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They are made by the best manufacturers, of the best
quality of leathers and in the best of styles. For larger
boys the styles are exact copies in miniature of the best
shapes for men, and are shown in all leathers: Patent Colt,
Gun Metal Calf, Vici Kid and Box Calf, sizes 2 1-2 to 5 1-2,
At $2.00 to $3.50.
Our nature-shaped Shoes for children are neat and
dressy, yet at the same time are made to fit the growing feet.
We have them in Patents, Gun Metal and Vici Kid, at
$1.25, $1.50 and $2.
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Plumbing I
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.”
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.
GRESIIAH MFC. CO.,
“ The Contractors.”
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GRIFFIN. GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 15. 1909.
A MAGNIFICENT SUCCESS
WAS DEDICATION DAY
Handsome New Confederate Monument Unveiled and Ded
icated by U. D. C. With Appropriate Ceremonies.
The handsome new Ccnfederate
monument, erected by the Boynton
Chapter of the Daughters of the Con
federacy to the memory of the,Con
federate dead, was dedicated and
unveiled yesterday with appropriate
exercises which proved a magnificent
success and which were attended, by
one of the largest crowds seen in
Griffin in some time.
Thg exercises began at the First
Baptist church at 10 a. in., Dr. R. R.
Acree presiding. The first number
on the program yas an overture by
Wedemyer’s Band, which was fol
lowed by the singing of “My Coun
try ’Tis of Thee. Dr. Acree led in
prayer, after which Mrs. M. J.
Daniel sang a beautiful solo, “The
Jacket of Gray.’* I
The crowning feature of the exer
cises at the church was the magnifi
cent oration delivered by Dr. Charles 1
<). Jones, pastor of the First Metho
dist church of Griffin.
Dr. Jones’ address was followed by ,
the song, “Lord, While for All Man
kind,” after which bendietion'was
pronounced by Rev. W. A. Murray, I
concluding the exercises at the
church.
The parade from the church to the ,
monument was in charge of M. J. j
Daniel, grand marshal, with Capt.
W. If. Beck chief of staff, and Major
J. H. Smith commanding the first
battalion, second infantry.
General Clement A. Evans pre
sided over the exercises at the monu
ment, being introduced by Judge R.
T. Daniel.
The exercises begun by the singing
of “Maryland, My Maryland,” by
the school children.
The monument was presented to
the Daughters of the Confederacy by
Mrs. W. J. Kincaid, chairman of the
monument fund, who was presented
with a beautiful silver and gold cup
as a testimonial of her work in the
erection of the shaft.
The monument was unveiled by
nine, grandchildren of war colonels
from Spalding county.
A flag was formed of children, un
der the direction of Mrs. M. A. Sims,
and was followed by the singing of
51 the Bonnie Blue Fag by school chil
i dren.
Mrs. James S. Boynton, president
. ol the Boynton Chaptef U. D. C.,
I presented the monument to the vet
> era ns and citizens of Spalding county
I in the following excellent address:
’ - Mr*. Boynton's Address.
i ..As president of Boynton Chapter,
United Daughters of. the Confederacy.
I accept from you, Mrs. Kincaid, as the
representative of the lil<eral donors,
this beautiful monument.
In behalf of this Ciw»pter*l thank
you for your untiring devotion and
consecrated efforts in this great work,
and (also wish to most heartily thank
your co-laborers who have so faithfully
anc assiduously aided*you in bringing,
this patriotic purpose to such a splen
did completion.
To those generous people, lx>th men
] and women, whq so'liberally contribu
ted the funds to erect this monument,
; I express the grateful appreciation of
every friend of the Southern cause.
1 This monument stands as an expres
' sion that the cause for which the South
I so valiantly fought is still dear to our
I i«ople, and that the heroism and
' bravery of her matchless sons who en
dured every hardship and suffered
i every deprivation for home and country
is sacredly revered.
It is with reverential gratitude that
1 I come to perform the duty assigned to
me.
In 1869 the patriotic women of Grif
fin erected tire first Confederate mon
ument, and dedicated it to the brave
soldiers of the Bogth who gave their
lives to that righteous cause that was
and is still dear to every true South
erner.
My husband, Col. Jas. 8. Boynton,
delivered the address on that occasion.
Now, again, the noble women of
Griffin and Bpaiding county are the
first to erect and dedicate a monument
to the living veterans and dead heroes
of lhe civil war.
The same flag that waved at the
dedication of that first monument
floats over us today.
The love of the women of the South
for the Southern cross, their devotion
to the memory of their dead heroes,
and their veneration for these living
veterans lias not abated in the least
during all these passing years, but has
ripened into a consec rated purpose to see
that the march of these survivors down
the western slope shall be as sweet and
as peaceful as willing hands and grace
ful hearts can make it.
1 was one of the women who, in
1861, with prayers and blessings, pre
sented flags and banners to our brave
soldiers as they went from loving
homesand peaceful firesides to endure
the hardships aiid dangers of war. And
during all those four yearn of darkness
and doubt purer prayers never went to
heaven than those of our (Southern
women for the success of the Southern
cause, and for the dauntless men and
boys who wore the gray. For every
Southern woman felt in her heart that,
“The men were right
Who wore the gray
And right can never die.”
For the South fought for a principle
as fixed as the stars, for a principle
that has ever been and will ever be
dear to all liberty-loving people the
world over. And the sacrcdness of that
principle will never die, for it will lie
transmitted from generation to genera
tion, and the bravery and daring of the
Southern soldier who fought for that
principle will live in song and story
through all the ages
The true object and purpose of the
I'nited Daughters of the Confederacy
is to erect monuments that will ever
stand as living lessons of the devotion
of the Southern people for the men who
fought for principles so dear to every
true Southerner. And that future gen
erations may know that the South
fought a holy war, and that the men
who fought in the Southern armies
were not rebels, but were patriotic,
liberty-loving patriots who were forced
to resort to arms to defend their, homes
and their firesides upon issues formed
uponJmpest and dcdV founded convic
tions.
for this purpose this monument is
erected. It is erected through the ef
forts of Boynton Chapter of the United
Daughters of flic Confederacy, and with
loving hearts and willing hands it is
dedicated to the surviving Confederate
veterans of the civil war.
It stands in this busy mart as a per
petual reminder to all people that the
BotilhAhas not forgotten, and will
never forget, the heroes living or dead
of the sixties—that in the dark days of
poverty and want that followed the
devastation of the cruel war, we gave
them ail the love and all the sympathy
of grateful hearts, (hat now, in the
golden days of growing wealth and
prosperity,they shall have fitting and
! appropriate testimonials of our love and
gratitude tn monuments commemorak-1
ing their valor, in jrensions relieving
• their necessities and in homes to shel
ter and protect them in their declining
| years.
Nothing that (leorgia has today is
too priceless for the Don federate veter
ans who are left in our sacred keeping.
We would that we could stay the
march of time that they might ever
remain with us a sweet and tender
care.
I am directed by Boynton Chapter
of the United Daughters of the Con
federacy to present this monument to
t the surviving Confederate veterans
and citizens of Hftalding county. We
present it to you as a token of our un
swerving devotion te you and thecause
’ for which you so bravely and gallantly
fought. This pure white marble Unot
purer than the sentiment that prompts
us in giving it, and as the morning
, sunbeams bathe it in golden splendor,
. so may our love warm into a genial
> glow your hearts, and keep thorn ever
. free from the fretful cares of life. And
ns you fall on sleep, may our prayers
carry you safely through tne pearly
gates to sweet rest “under the shade
of the trees.”
The school children sang “Dixie,”
after which Captain B. N. Barrow,
commander of the Spalding County
Camp, V. C. V., received the monu
ment, making an excellent address
General Evans made a brief talk
and was loudly cheered by the veter
ans.
Music was rendered at intervals
during the exerbises by the band.
All in all, it was a grand gala day,
and the biggest time in the history of
the Daughters of the Confederacy,
who dedicated and unveiled this
splendid monument, and presented it
to Bpuldin. 's old soldiers and citi
zens.
At the conclusion of the ceremo
nies of the unveiling, the veterans,
military, press and distinguished
visitors were guests at a sumptuous
i»asket dinner -at the high school
grounds, given by the Daughter* of
the Conferncy, which was an'eajoya
ble feature with which to close the
day’s program.
KING ALFONSO IS
BURNED IN EFFIGY
Policeman Kil'ed, Five Anarchists Ar
restetw Disturbance Following
Ferrer's Execution.
Paris, Get. 14.—One policeman was
killed and 76 persons were wounded
during last night’s rioting. Among
those arrested were five notorious an
archists. The press, with the excep
tion of the Royalist and clerical ele
ment, continues today to express in
dignation over the execution and to
predict grave events to follow in
Spain.
The Socialists are plsnaing further
demonstrations throughout the coun
try. During last night students in
the Latin quarter burned King Al
fonso in effigy-
(fount. de Castellane has advised
•Marquis del Muni, the Spanish arn
bassador to France, to bring suit
against the papers which have in
sulted King Alfonso.
The Paris Temps today prints un
der reserve a report from its corre
spondent at Cerbere, on the Franco-
Spanish frontier, to the effect that
two Frenchmen were shot at the
Montjuich fortress in Barcelona this
morning.
The same paper's correspondent at
Madrid says that the news of the
Ferrer execution created a tremen
dous impression in the Spanish capi
tal, but that the government has
taken extraordinary precautions and
there have been no disorders.
The Spanish emnnwy here con
tinues to be strongly guarded by the
police.
Odd Labor Transformation.
From sardine packers at one season
of the year to Irish lace makers at an
other is the strange lafow transforma
tion which takes place among legions
of workers at Bretagne, France. In
Auvergne the field laborer*, turn from
their plows nt certain times to the
manufacture of pillow lace. The Au
vergne lacemakers receive foil 5 cents
a meter for their work, while the lace
sells elsewhere for 89 cents a meter.
Some Odd Mistakes.
An urban chemist advertised in hl«
•bop window; "Artificial eyed. Open
all night.”
In front of the posloflice in an iulaixl
town may hare been seen this’legend;
“Post here letters too late for the next
mail.”
In a picture of the departure of the
pilgrims from Delft haven the artist
placed a large steamer in the distance
leaving the hfirttor under full steam.
Foley's Hooey and the air
passages, slops the irritation in the
throat, soothes the inflamed mem
brane*, and the most obstinate cough
disappears. Bore and inflamed kings
, are healed and strengthened, and the
cold is expelled from the system. Re
fane any but the genuine in the yellow
Thus. J. Brooks.
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NEW ERA OF MARKED PROSPERITY
INDICATED BY MANY DEVELOPMENTS
The Activity in Financial Circles in Georgia and Alabama
During Past Few Weeks is Phenomenal
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Columbus, Ga., Octolier Bi.—The
Georgia and Alabama InOuatrial In
dex says In Ila regular weekly issue:
“That hot only have business cou
dltfons In this section fully returned
to the normal, but a new era of
marked prosperity bln its beginning,
is indicated by many straws that
show how the comthercial and indus
trial breezes are blowing. The ac
tivity In financial circles is usually a
good barometer anti the number of
new banks that have been projected
or organized in Georgia and Ala
bama during tne |*ast few weeks has
been quite noticeable. In Atlanta,
Ga., the bank clearings last week
broke all records for any single week
in that city, and if the rate of increase
amtinues they will he approximately
double this year what they were in
1908. New banks are reported defi
nitely for Harlem, Ga., and Waverly
Hall, Ga., and a new financial insti
tution Is in the making at Eatonton,
Ga. A large cotton manufacturing
corporation at Columbus, Ga., which
recently announced that it would
offer f.'Wfi.oiMl of bonds to the Invest
ing public, this lieing incident to the
doubling of the capacity of its plant,
has withdrawn $50,000 of the issue,
EALTH.
Not the Frozen Realm Imagined
by Americans.
RICH AND FERTILE COUNTRY
Our Consul In fit. Petersburg Sends
Interesting Facts About a Land
Larger Than the United States, In
cluding Alaska.
According to an official report made
to the state <]|purtment by James W.
Ragsdale. United States consul In fit.
Petersburg. Siberia. ..Russia's great
Asiatic realm, is far from being the
fromto. barren country pictured to
themselves by Americans when they
hear its name.
in his report Mr. Ragsdale seta forth
the results of his own observations
made while traveling from Tientsin.
China, to St. Petersburg. He presents
a striking picture of the development
of Siberia and the wonderful possibili
ties there.
Mr. Ragsdale comments on the Igno
rance that prevails throughout the
world as to Siberia. He says those
who have never visited the country
have only exaggerated Meas gathered
from descriptions that picture Siberia
as a cold, barren waste swept by
storms and of little value to any one.
-That the winters are long and cold
there can be no doubt.” be says, “but
they arc no worse than the winters tn
northern Canada, now being so rapidly
settled by people from all parts of the
world. The soil. too. of these vast ter
ritories Is ns rich and fertile as that of
Canada and very much resembles the
lands in the great states of Illinois.
lowa and Nebraska, except that It Is
better watered and timbered.”
Bigger Than ths United States.
Mr. Ragsdale reminds us that Siberia
Is atj enormous territory, representing
no loss than 5,100.000 square miles, or
much larger than the whole of the
United States, including Alaska.
"Tlie country is beautiful from every
point of view and will some day be
thickly populated. Here game Is plen
tiful. and the trapper has a field that
is rich In fur bearing animals, such as
the black and other foxes, ermine,
sable of all kinds, otter, mink, inarion.
weasel, squirrel, lynx and wolf. The
furs of this locality And the best mar
kets in China, the United States and
England through the Pacific ports. A
better article, found In Kamchatka and
other parts of Sltwrla. Is sent overland
to Moscow, whence It Is distributed to
the whole of Russia, a considerable
quantity finding Its way to Ix-ipzig."
Discussing tlie mines of Siberia,
speaking of gold. Mr. Ragsdale says
gold is known to exist In almoat every
district, both In quartz and placer, but
the methods are poor, improved meth
ods would double the output. Exceed
ingly rich gold discoveries hare re
cently been reported on the Siberian
coart. a territory as large as California
and Oregon. It is said these mines
will prove as rich as the mloea at
Dawson and Nome. The find la near
the mouth of the Aquatir river, which
is about 100 miles directly wert across
the water from Nome. The output of
gold alone from the Siberian mines for
1907. Mr. Ragsdale says, was rained
at about J26.OUWW.
Rich In Prseioua fitonss.
It is believed the coilAoposits will
prove as extensive aa tgjbe of China.
Iron and miscellaneous minerals
abound. Many of the mountain*, es
pecially the Ural* are exceedingly rich
in precious stones.
Other features of the country as de
scribed by Mr. Ragsdale are the great
navigable rivers, the abounding sup
ply of fish, the prospects of rich ex
ports andrallroad development. Al
TAB SUH, Estabhshtd. 1877.
'
this action being influenced partly by
the fact that the eonstru<*tion of the
new mill would not coal quite as
much as first estimated, and tartly
by the fact that this Is proving to bo
‘ the most profitable year in the history
of the company’s operations.
“New Decatur, Ala., and Ensley,
Ala., awarded substantial paving
contracts and Huntsville, Ala.,
opened bids for similar work. A
S2(Hi,OOO oil and fertilizer plant is an
nounced for Rome, Go., a fertilizer
plant foe Sandersville, Ga., and a
factory nt Atlanta, Ga., fortho man
ufacture of automobile lamps. An
other hotel fa to be built at Valdosta,
Ga. Ground will soon be broken at
Macon, Ga., for the first plant in the
world tor the manufacture of paper
from okra stalky.
“During the week 2r corporations
with <*apltal utoek of 179k,faXt, were
chartered in the two States. An in
surance company with capital stock
of ss(>o,o<M) was formed at Atlanta,
Ga., the stockholders all being resi
dents of that city. A great many
real estate death were reported during
the week, and among the farm sales
was that of 6<«> acres In Coweta
county, <la., for $20,000 cash.”
' ready tnnnsanfla «r tons of the finest
butter are lietng sent to Denmark,
Holland. Germany and England. It is
of late shipped to China and Japan and
even Month Africa from Siberia.
CHINAMAN FILES HIS WILL
Only Tsatamsnt In That Language
Recorded In Wilkesbarrs, Pa.
A will written on Chinese parchment
and so Chinese characters was Iliad
with Register Smith tn Wllkesbarre.
Pa. Ittwns the will of the late Dong
Lee and is the only Chi
nese in Wllkesbarre. it
says: w V
MF tin English June 30). IMS.
In everything which I
have i give or transfer to my
eousln. Dong Jong, for him to look after
tny business and have charge of evory-
t do not know whether I will'get well
or not. kt 1 die the funeral expenses are
to be paid, end If there le anything left
my cousin shell send to my father. lam
going to New fork to see a doctor and
try and get well, end It 1 should come
back 1 will look after the business my
self. and if 1 should die everything is to
be transferred to my cousin, Dong Jong,
who Is to receive my buelneee.
(Signed) DONG LEE (known es Sam
Lssi. ___________
LOBSTER OR DOGFISH?
One or the Other Must Go, According
to Fisheries Bureau Head.
Whether the valuable lobster or the
worthless dogfish of lhe waters of
Rhode Island and Massachusetts is to
be allowed to survive is a queatton
that is receiving' the careful attention
of Commissioner Bowers of the bureau
of fisheries.
The efforts of the bureau of fisher
les to propagate the lobster so that It
may become plentiful and cheap bare
been nullified to so great so extent by
the voracious dogfish that Commis
sioner Bowers Is contempiatlng plac
ing a price npon the head of the ma
rine nuisance.
The Panama Canal.
The I’ii n.imu canal was suggested
for lhe isthmus of Panama as early
an 1.729 by Angel Saavedra, but for
a long time all such suggestions met
with determined opposition from
Spain, who made it a capital offense
to seek or make known any improve
ment on the existing route from Porto
Bello to Panama. More recently
Louis Ns|»do*>ii. when a prisoner at
Ham. spent much time considering
the practtcaWHty of «neh » scheme.
It was not. however, until the Cali
fornia gold rush of 1849 that any ac
curate knowledge of the topographi
cal conditions was obtained, and even
then thirty more years elapsed before
the actual site was chosen by au In
ternational forty and the work began.
Ths Horse's Head.
According to an authority on thing?
equine, it I* easy to discover a horse'?;
character by the shafie of Its nose. It'
there is a gentle curve to the profile
and at the same time the ears an?
pointed and sensitive you usually find
the animal gentle and at the same time
high spirited. If. on the other hand,
the horse has a dent In the middle of f
his nose It Is safe to set him down as
treacherous and vk-lotia. The Roman
nnurt horse so certain to be a good an
imal for hard work ami safe to drire.
but lie Is apt to lie slew. A horse with
a slight tsev-avlty- in the profile will
need coaxing. A fo>ree that droops hi*
cars fa apt to be lazy as well as
rfrious.
Betting Debts In England.
The English law as to recovery of
betting debts has been a source of In
come to lawyers for a number
years. The gaming acts of UMS and
1802 make these debts irrecoverable,
but io recent year* there has been *
disporttioa on the part of the Jadgw*
to allow these cases to be tried, with
the result that judgment baa at times
been given for t-e pUfotiS.
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