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A CARD.
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T. HARK, M.D. Atlanta.
r’SPfiSSctMtmafiti
desired and practicable.
Office and Diipcniatorr, No. 12 Decatur
street, opposite Kimball gouae, Atlanta, Qa. Je28
FRENCH HAHTstuRE !
Those desiring anything in hair
work should -end their orders to f
j.
66 Whitehall St., Atlanta, Ga,
Who manufactures Wjge t Bangs,
Toupees, Braids, Curls, Frizjtes, etc.
He also makes up Combings and re*
Nlore8 Faded Braid a Satisfaction
guaranteed.
MONEY TO LOAN.
tlltl AA AflA to loan on five year’s time
*TT'IUU,VJVJV/ on improved farms in
Ciarae county, by Nelson Barker & Co.,' At-
BiUa, G„. Applica.ious mnst bo uutdo tl-rough
t. K. i uiupltin, Athens. Jul8-dtA-w4t.
SHALL TALK.
C-W. MOTES & CO
VKUFACTURf KS OF
mess, Collars,
AND DEALERS IN
Saddlery Hardware, Etc.
96 WMteb.aU Street, - ATLANTA, CA.
We ask your attention to our stock of SADDLERY, HARNESS, COLLARS, Ac. Our Goods are
manufactured with Great Care. From our long experience in thin line, we think we know the waata
of this trade, and in STYLE and FINISH of SADDLES, HARNESS, Ac., we cannot and will not be
excelled. We «upply everything wanted for the hone. Our stock is complete in all auch goods as are
usually kept In a tint-class Saddlery bouse. Our prices are low and in keeping with tke times.
june28 C. W. MOTES, 96 Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Gt.
Jackson court is progressing again
this week. ' . . ,
Bpgging and ties are already being
received iu large quantities.
The fig crop in this section seems to
have been an utter failure.
lion. Pope Barrow has introduced
a bill iu the legislature lo incorporate
Princeton.
Watoi melons continue to come in
unanimously. Some ot them are very
tine and sell cheap.
The martial spirit of Athens seems
to have played out. The Guards never
show their heads.
Mayor Ber.ssejhas gone lo Savannah
to attend the meeiing of the grand
odge I. O. O. F.
Heaves, Nicholson & Co.’s nesv
sU re is advancing rapidly. It will be
one of the handsomest in the city.
Reaves, Nicholson & Co.’s new
warehouse is to be floored all over
and will be two storied in the centre.
Air. J. II. Ilucker has gone to New
York, and will take in Saratoga, and
jterhaps one or two other watering-
places.
Hon. C. G. Talmadge left yester
day for a business trip to New York,
the western cities and perhaps Can-
nada.
p Mr. J. H. Mealor, represents! ive of
the lodge in Athens has gone to Sa
vannah to attend the Grand Lodge
I. O. O. F.
The bill introduced by lion. Pope
Barrow to provide for the payment
of the public debt ot Clarke county
has passed.
It is the opinion of some who have
known the University long and well,
that it has more elements of prosperi
ty at present than ever before.
Mr. R. Iv. Reaves left yesterday
for a trip of five or six weeks through
the west and north. He will buy
the stock for his house while goue.
Farmers, the warehouses of Athens
will have room to store all your cot
ton, tilts fall, and the buyers will give
you better prices than any other
place. Bring it here.
A few days ago a correspondent of
the Banner asked, “Shall we be re
presented?’’ at the cotton exposition.
As yet we have heard no answer
Hurry along with your replies.
Dr. W. L. Jones of this city was
eh cted one of the vice-presidents of
the Horticultural society for the en
suing year, at the convention in At
lanta last week.
We met a young lady out shop
ping about eight o’clock this morning
who boasted that she had danced all
night till three o’clock, had slept two
hours and was ready to keep going
all day and dance again to-night.
Talk about delicate women !
Mr. Hugh N. Taylor has returned
from a trip to the eastern, northern
and western cities, lie and his broth
er, Robert G., will engage in a gen
eral cotton and brokerage business.
They arc two of our most enterprising
and capable young nun.
A gentleman who has recently been
through the counties above here, tells
us he never saw finer prospects for
cotton in Jackson, Banks and the
lower edge ot llall. He says the
weed is flourishing and is full of bolls.
There are spots, though, that haven’t
done so well.
Wo hear that most of the fa-mors
who come to the city report that they
have very good crops themselves, but
neighbor B. or S. or W. just down the
road is not doing so well; Ilis crop
is suflering for raiu or something else.
Well its something to know that each
man is taking care of his own, even it
he can’t refrain from patsingjudgment
on his neighbor’s.
If Athens does not hurry up she
will not be able to get a place at tbe
Exposition. Already 1,400 applica
tions for s| ace have Men received and
more are coining in every day. Who
will take the initiative step in t iis
important matter ? There is a chance
for somebody to make fame right
here, und secure large profits to the
whole people of this section.
A'Xorel Contribution.
The Cincinnati Commercial has star
ted a contribution for the benefit ol
itie old soldier Capt. C. A. Cook, ol
that city, who slapped George Mor-
risson in the mouth for saying he hoped
that PresidentJGarfield would die.
Cook was fined $10, and $22 costs.
The Commercial at once called for
contributions. Nobody is allowed to
give inure tban one cent, and tbe num
ber lias reached several thousand. Mr.
C. W. Davis, the- photographer, res
ceived contributions this morning, in
Alliens, and forwarded a good num
ber this afternoon. A much larger
amount would have been sent it tbe
peop'e generally had known of it.
MONTGOMERY & BAILEY
‘ Broad Street, Between Col. S. C. Dobbs and McGinty’s Fnrnitnre Store,
WILL SOON HAVE IN STORE
BUGGIES, CARRIAGES,
Wagons, &c., Made to Order.
THE FARQUHAR ENGINE, Noted for Durability and
Power.
THE FARQUHAR SEPARATOR Nothing better nor
Cheaper in market.
THE BOOKWALTER VERTICAL ENGINE, 6i Horse
Power, for $355.
THE ATLAS ENGINE, One of the most popular, and noth
ing better in the market.
We . 111 Kill »nd hire no. on wo, other F.n R inea to sit,] to out U»t. Also
ENGINE FITTINGS, PIPING, ELBOWS, WATER
G-uases, tfcc.
ou322S&E& 5RS5S sa s «»• wmDEN8EK — FEEDE * o'-rest gin
M^.\VJ^.L«^n C0TT ° N U,N ' W>NDFNSER *» d FEEDER - ^ "V popular Gin In
rroT.£^;Sh,S?;‘^;mmeS: ing4lrt * Dd, ™ hfrom CIe ’«
Sample Engines and Gins kept on Hand.
a:«o Coti >> Fres-es, 5aw Mills, Sorgum Mills, Evaporators, Ac. We will add to our list Tools. Iu-
puuu'ius an 1 other Machinery as circumstances may justify 111
of 0r » t '•«*» FERl'ILIZERS AW IOoo l.ushol, or Montgomery’, pure Rust Proe
Oalh, raise 1 from pure renovated seed. j < MONTGOMERY
THOMAS BAILEY, '
^ Foreman Athena Foundry.
A Notable Pair or Carloads.
Yesterday two carloads were re
ceived in Athens,which were well worth
noticing. They consisted of wheat
d oats which Capt. J. N. Montgom
ery raised on his farm in Madison
county, and which he shipped at
Harmony Grove, to Athens. Capt.
Montgomery enjoys the distinction of
being the only farmer who ships grain
from his farm to Athens. The usual
course is the other way.
Another Cotton Compress.
Mr. J. II. Rucker has purchased a
cotton compress, which is now on the
way, and will be here in a few days.
It will be erected near the Northeast
ern depot, and will be ready in time
for tbe largely increased cottoii re
ceipts, which Athens hopes lo get
this season. We note with pleasure
this increase of the commercial facil
ities of Athens, and this imlicalion'of
her growlh.
A 31 ueli Engugril 3liiil.
Rev, H. R. Bernard is about as
much engaged a man as there is in
this parf ol. tho world, lie is audi
tor and act£k£ superintendent of the
Northeastern railroad, pastor of two
churches and public school commis
sioner of Clarke county. Altogether,
he manages somehow to keep busy.
The best part of it all is, that what
ever he does he does well.
A NEW HOOK.
The History or the Sea, from the Ark to the
Presort lime. By Frank B. Goodrich,
LL. It. With 250 Illustrations. J.
W. Lyon & Co., Canada.
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Frames For krtistic and Superior Photographs.
Tk-W-A-Y ATTTT.A-ni
Old. Pictures Copied and ESnlarged.
A Painful Accident. ATHENS’ WARER0USR CAPACITY.
Little Mattie, infant daughter of storage Room for 7^, the Whole YrarM
Mr. Macon Johnson, of Crawford, who Receipts.
ia visiting the city with his family,
happened to a painful accident this «»order to find out just how much
morning by which she had her thumb 8lora K e capacity Athens could fur-
cut off. The little girl was in her nish for the ooming cotton crop, a re
carriage and the nurse was rolling it. • P° rter of the B “>ner made a circuit
WINTEEVILLR MTS.
The carriage has an adjustable top
and the child had its thumb in the
ring where the hinge works when the
nurse suddenly moved the top and the
child’s thumb was cut off almost com
pletely. The bone was crushed a lit
tle and it was a most dreadful mishap,
rendered worse by the fact that the
little one was just recovering from a
spell of sickness. It came near having
spasms from the excessive pain. The
piece of thumb was stuck back to its
place in the hope that it would knit
and heal but it will require sometime
to tell whether the ho;>e will be real*
ixed.
Painters in want of supplies such
as white lead, oil, torpintiue, varnish
es, colors of any kind, either dry or in
oil, or paint brushes, would do well to
write to B. II. Broontliead A Co., At
lanta Ga.
Spectacles amt Eye-glasses.
We invite attention to the adver
tisement of Mr. A. F. Pickert,whole
sale and retail jeweler, which appears
in to-day’s Banner. Mr. Pickert is
well known, and he keeps a stock of
these articles which cannot he excelled
It is important, in buying specs
tacles and eye-glasses, to l ave them
correctly adjusted to the eyes, and
this cannot be done by everybody.
Mr. Pickert makes a study ol this
branch of optics, and is prepared to
give satisfaction.
Excursion and Contest.
Champion No. 3, one of our brag
companies will excurtto Atlanta on
next Friday, August 12th to engage
in a grand tournament which will
take place on Saturday the 13th,
They will meet four companies, rep
resenting Columbus, Atlanta and
Montgomery, Ala. From the past
reputation of this company it is con
ceded that they 'will bring the belt
home, put up by the citizens of At
lanta for the championship of the
slate. They desire all their friends
both white and colored to accompany
thoin on this occasion in order to
cheer them in their efforts to sustain
the reputation of the Athens fire de
partment. Remember that throe
separate first-class coaches have been,
set apart far their white friends.
Fare for the round trip only $2.50.
Among recent publications this
work certainly deserves mere than a
mere passing notice. The name ol
the author gives character to the book
and the suhject of which it treats is
one which will attract general atten
tion.
The author in this volume presents
as the result ot several years of labo
rious research and preparation, a fas
cinating history of the great Ocean,
unfolding the rise ot commerce from
the time when Solomon’s ships traded
with Ophir to the time wlieu the
steam-whistle is heard on every open
sea; from the time when the timid
mariner hugged the shore of the Med
iterranean by day and prudently cast
anchor by night, to the lime when
the steamship, apparently endowed
with reason, seems almost to dispense
with the aid of man.
The author in his cwn pleasing
style, recounts the achievements and
adventures of the heroes of the sea,
from the very dawn of history to the
present day. We find the voyages
of Necho, Hanno, Nearchus, the
j Northmen, Gonzales, Diaz, Colinn-
I bus, da Gama, Balboa, Magellan,
Van Noort, Hudson, Marco Polo, the
Pilgrim Fathers and others of less
note; the marvellous tales and strange
legends told by the early navigators;
the era ot piracy on the higli seas;
exploits of freebooters; the careers of
the noted buccaneers, bir John Haw
kins, Kidd, Dumpier, Drake, Anson
and others; the efforts, sufferings and
privations of the great Arctic explor
ers, Franklin, Perry, Belcher, Me*
Clure, Kane, Hall, from the timo of
Barentz to the present. Such are
the subjects treated of, and the au
thor’s happy faculty of combining in
terest with instruction makes this
bonk a valuable addition to any li-
biary.
The book is not local in its treat
ment, nor does it show strccial pars
tiality to any one nation. In the
course ot the history the reader is
introduced to nearly all the countries
of the globe, and is made familiar
with the customs, manners and pecu-
'iarities of the inhabitants.
To tliejorigiual work is appended
exhaustive treatise by Edward
llowland. of the United States Navy
describing deep water diving, bow it
is done, and what it accomplishes;
deep sea sounding, the peculiar pro
cesses and the results achieved; sub
marine telegraphing, one of the great*
est triumphs of the age; a histoiy of
tbe great fisheries ot the world, how
conducted, their magnitude and
wealth; the curiosities and marvels of
the coral reefs and islands, with many
interesting particulars of the singular
inhabitants ot the deep waters.
This volume is worthy of more
than a mere cursory examination. It
will please the student, the merchant,
and farmer, and can well take the
place of hundreds ot other publications
with which the reading public are
burdened.
Sunday School Celebration.
On Thursday week, the 18tli, there
will Ire a Sunday School celebration
at Prospect church, about five miles
above the city. These celebrations
have usually been of a most interest
ing character and the preparations
this year are more elaborate than at
any previous time. The programme
will consist of exercises by tbe pupils,
including speeches and songs, till din
ner lime, and after dinner addresses
will be made by Prof. Lumpkin and
others. It is looked forward to with
great interest by the good people of
the neighborhood and it Is likely there
will lie a number ot Athens people on
hand.
Bright’s di8vase of the kidneys,
gravel, diabetes, catarrh ol tbe. blad
der, lame back, sciatica, leucorrba'a
and female weakness are cured by
Prof. Guilmcte’s Kidney Pad. Try
it and be convinced.
NOTHING makes a man’s hand shake
so mini) as nominating the man for
office.
Carlton Son.
One of the most substantial grocery
firms in Atlanta, is that ot Messrs.
Carlton & Son., successors to Carlton
«fc Bro., whose advertisement has been
for some time in the Banner. These
gentlemen are thoroughly versed in
the line of bu-incss they are pursuing
and to an accurate knowledge of the
qualities ot goods which belong
their business, they add long and full
acquaintance with the wants of the
public. Years ot successful and up
right dealing have won for them
run ot patronage and a high place in
the public esteem, of which any firm
might be proud. Persons who desire
to purchase groceries, or to make
consignments, may rely u|>oii being
dealt with fairly and satisfactorily by
Carlton & Son. We have known
them long and can speak of them
with confidence.
The New York Enamel paint com
pany, ot New York, guarantee the
mixed paint not to crack, peel or
chalk, and will repaint any house ,al
their own expense, that is painted
with this paint, that does. B II
Broomhead & Co., Atlanta, Ga, are
lieneral agents and carry a large stock*
Write them lor sample caid.
The Comet.
The comet can now be seeu with the
naked eye in the northeastern sky
about 3:30 in the morning. It rises
earlier every night, and will soon be
visible in tiie evening sky and circum
polar like tlie late comet. Its tail is
about one degree long. The comet
is coming directly towards the earth
on its way to the perihelion passage,
which will be made about Angust 18.
It will then be twenty-five times
brighter than when first seen—bright
er, it is said, than the comet now fast
waning was in its brightest hoars. It
is, after all, said to lie a new comet,
and not a reappearance ot the one of
1327.
of the streets this morning and saw
one or more of the proprietors of
nearly every warehouse in the city,
and from them received the number
of bales each could accommodate.
We understand that there is never
mere than 25,000 bales in the city at
one time. These figures we get most
ly from the warehouse proprietors
themselves, but in two or three in
stances they are estimated from the
opinions given ns by those who are
acquainted with the warehouses.
Those estimated are J. H. Hull’s, W.
J. Morton’s and the Athens Factory
warehouses. The two latter are for
private use however, and a close cal
culation is not necessary. What cot
ton is put in them is to be kept th ;re
for the Georgia and Athens factories.
The other figures nislted from
headquarters, and by those supposed
to know best They are as follows:
Talmadge, Hodgson A Co., (old ware
house) 1X00
Talmadge, Hodgson A Co , (new ware
house) 1S.OOO
Reaves,Nicholson A Co.(two warelumsasHS.Oi.'O
S. C. Dobbs, (two warehouses) 4.000
Moss A Thorns* 5.000
«J. H. Hull (estimated) 800
W. J. Morton “ l.uoo
Athens Factory “ 700
Total 40.000
Thus it will be seen that the city is
prepared to put away 40,000 bales or
within 5,000 of what the total receipts
were during the past year. These
figures may be thought a little large
by some and even if they a-e, and
thoy are reduced there will still
be room for all the cotton in the city
at one time. The receipts for the
next year are estimated at from 55,-
000 to 60,000 hales but there will be
no difficulty in accommodating it ami
we hope there will be no such cry
of lack of room as has heretofore kept
some of the principal streets block
aded with cotton bales.
In addition to the warehouses we
understand that .Messrs. Orr & Hun
ter, Matthews, Jackson & Co, and
A. S. Dorsey will have weighing
yatds and thus further keep the coast
clear. Under the present showing
from the warehouses Athens is pre
pared to store all the cotton that will
be in the city at any one time for ten
years to come, even if the receipts
shall run up to 100,000 bales which
they are expected to do by that time
or before.
Carter A Solomon.
These gentlemen, who have been
known „o the readers of the Banner
some months, have a new advertise,
ment in this issue. Their fall stock
of carpets, oil-cloths, curtains, 1am-
kreqnius, vail paper and general in
terior house decorations, is unsur
passed in Georgia. They have every
variety of carpets, from the finest
brussels to the cheapest three-ply,
and they can give you as good a bar
gain as can be obtained anywhere.
Indeed, for the same price they will
do beltei than most houses. The ex
tent and variety of their stock of
mattings, oil-cloths, etc., can be ap
preciated only by those who inspect
it. Persons who cannot go lo At
lanta and select in person, can be
properly attended to and have their
goods chosen for them with great
care. It you want anything in this
line, call on or write to Carter & Sol
omon.
If you are troubled with fever and
ague, dumb ague, billions fever, jauir
dice, dyspepsia, or any disease of the
liver, blood and stomach, and wish to
get well, try the new remedy. Prof.
Guilmctte’s French Liver Pad. Ask
your druggist for it, and lake no oth
er, and if he has not got it send $1.50
in a letter to the French Pad Co.,
Toledo, O , and receive one by return
mail.
Serve and Vim.
It lakes nerve, vim, perseverance,
patient continuance in well doing to
win a great prize, and the young man
who goes into a profession or business
without ibis pluck and force will never
succeed, he will drag along through
life. Young man don’t drag along
without a gold watch and chain, gold
pen, or anything in jewelry, but nerve
up, persevere, force your way to
Skiff the jeweler and be supplied/
No Danger in Takino May Ap
ple Liver Pills.—They are harm
le-s to the most delicate person, but
so peneiratiug that they clear the
system ot all impurities, and gently
excite the liver to healthy action.
Price 15 cents per box. Sold by all
druggists. March8-lm.
don’t use whitewash to cleanse
your rooms, but if your ceilings or
walls are soiled, write to B. H. Broom-
head & Co., Atlanta, Ga., for prices
and sample card of Johnson's dry-
sized knbomine.
Another $511,000 for Emory.
We learn that Dr Ilaggocd has
received a telegram from Mr. Seney
staring that he has concluded to give
another $50,000 to Emory College
This is great good fortune for this ex
cellent institution and tbe news will
be received with rejoicing by its friends
and the friends of teligious education
all over tne state.
For doors, saBh and blinds, mould
ings, stair work, or brackets, corres
pond with It. Hr Broomhead & Co.,
36 Decatur Street Atlanta, Ga. They
are successors to Longley and Robin
oo.
Rupture Cured l—Sti-.utture
Cured.—Without the use of the
knile or painful means. Lost man
hood restored, and diseases of men
successfully treated by J. W. Gur
ley, M. D„ 67 Whitehall Street, At
lanta, Ga. MaO-6 os. y3
Railroad Mw-tins at Uanlt-krllle.
We learn that the railroad meeting
in Danielsviile last Tuesday was well
attended. A committee was ap
pointed to draft a charter, and pro
cure its passage by the legislature. A
resolution was adopted to ask the leg
islature to allow the county to issue
bonds to the amount of $50,000 to do
the grading of the road. This last is
contrary to the constitution of the
state, and the legislature will not au
thorize it.
The road which is now in contem
plation, is to run troiu Harmony
Grove to Newtown. Why do not
our Madison county friends co-oper
ate with the citizens of Athens, and
endeavor to build a road from Athens
to Bnwersville or some other point
on the Elberton Air-Line ? If they
should build a road to Harmony
Grove, they would not then have
reached a market of sufficient magni
tude for their trading purposes. They
could not sell their cotton or buy
4lfeir goods, as advantageonsly at any
ot the smaller towns, as at Athens.
?Why then should they not seek to
come direct to Athei.s, instead ot
coming by any other place—for they
will have to come here, so long as
Athena remains the principal market
of this part of Georgia.
There is another question that
might be asked just here. Why do
not the business men ot Athens take
advant.ngeof the present interest which
the Madison county people are mani
festing in railroad enterprise, and try
to tnrfi them in this direction, instead
of towards some other point ? Athens
needs a railroad through Madison
county. Every business man in the
city knows it and admits it. Why
then do not our leading business men
act upon the necessity and sta't tbe
movement ? Athens has already lost
considerable trade from the cast. She
may lose more it she is not wide-
,awake.
There will tie an ther railroad
meeting in Danielsviile, on the first
Tuesday in September.
Seth Thomas, Clocks, Rogers A
Sons cntlery, McBride’s spoons, forks*
castors, champion ice-cream freezers
library lamps, Dixon’s stove polish,
Maddock & Sons’ splendid English
white granite ware, all tried and prov
en to be as good if not the best in the
Hot, Hotter, Hottest.
Watermelons plentiful.
Fine rains last Sunday.
Old Uncle Sterling Thomas is dead
Frying-size chickens in great de
mand.
Cotton ba-kets have begun to come
into market.
Protracted meeting began at Cher
okee corner last Saturday.
If you want to hear of a big rattle
snake, call on Mr. .Jas. F. Barnett
Rev William Goss preached a tru
ly interesting sermon at this place,
Saturday night last.
Miss Lucy Leseuer and Mrs. Nolan
ot Athens, have been spending some
time with Mrs. R W Williams of this
place.
Mr. Wayne Potts, of Jackson coun
ty, passed through our little village
a few days since, trying to sell the
Staple subsoil plow, but with little
success.
Mr. James M. Smith has had one
hundred bundles of cotton ties striped,
to commence with.
Messrs. McAlpin and Pittard have
laid in their (all stock of shoes and
jeans.
Mr. II O Johnson came very near
being badly hurt a few da) s since, by
bis horse running away with him.
Master Willie Hutcheson came very
near having one of bis eyes knocked
ont, the other day, with a base ball
bat. This is another warning to “y«
baseballist.”
The new additions to the stores of
Messrs. Tuck, Winter, Hutcheson &
Bro., and McAlpin and Pittard, will
soon be completed.
Mr. J Q Allison, of Augusta, is
spending a week or two with his lam'
ily at Winterville.
Messrs. J II Pittard, F II Kroner
and families, and Misses Clark aud
Ilunnicutt. who started for the moun
tains on July 19 to stay a month,
came back home last Saturday very
much pleased with their trip.
Mr. Fred Allison had his horse to
fall down and fall upon his leg last
Sunday. The horse had to be taken
off of him. No damage dine.
One crowd who started to the fall*
on August 2nd, came back Saturday
night. They say th?t they could not
get anything to eat up there.
The Georgia railroad company has
somewhat surprised a few of the farm
ers of this section by placing coal
burning engines on the road. They
have also done away with the horse
power at this place and have placed a
buckeye hand pump in its place to
supply the water.
A Museum of Curiosities.
You may not think that the office
of a physician, or “a doctor shop,” if
yon prefer to call it so—catt be called
a museum; but you would think dif
ferently if you could have been with
this reporter as he sauntered into the
office ot the Dr*. Durham the other
day. The reception room is like any
other office; bnt this opens into another
room, which is shelved on one side,
and which has much besides the array
of bottles with various colored medi
cines, usually found in such places,
There are a number of jars, targe and
small, with slrangcslooking things in
side.
“ Are these some of. the trophies of
your skill, Doctor?’’ we asked of Dr.
Wm. Durham, who was present
‘Well,’ he replied modestly, ‘these
are mementoes of some of the [opera
tions we have performed.*
'Will you show them to us ?’ en -
qnired the curiosity-seeking* repor
ter.
‘Oh, certainly. Here, first, a is
stone recently taken from the bladder
of a child six years old. It measures
one and five- eighths inches. Here is
another, weighing two ounces, taken
from a child nine years old. Here is
a tumor from the ear of a negro wo
man. Tumors of this kind are not
as uncommon ns they ought to be.
They are caused by wearing brass
ear-rings. There is another tumor’—
pointing to a huge, ugly mass in a
large glass jar. ‘That was taken from
the side of the head of an old negro
man, who is well known about Ath
ens. Notwithstanding he was about
eighty years old, he stood the opera
tion well and has had no had symp
toms since. And here is a pretty tu
mor’—
‘Pretty ?’we interrupted, in sur
prise.
Tho Doctor smiled. ‘Yes, I call it
. It was taken from lietween the
toes of a young lady. Ot course it
enlarged and deformed her foot, very
badly. She had not been able to
wear shoes since she was three years
old, until that was removed. There
is a portion of a man’s legs that we
hail to take off from him. Here are
two tape worms which wo removed
from different persons;—one of them
is thirty-six feet iong.’
•Whew !’ ejaculated the reporter,
who sometime* feels a dreadful
gnawing in the stomach.
‘Here is the hand of a.negto caught
in a gin and so badly [lacerated, that
it had to be amputated. Here is a
specimen of what.frcqucntly kills old
people—ossification of the arteries.’
Anl so the affable Doctor went on,
showing its one after another of the
ugly but interesting trophies of
science and ’professional skill—some
of which we cannot recollect, and
many of which it [.would not he in
good taste to describe.
The Doctors Durham have cstab-
fished an enviable and veryj extensive
reputation in surgery and other dif
ficult cases. They are known far and
wide; they have calls from other
parts of the state; and patients from
a distance are continually coming to
Athens to receive the benefit of their
superior skill. They stand high with
tlie profession and the general public,
and are doing a very extensive prac
tice as well as conferring a great ben
efit ou tunny of their, suflering fellow-
beings.
THE STATE UN1VERSIY.
FALLING FROM A SCAFFOLD.
Injury to two Workmen. Severe Bruises but
Nothing Serious.
This morning a force of workmen
from A. K. Childs & Co.’s tin shop
were engaged in putting a liu roof on
tar. McDermott’s new dwelling, near
the Northeastern depot, when two of
them were severely hurt by the giving
way of a scaffold. Tue two men, Mr.
David Bailey, (white) and Wren Hol
brooks, (col.) were standing on the
scaffolding at the side of the root,
when suddenly and without warning
the supports gave way and both were
precipitated to the ground, a distance
of about fifteen feet. They were taken
up and carried to Dr. Carlton’s office
before the extent of their injuries was
a-certeined. An examination showed
that they were net hurt as badly as
was at first (eared. Mr. Bailey had
two ribs broken and. was considerably
bruised in several places. Wren Hoi
brook had a severe gash cut in his
hand by the tin in his efforts to save
himself. He also had his right foot
badly sprained. Both men were right
badly hurt hut we are glad to know
there is no danger ot serious or per
manent results. Their wounds will
likely keep them laid up for a time but
there is nothing to prevent their com
plete recovery with proper attention
From MeXutL
McNutt, Ga., Aug. 6, 1881
On last Sunday night tbe African
church at Mt. Sinai was consumed by
flames of destruction. It is said to ;
be the work of an incendiary, aud by
the hands of their own color.
Crops are belter than fi r many J
years past; every farmer is happy.
Mr. S. T. Berton has always lieen
considered the handsomest man in
our community; he now parts his hair
in the middle, and we know there will
be many smiles now among the fair
sex.
Mr. T. N. Lester and a number of
other pleasure-seekers have gone to
University of.Gkougia, Athens,
Ga., August 3.—Editors Telegraph
and Messeugcr : In your issue of 22d
July last, appears a letter from your
correspondent, H. S. E, to a portion
of which, prominently headed “De
cay of the Universitymy attention
has lately been called. 1 rely suffi
ciently upon your sense of justice to
feel confident that you will allow me
a space in your columns for a state
ment of facts, which I shall make as
brief as jtos-ible.
tour correspondent was greatly
misinformed. He charges that tlie
University never advertises, /rite fact
is that, as secretary of tlie facu’ty, I
have had charge of the advertising
for several years past, and your paper
lias always been ami continues to be
one of the regular mediums through
which the university is brought to
public uoticc; nor do we expect you
to do it tor nothing. As your books
can testify, you always have been
promptly paid yonr charges.
Again, your corres|H>ndent puls
our number of students at eighty.
The tact is, that the number of ma
triculate students at Athens for tho
session ot 1880 to 1381 was 155.
The two previous ysare, the num
bers had been respectively 149 and
152.
Your correspondent takes it for
granted that the university is “decay
ing,” announces it as a fact, hut the
only proof ho adduces in making so
grave a charge, is that “the crown
this year is small.’’ Now, as to the
fact, the matter is one of opinion.
To my own eye the chapel was ns
crowded as it usually has been. But,
this aside, is the prosperity of a uni
versity, is its educational power, its
scholarship to be judged solely from
the number of spectators at the usual
ooramenoement exercises? I hold,
Mr. Editor, that the scholarly stand
ing of an institution ot learning, it-
capacity for good, depend upon tar
more substantial things. Upon what
then ? Among the[pnncipal elements,
I would mention : Wisdom of man
agement; proper and sufficient en
dowment, a working, energetic facul
ty. a anfficicnt^equipment tor the work
of illustrating and teaching. An in
stitution having these may or may
not have a crowd at commencement,
may or may not have a large number
of students, but yet can ami docs
present to the state advantages of su
perior means of acquiring useful
Knowledge.
The university possesses wisdom of
management in its trustees. Read
tbe list, and you will find the names
of men who have been trusted by the
people of Georgia, and have vindi
cated tbe trust reposed in them in the
pulpit, at the bar, on the field of
battle and in legislative councils.
The university possesses an endow
ment, not sufficient, it is true, but <m>-
that has enabled it to to eularge its
scheme of education, that in addition
to the old bachelor ot arts course it
now offers extended courses iu science
aud special practical courses in engi
neering, analytical chemistry, physics
and agriculture.
Does the university possess a work
ing, energetic faculty ? As a member
ot this, it does uot become me to an
swer this question. I appeal to the
alumni all over the State. Thoy are
the proper ones to answer.
The equipment of the university is
superior. Id tlie last tew years there
have been nearly filly thousand dol
lars spent in equipping the scientific
departments.
A new building, 100x50 feet, with
four stories, has been specially built
for their accommodations. In its
basement are work shops, assay rooms
and a steam engine.
The first floor is fitted up for the
department of chemistry, tlie working
of which has been enlarged, so tint
students can now study analytical
chemistry practically and do actual
work.
The department of physics occupies
the second floor. The apparatus of
this department is extensive and new,
having been bought by myself within
three years after a careful selection,
personally made in Europaand hi this
country. It is still being a id .I ■•>.
Five hundred dollars is now being
additionally spent in increasing the
collection of instruments. Next ses
sion students are lo have the advan
tage of a physical lalioratory, now I ic
ing fitted up, in which those desiring
to extend their course can have the
opportunity of working with the ap
paratus themselves and the advantage
of additional lectures and of prosecut
ing original investigations.
The third floor is that of engineer
ing, with drawing halls, lecture room
and a model room, in which is net up
by far the finest aud most complete
collection of models and surveying
instruments south ol the Potomac.
By means ot these a student is prac
tically taught the sciences, ami the
school, although still young, can al
ready boast with pride of the success
of its graduates.
The work that can be done with
the means at ottr command is thor
ough.
But I cannot trespass too much on
your columus. I wished only to show
that, tar from being in decay, the uni
versity possesses now more elements
ot vitality than ever before in its his
tory ; it has steadily been enlarging its
scope of instruction, offering to slu -
dents diversified schemes of culture—
literary, scientific, practical aud s|s>-
cial; has been steadily increasing its
appliances and equipments: has been
yearly adding to its library lo the
amount of $600 to $700, until we can
now assert, fearlessly, that we are in
ferior to no institution ot learning in
the Southern Slates.
With thanks for the use of your
columns, I remain, Mr. Editor, yours
very respectfully,
L. H. Ciiaubonniei:.
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