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25 Per Cent Off
ON ALL LOW CUT
Commencing Monday morning we will sell any Low
•Shoe or Slipper in the house at 25 per cent,
off for cash only. This means a saving
of 50c to $1.50 a pair on new
summer, goods.
All $5.00 Oxfords............ ....$3 75
All 4.00 Oxfords......... ........ 3 00
AH 3.50 Oxfords.....„............ 2.63
All 3.00 Oxfords.................. a.25
AH 2.50 Oxfords...... .......... 1.88
All 2.00 Oxfords.................. 1.50
All 1,50 Oxfords.................. 1.13
All 1.00 Oxfords................. 75
We positively can not charge shoes at these
prices. They are cash only. '
STRICKLAND-CRODCH
\
Jelly Moulds 25 aud 35c per doz.
Globe Fruit Jars, i Qt. $1.00 per
Doz., 2 Qt. $1.35.
Refrigerators $L50 and up.
Water Coolers, 2 gallons at $1.35
1.85
2.35
A Few Hammocks Left Going at
Cost.
Perfection Wickless. Oil Stoves 2 Burners at $4.90; 3
Burners $5.90. Hundreds of other Articles at these
Low Priceslor'next 30.days.
IT'S TIME
for your frien
to call. Even
if a bit late it
won’t matter
as you’ll lose
nothing by the
delay. Our
stock of .
JEWELRY
is so complete
even though
salesar e still
going on, you’ll
find what you
want. It’s the
best stock in
town and what
is more it’s
lower in price.
Buy here. It’s
a saving.
T. H. WYNNE, losHiustrwt.
Arrest It—950 Reward.
A small sample bottle of Ec-zioe will
aent free to every reader of tbe News
Sun who ia suffering with »Dy kind
akin dlseaae or eruption—Eczema,
or Sores, Bleeding Piles, Blood Poison.
Pains, Kilkleg. Cancer, Rheu¬
disease or any other Germ or Vir-
or core of any. name or na-
$50 reward will be paid for any caae
Eczema that ia not promptly onred
Ec zine. Ec-zioe will benl any
or <mre the worat skin and make It
like velvet. Thousand cored
Never mind what yon have
forget the failure made bjr other
and tend for free sample of
which always gives relief and
onre. A 91.00 bottle often
V „ used wor,t in cases. hospitals Eo-zine is anc-
generally. and ty pby-
It is not a pa-ent
If your druggist does not
send direct to us. State
of diMaae and years' standing.
AWrm. Th * Phtsicuks Labato-
800 Bovoe Building, Chicago. 111.
<1. Ji GARLAND,
DENTIST.
omee ovtsr Griffin Banking On*
GRIFFIN GA.
vt.
“A NOBLE CHRISTIAN LADY AND
CONFEDERATE SOLDIER’S WIDOW”
Who Has to be Defended From the Attacks Made
Upon Her by Hoke Smith Supporters.
The following communication,
en from the Jackson Record ol
date, shows that the supporters
Hoke Smith are not satisfied with
excellent Georgia Jady, once a
dent of Griffin, being deprived of
position by him, but are
to cast aspersions upon her
—the usual practice of “adding
to injury,” but about the lowest
ever done in a Georgia
campaign: «
Jackson, Ga., July 17th, 190C.
To the people of Butts county:
I have heard that some of the
ple of Butts county have said of Mrs.
Margaret Hampton, the
soldier’s widow who made the
davit concerning her dismissal
Mr. Hoke Smith from the
Department and the appointing
negroes to work in said department,
that she was not a lady of honor and
integrity.
APPEARS IN HOME ■§i"
AS FROM GRAVE
Pittman Returns After Absence
ol Forty Years.
HAPPY WITH WIFE IN BARTOW
Pittman Waa Confined In Ne.w York
Prison and Killed Federal Colonel,
Who Flogged Him—Waa Condemned
to Death, but Bentence Commuted.
CaAersville, Ga., July 30.—If one
had risen from the dead It would prob¬
ably have caused no more amaze¬
ment than that with which a little
family living on the farm of Mys.
Arthur Davis, 8 Julies from Cp.rters-
ville were overcome* when Ander¬
son P. Pittman, aged and gray, ap¬
peared in their midst >s a missed rel¬
ation who was supposed to have been
long since dead. The home was
that of Mrs. James Smith, who was
originally a Miss Whltecotton. Mrs.
Smith’s mother Ives with her.
Andersdn Pittman, who proved to
be a modren Enoch Arden, after en¬
tering the home and "tving down a
staff and small budget which he had
carried on his shoulder In a Walk out
from Cartersvllle, wiped the perspir¬
ation from his brow and acosted the
young matron with:
'Do you* haVtT any ailments In your
home?”
“No, but why do you auk ?" was the
woman's reply.
'Why, I'm sortof a traveling doctor,
and thought I might be of service if
some one were sick.” With a ner¬
vous impatience the old man dropped
his ruse for a surprise, and said:
“Where is your mother?”
The young woman replied:
“She’s in the other room.”
“Tell her to come here,” he said,
and on her appearance he approach¬
ed her and held out his hand, saying,
“Howdy, ’Rushia.”
When the elderly woman pulled
slightly away, he added:
“Don’t be frightened; this Is your
husband.”
The scene a3 they embraced as
long separated husband and wife, was
9 ae that Mrs. Smith, the only eye-wit¬
ness, will never forget.
The story Is one of Intense Inter¬
est and probably has not a parallel in
Georgia annals. Anderson Pittman
married Jerusha Baliew in Habersham
county just before the civil war. One
child was born to them, a daughter,
■who is the mother of a good-sized
family, residing in Alabama. When
his daughter was a babe Pittman en¬
tered the confederate army as a mem¬
ber of Captain John Porter's company.
In the Thirty-fourth Georgia infantry.
According to his story, Pittman was
captured by the Twenty-fifth New
York cavalry on Sept. 17, In Wood
county', - Virginia. He was carried
north and remained in a New York
prison till the close of the war. While
a prisoner be was ordered by a colo¬
nel named Sanford to open a gate.
He started to his task when tfv offi¬
cer told him to run. Finding mat he
moved no faster at the command, the
.officer advanced and began to flog
him. At this Pittman remonstrated
and told the officer unless he desisted
he would kill him. The officer said.
"You have no weapon." At this
man pulled a six-shooter from his
bootleg, and shot the officer several
times, the wounds proving fatal. -
Pittman was tried by military
martial and ordered shot, but
made friends of some of the officials
among the guard, they Interceded In
his behalf'llnd managed to get
punishment shifted to that of a
sentence in prison. He remained
prison 39 years and six months and
then got a release. He went to Tex
aa, where he had aome relatives,
•taved a short while: the®
I desire to state in her behalf that
such statements are very uqjust to
her.
I was at one time # pupil of Mrs.
Hampton and besides being a lady
of a fine education she is possessed of
high and noble traits of character
and deserves the resjiect aud confi¬
dence of every one.
Knowing her as 1 do and knowing
her regard for the right, and being a
Christian lady of the highest type,
I know she would not falsity in
making the affidavit appearing in
the papers.
I make this statement in behalf of
my old teacher, and not to aid any
one in the race for governor. I don’t
believe that the people will accuse me
of entering into politics because I en¬
ter the columns oi the paper to de¬
fend a noble Christian lady and Con¬
federate soldier’s widow. Very Re¬
spectfully,
Mrs. Florence Lunquest.
work of hunting up his family; which
he said he had little hope of finding,
as he had written scores of letters
while in prison, to which he received,
no answer, presuming they were in¬
tercepted. He went last week to
Habersham county and began Inquiry
of his wife’s relatives and learned
that the last known of the family was
that they had moved years ago to
Bartow county. That during hia ab¬
sence his wife, supposing him dead,
had married Benton Whltecotton, who
had been killed in a fight with reve¬
nue officers In the mountains of north¬
east Georgia.
As above stated, the wife was found
in her widowhood at the home of her
daughter, who was a daughter of Mr.
Whitecotton. Old man Pittman is 83
years of age; his wife is probably ten
years younger. They both look spry
for their age:
Dives in Sport to Hla Death.
Carrollton, Ga., July 31).—Thee 18-
year-old son of W. F. Futlllove, who
resides. 3 miles west of this place, waa
accidentally drowned. He, In compa¬
ny with a number of other boys, had
gone to a swimming hole on Puck
creek to go in swimming. Young Fuf-
lllove plunged into the water head¬
foremost and bis head struck a hidden
rock in the bottom of the creek, and
his head was fractured and his neck
broken. He died instantly. His
body was recovered by the companions
who were with him.
Negro Uses Kitchen Knife.
Danville, Va., July 30.—Barbara Dee
Albright, a negress, was stabbed to
death at her home by John Green,
also a negro. Green had been drink¬
ing. He piungeJ a kitchen knife
many times In the woman’s body and
then, chased two other women, eye¬
witnesses to the tragedy, out of the
house. He was arrested two hours
later and practically confessed the
crime.
Attempt to Wreck Train.
Charleroi, Belgium, July 30.—An at¬
tempt was made Sunday night to
wreck the northern express from Par¬
is. A rail was removed, the engine
and tender were ditched and the egl-
neer and fireman were killed. The
coaches, however, remained on the
rails and the passengers were unin¬
jured. It is reported that Russian
agitators were (-responsible for the at-
19m pt to wreck the exp Bess suppos¬
ing that grand Duke Vladmlro was
on the train. The railway officials
say the grand duke was not on the
train. They have qo trace of the
men men who committed the outrage.
A dynamite cartridge is said to have
been used for the purpose of remov¬
ing the rail.
Open Convention at Louisville.
Lexington, Ky., July 30.—The Unit¬
ed Brothers of Friendship and Sisters
of the Mysterious Ten opened an in¬
ternational tel-ennial convention here
Monday, and will continue in session
five days. It is" the largest negro
organization in the world, having a
membership of 250,000.
Trunk Manufactory Burnt.
Nashville, July 30.—The Hill Trunk
company’s plant here, one of the lar¬
gest in the south, waa totally gutted
by fire Monday morning. The loss is
not given, but is heavy. The loss is
well covered by Insurance.
Ndl&njth In Rumor.
St. PetersEurg, eteraou July 30.—The ru¬
mor in circulation that General Tre*
poff had been assassinated turns out
to be as baseless as the report to the
same effect which was current early
last week. *
<s> * *• * - -
Norwegian Steamer Ashore.
Halifax, N. 8., July 30.—Driven 8
miles out of her course by a strong
westerly current, the Norwegian
steamer, Bors, bound from Louteburg
for Yarmouth, with 800 tons of ooal,
ran ashore on Port Mountain Island,
sear Liverpool, this pro vines, and
probably will ha a total ton.
MANEUVERS HAVE BEGUN.
Bummer Five Encampment Days’ Starts With j
Instruction.
Chattanooga, Ten.n, July 30.—Mon¬
day a five day's programme of Instruc¬
tion began at Camp Chleamauga ac¬
cording to detailed order Issued Sun¬
day by General Buhb, commanding.
There are now In camp the Twelfth
cavalry, Seven teeth Infantry, Third
and Fourth batteries of artUley, be¬
sides large details of three engineer
corps, signal corps and hospital depart¬
ments of the regular army and the
First Alabama. Third South Carolina
and Seventy-first Virginia regimenets.
The first day’s work consisted of
company Instruction by all organiza¬
tions, Including technical work in the
engineer and signal corpse, exempli¬
fied by the regulars. Battalion work
and squadron drills will be'tbe order
for the second day including deploy¬
ment as skirmishers and pratctlce In
attack and defense. Wednesday all
the forces will be cut In regimental
formation, when the technical Instruc¬
tion will become more comprehensive.
At night there wlttbe studies of signal
work. Thursday will be devoted to
practice outpost duty. There will, be
surprises and open attacks by calvary
and Infantry. The militia will be
trained in the art of developing a hos¬
tile force and like problems presented
In warfare. A11 of this leads up to
the last of the five days, when tacti¬
cal problems are to be solved. On
that day the forces are to be divided
Into two hostile armies. The park,
now a marked battlefield, will be the
scene of mimic warfare on as large a
scale as possible.
DEADLY WORK BY BOY.
Kills Orve> Man and Fatally Wound*
Woman and Another Man.
Pittsburg, July 30.—-As the result
of a mysterious shooting near Dra-
vosburg. Pa., one man is dead, a
young woman may die arid a second
maw is in a serious condition.
Th* dead man la James Painter,
aged 28 years; Katherine McCluskey,
aged 28 years, was shot through the
right lung; and William Mullen, aged
23 years,' wounded in both legs.
The parties are reticent as to the
affray, but it is believed to have fol¬
lowed a quarrel in a camp on the
Youghlogheny river.
The mystery was cleared up by a
confession of Michael Cislo, an 18-
year-old boy, who walked Into the Mc¬
Keesport police station and gave him¬
self up.
Cislo said he shot the two men and
the woman, but did It In self-defense,
after he had been robbed and tffrown
into the river. He was locked up,
pending an investigation.
Debt In Bloody Mood.
8t. Louis, July 30.—Eugene V. Debs,
former presidential candidate on the
socialist ticket, In a speech at River¬
side park, advised workingmen to free
Charles Moyer, W. D. Haywood and
G. A, Petibone, the three Denver mi¬
ners confined in Jail in Idaho, at any
coat. “More than a million worklng-
Wen Ip the United States will rise up
and demand that these men be liber¬
ated," said Mr. Debs. “I will be at
the head of this million to assist 4p
liberating them by bloodshed if nec¬
essary, but peacebly if possible.” The
occasion meeting foV of the the speech Moyer-Haywood by Debs was
a de¬
fense organization of St. Louis.
Preacher Talk* to Harry Thaw.
New York, July 30.—Harry Thaw
spent a quiet day in the Toombs Sun¬
day. He had two callers, a man and
a woman, both fashionably dressed,
who refused to give their names, but
said they were stopping at a hotel
here. The prisoner did not see them,
as they had no special passes. Thaw
had the freedom of the ^corridor on
the tier In which his cell- Is located,
all through the day. In the merit¬
ing he attended services conducted*
by the Rev. Dr. Sanderson, of- the
Methodist church. After the service
Mr. Sanderson spent 3.1 hour with
Thaw.
V^ll Go Into Politics. -
New York, July 30.—-The central
Federated Union, after a debate last¬
ing throughout the afternoon and eve¬
ning Sunday, decided to go into* pol¬
itics in accordance with the recom¬
mendation of the affiliated unions
made by_ President Compare of the
American Federation of 1-a.bor. The
platform submitted by the executive
committee which hag been under de¬
bate for two Sundays was adopted in
its entirety over the violent protests
ot the socialists, who made a fight
to force the central federated union
Into committing itself Into the Social¬
ist party.
Dowle Will Appeal Case.
Chicago, July 30.—John Alexander
Dowle will appeal from the decision
of Judge Landis, of the federal court,
declaring Zion City a trust eetate and
holding that the deposed first apostle
has no Individual proprietorship In
the estate. Dowle himself made the
announcement that action toward an
appeal has been taken at a meeting
Sunday at Shiloh house, Zion City,
atended by nearly 100 of his loyal
supporters. -\....................
Crusade Against Gambling.
Providence, R. I., July 28.—One of
the most extensive crusades against
gambling ever undertaken In this state
la under way by the sheriffs, who are.
It U said, acting on instructions from
the governor. The activity of the
officer* la causing a general exodus
of promoters of gambling from th*
etat*.
COUNTY OFFERS NEW COURT
HOUSE SITE TO GOVERNMENT
For Federal Building Site at Same Price That Com¬
missioner* Paid For It.
Yesterday Clerk A. C. Sorrell, of
the Board of County. Commissioners,
prepared a bid offering the site re¬
cently purchased by the commission¬
ers for a new court house to tbe Fed¬
eral government tor a site for the new
Federal building to be erected here,
and this will be forwarded to Wash¬
ington as soon as Chairman Champi¬
on’s signature is obtained, probably
today. This site, it will be remem¬
bered, includes all the Exchange
warehouse block, running all the way
from Patterson ’3 Hall on East Solo¬
mon street to Sixth street and tack to
Bank Avenue. It is a large and de¬
sirable piece ot property and to show
their good faith, the commissioners
offer it at the same price they paid
TWOSPECIALORDERS
BEFORE LOWER HOUSE
After Measures are Disposed of,
Constitutional Amendments
MAY THEN BE FULLY DI8CU8SED
After Adjournment on Wednesday
President West, of Senate, and
Speaker Slaton, of the House, Will
Give Barbecue at Cold Springe.
Atlanta, July 30.—The house of rep¬
resentatives had two special orders
to commence the week with, after
which It will either have to take up
the calendar or provide other special
orders. It is probable that another
attempt will be made to-obtain early
consideration of several important
bills,, both house and senate measures,
involtving amendments to the consti¬
tution. Inasmuch as the constitution
provides that any amendment to that
instrument urast be advertised lor
two months prior to the general elec¬
tion at whUffi the proposed amend¬
ment shall be esubinitred to the‘peo¬
ple for ratification, It will be tanta¬
mount to killing bills of this charac¬
ter should they not be taken up and
acted upon by ,tbe bouse and senate
by Friday, Aug. 3, the general elec¬
tion occurring on Wednesday, Oct
3, Just two months from that date.
• Among the bills* of this character,
which*the house refused to make spe¬
cial orders of on Friday, vriten the
resolution In regard thereto were vot¬
ed down separtely, are the following:
By Mr, Kelly, of Glascock, to anfend
the constitution relative to the edu¬
cation of the races; fty Mr. Smith, of
Greene, to amend constitution rela-
tfee to farm produce; by Mr. Richard¬
son, of Houston, to amend constitution
so as to increase representation In
the senate from <4 to 76 members; by
Mr. Perry, of Hall, to abolish tbe of¬
fice of railroad commissioner and cre¬
ate a board of five commissioners of
corporations; by Mr. Williams of Lau¬
rens, to increase the per diem of leg¬
islators from to |7, and the speak¬
er of the house andBpretT-’ept of the
senate from $7 to 310, the use of free
railroad passes aiiT^ anks being pro¬
hibited upon the Increase of the per
(Hero. lowing Resolutions to make the fol¬
senate bills, * Involving consti¬
tutional amendments, were also de¬
feated: By Senator Westbrook, to
create the office of lieutenant gover¬
nor, and three companion bills amend¬
ing the code so as to harmonize with
the purposes of the bill.
The first business of Monday’s ses¬
sion was the consideration of the hilj
of Mr. Galloway of Walton, to <aroeftd
There is bat One Real
Soda Cracker because
there is but one that
comes to you just as it
comes from the oven.
Others lose their value
by being exposed to the
air, absorbing moisture
and collecting dust.
The | real 1 soda cracker
is Uneeda Biscuit kept ■
fresh and clean by the
protecting package , f
NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY
fefU, 97,000, thus bringing’ it $600
under the amount allowed in the bill
the purpose of the Federal build¬
site.
As the commissioners ami tbe dti-
have decided that they do not
a new court house just at this
if toe bid is accepted it will
a very good way out of the pre¬
in which the county ia
of holding a piece of property
which It has no present use. And
by the time a new court
is (finitely determined upon,
other site may be judged pre¬
Accornjianylng the bid isa fine map
ol the premisses made by Civil En¬
gineer E. H. Davis, 1
ihe constitution so as to provide a
pension for every widow of a confed¬
erate soldier who married her soldier
husband prior to Jan. 1, 1870. The bill
was made a special order for Friday,
and It came up for cotudderattou an
the afternoon session of that day, but
Inasmuch as It required a constitu¬
tional majority of U7 votes to pass
it, and the Friday afternoon exodus
of mouthers had commenced, the house
adjourned in order to preserve the
status of the bill as a special order.
An amendment to the bill has beep
proposed, by Mr. Whitley, ot Douglas,
to extend the provisions of the bill to
widow* who married prior to January,
1876. M la probable that this bill
will consume the greater part of the
mornlg session, after which the sen¬
ate bill increasing the amount for
clerical assistance in the office of the
comptroller general from 31.000 :
30,000 will be taken up, having
made a special order on Friday.
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COMMITTEES ANK~
FOR THE
Preparatien* Will Begin at Once
Which All Should Balt*.
In compliance with a request from
theTity council, Mayor N\ B. Drewry
bus appointed the following commit¬
teemen to provide for toe comfort and
pleasure of the delegates to the an¬
nual convention of the State Agricul¬
tural Society, which convenes in this
city on August 21* and 30.
The members of the committees are
well rhesen and they will begin at
once to perfect toe duties of their pe¬
culiar assignments to the satisfaction
oi the city and convention.
The committees invite the co-oper-
ation of the citizens.
Committee on Receptiun.
Will H. Newton, chairman; M. F.
Morris, B. N. Barrow, It. J. Redding,
H. P. Ogletree, H. H. Baas, Douglas
Glemnet, L. P. Blanton.
Committee on Entertainment.
J. Henry Smith, chairman, T, J.
Brooks, W. H. Beck, W. P. Waiter,’
R. F. Strickland, J. W. Gresham, T.
F.. Drewry, J. P. Nichols.
Committee to Securo Homos.
E. E. Wolcott, chairman; J. E,
Brewer, E. B. Oxford, B. R. Blake¬
ly, David J. Bailey, T. E. Patterson,
B. B. Brown.
To Soled a Place of Mootla*.
Douglas Boyd, Heaton Grantlami,
J. M. Strickland, R. H. Drake, J.. D.
Boyd, \V, E. H, Searcy, Jr.