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THE NEWS, Established 187I,
25 Per Cent Off
ON ALL LOW CUT
Commencing Monday racming 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 .... .......... 3.63
All 3.00 Oxfords................... 3.35
AH 3.50 Oxfords ................. $.88
All 3.ooOxfords.............. ... 150
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-CROUCH CO
Jelly Moulds 25 and 35c per doz.
Globe Fruit Jars, 1 Qt. $1.00 per
Doz., 2 Qt. $1.35.
Refrigerators $r.50 and up.
Water Coolers, 2 gallons at $1.35
1.85
4 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 Prices for next 30 days.
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(FORMERLY BLAKELY t ELL/S)
IT’S TIME
for your friend
to call. Even
if a bit late it
won’t matter
as you’ll lose
nothing by , the
delay. , . O !
U r
»took of
JEWELRY
a 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
I is more it’s
lower in price.
I Buy here. It’s
a saving.
T. a WYNNE, 106 Hill Strew,
Arreet It—900 Reward.
A small sample bottle of Ec-alue will
be s«it free to every reader of tbe Mews
and San who it suffering w , t h any kind
d *» e "« or « ru P‘ l °n-Eo»iema,
Blind or Bleeding Piles. Blood Poison.
Ferer Sores, Milkleg, Cancer. Rheu-
metio Pains, or any otber Germ or Vir.
oes disease or sore of any name or na¬
ture.
»50 reward will be paid for any case
that u u °t promptly onred
look like velvet. Thousand oared
daily. Never mind what yon have
tried; forget tbe failure made by otber
remedies, Ec and send for free sample of
znie which always gives relief and
permanent cure. A $1.00 bottle often
cores the worst oases. Eo-zlne Is sno-
ceasfolly used In hospitals sod ty phy¬
sicians generally. n is not a pa-ent
medicine If your druggist does not
hatnre naveEc-.zine send direct to us. State
of disease and years’ standing.
Ad arLT‘S’ Tajt PHW1 CUW* LaBATO-
RBS. „ 806 Boyce Building. Uhioago. 111.
HENRY O. FARR,
Attorney at Law,
No. in* Hill Strkkt,
GRIFFIN, QA.
Will practice In State and Federal Courts.
Honey Loaned on improved real estate.
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 3, 1904>.
(QUARTER MILLION INCREASE
IN SPALDING’S TAXABLE VALUES
Many Improvements Made in Griffin and Increased
Values in Farm Lands.
Tax Receiver Harry T. Johnson
has finished fils books and sent them
la to Comptroller Wright. He finds
an increase of $248,080 in the taxable
values of Spalding county, which is
considerably more than usual,
though there has generally been a
STATE ROAD NEEDED
FOR FAIR RATES
Long Lease Would Take Rights
From People.
IT WILL BE A VIRTUAL SALE
Senator Candler, of Thirty-Fourth Dis¬
trict, Declares that All Railroads
Run Into the Den of J. P. Morgan.
Made s Strong Speech.
Atlanta, Aug. 2.—In. one of the
strongest speeches heard on the sen¬
ate floor In a number of years, Sena¬
tor Murphy Candler, of'the thirty-
fourth district Wednesday portrayed
how the railroad systems in Georgia
have been holding the people in their
grasp for many years. The remarks
of Senator Candler were made during
the debate on the long lease bill of
Senator McHenry, which was made a
continuing order from Tuesday’s ses¬
sion. Senator West also spoke fa¬
voring the bill. No vote was reach¬
ed and the bill came up Thursday.
Senator Candler spoke scathingly
against the state road to pass Into the
hands of a railroad corporation for
99 years, during which time he said
that the claim on the road would not
only pass out of the hands of the peo¬
ple now, but that for generation* the
citizens of the utate would have to
stand Idly by and receive a small rent¬
al for the road which at the end of
the lease would be worth a sum In¬
estimable.
‘‘We need this road,” exclaimed Sen¬
ator Candler, “to combat wtth the ex¬
orbitant, excessive and unjust discrim¬
inations of other roads in the state.
It Is now thirteen years before the
present lease expires. If we now give
another lease for #9 years, it will be
2118 before the people of this state
can say what shall be done with the
property.
“The lease of this road will amount
to nothing else than a virtual sale,
and it will become allied with e
other systems which are dominating
the freedom of our people.
’’The Central, the Southern, the Sea¬
board Air Line, and the Atlantic Coast
Line railroads are the great systems
of Georgia.
“But the Southern, Atlantic Coast
Line and Seaboard, indirectly by their
ownership in the N., C. & St. L., and
the L. & N., the present lessees of the
Western and Atlantic go to make up
one great system.
“This system Is owned and operated
by eight men in New York, controlled
by James Pierpont Morgan.
“These roads all run into the den of
J. Pierpont Morgan, In Wall street.
That Is why I am not surprised when
the advocates of the bill say that
there Is only one bidder for the state
road,
*‘I do not think that we should take
the fate of a road- away from unborn
generations, when the forefathers have
by their struggles endowed them with
a birthright which was born in great
travail.
“In one hundred and twelve years
from now, 1 believe that there will
be a population of 25,009,000 people
in Georgia. They could contribute
more to the road than could the rent¬
al of $60,000 a month for j)9 years.
“This road is the gateway to the
great distributing points of the west.
We must ksep It to control and ourb
the excessive freight rates now being
practiced by the ratlroads. It is noth¬
ing but right Tor us to hold the last
battleax with which we can operate
•gainst the power* which threaten to
dominate us.
“Railroads, after all, are only pub¬
lic highways. They are operated for
the rights of the people. The people
have a right to take these roads when¬
ever they see fit, and reimburse the
men who have established them.
“I do not say that I favor govern¬
ment ownership of railroads, but my
friend*, the control of roads by the
government Is ten years nearer than
It was aornc time ago. I believe that
in not many years we will see the
roads operated by the powers of the
state or the government.
“I say that by the year 2018, when
the 112 year lease of this road would
haxe expired, the roads of our coun¬
try will be operated by our people.”
At the conclusion of Senator Can¬
dler's able speech, President West,
who had spoken In favor of the bill
Tuesday, again took the floor.
“I, ask the question,” said President
West, “If we shall build to the sea¬
board, can we afford to own and oper¬
ate a great steamship line to form
our connections?
•1 aJSffSt „the. day. yrA*a thfe je&v-
handsome increase. Most of this
consists of improvements in Griffin,
though there is a general prosperity
all over the county manifested by the
returns, which is very satisfactory.
He also registers 129 more polls than
last year, showing an increase in
population as well as, wealth.
eminent shall approach centralized
despotism by owning public utilities.”
SLAIN ON HONEYMOON 8TART.
Brldegroom of an Hour Killed at Bess¬
emer City, N. C.
Charlotte, Aug. 2.—A telephone mes¬
sage from Bessemer City states that
W. M. Brown, bridegroom of an hour,
was shot and killed by John M. Kin¬
caid at the depot there Wednesday
morning.
Brown was married at 8 o'clock to
Miss Bettie Perry, a Bessemer City
Wlrl. They were escorted to the de¬
pot by a number of friends and in¬
tended going to Danville, where the
honeymoon was to have been spent.
As soon as the bridal party arrived
at the depot Kincaid, who was there,
called Brown aside and walked with
him to a nearby room. A moment
later five pistol shots rang out. A
number of people rushed to the room
and found Brown dead with Kincaid
standing by, holding a smoking pis¬
tol. Death was Instantaneous.
Kincaid immediately gave himself
up to the authorities.
It Is said that Brown was to have
married Kincaid's sister, whom, it is
alleged, he betrayed some months ago.
Both men worked in the cotton mills
there.
Kincaid has a wife and three chil¬
dren. His father is a farmer and
lives near Bessemer City.
Brown’s people live at Cowp»ns,
S. C.
FAMILY MEALS.
Don’t Let Oreiaoir Crush (A( CkMh
fulness and Suriabillt jr.
A certain amount of ceremony should
l>e observed even at the simplest fam¬
ily meal, but when tills is carried too
far it crushes sociability and cheerful¬
ness.
One should lie careful not to eat so
rapidly that the food may not l>e prop¬
erly masticated or that one will have
finished while tbe others at the table
are still eating. If It Is necessary to
nsk for anything during a meal, one
should take the opportunity of speak¬
ing quietly to the waitress when she Is
near or wait until It Is possible to
catch her eye.
When a meal Is announced go to the
table promptly. It Is annoying to the
housekeeper and cook to have the
meals delayed. It often happens that
a few minutes' waiting may spoil some
dish, and in any rase It causes a waste
of precious time to file housekeeper
and .other members of the family.
Some thoughtless people seem to think
that It matters less that the v whole fam¬
ily Is kept waiting five minutes or
more than that they should complete
the work which they happen to have
in hand. There are many Jars and
breaks in the household machinery
from this cause alone.
In many households where there Is a
regular waitress there Is a rule some-
times that nothing shall be handed .ky
the members of the family.
In offering to serve any one at the
table use one of these forms: “May 1
help you?" ".May- i offer [or send}
you?” "Let me give you,” etc. The
form “Will you have?" Is out of place
save for a waitress, who is usually
trained (o wait on the table In silence.
CHILD TRAINING.
Hoiv Oin* Kathrr Ssnigre Dispute*
Aiuoiih the Youngsters.
A mothers' magazine calls attention
to the fact that the old adage, “Chil¬
dren should be seen and uot beard,”
has little place In the modern systems
of child training and says It Is quite
right that it is so, especially in the
case of tlie child with a grievance.
Children, with alt their chattering, are
strongly inarticulate when It Is a mat¬
ter of explaining their feelings, and a
child may suffer more than the adults
around it ever dream over some Injus¬
tice, real or fancied, which it would
probably have diitlculty In puttlnglnto
words. If the parents are continually
telling it to "Hush up!” and “Keep
still, now:” there is every chance of
developing a fairly sulky youngster in
time.
In one New York home, where the
father takes an active part tn the
training of the children, as few fathers
do in tins country; unfortunately, no
dispute among the children and no
grievance of any of them passes un¬
noticed, especially If tbe father Is
around. No matter what he may be
doing, be drops it and instantly opens
a kind of informal children’s court,
getting at the bottom of the trouble
by the gentlest of questioning. This
takes some of his time, of course, but
to those children their father Is the
Ideal of justice, a confidant who never
falls them.—New York Tribune.
Inaugurate* Summer Lectures.
Cambridge, Eng., Aug. 2.—Ambas¬
sador Wbltelaw Reid Thursday Inau¬
gurated the course of summer lectures
at the university with an address on
“The rise and development of the
United State*.” T§g ~
STEEL RAILWAY CONTROVERSY.
Facta Ar« Given In Regard to Mayor
Weaver’* Action.
Cleveland, O., Aug. *.—In the dta-
patches handled by the Associated
Frees on July 25 in describing the oon-
trovers y now proceeding over the
street railway situation In this city,
the statement was made that the rail¬
way line of the Cleveland Electric
Railway company on Fulton street
was torn up by men acting under the
orders of Mayor Tom U Johnson
and that this action was owing to
the pending controversy in behalf of
the Forest City railway, a S-cent fare
line and which under certain condi¬
tions can come under the ownership
and control of the municipality.
In addition to relating the -facts as
to the tearing up of the rails of the
Cleveland Electric Railway company,
the additional statement was made
that Mayor Johnson “was credited
with being largely Interested In the
municipal traction company.” This
statement was unwarranted, is believ¬
ed to be entirely untrue If In Its read¬
ing It tended to create the impression
that Mayor Johnson had any financial
Interest whatever In the Forest City
company, and is contrary to every
public statement made by that official,
he having specifically anticipated by
public anouncement any such possi¬
bility. That he has been Interested
in the success of tbe company, a* an
ultimate municipal ownership proposi¬
tion, but primarily to secure a lower
fare he has openly proclaimed.
The Associated Press theerfore de¬
sires to disclaim any knowledge or
motive other than this public Inter¬
est and to disavow any other sug¬
gestion tn making the statement tele¬
graphed.
American Troops Deserting.
San Francisco, Aug. 2.—Reports are
being received by tbe military author¬
ities at the Presidio of the frequent
desertion of troops stationed at Amer¬
ican Lake In Washington, the summer
military camp where several reg¬
iments of national guard and regu¬
lars are stationed for Instruction. The
most notable Instance of this Is in
company I, of the Twenty-second In¬
fantry. At present only seven men
and officers are left to carry the
name of the company. When the
Twenty-eecond Infantry went Into the
camp, 65 men answered to roll call
In company I, Since then 58 of the
soldiers have deserted and crossed
the border to Canada, 60 miles away,
where there are no extradition laws
to cover desertion.
Neat Increase at Poatofflce.
Atlanta, Aug. 2.—Nearly ten thou¬
sand more, to be exact, $9,685.39, were
the Atlanta postoffice i a 'etpts for the
month of July, ending Tuesday last
over the corresponding time during
1906. It was late Wednesday night
when Postmaster Blodgett completed
his report of the work transacted tn
the Atlanta postoffioe during the
month of July, 1906. That report
showed that the Atlatna postofllce re¬
ceipts for July, 1906, were IC0.T39.24.
During the same month of 1905, the
total receipts were $51,053.86, the dif¬
ference being $9,685.38 in favor of
1908 over 1905, or an Increase of
18.9 per cent
No Authority to Release Nobleman.
Asheville, N. C., Aug. 2.—Chief of
Police Bernard when shown the As¬
sociated Press dispatch from Port¬
land, Me., relative to the arreet of
Lord Douglas, for alleged bigamy,
stalled that he has no authority to or¬
der the release of the'British noble¬
man In Jail In that city. He sail
the authorities at Portland should re¬
lease him on their own responsibility
if they are. certain of hts identity.
The chief further Stated that be bad
not as yet received any message from
Portland concerning the detention of
the genuine Lord DougIaift»
Enters Suit far $100,000. *
New York, Aug. 2.-—Hobart S. Bird,
who once published a newspaper In
San Juan, Pori© Rico, has sued eight
of the highest American officials on
the island, Including the present gov¬
ernor and his predecessor, for $100,-
000 damages In the supreme court
In Brooklyn. Bird charges them
with having wrecked his paper, ruin¬
ed his reputation, and forced him out
of the Island. Bird Is now practicing
law In this city.
Subpoenas for Oil Employes.
New York, Aug. 2—Word was re-
oelved here Wednesday from Chicago,
that forty or outre subpoenas for of¬
fice* and employes of the Standard
Oil company had been forwarded from
that city In a registered package last
Monday. The advice from Chicago
did not give the names of all those
whose presence Is considered deslr
able by the special officials In charge
df the rebating investigations.
First Ba'-s at Savannah, Ga.
Savannah, Ga., July 2.—The first
bale of Georgia cotton of the present
season arrived here Wednesday morn¬
ing from Albany and will be sold at
public auction In front of the cotton
exchange. Compared with former
Masons, the bale Is severs* '■ays late.
World’s Trotting Record Broken.
Detroit, Aug. 2.—At tbe Ardmore
Driving club on the Eagle track, E.
B. Bryan, a voiding trotior, broko
1 the world’# record tor a half mile
track. The tlmo was 4:59. The beat
previous record was It 14, held by
Temple Bar.
THE SUN, E.ubUrtrt
JUMPED INTO
VOLCANO’S CRATER
Japanese Nobleman Wrote Remarkable
Utter Before Still More Re¬
markable Suicide.
Yamada Nofcuma, grandson of Baron
Ifcoiada, who committed ssulclde by
(hrtwlng himself Into the Aso volcano,
left behind a remarkable letter, which
wan found In his pocket book on the
fcrtyo of the crater. He wrote:
‘The strongest will to Ida who can
go down to a death that makes men
shudder even to hear. The cowards to
be vehemently denounced are tbe mul¬
titude who dare uot die, be their cir¬
cumstances what they may.
“Society la but a battlefield of sor¬
row and suffering, and throughout Ilf*
men are as hungry demons fed on tor¬
turing skepticism. Alas for the In¬
finity of It aH! Tbe taH mountain
peaks pierce the sky, the broad ocean
rr
THREW KIMBHUr WTO THE VOLCANO.
spreads out its unending arms, but
human life Is as the dew of tlie morn¬
ing, as the flash of the lightning.
“It waxes but to wane, increases but
to decline. All are plunged In dark¬
ness and know not what to look for.
Mercy and benevolence are as the
fleeting sentiments of a dream,
“Why should man torment himself
with llmitlessly painful thoughts? Why
should he wander In the paths of con¬
taminating sin?
“Is it not the moat blessed ending
of human life to be received Into tbe
bosom of pure nature and forever quit
the dust of existence?
“Thinking of these things, I pass
Into the smoke of Aso’tf crater.”
Nokuma was a great student of tlie
Latin and Greek classics and may
have been Impelled to his strange
fate by the example of tbe philosopher
Empedocles, who leaped into the crater
of Etna.
ONE WIFE TO
TWO HUSBANDS
Strange Family Lives Amicably Together
Under One Roof For
Five Year*.
A case of two men with one wife,
the three living under the same root
tor more than five years, with one of
the men In Ignorance of the other's re¬
lations to tbe woman, was brought to
light in the court proceedings In Den¬
ver in which Mrs. Grace A. Peterson
was divorced from Walter Peterson.
Mr. Peterson alleges that, while he
was married to Mrs. Peterson at
Mount Gilead, O., July 25, 1900, she
was the wife of F. W. Welland, whom
sbe Introduced to Peterson a* her
brother.
“I met her at Mount Gilead, O.,” Pe¬
terson testified, “as Grace A. Harper.
She said Welland was her half brother.
Sbe afterward Informed me that sbe
had been married and divorced from
another man, by whom Bhe has a
daughter, now sixteen years of age.
We moved from Mount Gilead to
Cleveland, O., and Welland went with
us and lived with us. We went from
there to St Louis, and he still contin¬
ued to be a member of our family. We
came to Denver, and be occupied a
room In onr bouse. I was informed by
her that her two sisters lived in Ohio
and used correspondence with them to
entrap her.”
Peterson agreed to let her secure a
decree on condition that he be released
from alimony and costs.
Wilt Build New Railway.
Nashville, Aug. 2 .—a Bristol,
dispatch says that following the
of notes aggregating in value
000 to finance the South and
railway, the contract Is to be let
once for the construction of 65
of the road In East Tennessee.
inent contractors are here to
on the work, several eastern
southern firms also being
Lithographer* Strike. ’
New Tork. Aug. 3,—About 500 em¬
ployes of the lithographic establish¬
ments of this city struck Thursday
enforce a demand for a reduction
their working hours from 53 to
per week. The strike effects
thousand men throughout the
— rrr.-~— ---
COLLAPSE OF MUTINY
CHANGES SITUATION
Spirits oi Government Officials
Have Risen.
REVOLUTIONISTS DEPRESSED
Wane for • General Strike Saturday
May Be Countermanded—Strike in
Finland Already a Complete Fail¬
ure and Changes Situation.
St, Petersburg, Aug. 2.—The cob
lapse of the mutiny at Sveaborg,
coupled with the breakdown of the
plans of the revolutionist* to secure
possession oi the Baltic squadron and
provoke an Immediate rising at Crou¬
sted t, greatly changes the situation.
Tbe spirit* of the government officials
have risen, and loose of the revolu¬
tionists are correspondingly depressed
and plana for a general atrlke on Sat¬
urday may be countermanded. The
strike in Finland is already a failure
owing to the fact that the most Intel¬
ligent of the Finns did not support It
as they realized that placing them¬
selves at, the head of a purely Russian
revolutionary movement, they might
justify reprisals and Jeopardize their
newly granted liberties.
The latest report* show that all the
rumors to the effect that the Baltic
squadron was in the hands of the mu¬
tineers were untrue. When the mu¬
tineers who were led by agitator*
from the shore and who believed that
the squadron was coming to rescue,
found that hope la that direction was 1
crushed, dissension* broke out among
them and they turned their guns upon
each other. Those who had ’deter¬
mined to die rather then surrender
fired Into the ranks of their more
faint-hearted who had hoisted the
white flag.
. Speedy Murder Trial.
Tampa, Ha., Aug. 2.—The speedi¬
est murder trial on record In Florida
began Wednesday at Fort Myers, Lee
county, Judge Wall Calling a special
meeting of the grand jury to investi¬
gate tbe killing of Robert Carson, a
prominent young man, by J. Newton
Edwards, alto well known, which oc¬
curred only ten days ago! The- Jury
returned an Indictment of murder in
the Bret degree Wednesday afternoon
and the trial of Edwards tmme
began. Edwards’ councel plead
Insanity. Qreat excitement
the trial and feeling Is strong against
Edwards and a crowd surrounded the
courthouse. The theory of the prose¬
cution Is that Edwards mistook Car-
son for Jesse Grantham, against whom
he had made threats and shot him
down without warming.
Child Labor Bill a Law.
Atlanta, Aug. 2.-~The child labor
bill has become a law. The meas¬
ure which passed both houses of the
general assembly, was signed by Gov¬
ernor Terrell Wednesday morning.
The official signature of the chief ex¬
ecutive was affixed by a brand new
pen. The pen was sent a a a gift to
tara. J. Llndsav Johnson, of Rome,
who lias- been one of the most earn¬
est and untiring advocates of free¬
dom of child employes In factories in
the state. The court of appeals bill
was signed by the governor Tuesday
afternoon. The bill Is to be ratified
by the people at the election In Oc¬
tober.
Four Feudists Are Killed.
Louisville, Ky., Aug. 2.—The Post
has received a dispatch from San
Lack, Knott county, saying four men
were killed tbere^WednesHay night
in a fight between the Martin and the
Hall factions. No names are given.
These factions have been at war for
some time and the authorities have
been trying, unsuccessfully, to end
the trouble. Tbe Martin faction is
said to number 60 men.
Composer Awarded Damages.
Rome, Aug. 2.—A court of appeals
has awarded’ Pietro Mascagni, the
composer, damages against the Ros¬
sini Lyseum, the musical conserva¬
tory at Pesaro, for having deprived
him of the directorship of the lyseum
In the summer of 1902 In consequence
of his having undertaken a concert
tour in the United States.
Three Killed on Track.
Mlnden, La., Aug, 2.—Three men,
two brothers named Gibson, and J.
Jenkins, while asieep on the track
of the ijoulslana and Arkansas rail¬
road, near this place, were struck
by a train and all three fatally in¬
jured. The engineer did not see the
men until It waa too late to prevent
the accident.
Diet of Heart Failure.
Philadelphia, Aug. 2.—Brigadier
General William Bolton, who served
through the civil war in the Fifty,
first Pennsylvania volunteers, died on
Thursday, aged 74 years, of heart fail¬
ure. He was a member of the Vicks¬
burg and Antletam battlefield eomiffte-
sions.
Prominent Politician Drops Dead.
XashYtlle, Aug. 2.—Hon. James H.
McKenzie, state railroad commission¬
er and one of the beet known Demo¬
crats in Tennessee, dropped d*
his home in Lebanon, Tetm.,
day. Mr. McKenzie was United
marshal ur^erjjieveland. vye- 1