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WEEKLY BANENR-WATCHMAN TUESDAY SKFTEMBBE »j, 1886.
telegraph.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
1 Yoiiuc nan Who lo Well-Known
I Athene, Attempt- to Take Ill*
In Atl
Ole.
Atlanta,' Sept. 18.—[Special ]
George Long, assi-tant engineer in
the Constitution ureas room, nar
rowly escaped death this morning.
When found at 2:30 o’clock he was
in an unconscious condition, and an
empty vial labelled‘•laudanum” was
clutched in his hand. A physician
was summoned, and after several
houis work upon him, he was pro*
nounced out of danger at 6
o'clock. He described his
let-lings while losing conscious-
with infinite delight, but his re-
>uscitation was attended with ex-
cruciating agonies. He denied su
icidal intent, but it is generally sup-
po>etl he intended his death.
About eleven o’clock last night he
to the elevator man, as he came
down irom the composiug room,
--,f anything happens to me to
night don’t let it be published.”
[ Phi* is said to he the same young
man who was in Athens last week
during the minstrel show. By oth
ers this is not accredited. ]
K«»riou«ly Injured.
Ati.anta, Ga., Sept. tS.—[Spe-
cial.J- Mr. Frank T. Ryan who
led I Irom a rear platform of the
Richmond .V Danville sleeping car
in .South Carolina yesterday, is ex
pected in Atlanta to-night. The
extent of his injuries is not known,
hut «erious results are feared.
MOVING THEM OUT.
THE AtTGUSTA HANDS LEAVING
THE FACTORY HOUSES.
▼aeatlac the Tenement! Rather Than Go
toWork-Encourasedb; Recent K. of L.
Remittances—A Whole Factor; Floor in
Operation-Moonshiner* Jailed.
Augusta, Sept. 17.—[Special.]
This was the day for vacating the
house* owned by the Augusta Fac
tory and tenanted free of rent by
the idle hands since the beginning
of the strike. It was believed that
the order issued a few days ago by
Superintendent Crombe and au
thorized by President Phinizy would
have the effect of driving many of
the operatives to work.
The'Knights of Labor, however,
have received a lift this week in
the shape of remittances from the
general Order, which although not
adequate for their needs, was yet a
sign of encouragement. Leading
members of the order were
cncourged by this practical
sign of recognition and
today are moving the operatives
from the Factory houses. Other
residents of houses which are des
ignated as wanted, are moving into
dwellings not jet called for, end
which are already occupied by idle
operatives.
A WIIOLR FLOOR WORKING.
The entire second floor of the
Augusta Factory is working to-day.
JAILED FOR DISTILLERY.
Charles Dewt’erry and Robt.
Elliott, moonshiners caught at
Bath, were jailed to-day in default
of bond. They will be tried in Sa
vannah.
.% Kurrmful Itriicfit.
Atlanta, Sept. iS.—{Special.]
Tne entertainment for the benefit
ol tne Augusta strikers, given' by
Atlanta Knights of Libor, is said to
have been quite a success.
A 1 lana, Sept. 16.— JSoecial. ]
The Executive depaitment furnish
es the sensation today. Several
weeks ago, i: will he remembered,
a petition ior iht paidon of
Maj. Geo. r. Jackson, ol
Augusta, was presented to the
Governor for his consideration.
That petition was numerous
ly stgr.ed. It bore upon it
prominent names from all sections
of the Stale. It was not an indis-
ciiinin >te airay of signatures: there
ue e tei.resentatives of the cotton
business who filled up one page;
theie weie number of the bar who
tilled up another column; there was
the request of the jury which con-
\ieteel him; of tire Judge, Solici-
t n Ge m a', and officers of the
Court who participated in, or were
j,.e-M nt at the trial.
There wa*a pet tion from Ath
ens and one irom Savannah, and a
general appeal which went up
s yiied by hnndicds of citizens,
Tile. PETITION.
Tne petition reciied that the de
Iri.i’ant, Maj. Geo. T. Jackson, had
had been convicted of the crime of
embezzlement; that he had been
sentenced to the penitentiary, and
was now serving out his term; that
his health was so precarious as to
make confinement or hard labor im
possible. The petition called on
1 he Governor, for an exercise of
clemency, and tor a release of the
defendant from all the pains, and
penalties of his situation.
Maj.Jackson’s friends claimed that
fm a man of his nature and asso
ciation*! the sentence had already
been sufficiently severe. He had
bee. tried, sentenced and impris
oned; he had worn the stripes of
the convict camp, and had submit
ted himself to all the forms cf law.
A prolonged sentence could not add
to his mortificaliou; itcould only in
crease his physical sufferings.
This petition wa s placed in the
h inds of the Governor early in
1 nlv. llis action has been looked
for week by week, but no intima
tion has been given out from the
executive office as to what would
be done. Today I am re
liably informed tl at this
petition has been withdrawn
from Governor McDaniel by the
family and friends of Maj. Jackson,
because they were convinced by
tlie long delay that Governor Mc
Daniel did not" regard the matter
favorably. Rather than have the
•case prejudiced by adverse action,
the petition was withdrawn, prob
ably to be re-submitted before Gen
eral Gordon.
Maj. Jackson is now at Old
Town convict camp, and is only
sustained by hope of pardon.
PERSONAL AND MINOR ITEMS.
Farmers in this section nrc now busy-
picking cotton.
General II. R. Jackson is expected in
Savannah on the first of November.
A negro was sentenced to three years'
imprisonment at Elbert county for rape.
I11 a few weeks cotton will be so thick
on the streets that we won’t he able to
walk.
A Savannah man who attempted to
at 300 rice birds, gave it up when he
had finished six.
THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK.
ATHENUMERCHANTS RETURNING
FROM NEW YORK.
IVtiaf TtaeySaref Commercial mud
Financial JIutfer—Jloncy 1-Plen
tiful and Purchase* Liberal—Tlir
Cotton Outlook In Athens—Buyer*
and Khipoer* Buoyant Over the
I*ro*pec Is.
Athens the Centre of the Railroad Rumb
lings in Ooorcla—What the Different
Lines are Doing.
The North-Eastern is having as much
as it can do to haul freight into the city.
Every train comes in loaded.
A large number of colored people will
probably go over the G'orgia Railroad to
Atlanta to attend the pri-.e drill of Sept
20th. Round trip tickets have been of
fered at low rates. Col. Dorsey’s an
nouncement still stands.
arrow guage railroads, which had
something of a “boon”in the United
St-.tes a few years ago, have latterly
shown very little increase in mileage,
and not a few roads built of the three-
feet guage have been absorbed by other
companies and transformed to the
standard. Nevertheless the mileage
and number of ra -o ar gauge ro ds in
this co.’ ltrv is still m -ch larger than is
generally believed. The nurn’or of
na ow gauge railways in the. United
States up to .1 uly 1,1880, was 211, with
a total length of 12,116 mi’es, or more
than It per cent, of our toyri railway sys-
Who Will Be Senator V
Atlanta, Sept. 16.—[Special]
The late senatorial convention will
he reassembled to nominate another
Cobh man in the place of A. S.
Clay, declined.
Broke ller Ankle.
Atlanta, Sept. 16.—[Special.]
Laura Buchanan, the S. year, old
daughter of the Station House
keeper Buchanan, broke her ankle’
this morning. During some game at
recess while running she stepped in
a hole. E. B. H.
lion. I’opc Harrow has returned from
Spartanburg, where he has been on a
business trip.
Up to date seventy-five new bales of
cotton have been received in Athens
since Sept. 1st.
Rev. Sain Jones and family, of Car-
ersville, are in Atlanta, the guests of
lev. Sam Small and family.
County Judge Tlios. C. Carlton sen-
need a party eight months to the chain
ang for selling liquor in Elbert.
Mr. A. G. Power returned from Frank
lin, where he purchased a handsome
pair of horses.
Kush A Arnold are now balding goods
to Watkinsville, where they will next
week open a branch of their large and
popular drugstore.
Swift l’>ros. are running the cotton
seed oil mill very successfully in Elbert
county. They are among the most sol
id men in that county.
('apt. A. 1>. Clinard speaks of opening
a hotel at Elberton. Ue is a good host
ami a popular man, and deserves to suc
ceed wherever lie may go.
Mr. P. H. Snook has rented the store
next to Edge A- Dorsey, in the Franklin
block, and will start up a furniture store
(let 1st.
Mr. Howell Cobb, the son of Mr. Jno.
A. Cobh, lias accepted a position with
the R. A'*I). R. R., and will be located at
Gainesville.
The damage to Augusta, by the earth
quake, is trilling. It will not, all told,
exceed $10,000. Indeed this is consid
ered by many a liberal estimate.
Mr. J. II. Ruckei is fitting up his
ottices beautifully, and will have one of
the handsomest and most convenient
business floors in the city.
True bills against liquor sellers were
found by the grand jury in Elbert coun
ty this week. ’Hie authorities there are
determined to enforce the law.
’I’fie joint debates ill Clarke between
the candidates are getting to be very
lively. We understand that the three
candidates maj’ meet in this city before
the election comes otf.
Shedoin Etheridge, aged ten yca-s, is
a musical prodigy in Elberton. lie learn
ed to play the organ by slipping in the
window of the Methodist church, and is
now an elegant organist and pianist.
Mr. R. T. Pittard has rolled into our
our office a line watermelon—ti e last,
luscious res* of Summer, ft is large
and refreshing, and was as good .,s a
lump of ice edged into this hot spell.
Lost.—On Saturday morning, between
the old fair ground and Burke’s book
store corner, a ♦2d bill. The finder will
fie liberally rewarded by returning the
same to this office.
The supreme court has affirmed the
sentence of H. M. Groves, late Ordinary
of Habersham county. He is now in
jail serving out his twelve months with
tine of $1,<>00 imposed.
Mr. H- I.. Brittain’s gin has been
thoroughly overhauled and repaired, and
is now ready for all who may favor him
with custom. Mr. H. A. King, who
has had several years’ experience in the
business, is superintendent, and will
give his entire attention to it,
Mr. F. B. Lucas, of Habersham coun
ty, is, we are glad to know, about to be
come President of Athens again. lie is
a man of fine personal traits and cxcef-
lonfibusiness qualities, and we welcome
him back to his old home and old asso
ciations. We hope to see his family
soon join him in Athens.
It is positively stated in Augusta that
the K. of L. authorities have received
over $10,000 during the past couple of
weeks of the strike, and more is ex
pected shortly. The strikers scctn more
hopeful than heretofore. The Knights
are meeting their obligations on account
of the Augusta Factory.
“At one time,” says the Atlanta Con
stitution, “it was thought that no objec
tion would be offered to the granting of
a pardon to the unhappy man. Maj. Geo.
T. Jackson; but it subsequently devel
oped that there was very decided objec
tion. A number of parties have offered
reasons to the governor why the pardon
should not be granted.
ACCIDENTS IN ATLANTA.
Slatular and Fatal Accidents In
A little Boy Killed by n
Workman Falls From the Capitol scaffold
And It Badly Injured. ,
Atlanta, Sept. fj.—[Special.]
1-conard Jones, a colored boy 13
jests old, died today from a singu-
br accident. He was with two
oilitt boys rolling hoops yesterday
nod had a collisiou with a plumber.
He was struck in the stomach by a
'°ng iton rod used'as a key for run
nin B olf wjster. He fell to the
ground crying, but the injury was
J 101 coi,»„’.l e d serious. This morn-
!°8 he died! A post-mortem exam-
m »tion disposed a terrible bruise
* nd rupture\ of the bowels. The
kroner's j ur * returned a verdict of
Accidents! dclth.
rorkman employed on
1 fell from the build
Ed- Hill,
the new ca
* 0, *«inin<Jserious but not fatal
'"Mies this
Atl,
*0«ina1
noon.
ED SKNATOn.
AfiTA,
THE C_ G. & A. R. R.
What the Athens Delegation Saw and Did
tn Elberton--A Fine Chance for the City
of Athens.
The Athens delegation returned from
Elberton yesterday and scattered to
thsir homes and places of business so
quickly that it was bard to get at them.
Mr. E. R. Hodgson was made chairman
of the Athens committee, and the meet
ing of delegates in Elberton was secret.
There are some things in connection
with the enterprise which cannot qpw be
divulged. The delegation, however,
were in the best of spirits, and declar
ed that the railroad authorities
had ‘ made Athena n better
offer for thin hne than they had made
any other city in the State, -and and that
it was probable that Athens could dic
tate Shis line beyond here.
It is said that a Pennsylvania syndi
cate is working the line and will cer
tainly build it. The Athens delegates
were pretty well assured of the fair
prospects of the road and beYievcd it
would be built to this city.
Gen. Hoke came through yester
day and went to Atlanta. He is
interested in the road and is anxious to
enlist the interest of the city of Athens.
ThO proposed line will be 266 miles
long.
!’ J- No
or on the 1
ONLY THREE CONVICTS,
w There arc only three convicts now on
the pauper farm in Clarke county, and
»/; r Q,™:«ai "i the terms of these "will have expired be-
pi. id. jopeem. j f ore the courts meet again. Such a thing
;t was nominated has not been known before for many a
** year.*
st ballott*
Athens sends mo**e merchants to New
York in proportion to its size than any
city in the State. They go by the doz
ens early every Spring and Fal^and buy
only at first 'hands. They buy judi
ciously, and they buy heavily. Their
stores are as handsome as any in Geor
gia. We can pick out a dozen stores in
Athens which cannot be surpassed in
size ar d stock anywhere in the Souih. It
is a constant source of surprise to par
ties coming here to note what fine
stands our dry ;oo<ls and general mer
chandise dealers have, and what a vol
ume of bu Hess our grocery and produce
men carry on.
Yesterday the Banker-Watchman
dispatc »ed a reporter to make & round
among the merchants who have just re
turned from Xe 7 York.
MR. M. MYERS.
Mr. M. Myers, a large and successful
dry goods and shoe dealer, was seen at
his elegant store on College Avenue. He
sa7s:
“1 g-»t back from New York, Septem
ber 3.*’
“What is the outlook?”
“The outlook, 1 think, is extremely
fine. It is always so good in New ork
that it is hard to tell whether it was bet
ter than last year. 1 think, however,
the people were buying goods more than
'ist Fall. Everywhere is crowed with
So lthci.i me chants.
“Our merchants are buying well?”
“Yes. The Athens merchants, in pro
portion to their number,V ve more credit
than the merchants of any other citj'.”
“How will business l»o this year?”
“Business in Athens will be all bright
this ye .r. 1 think business will be
mo e lively than last year. Wc have
already had more jobbing than we have
ever had. Signs p-c that, people will
nuy more because the cotton crop will
be so much better.”
MR. CIIAS. STERN.
The Banner man next saw Mr. Charles
Stern, our largo clothing merchant, who
was refitting his handsome apartments
with new goods.
“When did you return, Mr. Stern?”
“I got back last Monday*”
“How is business in New York?”
“Business in New York is brisker
than 1 have ever see.i it.”
“Aie Southern merchants buying
well?”
“Southern merchants are buying like
they never did before. To see the
crowds of people buying you would
never think that there was anything like
hard times in New York.”
“How is money?”
“The money market is tight, in fact
tighter than I have seen it for years.”
“Wliat is the outlook?”
“The outlook for iny business is fair.
If the people can get any thing like a
fair price for their cotton 1 have no ap
prehension for the next season. A good
sign for business is that the banks have
not loaned out half the inonev to the
pesple that they did last year. This
shows that the people are better off.”
MR. .J. M. OKU.
Mr. J. M. Orr, nfOrr«fc Hunter, who
carry on a large cotton and fertilizer
business, was next seen by our repo *ter.
lie said that the business outlook this
season all over the country, as evidenced
by the situation in New York, was very
good. It was estimated by Northern
experts that the crop would he about
the same as last year.
So far as the coLton business in Ath
ens w.is co icerned, he would say that
Eastern correspondents were giving
Athens full orders this year and there
woul 1 lie prime demand here for cotton.
He did not see why prices should rot be
equal to last year or even higher.
Our money facilities would be ample
for heavy ' business in Athens—even
better than last year.
Mr. Orr stated that the shipping fa
cilities of Athens were now equal to At
lanta’s, fully.
MR. .1. II. RUCKER.
Mr. Rucker was in the midst of gen
eral r»*>airs on his offices, which will he
among the handsomest and most con
venient in the state.
Mr. Bucker regarded to outlook as
very good—both North and South.
General estimates, he said, concurred in
putting the crop about to where it was
last year. He believed that Athens had
better facilities for business this season
than ever before.
He did not look for material change in
prices this year, and saw no reason for
expecting higher figures. Farmers
would find it to* their interest to bring
cotton in promptly and r ceive full mar
ket figures. Bast experience had shown
that this was better policy.
In response to otheT questions Mr.
Bucker said that receipts here showed
that Athers was growing as a cotton
market. It was one of the highest mar
kets in the State. Cotton men here
work on small margins.
The outlook for Southern cotton
mills seemed better than lor any season
in five years.
Money facilities were the better; banks
here and in the North are better off.
“An attempt was made by specula
tors in New York to produce a scarcity
of money. But this fell through, and
money is plentiful.”
mr. s. c. nonits.
The Banner met Mr. S. C. Dobbs in
the midst of new goods and a driving
business. He said:
“Everything is more lively in N. Y.
than ever. More Southern merchants
are in .New York than usual, most
of whom were buying largely. The
prosperity is healthier than ever.
“I have never seen New York in a
more prosperous plight. There s?ems to
he an upward price in nearly everything
indicating a boom.”
' As a class, the Southern merchants are
preferred to all others, several houses
telling me that they prelerred to deal
with Southern merchants and especially
Georgia merchants.
“I find that we can buy cotton checks,
stripes and brown cotton goods, cheaper
in ti»e South than in New York. Money
is loaned on call from 1 to 4 per cent
commeicial paper at 5 and fi per cent.
Money se<*ms plentiful. “My pros
pects” said Col. Dobbs, “are much better
than last year on account of taking in
more territory, and a larger jobbing
trade. I look for a better trade in Ath
ens, because the people are not so much
in debt as last year. This is shown by
the fact that the banks have not loaned
as much money to them os they did last
year. If frost is late, we will have
much cotton which will bring remunera
tive prices.”
J. a. mull axe.
Mr. M ullane, one of the largest and
most successful dry goods merchants of
our city, thinks the general outlook ex
ceedingly flattering. The cotton is made
and bound to come. The months of Oc
tober, November and December will
counterbalance the tardiness of
September, as regards trade. He says
goods are lower this season than last
Mr. Mullane has" bought a large and
well assorted stock.
MR. JBI.llTS COHEN.
This well known and popular mer
chant has just returned from New York,
and was directing the opening *of his
large stock of goods in his handsome
Broad street «torc. This, by the way, is
one of the handsomest and most com
plete dry goods departments in Georgia.
Mr. Colien had found the business
outlook veiy favorable in New York.
Money was plentiful and buyers from the
South were purchasing heavily. Heavy
woolen goods and a few domestics had
advanced in price. There was one
thing in the line of his business which
he noticed in New York, and that was
the tapestry body Brussells carpet, or
immitation of real body Brussells. It
was liable to fool one unless closely
examiifed. There were many of them
on the market.
Mr. Cohen stated that his own stock
was heavier, better assorted and more
varied than ever. His merchant tailor’s
department was very full with English,
French and German snitinga of the best
quality. In fact, his gents’ department
would be well stocked this season.
Mr. Cohen is also much interested in
building the new line to Elberton. He
believed it wonld help Athens by re
claiming much business lost to the El
berton Air-Line. It would pay better
than either railroad wc now have in
Athens,
TBK TEN CENTS STOKE.
Our friend Coleman, who has jnst re
turned from New York, brought back
a large stock of goods, among which are
his excellent lines of table cloths, china
and glassware and a hundred things in
the line of fancy and useful goods. Mr.
Colem.ii is one of the most pop * ? ar a d
su .-ce? *fui young merchants in the city,
and his store is a favorite haunt for
housekeepers and shoppers from the city
and country. See his locals this morn
ing and be convinced that he is a live
man and conducting a live bus : ness in a
live way. Give Coleiuan a call at the
Ten Cents Store, which holds every
thing.
RAILROAD NOTES.
Engineer McSail of Columbus has
gone to Augusta, where he goes for the
purpose ofnegotiating for an engine for
the Georgia Midland Construction com
pany. ’Track laying has progressed
about four miles and another engine is
needed to make mo*e rapid progress in
the work.
The first shipment of merchandise on
the Geo-gia Midland will he made by
Mr. \V. J. Watt, of Columbus, who will
send-out a lot of supplies to the contrac
tors.
^The South Florida railroad company
have the outside spikes all driven ready
to spre .d the rails out to the standaril
K» u se- j
The Macon and Covington Railroad »:
running right along. The Central offices
have been fixed in Macon under Gen.
Manager B. W. Frobel, ana the force
both beyond and this side of Madison
is working very effectively. Excursions
to Maco i about the first of the year will
he in older.
The Georgia Midland seems to be
flourishing.
The Chester, Greenwood and Abbe-
ille extension through Athens and El
be; ion will be the biggest kind of a lift
for this city and section.
No official announcement has yet beqn
made of the appointment of a successor
to Mr. James 1*. Taylor as General
Freight ri d Passenger Agent of the Sa
vannah, Florida & Y.’estern railway. It
was expected that Mr. Taylor would as
sume his rc-.v office as General Passen
ger Agent of the Kichmo id and Danville
road Sept. 10, but it is liKely that he
will remain there a few days longer. Mr.
C. W. Chears, who has been filling the
position, will continue to be the Assis
tant General Passenger Agent df the
system.
Athens is the centre towards which
the new railroads tend.
The freight and passenger business of
the Western railroads now shows a very
large increase over the same period last
year.
The Baltimore and Ohio has been al
lowed to establish its agents at Castle
Garden to compete for immigrants with
the other trunk lines which have a joint
agency there.
The Midland road, the Macon road
and the Elberton extension are what
Athens is playing for now.
ATHENS’ BEAL ESTATE.
A TALK WITH A LIVE AGENT ON
THE SUBJECT.
View, at an Author!*; *» the Clt;—
lllr. V. D. Grlffeth On the Vnlne of
Local Lot.—,I°w Athens Ie Bull*,
ing Cp~Ea*t Athene an n Beene..
Needs at the Clt; nt Present.
BURKE’S ESTABLISHMENT.
Tlie Hook, Printing and Xluvical
Combination in Athens. '•
Mr. Ed. W. Burke has an attractive
display of his goods in today’s pa
per, and we may say that the people of
this section are appreciating the efforts
that are being made at his book store
aid at his musie house to give them a
first-class establishment. Prof. Taylor
was a valuable introduction into this
business, He is having all he can do
in tuning, repairing and selling, and is
actively engaged on the fine pianos of
the Lucy Cobb Institute and Horae
School, besides musical instruments in
private pallors. Our people realize that
there is no necessity for paying travel
ling tuners extravagant prices when this
work can be done for less money by
home people, who will make good all
guarantees.
Besides Mr. Burke’s large book and
stationery business, his job printing
rooms are receiving flattering patronage.
This department is turning out first-
class work at lowest possible pi ices.
Mr. Burke is an enterprising as well as
an accomplished man, and his large
combination establishment is now as
complete as any in the State. We
cannot recall one more worthy of confi
dence or public patronage.
OUR SOLDIER BOYS.
Organization of tbc Atben* Light
Infantr; on Frida, Night.
On Friday night a meeting was held
in Dr. Benedict's office, for the purpose
of effecting the organization of a military
company. The meeting was largely at
tended, and those present entered into
tho scheme with spirit
Mr. Jno. Boncdict was called to the
chair and Mr. C. E. Morris was made
temporary secretary.
Tlie following gentlemen were pres
ent and were enrolled:
C 0 Adams, Dr Benedict, J A Bene
dict, Bri’jjs, T A Burke, .las. Bloomfield,
Cobb, R A Crawfo J, H Crawford, U
Charbonnier. W Davis, E H Dorsey, W
Garebold, H Garebold, Hamilton, Kim
brough, C E Morris, E D Sledge, L
Sledge, Sullivan, S Thomas, H R \V illcox.
Messrs J. Q. Rucker, H. H. Linton
and E. H. Dorsey were elected Captain,
First Lieutenant and Second Lieutenant,
respectively, by acclamation.
A committee was appointed to get the
names of gentlemen who wished to join
the company.
The company was named the Athens
Light Infantry.
A committee was appointed to find a
suitable hall.
A committee of six, consisting of the
commissioned officers, Messrs. R. B.
Russell, J no. Benedict and Dr. Benedict
was appointed to draw up suitable papers
to present to the Governor.
Mr. Leon Sledge was elected Score-
tary and Mr. Briggs Treasurer.
The company then adjourned until
next Friday night.
Yesterday morning the Banneb-
Watchmav met Mr. W. D. Griffeth, our
well-known real estate man, and one of
the me r enterprising young men in
Athens. He has, since the first of Feb-
ruary last, worked his own business up
to a high and profitable plan-, and has
done a great deal of good for property
holders in Athens.
Jn response to a question from the
Bashxb-Wa: chman, Mr. Griffeth said
that the e was good demand just now
for houses for rent. Many people had
moved into the city to give their children
the advantage of the schools This had
created new demuid. A number of
houses formerly unoccupied are: now fill
ing up at good rental.
“There are a number of mechanics
coming to Athens, going to work with
the contractracto , etc. These ra'se a
demand for small, cheap houses which
has been impossible in every case to
fill.”
“By the way, dj you know there is|ex-
cellent margin in this sort of property ?
They pay well and are easily rented.”
“Is tncre an advance in city property?”
“Considerable. I commenced this
business last February, and I find that
city property, including both business
houses and residences, has ad
vanced from twenty to fifty percent.,
and in some places one hundred per
cenL
“Are there many stores for rent?”
“No. In the city entire, I do not
think there are but six stores to let. I
believe I have all these on my list.”
“Has tb's number of unrented stores
increased since prohibition went into
operation'?”
“No. It is about the same. Prohibi
tion has not hurt business here.”
“There is one thing wc need here, and
it occurs to me often in the renting bus
iness. Broad street should be num
bered from the river up. It would be a
great cod zenience.”
, “Has there been much new building in
the past year?”
<“A great dc 1. There have been many
fine residen is erected which are orna
ments to the town."
“Which away is building extending?”
“That wo aid be hard to say. Fine
residences arc going up in Cobbham and
in the upper part of the city. But look
at East Athens—or the lower part of the
town. Few people here know what a
big town we have, growing up on the
other side of the river. Tire hills are
covered with cottages. Streets are laid
off and Council has jnst ordered fifty
street lamps to be erected in that sec
tion. Houses there are easv*to rent and
renters pay promptly. 1 do some very
satisfactory business in East Athens.
Some of this property pays owners thir
ty per cent 1 have charge of hou
ses in this neighborhoods, belonging to
parties in Atlanta, which is very profit
able.”
“Whatrs the city tax?”
•‘It is 1.10—low when compared with
some other G-o 'gia cities.”
“Will the new railroads add to our
population?”
“Yes, 1 believe if we get the routes
we are now figuring on, we shall have
5,000 more people in a year.”
“The Banner-Watchman touched the
right spot the other day when, in con
nection with the Basket Factory, it ad
vocated small industries of all kinds.
That is the making of a city. What we
want is broom factories and bucket fac
tories and bo : makers. Then people m
Athens must be taught to support them.
The trouble here often is that people
prefer to send off for things which can
be made, and are made, right here. Small
factories and home enterprise are our
needs. These things build up a town
faster than all the railroads which can
concentrate here. We have now a fine
trade and an e: cellent merchant class.
We want to build up a mechanics ele
ments, which mt' e up a valuable middle
class in any community.” v
“Streets are valuable factors in real
estate values. IIo a- arc we off in that re
spect?”
“Athens has greatly improved in that
regard. The street commissioner and
his force are bringing out the town
splendidly. I think, however, tlie
streets could stand some general, super
ficial working before the rains set in.
Let a little work be put on them as they
are in the country in the fall—without
waiting to bring each square up to per
fection. This is especially the need in
East Athens.”
“Can money be easily raised on real
estate in Athens?”
Yes; of course the banks are prohib
ited by charters from placing loans on
land, which, after all, is the basis of
wealth. I have been able to place money
at eight per cent on gilt-edged loans for
local capitalists. 1 could now place $5,-
000 or $10,000 on real estate at fifty per
cent, of its value. This, indeed, is the
best sort of security. 1 am getting up a
catalogue and advertising farms for sale
in Clarke, Oconee, Jackson, Madison
and Oglethorpe, and parties having farms
to rent are rapidly communicating with
me.”
‘I have also personal cards in Texas
and Arkansas papers, calling on Geor
gians now camping out in those states to
come back to the red old hills, and all
will be forgiven. Their attention is in
this way called to farms for sale.”
“Then the outlook for real estate
is”—?
‘‘Good. As fair as any other interest
in Athens.”
FOR THE LEGISLATURE.
THREE CANDIDATES BEFORE THE
PEOPLE IN CLARKE.
leurt. Richard B. Ruaell, Reorge T. Mur
rell and Dr. 0. W. Lowr; in the Race—
The Candidate!—Ho Primary Election to
Be Held This Year.
The political situation 'has been com
plicated considerably within the past
week. There are now three candidates in
the race.
Mr. Richard B. Russell has represent
ed Clarke county in the legislature for
two terms. He is a candidate for re-
election. It is fur to pres.-me that with
the prestige of four years in the lower
house, he would be a formidable com
petitor for any man. He has made a use
ful and influential member. He has
worked hard for the college and for
^very interest of the community. He
passed the prohibition and free school
bills and other measures of importarce,
and had much influence on the floor.
Mr. Russell, it is understood, is mak
ing a quiet ard effective canv.ss, and says
that if his friends appreciate his services
he will represent them again. If they
IRVING ARTILLERY.
Reunion ofa Gallant Company In Waalilng*
ton, Oa.
Washington, Ga., Sept. 15.
[Special to the Augusta Chroni
cle.]—The Irvin Artillery held its
second annual re-union here ysster-
day, and the occa*ioo was rendered
all the more pleasant and enjoyable
by reason of a splendid barbecue
given by the company at tke beau
tiful grove one mile from the square.
The company entered the service
ef ‘the Confederacy in 1861 as an
infantry company, but was toon af
terwards converted into an art'll-
lery and did much hard service
with the army of Virginia. About
seventy-five out of two hundred
and sixteen original mem
bers answered ‘the roll call
yesterday. Many of their
comrade* have gone to answer the
last call, and year by year the loster
will grow smaller until the last one
is gone, but the Irwin Artillery will
continue to live in memory and his-
THE LATEST RAILROAD.
THE ABBEVILLE AND ELBERTON
, TO COME TO ATHENS.
prefer snother man to sit for them in the I tory along with all those gallant
Io »'er house hewjll ba satisfied.^ ^ ones who fought under the South-
n rr “ " ’ " 1 1 ern flag,
Mr. George T. Murrell is a well known
farmer, living th-ee miles below Athens,
on the Georgia railro-d. He has s strong
following in the country, it is under
stood, and a good backing in the town.
He is running as the farmers’ candidate,
as tgainstth el awyers’ influence, and has
been pressed by h : a friends in former
contests to make the race.
Mr. Murrell is in the race to stay, his
friends say, and will not retire, as he
came down once before rather than
complicate political matters. He and
Mr. Ru '«cll have met three times - be
fore tlie people in this canvass, the last
debate having been Wedresday night at
Mr. Morton’s place below the
city. Questions of lawyers vs.
farmers, fence, prohibition and free
schools were were freely discussed.
The third candidate is Dr. G. W.
Lowry, who has just decided to run. He
was nominated by the Knights nf Labor
in tlieir meeting Tnesday night, and is
is squarely in the race. Dr. Lowry has
been a tesident of Clarke county about
15 months and has a large medical prac-
fession about the factory settlement and
in the lower part cf the city. The
Knigh's control between 700 and 800
votes and it is fair to suppose the Doc
tor starts with a good suppo -t. He has
not been long enough in the field to show
much strengtli outside.
The colored vote is the uncertain and
determining factor. The exact result
cannot now be predicted.
The Banner- Watchman sent out its
scouts yesterday to feel the public pulse
upon the subject of a primary election
for members of the legislature.
There are now .tree candidates in the
field, and the position had become so
complicated tbatit looked as if the pres
tige of democracy should be invoked to
secure good representation, and to pre
vent an unseemly and a costly scramble.
So far as wc could find, there is no
interest taken in the primary. The feel
ing is that the time is too short to organ
ize the party so os to bring out a full
vote or secure an impartial expression.
That a small vote would weaken the
candidate and the nominee and might
bring in another independent candidate.
Two or three party' leaders were con
sulted, and all were agreed that the
time is too short to bring to bear the
machinery of the democratic party.
A few nights ago, in the northern
portion of the county, four negro
children were burned to death.
Their parents locked them in their
cabin ana went off to church, and
returned to find the house aud chil
dren burned up. One of the chil
dren was large enough to have
saved the others, but the house be
ing locked none could escape.
The Knights of Labor Seem to be Dicta
ting the Candidates.
Savannah, Ga., September 16 —
The Democratic executive commit
tee oi Chatham county is called to
meet to-morrow evening, when it
wilt provide for the nomination of
candidates for Representatives.
Much dissatisfaction is expressed at
the delay of the committee in pro
viding for a nomination, the elec
tion being only a little more than
two weeks off - , /he Knights of
Labor are the principal complain
ants, but some of their leading
members say that they will be at
the nomination in force, wherever
it is held, and that they will be rep
resented in the Legislature. It is
said that many of the more con
servative Knights favor the renom-
ination ot Captain Gordon and Mr.
Hartridge, and the nomination of a
representative workingman. So
far not a single candidate ha* been
announced in the county. This
tact is attributed to the uncertainty
of the action of tlie Knights of La
bor.
SWALLOWING GLASS.
Timmons, the Forger, Believed to^av
Made an Attempt on Hit Life.
OLD MAN BENSON-
Wednesday morning Sheriff Overby,
in Watkinsville, heard loud cries pro
ceeding from the cell of Timmons, our
friend the forger.
He rushed in to find out what was the
matter, and saw his prisoner stretched at
full length on the floor.
“What is the matter?”
“I'm going to die.”
“How do you know?”
“I’ve swallowed glass and feel it work
ing in my bowels'”
Timmons explained in the midst of his
contortions that he had pounded up the
bottle in which his coffee had been given
him and had swallowed the powder. He
knew he would die.
Sheriff uverby, as was his duty, pro
cured a physician who found that Tim
mons was really ill, but could notcertify
that it was from swallowing glass or not.
There was no way to tell whether Tim
mons had told the truth, but to wait
Mr. Overby says that Timmons was
probably frightened into making an at
tempt on his life by the fear that he
would be carried back to Greene county
and indicted.
THE M. & C. R. R.
CHATHAM’S DEMOCRACY.!
XVhat the Elberton Meeting Devel.
oped—The Cheater, Abbeville and
Greenwood Extension—-Athene
the Favored Pelnt—A Chance for
Our People to Show Themxelven.
The new railroad extension through
Elberton and Athens is the talk of the
city and section. Few roads have
found such favor in so short a time. It
is a logical extension of an important
line and has enlisted interest irom all
the people.
The city of Athens was swift to ap
point a committee to meet the other
Georgia counties in conference, and to
confer with the combined representa
tives of the railroad. It was a signifi
cant meeting and a qpccessful one. We
are not in possession of all that was
said or done; but enough has transpired
to convince us that there is nlenty of
S im in the enterprise; that the Chester,
reenwood & Abbeville extension means
Elberton A Athens, especially Athens;
and that it is a line which is very apt to
be built and which will be invaluable to
Athens. Northeast Georgia, or this
part of it, is considerable stirred up. We
believe there is as good an outlook for
for Athens in thisenterprise in as any of
the new roads no.w projected this way.
What the road most 4eo5s is that the
people along the l’"e grant the right of
way
The Messrs. Hodgson, Mr. Jnlius Co
hen and Mr. C. W. Baldwin give glowing
accounts of the meeting.
Yesterday the Banner-Watchman
saw Mr. E. R. Hodgson, the cha’-inan of
this committee. He was not willing to
tell all he knew, but confessed to a rare
degree of encouragement Irom bis Elber.
ton vifiit
He said, in response to our question:
“Yes, a committee from Athens met a
Black Flag.—Mr. Edwin Thorne will
appear in his great play of the “Block
Flag,” ncxtThursday night, at the Opera
House, of which tho New York World
has the following to say:
“Henry Pettitt'8 remarkably clever
melodrama, “The Black Flag,’’ is draw
ing full houses at the Windsor Theatre
this week. Very few dramas combine
more to please the eye, in; rest tho feel-
tpgsand amuse, than this one. The
story is ofa kind loot appeals to every
heart, being domestic in its chbraMlKg
and the personages who figure therein,
are such as are met in every day life in
I England, the locale of .the play. The
scenenr is as beautiful and effective as
ever. The part of the hero of the drama,
Harry Glyndon, is still played by Mr.
Edward Thorne, who hu so perfected
it that it stands out an unrivaltad piece
of melo-dramatic characterization. His'
power in the pathetic situ .tio. sis shown
to greater advantage tb n ever befo-e.
The “Black Flag” ,will prove quite as
great an attraction this season as it did
Correction.—When a reporter makes
a mistake in the current events of the
community, there are those who are
ready to censure him for carelessness.
But those who have experience are more
1 jnient The statement of your reporter
in your Tuesday's paper, that Mr. Miles
R. Calloway and family joined the Meth
odist church, was a mistake easy to ac-
co int for, by the fact that a series of
m-etings are being held in that church.
Mr. C. has been a Baptist for a number
of years, and remains loyal to that orde".
His wife and daughters became members
of the Bsptist church of this city last
Sunday, on the confession of t hope in
Christ, which had been cherished by
them before these meetings had been
begun. They had not attended the
meetings.
STILL SHAKING.
Another Shock of Earthquake In Charles
ton—The Work of Relief.
Charleston, Sept. 16.—There
was an earthquake shock yesterday
morning about 4 o’clock, unac
companied by any great rumbling
or detonation, and was only notic
ed by a few persons. Possibly a
light shock occurred last night,
but this is uncertain, as any vibra
tion caused by passing vehicles, or
the pulling down of walls isapt to
be regarded as caused by an earth
quake. There has not been a shock
in some days worth reporting. The
relief committee has issued over
one thousand forms of application
for assistance fn rebulding or re
pairing houses. Attention has re
cently been directed to the charac
ter of mortar used, consisting large
ly of yellow sand, and the ci»y
council will probably take action to
prevent any Buddensiectt disaster
in the hurry of rebuilding.
committee from from Carolina, in El
be -ton, on Thursday evening, September
16th, in the interest of a projected line,
which is to run through Chester and Ab
beville, S. C., Elberton and Athens, Ga.
It is proposed to enlist the sympathy
anda id of Northern capitalists. The
line projected passes through a large
stretch of valuable country which does
not now enjoy the benefits and conve-
n’erces of ratlro As, and its people are men *
thereiore, mors apt to exert themselves
and to aid in the building of the
road. It is believed by the com
mittee of ge tlemen who went
from Athens that if the proper in
terestis shown by the deople along the
line in the enterprise, and if they are
willing to subscribe in a reasonable, lib
eral manner, that it is but a questien of
a very short time before a ' corps
of engineers will be placed in the field
to select the route and secure the right
of way. There are a number of pro
jected roads in the South that are now
seeking to engage tho attention of North
ern capitalists. When they come to
look over the ground, it behooves the
people -ong the line to take held with a
spirit of liberality and enthusiasm that
will encor aie those who possess the
means to build roads and develop our re
sources. A willingness on our part to
ii est oar own money in whatever wc
seek to have others invest in, is the
Undue Advantage.—A gentleman in
Athens has received a letter from Char
leston asking him to send down brick
layers, plasterers and carpenters, and
that good wages will j>e insured them
for some time. It seems from this letter
that tho workmen down there are deter
mined to take advantage of the misfor
tune that has fallen upon the city, and
will not work unless extra pay is given
them—consequently those who want
work done are looking abroad for work-
ILLNE8S OF KB. GEOKOE STORE.
The Banner regrets to hear of the
serious illness of Mr. George Stone, the
young son of our friend and neighbor,
Rev. Ellison Stone. He has been seized
with violent nervous, attacks resemblini
epilepsy at times, and his family am
friends are much concerned. The trou
ble, too, is that young George is quite
depressed about himself. We trust
those around him will not allow him to
indulge in morttid apprehension which
st best is but a sign of'nervousness and
ph sical weaknes. He is a young man,
and is good for many years of usefulness,
we hope.
ILLnXOTATED LAMP. .
Mr. E. W. Burke has a new illumi
nated iamp which it one of the most in
genious things in this country. It has
an illuminated globe which revolves
once in every twelve hours, and is car
ried around by clock movement past the
stationary point, marking to the Jflg-
ures which are painted on the illumina
ted glose. It is a day anda night dock
and a medicine, clock. Physicians pro
nounce it a marvel.
Meeting the Old Reliable P. Ben.
son on the street we tackled him for
an ad.
“What’s the use,” said the old
man, “I can’t keep my customers
supplied now. I lost the sale ol
two wagons last week hy not hav •
tng them finished. I sold 6 wagons
last week to Mr. Davy Gann, ma
king 12 in ail that lie has .of the Ben.
son make, and my opinion is I will
sell him this fall and winter to the
tune of 20. Mr. Gann’s head is
level. Having been in the livery
business for 20 years or more, he
knows the best and comes to the
old man for them every time, and
don’t you forget it. He has found
out the difference between twcedle
de and tweedle dum, and that’s
what’s the matter. I have_25 wag
ons draying in the city,
ter evidence do you want than
home patronage? I have • b'g
trade in the country. I want to
run my sales this fall up 1050 or 75
wagons. I have got them made and' 1
ready for the irons, and I don’t have
any trouble selling the famous Ben
son’s work of any kind. If this
should meet the eye of any one that
doesn’t know old tnan Benson, just
drop around to hia shop. The
latch string is on the outaide, and see
for yourself that he is here for good.
Mr. Benson would like to corres
pond with a young man with prac
tical experience at a blacktmith, or
first class painter, sober, steady and
with $3000 capital, or would give a
working interest in the bus
iness. Write or come to see Old
Man Benson. Delivery wagons on
band, side box buggies, extension
phtEtons and tiack sulkies made to
order, -
The Road le all Right and the Co attrac
tion Free, but Little Behind the Engin
eer!.
In thia issue it is announced that the
principal office of the Macon Sc Cov
ington Railroad will be located in the
city of Macon, and parties having busi
ness with the Company, will take notice
accordingly.
Meeting Mr. W. B. Thomas yesterday
the Banner-Watchman asked how the
line was getting along.
“First rate,” said he. “The force are
grading between Athens and Madison,
and the work of locating the line is go
ing rapidly on. In fact the construction
force is so nearly up with the engineer
corps that they do not wish to increase
the number of workers until the line is
located further ahead.”
•‘What of tho news that work had
been stopped on the grade near Shady
Dale?”
“That was owing to the private troub
le of the contractor who had probably
gotton behind. It has nothing to do
with the railroad which is ready to
work and pay its way right through.”
A Bad Place to Live In.
[Auguita Chronicle. 1
The climate uf Atlanta, says the
Constitution, enables men to work
all the year round, but the trouble
is that there are hundreds of men in
Atlanta who cannot find any work
to do all the year round. The Con
stitution asserts that no epidemic
ever visits the city, when it is well
known that it is the favorite lair of
the deadly small-pox and other
lothsome diseases. The whoop
ing cough and the measles among
children, and sore eyes and
hay tever among adults, are epi
demic at all seasons of the year in
Atlanta. The editors of the Con
stitution arc habitually troubled
with a disordered condition of the
liver. • They suffer from nervous
dyspepsia, indigestion, sick head
ache frequently, and most generally
are afflicted with a flatulency of the
imagination.
- ALL ON THE FROST.
W1U We Have a Late or an Earl; Freeze?
The cotton Plant'■ Fate to be Decided.
Yesterday morning Mr. D. M. Gauld-
ing, a prominent planter in Oglethorpe
county, called at tho Baxxkb office.
He gives good advices from the coun-
trs. He says that upland corn is made,
His county of course, having the same
wet experience in low grounds.
“And cotton?” '
“Cotton is late but well fruited. It
did not grow off well, as you know.
Cotton with us is usually made in July.
This time it was not made until August.
The Consequence is an early frost
would cut off the yield. A late fall is
_ our besthope. Some people around me
What bet- ‘ hi " k , the •«“» P°j nt t0 “ «•&, frost :
but of course that cannot be told.”
Bays an Eminent Fhyilclan,
'Have useo for twenty years Uie prep,
aration known a Bradtteld'a Feraal-
Kegulator. It is the best combination
known for female diseases. For parti
culars write The Bradtteld Regulato-
Co., Atlanta, Ga.
- Mr. J. H. Rucker, on yesterday, ship-
ped. one hundred and fifty hales of cat-
ton via Charleston to Liverpool. This
shipment is a week earlier than the first
shipment of last season, and shows how
promptly Athens has entered the field
this year with full orders for foreign and
I domestic use,'
An Old Citizen ape aka.
Mr. J. M: Norris, an old restdeqj of
Rome, Ga, says that he had been badly
troubled with Kidney Complaint for a
great many years and with Eczema for
three yean; at times could scarcely walk
and hvl tried many remedies without
benefit, until he betn taking Electric
Bitten and anointing his hands and feet
with Bueklen’s Arnica Salve. This treat
ment afforded him great relief and he
strongly recommends Electric Bitters
to Ml who suffer with Kidney Complaints,
or need a Blood Purifier. Sold by
A.B. Long.
Jesse Cook, colored, was hanged
in Butler for the murder of his
wife,
James 0. Blaine, Jr., and Hta Bride.
New Y'ork, September 15.—The
Tribune has the following special
from Augusta, Me.: James G.
Blaine, jr, left Augusta to-day for
New York. After the wedding,
which was unknown to any other
member of the family, he returned
to Augusta, leaving his wife in
New York. He accompanied his
fatheTto some of his meetings last
week. The family were greatly as
tonished to learn of the wedding.
The young man is only eighteen
years old, and he wfls expected to
return to college this month. The
hride is a young lady whom he met
in Augu»ta while the family weie
at Bar Harbor, It is not known
what the future plans of the couple
are. Few persons in Augusta yet
know of the wedding.
A Chinese Laundry.—Charley Lee, a
Chinaman, who is registered at the Com
mercial from Birmingham—has come for
the purpose of opening a laundry—pro
vided the people give him the right kind
of assistance. We hopo by ail means
that his efforts will be successful, as it is
something that this city greatly needs,
and will appreciate when it is once es
tablished. The Chinese Laundry in
Augusta is the delight of tho people.
strongest incentive and the best argu
ment that can be used.’
RAILROAD notes.
Hon. James M. Smith intends to build
a railroad six miles from his place in
Oglethorpe county to Winte-villc. He
wilt do this from his large resources and
with his immense force of h-nds. It
will save him much hauling and will
give him quick convection with .Athens
and with the. Georgia railroad. Mr. Smith
is now building on his place a large brick
house, in which he will work four gins
and two presses.
THE WHITE PLAINS RAILROAD.
We regret to hear that the railroad
from Union Point to White Plains lias
fallen through for the present, at least.
The company required bond for the per
formance of the contract, and in absence
of this will not turn o /er to the grading
fund the ten thousand dollars subscrib
ed. About half of the grading has been
finished, and it is a pity that work should
be stopped at this time. The line runs
through a rich county and taps a fine
and growing town. If grpled, satisfac
tory arrangements should be made with
the Georgia railroad for its equipment.
The friends of Harry Hill hope he will
soon get his enterprise on foot again. He
has shown considerable activity and re
source in organizing this work. We
trust he will push it to a speedy com
pletion.
DR. DEWITT TALMAGE.
Holman is Coming.—Mr. W. S. Hol
man is expected here every day now
from Kentucky with 40 or50head of fine
horses and mules, andhas|commedced
shipping already. This is one ofthe finest
lots he has ever started South with, end
Athens .will have rare opportunities to
select good stock this year. The town
is looking out for Holman's arrival this
year.
The New Opera House.—The Ath
ens Building Company ).*ct on Friday
night. A commit.jo was appointed to
purchase a suitable lot for the erection
of an Opera House. They have applied
in terms of the law for a charter, which
will be granted at the October of the Su
perior Court. This company means bus
iness and wi'.l soon be ready for work.
TiiE Fast Train.—By tho new sched
ule of the Georgia Railroad, Fast trains
leave Washington at 7:20 a. m, and con
necting at Barnett withRhe fast train from
Augusta arrives at‘Washington at 10:40
a. m- Leaves Washington at 4:20 p. m.
and conrecting a, Barnett with tho fast
train from Atlanta, a ives at Washing
ton at 7:35 p. m.
For the Legislature.—The card of
Hon. Richard B Russell, for the legisla
ture, appears in tho announcement col
umn. Mr. Russell needs no comment
at our hands. He has represe.,ted Clarke
county in tho legis’ature, ar d bis record
is known of his co istituents. Ho will
make a strong race before the people.
Active, Putting and T eltavlt'
A. B. Long & Co. csnaayt e -ellednd
upon to carry in stock the purest aof
best gooas, and sustain ihert-putation j
b ting active, pushing and reliable, b
r commending articles with well eeteb
li bel merit and such as are popula
Having the ageucy for the celebrate
Dr. King’s New Discovery for eousump
lion coldsand coughs, will sell it on t
pcs ive guarantee. It will surely cure
any and every affection of throat, lungs.
.«r chest, and In order to prove our claim
"-e ask you to call and get a Trial Bottle
Free.
A Curtout Selection.'
[Macon Telegraph.]
The Fulton members f re headed
by Ben. H. Doster. Of him it is
said to-day, that he has always
been 'a straight out Republican,
coming to Atlanta irom the North.
He is a leading light in the Knights
of Labor, and believes in boycot
ting, having been, as it is reported,
one of the. leaders in the recent ef-
fort to boycott the Atlanta Const!-
tution. If these reports be true,
his selection as a member of the
Democratic executive committee
for this senatorial district is a very
gioss imposition on the party, and
needs explanation from those who
put him there.
Letter Explalnlac Way He Did Not Attend
at Bethany.
[Greeneaboro Herald.]
At one time, shortly before cen
tencial at Bethany church, the im
pression went abroad that Dr. T.
DeWitt Talmage would be in at-
tendance on that most interesting
occasion. Great was the disap
pointment of the people that the
great Brooklyn divine did not at
tend. The following letter from
the Doctor, explaining his absence,
will be read with interet,:
Brooklyn, N. Y., Aug. 30,1S86.
H. D. Smith, Esq.—Dear Sir: Your
le.ter reached me we; ks after the
centennial of Bethany had been cel
ebrated. But all my time was en
gaged so that I could not have
come.
I cannot tall how much I would
have enjoyed; being picsent. The
opportunity of seeing the place of
Uncle Samuel’s labors—the near
ness Jo the late home of my lament
ed friend, Gov. Stephens, and the
privilege of meeting so many of the
good people of the South, would
have b :en a great gladness to me.
Many thanks for your letter and
all the encouraging news you write.
In some way convey to the “old
Bethany church” my high apprecia
tion of their invitation. *The name
of Samuel K. Talmage, in all
branches of our tnm'iy, stands for
everything good, gracious and glo
rious. That old race of ministers,
what noble men they were, exem
plifications of the Gospel they
preached. Now enthroned! May
we be faithful until we meet them!
With love to you and all who
love the Lord Jesus Christ. Yours,
etc., T. DeWitt Talmage.
Announcement.—Mr. C. J. O’Farrelt
prints his anno- cement this morning
for County Treasurer. Mr. O’Farrell
has made an excellent Treasurer, and
his candidacy will be most fr vorably re
ceived by the people of Clarke county.
He is a popular and a capable man, and
we call atte ition to his card with piers-
ure.
How is Tnis?—Lawrenceville, Ga.,
Aug. 1,1886.—I have suffered for years
with catarrh in the head. Last year
D -. T. D. Mitchell gave me two bottles of
Certain Catai.'h Cure,” which I used,
and think I am e itirely well. I take,
pleasuie in recommending this medicine
to all persons affl’c-ed as I was.
J. E. McElv.ny.
First Methodist Ciicbch.—A. J.
Jrrrell, pastor; Y. L. G. Harris, Sup’t
Sunday school; Sunday School, 9)^ a.
m., service 11 a. m., and 7>£ p. m n hy
pastor.
Y. M. C. A.—The regular devotional
meeting at these rooms on Monday
night. All young men are cordially and
earnestly invited to attend. Bering
and amusement room open every day
aid night
bhll They Come.
Almost every one is t onbled with
nervousness in so ne form, and nine-
ton ths o' the prevailing illness comes
from nervous exhaustion, b.ought 011
by overwork, mental strain or dts ipA-
tion. No wonder people are asking for
a. reliable nerve remedy like Moxle
Nerve Food, it bnilda you up, and
strengthens your whole nervous system,
;Tryit
LIST OF LETTERS.
List of unclaimed letters remaining in
the Post Office at Athens, Ga., Sept 29th,
1886; Brewer, C. D; Beal, Ann; Brann,
ina; Blantoi. Thomas; Cox, D. H;
Camp, Harry; Davis, Caroline; Davison,
Jas.; Dillard, r
BARB CHARGE FOR BAROAIBS.
The entire stock of. Watches, Clocks,
Diamonds, Jewelry and other goods in
the stock purchssedby C. G. Talmadge,
Executor, (of fee estate of W. A. Tal
madge, dec.) of C. K. Collins will be sold
regardless of Cost Call early and se
cure bargains. Mr. W. F. Stark has
charge of the business, and will he
pleased to show you through and sell
you what he can. 8ept8-d-30d
How many women there aie of whom
these words are true: “They fee,
languid aud tired, hardly able to bear
their weight on their feet, the bloom all
gone from their cheeks, irriatable and
srosa without meaniug to be, nerves all
jpset, worried with the children, fretted
over little things, a burden to them
elves, and yet with no acute disease,
shat a pity it is. But a few bottles of
W ker’s Tonic will drive all this away
Par relieve the troubles peculiar to the
LyncMn* tn KUltn,
Millen, Ga., Sept. 16.—[Special
to Chronicle.]—Daniel OdweU, a
negro about 25 years old, war ar
reted at Mo. 4, Central railroad,
brought to Millen and turned oyer
to the officers Tuetdgy list He
was charged, with the outrage of a
young girl aged 12 years, of e high-
ly respected family of Screven
county. During his imprisonment
he confessed bis crime, and this
morning was committed by the
magistrate, and given io charge ol
three officers who started with him
to the county jail. Abont two
miles from town they were baited
by a masked mob, who took the ne
gro a few miles further, where he
was hung and riddled with bullets.
Railroad Accident.
Buffalo, N Y. t Sept 16.—The
list of the killed in the Nickel Flated
collision, which was further swelled
to nineteen by the finding of three
more bodies beyond recognition, is
now supposed to be complete.)
Piles are frequently preceded by >
sense of weight In the back, loins and
lower part ol the abdomen, causing the
patient to suppose he hss some affection
of the kidneys or neighboring Organs.
At times, symptoms of indigestion are
present, flatulency, uneasiness of the
stomach, etc. A moisture like perspira
tion. producing a a very disagreeable
Cretans la tits Wait. '
Chicago, Sept. 16.—A terrific
wind and rain storm, which passed
over Indianapolis this afternoon,
jproved disastrous west of Indianap
olis and. throughout a large section
of Ulinoi . The town of Montezu
ma, Ills., is reported to have been
partially ^destroyed and a number
of lives are said to have been lost.
Tht* latter report has not been
verified, and it is impossible yet to
get authentic news.
Pat'ey; Edw rds, A. G;
Graham, R.; Green, Charles; H&ygood,
Jane; Janes, T. H; Jac’ -oi, 8; Kaplan,
Nathan; Luster, Martha; LeJc, L. E;
Maxer, Sallie; Matthews, Luke; New,
Phillips; Peel, A. C; l’arpany, Stephens;
oberson, .J ohn.
uuu, piuuuciug a a very uisagreeauie
itching, after getting warm, as aoommon
attendant. Blind, Bleeding and Itching
Piles yield at once to the application of
Dr. Boeapko’s Pile Remedy, which acts
directly upon the parts affected, absorb-
ing th« Tumors, allaying the intense,
itiching and effecting a permanent cure.
Price 60 cent. Address The Dr. Bosoanko
Medicine Co., Fiqua, O. Sold byS.S,
Lyndon and Basil A Arnold.
BIS BOBU FROTRDDED
THROUGH THE FLESH
A prominent Alabama phyaician said
,'A patient who was almost dying from
the effects of Tertiary Syphillts and who
had been treated by several noted pi
cian* without benefit, used a dozen
ties of B. B. B. and was entirely cured.
He had ulcers on his arms, and the bones
protruded through the flesh and skin ta
the elbow, aud death seemed ineritabe.'
A BAD FIX.
Thousands of men and women all over
our coiiutry are silently miserable, while
the outside world think you have no
cause to grieve, llut, ah! We pronounce
no anathemas againt any other remedy,-
but we assert that one single bottle of B.
B. B. will do more in the cure of any case
of blood poison than twelve bottles of
any other. Our book is freo and it tells
the tale. Address.
BLOOD BALM CO.. Atlanta, Ga;
BUCKLER'S ARNICA SALVE.
The Best Salve in the World for Cuts
Erupo
tions, and positively cures Piles, or n>
pay required. It is guaranteed to etv
pay required. At u guaranteed toglv
K rfect satisfaction, or money refunddy
ice 35 cents per box. Foe sale b
Lons A Co.—tf.
DELEQTALAVE
As amouth a wash stands pro-emiaent
No other such preparation equals it in
beauty of color, in effectiveness in heal
ing the mucous membrane ofthe mouth
and throat, in thoroughness in cleansing
orinantiscepticqualiUes.GiTeitatrial.lt*
use becomes agreeable and resolves itself
into a necessity. If you have a sore mouth
or sore gums Delectalave will heal them
If you wish to save your teeth Delec
talave will aid you and impart its fragra '
nee to your breath. There can be no doubt
of it’* value to you when its use is indorsed
by such eminent men as Bev. Andrew A.
Lipscomb, D. D.; A. W. Calhoun, M. D.
the eminent Occulliat;the late Dr John M,
Johnson, and twenty of the leading '
physicians of Atlauta.
An Enteiprtslns, Rellanie Bouse.
A. B. Long can always be relied upon
not only to carry In stock the beBt of
everything, but to secure the Agency
for such articles as have well-known
merit, and are ]>opular with thepeople,
thereby sustaining the reputation of
being always enterprising, and ever re-
uviug Riwn/ocuiDi ttuupvoi re-
liable. Having Becured Uie agency for
the celebrated Dr. King’s New Discovery
for Consumption, will sell it on a posi
tive guarantee. It will surely euro any
and every affection of the throat, lungs,
and chest, and to show our confidence,
we invito you to call and get a Trial
Bottle Free.
' We Have Tried It.
“And would have It if the cost wa
ton times whatit is,” say many ladl
143li VstUKTo WliaWlk IO. Omj UlRUjT WQ1
who cave used The Mother's friend b
fore confinement. Write The Bradfie
Regulator Co., Atlanta, Ga., for fulpa
cularg. . •
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