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Pr. Clrrdinr lind 1IU Florida Trlp-A
.lfauiinwih ■■•tel-A New Kina of
Elnerlns- The Auwion and Their
Work >‘Ooi*>." PictureandSeneyt*
Object-A 1,I#In Sentence,
tail talking with .l)r. t’.crjine.day
before yvw».*vd*y,-*btott hf* l’lurttia trip.
Tilt Doctor visited several pieces in the j , ^
peninsula stale, but remained in ‘St. Au ‘I ’.^1
gnatiae loafer th«n anywhere else. U.o | . .
■nil that th- P.mce do Lmou hotel, now
in prooexa of construction in St. Augns- j ' :
tine will cost \jro end e half million dol- • we* n plain cue, and the Judge let
lira. It will certainly be the largest and
finest hotel in America, if not in tho
world. It will overtop the Palace in San
Francisco, the Palmer in Chicago, and the
Windsorin New York. It will stand in
a park of eighty acres, in the midet of an
orange grove. No partof the hotel will
he higher than three stories, while much
of it will be one and two itories in height.
11 will cover many acre* of ground rathei
than tower skyward.
The doctor says that it is the intention
of theowner to get ready by next Janua
ry. Its interior arrangements will be
perfect The furniture alone will cost
over half a million. Every room will be
furnished alike—there will be no such
thing as a difference in accommodations;
the man man who sleeps in the highest
story will reclino upon as downy a bed
as the man who has apartment* adjoining
tho reception rooms on the first floor.
Millionaire snd drummer will te lodged
alike. The rates will be uniform, four
dollars per day being the price agreed
upon. It is difficult to aee how the own
er will get a fair return upon so costly
aa investment Hit idea' tar that thous
ands will visit St. Augustine and the
Ponce de Leon, solely for the purpose of.
6oeing the hotel. That ita magnificence
alone will attract thousand* of visitors
whose money will pay the owner a hand
some interest. Norther millionaires,
unlike our Southern people, are satisfied
with two or three percent on their in
vestments, and are not disappointed
when they do not get more.
V
Dr. Gordine looks very much better.
His trip to Florida has benefited him
greatly, and ho looks as natural as he did
before the late attack made him so ill.
lie declares that “the land of flowers” is
a delightful place to spend three or four
weeks—that the climate is glorious in
the winter time; that the hotels are de
lightful, that there is plenty of fun for
the man who likes fishing, sailing, hunt
ing, and other aquatic sports. That the
people who spend the winter in Florida
arn excellent companions, being usually
v good class of Northern people. That
the men are gentlemen and the women
ladies, and the society of the hotels as
pleasant as one could desire. The Doc
tor was in St. Augustine during the re
cent severe fires. He declared that no
thing on earth could ioduce him to stay
in an upperroom in ona of the large ho
tels there. The hotels are moatly made
of wood, of the fat, rich, yellow pine,
which barna aa rapidly aa paper. He
regards the average Florida hotel as a
veritable fire trap. The Ponce do Leon
hotel will be almost fire proof. Its walls
are being constructed of the same mate
rial of which the old Spanish Fort was
built years ago, and the walls of the- fort
vre perfect to day, showing how suitable
the concrete substance is for building
purposes in that climate.
*»*
T' D ii-tor did some very close notic-
iu . . in Florida For instance, he
I d i n-porter that the floors of the
av is ii' muse now going up were not
constructed of plank, in the manner our
floors were built. He said that scant
ling, three by four inches, was almost
entirely used. This scantling had sev
eral advantages over the usual flooring.
In the first place, it is from three to four
times thicker than the ordinary floors.
In case of fire, it presents a solid wall
which will resist the destructive march
of the flames for a much longer time
than the usual flooring. That it has
other advantages any one can see. It
deadens all sound, which is a great ad
vantage in hotel accommodations. The
noise of your neighbors over-head does
not reach you, and one can go right
along and make as much fuss as one
pleases, safe in the thought that one is
not becoming a nuisance to those under
neath, From Dr. Gerdine’s remarks
upon the subject, we should infer that at
one or other he auffered very much from
thin walls and sound-oonducting floors,
for he was certainly enthusiastic upon
the subject in conversation with the re
porter.
•a*
The city assessors evidently believe
that Athens real estate is becoming more
and more valuable. The result of their
recent work in this line shows beyond
all doubt that their individual opinion is
that real estate has greatly increased in
value. The assessment upon business
property in the city has been raised con
siderably, and the figures upon residence
property have also been .advanced. In
very few cues have the asseisora been
too extravagant in their valuation. The
proof of the padding is in th* eating, and
when they astern a man atn certain fig
ure, and he refuaeato take that for the
property, it Is reasonably certain that the
property ii worth it The sale of real
estate in Athena lately, shows beyond
all question that its vafne has increased.
A gentleman told a lot bn Clayton street
the other day for almost twicaaa much
as it cost him a year or two. ago, and
altar disposing of it, had the satisfaction
of hearing that there was a man who was
willing to give him shout five hundred
dolltrs more than whst he received for
it. In several instances property has
sold here for a great deal more than it
cost. The difference in price*'represent
ing a large increase for twelve months.
. Ig*
•T by a fine of fllty dollars and costs.
. ,*1lfty«
U said that the object in fining him
lightly was to use him as a witness
against the others. If the offiesrs
the other* under arrest there might be
something in this; but as they have
to oatoh the other thieves, it seems to ns
thshthe action in letting Foster off
lightly cannot be very satisfactorily ex
plained. If the coart had sent Lon
th# penitentiary for a number of y -am
they could have obtained his serv -e*
whenever wanted. .Indeed there wo ltd
be s little more certainty of them than
they are now. If Foster-had received
the fall sentence, and an example made
of him, it would no donbt have had a
healthy effect npon the other evil doe in
who have been violating the law and t ••
commandments in Athens.
SandersTllle Want* to Tap Union
Paint and Athens.
The Middle Georgia Progress, a paper
published at Sandersville, contains an
editorial urging the important * ’ “*
ing a railroad from that town to
Point, via Linton. The Progress i
"It will ha seen-that dfcm is a
in the chsrW^Torniading Ah road
built to Linton. Indeed, it is not stal
A MEMORABLE MEMORIAL
BEAUTIFUL day AND GRACEFUL
'• OBSERVANCE IN ATHENS.
The JHernins and Aflernoon-Exer.
' cites nt the Chapel—Bensarlcs By
light, totha green slope ofthe fortress on j small opening in this fence, which wss
the left, above which - floats tho “stars j occupied by
an i stripes,” to the frowning walls that this
that it shall go through Sparta. It has
" that the
been suggested that the very level lands
about Devereaux offer an inviting root*
which would be from Linton on a direct
line to Union Point There are
points which make the building of the
contemplated railroad an easier under
taking than has heretofore been sup
posed. In the first place, as has been
suggested in a previous issue, though
the countty between Sandersville and
Linton is broken, yet, by following the
meanderings of certain streams, the grad
ing would be comparatively light Again
snd just here is a feature that cammends
itself especially, the S. & T. road is al
ready equipped with rolling stock which
now stands idle three-fonrt&s oi the
time. Officials are already employed,
and as the iron is laid, the business will
begin without the expenditure of a dol
lar for rolling stock. The road can be
built if the people will it, and unite with
an earnest purpose to put it through.
There are other suggertions which oc
cur to us, but which we will reserve for
a future issue."
Athens' will give this enterprise its
hesrtiest endorsement and aid, as it will
give our city another.railroad and bring
to us the cotton and trade of a jwj rich
section of Georgia, that now goes to rival,
points. How would it do to get the
Georgia road interested in the enterprise,
so that the trains that leave our city on
the Athens branch could run through
unbroken to Sandersville? This is what
we want to see done.
THE ANNEAL PARADE.
The Prises (ar the Different Con
tests notv on Exhibition.
The annual parade and inspection of
the Athens Fire Department will occur
on the Oth of May. Chief Baldwin and
his assistants are preparing for a big time,
and will doubtless have it
The prizes for the different contests
have arrived and are now on exhibition in
the show window of Scudder, the jew
eler. These prizes are very handsome,
and are for the following contests: ,
1st—A pesch-blow berry bowl, for the
best reel that runs 100 yards, makes coup
ling and shows water through 100 feet
of hose. The berry bowl going to the
reel making the best time.
" 2d.—A ruby bowl, for the best time
made with ihe following'conditions: Run
50 yards, grab reel and carry it 50 yards,
making coupling and showing water
through 50 feet of hose.
3d.—A silver lruit stand will be award
ed to the six men making best time under
the following conditions: Run 100 yards,
take up section of hose, make coupling
and show water through 100 feet of hose.
4th.—A nobby gold-headed cane will
be awarded to the best spanner making
the best time to the plug, and getting
water.
These prizes are worth contesting for,
and no donbt will inspire the boys to
good deeds to running.
Mr. Harry H. Phinizy has been asked
and has consented to deliver the prizes,
the prizes will be delivered immediately
after the contest.
After the day’s contest a big banquet
will be given, at which the boys propose
hav* a good time.
flravwatlktCnatttrji
Yesterday was a beautiful Memorial
Day. The morning was dear and cool,
snd the fresh verdure and bright flowers*
seemed to spring brighter andmore beau
tiful from the shades of night, for a hal
lowed purpose. There vras but little
doing on the streets. The bank* closed;
store doors commenced to shut .early in'
the day and windows were put down
before noon. Th* town seemed filled
with the spirit of memorial before the
opening of the exercises’at four o’clock,
and it was clearly evident that Memorial
.Day ha I become fixed i* the calendar of
Btat* occasions,
■ AT TBS CHAPEL.
^ .^hppftjyafO ».large crowd gather-
ed flBaUifterettychspei-oa tb*ease-
pus. SB i iagea fuu of flowers and at
tendants wheeled through the streets
long before the opening hour, and those
who had not decorated the graves or (or
warded their floral offerings earlier,
brought them to ths chspel on their way
to the cemetery.
At the chapel the religious exercises
were conducted by Rev. W. D. Ander
son of the First Methodist church, him
self a gallant veteran of the civil strug
gle. Music was furnished by the brass
'■and and by a select choir who rendered
appropriate Anthems.
Seated on the stage with Mr. Ander
son were Mr. Sylvanus Morris, the ora-
•r, and Mr. E. R. Hodgson, who in be
•nil of the ladies’ association, introduced
ho speaker to the audience.
Mr. Hodgson arose and said.
MB. HODGSON'S KEMABK8.
“Ladies of the Memorial Assoc’ation;
i'adics and Gentlemen: This is a day set
■put for a sacred purpose. To-day all
through this sunny Southern land
he first flowers of the new spring-tide
■hat come forth in their beauty and fra
grance to gladden the earth, become
i.vmbols ofsorrov^andare sprinkled with
ears. The lily snd the ro-e that unfold
heir liv ing gtoriea to greet “the
orgenus king of day rejoicing in the
ast,” in the evening are cut down and
” mingled with the dost and ashes of
the dead. In commemoration of this
hallowed custom'we come again with
grateful hearts to pay tribute to the
memory of the gallant Confederate sol
dier. I would not dare to breath the
thought that the annual recurrence of
this day was needful to freshen the mem
ory of those who. lived in the stirring
days of AVer between the States. Brave
men who have stood side by side on the
battle field when shot and shall like
hurtling hail were mowing comrades
down; the maiden or the matron in your
midst who has pressed the farewell
kiss upon the lips of loved ones as they
went forth, perhaps never to return:
these need no memorial day to bring
back to them the noble deeds of those
noble suuls whose bones lie buried be
neath the scattered flowers to-day; but
another generation then unborn has risen
since that time. This day looks upon
tilings both old and new. The survivors’
of that momentous struggle and the
descendants of their dead comrades meet
and
Wosx Going Ok.—Yesterday the
work of excavating the foundation for
the new stores and opera house
began in earnest A large number of
hands were throwing out dirt, and th*
teams of th* contractors were busy haul
ing off. From the present indication, it
looks as if the work will go right along,
Th* dirt it being moved rapidly, and be
fore long the foundations will be hud. It
is the intention of the contractors not to
lose a day, but to go right ahead. The
contract calls for the completion by the
1st of September, and the contractors
even hope to have the work finished be
fore the appointed time.
The Y. M. C. Association have shoot
gotten the necessary amount for their
new building. The problem before them
now is to select a suitable lot. One or
two of the officers, I learn, favor the lot
on Clayton street, next to the Episcopal
church, now occupied by Miles Johnson.
In conversation with a well-known gen
tleman, the other day, it was learned that
a movement was on foot to sell the build
ing which is to be erected on the vacant
lot next to Crawford’s drag store to the
Association for a home. Unless this
building is constructed with an eye to
the needs and requirements of the Asso
ciation, it etrikee us that it would hardly
do. It is learned that the Association
can purchase for a very reasonable
amounts corner lot on the Henderson
Hons* properly. These lots have the
advantage of being corner lota. If th*
bnilding to be erected by the Association
is to be a handsome affair, a corner lot
will show it off much bettor thsn a lot
between two brick wall*, There are
aaveral lota near the business part of th*
city suitable forth* purpose. The. <
now
it aa _
building. Indeed there is no acaratv of
vacant lota in Athens. Than an lota
suitable for every class of buildings, from
a Salvation Army barracks to a monster
i cathedral.
New Post Orncxs.—Congressman
Carlton went to work so soon as ths offi
cial mantle fell oA bis shoulders and is
doing some good work for the people of
his district He has had established a
number of new post offices snd mail
routes, last week securing two new offices
in Madison county that the people had
long petitioned for—one named G hols ton,
at Mr. Pope Gholston’a store, with Wm.
AV. Kidd as postmaster, and one at Eba
nner church, between Danielaville and
Harmony Grove. Capt Carlton is also
working to get a new mail line in Wilkes
county, and another from Philomath, in
Oglethorpe, to Centreville, in Elbert
nty suitable for the purpose. The. corner
i*w occupied by Dr. wade’s doctor shop
a an admirable location for a pretty
It ie said that the recent freak of Mr.
Beney will coat him about five hundred
dollars. In th* first place, h* will have
to pay the expenses of the artist snd his
vrUs to Athens, their expenses while
hero, and their expenses home. 0
course, In addition to this, the picturi
will have to be paid for. Mr. Ssney’i
otyect in having the negro woman’s pie
tore taken has excited considerable com
xnent It cannot be for tho reason that
“Dot” will make a work of beauty, for
she is old, ugly snd naattractive. It is best
‘ ’ 'as follows: there is now i
t Northern people for any
he nogroin it. Men of
, who write stories in which the
dialect is a prominent feature,
i no trouble in selling their manu-
i multitude of read-
ers. Mr. Senoy has doubtless this crazo
in a very aggravated form. When
“** * gets toNew York, he
r envied by all his neigh-
or of a fine portrait of
i negro, in the act’of
ies she has been en
comment in Ath*
action of Judge Hutching,
court, in letting off the
who burglarized
s store, so lightly,
only one or one of the
•n caught, and against
has been obtained to
Against Foster, there
Da. M. G. Little.—One of the finest
pharmacists and dentists in the state is
Jr.M. G. Little, of Crawford. A mi
her of the examining board iqyi that
among all the pharmaciate in the State
Dr. Little stood the second best evapiina-
toin. He ranks also at th* head of his
profession as a dentist, and secures work
not only from Athens, but other large
cities in the state. This is certainly
high compliment to so young a nun
Dr. Little. He is a man who would soon
mak* his mark in New York.
Ths Sxvxn Slerfxrs.—!Last Sunday,
at the Oconee street church, Mr. Owens,
the pastor, discovered that seven lead
ing church members, ranged on a seat in
' :re all»
front of the pnlpit, were all sound asleep,
one of them bring a preacher himself.
Mr. Owens naturally grew indignant and
d a severe rebuke to
administered a severe rebuke to the
slnmberen, saying that he had as; well
go to tne graveyard and preach the C
del to a congregation of skeleton^
such inattentive hearers.
A Severe Wind.—The wind of Friday
night was especially severe up the coun
try, and blew down a number of . out
buildings in and around Harmony Gfrov%
but doing no very serious damage. Many
people thought it a cyclone and were bad
ly frightened. The centre of the storm
seemed to
of the
— ■ .
The G., C.&N.—Major Morrison says
he has not heard from South Carolina,
but that dirt has doubtless been broken
on the G, C. AN. ere this. The Major
leaves to-day for Atlanta, via Lawrence-
ville, as a ** survey of the route will at
once be made. The cross-line to Atlanta
has been completed and the past week
the engineers were engaged bn office
work.
Death Knill of the BoycottA.—
boycott that can he knocked into a cock
ed hat by a five cent glass of free sods
water is certainly a very puny affair.
We predict that the disastrous fa
of the students’ combination against Dr.
Rush will eternally end their boycotts.
It would be a ridiculous fare* for th*
boys erer to declare another.
mingle here in thia memorial. The
younger thrilled by the recital of the he
roic <Wda of his fathers; the older ad
monished by his frosted hair, that he is
still marching on. marching .on, to join
his old command, and now he stands al
most in sight of camp. The beautiful
white tents of his comrades are spread
beneath the shade of the trees just be
yond the river. Thus we move on and
make room for others. So, it has been
accorded me. My duty is to present to
yon another. Mr. Sylvsnns Morris, the
chosen speaker of to-day.”
Mr. Hodgson’s remarks were received
with cordial applause, coming as they did
from a warm heart and hrightod by a
graceful manner.
V MB. MOSS I S’ ADDBESS.
Mr. Morris then said:
Memorial orators are wont to extol
in lavish phrase and ornate period the
names, the deeds, the heroism of the
Cohfederate dead. They delight to
draw comparisons from the histories of
Rome and Greece. Why need I attempt
what has already been successfully ac
complished? Their name* are written in
history, their deed* embalmed in poetry
and their herotXro celebrated in song.
Why need I tell of Marathon orofLenc-
tra, of Pharsalis of Cannae, when -the
whole South, froAp the snows of Virelnla
to the sends of Texas iv one grand Ther
mopylae? While honoring th* deed let
me speak to the. living. Memorial asso
ciations were organized with ihe primary
object of commemorating the Confeder
ate dead by erecting monuments and by
establishing memorial occasions. They
have a second and a nobler mission. (If
thia I would speak. There is a growing
tendency among the people of this coun
try to regard with indifference anything
and everything that i» past to - believe
€Hat nothing worthy of emulation or ad
niretion existed -n Uy-tgme vy; to
brand as o d fogies all who honor the
men and the deeds of former times; to
consider nothing worth knowing or car
iag for ehind this rashins, living, active
ire sent Nothing can be more deplore
lie. History is unanimous that,
those peoples only are " strong,
lasting, who feel an honorable pride
in the deeds of their'ancestors. No peo
ples can be long in the land save those
who honor their forefathers. A people
without a past i« s people without a fu
ton; a people without history is a people
without hope; a people who ignorantly
or wilfully ignore their past history are
traitors to their future hope. Th*. natu
nil temper or the Southern people is
averse to this tendency. They inherit
from thrir English ancestors that spirit
of conservatism, which ia tha distinguish
ing racial trait of that great people. This
is. one of the misfortunes incident to the
disruption of manners, customs, habits
of thought and life caused by the late
war. Memorial Aaaodation*, by build
ing monuments, by observing memorial
day, cm check this tendency, by bold
ing up to the admiration and emntstion
of the youth of tha country tha noole
unselfishness, the gallant achievements,
the patriotic sacrifices of their kinsmen
and fathers; can make,can educate spare
and honorable citizenry, fit to role the
destinies of this great country; can build
a breakwater to withstand the furious
waves of anarchy, communizm and cor
ruption, which threaten our institution*.
A* the war was fought for good govern
ment, you may thus snatch from defeat
ths very victory which was denied to
the man we meet to honor. Though
overcome they will be more than con
's—though dead yet shall they
These memorial occasions have a
deeper significance than the strewing of
flowers or the graces of oratory; Memo
rial Associations have a higher duty than
the building of monuments. Perpetuate
your associations, keep ever green the
memory of the gallant dead, in no narrow
spirit of keeping alive jtectionsl animos
ity, but in the broad snd catholic
of the patriot who strives for the good of
our common country. Let me now
speak of another duty—a duty not con
fined to Memorial Associations, but em
bracing our entire people. Some years
since it was my fortune to visit one of
the tames founded by the United States
government for its disabled soldiers. The
home is replete with every comfort, nay
luxury, that money can buy. with libra
ries, reading rooma.bUlknlhaUi. bath*,
boathouses, chapel, theatre, hospital,
conservatories. As I stood upon tha
tower of that home snd looked down
upon the velvet lawn, dotted with gleam
ing statues, beautified by parterres of
brilliant flowers, upon the war-worn
veterans lounging under the trees “fight
ing their batUsAoter;” as my eye travel
led on beyond the break water to the blue
waves of the roads basking in the sun-
crown yon island to the historic
fSrto the right, (The point that
white with the tents of thousands on the
morning when steamed into right that
™. r “ T y strange looking craft, the revolu ionizer
of the navies of the world) as the charm
and beauty of that tradition-haunted
association—hallowed scene sank
into my sou), ere the
came tome again and again, like tha, re
frain of a song, the question, where are
the homes of the helpless snd shattered
veterans of that other army? that army
whose home-coming the eloquent young
Georgian, Henry W. Grady, ao patheti
cally portrayed. For them no grateful
country with lavish hand beautifies re
treats. Of late years a home for disabled
Confederate soldiera hash ten-established
at Bichmoad, and Virginia, noble Virgin
ia, burdened with debt, robbed of territo
ry, stripped of private property; Virgin
ia, true to henelf in spite of adversity,
baa donated a considerable sum of mon
ey to rid this - cause. The ' Confederate
soldier’s horn* at Richmond depends for
Support not npon a victorious govern
ment, with an overflowing treasury, bit
upon the love snd generosity of a grate
ful people.' In response to an appeal for
help made recently, Athens, be it said to
her honor, was one of the few cities to
send a donation.
A little more than a genera
tion has slipped away since Appomatox,
snd have the Southern people so soon for
got? Do they ihink that monuments and
flower-deckea graves are their whole
duty? My friends, honor the dead, bnt
honor also yourselves by helping the
1 ving. Though you cannot build snd
endow costly homes, a structure reared
and supported by the free gifts of a
grateful people is ncfbler in the sight of
men tot i m> i''f 1> u < of I’hotel ties
Invalides. Go with me a moment to a
far different scene: Tis December 13,
1802. We stand on ihe summit ofa hill;
around us are cannon in position; to right
and left, as far as eye can reach, stretch
the gray lines, the sullen guns, the glit
tering bayonets, the fluttering flags. Be
neath us yonder in the road, behind the
wall that skirts our hill, stand 2,500
Georgians waiting in ominous silence.
Dense masses of fog fill all the valley.
Strange sounds come up out of the ob
scurity. A hundred and fifty thousand
men are there preparing for the coming
straggle. "As the winter sun climbs up.
the vapor rolls any like a curtain, the
the level plain stretches to the oM town,
the river sweeps bevond, the distant
heights bristle with cannon; tq the righ
ere embattled ho-ts who will witnes the
carnival of war. A nd now the steady tramp
of thousands of radenced steps rise on
the air. From out the turn they come,
line on line, rank on rank, their polished
arms flish back the snn, their flags ripple
in the breeze, their words of command
ring clear along the ranks, and strains o f
martial music burst upon the air: on. on
they come; “the shrill trump, the spirit
stirring dram, the ear-piercing fif-v ahe
royal banner, ami all quality, prid -]pdiD|>
and circumstance of glorious war And
now the everlasting hills shike with the
crash of “tho cannons' opening roar.”
each hill-top is s flaming volcano, and
pours down s deadly storm, shells tear
through the massing columns ptou hing
long breaches; 'hey close up. they fill
the gaps, they reform th- ranks: on. on
they come, ftcingthe pitiless hsil of shot.
Behind that wall wait tho 2,000, grim as
fate, silent as destiny, every eye is fixed,
every ear is strained to catch the expect-
frame house, and in
Cobb and I were stand-
received his woqnd in
soon is he fell*to the
to him, being only a few
ascertaining where the
k from mv pocket a very
silk.handkerchief and
that, to atop the flow of
1/ remember this—that
I might bind the wound
pain, Gen. Cobb said
ar of this, but to bind
;ht as possible.
ing this time the firing was tor-
id my reooUaetion was than was
near him- bat myself. Being the
adjutant of the brigade, I detailed a squad
of men to cany Geo.-Cobb to the rear on
a stretcher. Th* men had to walk in a
half-bent posture down to the road be
hind the stone wall, and even then some
of them were shot down before we got
to th* railroad cot, which was the first
shelter that could be obtained.' AVhen
we passed oot of the heavy firing, I start
ed to leave the meh with a stretcher, di
recting them to mate as rapidly as possi
ble, and went forward on a-c^i for aaam-
babnee^KIhis time every remarkable
thing oocurred. I heard .tha tread of a
horse, and casting ay ere around, I
found my bay mare, whicn had broken
loose from where I had hitched her to
the rear of the line of battle and being
nearly frightened to death, was running
at her utmost spead. To my utter as
tonishment, she rushed up to where I
way standing, all trembling with f*ar L
and as soon as she did ao, I leaped into
the saddle and put her into a full ran for
an ambulance. In a half or three-quar
ters of a mile I met an ambulance ooming
in that direction. I pot this team into a
ran, sod in a few minutes we met the
men with a stretcher.”
AU agree that Gen. Cobb was wounded
on the roadside, by a house at Marve’a
Hill.
CABO FROR THE SOLICITOR
GENBBAL.
Editors Bannbr- Watsaman : It ia dis
tasteful to me to write cards explaining
the official conduct of myself or my
friends. But your issue of Tuesday does
soch gross injustice (unintentionally, no
doubt,) to Judge Hutchins, that I, know
ing the facts as 1 do, would f el like an
ihgrate and unworthy the friendship of
a-.y man, if I permitted tha publication
o pass unroticed. In that Issue you
nay: “There is considerable comment in
Athens about the action of Judge Hut
chins, • f the Superior, Court in le ting
off the negro, Lon Foster,.who burglar
ized Hampton & Crawford’s store, so
lightly The negro is the only one, or
one of the few who have been caught
and against whom evidence has been ob
tain*-1 to convict them. Against Foster
there was* plain case, and the Judge let
him off by a fine of fifty dollars and costa.
It is said the object in fining him so
lightly was to use him as a witness
ag-inst the others ” tee, tie.
The facts about the case are these. The
defendin'. Loo Foster, with-another, was
i - tii-ied at this term of the Court for bur-
gtary. Before the criminal docket was
t ken up Mr. Tom Hampton, tile prose
cutor, sent word to me at the court house,
by Judge G. Thomss, that as Foster
had owned up and implicated the other*;
atid th..t when there was very slight evi-
denc- against him, he and Mr. Crawford
were both anxious that I should reduce
the offense and give him an opportunity
to pay j>ut—thus enabling the State to
use his testimony against the others
ed command, and at the word, a sheet of when they should be a created, and
flame darts along the walk 2,000 bullet* the county the heavy expense.of having
speed to their work. Crashed, broken, t0 bring him hack and forth from the
mangled, shattered like chaff before th-- penitentiary. I -told Judge Thomss I
Wind, yon gallant array is scattered. cou M not give the case that directien
Again and again, six times, they form and without seeing Mr. Hampton and talk
come, six times repulsed, 14 brigades ;„g the matter over fully with him. I
hopelessly .hurled into “the jaws of then sent for Mr. Hampton, snd when I
death,” until the ringing cheers of Mea- came to look into the case, I found so
gher’s gallant Irish, hushed in death, fit from ita being “a plain case,” that tha
close the scene. Amid the shock and chances were I would not be able to con-
roar of thst conflict, the pure and spot- vict him oCanything.
less soul of a Christian soldier, patriotic j Resides a confession Foster had made,
citizen, sped upward above tho billowy there was very Tittle evidence against
smoke, above the deafening --rash of mus-! him—certainly not enough to authorize a
ketry, above the blinding sheets of fire, 'jury to convict him of burglary. Now,
np to the God who gave it This April, the law is imperative that for a confes-
broeae shakes out the silken folds of a j a j on to be admissible, “it nmsthsve been
flag floating to-day on the hill-top where made voluntarily, without being induced
so many that day bravely and vainly by another, by the slightest hope of ben-
strove to plant it; sod to-day, as then, it efit, or remotest fear of injary.”
floats above a host—s host of the dead, Mr. Hampton told me thst he could
The green mounds, line on line, the, not and would net swear that Foster's
snowy monuments, rank on rank, mark confession wss so made; that it had been
the resting-j
i of the thousands who
g-places
came oat pr thst old town, thst day, in
all the pride of yonth and strength. No.
monumental shaft, no sculptured marblqwhole 'truth
held out to him if he would confess it
would go lighter with- him, and that he
would get off lightly.if he would tell tho
Sod tuipT
bpHcate the others.
erected by a grateful government, indi-! Of oonne there was nothing wrong in
bfeatl-lalMt *M|this Wt**em»wt.taOV» y- igfiat the State is conceited to M some of
propria teiy begin^ than jn^ Athens, Jhe the guilty'escape, entirely inorder to ob-
DEAD 111 ARIVEH.
Sad Death hr Drawhiag In Baakl
County Jan Cans* ta Light.
HoitxR, April 28.—[Special.}—06 last
Saturday evening James Morris, in com
pany with several, of his friends snd
neighbors, went fishing up (he Hudson
river. They went up the river about a
mile and agreed to fish back down the
river to a bridge in B. C. Alexander’s
plaice and then go home. All of the
crowd stayed together except Morris.
H* crossed over snd was fishing to him
self- When they had reached the ap
pointed place of meeting-he (Morris) was
not thire, and it was then shout night.
They called Morris, but no reply. They
then decided he had gat through fishing
and had gone home. Hia little brother
was in the crowd, and was living with
Junes this year. When his brother
readied home be found thst James bad
not come, and the family knew some-
* ing.. wrong or he would have been
ere. The little fellow want quickly to
several of the -neighbors' houses, hot
could not find out anything about him.
A^rowd was then gathered np to go on
a hunt for the lost man. They went to
where howaa last si-en, bat be was not
there. They began to search on each
side of the river, to see if he had fallen
in, and finally found him headforemost
in the river, dead. Morris was about 25
years old snd has been married four
months. ~ HU father, R V Morris, U a
prominent citixen of thta county. The
coroner held an inquest over the de
ceased. The verdict of the' jury was
thst Morris drowned himself, but as to
the certainty of what brought about hU
death we are unable to say. He has frr
a long time been eabject to spells which
rendered him unconscious snd helpless.
He leaves a devoted wife, father, mother,
siatera, brothers and a great maay friends
to mourn his departure.
Homo, April 24.- Special.—Not "the
Wilderness” in Virginia, rendered mem-
orable by reason of bloody war, bnt a
wilderness'in Banks county, a a, not un
known to fame, in' the "piping times of
peace.” ^
If you approach the village of Homer
from below, you will cross a little branch
a mile sway. If you turn down and fol-
ow it for a time, it becomes a creak and
empties into the river. If yon continue
down the river for more than a mils, an
other creek flows in. And if yon then
ascend thatcreek snd ita branches totheir
head waters, snd cross thence back to
the first branch, you have thus compass
ed a region which, within the memory of
the oldest inhabitant, was a waste, howl
ing wilderness. Among the earlier asso
ciations of that hoary individual, con
oected with the premises, cluster recol
lections of a little corn mill on the upper
creek, of a small trading post on the lower
one, established and maintained by a
snccesrion of the Bosh boys, of whom
the Ute lamented Dan. Bush was of the
tine, and of a few little cabins and patches
in all tfce intervening snd adjacent terri
tory. It was a vast, sparsely inhabited,
comparatively barren region, composed
of swamp and ridge land, of thicket and
bromMa, of.ravine and hill, and of bluff
and vine and knob. “Tha red man of th*
woods” had long ceased to roam the
wilds. Bat the Tight of science, or of
late methods, had never assumed sway
in his stead. Ths fleet deer, the trim
turkey, the shy fox, the fat kine, the
nimble squirrel snd an abnndanoe *f oth
er small game were still denizens of ths
country, snd thought by some to be the
most valuable products of it
As late as when James K. (Polk) Thomp.
son moved in, iinee the war, the produc
tive capacity of that land was nnknown.
The choice spots then poorly repaid tha
work and trouble of a crude cultivation.
Now how changed 1 The whole face of
nature taema transformed. Mr. Thomp
son is pre-eminently the live man of hia
time in that, section. He brought with
him a superior system of husbandry, and
by ita applicatioa he haa literally made
“the wilderness to blossom like the rose.”
He has reclaimed and pat in a high state
of cultivation three or four hundred acre*
—mostly river, creek and branch bottom,
capable of the finest yield*—600 barrels
of com sad 80 hales of cotton, besides a
anpply of other farm products in 1886.
He haa seeded down in fine grasses 20
or 30 aCTes of rich pasture lota, and has
residence,
Miss Hannie Yerby, the belle of Madi
son county, who is teaching a flourish
ing school at Center, attended church
stMoore’e Grove on last Sabbath. The
people of Center should congratulate
themselves on being able to employ the
.services of such an accomplished lady.
There are several cases of measles in
onr neighborhood among the negroes.
INTEBTILLE NOTES.
W intertills, April 26.—[Special.]—
FisWng expeditions are now the order
Saturday is always a very busy day
with our merchants. "
The surveying corps of the G, C. &
N. -.oad are camping near our village.
They are makiag a general survey ofthis
ard surrounding sectioor recording the
heights, depths, eteu,of the land. They
Cairn Athens to b* 100 feet higher than
Winter rill e.
Col. H. C. Tuck, or year city, was in
oar town lazt Saturday, from whence he
went down on a visit to his sister, Mrs.
Elbert Carter, near here. Wean truly
glad to see CC^Tock so highly re con-
amm last Wednesday, carrying leaves,
pwer ud clothes from the yards ovef
which it passed.. The garments were
earned over two hundred yards, at a
’’■■‘“ht of CO feet in the air.
[r. W. 8. Dunahoo received by mail
astrtofaasiMframtatq, which ha aaya
enable hunt* hear better than he could
before using them. They are made to
fit into the ears.
came her* Aon
the
— home of Mr. Z. F. Stanton.' He is a
storing yonng man, and his oondition is
ssource of anxiety to bis many friends
aspirations, not being
candidate for this honorable
sible position to which he is ao highly
recommended, h* would doubtless ac
cept it snd grasp his duties with more
seal and show a higher appreciation of
tha office than If Jlgitad been^a. active
Thera is a mineral spring near here
whieh is said to be possessed of many
curative powers. Later on it will be
mentioned more particularly in theta
jottings.
The man found hanging in the court
house in Ben Smith’s district was sup
posed to he Charity Shnhsrdt, of Ath-
All cows and hogs ar* being impound
ed whet found at large in the part of
town lying in Walton county. If they
8 l*ym Jackson county they are unmo*
Rev. Mr. Stone,’ of your city, preach-
* * ’ ‘ ’ iat tne ‘
ed to a large congregation at the* Meth
odist church hare last Sabbath.
Dr. Carter is. preparing to have his
dwelling made more spacious and com
modious by a general renovation.
Madison county is now truly the cen
tre of whisky traffic.. In seme sections
-the bar rooms an nearly as thick as the
-dwellings along the reads, some of them
carrying a stock of more than three thou
sand gallons. There ate several govern
ment stills on the .verge of operation.
Some ofthe whisky dealers say their
patronage ranges from Washington, to
Toccoa, and their bnlk of patronage snd
profit is from neighboring dry couatiev.
There are many benevolent and philan
thropic people in Madison county as can
b* found anywhere, and and strange to
say they quietly and subsiissively toler
ate such a stigma, and what wS plight
call such gross imposition. Ths (Suit
ties in the people, not the grocery men;
the voters, not the dealers.
The many friends and admirers of Miss
Htsste Green, of Mt Pleasant, are pained
to hear of her protracted illness. Her
aiater, Mias Lillie, who is taking music
lessons here, was called to her bedside
on last Saturday. We hope she will
soon recover.
We learn that Mr. B. B. Williams has
S ure hated a lot in our town, snd will
oabtless build and locate here in the
near future.
Th* WinterviDe correspondent of the
Echo stated in his last communication
that y* B.-W. reporter must have been
getting short of soap, as he utad the
work “ordained” instead of “transfer,”
with reference to a certain party’s dea-
conship in the church. . We admit our
little eTror.aa regards time, but as we
did not consider the article of very much
newspaper interest, we were not as exact
as we might have bean. Besides, we
were not aware of the fact that ane word
or sentonoe slightly misplaced or mis
used, would destroy the whole essence
of news in a column of ne* (paper locate.
Otherwise we would have bean more
cuter. Further, your correspon-
oenxdid no* know that soap had any
thing to do with newspaper locals, other
wise we would have been still mere par
ticular in using the quality,and not qnan-
homas B. B. Cobb? 1 mentfon
these things not to beg. Cosfsderat* vet
erans *re t.o beggara—Confederate he
roes need no grudgingly-given monu
ments to aiommemorate their fame, but
that those who can, may indulge the lux-
•y of giving.
Ladies of the Memorial Associttion, I
have attempted to show thst you owe a
dut to the living as well as to tha dead;
that by honoring the dead, you ennoble
the tiviog: that your mission is bpt be
gan. Therefore, bu.ld monuments; ob
serve memorial occasions, that children's
children, when they ask what mean these
monuments? why do ye these things?
may know and honor the men who wore
the gray, and knowing sad honoring, may
bvc->me better men and women. Per
petuate, i hen, your Association from age
to age, and it will be like tome grand an
them, rolling and swelling in continuous
and unbroken s’rain, telling with ita
mystic music the story of the past, and
charming with it- beauty the listener* of
the present.
THS SURVIVORS’ HRET1NO.
The Confederate survivors met yester
day at 2 o’clock, at Deupree Halt* Maj.
Stanley was made chairman.
Maj. Star ley made a beautiful address,
and presented the first shell which had employer, Mi
ever been fired at the Tronp Artillery. for bun, at
Dr. Newton introduced the subject of
erecting a monument to Gen. T. R. R.
Cobb at Fredericksburg, Va, where, on
13th Dec, 1862, be fe.1 mortally wound
ed. Dr.* Newton gave some interesting
reminiscences of that fa'eful day. His
tributes to Gen. Cobb .were very touch
ing. He said thst Gen. Cobh had ruled
Athens by his goodness and .manliness.
He was the attorney of the widow and
orphan and the leader of all public enter
prises.
Dr. Newton stated thst he wss on duty
at Frederiaksbnrg' with Cobb’s legion,
and the first intimation he had of Gen.
Cobb’s being wounded Was ths presence
of Capt. ?ohn C. Rutherford, who asked
for a surgeon. Dr. E. J. Eld ridge, the
brigade surgeon, claimed that it was his
doty to respond, snd Dr. Newton remain
ed at the hospital snd arranged for the
reception of Gen. Cobb. A bed
quickly provided in a frame house, and in
a few moments Gen. Cobb, deathly pale,
was brought in on a litter. “Tighten the
tourniquet,” he said, as he was crowded
through the door.
“As soon as he was placed on the bed,’j
Baid Dr. Newton, “we asked him if he
was suffering pain?”
“He said yes, and we administered
morphine and gave him a glass of wine.”
“Whispering to Dr. Gilmore, we asked
if there was hope?”
“He shook his head.”
“The upper portion r.f the thigh was
torn away and the thigh bone broken and
the femoral artery cut bya fragment of
the shell.”
Dr. Newton read.* letter from Dr. El-
dndge. Thst physician thought that
two pieceR of shell had entered the leg
above the knee, tearing the large artery
and waging shock snd loss of blood, pre
venting reaction' “He was carried to the
rear and died, never reviving after I saw
him,” ssyrDr. Eldridge, “but remaining
conscious for some time.”
Capt. John C. Rutherford writes this
account of Gen. Cobb’s death:
“Our brigade vras situated in the rear
of a small stone fence. There was a
tain sufficient evidence to convict others.
But’this confession was not admissible
against Foster, snd withopt it the State
did pot have sufficient evidence, in my
opinion, to warrant a legal conviction.
At any rate, knowing that he was in fact
guilty, and be was ready and willing to
plead guilty to a lesser offense, and tha
proseedtor being present snd requesting
me to accept such a plea, thereby cer
tainly punishing him some snd kesping
bis testimony hen to bo mad upon th*
trial of the others when caught, L rather
than pnt the county to the expense of
trying him, with tho chance of hia com
ing, clear entirely, accepted the plea I
did
This wss the statement that I, as So
licitor General, made to Judge Hutchins
at the time the ease ws« disposed of.
And if there U any refponaibility or blame
attaching to any onebacausoof ths dis
position that waf made of this case, it
rests entirely upon my shoulders and not
upon Judge HutcbinL As to whether I
should be criticized for my action in tbo
esse. I leave it to the, gaatlsmsu whoas
store was burglarized, snd those familiar,
with the facta- And tho punishment it
self was not so light, after all. for the de
fendant vrlU.bave to work for his former
■or, Mr. HcKie, who pud the |92
least twelve or eighteen
nonths, perhaps longer.
Whst I have written is simply in jus
te* to one of the purest and best Judges
bee t
in Georgia; and knotting
itlemen
_ . , ig yon gem
as r do, I know, yon would not intention-
aBy wrong sny man. You will pardon
my saying thetsuzh things nesrly always
occur upon the incorrect statements of
others, when jutt a little inquiry would
th and the faett.
secure the trail
Respectfully yours,
E. T. Brown, Sol. Gsn.
How Some Mains FUbmnea were Putahsd
Ths bolding ot one-tenth ot ticket
73 987 in tho Louisiana State Lottery,
Marston. Jordan and others of this citv
makes the second time that the capital
prize cnsO.OOO) has came to Portland
within the past year. The good luck of
th” first -yndlcate who drew $15 000
induced Marsttinand his friends to form
a combination and purchased ten one-
dollar, or one-tontn. tickets. One of
these tickeu drew $15.00. Six of seven
of the Marstou syndicate are fishermen
or laborers in needy eircumst. no » and
the monev comes very opportunely to
them. —Portland (Me.) Expreee, Mar.3
Thi New Or kb a House.—(In Monday
week Mr. McGioty will commence lay
ing brick on the new opera hoosa, whieh
will be located on Market street, and ao
entirely separate building from the three
stores.erected by the same company and
fronting on Clayton street. Both struc
tures will he imposing' buildings, and
finished up in the most modern style.
Thr Gxoroia Midland.—We have au
thentic information that negotiations are
are now going on looking to the exten
sion of the Georgia Midland railroad on
to Athens, via Mouroe, G*^, where it
will connect with the Georgia, Carolina
& Northern.
The report that Mr. Cleveland has de
clined a second nomination is being au
thoritatively denied. There is no doubt
that Mr. Cleveland will be the President
for another four yean.
erected a family residence, which, toge
ther with the t*w-mUl, grist mill and
cotton gin attached, and with the other
“appurtenances “ thereunto belonging”
constitutes, perhaps, ths best appointed
establishment in all thst country. And
thongh tho primitive little eon mill and
store boose and the pioneer cabins have
long been numbered with -the* things of
ths past, mod, comfortable dwel
lings for twelve or fifteen families now
stand in their stead. This wfldereess is
thus mads to add to ths material wealth
of th* State, and at the same time, con
trary t* all premise, to contribute to* In.
dividual welfare, Th* enterprise, tha
dash and tha- vim, which have accom
plished this, is strikingly illustrated by
the following incident: First of the
year 1887, “Polk” Thompson and.his
croppers and some neighbors decided
thst s school near to them was needed
He at one* selected a spot in the midst
of his wilderness, furnished the mate
rials, invited the citizens to give work in
building, snd in on* week had cleared
off a thicket, built a good large house,
and had a fine school in it Later s flour
ishing Sabbath school has be*n organ
ised in that house, and ministers from
surrounding churches are invited in to
hold service. It is therefore to be lisped
thst the wilderness may not only blos
som, but may bear good fruit—“aOme
sixty and aom* an hundred fold.”
- Hours, April 27.—[Special,]—Little
Hattie Morris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
L. F. Morris,!* very sick.
Mr. M.N. Hardy’s wife is vary sick,
and her recovery is doubtful.
Eveiybody are cordially invited to at
tend the May entertainment to be given
by Prof. Walker in the court house, on
the 30th test.
A mad dog passed through here yes
terday about 4 o’clock. Newton Rucker
seeing the dog, gathered a shot gun and
started in pursuit. The owner took the
dog one mile from town and killed him.
'he Homer string band is practicing
for an entertainment to come off on the
30th test
' R D Stephens is suffering from a se
vere cold.
Dr J WQnillian, of South Cardites,
has removed the remains of his infant,
elevsa years
wss perfectly aoued. -
Hon W A Quillian, of Harmony Grove,
passed through here yesterday
for his mill, smile below this |
repair the dam broken by
heavy rains.
Sheriff Henderson has a fine
girl baby at hia house.
Mrs H T Stephens, who has
quite sick, is rapidly improving. .
E D Owens is in our oity, and as
usual telling big yarns.
ONION MINT NEWS.
Hot. Oerdon-Bor* Cotton Pleated—Other
Navi.
Union Point, April 27.—{Special.]—
We had a light frost this morning, but
no damage.
beney, oi
Col. Wiley Howard, of Jefferson, spent
the night in town on their way from the
State Baptist Convention.
Prominent farmers report an increase
of the corn crop by nearly a third, and a
reduction of the ootton crop in about the
same proportion.
Gov. Gordon went down th* read to
day and looked quit* feeble. Ht will
speak in Augusta to-day.
DANIELST1LLE DOINGS.
Death of an Old Clttxsn-Penoaal Notes
Daniilsvillx, April 27.—[Special.]—
The remains of undo Jimmy Jenkins
were laid to rest in the churcyard here
on Satmrday afternoon. A large congre
gation attended. A touching funeral
sermon Was deUvand by Rev. L. P.
Winter.
Mr. Joseph Gloer, of Atlanta, ia visit
ing the family of Mr. J. A. .Gloer, near
here.
We had a gracious nun Friday night
ami Saturday.
Capt. J. M. Kidd, of hart well,. and
his beautiful bride, formerly Miss Bailie
Daniel, of this place, are visiting the old
folksathome.
Or. Colquitt, from Bowman, registered
ire yesterday for the practice oF medi
cine in (bis county. He is located
PaolL
Mr. William W. Kidd made his bond
here yesterday as postmaster for the
new post office, Gholstoa, just eatab-
ed, and gave as his securities Messrs.
James P. Gholston snd Stephen C. O'Kel
ley. Dr. H. H. Carlton procured th*
establishment ofthis office, a petition* for
whieh wss sent to Washington to onr
representative before Dr. C’a election,
but received no notice. Dr.’C. suits us
as a member of congress. The bond for
the other new post office will perhaps be
sent soon.
Das ixsvilli, April |26.—[Special
Fish Kilgore, coL, who was convicted of
arson at onr last March court and sen
tenced to life imprisonment, obtained a
new trial at Lexington, hut week, for re
lationship of juror to prosecutor's wife.
Mr* Davis lost'her horse last week
and has no animal now to plow. The
neighbors are making up money to buy
her another.
Looa from tha foreet fires is much
heavier than at first supposed.
Unol* Jimmy Jenkins died last week
with dropsy of the heart. He was at
aged man and for several yean a con
ststenrmembe; ofthe Methodist church.
Prof. Brown sad Miss Lois Wickliffe
are on a visit to her parents in Anderson,
aa
FB AN KLIN COUNTY.
An Objtctlo* riltd—Visitors to Towa-Oth-
tr News sad Oesslp.
Carkesvillk, April 27.—[Special.]—
The no fence men filed objections to the
returns from West Boweraville, snd they
were heard last Saturday in the court of
Ordinary. After ah investigation of the
csse^Judge L. N. Tribble decided for
D. W. Brooksand A. N. King visited
tha Free State Sunday last, and returned
Monday evening. They report having
had a pleasant visit
Small grate crops are very promising,
and if no unforeseen disaster happens to
them the harvest will be a large one.
Carnesville, April 20.—[Special.]
The fence men in Gum Log district, one
of the finest agricultural districts in this
county, have established their independ
ence by foacing their district off from the
no-feno* districts that surround.
J. W. Smith,' of Martin, who has been
spending some time in Florida, has re
torted and reports the Land of Flowers
“no good." He says Florida is not what
it is cracked up to be.
Mrs. Hepsey Farmer, an old lady liv-
8 —r Avalon, was adjudged an imbe-
a jury this morning, and will have
ian appointed by the Ordinary,
place was visited last night by a
fine rain, accompanied by a heavy wind
storm. The season was a general one
and will improve crops considerably.
Sev eral of our attorneys will visit La-
vonia to-day to attend Justice’s Court.
A little child of Ur. M. Crawford, of
Lavonia, passed off a tape worm last night
about 6 feet long. Dr. S. W. Lester, who
is treating the child, says he has seen
them 20 feet long.
T. F. Allison, Express, R. R. Agentsnd
P. M. at Lavenia, is having him a most
commodious house built en R. R. street.
Mrs. N. E. Jackson, of Boweraville,
has moved to Lavonis and opened a ho
tel in the commodious residence of the
lste T. J. Blackwell, dec’d.
The cotton crop ia about planted and
is not as large as usual.
Many substantial residences are going
pp all over the county, as marks of im
provement.
JUG tavehn jottings.
th, a young
Florida, U v
vary akk at
JEFFERSON.
ii
Reinhart, of our town, died suddenly at
hts-home, 12 miles above here, on yes
terday morning. He will be buried to
day with Masonic honors.
,“ r 'Wilkerson, near Jefferson, eloped
with Miss and was quietly mar-
ned m the middle of the Athens and
- — • —«i wo avuens ana
Jefferson road yesterday, by the Rev.
Mr. Bailey. The ecoaomy ofthe wed-
is praised by all parties.
The Odd Fellows of Giteesville
lucky in gettinr’Mr. Newton" T^ttL*™
our town, on the excursion committee,
as quite a number will go from here,
aotely upon hia assurance that the excur
sion will be managed with decency snd
Order.
Jhtrbson, April 26.—[Special.]—Our
town does not Observe memorial day, bnt
still onr citizens take the benefit of ex-
the letderahip of Ike'S to vena, that is the
pet of tire town. They are well behaved
and good citizens, and make fine mnsic.
JljSTjW$ this morning ta play for the
Odd-Fet’ows of Gainesville. Onr Fisher
orchestra compares second to none any
where.
c young people will give a picnic on
Saturday, and the Martin Institute an-
mud picnic occurs on Saturday next,
7i. lc , £ ***** • Plesssnt time for the
little folks.
Among the citizens who left today are
Editor Boss, Sheriff McElhannon, Dep.
CoL Hon^ Messrs. Hancock, Whitehead,
A<l, who will represent Jeffersoa well on
the tnp. Bon voyage to all.
Ayers, tha Harmony Grove burglar,
ras brought here last night by Sheriff
IcElhinnon. He is well dressed snd
McElhannon. „„„
seems to bo a man of intelligence. He
claims to be from Indians, but his
brogue thovrs he is from the North, snd
his looks areas innocent as Mary’s little
tin trial toST** 8 *** WUl hlTe * commit-
The excursionists return well pleased
witn their trip.
cbawfobd notes.
CSAWFORD, April 25.—[Special.]—The
commissioners have given one of the of
flees in the court house to Hemp. Mc
Whorter for one ends half years, free of
rent, for legal advice given.
Below is a copy ofthe first verdict
over rendered in Oglethorpe connty:
Lipham A Moore vs. Joseph Wilson—
I do confeA judgment for the sum of
eight ponnds and ten pence half penny
with coat, with five months stay or exe
cution to be discharhed on the payment
of good proof peach brandy delivered at
'tington, if paid by the
ing* and 8 pence per
g" 1 ”*- . . JotxpR Wilson.
-Attest: John Mathews.
™ Af" 1 27.—[Special.]—W.
T. Witcher has ripe cherries thst have
ngenedte six weeks from the time they
. Thj» two stray peafowls atD. W,
Gauldipg’s. They must have come a
■od distance, as wa don’t know anyone
toe neighborhood who owns any.
Wo hay* had splendid nuns, that came
in good time for toe small grate.
. _ farmers are most all done planting
cotton, and wo notice it is coming np.
Messrs. Gibson .and Cheney are
the Baptist convtn-
Albany,
tion.
Rev. J. F. Cheney returned from Al
bany yesterday.
Henry Witcher moved his family to
Atheas today. They will board with
Cnt. McMahan.
. construction train is a few miles
Crawford, laying down steel nils
on the Athens branch*
W# took a ride out in the country yes-
terd »T, B>d wa* pleased to note the
quantity of wheat and oats growing, i
tost thev ware looking fine; also la
n.M. ofee— •••
fields of corn thst was looking well.
• Mr. Jasper Hopkins, who v
shot in th* hand while marshal
Crawford, about twelve yean ago, dur
ing a negrh riot, left this morning for
August* to have Dr.' Ford perform an
operation of removing a finger. Mr. H.
has had at different times seveaal opera
tions performed, but was never relieved,
having suffered much inconvenience snd
"sin. He is encouraged that this will be
inal and save his hand.
AJWEEK DAY (’HAT.
GOSSIP ABOUT MvtTI-RS HE life
AND THEBE IN ATHENS.
Tbo City Park—vviiut WReiiax Dotin
--The Triun_-uli v Biosk-.Oiir ’
Summer Kcaorlu-.tblckcn Choi.,
ra—The City Deniltit.
A movement is on foottogivo tfio city-
• pretty park. The land in tho i ear f A
the residence of the lato Albiu 1'. Itca--
tng; Esq., consisting of thirty or mo e
acrea, wjtl. an son running out-to Mil-
ledge avenue, between the residences of
Itev. C. U. Campbell and Airs. Dear ng,
is the place the owners are desirous the
city should purchaso for park purposes.
This land of. course will have to be
greatly improved, but it has many nstu-
■ ral advantages, and under the skillful
management of a landscape gardener
oould be made into a very pretty park.
I H-ere are several bodies of water on the
laud, which would add very much to the
beauty and pleasure of a public’ rocrea-
“on ground. One or two fino springs
•Tord excellent water. The land is
in vned by several parties, and a move-
inert is on foot to induce the city to pur-
^:hase it, for a park. •
Atheas does not need a park just now.
Bnt now is the time to buy toe land for
that purpose, against toe day when the
erty will need it. As the city continues
A grow, the vacant lots that now afford
imple play grounds and breathing spots
for the children will b« built upon, and
and walks before many years
wiU be the onlv places for recreation.
The park can be purchased now for a
tnflteg snm compared to what the land
will cost ton years later. The process
of beautifying can go on gradually, snd
by the time tha pleasure ground is really
needed, the city will have a park of no
mean pretensions.’ Atlanta has a park
of many seres, located much farther
from the heart of the city than this tract
of land spoken of. The city annually
ippropriates a Urge sum of money for
the purpose of beautifying this space,
»rd each year Grant Paak grows in at-
trzetivenoss-and beauty. If some of our
patriotic citizens could be induced to do • -
nrte twenty or thirty seres for this pur
pose to Athens, it would go a long ways
toward accomplishing what may now he
regarded as a very misty movement.
We have before referred to what* we
intend to apeak about agate this morning.
Owing to the curions manner in which
-ome of our streets intersect, there are
in different parts ofthe city, certain tri
angular pieces of land, now occupied by
indifferent buildings, which are a dis-
gr. ce to the town. These little places
can’d be bought forsmall prices, and if
torse old buildings were tom down and
the land enclosed with a neat wire fence,
and the ground sodded with grass, the
appearance of the city would be greatly
impfb -ed. We do not know how the
finarces of toe city are, or if there is any
power lodged in coancil to make these
purchases? These triangular blocks are
not very valuable to toe owners, and
perhaps they could be induced.to donate
these small ares to the city for the pur
pose named. If the ow-iers could
be induced to make these
improvements themselves the purpose
would be answered- Tie intersection of
Meigs and Prince avenue, Hill and
Prince avenue, Cobb and Prince avenue,
if treated in this manner, would add
greatly to the beauty of tho streets snd
render each neighborhood particularly
attractive.
People are looking about now for sum
mer homes for their families. Tallulah
Falls will be opened as usual this season
with two hotels; Mt Airy will present
the usual attractions to the people; New
Holland will be ran by the Cainp Bros.,
and Gainesville, the city of summer
hotels, will, as usual, offer accommoda
tions for a thousand or more visitors.
Oconee White Sulphur Springs will be
opened as usual, and promises to be even
better kept than in tho past Lula, with
its excellent train service from Atlanta
and Athens, proposes to put its foot for
ward this summer and see if it cannot
show its neighbors a thine or two abont
entertaining summer visitors:” Luis' is
high, snd wet Ita elevation and ita cli
mate make it an exceedingly pleasant
place in summer, and acitrs the railroad
track are several houses which have
given the reputation of dampness, exceed
ingly refreshing to those people who live -
in prohibition towns. Indeed, in this re
spect, it seems that Lula has the advan
tage over other places. Why cannot
people remain in Athens? In olden times
it was regarded as a pleasant summer
resort, and it seems to us that the cli
mate has not changrd very materiaUy.
***
Judge Howell Cobb is an authority on
chickens. The Judge is familiar with
the habit* of these fowls, snd is regarded
by his neighbors as a most dxcellent
chicken doctor. Indeed, when any se
rious trouble breaks ojt among a man’s*
ferthered possessions, he at once goes to
the Judge and lays open his troubles,
asks advice and goes away comforted and.
armed with all the necessary recipes r id
applianoes for warding off disease. The
cholera is some what prevalent among the
ohickens in Athens. Already several
gentlemen have lest some of their finest
fowls by this dread enemy of toe chicken
tribe. The Judge has an infallible rem
edy for the cure of chicken cholera. In
a moment of confidence, tho other day,
he gave it to me, and I herewith lay it
before the public, believing that the
good it will accomplish will more than
offset the betrayal of. confidence. Take
a half pound of copperas and put it in a
gallon jag, pour on a quart of hot water
and let it stand one night; in the morn
ing fill the jng with water, adding an
ounce of the purest sulphuric acid. Take
s Urge kitchen tablespoon of the mixture
snd pour it into a gallon of fresh water
every day for the chickens to drink. Re
peat it every morning, and ‘he good ef
fects will be soon seen in the health of
th* chickens.
Lixinoton, April 26.—[Special.]—
About 12:60 p. m. yesterday a fire alarm
was raised on the comer ef Washington
and Lumpkin streets, and it was discov
ered that the fire was working its way
through the roof of the Urge residence
of Hon. Jons Sanders, on Charch street
and it was seen by all that immediate
and good work must he done in order
toztthe building might be saved. So
the fire department responded promptly
in fall force, with the latest improve
ments for extinguishing fires. And it is
wuU to mention thst Chief Knox did
aonto woric that is very highly appreci-
ated by the citizens of Lexington. He
was on the scene in one minute and a
quarter, and in the next fifteen secqnda
he was upon the top of the two story
building doing some noble work, as well
as giving orders to the rest of the depart
ment, snd by the hud efforts ef tho com
pany toe building was saved, or at least
toe damage will not amount to more
than two or three hundred dollars. Lex
ington is proud ofher fire company, as
they have had four fires in the la9t few
months, snd not a house was lost,
owing to the prompt response ofthe boys.
THE ABBITBATION.
Sfra.Sa.aaB. Damy Gala *000.00
. . ,
Cranford, MoDoweU and Jackson, after
hearing the evidence in the damage case
of Mrs. Susan R. Dorsey versus the city
of Athens, on account of injury done to
property bv cutting down Dorsey’s bill,
awarded the complainant six hundred
dollars damage.
On the desk of the city editor last
night lay the following pathetic commu
nication:
“The arbitrators gave Mrs. Susan
Dorsey six hundred dollars ($600) dam
ages for cutting down Dorsey hill.
Dear old hill! It ia sacred ground,
and is consecrated by the tears of the
tax payers of Athena.
One more such hill and wo are done
. [IT not put » monument down
there? The dirt that has been taken off
ha* been dearer than gold dust Enough
money has been spent on ita aoeount to
put Belgian block all over Athens.
Dear old hill! Goo 1-bye, good-bye.
It QftQBOt bo tbot tbou art gone forever!”
There most be something the matter
with the teeth of the Athens people.
The dentists are overworked and busy.
It is difficult to secure an appointment.
A gentleman anxious tc have some work
done went to a dentist yesterday, and the
only day that an engagement could be
made was about three weeks ahead,
somewhere near toe middle ofthe month
of May. Athens has four or five dent
ists, and excellent workmen, . who are
kept very busy fixing the molars ot
onr people. Our dentists are growing
opulent in Athens quietly making
fortunes- It has always seemed to us a
peculiar calling to choose. It has as lit
tle attraction about it as sny profession
we know. It does not seem that a fellow
conld ever ahow any special talent for
the business while young, as there is no
way in God’s world for him to demon
strate his peculiar ability, until he be
comes a regular workman. It is said,
however, that deatists are fascinated
with their work, and when it is recol
lected how numerous *re toe members of
the profession, it would seem that there
is about it some magnetism that makes
it popular and pleasant.
GENERAL N CHS NOTES.
The toter-State commerce commission
ia in session in Atlanta.
A Judge and an Auditor had a street
fight yestoTday in Joffersen City, Mo.
The Penney Irani-, railroad has renewed
the shnt-ont against the other railroad
lines.
Mrs. Beckwith, wife of the Episcopal
Bishop of Georgia’ died yesterday in At
lanta. , c \V- *.' ia -, - - .
The locked out silversmiths have re-
solved not to quit the Union under any
circumstances. i.-
The position of President Cleveland in
regard to a second term is - still agitating
the politicians.
Stove moulders struck at Albany, N.
Y., yesterday, rather than work on the
St. Louis patterns.
Sam Jones and Sam Small proposo to
take their religious show to San Fren-
itothf
cisco in the month of June.
TheTcnnsylvania legislature lias abol
ished the poll tax in that state. It is said
that several other states will follow suit.
Secretary Lamar delivered a magnifi
cent address, on the occasion of unveil
ing the Calhoun monument in Charlea-
ton. - >
It begins io look as if France and Ger
many will yet have war. The recent ar
rest of a French official has made Franco
furious.
A terrible cyclone devastated Kansas
last Friday. The loss of life was fright
ful. Other states felt the storm in a mi
nor degree.