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THK LA WRKNIUK VILLK NEWS, . CODSOlMltfid JID. 1, 1898.
Established lu 1893. >
Getting Ready For 1900!
"•That is What Rutledge & Clower’s
Spot Cash Store is Doing.
We try to do an up-to-date business, and
in order to do this we have to take stock once
a year and then cull out all out-of-date and
broken lots of goods and close them out at
some price. The last of December is stock
taking time, and we are going to have the
closing out sales before hand.
HOW WE FIND THESE LOTS TO START WITH:
*
125 Youth’s and Men’s Suits, former price (PD KA
$3.50 to $lO, price now $2 00 to. ipU.uv
100 Boy’s Men’s Negligee Shirts, old price
35c to $1 00; now 25c to lull
50 pairs Pants; regular price 50c to $2 00. We CA
offer them now at 35c to (])l.ul/
100 pairs Shoes, Job Lot, to close out at Some Price.
5 dozen Men’s and Boy’s Hats on the bargain list.
1 20 pieces of Jeans, more than we want, and we are going
to sell them.
12 Good Stoves left which were bought before the last
rise, and will be sold at the same old price.
25 boxes of Tobacco to sell by the first of January.
Hello! Yes, here ir, the boy now for our ad., and we
can’t tell you any more now, but will say that we have lots
of nice goods, besides the above lots, to show you and will
make prices right.
We want Corn, Peas and other produce.
We want 50 bushels of nice White Peas, at $1 00 per
bushel in trade, at once.
Rutledge & Clower's Cash Store,
Lawrenceville, Ga.
C. A. WATKINS,
Blacksmith, Machinist and Woodworkman,
Lawrenceville, Ga.
Repairing of all kinds. \\ ith two forges, and mechan
ics with a thorough knowledge of their business, we are
prepared to do all kinds of work in Iron and Wood on short
notice. We have a machine for sharpening gin saws, a
cutter and threader for working over iron pipe and boiler
and can save you money on jobs of this kind. Old
buggies, carriages, etc., made good as new. Horse
shoeing a specialty. Give us a call—satisfaction guaranteed.
BUILDING MATERIAL.
DOORS—INSIDE AND OUTSIDE,
SASH,
SIDE LIGHTS,
BLINDS.
MANTLES,
FLOORING,
CEILING,
BASE BOARDS,
CORNER BOARDS,
DOOR AND WINDOW FRAMING,
MOULDINGS,
LATHS,
SHINGLES,
LOCKS,HINGES,WINDOW WEIGHTS, ETC.
All material complete for building a
house. Atlanta prices duplicated and
freight saved.
J. A. AMBROSE & CO.
Lawrenceville, Ga.
JACOBS & WILLIAMS,
TRIP, GEO.
Our spacious store room is packed full of Jeans, Shoes,
Hats, Stoves, Furniture, Clothing, Ladies’ and
Gents’ Underwear, and any and everything usually kept
in a first-class country store, and must be sold.
No Catches, but everything sold at closest living prices.
Just received a nice line oi Ladies’ Capes at all prices.
They were bought with care, and we guarantee to delight
even the most fastidious in prices and ouality. Come and
see them— they are beauties.
Bring us your cotton: we are preprrod to pay the
highest prices tor it.
Bring Us Your Barter.
THE NEWS-HERALD.
PROHIBITION.
Sermon by Rev. H A. Hodges, at
Lawrenceville. November
lOtli, ISSMI.
In order to accommodate my
self to the'conventionalities of the
pulpit, I shall take for a text, the
fifteenth verse of the second chap
ter of the prophecy of Habakkuk :
‘‘Woe unto him that givest his
neighbor drink, and puttest thy
bottle to him ” And as a princi
ple, upou which this woe is based,
I shall read you the twenty-eighth
and twenty-ninth verses of the
twenty-first chapter of Exodus:
“If an ox gore a man or a woman
that they die, then the ox shall be
surely stoned, and his flesh shall
not he eaten ; but the owner of the
ox shall be quit. But if the ox
were wont to push with his horn,
m time past, and it hath been tes
tified to his owner, and he hath
not kept him in, but that he hath
killed a man or a woman, the ox
shall be stoned, and his owner,
also, shall be put to death.”
This text and principle in law
calls our attention to the indi
vidual responsibility of the citi
zens of our land in that there is
turned loose among us an evil
beast, whose character for violence
has been testified to his owner,
and he hath not kept him in.
We would like to call attention
to the character of the saloon, the
dispensary and the “blind tiger”
as being bad, only bad, and essen
tially bad This wild beast of
Pandemonism is doing violence to
the best interest of our country,
so much so that it is time for the
official and his constituent to
speak out in unmeasured terms
against the ravages and devasta
tions wrought by him in our “Em
pire State of the South.” and„also
in the United States of America.
In order that my congregation
may see that it is the character of
this beast to “push with his horn”
ruining our country, I will give
you some statistics gathered from
reliable and trustworthy sources:
Ist This wild beast of Bashan
causes a waste of money of $1,200,
000,000 auuually iu the United
States, this enormous, almost
incomprehensible amount, is lock
ed up in this iniquitous business,
which if turned loose iu legitimate
channels of trade would increase
the money in circulation S2O per
capita. This would make, added
to the money already in circula
tion SSO per capita and thus meet
the demands of the most ardeut
bi-metalists, even Mr. Watson
himself.
But this is not all. In our own
state, the taxable property in 1895
decreased $17,000,000 Of this
amount, $14,000,000 was in thirty
nine “wet”counties, leaving only
$8,000,000 in the ninety-eight
“dry” counties. How does this
fit the Iccal cptionists of the “wet”
counties? A decrease of taxable
property increases the rate per
cent, and the dry counties there
fore have higher taxes because of
a decrease of property in the “wet”
counties. Now’, let the tax-payers
consider this, and go down in their
pockets and defray the expenses
of the State government by in
creasing the rate to meet the de
mand.
2nd. This beast causes a waste
of labpr. There are iu the United
States 40,000 tramps; most, if not
all of them have become parasites
on the body of this great nation
of ours, through the influence of
strong drink. This product of
the saloon, going from house to
house, getting their living ought
to be stopped, and the way to stop
"it is to stop the saloon.
Besides these 40,000 tramps,
there are iu this country 2,500,000
drunkards and the greater part
of these spend their time iu a way
which is worse than wasted.
Were it not for the saloon these
armies of drunkards and tramps
would in all probability be engaged
in some sort of honorable occupa
tion making an honorable living
for themselves and families.
And to this army of tramps and
drunkards 600,000 white-apron
scoundrels who are engaged in the
manufacture and sale of this
liquid damnation, which is ruin
ing some of the brightest and best
citizens of our beloved country.
Suppose Queen Victoria were to
send an army of red-coats to this
country to shoot down 100,000 of
our citizens yearly, it would not
|be 24 hours before every citizen
i that could bear arms would offer
; his services to our government in
order to drive these murderers from
our nndst But what a spectacle
do we see? 600,000 men like those
described in Isaiah, fifth chapter
and twenty-second verse: “Men of
LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1. 1899.
strength to mingle strong drink
which justify the wicked for re
ward and take away the righteous
ness of the righteous from him.”
And yet we, as a people, stand by in
stolid indi HVrence while this awful
w'ork is being peipetrated by this
army which is in league with hell.
3rd. This beast does violence
in the destruction of life. Seven
ty per cent of all the suicides are
committed under the influence of
strong drink, and ninety per cent
of the murders are from the same
cause. Add to this, the fact that
there are lOOOOOdruukards that die
annually, going down to a drunk
ard’s disgrace, a drunkard’s grave
ai.d a drunkard’s eternal hell. It
would take the mind of an arch
angel and the dialect of heaveu to
even partially describe the awful
work wrought by the damnable
saloou on these immortal spirits
that go down beneath the scathing
malediction of God’s awful judg
ment, in that He hath declared
“no drunkard shall inherit the
kingdom of God.”
4th. The attention of the peo
ple should be called to the fact
that the saloou destroys
the minds of the people as well as
their property, their labor, and
their bodies. There are in the lu
natic asylum 2,000 inmates. Of
this number 50 per cent went from
the “wet” counties making about
Ito every 500 population. The
other 50 per cent went from the
dry counties, making 1 to every
15,000 population-. We would like
to iuform the owner of the beast
called the saloon that for the rea
son of his violence to the minds
of our people, this beast should be
“stoned to death.”
sth. The saloon destroys the
uprightness and law abiding prin
ciple in man. So much so, that
the people and states that tolerate
the saloou furnish the larger part
of the criminals of our land. Maine
has one criminal to every 4,833 in
habitants. Georgia has one crim
inal to every 1,090. Texas has
one criminal to every 050 inhabi
tants. If all the states in the
Union had the same ratio that
Maine has, there would be seven
ty-five per cent less criminals to
he supported than there are. But
let us come a little nearer home.
Georgia has 2,228 criminals in
her penitentiary, the majority of
which went from the wet counties,
or one to every 481 population,
while the dry counties furnish one
convict to every 1400 population.
If Georgia had the same ratio in
all the counties as exists in the
dry, instead of having 2,218 con
victs she would have only 870.
That the saloon produces crime,
is supported by the fact that the
Irish, who, as a rule, are the heav
iest drinkers, furnish more crimi
nals in the United States than
any other nationality.
6th, What shall we do with
the saloon ? How shall it be dis
posed of, is the question now be
fore the legislature and before the
people of the state of Georgia.
The conspicuous want of consis
tency is apparent on the part of
the enemies of prohibition. When
local option was resorted to, as a
means of getting rid of the saloon,
the saloon advocates said : “Give
us a general prohibition law, and
we will vote for it, but wo do not
want local option.” Now what
do we behold ? These same ar
dent advocates of the liquor pow
er opposed the passage of the
“Willingham Bill” because it is a
general prohibition bill, and plead
very earnestly in favor of local
option, but is local option the
best method ? If each county
was a separate commonwealth, en
joying its local immunities and
bearing its local burdens, local
option would meet the case. But
we cannot lose sight of the fact
that in Georgia we have but one
commonwealth, or state. And the
burdens upon one part of it must
be borne by all. Now is it right
for the wet counties of the state
to carry on a business that will
entail hardship on the dry coun
ties ? If the wet counties will
sell whisky, let them pay for their
loss of money in taxes and not
lay this burden on the dry coun
ties. If the saloon must be kept
in a few counties to make the ma
jority of our lunatics, let the wet
counties be taxed for the majoritv
of the support of the asylum at
Milledgeville. And if they will
persist iu manufacturing paupers,
drunkards, tramps, criminals aud
political rottenness and corrup
tion, then let each county become
a state so that the dry counties of
the state may not be burdened
with the products of the saloon.
In the discussion of a great
question like this, you often hear
I
■it reiternted that “prohibition
does not. prohibit.” If any one
will take the pains to get the sta
tics from the labor bureau at
Washington and from the prison
commission in Georgia, they will
be convinced that 'here are fewer
criminals where liquor is not sold
than whore it is.
Now, in conclusion, allow me to
say that the saloon keeper is not
the owner of this beast that is
“wont to push with his horn” and
slay so many of the brightest and
best of our land. But it is an
institution of the United States,
of the state of Georgia, and of
some municipalities who foster it
and give license to the saloon
keeper to turn loose this beast
upou society to do its deadly
work. The government is not
run by the officiary hut by the
people, and the officials that make
and execute our laws, as a rule,
are as good as their constituents.
And until the people speak <ut
and make their voice heard at the
ballot box, we need not expect to
be rid of this gory beast.
So let us work, and vote, and
write, and pray, UDtil this deadly
evil, according to the prophecy of
Joel 15, is destroyed.
THE ONE-ACKK CROP FAIL
A fad is usually a passing fan
cy, popular for a time but quickly
dropped and forgotten, as for in
stance the red necktie fad of a few
years ago. But the Galveston
News tells of a Texas fad that is
likely to have much vogue next
year which deserves to become
permanent. It is called the one
acre crop fad, and a large number
of farmers will iudulge themselves
in it. Stated Bimply, the farmer
will pick out the best acre on his
place and exert special efforts to
the end of producing the largest
crop possible on that acre, or see
ing how great he can make his
profits from it. This is not to
stand in the way of ordinary far
ming operations, of course, hut is
to be somewhat in the nature of a
side issue. The fad acre may be
farmed on the intensive plan, or
new ideas may be tried upon it,
but its function is to he to show
the capabilities of Texas soil when
special attention is devoted to it.
The idea is not a new one, but
it has never been followed iu Geor
gia as generally or with as much
benefit as might have been the
case. Many of the more progres
sive farmers have set off one acre
aud made a specialty of cultivat
ing it; aud it would be probably
within bounds to say that nine
times out of ten the acre so set
apart has given most bounteous
returns for the kindness shown it.
The report of such a one-acre
crop was made to the recent con
vention of the Georgia Dairyman’s
Association, by Mr. Thomas Tread
way of Floyd county. Mr. Tread
way planted his acre hi the most
ordinary sorts of truck —turnips,
Irish potatoes and corn. The lat
ter he sold green. He plowed his
ground deep, fertilized it liberally
and gave it all of the attention it
demanded. When the harvest
was finished and the crops mar
keted, Mr. Treadway found that
his single acre had given him pro
ducts to the cash value of $520.
That was truly an exceptional
showing, but it illustrates the pos
sibilities of Georgia soil when care
fully and intelligently tilled.
It would not be possible for
every farmer to duplicate the
Floyd county man’s success, of
course, and the majority of them
might make less than half as
much from their one-acre crops.
But if they realized one-fourth, or
in round figures, $125, tho first
year, there would no doubt be
profit in it, aud the experience
gained would be worth money an
other year. The small farm high
ly cultivated is, unquestionably,
more profitable than the large
farm cultivated upon the loose
and careless plan that is too fre
quently followed; and it may be
that the one-acre crop will be the
means of bringing farmers to see
the truth of the assertion. Geor
gia farmers might well follow tho
example of their friends, the Tex
ans,in making the one-acre crop a
fad next year.—Savannah News.
Ships at Manila.
When the “Brooklyn” and “New
Orleans” reach Manila, Admiral
Watson, who has charge of the
United States fleet in the Philip
pines, will have twenty-five ships
at his command. The plan is to
surround the coast of the Island
of Luzon with a line of warships
and prevent the Filipinos from ob
taining arms and ammunition
from Hong Kong.
THE HARDWICK AMENDMENT.
The Hardwick hill, which pro
vides for an amendment to the
constitution disfranchising the ne
groes, has been reported favorably
by the committee of the House
having it in charge, hut there is
but little beiug said about it as
yet. It is presumed that the
members of the legislature are giv
ing it very thoughtful considera
tion. It is not a measure to be
rushed through hastily It would
he a good thing for many reasons
to bo rid of the ignorant negro vo
ters —the main reason being that
so many of them aro purchasable
in state, county and municipal
elections. There are, however,
some things deserving of careful
consideration before action on the
bill is taken.
One of these tilings is the effect
the elimination of ignorant negro
voters from the voting population
would have upon the state’s repre
sentation in congress. The census
will be taken in June, and that
census will furnish the informa
tion on which the basis of repre
sentation in congress will be fixed.
Representative Crumpacker, of In
diana, has announced that he will
introduce an amentment to the
census law, as soon as congress
meets, requiring the Directors of
the Census to make an enumera
tion of the voting population in
each of the states. He proposes
also to introduce a bill looking to
a reduction of the representation
in the House and in the Electoral
College of those states which have
disfranchised the negroes.
If such a bill should become a
law, and there seems to be author
ity m the constitution for such a
law, the influence and power of
the states disfranchising the ne
groes would be greatly reduced in
the national government.
The constitution of the United
States provides as follows:
“But when the right to vote at any
election for the choice of electors for
President amt Vice President of the
United States * * * is denied to
any of the male inhabitants of such
state, being 21 years of age and citizens
of the United States, or in any way
abridged, except for participation in
rebellion or other crime, the basis of
representation therein shall be reduced
in the proportion which the number of
such male citizens shall bear to the
whole number of male citizens2l years
of age in such state.”
The republicans will support
Crumpacker’s bills, and, as they
have control of both branches of
congress, and also of the executive
branch of the government, the
chances for these measures becom
ing laws are very good.
It is doubtful if the republicans
would undertake to reduce therep
resentation of the south in the
House and the Electoral College if
ignorant voters without regard to
color were disfranchised. Massa
chusetts has long had a suffrage
law based on education. Even the
negroes would not seriously object
to a law that made no discrimina
tion between the races, aud if the
negroes made no outcry against a
law of that sort it is hardly prob
able that the republican party
would.
The feature in the Hardwick bill
to which the negroes seriously ob
ject is that which discriminates
between the ignorant whites and
ignorant blacks. That feature is
in the Louisiana constitution, and
it is proposed to put it in the con
stitution of North Carolina.
When it was under discussion in
Louisiana it was pronounced un
constitutional by some of the
ablest lawyers of that state. There
was, however, good legal opinion
in support of it. The question
whether or not it is constitutional
will no doubt find its way to the
United States Supreme Court. But
whether it does or not, the other
question, the question of cutting
down the representation of the
states which deprive negroes of
the right to vote, is certain to
come up in congress.—Savannah
News.
Lord Curzon is visiting the fam
ine-stricken districts of India.
This includes a district covering
850,000 miles with thirty million
people.
Deafness Cannot he Cubed
by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear
There is only one way to cure Deafness
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an inflamed con
dition of the mucous lining of the Eu
strachian Tube. When this tube gets
inflamed you have a rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when it is en
tirely closed Deafness is the result,
and unless the iiiflamation can be tak
en uul and this t,uhe restored to its nor
mal condition, hearing will be de
stroyed forever. Nine cases out of ten
are caused by catarrh, which is noth
ing but an inflamed condition of the
mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness (caused by
catarrh) ttiat cannot becured by Hall’s
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars,
free.
F. J. CHENEY <k CO., Toledo, O.
| Sold by alt Druggists 75c.
Hall’s Family Pills are the best.
DEWEY’S SOCIAL RANK
There hns bpen ft great deni of
talk in Washington relative to
Admiral Dewey’s social rank.
This talk began very soon after
his return from Manila. Those
Washingtonians who pretend to
know everything about social
matters took the ground that he
was really at the head of the mili
tary establishment of the govern
ment, and that he was only out
ranked by the President, Vice
President, members of the cabi
net, diplomatic corps and the Su
preme court.
This talk about his social posi
tion was particularly uoticnhle
after his marriage. A paragraph
appeared in one of the local papers
iu which it was stated that the
Admiral expected to he placed
next to the President on all social
occasions. It is alleged that this
paragraph was traced to the Ad
miral, but it is probable that there
is no authority for that statement.
But whether there is or not, the
state departmeut took the matter
up and settled the question of
precedence, so as to save any an
noyance to anybody in future.
It was held that the Admiral
was a subordinate of the navy de
partmeut, and that a subordinate
could not take precedence of his
superior at a social function. His
place on groat Bocial occasions at
the capitol therefore will be after
the cabiuet and diplomatic corps.
This question of precedence at
social affairs seems to be a small
matter to most people, but in
Washington it is regarded as next
in importance to a declaration of
war. —Savannah News.
Fined S2OO For A Sneer.
Valdosta, Ga , Nov. 28. —The
present session of the superior
court is the leading sensation of
the week here. Judge Candler is
presiding and he has been rushing
things at a lively pace. Ho has
introduced several innovations
which are real striking to the
crowds who have attended the
courts held by that ahle, dignified
and quiet jurist, Judge Ilansell.
Judge Candler lias made lawyers,
jurors, witnesses and all toe the
mark during the week.
Today he popped a term of
twenty days’ imprisonment upon
G. W. Harrell for refusing to go
before the grand jury to testify in
a caso. Harrell’s excuse was that
he had business to attend to and
did not have time to go before the
jury. When the judge imposed
the sontouce upon him he said,
with a sneer: “That’s all right.”
“Collect two hundred dollars
from that man,” replied the judge,
addressing the sheriff, “and keep
him in jail until he pays it,”
A movement is now on foot to
raise SIOO,OOO to be used as an
endowment fund for the Agues
Scott institute at Decatur. The
idea is simply following iu the
wake of other Soutnern institu
tions of learning that have de
cided on the importance of an en
dowment fund. Although the
movement is still in its infancy,
SBO,OOO, or nearly one-third of the
total amount needed, has been
raised. Of this sum it is under
stood that Col. George W. Scott,
who founded the institute and
who has already expended on it
about $150,000, has subscribed
nearly one-half. The remainder
has been raised among frieDds of
the institute.
The estimates now are that the
cotton crop will fall considerably
short of nine million bales. Still,
Mr, Neill in one last effort to in
jure the south, has gotton out a
statement, claiming that the crop
will reach eleven million bales.
No one now places any faith in
Neill’s figures, yet they furnish
the excuse the speculators want
for hammering prices down. The
farmers can only get out of the
clutches of such tnen by acting in
harmony and making a consider
able reduction in the acreage of
cotton. Over-production in the
past has come very near ruining
the farmers, and the more cotton
they make the less they receive,
net, for their crop.—Enquirer-
Sun.
There is ouly one question that
is exciting the people of Griffin
now, and that is “What will the
decision of the Supreme court be
in the prohibition election case ?"
It is safely said that the registrars
will be maintained on one side,
and on the other it is claimed
that Judge James A. Drewry will
have the power to decide. In the
former case the antis have it, and
in the latter instance it may be
that it will be months before
whisky is legally sold there.
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VOL. VII-NO 6
OLD TIMES.
There are no days like the good old daya--
The days when we were youthful!
When humankind were pure of mind
And gpoech and deeds were truthful;
Before a love for sordid gold
Became man’s ruling passion.
And before each dame and maid became
Slaves to the tyrant Fashion!
There are no girls like the good old girls--
Against the world I’d stoke ’em!
As buxom and smart and clean of heart
As the Ixird knew how to make ’em!
They were rich in spirit and common sense
A piety all-supportin’;
They could bake and brew, and had taught
school, too,
Ami they made the likeliest courtin’!
There are no boys like the good old boys—
Wben we were boys together!
When the grass was sw'oet to the brown bare
feet,
Than dimplod the laughter heather;
W hen the pewee snug to the summer dawn
Of the bee in the willowy clover,
Or down by the mill the whip-poor-will
Echoed his night song over.
There is no love like the good old love—
The love that mother gave us!
We are old men, yet we pine again
For that precious grace—God save us!
So we dream and dream of the good old times
And our hearts grow tenderer, fonder,
As those dear old dreams bring soothing
gleams
Of heaven away off yonder!
-Kugknk Field.
GEORGIA NKWS NOTES.
In the suprerior ourt Judge
Felton fined seven o* the Macon
barkeepers in whose places of bus
iness the Clayton-Cohen slot ma
chines had been placed.
Prof. II S. Shockly, head of the
Rome business college, has been
arrested on a warrant charging
Urgency after trust by J. A.
Crane, a pupil who claims fraudu
lent dealings.
Cedartown gets another cotton
mill—a 10,000 spindle, $200,000
mill this time. It will he built
by a company of which A. W.
Birkbeck and Wm. Parker are the
lending stockholders.
Hon. John W. Lindsey, of Wil
kinson county, has been appoint
ed by Gov. Candler as pension
commissioner to succeed Commis
sioner Richard Johnson, whose
term expires in December and who
was not an applicant for reap
pointment.
In the Atlanta aud West Point
shortage case the grand jury has
found an indictment against Thos.
J. Hunter, former auditor of the
company, and against Colonel Al
bert Howell until recently ticket
agent at the Union depot. The
charge is embezzlement, and the
prosecutor is George C. Smith,
president of the Atlanta and West
Point and the Western of Ala
bama.
The Christian Scientists convict
ed in the mayor’s court for disor
derly conduct at Americus for re
fusing to be vaccinated, appealed
to the city council at a special
meeting. By a majority of two
votes only, the mayor was sup
ported by the council, and the
case of the Scientists is now before
the superior court on certiorari.
It will be carried before the high
est courts probably before the end
is reached.
LaGrange Reporter: Through
its president, Mr. O. A. Duuson,
the Dixie Cottor, Mills bought
1,000 bales of cotton last Satur
day. The cotton was purchased
of local holders, and had been
stored in the warehouses for some
time. The cotton will be moved
to the company’s warehouses at
once and will relieve to some ex
teut the congested condition of
the warehouses in which it is
stored. It required over $40,000
to make the transaction, making
the deal one of the largest that
has taken place in LaGrange in
some time.
A white primary was held in
Griffin Wednesday of last week
for the purpose of nominating an
alderman from each of the four
wards of the citv. The election
passed off verv quietly aud as the
candidates had no opposition a
small vote was polled. Those re
ceiving the nomination were B. B.
Davis, first ward: B. R. Blakely,
second ward: D. A. Oxford, third
ward and Douglas Boyd, fourth
ward.. While everything was quiet
on Wednesday it was but the calm
proceeding the storm, aud before
the election takes place next
month a bitter fight will be made
on the nominees. A nomination
heretofore has meant an election
in Griffin, hut such will not be the
case in this election. Thousands
of circulars have been distributed
throughout tlie city announcing
opposition to the primary ticket
and the fight will bo a warm one.
As a cure for rheumatism Chamber
lain's Pain Kalin is gaining a wide rep
utation. D. B. Johnston of Richmond,
Did., has been troubled with that ail
ment sinue lsiu. In speaking of it ne
says: “I never found anything that
would relieve me until I used Cham
berlain’s Pain Balm. It acts like mag
ic with me. My foot was swollen and
paiuiiig me very much, but oue good
application of Pain Balm relieved me.
For sale by Bagwell Drug Co.
Honesty enhances every virtue.