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$5* $6 and $7.50 Panama Skirts*
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Water Coolers, 2 gallons at $1.35
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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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Dear Friends:—
Within a short time the work of remodeling our place
of and business^y/ill Fancy Shelf begin Goods, and we have a large stock of China
which it will be necessary to move
before beginning this work, we have decided to give cus-
tomerslthebenefit of a sale at which many of these goods will be
sacrificed, at the same time avoiding the necessity of so much
moving. Beginning to-day and for ten days following we
will offer unprecedented values in Haviland China, hand-,
painted goods and Japanese; hand-decorated pieces. Many
articles being closed out at less than cost. Do not fail to
call and examine these bargains. A wise buyer can select
any attractive articles suitable for fall Wedding Gifts,
also home use. See our Window. T. H. WYNNE.
Se con d Week of Encampment.
Chattanooga, Aug. 6.—The second
■week of the encampment of regular
and volunteer troops at Cldckamau-
ga national park, begins with the
presence of four regiments of nai ton¬
al guardsmen. They are the Sec¬
ond South Carolina, Colonel “Thomp-
•on; 8econd Georgia. Colonel Gordon;
Third Georgia. Colonel Harris; Ulfth
Georgia, Colonel Anderson, and the
Second Georgia Rigid battery. Sev¬
eral officers of the Richmond, Va„
howitzer* are in camp on their own
expenses.
Mra. Maybrick in New York.
New York, Aug. G.—Mrs. Florence
Maybrick, looking much improved In
health and under the assumed name of
Mme. F. Cheney, arrived incognito on
Sunday night on the French liner Ijl
Gascogne. She declined to tell her
plans. Mrs. Maybrick. has been abroad
for three months.
Duke of Rutland Dead.
London, Aug.„.£.,-~The Duke of Rut¬
land (John James Robert Manners)
died Saturday.- -He Was born in 18IX.
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING , AUGUST 7, 1906.
CONGRESSMAN BARTLETT MAKES SPLENDID
ADDRESS AT G. S. W. REUNION SATURDAY
Judge Reagan and Colonel Wright Also
Make Interesting Addresses.
And the Great Southern Weekly Correspondents
Association Adds Another to Its String N
of Brilliant Celebrations.
HON. J. C. BEAUCHAMP,
Of Pike County, Re-Elected President
of the G. B. W. Correspond-
0 ents Association.
The Ninth Annual Reunion of the
Great Southern Weekly Correspon¬
dents Association at Mt. /ion last Sat¬
urday- turned out to lie one of the
most successful and pleasant of all
these many delightful a Hairs. Des¬
pite the great rains of the night be¬
fore, that had swollen the creeks, and
the threatening crowds of the morn¬
ing, which undoubtedly kept many
away, a splendid audience of between
500 and 1,000 people was under the
arbor and scattered over the beautiful
grounds when President J. C. Beau¬
champ opened the program with a
few appropriate remarks. An en¬
trancing solo by Mrs. Willis Huddles¬
ton, the first vice president, who had
dared the roads all the way from
the borders of Butte county, assisted
by the trained voice of her husband,
brought more people to the stand,
and the opening prayer was then
made by Brother W. T. Huckabjv
our JlallonviUe correspondent, in the
absenfe of Chaplain B. \V. Williams.
This was followed by another song
by Mrs. Huddleston, and then came
the strong and eloquent address of
Hon. Charles L. Bartlett, the con¬
gressman from this district, which
was thgdeature of what had now be¬
come a beautiful, sunshiny day and
was pronounced by his friends one of
the best speeches they had ever heard
the gentleman from the Sixth district
make. The inspiration of the occa¬
sion and the sentiments that he evi¬
dently felt so deeply held him and
his hearers firmly bound together.
Congressman Bartlett's Speech.
Judge Bartlett began by express¬
ing his appreciation of being invited
to address a meeting that had had so
many other noted Georgians as its
guests, and paid a glowing tribute to
the paper that had brought them all
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HON. „ C. L. BARTLETT, "
Congressman From This District, Who
Was Bpeaker of the Day.
together, of which he had been a con¬
stant daily reader ever since it had
been under its present management,
and which today stands so high as a
representative and generally read
paper in this section and throughout
the whole State. Among other
tributes that he paid to the News and
Sun and its correspondents the high¬
est was that it always correctly and
impartially reported current and
political events in its news columns
regardless of what might be the sen¬
timents of the editorial page. This
lie regarded as the first mission of a
newspaper, though it was only a part
of its work as a bulwark of the peo¬
ple’s liberties. * It must gain the con¬
fidence of its readers by its accuracy
before it could hope to influence them
by its opinions—and he congratula¬
ted the News and Bun upou having so
thoroughly established itself upon
this firm foundation.
The Dangers of Centralization.
Congressman Bartlett said he felt
this a propitious occasion to lift his
voice against the usurpations of the
Federal executive and courts and to
assure iiis constituents that there at
least was one congressman who
would always he found fighting the
aggreasions of a centralized govern¬
ment. He spoke of recent addresses
that had been made in which refer-
enceihad been made to the “initiative”
of the executive, stating that the
proper word in such connection
would have been “usurpation.”
He <quoted as follows from Andrew
Jackson’s second inaugural:
“In the domestic poficy of this gov¬
ernment their are tw£ objects which
especially deserve the attention of the
people and their representatives and
which have been and will continue to
be subjects of my Increasing solicitude.
They are the preservation ot the rights
of the several states and the integrity
of the Union,”—and continued:
Opposed to All Federal Encroach¬
ments.
“My experience in public concerns
and the observation of a ife somewhat
advanced confirm the opinions long
sicne imbibed by me, that the destruc¬
tion of our State governments or the
annihilation of their control over the
local affairs of the people would lead
directly to revolution and anarchy, and
finally to despotism and military dom¬
ination. In proportion, therefore, as
the general government encroaches up¬
on the rights of the States, in the same
proportion does it impair its own pow¬
er and detract from its ability to fulfill
the purposes of its creation. Solemnly
impressed with these considerations,
my countrymen will ever find me
ready to exercise my constitutional
powers in arresting measures which
may directly or indlreclty encoach
upon the rights of the State or tend to
consolidate all political power In the
general government.
A Free and Happy Commonwealth.
Following is the conclusion of Judge
Bartlett’s happy and auspicious ad¬
dress:
“I have investigated somewhat and
compared the various conditions of our
fellow-man in the principal countries
of Europe and America, and I have
come to the Conclusion that there is not
a people on earth, taken as a whole, so
highly favored in the substantial bless¬
ings of life as the yeomanry of the
United States, and especially here in
Georgia. True, there are other countries
and States that surpass us. in wealth
and power; in military strength, in
magnificence and displayof expensive
arts; but there is none which can so
justly lay claim to the character of a
free and happy commonwealth.
’A Glance at the Future.
“The future of this country is fail of
exciting hope. But it depends entirely
on the tillers of the soil whether that
hope shall be realized or not. The
neglect to improve our agriculture
will be followed by the decay of ail
else we ought to cherish in morals and
government as well as in arts; for a
well cultivated soil produces not
grains, grasses, cotton, corn, fruits, but
another and far more precious crop-
men—men who know their rights and
dare maintain them—a bold, honest
and intelligent people—the just pride
and the sure defense of every nation.
Greatness of th* South.
“The child may now be born whose
old age will look upon the American
people and see them three hundred
million strong—the Southern eotton-
raising States, now wilh 20 million in¬
habitants, doubling every 22 1-2 years,
sixty million strong. With auchsg
population, living under a government
of equal laws, moving onward and up¬
ward wita the energies which freedom
alone can inspire—and aided by the
highest science In making the most of
their natural advantages—what shall
prevent their succee? Who shall curb
the career of such a people, or set a
limit to Its deep founded strength? The
great poet Milton himself never dream¬
ed of a power so boundless, or a people
so blessed. Eveu In that enrapturing
vision w hen he saw—‘a mighty and
puissant nation, rousing herself like a
strong man after sleep, and shaking
her invincible locks’—or like ‘an eagle
renewing her mighty youth and kindl¬
ing her undazzled eye at the fullblazeof
the midday beam; purging and unseal¬
ing her sight at the fountain itself of
heavenly radiance.’ The mart who,
with his senses open to the truth,
would thwart such a destiny or refuse
to aid to accomplish it is a traitor not
only to his country but to the best
interest and highest hopes of the hu¬
man race.”
AFTERNOON SESSION.
After an hour’s intermission, dur¬
ing which a bounteous basket dinner,
spread in various places over the
large grounds, was enjoyed by all,
the afternoon session began with some
more fine singing by Mr. and Mrs.
Huddleston aided by a cholrof good
singers, and atf oration on “Educa¬
tion and Character” by Mr. Hens led,
ol Standing Rock.
One of the most deiighiiul features
of the occasion followed when Miss
Lies telle McLeRoy, the beautiiul
young impersonator who had come
all the way trom Newnan to enter¬
tain this favored assemblage, gave
two humorous character impersona¬
tions that simply swept the whole
audience off its feet. Miss McLeRoy
lives in Newnan and had been one
of the attractions of the chautauqua
HON. DOUGLAS GLESBNKK,
Editor and Proprietor of the Griffin
News and Sun.
there the first part or the week. She
has appeared at the Griffin opera
house once the past season, and while
comparatively a new acquisition to
the public stage has become a great
favorite in this section and was the
toast of the day at Mt. /ion Satutjday.
Judge Reagan on the Press.
Hon. E. J. Reagan, of McDonough,
judge of this circuit, was next on the
program and delivered a very enter¬
taining informal address, full of local
references. He spoke of Henry being
one of tire mothers of Spalding county
and said that the first houses in Grif¬
fin were moved here from McDon¬
ough, being taken down &nd hauled
the 20 miles and put up again, by-
people who wanted to get on the rail¬
road, in the later 40’s. One of the
first newspapers in this part of the
country was published in McDonough
as far as back, as 1820, called the
Jacksonian, its editor being the first
advocate of Andrew Jackson for pres¬
ident. Whiat became of the paper he
could not say, but Judging from the
sterling Jacksonian Democracy of the
News and Sun he thought the Jack¬
sonian must have been moved to
Griffin along with the houses and be¬
come the progenitor of this paper.
He said he had taken the Weekly
News and Sun for many years and
always read every line in it, being
specially edified by* the pure and
simple annals of rural life as portray¬
ed in its country correspondence. He
spoke of this way of giving the de¬
tails of each neighborhood in this sec¬
tion instead of confining the columns
to the general news and the local news
of the place where the paper was pub¬
lished, as something comparatively
new in journalism—while these en¬
joyable personal reunious of corres¬
pondents and subscribers were a still
later feature, introduced, to the best of
his knowledge, by the present man¬
agement of the News and Sun.
Col. T. A. Wright’* Address.
Judge Reagan was followed by
Col. Y. A. Wright, of Jackson, who
expatiated eloquently upon the sub¬
ject of the newspaper and ito corres¬
pondents, pointing out their great
responsibility as the conservators
of all that is good in society. He
showed the benefit to a community
of having ite enterprises and citizen¬
ship brought to the attention of the
outside world once a week, and how
eagerly such correspondence is read
each week by those now exiled from
the sacred locality once (ailed home.
His description of the feeling of the
subscriber who turns over his paper
THE SUN, Established
again and again in a vail! effort
find the few lines from his old
place was a sermon in itself to
whole corps of correspondents to
more tegular in their
tions.
Sditor Giettner Make* a Ftw
mark*.
Each of the three speakers of
day received a rising vote of
and when the last one had
Editor Giessner came forward
expressed his inability to word
appreciation of the attendance of
many friends and correspondents
the paper and the thanks of
and the correspondents for the many
kind tilings said of them. He
gratulated them all that their
for he considered that it was
projierty of the whole community as
much as his own, since they had
adopted it as the popular medium
this section—was in better and
more pnwperoo* condition and with
more subscribe!* than ever before.
It is now printed by electricity with
beautiful new type on a fast press,
and folded, cut and mailed by ma¬
chinery, instead of the old hand pro¬
cess Of a few years ago.
He expressed his grief at the ab
senee of the well known State agent
of the paper, A, T. Spraggfns, al¬
ways heretofore present on such occa¬
sions, but now quite sick at his home
at Sllvey, and asked the prayers of
his fellow correspondents for his com¬
plete recovery.
Old Officer* Elected.
The annual election of officers
the Association was held, resulting in
the unanimous re-election of the
worthy incumbents as follows;
President—J. O. Beauchamp.
First Vice Presidentr-Mrs. \V. F.
Huddleston.
Second Vice President— Miss Ma¬
mie Cqppedge. *»
Secretary—N. D, Huckaby.
Chorister—J. A. McLeroy.
Chaplain—B. W. Williams.
The meeting was then closed with
music and a benediction and a sigh
that it must be another year before
the next animal reunion of (he G. S.
W. Correspondents Association.
Conference of Railroad Men.
New Orleans. Aug. ft— In connec¬
tion with the new railroad rate law,
an important conference of railroad
men is scheduled here for Tuesday.
It is to be composed of execoltve and
traffic officials of all Intltial tinea. The
Immediate subject to be discussed is
the local dray age situation which has
been In effect for a number of years
and which It is said will be seriously
affected by the new law. Vice Pres-
Ident Harahan and Freight Traffic
Manager Bowes of the Illinois Central;
General Vice President Freight Biddle Agent of the ’Fri|co,’
the Louisville Defuntak, of
and Nashville, and sev¬
eral others are expected for th e meet-
tog.
Crew Sails for Boston.
New Orleans, Aug. 6.—The crew,
which is to sail the southern yacht
club’s Sunderblasae boat, the New Or¬
leans, In the trial races to qualify for
the kaiser’s cup-off Marblehead, be¬
ginning Aug. 13, left here Monday
for Boston. David 8. Wuescher Is
to be the skipper and Ashton C.
Lawrence and John Luther his as¬
sistants. Commodore Emile O’Brien
accompanied the crew. if the New
Orleans qualifies, a large delegation
of members of the Southern Yacht
club will go to Boston for the final
races. i
Three Are Kilfed by Train.
Chicago, Aug. 6— A dispatch from
Milwaukee, Wis., saya that two men
and a boy were Instantly -killed Sun¬
day -night by being run down by the
Pioneer Limited train on the Chicago,
VVilwaukee, and St. Paul road at the
Oklahoma street crossiug.
As the tea kettle was the
beginning of the steam engine,
so the ordinary soda cracker
was merely the first step in the
development of the perfect
world food Uneeda Biscuit
A food that gives to the
worker more energy of mind
and muscle—that gives to the
child the sustenance upon
which to grow robust—that
gives to the invalid the nour¬
ishment on which to regain
the vigor of good health.
In a dust tight,
moisture proof package.
NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY
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BEFORE THE ___g
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Owing to Interest in This Bill it
Was Made Special Order.
MATTINGLY BILL SPECIAL ORDER
House Will Be Rushed With Work for
the Remainder of the Session—Only
One Session of the Mow* Scheduled
for Monday.
Atlanta, Aug. 6.—Owing to the
of the work racing the house this .
and all the remaining days of the
sion, and to the importance of pa»_—^
certain measures, two bills have been
made special orders, one for Monday
morning and the other for Tuesday.
Monday morning when Speaker Sla¬
ton called the house to order the bill
booked tor consideration was the one
Introduced by Mr. Wright, of Floyd,
dealing with pure food.
This subject is one of great Inter¬
est to the members of the house and
to the public at large, and it was la
recognition of this fact that the meas¬
ure was made a special order.
Mr. Wright does not Jpelleve that
it will meet with much opposition to
passage, as he say* it conforms with
national legislation on the subject
Tuesday the Mattingly bond MU, by
Mr. Hill, of Dooly, will be reconsid¬
ered it has been pending to the
house of representatives for many
years, and concerns the payment of
a debt contracted by the state during
the civil war. The Justice of the
claim is supported by some, question-
_ ) ed by others.
The senate met Monday morning at
noon, and because of the short amount
ot time allowed, only local bills were
considered.
There is a continued special order
before this body, however, In the
amendment of Senator Candler to the
tax assessor* bill ot Joe Hall .consid¬
ered and passed to the house ot rep¬
resentatives. It Is not believed that
this matter will be touched upon at
once.
Both house and senate will be
ed with work this week, and
there will be but one sesninn
house Monday and a
of the senate, it is pre
even three sessions, will U
of the day before the end of wfcfe pres¬
ent. week, to order to ru*h pff the
calendar measures of such importance
as demand consideration.
It is likely that Mr. Hall, of Bibb,
will make another attempt to bring
his anti-pass bill before the houae,
this measure being refused the privi¬
lege of a special order on last Friday.
The bill of Senator Carswell, seek-
tog to .prohibit members from riding
on passes and to return ii
the perdiem of senators and
tatlves, Is pending in the honae.
A special deficiency appropriation
bill of $97,000 is also pending in the
house, for action some time this week.
Just When has not yet been decided.
To this amount will be added $3,000
for advertising purposes. This meas¬
ure is intended to cover appropriations
made to different educational institu¬
tions in Georgia.
Paulson Will Filed for Probate.
Batavia, O., Aug. 4.—The will oi
the late Governor Pafllson has been
filed for probate. It gives one thou¬
sand dollars to the Ohio Wesleyan
university for a fund for Indigent stu¬
dents and a similar sum to aid in «*•
tablisnfog a library. The remainder
of the estate goes to hit widow and
three children equally.
Revolution «TT1 Alive.
Washington, Aug. 4.—Papa isio, the'
bandit and religious fanatic who caua-
*d so much trouble to Occidental No-
gros. is the latest claimant for pom
thumous existence. Reports have
reached Washington that tbe much-
feared Insurrection- is still alive and
has 12 followers, who are assisting
him In preparing for farther revoiu-
ternary movements.