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T. L, GANTT, Editor & Prop’r
A REGISTRATION LAW.
After every election in Georgia,
the necessity for a registration law
becomes more and more apparent.
It will do more to purify the ballot
box, and put a stop to these contests
that arc such an expense and an'
noyance to the tax-payers, than all
else combined. With the present
lights before them, if our legisla
tors at their July session do not give
the voters this protection, it will be
a living shame and disgrace to that
body. A registration law will
effectively put a stop to illegal bal
lots going into the box, and it is
the only thing that can accomplish
that result. Year by year we see
these contests over state, county
and municipal offices increasing,
until at the last election, when it
seemed to become an epidemic in
the state, and thousands of dollars
were expended and valuable time
wasted in deciding a matter that
should have been eternally settled
at the polls. And the trouble in
each and every case was a claim
that illegal votes had been cast.
Examination of the ballot-box show
ed a most disgraceful state of af
fairs, and that the safe-guards
thrown around it had beer,
tom away or disregarded. As a
consequence, it is a matter almost
impossible to tell, when a contest is
made, which candidate has received
the majority of legal votes; the peo
ple are kept in suspense for weeks
or months; strife and animosity are
engendered; private individuals
and the state are put at an unneces
sary expense; and the chain-gangs
swelled with violations of the law,
many of the prisoner’s only guilt
being undue zeal in the cause of a
friend. Now a law requiring all
legal voters to register will put a
quietus on this trouble, and strip
our political contests of all these
objectionable features. Challeng
ing av the polls will be stopped, and
elections conducted in that quiet
manner worthy of our great state.
No one will be wronged or injur
ed, but the dignity of the law up
held, the legal voters protected in
their rights, and a safe-guard
thrown around those who would
wilfully or unintentionally violate
the statutes. There would then be
no grounds for contests, for every
ballot deposited will represent a
qualified voter. It would put a
stop, too, to this thing ot importing
voters from other counties, which
has of late years become a regular
business in certain sections. Sher
iff Wier, of Clarke, tells us that of
the large number of true bills found
by our last grand jury against illegal
voters, only two or three parties
could be found in the county. They
had either been imported or voted
under assumed names. As a con
sequence, the law in these cases
proved a dead letter, and was no
protection whatever to the ballot-
box. Now, to require all legal vo
ters to register also remedies this
trouble. As soon as a candidate
for suffrage presents himself, one of
the managers can cast his eye over
the list of registered voters and if
his name does not appear there it is
needless to attempt to vote; other
wise, you are wasting breath
challenge him. Our grand juries
will not be bothered with illegal
voters, for none such will be on the
list. The roll will be prepared by
the tax-collector, and when an elec
tion comes off there is no Uouble,
for everything is ready. It will
also put breaks on the disgraceful
practice of candidates or their
lriends paying up back taxes for
delinquents, which is nothing less
than buying votes. In fact, there
is every argument that right and
patriotism can make in support of
this measure, and we defy any one
to give a sensible reason against it.
The German government, recog
nizing that railway travel has dan
gers like those of war, has instituted
ambulance corps at Berlin for em
ployes of the roads. In future ev
ery German railway official is to be
thoroughly drilled in the Esmarch
ambulance system.
A meteor passed ever Victoria,
British Columbia, on February 33.
It was of enormous size, and ap
peared like a mass of molten iron.
The noise caused by its passage was
like thatof escaping steam. Smoke
and flames were thrown off by the
meteor. It was seen to descend
into ths sea, a cloud of spray and
steam marking the spot where it
met the water. This extraordinary
phenomenon was witnessed by
mahy persons.
As Gen. Grant has been placed
upon the retired' list, it is not prob
able that the country will hear much
more of him until it hears of his
death. There is no doubt that he is
afHicted with an incurable disease,
and it is probable that he will not
live throughout the present year.
The bill that was passed insures
him the comforts of a home during
the remainder of his life.
A notable instance of enterprise
under great afflictions, is the laying
■of three hundred miles of water
piping across the burning sands of
«<great desert by the* English gov
ernment. The work is progressing
satisfactorily, the piping being laid
i«t the rate of twenty miles per
. ' The people in;fhis country will
■watch with interest the result of the
antagonism between Gladstone and
Queen Victoria. The Queen advis
ed Gladstone to resign and he de
clined, saying that he held power
Undera commia.‘on from the people.
If there was anything necessary
to convince any portion of the peo
ple of this great country that Pres
ident Cleveland was a man of un
flinching integrity, his inaugural
address, delivered on the 4th of
March at the capital of his country,
and in the presence of tens of thou
sands of his countrymen, should
supply the missing link in a chain
of evidence stronger than hooks of
steel. The memorable canvass pre
ceding the Chicago convention, as
well as that succeeding it, is still
fresh in the minds of the people,
and they cannot fail to remember
now, that the sole recommendation
of this remarkable man, both be
fore the convention and before the
peeple, was that he was ‘‘honest,”
and that he would regulate his ad
ministration upon “business princi
ples.” A careful reading of the
clear cut sentences in this, his first
state paper, fails to reveal even a
shadow of disloyalty to the pledges
then made to his constituents, and
he stands to-day before the Amer
ican people, more clearly defined
than^any of his predecessors, as
simply and solely the executive - of
ficer of the government. The am
bitious politician does not lurk
shrewd suggestions, veiled in dark
but spiritualistic language, to be
decyphered only by equally wily
adherents; neither can the vultures
of former years smell the flesh pots
ot jobbery, as they read the incisive
thoughts of the “man of destiny.”
On the contrary, the document
bristles with a determination that
his administration shall be regulated
upon “business principles,” and
that the poisonous fungi whichhave
so long throttled the real interests
of the people, shall be relegated
to the rear. We do not learn these
facts from any direct state
ments contained in his inaugural-
but rather from the conspicuous
absence of every thing calculated to
create other than the impression
that he is only the executive officer
of this government.
So far the democratic party has
not been disappointed in its stand
ard-bearer. A strong arm and a
clear head is at the helm, and if he
steer the ship clear of the meal-
stroms, as well as Sylla and Churib-
dis, he will go down into history as
a statesmen of remarkable ability
In the present transition state of a
large portion of the people it is re
markable that the democratic party
has found a leader, cool-headed
enough to prevent the isms of the.
day from scuttling the ship of state.
We pin our democratic faith, bright
with the hopes of a future success,
to the simple honesty and evident
ability of a leader who has already
dumb-founded his opponents.
The London newspapers accuse'
Bismark with lying, while that gen
tleman strenuously denies it.
President Cleveland is busy do
ing the honors of the White House.
He is kept very busy for the pres
ent 1
Riddlebcrger objected to the con
firmation of the cabinet on the
ground that Bayard was too pro
nounced on the dynamite question.
Chattanooga, March 5.—-Mr.
Herbert Brown, formerly of Atlan
ta, and Miss Rosa Kirkpatrick, a
leading belle of Chattanooga, were
married this aftarnoon.
A nlan by the name ofjackson
Daniels, of Wyoming county, West
Virginia, thrust his own mother in
to a pen in his yard and allowed
her, thus situated, to freeze to
death.
Cii attinooga, Tenn., March 5.
The Lookout rolling mill was sold
to-day to A. M. Johnson and Nis-
bit Hazelton for $30,000. The pur
chasers will put the mill in opera
tion at once, and will employ a
large number of hands.
Berlin, March 5.—Count Her
bert Bismarck had an audience with
the Emperor William before leav
ing for London. He departed in
strict secrecy. A majority of the
newspapers here believe that his
mission is one of peace.
Percy Carrington, son of the
Mayor of Richmond, Va., while un
der the influence of liquor, had an
altercation with Mr. Martin, of
Martinsvdle, and was killed. Both
were passengers on the train
standing at the Lynchburg junction
and both were intoxicated.
Hannibal, Mo., March 5.—
Stephen and Horation Coaz, broth
ers, became involved in a quarrel
at Sioux city yesterday. Stephen
drew a revoler and shot Horatio,
and threatened to kill his father and
younger brother. He then placed
the revolver to his own head and
fired, killing himself instantly. He
was drunk.
London, March 5.—It is report
ed that after the division of the vote
of censure, the queen advised Glad
stone to resign, and to reconstruct
the ministry, which should be based
upon a thorough and consistent for
eign policy. Gladstone declined to
resign, maintaining that he held
power under a commission from the
people.
CASUJL THOUGHTS CASUALLY THROWS
fTOGETHEK BY OUR CASUAL
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ATLANTA.
DON'T LOOK LIKE A WRECK:.
‘•Whena mau is going down liil. eve
rybody is ready to give him a kick.”
Yes, that is so. It is sad, but natural.
Why, man and woman, seeking em
ployment, would have got it if their hair
hadn't been so thin and gray. Cue bot
tle of l’arker’a Hair Balsam is then the
best investment. It stops falling hair,
promotes new growth and restores col
or. Cleau, highly perfumed, not a dye.
A great improvement over any similar
preparaelon, and sold at the low price
of 60c.
Watches cleaned and repaired in
first-class order at reasonable rates,
by Jacob Minster, at Lyndon’s drug
store.
an able oubbe man by the best citi ^ n1t nf ;ta ]lgn intelligent u
i public 1 JPSBa' .. *
sens of Massachusetts of both par
ties. He was good enough to be
nominated for Governor by_ the
LESS SHOW ANDMORE.HONESTY.
We give place to the following
article from the New York tSun,
first, because it gives a clear tnsight
into the shallow methods of would-
be-leaders of society in Washing
ton, D. C., and second, because it
shows up the gold basis upon which
confidence is built in the rugged
honesty of the newly elected admin
istration.
A correspondent of "the Tribune
complains that many of the demo
crats who have gathered at Wash
ington to witness Mr. Cleveland’s
inauguration are not dressed accord
ing to the latest fashiions, Jthat they
are sunburnt, and that their manners
are not elegant.
Very likely that is the case, for a
great part of the democrats are poor,
lead lives of exposure, and have
had no chance to cultivate social
graces. But their poverty is noth
ing against them, and there is so
much misgolten republican wealth
in Washington, that honest demo
cratic poverty seems all the more
praiseworthy in comparison.
It is not improbable that many
of the costumes at the inauguration
ball will not satisfy an exacting crit-
it in modes. Mr. Cleveland is not
likely to conducUthe White House
with the elegant fastidiousness Mr.
Arthur has displayed, for he is not
at all a man of society, and offences
against taste which would greatly
irritate the one, may not be noticed
by the other, who is likely, at Wash
ington as at Albany, to be absorbed
in his official duties.
Mr. Bayard is a man of punctili
ousness so far as concerns social de
corum, but he has a well-bred re
pugnance to display and pretence,
and will live strictly according to
his means. Mr. Lamar has no am
bition to make himself a great so
cial figure, and doubtless will main
tain an establishment remarkable
for its simplicity. Mr. Whitney
has money enough to keep up in
Washington the generous hospital
ity for which he has been distin
guished in New York. Mr. Endi-
cott is a highly cultivated gentle
man, and as such will avoid vulgar
ostentation; and Mr. Manning will
be likely to trouble himself far less
about the social figure he cuts than
about the affairs of the Treasury
and the political steering of the neVr
administration.
Yet we expect to see a great im-
L.w-vement in the tone.of Washing
ton society. If there is less display
there will be more refinement. If
the costumes are not so costly, they
will be more admirable, because
they were paid for in thejr wearer’s
own money. If there is not so
much show, there will be more solid
worth. If there is less vyealth,
there will be more honesty.
result of its use by intelligent people lor
over forty years. It has Indisputably
proven Itself the very beet known
specific for all colds, coughs, “
huietts democracy last fall, ‘pulmonary complaints
and
Tilings in General Ahont The Gate City.
Atlanta at present is rather dull,
but the average Atlanta man will
never concede the fact that their
city is dull. They are always on the
move to keep up appearances. The
Kimball House is the big thing of
Atlanta. It has been partially
opened, and any hour of the day
the little unfinished office on Deca
tur street is crowded with commer
cial drummers from all parts of the
world. Atlanta is proud of the
Kimball and Kimball is pToud of
Atlanta. The proprietor, Mr. Sco-
vill, is a young man about thirty
five years old, but he is full of busi
ness and knows how to keep a ho
tel. While sitting in the office the
head cook made his appearance
with a $900 diamond casting its
brilliant rays from a spotless shirt-
front. This prince of the kitchen
who polishes beef steaks and puts
the finishing touch 011 a mutton
chop, gets the very handsome sala
ry of $2,000 per year with board
thrown in; and speaking of this
magnate’s board we are informed
that he generally dined on the best
from the kitchen with the best wine
from the cellar to wash down his
highly-flavored viands—even a
newspaper man would not mind
being a head cook for a short while.
The National and Markham, al
though eclipsed by the Kimball, are
doing a good businesss and give a
hungry traveller the worth of his
money.
The capitol looks rather lone-
sone, with but few of the old hang
ers on waiting around for office.
Bob Hardeman, the treasurer, keeps
a neat office and everything is car
ried on in a business-like manner,
lion. Mark Hardin, the clerk of the
house of representatives is receiv
ing a large number of letters and
calls every day from ladies wanting
clerkships in the coming legisla
ture. They are willing to work for
almost any price. There will be a
great many of them disappointed,
and then Col. Hardin will have
fun explaining why he could not
give them all a place.
Some of the paten: medicine men
have refused to sell their medicines
to Joe Jacobs oh account of his cut
ting in prices.
Dr. W. H. Felton has already
risen on the political horizon and
some of the knowing ones around
the Gate City predict that he will
ride into the gubernatorial chair on
the prohibition move.
Evety one was asking how pro
hibition would work in Clarke.
Some were well-pleased with the
result, whilst others thought that it
would kill the city. We talked
with several prominent men of At
lanta, and they seem to think that
F niton will go for prohibition if they
ever have a vote on the question.
Tho merchants of Atlanta are
somewhat behind in going to mar
ket for their spring stocks, but the
largest houses generally keep a man
in New York all the time on the
lookout for bargains.
We met Judge Speer on the
street, and he wore that same placid
smile which illuminated his face
while speaking to the wool-hat
boys on the slopes of the Blue Ridge,
where thejbeautiful Soque and Ti
ger Tail rises and flows to the sea.
The editorial in the Banner-
Watchman concerning Joseph and
the Atlanta ring created a great
deal of comment, and a copy of the
B -W. was eagerly sought for by
great many.
It is always a pleasure to visit At
lanta, we always meet so many of
the old Athens boys who have
moved there and kept up with the
rise of the city. They are always
glad to meet a man from Athens,
and inquire after all the people in
our city.
SIKES AGAIN. '
He Is Allowed to Give Bond. ■
The counsel in the case of the
state vs. Sikes, slayeY of John Moon',
made application to Judge Hutch
ins for bail at Monroe court, which
application was granted and .the
bond fixed at $4,000. The applica
tion was heard at Monroe court on
the 33d of February, and yesterday
the counsel received notification
that the amount of the bond had
been fixed at the above named
amount This virtually sett.es the
case, as Sikes will never place his
neck in jeopardy for the amount of
four thousand dollars.
Ouf next coDege commencement
will be the first in the history of
Athens when the bar-rooms will be
closed and our town will then be
"dry” so far as the bar-rooms are
concerned. Now, if some of those
who expect to entertain visitors will
only-act in accordance with the in
tention of the prohibition law, which
is to relieve such occasions of the
disgusting spectacle of half intoxi
cated young men at the different
festivities incident to commence
ment, the result cannot
f a 'l t° be satisfactory.
Don’t Iet“mumm” be the word, and
“extra dry” be the idea, but let us
have a “dry” commencement so far
as liquor is concerned, and our word
for it, all the incidents of that occa
sion will be the most satisfactory
that Athens has ever enjoyed.
Among the varions suggestions
growing out of the triumph of pro
hibition to make the effect of clos
ing bar-rooms most beneficial to the
laboring classes, none strikes us
with more favor than that of estab
lishing a savings bank in our city.
These institutions when well man-
aged, have not only proven profita
ble in our northern cities but of in
calculable benefit to the mechanics
and working men, inculcating les
sons of economy and thrift and
making this class of people in a
manner independent. How much
better to deposit a part ot the result
of the week's labor in a saving’s
bank to provide against the prover
bial rainy day or to give the boy
growing up to manhood an educa
tion and a start in life, than the cus
tom which a good many have hith
erto indulged in, that of depositing
it with the bar-keeper to the detri
ment ot family and the comfoits of
life. Let some of our financial minds
consider this question and incorpor
ate such an institution which will
not only prove a philanthropic, but
profitable undertaking. None will
gainsay that the bar-rooms received
their main support from the laborer
and mechanic. Now let their earn
ings be properly invested.
***
The inauguration at Washington,
from all accounts, must have been
a most imposing spectacle, and pe
culiarly gratifying to all lovers ot
peace and harmony. The boys ot
the “blue and the gray” marched
side by side around our democratic
president, and by their union ce
mented stronger the ties that now
bind them together in one common
cause. Surely no such spectacle
has been witnessed in this country
since the war, and this
fraternal gathering of all sec
tions of our union cannot fail to be
productive of the best results
obliterating all harsh feelings
engendered by the saddest war on
record, and kept alive until now by
designing politicians and unscru
pulous partisans.
George Washington wore Na »t
boots. Jo. O' J j 1a X £x
The Standard oil company em
•ploys TOaunaetn —;
Mrs. Bayard, wife of the Dela
ware senator, iaa confirmed in valicL
Some of the California fanner A
are feeding their hogs on grapes
and figs.
Indianapolis is to have . a new
ABtral of the Juki Bora In the Arkansas
A Memphis special says: There ■««>, «»—•«-, —-
is a much-wanted man over in-the- Kidneys, or any disease, of. the urinary
St Francis river bottoms, who i^o^orwho eyerreqUiresanappet.zer,
a record almost as bloody as one of B ieetric Litters the best and only certain
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The generous donation of Mrs.
Tubman to the Christian church to
be erected in our city is another evi
dence ot the noble philanthropy of
this estimable lady. The beautiful
church edifice that adorns upper
Greene street, in Augusta, is main
ly the result of her Christian chari
ty and other less pretentious evi
dences in different places are silent
but eloquent testimonials of the no
ble characteristics of this generous
Christian woman. Far better such
monuments as these than storied
urn or sculptured marble, which
only serves to mark the resting
place and impress the living as an
evidence of former wealth, while
such characters as those of Mrs.
Tubman go on doing good from
generation to generation. Would
that many others of like means
mould imitate her praiseworthy ex
ample.
* *
. *
It now remains to he seen what
effect the action of the people in
closing up the bar-rooms will have
upon a city the size of Athens. The
prohibitionists have firmly believed
that the measure would prove ben-
ficial in every respect; but there are
thinking men who are not sarisfied
that a city of this size will be bene-
fitted to the extent that the prohi
bitionists claim by the closingup of
the bar-rooms and that their action
in voting them out will not accom
plish the objects sought by temper
ance people. While it is in a meas
ure an experiment, yet there is no
•argument on earth which the advo
cates of “freedom of action” can
put forward which can convince an
intelligent well-wisher of the pros
perity of Athens, that bar-rooms,
as they now exist, are damning and
injurious to our city. The expert-
ment will be carefully noted not
only by ourselves, but the state and
country, and our prediction is, that
the bar-rooms will never be voted
back in Athens, but we shall see.
' ***
One gratifying evidence of the
progressiveness of our little city is
the fact that the outside demands
for the products of our manufacto
ries and wares of our merchants is
on the increase. Some of our
druggists make special preparations
which they are shipping all over
the country. Our foundry, facto
ries and paper mill receives orders
from various states and we were
told by “one of our merchants re
cently jthat bis firm had shipped
goods to Tennessee, Virginia, North
Carolina, and had recently received
a number of orders from Augusta
for an Athens invention, which is
considered an excellent device
We understand also that parties
were in the city last week prospect*
ing for the location of a large man
ufacturing establishment in the vi
cinity of the Georgia railroad depot.
Altogether the prospects for our
future prosperity are bright There
are a few croakers in our midst, but
they cannot retard the progress of
our city. It our merchants, capi
talists and public-spirited men will
only improve the opportunities as
they are presented.
union railway station to cost $1,-
000,00a
A Helena, Arkansas, man drank
one gallon of beer in three minutes
on a wager.
Says Talmage, “Every time a sin
is committed, conscience tolls a
funeral hell.”
In Porto Rico an outlay of $z
will clothe an entire family of six
persons for a year.
Major Smith (Bill Arp) has gone
on a lecturing tour through Texas
and the far West
A Texas paper calls attention to
the fact that that state is larger than
314 Rhode Islands.
A distillery has lately been put in
operation in Charleston, S. C., for
manufacturing oil from pine wood.
There were 28,000,000 silver dol
lars made in 1884, and but 300 in
tSvj. The most ancient date is 1794.
Mrs. Stonewall Jackson has re
fused $35,000 for the General’s old
war horse, now on exhibition at
New Orleans.
Some of the Indian agents buy
calico at 4 cents per yard and “dis
tribute” it to the. Indians at 20
cents per yard.
Mrs. Lucille Yseult Dudley gets
an average of two offers of mar
riage each week, but she is mot now
matrimonially inclined.
Tobacco farmers make a profit of
from $100 to $400 an acre from
their crops. Over fifty new to
bacco factories were built in North
Carolina last year.
A Panama correspondent of the
New York Times concludes that at
the present rate of construction it
will be impossible to finish the De
Lesseps ditch before 1905.
The meanest man in the country
lived at Lancaster, Pa., until Satur
day last. He eloped with the nurse,
leaving his wife and three children
behind in a destitute condition, and
with no one to help her take care
of the baby.
Should Mr. Ingersoll accept the
challenge, Mr. McMillen agrees to
heal the sick and cast out devils by
the method pointed out in the scrip
tures, and to that end he will allow
Mr. Ingersoll to select any insane
or sick person.
In .Maricopa county, Arizona,
there is considerable barbed fence,
and the vast flocks of wild ducks
which frequent the valley often fly
low, and, striking the barbed fences,
become impaled thereon. It is said
that tons of ducks are gathered daily
by boys from the fences and sent to
market.
Thirty persons were poisoned in
Wheeling, W. Va., by eating tur
nips which had been treated with
Paris green while growing to de
stroy insects. Only one of the pa
tients died, but four others are dan
gerously ill. It is probable that the
farmer who sold the turnips will be
taught a lesson.
Martin Mitchell, who suddenty dis-
. appeared from near Blackfish Lake,
Ark., about seven weeks. .ago, but
.Then an
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Bitters. Inactivity of the Liver, Bilious
ness, Jaundice, Constipation, Weak
SAVE YOUR
organs,or wno everrequires an appetizer,
tonic or mild stimulant, will always find
PLAIN QUESTIONS.
Mythical ideas are fanning the public
brow with the breath of prejudice, igno-
ance and bumbuggery, Have you the
remotest Idea that your scrofula was
crested by the use of potash and mercu-
ay ? No matter what the cause, B. B. B.
Is the peer ot all other remedies. Do you
presume that your troublesome catarrh
is the resultbf mineral poisoning? B B.
B.- is the quickest remedy. Are -your
chronic ulcers and bolls and sore the
result of potash and mercury? Medical
r itieman will hot tell you so, but B. B.
is the only sovereign remedy. Were
your terrible kidney troubles! crested by
mineral poisoning? Not a bit of it, but
B. B. B. has proven to be a reliable reme
dy. Are your skin diseases, your eczema,
dry tetter, etc., the effect of too much
■ion ate the best judges, and they say
nay, But B.B.B makes more pronounc
ed mires than all othejr, preparations
T k« Oldest Tree.
Which Is’the oldest tree? The elder,
but the old mulllen plant is the oldestin'
worth, tor it is now recognized of more'
value than cod Uver eil in consumption.
Taylor’s Cherokee Remedy of Sweet
Gum and mullienwill cure coughs,
colds and consumption.
The ailments of childhood need care
ful attention and wise treatment. Some
people think “anything is good enough
for a child and there isn’t much the mat
ter with it| anyhow." But judicious
mothers know better, and do as Mrs. H.
W. Perry, of Richmond, Va., does. She
says: “1 take Brown’s Iron Bitters and
give it to my children with his most
lsfory results,,’ Srld everywhere.
GEORGIA ITEMS.
The southern negroes speak seve n
different dialects.
Augusta has two newspapers edi
ted by colored men.
A young man at Rock Spring ate
four dozen eggs one day last week
on a wager.
A Conyers darkey steals chickens
afid when detected, he bolds dp a
possum by the tail and claims that
he was after the possum, (which he
carries with him..)
Old aunt Easter Barnes, an old col
ored woman, who was said to be
one hundred and eleven years old,
died on the farm of Mr. Wm. Kick
er, in Towaliga district, on Wednes
day of last weel^—Jackson Argus.
Francis Meeks, a negro boy, 18
years of agg, died suddenly Satur
day night at his parents’ home,
on Rock street, at Atlanta. During
the night the boy’s mother dreamed
that he was dead, and awoke to find
her dream true.
Dr. Willis Westmoreland takes a
deep interest in the investigation of
the convict lease now going on in
Tennessee. It is believed by some
that the doctor proposes to render
active aid in a similar investigation
in Georgia.
The building of the Georgia State
Capitol at Atlanta, develops the fact
that granite can be quarried in
Maine, shipped to Savannah, and
thence carried by rail to Atlanta at
a less cost than it qa» he had at a
quarry only sixteen miles away.
The Albany News says a pound
of meat for a pound of cotton next
fall is the way in which a ware
house firm in that place is reported
to be disposing of many car loads
ofbacon.
W. W. Groover, one of the
Brooks County Commissioners, and
one ot that county’s most successful
farmers, says he has not bought a
bushel of corn nor a pound of bacon
in 40 years.
The Talbotton New Era is in fa
vor of the state levying a tax on
Gipsy traders who are going
through the country peddling cheap
lace at fancy prices and otheawise
swindling the unsuspecting ruralist
A young men’s savings and loan
association has been organized in
Rome. Its object is to encourage
young men to save their earnings,
and at the same time secure hand
some interest on the amount paid in.
There is a blind Baptist preacher
in Rabun county, Georgia, who
recently finished his rout year. He
is unable to go out of his house, but
bis congregation gather around his
bed every Sunday, and he preaches
to them.
Electric females are springing up
all over Georgia as the rival of Miss
Lulu Hurst Bartow county has
one in the person of Miss Mattie
Price; Fulton in the person of Mrs.
Coleman; Marietta in the person ot
Miss Mamie Simpson, and now
Milledgeville' steps forward and
claims that Mrs. Dixie Haygood,
wife 0% Policeman Haygood, has
had thia strange power for ten
jr*aw- She gave test of her power
and performs all ef the; feats that
Miss Hurst does. She lifted 600
pounds entirely off the floor by
placing her hands alongside Che
chair.—Marietta: Journal.
Authorities in the state maul-
fested enthusiasm over the inaugu
ration of Cleveland and Hendricks.
A negro'child, five years old, liv
ing near Warrenton,waa burned to
death last Saturday. Carelessness.
CoL I. W. Avety, brie'of the best
writers in the country, is engaged
to write a running history of several
of the leading cities |n the State.
The annual meeting of the Sa
vannah Yacht Club took place at
the Club House, Thunderbolt, when
officers fdr the ensuing year were
who ■ unexpectedly returned last
night. Mitchell is a stave-maker,
and had charge of a camp. When
he left Ed. Britch assumed charge,
but on Mitchell’s return
Britch was forced % to turn
over to him all the provisions
he had and was ordered to leave
the state, which order Britch quick
ly obeyed by coming to Memphis.
Mitchell several years ago murdered
an old German who lived in a cabin
above Wittsburg, on the St. Francis
river. He also killed one of the
Hammet boys in the sunk labd$.
In 1874 he killed Clay Goff, who
was’also a desperado. For this
crime he was arrested, but manag
ed to escape from the colored dep
uty sheriff who had him in charge.
A short time afterward he shot and
killed a deputy sheriff, who was at
tempting to arrest him, but was fi
nally captured and taken to Osceo
la, Ark., and lodged in jail. His
confinement was of short duration,
as he soon succeeded in breaking
jail and escaped, since which time
there has never been any attempt
made to recapture him.
Mitchell was alsq suspected of
being one of the wretches who not
long ago misplaced a switch at the
twenty mile post, on the Memphis
and Little Rock railroad. Fortu
nately the engineer discovered it
time to prevent a disastrous
wreck. Mitchell is now suspected
of the murder ef Russ, who was
recently found in the swamps with
bullet holes through his neck. He
was a brother-in-law of Mitchell,
Lewis Proctor and Leonard Dow
the two men who (Filled the track
walker near the twenty-nine mile
post, and who were tried, convicted
and sentenced to be hanged, but
who tscaped from jail at Osceola,
Ark., before the day appointed for
their execution, are said to be with
Mitchell at his old haunts at the
swamps, and it will require 'a large
posse of men to capture these des
peradoes. Sheriff Haskins, of
Mississippi county, Ark., it is un
derstood, has undertaken the job,
and the result is anxiously awaited.
Parents must remember that children
have more need of friendly monitors
than of censorious critics; Instructors
who would advise them to never be
without Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup, the
only pleasant remedy for croup,
diphtheria and sore throat
A Druggist for 25 Years.
Auburn, Ala., Sept. S, 1884.—I
am an old pharmacist, and have had
to do largely with blood diseases
for over twenty-five years. I have
dealt in all kinds of blood purifiers,
and do not hesitate to say that
Swift’s Specific is the best and has
given more general satisfaction than
any other I have ever handled.
Swift’s Specific is an excellent
tonic, and as an antidote for ma
laria has no superior. Many ladies
are using it as a tonic for general
debility, and find it the most satis
factory one ever used. I have been
dealing in Swift’s Specific for five
Years or more, and am satisfied that
I do not place too high an estimate
upon its merits. G. W. Dixon.
Prescribed by Physicians.
I have prescribed Swift’s Spe
cific in many cases of Blood Poison
and as a general tonic, and it has
made cures after all other remedies
had failed.
ev6ry bottle guaranteed to give entire
satisfaction or money refunded. Sold at
fifty cents a bottie by B. T. Brumby <fc
Co.
A large stock of fine watches and
jewelry for sale at New York cost
by Jacob Minster, at Lyndon’s drug
store.
There is talk of building a monu
ment to Mr. Geo. I. Seney, in Ma
con.
Vital taiuesuoris i 11
Ask the most eminent physician
Of any school, what is the best thing in
the world for duieting and allaying all
irritation of the nerves and curing all
formes of nervous complaints, giving
natural, childlike refreshing sleep al
ways?
And they will tell you unhesitatingly
Some form of Hops !!!”
CHAPTER 1.
Ask any or 1 of the mo stm inent
physicians:
What is the best and only remedy that
can be relied on to cure all diseases of
the kidneys and urinary organs; such
as Bright’s disease diabetes, retention
or inability to retain urine, and all the
diseases and ailments peculiar to
Woman"—“And they will tell you
explicitly and emphatically “ Bu-
chulll"
Ask the same physicians
“What is the most reliable and surest
cure for all liver diseasee or dyspepsia
constipation, indigestion, biliousness,
malaria, fever, ague, &c., ” and they will
tell you:
Mandrake! or Dandelion!!!!’’
Hence, when these remedies are com
biued with others equally valuable,
And compounded unto Hop Bitters,
such a wonderful and mysterious curat iv
poser is developed, which is so varid in
its operations that nodisease or 111 health
can possibly exist or resist its power,
and yet it is
Harmlesathe most frail woman, weak
est Ivailid or smallest child to use.
CHAPTER 11.
“ Patients
“Almost dead or nearly dying”
For years, and given up by physicians
of Bright’s and other kidney diseases,
liver complaints, severe coughs, called
consumption, have been cured.
Women gone nearly crazy 1!! 11
From agony of neuralgia, nervousness,
wakefulness, and various diseases
peculiar to women.
People draw out of shape from
excruciating pangs of rheumatism,
inflammatory and chronic, or sufleriug
from scrofula.
Erysipelas I
Salt rheum, blood poisoning, dys
pepsia, indigestion, and in fact almost ail
diseases, frail
Nature is heir to
Have been cured by Hop Bitters,
pre of of which can be found in every
neighborhood in the known world.
£®“None genuine without a bunch of
gresn hops on the white label. Shun all
the vile, poisonous stuff with “Hop”
or “Hops” In their nams.
TIME, MONEY AND STOC
■ BY BUYING THE CELEBRATED]
watt
CHILLED 1 CASt
PLOWS.
CHILDS, NICKERSON &«>
SOLE AGENTS, 1
Athens, Georgia.
WORKiT
R. M. Strickland, M. D.,
Cave Spring, Ga.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Dis
eases mailed free.
Thb S. S. S. Co., Atlanta, Ga.
Take Ayer’s Sarsaparilla in the spring
of the year to purify the blood,
invigorate the system, excite the liver
to.action, and restore the healthy tone
and vigor of the whole physical
mechanism.
CONSUMPTION CURED.
i B z^ d & cl i!f’h2 t 'S2d^"g|,T I SSl;
®£* ample vegetable
rwneay lor the speedy and permanent care ot
Consumption. Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma and
huo* Affections, alao apoeltive
ana radical cure for Nervous Debility and all
*d*r haring tested 111 won-
?Jni*7 e . powt ? *?. «■<»“«”>• ofea.ee. haa
felt it hla duty to make It known to his inffe-ing
fellows. Actuated by thia moUve and a detlre
ta relieve human suffering, I will tend free of
charge, to all who desire It, this recipe, in Ger-
mam French or Engt.sh. with full directions for
preparing and using. Bunt by mull by address
Absolutely Pure.
TWa Powdftr never varies, a marvel of purl
ty. strength and isholesomeness. More eoonom
*bsn the ordinary kinds, and cannot T
Un competition With the multitude of lc
i only in cant. ROYAL BAKING
” tplMdvly.
CO.. 106 Wall st.. N Y.
A Clear Skin
fe only a part of beauty;
but it is a part. Every lady
may have it; at least, what
looks like it . Magnolia
Balm both freshens and
beautifies.
MORTGAGE SALE.
before the court house door Is I
IssysssasssiBeWriaiS^iii
|ep»’uoorear on the road from Athens to
JeSaraon aad running along tho line oil
•ala Johnson aad i r. PUalav
b-wssa »jo n h n ^nrA. ^
e U o*W«
south along Mill pines until j
I the canter of the Athens aad Jefferson road:
thence aouth along amid road to the beginning
corner, containing can hundred and thlrty-thrae
SraffStfSftSS ^on'a^bss
feet or store. Levied on and to be told aa the I
property of Allan K. Johnaon by virtue of .
— X 1- -
and by
mmm °°
MERIT WILL TELL
O. I. C.
Old Indian Cure.
Is taking the lead of all other blood pu
rifiers with astonishing rapidity. It is
an honest, old reliable medicine, unim
paired by modern tampering or adul
terations.
Asa blood purifler, it is absolutely
without an equal.
As a tonic and appetizer, eminently
adapted to female complaints, it has the
indorsement ofthe mostrespectable ladies
in the land.
EMINENT PRACTICING PHYSI
CIANS INDORSE IT.
.Dr.Joseph, Parmer, Feagin, Ga.,
writes us: It is as great a specific for
blood diseases as quinine is for fever.
Have used it more than twenty years in
my practice.”
S. W. \V. Smith, Echeconnee, Ga.,
writes: ‘‘It cured me of an old and se
vere case of scrofula 6f eight years’
standing.
The following are fSir samples of hun
dreds of testimonials we can produce:
I had iu my family a case of poison
oak that for ten years defied physicians.
O. I. C. made a permanent cure. It is
without doubt the “gem of blood puri
fiers.” S. D. ROGERS,
Agent Central railroad, Perry, Ga.
Pkbby, Ga.—I heartily eudorse O. I.
C. (Old Indian Cure) as a remedy of
wonderful efficacy in troubles peculiai
to woman. Have used it in my family,
after a faithful trial of numberless other
remedies, and unhesitatingly pronounce
it without an equal in the treatment of
this class of complaints.
D. H. CULLER,
Clerk County Commissioners, Houa
ton Co.
W. B. Jobson, Macon, Ga., B. It.
King, Perry, Ga., and a host of othere
endorse it as the greatest of all remedies
for rheumatism and other blood diseases.
In conclusion the proprietors say they
have yet to meet with the first failure of
O. I. C. to do all that is claimed for it.
PRICE, $1.50 PER BOTTLE.
THE O. I. C. COMPANY,
Perry, Ga.
For Sale In Athens, Ga., by Long & Co.
To Dyspeptics.
Tho most common signs oX Dy«pcps?^ 0 r
Indige&tton, are an egression at
sto’cncV oi, flatulency, water-brash,
-cart-burn, vomiting, loss ot appetite, and
constipation. Dyspeptic patients suffer un
told miseries, bodily and mental. They
should stimulate the digestion, and secure
regular daily action of the bowels, by the
use of moderate doses of
Ayer’s Pills.
After tho bowels are regulated, one of then
Pffis, taken each day after dinner, la tonally
.11 that la required to complete the cure.
Arsa’g Pills are sugar-coated and purely
vegetable—a pleasant, entirely eafe, and re.
liable medicine for the cure of all disorders
of tho stomach nnd bowels. They are
the best of all purgatives for family me,
* hauapgr
Dr.J.C.Ayer&Co.,Lowell,Mat*.
Sold by an Druggists.
NEW ADVERTISMENTS.
DR. W.M. DURHAM,
SPECIALIST.
Ifsktu the treatment of all Chronlo Diseases a
specialty. OOlce, 66J4 Feaehtrae 8L, Atlanta,
mchin.wlv
NOTICE.
, The announcement of the teeutt of the eleotfon
held In nnd tor the county of Clarke on the SSth
' of February laat, on the queitlon ot -'Prohl-
—DU" or *‘No Pronlbitton,*’ vrUl be made on
tho etoveath day ot July, 18SS. This 4th day ot
Hatch, IM4. ABA H. JACKSON. Ord'y.
NOTICE!
beVeeeived'ai; inj
ren in slant, for pa. _ 1H1
of best quMtlty of
601 “lfcouso two hi
Oic Inside fences. All to be paimea on eacn
SBSpBft&sgs
ABAlLJACffOth
G eorgia chemical
MANUFACTURERS OF-
STANDARD FERTILIZERS!
AUGUSTA, GA. R
Mastodon Amm
C li 1811 Cl
Soluble Phosphate.
fftctured android by us for the pnst eight years, ha gniued a reputation uuuuuri
other Fertiliser— this company iiavinK ib« tigucst tc*ti men tain us u its ‘.upmorih
ACID PHOSPHATE
has been thf standard for many yeats, haviug no superior. Anuriputing a heuw dema- J
manuiacturdlLalar^equantity, which we warrant unite any heretofore luatlo'by uk
LOWE’S GEORGIA FORMULA.
* no commendation from us.
y made iu ihe past. Alter repeat*! requ-
To those who hare used It heretofore, requi:
that the analysis of this season is fully up to > „
those who have used it, we have concluded to maae
onlr to it |
limited supply ofu
Dissolven Bone Phosphate and Potash.
This article is made of Bone Phosphate and Potash with f^m one-half < ue ier cent o' Ann
a very superior article, which has given wonderful rtsuns when used alone. * “
Genuine Leopoldshal' Kainit,
Imported direct from Germany by the car load. Tfce country is flooded with cheap ferti^r. sv
are sold by irresponsible parties. Ask your raerchantsior out good*. Mauv uu.us arc mihnd^I
to the farmers ot Georgia that the goods they seil are made by ns; when such is the rr«e the* linl
have written evidence of the I act, which they should te required to show. Ih-ldes ourVu'flAn I
brands above, we are prenared to put up any ionnuia desired, provided iroovs n< 1
laws ofthe state in which it is tobesolu. We have superior t&iJulius for inarii
our central position, we are enabled to till orders with great prom; ine*s au.
give in the future, as we have done in the past, eutire taihfactic n to un who buv
hasing elsewhere please send to us for prices.
Treasurer am! Bi sinews Manager.
ALGLSTa, GA. jai.27ti
M. A STOVALL,
DOBBS’
OLD RELIABLE GUANO!
DOBBS
AMMONIATED COTTON FERTILIZER.
Dobbs’ Chemicals for Composting.
mat all my Guanos are manufactured uuder ■
gradients in them that it takes to coastitute a
written contract,«
i* till ihefertihiit.|*
Standard Fertilizer.
piacei s. C. DOBBS between the planters and the mamifactorie., oud sain, ti e planter.
A Guarantee
That no other dealer, u> my knowledge, does. Call and examine for youmclve,.
S. C. DOBBS,
. Tap, 7 tf - ATHENS, GA., JANUARY 21ST, 18
OTICE l-—All persons are hereby notified that
ordM.’wifr 0 *# Sr2ugS?K h#w * contrary an
^isgiljj&tag
■ fr"r2Srtku jJLe'h SirrST' * hott ‘ on ®
* HkflWL ACK80N ’ 0ld,!r * &" 1 ™ «>unty, Ga.
BE SURE Y0U’RE : RIGHT AND GO AHEAD,
IF YOU BUY
MAGNOLIA ACID,
MATCHLESS
C.OTTON GROWER,
OR
Merryman’s Amm. Diss. Bones
You can go ahead with the assurance that you have a Fertilizer::’ 11
will pay you. If you buy something else because the price is a little!o«-
fI’« y ? U i may l l h ? t ,y° u . r V ear ’ s work hns been thrown away. It P 1 ' 1
to stick to the bridge that carries you over safe.” Vou can buy d*
above goods from
ORR & HUNTER,
—jan3ow2m. ATHENS.GA.
NO MORE WHISKY:
QUIT THE BUSINESS
AND TURNED OUK ATTENTION TO THE
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
TRADE OF
STAPLE DRY GOODS,
AND GROCERIES
Merchants would do well to examine our stock of
AND GEORGIA ACIDS
_A.aUand examine our stock# ■
BETTS & SMITH
gw bargains in ..ffWPUflSi ] |
Cockery, Glassware, Lamps & House Furnishing <#& |
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