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NEW FALL
Get the Boys and Girls Ready
For School.
New Percales for school dresses in beautiful dainty
dots and small figures, soft finished, at 12 l-2c.
New Fall Gonghams 10 and 12 l-2c yard.
New White Goods and Waistine.
Are You Going Off to School ?
*
If so, you want to see our new Blankets, Trunks, Dress Suit
Cases, Sheets, White Quilts and Towels.
New Fall Shoes are coming in every day.
STRICKLAND-CROUCHCOMPANY
SMITH'S WANDER STORE
FOR BARGAINS!
12%o Mulras (/loth, pir yard ............................................................... 9o
12%o Fancy Shining, par. yard...............................................,...Xo and lOo
25o Boys’ Shirts ................................................................................... lOo
10 balls Thread..................................................................................... 5 0
20o 3 siring Broom 4 , < «c!i...................................................................... 10a
9 Inoh Fives, each ............................................................;.................... 5o
A gold Cup an 1 S nicer ........................................................................ 5o
25o Piotnre Frame 4 ................................................................................ 10o
15o Fly Craps ...................................................................................... 10o
20o boxes Toil-t f}r>jij»............................................................................. lOo
Thick Schnapps Tobacco...................................................................... 10o
l’hiok Sweep Slakes.............................................................................. 10a
3 Boxes Bluing........................................................................................ 5o
Celluloid SVircti .............................................................................^...... 43
Rid Wrapper Bo-ip........ ........................... 4o
Red Seal L?e............................................................................................ 4o
1,000 Mi'ohes..............................................................;........................... 4 a
25 Sticks Jmdy...................... 5o
Men’s Pants.....................................................................59c, 79o and 98o
Lemon Extract.................. ZZZZZ.ZZZZZ.ZZ.ZZZZZ." 4o
VauilU ” ..................................^...... 4o
3 Spools Thread.................................................................................. 5o
Arm ft hammer S da ........................................................................... 4o
All White Goods at. half price.
All Millinery at half price.
See Bargain Counter for many other Spooials.
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33 Hill Street—The Blue Front.
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J. F. ELROD, BROOKS MORGAN,
Depot Ticket Agt., “I Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt.,
Griffin, Ga.
J. R. Williams,
Attorney at Law,
GRIFFIN. GA.
Office over Lower’s Jewelry Rto> .i
Practice In all the courts of the ' t,ty
onay to loan on easy terms
H. J. GARLAND
DENTIST.
Office over (^-iffin HankingTIo,
GRIFFIN. GA
(JKIlVIN. (JEOKttlA. WEDNESDAY HORNING. AUGUST 24. 1904.
Why He Ketraeted.
Kilmote—After nil, Stedmnn Isn’t so
bfld n fellow. lie came to toe, man
fashion, and took back all the things
he had said against my people. Bur-
man—Did it voluntarily? Kilmore—
Practically that. It .Is true I threat¬
ened to shoot him on sight if he didn't
retract, but that was only a matter of
detail. Boston Transcript.
Remarkable Case.
“How much your little boy resembles
your husband!” said the cunning poli¬
tician.
“I’ve always heard,” she replied,
“that people grow to look like thosa
they are much with, but this Is quite
ft remarkable case. We only adopted
the little fellow last week.”—Chicago
Record-Herald.
Something in Danger.
“Docs the captain say whether we
shall break the record or not?"
“Yes. lie says either the record or
the boiler must go."
“How lovely!”
God both yoked to guilt her pale tor¬
mentor, misery.—Bryant.
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MEN AND WOMEN
pin your faith to our statements about
Jewelry. If you have have not seen the
prelty things we In lockets, chains
and watches, etc., for the ladles, and
the stnds, rings, watches and scarf pins
for men, pay us a visit. Don’t miss
seeing back combs—Smsure^s the now gold mounted side and
things won are
things done, bo sure our
FINE JEWFLRY
has captured the confidence of al
judges of good things.
T. H. WYNNE’S.
30 Hill St.
Wanted!
We are having a great
many inquiries from par¬
ties wishing to buy farm
lands in this section, if
you have Improved or un¬
improved farm land for
sale it will be to your in¬
terest to place it in my
hands at once.
S. B. SAWTELL,
Real Estate Agent.
Over Postoffice.
I will be in the Insurance
business this month with
E. W. Bigham.
W-B. GRIFFIN.
Aug. 1,1904.
NEXT MONTH A SCORCHER,
ACCORDING TO PROF. SNIDER
The Present Weather Merely a Prelude to the Holo¬
caust That is to Follow.
“Oourage, my friends, the worst is
yet to come!"
This is the oheeting note rounded by
Prophet 8nid(r this morning in Iris
prognostications for September. So
wipe your pertpiting brow and brave
up with the knowledge that it is not
neany so hot, dusty asd iufoctiverous
as it might be—and will be later on.
Heft is what the News and Sun’s
gi “at weather Observer has to say about
next month’s weithvr:
A Scorcher.
According to my astronomical signs
September w>U be tlry and hot; but of
course there will bj tome scattered
showers, which Will cool you up fora
while, all to be followed by dry and hot
werther sgain So yon had just as
well get ont vour linen duster, put on
your linen clothes, your tan shoes,
straw bat and throw away yonr high
standing collar* and lay away yonr
stiff bosom shirts itml get in the shade
THE CHICAGO STRIKE.
Union Pickets Have Established Sys¬
tem of Espionage.
Chicago, August 23.—Packers began
active work today to put into effect
a scheme to house their nonunion em¬
ployes in the Old Hammond plant at
Hammond. Ind., .in event of failure to
secure an injunction against the city.
In any event the Hammond compa¬
ny, which Is short of room here: to
use for living quarters, will ppqbably
put the plan Into operation. The
packers assert any interference with
trains Tarrying employes to and from
Hammond would constitute a violation
of the interstate commerce law, and
would necessitate federal-action.
Union pickets are established blocks
away from the principal entrances and
have lists of those who come and go
to the yards daily. Men are being
stopped blocks away and warned
against continuing work. Tlie office
of Secretary Tracy. of the Allied
Trades conference hoard, was thronged
today with per onus who, working at
the stockyards ' demand permits to
avert Interference from pickets. The
applicants Included union printers em¬
ployed by Armour & Co., employes of
the two newspapers published in the
yards and a dozen watchmen. AI1 i
weTe refused permit*.
Jackson Thompson, a member of the
track team of the University of Chica.
go. who has been working for Morris
& Co., in the shipping department
during his vacation, 8ias been assault¬
ed and robbed while returning home
from work. The family with whom
Thompson lodged wore Warned that
he was a strike breaker and that if
he was given further accommodations,
the house would be wrecked. When
he appeared he was told he would have
to leave. He took his suit case and
started. A short distance from the
house he encountered six men. who
knocked him down and robbed him of
a small amount of money " He was
then beaten and allowed to go. He re.
lated his experience to the police and
three suspects were arrested. Two
of the prisoners havo been identified
by the student as his assailants.
OASTORIA.
Bears the /p Kind You Have Always Bought
TAX RATE RAISED TO $1.1 o,
BUT MAY BE REDUCFD TO $1
Light and Water Commission Li stf a Question About
Payment for New Pump.
At the regular meeting of oonn-
oil yesterday evening there were
present Mayor Bailey and Aldermen
Mangham, Smith, Boyd, Bro >ka
and Newton
The oity job punting wae awarded
to t». H. Sawtell for $14.75 for bal¬
ance of tho year.
At the request of Alderman
Mangham, Alderman Bmith took
hie place on the committee to raise
funds to assist Secretary Brewer in
fighting for better freight rates
The balance of the oemmittee con¬
sists of Alderman Gresham, Morris
and Newton They havo never
met
The tax ordinance was passed at
$1.10 on the Hundred, divided a*
follows: ‘.'5 cents for ourrent ex¬
penses, 40 cents for pnblio debt, 20
cents for lights, water and sewer¬
age, and 25 oonta for public soboois.
This is a raise of 12% cents on
bonds, oovenng Jannary and Jnly
interest on thejbonds, and a reduc¬
tion of 2% cents on water and lights,
making a net raise ot 10 cents over
of a tree Rud Ian ; drink ioe water and !
try to keep cool: fight file, and gnat*
by day and rune mosquitoes by night,
for it will be so hot you will sigh-
moan, groan and pant for a breath of
oooltr air. Mo all the relief 1 c»n offer
is «cattered shower*, which will c,iu«e
temporary cooler weather, all to be
followed by dry and hot again. It
will be so hot! Don’t mention it, for
September will be a sooreher, and as
hot dry weather is a storm breeder,
you can look out for the great equinox-
ial storm the last week of September,
for there will be storms on land and
sea.
Oh, September, ’tls so hot
I wish I was out of the cotton crop,
And at the North pole,
Where I ooula live a happy old soul
With Eiquamae and polar bears.
And eat loicles and snow,
And I'd never come back here no more.
Now if September turns out to be a
very wet month, wouldn't that jar you?
RING IN WILD UPROAR.
Sensational Cotton Market at New Or.
leans, La.
New Orleans, August 23.—It was a
sensational cotton market today.
The ring was in a wild uproar over
conflicting bullish and bearish feat¬
ures and the scenes on the floor re¬
sembled those during the height of
last winter’s bull campaign. Price*
bulged and broke with alarming rapid-
ity.
At the opening the tone was calmed
very slightly with prices from 20 to
24 (Mints higher than last wight's
closing, Liverpool and New York
both came in at an advance that sent
local shorts into a panic of covering.
A prominent bcoker bought 30,000
bales of October and December around
the opening. It was generally sup¬
posed that this buying was for Price
of New Yoyk. Liverpool flooded the
market with extremely bullish private
Cables, and this added to the scare
among (he short*. I Ate In the morn¬
ing. the belief grew that the regular
weekly crop reports would be bullish
and this caused more short covering
and long buying until prices were 42
and 43 points or over $2 a bale high¬
er than last night. The reports were
the biggest surprise of the morning. In.
stead of being bullish, they were bear
ish and prices immediately broke
from 19 to 21 poinLs, but at noon the
market was still about a quarter oi
cent higher than last night.
GEORGE LEANDER DEAD.
Well Known American .Bicyclist Sus
tains Fatal Injuries.
Paris. August 23. -George Leander,
the American bicyclist, diet! today
from injuries sustained while racing
on Sunday last.
George Leander was born in Cldca:
go a"Sprinter, and began UIs bicycling career as
but later developed Into
one of the fastest long distance riders
in the country. In company with
Floyd Krebs he won the six-day bicyclo
race in New York in 1902, and a yoat
later with Nat Butler as a running
mate, finished second In the six-day
race in Now
last year.
It was explained that the old rate
of $1 could be adhered to, except
that the light and water commission,
having ordered a new $5,000 pnmp
before the bonds were voted insist
that it oan not be paid for out of the
prooeeds of the bond sale (Jounoil
was of the opinion, however, that
this purchase oould oe arranged to
be paid ont of the profits of the
plant, which is now on a paying
basis, Instead of out of taxes, and
will endeavor to arrange this with
the commission before the next
meeting, and before the now rate
goes into effect.
The street foroe will be pnt to
work this week at cleaning up the
cemetery.
The condition of the water tank
and ltj contents are to be examined
into,
The Central railroad will be In¬
structed to put up a guard rail on
the street passing by C. 8. Wright’s
former residence.
PORT ARTHUR HARD
PRESSEDBY THE JAPS
Tall of the Fortress Now fteema
Imminent
-CHAIN FORT" IS CAPTURCD.
Army of the Mikado May Soon Havo
Possession of the Russian Gibraltar.
Japs Preparing to Celebrate Fall ml
Fortress.
London. August 23 —3:25 p. m.—
The Evening Nows this afternoon pub.
libbed a dispatch from (the FW under
today's date announcing that the Jap¬
anese captured “Chain Fort" of lha
Port Airthur defense* yesterday, af¬
ter a tremendous attack.
Che Foo, August 23.--Noon.— Ac¬
cording to advice* brought hero from
Port Arthur by a Junk the Japanese
were hotly pressing tho Russian cen¬
ter along the railroad*and the Rus¬
sian right In the vicinity of Golden
Hill. These advices are brought by
Chinese who departed from Tal Ping
Tse, which is a mile from the city
near Golden Hill, ijict ween the city
aftd the torts of the Russians' right
wing. The Chinese declare that the
Japanese occupied Tal Ping Tse and
penetrated along the railroad to Gen¬
eral Stoesseta’ residence on Aug. 21.
As this report export would indi¬
cate that Port Arthur had all but fall¬
en, tho Japanese export, attached „ta
the local consulate received the Infor¬
mation with great reserve. The in¬
formation ia accepted, however, a*
a confirmation of the previous reports
that the Russians have been driven
from It ashen and that the Japanese
are very close to the southern fort*
and the defenses.
The local Japanese under the lead¬
ership of the consul are subscribing
money and preparing to celebrate tint
expected fall of the fortress.
The 1 Chinese who arrived today fur¬
ther reported that a Russian warship
was hit by » shell recently and sunk
in the harbor, A report was cabled
several days ago that the gunboat of
the Otvajanl had been sunk. Till*
is probably the vessel referred to.
War Office Encouraged,
St. Petersburg. August 23.-12:33
p. m. -Despite the popular feeling that
Port Arthur Is doomed, the succea*
with which Lieutenant General Sto-
easel has be-en beatlifg off the Jap¬
anese assault* ind the heavy loose*
suffered by the besiegers offer eonsld-
erable encouragement to the war of¬
fice.
"There is a limit beyond which
troops cannot go, no matter how gal¬
lant,” said an officer of the general
staff this morning. “A fifth of the
army before Port Arthur is a small ee.
tlmate of the enemy’s Joss up to data
“If the storming operation, which ii
understood Is now progressing, fails to
give them a foothold In the ring of In¬
ner defenses, the Japanese will b«
compelled-by sheer exhaustion to stop
and recuperate, while awaiting addt
Don al reinforcements, and I, person¬
ally, together with some of my col¬
leagues, will abandon the Idea of *
general assault and settle down to
regular «iege operations. Starving
out the garrison Is less brilliant, but
it is quite as effective away of reduc
ing a fortress. The Japanese purpose
in rushing matters has doubtless been
to release a section of the southern
army and enable it to co-operate with
the armies in’ Machuria.”
The naval critic, of the Vladomostl
boldly expresses the opinion that th*
Port Arthur squadron would commit
an act. of folly if it wen.t out now,
A Busy Season at Indian Springs.
Indian Spring, from which pare
mineral writer, good for many ilia, has
come trickling down through a huge
reck from time immemorial, still flows
on, hot at the present season for pleas¬
ure and health seekers lias passed the
zenith of all other summer sea|ons. Des¬
pite the gTeat St. Loots fair, to which
oountless thousands of people are flock¬
ing from all over the world, there havo
been large crowds at this popular sum¬
mer resort for several months past,
though they are now leaving in great
droves and soon the plaoa will be dull
and desolate till another glad summer
rolls around the calendar of time.
Many Grifliu people have visited
Indian oprings the past season. Among
those there last week to spend a
period of time and take in the Holiness
camp-meeting near by were: Mr. and
Mrs. Douglas Boyd and children, Mr.
and Mr*. K. F. Strickland, Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Smith, Mrs. Wilton Mat¬
thews, Mias Kate Camp, Mias Rosa bell
Newton, Miss Aliine Atwater, Mr. and
Mrs. W. F. McLair, Mrs. E. W. Ham¬
mond, Mias lone Hammond, Mr. J. H.
Walker, Mr. W. D. Knott, Mr. F.mmett
McKlbben, Mr. W. F. Bolton and
other*.
A pall of gloom was thrown over ail
the guests Sunday evening when a beau¬
tiful young lady, Min Cogggina, of
OoggtBB station, lost her life in a run¬
away. While riding in a boggy the
5-— —."
TBB SOW. Established 1*77
#» adds: "Although a portion at ; ;
Admiral Ouktomaky’s ships ar* 1*
fighting trim. Including at least th<
Peresviet, Poltava, Sevastopol and Pal |
lad a, It would be futile to attempt U
break through Admiral Togo'* strong
llnea. The squadron would ha lost
without profit to Port Arthur. Oak
tomsky would do better to dtomaatU
his guns sad send fels men as hors
This would reinforce General Stoat
eel to the extent of near 7 heavy tad
400 light guns, and 6,000 men. Thao,
if the worst comes, the ship* could b 4
sunk.”
Japanese Valer.
A semiofficial Journal while peyiaf
a tribute to the heroic defenders ot
Port Arthur, does not withhold pralM
for the extraordinary valor of the lap
anose besiegers. It says:
"Neither a rain of cannon shots
wall* of bayonets nor earth straws
with putrlfying corpses can erred
their stubborn assaults.”
There are a number of veiled in
timations In both the newspaper die
patches from Liao Yang and at head
quarters here that General Kuropat
kin ts preparing a diversion against
General Kurokl, to prevent the dis¬
patch of reinforcements to aid the at
tack of Port Arthur. The Novo*
Vremya consider^ that tfaa prlnctpl* '
of the Chinese attitude very aerloui
and contends that the Chinese art
quite incapable of preserving neutral
lty, adding:
"How otherwise could Japanese war.
ship* enter Chinese porta at will. Th«
Idea that the United State* is gotnfi
to preserve the neutrality of China
Is au Illusion. The American torpedo
boat destroyer Chauncey'a pursuit ol
the Japanese'torpedo boat turns out U
have been a mere coincidence." "
AT WORLD'S FAIR.
Russian Section In Art Palaee Opar
to Visitors.
St .Louis, World’s Fair Grounds, An
gust 23.— The Russian section In th4
Art Palace which contains one of th*
most elaborate displays of fine art*
at the exposition, was today throws
open to visitors.
Three famous Russian art as soda
tions have made valuable contribu¬
tion* to this section.
One of the meet Interesting galler¬
ies in the section Is that containing
the spring exhibit of the academy ot
arts, the oldest art association la
Russia. Another feature of this see
tion is a large plaster statue of Count
Toletol.
IMPORTING NEGRO LABOR.
Two Carloads of Georgia Blacks t*
Work in Packing Houses.
Chattanooga, Term , August 21.—
Two car loads of negroes gathered
from various points in Georgia, passed
through Chattanooga last night am
route to Chicago, where they will work ‘
In the packing houses.
They were gathered from the small
towns by agents.
Filed Motion to Quash Service.
Denver, Colo.. August 23.— Attorney*
for Miss Genevieve Phipps have filed
a motion In the district court to quash
the service of the summons for a dl
voree suit Instituted by Lawrence C
Phipps U Is contended that (her*
was never proper personal service oa
Mrs. Phipps, and that there are error*
in the Summons itself which render U
invalid. This pleading will serve to
prolong the case a few days, and will
put off the time when Mrs. Phlpp*
will go Into the merits of the case. '
CABTORX^.. ^ Tin L»d Kind
Bears th* (Z&fff&seZ ^ fa* Yon fin* Haw MWfl Always $Mg)t
Sgaataa
horse became frightened near the
bridge and ran away. The young
woman was thrown out of the boggy
and received injuries from whioh aha
died before reaching bom*.
At Flovilla, three miles from ths
Springs, .Saturday night a negro se¬
riously out the town marshal with a
knife while the officer was trying to
arrest him. U wat thought ha would
die, but at last accounts he was atilt
alive. The negro made good his esoapa.
The marshal was shot by an evil-doer a
couple of year* ago, and teems to be
murder- proof. He is a clever fellow
and a brave officer of the low.
The UolineH Camp-meeting, half
way between the Springs and Flovilla,
closed Sunday night after a two week’*
run. It was a glorious meeting and
generally conceded by those attending
to be the tost held in the poet twelve
or afteenyeert. Revo Smith, of Cali¬
fornia, «nd Rev. 0, M. Dunaway, th*
magnetic Georgia avangelist, wars
among the prominent preacher* taking
part and doing most of th* praamhing.
while OharUe Tillman was there to lead
the singing. Service wae hold at al¬
most every hoar during tho day and till
nine and ten o'clock at night, and much
good was the inevitable result of tha
meeting. There are many oonsfortabl*
cottages »t the Holiness places Oemp-ground, in Geor¬
and it ia one of the beat
gia to hold a gTeat religious meeting.