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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LIBRARY
E. I. SMITH & CO.
THE ONE PRICE
SHOE STORE
EVERY PAIR GUARANTEED’
Cor. Clayton St. & College, Are.
THE F'REMENS TOURNAMENT.
Fun fur the SUmn.or-Au Invitation to \n.
lUrtou. 8, No. a will Clean up
tho l'a!in«tt«» Stair.
The Athens tire nun are getting ready
fur the summer campaign and will sta.i
out well equipped to add new laurels and
new silver Waro to their already largo
stock.
The Chiefs of the department arc pie-
paring to have a grano parade of the
whole department on the 5tii of .Turn-.
This will he a gala time, and as Athens
is justly proud bf her fire department,
a Urge crowd is expected.
No. o. will put themselves in training
to contest for the championship at Amler-
son, S. C. Chief Mason has received an
’ihvil^ion for tho tire department <>t
Athols to visit Anderson, S. C., on the
12th, 12-th, and 14th of dune, to take
pait in their tournament. No. ;
now owns the champion Kelt, will
the invitation and go over to South Caro
lina and show the Palmetto boys what
the Georgia hoys can do. A Urge Hum-
bar cf firemen from Athens will accom
pany No. 5, and a glorious time is ex
pected.
Let ih • Carolinians look out for a clev
er set ol hoys, and the fastest on record
No. 5 is composed of tbe best young men
of the eity. and all are perfect gentlemen.
(3M<a*
ATHENS, GK0RU1A, TOSS
OL-
E, L SMITH & CO.
KEEP ALL
march 13.
Styles of Shoes,
OF-THE
Best Make.
{TljgTAX ON BUSINESS*
Will tlie l*r<>] o«« «l OrdinAniit IVromit •
Law—Tho City Aroused
In il scussing the proposed ordinance
•»f tho city council to he acted on Thurs-
lay afternoon we were surprised to find
so lew of our business tnen
awaie of the important
step about to be taken. It is of interest
to every bus ness man ami enterprise in
Athen.- anti they should know its full
import. The measure is nothing more
nor less than a tax imposed on every bus*
• ne^ in the city. T he decision in the
matter lies of course with the council
which has full power to enact the law
nut in this as all matters of public bearing
in authority are expected to be
thos
guided by the willyif the people for whose
benefit they are acting. Those iner-
chant* who expressed themselves at all
who were opp< sed to the measure and expres
It
Years
PAYMENT FOR SLAVES.
Carlton’* Old X’ro|»o»itioa
Kmlorunl.
ill be remembered that several
ago
main
t'arlton wa* very lm
tin* tune ln> article a
argued that such *eni
lated to liefest the
Tut, in ►pile «.f all if
elected President and
i .res* hi l i*
Nothing h:
of j.lstl
d|that opposition in no unct rtain term .
One dealer went so far as to say that he
would quit business if the tax was im
posed. The impression seems to be that
there are certain lines of businets, for in
stance thos* that have no capital subject
10 taxation, that might very properly be
subjected to paying a license but to im-
po.*e a tax ontht.se who are already
Heavily burdened and on whom the onus
of the up building of our city rests is
coiiMdered ill advised. INpecially is this
thought to he true at this juncture as the
city is taxing on new life and bidding for
P«ople and capital. After the city is well
established and her business men have
.1 11 ii /v , , 1 »ll the trade and capital they wish would
Hon. II. 11. C arlton fmb- | . lllllch lnort . liu ‘ in g ,i,Jto levy the
proposed tax. The business men of Ath
»•!».* do noi wish to be tho.ight unwilling
10 bear their due share of city taxation,
h»*y will stand any reasonable and equi
table tax lor the support and improve
ment of the city for which they have and
• mg so much hut they do object to
ig an inequitable tax.
at ha* been written i* in no sp rit
T. at the a *t.oii of the Major and
•il. They an- gentlemen fully en-
111 the welfare of Athens, and au
to do all for her b< *t good, hut the
unprejudiced and devoted law-
- *oim ton* * err. We only wi.*h
i« *' the ur.j. trtance of the *lep to
an. It will nnt he inappropriate to
* 11.uni ju.*t here an enterprise that
lished an interview in tie
stitution advocating the
Congress for the slaves i
the Smith l’re*ident l.i
rshi
on- j .
ip .ted 111
s pro. la-
1 ■
tilt 111
h.
look.:,
'outlier
f >t i
A North
•'•nsiderable
y\ to All
ilnctu
It 1 pi
of till • po It 4 V • 41
*v«*,l ilia
>»;!• |.r.i
1 puB 1
A 1-tii
v ided he could gt t
taxation for a number,
Ili* work* would hav
iner.t to some fifiv hat
ivance-
proposed to in-
n some kind of
! in Athens, pro-
inity from city
ly, three years,
given employ-
•, and would in
MQNtY
The Great Quarter Racer atari.
Poor and Retiree with Plenty.
•lim Thurmond, of Santa Fo District.
•Jackson county, ha* been running quar
t t races since he was a boy, and has
n >w retired from the turf with plenty to
c irry him and his family in old age. The
Stampers were at one time considered
the head of the quarter racers in Geor
gia, and after they run the famous race
in Augusta with the Stamp* r filly against
a South Carolina horse, Jim Thurmond
came to the front as the best keeper and
trainer for a quarter race in the South.
There are several in Athens who wit
nessed the race of the Stamper filly
against the South Carolina horse now
living. Capt. Bcussc and Uncle Dick
Saul ter were there, and they still have a
feeling recollection of the Stamper filly.
Sue was the fleetest for a quarter of a
mile that ever shaked the earth, and it is
said that she could run 440 yards in 17k,
seconds. The stampers retired after this
race, having made a fortune on the re
sult.
Jim Thurmond commenced in life poor,
and turned his attention to quarter rac
ing, and in the days when he first started
it was the principal amusement of tbe
day. Every cross-roads grocery had its
quarter track, and Saturday evening was
the time for them to meet and try their
speed. Jim Thurmond, as we before
said, started in life a poor man. He rais
ed a family of nine children and gave
them each a good plantation, reserving
enough for himself and wife, and now
each of his children are well to do, and
himself and wife have a competency.
Mr. Thurmond was a mantyr to the
courts, and has paid thousands of dollars
for troubles that he has gotten into. He
was quick-tempered and would fight a
circular saw if it came in his way. He
husbanded some of the lastest quarte
horses in the South. The Austin filly
was a favorite of his for a long tune, and
he captured several thousand dollars b>
turning her loose on the track without
i rider.
Next came Woolwinder, the poorest
looking chance for a race horse that was
ever entered. With him Mr. Thurmond
made big money, and last was a son of
Woolwinder, named Stamper, that after
several defeats came to the front and
paid his owner a handsome profit.
Mr. Thurmond has quit quarter racing,
but likes to see a good horse race; yet he
is a strict member of the church, and is
living a model life at his home in Santa
Fo District, Jackson county.
A SAD AND SUDDEN DEATH*
" -----
SCHEMES OF WEALTHY WOMEN.
Their Utilization of the Credit System to
Make a Bis Display.
There if a scheme now being op
erated in New York and Brooklyn
dry goods stores that cannot very
well be suppressed, although known
to the proprietors. It is operate
by the credit customers, who, aft;'
looking at every article in stock,
finally make a selection, and order
the articles sent borne and charge t
to their account. The goods a c
returned next day, as the custom;
does r.ot want them, and desire
them credited to their account.
“The other day,” said a salesla *•
“a customer came here and selected
a $20 fan, anil ordeted it sent t •
tier house, and it was returned the
next day. The excuse given w -
that it did not match her dress.
"She had used that Ian lorsome
tainment and not having any furt «■>
use for it returned it. The la »
who made the purchase could w 1
afford to buy a fan every day in t e
week, if she desired to do so.
“ Another lady well-known >n
society circles selected a Rhines
tone necklace, the cost ot wh •■
was $n, and left orders that it m
be delivered that day. One of e
customers of the house told t
next dav that she saw the pure
er at the Liederkranz ball and e-
cognired the necklace on her n 1
as being similar to those sold in e
house. About 4 o’clock that »
the necklace was returned,'and a •
excuse for returning it the pe
said: My husband would not a :*
me to wear any but original 1-
mor.ds.”—New York Press.
GIRLS.
CONSIDERING
THEIR TREATMENT.
Pictures of Lifo Amonj the Coal Dig*
ger*—Austin Corbin, tbe President of
tbe Rezdlof Rail rood—Sapt. YYalmsley
and tbe Well Dressed Workwomen.
Everybody, west as well as east, and
south as well as north, is just now talk
ing about the strike of the railroad men
and cool miners employed by the Heading
company. For though only thr east is
directly iucotiveni^nced by.# otri? .e of an
thracite coal diggers and'handlers, there
Is a big principle involved in the contest
that began the year, and what afreets
New York, PhilmtifoMu anil other mon
ster eastern populations must in some
measure affect Iho whole land and excite
general interest.
The one pcrfWvbroughtmTst into prom
inence by the* Reading strike is Austin
— ->.* • Corbin, president
of the Heading
Railroad company
and; tho Heading
; Coal and Iron
'.toatfNroy. The
salient points in
mu* no doubt t
ot informed a
• 11 extended. We are
«» the detail* of the bar-
hut we know that he
l l.i* otlice in At
•eople for their « manci-
r p»*i mil th» 111 to light toi
■■f rotirts. Il Mould rei-
outli oui
.q.elM
:»ged.
the li<i
are the
n :-e* are to*-
1 mid we not
.hereby add to
n-trie.-* which
life
ALAS, POOK 'l OaICK •
are briefly
lKirn in
Meriden, Sullivan
^ county, N. II., i
y between fifty and ?
* sixty years ago. j
AUSTIN corbin. His father was j
a lawyer, who gave his son a
plain academic education. The son
taught school for a time—then
Maoear cy realm;* ibera to part of tho general I
buelnow of grind the souls and bodies of
human brings into profile* and dividends. !
This article has not to do with tho right j
or wrong of the present str*ko in the coal
region. Every reader must form his own
opinion fg)m the facts as set before him t
from day to day by tho various news re
ports tlmt are sent out.
Another strike, and ono more interest
ing in some respects, though without the
element of far reaching consequences
possessed by the coal strike, i9 the strike
vt thread spinners at Kearny, a little
New Jersey town.
The youuc women who are out say the
whole trouble is
with Herbert
W alms ley, tho
young Scotch su
per intendent
They claim, with
great indignation,
that he is dis
pleased, and
might Vy so, too,
. because the y dress
j too well. Aecord-
1 iug to their heated
stories, ho could
not Lear to see
them come into
the mill with bus-
; ties on, or with trimmings on their
dresses. And. they add, he didn't liko to
sec the cheap little devices they resorted
to to make t hefr dreary quarters look pre-
1 Rentable, llo made them uncomfortable
• generally, they claim, and he grew so dis-
iigrccaMo to two foremen, who were great
lavorites with tho girls, as to forco their
resignations. Then he discharged a par
ticularly independent young mill girl,
i llis whole desire, these young women
1 went on, was to degrade them to the level
I of English and Scotch factory hands.
Ami so they went
ALL SORTS OF ITEMS.
UF.::i;t:ivr WALMSLEV.
Australia now exports oranges to Eng
land.
But twelve Indians of a tribe of 1,000
sre left in the Yo9emite valley.
Tbe Swiss government has decided to
restore the castle of Chilion, on Lake
Leman, and convert it into a national
museum.
Kentucky’s state house must be a de
lightful mansion in winter. It is heated
throughout by wood fires in old fashioned
open fireplaces.
i A gentleman living near ‘Wintcrville,
: Ga., broke the knob off one of hia doors,
and for the want of something better
put on a coffin handle in its place. There
| is not a negro iu tho county who will
open the door.
There is a prospect that Talleyrand’s
memoirs will appear this year. The
paiiers aro ready for the printer, but the
period of delay—twenty years—does not
expire until May. Tho original manu
script is in England.
The city of Paris derives a large in
come from a tax on gas companies, and
the city now proposes to erect electric
stations and supply electric light to
private citizens, and to use it on public
ways as far as may be desirable.
A Chinese woman, who kidnaped two
married women at Shanghai and took
them to San Francisco, where they were
sold, on returning to Shanghai was ar
rested and broken on the wheel. After
two days of fearful agony she died.
The district messenger boys of New
York citv wear flannel shirts, with roll-
S'e5“ hs'llar^ e "l.w he sch^ ! ■y'SK.to&SS "“obnoxfo’S ffigcoilais, which can be turned up about
r ’ ,n ,h< ’ superintendent and of the girls rca.ling the wearer s ears. In these^collars are
one of bis obnoxious orders. There are ' * 1
graduated from tho Harvard law school
with the highest honors. Ileprac-
t» K « Dead and it*
. ti I., boom lor tit
could kiei ihi* mom*
FAMILY REUNION-
Tli
»*, l.i|iM-Oinl»* anti lint tier ford* '
€*ntlier in tbe Faintly Circle.
To-morrow the Cobb, I.ipscoinb and
Rutherford families hold a reunion at the
residence of Mr.*’ Lipscomb, ini'obbham.
Mrs. Glenn, of New York, Mrs. Whit
ner and Mrs. Johnson, the three sisters
of Mrs. lTof. liuthenord reached the
city yesterday to be present at the re
union. Col. John Cobb and wife are ex
pected to-day. Embracing three gener
al .. * in. . 11•« ii. in.g vaiioiiM branches of
tb • famr.:i the reui. ,-11 w.l! an • x-
te *:v»- rati t r ng of smin- rf the til s
kii-liryui>hed }»*»oido in Georgia.
rilt.
i The Anun-t.i A < batU
: F-Irtle Drills Admini*
I A few months a.-o the g,
tliir* section living on the
I of the Align*la «V Chattan.
j w»*re happy and enthused
! completion of ihi* line. In fact, so con-
' lideht wen.* they of the road being built,
1 that some of these parties actually be-
I come angered with the Uasner*Watch
man because this paper stated that this
road had no solid backing, and advised
the subscribers in upper Georgia not to
pay out any money until they had better
security than the simple word of one or
two men, personally interested in boom
ing the enterprise. The Ban’XEU-Watch
man was accused of giving this advice
through selfish motives; because the
• ‘ ’« !'■"
1 lu -.- < tl n.i <1 i .Jivniim i w. re kmuly
(.,1,1 to |:U|. Mly wait, and Ilia*, ti n
Wi nld \md.ican- ns. \Y.k that tint.- b:>
nine s.'W.it hall w,. .-xprclfd. 'i hi
Mrs. JaniPi D. .Hathew* Dirtl at the Ite»i-
ilrure of Judge I.umpkiii, in Lexington.
At 8 o’clock yesterday morning Mrs
M E Mathews, relict of the late James D
Mathews, died at the residence of her
son-in-law, Judge Samuel Lumpkin, in
Lexington. Mrs Mathews had been
complaining of not feeling well for sever
al days, but she was able to walk about
the house, and no one thought her sen
ously HI. About lfl o’clock on Sunday
she was taken worse and went to bed,
l)r W V Faust being summoned to attend
her. Towards night her sickness con
tinued to increase and her family became
really alarmed. As we stated she died
il people of
ejected line
;a lUilruad,
•r the early : al H u c i uc k yesterday morning. No one
knows what was the matter with her.
Judge Lumpkin was at Damelsville
court and was sent for. 11c immediately
adjourned court until the 4th Monday in
this month. The remains of Mrs. Ma
thews will be carried this morning to
Alabama for burial. She was a lady
loved by all who knew her. Our deep
est sympathy is extended to tbe stricken
faintly.
The
he-1
>.»h
I* 1 ‘
vti-fae-
..f th.
st finished teach
in our city on the different dis
the horse, and has given perfect
lion. l'r. M.rritt taught some of
in orr city, and a K.-W. r--
-rviewed each of the gt title-
I ...k lessons, and they all unit,
that the Doctor understands
>s perfectly, and learned them
they ever knew In f re alo.ip
! r. M-rritt w ill tea. h in a'l
a k ■ 1
,di,
Ii 1 tin
' h.
11. M K i . to Itnd out
ntrart* r* fust »•
•h thri
forces olT th«
:m1 »n«l finally h
ul to sc
lie their claim*.
arfully to ;
S»‘lth
ment. Hui it.
it<? of this alir.os
o* rtain
sign of thx
mist* of ihe 10.1
1, <OIU"
of its friends
ll h »-i hopes
hat a
n« tC company
uiM he fonivtl:
1. l th.-
road eventually
i*h J through
This J
s» hop*, how
•r. ha* hr,mi >1
ittoreJ
tor even ihe
iicers of the A.
,v : have given up tin-
.ost, ur-.i have n
0 hope
of coinplelinji
, ir -at thr.'iu
. Ime.
This statement
xQihvUnfi v«> 1 ’*
• l!»»* \
ijus/ i tY Oh »t*
tl . '1 *i».pin * rV
11 lh»*
cross*’ they
oi holl^hl to lilt*
Macon
\* Athens r >ad,
hit’ll :t”t* now he
njs deli
v.*red hi Midi
•:». Tt.U ’* pr.
t' com
hiM’ve to any
z loin th
it ih*r
• is no longer
,v ho,,.- for ii. ■
i iz 1st 1
.V ClbiH in-m.'-i.
If Ih" t »fo|,|, 0
Dim. 1
>vitie >«nd Madi-
DR. WIH1TE DECLINES.
\n Interview wltk Mr. llorlpnm atiout III*
t e
si. ■ in t
el id t.
1 S"
A Deatlwyl r
time OVI r on • llion-niio
live firm of G in. A M.,
inir ch.se in their wake,
d inn a qniel lmsin- ss :
working the country at
hii-iness.
The mule an 1 liersr
has been inttiii its *. and
the prosperity of our e
is md th.tr
the I.. If. 1!.
Id tip to the H
n til pt
ieorgia. i aridina
• v wtsled on
-gas line."
apital would now
a railroad se-
koow otic thing,
of out up court-
vietitiiizcd into
,ey towards this
.k.k-.p
no 1"
• > (.«>: n lto«»k-K
\ro* iri-oi t .1 a
av’N ILinn
I M«»!.«i:»y II
■ g m for the ,
alter.
little not
- Watchman fo
Meeting t’o-iirnissioner Hodgson v' -
orday we a-k'-d about the School it
I'echnology. lie replied that w.irk n is
progressing rapitlly, the roof was being
put on the main building which be says
is the finest piece of brick work in At
lanta. It is to cost about $40,000. The
contract for tbe machinery buildings l .is
been let and it is hoped that by suinui o
the school will be ready to be opened.
As to 1'rof. White’s letter to the Hoard
he said that it was considered final and
a-lnle as a friend of the school he regr t-
ted very much not securing l’rof. \\ hite.
as a citizen of Athens and a friend of
the I'niversity he was delighted to have
him remain here. Mr. Ilodgson pre
'Wilted I'.o ’. White’s letter 'declining tire
Presidency of the School, which posi
tion therefore remains open to be tilled
at a lime the Hoard may see fit.
Ituilroud work.
Mr. Martin, contractor on tbe M. A C
Hoad, W.ts in the city yesterd-y an i
tells us thst be has gutie to work it.
earnest, breaking dirt near Georgia fac
tory. Mr. Marlin said that lit* had
hands now at work ami others are com
ing in every day. He his sent off for a
large force and expects m a few days to
have several hundred hands at work.
Mr. Frank Mattox, of Oglethorpe
county, was in the city yesterday seeing
if he could not net a suit contract on tne
M A C. road. Ibrt will soon be flying
all along the track
The announcement that Major
Cam obeli Wallace, chairman
the state railroad commission ha
prepared a passenger rate -sche i<
establishing a standard of two and a
half cents a mile, which will be -
mitted to the meeting of the com
mission to be held Tuesday march
loth, to consider the propriety ol
readjusting and equalizing the .•<>-
senger lares on the railroads d u g
business in this state, and rep s
ing the reptesentatives of Jth a 1-
roads to be piesent and give thetr
views on jthe proposed a t...
intensifies interest in the matur
l’he Western and Atlantic r» I t-
"calching it” lrom the railroad e -
pie for hiving first begun the t»c
and a half-cent rate. It is like!, d a
proposed change will meet -v i h
strenuous opposition from ihv
Railroad.—Chronicle.
F.niutu Abbott again
Mr. William Larned, Jr., 1 H •»
ton, has gotten his name in • tit.
papers, anti it is coupled w h that
of Emma Abbott. While t e tan
singer was warbling fora lla'tis-
burg (I’a.) audience, the t'.u
night, Mr. Larned succeeded t g. t
ting behind the scenes by re • ven
ting himself as an old friend It
He was not recognized b ' e>.
however, although he mad ■ gr.-it
endeavors to recall to her thei
meeting. Suddenly the you t; man
caught her arm, and, leani >ac
imprinted a kiss upon her sh ul.hr
The songstress gave a musical i.tth
scream in the high £, and .f ouce
ran to her dressing room. M> in-,
in rs of the company hustle i Mi
.,....'.1 . it >1 the building, but
c t.,1.1 ti cm lie W..U..I ot on hand
' I’teir in xl eng igement. Hasan
i.il ucm-t on got h.dd i f hint?
lore than *125,000 Won at I’oker
hr »'.ttlCMo Tribuoe.
tin
M».
nf the h. st ht. d tr
: i rj
Fr:.
t b-.ok- kuepl
-.1 !.
A TlultlltR II
r lln.l
nrn-tor of nit .
fii.rsi s in At tens. AUbntitih tr.p j
„„t indulge in tins sport, y.-t lie de- teral
li-hts in ki rpins a thornnsh-hr. d. I be | ».|< et.-.l
bttle hay horse owned and dr"
Mayor and his hoys, was sire
mold that was bred in the I
of Ti*nni-*'« > i*i witU a tn:
rn, r .. for Ins .Urn. F.illy has
the weather for several days and on
the treatment of Dr. Merrit lor n sprmr
ed foot, but tbe Mayor hopes soon I
have Inin in cood condition, and will pr>
bablv enter him in the free-for-all at tt
next'fair.
zb do
I -v.-r
that it
ill. Ih
,e apple
ol cam
- they
They
doors,
.vas pos
ys that
I and af
i- in they
ery ex-
stables
eh bred
-n tit,.!, r 1
THE ATHENS a JEFFERSON.
Thf L«rturc.
Last eveninz the hall was filled with
an elegant audience to hear Mr. " ih
riiomas’ lecture on the ‘ Kvolntinn of
the Mvlii ” The manner of the speakei
is especially attractive, and lie held Ins
; a„di nee bound by a most entertaining
discussion of i his very suggestive sab-
, ipct. The Athcmcuin lias made a decid
1 id ’ hit" in tbe literary feature and has
i been particularly fortunate m the selec-
j lion of the lecturers, who have unifonn-
I ly delighted their hearers with a pleas-
: ant Uuw of "wit and wisdom.”
fi,ntllilnles Numerous.
Col. Ham McWhorter, who ha
returned from a
pays that every
Je r r«.|«on Kollni-lastle ami lo llom » .«« ‘ lUgl, Sbottts and Monroe.
Ini! lo Arouse Iniereat. | A gentleman who is posted tells us
Some days ago we wrote to onr corres- 1 that High Shoals will never build a road
p’omlent in .lellcrson lo agitate the nar- to Monroe, as it would not pay running
row -na -o and send us the sentiment of | expenses. Athens is anxious to retain
his people on the subject, lie replied: t ,h e trade of High Shoals and when her
-On yesterday 1 met one of jur largest 1 public spirited citizens get ready lo build
anil must progressive merchants. Mr _J. I a railroad we will help them tap the M
St L i ts. Mo, Ecb. 25 —Wed-
C'riav n glit the wives oi seven St.
, , U |S" hiioness men. membe.s of
-e Me* ch is'.’ Exchange and
whVe ale merchants awaited anx-
heir return to their family
•S d-nces, w hi e the wife of a gen-
"•11 in v siting the city doubtless
f id) . 111 agined him sleeping peace-
D t'e sleep tl at conies altera
,.l day’s wotk. The tight gen-
t emeu wire sea'ed around a tabic
„ a >0 >m m a leading hotel, piles
>1 checks in front o< each of them,
,nd se ined to he ful ! > equippe 1 for
01 all-nigh* session. They hud en
tered the room at 2 o’clock in the
■ ft.moon f.-r a couple of hours,
qu et p iker ga i.e, \ ick pot, 5-c. to
in and a S5 limit. Betote
liev hft it yesterd .y a temo.mnea
tv $125,0 >i> ha I change 1 hind-, and
hev had played one of the largest
games ol the kind on record and
~i;t«l *ta * Cs! the largest amount on
tv* 1 ghte*t chance.
It i?a* a jjaine tn»t would make
the prof.ssionals who re gned fe
f.re the gambling law we t inn
effect turn green with envy. A- d
vet the pa'ticpants were only un
tutored business men. any one at
whom could sign his check foj
scvt-r.il thousands, and each ol
whom has made his money by count
i:,.. probabilities rathet than pos
sihilif es, even in speculation. The
limit w t*> grailu »Uv ra”*ed t * 50, anti
side bets ot from $125 to ,$1.-00
were mutle tn various combi-
nations-the smallest heart, the
largest club, etc. At 6 a. in. only
three ol the pa:tv remained in the
]>ecU*<l iiin in ten t ions he Intel obtoiiietl con
tr«»l tlic. I>»ng Islautl railroad system,
i;I.S‘» secmiiu; large holdings of I. II. & W.
stock. His connection with tho Heading
companies is of recent origiu. lie has a
1,000 acre farm at Islip, L. I., and
manages it, ns he does his railroads, per
sonally. and with great shrewdness.
Mx. Corbin’s mode of life and appear
ance were thus described lx;st summer by
a New York correspondent:
“He lives cm Fifih avenue since his re
moval from First place, Brooklyn, but
one night he is apt to sleep at his 1.000
cere farm at Islip, the next in Philadel
phia: mul then for a week he will seek
slmidx-r in his private car, whirliug from
one end to the other of his Heading sys
tem. This car of his is the handsomest in
this country, not even excepting the new
one the Pullmans have just built for Jay
Gould, and cost something like $3.1,000.
It lias 1h.m!rooms, dining room, kitchen,
bath and library, where, on his well bal
lasted road.*, he sits at his escritoire and
t.’ansar.s business with the ease that ho
could do li**re in his downtown ofiice—he
has:; prodigious capacity for work. Ills
six feet of gauntne^s is xls strong ;is a
vvhqx’onl and as elastic as steel. Jlis *G
3 ears of life show not a faculty or muse o
i:\vry. lie has blue eyes, brown hair and
ruddy complexion, and is lithe of mor 4-
ineat.”
Turn from the picture of sttcces.-.
luxury and confidence, presented by tho
forigoiug to the condition of the coal
miners in the anthracite regions of Pcnu-
sj lvania. Perhaps the cut of the interior
of a miner's home—taken from u:i actual
instance and not by any means an isolated
case-will tell better than words can, the
sqr.alor aud misery they are afflicted
V.ill.
The American miner was once
Sp’.’iidid follow. This was before the ln-
tn•duct ion of Polish and Ilun arian clicttp
labor, linn bis wages were rood, better,
in fact, th:. n that of most labours. The
r.tines had not long Inen opened, and as
the work was hard and trying mine
owners were anxious to get good men and
willing to pay g<»o<l rates for tho work
when it was done But cs th^tfpeAitors
waxed rich they cast about for all sorts of
devices for increasing tlie per centage of
proms. Whether the importation of
foreigners, who conld live on far less than
the American laborer required, was be
fore the days of tbe “pluck me*’ store or
not the present writer knows not, but
both these devices were resorted to.
There is some semblance of excuse for the
former—none for the latter. That is to say,
capitalists justify the use of cheap for
eigners on the ground that the labor mar
ket is an open one and the employer has
the right to get his work done by tho man
who will do it cheapest. In other words,
to buy labor of the man who will sell it
at the lowest figure.
But many operators in adopting this
course failed to accord their employes the
same privilege. They established the com
pany store. Here is a description of
one of these institutions, but it should be
pn-faecd by tbe statement that they are
more common in the bituminous than the
anthracite region, where the trouble i9 now
located.
Therris a law of Pennsylvania prohibiting the
company store; but it is disobeyed by one device
and another. Through this engine of torture the
last cent is wrung from the miners aud tho la
borers.
Tbe money all goes back to the empkyer.
When a miner goes to work at a new place, .Ive
weeks' pay is withheld as a guarantee of his con
duct. During this time be must livo on credit,
they have pleasant
t he cries ut-Mmie of their meetings smack
REAi»n:o ax ohnoxiois or.DEC.
very strongly indeed of tho independent
American young woman. Hero is one of
them:
tVc will! tick, stick, stie’e!
Ai.il muLe old Woluikley sick, sick, tick!
Of course there is another side to this
story, too. There always is.
The mill owners and Wnlmsley himself
claim, of course, that they have not done
anything that is not in accordance with
strict justice to the employes. The two
declaring that she was suffering from a
complication of diseases, was persuaded
to arise and walk about the room the
other day. The novel experience seemed
so pleasant to her that ehe has decided to
leave her bed for good.
The secretary of state for war in Eng
land announces that he is prepared to re
ceive tenders for trollies, rails,' trucks,
vertical boilers, ballast wagons, fish
plates, chairs, bolts, washers and other
strangely named things, which formed
part of tho famous railway which began
at Suakim, known as tho Suakim and
Berber railway, and never got to its des
tination during tlie war against the
tnahdi.
Keeping Warm by Force of W11L
A young acquaintance of mine pro
fesses to have mado a great, though acci
dental, discovery during tho late cold
spell. By some misfortune ho was de
prived for two days of his winter over
coat, while it was in the hands of a reno
vator (this is not a euphemism for a
pawnbroker, nor yet does it mean tailor.)
I behove that he lias no ulster, and what
had become of his thin overcoat I don’t
know. Perhaps it is a trifle shabby, and
he was too foolishly proud to use it. At
all events, during these two days he wore
no overcoat, but he tells me that he kept
warm through sheer force of will. By
means of some subile action of mind
upon body, which he finds it difficult to
analyze, he forced his blood to circulate
44 Picayune” Butler.
It might be of interest to some to
know something of the origin ol
•he above name. The origin*
’jPKayune” Butler was Mr. E. N
butlei, a native of Jackson county,
Ga., who was known as Nash But
ler. He was one of the finest and
most gifted violinists of the South
in the ante bullum days, and wa
what might he called a genius it
music and mimicry. He followed
the sttage for many years and en
joyed a fine reputation as a show
man. He had a song which he sang
well, beginning
*MMc*j uue Uutlor's oomltig, corain?
Picryune Uuth r’s coming o io*n ’
This song, we think, was his own
cumpoMtion and it gave him the
name. Many years he chaimed au
diences with his music and mirth,
nu» the I f of a showman is fre
qucntlv a short one, and his last
t loess se : zcd him at Wilmington, N.
C., Dom whence he went back tc
■he home of his youth, where the
spark of a noble, generous life was-
dimmed by death, and Nash Butlei
now sleeps in a grav" at his child
hood’s home near Harmony Grove
BANKS COUNTS ITEMS.
The weather is fine and the farmers
are making good use of it. The melodi
ous sound of the plow-boy's whistle is
borne on the breeze.
Mr A N Payne has a flourishing
school at New Salem Academy, with Mi
Henry Harris as his assistant.
Miss Clara May*, one of Maysrille'i
fairest and most bewitching young ladie
has been spending a few days with hei
charming cousins, Misses Minnie and
Kvie lturns.
Bush villa's Literary Club is still on a
boom. They speak of having a grand
entertainment at a day not far distant.
Banks county will vote on prohibition
soon, and we hope it will be carried by
a large majority and put the whiskey
sellers where they’ll rise no more, for it
is certainly a curse in the land.
The young ladies in this vicinity speak
of having a leap year picnic soon. I am
sure it will be a nice affair but I am
afraid the baskets will not be so wcll till
as they usually are, as I think most of
our boys are poor cooks.
Saml-el.
CKAWFORD.
foremen, they say, discharged themselves / j his skin to retain its warmth in a
and would have been safe ill their places 1
it they had staid. The same is alleged to
be true as to the girls.
L. Williams, of the linn of AustinA-Co., & (j. Load,
count! and he says that w r cannot build up oui
1- iii|i e <4 we cot thin road built.
are t xpected lo sell
hboring towns
game.
who, some
canvass for the Legislature, crossed
county line and electioneered
Greene for two days before d scov. v
his mistake.
Colored Celebration
The colored Baptists of Georgia
that ko can cet^moro aid on the route
than*, e could hnve gotten two years aco.
i The John W. Nicholson lands on this
j route have been purchased by the Booth
1 and I’.rightwells of your city, and Klbert
! Askew, of Jefferson, and ether well to
‘enterprising in?n, l’he Hayes
old to several pur-
->»Vine ormd preparations for celehrat- lamU have also been sold to several po
®! ,h?Le hundredth anniversary of the | c) . as , rs> » n d all we need is organ,zati
and a Judge \N . B. Thomas to push.
Capt. B. G.Taltnsdge’a liberal offer ha*
made him justly popular here and we
like to add such men as he is to our
orga'nixat'ion of thoir church inO^jfd
Th* celebration will take place in Nava, - j
n,h ill dune next. The colored Baptist--
of this section are making th r arrsng ■-
ments’to* attend the celebration m large
numbers* -
Tba Fralt Crop,
There is old saying that when peach
trees bloom out the dark nights in Mann
thVcrop never fails. If ibis sign he true
wo may look for a fine peach crop this
Year asffie dark nights are now upon us,
and the peach blooms aro bursting forth.
It has been several years since we lia»
bad a good peach crop.
Dirt ISaolicn.
Vink Price, of Oconee, was in the city
Yesterday, and tells os that he coromenu-
li breaking dirt Tuesday at Farmington
nn tho M. A C. road. He started with
“Sou, ^ hands, but his force
?ng daily. The grading stakes havebeei.
pu, down from tho Oconee mor to be-
yond Farmington.
P 'Our t >wn will bold ti meeting this week
asking Athens to join us in the organiza
tion of the extension and we hope to be
able to haul th* next crop-
A Senatorial Candidate.
We learn that lion. Whitson V. John
son, of Lexington, has consented to make
the race for the Slate Senate from M
District. Col. Johnson was a delegate
to the Constitutional ConT n ion. and is a
brother to the Johns n B.o , merchant*
of ibis city.
The city of ^Wilmington, N. C
had decided by popular vote to sub-
crime $In’\o°° t° the Cape fear
and P Yadkin Valley, and
io the Wilmington, Onslow and
East Carolina railroads.
A (iuano War.
A gentleman from Crrwlord tells us
that the guano dealers of that place
are cutting right and left in prices, and
; fertilizers are actually sold, payable next
fall at a profit of $1.50 per ton. Ilespon
sible farmers esn now buy (erlilizers and
supplies on time at a reasonable mar
gin.
Accident on the Air-Line.
On yesterday morning seven cars broke
loose lrom the north hound freight trs n
at the top of a steep grade above Lula
Junction, and started back down the
grade at lightening speed. At Lula depot
the cars ran into a way freight, and de-
mol.shed three box cars No lives lost.
Fall Oat*.
Messrs Carlton a heaves have -hree
hundred seres of fall sown oats on the
Skull Shoals pi ice, tba, are indeed promt
ising, they are however, sowing mo •
spring osts. This is one ..f tlie flnes-
farms in Middle Georgia, and where th
crops are no, distroyed by the flood an
immense yield is made.
Ignsfeiig Liniment Mustang liniment
There three played up to
. o'clock vesteiday afternoon,
bavin 1 ' had a twenty-six hour s ses-
sion Without leaving ihe hotel. The
pots ran «p to $Soo. and there we.e
a number of heavy sole bets Th.
checks ran out and lead pencils were
used to represent large amounts
Over $125,000 bad changed hands
during the twenty-six hours.
Pictures In the Dark.
Last night Mr. Clifton, the photogra
pher, invited several nawspaper men to
visit hia gallery and see him tske photo
graphs in the dark. This was something
new for Athens, and it was thought that
it could not be done. A reporter of the
Banner-Watchman was put in the chair
and it was decided that if Clifton could
take his cheek, either by sunlight or in
the dark, he was a good one.
Everything was in readimss and the
room made perfectly dark, whea the re
porter could see Clifton slipping around
towards him with a red hod poker in jits
hand, and began to think about moving
out, when all at once a quick flash, a
blinding s.noke and the work was done
It all doe* not require the 10th of a sec
ond. This is a great invention, and Mr.
Clifton can now run his gallery day and
night. It ia worth going to see.
Tba Peacb Crop-
Tlie pesch trees are now blooming out
but we are afraid they are too early and
the crop will *g»in be a failure. Of late
years fruit hss been so uncerUin in this
section that several parties have actually
cut down there orcharis.
The railroad employes at Pensa
cola subscribed $300 for the unfortu
natepcople who were made homeless
by the Mount Vernon cyclonic disas
Mustang Liniment
MEXICAN MUSTAM) IzaiaeaTcMnirjrrsSrAWm
ariurn.au aad Braawa la Hoaua anrtMrf*.
A MlNEIl’S nOME.
and he can obtain credit only at the company
store, lfrom the momait that bis name goes
upon tlie books of this institution he becomes a
slave. If ho tries to economize the storekeeper
tempts his wife and daughter with gaudy shawls
and dress goods, and tho end of the month invar-
laldy finds him in debt.
Many miners in tho bituminous region. And not
a few iu tbe anthracite mines, receive noUiing on
pay day but a receipted bill and a debit. The
charges of the company atom range from SS to 75
percent, tn excess of the charges made by the
cosh stores, and the men are forced to trade with
the former under pain of losing their employment
There have been caees known .here miners, who
came out at the cod of the month ahead of the rent
and filestore bills, were Toned to lie idle until
their familiea consumed the balance due them.
There have been (awes where miner*, who re
fused to pay unjust flnee or to trade at the com-
pauy’a store, were discharged and blacklisted, so
that they could not obtain employment in other
minenof the neighborhood. Tbe law of tho stole
L powerless to prerent tbe Illegal exactions -
the corporations.
How then d<*s the miner manage
livef A quotation from the same source
as the above will be of interest ns answer
ing this question.
The best paid men receive, soy, $23 a month.
Out of this means* pay tor resit, clothing and
food. Tho prices of living or. high. Bent ranges
from $4 to $25 a month. The laborer who re-
crises not more than >1* a month must pay Si
for rent. Ho ban $8 left for clothing, food, medi
cal attendance and other neoeaauias of life. The
miner who receives mors mat pay from *8 to
*10—more than 25 per cent, of hia whole income.
And what kind ofhouaas do they have for the
money! Host of them are shanties, eon
with which the dwellings of the squatter*
c ompleted to shady Bale.
Work wa* completed on the 11. ft 0
road to Shaiy Dale Monday, mid towns
are running to that place. All baud*
are at work on the river bndge 10 miles
below Madison. Work is going right
ahead.
Cn Monday a niece of Andrew Jsck-
son, Mr*. W. A. Davidson,atked and ob
taioed from Mayor Price for her»elf and
three children..* P»«s from Macon to At
lanta. She was on her return from
Washington Territory, where *he had ex
hausted her rrspurces in taking care of a
widowed daughter and children.
Mustang Liniment
for Its workmen; for the con Tonies or*
lords, and toko hack In tho Corm of rfl
a—qaarifto* th..mSlvm*fc Wtheyiwyto
tbrirman and boys. When a atriknor a shut.
Hu an i nuiaihiiiriglriipmwiAffftftfr AitifurT I
sad If a rest day passes without payment, the
“rrtrt£^aro*takta* place arery day tn tbs
Pannaylrmnia mountains that 4ra as croolna those
which, occurring In Ireland, axrif th. tpdlgna-
tion of civilised people throughout tb* world.
Unmarried miner* Uvo in bat* no larger than tbo
bathing bodies ataseoood Claes watering place.
Thobcst of the booms mo
borhood is always vfls, tbs
Sought up and educated amid the wm*t kind ■
ofeomaoldoao* spook of modal
villages, of which thorsiraH
but of
- uses are put
yp by tho company or ceopetriog, and.when tho
Mustang Liniment
MEXICAN MUSTANG Z&D&E&VtfM
otu.y L*ue*tii wbWauuej.WUMlOalU* Bure Backs l
Whatever Hie merits of the ense or the
outcome r;ny fie tlie New York reporters
have found j*!euty*of material for somo
mightily interesting articles in the strike
of the Kearny thread spinners.
Daniel Urawhunjlt’* Invention.
It is announced that Daniel TDraw-
bau&baJt’dC inventor, who claims tp have
invented the telephone, is working out
something new in his workshop in Cum*
land county, Pennsylvania. He has
now an invention which he declares will
most useful in time of war on land
and sea. It consists of an electrical con
trivance by means of which the presence
of large bodies of troops on land or ships
water cun be detected within a dis
tance of ten miles. A general of tlie
ormv with this new contrivance in his
tent can, it is claimed, tell by its peculiar
motion if the enemy is near, and the
commander of a war vessel can also tell
tho appn»ach of any vessel, hostile or
otherwise, the resistance of tho water to
the approaching vessel earning sufficient
friction to establish a current that will
cause the indicator to sound the alarm.
—Excliange.
London** Early Suburban Tmln.
The Chatham Railway comjiauy, of
London, recently Bosun running a train
from St. Paul station, starling at 3:15 in
the morning. This was done to accom
modate tho night workers living in the
suburbs on that line. Tho exjieriment
was a success from tho start, and other
lines have followed suit. It strikes ua
that this thing could be done in more
than one city in America. There are
thousands of men working in the even
ing who would prefer fo live in the
suburbs, could they aot accominpdation
at the proper hour. The trains could re
turn to the city almost immediately, car-
rying with them the marketmen and
their goods, and city sleepers would not
Be disturbed as they are now by the
rattling of the market wagons coming in
town at sunrise.—Chicago Times.
degree quite sufficient to make up for the
want of an extra covering. I have no
doubt that there is quite as much in tliia
as there is in tho mind cure, and I sup-
pose it is partly in reliance U[ion this
psychological process (and partly, I un
derstand, by the aid of surreptitious
waistcoats and the like) that certain of
our young men surprise the world by
discarding overcoot*.—Boston Post.
Crawfoiw, March o.--Mr .1 J Burt an
old citizen of this couuty was found dead
in his lied Saturday morning. Heart
disease was supposed to have been the
cause. Mr Burt has been suffering the
last year from an old wound in his thigh
which he received in 1S64 and the ball
was never extracted, which perhaps has
tened his dentil. The writer has a feel
ing recollection of the time that Mr. Burt
received iiis wound, as the same ball
that imbedded itself in his thigh gave me
a ti sh wound in the hip.
Arnold, Maxwell & Co are having
big trade. They shipped a bill of goods
to a party in Alabama Saturday.
Mrs. Col J D Mathews died at 8 o'clock
this morning.
JEFFEIISON.
Jefferson, March 4.—Mrs. Turner
gave the young people a nice sociable
at her eleeant home on Lawrenceville
street on Friday night for the purpose of
letting the new teachers and pupils
meet and form each others acquaintance.
Mrs T. was assisted by her son, John
and handsome daughter, Miss F’annie.
l’he evening was spent in playing whist,
drafts, etc., and Mrs. Clarke, who has
A Kingston man, who keeps a horse,
takes a ride every morning before he
goes to work. The only drawback is,
the horse must be fed and watered before
the ride can be taken. Heretofore the
man has been forced to get up at an early
hour, go to tho barn 6omas distance away,
to care for the horso. Lately lie has ar
ranged a bin and hopper, containing oata,
over the feed box, which can be operated
by a touch of a door knob on tho wall a
tew inches from the head of his bed.
An arrangement ia also made for let
ting on water in the pail, by, which th*
horse ia watered. 'When the man wakea
np in the morning, at that time when he
feels that a second nap would be a great
blessing, ho pulls the knob, which turns
on the oats and water, and then quietly
lies back on his pillow and goes to sleep.
Some would call this man lazy, but
others would say be was an ingenious in
dividual.—Kingston Freeman.
Tropical Agrlcnlture.
In order to encourage the youth of the
island ot Jamaica in the study of the
first principles of agriculture as applic
able to their climate and soil, the govern
ment of that iiland has offered a pre
mium of $500 for the production of the
best text book, elementary in plan, em
bracing simplicity, brevity and freedom
from technical terms. It is to bo a
manual calculated to create in the minds
of the youth early and intelligent interest
in the soil, and in the profitable cultiva
tion of products that will command a
ready homo or foreign market. The
work must be eminently practical, and
entirely freo from untried or doubtful
theories.—American Agriculturist.
charge of the aiusicai department, of anc ® tono, ot Loutsv 1 e. Ki
Martin Institute favored the party Wjth an ai »ignineiit; a--e:i> <
some jp^endid music. The universal ftsi. teiAiai Azp.zvo.- kgrf'ri
diet *r**’lhat the player, the music and oao or $00 ooo.
A WHITE HOUSE RECEPTION
The President* fnterest'nx C«.livrrait'nn
With the Crowds That Call , pun Dim.
••'rotn the Chicago tiThT.c
The range of corfver'nG in he-
tween t.-.e ■•resident ai d tho-e w io
hake hands with him at cr. m’de.l
receptions, says a corresponded, is
limited. I stood near flic otlu- riiy
ind listened a. th-y Eh ...k li. nd-
.nd al d .,ui.
Fust caller (!■, 1 up)M ..
* ou do sir? ,
President(cordi..ll\ )—Ilo.v ,, ,
.ou do sir?
|Second caller ("oK.iig d«>-.\i,)-,
Jood morning, Mr.
President (-ill ling) — (i ,i
morning.
Ana so on to the
Fifteenth ca:ier (a little B v o
rock waddings on, s« t :■. ■ .v
lie chief executive's 'cel. .i id i,,,’t
■ oticing whose they a e).
President (nac'iing fo- hi ■ ) -
Here! you little fellow. Here! it s
vny. Give un a Miakt!
Li t e f I w is sh ii.cn a . i ;t :
le* ou; sou 111nly wotmcrii g wti.it
t i- . It .■ ii>.
Sixteenth calle r (whi-per-in ex
ecutiv. ea ).
President with snrnri el end
congratulatory look)—All, indeed!
Hope they are all w ell
Kesponce smo'hered hv
Seventeenth caller—llo’w do voo
do, sir!
President—How do vou do, s r? ,
Tide sweeps on till it tree e-
lwentv--eve.it!, caller (in 1 -.id
voice)—Mr. 1’ie-ident, I w,.s born
within two miles of your birthplace,
nd only th'ee yeais later, up on
Caldwell hill. [Subdued giggle of
crowd ]
President—Ah, indced'.I’d like
first rate to go up* there for a day or
two this summer, „ q
Twenty-seventh caller ( resumes)--
Come on; fishing
He is ingulfed in the tide a.ul the
sentence dies unfinished, while the
president cordially shakes hands
with a party of three with umbrel
las. evidently (from the rural dis
tricts.
Pi.irty-sixth culler (lodv shakes
hands Mithi L )—Tba* -h k i- (or
Mrs. Cleveland. Gin her tv. love.
President—Thank you.
Thirty-seventh caller—Good even
ing, sir.
President (automatically)—Goed
morning,
About one in a thou and is known
o the president, but, on the whole,
it is a dreary ceremony to hitr>, and
entered into with a real sensible
earnestnesss and a sort of conta
gious geniality.
GENERAL 'xKlVd.
The election on prohibition in
Pike will, take place on the 50th of
this month.
M-a-les ig rapidly wiping out the
band of Nez Perce Indians on their
own reservation.
President Clevt 1 ind’s next titing
willtakethe faun of 1 has. li-hing
exp-diimto West Vrginii
Tho Presbyterian mutual assur
ance fund, of Louisv 1 e. Kv.. Ba-’
—. _ estima- ,
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A Lion of Liter. 17 Circles.
Frank R. Stockton is at present the
lion of literary circles in Washington,
Every device is used to persuade him to
inform a curious world whether it was
the Lady or tlie tiger which issued from
tlie door. His wife tell* of a Boston host
ess who had planned to trap tbe author
in the following way: She invited Mr. and
Mrs. Stockton to dinner, and intended to
have the ice cream in two molds—one
in tlie sliajie of a lady and the other
formed a tiger. She then intended to ask
Mr. Stockton from which design he
ould take liis cream. By some chance,
however, tlie dinner never came off, and
the great question is still unanswered,—
Pittsburg Bulletin.
The Crown Prince's Klmlly Heart.
The sweet and kindly spirit which
sparkles in his eye when he s[ieaks with
children brings him very near, not only
to tlie hearts, of his small interlocutors,
but also to those of their parents. An
eye witness relates on anecdote that is
charmingly characteristic. The prince
noticed, during a state banquet, that the
court pages (who are boys of noble fam
ily, from 12 to 15 years old) cast longing
eyes toward the sweetmeats. He sum
moned half a dozen of them, made them
stand in a row, and threw bonbons into
their open mouths. Having taken the
edge off their appetite, he stuffed their
pockets, and sent them on their way re
joicing. —Cosmopolitan.
To Keep Butter rreah.
Pierre Grosnlo, of Vervier, France, has
discovered a harmless process of keeping
butter perfectly sweet and fresh for an
indefinite length of time, and without its
being unfavorably affected by heat. A
solution of a *mn!l amount of salicylio
acid in lactic well mixed with butter is
the simple agent employed. His discov
ery is important from the fact that it
provides a way to ship butter to people
in tropical climate* with an assurance
that it will reach them in good condition
sod remain so until used.—New York
Worfd.
Ia aa feqUk DtMMa'cSlH.
In the divorce court in London, Eng
land, in the case of an English woman
who had married an American and had
the marriage annulled by an American
court, the judge held that the woman,
having married an American and lived
with him in America, was entitled to the
same laws os her husband, and, there
fore, the decree pronounced in America
was binding in England without a far
ther decree from an Euglish court.—
Frank Leslie’*.
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Success secures the approbation of the
world, for. as the wise man says, “Men
will praise thee when thou doest well for
thyself.”
Study the history of current events;
make careful comparisons ef the fluctua
tions in price, in demand and in supply,
in order to guide your own operations by
the lessons these facts impart.
Misrepresentation of anything never
pays, and when you tell your customers
that your goods are superior to those of
your coinjietitors, when you know the
same to be false, you are simply putting
in the wedge that will ultimately drive
your trade away.
Remember that the golden rule of com
mercial life is probity. Act. therefore,
honestly, uprightly and conscientiously
in all matters of trade. Never misrepre
sent. falsify or deceive; have one rule of
moral life and never swerve from it,
whatever may be the acts or opinions of
other men.—Dry Goods Chronicle.
Sktii Kinman, a pioneer hunter
•f the Pacific coast, died at Hum
boldt, Cxi., recently, at the age of
72 years. He crossed the plains
from Pennsylvania early in the fifties
and had passed the greater part ol
his life since then in hunting and
trapping. He presented President
Buchanan with a buckhorn chair of
his own manufacture in 1S57. and
made a similar gift to President
Lincoln in 1S64. President Johnson
and President Hayes also received
presents ol a like nature from him.
from Charleston, on the North
eastern railroad, has reported a very
alarming condition of things as to
the hog crop inthat patt of Berkeley.
The hogs are affected first with a
weakness in the loins causing them
to lose control ol their bind leg«,
then a disinclination to eat, and then
t rv become reduced almost to
skeletons, when they die.
Mrs. PhilJBrown, of Abbeville Ga.
while'preparing a chicken for din
ner to-day, found a gold scarf pin
in its gizzard , which had been lost
more than six months. The ’gator
tooth which was attached to the
pin when lost had been digested.
singing were all charming. Steps are
being taken to organize a whist club in
our town.
Tho Harmony Grove brass band will
give an entertainment at the Martin In
stitute chapel on Friday the 9th inst.
Our town will give them a good house
and a hearty welcome.
lIAltnOttiY GROVE.
Harmony Grove, March 8th.—The
many friends of Mr. J. A. Seegxr were
glad to see him up town this morning.
Judge B. S. Bohannon returned yes
terday evening from a flying visit to Ath
ens. He reported a pleasant trip to the
classic citv.
Col. H. L. Brock a prominent attorney
of Jefferson Ga., is in the Grove to-day
on professional business.
The Masons held the regular monthly
meeting last night at their lodge over tbe
academy. This lodge is in a very flour
ishing condition indeed,
Major J. P. Hudson, at the solicitation
of a host of friends, has again entered
the race for State Senator from this Dis-
tret. Tho other candidates had better
-look out for theiy laurels,” as the Ma
jor always goes io to win.
JEFFERSON,
Jefferson, March 8.—Mr. J. P. Hud
son w:ll again announce himself as a
candidate for the Senate from this Dis
trict in the Jackson Herald this week.
He is endorsed by a numerously signed
petition asking him to run. Of
course he cannot refuse. Vou can count
on the race being hot in this district.
Prof. Gleen, w bo is a warm friend of
the Jefferson ft Athens road, wishes a
meeting called on Saturday, the 17th
inst, to take steps towards organizing the
Jefferson ft Athens railroad. The meet
ing will be held, and we hope to see dirt
broken this summer.
Rellglona Statistics,
Dr. Dorchester, in the Christian
Advocate, gives the following as
the latest:
Methodists 4,601,416
Baptists 3’7 2 9-745
Presbyterians 1,431,249
Lutherans 930,880
Congregationalists 436,379
Episcopalians 423,605
Christians (Campbellites) 142,000
Adventists l M-577
Christian Union Churches 125,000
Friends (Quakers) 82.0c
German Ev’g’l Church Un 60,000
Other small bodies 35,850
Aggregate 12,132,65
•’rotestant church members in the
United States in 1SS7.
Mr. C G. Talmadge offers $
000 towards building a road from
Jefferson to Athens. That sounds
more like busine-s than a newspa
per discussion of the advantage of
such an enterpaise. Let Athens
subscribe according to her ability,
and interest in the road aud feffer
son will not lag behind. Herald.
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TGEXV*IK MUMDnHJSIlTEKT fideath to Piutl
nj> kouu, Cauii Kwutn and tdi hruuunua.
R. S. Cook of New Yuk city,
for himself and association
nas leased the Satteifield 01 e
hanks near Caitersvllle, and will at
an early day begin operating them.
Some leading ladies of Pittsburg,
Pa., are organizing a “Frances
Cleveland club” to help the demo
cracy in the election of this year.
Thejcauseis a good one, but we are
not sure that the work is suitable
for ladies.
A College in New York State
has been compelled to close on ac
count of an outbreak of typhoid
fever among the students, the fever
having been caused by the use ol
rinking water from a well into
which the drainage from the build
ing had entered. It is evident that
the study of hygiene forms no part
of the curriculum of that institute.
Thein.urance companie- of Hart
ford, Conn, own $70,000,000 of
Western farm mortgage-, and tbe
loan companies of Boston own $76,
000,000 of them. It is not strange
that the West is calling for a re
form in taxes that will enable the
farmers to get more for their pro
duce and buy their goods cheaper.
In ten Western States the aggre
gate ol farm mortgages is $3,422,
000,000.
John T. Graves, chairman of the
inter state committee of cheap rates
tothe South, has received a message
from Commissioner Daniels, that
the Central Tr.flic as-ociation of
Chicago yesterday ratified the rates
established by the Southern rail
roads a id will sell tickets South
one fare round trip. The commit
tee will secure the same concession
from the Eastern railways on the
15th,and cheap rates will be gen
eral Noit i and West totlie South.
M. Wilson, son-in-law of ex
President Grevy, who has been on
trial for complicity in the legion of
honor decoration scandals, has been
convicted. He was sentenced to
two years imprisonment, to pay a
fine of 3.000 frances, and to be de
prived of his civil rights for five
vrars. The sentence is generally-
approved in Paris
Capt Broward, the new sheriff
of Jacksonville Fla., has opened up
a war on the gambling houses, ar
resting the keepers, and seizing
their implements. The gamblers
are leaving town.
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Brunswick is a second-class post
office. Hitherto there have been
two first class post offices in Geor
gia—Atlanta and Savannah—and
tour secone class—Augusta, Macon,
Columbus and Rome; now Bruns
wick makes the fifth. In order to
become t second class office. $8,000
gross receipts per annum is rcquir
ed Bru mwick has already exceed
ed this t.rnount with the receipt- for
the periad from now to March 31
still to come in. It her receipts
could reich $10,000 gross, she
gould ol tain the carrier sy-tem She
will get it anyway so soon as the
government has official knowledge
that her population has reached 10,
000.
Those who once knew the Rev.
Jabez Curry, of Virginia, would
hardly recognize the staid preacher
in the piesent gay and hospitable
minister from the "Uni’ed States to
thecour of Spain. Mr. Curry is
becomir* noted tor his handsome
entertainments in ‘Madrid. At a
recent dinner he amused his guests
with a concert at which Napoleon
Verger and Mme. Pasqua JJ^ang
while rumor has if that a very en
gaging ballet chorus supplemented
the work of the soloists. Is it
strange thvt our minister isable to
Curry favor in Spain?
Premier Crispi has sent a tele
gram to Count Menabrea, Italian
embassador at Paris, instreting him
to demand of the French govern
ment the punishmeut ol fifteen
French soldiers who stopped some
Italian railwiyy officials at Madene
and by threatening -them with bay
onets forced them to kneel before
them.