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-Vatchu BANNER AN. OOTTON MAMBT. u>* m*w»»... .1 ..'X--—- X!m Good Ordinary „ * 0 Ordinary „,| f >••• JESS* ANNOUNCEMENTS. VOS MAYOR. 1 aanoonre myself a candidate for MAYOR of the city of Athena, and if rlcctcu. pledge my*eU to devote my time and energy to the beet Inter* eeta of our city. I alto pledge myaett not to nee money or whisky to eccore my election. Dealt lnjr the entire rote of the city. I remain, eery respectfully, \V. A- JESTER. Fur MJjERMAN. oi" Vr. ti. Jacobs hereby announce i» n candidate /or ALDERMAN from 'Van! MANY VOTERS. FOR a LI>HUMAN. MU J K. TALMALKJF. ii> aunoancedasm-e tidste for Alderman from the Fourth Ward. Foil ALDERMAN—KIR&fT WARD. At the solicitation of numtton friend*, Mr. J. II. DORSEY has permitted the use of his name as a candidate for Alderman in the Flret Ward. !f »dei ted, Mr. Doraey will do all in his Meet to advance the commercial prueperlty and late.- t**f> of the city. FOR SHERIFF. IIKREBY ANNOUNCE MYslLF A CANDI- datc f *r SHERIFF of Clarke county, with K. E. FRllu.KoN as Ihrputy. subject to the choice of the people at thv* polls, on the first Wednesday In Jam.srv next. B. O. W. ROSE. FOR TAX RECEIVE ■ are autiiorized and requested to ia;.ie of David K. Sims as a candidattf for n* ten to the office of Recelvarof Tax RHhrne lark- county, at the election on the Erst ucmIu)' in Jsnuary next. Ft * R CLERK SUPERIOR COURT. rri»y respectfully annouuce myself for rw .n forCLKRK OF THE SUPERIOR COURT rke county. JOHN I. HUGGINS. FOR SHERIFF. I Tv»|«ctfully an noun re myself for reflection for ."HERIFF «#Clarke connty. ♦ JOHN W. WIRE. KOK TREASURER. 1 n sj*ertfully announce iryself for reflection for TKKA.-l RER of Clarke county. A. P. HEARING. FOR TA X COLLECTOR. f \ n spertfally rtiuumnn-myself for reflection fo’ T.vX COLLECTOR «r Clarke cotiisty. H. H. LINTON. FUR CORONER. re»iK-tiful]y announce myself for re-election i OP.oNER of Clarke county. G A. H. JENNINGS. art- su:t»riQK with (\»u^n >yrup at v.r ♦sly wii. never diaappoint y sell it for *5 rent** u lH»ttle. >ut of the way. If you ar ndd. use Dr. Ball s old and reliable rsm- All Druirgista AN UNUSUAL CASK. KirnMo.su. Ark.. Auf. 3. 18N1. II. H X tnNF.it *u>; .Wa.-I was cured of chronic dlarrbera by y our Safe Kidney and Liver Cere. J D Faux a J V Wanted.—10,000 feet wagon and car- ri t^e hunlK»r. Call ami me for par ticulars. P. Benson, Spring street, near Gann A Reaves' Sta hl-. I ..i : i»*i Glenn’s ieuiutii v your complexion witli tlphur Soup. tradVnotes NOTICE TO SUBSCIBBRS. When we purchased the Southern Vtteknu and the Athena Banner wo found on their hooka a large number of ■ubecribera in anean, Mime for two years and others fora shorter time. Bather than drop their names we thought wa would continue Oiler paper for 4i year, so that they could see wheth er we would giro them a journal worthy of their support—so we sent it on ap proval. They must now soon decide As to whether we are to continue it or not; so we say, with all due respect to all subscribers in arrears, to Uie old one* aa well as those w k o have subscribed to the consolidated paper*, that we most have amounts due on ibeii sulificrip- ilons by January l«t, 1883, or their nanus will lie dropped from <>ur tmoks and iheir account* placed in baud* for collection. We do not wish Jo lose a single subscriber, hut to run a newspa per on other Ilian a strictly bu.inea* *1* will liriuir ruin to any one, conse quently we will not carry any hereafter who may be more than one one year in arrears. Please attend t» this at once and have your subscriptions renewed by the first of January next. rural ad wrth Sundry Local It«i cully Noted. uk li. min i mat Lo«* A Co. keep only the ; *n«l purest liquor* t their bar. DECAPITATED BR1EFLETS- Breath., there the srrlbe with aenie so fine. Who never ret ha. penned the Hue: '"the melancholy day, are.here When Halt will walk off on I u .crer* II ench exists, let him be crowned— L a brow with laurel wreath hr*bound; Aud ever shall his praise he sung In accents of an unknown tongue. Provisions are coming down. The river i* quite low ut present. Another large butcher firm started in town. Kerosene oil has advanced to 25 eta. per gallon. We are glad to hear of so much grain being sown. Business was never *o late in open ing as this year. The cotton crop is not all gathered by a long sight yet. A family in Athens had suap-beant for dinner last week. Sweet potatoes are selling in Ogle thorpe at 25 cents per bushel. The cars will be running to Tallu lah falls uexl week, we learn. Cotton is now lower in New York Ulan it baa been in four years. Those street corner loafers have all disappeared siuee the election. • Counterfeit $3.50 gold pieces are now in circulation in this section. Several new business houses are preparing to open in Athens soon. McDowell & Son intend building a fine brick store on their present site. Oglethorpe county had another wholesale jail delivery the other day. Tile torch-light procession in Madi son, Morgan countv, was a grand af fair. Messrs. O. II. Arnold and W. A. Stewart will open a new store in Lex ington soou. It will be a splendid firm. The Columbus Times states that Senator Barrow Is a "sou-in-law to the late Howell Cobb.’’ This is a mis take. Joe Fleming bought a $450 set of fur niture with his share of the liubbell fund. There are fewer accidents on the Georgia than any railroad in the south. A FREE MAN ONCE MORE. EHie- INTERVIEW WITH OF JACKSON COUNTY. idflUEra&sM? •‘G witMtar^W Mr. Joa Thurmond fl-emarked a gentleman to us aw Tuesdaylast We looked up from outwork, expect ing to see a hardened outlaw, girdled with pistols aud bowie-knives, standing .si our aide; but instead of that we met a smiling face, cleanly shaved with the exception of a heavy blark mustache In fact, the image of an intelligent far mer, well-to-do in the world, and per fectly contenr. /ith his lot. Ami this wras the famous Joe Thur mond, an account of whose daring es cape from the sheriff of Clarke county had se recently startled the state, and caused a thrill of applause to pass through the system of mil as they read of how a man braved death sooner than meet disgrace. We motioned ear visitor to a seat, and after a few common-place remarks broached the subject of his escape. Without a moment’s hesitation he gave us the following account of his career from the time Chat he took leg bail ontil his voluntary surrender: "I had no idea of attempting an *-*- cape," he began, "when I was carried from the jail to the court-house, but hail determined to die sooner than go to the penitentiary. But while sitting in my cliair in Judge Jackson’s office a sudden desire seised me to make the attempt, and without stopping to consider for a moment or count the probable cost I made a bolt for the window, but some one caught niy foot, Just sa I was about passingthrough, that caused me to fall On my bead and receive a fearful shock. then rashed for my horse, expecting each Instant to he shot down in my beyond range of the balls I headed to wards Brooklyn, but wh*-n about two miles out Of town the horse began to i » atio " in ™“Xress. and every proa- give way under roe, when I rode out 1 ***' now that we W »1 have a demo- into a pine thicket to see whnt was the i erati ‘- P r *‘ s,dent in 1S84 ’ TheD W U> °<« Most of the counties in Georgia are . . , . „„„„ .holding primary elections for county O.ixFoiiT isle beds and a firrt-clais attention I officers! ran V hat *1 It. ft Lumpkin's. Don't loiset The only place In the etty yon can ret ths fa me hi Maxi j , tweetmaah whiiky Is Lampkla's. K It Laarxis keeps the finest bar-room In the city .nw! the purest snd best liquors. Tits only len-ptn alley in the city snd the best billiard sod pout tables at Lampkln'x saloon., IF you-swat isto treated Uka » Lord patron, are the popular saloon of It. H. Lampktn. Lowe k Co., wholesale sad retail Uquor deal er. Ur «d street Athens, Us Remember. If you want the best clears sold In tha city, buy of Lowe A Co. Try "Punch sad Jody." tux oust JUC aud hauled beer, porter sle. etc, siwsy. trr.h at the bar ol Lowe A Co. , — ,LM -lotiwo lathe beat brand of rya whisky sol 1 tu Athens, slthoush tho Fsmtly Seotar U asrd to ei tft se. Only found St Lowe A Co’s. Lows a Co. eau sad will dapilcate. If aotan- derselL say bill ol liquors sold In Uaorgla at wnoleule. A trislls all they ask. oca tri.no. Irons the country can get the boat and cheapest buttled liquors at Lowe A Co’s. Oun rooniry corn whisky has a reputation thron* notrt the South. Try a quart or gallon. y„s ih - finest imported wines, brandlss and liquor, of sit kinds at Lowe A Co s. Low e a, Co's .'tears an the boat in lha city. So diairdcr . haractersor loafer* art tolerated around the barol Lise A Co. We ksep there only our best snd purest liquors—guaranteed. Baisu your job priaUng. binding book work to to t'.ie WirruBAS otfiee. Msganlnesaad nu_.i. tHiund. Blank books made. Ruling my liquor Ha* always commanded tho com- inetiilatiou of the moat fikatidlaoa con- noi».-eurB for It* purity, healthfulness and delicacy, 'n which qualttlM I am juatltied in saying that It has never beeu excelled. By the slowness of fer- mentatlnn the generation of fusil oil i* almost entirely obviated, and by the perfect manner of distillation all deleti-rioua subttancee are eliminated front the spirit. It la especially re commended from its purity and whoie- Bomeneww for meilicinal purpoaea. I. W. llAKfca. DiatilUr, Nelson County,.Ky. J 1 solk aoent: J. H. I>. BKCSSE, Athens Ga. "mabud aaicarrr.' Sava»s.eh. Ga.. Feb. 21,1*8L It It xv , ns sa it Co.: So'*—1 have taksn your ifv r ol i. v **1 Liver Cure far kidney sod fiver oh- . with marked benefit J. B. Jovca "II 1,'s if*ir and Whisker Dye,” 5<te. h y srd coughs can he ctired by Ch' Hale'- Money of Horrhound and Tar. Pile'- Toothache Drope eon In minti DNEY-WORT RU K a THE PERMANENT CURE OF , CONSTIPATION. i !■ Ten ~ ocr ;..isu*tlwiuiootbiupaaan. JLi tbm waXenadpaefa The late blue ribbon brigade has changed its badge of distinction to red nose. One of those $500 bets is yet tied up in the bank waiting for the governor’s certificate. There la a good prospect now of the North-Eastern being extended to Knoxville. Mr. Thomas Bailey, of the Athens foundry, baa bought an interest in the gas works. There are fewer marriages In Clarke, to its population, than in any section of the state. :—T | No weekly in the state has* a larger bona fide circulation tliau the Banner- Watchman. It has been a long time siuee a sec ure of illicit whisky was made in or areond Athens. The next session of the South Geor gia conference will be held in Albany December 13th. The only person we now hear yell ing "’Rah for Speer!” is a lone, lorn little contraband. We learn that tile old Georgia depot will be tom down os soon as the ex tension is completed. Mr. A. W. Wilkins, of Crawford, brought a fine drove of horses and cat tle to town yesterday. It Is now said that Mr. Speer will change his residence to Washington, and practice law there. The minutes of the Mulberry elation will soon be issued from the Banner-Watchman office. Since the triumph of democrac; Athens 1* one of the most .quiet an orderly cities In the state. Mr. E. R- Kinnebrew, former agent of the Ba.mer-Watchman, is attend- ing the Atlanta medical college. The annual re|*>rt ofSuperintendent Bernard, of the N. E. B. R., is now in pres* and makes a flattering showing. Two candidates for justice of the peace in Jackson connty are now run ning on the Speer and Candler issue. Some of the boy s, Thursday, had prospective groom arrested on the eve of his marriage, for not obeying a court summons. Some negro in Athens, the other day, ran Into the buggy of Mr. Jesee Armstrong, of Oglethorpe county, and tore It to pieces. Married, in Madison, Ga., on Wed nesday night last, Mr. Charlie George and Miss Georgia Lowe. The bride Is ell kuown in Athens. We acknowledge the receipt, yester day, of another number of the Craw ford Vigil. It is a perfect little gem, and gotten up in the highest style of the penman’s art. Mesaifi. Moss A Childs will be able to enterta'n a hundred guests at the falls early next spring, although tbelr large hotel will not ba completed un til late In the season. Gov. Stephens has pardoned Griggs and Lovett, two men sent to the peni tentiary from Hancock connty several years ago, for life, convicted of the murder of Mr. H. F. Rosier. FROM M'NUTT. Mr. Aaron Crow, «TCoon— OH$Vs .,vv ■ •*?,, ight wit' ‘ * * ■ - - - is solid I s high!) rant" for Ul* riding a nightmare: •pent last night with us, and that Oconee is solid for "fcogan^ Itornj iny.” He Is highly spoken <* pH| coming a*pi rant for high sheriff. We have knosnvhlm for a longtime.'find . . ."*■ n-e leant that a , which several were’1 Sadly-Tbju^ took place at a corn-shocking, at the residence of tins, widow Sikes.. Bej $3 A of our citizens are *°n. T IH Tr*-.l ; night some of the to celebrate In theeth by a PWUW supper, washed down with I th * red-eyed elixir of life. 8o they our^porttfrS'x suf- nto Clarke superior court this week. As the campaign is over and the victory is won, our ladies return thank* to editor T. L. Gantt, for his untiring energy and manly stand In the contest. Wheat sowing has commenced 3i dea l earnest, and we believe that the largest quantity will be sown season than any preceding year. Cotton picking Is nearing t ion. and the children and young la* die* will suspend until' Christmas! when they will be ready for their par lion of the engagements, -j , q The board of trustees of the Unlvw* sityof Georgia, immortalised theui- selves in the election of Prof. Charles Morris to the chair of Belle Lettrmi C. B. Daniel. A PLEASANT LETTER. fight in nine large, fit ’possums. Thecele- hratora were happy, and turning their eil to"; the eboay darnel Uat the larder oftfae BBB the game eOok'ed In the t approved African style. Now ijf there’s abythiug a southern nigger knows how to flx up, it’s a 'poesunp They have a way of surrounding them with sweet potatoes, brown the repast to a turn, and you have a dish lit to 'set before a king—that is if the king has an iron-plated stomach aud can digest a barrel of eo&p-greas; or a keg of naDs^wivIkxit incommoding his in- tuuds. A» all of our readers doubt- less know, a healthy ’possum is com- r poaed of flva ■ parts' grease and five *pqhWfBdzi»Yy. When properly. t ; imsscbc well try to carve a cotton bale. The meat tears off in 'chunks, ranging In dimensions from uentteki string to a shoe sole. The best way to e-t ’possum is with a, spoon, although sume people differ Plea*a2»t Retbeat, Nov. 14, ’82. Messrs. Yancey, Cranford A Gantt:— Enclose.) I send you one dollar and fif*y cents, one year's subscription^ to your valuable paper. The battle i^' over and a grand victory won. The half-breed independent democracy is dead and buried so deep I do not think we will ever hear of It again in Geor gia. You did a noble work for the cause of true democracy. Yon stood' fearlessly to your post, and did much in defeating the coalition movement. Georgia had more at stake in the last m ^ _ ^ w ’ congressional race in the 7th and 9th traded but I int^aM to dfc iather' thim t 8ftlWct< ' th » n any time since the surrender. Yot, know how I ma.le mv 1 da - vs of instruction. The success escape. One of Browning’s bulled ! of the independents would baywglwen grazed my leg and passing through the ! the republican party such enccarage- saildle-skirt and blanket entered thesi.le n,ent that ,hey would have of the nag I was riding. After getting' '^‘‘r eff °rt» to dlvid* the democrat- . . r P I in *,..—*.* Anon vnaaa ^ » - haa _» ic party. Once more Georgia has an even ami unbroken democratic dele- matter. Upon removiug the saddle I discovered the wouud, and knew that the beast could not carry me further. 1 turned it loose and started for home on foot, and by a circuitous route had to travel fourteen miles before getting there. But my leaviag the' horse be hind saved me from capture, as the offi cers thought I was still hid out in the thicket and so did not telegraph. 1 only ined at home an hour—just long enough to get some money, bid my fam ily good-bye and start for Lawrem-e- vilie, thirty miles distant. Taking my little brother iu the baggy we made the trip in just three hours, but it nearly killed the horse I was driving. I trav eled at night, passing through Jug Tav ern, and met several men on the road that 1 knew, bat as I hail my hat slouched over my face they did uot rec ognize me, not even my ancle, whose house I passed. Just ss I drove into Lawrenceville the train wan steamed up ready to leave aud I got aboard. Had I been ten minute* later it would have left uie. I met with another streak of good luck when I got to Suwannee, the junction with the Air-Uaa. 1 cot from aboard as anon aa tho cars stopped aud stepping into a dark corner remained there until the regular train came alcng, which was just ten minutes. 1 boarded the ssnohing ear, that was fortu nately unoccupied. When I gut to At lanta I did wet wait lov the train to stop before I Jumped off and secreted myself near the Chattanooga train, that the con* ductur told me would leave iu ten uiin- I feared a telegram bad been sent ahead, and was afraid to risk even buy ing a ticket, preferring to pay my fare to the conductor. I bail no way to dis guise myself, as I was cleanly shaved, ami had to take the chances. Justus tile IV. A A. train was moving off I jumped aboard ami soon left Atlanta behind mb. But I dreaded every stop ping place, expecting to meet a b-legram. When Chattanooga was reached 1 for ths first timo felt pretty sale, but pushed on to my Asalias lion, Canada, as fast as possible, I had deform ined not to be captured alive, and wanted to do all in my power.'to ggsvet fgwMr. In Cana da I found a wealthy ancle, brother to my father, whw kept a large hotel there but whom I had never before seen. To him I went and made a ‘dean breast’ of my troubles. He welcomed me and 1 took charge of the business manage ment of his house. Every week or sol wrote and received letters aud paper* from borne through him, and knew all that was transpiriug.” “But about your pardon?” we asked. "WrU, it was signed by over 1,000 of the best men in three counties, and Gov. country by redeemed from star route frauds and naval appropriation steals. Your*, very respectfully, R. B. Abbott, Bloodshed About Speer. Walton Connty .Vno. On Saturday night before the elec tion, on the farm of Mr. berry Boatwick, in Morgan county, a Speer meeting was held, which ended in s fearful row, w hich will cost <>ne man his life. Boon after the crowd had assembled, which, b) the way, wo* composed almost en tirely or negroes, free qn iaky was tuned out in such quantities that a general row ensued. Alter the first blow* were stricken, the lights were blown out, and then they had it in the dark. The wounded uisn. Mr. Barrel Dobbs, w hite man, was allowed to lay on the ground until niue o’clock uext morn ing. He received a terrible blow on the back of the neck with a Urge hand-stick, and ha* lieen senseless ever since. The physician lias given np all hope of his recovery. Mose Robinson, colored, did tlie work. Mr. Bostwick knew nothing of the meeting being held on his We earnestly hop* thxt Uw 9ttT will never be afflicted with another snch political contest as the one just ended. The One-Eyed Plow Boy. woods, and sarisracthwrof tbky brobght Wal'on Ccmmty *Vnr«. The high compliment just paid Hon. Allen D. Candler by the peple of the 9th district, in electing him to congress over the moat gifted stamp speaker in Georgia, by 2,60t> majority, is bat just reward for his many virtues. He w*s raised a poor plow boy, had to work with his own hands to get money to go to school. Small in statue and homely in appearance, he began life with more disadvantages than most boys hsve to contertd with. Honesty, fair deaiing, kindness, energy, perseverance and courage have been the watchword of hi* life. These characteristics will win fame (or any mail, just ss they have for him. He is to-day one of the grand est men of his state, ami hi* pow*r and influence will tie felt in Georgia for j#*ny years to ootne. Tb*_xgsng Hf n of Georgia can fin* no bettor model by * which to frame their lives and charac ter* than tide one-eyed plow boy of Pigeon Boost, j . a, . , ! Hon. Pope Barrow. The General Assembly of Georgia elected yesterday Hon. Pope Barrow, of Clarke county, to fill the UMxptredtrrm of the late Senator BOB. Mr. Barrow is a native of OgUthotpe connty and in his 44th year- He iaa University graduate and a Lawyerofability. In thtCbB^itu- tioaal convention of ’77 he greatly dsltin- Colquitt Mid H waa one of the strongest Wished himadf. In 1838 he was elected document* ever Uld before him. I felt ' ‘® th * Legislature and at onto look a With us ai»cf> contend . that you can drink one mare satisfactorily out of a tin cup. For some reason or other southern epicures look upon this var mint as a great delicacy; but so long a good satisfactory mess ' .or keroseueoil, or oleo- ue,we won’t take any ’possum in our’n. Aside from tbeir indigesti ble greasiness, oar appetite rebels when we think of a litter of youug we once saw about as large «f balf-^rowdv snail hj They ure born entirely too young, and we have al- ys looked upon this popular ani mal as a cross between a pole-cat and on old field rat. But let us proceed with our narrative of that supper. Tlie boys hud a pre- Mutmeut that etiquette required them lb eat heartily, aud they did. They would take a layer of ’possum and a layer of Peerless whisky, to be alter nated occasionally with bottled beer (0>d Cognac brandy. Well, if we owu- ed a rhinoceros, and lie could stand that mixture aud sleep well at night would make an independent for tune renting his insides out fora blast furnace. Among the chosen few at JhNhL'snquet of grease »a- our friend Jim .Bigfry. Now’ Jim ha* quite a reputation as au epicure, and he felt it bis sacred duty to sustain it. It you wouldcan tadpoles and label them with a French name Bigfry would swear they were the greatest delicacy ever brought to Athens. It is not the substantial of Ufe that he loug* for> tail the relishes, and as might' natur ally be supposed he has bursted his digestive apparatus into a thousand pieces. But with a heroism wortby a better cause he tackled that ’possum supper fore and aft. He gulped down chunks of fat and nigger foot potatoes that would have choked an elephant. He swore that Cleopatra never sot down to sucli a repast, and report says be managed to get away with two var mints and a half. The next morning we chanced to visILthe store of our friend Bigfry, and a more wretched piece of dilapidated misery our eyes never rested upon. He Reminded us oftiieghost of dee; pair, that some enterprising body- snatcher bad ruthlessly torn lrotn its grave. We compassionately asked Bigfry what was his ailment? Turn ing upon us his blood-shot eyes, from which all tb«5,Jire of hope aud youth had fled, he spoke tbusly: "ItVall that infernal ’posqum snp- pei! 1 always prided myself upon tho condition- of my digestive organs, although they have been, getting a, littlecranky ot late. I have seen the time when I could sup on a rock pile or a cross-cut saw and then go to bed and dream ot j an gels; but it’s different now. That lit-, tfe relish of a ’possum supper last night cut at least forty years from my long life of use Alines*. It was about one o’clock when they carried me to bed, and you know I was snoring be fore I left the table. Well, I had hard ly touched the mattress before an old sore-back, spavined nightmare came prancing along, when a little devil forked tall and horns on its head caught me by the seat of my pants and pitched me astraddle the old nag. She then headed straight for a persimmon tree, and the next thing I remember I waa a great big, fat ’pos- snm op there just gulping down the fruit. 1 know just as well the feel ings and thoughts of a ’possum as if I CORRESPONDENCE. „ _ Annas, Nov. 18th, 1881. CapteW. D. O’Farrell: Dear Sir-As the tune Is near at hand when the ritl- xena of Athens will fa* called upon to progress of oar city at heart, and know- jngyoB,*»-■•*• <H nadbatirring yon that you willaMow the i fatoQcmoctlon with this Carlton, J Z Oca-pet ASon, J H HnghesL Aw* whine, W« WaoMd, J If Ore, W 5? Christy. A M Sc udder, A 8 Dorsey, E 8 Blge. W 8 Wynton, Y H Wyan, W B Jackson. John Binl. J H Baavev, AB Trippe.R P Eberhsrt, J CDavis, S Has- rl*. M L Harris, A Joel, J Morris, S Sol omon, M Motri», Isaac Lowe, Johrf Co hen, C A 8cudder, J P Jacobs. Leon Sledge. A P McLxuchin, J J Baldwin, J L Franklin, S Baruch, David M Ken ney, Louis Morris, L Finch, Bobt Flour- no*, J Flatean A L Nance, B T Brumby A Co., E L Bitch, A 8 Handeville. John H Lambert, J F Rhodes, Michael Bros J H Hoggins, Jr., 8G Evans, CS Fel lows, J B Palmer, Joseph J Morris, Jo seph A Marks, D • hut Oliver, ChUds, Nickerson A Co., EI Smith, E T Brown, J S King, Dave Mitchell, J C Maddox, Nicholson, Sanford A Co., John Hogan, II B Palmer, George D Thomas, E 8 Lyndon, E G Potter, A L Mitchell, John F Finch, A A McDuffie, J R Bussup, 8 Stoman, C GTalmadge, W M Pitman, Hampton. Webb A Co, J N Webb, T P Stanley, T C Hampton, 3 W Hampton, Jeff Cary, David Gann, OFTHB C1TT OF ATHENA FOR THE 823f®«* 1 Bcce.lt ASM 1 Balky DW Bam wall Hone Mtobtoi took WaJW .' a’Jl CktomB P ‘ *$£ ° ! Urijsrfcy—m- ’ i CtokaJFtF i f! ' Palmer, H P Christy, Peter Culp, J M Head, H A Chapman. F M Cheney, J * * ‘ Johnson, IF, T« ‘ LIST OF RERSTEREp VOTERS SSSSUKSd 8 Bunllton 9 8 Jr. JiokionJaakF: H JomsEX ■ I'/A no Jo MW 1 . 7 jftiwaTO & ES'T t.TxwfurdG W OsrrMtere J i Ik lav John If Uorew A S lkailJsuMa Kdsou W B Ebsrhart K P Kraus tiesN Ebarbait J T FlonmoyBubt GiksIJ Uauo Jaau Harper jamas B llarrisun W H HmdJM Hamenttaa W B Hams S tiolire G R -ll.t.n HMaJft L- ; Oomar J T • < CharptI Hobart I .ii x Csayer Joint Z Carter T H : i 7 'jut Dorsey 8 11 Deal* J»cl T Dottery t L Edge E 8 ' Eberhsrt 8 P Eberhsrt J W limerick J H Gnat Jaa A Garrison S M j IUodnip J H Bs-.iirnp N W Hopkins T J Hill lienrr Hnrl^Llfc UaU JH IF B Thoumt, R ’Siekemm, J H Fleming, IIII Curltim, C W Baldwin, H’ B Biur- urtt. E T Brown, Childt, ,VietertonA Co, Peter Culp. J H Healer, S L Bloom field, Geo H Palmer, C. O. Talmadge, Hampton, Webb A Co, J H Algvod and many other*: Gents:—I am just in receipt ofyour most numerously-signed communica tion, requesting me to become a candi date for the mayoralty of our city for the ensuing year. No language Is at my command, by which I could con- reciation of rnyfellow-cltlrens. MjfYfcftest am bition In^fife’ha* been to so order my course among my fellow men as to be deemed worthy of their confidence and esteem. Therefore, It may not be out of place for me to say, In thh connec tion, that the-, evidence conveyed in your most 'flattering communica tion, now before Inc, justifies me in presuming that snch an! ambi tion has not been .without Its re ward. It ia a fact wail known to many of my friends, that my business con nections and relations ate snch as to have caused nte repeatedly to decline a candidacy for public position, but un der such ah appeal a* fa now mode to me, I feel that I Would be Untrue to every sentiment of the true citizen and well wisher ef ourettjfl* welfere, were I to decline this mast' flattering and complimentary request -to become voarcandidate for MayotV With the V* W B Jennings u A H King AB Lewis P Lewis Wm Martin W k Mealor J It lUtthevs Bobt Matty IV Minion Vf B MoWsten J G Nelms W 8 Newton J H Pittman J It Prather A M PrueV D V Palmar H K Prather W J Piatber J N Petal Francis ... ILsu Andrew Bow* HflgU Smith BL , 8*ye T B 8aye John A Says A H Semnt«a» XU, Strickland W A Tack Thos B Williams JM WsItsT A WillUmsGW W tUe-son U C ,Vsteins J A .IV in. Jamas C Walls TUo* W Williams J D nl % be elected to so Important and respon sible a position as you now call upon me to flit, it shall he my ffltiefeet and only aim, to so discharge the duties of the office, as never to cause you to re gret your action in this matter. I am, gentlemen, Truly and respectfully yours, W. D. O’Fabbell. To the Citizen* of Athene: , I announced myself as a candidate for Mayor two days ago, at the request of many citizen, and after Mr. W. D. O’Fairall bad Reclined to make the race. 8ince this Mr. O’Farrell has come to me and expressed a willing ness and desire to make the race, based upon a petition salting him to do so. Believing that lie will make an ( acceptabto officer, and he having been mynn* rhott*.T withdraw from the race and shall ebeernilly support him. : J. H. Rcckeb. Baldwin Cate Bulloch Green Brown Wet Ceny Vues s Dickson Floyd Id wank Claws Alfred Finusy I Grisham David I • - > Howard Pat Harris Bob (Stoeel Hawkins Peter Holden JeBae Hunter. Population of the Ninth Congreselon- *‘Q’ •*qti:j^no3 .eJnii COl'UTIES, atv never imitated or counterfeited. This is e*|. cially true of a family medicine, •'id '■ '* i»>*itlvc proof tliat the imitated i* of the highest valne. Assooo as It :.as.I 1 **en tested and proTcd'hy the w hol. rid that Hop Bitten purest, t*.*i and moat Vahigblt tne<li. :ii- <>u ear’ll, many it sprung up er.d began to steal the notices in which the peevs sad people of tl count r; y I'ldezprotold th* merit* of B., and in even WBy Irving to indui -uttering iuvalhlo to use their ttufl in- other* started nostrum* nut od In larbtyfe » ». e.l names fo which the Wor/ffHh»” ar ”H-.t»” were need in a way tot induce people to believe tjh-j were the some as dka or cures, n > matter what tLeirTtvfe or < WiaafsHy Utoto with the word "Hup” «r ”Uopa”la4lwir MMoav In any way connected with them or tlielr name, are irehationaor Bew»re of them. Touch Ute n.AW ' with a bui __ «*» Uw whlli ItW. . Druegiatoand dealer* are warned against *h»lutg in lmitaticaa or counterfeit*. •’Do boldly what you do at all.” Bold ly do we affirm that Kidney-Wort is lb* groat remedy for livrr. bowels and kid- toy diseases. Rheumatism and piles vanish before IL The tonic effect of Kidney-Wort ia produced by its cleans ing and purifying action* on tfo-' blood, re there is a gravelly deposit in the ', or milky, ropy urine from disor- ' kidneys, it always care*. and Miss Clara Talmadge on Thursday night last, by Rev. Mr. Myriek. We wish tl long Ufa qfhqppinea*. ^ The terra hydro aay M tori to sent say raaaifeM Fefl, U you ss&sssa. $» Mtorifirntto keep Mn. Ftakkaw’a Dr. certain that be would heed it and os soon as ready I camp home and voluntarily gave myself ay w Sheriff Weir, who very kindly refuted to place me in jvl until the Governor bad acted open the matter.* I baffltrong friends in Atlanta to plead my caoar, among them Dr. Ki*g and Henry Grady, and *o am once more 4 free hian.' It was whiskey and •ante that brought me all this trouble, and I have Fade a solemn pledge to niy mother never again, ad long .s I live, to klhjjr AotNer jNyy of toiecnradjl stnh' to pass my lipa or to throw another card. Her distress gave me greater pain titan anything else, and I shall see that she has not further cause for grief ou my ac count. This scrape has been a serious j matter to me. Beside* losing my crop I bad to spend over $1,000 In cash. It ba* learned me a lesson, and one that I think I shall always remember. 1 in tend to try and lead abetter life, and sometime prove to tlie world that I am innocent of the crime for which I was ted. I had m usee Ucaut. steal ing tlutt hone than you had. I was drunk and won It at cards, and while •till under the influence of liquor gave good grounds tor the suspicion which resulted la my conviction.” ‘■> ■ ■' » ' ■* Shootixo if Maotoom.- On Thnrs- deff ltoMa PUmapti distffet, Madi son county. Jones Porterfield, a con stable, sbotaad wonnded JamcsWat- klne, n white ana, wteran he was at tempting to arrest for an attempt to negro.. U seems that the negro had-obtained trite W egslaai Watkins’ wife for vU^li NMltad Id like dUBenlty that ended so ecrioqtiy prominent position. Readiness fa debate and viaorooa oratory characterise him, in the form* And at thebar, as well as ^VpBpdUiiaMhh|gto/<Hls »uy in the Hen eft will be brief, but we ara satisfied that It will teafo^othinc in patriotio aetviife. Theconferring of the Senatar-Mp for a few month* oi| Mrj Barrow -was not an •ferqptyr coniplb meut,” t<ut ~ v ~ Jt— WstLe ..I Chronicle. Comptroller General’* Report. We clip the following Information from the last report of the Comptrol ler General: There is nows balance In the state treasury of $890,478.15. Clarke county paid a general tax In 1881 of $lt>, 539.53. Total general tax received $738,928. 41. Hire from convicts, $24,871. Total receipts from Inaarance tax, $12,904.48. Clarke connty paid a Uqnoc tax ot $185. Total receipts bom llqoor tax, 081, $22,573.83; for 1886, W0U5 Claike county “enow tax, MBJSd; Ugh to lug-rod dealers, $23^0; mnui- tioM ‘ Sin, “StooewaU” Jaekeoabaaflti- Dyes ahray» do more todo. Color over that Fill look like new. Only B*ok* Clark* Dawson .. Fannin Forsyth — — Fraakli Gilmer Habernham. Lnmpkin Haduton - Morgan ' Oconee .... Pickens Towns.. Union.— White... 13040 7357 11153 16057 gg USI 5145 J2t .[mail sis Jackson Alfred Jones Robert Jones Hichard P Herii Nesbit John Pollard John Jr BeidGeo Self Howard Sr Self Howard J* Stroud Go* 8eottJack THlsr Wm Thoms* Anderson wa Wales line 5M7 no loom 11411 me 11621 urn 871* Arnold E C M i John J B Blair W D Bod* C e W H Brook* T M ; From tboJopIrooQ Harold, . Hon. Emory Speer's fine team of bone* passed through Jefferson thin week. -rrae . •/ ’ There are two prisoners In jail.' Married, ifr. W. A. Oliver and Mira Mattie Woods; Hr. Joe J. Roberta and Miss Annie Haynes. Mr. W. 8. Edwards, of Harmony had been born in a hollow log. I heard ; Grove, has s fine boy named Allen an old horn blow, and next the yelp of i Candler. a yaller dog. Then I saw the kinky j Meson. Grow and MaCarty have head of n nigger under my tree, and > been elected principals of the Martin hear him say, ‘There he is, and a big one, too—wuff 50 cents!’ In that brief moment I suffered all theagouies of the damned. I felt that my doom wo* sealed. 1 imagfoed my tail being put between a split sappITng and my sacred person hawked about the streets of of Athens. I could see Char lie Baldwin and Joe Fleming and Johu Billups examining me with 'a critic’s eye aud asking if I waa fat. Then I felt mv throat being cut and imaglai li few I- would -look hice- *ly browosil/n*y‘legs cocked-up suds fortifleatiou of sweet potatoes built around my poor carcu*. I saw oue nigger holding a light while the other started toeUrnb the tree to'get me. 1 moved as far out a* I could on the end .institute.’ >j , Lj 3 fy i c V J Ml. Jamas Coker, of Maviville, loot two finger* In a. gin, and Mr. H. J. David, of tho same place, bad an eye extracted.in Atlanta. .. «-*W-r Chubch Pastorate.—Rev. Henry F. Hoyt, otCnthkwt, fla, hn accept- ed the pastoral chargto of' Maysyllle, Mixpah, Sandy Creek and ^toBute churches. Mr. Hoyt to ■ Oow of Dr. Nathan Hcyt, who for thirty-six years was the pastor of, tlie. PresbyteHan church in Athens. We are greatly pleased at the thought of having back with us a jnemr*" Lftf- 3 fnln- Excrasiox to WAsnHfdtttt.—V* Riebmomi A Don villa, tinea will, give of allmb and tried to entrench myself "P^UItxron^rete. tetoe Nstfon.1 rail .KiimH «». L, u Ba “* r » uJ Art «xhi«tp* e fbr tha bra- OWB PltoFtFra—Mr.JaoTbnrmond, has a field of mag-1 lat be only gave one M laavlng it; but there attar erop In the settlement. fer tile toil of eld Jackson with a rooster and ahe aotites • bounteous harvent. possible. by wrapping.my tail around it; but it waa no nae. f pursuer broke off the branch to which I clung>ud 1 fell to the ground with a thump that nearly knocked the breath from my body. 1 knew U was the habit of ’possdms to feign dead and 1 tried that dodge myself, well knowing at the time,however, that it wouldn't work worth a eent. The yaller dog bounced on we add you may just bet I was the wont aearod varmint that ever ate a 'Simmon. I expected to be tarn to pieces, bat the fellow with the light rescued me. Then I saw the split aap- jtilng bejng prepared ms a sort ef pal- whicli I wag.to ride to Athr uiTol appendage was forced the narrow crack. thatrloaed upon It like a vice. I tried to ocreran ont lnmyagauy, and—awoke, to 114, Randall Brown standing over toy *! eflt of the Garflcld monnment fond. to be held at the V. S. capital November 85th to Draaitar >1,1*88. j The round Iv $28.75, R. tick et office. Bob Tteys and liver, ao frightened about., only thing that wlU* ly prevent and core, tended cures only relieve log a,. and then make you many tlmea worse trol, who exclaimed: Name Chaxokd.—We see that tfe New York 8un and Herald speak (f Hon. Pope Barrow aa “Senator Ba - low.” The Cap’aln’s (rlenda think ho should demand peraonol satisfection at Um editor* of tboaa papers. trip 1 ickefe from Athens are only and can be hail at the N.if. iC^ 1 nounclngthe reception cent stock of seasonabl stock toiMraifteM polite and attentive.and price, a. I to tiro W | “’Fo* de Lord, Mare Jim, you dun got de mattress ofl de bed and am here hanging ’tween de alata!” “Ton may Just bet I waa happy when I fonnd my troubles were all a 4b* etaolftM! aa4 that th* now Arm. . ';.; 1 Ihpboyexexts.—': over fifty small dw *»y The late sales of ' t my window. I Mirant op Judge Kinney •mn vow never to eto • * u.e.reo intend to organixe a “Society to Stop ante, bed ’Pbtonnm R nn tU» »» ' gOpheTB* i Hunting.’ Jack* D B Jsckaou W B Joiuer J J Medlin James A Mitchell VVyati E Maxwstt J B Nation- Levi F Nstiua W B Prather Wm Parker Wm Porker JW Prather E A Patat Joseph Prekr Uotart Palmer Geo H ■’ '. BieharJaT 8 Bobvris J Henry Slmr'ev A B 8mith Br bert W Scgiave* Amly Stutnm r Job.i Tho-mon Itomer Watkins J1 G William* Geo W ■ Wynn YH Williams B G Wood W L Wilson B rhert Wortkaia Geo COLORED. , .. Baitsasa Mika Bacon Robert Boyce Bailey i BrfefaWa Echols Goo Untchanoa Floyd Hntehenoa Stepney Hawaii)* Dario — Hawkins P4i rsety Beuj toatST', eaimhn JoucsCain Jones Tho* Jones WiUia A SrJMsrUn Geo ' .-'rriTre ; R*.t: Crockett ] Seaw Charley Schell Garrison Bmith Daniel Thomas Frank Walker Wm - Williams lease SECOND WARD. AdanuJI . Bratton J B Braecby E B Barch J L Brooks I B Barch B C — Barns V A H« Carlton Js* B Carlton Dr W A Cstttoa’J H Christy HP Christy W8 Dr J B Delonaj T C| Dale Samuel Franklin J Jr ./ GoodromLD Galloway Uf Griff:th M.F issasv 1 Htmerick David Harris C W SB JanknowerD Kline$lH. ;/ Lvnefa H T U4riM WfB Low* laaaa Lampkin Cobb Lucas VW . McKinnon W Mali T 8 Mas* Charles Morris Mendel McDowell W A frtsill I11U :*r i , J M Pittman W It •’ «raM)%rrr>>, ,/, Kasrelt B B 1 ' SnmmejiPA.’ • S7w 8ea<lder Chat A ! “““.•* 9-v -Ul, JB Vonderfieth EH 1 Coh**" John (Tmard AD too Tit.- ara T B icn M G Carl .on Dr.J M Dobbs WJ4 ■ rtO ♦A atNr 8SS883S ft I tsq Irdlriu admRlvtttx Mv [ : Pwry.jr-) lira'.. Phwer W NT Itienin Parr BE Kobertaoo A B Butiicriord Prof W Stern My. r >olomou 8 Sledge L D Thomaa Ge* D Ta'madge W A Tho mas 8 Jr Thurmond 8 P Tii.ou.NB Vonderlieth T B Wynton W 3 Yancey G H Amey bam Austin D-nnta Rosenborg U Stone JN SteniPliilfip Thornton A C Thomas W B Tooison Gao H ICO ’ Bromby < Bdlniw. toD a ‘ Barnett Mat : TiTt* Cobb Bobers Charlton Wesley Cochran Cl ini'' “ Carey Jeff Daniel James DavieGeo Dupree Joe DerriCot Henry Durricot Frank Epps Alfred Epps fora Flag Win.I Henry Dob > Uarvie Jesse iinrden Rob Boy Ilaea Gas Jackson Andy Jones -ack Juti> son Jue Jones Edmond Jubiuou Henry L-wia Robert McCombs Nelson J Mack Edward Matthews Auderaon Mills Alfred Nuwton James Jr Siddltng Joe Vincent Tboe P Wills JF Allen W M BoydThad a: Boo er Bob i Brown Andrew Cole Bobert Campbell Haniara Dnrbam Willie Smith c d Siruet Stcpnejr hotnas Sum tqsliaw Wyatt Weils ! William* Jordan uiTcupon owootu Davis Mat Epps Frank Ho’.rey Albin Hanttf Wm Howard Wm HngheaGeo Jones John Jackson Steve Jenkins BK Jeekaon John T Lemons Freak M vm Felix Msriwaatbsc Ja Marable Waa Pierce Andrew Simpson Jordan; Tbomaa Henry Wright Jet* WkiUUid J* FOURTH WARD. < Gonzales $J ... ..GentineDrj| Holgaon W H Hogan Dr John! Holcomb J P - lloghcn J H Johnaoc. JohnJCslvin Jester W A, hill. se'._r"■ Lnmpkin If Lilly Tho* LyadonES " Lambert JH Askew Elbtri. ltrowniug M D Harrow U C tieltv Z W Cranford H L Chandler C H 'smak Dr Jama Cdenrutn A Crane JK Eberimrt John Eberhsrt E P Fl-mioir W Flsminr T Hampton J • Hampton T C Hunter 8 H Jacobs G Jacob* James 7' 1 * v Kenney I 3t non<t J. W Long DrHBJ Morris Casper Morris Svlvanna Mandsvillc A 8 McGinty HC Oliver D C Pierson A|F Stanley Haj M Tbomaa Bobert Tnomaa W W W eir John W Wells James X Aufflng Ned Briscoe Geo Certberen Henry. Carter Sanford Derrieot Bandalg Daria Henry Eberhsrt Lewi Foster Chari** - Gardner Geo W Hunt Wm Harris Wlllia Hawkins Albert j Jenkins Peter Jenkins Dallas Allen J M Bird Jeha . Barrett C D. Cheathem MB' Childs A K Cobb A J Carter J N Edge W - Elder A G Ftemirg H HannicuttJ A llndysim g B Lafferty Wm LampkiaBH ilillner Rev B W Maddox Joseph B MeKia J 8 Moon J T Orr Dr J C PttnurO L Smith DM , Talmadge J 8 McDowell Wm MarwS J MeKie.C.DI ^ Mai'GtaT ' t j’diCi ■; t\\ vlMti i: *>7/—IJimif .n P.' U RehVeWJtf o -t Keynotes C W '!»!4t lit S i Sanford BA , Scaddar A M Turclkcld J J Crawford Baa Jr Dooly Tom jAnthMty Banter Attired Jai Liringaton A1 LaaafordBoban McKee Lindsey Ua-eosWaah M.ddlebrooka !■ MeQacen Sam I’anion Wm Pollard John Br Smitt Wash mlth Daniel Jr,. Tbomaa Heap. fibsW’ King W W Lairaton Ban LePredeChsrias Mfenafee Jaka Morton MB MaWbortuPles Peters Bala SpretUngPX Watkins Lewi* Walker/ WalwpteSJ.P . WMtereon R W ft Webb Jaw Wimheriy J t lent iithuusCapt Wm iW«#wT„i i. JL ' wliSSJMW0 1 f satcaan. ’V*"i ” 71 CoekZsdc t* -lit l.-»itiojd-> «vrmi u-.-i.r rtfai ” ’*" 1 x«:lu -.1 ■ dtuoo otH ol Vi mm ul hiiolni v-itil «« i'W ) oil} i«>l .vital -i eiilT I-,n in tie oj {I ViT—.y.or ,HU/il Ed it-. ■ol 1 iflfo iM “—-fr l; lit {tilu/lf J FYtti'il .qz-> ra **iiaj i! .rrr.u-1 t ini* IttlSD VAElk 'tank .1 mvnd waits*.,4,i:ii ytti(i!h,ii >i,i<; h tin ol M inofl C4 Baldwin J J tilth'1 BozaattWB t- - »?ii BanesfekEdwrad Jr.t Gaiaraj*- '- ;; “ “ . = ,v Uoll'-o il'ii i •:•! -.DeoringAFJf: >..!•. Edwards JFM *'> MswiOt WHT wi'd’ *tite4irl! MyiK iil T»Bilr.' f-n.l: am li;.l ,l-jn OradrarJS-. -4-.-1 CB<'* ’ r> * , *' , B»ddocklttb t - w iwi Hn iisBteraraiAM''>v -i.li .it • t ThoChampfon District. ; ;; : ' Duluth, Ga., Nov. IT, 1882. Editor Bsnner-Watclunan:—I ara yon dredlt Flowery Bnoch with being the champion oc .banner precinct of the district. Noyr please change that honor to Harbins, Gwinnett county. Harbins polled 51 votes and 50 of them were forCandler. You re,. A.P.B. Jumped His Boxd.—Mr.ChaitoaW. Shackelford, of Athena, waa on the bond of a man named John G. Carroll, ^barged with aasanlt with Intent to murder, the bond being $400. Tho othef day said Carroll disposed of hU cotton and other property add toft foy parte unknown. Mr. S. offora a reward nf$3o forhiaapprehension, j,.- ‘•Well’* Health renowwr” natorea •aj^aaaMa^r*- A Nxw PkTxsr.—Mr. David A. Wil- hanisi or Hfeh 8boatetec$agp t haa ton granted, At patent for an improveraent ®*3»S5sit "7- -ITTat) n*s) { ,11 l ”f ! n