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h FROST-BITTEN PRIMARY
| PREDICTED BY ALBANY HERALD
Ths Macon Telegraph Fails to Understand 1
This Early Start.
[The Democratic Executive Committee of This County
Called to Meet Next Saturday.
| The following ball was issued
** Tnesday th® members of the
committee will be notified by postal
loard:
I GftiFFiN, Ga , March 1. 1904 —The
Imembe'sot sne Democratic Exeou-
Ifive Committee of Spulding County
| ftr e rtq'wstod t° meet at the office
lof the secretary, over the City Na-
Jtional Bank, at eleven o’olocu a m.
lon Saturday, March 5. 1904, for the
ftourpose of arranging for a primary
tor the nomination of county officers
and for such other business as may
come before the meeting
Douglas Glessner, Chum.
W.E H. searcy, Jr., Sao’y.
Following are the members of
The County Executive Com
mitlee.
Africa —C. R, Patterson, F. M.
goLendon, W. T. McGee.
Akins—J. M. Dingier, O. E Fu
tral, J. R- Lindsay.
| Cabins—S. B. Biiley, A. W,
Walk«r, T. G. Manley, Jr.
I Griffin —D Glessner, J. E. Brew
er, W. E. H. Searcy, Jr., T. E.
P**t L *re r »n, D. N. Bishop, M. F.
Carson.
pL ne Creek—W. P. Maynard, B.
p. L ocn, M. S. Johnson.
Mt. Zion—J. D. Williams, J. D.
Touchstone, J. W. Touchstone.
Orrs—R. H. Williamson, J. T,
Freeman, J. S Brown.
Union—B. C. Head, C. B Wal
drop, C. M Hammond.
Consolidation of Primaries Fa
vored.
The State primary having been
called so early—only two days later
than the county primary was held
two years ago, and a month end a
half earlier than the State primary
was held that year—there was gen
eral talk yesterday of consolidating
the two primaries, thereby avoiding
much trouble and expense, and this
will probably be done. It will give
a long ticket to count out, it is ti ue,
but when it is all over it will oe
over for good. The congressional
primary might also be held on the
same day, if the congressional com;
Sunny Side Firn Closed
by Sheriff.
P Sunny Side. Ga., March 2.—The
popular firm of J. P. Starr & Son,
which has been conducting a gen
eral mei cantile business at this
place about four years, sustained a
collapse today, which resulted in
the doors being closed by the sheriff
of Spalding county
The foreclosure was made in favor
of John Silvev, the wholesale dry
goods merchant of Atlanta, to
whom the defunct firm was indebt
ed for the amount of 11,200. Other
creditors are also involved for vari
ous amounts, but Silvey is the pre
ferred creditor.
Two years ago the firm was en
joying a prosperous business and
their present adversity is due
CONCORD HAS RAISED $3,000
TO BUILD A SCHOOL HOUSE
Which Will be the Best and Costliest Owned by Any
Town of Its Size in the State.
Concord, Ga., March 2. —Success
has at last crowned the efforts of
our people In their c mtinued efforts
to build a modern school house. At
a citizins meeting monday night
more than enough Money was rais
ed to bring the total to 13000, which
is the amount that it was originally
planned to raise. A building com
mittee was organised with Chas. T.
Smith, as chairman, and Prof. H
B Carreker, secretary. Everything
will be put In readiness so that
when the present term of school is
out next May, the contractors can
begin work on the new building and
complete it before the fall term of
school begins. It has not yet been
mittee will take action in time.
The Macon Telegraph had th's
brief editorial note of surprise yes
terday and will doubtless have
more to say about the action of the
State committee:
“The State Deme cratic Executive
Committee has named April 20 a«
the day for the State primary, and
June las the time for holding the
State convention.
“This is the earliest date on
record. Two years ago the State
primary was held on June s—one
month and a half later than this—
and the date was regarded un
usually early, and there was com
plaint about it.
“There may be reasons for this
early start into the political con
tests of the year, but we have not
seen them set forth, We do not
understand it.”
The Albany Herald oast a pres
cient eye into the future and Mon
day afternoon, before the action of
the State committee had reached
it, said:
“If our State Democratic Execu
tive Committee continues to move
up the biennial primary it will bf
only about four more years until it
will be in danger of being frost
bitten."
The rules adopted for the State
are practically the same as those
which have been adopted in years
past except the provision that State
house officers are to he assessed
only |SO for the expenses of the
primary and that no votes can be
purchased by any candidate. Also,
no ticket can be counted which does
not nave printed upon i* the names
of all the candidates
The assessment will presumably
be collected bv the chairman of the
State committee and apportioned out
to the different county committees.
Hon. John D Howard, of Bald
win, was elected to fill the vacancy
on the State committee caused by
the death of Judge R W. Roberts,
of the same county.
Urgely to delinquent customers
rather than mismanagement. The
failure of the firm is a heavy blow
to Sunny Side and is sincerely re
gretted by tne numerous friends of
both partners
An Old Merchant of This Sec
tion.
Dr. J. P. Starr, the senior mem
ber of the firm, has been actively
engaged in the mercantile business
at this place for about twenty-one
years, with the exception ot one
year, during which period the
styles of the business with which
he has been connected have been
Starr & Gray, Starr Patterson,
J. P. Starr, Starr Bros, and lastly
J, P. Starr & bon Dr. Starr will,
continue to practice medicine with
farming as a side line, while the
junior member, Harry Starr, will
also puisne the vocation of farm
ing
decided what material will be need,
but it will probably be brick, if it is
found that a house of sufficient size
can be made of them without going
beyond the fund that has been rais
ed. This will give Concord the best
and costliest school house of any
town of its size in the country, and
her people are io be congratulated
on their enterprising spit it The en
rollment here now is 109 pupils,
which shows that the people know
where to send their children for
rapid advancement and good in
fluences. Prof, and Mrs. Carreker,
who have charge of the school, are
a credit to their profession, and we
are fortunate in securing their ser
vices.
NEWS AND SUN
IMPROVEMENTS
Require Money From Our Back
ward Subscribers to Pay
for Them.
The News and Sun ha* just put in
a new fast press that is r< quire d to
run off the large. edition of the
Great Southern Weekly in one day.
and that prints every part of the
paper more perfectly than the old
one was doing In a short time we
expect to put in a folding machine
and make other improvements.
All of this requires a good deal of
money, and while we are not in the
habit of dunning our subscribers
throogh tne paper, we do now urge
that every one who has not paid up
sendin something to pay for these
improvements in our common prop
erty—since we do not make any
thing off our weekly subscribers
but regard them as stockholders n
the institution, who receive a hun
dred percent on their investment,
as they get a better paper for fifty
cents than most publishers furnish
for a dollar.
We wish you all a Happy New
Year, and hope those in arrears will
make it a prosperous on* for us by
paying up their back dues.
GEORGIA PRIMARY APRIL 20.
Convention Will Be Held Wednesday.
June 1.
Atlanta, March 1. —Wednesday,
April 20, the Democrats of Georgia
will be given an opportunity to ex
press their preferences at the polls
for state officers, judges and solicitors
general, and on Wednesday, June 1,
the officers so chosen as well as dele
gates to the national convention and
electors for president and vice pres
ident of the United States will be
named by the state Democratic con
vention which will assemble at noon
on that day in the hall of the house
of representatives at the capitol.
The foregoing is the result, in brief
of the work of the state Democratic
executive committee which met Mon
day morning in the convention hall
at the Piedmont hotel. The meeting
was one of interest and Importance
Save on ont minor point there was no
contest before the committee and a
general spirit of harmony prevailed
Bean the Kiiid You.-,a«e ,<ways Bought
y/Vrt • ./>
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DISBU BSEMENTS BY
County-Commissioners
For the Month oi February, i 904.
W T Latta | 17 00
Roily Trice 60
David Wood .... .... 75
Lewis Hampton .... 5
J J Camafax 3 40
-outhern Express Company 30
A W Gossett 3 60
Purr Persons & Co 6 50
C B Bostwick 1 00
Mary ■* eagraves 1 00
Standard Oil Co 330
E F Culpepper 95 00
W F Williams 1 25
David Bailey .... 225
Abner Day 1 15
E W Hammond 66 66
Chas Collins 2 25
a'C Sorrel 16 66
W T Latta 17 00
P G Head 4 50
Ch«’s Mercer 31 50
BP B’anton 500
J B Reeves, R R ticket to At-
lanta .... 130
David Bailey 50
Walter McCord .... 1 90
Abner Day 7 00
L D Hutson 25'0
Earle Wright... 8 50
Ben Phil ip-i .... 1100
Marv Wright 7 00
Mary Arty 5 (Hi
Mrs L D butson 2 80
Wash Pailhps 6 75
Standard Oil Co 4 95
W w Champion 8 33
M J Patries 8 33
W L Bowers 8 33
E R Anthony 20 S 3
W 1’ F-eeman 138 20
W T Freeman 1162
JBRe.ev-s 50 OO
Jim Maddox 31 OO
Chas Stanley 30 Oo
H Stinso 1 5 8-'i
Mrs Maddox 20
W T Freeman 10 73
W T B-antord 3 Oo
Harty Kendall sOu
F J Freeman 2 85
Josh Westm reland 1 30
R F Strickland 70 29
Griffin Buggy Co 65 00
Bass Bros Co 267 48
Douglas Glessner .... ... 6 0
S B Sawtell 4 75
H P Eady 48 60
W M B- ne 15 09
L W Goddard & Son 5 OO
J S Wells 45 25
Griffin Hardware Co 10 25
Deane & Amiss 435
Hawkins Tin & P Co 1 35
So Bell Tel Co 5 23
Marcus Loeb & Co 21 00
Light & Waterworks 4 46
M Friedman 3 OO
Marshall, Bruce & Co 28 15
Drewry Drug Store 70
Burr Persons Co 8 95
Lloyd Cleveland 30 16
R F Strickland 1 20
L C Manley 72 55
P 8 Parmelee 1 50
Ben Futral 35
Griffin Grocery Co « 84
Mrs R A Price 4 qq
Total 31,430 80
NEWS AT THE
BIG STORE
Clothing Department Full
to Overflowing
with the latest Spring Novelties.
We have made the largest preparation for the Clothing business’this
Spring in our history. Our purchases have been very large. Our selections
are good, our prices the lowest that money can buy, prices ranging in boys’ odd
pants 35c to $1.50, children’s suits $1 up. The largest stock ever shown in Griffin.
Children’s odd vests 20c to 50c. Men’s odd vests 25c to 75c.
Men’s odd pants, the $2.50 kind for only sl.
Men’s odd pants in latest styles and fabrics $2 up to $6.
Boys’three=piece suits in great variety in any style and price, to sui 4
every one. . '
Men’s suits in black and fancy, ranging in price $2.40 up to S2O. -’We
can suit you in a suit and save you money, and invite you to come andjook
through our mammoth stock of Clothing whether you want to buy or not.
SHIRTS AND C OLLARS.
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Our buyer while in New York picked up some great values in Gents’
Linen Collars and Negligee Shirts. You want to see these goods to appreciate
their worth and save 25 to 33 1-3 per cent.
100 pair of Lace Curtains, the $3 and $5 per pair kind, will go on sale to
day at half price, $1.50 and $2.50. You will never have a better opportunity to
secure lace curtains at half value than we can now give you. Ask to see them
when you visit the Big Store.
While the Japanese and Russians are at war and fighting each other, we
are at war on high prices and will continue to sell Carpets, Rugs and Mattings at
cut prices-==no high prices at the Big Store. We want your trade and all are
invited to visit our store.
Our cut price sale on Furniture will continue thirty days.
Our Undertaking Department is complete and our undertaker will attend
all calls promptly day or night. Fine hearse with black horses free.
Bass Brothers Co.
BIC STORE. LITTLE PRICES-