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Maa Cur* d I nouaundx, MUI Cure You.
It you ore troubled with Kidney or
Bladder trouble* l , meh fin Dropsy,
Bi iglit'a Di-•tuH'. Cit in h. < • ruv* 1 of the
B! niiltr, Albumen in I line and un
healthy (b |n»ip, nr too frt qii* nt di*-
cl: m ot the > line, p ,n in the back
mid I i>un,er, <lio] m< I swelling of the
feet Ind l. us, <to , f t". , we guarantee
that hr i.-iug Sunt h’s >ur Kniney Cure
a cot. >,l . cure will t <! ■es ‘ il. l'ri< e
BO ce<i!M I.t.d SI.OO. For sale by Cutlisle
& W .id.
ROUND A ECUT.
Q;;y £•' . are !-• - I tcni 'i a and
Adjoining Uountiea.
Fat in Friday's Daily.
THE LAND OF I‘HKTTV SOON.
I'm si ,k md tired of hurry leg,
Os rushing lien and there.
To that ar la’d I’d lain take wl.-g
Wh re there is I tun t > spar. ,
Where there in naught, but sweet delay.
I’d think it <| iiie a boon
If I could only go lome day
To happy Pretty-- -own.
No clock Is there alb wed to strike,
No one the hours will call;
You only do things when y u like
Or d > ti ein not ;i k nil.
I long for that en< hunted land
At morning, night and noon.
I think it would !.<■ Omply grand
To live In Pretty Soon.
Yon cross the plains of Let-It-E Hde,
The vtile <,f Wa t a Bit,
In Later-On some time abide,
T - Take Your Timey>u Hit.
I think n. w< tilil 1.0 best to go
'l’i> :■ in n si >w ball,.on,
Fo- i 't r in the nlr, xou know,
Tl>. la: d i f I'iN.tly-Sooii.
Novi.iin wants a railroad to
Fra lalin, over in Hoard Oou. t . ,
Mr- .1 I) S’owijrt is sp.'mung a
emp 'i f weeks at Indian tp i n*
Mu’s (d iiit liu Bridges went L >
Greenuviilti yesterday evening, j
whtro she will spend some time
with relatives.
Alderman A. L Burpee and J. J.
Cainp will attend the annual reun- J
ion < f tho 30th Georgia regiment,
C 8 A., at Jatkoon to-.luy.
W. T. Huckaby, of Hollonville,
the clever secretary of IheG. 8. W. ‘
correspondents association, was in
the city yesterday doing some shop
ping for today’s reunion. 1
W. M. Harptr, of Lawrcnc?,
JTexas, and Miba Cora Bray, of this
city, were married Wednesday
evening at th > residonoe of R'JV. J.
A. Drewry, who ofllQiuV’d.
wniu L&8 uaptUfti! Il school of <
telegraphy, of tho old-fashioned i
kind. Griflin is mo-o up to date
and already has many experts in
the wireless way of seudirg hot air
messages.
Twenty five laborers are now em
ployed on the High Fulls end of the
new electric power. There will be
two hundred just as soon as they
can be put at the work, which will
be pushed as fast as possible.
Young Nick Tompkins, of Frank
lin, evidently prompted by Old
Nick, tried to shoot himself at a
“public pleasure gathering”—eu
phemism for an all day picnic—
Saturday, and failing this he mar
ried on Monday and is doing as well
as could be expected.
Miss Jessie Anderson, near
Bethany, has a pair of turkeys of
which the hen has laid 109 eggs and
raised 69 turkeys, and is still a-lay
ingwith no notion of stopping.
Which reminds us that summer is
nearly over and Thanksgiving is
coming on swift turkey feet.
From Saturday's Daily.
A FABLE.
There was a young druggist named
Abel,
Who neglected to paste on the label;
The poison within
Was taken for gin,
And he died at the end of the cable.
W. H. Rucker, of Orchard Hill,
gave us a nail yesteday*
W. H Moulton, Sr , of Milner,
was in the city yesterday.
Charles Wheeler has moved to the
Howard place, on Thirteenth street. \
Mrs. Richard Martin, of Colloden, I
is visiting Col. T. W. Fly nt and
family.
Postmaster Williams has return
ed from a pleasant visit to Indian
Springs.
Miss Emma Wilburn and Miss
Jeffie Bloodworth left yesterday for
New York ta spend a month.
The friends of A. S. Campbell re
gret to learn of his serious illness
and wish him an early recovery.
B. H. Moore has returned from a
two weeks’ trip to Colorado, Pike’s
Peak and various other points of
interest.
It is announced that Hon. A. O.
Bldlock, of Fayette county, will
be a candidate for president of the
next State senate.
The rain has not rained every
day during the dog days, notwith
standing the first day’s shower, but
it has tried its best.
July vanished with yesterday,
and while August promises no loe
be»a»» it is hoped that the days will
not be as fervid as those just pas
sing.
H H Bass, J. E. Drewry and M.
L. Die wry were among the many
Hiriftinites who attended the'reun-
I ion at Mt Zon yesterday.
Meriwether superior court con
venes two wet ks from Monday.
Judge 8 W. Harris will preside.
The judge is in splendid health.
Congressman Adamson is spend
ing hu» vacation dredging out the
Chattf b icchee river just below
Coin i b is. Charlie always was a
worker.
Mrs T. W. Bloodworth, of Lib—
' erl y Hili, dn dW< dneeday morning.
She WAR 75 years old and hud been
’ Bick two months. Hiowss a noble
woman.
Rev. R II Morris his resigned
the pastorate of th” Presbyterian
Church of B>rn>-sville and will
Dave this full fi r Princeton, N J ,
j and will enter the university at that
place t'.> take a complete course in
Hint. fiimr ns institution. No suc
cessor litis but ti ch' i on.
The total i-hipment of peaches and
plums in curb nd lots from all points
in Georgia up to midnight of July 29
whs 762 cars. Tho bulk of the fruit
move merit now the northern
portion of the Statu. It is all repor
ted, however, through Macon. The
largest portion of fruit shipped
from the Btat > has been from or
chards south of Macon.
The idea that cherry stones,grape
seed and the like are the cause of
appendicitis dees not seem to be
borne out by experience. They
are sometimes found in the vermi
form appendix, but there is no good
reason for b lievmgthat they really
oauce appendicitis. It is well to
draw the line somewhere, however,
and we would advise our readers
to be careful how many peach
stones they swallow at one time.
Brom Sunday's Dally.
THE LAST MONTH OF SUMMER.
’Tie the last month of summer
Left sizzling alone;
All its sultry companions
Have shriveled aid gone;
No moon of thy kindred,
No calends are nigh
To r< fleet thy iinblvshingly
Brazen bright sky.
I'll not leave the, t> on lone one—
Though be this i in ( stood,
I would make lor New Zealand’s
Cool snows it I could,
Where they fry in December,
And along about now
Are eating the i< ides
Oil of the bou r li.
”1 is tho last month of summer,
Though a full month remains
As n mark for the man who
Forevc r complains,
And soon aft at you leave us,
Some days hence, behold.
What u howl there will be
That the days are too ’old !
— [Chas. J. Bayne.
Mrs. C. P. Hunt, of Macon, is
visiting Mrs. W. B, Griflin.
Mrs. T. U Bots irton abd children
are visiting in Whitesburg for some
time,
Miß. W. Y. Freeman and children
returned to Vaughns yesterday,
after spending a week here with
relatives.
George Barrow and wife returned
heme to Atlanta yesterday after
spending several days with the
former’s parents here.
Dr. J R. King, of Newnan, was
in the city yesterday on his way to
Warm Springs to attend camp meet
ing, which is now being held there.
Mrs. R A. Gordon and W. H. and
Frances are attending a house party
at Paris, given by W . H. Summers,
and Mr. Gordon will join them to
day.
W. D. Starr, our correspondent at
Jake, Carroll coantv, was in the
city yesterday to see the editor af
ter having missed him at the re
union.
H. H Geiger bad the misfortune
to lose his barn by fire early yes
terday morning, together with the
contents, consisting of corn and a
lot of forage.
Sam M. Ogletree, of Pomona, and
Miss Emmie Daniel, of Experiment,
wore married at the ordinary’s of
fice at 5 o’clock yesterday after
noon, Rev J. A. Drewry officiating.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Rushton Mills was
held in Judge Daniel’s office yester
day and after re electing the old
officers and laying by a good sur
plus, a seven per cent dividend was
decared.
Sheriff Milner and S. R. Green,
of Pike, were in the city yesterday
.en route home from Turin, where
| they captured Jim Young, a negro
immigration agent, who has been
carrying oft droves of employed
hands of his race from Pike to work
on the railroad, as be claimed. He
is also wanted for other causes, and
when arrested he had a huge gun
with which he attempted to shoot
the officers of the law, but they
were too quick for him.
Mercer University, Macon, Ga.,
Is regarded as one of our greatest
institutions of higher learning If
you are interested in a college
course, eilher literary, law or phar
macy, do not fail to write for cata
logue to President F. D. Pollock,
Macon, Ga.
P"""To Cure a Cold in One Day
| Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. A I
H Seven Million boxes sold in past 12 months. This Signature, DOXa JJC. J
Rwi mtwt— TmMnmn—i mi i - —MWWW—W—
Liver Pills
r [That’s what you need; some
■ thing to cure your biliousness,
and regulate your bowels. You
. need Ayer’s Pills. Vegetable;
gently laxative.
Want your moustache or beard
i a beautiful brown or rich black? Use
BUCKINGHAM’S DYE
FfrTT <™*-. DBt'GGIHTS.OR R- K HALL %_rp„ wa< -<v>’ H.
WE ARE SHORT
ON RAINFALL,
Col. Redding Shows That. July Was Cer
tainly Dry. as Prophet Snldor Prophesied.
Wearo short, on rainfall this sum
mer, and tho dog d-tys do not seem
to bo able to nuke it up, though
they try each duy. But crops are
not ntedit g ti e ram, corn being
f pretty well made in most pli ces,
though needing another “se. son”
elsewhere, while cotun is in good’
condition, though about three
we< ks lute.
The deficit in rHinf.tll for Juno is
1.95 inches and for July 3 01 inches,
a total of 4.96 incht s since summer
began, according to Director Red
ding, at the Experiment Farm.
The mean temperature ter July
was 79.1 degrees, being half a de
gree less than for fourteen years
past. The maximum temperature
was 96 on tho 28th and the mini
mum 61 on the 15th.
The total precipitation was 228
inches, while the mean for fourteen
years is 5.29 inches. There were
5 clear days, 13 cloudy and 13 part
ly cloudy. There whs no snowfall
aud no frost that you could notice.
Bulcldi- Prevented,
The startling ut>n unoement that
a preventive of suicide had been dis
covered will inter' st many. A run
down system, or (itspondercy inva
riably precede suicide and some
thing has been found that will pre
vent that condition which makes
suicide likely. At the first thought
of self destruction take E ectiic i
Bitters. It being a great tonic and
nervine will strength'ii the nerves
and build up the systtm. It's also
a great Stomach, Liver and Kid
neyregulator. Only 50c. Satis’eo
tion guaranteodby Carlisle & Ward,
Druggists.
Death of Mr. T. C. McLaurin.
Mr. Thomas Chambers McLaurin,
one of the well-known end esteemed
citizens of Griflin for nvioy j - [
past, died yesterday afterno n at
half past five o’clock Os congestion
of the brain. Mt. McLlurin bad
not- enjoyed gbod health for two Or
three years past, and the present at
tack came on about fifteen days ago,
taking an acute form ten days ago,
although he remained conscious
until two days age.
The deceased was a good, consci
entious, upright citizm, a deacon
in the Presbyterip n church, of which
he had been a member during forty
of the fifty-nix years of his life.
P He leaves five orphan children,
Misses Annie, Jeannette and Marie,
and J H. and T. C., Jr., and many
friends to mourn his loss. He
served four years in the war.
DeWitt Is the Name.
When you go to buy Witch Haz3l
Salve look for the name DeWitt on
every box. The pure, unadulterat
ed Witch Hazel is used in making
De Witt Witch Hazel Salve, which
is the best salve iu the world for
cuts, burns, bruises, boils, eczema
and piles. The popularity of De-
Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve, due to
its many cures, his caused numer
ous worthless counterfeits to be
pl wed on the marker.. The genuine
bei.rs the name of E C. DeWitt &
Co., Chicago. Sold by all Druggists
For Over Sixty Years.
An Old and Well-Tried Remedy.--
Mrs. Winslow s Soothing Syrup aas been
used tor over sixty years by millions of
mothers for their children while teething
with perfect success, it soothes the child
softens the gums, allays all pain, cures
wind colic, and Is the best remedy for
diarrhoea. Is pleasant to the taste. Sold
by druggists in every part of the world.
Twenty-five cents a bottle. Its value is
incalculable. Bo sure and ask for Mrs.
Winlow’s Soothing S»iud. and take no
oher Mud
Emphasizes Its Superiority.
The best test of the merit of an
article is the way it sells. Brans
ford Mills at Owensboro, Ky.,
whore "Clifton” flour is made,
run day and night, and yet tbov
cannot supply the demand for
"Clifton”. In this city," as else
where, it is the standard by which
other flours are guaged, and the
statement that "it is just as
as Clifton” only makes it superior
ity the more pronounced.
At your Grocer’s.
Shot by Masked Highwayman.
Spokane. Wash.. August 1. — John
Krienbuhle, treasurer of the Grand
Lodge of Odd Fellows of this state,
was shot by a masked highwayman on
a Hillyard street car last night. The
robbers secured about S2OO. His In
juries are not serious
BLACKS USE RAZORS.
Riot at Booker Washington’s Lecture
In Boston.
Boston, Mats., July 21.—'As the re
sult oX a concerted attempt to break
up a meeting where Booker T. Wash
ington was the guest of honor, a riot
resulted, razors vzere used, three men
were more or le. s seriously slashed
and an effort was made to reach Wash
ing’on “to cut his heart out," as one of
the, infuriated naz'.r wiclders shrieked.
1 woof the injured men were offi
cers of the fifth division, while the
taird victim is said to have been one
iliYglealers in the trouble.
I his meeting, which included over
2,0'10 of the better class of Boston’s
negro residents, was held in the Afri
can Episcopal Zion church, at the cor
ner oi Washington and Nort.har<;ton
streers. From the moment that Book
er T. Washington took the platform
tho trouble started. While there had j
been more or less discord while the •
previous speakers were talking, tka I
din became terrific when Washington :
started to speak. Hisses, cat calls
and cries of “Put him out!” greeted
the negro educator’s appearance. For
some ni'.'iner.ts, ij ; .. latter*tried, in v.dn,
to make himself heard. Finally the ‘
police weri: sent for. At the appear
ance of the police a general stam
pede resulted. Clubs were freely
useu, and the officers were beaten and
pounded while attempting t.o drag their
three prisoners from the churtih.
it Is said that the disturbance was
prearranged.
T ie meeting was held under the au
spices of the Colored Business Men’s
associalmn, of Boston, at which 11. W.
Lewis, assistant United States district
attorney, presided.
INCREASE IN NORTH STATE.
Railroad Commission Will Raise Valu
ations For Taxes.
Raleigh, N. C., July 31.—The state
tax commission continues its work
of assessing -railways and has infor
mally heard various railway officials.
A prominent lawyer here declares he
has good grounds for the belief that
the commission will so increase ths
valuation of railways for taxation, this
valuation including both tangible and
intangible property, as to raise the
total amcunl from $42,000,000 to S7O;
000,000.
It has been the general belief of the
public that the increase will be large
One state official last year wanted the
valuation made not less than ?140,-
000,1100, but the courts said there could ’
be no valuation last year of such prop. I
erty and that it could only be made
this year, when all classes of property
are reassessed. The commission has
informally heard various railway offi
'■’ah upon this matter of assessment,
They did not trust banks.
Story of Robbery Recalled by Death
of Lady.
Crawfordville, Ga., July 31. —Miss
Mary Battle, 78 years of age and a
lifelong resident of Barnett, was bur
ied yesterday at that place. She was
a sister of Lawrence and James J. Bat
tie, of Warrenton.
The deceased leaves a maiden sister,
the two having lived alone for many
years. They owned several fine farms,
Georgia railroad and Augusta factory
stocks. Their Income from these
sources amounted to quite a handsome
sum annually. Contrary to the advice
of relatives they kept a large amount
of funds in their house, with no other
protection than themselves, ■when in
December, 1901, unknown parties dur
ing the night overpowered the aged
sisters and secured 512,000. The rob
bery attracted much attention at th«
time, but the guilty parties were nev
er located.
Kudos Bitter Fight.
“Two physicians Lad a long and
stubborn fight with an abscess on
my right lung,’’writes .1. F. Hughes
of DuPont, Ga. “and gave up.
Everybody thought my time had
come. As a last resort I tried Dr.
King’s New Discovery for Consnmp
tion. The benefit I received was
striking and I was on my feet in a
few days. Now I’ve entirely re
gained. mv health.” It conquers all
Coughs, Colds and Throat and Lung
troubles. Guaranteed by Carlisle &
Ward and Brooks Drug Store. Price
50c, andsl 00. Trial bottles free.
Bankruptcy Proceedings Flle«.
Kr.oxv’.ile. Tenn., August 1. —A bank
ruptcy petition was filed today against
the Southern Car and Foundry compa
ny, of Lenoir City and Memphis. Tenn.,
and Gadsden and Anniston, Ala., by
the Ross Meehan Foundry company, of
Chattanooga. It alleges an indebted
ness of $2,000,000 and assets of $1,000,-
000. It seeks to have the received-ship
of O. L. Hurlburt, of Chattanooga.
Tt seeks tc have the receivership of O
L. Hurlburt, of Chattanooga, made per
ment, and io take the original case out
nut the New Jerse-v fuduiAl
TO CUKE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
All druggists refund the money if it
ails to cure. H. W Gaove’s aMuaknre
is on each box.
President f
Suspenders [;
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Freedom r
Dur ability
Metal Parts Rust J
Positively Guaranteed if I-uA / f FT
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Only a few nf the?o pplerdic
hardwood R.-frigerators left. Tisfj.
are charcoal pnclo-d and use kssici
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Dining Chairs, in oak, leather and
cane seat. Big variety of styles and
finish, from 750 up to $2.00 each.
See Us for any kind of Furniture—we will guarantee prices and.
quality.
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The Lanier Southern Business college
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“Aho branch college 38kj Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Ga.”
For Sale!
One of the most desha
ble Livery and Feed Sta -
bles in Griffin for sale
cheap. Good location and
fipe business established.
S. B. SAWTFLL, _
Over Postoffice Real Estate Agent
Libel for Divorce.
Charles E. Bostwick 1 In the Superior
vs. > Court of Spalding
Willie G. Bostwick. ) County, Georgia.
The defendenl, Willie G. Bostwick, is
hereby required, personally or by attor
ney, to be and appear at the Superior
Court, to beholden In and for said county
on the first Monday in August next, then
and there to answer the plaintiff’s com
plaint, as indefanlt thereof the court will
proceed as to justice shall appertain.
Witness the Honorable E. J'. Reagan,
judge of Said court, this the 2d day of
June, 1903. Wli. M. THOMAS,
Clerk.
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Dining Tables in oak, highly pol
ished and guaranteed, from s4.soup 1
to $35.00.
Administrator’s Sale. ♦
GEORGlA—Spalding County.
By virtue of an order granted by the
Court of Ordinary, of Spalding county, ‘
Georgia, at the July term. 1903, of said
court, I will sell to the highest bidder be-‘
fore the court house door in Griffin, Geor
gia, between the legal hours of sale, on
Juesday ln August, 1903, one un
divided half interest in one house and lot,
in the city of Griflin, Spalding county,
Georgia, bounded as follows: On the
north by property of J. A. Drewry, on the
east by Ninth or New Orleans street, on
the south by by Poplar street and on the
west by Tenth street, known as the Dou
gan place . Sold as the property of Mri. *
A . b. Stearns, late of said county, deceas
ed, for the pui pose of paying the debts
and division among the heirs of said de
ceased, MRS. J. B. SMITH
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Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
All persons having demands a~alnst>
the estate.of D. A. Thomas, late of Spald
ing county, deceased, are hereby notified
t o lender in their demands to the under
signed according to law, and all persons
indebted to said estate are requested to
make immediate payment- July 97 1903.,
. . , , D. G. THOMAS, 1
Administrator D. A] Thomas deceased