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Bamnesville News-Gazette. THE TWENTIETH CENTURY COUNTRY WEEKLY. VOLUME 36. —Q RE AT — Clearance SM Our motto is to close out every Season, seasonable goods. In or M der to do this, prices on some things are cut in half. If you want double th.B worth of your money, come to see us. We have a beautiful line of Dimities, Muslins, Hatiste Cloths, Madrass, Ginghams, White Goods Laces. Embroideries, Gloves, Rib bons. Corsets, Pans, Millinery, &c. Summer Sale Has Begun with us in Clothing, Straw hats, Low cut shoes, Underwear, etc. Remember if you want goods, we have them, and will please you in price, Mid -umni T dull phas‘- can't- lurk around our 'place, as we arc always fishing lor business with bargains that never fail to catch. ¥. 0. Marshburn, Manager. If You use , Groceries. ■tt/i TM lilfM' MWf**——' rWn—i And if vou want .... •> Good Groceries At. Lowest Prces .... Middlebrooks’ is the place I have a complete stock of all kinds of groceries and feed stuffs and car. make it to yotir interest to give me a chance at you. Yours truly, John T. Middlebrooks %&F~l shall discontinue Trading Stamps August Ist. Everyone has to take a Spring Tonic in the spring time. We are the sole agents for this section for “The Blood Wine Tone” that sells for 50c. The only blood tonic on the market for this price. Whooping Cough ai * over town, come and get a Yapo-Cresolen Lamp so your child can sleep at night. Tor Your Dresser we have Mennen’s Tal cum, Keystone \ iolet Talcum and Eastman s Anti septic Crushed Roses. Remember we will compound your Rx day or aight and deliver promptly. Yours Truly, W. C. JORDAN & BRO. BA.RNE3VILLE, GA., THURSDAY, JULY 2,3. 1903. GRIFFIN DISTRICT CONFERENCE MANY UKI-KGA TKSTO UK PKKSKN I' IM Bl.lt COKDI.Yl jIjY INYITKD TO ATTKNI) Al.li OK TIIK SKSSIt >\'S. Rev. J. X. Snow, the pastor, i and his committees have made all necessary preparations for en tertaining tin 1 conference of the Methodist church of the Griffin: district, which convenes with the Bartlesville church Thursday, Fri day and Saturday of this week. The conference will be opened with a sermon by Rev. C. A. Can trell of Flovilla, at 11 o’clock Thursday and all the exercises promise to be interesting, consist ing of sermons, discussions and and transaction of business con cerning the welfare of the church. I It is expected that there will be one hundred ministers and prom inent laymen in attendance as delegates, besides others repre-! smiting the various interests of the church in the state. The Griffin district is composed of about sixty churches, including the church at this place, Griffin, j Forsyth. Jackson, Thomaston, : McDonough, .Jonesboro, Culloden, i and intervening territory, wit h ! a membership of .about six thous and. Presiding Elder W. F. Glenn | will be in charge of the confer* | mice as presiding officer and it will no doul.it be the most, im | portant religious meeting to be held in this section during this I year. Pike County Returns Show Large Increase Tax Receiver J. T. Vaughn, of Hike county, lias finished his returns for the year 1908, and they show a net gain over last year of * $140,788.20. This shows that property in Pike county Juts increased in value during the past twelve months. General Meeting at Mt. Olive. The General Meeting of the Western Division of the Centen nial Association will be held wit h Mt. Olive church on Friday be fore the third Sunday in August. Friday, 10 a. m.—Prayer ser vices led by Bro. Lem Mitcham. Friday, 11 a. m. —Introductory Sermon by Bro. W. B. Whittle, alternate Bro. Robert Barron. Friday, 2 p. m.—What is the true meaning of the Sabbath as day of rest, and how should we treat it with regard to our own conduct? Discussion Jed by,(. B. Hoyle,.!. W. Marshall, li. D. Mar tin. Saturday, II a. m. — Prayer ser vices led by Zack Barron. Saturday, 10 a. in.—What are the duties of a church to its pus tor and of the pastor to his church? Discussion led by .V W. Hurst and J. T. Robinson. Saturday, II a. m. —Preaching by Rev. C. W. Durden. Saturday, 2,80 p. in.—What follows regeneration and how is Spiritual growth attained? Dis cussion led by W. P. Head and J. L. Aldredge. Sunday, 11 a. m.—‘Sermon by Rev. N. W. Hurst. Alternate Bro. W. P. Head. We ask that the churches be well represented by delegates and invite brethren from other as sociations to meet with us. Deacons of Mt Olive church, com mittee. A lot of men take vacation in order that they may experience the delights of getting back to j work again. IMPROVEMENTS BEING MADE, MW I*l Ml* IN OI*KK ATtON —HI OS ASKI'.II I'Oll \K\V KliKlTlllC i,ionr i*i,\\t-ooi:i>o\ i\- slTl'l Ti: 15KINO lIKIMIK- Kl> \NI> UI'.I’A I\TKI>. The improvement bonds have been sold, t he money is in the city treasury and work will be pushed rapidly on the improvements for which the cit izens sometime ago voted. Anew pump has been bought and installed at t he waterworks plant, and it is doing excellent work. The new pump is about half as large as the old one and ,M r. A. <>. Bennett, who is in charge of this department of the work says,that it is giving splendid service and that the system will soon lie in the finest, possible condition. The new pump can supply the city with all the water needed, but new parts for the old pump have been ordered, and when this re pairing is done the old pump will be as good as new. The plant will then lie equal to any emergency and will lie able to cope with the city’s growth for years to come. The present plant is being im proved in many ways. Bids for anew electric light plant, have been asked for and in a few weeks work will begin on the new plant to be installed in some convenient place in the city. For some days carpenters have been at work on Gordon Insti tute, making important repairs. The old building was in a bad way in some particulars and this im provement, was absolutely neces sary. It will require sometime to I finish the Institute work. When lull the repairs are made a id the j painting is finished the Gordon | institute buildings will look like j new ones. The people of the city are ro ! juicing that all these important ! improvements have been begun. Miss Mattie Merritt Dies Very Suddenly. The friends of the Merritt fam ily will learn with regret of the sudden death of Miss Mattie. Me rritt, which occurred in Forsyth Saturday night last. The report sent out says that she was in usual health when she retired and that she was found dead in her bed Sunday morning. Physicians who examined the body say that she died of heart failure. She lias long been in feeble health. Miss Merrit was a daughter of Capt Robert Merritt, a prominent citizen of Monroe county, and a sister of Senator R. L. Merritt, who for years lived in Barnes ville, moving from here to Sparta, which dist rict he now represents in the state Somite. Miss Merritt, has numerous rel atives in this community all of whom mourn her death. Dr. Hunt’s Meeting. Dr. RoJfe Hunt, the pastor, is conducting a protracted service at the Congregational Methodist church here this week, which will continue for some days. This church is one of the larg est in the conference to which it. belongs. Dr. Hunt is practically the lead er of this denomination in the south and is a strong preacher and a zealous worker, being also editor and manager of The Watch man, the organ of the denomina tion in the south. Dr. Hunt is ably assisted in the meeting here by Rev. W H. House and it is likely that much good will he ac complished by their efforts in this ►community. NEW CROP * TURNIP JEEP JUST RECEIVED AT Blackburn’s Drug store. Rond the A(l which will nppear in this space nextweek. Have You Heard How these alleged (iet-Rich /T\ Quick fellows are getting into trouble all over the l.aud. It is better To keep your money with your home fTO* hunker where you cun always get it on demand then to monky with a ‘'n >/ .strnnger's (fume. fTv* ™ B ::: <Sy % yT f '*9 <,yT n Will Take Care Of Your Money N For You, and Will Extend you all the courtesies and ACCOMMODATIONS T due to depositors. Tt Have You Tried Them? •v i CHECKS Alt IS POPULAR At. all seasons and afford the safest and most convenient method of making payments here or in distant cities. THE CITIZENS RANK Solicits deposits from business men and others. Here money is safe from lire, Hoods and thieves, and only accessible to those in authority. Asa financial institution the Citizens Bank is established on a firm basis and its business methods are perfect. This Bank is also a Depository for the State. Hours, oa.m. to p. m. J. W. CABANISS, C. H. HUMPHREY, l>res. Cashier. W. R. Baird & Cos. We will soon complete our platform and side-track adjoining warehouse and will be. ready to handle all Cotton brought to us with dispatch and to the best advantage, assuring our patrons the Highest Market Price and the best service that competent men can give, keep ing well posted by wire of all foreign markets. We have the Bell Phone, also a private wire. We can be reached from all points. DON’T FORGIiT to guess in contest. See NKws- Gazettk. W. R. Baird & Cos. NUMBEB 26