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TRADE EDITION.
THE ATHENS BANNER.
TRADE EDITION.
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JOHNSON SHOE GO.
The Celebrated Gainesville Shoe
is Their Leader.
MB L H. JOHNSON.
The Jobneon Shoe Company Is one of
the bnilneu Institutions of Athens that
owe* its prosperity to square dealing, ao
tire and persevering effort and the hand'
ling of nothing bnt the very best goods,
Mr, L H. Johnson, who is in oharge
of this splendid business, is a native of
Taylor county, Qa„ and spent his boy
hood days on the farm. The greater
part of his life hu been spent in mer-
chandiaing and as a tra-elliug salesman
For a number of years he was a travel
ling saleimin for the J Q. Hynds Man
ufacturing Co., of Oaineaville, Us., and
gained a thorough and extensive know!
ec'ge of the shoe business.
He came to Athens five years sine
and i-ataMiahed himself in business h -re.
His store b> came at onoe an attractive
spot for hundreds of people in search of
the best shoes at the lowest prices. The
patronage increased year by year until
today the Johnson Shoe Company en
joys oue of the best businesses in
Atheus.
All grades of shoes for men, women
and children are carried in stock, but
the celebrated Gainesville shoe is the
leader and a prime favorite with all.
JOHN W. WIER
Has Been Sheriff of Clarke County
Tor the Past Twenty-
One Years.
C aiki county has had a number of
sheriffs sinoe the year 1801 whloh marked
the beginning of the county, but none
held ofiloe as long as the present inoum-
bent, nor did any give more general sat
isfaction in office than he has given.
Sheriff John W. Wier it a native of
Oiarke county and was elected as sheriff
in 1881 upon the death of Sheriff Brown
ing. During the past twenty-one years
hi bas filled that iffioe with rare effl-
oienoy and his record will compare fa
vorably with that of any county offloial
in the state.
A few times during those twenty-one
years be has had opposition for re eleo
tion, but the people have always returned
him to office by large majorities, endors
ing his record as an t nicer in an unmia
takable manner.
Sheriff Wier is recognized throughout
S. B. WINGFIELD
Who Holds the Office of Ordinary
of Clarke County.
The important office of Ordinary Id
the oonnty of Oiarke la filled by Jodge
S. B. Wingfield, who was elected two
years sinoe after a moat interesting oon
test.
Judge Wingfield is the third man to
fill the position of Ordinary in this
connty, the first Ordinary, Judge Jaok
son, having held the office forty-nins
TWO NEW BANKS
OPEN HERE JAN. 1.
The Bank of the University Will be Converted Into
the Oeorgia National Bank of Athens and the
U liversity Savings Bank—-Mr. J j Wilkins
W ill be President of These Banks.
M. M. ARNOLD. F
Leading Retail Grocery and Splen
did Bakery Business.
On the first of January the Bank of
the University, which Is today one of
tho most snecessfnl bauks in Georgia,
will be converted into “The Georgia
National Bant of Athens" with a cap
ital of $100,000 and the University Ha
vinga Bank” with a capital of $40,000
and nndlvided profits of $16,000.
In the last few yean, under the
progressive policy of the present man
agement the Bank of the University ha
very largely increased its business and
nsefniness in nor oommanity. The
change now to the national bank sys
tern is in linn of farther ^progress and
the new banks will make institutions of
wbioh the city of Athens and tbil see
tion may well feel prond.
The oomblned capital and profits will
be $165,000 and will begin on tbs first
of January with $260,000 deposits. This
in Itself is evidence enough of the
strength of the two new banks wbioh
are to take the place of the University
bank.
There art. still stronger reasons why
the new banks thould snocced, however,
for the directory of the banks wUl be
made op of several of tbe best known,
moot iuofluentlal and most snooessfnl
business men in Athens, men whose
reputation in the bnsinesa world are
such as to guarantee careful and able
management of any institution wilb
whiob they connect themselves.
The directory will consist of Messrs.
Blllops Pbinizy, a leading cotton factor
and one of the best bnalaest men in
Georgia; Thomas P. Vinoent, chairman
of the Board of Commissioners for
Oiarke oonnty snd president of tbe Ath
ens Manufacturing Company: J. H.
Fleming, of T. Fleming and Sons, lead
ing hardware merchants; John J
Wilkins, president of the two banks and
justly regarded as one of the safest and
most progressive flnanoiers of the oity :
Joseph N Webb, senior member of tbe
large grocery establishment of Webb
& Orawtord and one of the best business
men in Georgia; and Alex S Erwin,
of tbe law firm of Erwin & Erwin, for
merly a member of the Railroad Com
mission of Georgia ana Judge of tbe
Saperlor Conrts of the Western Circuit.
The directory will be no more compe
tent than the officers, who will be as
follows; President—John J. Wilkins
Cashier — M M. Stephenson. Book
keeper—W. P Brooks. The snperb
msorgemeut of the Bank of the Univer
sity is a record that stamps President
Wilkins as a bank officer with few
eqnsle. The other two uffioers are of
well known ability aod will do their
full share in tbe work of miking tbe
two new banks leaders in tbe bauklng
world of Georgia.
With this strong board of leadlDg
business men and with the large oapltal
and deposits this old, well-known and
long-established Institution will be
brought more prominently before the
financial world both at home and abroad,
with all the advantages of the national
as well as the state bank systems, giving
better facilities for handling their large
and growing business.
Mr. Wilkins with bis able board of
advisers and polite and courteous corps
of assistants will soon have these banks
in the front rank of tbs leading financial
instltntions of the state and the 8ontb
to which oar city and the pnbllo gen
erally, especially tbe stook holders on ao
oonnt of their attrsotive investment, can
point with pride.
The establishment of these new banks
will give Athens banking advantages
that sbonld be appreciated and in rocog
nitlon of that appreciation the people
should increase their business with these
banks.
Everyone greets the coming of the
new banks with pleasure and pride.
Marion M. Arnold, who started In the
the retail grocery bnsineis in Athens six
years ago has forged rapidly to the front
as a bnsinesa man of rare ability.
At this place Is to be tonnd as complete
a stook of staple and fancy groceries ss
Athena affords. Tbe freshest and best
goods, the sqaareat treatment, tbe
promptest and moat courteous service
have brought this establishment great
snooesa.
Among the special line of goods han
dled are the famous Diploma Coffee,
roasted and prepared especially for Mr.
Arnold's customers, and the splendid
Gold Medal Spring Wheat Floor, wbioh
has gained a great reputation wherever
ust-d An excellent line of frntts and
vegetables Is always on band at this
■tore.
Fifteen months since Mr. Arnold es
tablis-rd his bakery basinets in a small
way. It has given anoh general satis
faction that tbe business b
with rapidity until he now furnishee
four-fifths of the bread sold in this city.
Breads of all kinds, oakes of all kinds,
and tho most delidons fruit oakes are
baked at Mr. Arnold's bakery. Recently
a new briok building was erected on
Hsnoook aveane for this establishment
and a large new oven Installed.
MR. M. M ARNOLD
J. A. PITNER
The Efficient and Popular Treas
urer of Clarke County.
The man who handles tho oath of any
oonnty ought to be one of the best of the
oonnty officials.
Oiarke oonnty hat In Mr. J. A. Pitner
just such an offloer, a man whose ad
ministration of the affairs of his offloe
has given eminent satisfaction in every
respect.
Mr. Pitner is a native of Athens and
HENRY H. LINTON
Tax Collector of Clarke County
For the Past Twenty*
Three Years.
In length of servloe Tax Collector H.
H. Linton outranks all the offloers of
the Oonnty of Clarke, although he is yet
a young man.
In 1879 he was eleoted to the position
he now bolds, just a few yean after
reaohlng bis majority, and for the past
twenty-three yean baa made the oonnty
oue of the best offioials who ever served
her.
During tbai time nearly one million
dollan in tax money bas pasted through
bis hands witbont one osnt ever being
misplaced. Hi* books are models of
neatness and aoonraoy, and it is doubt
ful whether another oonnty in Georgia
oan show as efficient a tax oolleotor.
Daring the past yean Mr.
Linton, in addition to hu offloial dntlss
hat engaged sciooessfall) in tbe fire in
sures os business, was bookkeeper for
GHA8. W. COOPER
J. H. DORSEY
Oue of the most thorough photo
graphic es'abhshmeuts Atheus bas ever
bad u that of McAdam & Beck on
Broad street, located in the rooms form
erly occupied t-y the Maddox studio.
Mrs. M. I. McAdsm and Miss Ida
May Beck, who constitute tbe firm
osme to Athrus May 20, 1002, succeed
ing Miss Branch in the photographic
business here.
These ladies are expertenoed artists
and tbe work executed at tbeir atndlo la
np to the highest standard of excellence,
Toey hare given anoh general satisfac
tion in tbeir work that their patronage
baa increased fiom month to month
until now they euj >y a large and rapidly
inoreasiug business.
They toru ont ibe very latest styles ot
photographs, keeping folly abreast tbe
oooatant advance ot their profession.
Tbls is no small task, as there is nothing
that is showing a mote rapid improve
ment Iban photography.
SHERIFF JOHN W. WIER
Georgia as one of tbe most efflolent offl-
O' rs of the peace in the ■ ate. His man
agement of the connty jail has been
admirable. The prisoners never com
plain of bad treatment and tt is said that
many darkies love to get to jail just to
have Sheriff Wier feed them.
M’ADAM & BECK,
ORDINARY 8. B WINGFIELD.
rears aod the second Ordinary, Judge
Herrington, filling tbe position twelve
years.
Judge Wingfield has been quite active
lu the discharge of his duties since tak
ing charge of bis iffioe. One special
work of great value to the county whiob
he bas performed was the indexing ot
all tbe old records of the county in e
most aystematlo and satisfactory man
ner, thns placing them in a condition
where they can be referred to with ease
by all who have tbe oooasion to investi
gate them.
Jodge Wingfield has bo- n a resident
of Oiarke county for several yeata H-
came to Athens' from Wilkes ecu t
where he was a prominent a id pnpulei
citizen. For a number of years he m
connected with tbe clerical departmei t
of two ot the Athens railroads.
PHOTOGRAPHERS.
The Efficient Receiver of Tax
Returns for Clarke County.
Oiarke oonnty has In Tax Reoetver J.
H. Dorsey one of her most efflolent < ffi
oars.
Tax Reoeiver Dorsey is Jost complet
ing his first teim in that offloe and bas
been re-eleoted for another term of two
years. His books bare been examined
by the Comptroller General of the state
and by socoeaalve grand jnries and have
It is a study that rt quires no llttb
ability sod a considerable amount ot
energy and perseverance, yet without
oonstant attention to it tbe photogra
pber soon lags behind and becomes a
back number.
Tbe stodto of MoAdarn & Beck is
equipped with tbe best and most lm
proved photographic icairumeuta and
they are prepared to execute firat-olaas
work ou short ootioe.
Group work Is one of tbe speolal lines
iu wbioh they exoel and to which they
invite the atuntion of the public.
Enlarging pictures is another feature
of tbeir business to wbioh they give
speolal attention and those desiring work
of ibis kind would do well to give them
a call.
In addition to giving tbe latest styles
and finish, tbe promptest work ai d
thur-ugh satisfaction in every particular,
they oharge for tbeir work only tbe most
reasonable prices.
CLERK OHAS. W. COOPER.
■ale stock bnsinesa
Tbe greater part of Mr. Cooper's Ufe
has been spent In Athens lu the stook
badness, and there is probably no more
expertenoed stook man in this section of
tbe state than be.
Two years sinoe he made bis race for
clerk of the Superior ooort before tbe
democrats of Oiarke oonnty winning
oat after a heated and exolting contest.
His administration of the affairs of bis
office bas been oommended highly by
■nooeesive grand juries who have exam
ined luto the details of nts work and tbe
manner in wbioh be kept tbe oonnty
records.
Mr. Oooper retires from this offloe the
Deginnlng of ibe year, carrying witb
him tbe best wishes of many warm
friends.
TAX RECEIVER J. H. DORSEY.
been pronounced to be models of neat
ness and aoouraoy. The people of tbts
county reoognize in him a very valuable
and efficient offloer.
Mr. Dorsey served as mayor of Athens
nearly twenty years sinoe with splendid
effect. Fora number of years be was
with the Georgia Southern & Florida
Railroad and was regarded as one of tbe
best men In the servloe of that railroad.
In recent years hs served as oity aider-
man from the first ward, making a fine
reoord as a pnbllo officer. He now bolds
a position as a member of the Oity Board
of Health.
Athens has no olttz tn who is more
thoroughly interested in her welfare and
and upbuilding than Tax Reoeiver J. H.
Dorsey.
The name of O. W. Mote* is synony
mous witb all that is best in the way of
photogrephio art.
Mr. Mutes was a oitizen of Atbeni be
fore the oivtl war. In 1861 be volun
teered into the servloe of the Confeder
ate states and went ont from Athens in
the Tronp Artillery, of whloh battery
he was a lieutenant. His servloe In the
Confederate Army were distinguished
by much bravery and unfaltering fidel
ity to duty.
In 1866 he returned to Athens and
opened op a photograph bosinees here,
remaining a citizen of Athens until 1871
when be moved to Atlanta. He was a
oitizen of Atlanta until 1900, when he
came book to Athens.
During tbe twenty-nine yean of his
residence in Atlanta, Mr. Motes
achieved the reputation of being tbe
leading photographer in the Booth and
in numerous great expositions and pho
tograph^ contests oarried off more first
ollfll wM^gla thin ioj Qfliflf photogra*
pher.
His reputation spread beyond the lim
its of the state and all over the south
the name of O. W. Motes was familiar
to all who discussed the great advanoe
made in photographic art.
Mr, Motes' studio in Atlanta was tbe
place to whiob all turned when in quest
of the very best work lo photography
and a photo with his name upon it was
reoogniaed as being the perfection of ar-
tiatio prod ootloo.
Mr. Mote* returned to Athens to make
of the Olasslo Oity what he had made of
Atlanta, the leading photographio city
in the Sooth. His studio on College
avenue is one of the most beautiful and
attractive In Georgia. It U a rare pleas
ure simply to visit there and inspect the
magnifioent photographs on display.
All the latest styles In the photo
graphio art are faultlessly executed and
tbe finished photos of the establishment
bear favorable comparison with the best
of their kind in the world.
Clerk of the Superior Court of
Clarke County.
Mr. Oharles W. Oooper, clerk of the
Superior court of Oiarke oouutv, has
been a citizen of Athens for the past
thirty-live years, coming to this oity
from Ooonee county.
For a number of years he was with
the firm of Talmadge & Hodgson, gro
oers, and for two years was a oitizen of
Atlanta, where he engaged in the whole-
C. W. MOTES, PHOTOCRAPHER.
TREASURER J. A PITNER.
has daring his usefnl life ooutribated
much energy and abilitr to her upl elid
ing. He was for four years a oity alder
man, rendering effective servloe in that
oositlon A number of terms he served
as oorouer of Oiarke county aod for the
past several term* has ocoupi d the pod
>lon of ooonty treasurer. Quite a num-
ner of the knowing ones say he is the
hardest man in Oiarke oonnty to best
for any offloe to wbioh be aspires. In
addition to bis work as connty treasurer,
he is one of tbe best sal' 'men in tbe
employ of the large grooery establish
ment of J. S King & Co.
As a connty treasurer he has made a
splendid sncoess.and no connty in Geor
gia has a more till dent custodian of her
fnnds.
TAX OOLLEOTOR H. H. LINTON,
Oapt. J. H. R loker's cotton basiness,
bss been direotur in tbe Athene Manu
facturing Company, and has also
achieved mooes* as a farmer.
Mr. Linton <■ quite prominent ae a
Masou, occupying at present tbe high
est Masonlo offloe in Athens, that of
Tbrloe Illustrious Master ot the Atbeni
OoonoU.