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For Decorating
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3,000 Yards
sc. Yard!
Everybody should
/ DECORATE
for Thursday.
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Plumbing!
Yes, we are still in the
Plumbing business.
Let us give you a figure
on your work.
Also Tin Work and Roof
ing of all kinds done.
Burr-Persons Hdw. Co
Gresham Mfg. Co.,
“The Contractors.”
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Fall has come, business has opened, but you have not built that
house. Others have taken the advantage of our low prices for
high-grade materials, and are now highly pleased with their new
homes; why not you get in line before the advance in price? You
are next.
Plans and estimates on all classes of work cheerfully furnished
without cost.
PLUMBING AND ELECTRIC WIRING A SPECIALTY.
PHONE 105.
GRESHAM MFC. CO.,
“ The Contractors.”
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GRIFFIN. GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 13. 1909.
CURTAILMENT A BLUFF,
SAYS CHARLIE BARRETT
President of Farmers’ Union Tells Members Cotton Crop
Is Shortest in History and Asks Them to
' Hold For Higher Prices.
Declaring that the threatened cur
tailment of output by cotton mills on
account of high-priced cotton is a
“hiuuoross blctfr,” Charles 8. Barrett,
president of the Farmers’ Union, Mon
day issued a statement calling on the
members of that order to hold their
product for a higher figure than that
now provailing.
Mr. Barrett takes no stocs in the as
sertion that the mills cannot operate
profitably at present prices. He main
tains that for years they have been
making ernorrnous dividends on low
priced and moderate-priced cotton.
Why they should complain and
threaten to curtail when cotton oper
ates according to the laws of supply
and demand, and when they can still
make a reasonable dividend, he pro
fesses inability to understand.
President Barrett also states that the
farmers, having sold enough cotton to
meet their pressing debts, are in a bet
ter position to hold for a profitable
price than at any time in their history,
“It is probable we will the
shortest crop, in proportion to demand
since we have been raising cotton,”
declared Mr. Barrett, “and I am con
vinced our people are determined to
get a fair return for their labor r even if
that necessitates holdine for several
months.”
President Barrett's Statement.
Prrsident Barrett's statement is as
follows:
“To the Members of the Farmer’s
Union: The South is producing this
year probably the shortest crop, in
proportion to demand, since this sec
tion began to raise cotton. As we ad
vance in: the season all interests are
more thorougly convinced of this fact.
At the final accounting, the crop may
be shown to be much shorter than
even the present estimates of the ex
treme pessimists. *
“You have sold sufficient cotton, in
the majority of instances, to meet your
pressing debts. 1 call upon you now,
in behalf of your own interests and the
interests of the South-at-large, to hold
the remainder of your cotton until
present prices range higher.
“Your ability to hold is stronger be
cause you have been raising your food
stuffs at home. You no longer have to
buy of the necessities of life as heavily
as in former years. Next year I look
to see this advantage materially
furthered. To that end, I call on you
to put yet more in practice the doc
trines of diversification and raising of
home supplies.
“The laws of supply and demand, so
glibly quoted to us in the past, are
such that cotton is worth more than It
is now bringing. The world needs our
product. The mills in the United
States and in Europe need it. They
are able to pay a higher price than is
now being offered. They will pay It if
we exhibit the ordinary business sagac-
Uy to hold our staple until they be
come convinced of our Intention to se
cure a fair price.
Fifteen-Cast Cotton Profitable.
“Do not be alarmed oy the humorous
bluff to the eftect that mills in this
country and Europe are threatening to
curtail production because of present
prices. They cannot afford to do so.
About the most expensive piece of ma
chinery to lie idle is a modern cotton
mill. And the ones in America and
Europe are not going to lie idle, so long
as the demand for cotton cloth and
weaves is as steady and as difficult to
satisfy as it is today.
“In past years the mills have made
enormous and swollen dividends on
iow-priced cotton. They may make
lesson cotton this year, but they can
buy all the eotton needed for their pur-,
poses at 15 cents a pound and still de
clare reasonable profits. I confidently
assert that the cloth market will fol
low the cotton market with sufficient
fidelity to l«ar out these statements.
“Your cotton is worth a higher price
than it is now bringing. The welfare
of yourselves, your wives and your
children, the commercial interests gen
erally of the South, dictate that you re
sist any impulse to put more cotton on
the market. In so doing, you are sim
ply playing into the hands of the spec;
ulative element, the professional price*
deprossers, against Whom we have
been at war for many years.
“By exercising business foresight at
this time, you simply reap additional
money to yourselves, additional mil
lions to the South. Your duty is cleati
your duty as well asyourself-interess.’l
Death of Miss Leona Griffin,
Sunny Side, Ga., Oct. 12.—Mi*
Griffin, aged twenty
nine years, the eldest daughter <i
Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Griffin, of neat
Pomona, died at 10 o’clock Sunday
night after a lingering illness wilrf
consumption. • -
The untimely death of this excel
lent young lady cast a veil of sorrov
over the entire community, wherti
she was very popular among a largf
circle of friends. She was a
and consistent member of the Metho
dist Protestant chiirch at Pomon
and was an worker in all
religious gatherings!
The "ather, moth®-, two brothers
and four sisters have the sincere sym
pathy of their numerous friends in
this sad bereavenje'ht. The inter
ment took place at the Griffin burying
ground at 10 o’cloc; today.
The Weath :r Report.
For the 24 hours ending at 6 p. tn.
yesterday:
Maximum tempi rature—64 degree*.
Minimum 11 45 “
Mean “ 54 •»
Rainfall—trace.
'V. P £ma;e. Observer
What Next?
A sporty barber hi St. fx>uls ha* of
fered a free shavdto every man who
•teals second base tn tbe home grounds.
Wonder what they have to do to get a
hair cut 1
NOW OH STRIKE
Millions of Stoi kchs Refuse to Do
Their Wi K Properly.
AH over this b >sd land millions of
stomach owners re being held in hu
miliating subjec on just because thej
are so stubborn at they will not ac
cept a fair,squat and broad minded
offer.
Life is short fi all of us; it will be
shorter for thosowho let their stom
achs go from ba to worse.
Brooks’ Drug Store has a famous
prescription caLd Mi-o-na and they
lieiieve sothorJghly in its remarkable
curative poweahst they aay to every
• owner of a disOssed stomach that they
' will gusranterrti-o-na tablets to cure
> acute or chroA indigestion and al
stomach ailmats or money back, and
' the price is ow 50 cents a box.
And still tore are stubborn people
1 right in Gritll who won’t aeeept this
offer but connueto suffer from gas on
stomach, leering of sour food, stom
ach pains, f<jl breath, dizziness, bil
I lousness ampeadsches just because—
-1 just becauA-that’s ail, there is no
other reason
Miona taMts stop dyspeptic agony
in 1 five mimes; they cure obstinate
cases of imlestion and turn tbe old
stomach tip a new one in a few weeks
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HtOMEI
Cares catrii or money back. Jost
breathe it! Complete outfit, indading
inhaler lustra buttlee 50c. Druggteu.
MILLIONS OF LIVES LOST
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An Awftri Toll Collected by Censamp
tisn -Maay Unnecessary Deaths
From This Disease.
If people>eouid only understand that
systematic catarrh is an internal dis
ease that external applications cannot
cure, they would not need to be warned
so often about this malady, which,
■when neglected, paves the way often
times for consumption, at the cost of
miluuns of live* every year. Yet
catarrh may be cured, if the right
treatment is employed.
f ( atsrrh is caused by a general dis
eased state of the system which leads
cemmonly to annoying and perhaps
serious local condition*, which may
prove a fertile breeding ground for
germs of consumption External rem
edies give but temporary ease.
The only way to successfully treat
catarrh is by employing a medicine
which is absorbed ana carried by the
Hood to all parts of the system, so that
the mucous membrane or internal
lining of the liody is toned up and made
capable of resisting the infection of
consumption and other diseases.
We have a remedy prepared from
the prescription of a physician who for
thirty years studied and made catarrh
a specialty, and whose record was a
patient restorer! to health in every case
where his treatment was followed as
prescribed. That remedy is Bexall
Mucu-Tone. We are so positive that
it will completely overcome catarrh in
all its various- forms, whether acute or
chronic, that we promise to return
every penny paid us for the medicine
in every case where it fails or for any
reason does not satisfy the user.
We want you to try Bexall Mucu-
Tone on our recommendation and
guarantee. We are right here where
you live, and you do not contract any
obligation or risk when you try Bexall
Mucu-Tone on our guarantee. We
have Rexali Mucu-Tone in two siz.es,
50 cents and fl.oo. Very often the
taking of one 50-cent bottle is sufficient
to-make a marked impression upon the
case. Os course, in chronic cases a
longer treatment is necessary. The
average in such instances is three fl.oo
bottles. Remember you can obtain
Rexali Remedies in Griffin only at our
store—the Rexali Store. Thomas J.
Brooks.
theatrical.
“Haman Hearts.”
No expense whatever has been
spared by W. E. Nankevilte to make
this season’s production of “Human
Hearts a notable one. New scenery
has been prepared for the present
tour, and the acting company is, if
possible, the best ever yet employed
to enact this sterling melodrama.
Human Hearts will play at the Bi
jou Thursday matinee and night.
Macon Party Off to Christian
Meeting at Pittsburg.
Macon, Ga., Oct. 12.—[Special.]—
Rev. H. J. Brazelton, pastor of the
First Christian church in Macon, Mrs.
Brazelton, Mrs. W. R. Dawson, Mrs.
It. P. Manard, Mrs. W. A“. Smith
and Mrs. It. A. Duberry, members of
the Macon church, left Monday for
Pittsburg, Pa., to attend the annual
missionary convention and centennial
celebration of the Christian denomina
tion, which convenes October 10 to 19
inclusive.
It is estimated that 50,000 delegates
will attend this great celebration and
the Macon church is extremely fortu
nate in being able to send a repre
sentative delegation from its excellent
memoership. Before returning home
the party will visit Niagara Falls,
Yellowstone Park and various other
points of interest.
Mt*y other Georgia churches will
be represented at this centennial cele
bration of the organization of tbe
denomination.
Death of Captain N. Phillips.
Conoord, Ga., Oct. 12.—[Special.]
- -Nathan l’hilli|>s died at his home
here this morning at 2 o’clock of
heart failure. He had been in de
clining health for a month or more,
lait was able to lie at his pla<-e of
business until the |Mst day or two.
His illness was not thought to l>e
serious, however, and his su<l<iert
death was unexpected.
The fonera) will take place from
the Christian church here tomorrow
morning at 10 o’clock, and his remains
will be laid to rest in the Christian
cemetery’, which be had selected for
his last resting place several months
ago.
He was an old Confederate soldier
and a splendid specimen of manhood,
physically and morally. He leaves a
wife and many friends to rxoure. his
death.
Fail cold* are quickly cured by Fo
ley’* Honey and Tar, tbe great throat
and lung remedy. The genuine con
tains no harmful drugs. Tkoa J.
Brooke.
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SEND YOUR BASKETS EARLY
TOMORROW TO SCHOOL GROUNDS
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Veterans, Military, Distinguished Vinton and the Press to
be Guests of Honor at Basket Dinner.
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Arrangements are now nearly com
pleted fur the unveiling of the new
monument tomorrow and it will be a
grand occasion and a big day for
Griffin. The exercises will begin at
10 o’clock at the First Baptist church
and be concluded at the monument.
Wedemeyer’s band will furnish music
and the program is an excellent one.
The parade will be one of the big
gest ever seen in Griffin, with tbe
military, secret orders, and council
and many citizens in line.
Every member ot the Boynton
chapter of the Daughters of the Con
federacy and all ladies in sympathy
with the monument are requested to
please send lawkets of dinner to the
school grounds early Thursday mom-
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
Council met in regular session last f
night, Mayor Gresham presiding, and
Aidermen Brewer, Bassett, Janes,
Tyus, Smith anil Wheaton jiresent.
Minutes of last meeting were read
and appro veil.
Griffin Directory Company, O. H.
P. Slaton, president, petitioned for
franchise to publish city directory for
period ot four years, tieginning Feb
ruary, 1910, and matter was referred
to special committee composed of Ai
dermen Brewer, Janes and Wheaton,
with Instructions to report back.
Central .Georgia Power Co. reported
they could not get L. W. S. commis
sioners to sign contract In regard to
furnishing lights, etc., under terms
of their franchise and asked that
clause be stricken from tbe franchise.
Rcterred L., W. and 8. committee to
take matter up with commissioners.
Mayor and council accepted invita
tion to attend dedication exercises In
a body.
Mayor was authorized to issue war
rant for |2M) today tor monument
fund, appropriation having been pre
viously made.
Mayor was also authorized to .'ssue
his warrant lor S3OO for hospital
building, to be [Mid In such amounts
as are convenient with the clerk, ap
propriation having already been
made, and county commissioners
have given similar amount.
Aiderman Smith reported material
was being laid on ground for street
pavement within time required by
the contract.
Special committee composed ot
Aidermen Smith. Janes and Tyus
was appointed to confer with hospitaj
committee in regard to removal of
old hospital building.
THE NEAREST POINT
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THIS PEERLESS TENNESSEE WHISKEY
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LOWEST PRICES
ALL GOODS SOLD EXPRESS PREPAID
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RYE WHISKIES
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Kelly'. Old Private Stork— 3M 333 UM— 4*B *<•
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We Also Can Supply Full Line of The Finest Brandies,
Wines and Gins. AgentsJor Budweiser |
All Orders Must be by
Cash, Express or Postal Money Order
J. W. KELLEY <St inc.
DISTILLERS— ' v
CHATTANOOGA, TENN.
THE BUK. Established. (877.
tug for the big Imsket dinner that will
be served .to the veterans, the mili
tary, the press and distinguished vis
itors, who will be guests of honor.
A policeman will be on hand to re
ceive tbe baskets, and. It Is thought
they will be perfectly safe in hi* bands
an il the ladies arrive and take charge
of them, others wishing to be preß
ent at th* basket dinner *are inviUd
to bring their own baskets.
Attention is called to the fact that
the committees not got suffi
cient funds to make dedication day
the success that it is hoped to make
it, amt contributions are earnestly
requested from any citlaen who has
an interest In the monument and the
making of dedication day a great
success.
Mayor was authorized to Issue
proclamation declaring dedication
day a legal holiday and that the city
offices and schools close on that day.
Several accounts were ordered paid,
after which council adjourned.
A Brilliant Wedding.
The marriage of Miss Fannie Gor
don Kimbrough, of Experiment, and
Mr. William Ludweli Owen, of New
Orleans, was solemnized last evening
at 6 o’clock at the First Methodist
church in this citv and was it brilliant
and beautiffii event, witnessed by a
JargenUmter of Invited guests. Bev,
Charles O. Jones performed the cere
mony.
The bride’s two slaters, Mrs. Henry
Burr, of Atlanta, ami Mrs. Ralph
Small, of Macon, wfth Mrs. Homer
Wilson, of Griffin, were matrons of
honor. Mias Mary' Copeland, of
Greensboro, was maid of honor, 'rhe
best man was Dr. John Owen, ot
South Boston. Va., the brother of the
groom.
The marriage was followed by a
large reception at the home of tho
bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. James
M. Kimbrough, at Experiment.
The bride and groam left on the
Southern train at 9 o’clock feyr Wash
ington, D. C., whence they will go
later to New York. On their return
they will visit the groom’s reiatives
in Richmond and South Boston, Va.,
before leaving for New Orleans,
where they will make their home in
future.
sixteen MTHion More Pennies.
There were 16.000.000 one cent pieces
turned out by the TJnited States mints
In September. There were also 918.875
other coins. Including <815380 in geld
and) M 54.085 tn silver.