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THE WEEKLY BANNER-WATCH#AY, TUESDAY JANUARY io 1S8
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naSO; The
i hutted Much,
-liWISKTO SCHOOL.”
It naHv scemsTihitThe entire c °l°r« d
, > |lu Uiion of Athens ringing fr.» the
! ’le to the jrnve, is bent on quitting
‘ w „.- k 1 taking advantageef our excel-
,... r rt .,- M-hool system
You hear on
, i rv anil from our dusky fsllow-citi-
, iti j foiiow-citizenessns thnt one
*i lunation, ’lam gwine to .chool."
11,,, ,-aoh hns deserted her store; the
1 r his horses; the carpenter his
the lahjrcr his pick; the loafer
h , hum-post, and we are looking to see
t . par.-on <|uit his pulpit, that all may
h ...hicatcd without money and without
., , e _„, theroselren. Salration and
.joling both being free in Athens, the
... ,’rag< darkey seems tebe gorging him
if upon the latter to the neglect of the
t r lessons. It ia wonderful, too, tie
, l.istio and contracting proportions that
_. make up the ages of these dark-
!. i. d ihirsters after knowledge. It is
palled that efforts are made to enter
.hiidrcn before they hare cut a tooth,
w I.lie I.licks, ranging toward the middle
of life unhesitatingly swallow the
ap.dat it that they hare seen less than
, .1,1, hi summers; women apparently
I enough to be the mothers of children
school age, are daily seen wending
th.-ir way to the academy, dressed like
v. u’ig girls, carrrying their books and
satchels. If it was not the cost this ex
h,lotion gave the tax-payers of Athens,
ai.tl the serious inconvenienct
given our citizens who find it* htrd mat
ter to get trustworthy servants the spec-
tacle would be redicously amusing. Our
colorud school buildings are said te be
parked like a bee hire and still the
candidates for admission continue daily
to swarm around the doors. Not only
are the genuine colored citizens of Atb'
ms arailiug themselres of this great
privilege, .but from all the surrounding
counties negroes are moving to Athens
ill thicks, deserting farms that they may
he (aught the year around at the expense
»f the white tax payers of Athens,
This is a very serious problem for our
hoard of education to wrestle with
Athens has a most excellent system of
public schools hut they will prove more
of a curse than a blessing if they serve
10 deplete the country of la-
1,.>r.r... and foist upon us a most undesir
aide and thriftless class of population
That the blacks of Athens are now almost
ih ranged upon the subject of “Gwine to
School, ' one has to 6tand upon our
sin ets to discover; and that hundreds of
others from adjoining counties are dock
ins here; any farmer will tell you,
OUlt UOTKL.
Alliens is ripe for a fine hotel. On
all hands the proposition to start the
subscription list for the building of
hotel by joint stock meets with favora
ble comment. There are business
houses in the city, in which everybody,
fiom the caa^H^totoMMnied propri
etor, would
thousands
our growini
do would ad
It is a fact that the young men are -
taking hold of the Cleveland issuo of
crjfeaeipation from tha burdensW^tear
taxation with an enthusiasm no^rfln
od daring the past twenty years. The
election of 1888 will, of course, bo de
termined by the ballots of new voters in
the.sense that if the great majority of
those who hive gained the right of suf
frage since 1884 should flock to ono
side, that party would prevail. Such in
dications as those of the Boston reform
club, and a multitude of others, show
that the preponderance of the new vote
next November will be for the re-elec
tion of President Cleveland.—Star.
While the young men of our country,
ou whose shoulders the government is
devolving, reverence age, and arc more
than willing to contribute to the sup
port of disabled war veterans and their
families, they are forever against the
wholesale robbery af the public treasu
ry, for the purpose of granting pensions
and other bounties where they are not
deserved.
SECTIONALISM DEAD.
The Ex-Postmaster General, in con
tempt of the opinions of Horace Greeley
and Gerrit Smith, who signed the bail
bond of Jefferson Davis, is explaining at
length to his ingenuous republican read
ers that the President of the old confed
eracy was a traitor. As the inhabitant
of a generous community, and himself a
generous statesman, Mr. Hatton would
be civil not to 'disturb "Field >1 arshal
Murat Halstead in his precious monopo
ly of the privilege of calling Mr. Davis
a traitor.” This has long been conced
ed to Mr. Halstead by a humane and in
dulgent public opinion as the last linger
ing active billigerent of the civil war.—
Herald.
We are glad to sec the Herald lending
its powerful influence to the side of peace
and the eternal oblivion of the hard feel-
ngsof the past. It is sadly true that some
people are too narrow to know that con
tending sides may both be honest in
their convictions.
Senator Blair has introduced a bill in
to the Senate looking to the encourage
ment of the industrial exposition of the
colored people of the Edited States, to
be held in Atlanta during ’88 and ’89. No
harm to lend encouragement, if it does
not go to the extent or dipping into the
public treasury for the promotiou of
private ends. We arc always willing to
assist our colored citizens, but think such
enterprises as the one proposed should
be a matter of private subscription rather
than public bounty. Our government
was formed to administer the general af
fairs of the body politic as a unit, and
not to foster local or individual interests.
as^H^MhmaMt|d propri-
<1 or
: Is
.. could
acB^lis^^^^R^br Ath
ens. When people visit a city on busi
ness or pleasure, their firstandmost
lv-ting impression ia that mads by the
fire, treatment and genera appearance
<: ill-' public tavern. Mankind, end ea
for that, womankind, too, are veryeenei-
tivo about the gratification of their spps-
i i . always speaking kindly of and re-
visiting a place where they ere nicely
entertained. We can never hope to
keep pace with the pushing cities around
us unless we make ampler provieion for
tli - entertainment of the thousands that
a isit us every year. The hospitality of
Athens is proverbial; but it is asking too
much of private citizens to tako care of
our visitors during public occasions.
Whenever a meeting of general interest
is to be held, the first question asked in
deciding where to meet is as to the fa
cilities of the place to
entertain the crowd. The city
that offers the most tempting induce-
mi nts in this way ia selected ns place
of meeting. Many a village has grown
into a city with little else to recommend
it to public notice than a first class betel.
It is a maxim that a fine hotel properly
kept and advertised will attract a crowd
anywhere. We are sufficiently adver
tised what we need now is a hotel.
Some say wait until we grow larger,
until our new roads are built and the
like. We have always found that Fortune
favors those that favor themselves. If
we sit quietly by and wait for outside
influences to develop aur city we will
grow hoary with age bofore our turn
comes and by that time we will be too
enervate with decrepitude to receive the
biessing. \\ ith youth, vigor and promise
let us bend our nerves to accomplish
tile pressing demands of tha hour. The
greatest of these ia a new hotel! When
will it come? Let the public spirit of
our citizens answer. Who’ll m.li. the
tnove? one at a time!
About 7o,(JU0 workmen are on a strike
in the Schuylkill and Lehigh coal re
gions of Pennsylvania. The strikers de
mand higher wages and are resolute. It
is truly distressing to see the producers
of an article of prime and absolute need
at variance just at this most critical sea
son. Both employer and employee will
be loser by this stoppage of work, while
the consumer will be forced to pay exor
bitant prices for fuel, or shiver in tht
cold. It is a matter of humanity, and it
does seem that the rich companies would
yield a point of a few cents a day to their
employees, rather than sec them and the
poor everywhere suffer.
Of President Cleveland’s administra
tion Bov. Dr. Burchard in a recent inter
ns i vie^n New York said:
to b'tamj ffit'nd
could tion and conservative one, and one under
Ath- ‘Which the country has prospered abun
dantly. Considering all the circumstan
ces in the case, I cannot now help re
garding Mr. Cleveland as President of the
United States to-day by the direct ap
pointment of God.”
The Rev. Dr. may be somewhat of an
extremist but in the main he is right this
time.
The world has long been of the opin
ion that something was loose about the
head of Senator Blair. There is unmis
lak&blc evidence of this fact in his rccen
tirade against liquor. He wants to man
and equip a navy to take the high seas
with the express purpose of waging war
against liquor drinkers wherever found.
Following his ideas we would soon be in
a nice muddle.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
What tha Newspaper* Say Concerning
Men and Women mi Nate.
Andrew Milton, So# ffyttaw Mich.. In
an nil day whittled and ia getting rich at
it. Ho lias just completed his 18,400th
ax handle.
Dr. Schenerlin, of Berlin, has inocu
lated dogs with the newly discovered
bacillus of cancer. So far no cancer
symptoms liave been developed.
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps is suffering
from an affection of the eyes and is
obliged to do her literary work by the aid
of an amanuensis.
Samuel Spencer, who has been made
president of the Baltimore and Ohio rail
road at a salary of ♦25,000 a year, was a
roduian earning a scant salary only a few
years ago. He is not yet 40 years old.
The Chinese government has just ap
pointed Helirv Merrill chief commis
sioner of customs at Corea at a salary of
♦12,000. Henry is a Vermont boy, and
was liini and raised at Dummerston.
The Baroness Bunlctt-Coutts and otlicr
philanthropic jiersons in London are
about to establish, it is said, a scheme to
provide workshops furnished with several
machines where poor seamstresses can
go and have the use of the machines at a
very low charge.
Mrs. Elizalieth Thompson, the philan
thropist, never goes to the theatre, and
has read but two novels—“Jane Eyre”
nnd the “Scarlet Letter.” Her tastes
are perfectly simple. She has a great
liking for bread, milk and apples. It is
doubtful if society has ever heard of her.
But she is the only woman who has the
fieedom of the floor of the house, a right
which even the president's wife docs not
have.
Mrs. Langtry has an absolute horror of
flesh, which is encroaching ujion her so
rapidly that it has destroyed the long
lines of her once famous figure, and
threatens her with the most English re
sults. She lias always exercised a great
deal, hut her exercise is now really vio
lent, and she has adopted a modified sys
tem of banting. It is all of little avail,
however, as slie positively refuses to give
up champagne, the most insidious enemy
of female loveliness.
Cnmpnnini lost his voice through wear
ing low necked shirts in the hitter New
York weather, six or seven winters ago.
The story goes that the great tenor was
a blacksmith in his lioyhood, and became
so hardened to violent contrasts of cold
nnd heat that he thought nothing could
affect tliesu|ierh strength of his physique.
But a New S'ork blast struck him in his
vital spot one day and he was conijidlcd
to give up the stage altogether. Unex
pectedly liis voice came back to him, but
in such delicate form that lie is now
obliged to nurse it like an exotic.
Senator Ingalls, the dignified president
of the United States senate, stood on a
curbstone in Washington a day or two
ngo as a horse car rushed by at a rapid
rate. For a moment Ingalls’ chance of
boarding that car seemed os slim as he is
himself. Suddenly, however, the Kansas
statesman placed two fingers in his
mouth, blew a sharp blast and a piercing
whistle startled the calm winter atmos
phere. Echoing along the quiet street,
the shrill sound overtook the hurrying
car, and, as if by magic, the conveyance
stop|ied. Ingalls says ho learned to
whistle when a boy.
Senator Evarts’ house in Washington
used to lie full of young girls. His
daughters have married off. however, and
only Miss Mary Evarts remains at home.
Miss Evarts is anxious to retire from
active social life, os she finds the round
of gayeties at the capital something of a
bore, hut her father will not permit her
to go into seclusion. lie takes great in
terest in her toilets, nnd complains tliat
slie does not purchase enough evening
dresses to please him. It is so seldom
that the father of a young woman ill so
ciety makes such u complaint, that Sen
ator Evarts stands almost alone in this
matter.
Word comes from Florence of the
death of Signora Marianna Barbieri-Nini,
who was famous thirty or forty years
ngo as an ojicratic singer, nnd was as re
markable for exceptional ugliness as for
her artistic talent anil splendid voice. In
the height of her fame she married Count
Nini and retired from the stage. After
' is ‘death *he married a well Jjnown
Ternia musician iiaim# HdP'cnsoUner,
whoAsuddenly disapptflfed, leaving her
in extremely straitened circumstances,
and she was forgotten except by a few
faithful friends. Slie used herself to re
late with a certain piquant gusto that
once when playing “Norma,” in the
famous duet where the two children are
presented to the heroine by Adalgisa, as
she bent to embrace them, the little girl
who personated one of the children was
so terrified by her ugliness that she
sprang from the stage into the wings, ex
claiming. "Mother, mother, the witch is
there!” to the intense amusement of the
audience.
The count of Monte Cristo wax the first
to suggest the practicability ft tnA Mfl a thief at night it Steal'
primeval forest east of the city is being T1611t8 llftV6 pftlQS ADOllti til
removed—boughs, trunks, roots and aiL chest and sides, and sometime
Col. Johnson last summer erected a
dwelling on the open ground near hB
garden, this side of Irvington; the sun’s
rays beat down on that house blisteringly,
and the colonel concluded to protect it
with trees. One Bunnell was found who
declared he could tnmjplant an adjacent
forest to the colonel's yard. The trees
vary from ten to eighteen inches in
diameter. Bunnell rigged up a stout
wagon, fastening to the hind wheels an
immense lever, forty to fifty feet long,
thick and strong. This was lashed at
one end to the wagon. Around a tree to
be removed he dug a trench, the radii
being three or four feet On one ride he
dug » twelve inch trench close to the
tree, and into this trench he backed his
wagon wheels with the erect lever. The
lever then stood parallel with the trunk
of the tree, and the two were lashed to
gether, boom fashion. As far up ns the
tree trunk was stiff the lever would be
rightly fastened, giving one solid, un
yielding leverage. From the top of the
logs thus boomed a rope was run around
a pulley fastened at the surface of the
ground 100 feet or more from the tree.
Teams hitched to the end of the rope
could then with ease uproot the tree with
a large quantity of earth and roots at
tached. When thus uprooted it would
be on wheels and easily movable, held
steadily from roots to rip. The success
of the work on the Johnson place has led
to the removal of many large dress an the
north side. The process is '
be of no harm to the tree's life. How
ever, spring will reveal the sequeL—In
dianapolis News.
W. P. JOHNSON,
Our esteemed fellow-citizen, the Hon.
Pope Barrow, is mentioned in a list of
six, which is said to contain the name of
our next U. S. Senator.
NEW CENSUS.
We are glad to note that the retiring
council passed absolution recommending
that the incoming council order a census
of our city taken. By all means let us
have it So that wc may derive all possible
mefit from our large increase in popula
tion. We have gained largely in num-
hers within the past few years and it
w ill help us to let the world know it
should it be found that we have over
ten thousand inhabitants we will be en-
titled to free delivery of our mails, which
will he of decided benefit, especially to
those living some dilUnc# fron
hihcc. Ten thousand is tht minimum
sure at which a place becomes a re
cognized city. Dp to that point it i,
looked upon at home and abroad as a
A roads sort of a pi,*,. Puti Ult h
assumes the dignity of a real city and
can hope for recognition beforo unknown.
1 he paving of our street* will follow the
Is Maj. Bacon to be pressed to the
front with the hops of replscing Senator
Colquitt? If thst is the cateslively
campaign may be expected.
Mr. Grimes, from the Columbus dig-
Wet, hs, introduced nbiU asking for*
public building for ColumbT C«- t
Athens have as much?
at \v 326 me#,b * r » of the Hohm
*t Washington are lawyers. Wearaav
ldontly in the heads of the Philistines,
telephone is' the only eubatential
Wm. E. Chandler has had his narrow
minded partisan prejudices put to printt
These pamphlets, advocating the further
reconstruction of the Sooth, have been
scattered to the four corners of our uni.
ted and harmonious country. Such i
conception could never have originated
except in a mind as bltck as the ink and
as narrow aa the type used iu advertising
their author.
New Orleans papers are greatly exer
cisod absut a trans-continental railway
across Mexico. The line would be about
400 miles long and would open up a rich
region in Mexico. The eastern terminus
at Vera Cruz, would be only 7C0 miles
from N. O n whereas the voyage which
must new be made from Aspinwall to N
O. is about 1,500 miles.
Hadn’t the managers of the Northeast
Georgia Fair Association better begin
formulating their plans for tho coming
season. Much has to be done that will
require considerable time. Our fanners
should be encouraged to plant for pre
mium yields. Our trouble is in not be
ginning in time.
Geo. W. Childs’ New Year resolution
of being kinder this year than ever be
fore, is one that would do wpll for man
kind to make. What a world we would
have were we all, in oar way, as kind as
Mr. Childs, and resolving to improve on
the past
Is the mantel of Beecher to fall on Dr.
Talmadge? He has just accepted the
chaplaincy of the thirteenth regiment, of
Brooklyn, filling the vacancy caused by
the death of the Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher.
Many aspiring Congressmen, who look
for rank and fame in the apportionment of
the places on the different committees in
tha House, will have to console their
chagrin with the thought that “it tnigh
have been.”
Mr. Blaine and Jay Gould are to spend
the time of the Jubilee in Rome. Gould
and hia family an now coasting among
the pointa of interest in the Medium-
Advice to Mothers.
Mbs. WnrsLOw’e Sooth ino Stbup
should always he need for children teeth
ing. It soothes the child, softens the
gumSL alleys ell pain, cures irind colic
and ia the beet remedy for diarrhoea.
Twenty-five cents a bottle.
Mules—A good pair of Young
Mules for sale- chesi
Gas Works, Athene,
Apply at
Faria* Flcture Market.
Never, probably, in the history of Paris
lias the picture market been in so de
pressed a state os it is at this moment.
A few great artists, like Bougureau,
Meissonier, or Benjamin Constant, find
ready purchasers for their work at very
high prices. But the rank and file liave
the greatest difficulty in making both
ends meet. If tlie import duty on pict
ures fur the United States were removed
American amateurs would probably come
forward in increased numbers, but until
then tliero seems little hope of any im-
novement. As an illustration of the ex
sting depression may be mentioned the
result of the sale, after death, of the
works belonging to M. Jacquinot, the
artist expert, wliich has just come to an
end at the Hotel Drout. Two thousand
pictures put up to auction only produced
21,000 francs, or £840, being an average
of sixteen shillings per picture. In some
cases two or three canvases together were
sold for fivo francs, and not nringlo work
realized £20.—Galignani's Messenger.
Superior to Cremation.
J. G. Meyers, a young inventor of
Washington, lias invented a plan wliich
he believes to bo superior to cremation,
burial, or any other ancient or modem
method of treating the dead bodies. The
new mausoleum and safe deposit for
the dead” is the name of this new con
trivance. Mr. Meyers’ plan may be re
garded as a compromise between the two
extremes of interment and cremation. In
a fireproof building spaces will be provided
just largo enough to hold a single coffin.
When a coffin with a dead body Is placed
in one of these the door of tho apartment
is hermetically sealed. Running from
theso apartments are tubes which bring
air into the dead rooms, and also curry
it downward by a forced draft to a cen
tral furnace below, where ore consumed
all gases and fluids escaping from the
bodies. Dead bodies treated in this man
ner, will in a short rime, it is claimed,
become naturally preserved, or dried,
and so remain.—Chicago News.
Taken at an Advantage.
A Philadelphian saw a clubfooted man
under the influence of liquor, and kindly
andsted him to tho house where he said
he lived and rang the door bell. When
the door opened two young women, who
had evidently been expecting him, caught
him without ceremony, threw him down
in tho entry and, while the elder sat on
him, tho younger deliberately set about
unscrewing tho only leg tliat appeared to
be sound, hut which proved to he arti
ficial. After detaching it^glie tqarchcd
off with it. with the remark: “There,
you fool; I'll put this away where you
won’t get it in a hurry, and may be you'll
stay sober when you liave to stay in the
house.” It turned nut tliat tho only
means of preventing an over indulgence
in liquor was to deprive him of his arti
ficial leg, which was a substitute for a
natural malformation.—Chicago Herald.
The combined wealth of this remark
able family ItheAslors) probably stands
without imnille! in the world. It lias
lieen the steadjTendeavor of the living
members of the family to underestimate
their ]K>ssessions in order tliat they might
not arouse the too hitter jealousy of tliat
class of the population which looks inim-
icnlly at hoarded wealth. For this reason
John Jacob Astor has never given
any authority for statements of his
wealth that put the figures beyond ♦100,-
000,000, and ordinarily this sum is looked
upon os the limit of his possessions;
nevertheless it is a conservative estimate,
because tho family is always buying new
real estate, as the income in the shape of
rents brings about an accumulation of
actual cash much greater than they can
conveniently dispose of. But taking
♦100,000,000 as n basis and adding to it
tho fortune of his brotlior William, which
is more than half as great, and the for
tunes possessed by the husbands of the
married daughters of the family, there
would ho a total that could not fall short
of ♦250,000,000.
Scaring Off a Tramp.
A little 10-year-old girl inLatrobe. Pa.
was alone at ltomc when a vicioifi look
ing tramp came to the door and asked for
something to cat. Although frightened,
tlie child told him lie could not liave any-
tliink. as everything liad been eaten up.
At this the tramp stepped into tho hall,
say ing that • ’he guessed he would stay
awhile.” The quick witted child calmly
said: “Well, we’ll sec; I'll ask my papa,
and went into tlie back room fora minute
us if to speak with him. Returning, she
found that the tramp liad stepped outside
again mid was standing looking in. She
walked boldly up to tho door and satf:
My papa says you can’t stay and must
go, so got” and hIio slammed the door in
liis face and locked it.—Chicago Herald.
NrnrnnsncM of Speculators.
There nro very few men who luive
speculated for any length of time in
Wall street who are not troubli-d more
or less with nervousness. Constant
anxiety uliout prices and the incessant
reading of the tape are bound to tell upon
speculators.—Now York World.
From the Tar Heel Ceuntry.
Knott. Hennesee A Co., Brindleton.
N. 0., writes that Huckleberry Cordial
selles better with every satisfaction for
bowel troubles and children teething,
and commend it to every mother, the
physician of the home.
Unclaimed Letters.
List of unclaimed letters remaining in
the post-office at Athens, Ga^ advertised
Jan. 9, 1888:
LADIES’ LIST.
Lucy Alien, J E Arnold, Cora Bostick,
Eldon Fields, Alica Farrar, Nora Hanan,
Sarah Hillson, Lizzie Uolsonhake, Jane
Harriet, Margaret Jones, Lula ^Mitchell,
D A Patrick, Julia Symmes, Ella
Wright, Bessy White, R M Williams.
GENTLEMEN'S LIST
Henry Armstrong, W T Bennett, Chas
Bradshaw, C F Cheney, Preston Curry,
J A Dugar, William Fall, B T Gatchell,
Daniel Haygood, Linsey Hart, Israel
Johnson. C W Jackson, M B Martin, W
M Mitchell, Louis Smith, Daniel Sims,
Moses Sheppard, J Thrasher, G H Win
ston, Willie Wright, Wilks Walker, S C
Williams, Uiburd & Hubburd.
W. B. Bobnett, P.M.
When achild, hr any unnusual sym-
toms, shows that it ft suffering great
pain, nseDr Ball’s Baby Syrup. It will
soothe theliltle sufferer
The simplest means are generally the
safest and surest. Hence the great de
mand for Laxador, for liver disease, dya-
p si headache, etc. Price25c.
Dissolution.—As will be seen by no
tice in anot." tr column, Mr. A. G. Elder
has purchased the interest of Mr. John
R. Moore in the popular grocery store at
Barry’s corner. Mr. Elder is one of the
most energurie and reliable businsst men
in our city, and his cuccess has been
wonderful. 8tarring business about two
veara ago en a very limited capital, he
has succeeded in building up e business
of o» er 960,000 a year. Mr. Elder win
continue business at the old stand, where
can alwaya be found a fall line of the
freshest end nicest goods.
If the little darling ia spending each
sleepless nights slowly and pitifully
wasting away by the drainage upon its
system from tho effect of teething, give
Dr. Blgeer’a Huckleberry Cordial and
a cure will reauit.
Tho Japanese Can't Swear.
Gol. George P. Bissell, of Hartford,
Conn., spent last Bummer in Japan. The
most remarkable feature of that country,
he says, lies in the fact that its language
contains no profane or blasphemous
words. “lean readily understand,” he
remarks, “why the practice of ‘hari-kari'
is so common in Japan. When a n
abused or loses his collar button and
mad all the way through, so mad that
liis very soul boils within liim, if at such
time lie is tlie victim of a language wliich
will not let him vent his rage even in the-
mildest epithets, why then I can readily
see how suicide might be a soothing re
lief.”—New York World.
A Michigan man thinks that by drain
ing certain Tennessee hog lands ho can
make a fortune raising celery. He hai
just bought 1,000 acres near Chatta
nooga for this purpose.
THE EARBERS CORNER.
Th. Sharers of Athens Preparing to Bcalst
in the back. They feel dul
and sleepy; the mouth has s
bad taste, especially in tlu
morning. A sort of sticky slinu
collects about the teeth. Tlu
appetite is poor. There is a
feeling like a heavy load on th<
stomach; sometimes a faint, all
gone sensation at the pit of tht
stomach which food does not
satisfy. The eyes are sunken,
the hands and feet become cold
and clammy. After a while a
cough-sets in, at first dry, but
after a few months it is attend
ed with a greenish-colored ex
pectoration. The patient feels
tired all the while, and sleeji
does not seem to afford any
rest. After a time he becomes
nervonB, irritable and gloomy,
and has evil forebodings. There
is a giddiness, a sort of whirl
ing sensation in the head when
rising up suddenly. The bow-
co8tpefrJttdriai»g
and hot at times; tireblooti.
becomes thick and stagnant;
the whites of the eyes become
tinged with yellow; the urine
is scanty and high colored, de-
a sediment after stand
ing. There ia frequently a
pitting up of the food, some
times with a sour taste and
sometimes with a sweetish
taste; this is frequently at
tended with palpitation of the
heart; the vision beeomes im
paired, with spots before the
■yes; there is a feeling of great
prostration and weakness. All
of these symptoms are in turn
present It is thought that
nearly one-third of our popu
lation has this disease in some
of its varied forms.
It has been found that phy
sicians have mistaken the cause
jf this disease. Some have
treated it for a liver complaint
jthers for kidney disease, etc.
etc., but none of these kinds ol
treatment have been attended
ivith success; for it is renlh
•onstipation nml dyspepsia. It
is also found that Shaker Ex
ract of Roots, or Mother Sei-
;el’s Curative Syrup, when
iroperly prepared will remove
his disease in all its stages.
Care must be taken, however,
to secure the genuine article.
IT WILL SELL BETTER TUAN
COTTON.
Mr. John C. Hemptinstall,
of Chulafinnee, Clebum Co.,
Ala., writes: “My wife has
lieen so much benefited by
Shaker Extract of Roots oi
■ieigel’s Syrup that she says
die would rather be without
part of her food than without
the medicine. It has done hei
nore good than the doctors and
dlother medicines put together.
I would ride twenty miles to
get it into the hands of any suf
ferer if he can get it in noothei
way. I believe it will soon sell in
this State better than cotton.
TESTIMONY FROM TEXAS.
Mrs. S.E. Barton, of Varner,
Ripley Co., Mo., writes that
she hail been long afflicted with
dyspepsia and disease of the
urinary organs and was cured
by Shaker Extract of Roots.
Rev. J. J. McGuire, merchant,
of the same place, who sold
Mrs. Bai ton the medicine, says
he has sold it for four years
and never knew it to fail.
BI1E WAS ALMOST DEAD
I was so low with dyspep
sia that there was not a phy
sician to be found.who could
do anything with me. 1 had
fluttering of the heart and
swimming of the Head. One
day I read your pamphlet called
Life Among the Shakers,"
which described my disease
better than I could myself. I
tried the Shaker Extract of
Roots and kept on with it until
to-day I rejoice in good health.
Mrs. M. E. Tinsley, Bevier,
Muhlenbttrg Co., Ky.
For sale by till I Iruggists, or
address the proprietor, A. J.
White, Limited, 54 Warren
Bt., New York A AR_a -
FARMERS
tiartlciih) ly hoesnic frarfu.. . ...
left irg b«' mt U'S painfully afTt»cu J F.noily,
about fo.;: teeu > - :*ri ago. the ulcers <;
right h&il * f"eu through tire fie !
the b<‘ne. In o.tcr to save my lire tbed-ic-
torada (•■rut ::ct to amputate my leg below
the kn -e. Deration was ■ueee*».fully
performed by Dr. H. V. M. llliler, of Atlanta*
and Dr. W. P. Bond, of Llthonl*. Bu‘* tho
loss of tny leg gave me only temporary re
lief. The poison was still lu my syatetn and
soon began to show Itself again, lu a thort
time after larg
Ire’Ei
.. .t from l . ...
Frequently white nt Work i coul.l be tracked
by the bh*o.i which oozed from the huge
ulcers, end the sores and rotteulug holes
wt-rani offensive that inr fellow workmen
and the steucu and would movs
Y from ii
could not •
sway from ...— _ _ _ _
Last winter I was persuaded to try S. 8. 8.
. . — - *--• -- io so, and
iking ths
i a Ix't effort I <
ionth?
ciflc. I M*»n began o
to grow 1< ss and less und flually ceased, ths
ulcers healed, my fletdi became linn and
solid. smLtoday. nftor using twenty one
bottles. I Ini as hale and stout s man of my
age as there Is in U corgi*. I am seventy-one
J eers old. but feel now younger and stronger
ban I did when I was twenty-five. I weigh
about 170 pounds. Nothing is to be seen of
the terrible disease, or to remind me of tha
torture I suffered for so many years, except
the nears of the perfectly healed ulcers.
I want the world to know of tho almost
L miraculous cure effected on ms by S. a 8.,
[ toAll upon those who wish to know th _
pardKhtr* tlBI v from me to write, and
will cLmridcnK pleasure as well as a dr"
to smwer their letters. 1 refer to Dr. W.
Bond, of LllUonia, u to the truth of
statement. Very gratefully fcours.^
Drawer H, A Mai.la. Qs
THE KNICHTS OF LABOR-
Mr. Dave Kcimuy Suy* tho Order In Stronger
To-I>ay Tliun u Year Ago.
Mr. Dave Kenney, late chief of Messrs.
McGinty & llunmcutt’s huihiing force,
was uiet yesterday and asked how the
Knights of Labor were progressing.
lie replied that the order is much
stronger to-day than twelve months ago.
While the membership has decreased
from 750,0*0 to but little more than 1IUO,-
000, it was simply a weeding out of an
unwieldy anti nnreliahlo membership,
leaving the cream of the organization.
The Knights are now clear-headed, de
termined men, not an unwieldy hotly,
and will hereafter make their power felt.
Mr. Kenney says that the Athens lodge
is stronger entrenched now than evei
before, and on a much better footing.
We learn that Mr. Kenney has taken
the lead with the Knights.
A Prominent Coal Dealer Is Cured.
‘My business necessitates a good deal
of exposure upon me, and last winter,
owing to this feet, I was attacked with a
very severe case of intlammatory rheu
mutism.
“What I suffered from this dread dis
ease can better be imagined than des
cribed.
“I did everything I could to cure my
self. I tried every means in my power
and every remedy left me as bad or
worse than I was before. I could not
raise my hand to my head, and it looked
that if even if I were rid of the dis oase, it
effects would
CRirri.E MK FOR LIFE.
‘•About four weeks ago I was persua
ded to try Ilunnicutt’s Rheumatic Cure,
and my relief was almost instantaneous
I am now on my fourth bottle, and I am
as sound a man as there is in Georgia.
# afttoHave I any objection to the publics
tion of these facm?’ Not the least in
the world, and V only hope they wttl
meet the eye of every person suffering
as I was, and that they will believe, try
and be cured; and I want to gay right
here that I would not, for one thousand
dollars, be in the condition 1 was in when
l began using the remedy which made
me whole again—Ilunnicutt’s Rheu
matic Cure.
‘*1 also have been a great sufferer from
indigestion and stomach troubles—dys
pepsia, in fact—and since I began the
use of the Cure this has entirely left me
and 1 have as good and sound digestion
and appetite as I ever had.”
W. P, JOHNSON,
30 N. Broad street, Atlanta, Ga.
We have on hand and keep several brands of first-class '
GUANO’S,
As follows:^ Bradley’s Patent, Bradley’s Ammoniated Dissolved Bone,
Sea Fowl, Farmers Favoiite, Eagle Ammoniated Bone, Palmetto, Acid
Phosphate. All in good Mcchaniclc Condition which we offer at Com
peting Prices. We also propose to
FURNISH PROVISIONS
To Reliable Patties at Reasonable Prices on time. We go upon the
principle that our success depends on fair and liberal dealings. GIVE
US A CALL. 6
SHACKELFORD & HATTAWAY.
janxow2m.
GUNS!
i The Largest and Best Selected Stoolt^f
E0U2 STAETLIITG TACTS.
Tlio DNcorery of tRo Cause of Mott Un
timely Dcnth* thnt Como U;um
the Community.
Tlx onelril return* of the City of York
that nearly three-fourtlm of all deaths are from
coTiKumpt ■ n. Wheu stop to calmly think over
this fact, it Is really swftiL And yet every caso
without exception start'-d from small 1**L'iuutng*.
A cough in the morniUR; tickling in tho throat;
a thick phh-KUiy dis.-harK®; chilliness at night;
difficult br< at hit;;*; a tightness across the chest;
the.-e ajtd in.uiy ne-re symptoms indicate the pres
ence of that ternL’re dts.-nse which, unless checked,
means ccruin diatli with loiiy aud painful sutler-
Ing.
In view of such ,e,
the suggestions and
physic.jut* are of the greatest val
l)r. John Garduer. one of the i
slcians iu London, *a>s : ••Se;en<
Holy Scripture* and all experreu
benefits derived from the use of
Dr. D. II. Darker says " I have n*«d aim exam
ined Duffy's I"ur« Mult Whukcy, aud find it tho
best I ever tried.”
Dr. S. M. Dui-kwalter says: •• Duffy's Pur© Malt
Whiskey is. without doubt, the invalid's drink when
stimulants are indicated, And 1 find all climnio
eases require stimulants, and s large iter cent of
G U
Mr. Albert Howell says: “A short
time ago I suffered terribly with rheu
matism. It was impossible to walk even
with crutches. I could not put my fooj
on the ll«H>r. I found no relief from
treatment or remedy until 1 tried Ilunni-
cult’s Rheumatic Cure. Before I had
finished the secorv 1 bottle my rheuma
tism was enti '«* gone. I put my
crutches aside and have never felt a
twinge of rheumatism since. Iam well,
and can say my cure is perfect and per
manent. It is a wonderful medicine.”
Albert Howell, Union Ticket Agent,
Atlanta, Ga.
Price, .$1 (X) per bottle. Ask your
Iruggist for it. If not in his stock order
lirect from factory. Send for books of
testimonials and other valuable informa
tion.
IIUNNICUTT RHEUMATIC CURE
CO., Sole Proprietors, Atlanta, Ga.
P. O. Box 51.
Itcii Prairie Mange, an*i» Scratche
of every kind cured in 30 Minutes by
Wooi.foud’s Sanitary Lotion. Use no
other. This never fails. Sold by E. S.
Lyndon, Druggists, Athens, Ga.
may3wly.
Ever seen in Athens, it will pay you to Fee us
before buying.
T.FLEMING&SON.
>st eminent r^T*
the acute ones als<
Tlithe truths.from the lips of tho leading seiontifle
men of the «Uy. and confirmed by the experience
of nu n a id wonu u well known in the community
» a guide for all who feel the ap*
mption u<> m.itter by wlistt path it
s (lo not lic«iUto to a.'.-crt that any
who v ill use Duffy’* Pure Malt
nsump*
tioa and pioloug life with *11 i
i bid
THE BIRD CONE.
Some time a^o the popular firm of M.
Myers & Co. ottered their customers two
handsome prizes, a beautiful singing
bird, perched on a lovely bunch of Row
ers, nnd a chsir which gives forth the
most enchanting tnu<ic whenever set
upon. Every purchaser of five or more
dollars’ worth of goods, was entitled to a
chance. Last evening the throwing was
made, under the management of Cap'.
C. G. Talinadge and Judge Herrington.
The highest throwing was 4G, for Miss
C. Kbcrhart, of Paoli. Madison county,
and the songster was declared hers.
The next highest was 41, thrown for
Miss Florrie Carr, Athen-, so she is to
hear the music of the chair. They a-e
both curiosities, and very handsome pres
ents. M. Myers A Co. won’t he outdone,
and are doing a heavy business.
To Lefties
Suffering from functional derangement
or any of the painful disorders or \\‘*ak-
no-sea incident to their sex. Dr p orcc’s
treatise, illustrat'd with wood-cuts and
colored plates (1H0 pages), suggest sure
means of complete gelf cure S* nt for 10
cents ip stamps. Address Wor Dis-
jmnsary Medical Association, B iffale,
TO THE
You will Save Money and get Bet' r Good*, b* Bti\
FARMERS
ing your\
!
MAGNOLIA ACID
PAYABLE NEXT FALL.
'all on W. C. ORR,
25w!m. at Htdgson k Bros. Store.
THE
WHELESS STAMP
-PRESS CO-
748 REYNOLD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA,
Agents Wanted! Catalogue FREE!
RUBBER STAMPS. SEALS,
BADGES. CHECKS,STENCILS.
STEEL STAMPS, &.C.
Sole Manufacturers of
The Wheles6 Self-Inking Rubber
Stamp Printing Press.
aug:V’w6m.
The barbers of Athens a few days
since formed a league and advanced the
rice of ticket shares from 10 to 12%%.
Ye learn that there is a good deal of com
plaint among their patrons and measures
are now quietly being taken to bring to this
city several first class barbers who will
charge the old prices. It is said, that
several barbera have already expressed
their intention of moving to Athens and
opening first class shops if our citizens
win promise them their patronage. Ath
ens is the only city va believe in Geor
gia where barbers charge their regular
costomers over 10c. for a share.
A Ban Apfctite.—There is a young
man in this city whose craze Is so great
for whisky thst he will pawn the shoes
off his feet and the hat from hia head
for one drink of whiskj. Hia fritads
made him a present Christmas of a good
snit of clothes and fixed him up
in genteel style, to try to help him along,
bat it was all to no purpose. The salt
of clothes, hat, shoes, and even his shirt
were pawned to o bilnd tiger for whisky.
Hs it to be pitied more than blamed.
A Block List ton Nigeo Bums.—
A gentleman remarked yesterday that
Athens stood in sad need of organiza
tion among the owners of tenement
houses in this city, to protect themselves
from unreliable renters. In many dries
there is a black list by which landlords
know who to trnat, and • tenant
whoqnittsone house without paying
his rent can not got another. Such s
league would be s good thing in At lens,
now that such s miscellaneous crowd of
blacks is flocking into tho dty.
t
of my prescription department and retail
trade generally. Mr. Jones comes highly
recommended, and has had s number ef
years’ experience at the prescription
counter, and is • licensed druggists *
pharmacist, both in tho State ofGeori
and Alabama. Mr. Jones will alwaya
found at hia poet, and ready to serve the
trade. G. W. Buss,
COTTON MARKET.
Office Banner-Wutchman.*
Athens, J«n. 7.—Market weak.
Good middling ID
Middling .... ....9 3-4
Low Middling.... ....9 1-4
Good Ordinary
Tinges
Strict Low Middling
New Yobk.
Cotton, Closed dull.
Middling 10 1-2
Net Receipts 22,963; Exports to Great
Brita’n 4,872 ; France ; Continent
17; Channel Ports none; Stock
Fntnres
Tone steady.
Sept. ....
Oct ....
November
December ..
January
February ..
March
June
Jnly
August
Market flat and prices irregular.
Uplands 6 5-8
Orleans 5 11-16
Sales 8,000; Spec. & Exp. 1,000; Re
ceipts 19,000; American 11,900.
Opened
Closed
Weak.
10 51@58 .
..10 50052
10 15
. 10 12014
10 02
..10 01003
..10 36
. .10 32@33
..10 43
..10 41042
..10 56
..10 53
.10 64
. 10 62063
..10 74
..10 71@72
..10 84
..10 80081
..10 91
.. .10 85086
..10 96
..10 90091
Liverpool.
-
Futures Opened
Tone flat at decline
Jan 6 37 36
Jan and Feb 6 85
Feb and Mch 5 37 36
Hch ft April 6 39 38
April ft May 5 41 39
May ft Jane 5 42 41
Jane ft Jnly 6 45 43
JalyftAngnst 5 47 46
Closed
steady
5 35B
5 36B
5 38S
5 39B
5 41B
6 43B
5 45B
6 46B
Houses Goxso Ur.—Mr. 0. M. Kenney
Noncx.—I take pleaiure in staring to wiil commence Monday tearing down the
ertf*T 0 ** 1 a Jffl Old town-ball and building* two-story
Mr. W. H. Jones, who will take charge U Te rr stable at the stand^now occupied
livery stable st the sand now occupied
by J. Z. Cooper & Son. Hr. Kenney has
also closed a contract with Mr. Be!ns for
two nice cottiges on Market street Mr.
George Hodgson will also have a new
house put up right away on the lot next
)L Gee. D. ~ '1 *“*
to CoL
Thomas’. Athens
certainly is on a-buildiog boom and mov
ing the old town hall will cause several
the old town 1
to go up.
ji:i»i:usov.
Jefferson, Jan. 7.—[Special.]—Who
is it that has been puzzling our town
since the B.-W. came in on yesterday?
We saw in your local columns that a
thrifty young farmer of Clarke was soon
to wed a Jefferson hello, formerly of
Athens. Our town is full of beautiful
belles, but we cannot guess.
Our merchants have about finished
taking stock, and all look pleased and
seem to he well pleased with the busi
ness of 1887.
News was received late last night that
Mrs Martin, aiother of Mrs Capt T L
Ross, of our town, was critically sick
and not expected to live.
George Hodgson, of Hodgson Bros,
was paying New Year calls among the
merchants here this week; also Dr Jno
Crawford. Both did well, I hope.
Oplnltm of » Lfudlnc Kdltor.
Almost all tho diseases that alllict us
from infancy to old age have their origin
in a disordered liver. A real good liver
medicine is the most important in the
whole range of pharmacy. We believe
Simmon's Liver egulator to he the best
among them all. IVe pin our laith upon
the Regulator, and if wc could persuade
every reader who is in ill health to buy it,
we would willingly vouch for tho benefit
each would receive.—Ed. Cincinnati Ga
zette.
Ocb Benevolent Ilstitutions.—Ath
ens ranks second to no place in ^Georgia
in her benevolent societies. They
Illustrate the kindly feeling and generous
charity of our people. Of strickly benev
olent societies we have the Masons, tho
Odd Fellows and the Red Men. All are
in a flourishing condition and have taken
on new life. These institutions deserve
and receive tho most cordial support of
tbeir membership. They all hold regular
meetings and Keep in health and vigor.
They accomplish a great deal of good
cultivating fraternal feelings, carring
for their sick, burying the dead, pension
ing and educating their orphan children.
May they live long and flourish.
JON ES
PAYSthfniEICHT
5 Tod Wacti ticalea.
I raft Lavers, BM Bairtaga, Bnaa
Twlw u< Bwh Box M
BrwrMaoHcoU. For frtoprieoll^
bom BiiMMr iM aMrai
HOLMAN & DEADWYLER.
DEALERS IN HORSES AND MULES-
-OF
BALDWIN & FLEMING.
ATHENS,
GEORGIA.
THE LEADER.
God Mules und Horse.
StaMes have been enl*i(red and a larger number
will be krpt constantly oa band.
HOLMAN dt DEADWYLER
nov!5«6tn Thomas Street.
LONG & TAYLOR
DRUGGISTS
Athens, Georgia.
Patent Medicinos ot all kind'.,
U.J.BJ, C.C.C.,
Simmons'Regulator v TaUs Pills, andleto.,
St.Louis Red Seal Strictly Pure Lead
Now^the tlmeft > paint yonr.houae.
WindowlGlass, Putty and Oils
O^all kinds
GIVE US A CALL.
MONEY TO LEND
ON IMPROVED FARMS
In Btnkt County at Reduced Bates,
Apply to
Children Dying,
At tiiis season of the year, when warm
days followed by cool nights, and the
eating of fruit and vegetables effecting
the bowels, we hear of so many children
dying. Give them Dr. Biggcrs’ Hack-
erebry Cordial.
A Strong Home.—Friday afternoon
while Mr. Arthur Bishop's horse was
tied to a post near the Institute, ha be
came frightened at a passing bicycle, and
rearinr un he palled the large post clear
oat of the ground and started off with it.
He ia an unusually hard month horse.
A Rich Legtcy.
The'General attorney of the Pullman
sleeping car company. Ex-cliief Justice
O. A, Lochranc. states that old Dr. Big
ger* could leave n > better legacy than
Bis Huckleberry Cordial for all bowel
affections.
ary of
County. Georgiy will be sold on the flrat Tuesday
iu February next at the Coun Houee door nt
Athens, to Clarke Countr, Georvla, between the
legsd hour* of sale the 'o) lowing land* and vacant
town lot* in the city of Athena, clarxa Countv.
Georgia, containing In a!I about three acre* and
a half more or leu* oounded on tho Bait by
land* of Dr. J. A. Uuanicutt, on the South by
lands of K. 8. Lyndon, on tho Noith by leadaof
Street, on West b Co*’ego a venue.
Said lands will be sold for the purpose of rein
vesting the proceeds thereof In real estate In
Atlanta. Ga., for the benefit of the miner ch'ld-
renot Heeur Ann Miller, to-wit: KIchou Ml’ler,
Sissie MUler, John H. Miller, Joseph Miller.
Robert Millerand Henry Miller, and illegitimate
children of William J. Ware deceased. The
•aid minor cbMdren owning seven e’ihths in
terest of eaid vacant lota and fleeter Ann Miller
owning one eighth interest in said vacant town
lots, and will join in making the deeds with the
guardian ef the eaid minor children aa afbree*td.
Tories of sale cash. This Jannarv 4,1887.
jamlOwU. M P. HARVEY.
OUR $10.00 STOVE
LEADS THE MARKET. BE SURE YOU SEE IT.
STOVES OF ALL KINDS AT ALL PtUCES.
Look for the name of JOXES on each piece of Tin Ware. THE
BEST TINWARE. Cali or write when in need of Goods or work in
my line.
E. E. JONES,
New Stove Store, corner Broad and Wall Streets, Athens. Ga.
EDGE, DORSEY & CO.,
Have Moved their Mammoth Stock of
FURNITURE
From Deupree Block to
No. 11 Si; 12 Broad Street.
Remember our place and govern yourself accordingly
dec3d&wtm.
A. R. ROBERTSON,
Manufacturer nnd Importer of
Marble and Granite Monuments.
A large stock of finished Granite and Marble Mounumenta ready for lettering.
Large stocldof new lithographic designs to select from. Also agent for Iron
Baiting for Grave Lots. Call and get my prices.
jan3-iyd&w A. R ROBERTSON. Athens, Ga-
; 1 " i
’oa cored me sound and
No pain r
OJ Ura. Morphlno dally ami 4
•taaU. tr. C." “I am entirely fr.lt and UtajBronSS
mao llvimL sad tall mrrona roar whtalmaMta
Cote cured me.-C. D. Samplx, Dougliu.]
WADE & SLEDGE^
CLAYTON STREET. 72
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