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WEEKLY BANNER-WATCHMAN, TUESDAY, MARCH iS86 BANNER - WATCHMAN omouuoaoAH or City sf Athsn. and Clarke, Oconee It Banks. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Daily, $:>; ... Sundry, SI;..... Weekly, $i T. Ij. GASTT. TI1E BLAIR EDUCATIONAL BILL. GARLAND AND THE VAX-ELEC TRIC STOCK. We have heretofore looked with great disfavor on the bill now pend ing in congress, wheteby Uncle Sam is to take upon his shoulders the task of educating every child in his broad domains, to the tune of $7o,ooo,c X), and we cannot say that we are any glutton about it yet; but we are decidedly more favorable to the proposition than sometime back, and were we a member of congress we believe that we would vote for the Blair bill, in spite of its Freedmen’s Bureauish tendencies. This bill appropriates, in its present form, seven million dollars the first year, ten million the second, fil- teen million the third, thirteen mil lion the lourth, eleven million the fifth, nine million the sixth, seven million the seventh and five million the eighth. This money is to be distributed among the states and territories on the basis of illiteracy and no state or territory is to par ticipate in the benefits of the bill that does not provide a free school system. Separate schools lor white and colored are not reckoned a vio lation ol this condition. In speaking of the effects the pro posed bill would have on Georgia, School Commissioner Orr says: "If the Blair bill passes I will he able to run the public schools in Georgia from tire to sis months in the year. The mon ey would go a long way with us, because under our state law only the elements of an English education can be taught. The cities of Georgia and the state now spend a total amount of about I for pub lic schools. The Blair bill proposes that u stale shall raise as much herself as she receives from the government. We would not have to increase our state ap propriation the first year, but would have to increase it somewhat the second year. I do not suppose we would succeed in getting the legislature to appropriate enough for us to get the full benefit of the Blair bill the third year, as that would take a million two hundred thousand, but we would get as much from the govern ment as we raised ourselves, and that would be a big help to us.” The impression is prevalent that this bill is framed exclusively for the education of the late slaves in the South, and that this race alone will reap the benefit. While the education of the negro was doubt less the principal object aimed at, the whites will reap just the same benefits as this race. There is no denying the fact that the Blair bill, if it becomes a law, will be of ma terial benefit to the South in lifting the dark cloud of illiteracy that has hovered over our land since the war, and that our people have been too poor to rend. While this bill will enlighten the negro, at the same We have withheld from express ing any opinion about the unfortu nate connection of Secretary Gar land and other prominent demo cratic officials with the Pan-Elec tric stock, through the hope that these gentlemen would say or do something, or that something might “turn up,” that would vindicate them. But it was a forlorn hope, and at last we are reluctantly driven into denouncing an act that had it originated with members of the re publican party, would have long since received the condemnation of the Southern press. While there was nothing dishonest, from a strict construction, in Garland & Co. re ceiving that Pan-Electric stock as a gift, when you closely investigate the matter, it can be tortured into nothing short of a sale of political influence. It is well known that had not Mr. Garland occupied the position that he did, he would never have been tendered that stock, which required certain manipula tion in the machinery of govern ment to become valuable. As Bill Arp says, when a public man gets something for nothing somebody must loot the bill, and it is gener ally the people. Secretary Garland has forever blasted liis chances for promotion, has, we fear, seriously injured his party, and is the first public officer from the South in Washington to cast a stain upon the spotless and honored name of our section. It has always been the proudest boast of the South that telegkAphic sparks. The next State Fair will be held in MacOn. -. A One negro killed another near Savannah with a scythe blade. Trouble is threatened at the Mc Cormick reaper works. The owners are firm. - — ~ Out of eighteen hundred clerks in the Pension Bureau only sixty- eight are democrats. A speaker dropped dead while addressing an audience at Des Moines, Iowa. In Detroit a man fell from an electric light tower, 150 teet high, and was instantly killed. A Jersey cow went mad at Rey nolds, Ga., and butted her brains out against a tree. The Mississippi legislature refus ed to abolish the rail oati commis sion. A miser, with $100 in his room, diea of wart in Poughkeepsie, N. A young man was cowhided by a fema'e neighbor tor slander at St. Louis. Eleven railroad clerks in Philadel phia have been arrested for stealing merchandise. , A locomotive boiler exploded in Illinois, and threw a fireman 750 yards and killed him. Senator Jones, of Florida, either ought to resume his seat, resign, or be sent to the lunatic asylum The educational bill is meeting with stubborn opposition in the senate, but i- will pass that bodv. The owner of the ship Frank N. Thayer, denies that any cruelty was practiced on her seamen by Captain Clarke. The Hungarians in the coke re gions of Pennsylvania have increas ed their demands and are threaten ing. A Confederate conscript, who lost his leg in battle, wants a pen sion because he was forced to fight the official records of her statesmen ag ^ st A he Union. 1 he \ icar Geneial of tlie diocese were stainless, and it was left for Mr. Garland, of Missouri, to drop the first blot. We think it wrong and unjust to the South, and the past history of its political leaders, for the Southern press to try and condone or cover up such ques tionable conduct as Secretary Gar land is guilty of. Let us show to the world that while a black sheep has at last been found amongus,wehave no sympathy lor or affiliation with him, and will be the (list to denounce his acts. Mr. Randall writes the Au gusta Chronicle from Washington that Secretary Garland is sick and annoyed, and he ought to be. We wonder that he does not emulate the noble example set by Judas Is cariot and go out and hang himself. He has disappointed and mortified his people, and his name in the South will ever be held in the most supreme contempt. Had Sec- retsry Garland been a private citi zen, his receiving that stock as he did would have been his own con cern, and simply a question be tween himself and his conscience. But in the capacity of United States senator, and afterwaidsa member of the President’s cabinet, he repre sented not himself alone, but his party and his section, and any ques tionable or wrong step taken by him must fall upon the public heads. He well knew that this hi? AROUND TALLULAH. A writer in the Washington Chronicle says: “On the brink of Tnllnlnh, near an ancient Baptist church, which, by its founders many years past was named ■Tiger.’ ami which was burnt last year, by an incendiary, in the wild woods, we found a cape jassamine bush containing cape jassamine blooms. Near here is the ‘stand,’ behind a huge chestnut log lying on the bank of the Tallulah river, that the distillers used to take, and from behind which they shot the revenue men as they would pass along a level sand, run ning round parallel with the river. An official of the revenue service named Crawford was once shot here. A moun taineer named Oliver McCrackin and the son-in-law of Mrs. Smith, owner of Sink ing mountain, were sentenced to and served a term in the Federal prison as a penalty for doing it." Till BILL IN DANGER. SENATOR BLAIR’S EDUCATIONAL SCHEME BLOCKED. A RELIC OF SLAVE DAYS. W. D. GRIFFETH’S KAIL ESTATE COLUMN OFFICENO.il llRO.ll) ST. A QQ 500 Acres 1} miles from the ’-rO towu ol Jefferson Jackson Co. Tost office, Railroad, Churches and a first* class school. About 200 acies in culiiva- tlon. balance in original forest. Two 5 room frame dwellings and two tenants house-.. I: is si outbuildioas. Price $5,200 Terms 1000 cash, balance ou long time. A j n 115 Acres 4 miles west of *■' " Athens, on McNutt’s creek, 00 acres in cultivation, 8 acres bntiom land’ balance in original forest, oak, hickory and cuestnut. good young orchard, 5 room frame dwelling house,'one log house, good new stables, bam and crib. Pric- $1,200, $500 cash, balance on long time. A A 1 VI,Ml (I Acres 7 miles Smith- + 1- West o' time there are thousands ol poor block c f Pan-Electric stock was not white children that will teap the | gj ven him for a mere song through advantages; and as to future supremacy of the races, we are not afraid for the Anglo-Saxon to en counter the African, it matters not what he has mental training. So the proper way for the whites of the South to reason this question is, shall we stint our own children in education, to keep in ignorance a lot of negroes? As Piof. Orr says, if Georgia did not inctease her school fund one dollar, if the Blair hill becomes a law, every child in the state can have five or aix months’ tree tuition, instead ol three. What a blessing will this be to the rural neighborhoods, that are not able to maintain schools from their own means! Then take, lor instance, the city of Athens, that will this sum mer establish free schools. Why the Blair bill will lessen its ex penses exactly one-half—a saving ol more than $50,000 in cash to our tax-payers in the next eight years! While the North is drawing her millions upon millions from the public treasury for pensions, the South, while paying her portion ol this fund, does not receive one dol lar. If the Blair educational bill passes, the greater part of this $70,000,000 will come to our section, and be distributed among our peo ple. We are entitled to a share of tne spoils, and this bill seems the only way yet offered us to get it. Let us not, through fear of elevating the negro, miss such a golden opportu nity. The truth is, we donot know but what it is better to give the masses ol our black population a plain, common school education befitting their sphere in life, as this bill provides. We do not mein to educate them above their condition in file. General education would put this race on an equality, and thus prevent the few negroes who manage to get through school from exerting such great, and olten dan gerous, influence over their people. It would enable every man to think for himself, and we believe the negro might thus be moulded into a better citizen. ’Tis worth the experiment, anyhow. It is undoubtedly better to have this whole race humbly ed ucated, than here and there one, with the great power for harm that this knowledge gives the favored few over their ignorant and super stitious friends. An educated negro will then be no rarity, and these people will, we believe, be more easily controlled. good will, but to secure his iufluence as a United States officer. In ac cepting it, Mr. Garland must have known that he was endangering the reputation of his section and party;but his anxiety to reap for tune without exertion was so great that he did not stop to count the probable cost. But the expose has now come, covering this greedy of ficer with shame, and*mantleing the cheeks of the proud South for the first time with the blush of mor tification. We have no confidence whatever in a man who wants to get something lor nothing. Such a character will always bear watch ing, and we do not want them as representatives of the Southern States. If Secretary Garland has not the decency to resign, and then seek the wildest and most secluded spot in the swamos of Missouri, where he can forever hide his head from the gaze of honest men, Pres ident Cleveland owes it to himself, to his party and the honor of the South *.0 kick him from the posi tion he has so shamefully disgraced. of Chicago co’-dially indorses the Knights of Labor and all labor or ganizations. The shooting of a refractory con vict by his keeper in prison at Still water, Mich., was pronounced jus tifiable homicide. The rough pl.iy of a dog at A11- soni' > , Conn., caused an old lady’s dea h and made of a society event a private marriage. Mr. Crisp opposes the Eads rail way because it is a subsidy. Some Southern men favor it became it will give new life to Gulf ports. Springfield, Mass., Feb. 24.-- A pretty romance culminated this evening in the marraige of a full blooded Indian girl and one of the best known young men in town. All the signs point to a distinct intention on the part of the Blaine managers to nominate him again if they have the necessary strength in the convention. ^ It is not tiue that the editor of the Chronicle ever said that he intended to test the validity of the lease of the Georgia railroad to the prtsen.t lessees.—Augusta Chronicle. The McCormick reaper works trouble has broken out in a Iresh place. Tne workmen are stubborn and the Knights of Labor have ta ken up their cause and will support them. Miss Mattie Thornton, one of the white chambermaids at the Kimball House, while returning home \V eil- nesday night about 1 o’clock, was assaulted by two negro men. The scoundrels were arrested. On Tuesday night the Central rail oad passenger and the Port Royal freight train came into collis ion on Washington street, near the Central depot at Augusta, but little damage was done. Senator Colquitt thinks the hill introduced by him to submit the •f Athens, in Clarke Co. No fence, no whiskey, about 1,500 in culti vation, balance in orieina' forest and second grow tli pine. Well watered by shoal erei k and several hranelu.-s. Unimproved water power of 50 hoise power, also one of 25 ii ir.-e power. Improvements first cla-s; eonsisline of three large frame houses 5 to 8 rooms each, and fil.cen tenant houses, goodciibs, stabler, barns and gin house with a 12 horse power engine and boiler, (k) saw gin. The soil is sui ed ?o- cotton, corn. W.I at, oats, grass and fruit. Will se'i the place witnoni miilis, loo’s, etc., for $25,000. Or with 20 mules, tools, wagons, engine, tin, etc., for $50,000. Terms, $5,000 cash, balance on time. A Jij 133 Acres on the Oconee river, 0 miles smith of Athens, about 05 aenss in cultivation, balance in wane is, no improvements Nine dollas per acre, on -Hurd cash balance on time. A A •> 13W Acres 0 miles south of fxO Alliens, 70 acres in cultiva tion. Good tenant house, a public gin churches and good neighborhood. Price 8 an acre, one third cash balance on time. A | i 31)7 Acr. ++ Athens, 15- Acres 0 miles frtu ti--n balance in original forest, 110 acres on creek bottom. Good six room dwelling house, three tcuanls houses, gin house, hum, stable, eic. Price $12. per aero. 4 1 7 *413 Acres 10 Oconee count A Dnu l) mile* fiom Athens, Ga., 50 acre? iu cultivation too good tenant houses 12 acres of tint* cotton land on Big creek. CuUiclius and schools convenient. $1,750. A 40 400 Acres 8£ miles south of Athens, Ga., 150 acres in cul* x)d frame house, 3 rooms, ten- , cribs, barncs, etc. Price $3,200 A A IO*N Acres 8 miles south- **■ • east Of Athens, Ga., 500 acres in cultivation, 20 acres of rich creek bot tom, 50 acies well set in Bermuda grass which gives 3 cuttings a year. Good 7 room dwelling house, four tenant houses 2 rooms each, barns, cribs, etc. This is a splendid place for a stock farm. Pric $10. per acie. A 48 of Athens, Ga., 250 acres in cultivation, 18 acres rich creek bottom Tin- place i? well watered by two creeks ami four branches, the land is strong and Well adapted f-.r Cotton, will make a hale totlie am-on a huge portion of it. Ag;»od five mom dwelling and four ten int houses go nl baines, crib, stables, etc. Price $12. P r latt Acres 4 miles s<mu1i of Athens, Ga., on the Middle Oconee river. 100 acres in cultivation 30 Mr. AllUon's Amendment to Apportion the Money According to the Color Line Pnte the Measure in Bad Shape-«r. Gibson, of West Virgins, Assaults Mr. Pulitzer-- Etc. Washington, February 26.—Speaker Carlisle’s opposition to the educational bill has developed in the completion of the house committee on education to-day It had quite a lfvely session, in which strong antagonism to the bill was devel oped. Finally it was agreed, by a vote of five to four, roport the bill favorably, but soon afterwards two other members came in, and their motion to reconsider and postpone action was carried by a vote of eight to three. Mr. Candler, of Georgia, and Mr. Willis, of Kentucky, were the most active advocates of the bill on the final vote. The house committee may agree to report the bill and allow the house to consider it, but it is pretty plain that the majority of the committee is opposed to its passage.The most dangerous move yet made against the measure was the amendment proposed by Mr. Allison in the senate to-day, which allows only those states which :>ow apportion their Educational fund on the basis of illiteracy to participate in the benefits of tins act. This amendment will not only indefinitely prolong the debate in the senate, but will give a sectional turn to the discussion. If it is adopted the defeat of the bill will be inevitable, but as no friend of the measure will vote for Allison’s amend ment, it is apt to be defeated in the senate It will, in that event, be renewed in the house, where the opponents of the bill will oppose it by every device they can invent. BOCAL CHIPS. A 49 - i ivrr bottom. Church ami sellouts, question of a stringent regulation of | two log onuses, stables, barns, crib, <Sc. the liquor traffic to the people of the Price $1,500. District of Columbia will pass Loth Acres of land U miles branches of congress. j.V -JU „ ()r ,i, „f Athens, on Sandy Nearly seventy houses were tie— j creek, 25 acres in cultivation, 13 acres of stroyed in the great fire in Wilming- j the finest bottom land in Clark.- county, 5 A cable message can be sent from New York to London and an an swer received in six minutes. HAWTHORN MAD AS Tl’CKF.H Two Prominent Baptists With a Barrier of Ice Between Them. Atlanta, Feb. 23.—You may “ H The manner in which the name ol Klu Klux came into existence was this; A Louisiana negro stole chickens. A detective started after him, hut could find no trace of him iiintil.ajihicken made a noise and gave *w*V the hiding piece. “I wss looking 4or a clue,” remarked -the detective, v aod now the clue clucks yoncUn” -The spelling we -corrupted later. Rev. Henry -Cardoso, , she pegxqs 1 politician-preacher of South Caro- lina, is dead. He was four years •state senator and afterward went to preaching. remember that Dr. Hawthorne, a Baptist minister of this town, came into great prominence recently as a platform prohibition orator. Lately he has made himself prominent by refusing to shake hands with Dr. H. H. Tucker a brother minister ot the Baptist church. During the prohibition campaign Dr. Tucker commented adversely in the Chris tian Index, on political clergymen and mountebank evangelists. The “Index” is the Baptist organ of the south. The editorial of Dr. Tucker and other circumstances irritated the Nazarenic Hawthorne who vis ited Dr. Tucker lately in regard to the differences. As he entered the apartment where Dr. Tucker was. Tucker arose and extended his hand to Dr. Hawthorne. The hand of Dr. Tucker was not shaken, and no explanation followed. This matter soon became known among Bap tists, and it was a general theme of discussion. ton, N. C., Sunday evening, and thousands of her jreopie are penni less and homeless.’ The loss amounts to over half a million dollars. Keeper Towers, of the peniten tiary, has received letters from the San Francisco penitentiary and from the famous Illinois peniten tiary, at Joliet, making inquiries as to where hounds may he had, at what cost,and how they are kept. The President has asked Fred Douglass for his resignation as Re corder of Deeds for the District of Columbia, and it has been tendered, to take effect March 1st. Douglass will go to Europe some time in the spring and be absent about two years. Richmond, Va., Feb. 24.—The Hou e ol Delegates to-day adopted, with some amendment, "the loca! option bill passed by the senate Monday. The house amendments w ere concurred in by the senate and the bil! now goes to the governor for his action. This bill, as passed, applies to all cities and counties in the state, except where local option laws now exist. Atlanta, Feb. 25—Mrs. Henke has by this time received the $159 - S5 due her on the benefit game. The money was advanced by Mr. Steve Ryan, chairman of the executive committee of the Atlanta Baseball Association, and forwarded to her yesterday. The advance was made by Mr. Ryan for the old director ship of last season, from whom he received a guarantee that he will be reimbursed. Valdosta, Ga., Feb. 25.—Last Sunday afternoon while Dr. Henry .Collier, a dentist in Echols county, was walking on the railroad near Huckleberry station, in Echols county, he was suddenly attacked by four negro men, who came from the woods near by. One of the ne groes boldly demanded of the Doc tor his money and other valuables on his person. Dr. Collier drew from his pocket a pistol and com menced firing rapidly upon his would-be robbers. The Doctor is a good shot, and in less time than it takes to tell it, he killed one negro on the spot, wounded another, cap tured a third and came very near getting the fourth man. ro.-'ii, dwelling and all the met-n-ary out builiiii.es. Price $800. Congressman Reese lias been prevent ed from returning to Washington by the illness of his little son. Wo hope the little fellow will soon recover. Capt. J no. II. Tuck is erecting a public work shop, both wood and blacksmith, 1 Clialkv Level. Dr. Campbell says before the war he knew a farmer in Southwest Georgia who made $ti<)u per hand raising to bacco. It is going on three months now that the editor of this paper has been confin ed to his room, and he is still far from well. It is very trying. Now is the time to trim your grape vines and fruit trees, transplant and look after your strawberries, cut your rasp berry vines, and transplant young trees, and in fact all orchard work. Mr. Gantt look fresh cold with a change in the weather, and is not doing so well now. liis cough is much worse Several of his friends advise him to go to Florida. Mr. M. S. Stephens, of Monroe, N. C., and Miss AUie, eldest daughter 01" Hon- It. F. Tate, were married in Elberton. Thomas A. Edison was married to Miss Mina Miller, of Akron, Ohio. The distillery of John Itidgeway, in Oconee, has been cut down to a capacity of twelve gallons per day. A tobacco manufactory is to be estab lished at Mt. Airy, Ga., in time to handle the crop raised in that section this year. A mad dog is reported at large in El bert county. It bit several hogs and dogs in Elberton and escaped to the coun- try. Deputy Marshal W. Y. Carter captured a large still, with considerable mash, beer, etc., in Franklin county a day or two ago. He also arrested at the same time John W. Phillips, James Jordan and T. T. Williams. It lias been alleged that corn which is planted on the last days of February or the first of March, seldom fails to make a good crop—no matter whether the sea sons lie wet or dry—and it may be that some of our farmers might do well to give the matter due consideration. Two Balei of Cotton Raised In 1862 Put on the Market. ; Rock Hill Herald. On Tuesday last Mr. R. E. Guth rie, administer ot the estate of the late J. Harvy Williamson, of Beth- ester township, sold two bales of cotton in this market which was raised by slave labor on Mr; 'Wil liamson s plantation in 1S62, nearly a quarter of a century ago. On account of the war there was no satisfactory market for cotton, arid of the crop raised that yet r, Mr. Williamson stored several bale* un der the house that the times might improve. After the war had ended and Sherman’s devastating march through the South had sacked the country of its live stock, Mr. Wil liamson swapped three bales to the late D. R. S. Blake for a mule. The balance was retained. Afterwards Mr. Williamson brought samples to Rock Hill, and Mr. D. C. Roddey, who was then in business here, of fered him 33J cents per pound in gold for it, but the offer was reject ed and the cotton still retained. At that time gold was at a premium of 50 per cent, hence Mr. Rodney’s offer was equivelent to 50 cents per pound in currency- Strangely enough Mr. Roddey’s offer was re jected. His death last fall found it still unsold. Why he kept it so long is a mystery that lies buried with him. The cotton was packed before iron ties came into use and in the days when there was no roping to be had. Hickory withes were used instead, and the original binding still holds the bales firmly together, and are in a good state of preserva tion. The lint is as good as in 1S62 when the crop was gathered, and classed midling. The cotton was bought by Messrs. W. L. Rcddey & Co., at cents per pound. A rematkable circumstance is that on the day it was finally sold the price wasl lower than it had been since it was grown. Beyond doubt it is the oldest cot ton in he world. At any rate, it is the only cotton raised by Southern slave labor now in existence. THE NEW DRUG STORE ON eOLLEG E A VEM U E; :v y QJ4 -tihil ftiQDf? * UOJ i*,v * ' * * r.-'.Tl.ttu'; flO ■ , . G. W. RUSH proprietor la now open »r,d ’ lull stoeR of h M » Drugs, Patent Medicines, Cologne, Extracts, and in fact everything to be found in a City Drug tore. Tnissno 0 * aa ^ Braces of every description,m $ 1 up. Fine Stand Lamps, only $1, reo . u j a price, $2. At the New Drug Store you will find nothing but New Ms. No Old Stock on Hand Every one will find it to their inter-st to call at the New Drug Store aid get prices befjte buvinw t ing the public will give me a liberal sharge of patronage, I am, respectfuy, J Uust ’ What’s SOZODONX! ’Ti* this you ask To answer is an easy task— It is a liquid suit ami sweet Which keeps teoth healthy, white and neat, Which makes the rosy gums endure— Aud readers breath, like roses, pure. SOZODONT. An article that is at once a teeth pre server and breath purifier, and so pleas ant and convenient to use, its exceeding popularity does not surprise any one. Time has fully established the fact that SOZODONT possesses these excellent qualities in an eminent degree. It has Jegimately acquired the right to a posit ion upon every toilet table. *415 Acres in Jackson countv* 21 miles from Center on N. fc. R. R , 8 milrs from Athens, 80 acres in cui- tiva’i-'n, 50 acres r ; ch bottom land balance in original forest. Four lo^ Lous* s, stables ami cribf, also a u»mh1 young orchaid. Four churches within 3 miles, school 1J miles. Price $2,500, otic-third cash, balance 1 and 2 years. Oconee county, 11 miles from Athens, 3 miles from High Shoals, 200 acres in cultivation, 30 acres good branch bottom. Ttie pi tee has 5 branches run ning through it, and a good spring in every lleid. It will make a good gia^s or stock farm. This laud will average 20 bushels wheat or 50 bushels oats per acre, and the owner made one I>h1c of cotton last yeur per acre. Rich patches produce 45 huslu is of when* ai d two bales of cotton per acre. Two well improved settlements, one 8 room bouse, new, worth $1,200, one ten room house worth $2,000, two log houses, large barn, stables. &c. Methodist church in one half rui'e, schools, good water pow er suftlcicnt to run 50 *aw gin anil a grist mill. Price $7,000. 160 Acres in Madison county 8 miles north of Athens on the Danielsville road 85 acres open lan<l, balance iu original finest, 10 acres tx>ttom land. Four room frame dwelling with good barn, stables, etc. Price $9. per acre. •450 Acres near the city of A 56 Athens, one corner of about . Samel |. Tilden, though coniider- ->ed an invalid, ha* never been in |B cin> K0 , .-ed from illneaasince he vaaa boy. Waii^ m.y. Absolutely Pure marvel of pt_ . Mote economic* rss- 12 acres in the city limits, 175 acres land open, balance in pines, 18 acres bottom. Good 6 room cottage in good repair re cently’ painted. One log house and one frame tenants house. Will cut this into two or more farms to suit the purshaser. 300 Acres level hind 8 miles A 57 from Athi-ns in Ocom-c county 2* miles West of Watkinsville, on the Mon roe rond. 150 were* open land, 75 orli;inal forest, 20 acres of bottom land not in cul tivation. Well watered by tbree blanches. 5 room dwelling, tbree tenants bouses; and ail the necessary out buildings. Within one mile of churcb and school. Price $1,300 cash, $1,000 on lime. BARK BURNING. Mr. Frank Hcnsler. who lives just over the Walton lino in Morgan county, lost his barn, two horses and two mules by- tire Thursday night. The work of an incendiary injures a good man. The barn was insured, and Mr. Hensler's loss is in tile di-ntli of the animals and the de struction of a small lot of forage. Rich ard Rowe, a young white man, is strongly suspected of the arson. He is now under arrest for assault and battery on tin- per son of liis mother, and will be accused of two grave crimes hi Morgan superior court, which sits next week.—Walton News. A HORRIBLE STORY. We to-day publish a thrilling account of the mutiny of two Malays on board a vessel in the South Atlantic ocean, as narrated hv the Captain, who this week reached New York. It is a long article, lint will well repay perusal. There have been other accounts of the mutiny pub lished. hut this one is the fullest and is official. HEMORRHOIDS CURED Dr. A. L. Nance, Jug Tavern, Ga., cured me of a case of Hemorrhoids of 14 years standing. 1 had paid out over $300 and received no relief. I live on the Clarkesville road, on the Kendrick farm, three miles from Athens, Ga., where 1 can be seen at any time. Very Respectfully, mar2w4t. T. A. THORNTON. BOTH HANDS UP. Mkwnan, Ga., June 4,1885 For over two years I have been a sufferer from Rheumatism,affecting both shoulders to such an extent that I could not put on my coat without help. The use of »even bottles of B. B. B. effected an entire cure. I refer to Rev. W. W. Wadsworth and al 1 merchants of Ne wnan Jacob Si-osclkr. GEORGIA NEWS. A little child of Norman McCall, colored, of Dublin, died last week from eating potash. The Nashville Methodist Publish ing house has sent out over thirty thousand copies of Sam Jones’ ser mons within four months. A woman named Florence An drews was found dead in her house in Dooly county Saturday. The children who slept with her lound her body cold next morning. During the present winter no less than one hundred children have been burned to death in Georgia. The majority of them were left alone in the house of their parents. Dr. J. J. Dealing, of Newton county, raised some cotton last year which he sold at $2.50 per stalk. It was a new and prolific variety and the stalks were heavily laden with bolls. The Americus Republican says there are two brother in Sumter county who are said to be twins, and yet they were born in dif ferent years—the oldest in ’4S and the youngest in ’49, anct they are as much alike as two peas. Any one having any information of inquiries made for the heirs of Benjamin Wheeler, of England, will conter a favor by giving such infor mation to A. L. Smith, of Lithonia, Ga. The Wheeler estate is valued at many million dollars, and Mr. Smith is satisfied that he has the proofs which establish his claim to it; hence he asks this information. Hon. Sam J. Tilden has recently gained twenty pounds in flesh. There is to be a horse swapping convention in Dadeville, Ala., on March 6. Mr. H. R. Cooley sold in Ander son a bale of cotton that weighed S40 pounds. General Hancock was one of twins, the survivor, a brother, liv ing in Minneapolis. In Levy county, Fla., strawber ries are ripe and peaches are as big as hickorynuts. W. H. Miner, living about a mile south of Waterville, Minn., has a colt three years old in whose eye there is a live snake. A shell recently dug up on the battle field ot Olustee, in Florida, was rolled into a fire, when it ex ploded. They have a woman at the Paris circus that jumps from one horse to another, they going round the ring in opposite directions. George and Martha Washington were arraigned on the same day re cently at a police court within sight of Mount Vernon. A little girl in Oregon contracted the habit of eating dirt. All means failed to make her desist, and final ly the practice caused her death. Greenville, S. C., has had nine fires this year, although the first two months have not yet gone. Last year there were fourteen fires .in the twelve months. A company is being formed by Northern men for the purpose of manufacturing wine at Fairbanks,’ Fla., and it is proposed that frozen oranges be utilized for this purpose. Mr. Willie Smith and Mr. Tom Howard were playing with a load ed rifle on Saturday last at Pensa cola Junction, Ala., when the rifle was accidentally discharged, the bullet passing through Smith’s head and killing him instantly. J. H. Wisheck started on horse-, back to take a day’s journey in Mc Intosh county, Dakota. A blizzard swooped down on him, he lost his way, and stood behind his horse all night, and with his pistol kept off a pack of wolves. When day broke 3e found that he was within a few hundred yards of the house he was seeking. RAISINU PIGS. Mrs. Wm. Lafferty, so we learn, last year made $70 sclllnff pies from one , , , , , - . ,, . , pounds ot flesh, and am now as sound as sow. Hundreds of nogs arc raised in the any wonvin SHE SI NOT DEAD It has been reported that I was dead— but I am rot. For four years I have been afflicted with a severe ease of Blood I’oison, Rheumatism, and Neuralgia My flesh shrank away, my muscles seemed to dry up and from into little knots were swollen and painful and all concluded I must die I have used five bottles of B. B. B. and 7 have gained t>0 back yards of Athens every year. any woman. B KJ.I.E Dunxawav, Atlanta Ga. A — q 850 Acres 4 miles Soutli Du East of Athens, on the Lex ingtnn road, near Georgia railroad. 17o acres open land balance in pine. 20 acres creek bottom. Frame dwelling and five log houses, good stables and cribs. This farm lies well and is well adapted for min ing stock. Convei ient to schools and churches. Price $12. per acre. An Old Soldier’s yj EXPERIENCE. ." Calvert, Tom, May *,1882; wMi *»«»!<■* 1| an*in IsUuuot UM Valuable qualities ot Ayer s CherryPectoraJ v . as a congh remedy, 41 While with ChurchUl't array, jnst, before 2m battle of Vlduhorf, I coutracted a so- Were cold, which terminated in a dangerous * cough. 1 found no relief tfll on our march 1 we came to a country store, *here, oa asking lor some remedy, I vas urged to try Ateu's Cqerry Pectoral. .. . I U I did so, and was rapidly cured. * Blnee then I hare kept thePheroRjLL constantly by «oe, for family use, and! Haro found: it to be*' ar.lnvamahie-remedy for throat and long diseases. Thousands of testimonials Certify to the prompt ( cure *of . aa bronchial affections, by the use of AjrxB'l Dr.J.C.Ayer&Co.,Lowell,Mas*. • / *** w _ __ _ n , ansfdAwly feb*.IOp. Sold hs jJI DmgglsU. 350 Acres 10 miles West of A 59 Athens in Clarke county near the lines of Jackson and Oconee counties. 150 acr« s original forest balance in pine. Four room frame dwelling and three log houses, cribs and log houses nearly new, good neighborhood, school and cunrehes within two miles of the place. This land is slightly rolling but very pro,' 1 ' 101 '"''- ld acres uood creek boltom. Pi ice $8. per A 0|t *51 Acres land 5 miles South O VF East of Athens in Georgia Fac tory .District, 100 acres open 25 acres orig inal growth balance in good size pines. This place is convenient to the Georgia Factory, where the buyer could find ready sale for Wood. Three good log houses, no other improvements. The lands adjoin ing this on every side are held at from $10 to $15. pet acre. Terms halt cash balance in 1 year. ; | An undivided half interest in A 61 a city lot containing one acre, aitu a tvfi on Prince.Avenue nw Mr. A. H. Hodjpo.i’s residence. Price $40. iAKoftiiElTQqUNik.-To mSrVhim IT it may concern—Mn.4 ilaa Sneau. wido* ol flUrahill 31. «^heaU: deceased, has applied *o iue «ohat« sell apart ur her a years aup;»uit from the erataof rtfrddec“»ded, imaIk tbartf.re to cite amllnag «Bfc»r .“w?/ f» ch»*t » Pectoral. Being yerypalatable.tbojoasg* : rTf’Th* ^diddmnihkeUtwdily.^^ ^ *»V ’ -A fOrdinary, DR. W.M. DURHAM CREAM BAKING PDWDEl ->'<D SPECIAL. 1ST. n ’ Makes the treatment of all Chronle Dfseaco Gaccialty. Offlee, 65K Peachtree at,, Atlanfc G. W. RUSH. GENERAL news. HODGSON BROS. Desire to call attention to their large assortment T0BAC0S. THE CELEBRATED Is justly popular. We clain there is no belter for the money. Try it. 7 CEDAR GROVE Also some of our Favorite Brands for which we are Sole agents. Give us a «all and be Convinced. HOME COMFORT WROUGHT IRON RANGE, This tl to certify thsfwe hive each bought* Home Comfort Wrought tros R.nrr stid l- pleased tossy that it gives *nUre aattsfa. *.'oo; we think it superior >u every res,.c.-i n as* ran h. stove we hire ,vsr used : Mrs T V Shipp. Mrs DJ Adams, WT Hudson, llnusmi Wm Fouche, Mrs M M Walton. F H Cooper, Mis A J Pba-t, Mr. C K Florence. Ml.. Lima Wni Mrs J B Burdett. Mrs A F Woolley. Mrs tit UTltnm, R L Bmlth. Mrs J H 0 ".rra Mrs it Harris, JamesCarlyon. Mrs W L Woollen. N L McMek-n, Mrs o A ShePaerd, Mrs L l shsak Mr.s C Thomas, Mrs T J Craves, Mrs J N McKeklo. John J Sheppard. A R Burden. Mrs M iiu.llr, Mnl J LMin, Mrs Rose Hall, Mrs B D BuUer. Mrs J J Crsfton, Mrs L J Dsnaei, A McMekln, MnCs \t ra T T HoeHatt V D.aaalals F* tir D.. J... Houston City, Texas, has a Little Bonanza. At the drawing of Tha Louisiana State Lottery, on January 12th, Houston stuck a bonanza. No. 70,658 drew the Third Capital Prize of $10,000, and two-fifths of the ticket were sold here. One-fifths was held by J. C. Kleinfelder A Co. and the other by Mr. Broetzmsn, who run* a lunch counter at the Gambrinus saloon, each fifth drawing $2,000. Another gentleman held a fifth that drew $1,000— Houston (Texas) Post, Jan. 17. Mrs E S Smith, James F Smith. MraM V Masou, S Vau Bride. R G Lindsey. ZTUtrt V SO US E o G WUItasa. Was FMartta, W H Hart, S T McJFee. J R Hodges. I < WeM.. H ft Aedcss. X D. G . o 00 * 1 ’ 8r.. Blngtetae Hoed RJ MeCoj.B R Boatright PissM Jscksrs. ■» Mottle Meter Ells LPeareoe. W H Avant. T G Brooks. James R Cox. W K Halt, > I’riuce. »:•.< Burgamy, WiUiamJooeo, William Cato, H w Hall, TH D.wos James Webster. Mrs J.clsso JT f ¥.T ara . e, • Clto - 1 He-some. M I. Horton. Mrs R H Wict.r, J I- Ht. M M Mathis. A A Morrison, Mrs B Tanner, G W Mills, Lucy Ann Dye Brraot Wstktns K P M4* lngfleld, David Bailey, T B Smltn, T J Madden. Daniel -Vew. jsfu.iT Gossypium Phospho! TF#K GREAT COTTON & CORN FERTILIZER. Manufactured by GEO. W. SCOTT & CO., ATLANTA, GA. AS A Special Haanre for Southern Load and Crops, To encourage a friendly rivalry among our customers, and to determine the quantity of Gossypium, mode ol appli cation and cultnie that wcnld pay the farmer best, we have for the past three years offered Premiums for the best cro] of Cotton, Corn, Wheat and Oats mat on land on which Gossypium only was used as a fertilizer. These contests have resulted in each a remarkable de velopment ot Georgia soil, and created such an interest among the thousands of farmers who use Gossypium, that we have concluded to oiler as Premiums for 1886, $1,200 IN GOLD 20 TONS GOSSYPIUM For the largest yields of Cotton, Corn Wheat and Oats made by use of Gosatp- ium only. Send for circulars giving award of tniums for 1885, with Reporta of Contest- how they prepared the " lum, ‘mode of with a full tniums tor i two, vita iteporw ot ants, showing how they prepi land, applied the Gossypium’, ‘ culture, yield, etc., together wi LIST OF PREMIUMS FOR 1886 and the Offioial Analysis of Gossypinm, bowing it to be one ol, ,, a ZEES r — r - - FRANCO. , GATHER) NO* G&MtStfOR MAKING CREtfKferTAimWi £? Dr Prices Cream BAMNaBamEa on the market, , Gbgsypjiiin' Will be sold ‘for Cash, or' on Thrift for CUrrency Cotton, by Agent* at every promine epot in Georgia. Far further lnlorma- .ion and circulars address GEO. W. SCOTT A CO., feb23dw5t- Atlanta, Ga. *111 nave ucj* COOKING APPARATUS.’ tktlow wiu be found some of the eertiacates froir parties iu the two large c»uutie« ol WssLu. land Wllkd, who have bought there Ranges. ‘ S. C. HOAK, Superintended WILKES COUNTY. Mr«J LBurd.tt, EBiamlettO WBuidett. WASHINGTON COUNTY. MAGNOLIA ACID, The best Acid Phosphate in Georgia. Matchless Cotton Grower, ▲ Splendid Ammoniated Guano that fs immi osaly popu'Ar and crowing In popularity e»ery year Merry man’s Am. Dis. Bones, The Old Reliable— Never go ae back on bod j yet, and never . * O. K. DISSOLVED BONES, A aew goods wh ch wilt supply a long felt waat, Alt the ab.re Fertilise™ tan be b*'. ol ORR & HUNTER, Athens, Georgia. G EORGIA, CLARKE COUNTY.-Whereaa. at Appear* to me that A. S. Hill, Administrator of tne eatate of Blanton M. Hill, late of said county derc aed is dead and that said estate Is now unrepresented and not likely to be. These are therefore to cite adtronixball concerned to show causa at tha regular terra of the Court of Ordinary to be held in and lor said county on the first Monday tn April next, why the Adminiatra* lion, debonis non of said estate should not be vested in John R. Crane, County Administrator in and for said county or ia such other person or persona as said cotut may adjudge proper. Given under my hand at offlee this the 2Tth Jay of February 1886. mart.SOd. ASA M. JACKSON. Ordinary. G EOROIA, OCONEE COUNTY.—To all wham It may concern. 3. P, Hardeman, widow of Geo. L Hardemaa, deceased ka« applied to' me to have set apart to her and her minor children a yean support frem the estate of the said de ceased. This la. * here fore to cite aud admonish all concerned to shew cause, if any they have at my office on the first Monday in April next by 10 o'clock, A. M.. why said apollcatlon should net be granted, and the years support allowed as fixed by the returns of the appraisers appointed: for that purpose. tn.rJ.80d. B. E. THRASHER, Ordinary. NOTICE. All pereon. are hereby notified net to huet, fi.h er otherwise treupsn upon our lands mnder tho extreme penalty of the law. February 2Sih, 188*. JAMES T. HESTER, henry c. p.kish. •AVID K.MURRAU, Notice to Tresspasers All persons are warned against either fishing h untina or in an y manner trespassing on any o my lands, under the extrema penalty ef the law MRS. CARLOITA SMITH. JESSED kNIEL, Agent. University of Georgia. THE CHAIR OF .NATURAL HISTORY And Agriculture in, tho University of Georgia will b« filled in July 188G. $2,000. SALARY $2,000. And residence on the Experimental Farm. All applications must te sent to LAMAR COBB, Secretary i, Ga. bblSw&:3ou. , Athens, GUN AND LOCKSMITH. I would announce that I bava , .uuiu .u.u ——.—— , — —.8 rurchued — entire outfit of M -. W. A.Talmadxe, doowaed. and wtllcontlnuS the buslnruln stills broncho. GUN, LOOK A!fD IRUfiK REPAIRING, Will also vi.it houo* todo special work. Batts, faction M W. A. Taira edge’s plfi stand. PRINTING-At PANIC PRICES." catt vriB<5d»»xa. raa Mtft. iSlSJJlil f. BENNETT, Atlanta, G*. FRfeEi RELIABLE SELF CURE af th< « noted ami sttrce«itil «t eculi*t« in the l-^ vj— .-.ired) for the cure of 5ert»ui Lost Manhood. Writknr* And Dress/- n plain scaled envelope Free. Dnist«» cm* 61A Address DR. WARP % CO.. Louiaisnt. * jan26w3t R. C. B RUSH’S COUGH BALSAM, Cough, Group, Whoooping Coo * h Asthma, Broncitis, .... Conomrp™ n - And All OlactHi af the I.C5GS PRICE 80 CENTS. prepared by G. W. RUSH, ATHENS, GA. - rOCH&SON’S mmagm .aseMg feblfai. HELP FOR WOMAN THE GERMAN AND AMERICA" DISPENSARY AND FEMALE INFIRMARY MISS ROSA FREUpEXTHAL F- " Proprietor. ^ ALL I DISEASES PECULIAR TO In* TREATED. . _ h*i This Dispensary and all the advantages and fscilid** Kter y in nuoh institutions iu ® ur ?P*- iue If. department ia 0 f tb« Uterine diseases: alt djsesse* o ATTOWNEY-AT -t-A ATHENS. OA; OXTI0B OVBB MAX. JOSirff*- federal Court*