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* BRIDGES
—
Gone
Gut of
Business.
He could not renew his store lease
satisfactorily, nor could he secure
another place elsewhere, so he had
to accept the inevitable—sold his
entire stock to
Bass
Brothers
Company
and the stock is now being moved
to their mammoth establishment,
where a special sale will be inaug*
urated. The entire Bridges’ stock
will go to the people.
$11,681.82
worth of dependable Dry Goods,
Notions, Mens’ and Ladies’ Furn¬
ishings, Hats and Caps to be
thrown on the market* Wait until
next
Friday,
July 6th,
at which time we will begin the
closing out sale of the Bridges’
stock at
Bass
Brothers
Company.
P, S.~Mr. Ed Bridges, Mr. Will Flem-
ister, Miss Jennie McKinney and Miss
Jones will be with u^during the selling
of this stock of goods.
BENSON. FROM KANSAS
Amiable Traits of the Sunflower
State’s New Senator.
AS OPTIMIST FROM HIS BIRTH
traamnulaB, Harrlworktaar and Cea-
nlMdsu I.ecUInior — Nat a Hack
Raker, bat Slrnnalj- Oppaaed W
Graft In Every Pha.r—Proad of HI.
K«» York Birth and Record la tke
Civil War,
Uniqueness Is a characteristic which
attracts attention In the United States
senate, where many men show their
greatness In many ways. As differing
from those who have been born great
there are many who hare quite evi¬
dently achieved their own greatness,
but when It comes to considering those
who have had greatness thrust upon
them suddenly, unavoidably,
ly and overpoweringly there Is one sen¬
ator head and shoulders above all the
rest He Is Benson of Kansas, the un¬
assuming, hardworking, conscientious
looking legislator who was transform¬
ed from a county judge to a federal
senator by telephone and was started
on his nhw and larger career at Wash¬
ington with the published assertion
that he intended to reform the senate,
says the New York Post’s Washington
correspondent.
The American public need not puzzle
Its wits about how Benson of Kansas
Is going to reform his new associates.
He Isn’t going to do It. He isn't even
going to try to do It. This may be
stated “on reliable authority,” as the
press dispatches so often say; also, It
may be added, “there Is ground for the
belief” that the new senator does not
Intend to be cast for any Martin putti¬
er role it he can help It. And he In¬
tends to help It by sitting at the feet
of his elders with that meekness of
spirit and humble self effaeement
which custom decrees shall be the
prime characteristics of new senators.
Benson of Kansas Is not a muck
raker. While he Is irreconcilably set in
his own mind against graft and malad¬
ministration In every phase, he is not
so constituted that he hastens abroad
in the land with his Uttle muck rake
much before daylight and has a brand
new sensation dug up for inspection
long before the workaday world Is on
the move. The early morning hours
are put to better use by him. He
walks in the early morning, breathing
In the crisp air and enjoying the
brightness and fragrance of Washing¬
ton’s well kept parks. He begins the
day by seeing and thinking that the
country Is prospering and that there
are a few good people still pursuing
their customary vocations happily and
uncomplainingly.
Thus Benson of Kansas is an opti¬
mist. He has always been so from the
day of his birth in New York state.
He has never been discouraged with
his opportunities or prospects since
then. But any one looking into the
senate and seeing a pictorial replica of
Carl Seburz, with head rested on one
hand and extended Index Anger run¬
ning almost up to the eye and mind in¬
tent upon the business in hand, should
not be deceived by this apparent in¬
activity. The new senator is more
likely than not to surprise people be¬
fore he gives way, to a successor on
the floor. Now he is just “laying low,”
the better to master the requirements
of his new field of work. When he
finds his feet the homespun clothes
and the hordely mannerisms of Speak¬
er Cannon will not be alone In their
class. The clothes may be, after all,
but not the humble appearance and
the homely philosophy and the guile¬
less manner.
Benson of Kansas realizes his own
limitations In the showy qualities of
speech and demeanor which are some¬
times mistaken for greatness. He
leaves all the blazing eloquence and the
antagonistic style of debate to sena¬
tors who have been fewer years remov¬
ed from the high school platfovm. But
any one who supposes for a moment
that there Is no Iron In his character
has made a mistake of no small pro¬
portions. The new senator has had a
busy life as soldier, Jurist, legislator
and useful citizen and has made his
whole career on the theory of doing
well and with one’s whole heart the
duty of the moment and letting Provi¬
dence take care of the future.
There are two things prized by Ben¬
son of Kansas more than his latest
success—his being a New Yorker by
right of birth and his civil war record.
He was born In Poland, N. Y., in 1843,
was educated In Chamberlain Insti¬
tute at Randolph and moved to the vi¬
cinity of Jamestown. In July, 1862, he
enlisted as a private In the One Hun¬
dred and Fifty-fourth New York vol¬
unteers and went to the front Ten
months lifter he was left for dead on
the field at Chancellorsville, May 2,
1863. A Confederate iniiile ball had
pierced his right lung amljnit him out
of the fighting. I .a ter two Confeder¬
ates found him still alive, relieved his
suffering as far as they could and
filled Ills canteen with water. He was
a prisoner on the field for eleven days
after the battle. On May 13 those pris¬
oners who were able to march were
sent off to Richmond, while the wound¬
ed were paroled. Benson recovered
slowly and as soon as he could re¬
joined the Army of the
participating Jn the Chattanooga cam¬
paign with the Missionary Ridge vic¬
tory and then continuing with his
command In all of Sherman’s march
(he sea. - —— : ——— 1 ——
When Appomattox was followed by
the grand review in Washington In
1865 the private Benson, who hafi
gone out from a little New York
three years before, marched past
and Sherman and the high civil
as Major Benson, in command of
battalion of battle scarred
That was the second time he had
in Washington, the first time
been when be went with his
through Washington Into
When he told Senator Daniel of
ginia the other day that up to his
rival at Washington as a senator
few days ago the only time he
been to Washington since the war
on a business trip twenty years
the Virginian, who had a
war record and rose to be a
ate brigadier, unloosed a great lot
wartime reminiscences.
“You got into Washington before
did,” said the courtly Virginian In
pleasant badinage, “but.that
lo IhS-fsci foal you had frtenff* at
court who were so inhospitable that
they would not afford me the same
courteous treatment when I came up
through the Old Dominion, sir, with
General Jubal Early and some very
charming gentlemen of toy acquaint¬
ance.'’ *
,
"It was our misfortune,” returned
the valiant Union veteran, smiling,
"that wo were not aware such a splen¬
did gentleman and scholar was In such
bad company, or we would have laid a
trap to capture you unharmed."
“But time makes all things even,”
philosophically observed General Dan¬
iel. “I got to the senate lief ore you
did.”
“Yes, but I have caught up with you
at last,” retorted Major Benson, "and
have got Into your camp here. That
I was something you could never do
when you were training with Juhal
Early.”
Then the valiant Unionist who had
been left for dead at Cbancelloravllle
and the courageous Confederate who
had been wounded three times in bat-
tie and permanently crippled in the
Wilderness fighting of 1864 went off
arm In arm to celebrate the cementing
of their new friendship. While Sher¬
man’s march to the sea la not a |>opu-
lar subject of discussion with all south¬
' erners, they all recognize true fight¬
ing blood when theyjsee It, and Ben¬
son’s record aa a veteran will lie the
means of developing strong friendships
on both sides of the senate chamber.
The old New York home was first In
his thoughts after Major Beuson
marched by In the grand review of
1865. He returned to Jamestown, fin¬
ished his legal studies and was admit¬
ted to the bar at Buffalo In 1867. For
four years he practiced law In Sher¬
man, N. Y„ before he set his face to¬
ward (he west and determined to grow
up with the country. He settled In
Ottawa, Kan., and has kept progress¬
ing In the good opinion of his neigh¬
bors so steadily that they had him
serve as district Judge for twelve
years, then as state senator for a four
year term and as member of the last
legislature.
Senator Benson Is working hard to
master the ways of the senate. He is
invariably lu his seat through all the
routine, and when other senators drift
out to the cloakrooms or to commit¬
tees he moves up to some vacant chair
near whichever one of hits colleagues Is
addressing the senate. J,t has not mat¬
tered whether the subject was Pana¬
ma, the meat Inspection bill or a con¬
ference report on something else. Up
is frankly interested In the senate and
pays close attention because he enjoys
it. He is not going to reform It unless
he can do so by the power of his own
good example—in attending the dally
sessions, for instance. Perhaps as a
New Yorker born he feels way down
In hts heart that the state might to
have some representation at least on
the floor, even by proxy from Kansas.
At any rate, he has not forgotten that
while he Is a senator of the state of
Kansas he Is a senator for the whole
United States. He realizes his own re¬
sponsibilities.
A National Recreation Day.
Success Magazine for July suggests
a national “recreation day” to occur
each year about May 30, the present
Memorial day to fall hereafter upon
Sunday. In view of the departure of
Memorial day from its original pur¬
pose of remembrance of the dead and
Its complete giving up to sport this
suggestion Is a very timely one. Me¬
morial day by falling always upon
Sunday will retain its true semi-
religious character. On the other hand,
the spirit of sport is so strong that In
the early summer a day given up to
outdoor recreation Is the logical out¬
growth of our habits of life. It Is like¬
ly that this suggestion will meet with
wide approval.
Rapid Fire Anio Gan.
A new automobile electric battery
capable of sending a machine forward
at the rate of fifty miles an hour and
at the same time of firing a hundred
shots a minute is the latest death deal¬
ing device about to be patented by 8.
N. MeClean, says a Cleveland dispatch.
For the past two years Mr. MeClean
has been experimenting. His device is
expected to make the automobile a
popular engine of war. The battery
works automatically, firing shells one
and a half inches In diameter. The bat¬
tery ts operated by a chauffeur from an
unexposed position at the rear of the
machine, a turn of a crank regulating
the speed and the firing apparatus.
New Potato Bn* Enemy.
Captain W. L. Hurst of Campton,
Ky., has succeeded In breeding an In¬
sect that is a deadly foe to the potato
bug. He calls It the “stranger.” The
new Insect Is black In color, twice the
size of the ordinary horsefly and has a
long stinger that It Injects Into the de¬
fenseless potato bug, »ay* a Campton
dispatch. Captain Hurst says that a
dozen of these “strangers” will keep
clear an *cre of potatoes. “Stranger”
was incubated on his fai;m, near Camp¬
ton, Ky. Specimens of them will bo
sent to the Kentucky experimental
station at Lexington for further Inves¬
tigation.
■es -•—
Charged with Infanticide.
Suffolk, Va., July 4—A young wo¬
man who registered at a hotel here as
Sarah Jones, of New York, and who
claimed to be from Virginia, wa* ar¬
rested charged with infanticide. When
arrested here a few days ago *he was
accompanied by a child 5 months old.
Later the child was found dead.
proprietor of the hotel gave her
at Etta Beaman, of Virginia.
coroner is investigating the case.
8taamer Collides with gchoner.
New York, July 4.—The Dutchc
steamer American, which arrived
Tuesday from Antwerp, collided
and sank the Danish jschooner
off Sonthforeland, the night after
American left Antwerp. The
er went down almost Immediately
*11 her crew of nine with the
tion ofjhe captaln'H_ son. drowned.
Was in Poor Health For Years.
IraW. Kelley, of Manafleld,
writes: “I was In poor health for
years, suffering from kidney and
der trouble, and spent
money consulting physiciana marked benefit, and
out obtaining cur^ly any n FoTey’H Kidney
was
and I desire to add my testimony restoring
it may be the cause of
health of others.” Refuse
Brook’s Drug Store,
Sears’ Jamaica I I 1 . -7
Rheumatic
■
The Absolute Cure Ever Discovered for
What it is; ■
Jamaica Rheumatic Cure Patrick was first Sears, placed
upon the market by Mr. a
druggist of Arthur, Illinois. Tt soon won
a wide reputation in Cental Illinois be¬
cause of its remarkable cares.The severest
cases of Chronic Rheumatism yielded to e
tew bottles of the new remedy. People
who had suffered agonies tor twenty years
and tried every known medicine, as well
as the most famous mineral springs, with¬
out ratei’.ng any benefit, were cured by
Jamaica * Rheumatic Cure — and they
stayed After cured. thorough gh investigation be-
a we
came convinced that Jamaica Rheumatic
Cura possessed greater merits than any
other remedy for rheuAatixm ever placed
upon the market, and that it could be
contcienciously recommended to the •of¬
fering. We therefore purchased accepted an offer
from Mr. Scars, and the for-
mu't /d the exclusive right\o nanofac-
ture and sell Jatnaict Rheumatic Cure,
in this and foreign countries.
Jamaica Rheumatic Cure is nut a “mi-
taculous It discovery" scientific nor the compound result of a
dream. is a of
those medicines which have been proved
to be the best remedies for rheumatism.
It combinei the best of these remedies
in what patient research and a long
course exactly of the experiments right proportions hav^jproved bring to the be
to
desired these result. You might take each of
ingredients separately, or combine and
them in the wrong proportions re¬
ceive but little benefit.
This great remedy contains neither
Opium," Laudanum, Cocaine, Salycilic
Acid nor Salycilate of Soda—all of which
are poiaons, usually rheumatic depended upon by
nearly all so-called These narcotics cures to
deaden the pain. never
cure any disease—they can afford only
momentary relief, and the troubles are
eventually made Rheumatic worse. Cure
Jamaica isjiot.a cheap
nostrum or "cure-all." It does just
what we claim for it, and no more. It
costs more to make than ary other med¬
icine on the market. It is made not
simply to sell, but to cure. It is a strong,
the powerful effect ipedicine and yon taking begin Che feeling
good soon after first
While Jamaica is not claimed to be a
quick lieves pain the reliever, in in few some days, cases it re¬
pain a Manysevere while in
others it takes longer. case*
have been cured with from one to three
bottles. It is not claimed that this amount
will cure all cases. People differ, and
the disease also differs in its nature.
Hence the variation in the quantity re-
auired. We have never yet touod a case
Wat could not be cured with from one to
six bottles.
The only absolute cuts ever discovered
for rheumatism and its kindred diseases
is Jamaica Rheumatic Cura. It neutral¬
izes and dissolves the excesses of uric
acid in the blood. It corrects and
strengthens the kidneys, putting them in
oondition to t row off (he poison In the
hlood.'i, it ren 'ers ta; ~rer and bowels
healthy and a tive, causing all the foul
polsononr yen it which have accumulated
in the’ aystem to past off by way of
Carlisle & Ward, Brooks Drug Store, Head Drug Co., Griffin Drug Co.
CHARGED
But Hon. Joe Hill Hall Gate‘Session
for Fourth.
Atlanta, July 4.—It was a slow and
uninteresting session that the house
of representatives held Tuesday morn¬
ing and until the last 15 minutes but
little Interest was shown by the mem¬
bers. However, while Mr. Flynt, of
Spalding, was speaking, Mr. Hall, of
Bibb, suggested that the commltt.es
of the whole report progress and ask
leave to sit again. Following this
action, Mr. Dunbar, of Rich mo fit!.
moved that the house adjourn until
10 o’clock Thursday morning.
.-oJNte fun started, and Joe Hill Hall
held the whip handle.
Mr. Hall arose to debate the motion
to adjourn, which most folks say is
impossible./ It was seven minutes of
1 o’clock, at which hour .the house
would, by rule, be adjourned until
Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock. Tt
was very plain that Mr. Hall, who
spoke of the necessity of the mem¬
bers staying In Atlanta on Wednesday
to attend to the business of the house,
Intended holding- the floor until the
hour of adjournment arrived.
Mr. Felder, of Bibb, asked Mr. Hall
If he thought It was right to defeat
the will of the great majority of the
members by (filibustering.
“I am not filibustering. I don’t
know what filibustering means.” (Loud
laughter).
Members Jumped up in every part
of the house oin a nat'terfipt to get the
floor. Mr. Hall would not yield. Tie
told them he was going to talk until
1 o’clock, and he did. The members
turned and watched the clock. The
gentleman from Bibb came in for
much "cussing out,” but he wa* re¬
lentless. At 1 o'clock the speaker de¬
clared the house adjourned until Wed¬
nesday morning at 10 o’clock, and-
Mr. Hall turned on the members and
smiled.
Enplnsgr Leaps to Death.
New York, July 4.—Jumping from
bis locomotive to wave himself from
death In what he regarded as an in¬
evitable collision with a trolley car
stalled across the track just ahead of
him, Edward Harris, an engineer on
the Putnam division of the New York
Central system, was killed instantly
at a crossing In Yonkers. His jump
with Us penalty of death was wholly
unnecessary, for there was no colli¬
sion. The motorman backed the trol¬
ley car off the rails in the nick of
time, tearing away the safety gates
is doing so.
T*xat Railroad Sold.
Velasoo, Tex., July 4.—At the re¬
ceiver’s sale of the Vel&sca, Brazos
and Northern railway the road was
bought .at the receiver’s high price
I C ‘
,l,ent - The judgment under which
' aale^was made was for 1236,060. The
1 road is In operation from Houston to
i Velasca, a distance of 202 miles.
Over 300 Bottled SoM In One
Town in the First Month of
its Introduction.
iSEAX:
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Jamaica
GUI
The Only Absolute Cure,
Ever Discovered for ’
5 (Qf^ ro ™ c Rheumatism,
WILL CU*M
Rheumatism. Neuralgia, Gout
Lumbagp, Chronic Constipa¬
tion, Indigestion, Kidney
and Liver Diseases. Reg*
iultU the Bow*tM
Purify the Blood.
Price $1.00 per Bottle
I iols momteToR*
w**Mr*+&*t*.
H
Sold by all druggists, or sent to
any address, charges paid,
on receipt of price.
The Jamaica
Remedy Co.
Sole Proprietors, 1
FINDLAY, - - OHIO.
For Sale in Griffin by
Are you going to Michigan soon?
Don’t make up your mind fully
uutil you see the C H & D “Book
of Tours” to Michigan and Canada
Ask any C H & D Agent, or address W. B. CALLOWAY,
General Passenger Agent, Cincinnati, O.
Southern Railway
N, B,—Following Schedule Figures Publushed as Information and Are Not Guaranteed.
Schedules Into and Out of Grffin, Ga.
In Effect June 21, 1906,
DEPARTURES. ARRIVALS.
For Columbus.................... 7;05 a m From Atlanta..................... 7:05 a m
For Atlanta....................... D.-27 a m From Columaus..................9:27 am
For Columbus....................6:05 p m From Atlanta.....................6.-05 p m
For Atlanta...................... 8:15 pm From Columbus...............*.. 8:15 p tn
All of the above trains run daily, Pullmao drawing room sleeping car on the 9:27 a. m.
train for Washington, D. C., and on the 8:05 p. m., train for Columbna.
For further information call od J. F. ELROD, Union Ticket Agent.
JAMES FREEMAN, Traveling Pa«eenger.Agent, Macon, Ga.
BROOKS MORGAN, Assistant General Paaaenger Agent, Atlanta.
THE REPRESENTATIVE RESORT of the SOOTH
THE WIGWAM, Indian Springs, Ga.
Midway between Atlanta and Macon. A panacea for diacaaea for a hundred years. I
SC0VILLE BROS,
UNDERTAKERS.
We carry a complete and full stock of
fine and medium Cackets, Robes. Shoes,
etc. The utmost care and promptness ts
given to all calls entrusted to us. Embalm*,
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What it does:
If yon are suffering from Rheumatism*,
in any form, road the testimonials which
are printed below. Y on will find honest,
truthful statements from people who art
well knows where they live. What Ja*
males Rheumatic Cure hat done tot 7
them, it will do for you.
Many people have tv
helped and cured by Jam
Cure. ___ st
Doctor* Pronounced Her Cm* Heyeless.
"rot ms iwl enffere* tatrarety (row I
etc eta wSl cw •woltra s to***
- not txod • Jotat of my «
tetolca BtreumMlc Cure, rad 1
•taohr wonderful. doctors*Mils la the end* so
•tent $S00 In Mt of tarrefll. After
remedies, without feeling one I
the firrt few dotes of Ismslo* MmwmMc Cuts
could feel sn Improvement, sad Inside of S week
my bands began to get better. Mow. efter takle*
two bottles, the swelling In mr bends end feet Is
nearly all gone, and I hive the toll nseol my heeds
lot all kinds of work. I have been cleaning house
this week, snd for the Star time ta tea years I have
been able to tack down rerpets myself. Thedoetwt
told me that nothing could cure me. and that e pain
under my shoulder was creeping perslysls But now
ell my pains ers asns. and! feel eUofether like a
new person, end every one who eee* aw aetiors the
difference. My dt,cation had became so Impelled
that t could scarcely eat or drink anythin* new t
can eat sod drink everything I went. Tot sis yssra
my throat had been so taw and Inflamed I could
scarcely swallow, end I lead shed bronchial cough.
Jamaica Uuraeatte Cure baa completely cured this,
fltoie my name has been used ta the papers, hun¬
dreds of people have called to see If It was realty
true thtt I was betas cured, end I ten an thM every
word is true." Mas. A A ROM HOWAHD,
610 Main St.. n«Utj, O,
Throw HI* CnctekM Aw*y.
*T had been help ire. from (beumstlrm for savarsl
months. Weot lo Mt. demean without any benefit.
Thea tried t celebrated specialist, who made me
worse. I could not aralk a block Iheumatlc even with crutches,
when I began using Jamaica Cure. At
the end of the first bottle I threw eway my crt*ch«s
and could flet about with two canes. A second bot¬
tle completely cured me. nod left me without e
rheumatic pain, eacdpt a Weak and crooked ankle,
caused by the specialist. Am now Iseooldhaveaaved mooing motor
on my eat ten bouts n drey. suflciin* end
* JW In money rad months «* Intense
Ion of work If t had taken lanuln XhemuattS
Cura when Brat attached with rheumatism."
JACOB t. PAMU
Mottcwaa T., B ©> Sr S. Sicca*; hF« O.
_____ Bowlin* Great,
On* Bottld Pat Him to Work Afiflte.
“One bottle of Jametan Rheumatic Cura has done
me mots food than *CO worth of other medicine! 1
had used before It. I had bebn confined M my bed
tor (weeks with Sciatic Rheumatism. After eta*
half * bottle of Jemal ca Rheumatic Cum J vr* aMa
to get out of the house, and by the time ) iut fin¬
ished the bottle t was able to go hack to work ageto."
JAMS* DaVIKSr, rindUy, O
An Mi Lady’* Wondgrful Exp*ri*ncs.
“l suffered for years with rheomatlfm, areuvlfta do
and threatening paralysis, nod was unable » ay
own work most of the time. I received no special
benefit from almost continual treatment from physi¬
cians ot from patent medicines, df wh‘cb J twve
taken many kinds. I w*« all run down tat miner
able and It teemed that ceehln* could at done for
I me, I had almost given up nog* of any tells el aU
lint after reading what your Jamaica Rheumatic
Cure had done for others I decided to give It l trU.
and taking It, I we* greatly plotted ta realise a bene¬
fit. I have taken four bottle rad have ataeei re¬
gained my former euength end weight, going firer
127 to 149 pounds, 1 am now doing my own work
easily end feel tike working hard every day. I hops
others suffering « I did will give Jura ca a trial
It will surely to them g odL“