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and
nt year.
Jj e rho owns the
r O' values of
Teen largely
, The stock
.amongthe broker*
Bad. Now York
upplied money freely,
> control of this splendid
property^* hard to decide ju»t now. A
number of sp-culstor* who were in the
Richmond and Danville deal were also
conspicuous in the Central contest. The
control of the great Georgia system by
“the Clyde people” would be most un
fortunate. If Gen. Alexander is let alone
to follow his own judgment and dictate
his own policy, it may be well for the
stockholders of the Central. If he is
ebliged to follow the lead of the brokers
and speculators, or of the friends of rival
systems, it will be unfortunate for the
friends and patroas of the road. It is
just this uncertainty which has followed
his fight all the way through, and which
made old stockholders shake their heads
and conservative journals oppose his
success. Gen. Alexander's usefulness
was impaired and his position forfeited,
while President of the Louisville and
fettered him. He is a man of resoui
sanguine, nervous and speculative—al-
th< ugh an officer of fine attainment and
a railroad man of strong ability.
THX aaOCL TICKET.
Capt. Raoul's board of directors would
have been Messrs. W. G. Raoul, H. M.
Comer, Jacob ltauers, Wm. W. Gordon,
George J. Mill*, John M. Goerard, J. J.
Gresham, George Cornwall, William
Hunter, S. M- Inuuian, J. A. Duckworth,
Abraia Maura, lieurge 8. Owens.
All of these, wm, the exception oi Col.
Owens, are iu the present board and are
up for re-election. Col. Owens was put
in to fill the vacancy caused by the death
of John i>»w.-o.., r.sij
al.I.XAWKh'a TICKET
FoU-ia'i.i; ii fie ii ■ - bo,rd of direc
tors:
E. P. Alexander, . n. l'hinisy, Au
gusta; r.. .vl. line;., J. J. Wilder, A.
Vetsbur., 1:.1 y ttiun, .1. K. Garnett, C.
R. \Vihi is, A . i. Mills, Mavannsb; l\ B.
llarrolil, .ti.ericii-; I'at Celnoun, At
lanta; ll. II. Ho,libs and John C, Cal
houn, .V m i oik.
tie ii. .i. c i. *. r ha- heel, general man
ager : i tv e r . Pailroail of Ala-
^i,a?n. u- « '•-oryi* Railroad,
V,c.-i ---ih i. li.ueml Manager of
ll,e i, . ,ille ilaiir, ad. lie
i- ... u'a ,.sl sai promt-
ii.. ii i.i s' r i it* n tiling the war.
• i l test lu-i.ay in the Central elec-
n . very marked. There was quite
a .. -v n..inn r of leading men from dif-
1. ii i pai is .if I In State present. Voting
br,a al Id a. in., and Gen. Alexander
te-gan voti u lirst and,held the polls near
ly all day. lien he stopped he and his
friends hot put in nearly forty-four
thousand shares. Capt. Raoul and his
frienus xie toting at this hour 8 p. m.
It is hardly probable that the result will
be announced much before midnight.
As there are only seventy-five thonsand
shares it is conceded that Gen. Alexan
der will be elected by between ten and
twelve thousand shares. His friends are
- Jubilant to-night. No point was made
aga nst proxies of stock bought since
Oct 2nd. Morning News.
The only excitement in Athens is the
contest between Messrs. W. D. McDow
ell, a prominent young merchant on Col
lege avenue, and I. V. Murray, the re
tiring officer, over the position of aider-
man in the second ward. Mr. Murray
bad announced for re-election, and Mr.
McDowell opposed him. But a few days
before the election, somehow, the city
attorneyship was engrafted into the
issue. Mr. W. B. Burnett'* friendswere
supposed to bo supporting McDowell,
and it was even charged that he was
brought ont in that gentleman’s inter
est. On the other hand, it was gener
ally conceded that Murray would vote
for Cobb in the evenfef his success.
Both the candidates were popular in the
ward, and the contest was doubtful. Mr.
Cobb controlled the college vote, as also
considerable outside influence. The
morning of the election a report was eir-
cultated that McDowell was also a Cobh
man. Friends of Capt Burnett went to
him and asked if it was true. That gen
tleman replied that he was committed to
no one, sed if elected would go into of
fice unpledged; thst he would v Hsj for
Nashville Railroad, by just such Wall the candidate ho thought the hi. Jpsnd
gink influences, -wWefc eofllMW*tba Wsbirsxpsvtaie^'tokn^ Hri BuTi^.Cs
ATHENS & JEFFERSON.
friends were at first satisfied with this
reply, but about noon they discovered
that Mr. Cobb's backers were putting in
McDowell votes. This alarmed both
them and also Mr. Murray, who had con
fidently counted on the Cobb influence.
The result was thst the Burnetters
changed fast and began to vote solidly
for Murray, depositing 26 votes before
the polls closed that would otherwise
have gone for McDowell, so they say. On
th* other hand, Mr. Murray affirms he
would have been succossful by a good
majority had promises been kept. The
result, however, was the election of Mr.
Murray by two majority.
In a few days there was talk of a con
test, and in due time the papers were
served. Mr. McDowell’s side was first
beard. He was represented by Messrs,
l'ope Barrow and George D. Thomas; Mr.
Murray by Messrs. E. T. Brown, W. B.
Burnett and George C. Thomas. They
only challenged one or two white votes,
but a number of negroes. After legal
notice, Mr. Murray had his hearing last
week. His counsel, in their efforts, at
tempted to throw out the votes of sev
eral white citizens, and on the ground
that one had not got his receipt from the
clerk of council, when it was proved
that at the time he registered the city
owed him over $100 more than he was
indebted to it for taxes; and further,
thst it had been the custom of the citj
for years to square accounts with all sucl
creditors.
What the res -lt of the contest will be
we do not know. Both sides are confi
dent. Mr. McDowell's lawyers asked
for a heanng to-day before Judge
Hutchins, as they wished that the le
gally elected officer m%ht have the op
portunity of taking part in the organisa
tion of the new council on Wednesday
next. Mr. Murray’s lawyers, however,
ask that the matter be postponed until
the 10th, that they may have an oppor
tunity to study the testimony. We sup
pose their petition will be granted.
There the matter now hangs. Mr. Mc
Dowell's lawyers assert that they can
throw ont enough votes to set them
ahead, and claim the petition for post
ponement of a hearing as an acknowl
edgement of weakness on the M urray
aide. Mr. Murray's counsel affirm that
they will not only be able to hold their
U>wn, but will give their man an increased
majority.
neighbor-
from few.
-■
Ting in aland
and it re-
TOO MUCH LIQUOR.
Mr. llussrll Nays the Road Will As- J
Loaded Colored Man Thrown
suredty Be Dalit. . .
I from a Buggy.
lion. R. B. ilusscll, our member in the (The streets were filled yesterday with
legislaturr, was in our office yesterday, ewunken negr et shirering about the
and we asked him about the charier of ijrners and loudly talking. Conspicuous
the Athens A- Jefferson road that ha bad among the crowd was a negro named
passed.
"Yes," was the reply, "the road is
chartered, and 1 feel assured that it will
be built if the people interested will only
do their duty. It will cost about $100,-
000 to grade, iron and equip the road in
the manner I would like, and if Athens,
Jefferson and the people along the line
will give something like one-third this
amount the cars will be running through
in eight months. I do not ask them,
either, to take slock, but simply to buy
. JU«4 giQLikSge bonds on the road, and I
tutit would F>“
raent. 1 do not claim that I can build
the road myself, for 1 have not the capi-
tal; but there is a company at my hack
that can control all the rnoniy it needs.
1 will have a public meeting at Jefferson
during court week in February, and take
initial steps toward organizing and build
ing the road. Jefferson is enthused on
the subject, and one gentleman there
told me to pul him down for $2,000, and
says that his town will give $16,000
r-ther than miss the road.”
* Will the road be run in connection
With theG., J. & S.?”
“It will have no connect! >n with
that nne, nor will the Georgia road have
a particle of interest in it. It will be an
independent company. It is not p.opus-
•d lo let the road terminate at Jefferson,
but tu carry it above the place, so as to
intersect the Augusta A- Chattanooga,
probably at *>ry l'ond. This will give
Jefferson all the benefit that ean be de
rived from that great line to the West,
and again tap it in the interest of Ath-
•"*:, Hu ,‘ cour »' its present terminus
will be JeflcTaon.”
—Will it be « narrow guage?”
**Ye«, but ft well-equipped one. The
charter gives us the right to run through
any street in Athena, which will save tfce
' of PV in fi for » nyht or way. I
aball do ad iin my power ;o build the
!?*■... ” “J enterprise tails through
it will bo the fault of the people.'
Will Wilkins, who drove about in a bug
gy. The driver was loaded up to the
muzzle with mean liquor. At Baldwin
& Fleming's corner his horse started
across the street at only a moderate gait
and any child could have stopped it; but
Wilkins was too drunk to even guide the
animal, and he zig-zagged over to the
corner, the speed of the horse increasing,
and then the buggy either came in con
tact with a wagon, or the horse shied,
that pitched the drunken driver out on
his face, striking on the frozen ground
with great force. A fearful gash was
— —a— iSa. negro's hesiL anA it~»- —ln-
thought that his back and side are in
jured. He was carried into Dr. Lyndon’s
drug store, and from there taken home.
His condition was thought to be serious.
Yesterday one of the solid and clear
headed old farmers from an adjacent
county dropped into our office—a man
who has made a success of whatever he
touches. The conversation turned on
the interview we had with a gentleman,
wherein was described the destitution
existing among many negroes and the
poorest class of whites.
“Yes,” was the reply, “every word of
what your informant says is true, for I
know of many just snch cares that come
under my immediate eye. There U al
ready suffering for the necessaries of
life in the country, and I very much fear
that before the winter is over it will
be greatly increased. There are plenty
of families, not far from the sound of the
church bells of Athens, both white and
black, to whom meat is a luxury and
even corn bread far from plentiful. They
are without comfortable clothing, and the
hovels in which they live do not contain
$3 worth of furniture each. As I say,
there are such cases in evi
hood, and, alas! they are^
But these people have
*jy th*t»d M»tha v«
their troubles. Were the;
flowing with milk and
quired any management and industry to
gather {he harvest,it would,be the same
with them. This suffering class are all
natural born vagrants, and they are now
reaping the fruits of their thriftlessness,
mismanagement and laziness, sown ever
since the war. I had been expecting
this for several years, and I think we
are only getting a taste of what is yet to
come. Unless our people quit loafing so
much, and get down to work, there is
going to be starvation. I do not mean
among the people who work and man
age properly, but with the class that is
now suffering. These people have been
fastened on to the farmers like leeches
since the war, and have now sucked about
all the substance left us with the sur
render. We mortgaged our lauds to
support them, while they, in turn, did
just as little work as possible. They
strike a few pnny licks in the spring and
early summer, gathered their scanty
harvest in the fall, and the balance of the
year is devoted to loafing and frolieking.
Well, the farmers have sustained this
just as long as they are able. These
suckers, under the guise of laborers (?),
have about eaten up the land, and no
more can be drawn on it. They are now
being turned loose to shift for them
selves, and real suffering is the natural
outcome. Why, if we did not have the
best country on God’s green earth we
would have all been in the poor-house
long ago. There is not another land on
earth that could so long have stood snch a
siege from thriftless negroes and vagabond
whites. They are being shipped from
farms and are flocking into the towns and
cities, where the substance of the coun
try has been drawn. You will find them
veritable Egyptian locusts, destroying
all in their path.”
“What will be the outcome of this?”
we asked.
“God only knows. It is easier for a
leoparu to change its spots or an Ethi-
opean its skin, than to revolutionize the
nature of a nigger; and I must say, thst
there is a certain class of whites but
little improvement on these people. They
have been used to working just as little
as possible—knocking off every time a
circus, a big meeting, an election or any
public gathering comes within their
range. When they should be preparing
their lands or saving manure they are
visiting, fishing and hunting, and seem
utterly oblivious of the future. They
certainly let each day take care of itself.
The suffering and destitution that your
friend describes is the natural and legiti
mate outcome of this thriftlessness and
idleness. It is just what any sensible
man could foresee. I think it a good
sign when we see farmers lopping off
these barnacles. If they had driven them
off, or mads them get to work, long ago,
the country would have been much bet
ter off. I waste no sympathy on these
suffering loafers. Maybe starvation will
force them to work. Nothing else wilL”
Co oxen. Chamber, Athens, Ga, Jan
uary 5, 1887, 10 o’clock a. si.—The last
meeting of the old council was held this
morning. Present, His Honor, Mayor
Reaves, and a full board of aldermen.
The minutes of the regular called meet
ings in November were read and con
firmed.
The committee on water works repor
ted that they had considered the petition
of Lucy Cobb Institute to place two
small fountains in the yard of the Insti
tute, and while the committee would be
glad to supply these fountains, they do
not think the city has the power to ap
propriate money for this purpose, and
that the clerk of council be instructed to
notify the proper authorities of the In-
stitue of this action. The committee on
lights reported thst they had caused
lamps to be placed on Mil'.edge avenue
and at West End chapel, as directed by
council at last meeting.. Reports re
ceived and adopted.
The annual and monthly reports of the
Treasurer, Chief of Police, Clprk of
Market a;d Street com 1
„ (L
By cash paid keepscrntrisK^s. 711 8»
By cash paid tor aewer Jl''
By cash paid street band*. V 8.897 95
By cash oo hand.. -j 1,206 38
<8.404 1
mourns dps.
xm of 1836
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TREAB-
URER OF THE CITY OF ATH
ENS, GEORGIA, FOR THE
YEAR 1896.
7b the Honorable Mayor and Council of the
City of Athene:
Gentlemen—I respectfully submit the
following report, showing the receipts to
the city, and the disbursement of the same
by the city authorities for 1886. Also, a
eiatemant showing the debt of the city,
amount of taxable property, amount of
tax assessed on same, and other matters
connected with the finances:
GENERAL EXPENSE ACCOUNT.
Jan. 1 to cash on
hand $ 5,735 65
Jan. 1 to cash rec’d.
for rent of Town
Hall 16 65
Jan. 1, to cash rec’d
from fund for pub
lic school buildings 1,257 00
Jan l,to casu trana-
feerred from cistern ucct 86 50
Jan. 1, lo cash rec’d
33 00
9 70
67 09
20 00
82 50
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
HOW THEY ARE TREATED.
C«l. Smith Gives His Convicts
Christmas Dinner.
We mftke the following cxtrftct from
Mr. Shubrick’ft last report on his visit to
the state convict camp*. It will be seen
that, as usual, Col. Smith's prisoners are
Kplendid condition, and he is doing all
for them that the law and humanity re
quires:
“1 next visited the camp on the Macon
and Covington railroad. Here I found
seventy-six convicts, with only two in
the hospital, both being convalescent.
There were three others complaining of
coMa, hut not *ufticiently sick to go to
the hospital. These barracks, as men
tioned in a special report of last month,
are in good condition.
“On i he 23d I visited Camp Ogle
thorpe, and found everything in good
condition There are now at this camp
seventy-three convicts, with no sick. At
Col. Smith's camps preparations wjre
being made to give the convicts a Christ-
^NTRAL R;
CoWskation With t
NTRAL RAILROAD
Docs it Mean a
the Richmond
nd Danville Y
The total vote in the Central Railroad
election at Savannah was, Alexander, 42,-
100; Raoul, 2T,320—entire 69.329.
Gen. Alexander cast 37,000 votes in per
son, representing the amount purchased
fur dog tags..
Jan. 1, lo cash rec’d
lor pound fees....
Jan. 1, to cash rec’d
lor auction license. 50 00
Jan. 1, to cash rec’d
for peddl’ia license. 30 00
Jan. 1, to cash rec’d
from board of edu
cation 100 00
Jan. 1, lo cash nc’d
from rock, dyna
mite, Ax...
Jan. 1, to cash re’ed
for tine* in May
or's Court 065 65
Jan, 1, to cash rec’d
for magazine fees.. 134 25
Jan. 1, to cash nc’d
for market fees.... 624 04
Jin. 1, to caih reed
for Opera House
license
Jan. 1, to cash rec’d
for billiard and
pool license
Jan. 1, lo cash rec’d
for dray license... 685 00
Jan. 1, to caab rec’d
from laxes 20,547 23
Jan 1, by cash paid
on Waterworks ac
count
Jan. 1, by cash paid
on account of fire
department-
Jan. 1, by cash paid
on account of gas
and oil lamps, and
lighters.
Jan. 1, by ain't paid
for lota for public
school buildings
and advertising....
Jan. 1, by cash paid
on account of pau
pers
Jan. 1, by cash paid
ou account of print
ing
Jan. 1, by cash paid
on miscellaneous
account m
Jan. 1, by cash paid
on account of pule.
lie property
Jan. 1, by cash paid
on officers salaries.
Jan. 1, by cash paid
on Police account..
Jan. 1, by cash on
baod
Due from taxes of 1—
... $1,855 48 \\
Due from taxes Mck of tj'"'
1*86 4,050 pO.
Due from Athens Street '
Railway Company.. 2J0 l
Total.
"pest./
fbt of the cityoi
The debt of the city'on the
January, 1886, was as follows r*
8c. hoods, issued/ in
1873, to railrrafls..<48,060 00 \
day of
Town currency out
standing.
Due on open accounts.
Due on salary accounl
Total debt
$74,517 00
Of the foregoing debt, the following
amouuts have been paid during the pres
ent year:
Am’t due oo interest acc't, 400 00
Am’t due oo open *00*1*, 750 00
Am’t due ou salary acc’t
to Aldermen 800 00
Total amount paid <1,950 00
DEBT JANUARY 1ST, 1887.
The debt of the city on the 1st day of
January, 1887, it sa follows:
8 per cent bonds. Issued
1883 to Railroad, due
Jan. 1st, 1888 25,000 00
8 pel cent bunds, issued
in 1873, to Railroad,due
Jan. 1st. 1893 23.000 00
8 per cent bunds, issued
in 1873, to College, due
July 1st, 1898. 24,500 00
5 per cent bonds, issued
July 1st, lur Public
School buildings, due
July 1916 20.000 00
X .. “ pPg If
>*.. “ «'*•*■* 192
. “ “ . 7
In .closing my term of office I return
my heartfelt thanks tothe Mayor, Chair
man of Police. Committee ■ and general
council for courtesies and assistance
rendered by their counsels - in the dis
charge of my duties; and while the police
service has not been what I desired it to
be, it has been, I trust, satisfactory to
the Mayor and council. Very respect
fully, D. Cran Oliver.
REPORT OP CLEBE OF MARKET.
To the Hon. Mayor and Council of the
City of Athens, Ga.
The following is the annual report of
the Clerk of Market from January 8,
1886 to January 1, 1887:
1253 beeves at 50c $626.50
479quarters at 15c....- 71.85
203 veal at 25c 50.74
37quarters at 7ijc 2.80
1,144 sheep at 10c.
511 hogs ' at 10c
147 kids at 10c
<932.10
Treasurer’s fees one half
... .465.05
...<619.55
Total Bonded Debt, <92,500 00
Town Currency outstand
ing 67 00
Interest due, Jan. 1,1887
Due on open acc’ts, wa
ter rents, &c 900 00
Tuck, is the only ba^iff in Georgia who
we ever heard of mating money ont of
the office. Willingham has made and
paid for a good farm, which is well
stocked, and every cent of it, besides
the support of his family, came from the
fees of his office.
Bailiff Beat.—Col. Joe Willingham,
of Buck Branch district, has at last been
downed, and John Tuck takes his place.
The election came off last Saturday, and
resulted in the complete defeat of Col.
Willingham. He is said to have made a
large amount of money out of the bai
liff’s office in the past five years.
Will Not.Resign.—In speaking of
the rumored resignation of Senator
Brown, a special to the Columbus Sun
says: “A member of Gov. Brown’s fam
ily to-day told your correspondent he
knew of no ground for snch a rumor,
and that Senator Brown would leave
Monday to resume his duties in Wash
ington.”
< 2,621 25
2,879 69
Total debt.
taxable property. ]
Property of Whites.
Real • state 1,975,207 00
Vehicles and live
stock 71,444 00
Furniture, Silver
ware jewelry, Ac. 207,851 00
Merchandise 348,370 00
Honey,Debts,Open
acc't9 aud bonds. 804.834 00
Bank Stuck, 325,000 00
Gross receipts of
Insurance, Tele-
grapb. Express it
Telephone Co.’s, 261,141 00
Total 8,993,347 00
Property of Colored.
Real Estate, 111,450 00
Vehicles and live
1,905 00
stock........
Furniture, Jewel
ry, &c.
Merchandise .....
Money and debts,
11.349 00
1,030 00
675 00
Total,
126,409 00
4,244 22
1,257 90
Aggregate am’t of property, <4,119,756 00
Am’t of Tax assessed
on property at 110 p.c. 45,317 31
Am’t of street intru
sion tax 25 00
Am’t of Street Tax... 1,528 00
1,494 53
4,104 25
8.435 64
Total assessment of Tax.... <46,870 31
THE AMOUNT OF TAX FOB THE DIFFERENT
DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY GOVERN
MENT SEIKO AS FOLLOWS:
For general purposes,
50 per ct 20,610 15
For Railroad bond ac
count, 15 perct ... 6,183 04
College bond acc'tjS pc. 2,061 01
School “ “ 3 p.c. 1,286 60
Public Schools ac
count, 20 per ct.... 8,944 07
Street acc’t, 17 per ct. 7,007 44
Street acc't all of the
Street Tax 1.528 00
<30,444 *6 <30,444 26
INTEREST ACCOUNT WITH R. R. BONDS.
Jao 1. to cash on
band $ 405 85
Jan. 1, to cash rec’d
from taxes 6.197 14
Jan. 1, by cash paid
interest <3,800 00
Jan. 1, by cash on
hand ' 2,802 99
mas dinner. None of them will be
quired to work on that day.”
NEW BANKS.
by his friends. No point was made about
his proxies, although the Raoul party be
lieved that the by-laws did not legalize
any vote not held three months prior to
the ballot. Mrs. Greene’s block of over
six thousand voten had been bought out
right by the Alexander party and was
voted by him.
The Macon Telegraph says of the elec
tion:
The result of the election is a great
surprise to the friends of the present
management, who looked upon Capt.
Raoul's election as an absolute certainty.
They say it was the home vote that de
feated him, and instead of standing by
him, the bulk of the Savannah stock was
voted for Alexander.
It was rumored to-night that Capt
Raoul will be offered the general mana
gership of the road.
The impression has been current that
the syndicate which was after the road
is composed of wreckers.
General Alexander said to-night that
although 28,OUO shares of stock are held
North, the management will be left en
tirely to the South, and that the road
will be run in the interest of the stack-
holders and of the dtate. His policy
will be to build ut; the largest possible account with funds for public schools
i 1 . tr. . ... J : ,
$6602 99 $6,G02 99
INTEREST ACCOUNT WITH COLLEGE BONDS.
Jan. 1, to cash oo band.? 410 12
Jan. 1, to cash ricicvtd
from laxes ...? 2,025 18
Jau. 1, by cash paid
Knox School < 31 00
Jnn. 1, by cash paid in
tern! 1,764 00
Jao. 1, by cash on
hand 640 30
B»d Weather Nat Keep the
Ckll4r<a Away,
Cold and dark and snowy as yesterdav
tW ,V h<r * T* 1 *“ 65 percent, of the liti
tie folke in the Oconee street school at
,nd Prompt—a phe
nomenally Urge attendance under the
circumstances.
ia ahiLLiT* 1 ** two . thin 8»—the school
~* h »PPJ school, and the little
propl. love to go Take T0 ,ein an,
“ tow '>o likes to
h ’ “ d “ ““broken array
sometimes has It, then it means some,
tiling good aomewhare f or the school
AMioiuinhinj
Eight naw families are retried he
£ ° flhe
KSta New to
» Candidate far Be
tkat F bTlriilnot , L ln . U!r S,' W .
Albans'Capital ta Be Considerably
8wollen.
The last legislature granted two char
ter* for banks in Athsns—the Exchange
Bank, with paid in capital of $50,000,
with Mr. B. K. Reaves at the head, and
the Athena Loan, Banking and Savings
Association, with a capital of $50,000.
The former bank will be organised in a
few days, as everything is ready for bu
siness. The latter association was gotten
up by Hon. R. B. Russell, and is also
assured. It will open doors about the
lat of February. It will do a general
banking business, with a savings depaart-
ment Such an institution is a long-felt
want in Athens. It will also negotiate
loans on commission and do a general
brokerage business.
local traffic, to enttntrage emigration and
anticipate the needs of business in the
way of transportation facilities. A daily
line of steamships will be established be
tween Savannah and New York as soon
as he thinks the trade will warrant it.
He will make no removals in any of the
departments at present, and removals in
future will be only for inefficiency. Gen
eral Alexander’s policy will be to run
the road :n the interest of the stock
holders.
ABE WE BOTTLED.
THE MACHEN INJUNCTIONS-
Th* Status of tha Bills sad Cross-lllls FU-
*4 la tha case.
Macon, Ga, Jan. 3.—[Special.] To
day a petition was filed by J. C. How
land, attorney far C. A. Thorpe, asking
thst the Utter be made a party tothe
aoit between the Georgia Southern and
Florida railroad company, and the Cov
ington end Macon company. A cross
bill was also filed asking that Thorpe’s
assignment be sat aside on the ground of
misrepresentation in obtaining the same
for the benefit of the Georgia and Florida
corporation. The authorities of the road
do not think the petition will amount to
anything, as they possess written con
veyances from Major Thorpe to the com
pany. The injunction ease between the
two roads was postponed to-day on ac
count of tha Ulness of N. E. Harris, at-
terney for the Covington and Macon.
W when^'wnT 1 ^
B Southern Snow.—Mr. Luthur I
Burch came down from Gainesville yen.I
tenUy, and tells na that not a flake of
snow has fallen north of HarmenyGrovs. I
The up-oountry has not experienced any
of the severe weather felt in Athens. hJ
The Bannek- Watchman has opposed
the ascendancy of the Alexander party
because it believed that the Richmond &
Danville system might be behind ihe
scenes end it would be a calamity for
Georgia and Carolina to have these two
competing systems unite.
Yesterday's Atlanta Constitution says
It is not a violation of confidence to say
at this writing that the Richmond &
West Point Terminal company, which
controls the Richmond and Danville
$2,435 30 $2,435 30
INTEREST ACCOUNT WITH SCHOOL BONOS.
To Cash rec’d from tnxrs, 1 190 38
By cash paid Interest.... 300 00
By cun on band, 890 38
$1,190 38 <1,190 38
CISTERN ACCOUNT.
Jao. 1—To cash on hand, 86 50
Feb. 1—By am’t 'rans-
ferred to general ex
pense acc't $80 50
<86 50
To cub rec’d from ux-
e» of 1886 ...X... 7,935 86
By cub paid over to
Treas. of Board of
Eaucatinn 7,770 19
By cub on hand... .. 165 67
<7,935 88 <7,935 86
<500 00
85 80
1,257 00
system, has been from the inception of
General Alexanner*! fight for the presi
dency of the Central railroad, hU earnest
and potential backer. That some ar
rangement hu been agreed on between
General Alexander and the West Point
Terminal company cannot be doubted.
What this arrangement is the future
must develop. It is stated positively that
the final result will be a merging of tha
Richmond and Danville and tilt Central
systems. We cannot Touch for the truth
of this statement, but we do now know
that it will bring those two great systems
into close and harmonicas relations.
A word may be said u to the position
of Mr. S. M. Inman, one of the directors
of the Central railroad on the Raoul tick
et Mr. Inmaan has been repeatedly
tendered a place on General Alexander's
board, hut banc associated with Mr.
Raonl ho declined to take a place in the
new board. Had his consent been given
his name would have been owbeth tick
ets in yesterday’s contest
Pkrched coffee has gene np to 22 cents
per pound--the highest price in years. .
ACCOUNT WITH FUNDS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL
BUILDINGS.
July 1.—
To ca-li reoived far <20,000
nf school band* <20,000
By auh paid J. H. Rucker,
commission for negotia
ting bonds
By cash paid J. H. Rucker,
bill for printing hoods,..
By cuh refunded lo gen
eral expense account
amount paid for Iota and
advertising
By cash paid for “Notice to
Con'rectors,” 2nd time..
By cash paid W. W. Thomas
on account as architect-
By cash paid E. W. Burke
for desks....
By cash paid drayage on
desks
By cash paid Mrs. Hodgson
for lot
By cash paid M. B. McGinty
ou contract for buildings
By cash paid Maddny &
Jones
By cash on hand
17 16
300 00
1,475 00
1,500 00
8,000 00
39 00
7,811 79
<20,000 <30,000
STREET ACCOUNT.
January 1.—
To cashauhaud......,.< 33 73
To cash received from Mrs.
Smith for work oo pave
ment g 00
To cash received from Mrs
Cobb for work on pave
ment 38 03
To cash received for rock,
dynamite, Sx. 41 03
To cash received from
taxes 8.394 17
By oaab paid blacksmith
By cash paid for pair of
make....
By cash paid tat misoaHtv
209 80
835 00
Stall rent
j Respectfully submitted,
f Jno. W. Bkumbt, ter S. F.
lAldeyman White moped thsPinanmuch
3 stall rents are a part of the fees of the
office of clerk of market that the clerk
should receive one half of these fees al
so, and that the treasurer be instructed
to refund to cierk of market one-half the
stall rents paid to the city for 1886, and
that in future the clerk of market retain
one-half the stall rents. Adopted.
The fallowing bills were ordered paid
when properly approved:
Athens Gas Light Co. $2.70, $6.90,
$2.70, 85c, $268.75; Bloomfield Reel Co.
$4; Childs, Nickerson it Co. $21.85; W.
McKinnon $5 and $10; O’Farrel it Hodg
son $11.75; Talmadge Bros. $8.48 and
$25.00; Hodgson Bros. $12.32; Childs,
Nickerson & Co. $1.05; Jos. Jacobs
$25; J. H. Huggins $9.22; Maddrey &
Jones $15.40; E H Dorsey $31.50; H K
Nicholson $7.35; Hull t Hipkins $17.65;
M. B. McGinty $70; Pioneer Janitor
$20; Edge, Dorsey & Co. $14; M. B Mc-
Giogy $27; $2.85 and $86.08; Pioneer
Co. $60.
The following resolution, introduced
by alderman Gantt, was unanimously
adopted:
By Alderman Gantt—
Resolved, That the council desires to
record its high appreciation of the effi
cient services during the past year of
His Honor R. K. Reaves, retiring Mayor,
and to return thanks for the impartial,
courteous manner in which he has pre
sided over the deliberations of this body.
The annual reports of the city officers
give substantial evidence of the value of
Mr. Reaves’ services to the city.
Resolved, further, That the council
extends to Mr. Reaves and the outgoing
members of council best wishes for
health and prosperity, with regrets that
their pleasant associations are now sun
dered.
After a short address by Mayor Reaves
the old council adjourned sine die.
W. A. Gillklanp, Clerk.
TOE NEW COUNCIL.
Immediately after the adjrumment of
the old council, His Honor Mayor Reaves
administered the oath of office to the
new Mayor-elect, Hon. A. H. Hodgson.
Hia Honor Mayor Hodgson then ad
ministered the oatn of office to the new
aldermen-elect, viz: Wm. Dootson. I. V.
Murray, M. B. McGinty and Dr. J. A.
HunnicutL
The Mayor then announced the new
board properly organized and ready for
business, with a full board present
Alderman White stated that inasmuch
as the Beat of Alderman Murray was be
ing contested by Mr. W. A. McDowell,
and a decision of the matter by the judge
of the superior court of this circuit would
be had in a few days, he thought it
would be best for the council to adjou.-n
this meeting until the question was set
tled, and he moved that council adjourn
until 10 o’clock a. m. on the 10th inst.
Motion adopted. Yeas, White, Hunni-
cutt, Gantt McGinty; nays. Smith, Mur
ray. W. A. Gillkland, Clerk.
Bubpee Bros.—We invite especial at
tention to the advertisement ol this [ive
young firm, that has just opened at the
old Benton shops, inear ReaveirtStable.
They will manufacture carriages, buggies
and wagons, and also/do a general repair
work. The Burpee Bsoa. are well
known to our citizens as reliable and
clever young men and first-class work
men, and they will doubtless do a splen
did business. If you need anything in
their line give them a call.
__ becoming mG.dWHrR.ore appal
ent, that there is no room in this country
for the permanent existence of a great
party organization on a purely class ba
sis. It has been tried repeatedly under
the most favorable auspices, -but after
the first gust of popular passion, in which
movements of this charactes ordinarily
have their birth, it invariably disintegra
tes and subsides because of the narrow
ness and un-American character of the
foundation upon which leaders seek to
rear their superstructure.
The meteor-like rise and fall of the
old Know-Nothing party was 8 notable
exemplification of their experiences, and
we begin to think that the Knights of
Labor notwithstanding the great noise
they are, or have been, making among
us, ore in a fair way of duplicating their
fate. The former planted itself upon one
idem, and the idea con emplated a system
of class legislation scarcely in harmony
either with the self evident truths pro
claimed by tne Declaration of Independ
ence, or the generous provisions of the
constitution, which was Its outgrowth.
The patriotic sentiment of this country
was largely in sympaty with it at the
start, but when its organizers and lead
ers entered the political arena and con
tended for the “spoil” with the same ea
gerness and the same spirit of self-seek
ing that had characterized the old parties,
that sympathy was gradually withdrawn,
find TCn/W-MA$ltltSllnWlSt wtlalalk — ! A !s_
SOHETHINO FOB THE LaDIKS.—Mr.
Hope H. Hale, of Maysville, has bought
the rights of Jackson, Banks and Clarke
counties for the best thing in the way of
shears we ever saw. They are nickle-
plated, double-edged, reversible shears
(Bryan & Wooten patent) They are
so arranged that when one edge becomes
dull, by simply touching a spring they
are reversed. Then again, a spring be
tween the blades keeps the points close
together, so it matters not how worn the
rivet gets, they cut as well as if just from
the store. They are razor-steel, highly
finished, and cost but little more than an
ordinary pair of shears. A good pair of
scissors is a great luxury to the ladiev,
and there is 110 humbug about the ones
Mr. Hale sells, as can be seen at a glance.
He will establish agencies to receive
orders.
and Know-NothingtSm, which with its
one idea, had awepf she country like a
simoon, was permitted to die a natural
death. It lived its day, and nothing now
remains but* memory.
_ So of the Knights of Labor. Their
rise and progress in many respects have
borne a striking resemblance to their
illustrious predecessors, the Know-Noth
ings. Like these they have their private
conclaves, their passwords, grips, etc.;
and like these, also, they insist in s spirit
of selfishness the machinery of State and
Federal legislation shall be employed as
occasion may require, uot so much for
the common welfare as for the special
benefit of a particular class. Their spirit
is the spirit of proscription. Like the
Know-Nothings, moreover, the Knights
have many grievences and complaints
about and against such of their fellow-
men as are not of their own way of think- to Mr. l’owdorly, pretesting sgainst
23" l f „ g0Ternme " t ’ S ° CK>1 - they cal! his arbitrary interference
Black Locusts.—Hundreds of pover
ty-stricken negroes are moving into
Athens, and every hovel in the city is
rented, and still there is a demand for
more. Farmers are driving them off,
and they flock to the towns and cities.
The vagrant law should be rigidly en
forced. Such new-comers as these should
not be admitted to our public schools.
They pay no taxes, and are no earthly
benefit to the city.
Mahbied.—On yesterday, at St. Phil
lip’s church, Atlanta, Mr. John H. Peper,
dry gosds salesman at H. K. Nicholson's,
and Miss Carrie B. Varaedoe, of Atlanta.
The bridal couple reached Athens last
night on the 8 o’clock Georgia train, and
a reception tendered them by Mr. A. W.
Vess at his home on Jackson street The
presents given Mr. and Mrs. Peper were
numerous and beautiful. Our best
wishes a'-tend them.
Fob the State University.—Yester
day the governor drew three large war
rants in favor of the State University.
The first was for $8,925 the semi-annual
interest on the State's certificates of in
debtedness from one to seventeen inclu
sive. The second was for $3,157.07,
semi-annual interest on the landscript
fund. The third was for $8,000, the reg
ular annual appropriation. The three
sums netted to the University a total of
$50,082.07.—Constitution.
HENRY CLAY BELCHER-
Ttnal assessments, .., ..w <46,87031
ASSKro ANP LIABILITIES.
ASSETS. a
City Hall, S.OOilAr
Firemens Hall 1,500 00
Rock Quary 150 00
Two Magazines... .. 750 00
Mules, Carta, Rock
Crusher, Engines,
Tools, &c. 3,800 00
Iron Safe end Office
Furniture, ........ 600 00
150 Gas Lamp Posts,
Giobes.Oil Lamps,Ac. 1,950 00
Demands Due 8,108 43
Luts for School Build-
iocs and Buildings
unfinished 11,000 00
Cash on hand, to credit
of all acc’ts. 21,954 10
Total assets
....<50,709 53
LIABILITIES
As per statement of debt,..,. <94,303 00
Respectfully submitted,
W. A. GILLKLAND, Tress.
ANNUAL SEPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE.
To the Honorable Mayor and Coun
cil of the city of Athens: Gentlemen—I
respectfully submit the following report,
showing the number of arrests, amount
of fines, and other matters connected
with the Police department for the year
1886.
Number of arrests.... 174
cases dccketedl74
white male.'... 52
colored •‘rrr-.— 94
white females.. 2
colored “.....26
found guilty or
plead gouty.... 156
dischuged .... 17
bound over to ci
ty court 1
Amount of fines impos
ed
Amt. of fines collected
and paid treasurer. .<965 56
Amt fines worked oc‘
on streets and contin
ued 121 45
Amount of fines remit
ted 32 00
Amount of fines served
ont in prison.... 12 20
<1,131 30
What He Has to Soy About His Con.
ditlon ond Ills Prospects.
Editors Banner-WatchmaJi: In your
highly appreciated journal a few daj-s
ago, I read a brief sketch of myself, ani
madverting upon my recent orgies. Al
though I would naTe preferred reticence
in regard to my unfortunate contretemps,
I am constrained to say that you have
elicited my highest admiration and grate
ful feelings, for the eulogistic and sym
pathetic words in which your article was
couched. Your kind words will have a
salutary effect, and I sincerely pray be
instrumental in restoring an isolated and
unfortunate man to happiness and for
mer manhood. I deem it more honor
able to acknowledge my foibles than to
attempt to palliate or deny them. But,
in vindication of my errors, I will say
that few ever had as potent incentive to
become the victim of Bacchus as the sub
ject of your sketch. The loss of two be
loved wives and seven idolized little chil
dren, added to extreme poverty and con
tinual disappointments, is sufficient to
have made Nero weep and overwhelmed
the strongest of minds. I can’t obtain
employment to enable me to live
commensurate with my former
life. My appeals seem to be
ignored by all to whom I apply, and
1 almost execrate myself and feel that
suicide would be a pardonable offence in
my case. 1 have made effort after effort to
secure profitable employment in Athens,
and every appeal has only added another
dagger to my heart and augmented my
mental anguish. Man's inhumanity to
man makes countless thousands mourn,
has been realized to the utmost extent in
my cas4. I am now out o employment
and no means to defray my expenses.
This is a very disagreeable predicament
for any intelligent man to be in. This is
my common fate, though I hope through
the benifident disposition of some one to
soon find a decent way. to make a sup
port. Yon have my highest respect for
tha sympathy you expressed in my be
half. Truly &c.
Henrv Clat BELCnKB.
P. S.—I would write you in better
language, but I am too much enervated
at present. H. C. B.
Public Sale.—Owing to cold weather,
but s small crowd attended sale yester
day at the Court House. Following prop
erty was disposed of:
House and lot in the city, belonging to
Henry Barefield, was bought by E. K
Lumpkin for $8.
House and lot belonging to Tom Reed,
col., sold to E. K. Lumpkin for $15,
Machinery belonging to D. M. Wil
son’s shoe shop, was sold to M. B. Mc
Ginty for $50.
7 20
Amount collected from
impounding stock <
Amount of tax. ft. lias
13 75 . ^2 66
Amoontof accounts for
rock; etc., collected- 46 25
1,131 30
2,026 01
<5? J Fines
Goodrum zu*de24
Moon “ 14
Hill “ 13
Culp “ 26
HcKie « 36
JOHN ROACH DYING.
0 23 23 0 $276.31
2 17 15 2 139.66
1 30 26 4 159.63
3 29 28 1 210.49
6 28 23 5 346.31
r <1.131.130
32 arrests have Veen made for violx-
Ixtion of section ofjordinsnees 219.-
102 arrests for violation of section 225
180
185
198
203
^1, 296
irlSS^Ed.’ W. .213
tineas - department*
|ch position he hai
iomnetont, byhisoz
His Disease the Same As That Which Car
ried Awav Oeu-ral Grant.
New York, Jan. 3.—It is announced
upon authority of his own family that
John Roach, the ship builder of Chester,
Pa^ is suffering from epitholema, and
beyond the reach of medical help, except
so far as it mar alleviate his sufferings.
His ease is very similar to thst of Gen
eral Grant, the location of the disease,
however, being in the roof of the mouth
instead of the throat. The cancerbegan
to develop last January. In March an
operation was performed, in the hqpe
that the disease might be eradicated. In
the Slimmer the trouble returned, and '
became evident to the physicians that
there was no hope. Roach is now fail
ing gradually, his agony relieved only by
anodynes.
A Trrkibee Rnflection.—The pres
ent election will result in retiring the
negro from politics in Athens and Clarke
county, for they have made it so shame'
fully disgraceful, that hereafter the
whites will nominate a ticket and give
them no chancd to.sell out. There is a
unanimous demand now for s nomina
tion.
„ 41 aM'lMBtapa m'-ui'.i'r. Mrs;
RodgeraoudUst night: “I received the
*“■! I have
hastened to obey it. Last evening I yisit-
od four local assemblies in DistrieT24,
and would have visited six had I been
sble to get around. There has been
very little dono in District 24 in the way
of subscribing to the Anarchist defense
fond, and I think, as far as this assem
bly is concerned, the order affects sub
scriptions to the United Labor party
more than anything else. You see tho
Knights of Labor are too apt to think
that a political earty bearing such a name
as the new one must necessarily be for
and with the laboring men. I hope that
this will prove to be sc, but it will never
do for the asemMies of tho Knights to
support any party with funds of their treas
uries. Now, suppose an assembly was
Democratic by a slight majority what
will provent the members from votinga
sums to the Democratic campaign fbnd?
or if Republican, to the fund of that par
ty : That would never do, and Mr. Pow-
derly recognizes the fast. 1 have ex
perienced no opposition from any of the
assemblies, except in a few cases where
the members where sympathetic with the
Socialistic movement. Some of the mem
bers of these assemblies expressed their
conviction that they had a right to do as
they pleased with funds; but on a vote
the assemblies always decided to obey
Mr. Powderly’s order.”
‘The order rrofif fhe Hi n~t TT TTIUI'l ~~ s,,.
Workman was not alone sent to Mrs,
Rogers, but tho master workmen of tho
different district assemblies, and is re
ceived with favor by all the more prom
inent and conservative Kniehts. Anoth
er prominent Knight, in commenting on
it expressed Mrs. Roger's view sand said
that it was a mistake for the laboring
men to be too cnenthusiastic over the
now party until they have ^secn it in
office. “All the parties,” said he “are
labor parties now-a-days, and if ,the
Knights begin to squander their money
in supporting them thoro will not be
enoi gh left to pay the rent of an assem
bly hall.”
It is’said a movement in opposition to
Mr.,Powderly’s mandate has been start
ed by the Socialists in the form of a let-
At the White House.—Mrs. Cleve
land has just purchased s very fine New
Home sewing machine. This is the first
sewing Machine ever sold in the White
House. Mrs. Cleveland gave her own
check for the machine. The Heme is all
the rage now. Too me 11 & Haselton,
Sole Agents.
Small Grain.—Farmers in the city
yesterday tell us that the oat crop has
not been injured as yet, as there was but
little water in the ground and the roots
were firmly fixed in the earth. It is the
spewing up of the ground that kills out
oats.
HARMONY GROVE-
ogy and political economy. They have
been inspired largely by a spirit of pro
scription which has nothing in common
with the genius of a free people. A
jreat natior -1 party in this country is as
ittle likely to succeed in the hands of
cynics, or misanthopes, or monopolists—
call themselves what they will—as it is
with class legislation or exclusive privi
leges as its basis. It is cot surprising,
therefore, that the Knights are already on
the road to dissolution, and that the cohe
sion which kept them together at the
start is gradually being supplanted by a
factional spirit on the part of the leaders,
and a feeling of revolt on the part of the
rank and file, who begin to be weary of a
dictatorship that has promised thorn
great thing,.but giTen them little or noth
ing. From every part of the country
como reports of this and that District As
sembly calling upon Mr. Powderly, the
great moeul of the order, to summon a
special national convention of the Knights
“to consider a proposition to rescind the
action taken at Richmond,” which is con
sidered unconstitutional, inasmuch as it
added to the members of the General Ex
ecutive Board, divided the office of secre
tary treasurer into two offices, elected
the officers for two years instead of one,
levied assessments without the consent
the local assemblies and made other con
stitutional changes without having sub
mitted them to the local assemblies
sixty days previous to the meeting of the
general assembly, as provided in the con
stitution.” This is indicative of nothing
it is not an angry temper, and it probably
matters little whether Mr. Powderly
yields to the demand for a convention or
no, the temper will probably bo produc
tive of an explosion that will shatter the
unity of the order as a national body be
yond repair. In the cities it will proba-
ply reach the maximum of its influence
and its power in the New York vote
for Henry George. Its subsequent at
tempt to capture Boston was a signal
failure, and from present indications the
campaign upon which it has entered in
Philadelphia will be attended will no
less unsatisfactory results.
The Knights started with a commen
dable principle, or idea,—the elevation and
inprovenent of the industrial classes by
removing the burthens which press up
on them In one form or another; but,
departing from that principal or idea, un
der the fatal allurements of political am
bition, and seeking to exercise an almost
unlimited power over their fcllowmen,
they are now in a fair way to pay the
penalty which invariably awaits all ex
periments os the kind. But we da not
believe their collapse will arrest, as it
certainly ought not to arrest, any legiti
mate movement for the emancipation of
our domestic industry from the imposi
tions that have been placed upon it by
narrow or inconsiderate legislation in the
interest of monosolies. On the contrary,
the healthful progress of popular senti
ment in thst direction will probably be all
the more pronounced with the subsidence
of an element whose novel theories of
reform, allied to its extraordinary as
sumptions of the power over the pi-rson,
if not its absolute denial of individual
liberty, has justly alarmed the great
body of our countrymen, who are not
yet. prepared to accept the demagogue
proposition that our free system of
government is a failure, or that, as re
gards the industrial classes, it is unabie
to respond to the advancing requirements
of the age, and should therefore be su
perceded by seme now experiment which
the Knights themselves have patented.
■ s of the local assemblies.
: this action will be inter-
1 in the interests of capi-
political parties, asks that
i appointed to investigate
in this city, and tells the
workman that unless the
td his authority in a tna-
cal assemblies will not he
recoguized. '
Uasphemlng,
Brown, an in-
for may years a
Harmony Grove, Jan. 5.—Oh, the
snow, the beautiful snow. We are hav
ing plenty of it to-day.
Maj. Sock Pruitt, of the Banner-
Watchman, passed through the Grove
yesterday on his way to Homer. The
Major is a “brick.”
A large drove of mountain cattle pass
ed through our town this morning, head
ing for Athens.
V ery little property was sold at sher
iffs sale at Homer yesterday. The land
that was sold went very cheap, owing to
the scarcity of bidders.
Hon. Pope Barrow passed through the
Grove yesterday morning, en route to
Jefferson on professional business.
The election for county officers : s at
tracting a great deal of interest here to
day. A great many people are in town
to-day in the interest of their favorites,
notwithstanding the inclemency of the
weother. Will write you the result to
morrow morning.
Fell Dei
Four years ago
telligent colored
resident of this city, n^kd medicine 1
der Dr. Kdward von l^hofl; the well-
known surgeon of l<XW, st Chestnut'
street Brown tves an pupil and
followed his studies with imp appliu '
tion under Dr. von Donhoff
with advantage to himself. C J|
of that time ho went off to
and attended lectures in one ol^L i lr ]
gest and best medical colleges "
country. When his course was firtShed
he graduated in the first half of hia class
and came back to Louisville to settle
and practice his profession. II^ was well
acquainted with the colored people con
versed wel and dressed smartly and be
fore long he had a large and} lucative
practice, tile only drawback li bis pop
ularity was the fact that he nel^r attend
ed church, and openly boastod of being
an atheist Dr. Brown, being a single
man, occupied ae leeping room over his
office at 1411 Grayson street
Last Sunday night about 10:30 o’clock
Brown met Rachel Jones and Elvira
Smith, colored women, who together oc
cupy a house in neighborhood, an ther __
were coming from church, and accom-
panied them home. One of the women
asked him inside, and he entered. Sev
eral more colored people came in, and the
company were sitting around the
fireplace talking when a religius contro
versy sprang np between two of the men.
They were arguing the point, when Dr,
Brown stopped them. He said they were
two fools, and were talking a mere lot of
bosh. He said there was no Christ, 1 and
that the person of that name was merely
an ordinary person, who happened to be
better morally than the people among
whom he lived. He said there was no
God, and that He was an imaginary per
son whom people like to believe in sim
ply because it makes them comfortable.
He made fun of sacred things, and was
in the midst of a tirade of awful blasphe
my, when suddenly an ashy paleness —
came over his yeilnw features, his voice
faltered and failed as if the tongue had
cleaved to the roof of the mouth, and
with a terible expression on his face he
tottered from his chair, stood steady on
his feet a second, and then fell a corpse.—
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Narrow Escape Fran
Alive.
LOCAL LEGISLATION.
Everr Bill Affecting Local Interests
Should He Published in Full.
Editors Banner-Watchman: Your
interview with Mr. Russell about the
Athens and Jefferson road develops a
danger which constantly menaces this
community—that of legislation affecting
J.i.II. _ C Ll.t.
THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE.
Spanish Jealousy.
Madrid, Jan. 3.—Should the United'
States Congress reject tha new treaty
with Spain, a duty of 25 per cent will
be levied on American imports, and the
government will immediately make over
tures to other European powers in order
to obtain new markets for West Indian
exports. Spanish statesmen of all parties
look with uneasiness trad jealousy upon
the increasing intimacy of the relations
between Cabs and Porto Rica on one
hand and the United States on the olher.-
Cattle are getting scarce around Ath-
many being shipped off.
The senior editor of the Banner-
Watchman considers it very unkind,. to
ssy the least of it, that the Augusts
Chronicle, in publishing the correction
of a slander against him in its columns,
sent by reliable gentlemen of this city,
should first have erased a portion of our
communication, and then setting the
same in smaller type than any used in
the paper, stock it at the bottom of a
column. Had the Banner-Watchman
been guilty of circulating such an un
mitigated statement about Editor Walsh,
or any other journalist, it would have
given the correction as much prominence
as it did the first charge, and Mao would
have calftd editorial attention to the
same. T. L. G.
A Sharp Shock ta Charleston.
Charleston, Jan. 4.—Quite • sharp
shock of earthquake was felt here at 10
minutes before seven this morning. The
vibrations were frdm east to west and
were very perceptible for 15 or 20 sec
onds, and caused s general rattling of
windows aqi cracking of walls,. bnt no
serious damage is yet imported. . The
shock was also felt at Summerville, Or
angeburg, Columbia, Savannah and Au
gusta. 7
our interests, the details of which we
are utterly ignorant of until the bill be
comes a law. For example, Mr. Russell
introduces s bill to incorporate this new
road and it is passed without opposition,
and without a citizen of Athens, except
Mr. Russell, perhaps, knowing rrhat
privileges the charter conveys. What
citizen of Athens would have consented
to a railroad coming down any street in
the city at the option of ils directors, to
“save the expense of paying for & right
of way?” It is an extraordinary privi-
Mount Jot, Pa, Jxn. 1.—Samuel
Smeltzer, who has just returned from
Red Lion, York county, reports the peo
ple greatly excited over the narrow es
cape of a respectable citizen from being
buried alive. Henry Weichman, aged
45, who had died suddenly, was being
lowered into the grave, when his weep--
ing son suddenly cried out: “I must see,
father once more; something tells me
that he is not dead.” The young man’s
appeal was granted, and the lid of the
coffin was removed. The body was
found to be warm,and was carried back to
the houst, where the supposed dead man
slowly regained conscious newness, and is
supposed to bo getting well. The
Weichmtn family aro certainly having a
Happy New Year.
DANIELSVILLE.
Public Sxle-Feraonal and General—No
Campaign Slanders—Town Council Blea
ted.
Danielsville, Jan. 5.— [Special.]
There was a conspicuous absence of egg-
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" “J • *** c*w»wiuiii»ry UTIVI- • , , .
lege, and it is extraordinary that our rep- ao / 1 * :oun . ty trcasarer -
a-a: 1 U 1 * A v . r. Thorn is a a
nog here during the holidays, and an un-
usual number of turkey dinnerar With *
the new year there are any number of newj
resolutions.
’ Misses Nellie and Gnssie-CoHisst,
Athens, who spent most of the holidays
here with tlieir sister, Mrs. David W.
Meadow, have returned home.
The Iteese Barber land, 150 acres, sold
here to-day at Administrator’a sale to
Mr. John W. Barber, for <787.5*’.
Politics is waxing warm, the greatest
interest being in the contest for sheriff
j
resentative should have assented to it
It is inconceivable that be should have
drawn s bill with such a feature. Wc
S resume the intent of the charter is >0
ring the road right down Prince avenue,
as that is the highway to Jefferson.
What will the property owners along
that beautiful street have to say to it?
Their hands are tied. The bill is a law,
and presumably they were cognizant of
it while it pended in the legislature.
This is not the only instance of legisla
tion open to severe criticism from the
tax-payers of this city. It to safe to say
that every local bill would meet with
some opposition. If the objections are
strong enough to develop active opposi
tion, let it come. Every bill affecting
our interests should be published in full
before its passage. We haves right to
demand it.’ CrriziN,
Piling an the Agost.—The card from
Col. J. S. ’Baughn, of Lexington, asking
eorrespoadence with a view to matrimo
ny, has been copied all over the country,
and also in the New York Sun. A gen
tleman who saw CoL B. yesterday tells
us that every mail brings him s basket of
letters from girls living in every State in
the Union, anxious to embark on the
sea of matrimony with him. If this bu
siness keeps np much longer Lexington
will be made a first-class post-office.
Hr. J. B. Toomer paid <170 for a par
lor mantle.
There is a notable absence of the usual
campaign slanders, mean whisky -aud
money. Of course there is some lying
and mean advantages taken, bat not near
ly so much as usually attend each cam
paign!.
The town council, as elected last Sat.
urday without opposition, for the ensue-
ing year ia as follows:
Dr. Geo. C. Daniel, Messrs. E. P. Eber-
hart, Jno. Williams, Hemy McEwen and
John L. Stephens. Only II votes were
cast in the election.
The. Danielsville High School opens
on Monday morning 10th inst Under the
management of Pro!. Lewellyn' Browne
assisted by by Miss Lois Wiekliffe, one
of S. (Pa fairest aud most .accomplished \ "
daughters, die school gives greater prom-(foN
■ise than ever to those seeking the benefit ,.
of a first-class institution. ’» ^
Wedneslay morning is
warmer and snowing
WiLi Warm Uk—The
through Maddrey & Jo- 1
a furnace, with full ci
their church comfortabii
of weather. The furnace was shipped
from Now York on yesterday, and will
probably arrive in time for use on Sun
day week. The furnace has been needed
for some time, and when put in the ser-
— :u l— ...k: a ut • iL.*. ■
vices will bo subject to no further inter
ruption.
_ Toother's monkey got drunk the other
night and jumped in the fire.
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