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The Georgia National Bank
Of Athens. Capital $100,000.
THE ATHENp*BANNER,
The Georgia National Bank
Of Athens. Capital $100,000.
Receives deposits of hanks, corporation*
firms and individuals. Careful atten
tion to all business.
ESTABLISHED 1832.
ATHENS, GA., EKIDAY MOKgTNG, MAY 15; 1903.
$5.00 A YEAR
FOR EXERCISES
Masonic Lodge Appoints
Committees to Arrange for
Laying of Cornerstone.
The Addition of the Manual Train
ing Department at This In
stitution Will be a Mag
nificent feature.
ANOTHER CONTEST MANUAL
OF DOT COUNTING TRAINING
The Banner Will Tomorrow Give the Details of Its Third Last Athens Night School
Dot Contest and the Readers of This Paper Can ; May Comply With the
Get Ready to Count the Delusive Dots. Requirements of
Most Interesting Contest Yet.
MR. PEABODY'S OFFER.
Th« Banner will, tomorrow, beRin I _ _ _ i
another dot contest.
This announcement will be received
with great pleasure bj the large number
of the readers of this paper atd many
of our readers will be prize winner
when the result is annonnoed.
It will be remembered that The Ban
ner has conducted two similar contests
in the past, both arousing great interest
and enthusiasm and in both instances a
number of valuable prizes were distri
buted among the readers of this paper.
The dot chart to be used in the contest
which will open tomorrow, is larger
than either tf those previously ns«d by
The Banner, and the dots will, there
fore, be more difficult to count
The object of this article is to put our
readers on notice of the approaching
contest, in order that they may be
ready to begin the count tomorrow
morning. The results of the two con
tests previously held showed that the
first counters had the best changes for
winning the best prizes. In one of the
former contests one of the answers sent
in on the very first day of the contest,
won a prize. The result might be the
same this time. There is no telling
abont such things. It stands to reason,
however, where prizes are offered for
the "first correct, or nearest correct
answers" that the first answers sent to
this office, if anything like accurate,
stand better chances than those 6ent
liter.
J^ook for the dot chsrt and the prize
list to ho printed in The Bsnuer tomor
row.
Be ready to get your answer in as
early as possible on the first day. There
will be dollars in dots, as usual.
At the meeting of Mt. Wrncn Lodge
of Masons last night the matter ot lay
ing the cornerstone of the new city hall
was brought to the attention of the ;
lodge and the Worshipful Master ap !
pointed the following committeis to
make the necessary arrangements for
the ex rcises on that occasion :
On Muiic—W. H. Shei\ G. A. Ba -
ley. J S. MtKie, F. 11 Grifft th, I). W.
Jackson.
On Deposits —For the rvy of Athei s,
Mayor Rhodes, Alderman Yondt*rau,
Oapt J. W. Barnett, Mr. W. W.
Turner. For the I'mversity of Geor
gia, Chancellor Walter B. IIill. For
the State Normal School, Pres K. O.
Branson, for Lucy Cobh Ineti'nte, Miss
M. Rutherford, for the Masonic lodg»s,
their head officers, Messrs. Billups Pbin-
izy, J. F. Hart, M. G. Michael ar.d W.
F Dorsey.
The committees \*i 1 get to work at
once with a will and will make the af
fair the most interesting in the history
of Masonry in this city.
The East Athens Night School may
make an t ffort to comply with the re
quireon nte of Mr. IVahody’s offer to
establish a manual training school in
this city.
Mr. Peabody made the offer to the
board of education, conditioned on the
city providing the teacher for the school
after he had provided the equipment.
The board was favorably impressed
with the effer, but has not y» t seen the
way clear to comply with the provision.
The Night School has a’ready in a
measure complied with the r< quire-
uients, and it is believed that when Mr
CAPTAIN
BRADWELL
ORATORS
ARE NAMED
Is in a Dying Cone
His Home
Florida.
)n at Messrs. T. S. Mell and Syl-
vanus Morris to Deliver
Addresses at
THE PHYSICIANS SAY CORNERSTONE LAYING.
That He Has no Hope"
ery. This News Will
ceived With Genuine
row by His Frte
Musical Program Will be Arranged
by Supt. Bond. Occasion Will
be Made a General Holiday
in the City.
ATHLETES MEET
IN GATE CITY
Georgia Men Will Show up
Well in the Track
Contests.
Relatives in Athena haysWoeWed ii -
formation from Florida that Vapt. S D
Bradwell, formerly state tohoolcommis
sioner of Georgia and president of thej
State Normal School, is at tho point of
death. Hois at bis home on Indian
river in that state and is suffering from
heart disease. H.a physicians express
very little hope of bts-reoovery.
Capt. Bradwell is one of the best
known educatotsip the-state He was
state school commiflsiOUQr tmfier the ad
ministration of-. Governor W. J
Northenandat the expiration of his
term of office wu elected; jrieaident of
Peabody comes to Athens in Jane he 11he State Normal School ln fbis city,
will be so impressed with the opportu- i which was at that tittle j«C»t- Awing or-
uity to do good work along that line at i ganized. He took oharge*6f -that insti-
the Night School that he will modify j tution and ly bard and'faithful work
the conditions so as to make it possible j brought it np to of effi-
for the manual training school to be
established in c mneotion with this
splendid Athens institution. I A feW ycaajjtifloe hiahfitMjttilled and
Tin* Night S h >ol management has ; he has been living the
r.*is» d enough money, together with the j hope of
money given by the general education
board to purchase and equip the model
MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT APPLE TREE
General John B. Gordon Writes to Correct Some Inaccu
racies in His Former Letter About the Surrender
of Lee’s Army at Appomattox. The Apple
Tree Incident is a Mere Romance.
I ^. U u RUV •• wy pygijiu ui cm-
; cieccy and madait iment jiaost pop.
! alar instttiiMrtfrinjHy
ATTEMPT MADE
TO KILL JUDGE
hom«, wherein the domestic sciences
can bo taught. The addition of the
manual training department would now’
make tit* school complete. The only
thing in the way is the employing of the
teacher. The Night School hasn’t the
income to provide a teacher, but if that
i part-of the r-. qairements cxn be Fatis-
Plot by Tramps to Assassi- f ictonly arranged the Night School
will g- t the manual training depart-
tn -nt.
There G no place where this depart
ment of a Fohool could be established to
a better advantage and it is to he hoped
that everything can he so arranged as
t ) enable the Night School to take ad
vantage of Mr. P abody’s peaero s offer.
nate Judge Harris,
Flovd County.
of
Thi, morning the Georgia track team
left for Atlanta to take part in the S I
A A. meet that ia to be held there todav
and tomotrow. The boys are in excel
lent condition and stand a fine chance of
winning the championship. In the dif
ferent meets that have been held the
red and blacks have shown np exceed
ingly well, and the prospects of their
takiDg off honors have never been
brighter. Hearing the lithe hardier has
a oiuch in the 120 and 220 yards hat-
die*. His record for the former is 1C 15
seconds, and the 220 Is 27 2-5 seconds
The next man to h<m is a Texas athlete
whose time in these events was 17 1-5
aeo. and 2H ] 5 sec. In the majority of
the other events the Georgia boys will
oome oat second and third, thus in the
eDd they will have a goodly comber of
points to their credit.
This meet will be the greatest in the
history of aonthern athletics. The men
who are in charge have been worklDg
earnestly for iti success, and the insig-
niQoant plaoe that this great event has
held in aonthern athletics In the past
w'U be changed for that of the moat im
portant.
Knpnientatives from ten of the lead
ing colleges and universities in the
■oath will take part, and this fact along
with the fast track at Piedmont assures
many record* to be broken.
The preliminary race* for place* in the
ICO and 220 yards dash, and the 120 and
220 yards hurdle will be held thi* after
noon, while the finals will oconr tomor
row.
Rome, (li., May 14.— A bohl attempt
it is said, was made t might to assassi
nate G. A. H. H.rr.s, former judge of
the city court of Floyd county. Jadg.
Harris is local attorney of til" Sint hern
railway and he has been very vigorous in
prosecuting tramps for stealing rides cn
trains.
A dozen or more tramps congregated in
the fourth ward near Judge Harris' home
tonight and one of the men, who was
under the influence of whisky, gave the
plot away, which resulted iu vigor) us
steps beiug taken by the authorities.
The would-be murderers made thiir
escape, lut the sheriff and posse rounded
up six suspicions characters, two of
whom are thought to he wanted in an
other place for burglary.
Over fifty tramps have been arrested ]
here in the past month charged with
train riding, and have caused the an j
thorlties much trouble.
DOLLY GREGORY
Fje HEAVILY
Negro Woman kicked up a
Considerable Racket When
She was Arrested.
TO MEET TONIGHT
There will 1)9 a meeting of Oliver
Encampment tonight at tight- o'clock
at the lodge rooms in the Carlton build-
lug Thi re will be work in the Third
degree and it is ur K td that as many as
possible of the members be present at
the meeting.
The Kentuckian’s Boast.
Keutucki&ni boast their fast horses,
flue whiskey and beautiful women, bat
every housekeeper in thia city who oaea
Olifton floor, made of native Kentucky
wheat, know* that thia great state pos-
aesiea another prodoot of unexcelled
merit. Witgfield Oath Grocery.
Yesterday morning Mayor Rhodes
fined Dolly Gregory, a negro woman,
thirty dollars and costs for disorderly
conduct.
Dolly had been raising a disturbance
! down in the Lickskillet eettllement
and when Officer Hill arrested her she
| became very boisterous and all the way
j np to the calaboose used all kinds of
vulgar and profane language,
j The mayor decided that her’s was a
j case where an » x imple should be made
and accordingly he placed a heavy fine
upon her. She paid the hae and has
deeded to move out in the country.
TO SUCCEED CURRY
T TO DEATH
TO GAVE HONOR
Will continue the dosing out sale of
the Inman, Smith & Co. stock. Call
today and tomorrow. Han’t wait if yon
want bargains.
250 pairs Men’s All Wool Serge Pants
worth |1.00, our price #1.95.
3i)0 Men’s Shirts, White and Colored,
worth #1.00, our price 50
Eat 50c Suspenders selling at 25c.
Lot 25c Suspenders selling at 15c.
Lot 15c undershirts selling at 10c
Lot Men’s Drill Drawers, worth 4Cc,
selling at 19c.
I-ot Men’s Check Muslin Drawers,
; worth 40c, selling at 19c.
Lot Men’s Collars, worth 15o, selling
at 5c.
! Let Men's Silk Neck Ties, worth 40c,
selling at 15c.
Lot Men’s Lisle Socks, worth 85c,
selling at 19c
Lot Men’s Leather Belts, worth 7Ec,
selling at 25o.
Lot Silk Windsor Ties Belling at Gc.
Lot Windsor Ties selling at lOo.
Lot Packing Trunks, worth #2.00,
selling at #1.50.
Lot Men's Guffs, worth 20c, Belling at
10c.
NEW THINGS —
In White Gocds, Wash Goods, White
Mercerized Waist Cloths, Wool Eta-
mines and Voile.
New things in Hosiery, Gloves and
Handkerchiefs.
New lot 8ummer Corsets,JJadervests,
Belts and Ribbons.
If yon want a good roll of heavy China
Matting, White or Fancy, that will
wear twice as long as the kind generally
sold, see oor stock.
Closing ont lot Rags,
Showing a strong line of Towels,
White Quilts, Napkins, and Table
Linens.
We will place on sale today a lot of
Napkins at ’ 3 less than yalne.
Chairman W. P. Vonderau, of the
building committee of the city council,
is now at work arranging a program of
exercises for the laying of the corner
stone of the new city hall.
The music for the occasion will he
elaborate and quite interesting. ThU
part of the program has been placed in
charge of Snpt. G. G. Bond, of the Atli
ens city schools, who will get np about
twenty oi thirty of the best voices in the
city to sing the songs that will be se
lected for that occasion.
The orationB of the day will be deliv
ered by Hon. T. S. Mell and Prof. Syl
van us Morris. Invitations have been
extended by the committee to these gen
tlemen and they have accepted. The
public may consequently txpect splendid
addresses.
The different secret orders of the city
will be invited to be present on that oc
casion and they will no donbt tarn oot
in large numbers.
The occasion is to be mad one of gen
eral publio interest and as the
exercise* will occur late in the afternoon
the suggestion has been made that all
cl* 11 t tfcie ocrawion be
made a general holiday throughout the
city.
The committee in charge of the exei-
cises will strive to make them the moat
interesting cornerstone exercises ever
witnessed in the state and the people
will no dc-ubt turn out by thousands on
that day.
SPECIAL SERVICES
AT OCONEE CHURCH
New Church Will be Occu
pied by Its Congregation
Next Sunday Morning.
SKIRMISH DRILL
AT ATHENS PARK
The new building of Oconee Street
Methodist church will be occupied by
the congregation Sunday morning at
eleven o'clock nt which time will be held
consecration services.
Rev. M. H. Eakes, pastor of the
church, has arranged a program of ex
ercises for the occasion and hopes that
as many as possible of the members be
present at the services Sunday morning.
The exercises will open with a song of
praise by the congregation, after which
the Scripture lesson will be read by the
pastor.
Following the reading of tHe lesson
will be a prayer by Bev. Ellison D.
Stone, who may be said to have been
the founder of Oconee street church.
Short talks will then bemadeby Capt.
K. Nickerson, Rev. E. D. Stone, Kev.
George E. Stone. T. W. Heed and Rev
M. II Eakes.
It is the intention of the pastor to b -
gin revival s- rvices at the church Sun
day morning. There will be preaohing
at the new cbntch each night dnring
the coming week, and several of the
preachers iu the city will assist Mr.
Eakes iu the work. It is expected that
considerable interest will be manifested
in these meetings by the people of that
section of the city.
The Sunday School of Oconee Street
church will hereafter ba held iu the
afternoon at half-past three o’clock and
a large attendance of the scholars is ex
pected at the meeting of the Sunday
School in the now church building Sun
day afternoon.
Athens Guards are Getting
Ready for the Encamp
ment in June.
The Athens Guards will go to the
encampment in Griffin the latter part
of June.
The company will drill continuously
now and get in floe shape for the en
campment so that the name of the Clas-
Bio City will be upheld with dignity and
ability on that occasion.
This afternoon at the Athens park the
Guards will give a skirmish drill which
promises to be quite interesting.
Athens has one of the best military
companies in the state and the people of
the city are always glad when they get
the opportunity to go off for a week or
two a? the encampment.
ABOUT HIS FOLKS
Julius Edwards, a Former
Slave Who Lived in Ath
ens, Writes The Banner.
Iu Chicago Wednesday, Miss Lanra
Stickler, a member of the Yonrg Wo
man’s Christian Association, rather than
sacr lice her honor to William Reed, a
Ex-Governor W. J. Northern of Geor-1 brt ksr ’ lea ’’ ed ,rom a ,rcond 6tory win ‘
gU. has been nam d as trustee of the| do * of ,he New P ort hotel and wa8
Ameiican Tract Soci- ty iu the place of
ihe late Dr J. L. M. Curry.
I killed R> ed is under arrest.
After LaGrippe.
L-St a worse thing befall, rebuild the
consumed tissues and renew the supply
of red blood corpuscles with the quick
eat digested and most nutritions flour
made—Clifton. It is the prodnoe of
native Kentucky wheat.
Wingfield Cash Grocery.
Quick Arrest.
J. A. Gulledge, of Verbena. Ala., was
twice iu the hospital from a sovete case
of piles cansiug 24 tumors. After doc
tors and all re mediae failed, Bnckleu’s
Arnica Salve quickly arrested further
inflammation audmred him. It con
quers aches aud kills pain 25o at W. J.
Smith & Bro.. H. R. Fa’mtr & Sent,
Dra tgist.
JUDGE HOWELL COBB
BETTER YESTERDAY
Judge Howell Cobb, who was quite ill
Wednesday as the result of a severe at
tack of acute indigestion, was consider
ably better yesterday and will be ab’.e to
be out again in a few days.
Tbs Wastes of Tbs Body.
Every seven day* the blood, mnBclea
and bones of a man of average size loses
two pounds of wornont tissue. This
waste cannot be replenished and the
health and strength kept np without
perfect digestion. When the stomach
and digestive organs fail to perform their
functions, the strength lets down, health
gives way, and disease seta np, Kodol
Dyspepsia Cute enables the stomach and
digestive organs to digest and assimilate
aU of the wholesome food that may be
eaten into the kind of blood that rebuilds
the tissues and protects the health and
strength of the mind and body. Kodol
eures Iadigestion, Dyspepsia and all
■tomaoh troubles. It is an Ideal spring
tonlo. Sold by The Orr Drug Co.
A Sure Thins
It is said that nothing is Bare except
death and taxes, but that is not altc-
gether true. Dr. King’s New Discovery
tor Consumption is a snre cure for all
long and throat troubles. Thousands
can testify to that. Mrs. O. B. Van-
Metre, of ShepherdtowD, W. Va. p Bays:
I had a severe case of Bronobita and
for a year tried everything I heard of,
but got no relief. One bottle of Dr
King's New Discovery then cured me
absolutely.” It’s infallible for Croup,
Whooping Congb, Grip, Pheumoniaand
Consumption. Try it. It’s guaranteed
by W. J. Smith & Bro, and H R
Palmer & Sons, Druggists. Trial bot-
tlei free. Regular sizes 50o, #1.00,
The Banner is in receipt of a letter
from Julias Edwards, colored, who
lives at 1909 Cherry street, Kansas City,
Mo., and the writer is desirous of find
ing out something about his brothers
and sisters.
He says he was a slave and lived in
Athens before the war. The name of
his master, aB well as can be deciphered
from the hieroglyphics of the old darky,
was William Dougherty, and he had
three sons and two daughters.
Edwards says that he had live brothers
and four sisters, and he is anxious for
information concerning them. His
father was named Claiborn
There are doubtless old citizens here
who could give the old darky the infor
mation bo seeks, aud if they know any
thing of the whereabouts of the people
he is inquiring or, if they will notify
The Banner the information will be
forwarded to Edwards at bis home in
the West.
Editor Banner : —Sometime since you
printed a lottir from Gen. John B. Gor
don to me eoncerub-g the surrender at
Appomattox. Since that time Gen. Gor
don hat kindly called attention to some
inaccuracies in hi, first letter. I here
with baud you his letter.
Very Respectfully,
SYLVAN US MORRIS.
Prof Sylvanus Morris,
University of Georgia.
My dear Professor At the time the
letter, to which you call my attention
was sent, I was very ill and did not read
over that letter at all after it was writ
ten by my amanuensis. The letter was
not dictated by me, bat written as many
other letters were during my illness, by
my amanuensis aft r brief conversation
with mo. This wiil account for sever J
inaccuracies which I hasten to correct.
The 1 ingn ige quoted by you from that
letter represents me as saying "Both
General L ingstreet and myself were in
the room when the formal surrender
took place." whereas the statement
should have been that General Long-
street, General Pendleton aud myself
met in the same rooms to arrange ths
details of the the surrender, iu confer
ence with iuls appointed by General
Grant. Of course, as computed with
the momentous tvent, the surrender/
itself of L^e’s army, nono of these minor
facta are of any historical importance
whatever, bat Ftill I am anxious that
there shall b^ no misapprehension as to
the minutest details so far as I am able
to give them.
The * xact facts are that General Lee
and General Grant met in the McLean
house ; agreed upon the terms aud then,
iu the sam • roi m, (Jeneril Lonj street,
Gemral Pendleton and :iij s If, appointed
by Geueral L e, met tluee general offi*
c rs appointed by General Grant and
agreed upon th * detail* for the formal
surrender.
As to the apple tree incident, it is al
most as much of a romance as the widely
circulated and generally accepted state
ment that General Grant- returned to
General L a e his sword when tendered
by tho latter. 1 do not doubt that Gen
eral Grant would have done so hal there
been c evasion for it. The e r, howevir,
no foundation fc.r this statement so gen
erally accepted as truth in both sections,
except the fact that, by the generous
terms accorded, all Confederate officers
were to retain their side arms?
The facts as to the apple tree incident,
f or furnishing mementoes of which
whole orchards have been made to con
tribute, are about these ; General Lee
rested under an apple tree while his
messenger rode to General Grant to ask
for the interview. The probability is
that the block given you was taken from
that tree as claimed by the soldier.
I will te very glad if you will have
this hastily written note published.
I am, with all good wishes sincerely
your friend.
J. P*. GORDON.
HIGH POSITION
FOR A WOMAN
Miss Floy Gilmore has been appointed
assistant attorney general for the Phil
ippines. She is the first woman ap
pointed to so high a legal position.
Made Young Again.
"One of Dr. King’s New Life Fills
each night for two weeks has put me in
my ‘teens’ again" writes D. H Turner
of Dempseytown, Pa. They’re the b et
in the world for Liver, Stomach and
Bowe's. Purely vegetable. Never
gripe. Only 25o at W J. Smith & Bro,
H. R. Palmer & Sons, Drug Store
TO MEET T0NI6HT
The Board of Stewards of Oconee
street Methodist church will meet to
night at eight o'clock at the new church
building iu East Athens. On account
of the confusion, incident to the change
in the location of the new church, the
board has not held its meetings as regu
larly as usual and const qnently there
has accumulated a considerable amount
of important business that needs atten
tion It is urged that every member of
the board be present at the meeting
tonight. _
From a Cat Scratch.
on the arm, to the worst sort of a barn,
sore or boil, DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve
is a quick cure. In baying Witch Hazel
Salve, be particular to get DeWitt’s—
this is the salve that heals without leav
ing a scar. A specific for blind, bleed
ing, itching and protruding piles. Sold
by The Orr Drug Co.
