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adies’ and Children’s,
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Dress Goods and
Prices are made to Clean
entire winter Stock.
ricklaid-Grouch Co.
DEPOSITS,
Both Large and Small,
&ced in our Savings Department during the first 5 days
January* will draw interest from the first of that month,
At the Rate of 4% Semi-Annually.
e Savings Bank of Griffin
GRIFFIIV, (IA.
IVING TIME IS FURNISHING TIME
'going to move? If so, there are many tilings you will
ibtedly want for th<? home. Probably some odd piece of Fura*
», perhaps a new bedroom or diningroom suit. Maybe it’s a new
sto^e In place of that old one. Our offerings in Furniture, Stoves,
Crocker y, Carpets, Rugs and general Housefurmshings areyust now
away out of the ordinary in varietyand attractiveness. Our prices-
you can best judge their reasonableness by a personal examination.
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GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER Bl, 1907.
YOU CAN’T EVEN KEEP IT
IN YOUR PI ACE OF BUSINESS
II the Prohibition Law is to be Strictly Enforced,
You’d Better Cut it Out Altogether.
The provisions of the prohibition
law passel by the legislature last
summer are tolerably—or. as some
legislators are concluding who voted
lor it under pressure, intolerably—
stringent. That^dl may understand
and not needlessly violate any of the
numerous “thou-shalt-nots” embod¬
ied in the act, which goes into effect
tomorrow, we print a lull synopsis,
with the excellent advice that among
your numerous resolutions lor the
new year you resolve to cut out alto¬
gether an article that has always done
you more harm than good and has
now become contraband of war:
It will be illegal to manufacture in¬
toxicants in any shape or lorm.
It will be illegal to sell or barter
for valuable consideration, directly
or indirectly, any intoxicants.
It will be illegal to keep or furnish
at any place of business any alcoholic,
spirituous, malt or intoxicating li¬
quors.
It will be illegal to do any of these
things with intoxicating bitters or
other drinks which, il drunk to ex-
cess, will produce intoxication.
The law is interpreted to mean that
not an ounce of intoxicants can be
kept in an office, store or any i place
designated as a place of business—it
matters not whether it is lor sale,
personal use or to give away. Under
a strict interpretation it will be an
fraction of the law to do so.
Liquor may be kept in the home
in any quantity.
Tt-will be illegal to make domestic
wines lrom grapes, berries, etc.
Attorney General Hart has held
ihat the law can not interfere with
the use of wine for church commun¬
ion, although the wihe must be ob¬
tained outside ol the State.
Men nqw engaged in the liquor
business will be held tecnically guilty
of violating the law if a drop of in-
toxicants remains in the bars nfier
midnight of December 31.
Druggists may sell pure grain al¬
cohol under the most rigid restric¬
tions. It is necessary to have a phy¬
sician’s prescription to secure it, and
the physician must testify .that he has
examined the person for whom in¬
tended.
Copies of such prescriptions must
be filed with the ordinary within
thirty days, a fee of 5 cents per pre¬
scription being ailowen the ordinary.
The ordinary must register and keep
books open for inspection ol public.
These prescriptions form admissible
evidence in any court.
Physicians who own drug btores or
have interest in same can not fill pre¬
scriptions for alcohql in such shops.
Quantity limited to one pint on a
prescription.
Wholesale druggists can sell alco¬
hol to retail druggists. Records of
every sale must be kept.
Denatured or wood alcohol may be
sold for art, scientific or mechanical
purposes.
Grain alcohol may be sold to bac¬
teriologists, actively engaged in their
profession.
No specific instructions will be is¬
sued to courts, as each judge is pre¬
sumed to know the law and place cor¬
rect interpretations on same.
Punishment for any Infraction will
be as for misdemeanor under section
1037 of the penal code. It provides
for a maximum fine of $1,000 or
twelve months in the chain gang.
It is expected that many complica¬
ted questions will arise within the
next few months bearing on the new
law. \
It is expected, also, that judgment
will be used in too rigid enforcement
of the letter of the law.
Governor Smith and State officials
wiU stand squarely by enforcing the
law.
COUNCIL REFUSES TO RAISE
SAURIES OF CITY EMPLOYES
City is Skinning Along on a Narrow Margin and Ex¬
penses Increasing Too Rapidly.
thorized by recent arttendments, the
council sat down on it by a vote of 5
to 3, declaring that the city
could not afford to raise the salary
of chief of police from $G0 to $76 and
that the policemen would also have
to be satisfied with their present
monthly wage of $60. The tax col¬
lector’s salary remains the same at
$50, tire city sexton the same at $40
and the city janitor the same at $25.
For the job pri ding, E. N. Mills
& Bro. bid $34.40 and 8. B. Sawtell
$50, and it weat to the lowqpt bidder.
For the drug contract, the Griffin
Drug Co. bid $60, Head Drug Co.
$49.50 and Carlisle & Ward $67, and
this also went to the lowest bidder.
But when the News and Sun bid
$100 to print the usual ordinances and
treasurer’s reports and the Middle
Georgia Farmer bid $49, the mem¬
bers of council were outspoken and
unanimous in the expression that the
city needs not only a daily pa per for
its organ, but a paper that is firmly
established, generally read and de¬
pendable. And it was so ordered.
POSTPONEMENT-OF RATE CASE8.
Cases Postponed a Wteek on Account
of Illness of Judg£ Jones.
Montgomery, AJa., Dec. 30—The
hearing on the application of certain
railroads for an injunction to prevent
the enforcement of state rate laws, has
been postponed from Jan. 6 to Jan. 13,
because of the Illness of Judge Jones,
of the United States court.
Judge Jones had a fall from a car
last week, and, though he Is getting
along well, he thought best to allow
hin.self a week longer to regain his
strength.
KILLED GIRL AND 8ELF.
As Soon as Man Wag Jilted He Be¬
came Murderous.
Abiogion, Mass., Dec. 30.—Miss
Edith M. Ashley, eighteen years of
age, died Sunday from a bullet wound
Inflicted Saturday night by her lover,
Samuel Stetson, twenty-one year* of
age, of Rockland, who killed himself
immediately after ehoottng the girl
Edith said she told her lover
that he must give her up and that he
then shot her.
Steteon was a shoe worker.
AehW was a member of the clue
1908 of the AbingW® High school.
There was a lull meeting of council
last night, at which much important
business was transacted, some of
which will be treated more in detail
later, in connection with changes
made in the license ordinance, when
satire is published in fuil as adopted.
The Mayor’s salary of $400, the
city attorney's salary of 1300 and the
city physician’s salary of $150 being
fixed by charter were so voted. But
when it came to voting any increase
in salaries of other employes, as au-
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Eat for contentment. r
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Eat for good nature.
Both are the result of physical
health.
The most nutritious food made
from flour is
Uneeda Biscuit
Every bite a mouthful of energy,
b In dust and
* moisture proof packages.
NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY
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EVERYBODY TO PAY JAN. 1st
Order of Commission Barring Passes
Applies to Everybody.
Atlanta, Dec, 30.—OH and after
Wednesday, Jan. X, 1908, there will
will bo no free passe* on railroads,
steam boats, street case or any com-
uioii barriers in Georg!-, for the gener¬
al order of the rsilroan commission of
Georgia prohibiting suen will go Into
effect on that date.
The malls In Georgia, for the past
two days have been peculiarly free
from those bulky little envelopes with
the statement: “Enclosed please And
annual Issued to you for the year
1908, with the compliments of the P.
D. & Q. railroad."
There is not a loophole to the gen¬
eral order issued several months ago
cutting off the free transportation on
all lipes and of any character what¬
soever.
It applies just as truly to a street
car pass from the Terminal*station to
Brookiwood, on the street car system
of Atlanta as It does to the man who
-wants a “comp" from Atlanta to Grif¬
fin over the Southern system.
It cuts off all firemen, policemen,
and other city employees, who from
time Immemorial have been riding
free, and the street car company Is
perfectly willing to continue this court¬
esy; it cuts off all allied Interests
and holds the Issuance of free .trans¬
portation to those exceptions only as
provided by the Hepburn law In re¬
gard to Interstate transportation.
So far as Georgia Is concerned, the
word "pass” 1* to be eliminated from
the dictionary of every-day words.
The telephone company In a hear¬
ing before the commission stated that
the management hook this order to
cover that system, and that on and
after January 1, 1908. all free service
over this company's plant would be
cut off.
Walking clubs have been organised
throughout Sew York, and will doubt,
less become popular In Georgia.
ARM TORN OFF BY DYNAMITE.
Nephew of the Late Senator Joseph
E. Brown Badly Injured.
Canton, Ga., Dec. 30.—So far as
heard from In this county there Is
only one serious, and perhaps, fatal
holiday casualty.
On the Etowah river, near Ball
Ground, Joseph E. Watkins and
a few others were throwing dynamite
bombs into the river, and, unfortunate¬
ly, Watkins held In his hand one
of the bombs or cartridges until the
fuse burned too closely and the bomb
exploded In his hand, tearing his hand
and forearm off and badly lacerating
his face and right side. There Is
much doubt of Mr. Watkins' recovery.
Mr. Watkins is a nephew of the
late Senator Brown, being named Jo¬
seph Emerson for him, and has sev¬
eral relatives In Atlanta. He Is mar¬
ried aud has several children.
Claims Japs Mapped Portland City.
Portland, Ore., Dec. 3(H-Mayor Har¬
ry K. Lane created a sensation Friday
in an address before the National
Guard association. when he declared
that agent* of the Japanese govern
ment had secured accurate maps of
the city of Portland, maps and speci¬
fications of every roadway leading Into
the city and various pipe lines front
which the city obtains Its water sup¬
ply. Mayor Lane 'did not discover
the presence of the alleged spies
until their work was oompleted,
upon he transmitted hie Information
to Washington and was asked to
nish all the detail# of the
at the alleged apiae.
THE SUE. Ea
CREDITORS OF J. E. REEVES CO.
HOLD MEETING HERE MONDAY H
No Final Conclusion is Reached. However, and
Meeting Adjourns TUI January gth.
A meeting of the creditors of the
J. E. Reeves Company, ol Vaughns,
Griffin and Jackson, was held in the
office of Referee W. E. H. Searcy,
Jr., yesterday rnoroing, beginning at
eleven o’clock.
At tills meeting unsecured credi¬
tors proved claims of some eighteen
or twenty thousand dollars.
Dougherty, Ward aad Little,
Atlanta, claimed to have secured
claims of about $18,000.
Between four and fire thousand
dollars of fertilizer claims were
proven.
The receivers reported
the stocks at Vaughnfi,
and Jackson invoiced
000, and that there were notes
about $15,000 but could give no
ue to the notes. On account of
conditiou of the books, they
give no idea as to the accounts.
J. E. Beeves, president of the
was present at the meeting, and
a statement in which he said the
ure of the firm was caused by
collections and a depression of
creditors at a time when he
not realize and meet the
of the firm.
The
Heal
that
Doesn't
go'up
the Flue
You receive intense,
bom every ounce ol luel burned—
there are no damp chimneys or long
pipes to waste the heat from a
PERFECTION Oil Healer
(Equipped with Smokeless Devi
Cany it irom room to room. Turn the wick high
or low—no bother—no smoke—no smell—automatic
smokeless device prevents. Brass lont holds 4 quarts,
burns 9 hours Beautifully finished in nickel or
japan. Every heater warranted.
?*JRgy 6 Lamp
Made just what nickel you plated—-latest want lor the long
evenings. of brass, im¬
proved central draft burner. supply Every lamp Perfection warranted. Oil
II your dealer cannot the
Heater or Rayo Lamp write our nearest agency.
STANOAKB OIL COMPANY
Thos. J, White was appointed
trustee.
The meeting was largely attended "
by tfee creditors in litigation.
The creditors were represented by
Mason A Hill, Smith, Hammond A
Smith, Atlanta; Cob. Frye and Blair,
of Marietta, and Cols. R. T. Daniel,
J. D. Boyd, and W. H. Beck, of Grti-
fin. Col. Lloyd Cleveland represen¬
ted W. W. Champion and Col. Arm¬
stead, of Zebulon, represented W.
N. Bates. v
The meeting adjourned about three
o’clock until the 9th of January.
Ben’s Good Advice.
0.8. W oole ver, one of the best known
merchants of LeRaysviUe, N. Y., says:
“If you are ever troubled with plies,
cured apply Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. It
me of them for good 20 years
ago.” Guaranteed for sores, wounds,
bums or abrasions. 26c at Brooks Drug
store and Head Drug Co. S'SSSSi
Millions of bottles of Foley’s Honey
and Tar have been sold without any
other person than ever beneficial having experienced any
results from Its
This use for is coughs, colds the and lung trouble.
because genuine Foley’a
Honey and Tar In the package con¬
tains no opiates or other harmful drugs.
Guard your hearth by refusing any but
the genuine