravely the little remnant, spared to come
** i From the laws of death,
7 , Back from the mouth of boll
on tlie first day, held their grip on the
flank of Pickett’s proud stepping battalions,
like the little boys on the flying end of the
line in “Snap the Whip;” bravely they faced
the withering blast of fire that greeted the
charge, uud bravely they leaped the stooe
wall and straggled a few paces beyond it,
carving the true high water mark of the
rebellion; then the odor bearer fixed the
staff among the loose stones and fell dead
across the wall.
During the charge up the slope the regi
meut hod fired but few shots, but at the
wail the rifles were busily plied until a
countercharge on the flank and tear showed
the hopelessness of their daring effort.
Looking to the left Union brigades and
batteries were sweeping the field. Not •
mounted officer survived in the Carolina
brigade. Look Sag to the right they saw Pick
ett’s line broken and his men retreating.
ns FELL AT LAST.
The commander, Maj. Jones, got to¬
gether 60 men and led them back to the
starring point. Describing the experience
of the Twenty-sixth during the charge he
said; “When we had crossed about half the
intervening space the enemy opened upon
us a tremendous shower of grape and can
later, but on we dashed. When we bad
gotten within about 200 yards of the ene
my’s works we commenced firing, but still
advancing. The storm of lesd which now
met us is beyond description. Grape and
canister, intermingled with mfntes. The
smoke was dense, and at times 1 could
scarcely distinguish my own men from
Pickett's On we pushed, and were now
right upon the enemy’s works, when we
received a murderous fire upon our left
flank. I looked to see where it came from
and lol we were completely flanked upon
our left, not only by infantry, bat by ar¬
tillery. • * •
“At the very moment I thought victory
ours, i saw it snatched from our bands.
With no support on the left leaked myself
what should wado. 1 had only sixty men
left in my regiment ami that small ntim
ber w» diminishing every moment. The
order came from toe right to fall back.
We did so at the same time with Pickett.
The day was lost.” By way of apology for
retreating from the angle he said. “With
opr thinned ranks In such a port tion it
wonkl have been folly to stand ngaiart-
■uchodds.” *
Thera were 216 in the band when it start¬
to climb Cemetery Rklgc, and that
eight 80 answered to roll call, many of
THE SUN.
a charge at Bristol Station, Vi, but in
of its many disasters kept the field to
end and was among the elect found
fighting in the Confederacy's “LastDitch.’*
QKoaaK U. Kilmko. j
A LITTLE GIRL’S RAG BABY.
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It Prove* a Big Factor In Ratling rsedi
ter a Church.
Dolls are usually considered about the
cheapest articles brthe juvenile feminine
equipment, and while it fa true that
many a little miss owns dells, each of
which cost os much as the entire ward¬
robe of some of the living children of
loss favored with this world’s
goods, these are but the exceptions to
the general rale. Themast primitive
the tatters of the household. There
,m mm
nicely dressed Franck baby —beahoed
bestockiugod and be jeweled somo-
time*—has on numerous occasions fig-
prominently in voting contests and
little Lydia Edita Byrnes, of Brooklyn, a
not yet iota years old, to rescue
unjustly consigned and make her a
factor in financial circle*.
it all caiue about in this way;
Lydia owned bat one del), and it waa
made of rags, a nondescript sort of baby
with a particularly -open” expression of
bat evidently locking kt
force of character and cohesi venae*.
Lydia's father, Rev. Horace W. Byrne*,
the new pastor of an old church in
formerly known as the Cedar
Moth-.dint, bat now designated as
Epworth M. E. church. Mr. Byrnes
confronted with the serious task of
the funds necessary for the erec¬
of a new church, find one morning
breakfast discussed the matter with
good wife, when it was determined
the work should begin at once.
three-year-old Lydia Edna sat at
table looking as wise as an owl and
cogitating deeply. Then she
her baby—the rag dolly— m her
toward the new church.
one laughed, said the child was
and then thought no more of dm
- —s
Not so, however, with Lydia. When
went to church dolly waa with her,
when her father spoke to Ms con¬
first few sub-
had ar- j
,
as it al-
occasions. doos on agi | !
got out of /
pew before could AJjmwBBL
one
her, and 1
demure-
down the aisle
to the -
her rag___nt
all— V'^vw
her free will
Imme- T,IK oou.
there were additional subscrip¬
and before the services closed sev¬
thousand dollars had been raised,
the congregation has felt wanaatad
going ahead mi the work for the new
It is believed that at least
will be contributed directly hi the
of the ex-mother of the hitherto
but now greatly respected rag
It is said that several ol the
of Mr. Byrnes intend to
a glass case for Lydia’s dolly and
it, with a suitable inscription, th
rending room *f the new cimrch aa
as that edifice shall have been con-
—— lag tlM Memory. m * r4-*l
ty to improve the memory