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...YOUR PRICE.:
Bass & Heard,.of Rome, engaged our middle counters
far loods four weeks that they might sell part of their damaged
in Griffin. They ask us'to receive the goods and
make prices that wiii induce the people to >uy rapidly.
I They want the money to buy another spring stoclf. Last
week’s sales were satisfactory, so much so that Bass &
Heard have sent nearly a car loai for this week With in.
dructions to sell, if need be, at half their real worth. One
half of their spring stock had been received before the fire,
consequently the goods are newand in season, a great many
dsntagM-' **¥ Linen m.
22 jdozen Cotton and Towels, slight ly soiled,
t# go on middle counters fpr this week’s sale. Undo
Ladies and Childrens Hose u 10c, well worth 15 and 2SC.
20 pieces Bleached and Unbleached Table -Li.ieji; also 19
dozen Table Napkins for Bargain Hunters. Qne lot Tur¬
key Red Damask. 34 pieces Simpson's and Hamii-
S&T ***prpK hurt. 40 beautiful CoudteTpanes. EMletoijoyam ot
r. iged 10 9 pieces
44 Bleaching at y/ 2 c per yard^ Lonsdale Cambric at
T]-4c. ^aie; All is g damaged, ades of Bleaching some is not. just arii/ed pieces for tbis of week’s Percal
seme longas 30
at 5 3*4C. One lot of Ticking as it lasts at 5cyard
The pettiest line of Dimities, India Linen and Checked
Muslins for Children's Dresses we have ever had, will be
on sale for this week and a great many pieces not damaged
at all. New and Fresh. Don't fail to see this counter.
About 20 pieces of Lace received. LimiLd amount of
Hsmberg-Edging andlnsartion, If you ever will need a
black Dress now s your time to buy. Dress Good's worth
$frf4-iiiinked down to 95c Serges, Cashmeres, and Hen¬
riettas ,n Blac<t find iffue, af Ladies Gossiroers, badly
damaged, 25c up. Eve^ one invited to attend the saie, at
BASS BROS.
How This
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For Low Prices?
..We are the Cutters of Prieeis on Groceries. We
always give onr customeas some lower prices than other
bouses* and if you wLl notice our “ad” it vnl pay you.
8 pound keg Soda
4 pound Church Soda - 2 5
40 bars Soap
I Parched Ground Coffee
Oolong and Fomosa Tea
3 pound can Tomatoes per
dozen '
\ 1 pound Powders can v Roysrf^aking
thing Lady Peas, Ruta Baga Turnips.’ Cabbage and-every¬
you need in the Groceiy line
OVERSTOCKED!
We are overstocked on the followikg good*:
Half barrel White Fish, $2.40.worth $3.0©
Keg W bite Fish , 31c worth 50c.
Parched and Ground Coffee 9c. per pound.
; 3 pounds White Chenie* 37c. worth 503, /
Selected Pinolas, 50c. worth 75c. ^ ‘
. | Imporied ,n ported Mushrooms, English Peas, 25c. worth worth 30c. • -
Table Sauce, 25c 30c, ij
.Mustard 15c. worth 20c.
| lb Sardines, 7c. worth 10c.
Birk 2 can Trout, Blackberries, 8c. worth 10c. ^
Damson per can 15c. worth 20c. j
Plum Preserves 10c. pound, worth _
3 lb. cans Tomatoes, per dozen, $1.70. woith v :&2.oo.
We have a small lot of Cjuspidors left of our Crockery
5 °ck a nd will sel^hem for worth
7c, 12.
F Some Glassware at less than cost.
G W. Clark & Son,
Wholesale and Retail tracers.
Cheapest Grocers in GrifflR.
lilllKKlN. (ifiGKUlA. mi>AV W IllNINO. KKBRUART 3 . IH 99
Octagon Soap per cake 4c
50 pounds Grits $1.00
Soda Crackers per lb 8c
Washing Powders per i
package 3c
Apple Vinegar per gal 30c
Large size >j$ason Black¬
box
THE EXCELLENCE OF SYMJP OF FIGS
is due not only to tive originality and
simplicity of the combination, but also
to the care and shill with which it is
manufactured by scientific processes
known to the California FiO Si hup
C o. only, and we wish to impress upon
all the importance of twuchasiijg the
tartae and original remedy. As the
genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured
only, ^a knowledge of that fact will
aapist one in avoiding the worthless
imitations manufactured by other par-
tiei. The high standing of the Cau-
fukjua F 10 hriotp Co. with the medi¬
cal profession and the satisfaction
which the genuine Syrup of Flge has
giren to minions of families, makes
the name of the Company a guaranty
far in advance of all other laxatives,
a» tt Acte on the kidneys, liver and
bowels without irritating or weaken¬
ing them, and it does not gripe nor
nauseate. In order to get its beneficial
effects, please remember the name of
the Company te.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
«AJf mAXCIWd, CA
Lscwnur. *», Saw TARA N.T.
DR. B» L. HANJbh.
t> E N T I S T.
(>ffiw upstairs in building adjoin in*
McWilliams & .Sod, on the North
W. D. CARHART,
Attorncy-at-Liw,
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA,
....... *1^ Hill Street, ^-4i ____i
Commercial i Law and Onllectinn., *
-tpeetalto
J. CHESTNEY SMITH,
Attaraey and Counsellor-at-Lab
Grinin, Ga.
'ffioeover Gnffin Basking Campanj
WX. E. H. BEAJtCY, JR. JO*. D. ROTS
SeARCY A BOYD,
Attorneys-at-Law.
GENERAL^ PKACTICE
Rooms 1 and 2, Masonic Temple, " *
GRIFFIN, GA '
0. H. P. SLATON,
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law,
Griffin, Georgia.
Practice in all the courts. Office ia
News Building.
BLAKELY & LLLb,
Funeral Directors
All grades oloth -c overed, MetaUlo a> 4
Wood Coffins and Caskets. Prompt at 4
o ireful attention. Fuse Hearse. Carriages
and all details attended to. Kmbaimirg
«t rsasotisMs t*rn>s Calls »n<w fl»y
or nlfhf
BILL FOR RECEIVER FILED.
Building uiid Lomu Aasooiation Stuck*
bulitm Allrgr liiMlIvrncy.
Atlanta, Feb. 1. — A bill for injunc¬
tion and receiver against the Atlanta
National Building and Loan association
bus been filed in the United Sthtescourt
by attorney* representing a number of
stockholders South. who Carolina. reside raNorfh Caro¬ and
lina, Alabama
liwsissippi. The association
bill charges that tbs
is insolvent and allege*'mismanage¬
ment. Some of the grounds upon which
the petition is based are the same as
those constituting the allegations in the
petition filed in the superior court a few
days ago by Mr. Malcolm Johnston, but
other* are set out in the bill.
V Judge Newman is not asked by com¬
plainant's appoint counsel to receiver grant before aa injunc¬ the
tion or a
bearing, which is to take place ” on Feb.
J?, 189k
The association has filed in the supe¬
rior court its answer to the Johnston
bill. —.J--~^rTSrpr-t- •
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leMleiW in CRtaU. V
Soldiers are despised in China. They!
belong chiefly to the cooly classes. The,
German officers engaged some time ago
tur the Chinese government found that
their most important task was toover-
aome the solditars’ own feeling that they
wacv a lower enter of
GOMEZ TO ASSIST
RE STORIN G PEACE
Cufeftn General Acceptg the
Offer of McKinley.
WIDJt DISBAND HIS ABMY
Thu Result ef a Conference Between
the laeuri rgnut Comm*V<laiv)M;hief
is# Robert Porter, the Preeideat**
Special Sewjr to Cube.
Hat as a, Feh A—General Maximo
Gomes, the commander-in-chief of the
OntoM army, placed himself squarely
ia position today as an active ally of the
United States government in the work
■traction of Cuba.
■It of the conference which
Porter, the special commie-
isident McKinley, has
ot—.
it McKinley tbis afterifBou
: him of his co-operation in die-
the Cm bah army mid in die-
; among the Cuban soldiers the
1 appropriated for the purpose
of e nab l i n g them to return to theu
homatfc
Major? Brooke saying he would
accept! lafter’s invitation to. go to
Ha real
ScotT AG AINST E XPANSION,
Us Says I>*wey Should Never Havs
ti Even Goa* to Manila.
Columbus, O , Feb. 2. —Dr. W. B.
Scott., formerly president of the Ohio
State university, and now professor of
ethics Hi that institution, in an address
to the Students, vigorously arraigned
President McKinley for bis attitude to¬
wards Porto Rico and the Philippines.
“INe have no business m either Porto
Rico or the Philippines,” said\he.
should have come home and
to Maillfe at 111. The Spahlsli
re was menacing us at all.
was not protesting against
We have thrust ourselves in
se, and if it was an incident of
war w* should withdraw at once.
Divine . II# protidenw providenoe no more led us to
lake the Wwiippines than it direcu us
to seize the aurora borealis. Tho
uresid^nt refers to Porto Rico and tho
Phi iippiue* and even Cuba as our new
possessions. That reflects the inten¬
tions of the administration. I submit
that this is wrong. To transfer whole
peoples by voice a contract in which Iu they ilw
nave no « monstrous.
high court 61 morals such au act stands
condemned a criminal aggression.
“Any argument that will justify it
will people justifyVhumaa slavery. When a
is bought bought and and sold sold or t wrested
from (he possession of one nation and
appropriated by another that people ii
enslaved. You may treat slaves kindly
—that was a common plea for slavery
iil the years »go—but kind
cannot wipe out the accursed fact”
Chattanooga Boys at Home.
Chattanooga, Feb. 2. —The officer*
and ineu of the five companies of the
Third Tenne«*ee regiment, eplisted
from this city, have arrived at home,
having just been mustered will out at An-
nistou, Ala. The regiment be ten
tim ed a reception by the ladies and citi
sens of the city Friday night, at which
time the 41,000 sword, purchased fut
General Boynton will by the citixens of
Chattanooga, be presented formally
to that officer by Colonel I* T. Dickin¬
son. past commander of N. B. Forrest
camp, confederate veterans.
A HUSBAND
SAYS:
“ Before my
wife began using
Mother's Friend
shejjcould hardly
get around. 4 do 0
not t h fn k she
Could
get
along
without ^he ^
it now. has
used it for two
months and it is
a great help to
her. She does
her housework
without trouble."
Mothers Friend
is an external liniment for expectant
mothers to use. It gives them
strength to attend to their household
duties almost to the hour of confine¬
ment. It is the one and only prepara¬
tion that overcome* morning sickness
and nervousness. It is the only
remedy that relaxes and relieves the
strain. It is the only remedy that
makes labor short and delivery easy.
It is the only remedy that- puts the
breasts In condition so that swelling
or rising is impossible. Don’t take
medicine# internally. They endanger
the lives of both mother and child.
MMWt Prisai Is mM by «raggtt»Hr SI,
S«a4 for wrfrraiUattrsted beak.
the IraifiaM fiftllifitr C#». Aflmfs. fife
’VASRSS,
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Makes the food moredetickws and wholesome
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AMERICAN BADLY TREATED.
Former Alabama Judge Writes From
His Prison la Colombia.
MoxTooKurr, Ala., Feb. A—An ad-
tress has beoo received here from ex-
Judge Prank Randolph, formerly of
this place, who hag been confined in
prison at Medelin, Colombia, for over
three years. The address is to congress
sud the people of the United States.
Judge Randolph was a defaulter fat
the office of prebate judge \ of this
Colombia. There he had some trouble
with s man., and in a difficulty killed
him, and it is for this act that he hria
prison What follows
Is U portion of his s:ats-
nwut:
“1 have been ia prison since Sept.
A 1896. ’ Immediately upon being
imprisoned I was cat off from all com¬
munication with a human being for
tel for * the tame me period, pei and all my
■property seised and sequestered by or¬
der of t he £t vernuteut of Colombia. In
addition, J was pat in irons, so heavy,
and so arranged, that I could neither
stand up, sit or lie down without great
pain. painful Sleep snatches was impossible, save by
most 1 remained thus
ironed nine months.
• During the three months in which I
was in com monies ted and denied coun¬
sel, all the witnesses of the prosecution,
some 40 or 60, were examined in secret,
S la inquisition, without my having the
opportunity, reply.” by myself or counsel, to
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HANNI3 T AYLOR ON CUBA.
Former Minister is »• > •’ ■ ■*«»
From ib« Island and Talks.
Mobxlk, Feb. 2.—Hannis Taylor, ex-
minister to Spain, who has just returned
from a two weeks' visit to Cuba, give*
the following interview upon the situa¬
tion t beret ________________ -_±
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“While in Cuba upon purely private
business *1 came in contact with the
leaders of every faction into which the
population is now, divided. The ex¬
treme* of opinion are represented on
one hand by Cuban military chiefs, de¬
manding pendence; immediate the other, and absolute the purely inde¬
Spanish element, cm seeking by
der fiaft' protection un¬
our :r
■ •Between the two extremes are
ranged the main body ot the people,
standing in an expectant attitude, ready
to give their approval HH to any plan that
re-establish few, order
terial prosperity upon a permanent basis.
“1 cannosdewbt that if the justefeim#
ot the Cuban army are treated with in¬
justice and regime contempt, continued and indefinitely, the present
military
iu a short time we will hfi. hated by the
Cubans just as the Spaniards were, and
A condition of things brought about that
will force ns either to withdraw from
the island or to govern there just as
Russia does in Poland. ”
THIRD GE ORGIA M AY FIGHT.
Regiment Ordered to Take a Pedtlos
MeM by Cnhaae.
Atlanta, Feb. A —Letters havs been
restored in this city from officers of the
Third Georgia regiment, now stationed
iu Cuba, stating that the command is
under orders to proceed immediately to
one of the t roc has—which the insur¬
gents take charge have aeixed of is and are boidiug—and j
The insurgents’ army has possessed
itself of the military railroad that runs
alongside of tbis famous deadiins, and
refuses to allow the American engineers
sent from Havana to operate it.
Accordingly orders have been issued
by thp war department that the trooba
and ihe railroad be retaken, by force if
necessary, and the ts disarmed,
Fqt this service ian* have
been already Mipctod,. .J as they will
have beep V they
be detailed to guard the po
sition.
Hepeated Firing Around Past.
Paha, III*.. Feb. 2.— Repeated firing
today in the Springtide mining district,
where the imported negro miners are
quartered, caused considerable excite¬
ment hud for a time it was believed a
battle bad broken out with the white
union miners. The provost guard went
double quick ascertain to the vicinity, the bat shoot¬ were
unable to who did
ing Or what were the results.
tMess si « i>p-rnlitar.
San Fravci^co. Feb. 2. —The Ex¬
aminer says that Ted Slosa has re¬
ceived a telegram from New York
staling that he has cleaned up $260,000
aa toe result of speculation in Wall
street. It is said that before coming
west Tod left Mveral thousand dollars
with L. R. Belli a Wall street operator,
with general instructions to invest it as
he thought best.
Weighed a Found at Birth.
Mishawaka, lad., Feh. A—There was
beam to the wi'* of Noble Austin, in
this city this morning, the smallest in¬
fant ever reported^ in northern Indiana.
The child is about the sfee of au in¬
candescent electric light globe and
weighs I pound. The physician, as eld
nraotitioner. save it wiu live.
THE SUN. Established 1877
CUBAN AND PORTO
RICAN FRANCHISES
?’” w ' ' • -:'j$ ‘fe .-C? » ;sfc
Tillman Wanti Infonnatias
About Honcessions.
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HIS RESOLUTION ADOPTED
M* Speeaer of Wisconsin Ad draws*
tioa, Favert eg the Katifteatlea el
the Pending Peace Treaty.
Wasminotok, Feb t. — Mr, Pfete
(lap., N Y.j today laid, before the
senate, the resolutions adopted by the
legislature of New York urging the im¬
mediate ratification of the peace treaty.
In this oonnectioa, Mr. Chandler (Rep.,
le to similar la of resolutions New Hampshire. adopted by ^fhr
git tore
Messrs. Haile, Perkins and Faulkner
were named as the committee of con¬
ference for the senate on the consular
sad diplomatic appropriation Ml£
Mr. Aldrich (Rep., R. L) pr es ented a
number .of memorials from b a s in ets
men's associations of Boston, New York
sud Chicago, urging that all territory
except Cuba, acquired by the United A
States during the fets war. be retained,
“until such time as congress may de¬
termine its final disposition. ”
Mr. Tillman (Dem., & O.) offered the
-
not incompatible with
est, to inform the sens
franchises or concessions of any ehar-
muter municipality are being or have been granted by
any Us
Rico siuce the
thereof by the for 1
wbat they are. wi which' they hnve
and the authority by
been granted.”
At the conclusion of the morning
business Mr. Spooner of Wisconsin ad*
dressed the senate upon
Saras
for “I speaking at ail, be said:
find no abjections, constitutional
in nature, to the ratificattoa of Mm
treaty. The senators from jOonnsofe-
outt (Platt), Colorado (Teller), Ohio
(Foraker), Minnesota (Nelson), have
fully presented I intended the views ” on that petal
which to. \
| Some routine business was transacted
by tho of home today before the resumed. ooa s ifite a
tioa the Was harbor bill waa
A bill passed to pay the heirs •t
John Smith $1,000 to sattofactkM ot a
judgment against General John &
Brooke and false imprisonment white
he waa lienlenaiit cofatwA-e! U**
infan ter in 1869.
A bill was pass s d to existed the act
granting Indian a right of way through the
Territory to the St. Louis, Okla¬
homa and Southern railroad.
The house theu retained
tioa of the river and harbor bill. As
amendment was adopted, upon the mo¬
tion of Mr. Moon, (Dens, Taut.) di¬
recting sn examination by the war de¬
partment of the Tennessee river be¬
tween Chattanooga and Shell Mound
with a view to the cooetracltett ot lotos
and dams and an estimate of toe cost of
the canal at Moocaain Bend,
Double ilsngisi'ScjudaM
Washington, Ga., Fsh. I.—Will Tay¬
lor and Fred Perry, two of th* oan-
viote who attacked and killed Jep Dps-
aard, toe guard hare at I dams' camp, and oa
Deo. 80, last, been convicted
sentenced to be hanged Feb. $4
Mm cob Count y For Whisky.
Oolcthokts, Ga., Fab. A—After a
hotly contested fight, Macon oounty has
gone wet by a good majority. Return*
are not all in, but enough have been re¬
ceived to show that prohibition was
defeated.
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Money For Public n hoots.
Morraomanr, Ain., Fob. 1- The
house has passed * Mil increasing tow
annual appropriation for public schools
from $3 o0,000 to $600,000 a year.
UNABLE TO SEE
ECZEMA Wad,
I suffered with Ecasaaef the worst
m , fae ar.d ccck down temy sboulden were
one iaffimmatioa, was notahte to aisntef
ii >- eyre tor quite a while, and was safe*
toslwp tor weeks, on account Ot «h* severe
pain, whktenesttodNive teefessea Wgtatm teak
a:-.d neck were swollen and made am
hideous. Had three doctor* at dlffeteoi there,
and cot on* of them co*M relieve me of my
pain, e .reuiag, and blotchee. I need three
t-f-r-s i* Cmmm*. Ua»>i.vb*t. four bores
Ctrnenu. (olntmeat), three cafes of Cm-
CVTJk Soap, and my friends tad sea of the
doctors and arc surprised, I tail them a n d ^lc«ftf»COTWima a afe d ,«Tft»eMWd
you?'' RE*rr-it3." #.T.Um,
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