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TABLETS!
Beautiful designs, 5 and
10 cents.
Box Stationery, all col
ors, 10 to 35 cents.
Nunnally’s Fine Candies
fresh twice a week.
CARLISLE&WARD
’ROUND ABOUT.
flth Botes and Sews From This tad
Adjoining Counties-
From Tuesday's Daily.
PROVES TOO MUCH.
She’s bo disappointed.
Now blame her who can ;
She went to the seashore
To capture it man,
And all she brought back
Was a thick coat of tan,
Which proves that she went there
Bat uoaid not catch the man.
B R. Blakely returned yesterday
from a ten days stay in New York.
Col Julius Gresham has gone
over to Alabama on a business trip.
R, E. Begraves returned home
yesterday from an extended trip to
Graysville, Tenn. He reports a
nice time.
Hoax: “Think we’ll have any
difficulty getting coni thia winter?”
Joak : “N >; I'm told there will be
Coal to burn.”
Mrs. R 11. Drewry, of Brooks
Station, wlB in the city yesterday
soliciting money for the Whitewater
Baptis* church.
Mr. and Mrs S. J. Elder, of At-
Jauw, v. ure m ?tw city yesterday on
♦heir way Lome from a viuit to rel
atives at Beriots.
W W. Champion, chairman of
the Spalding county
has been appi inted a delegate to
the meeting of the Nation'll Prison
Association on October 31 in Louis
ville, Ky.
When to leave off ice cream and
adopt the oyater habit is the serious
problem worrying fastidious ones
in Griffin just now.
Mrs. E. E. Wolcott and children
went to Omaha, Ga., yesterday,
where th* y will spend about three
weeks with relatives.
Capt. 8. Grantland, who has just
returned from his Eastern trip,
spent yesterday in Atlanta. He will
go to Juliette today.
Elder A. W. Patterson, of States
boro, will preach at the West Grif
fin Primitive Baptist church next
Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Cor.* Nolan, of Senoia, was
in the city yesterday en route to
Decatur, where she will accept a
position in the orphans home.
Rev. Morgan Brown went to
Barnesville yesterday, where he is
conducting a series of meetings at
the Primitive Baptist church.
Miss Kato Robertson, after spend
ing several months with relatives
here and at Zebulon, left last night
for her home In Fort Worth, Texas.
T. C. Andrews, of Pomona,
brought us in a fine specimen sweet
potato yesterday. If the crop this
year is anything like this sample it
must be great.
Sheriff Freeman went up to At
lanta yesterday to get his reward
for capturing a negro murderer in
Chattanooga some time ago, and on
other official business.
Rev. D. A. Sox, of Carrollton,
was in the city yesterday on his re
turn home from South Georgia,
whore he has been spending the
past ten days on ministerial duties.
Rev. R. L. Bell preached his fare
well sermon at the Presbyterian
church in McDonough Sunday night
and will at onoe btoome pastor of
the churches at Ozark and Dothan,-
Ale. Mr. Beil bns many friends
here, whose best wishes follow him
to his new home.
It is said that the sporting frater
nity of Columbus wen SIO,OOO on a
iIMREID. HiT I > (So I 808
THE MOST COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF
Fine Wines, Whiskeys and Beers 1J
in Griffin, each bottle bearing the high standard of our motto, which is “Purity and Low Prices.” These many well known brands give an idea of our assortment:
Good Pure Corn Whiskey, per gallon $1.50 THE FINEST 4$ Murray Hill Club Rye Whiskey; t
Hartnett’s Flat Shoals Corn Whiskey, per gal. 2.00 X 4vn 1 iatat ya nn i iTHTHrt J ernon JJy® , J
x“jIEACB AND APPLE BRANDIEbj
Silver Springs Corn Whiskey, per gallon 3.00 ever sold in this^market—guaranteed absolutely pure, A Private Stock Rye Whiskey. ’ 1
All brands guaranteed the Best. an£ j on iy ’ You know these brands and the qualities.
All prices guaranteed the Lowest. 53.00 PER CALLON. F Get our Prices.
51 Hill Street. PURITY AND PRICE LOWNESS OUR MOTTO. Bell Phone No. 7O\
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big race run at one of the Northern
race tracks a day or two ago. This
kind of sporting news always gets
in the air. Lt is mere difficult to
gain the data when the boys have
bet on the wrong horses.
The news has been received with
a great deal of pleasure in Griffin
th-At Lieutenant James M. Kim
brough and wife, who have been in
the Philippines for two years, will
return to Griffin and Georgia next
winter. Lieutenant Kimbrough will
be stationed somewhere in the South.
EHtorD J. Thaxton, of the Jack
eon Record, was in the city yester
day for the first time in several
years, on a flying visit to friends
and relatives. He looks as young
as when he first took hold of the
nawa paper business, soma twenty
years ago, and says times are good
with him, though crops are short in
Batts.
“Rev.” John Johnson and his
wife, the former being employed on
W. V. Maddox's farm, were caujht
on the road the other night with a
wagon load of 200 pounds of cotton
that they had taken from the farm
of their employer. Mr. Maddox
compelled them to return his cot
ton, but so far no arrest has been
made and John will probably be al
lowed to gather the crop. It is said
these schemes are being worked by
a number of laborers in this county.
It is clever all right, but some of
the guilty parties will land In the
penitentiary for it if they don't
look out.
There was a big baptizing at Po
mona Bunday and the negroes had
another great day among them
selves. The feature of the day was
the “strange doings” of Jeff Travis,
a negro employed on Col. H. P.
Ogletree’s farm, who objected to his
wite moving her membership from
Me. Cavalry church to Macedonia
church and armed himself with a
shot gun and pistol and swore she
should not be baptized. After
shooting at one party and stopping
his team tn the middle of the road
to prevent people from passing, he
was disarmed and arrested. He is
now in jail.
From Wednesday’s Dally.
HOW TO TREAT A FRIEND.
When you sea a friend come erailiag,
W ith beatific face,
Understand, he wants to borrow,
And round the corner chase.
When he comes with grave demeanor,
Greets you with a nod and stare,
Then be sure be has a bank roll,
Make a hot touch thou and there.
Miss Henri Patterson, of Concord,
came up and spent yesterday with
friends in Griffin.
The Griffin hospital now has four
patients—three paid patients and
one charity patienk
The rumors of a certain Griffin
young man’s marriage in Columbus
Suncay turned out to be untrue.
Miss Annie Laurie Patterson and
Miss Bessie Griffin, of Bunny Side,
were welcome visitors to the city
yesterday.
Mies Annie Segraves left several
days ago for Graysville, Tenn.,
where she has entered school at the
Southern Industrial College..
Congressman Adamson, of Car
rollton, was in the city yesterday
shaking hands with his Griffin
friends, whom he numbers by the
score.
Postmaster Williams is having
the interior of the postoffioe build
ing whitewashed, which makes it
much brighter and a great improve
ment in the looks of everything.
Mrs. T. J. Collier went down to
Barnesville yesterday, where she
will visit her sister, Mrs. H. Perdue.
Before returning home Mrs. Collier
will also visit Forsyth and Macon.
The First Baptist churoh of Gris-
A Good Time
TO BUY A GOOD
TIME
PIECE!
We have just received a lot of new
Watches, which are worth your seeing
and worth the price. If you need a
watch we can fit your taste and your
purse right now. Come and see them
J. 11. BATE fi CO.,
JKWELEktB.
fin has collected for missions this
year 11,000, and for expenses ind
building purposes 15,000 more,
making a large sum for one oongre
gallon to contribute.
Mrs. W. H. Felton delivered an
excellent and interesting lecture on
‘•Southern Women of the Civil
War” to a cultured audience at the
Olympic last, night. The lecture was
for the bent fit of the Griffin Hos
pital.
The Flint River Baptist Associa
tion met at Fayetteville yesterday
and quite a crowd from here are in
attendance, among them being Rev.
J. J. Bennett, Dr. N. B Drewry,
J. P. Nichols, Mrs. M. E. Wilson,
Rev. E. W. Hammond, Mrs. D. W.
Per die, Miss Perdue, Rev. A. C.
Smith and Rev. James A. Drewry.
There is an old negro living in
Carrollton who was taken ill several
years ago and called in a physioan
of his race to prescribe for him.
Bnt the old man did not seem to be
getting any better, and finally a
white physician was called. Boon
after arriving Dr. 8— felt the dar
key’s pulse for a moment and then
examined his tongue. “Did your
doctor take your temperature?”
he asked. •'! don’t know, sab,” he
answered feebly ; “I hain’t missed
anything but my watch as yit,
boss.”
Invitations have been received
here to the marriage of Ina, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. James Knox Carl
ton, to Mr. Pitt Munroe Brown, on
Wednesday evening, October 14th,
at 6:30 o’clock, at 115 Forrest
Avenue, Atlanta. Mr. Brown is an
old Griffin boy who has risen to suc
cess and prominence in mercantile
circles of Macon, and his many
friends here will extend hearty con
gratulations. The wedding is to be
■ a double tiffair, another daughter,
Eshel, marrying Mr. Thomas Body.
“Coming Through the Rye” might
appropriately take the place of the
usual wedding ma rub.
From Thursday’s Daily.
A GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD.
If we all had our way, why,
The movers would have
More demand/ than they ever could
meet.
For, if fate were but willing, we’d all
pack right up
And move onto Easy street.
J. M. F. Barron, of Liberty Hill,
was in the city yesterday.
G. L. Cary, of Atlanta, has mov
ed to Griffin to become a permanent
citizen.
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Joesey, of
Forsyth, spent yesterday in the city
visiting relatives.
Dr. J. L. Gable, of Brooks Sa
tion, was in the city yesterday on
his way to Atlanta.
Miss Laura Strickland, of Con
cord, was in the city yesterday en
route to school at Milledgeville.
Miss Nell Sims, who has been
spending some time here with Mrs.
V. M. Brown and other relatives,
returned to her home at Jonesboro
yesterday.
Miss Evelyn Reid returned home
yesterday from a few days visit to
relatives in Milner. Sbe was ac
companied by Misses Gwyndolin
and Fay Tyus.
The death of Clifton Jones, the
well-known railroad man, which
occurred recently, is now followed
by that of his widow, who died k at
Little Rock Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Henry Galhouse went to At
lanta yesterday, where sbe will vis ‘
it her daughter, Mrs. Oscar Brisen
dine. She was accompanied by her
guest, Miss Mettie Clappa, of Cin
cinnati.
It is said that only 11 per cent,
of the families of London are able
to keep servants. The percentage
of those in Griffin who succeed in
keeping them is but little, if any,
greater.
The farmer who is out of debt and
in position to hold his oitton will
not be in a hurry to rnsh his crop
into market and sell it at present
prices, when a better market a little
later seems certain.
Harvey Hale, who has been work
ing at the Drewry Drug Store for
the past several months, will leave
Sunday for Jolly, where he and his
father, R. W. Hale, will open up a
general mercantile store. The best
wishes of his Griffin friends will go<
with him.
The Central railway will put on
an accommodation train between
Griffin and Atlanta Sunday to run
during the Atlanta fair. It will
leave here at 6 :45 a. m. and return
at 8 :05 p. m. The train now pass-
ing here at 10:44 p. m. will be
changed to 10:26 p. m.
Bi sure to attend Rogowskie’s
Millinery opening TuesUay and
Wednesday, October 6<h and 7tb.
Mrs Heinz, who has charge of the
Millinery department, wilt be gUd
to see all her friends and customers.
You know the plac- —King’s cjraer,
59 Hill street.
An exchange expresses the opin
ion that “every man at sometime
In his life has told some woman
that he was not worthy of her.”
The Albany Herald thinks that “It
might be added without serious
danger of exaggeration that in all
such cases ninety-nine men of every
hundred have unconsciously and
unintentionally told the truth.”
Captain Littleton, W. J. W. Law
son and T. J. Collier returned yes
terday from Rome, where they
have been attending superior court.
They were witnesses for the Central
railroad damage suit for the killing
of two white men by a train at Lin
dale last year. But when the judge
.saw this trio of able witnesses he
immediately threw the case out of
court.
A. C. Pritchard and family are
moving to Atlanta, where his sons
are in business. He is completing
a home at College Park and will
shortly move there. Mr. Pritchard
is one of the oldest settlers in these
parts, having moved here with his
father, William H. Pritchard, in
1847, when he was seventeen years
old. His father built the house
where Dr. Moore now resides. Mr.
Pritchard tears himself from his
old associations with great regret.
A Perfect Painless PH).
Is the one that will cleanse the
system, set the liver to action, re
move tbe bile, clear the complexion,
cure the headache and leave a good
taste in the mouth. The famous
little pills f.r doing such work
pleasantly and effectually are De-
Witt’s Little Early Risers. Bob
Moore of Lafayette, Ind, says:
“All other pills I have u«ed gripe
and sicken, while DeWitt’s Little
Early Risers are simply perfect.”
Sold by all Druggists.
MULES WfiflTED.
Buyer Will be in Griffin
October 7th
To buy large and small males that
are sound and can be bought worth
the money. Hakper Bros ,
Brady Union Stock Yards,
Atlanta, Ga.
R. F. Strickland & Cos
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FIRST SHOWING HEW FALL STYLES OF
Ladies’ Readj-10-Wear Garments
■t
Ladies Box Coats. Ladies’ Long Skirt Coats.
Ladies’ Walking Skirts, fifty new styles, received today.
Ladies’ Black Mercerized Petticoats.
CHILDREN’S CLOAKS AND REEFERS. .
Children’s school Reefers, sizes 4 to 14 years. .•
Misses’ long Cloaks, sizes 8 to 18 years.
Infants’ long Cloaks, sizes i to 4 years. }
Little boys’ and girls’ Hats and Caps.
Little boys’ all wool sweaters.
We invite you to visit our stores and see the largest stock of goodsand de
pendable merchandise ever shown here.
R. F. STRI6KL/IND & ®O.
ROAD TAX.
Road Ta x—sl.so—i s
now due for 1903, payable
to the Treasurer. His
books will close November
Ist, and all delinquents
will then pav $2.00.
W. W. CHAMPION,
M. J. PATRICK,
W. L. BOWERS,
County Commissioners.
L. C. MANLEY, '1
Mauafaoiurer or and Dealer In w
HARNESS
Saddlery, Leather, Hardware, Shoe Findings, Etc.
Harness Repairing of all kinds a Specialty. Plows, Farm Implements, Etc. .
Go to eeo him before purchasing. " 8
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA. <
Have moved to the old Bass Corner, whore I am better prepared to serve my pat
rons than ever.
H. C. MIXTURE I*
WEGLVEAGL’ARANTEK..
JiffW H with every bottle of our H. C.
>Or'Mixture to be the gentlest, safest
and best cure for colds in the head
cMKI I ir> 7'■ I A
'/WB I IlfaF cough, etc. Pleasant to
jggMBuAL take, perfectly harmless. Price 25
-■ cents. We a’.ao guarantee our La-
■ ' Grippe Tablets to be just as repre- •
The DREWRY DRUG SIORE
P. B. HEAD, Manager.
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$1,550.00.
Will buy a 6 room house with
electric lights and water, ons-half
acre lot, on North Hill street, close,
in. This property will be taken ora
of the market it not sold within Ik
days. Sale positively cash.
5. B. Sawtelß
Real Estate
Over Postoffioe.