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SATURDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY
as AT GR!FF!N
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MAVERICK CLASS
Undenominational. All visitors arid
young men,not affiliated with any
Sunday school class in the city are
cordially invited to attend. M. J.
Daniel, president, *
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FIRST METHODIST.
“A house of God for all people.
9:30 a. m. Baraca Class and Sunday
school. 11:00 a. m. Sermon by the
pastor with special music by the
' choir. 6:15 Senior and Intermediate
Leagues, 7:00 Sermon by thd pastor.
Everybody welcome at all services.
John F. Yarbrough, pastoh
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN.
The church with a human touch.”
Divine worship at this church tomor¬
row morning and evening. 11:00 a. m.,
7:00 p. m. Sunday school at 9:45 a.
m. Junior Endeavor 2:00 p. m.
Senior Endeavor at 6:15 p. m. A cor¬
dial welcome awaits all who worship
with us. J. Marion Stafford, pastor.
ST. GEORGE’S.
Sexagesiiha Sunday. Holy - com
munion, 7:30 a. m.; church school,
9:45 a. m.; morning prayer and ser
mon, 11 a. m.; Y. P. S. L., 6:30 p. m.
and evening prayer and sermon, 7 p.
m. Litany, Friday, 4 p. m. Every
one is most cordially invited to wor¬
ship at St. George's church. H. A.
Willey, rector.
SACRED HEART CATHOLIC
The Sacred Heart Catholic church
is located in the residential section
of North Hill street Sunday school
held every 'Sunday morning at 9:30
o’clock. Mass and benediction of tbe
Blessed Sacrament will be held OD
the second Sunday of each month.
The public is cordially invited to at
tend. Father Ciark, pastor.
FIRST CHRISTIAN.
44 The church with Bible.”
an open
Morning services at the City Hall.
Bible school, 9:45 a. m. Morning
worship > / 11 a. m. Afternoon and
evening services afc the parsonage.
Juniors meet at three o’clock. Inter¬
mediate and Senior C. E. Societies
meet at six o’clock. No evening
preaching services. Tbe public in¬
vited. O. K. Cull, pastor.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Sunday school 9:30 a. m., (Pre-ses¬
sion work 9:15 a. m.,). Morning wor¬
ship 11:00 o’clock, pastor’s subject,
“A Good Man and a Faker.” Junior
B. Y. P. U’s. 3:00 p. m.” Intermediate
Unions 6:00 p. m. Arnold and West¬
brook Senior Unions 6:06 p. m._At
7 o’clock the B. Y. P. U’s. wiU pre¬
sent the concluding chapters of “Pil¬
grim’s Progress.” A cordial welcome
is extended to the public.
Leon M. Latimer, Pastor.
GEORGIA PEACH CROP
ATLANTA, Ga., Feb. 23—The pros¬
pects are now good for a $15,900,000
crop of Georgia peaches, accor to
reports received here by the agricul¬
tural department of the Atlanta, Bir¬
mingham and Atlantic Railway.
•About 8,000 cars constituted the
Georgia crop last season, it was stat¬
ed, but there are so many young
trees coming into bearing this year
that it is setimated it will take 18,
000 cars to move the crop the coming
1 Many in
season. trees, recent years,
have beetl planted along the lines of
the A. B and A. railway.
• The peach belt that used to termi¬
nate at Fort Valley has extended it¬
self, until it has taken in Jones, Han¬
cock and a number of Middle Georgia
counties. These Middle Georgia coun
. ties are claiming that the fruit they
produce is of a finer flavor, firmer and
is a better Shipper. l
The extension of the peach acreage
and the resulting increase of the
peach production will require enlarge¬
ment of the marketing facilities qnd
increased area covered by the Georgia
peach, in the opinion of the railroad
agricultural expers.
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CRITICIZE EH
INTERESTING LETTER WRITTEN
IN 1885 SHOWS HOW TIMB^
HEALS ALL WOUNDS. '
By EDWARD B. CLARIS,
Washington.—Washington celebration recently
helped unofficially in the
if the birthdays of Robert E. J-ee and
Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson.
Shortly it will celebrate also the birth
lay'of Abraham Lincoln, unofficially*
secause ylt the Emancipator’s natal day,
Is not a legal holiday in the Dis
Tlct of Columbia. Congress probably
*1)1 set the day aside as a holiday at
:his session.
Veterans of the Union army partici¬
pated In the quiet exercises held in
memory of Lee and Jackson and vet¬
erans of, the Confederate army will
)oln In commemorating the birthday
>f the man who was president during
the strife between the states. Time
surely is the healer that the saying
makes It. ,
The department of archives and nls
tory of the state of Mississippi re¬
cently has issued a ten-volume edi¬
tion of the letters and papers of Jef¬
ferson Davis who was the president of
the Confederacy. Among the letters
Is one written In 1885, four yearp prior
io the death of Mr. Davis, to a news¬
paper man In Boston who had request¬
ed Mr. Davis to pass judgment upon
General Ulysses S. Grant’s military
career. Here Is the letter;
“Dear Sir: Your request on behalf
of a Boston journalist for me to pre¬
pare a criticism on General Grant’s
military career cannot be complied
with for the following reasons:
”1, General Grant is dying.
”2. Though he Invaded our country
ruthlessly. It was with open hand,
and, as far as I know, he abetted
neither arson nor pillage, and has,
since the war, I believe, shown no
malignity to Confederates, either of
the military or civil service.
“Therefore, instead of seeking to
disturb the quiet of his closing hours,
I would, If it were In my power, con¬
tribute to the peace of his mind and
the comfort of his body.
it JEFFERSON DAVIS.”
The Boston Herald, In commenting
on this letter, after saying that It has
no knowledge of the identity of the
journalist who wrote to Mr. Davis,
declares that of the quality of the
letter there can be no doubt. It adds:
‘Reading It today Stirs agreeable Emo¬
tions.”
Few Alive Who Knew Lincoln.
There died recently in Cleveland,
at the age of elghjy-seven, George
Senyard, who It is said was a close
friend of Abraham Lincoln, having ae
companied him during his series of
debates with Stephen A. Douglas over
the slavery issue. Senyard was an
artist and one of his portraits of Lin¬
coln is now in Springfield, IU.
r Men who knew Abraham Lincoln
personally are for tbe most part dead.
Nearly every man who was In public
life with him has gone to the beyond.
A woman whtfTtnew bim quite well
lied in Washington about a year ago
—Mrs. John A. Logan.
Shelby M. Culloin, United States
senator from 111 tools, has been dead
for some years. He was associated
with Lincoln in public life There is
me man well-known throughout the
country who entered on a political and
official career in his home state before
Ltncoln died and who had. personal
acquaintance with the .war-tlm*. presl
- .dent. This man is Joseph G. Cannon,
who, until last March, was a member
of the lower bouse of congress, and
who is now living In his home at Dan
v'ille, 111.
Colcord and Blondln.
George Senyard, who just died and
who pointed a portrait of Lincoln,
wah not the only artist who knew him
when he was a lawyer In Springfield.
Not long ago there died In Chicago a
man named Henry Colcofd, who was
a photographer’s assistant In Spring
field, when Lincoln lived there. Col
cord preserved one of the early photo¬
graphs of Lincoln and It was found in
later years that no other copy of It
existed. From It and from memory
Coleord years after Lincoln’s death*
painted a compsMin* picture of the
Emancipator.
The life of Henry Coleord, the pho¬
tographer’s assistant, was certainly a
picturesque one. When he was'about
tjeenty years of age be happened to
be at Niagara Fails at a time when
Blondln, the tight rope walker, was to
attempt to walk above the rapids on n
rope, carrying a man on his back.
Young Coleord volunteered ter the
trip and twice he was carried across
the chasm on the back of the tightrope
walker. When he had completed his
second Journey, Erastus Corning, then
president of tlje New York Central
railroad, gave young Coleord $1,000 for
his pluck and toid him be would give
him another thousand If he would not
risk his life Bgaln.
The Last Straw
Recently a tramp taken up in A
New York police court gave his birth¬
place ns Boston. .
“Yours,” said tbe magistrate, “Is
a sad case. Yet you don’t seem to
thoroughly realize how low you hare
stink.”
The prisoner struck his brow with
a claimed pained devoutly. gesture. “I "Heavens have stood I” he ex- J
many •
Indignities, magistrate that but to splits be sentenced his Infinitives! by a }
This is the last blow I”
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ROMANS AGES AGO
Carthagenians Made Aqua
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One hundred fears ago, when Abra¬
ham Lincoln, a lad of fifteen was
working on a ferry on the Ohio river
50 a mouth, an English brick
mason named Joseph AsikMjo, poking
an Inquisitive finger Into the realm of
scientific research, brought out an Ideal
that revolutionised the -building world.
In tbe-files of the English patent office
Aspdln’s Idea Is listed as patent No.
and the record shows that It was
Issu ed* iby Bis Majesty King George
the Fburth In 1824. The patent covers
“ah improvement In the modes Bf pro¬
ducing an artificial stqne." What It
really meant was that the bricklayer
had invented portland cement, for he
gave to his material the name “port
land” because when it hardened It re¬
sembled a popular building stone found
on the Island of Portland. The name
has stuck ever since, and from Asp¬
dln’s discovery the modern portland
cement Industry has been developed.
Although Aspdln was the original
discoverer of Portland cement be
lacked a score of centuries of being
the' fftst user of cementing materials.
The Romans and Egyptians were past
masters In the art of constructing with
natural cements. Long before the
Holy Roman empire was evfa thought
of, the Oarthagenlans had constructed
a Tfcmlle aqueduct In northern Africa,
using natural cement In the course of
their work., The Romans were espe¬
cially familiar with the use of this
msterial, and the dome of the Pan¬
theon Is probsbly one of the best exist¬
ing specimens of their concrete work.
On many of these old structures the
marks left by the wooden forms are
still visible. .c s
The cement used by. the ancients
was really a gift of the gods. It was
prepared for them by nature, and they
were not aware of the chemical
changes the raw materials went
through that gave them their cement¬ To
ing qualities. What they did vfas
mix slacked lime with volcanic ash.
There were large quantities of this lat¬
ter material In southern Italy. The
volcanoes did for the Romans what
the giant kilns do In modern cement
manufacture. They burned the rock,
forming volcanic ash, and when this
burned material was mixed with
slacked lime It made a natural cement.
Vitruvius, architect for Augustus,
speaks of this material In a number of
his writings, while Pliny discourses at
length on the use of cement.
During the Dark Ages the secret of
the Romans was lost along with so
niany other priceless treasures.
In the United States deposits of rock
suitable for the manufacture of nat¬
ural cement were discovered about
1818 In New York state. The building
of the Erie canal, which was com¬
pleted the year after Aspdin’s
ery, uncovered further deposits and
natural cement was soon being used
in various ways.
Another pioneer, Thomas Millon of
South Bend, lnd„ was In the cement
sewer pipe business whqn he de¬
cided to attempt to make portland ce¬
ment At the time he was Importing
his cement from England. He would
drive into the country with his horse
and buggy and dig a few palls of mart
from the lake region near Notre Dame.
A pall of blue clay would be secured
from the bed of the St. Joseph river,
and Milten would drive back to Ms
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pipe plant with this material and mix
It by hand. He would then bum It In
a piece of gewer pipe—probably the
first embryo use of a rotary kiln. Later
he would grind the burned product In
a coffee mill. John K. Shinn. Investi¬
gating In Pennsylvania, used a bent
car axle, suspended from a spring
pole, to hammer and crush his raw
materials. A crude grinding machine,
but It served its purpose for the time
being
Care of Teeth Taught
Here are the rules of, tbe British
Dental association for the care of chil¬
dren’s teeth: Be sure the child sleeps
with the mouth shut, and when awake
breathes through the nose. From the
age of two let each meal contain some
food that needs grinding. Begin the
child’s education In hard foods nt nine
months by giving It a bone, prefer¬
ably a chop bone, with a little meat
on, to exercise Its gums. Do not let
children drink until the end- of the
meal. Avoid many sweets and sweet
biscuits, and only give them <»» part
of a meal. Finish, each meal with a
p!e<% of fresh fruit or Crisp salad,
or. If these are not obtainable, a stale
crust of bread, with butter If pre¬
ferred, but not with Jam.
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Rubber Pavement
Rubber pavement, which has been In
experimental use In England for sev¬
eral years, lias now appeared In Amerl
ea. One .railway has paved one of
Its busy highway crossings with rub
ber In the belief that In the end It
will save money by It. even though
the first cost be higher. Because the
distance between the tracks Is so
small, ordinary pavement soon breaks
up under the Jolts of heavy trucks and
so causes frequent expensive repairs
Eskimos and Indians Same
The Norwegian Arctic explorer
Christian Leden, has returned froti
bringing hack a remark-abb
and zoological colleetlm
body museum in Brookin’
N. T. I.eden believes that he ha
conclusively proved that Eskimo* . n
Indian* are an Identical race R.
arrived nt this conclusion through tb
similarity of tuualo.
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SHU IIEXT HEt
Famous Tent Show Comes to TMs
City Well Recommended; Virginia
Sercnaders Orchestra Along.
The Milt Tolbert Ten show, carry
ing a big ecmpany of arti8ts and
Jazz , , band , :ld , orchestra . will ...
* open a
week’s engagement in this city on
Monday night, February 25th, witfi
The Woman He Wanted,” the best
comedy-drama of the season, with
Boyd Holloway himself in the leading
rqle. '
Other plays, to be presented during
the week are “Good Little Bad Girl, tr
“The Unloved Wife,” the feature
play of the week, which will be seen
on Friday night.
The big tent will be comfortable at
all times. Price of admiss^pn will be
25 and 35 cents.
The Dothan Eagle has the following
to say of the Tolbert Shows:
“Milt Tolbert’s Show is home again.
Yhat it was welcomed back was prov¬
en last night wh^n crowds filled every
part of the tent and saw the opening
play of the week’s engagement, “Our
New Minister.”
The play last night was a clean
high class drama that was well exe¬
cuted and the audience enjoyed it.
Opovtunity was given the cast for
excellent bits of acting. »
A large band accompanies the
show. In addition to the great at¬
tractions, “The Virginia Serenaders ♦ >
are featured.
Monday evening ladies will be ad¬
mitted without charge.
The doors will open at seVen
o’clock and the curtain will be raised
promptly at eight. A haif' hour con¬
cert by the orchestra will be given
starting at 7:30.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Smith will en¬
tertain the members of the Riverside
Military Academy and the - Griffin
High School basketball teams at their
home on South Hill street this even¬
ing at the close of the G. I. A. A.
tournament. Their son, Henry Smith,
is a member of the squad from River¬
side. '
The many friends of W. H. Mitcham
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of West Taylor street, who has been
ill for several weeks, will regret to
hear that his condition took a turn for
the worse today and he is critically
in.
Cate In ChuroHee.
Most of the churches In Naples have
three or four cats attached to them.
They are kept for the purpose of
catching tbe mice which Infest all an¬
cient Neapolitan buildings. The anV
mala may often be seen walking about
among the congregation or stretched
before the altar.
What’s an Abecadariumf
This was k machine constructed by
Wilt Jam S. JevoAs and described by
him In his “Principles of Science.” It
designed, by using symbolic terms, to
perform analytic reasoning without
making a mistake. •
True Delicacy.
“There’s a lot more T might say."
concluded the borcee after his argu¬
ment with the careless yachtsman,
"but, bein’ a pcrfick gentleman. I
don’t ’old with class warfare.’ VI/lD*
don Dally Express
Parents and Friends Appreciated.
The longer we live anil the more we
think, the higher value we lenm to
put on the friendship and tenderness
of parents and of friends.—Doctor
Johnson. /
Two Grades of Education.
Every man who rises above the com¬
mon level receives two educations; the
first fronl his Instructors; the second,
tbe moat personal and Important, trow
himself.—Gibbon
Qfemwsrmt Bright In Storm.
Glowworm* are much more brilliant
when a storm Is coming than at other
seasons. Like many other mysteries
of nature, this curious clrcuinstune*
has never been explained
The Modernized Bible.
New York wants a modernized
Bible. On* we suppose, that win
make It easy for the rich to enter
heaven.—Greenville Piedmont
A Possible Explanation.
“Woman is the Sunday of man,” said
Michelet. Perhaps that is why hus¬
bands expect their wives to do most
it the church-going.
Dancing Most Ancient Art
DancWg Is the oldest art In th<
world.
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NEW ORLEANS COTTON
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Mch.---- May 30.5d;30,52:30.05 30.12|30T45
. 30.05:30.14:29.77 29.83130.08
Oct. . 29.20j29.34 25.83)25.94125.65 28.95 29.05129.30
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NEW YORK COTTON
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Mch. '30.15 30.1529.70129.75(30.(1
May---- 30.55 30.55 30.34 30.12 30.45
July---- 29.60 29.77 29.36 29.65 2^.61
Oct. .... 26,45 26.6026.2026.52 26.48
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Good middling ... — 30.75
Strict middling ... 30.50
Middling-------- ... 30.25
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS
Prev.
“WHEAT LQpen Close | Close
July_____ May_____ 1 . 10 % 1 . 11 % 1.10%
1 . 11 % ;.n% 1.10%
CORN
July May___ 80% 80% 80%
— 81% 80% 80%
OATS— I
May Jul 48.% 48% 48%
RIBS— iy---- 46% 46% 46%
May 9.67 9.67 9.65
July ' 9.90 9.90 9.90
LARD—
May I II. 27 11.25 11.25
July II. 4 5 II47 11.45
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NEW YORK, Feb. 23.—The cotton
market opened steady this morning,
but was under pressure later, declin¬
ing fifty points and closing very ir¬
regular from ten to thirty points
lower.
Liverpool was higher than due, but
reports that Manchester was going to
resume short time in the American
department and the Dockers strike not
being Thursday, settled as was supposed on
caused q more or less un¬
easy mills feeling. the Selling of futures by
past week against stocks of
koods on nand has been.the source of
a liberal supply of contracts an-every
chases rally. We continue to feel that pur¬
made around thirty cents for
May will show moderate profits.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 23.—Official
government revision in cotton carry
oyer figures will not be made until
after another conference, according to
Senator Smith. ?
DON’T WAIT
Take Advantage of e Griffin Citl*
zen’a Experience.
When the back begins to ache.
Don’t wait until backache becomes
chronic;
’Till kidney troubles develop;
'Till urinary troubles destroy
night’s rest,
Profit by a Griffin- citizen's expe¬
rience.
J. F. Young, 735 W. Quille St.,
says: 4 4 I suffered from sharp pains
through my back and when I stooped,
twinges took me. Mornings my back
-was so lame and sore I didn’t feel
like getting up. I felt weak and worn
out and a litfle work easily used up
my strength. My kidneys acted ir¬
regularly and the secretions were not
natural. Doan’s Pills were rec¬
ommended and after I used them
I felt like a different man. I have
had no further trouble from kidney
complaint" *
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60c, at all dealrs. Foster-Milburn
Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y.—Adv.
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boldly in black. Profes¬
Anderson dates the cave to the
between the stone age
tbe bronze age, or about 2,000. .
B. C.
Large collections of remains also
found at Yang Shao, including
of red and black ceramic
similar to those found at
Fengtien. Heretofore leading ex.
history have held
that there was no evidence of a
stone age in China.
It is estimated that smoke costs
Chicago $50,000,000 annually.
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WANTED
WANTED—To hear from owner hav¬
ing farm for sale; give particulars
and lowest price. John J. Black,
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. 1L
WANTED—Two rooms and kitchen¬
ette at reasonable rate. Phone 155
and call for Mrs. J. H. Beeber 22-dft
WANTED—Field peas, all kinds,
market prices. Submit samples. H.
V. Kell Company. 6-d&wt&
FOR SA^JB
FOR SALE—New Chevrolet coupe.
In use three weeks. Will save you
noney. W. S. S., care Globe Co. 19-6t,
FOR SALE—Garden Fertilizer. We
deliver. Call phone 252. 18-d6t.
FOR SALE—Dry pine stove wood—
oak and pine blocks for fire wood.
Quick delivery. Phone Parka Walker
at 252. 18-d-et.
FOR SALE—Dry Stove Wood. CaH
Ralph M. Jones, 312. 2-11-I2L
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FOR FOOT COMFORT—See H. S.
Roberts, graduate American School
of Practipetics; manager ladies' and
children’s shoe and hosiery depart¬
ment. Griffin Mercantile Co. *21-6t.
NOTICE—We will appreciate your
1 orders for Paints, Varnishes* Win¬
dow Glass, Roofing, ete. Newton
Block, 135 S. Eighth St. Will Hill
Newton Co.
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NOTICE-Griffin Electric Co.,
phone 971. First-lass work at low
est prices. 18-d-6t
IF THE BROWN Overcoat taken
^fom the Athletic Court Thursday
will be returned to this office no que^
tions will be asked. 22-2L
NOTICE! \
Third and last installment of City
Taxes now due and payable. E. P.
BRIDGES, City Manager. 20=d-10t.