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COUNTY GOSSIP.
As it Comes to Us Over Our
Grapevine Telephone.
A FULL PAGE OF COUNTY NEWS
Upon Which is Recorded all the Hap¬
penings of Local Interest as
They Transpire Weekly.
—Get your shaking hand in trim.
—And November is borrowing from
May.
—Bird hunters having some lively
'->-walks.
—Interest in public clays seems to be
lagging.
—The Ordinary had a big court
Monday.
—The price of cotton seed climb
slowly up.
—A soaking rain is the need of early
sown grain.
—The rains this week was an impe¬
tus to hunters.
—Water courses are lower than they
have been in years.
—Most of those in town Tuesday
were intended buyers.
—See change in W. J. Cooper & Co.’s
advertisement this week.
—W. G. Johnson, Esq., had business
in Wilkes court Monday.
—The farmers in this section are bet¬
ter off than the business men.
—See what a large amouot of land
is to be sold next first Tuesday.
—A stock farm on a large scale is an
enterprise promised the county.
—Smith Bros.’ stock of goods excites
the admiration of all who see it.
—Dealers report guano notes being
more readly paid off than usual.
—Guy Callaway has been to Augus¬
ta this week with a drove of cattle.
—A big batch of legal advertisements
appear for the first time this week.
—Many fanners report their entire
crops gathered before the rains came.
—Not more than half the cotton crop
in this section has been marketed yet.
—“Soote” Reed did up Athens with
his presence Saturday and Sunday last.
—Cotton a little up during the past
week. A gradual rise is now looked
for.
—Petitions for several new roads
were before the Commissiners Tues¬
day.
—Much interest was manifested in
the sale of the Thornton lands Tues¬
day.
—That change of schedule did not
take place lastlSunday but is promised
next.
—Air. W. B. Lester, of Atlanta, vis¬
ited his home folks in this place Sun¬
day last.
—As will be seen the Sheriffs have
begun that seige of levying mentioned
last week.
—Ordinary Bacon has appointed until Air.
T. G. Lester to act as Clerk the
election of that officer.
—Dr. Bob Whillingham has been on
the ailing list the past week, being a
sufferer with neuralgia.
—Air. O. II. Arnold has postponed
his visit to Hot Springs which he con¬
templated making this month.
—Two stalks of ribbon cane as fine
as eyer grew in South Georgia were left
at our office by a friend Tuesday.
—Representative C. A. Stevens was
in town Tuesday. lie reports the Leg¬
islature as moving along smoothly.
—Rev. Air. Key, president of John
Gibson Institute at Bowman, was in
Lexington Wednesday and yesterday.
—Mr. E. I. Reynolds is a severe suf¬
ferer with eresypelas brought on by a
wound received in his hand during the
Avar,
WvwYTrJm •n, Vnnrur last" of Greens
Fridav shaking hand*
with his Lexington friends-and triends and they tney
are many.
—I’. M. Stevens, Jr., from devil. near
Bairdstown is now The Echo s
lie is also IHE ECHO S ladies man we
beg to state.
—Good congregations were out to
bear Rev. E. A. Gray’s farewell sur
mens at the Methodist church Sunday
and Sunday night.
—Twenty dollars an acre for land
eight miles from the railroad won d
indicate that lauds are appreciating in
value in this county.
—Mrs. Mrs L. V A. A Gray ora 5 went went to Winter
V addri a<K1 L before the Woman’s Mis
vi • onar Y Society • t „ of n f that ii„i nlw place.
—Lee Callaway has taken control
of his brother Jewett s large farming
operations and Jewett has become a
fullfledged knight of the grin
-Mesdames Upson and Oliver went
to Atlanta Saturday last Mrs. Lpson to ,
visit relatives and Mrs Ohver to attend
_Capt. warmly f lim nrigni, ?reeted oi by jvilsbiss.fr*- « ?
was
wdl n spend .hfwimer the Winter at at Ms hi Woodstock
home.
—Judge McWhorter and Solicitor .
itoward are winding up the riding oi
the circuit at Wilkes court this week.
They have a couple of adjourned terms
to bold.
_Mrs. King and two children, of
Greensboro, and Mis*. Middle brook, of
Oconee county, visited Mr. and Mrs. JJ.
A. Gray several days lhe past week.
Air. IviDg was over Sunday.
_-yf r j Wallace, the sweet sin
srer of Aucusta. will be here wi’h Dg
Oui «2 at his appointment next
and”there will he services Friday
night, Saturday and Sunday.
-Rev. t, John j , F. ,, Cheney was bere nere
Tuesday and was
his host of freicds
see tiie marked improvement his
at llot bpnngs had wron^m in h.
< ! DORSEY & STERN, Broad Street, Athens, 0a.
His Last Signature.
The last time the lamented Mr. Les¬
ter signed his name was to a receipt
for some money Deputy Sheriff A. J.
Young had paid him a minute or two in
before he dropped dead. No man
the county had signed his name any¬
thing like as many tunes as had Mr.
Lester, and Mr. Young will he extra
careful to preserve this receipt be¬
cause it was the last of the thousands
of tunes.
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Dividing the Twins.
In closely Lexingtoh there have been twins
as connected as were the Sia¬
mese twins, but they were not human.
They were the two stores owned by
Mrs. Roane on the corner of Washing¬
ton and Greene streets. Mrs. Roaue
is having them separated by tearing
down the hack store, the timber in
which she will use to build a lot of
cabins on some lots she owns near aud
iu town.
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Peculiarly Hurt.
A painful and peculiar accident be¬
fell Mr. W. A. Dozier the other day.
While trying to manage an unruly mule
the animal threw up its head striking
him full in the face with the bit of the
bridle it had on, making several ugly
abrasions and blackening both of his
eyes. The hurts were quite painful
and will serve to remind Mr. Dozier
that it is not safe to be in reach of ei¬
ther end of au unruly Georgia mule.
Something of a Watermelon.
Talking of our big potato the other
day reminded Mr. Thos. J. Aycock, of
the Big Creek section, of a monster
watermelon he raised this summer.
He did not weigh it but says he cut a
riug from the rind through which he
easily got his entire body; and Mr. Ay
cock is above the average size man.
He raised some melons that weighed
sixty pounds and hundred says he is going to
try to produe a pounder next
year.
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They Did Not Meet.
Owing to the large number of sales
and the death of Mr. Lester, there was
no meeting of the ex-students of Prof.
Moss Tuesday last as called. Those
who live in aud convenient to town
are requested to meet at The Echo
office tomorrow, (Saturday) evening to
decide upon what shall be presented to
the Professor. The subscription list is
still open for all who wish to avail
themselves of the privilege of being on
the list of contributors.
The Jail Clear.
For the first time in a year or more
our jail is clear of prisoners. Monday
last six who had been sentenced to
the chaingang before were carried that to that in¬
stitution and two or three
other prisoners who were awaiting
trial were bonded out. Jailor Wiun
says he is glad he is without boarders
for awhile as he wants to airing give the and jail
a thorough cleaning up, out
renovating. It is to be hoped it will
remain empty for some time at least.
Land Sold Well.
The prices which lands brought at
public sale Tuesday is good indication
that the stringency is being relieved.
The Thorntcu hundred lands at Sandy Cross, all,
about nine acres in
brought iu the neighborhood of eight
dollars au acre. Some of it was im¬
proved and some was not. The only
other tract sold was a small piece near
Woodstock, it brought a fair price also.
Messrs. C. A. aud J. 11. Stevens bought
a greater portion of the Thornton
lands.
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Mrs. Yancy Dead.
The many friends and relatives in
taislcounty of Mrs. G. II. Yancy will
be pained to learn of her death at her
home in Athens Monday night last Lucy at
8 o clock. Mrs. Yancy was Aliss
Dupree and was born aud reared to girl
hot din Lexington, and many are the sad
hearts of the friends of her girlhood
who will sorrow at her decease. She
leaves a devoted liusbaud and several
children to mourn their loss. They
have the condolence of this entire com
munity. *
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Who Will Run.
Ag u j g necessarv / t0 hold an election
at guch arl e , rly d te t0 name a sue
ceggor t0 lhe i amen ted Clerk Lester,
speculations are already rife as to who
w j d offer for the position. So far the
na mes of Messrs. T. G. Lester, Jno.
B . Bell, G. W. Smith, Jno. W. Tiller,
\V. C. Birchmore, E. I. Reynolds and
R. M. Bacon have been mentioned as
probable candidates This is a good
array ot citizens lo select from
Others may enter the race before the
election comes off.
The King of Potatoes.
at t f ' ,, ,f Con.u- !
( ross, adds to the editors larder a
potato which lays good claims to bein.,
the king or the potato tribe if size goes
weighed ™= ht d mxWen l ^ lSunds P * Tubers or two pounds
mwe than^a h a neck^ k J r -- It 1 meae
ar »r\ ^ b ^" be r x be ” e was butthe one
bevi ” un
r has been viewed by many and all
declare it the largest they ever saw.
II ' 18 what k,)0WD as a red yam '
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Col. Smith s Condition.
Much interest has been manifested
j Q the conditon of Col Jas. M. Smith
gince hig jj] ne8S wa3 reported in our
iagt iggue? and many have befeQ lbe
reports in circulation concerning his
troubles. We are autboritively in
formed that his condition is not a*
serious as has been reported. The
fe ;ght of one of his eyes is considerably
impaired Ly iritis from which he is a
sufferer, but the other is not effected
much. He has been suffering some
during the past two weeks with dis
ordere d stomach, cut t ae trou >Ie
not a serious 0 ^ a8r u ^ orka ® had
This wth oe ra!.;\in j b *?- W9 *° “‘
e baye been deeply
many fn ends who
concerned about him.
Seed live and Barley at G. W.
*
breaks’.
CRAWFORD ITEMS.
The News of Our Sister City
Told in Paragraphs
BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
Things That Transpire in and Around
the City Likely to Interest the
Curious Public in General.
—Dr. J. G. Gibson was among bis
old friends here last Wednesday and
Thursday.
—Miss Lizzie Sanders, of Bowling
Green, is visiting Mrs. G. W. Little
this week.
—Dr. Geo. Little is making visits to
lion. Jas. M. Smith's every day during
his sickness.
—Dr. and Mrs. F. M. Hubbard, of
Harmony Grove, are visiting Mrs. J.
M. Foyner this week.
—Mr. Royal Stokely is very We low at
this writing {(Thursday). cau
hardly expect him to get any better.
—Dr M. G. Little attended the
Grand Lodge of Masons last week in
Macou. He reports as pleasant a
meeting as he has ever attended.
— Mrs. Martha F. Armistead is very
low at her home at this writing. She
has been sick for more than a year but
has been a great deal worse the last
few days.
—Our people were shocked to hear
of the sudden death of onr faithful
clerk, Mr. Geo. II. Lester, last Tues¬
day. His family have our deepest
sympathy.
—Rev. J. F. Cheney returned from
Hot Springs last Friday. He thinks
he is greatly improved improve and we until trust
that he may continue to
he is entirely well.
OFFICIAL MINUTES
Of the Commissioners Court First
Tuesday in November, 1893 .
Lexington, Nov. 7th, 1893.
The Board of Commissioners of Roads ami
Revenues met pursuant to adjournmen.
Present Hon. Thos. I!. Moss, Chairman; M. L.
Raines, Geo. \V. Smith, J. D. Power.
Received report of cornu, ittee iu regard to
change of road near R. T. Turners. The
change was ordered by the Board and the
new road made public when opened.
The following paid: accounts were audited and
ordered to be
Henry Smith, col., whitewashing and
cleaning jail,...........................$ for blankets for jail, 4 00
Geo. W. Tirooks, 20 95
C. A.'Campbell, supplies lor palmers 45 87
»«
W. A. Shackelford, publishing rain
utes Com. court, grand jury pre
sentments and printing.............. 38 00
John T. Young, special bailiff'for
horse aud buggy three days and
,,, U -SixVay^:..10.^.. "ne/iight................................ 4 00
Urightweli, . . .I. 6 00
j. II. medical account at
pauper farm .......................... 7 00
E. V. Arnold, lumber for bridge...... 2 93
J. D. Winn, Sheriff', one day’s serv
J n S,9 rdi “ a f7'*f nr *-v"......... of 22
tv-. r Kartaxarr Lester, O 2184 8
Geo. II. account................
D. A. Pass, special bailiff, horse four 00
days................................... 4
P. M. Cheney, two days examining
C0 u a &£ ecorlls ........1...............- 0 0t>
T ,T . .
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J. P. Armistead, two days examining
county records......................... 6 00
R. F. Turner,roadway................. roadway................... 18 00 00
W. T. Patman, 25
Miss FJlen Brooks, roadway............ bridge,...... 25 00
Hrake Brou, for nails for 2 .>
”
.....too 00
^ ‘ j. court...!.’................................ Young, serving one day Com.
2 00
Adjourned, Geo. W. Smith, Clerk.
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ZUBER SPRINGS '
'
-Mr. Robt. Nicholson was in . this
vicinity last Monday.
—Robt. Griffith and Elma Nicholson
attended preaching at Atkinson church
Saturday night last.
—Mr. John Howard says he got
seven and one half pounds of fruit
from one potato viue.
_ Mr j T Burgess is netting alon<r
fine with his hand that got cut in the
„ a in we are "lad to state.
^heThe^an’t , f Geonre Porter is a smart man
tefi how many in
. . . . ‘ . M
-Several from , here . to
are going
to see the wonders of Georgia
and South Carolina at the exposition
—Mr. J. T. Bursess lost a bushel of
potatoes and one old hen Saturday
bt bv 8ome tb j eve8 wbo are doing
tbe coun t r y around. It is a pitv that
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guch ple are not overtaken.
-“Some of the boys of this place
are mad with us girls because we have
forsaken them for some Moore boys,
We think they have but little to do.”
i " e
er.
-Mr J. T. Burgess has offered a
rcward foT he u lhb raau ,hat the ca public " bx with I 1 !. 8
engine so can serve
his gin. Several have worked od it.
Even from John Howard down to the
machinist of the Athens foundry and
they can't get it to gin but twenty hales
a <lay
—There is one farmer in this vicini
ty who is out of debt and has one bun-:
dred and ten bushels of corn and
|y of meat and wheat to feed two an -1
0 ther year; bat he is an old bach and
bas no one to help eat all this produce,
Now is your time ladies. Strike
wb Be the iron is hot.
—q- be Macedonian Literary and
gocjgty j s t be biggest thing m
this place. It affords plenty of
amusement besides the benefit that is
derived from it> Tb e society will meet
night to fill tbe program
that appeared in the last issue of Tin:
Echo, and we invite everybody to
^ome and join us in the good work.
DIES AT HIS POST.
Geo. H. Lester is Taken While
Performing His Duties.
HIS DEATH QUITE SUDDEN.
For a Half Century He Had Well and
Faithfully Served as Clerk of
the Superior Court
Mr. Lester is dead! This exclama¬
tion spread rapidly from lip to lip
among iho crowd in town Tuesday aud
it awed all who heard it.
He died, as he had often expressed a
desire, in his office and in the actual
performance of his otticial duties.
For some months he has been quite
feeble, but expressed himself Tuesday
morning as feeling better. He had been
busy in Ins office all the morning. He
had just returned from his dinner at
1:30 o’clock. Deputy Sheriff A. J.
Vouug, Treasurer W. T. Young and
Dr. P. R. Bradford were in his office.
Dr Bradford called for papers which
had been recorded. Mr. Lester got
them from his safe, had returned the
bundle from which they had been
taken to the pigeon hole and as he at¬
tempted to shut the safe door fell
backwards to the iioor, gasped twice
and was still in death. The immedi¬
ate cause of his death was heart fail¬
ure.
We leave it to>n abler pen to r pay
this noble man just tribute.
Tuesday, November historic the 7th, 1893,
marks a memorable day in the
annals of Oglethorpe county. At
about half past one o’clock in the af¬
ternoon of that day, iu front of the safe
in his office at the court-house, in the
discharge of his official duties as he
placed away some papers in their prop¬
er position, Mr. George L. Lester sud¬
denly fell on his Lack upon the floor,
expired. His heart ceased to beat, Maker, his
immortal spirit returned to its
and the body that had so long been
conspicuous in a well rounded life was
rigid and inanimate in death. Medi¬
cal aid was present when he fell, and
additional medical aid summoned, but
there was no life to respond to the
skill of the doctors.
Born at the place now owned by Mr.
James Bushin, near Beaverdatn
church, ill this county, Mr. Lester was
nearly seventy-nine years of age when
died. j-wW* Ilis parents combined that
'<—»
that marked so conspicuously the char
acter of their son in his long life. 1 ass
ing his majority at the age of twenty
two years, he commenced business in
Lexington by clerking for Captain
'phomas Andrews, then a prominent
merchant in 1836, and continued to
clerk with Captain Andrews and other
merchants in Lexington until 1841,
when the people, having learned his
sterling worth and admirable capabili- the
ty for the »«>• place, elected him to
<*•*>*» thorpe With the exception of
county. of the he
two years aad a part time was
in the army, he has filled the clerkship elec
of the Superior Court from his first
1841 until his death.
O..the 0 ,h of Jam.™,1«, h.
married to Miss Martha L. Gresham, a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 1 homas 8 .
Gresham, of Lexington. His married
]jf e , a happy one, continued until the
death of his wife in 1881. Since then
b j 8 home and domestic life has been
surrounded by the love, the compau
lonshtp aud society of childreu who
have done all in their power to make
his life pleasant and happy,
During his long official career as
Clerk of the Superior court, he was al¬
80 clerk of wbat was known as the old
Inferior court from the time of his elec
tion in 1841 until this court was abol
i8he(1 in I860. Then he was clerk of
tbe County COU rt from 1806 to 1808.
jq e was also clerk of the County Board
0 f Commissioners of Roads and Reve
nues from 1872 to 1893.
During this time he was the secreta
ry and treasurer of the board of trus
tees of Meson academy for more than
twenty years. Fora long number of
years he was also secretary and treasu
rer of the Masonic Lodge in Lexing
V ,n ' Fr m l he or S au ! i5atlon of
S until uSS his u death , be He - ww^Kerk'Sf was tne cierK oi mat bal
church.
The records of these various . official
positions Integrity, are monuments of industry,
neatness, accuracy method
and honesty that will pass his name
and memory to the most distant ages.
During all these public services there
never was brought against him a single
charge of official misconduct.
The official papers, records and doc
uments of all the offices he ever held
were always ah order, and it was never
the case that any of them were mis
-j- ; What )t a record for one man
hin| of Thou 8 an d 8 of things to
be recorded in the minutes of the dif
ferent bo dies he served, and thousands
, recorded in other records ’and and
,, .. ’ w ; lbou t an y mistakes
wllbout involving any one in any
lrouble ( j ur i rjtr a ff this time by the
complete perfection of his duties in
eve Extravagant rv particular. Perhaps it is not
to say that the same can
\ )(i said of any other official in the
fjjuted States for an official period ex
tending past fifty years, In many of
lbe8e places he was the custodian of
large sums of money, and while per
forming these duties" he, together with
Dr. J. A. Hunnicutt, administered per
haps tbe largest estate that has ever
yet been administered in this county,
that of Judge Lewis J. Deupree, with
nearlv a half million dollars, besides
administering other estates charged large with and
small, and he was never
the improper application of one dollar
of any of these large sums of money.
We Lead in Style and Price.
His memory was absolutely
ful. He could readily refer to
recall in aD instant the letter or
ber of the record book in which
business of the courts had been
ed of for long years past.
Cotemporaneous with the great
of all professions and occupations
lived in Lexington and attended
courts, taught the schools,
in the different churches and
nent in other pursuits he was
ready to of impart the most
features the genius, eloquence, skill
aud characteristics of those persons in
the most entertaining way. He was
an encyclopedia of the lives of all those
people from 1825 to his death, and in
lawyers, speaking doctors, of Oglethorpe’s preachers, statesmen,
merchants, farmers, and teachers,
of all other
pursuits lives he spiced the recollection
of their with a fund of humor and
anecdote rarely found iu one person.
In war, in the defense of his own
South, he made a brave and faithful
soldier until physical disability com
peled him to retire from active service.
Many years after the Confederate
war ended, with remaraable circum¬
stantial detail he wrote for publication
in The Echo the military record of
the Tom Cobb Infantry, the company
to which he belonged. With all of his
many public duties ho mingled the de¬
lights of farm life and horticulture.
Gardening was the first pastime of
Adam and Eve, and Mr. Lester was
intensely fond of gardening vegetables and the
rare and luxurious and
fruits in his garden attested his love
for this first occupation of our first pa¬
rents.
This workman is dead, but his works
and memory will go on.
the On 8th Wednesday of November, afternoon 1803, for at 3 o’clock last
the
of time his body was and in the that Baptist church after
Lexington, at hour,
singing and some appropriate remarks
by Rev. M. S. Weaver, his funeral ser¬
mon was preached by Rev. John G.
Gibson, D. D., who from 1809 to 1802
had been Mr. Lester’s pastor. The
sermon was preached from the Oth, 7th
and 8th verses of the 4th chapter of
2nd Timothy. Dr. Gibson stated that
he was almost overcome by the
death of one to whom he had been as
pastor for twenty-three years. The
sermon was one of Dr. Gibson’s appro¬
priate, ed able, eloquent'and fittingly well applicable round¬
discourses and
to the life of Mr. Lester. The sermon
concluded, the body was borne to the
Baptist cemetery and there laid to rest
beside his wife who died many years
ago. The very large concourse of peo¬
ple who attended the funeral and buri¬
al services and the decoration of his
vacant seat in church and the covering
of his grave with flowers attested the
love of this people for this good man.
Ilis surviving family have the sym¬
pathy of all who knew him. He sleeps
in his grave to await the resurrection
call. That grave will be a veritable
Mecca, a truly pilgrim shrine, where
the people of his town and county will
love to visit in the years and ages to
come and recall bis great virtues and
Christian character.
lie was a model officer. lie was
long never absent from a court during ab¬ his
official career. He was never
sent from the meeting of any of the va¬
rious bodies or organizations to which
he belonged. During the forty-six
years be was clerk of his church he was
never absent from its conferences,
meetings or Sunday-schools his death until when with¬
in a short time prior to
his failing health forbade his going.
To his family he was all that its head
could be. As a man, neighbor and
citizen he was universally esteemed.
No one ever His applied hospitality to him in vain for
assistance. was un¬
bounded. Even to the tramp he
would give something. A very largo
number benevolent of subscriptions to public and
enterprises were headed
with his name, and to his own church
be was always liberal and to other
churches and religious calls he never
failed to respond.
Body of Geo.ge II. Lester: Buried
and resting with the silent majority.
In the roll call of the ages to come
with all who have ever lived in historic
called old Oglethorpe, in the roll there of time will never be
a name of
more true honor and unquestioned
character than yours. Immortal spirit
of George II. Lester: At your depart¬
ure from the body you were welcomed
on a brighter shore by the saintly spir¬
its of Chief Justice Landrum, Joseph Henry
Crawford, Lumpkin, Kylvanus W. Brantly, William N. M.
T.
Williams, L. R. L. Jennings and Pat¬
rick II. Mell and others whose names
cannot now be recalled, to recount with
these the happy hours of your society
with them on earth and felicitate in
the glory of your present bliss. May
the mantle of your soul and body fail
and rest worthily on each of your chil¬
dren and grand-cbildrcn.
“A land of monuments and statues
is a land of memories” is a sweet sen¬
timent uttered by Father Ryan, the
gifted South Irishman, who adopted the
as bis home. Monuments and
statues mark the worthies who are to
be emulated. Oglethotpe county will
never place a brighter garland upon
her brow than to embalm George II.
Lester in a statue of marble or bronze
with a scroll in one hand and a pen in
the other, and place that statue on a
base of Oglethorpe’s own granite in
front of the court-house to point the
living and the generations £to come to
the life, the character, and the record
of a man worthy to be imitated by all
men, and whose Integrity was honored
of by this people for more than fifty years
this uninterrupted and confidence. Here at
statue, at the mention ot his
name, the generations to come could
learn this lesson,
’ That honor and fame from no condition rise,
Act well your part, there all the honor lies.”
W. G. Johnson.
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try BLACK DBAUQHT tea tor Dyspepal*.
The cores of the Tobacco, Opium and Drink
Habit, wrought by Ilill’a Chloride of Gold
Tablets, iaone of the marvel* of modern the¬
rapeutics. All druggiata aell them and you
need no longer suffer.
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A NEW FIRM.
W, P. Vonderau & Co. Succeed
Vess, Vonderau & Co.
READY FOR FALL BUSINESS.
It is But New Life in the Old Body
that will Inspire Greater Induce¬
ments to Customers.
Having bought Mr. Vess’ interest in
the business, we will contioue at our
old stand to give our friends and cus¬
tomers honest goods at living prices.
Our fall aud winter stock ha3 arrived,
and a more complete, elegant or cheap¬
er line of dry goods and notions you
will not find.
Cloaks. —Everything new, fresh
and stylish iu this department. We
buy these goods in the piece, hence
they are the very newest styles, tailor
made and guaranteed to fit perfectly.
A big stock on hand, all grades and
styles, for ladies, misses and ehildrou.
Come to us for wraps of every descrip¬
tion.
Dbkss Goods Silks and Titm
mings. —In this, our pet department,
we have lead iu style and beauty of
combination since the first season in
business, aud the line now on display
at our store surpasses anything we
have ever shown before. All the new¬
est things in fancy corded, aud figured
silks, changeable silks, suras, India,
China and heavy grograin silks l'or fall
and winter wear.
Fine wool dress g'oods in all the new¬
est weaves and shades. The prettiest
line of dress flannels in this mar¬
ket, 30, 40 and 54 inches wide in plain,
mingled, plaids and stripes. These
are new styles, elegant, serviceable
goods, and selling cheap and fast.
Many new ladies’ things in homespuns, hop
sackings, cloths, broad cloths,
serges, henriettas, etc., with full lino
trimmings of the newest styles to match
every Co.’8 piece. We keep the Priestly &
eolebrated black dress goods,
which is a guarantee that in this line we
are second to none. When in search
of dress goods don’t fail to examine
our line.
Notions. —Here are thousands of
articles of every-day-use in every
well regulated family. Kid gloves,
wool, Jersey aud silk gloves,
Ilermsdorf stainless hose, the R.
& G. Fealherbone corsets, hand¬
kerchiefs, belts, ribbonB, ties, laces,
embroideries, etc., etc. An elegant
line wool and merino underwear for
men, women and children.
Staples and Furnishings.— Hero
you will find quilts, comforts, spreads,
10-4 and 11-4 California blankets, cur¬
tains shades, drills, bleachiugs, tickings, sheet¬
ings, etc., and the best line jeans
ever offered in this market. We have
the goods and will make the prices to
suit you. Don’t fail to see them.
We desire to thank our Oglethorpe
friends for past patronage and by fair
dealing, polite attention, honest goods
and close prices, hope iu future to re¬
ceive a liberal share of your trade.
W. P. VONOKKAU & CO.,
Cor. Clayton and Jackson sts., Athens.
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To My Friends.
Having accepted a position with E.
M. Bass <% Co., dealers in dry goods,
notions, etc., at 37 Whitehall|st., I will
be|gratified to have my old friends call
on me when in the city. Willnlso give
prompt personal attention to orders by
mail. Very Respectfully,
W. J. Wish.
With E. M. Bass & Co., 37 While
hall st., Atlanta, Ga.
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WE ARE DRAWING
The attention of the best dressed men
in Athens to our Stylish Well Made
and Perfect Fitting Garments, our
“Regent” Cutaway, and “Peekadily”
Sack Suits, will coax the most dogmatic
believer in merchant tailoring out of
his faith—you will never leave our store
without purchasing, after trying one on
and referring to the mirror—a mirror,is
very truthful and very impartial.
NOT like the usual ready-to-wiar
things these Men’s Suits, more care in
the choosing, more art in the making,
more of the little things looked to that
lift merchant tailoring work. Not
much more to be said except that if you
are particular about securing tbe b< st
returns for the money you invest, you
will certainly inspect onr line this sia
son.
CIIAS. MORRIS,
“Popular Price”
Clothier, Hatter and Furnisher,
218 Broad Street, Athens,