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Editor Sidney Lewis declares that
Tflijm, Griggs is a good congressman
te»wx ! a level-headed politician. His
;.»&• ociic.y of the nomination of V> . K.
ys srst lit n good indication for the
■*«»:«• Yorker.”
think that Atlanta should be too
'VHetotis of Griffin to allow, thi: city to
written up in the Georgia edition
rW'3Tiarper’s Weekly! Well, well, these
■ULt* village animosities certainly do
. the best of us.
lieorge it. .McClelland announces
rfewd he is going toaddress New York
•mm in four languages—German,
»*«®au, French and English. And
'Xtanmany will do the other kind of
4MUking, that is done without language.
Suawyera all over the State are com
about the long delay in pub-
Sfiateuigand circulating in book form
j-yta* acts of the last legislature. The
is inconveniencing many peo
but lawyers ought to be the last
•v wnrs to kick about “the law's delay.”
i ii ri . .in. —*
Vne Indian at Muscogee, I T., is
«si»d to have leased his lands six times
n ’ifthe Standard Oil Company. In
wiwwoftbis fact the St. Louis Globe
O*wraocrat thinks “it might be well to
«'»<offthe investigation and let the
MttiSiaue work out their own salvation.”
'4 ohu Boifeuillet has been mention
cacao many other people for ofllce that
Mwwybody must appreciate the justice
-W alds turn from the Savannah Press:
*Wey want John Boifeuillet to run for
«»*Etgreesin the Macon distiict. He is
irftf cf th - .- News and would
a splendid representative.?
' "Ahe Atlanta Constitution’s \para
says : “Noting that the truly
jg4V«nced negroes of Boston censure
**er* indent Roosevelt for approving of
Hawker Washington, the Milwaukee
cicss-tinel remarks despairingly that the
sssri? question is getting entirely too
♦j«»-*pltcate<L” Why doesn't the Sen
tsttral take th -Constitution’s easy way
*W. -of it by declaring that there is no
vsbivh ynestio: '■
HEARST AS A LABORED
'l?he 'W t-hlrgcin Post contains
folio w .’»is to William Rin
’JLSph Hea. « ’s s atus a« a nie-idon
<ntl candid-ce:
beqin -t t-. lo k as though Mr
"W -.Uiain R Hear-t. w. re going to bo
oh?i e -f <( 1 the prominent
?>«isafeur L?. • i". iho pr’< ■•vc’, 1 '
>-jmsml’E B B I 'k’tlew, cf £an Frau
wjtasso, at t u- R’ggs Housa.
*'dl travel’ u a g Oil bit over the
-xMSBDtry ai d find that the young
•adKtor is a rrdh >t favorite with
ossrunlzod Liber sv. ty where. There
am.-) m-tny b s ’ <‘ Uos where his name
üb», house he. d w rd, and if h? were
M nominee of uny tig pa. ty ha
itiH get the s lid suj port of tl e
”>r*Bge car rrs In fa t, it. tn’t st all
A ixirprobs ‘i • i ho will be voted
An st. anyway, even though the Deme
s&wtio ’aon'irj’C’ou go’-a elsewhere
‘Tlbere 18 bot-n tto be a b.g labor
■yjr u"ty in this c mntry some dav, ns
i-Ji 1 .rate political orgunizition,
arßr it may come quicker than any
-ms now think possible.”
S’he way Mr. Hearst is working
Sr.tr the nomination shows that he
»» of a laborer himself,
is being boomed in many in
jpvaious ways, the latest being a
«srtes of letters sent out to the press
iff Murat Halstead, who claims to
iSwrive seen a hundred presidential
<2»®Eipaigns, more or less, and is
writing to swear that Hearst is the
nominee this time.
<□ ASTORX A •
Stare too a l 1 Kind Von Hare ALvays
marketiig the oottoh crop.
Hon. Harvie Jordan, president of
the Southern cotton Growers’ Pro
tective Association,has issued an ad
dress to the cotton producers rela
tive to the marketing of the present
maturing crop. Heretofore it has
teen the policy of cotton producers
to rush the cr->p to market as soon
it was harvested. In view of the
prevailing level tn prices, the ten
dency of the present season is in
the same direction— to get the
staple out cf the fields and into the
market at the earliest possible me
me nt. There is a fear that the de
cline in priors will occur when the
movement is started freely, hence
the eagerness to catch the market
at best possible figures. As a gen
eral thing, a year’s supply of cotton
passes from the producer into the
hands of the manufacturer in about,
four months. Mr. Jordan urges
that there be no such flooding of the
market this season. He argues that
to market one-tenth instead of one
fourth of the cropper month must
necessarily have the effect of help
ing prices to the producer, says the
Saranuah Nows.
In former years it has been neces
sary for the great majority of cot
ton producers to sell as quickly as
rnignt be possible , since they were
in debt ana need’d the proceeds of
; the crop to liquidate their obligaj
tions. Thia year, owing to the
practice of economy and the diver
silication of crops, there is less d ibt
Gauging over the farmers than for
mu? seasons. They are in a bet
t r position lb m they have been,
probably, since the war. The per
centage of those who are forced to
sell Immediately is not near eu large
as in former years. Thus, if the
farmer chooses to do so, he can hold
his cotton torn time without having
his creditors pressing him.
The siatisticul p ition of cotton
is more in favor of the producer
than it has been for a long time.
There is no great surplus banked
away in warehouses at the distrib
uting points, and the manufactur
ers, both domestic and foreign, are
without considerable stocks. Be
fore the mills can go into operation
again on full time they must dtaw
on the dow crop for raw material.
The demand is present, tne supply
to meet it should not be too eager
ard too great. “When the mar
ket begins to sag,” says Mr. Jor
dan, “check shipments at once.
Bell the crop elowlyy and furnish
the mills with such supplies as
are needed tor spinning purposes,
and do not, by the usual methods,
give the mills and speculators the
whip hand of the situation. • * *
Consumption of cotton has almost
outstripped production, and a
knowledge of this fact should main
tain prices at a high level until con
ditions "hange, which is not likely
to com ’0 pass for nuny years, if
ever« a.”
Mr. . >rdan thinks that 10 cents a
pound is a fair price for the cotton
grower to receive for his product,
and he advises the hiding of meet
ings in every coun take step to
see that the crop is marketed in
such judicious manner that the
prica snail be obtained locally.
Whether an effective Agreement on
that b isis could be m ule and car
ried out is the question. Exper
ience has shown that it is a very
difficult, a well high impossible,
undertakirg to ii fluerce the prod
uction er the a sting of a cotton
crop through loc il meetings and
agreements. The market prices of
the staple are attractive at present
and there are many producers who
willdeemitto their advantage to
sell at the earliest possible moment.
Whether it is the best policy to
hold cotton or to market, it at once
is a question which each producer
n ust settle for himself.
WHERE COMPULSION DOES NOT
COMPEL-
A “free ugg r’’ who doesn’t
want to work cuu'c bi made to work
except in the onain gangs. Geor
gia’s new vagrancy law has proved
that fact beyond any doubt that
might previous!? have existed,
says the Albany He; aid.
When Hie now law went into ef
fect it was predicted that for the
first time in many years farmers in
Gsorgia would be able to employ
sufficient labor to keep the cotton
i crop picked out as fast as it opened.
For a while it appeared that such
would really prove the case, as
thousands of negries of the vagrant
class moved from the cities and
towns to the country in order to
avoid arrest and imprisonment.
But now comes the old cry from
the farms that the supply of field
labor is altogether Inadequate.
Planter* have for several weeks
been offering extra inducements in
the shape of Increased wages, but
all to no avail.
Many of the negroes in Georgia
who were made to “move on” by
the new vagrant law have loft the
Blate. Complaint comes from Ten
nessee that hundreds of our black
ne’er-do-wells have sought refuge
there, and South Carolina’s recent
acquisition of a considerable portion
of our “floating population” has
osusea a demand in that State for
a more stringent application cf the
vagrancy laws. From Florida, too,
have come comphinings on the
same line Alabama, having ava
grant law much like our own, seems
to have been given a wide berth.
All these things, says the Herald,
go to prjve that tne shift
less negro is not fruitful soi
for missionary work in the in
terest of a more equi abli distribu
tion of libor in the vinej ard here
below. He doesn’t want to work,
and rather than work under com
pulsion he will move to other and
more congenial climes.
There is a of negroes to
whom nothing in the scale of citi
zmship higher than “three meals a
day and a roof at night” appeals,
and no laws that human ingenuity
is capable of devising will ever
transform them into acceptable cit
izens.
_
SIGN 3 OF THE TIMES.
All railway c:rnp i ?ics realize that
the manufactories situated along
their lines are valuable feeders to
the railroads, and are constantly
creating and furnishing new busi
ness. In the official guide recently
issued by the Central cf Georgia
Railway Company, and edited by
Walter Houston Henderson, consid
ernble attention is given to tbe
manufacturing advantages of the
territory traversed by the Centra’.
Oa the subject of “Manufactures”
Mr. Henderson says:
“When we look around us and see
on al) sides smoke' ascending heav
enwards from the roaring furnace ;
the, steady pace of the begrimed
moulder in the foundry ; the tower
ing buildings battling with the
clouds; the course of mighty
streams change d ; tremendous water
power converted into electrical en
ergy and harnessed to the wheels of
commerce ; the passing of the fleecy
staple from its downy whitfenesg
into lightest fabrics for barter to
the world ; then there flits before
our vision a scene which appeals to
the admiration of all promoters of
il progress.
“When we hear the hum of the
spin He ; the grinding of the grist
mill; the wail of the reluctant log
as the relentless saw oonverts tne
forest into hemes for the people ;
the song of the planer ; the echo of
the hammer ; the shrill whistle of
the locomotive as it drags its heavy
load through broad expanses of
green fields and over mountain
heights, then there is created sweet
est music to your ears.
"How often have we heard that
‘Cotton is King’. We see his throne
more eacurely established from
year to year and hear the cry, ris
ing with the smoke from the South’s
m.lls, ‘Long live the Kicg!’ The
ascending clouds of emoke that are
now seen floating upward frem
these Southern plants gradually but
surely point the signs of the times
upon the sky.”
— —— - -I—. —
THEY ARE EVERYWHERE.
Under this b igu g the Mont
gomery (Ala.) Advertiser has the
following to say in reference to the
money lenders:
“The money-lending shark is not
confined ioany one State, for we
note that some of cur Georgia con
temporaries are calling vigorously’
for a law that will put them out of
business. The Columbus Enquirer-
Sun t*'lls in a recent issue of a poor
woman of Atlanta who about tho
middle of February, last, boirowed
fl 5 from one of these sharks and
she declares that she has been pay
ing <5 CO a month on the debt since
that time, Just how much remains
to be paid is not stated, but, accord
ing to her statement, she has al
ready paid the principal and the in
terest several times over. ’ \
“This state of affairs is not con-(
fined to Atlanta or Georgia. We
have known men in Montgomery
who paid ten per cent, a month for
borrowed money, giving security
which made it impossible for the
lender to lose the principal of his
debt. We have heard of other
cases where furniture, sewing ma
chines, etc , have been bought on
the installment plan and after the
purchaser has more than piid the
debt, principal and interest, the
property has been forcibly takeri
back and no allowance made for iti
“There really seems no law which!
will suppress these shylooks. In
i Alabama, as in other states, there
i are p’aln laws against usury, but
i they appear to be without edict.
We agree with our Columbus con
j temparary that the people ought to
Ibe protected from these sharks,
but the way to do it has not been
found.”
There may be no present law that
will afford relief, but we believe
that tbesuggestion made ia the En
quirer-Bun a few days ago would,
meet ihe emergency. That was
that whenever it. can bn shown that
such usurious interest is charged
the usurer be made to forfeit both
P’ inci pal and interest. This might
b ■ considered a rather drastic law,
' bt“ it would work no hardship upon
at y honest man, and it would hurt
1 the usurer no worse than he at pres
ent hurts his unfortunate victim.
Tears for Harvey.
Milledgeville New?. 9
Harvey Jordan, of Monticello Ga ~
was elected president of the i’arrners
’ National Congress at the big meeting
, at Niagara Falls, N. Y., last week. It
. is a great honor worthily bestowed on
I a deserving Georgian. We have fears,
however, for the safety of our Harvey,
) as honors and politics mix badly, and
the former is generally the forerunner
of the latter, especially with organiza
-1 tions whose membership is composed
1 of farmers. In every instance that we
’ can now recall thJse who have one 1 re
ceived the farmers’ votes have wanted
• them again—lor a different office.
Waiting for Editor Rainey's Opinion
Augusta Ghronisle.
Onr Dawson contemporary thorjht
t I that half-bosi for women were all t
, as far as he could see, What will he
, say to the garter trust? Editor Glea
ner thinks this is going a little too far.
i First Cost Not the Cheapest,
The first cost of an article does
not reaessarily determine itscheap
nass. For instance, a sack of “Clif
ton” flour may cost you a little
i more than other so-called patent
flours, but it will ba cheaper to you
■ in the end. Why? Because it will
not only make more bread to the
sack, but will take less lard and so
-1 da to make it. Order a sack of
“Cliftou” and make a test for your
elf. It will prove tbe truth of this
sta’-ement. W. H. Brewer, Cop
pedxe & Ebwards, E. S. McDowell,
e. Flynt.
REFUSES A’ PARDON.
Prison Commission Acts on Gawe of
Miss DeCris.
Atlanta, Oct. 12. —The effort* ta
■aura a pardon for Mamie DwCrta Iwve
came to naught. The priaoa ecmMto
sion ha» declined to racowwww*
the pardon be granted.
During the height of the MQMtton
growing out of the whipping of Was
DeCrie, there was a good d*aA
abtnrt a concerted wMmnmioaa te
behalf of a pardoa for her, bwt
rr®t materialise. 7%.e yagHV* ka
the oaee when it wm tatMa a* W •*
W*re tore pe&tiSSMG Swit '
gan county, signed by ordinary Pea
cock, Mayor Barton, of Madison, and
57 others; the other from Ocilla, sign
ed by 84 citizens, the first name on the
list being W. L>. Terrell.
These petitions recited the details
of the Allagood episode and urged that
the whipping was reason enough for
the pardon of the woman. The cam
mission evidently did not see how
that was warrant for pardon. With
out giving any reasons in detail, the
commission simply “declined to recom
mend” in its paper transmitted to the
governor.
> AMBUSHED /ND SHOT.
Laurens County Deputy Fired on by
Unknown Persons.
Dublin, Ga.. Oct. 12.—The informa
tion has reached the city of the at
tempted assassination of “Bunch”
Lovett at Tucker’s Gross Roads, in
this county, Friday night.
Mr. Lovett was several
times by parties concealed in a fence
corner and a horse he was leading was
shot down, the sides of the animal be
lag filled with sbot
The shooting occurred about mid
night near the barn of T. F. Brantley.
Mr. Lovett had been in one of Mr.
Brantley’s fields to take possession of
a horse which he had levied upon.
The assault upon him was made before
he reached the barn of Mr. Brantley,
whe’m he Intended placing the horse.
I On Friday Mr. Lovett was deputized
by City Court Sheriff Prince to serve
two warrants upon Dr. J. R. Dent, who
gave bond in each case. Some time
during Friday night he returned to
Tucker's Cross Roads to levy upon the
horsd of Dr. Dent. It was about mid
night when the horse was found and
the shooting occurred.
Three parties are suspected of hav
l fcig a hand in the attempted murder,
tone of whom is a negro and the other
I two white men.
\ Mr. Lovett is a very determined man
and he will doub*?S‘s keep up the hunt
until his assailants are brought to jus-
i tiC4k
Jelks Signs Election Bill.
; Montgomery, Ala., Oct. 12.—Gover
, ' nor Jelks has signed many hills, the
most important of which are the gen
eral election law bill a.i-i the consul
idated Jefferson county court bill.
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BUY YOUR
WHISKEY IN GRIFFIN! 1
x OF A RELIABLE
Dealer Whom Yod
and run no risk of getting a AMu
poor and aduiturated article. X
WARREN REE®
No. 17 Hill St, Griffin, Ga
guarantees everything ho sells and his guar mtee can ba made goo I by c«v& '
on him. Thisis not true of the distant defiers, whom you do uot know,
who would not know you under any circumstances.
Owing to the increased demand for cheaper grades of whiskey I have de- ,
termined to give my customers the benefit of Pure Whiskies at the prices that
other dealers off or you inferior articles. Consequently I can quote you: >-
Tip Top Wye whiskey, per gallon $1.50
Old Southern Rye whiskey, per gallon 2.00
Lincoln County Rye whiskey, per gallon 2.50
Straight Rye whiskey, 8 years old, per gallon 3.00
Gin, per gallon, from 1.50 to 2.50
Rum, per gallon, from 1.50 to 2.50 4
North Carolina Corn whiskey, per gallon 1 50
Tennessee Corn whiskey, per gallon 1.75
Joe Griffin’s Corn whiskey, per gallon 2.00
Henry Cummings’ Corn whiskey, per gallon — 2.00 ,
Warren Reid’s Old Ga. 6-year-oid Corn whis- X
key, per gallon 3 °o
All kinds of Brandies. Peach, Apple, Ginger, Peach and Honey, Blackberry, t
Grape or any kind of Brandy, from SI.OO up.
Everything kept iu a first-class bar or liquor house. Oome to see me, or send
order, specifying the name and price of Whisk 'y ordered.
Griffin,Ca i
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WAYCRCS3 MYSTERY.
No Clew to Disappearance of Man and
Boy.
Waycross, Ga., Oct. 13. —-‘Paul Carver
and the 15-year-old boy Will Bleden,
who disappeared Saturday night, are
still missing.
All day long searching parties have
b&»n scouring the swamps and ponds
north of the city looking for the bod
ies of the man. and boy, but no clew
as to their disappearance has been
obtained. It is the general belief
here that they last on some of ths
trains Saturday night, but many are
firmly convinced that they have met
with foul play.
When Carver and the boy left the
Bladen home Saturday night both wore
tireir working suits.
An incident leads several to believe
the foul play theory.
A small negro boy entered a res
taeireiut and asked for change for S2O
it* oarreilcy. The restaurant proprie
tor questioned him, and the bey told
him that a negro on the outskirts
«f the city sent him to have the money
otakn®ed. W’hen the negro left the res
*WMit he was followed, but on pass
la* • Mete fthey darted away and w®s
Im* ia the darkness.
Corvre- had two S2O bank note* be
considerable other cash whea
isfet««»». t
Game Cock Caused Boy’s Death.
Wilkesbarre, Oct. 14.—A little game
cock has caused the death of John
Gruener, of this city. The rooster had
been fitted with a steel spur for fight
ing. While teasing the bird two
weeks ago Gruener thrust his foot to
ward it. In a vigorous defense the
spur was driven through Gruner’s shoe
Lockjaw developed., and he died.
Texan Weds British Maiden.
Txmdon, Oct. 14. —John M. Lowe, of
Galveston, Tex., son of Colonel R. G.
Lowe, of the Galveston ’ News, and
Miss Ethel, daughter of Herbert Ox
ley, of London, were married at fche
Church of St. Mary Abbotts here to
day.
Farm
for
Sale!
230 acres land in Pike
county, Ga. Terms: $250
cash and balance $250 per
year at 8% interest.
CITY NATIONAL BANK
GRIFFIN, GA.
rosweuT hTdrake.
PRESIDENT
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
Administrator's Sale. V
By virtue of an order granted by the,
court of ordinary of Spalding county,
Georgia, on the first Monday in October,
1903,1, Boot. T. Daniel, administrator of
,T«u. >. Boynton, deceased .will soil on the
first Tuesday in November, 1903, before
the cc urt house door in epalding county, ,
Georgia, b-tween the legal hours of sale,
the following described property, as the
property of Jas. S. Binnton, late of said
county, deceased, to wit:
Ail that tract or parcel of land situat
ed, lyingand being in the 3rd district of
originally Henry, now Bpaiding county,
Georgia, and bling parts of lots of land
Numbers 149 and 150, and containing
seventeen acres of land, more or less, and
bounded as follows: On the north by
lands of Mrs. Willie Pritchard, on the
south by the public road leading from .
Sunny bide, Ga., to Luella, Ga-, on he
west by lands of David Griffin and on the
east by lands of Jas. S. Boynton.
Also, a certain tract or parcel of land,
the same being a narrow strip of land on '
the west side of the twenty acres of land
bequeathed to John M. Brown by Pene
lope Eason off of or out of the southeast I
corner of land lot No. 149, In the 3rd dis
trict of originally Henry county, now
j Spalding county, said strip bounded on
the west by lands of Mrs. C. L Dupree,
on the north by lands of David Griffin, on
the east by said twenty acres of said Slot
now owned by Jas. S Bovntm andon
the south by land lot No. 140; said strip *
containing two and slx-elghtns of an aers,
more or lees
Also, the following tracts or parcels of
land situated in said county, to-wit:
Forty acres in the northeast corner of lot
one hundred and thirty-nine, twenty
acres in the southwest corner of lot one
hundred and forty-nine, twenty acres iu
the southeast corner of lot No. I*o, twen
ty acres In the northwest corner of Ito
No. 150, all in the 3rd district of origin- k
ally Henry, now Spaiding county, Geor
gia, containing one hundred acres, more
or less, bounded on the north by lands of
Edna Brown, on the east by lands of Dr.
Blair and Mrs, Bedier, on the s uth by
lands former.y owned by Irby B Sim
mons and lands formerly owned by John
D Stewart, and on the west b ’ lands of
David Griffin.
Also, the following tract or parcel of
land Known and distinguished as follows: 1
1 h rty-seven and one half acres of land,
th < same being part of land lot No. 139,
io the 3rd district of originally Henry,
n w Bpaiding County, '-fOrgia bounded
on the south by lands formerly owned by
J D. Stewart, then be Cunninghum, the
same being a parr, of the lot sold by J. M.
I 1 rjwntoJ hu D. Brewa-t. and a part of
the oisold by David Griffin to Stewart"
on the west by lauds of David Griffi on
th- i“-th by part of said I t owned by
said Boynton bought of F. F. Brewster,
and o •rhH d-s-. by lands cl' J P. Btarrand
David Griffin,
five shares of the cipital stock of
tae 1. ushton Cott» n Mi I, of Spalding
county, - I th ? par value of SIOO per share.
Also, two shares of the High Shoals
r act< ry Stock, of Walton co uty, Geor
gia, jf the par value of .$lO-) per share
Xlso. a lot of’aw books, cousist'rg of
Ge >rgiaßeports and Divests, American
neports and American Decisions
gests. Acts of the Georgia Legislature and
text books.
All of said property sold for the pur
pose of paving debts and for distribution,
lerms cash. ROB b. T. DANIEL,
A dmi nistrator of Jas. S Boynton.
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