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The Georgia National Bank
Of Athens. Capital $100,000.
Offer* to depositor* every facility their
balances, business and responsibility
THE
BANNER.
The Georgia National Bank
Of Athens. Capital JIOO.OOO.
Receive* deposits of banks, corpofationfi,
firms and individuals. Careful atten
tion to all business.
ESTABLISHED 1832.
ATHENS, GA„ THURSDAY MOSSING, MAY 7, 1903.
85.00 A YEAR
D. L. PAYNE ARRESTED
ON SERIOUS CHARGE
He Admitted at Jefferson Yesterday That He Assaulted
an Old Negro Near Stathain and Beat Him Almost
to Death. Payne Was Arrested in This City
by Three Athens Policemen.
E FOLDER
ISSUED BY CITY
It Will Advertise Athens in
Splendid Manner All
Over the Country.
D L, Payne, a young white man, who
has been living near Bogart, Ga , was
arrested yesterday morning about three
o'clock at a bouse in East Athene where
he was spending the night, and the
charge that was chalked up against him
is that of havirg assaulted, brutally
beaten and robbed an old negro named
Henry Johnson near Statham, Ga , a
few weeks since.
Johnson was found near his home in
what was thonght to be a dying condi
tion. His head had been beaten almost
into a jelly and tho snm of ten dollars
had been stolen from him Contrary to
all expectations the old negro recovered
and on regaining consciousness he gave
the name of Payne as that of his assail
ant. He said that this man had given
him whiskey that had some drng in ii
as it made him very sick, and that after
wards lie had assaulted him and beaten
him into insensibility.
As soon as these statements were
mads public, Gov. Terrell offered a re
ward of one hundred dollars for the cap-
tore of the person who assanlted the old
negro with proof to convict and the iffi-
oers t f the law have since that time
been on the lookout for the gnilty party.
Yesterday morning Officers Cook, Jack-
ton and Burpee, of the Athens police
force made the arrest of Payne, who
vigorously denied the charge against
him. Payne was sent to the jall at Jef
ferson yesterday morning in charge of
Offloer Saye.
At Jefferson, Payne admitted that he
i «M nfl0A>*£s<S
"wdJf tfiSlhe persuaded
tho old darky to go down into the woods
and that he beat him there with a stick
and thonght he had killed him.
Payne was committed to jail in de
fault of a bond of five hundred dollars,
and will be given his trial at the next
session of Jackson superior court.
THE CIVIL SERVICE
EXAMINATION HELD
Yesterday at the oity hall the civil
servioe examination for the offices of
olerk and carrier in the government ser
vice was held.
There were about a dmn persons
who stood the examination. Of that
number about half were white people
and the other half negToes.
Those who passed the examination
successfully will be added to the eligible
list of the Athens postoffice and will be
appointed to office as the vacancies in
the service arise.
GEORGIA TD PLAY
VANDERBILT TODAY
Great Game of Baseball on
University Campus This
Afternoon.
Tltis afternoon on Herty Field Geor
gia and Vanderbilt will cross bits, aud j
the result is very doubtful This g.«me
will be cue < f th * haid-st fought con j
tes s yet witnessed on tlie lo~al diamond
and as they are th?* strongest t* ams in ,
the South the battle will be a rrq al one
Rower or Myddleton will do th- box I
work for Georgia The r* st of the line- j
up will be the tame a< has b en jir* nt- ;
ed for the last four games.
The student bedy as well as the team
insist is itching for a victory over
Vanderbilt because the Tenness e boys
for the last few years have seemed to ;
think that Georgia was not worthy of i
their steel. Dickinson’s pets are de
termined to cause a rather severe fall of ‘
their feeling of invincibility, at d they !
can do this if they eliminate the erratic
work that figured in Tuesday’s game, |
The city of Athens ha9 just gotten out
a neat and attractive folder, conveying
an abundance of information as to the
resources and advantages of the city.
The folder is twenty-four pages in
size, is printed on heavy enamel paper
and is haudsemely illustrated. It was
gotten up by Mayor Rhodes and is a
splendi 1 stroke of enterprise. It will be
sent to parties who make inquiries as to
the city and to such parties as it may be
desired to interest in the city and its
future, _
The city of Athens is shown up in a
strong light in the folder and her won
derful advantages are set forth in a con
vincing manner for the benefit of the
prospective homr-seeker or investor.
COTTON CROP
F0J1YEAR 1902,
The gov eminent census office at Wash
ington reports the amount of cotton
ginned from the growth of 1902 at 10,-
588,200 bales.
THE DOCTORS MEET
GEORGIA
- WINS JUT
Tech Athletes Meet Crush
ing Defeat at Hifnds
of Crackers^
SCORE WAS 70 lo 38.
Several Records Have Been
Smashed by the Georgia Boys.
Techs Put up a Hard'Fight,
However, j
The American Medical Association is
now in s^esiou in New Orleans. Sev
eral hundred of the most prominent
and th< j declare themselves able to do : phyficians in the conntry are in atteu .
danc'N
this.
the SUGAR cane TREE TRYPHOSA FREE
T
Convention in Macon
1 Tryphosa the moat perfect of all deserts,
1 S Tved gratis for one week beginning
tended by Large Num- May 8th at Davison & Lowe. 6
ber of Delegates.
Y'esterday at Macon The Sugar Cane
Growers Convention met with quite a
large numberof delegates in attendance. 1 ,![ ({j^ 22, E. and A. M., this
A great deal of interest is being mani- J^/\ ^^MontohUl*
feBted in this organic vtion and it is ctr- j W(Jrk iQ the M degree. All duly
tain that good results will l! iw f rom . qualified brethren are fraternally invited
the convention that is being held in 'to attend
Macon.
Tnere has been arranged for this st-i
sion a most interesting program and M A 0111/11 I C COD
some very flue addressee are io he made. |>| /\OM V 1 LLL lU II
The program yesterday was carried
Before a small bat onthnsij^tio crowd
Georgia gained her second victory on the
track by defeating the Tech tflam by the
score of 70 to 33 t
At no time during the exercises was
the result in donbt, bat all the events
were hotly contested and in tot one did
the winners have a oinch,
The prettiest event of thsf afternoon
was the 440 yd dash in which Anderson,
Baxter and England won in one, two,
three order, lowering the oollepe record
by one second, The fact that the in
vincible Goile was outstripped in the
hammer throw was a surprise to aU,
Cowan won by tossing the hammer 108
feet and 1 iLch
Dearing defeated th > two Tech men in
the 120 yd bnrdle io two different races.
K
Georgia made a fine showing, and
Vanderbilt, who is picked as the winner
in the S. I, A. A., track meet
will have a great rival in th
The winners of the events
yd. dash —1, Baxter, Ga.,
2, Harmon, Ga ; 8, Iugliss,
Hammer Throw - 1, Cowi
1 in.; 2, Coile. Ga.; 3, Mo'
w ' • •-Ay-
120 yd. hurdle—1 and 2. D'
16 3-5 seo. ; 3, Griffin, T. 1
Shot put—1, Cowan, T., 32 ft. 10 in.;
2, Moore, T.; 3, Harmon, Ga.
Bread jump —1, Anderson, Ga., 19 ft.
in.; 2, Blonnt, Ga ; 3, Harmon, Ga.
Pole vault—1, Bjwer, Ga., and Dear-
called communication of j iDg, Ga., 9 ft. Gin ; 3 Cowan, T.
Mt. Vernon Lodge, No. I Mi i e rnn _i, Collier T., 6 min. 8 seo.;
2, Walker, Ga ; 8, Barrow, Ga.
High jump—1, Cowan, T,, 9 ft. 6 in.;
2, Thrash, T.; 3, Deanng, Ga.
Half mile—1, Blackford, T., 2 min.
1 4-5 sec.; 2, Harmon, Ga.; 3, Dorsey,
Ga.
440 yd. dash—1, Anderson, Ga., 51
sec ; 2, Baxter, Ga.; 3, England, Ga.
Masonic Notice.
There will be held a
COMPLETING ROLL
OF THEVETERANS
Judge A. L. Mitchell is Pro
gressing Splendidly With
the Work in Hand.
Judge A. L. Mitchell has progressed
splendidly in his work of getting up a
correct rosier of all the soldiers who
went from Clarke county into the ser
vice of the Confederate States.
This work on the part of Ja Ige Mitch
ell was authorized by the county com
missioners of this county Beveral months
since, and by hard work pretty correct
lists have been Becnredof ten companies
that were formed in this ocunty during
the Civil war.
It has been impossible to secure fell
roe.' /sof some of the companies, but
Judge Mitchell will not give up the task
without using every effort to seenro the
desired information.
At the meeting of the commissioners
Monday, Judge Mitchell will ask for
authority to do such advertising as he
may deem proper to secure further In
formation on this subject and in this way
he hopes to gain the names of quite a
number that have net yet been found
ont.
When this work is completed the
oounty of Clarke will have a correct
roster of the troops she furnished to the
Confederacy, and the money spent in
obtaining that list will have been well
spent.
TO LAY CORNERSTONE
OF NEW GTY HALL
Mt. Vernon Lodge Will be Asked to Officiate at the
Exercises. Addresses Will be Made and the Oc
casion Will be Made an Enthusiastic
Public Event.
THE WINDER TEAM
DEFEATED,ATHENS
Won the Game of Baseball
by a Score of Seven
to Four.
Dg, Ga„
THE COMMITTEE
ISKEPT BUSY
The building committee of the city
council is holding important meetings
every few days days now and the work
of constructing the new city hall build
cussed a number of matters pertaining
to the new building. It is understood
that the work of laying the foundations
will be started next week.
In a hotly contested game of baseball
in Winder yesterday the Athens team
was defeated to the tune of 7 to 4.
_Oatbatting their opponents the Ath
enians threw away the game by their
erratic work in one inning. They
played rings all around the YVinder boys
with the exception of the fourth inning,
in which Winder scored five runs.
The feature of the game was decidedly
the great exhibition of twirling put up
by Sullivan of the Athens team. He
struck out fourteen men and yielded
only two hits, Besides this at the time
when all the rest of the team had lost
their heads he was perfectly calm and
displayed great generalship at the most
critical moments.
R H E
Athens —1000000 2 1 — 4 412
Wiuder — 020500000 — 7 2 11
W. E. DORSEY, W. M
J. GAREBOLD, Sec'y.
A Towel in Addition.
There is no ose going to the dry goods
store to bay your towels when you can
get a good CO inch towel by buying a 48
pound sack of Olifton floor. When yon
bnv Olifton yon not only get the best
flour made, bnt get the towel in addi
tion. Wingfield Cash Grocery.
DRY GOlslYS
1LLJR088 BATS
There will be a battle-royal on Herty
field tomorrow afternoon at 6 o'clock.
The olerks at Tnrner & Hodgson's will
cross bats with the olerks at Mlohael
Bros.' Some of the clerks are crook ball
players and the game is sore to prove an
interesting one from start to finish. The
game will be called immediately after
the stores close tomorrow afternoon,
large crowd will no donbt be present to
witness the game.
NOVELTIES IN
WHITE GOODS
To be Found at the Estab
lishment of Davi
son & Lowe.
Relief In Six Hours.
Distressing Kidney and Bladder Dis
ease relitved in six boars by “New
Great South American Kidney Cure.”
It is a gnat snrhrise on aoconntof its
exceeding promptness in relieving pain
In bladder, klnneys and back, in male or
female. Relieves retention of water al
moat immediately. If yon want quick
relief and care this is the remedy. Sold
by H. R. Palmer & Sons., Druggists,
Athens, Ga.
i THE CONVENTION
Oonventicn Called to order- D. G.
Purse, chairman convention committee. i The Southern Baptist Convention
Prayer— Rev. R. E. Douglas. Macon, meets in Savannah tomorrow morning.
; The Athens delegation left yesterday.
Committee on permanent organizatie u It is understood that Nashville will put
appointed. ! »P a bi B for the ncxt conTeution -
Welcome to state of Georgia—Gov.
J. M, Terrell, Georgia.
Response-Gov. W. S. Jennings, Ela.
Welcome to city of Macon—Hon. Min-
ter Wimberly.
Response-Delegate from Mississippi.
Welcome by Chamber of Commerce—
Hon. J. T. Boifeuillet, editor Macon
Evening News.
Response—Delegate from South Caro
lina.
Welcome by State Agricultural So
oiety-Hon. Dudley M. Hughes, Presi
dent State Agricultural Society
Response—Judge E. Mile Rost, Presi
dent La. Sugar Planters' Association.
Report of committee on permanent
organization.
The cultivation of sugar cane in
Georgia—W. B. Roddenberry. Cairo,
Ga.
Production of sugar cine in Florida—
R. E. Rose. State chemist, Tallahassee,
Fla.
Cane and syrup—Hon. A. A. Denton,
Medicine Lodge, Kansas.
Cultivation and Manufacture of Sogar
, Cane at Home and tn the Tropics—Dr.
W. O Stnbbs, D.rector La. Sugar Ex
periment Station.
Miscellaneous Matter.
Why Beet Sugar growing c.anuot be
THE BATTLE ABBEY
18
WERE DROWNED
CDCPIAI QAl C
Today of Women’s Muslin
Underwear be sure and
attend this Sale.
The Clyde steamship Saginaw was
sunk by the Old Dominion ship Hamil
ton in a fog off Hog Island Tuesday
morning. Twenty passengers on the
Saginaw were drowned.
CARLOAD OF THE
FINEST
The city of Richmond has given $50-
000 to the Conf< derate Memorial Insti
tute, and that makes available the en
tire gift of the late Charles Broadway
Ronss for the Confederate Battle Abbey
which is to be erected in that city.
Mr. J. H. Edmiiton, of Tennessee ar
rived in Athens last night with a car
load of the finest horseB ever brought to
this city. Mr. Edmiston will be at the
stables of W. S. Holman & Co. on
Thomas street.
Magnificent Muslin Underwear, 500
garments to choose from. Gowns, Cor
set Covers, Skirts, Chemise and Draw-
s.
Each of the above garments is full and
liberally cut, made of best qualities
muslin and oambric, elaborately trim
med in laces, embroideries, tacks, plaits
and ruffles, which go to add beauty and
embellish the looks of Women's Muslin
Underwear.
There are five hundred of these kinds
of Gowns, Corset Covers, Skirts, Chem
ise and Drawers in our great special
j sale.
Prices: 25c, 35c, 50c, 75c, aud $1.00
for each garment.
JUDGE
T
We h ive j ist opened np the largest
assoited and prettiest novelties in white
mercerized Waist cloths of the sea
son.
SPECIAL-
1000 yards remnants novelty white
mercer.z»d waist 25 cloths and 35 cents
grade 15 cents today. 40 and 50 cents
white mercerized novelties selling at 30
and 35 cents.
Linen battist with mercerized stripes
25 cents regnlar 60 cents goods.
1000 yards remnants fine zephyr
clothB the 15 cents grade selling at 10c
850 yards the 25 cents grade zephyrs sell
ing at 15 cents.
100 fine black etamine and voile skirts
c osing out at manufacturer's cost,ask to
Bee them.
| SILK SALE -
I Closing oat wash silks white and
IN CONVENTION
Teachers Learn Something not In the Class
Boeke.
Before the body of Major J. W. War
ren was cold there were two applications
fi'ed with the governor for his position
Gov. Terrell promptly announced that
neither of the applicants would be con
sidered.
FRESH PIT ON
profitable in tbe Sooth—Dr. H. W. Wi
ley, Chief Bnreao Chemistry U. S. De
partment Agriculture.
James Hamilton Cooper, a Georgia
Pioneer in cultivation and manufacture
of Sugar Cane, Eulogy—Hon. W. G
Brintley, Member of Congress. Ga.
fancy torded effects the best 50 and 60
cents grade selling at at 85 cents.
Humors feed on humors—the sooner
yon get nd of them the better—Hood’s
Sarsaparilla is the medicine to take.
A spring coat of paint is being added
to many homes in Athens aud within a
few weeks the residence portion of the
city will present entirely different ap
pe i ranees.
Nothing adds to the beanty of a city
like fresh paint on old houses and there
are still many houses in Athens, both
residences and stores that a fresh coat
of painf would very muoh improve. The
people of Athens who have not already
made arrangements to have their homes
aid stores brightened np by a fresh cost
i of paint, should do so at once.
A number of young women attending
a teachers’ convention at Oklahoma
Oity some time ago learned a valuable
lessen in hygiene, through a Bister
teacher who says "About a year ago I
had my first attack of poor health and it
seemed a terrible thing to me for I had
always been so well and Btrong. My
stomach distressed me terribly ; it seem
ed like it was raw, especially after break
fast, and it would burn and hurt me so I
could not rest. I was soon convince')
that it was caused by coffee drinking
and at the request of a friend I gave up
coffee and began to use Po9tnm Coffee
The change in my condition was
something marvellous. I had actually
given up teaohing because the doctors
were unable to help my stomaoh trouble
but since I quit coffee and used Postum
my troubles have disappeared and I have
gone to teaching again.
Some time ago I attended a oonven
tion at Oklahoma City and determined
to have Postum at my boardiDg-house
where there were eight other teachers
four of them suffering from coffee Biok
ne-s. My landlady did not make the
Postum right but I showed her how and
we all found it delicicuv. Weall drank
iv the rest of the time we were there and
the young ladies in question Kit much
better and declared that their heads
were much clear.r for study and their
general health mnch improved. I have
their names if you care for them,"
Names furnished by Postum Co., Battle
1 Creek, Mioh.
Judge A. E. Maxwell, the last sur
viving member of the Confederate sen
ate, except Senator VeBt, died at Chip-
ley, Fla., yesterday.
The cornerstone of the new city hall
building will be laid with imposing
ceremonies sometime within the next
threo weeks.
At the meeting of the building com
mittee of the council yesterday afternoon
it was decided that there should be
elaborate and impressive cornerstone
exercises, aud an invitation will be ex
tended to Mt. Vernon Lodge of this
city to offioiate at that time. The other
fraternal orders of tho city will probably
be asked to he present at the time.
At the laying of the cornerstone there
will be arranged a splendid musical
program and there will also be several
addressee of interest.
The occasion will be made a most in
teresting public event aud the people of
Athens will turn out in large number
and to witness the laying of the corner
stone of the new building that it tfl^ss
great ornament aud pride to the city.
LOVELY MAY PARTY
ATTHEJ5TITUTE
Uittle Folks Will Give a
Charming Entertainment
Tomorrow Evening.
Among the little Misses who will take
part in the May party to be given in the
ins as the fair'littlo May Queen, Luollo
Brand as Night, aud Julia Brand, who
as Undine sings ti$b charming solos.
Aurora is impersonated by Lydia
Hutchins, aud is attended by a train of
winsome butterflies, whose quaint antics
will delight the audience.
The seasons represented by Leila
Goss, Kathieu Hulme. Annie Pitner
aud Hilda Audaud, will appear in all
their varied beauty. Gallic Hull, Queen
of the Roses, will reign over a fair group
of flowers, aud Annie B. Dorsey will
make a charming queen of the fairies.
Envy and jealousy, parts taken by
Frances Henley aud Ida Dorsey will be
pat to flight by the presence of love and
harmony, Lalage Darwin ahd Sarah
Cobb.
Needless to say the entire cast of char
acters will be well carried out, and
those who go may expect a treat from
the little folks on Friday evening.
BREAK IN RACE
AT TALLASEE
Street Cars Were Stopped
Yesterday Afternoon and
Last Night.
Th: Masons of the Seventh district are
now holding an enthusiastic session in
Rome. There are Beveral hnndred in
attendance Last night a number of
interesting addresses were made.
IN ROME TODAY
TO ATLANTA MEN
The Angnsta has been bought for $40,
000 by H. H. Cabauiss and Tom W.
Loyless, of Atlanta, who will operate it
in the cap.city of business managir
and editor respi o’ively.
shotIsIfT
William Rl e, while shooting at his
son-in-law, near Canton, Ga., Tuesday
■hot bis wife and she will die.
Yesterday afternoon there was a break
in the race at the Tallasee eleotric plant
and it became necessary to shat down
the machinery at olco and attend to
the repairing of the break before it re
sulted In the great damage.
The break in the race was near the
place where the water went to the
waterwheels. It was not a very large
break and it w ill he repared by this
morning.
As a result of this break the cars on
the electric street railway were stopped
yesterday afternoon, but they will in all
probability be running again this morn
ing.
A Startling Text.
To save a life, Dr T. G. Merritt, of
No. Mehoopany, Pa., made a startling
test resulting in a wonderful cure. He
writes : "A patient was attacked with
violent hemorrhages, caused by ulcera
tion of the stomach. I had often found
Electic Bitters excellent tor acute stom
ach and liver troubles so I prescribed
tem. The patient gained from the first
and has not had an attack In 14
months.” Electric Bitters are positive
ly guaranted for Dyspepsia, Indigestion,
Constipation and Kidney troubles. Try
them. Only 50c at W. J. Smith, & Bro„
H. R. Palmer & Son.