Newspaper Page Text
\XA.y
h I ' •
1033.
BANNER-WATCHMAN will be put to, men who deal openly
in corruption one day and go to chnrcb
the next. It 19 these men who bring
disgrace upon the state. You may
DAILY. SUNDAY S WEE KLY convict a hundred—yes, even a thous
and—obscure voters for bribery, but
the effect upon a community would
be as nothing compared to that which
would follow the conviction of one
prominent man.”
The people of the south join with
the honest-minded people of the north
in their warm and spontaneous ad
miration of the manly sentiments
of tins just and patriotic man.
BSTABLIUBEO 1834.
Th* Daily Bahxkr-Watchman to delivered
bv carriers In the city or maned postage tree at
loc. a week, soc. per month, $!.*.» tor three month
or 55.00 * year.
TUT SUNDAY OR WJKKLY BANXER-WATCH-
m an H delivered In the city or mailed postage
t,f e !«r fil.on a year _ „ . „
Contributions of Nkws solicited from all
sponsible sources
Address.
* FOtr* 6i iSliOMBY. PBorBimoBs.
Athens, Ga.
by standing np for the constitution,
for an equal and just administration
of our laws. To him the profonndest
thanks of a great people are returned.
Whatever his future, the best wishes
of the nation will follow him.
MR. INMAN’S DISPLEASURE-
Mr. John H. Inman has been in
terviewed once more and from the
drift thereof he has evidently found
out that the people of Georgia are net
favorable to a consolidation of the
railroads of our State. We are NOT
desirous of such consolidation and
shall be pleased to take Mr. Inman at
his own words when he says: •‘If the
people of Georgia do not want this
consolidation, I am willing to let it
alone. If I cannot come as friend,
l would prefer not to come at all.”
He has no right, however, to as
sume the air of either the martyr or
the bull-dozer. He will gain nothing
by either course. The people of
Georgia honestly think that a con
solidation of their railroads would be
injurious, buc are perfectly willing to
test the validity of said consolidation
iu the courts and abide the decision
thereof. It is a pure matter of business
about which there is an honest dif
ference of opinion.
Air. Inman goes on to say,in his in
terview, that all the great trunk lines
in the North are consolidated through
out their entire line. He does not
mention, and it is a most vital point
to be considered, that there are a
great many competing- lines in the
North, which are in open and some
times violent competition. Nor does
he tell how the towns along any
specified line are satisfied with the
consoldation of the roads passing
th*ir way. We would quietly sug.
gest that the consolidation of said
lines are massing the business in the
great trade centres, such as New
York, Chicago ‘and Philadelphia,
while towns of less magnitude are
drying up as the great work of cen
tralisation goes on. None of that
this way, if you please.
We are glad to see Mr. Inman
and should be more rejoiced if he
would divert more capital South,
but we fear his patronage comes too
high. Certainly it ;does if we are to
be converted into the slaves and in
struments of the monied kings of
Wall street Competition is the life
of trade. Competition is the only
guarantee of effective aud efficient ser
vice in railroading and any other
business.
Ture, the consolidation of the roads
would somewhat reduce the cost of
operating them, by catting off some
of the smaller officers, but what effect
would this have? Would not this
saving simply fall into the pockets of
the great magnates? Would it not
simply give a finer front and a more
perfect finish to the regal palaces of
Mr. Inman and other railroad kings
in New York? Such has been the
case and ! tis said “History repeats it
self.”
Legislators of Georgia speak out
in this matter aud speak in no uncer
tain tone. Be not beguiled by the
sweet words and fair promises of
those who, if you permit, will rule
your State for generations yet un
born.
THE LAST MESSAGE*
President Cleveland’s message is
before congress and the public. Like
all of his utterances it is bold, fear
less and uncompromising in the line
of policy he has hitherto advocated.
While congratulating the country
on its wonderful strides in material
development he notes signs of degen
eracy and decay in the freedom of
our institutions. He remarks and
deplores the great extravagance of
the government and the centralization
of wealth in the hands of the few.
His words are a warning against the
growing power of monopolies to
which the rights cf the individual are
becoming subservient. He sounds the
tocsin of alarm in the words:
“Communism is a hateful thing,and
a menace to peace and organized gov
ernment. But the communism of
combined wealth and capital, the out*
growth of over-weaning cupidity and
selfishness which insidiously under
mine the justice and integrity of free
institutions, is not less dangerous
than the communism of oppress
ed poverty and toil which, exasperat
ed by injustice and discontent, attack
with wild disorder the citadel of
rule.”
He attributes this aggregation of
wealth to the iniquities of our tariff
laws and speaks out boldly for their
revision. He makes a powerful ap
peal for the farmer and the laboring
man, and says :
“There should be no cessation of
the struggle until a plan is perfected,
fair and conservative toward existing
industries, but which will reduce the
cost to consumers of the necessaries
of life, while it provides for our man
ufacturers the advantage of free raw
materials and permits no injury to the
interests of American labor. The
cause for which the battle is waged
is comprised within lines clearly and
distinctly defined. It should never
be compromised. It is the people’s
cause.”
He reprimands congress for its in
discriminate granting of pensions and
the blocking of legislation in the con
sideration of private claims.
He summarizes the reports of the
various executive departments of gov
ernment and finds no cau^b for shame
in the conduct of national affairs
HONEST JUDGE GRESHAM,.
Who can but admire the manliness
of Judge Gresham? Although a re
publican of the strongest type, he ia a
high-minded, just and conscientious
man. While others are jubilant over
the victory of their party, and seek to
excuse the wrongs .which were prac
ticed in their ranks,on the absurd and
foolish principle that the ends have
justified the means, the judge, indif
ferent to the victory dishonestly ob
tained, is condemning, without stint,
the corruption of his party.
When a man, although a firm be
liever in the cause he loves, seeking
with all his might to lead it on to
triumph, realizes in the end that vic
tory was purchased at the cost of
honor, and refuses to join with his
brethren in tho shout of exaltation,
that man is. indeed a patriot—to him
integrity is more precious than suc
cess, and his country dearer than hiB
party.
Sii In a recent conversation condemn
ing the corruption practiced in Indi
ana, the judge speaks as follows:
“There ought to be a reform in our
state electoral system, and unless the
state takes steps to stop the corrup
tion at the pollB, a condition of affairs
will be produced to which the rebel-
lion will not be a circumstance. It is
1 Pharisees who are doing this. It
during his administration.
He deplores the purchase of gov
ernment bonds before maturity, and
points the remedy in a cessation of
the exorbitant taxation of the c<
try-
He notes the reclaiming of eighty
millions of acres of the public do
main from corporations,and impresses
the importance of greater care, in the
granting of government lands to rail
road and other corporations.
Other matters of equal importance
are discussed with that boldness and
precision for which Mr. Cleveland is
famous. This, perhaps his last of
ficial statement, has passed into his
tory and well merits the most carefnl ty of her sentiments.
A WORTHY OBJECT AND A NOBLE
LADY.
Miss Mary A. H. Gay is
m the .* city in the in
terest of the Stephens Memorial
Fund. - It is well known that Liberty
Hall, the old home of Mr. Stephens,
is now owned by the Stephens, Memo
rial Association of which Hon.Geo. T.
Barnes, of Augusta, is President and
Gen. Henry It. Jackson vice-Presi-
dent. The Stephens High School has
been established by the Association
and they now ask for contributions to
remove Mr. Stephens’ remains to his
old home and to erect a monument to
his memory.
Miss Gay was in our city some
years ago and secured quite a sub
scription, but was called away before
she had finished her work, to attend
the funeral of Mr. Stephens.
It is hardly necessary for ns to urge
our citizens, one and all, rich and
poor, old and young to contribute to
this worthy object. We all know and
love the name of Alexander H.
Stephens, the able advocate, the great
law maker, the profound statesman-
No Georgian’s name ranks higher
abroad or is reverenced with a deeper
respect by his fellow citizens. Few
men have figured more conspicuously
in state and national politics. A
member of the legislature in his
younger life, he\ rose rapidly, and
during the most trying period of our
history, AlexanderH. Stephens, small
and feeble of frame but of gigantic
intellect, stood out as one of the most
notable men of the day. From a
seat in Congress he was elected vice-
President of the Confederacy,and since
the war he was repeatedly returned
to Congress from the Eighth district,
and died while governor of the State.
Consistent while others changed, un
swerving while others waivered and
turned back, Georgia has no son of
whom she is prouder and none whose
memory she should more highly cher
ish. Let us then contribute as we
can afford to the erection of a monu
ment to his memory.
There is no greater incentive to
purity and nobility of life than the
thought that our memory will be
cherished aud our graves kept green
by posterity.
A bachelor, Mr. Stephens left no
fond wife to plant sweet flowers at his
grave, no child to bear his name and
keep fresh his memory. Let Geor
gia then adopt this noble son and rear
above his dust a monument which
will bespeak his greatness and our
love.
A friend of the friendless, a father
to hundreds of poor Georgia boys, the
fearless and able defender of his peo
ple’s rights,no class, no age can fail to
heed an appeal for aid in honoring the
memory of Alexander H. Stephens.
Miss Gay-is the accredited agsnt
of the Stephens Memorial Association
hating with her the endorsement of
Governor Gordon bearing the seal of
Georgia, as well as most flattering
letters from General Jackson and
others. Having competent income,
Miss Gay leaves a pleasant home, ask
ing no remuneration for contributing
her time to honoring the memory of
our great dead. This act of hers
speaks louder that words can tell of
the nobility of her character and puri-
has uow come when a failure to cor
rect this evil may prove fatal to the
canse of justice, and every moment
of delay is fraught with dangerous and
perhaps disastrous consequences.
There are two remedies proposed
by which the evil can be met:
1st. That the number of justices
be increased to fifteen, and the court
divided into two, of equal and con
current jurisdiction. This plan
would double the facilities and great
ly expedite the cause of justice. But
the objection in the way of its adop
tion is its unconstitntionrlity.
2nd. The second plan, which
seems to be in perfect harmony with
the constitution, proposes that the
present Supreme Court should -re
main as it is—with its power and
jurisdiction undisturbed, but that the
business which at present goes before
it should be lessened. It proposes to
accomplish this end in this way :
that a series of inferior tribunals in
termediate between the Superior and
Supreme Court he [ established
throughout the country, and which
shall have final jurisdiction of many
cases now going before the Supreme
Court. This plan was first proposed
by David Davis, whose service on the
bench of the United States acquaint
ed him with the needs of that depart
ment, and suggested as the remedy
the plan which he proposed. It was
endorsed by prominent judges and
lawyers throughout the country, but
political complications at the time
caused its defeat.
The increase, however, in the num
ber of cases before the court, renders
an immediate ^correction necessary,
and no reason whatever, opposed to
its adoptiou, should rise up at the
present time to defeat the only plan
that can regulate the cause of justice,
consistent with the people’s wants
and the spirit of their constitution.
vention should give a cold shoulder to
the party. In the present House of
Representatives there are three Dem
ocrats from St. Louis. In the next
they will be succeeded by three Re
publicans. By being true to the Dem
ocracy she might have preserved the
Democratic majority in Congress.
Harrison’ is already beginning to
regret his election. Like a host of
bees, the busy office seekers have been
swarming around the embarrassed
Genera], trying to garner up the
sweets of office. His facial expression
now presents any other picture than
that of glee.
m
The seven living men who have
been Speakers oithe House of Repre
sentatives are Robt. C. Winthrop,
Nathaniel P. Banks, Galusha A.
Grow, Jas. G. Blaine, Sam’l. J. Ran
dall, J. W. Keiferand John G. Car
lisle. Who will he the next one ad
ded to the list?
Used bT the Halted States Government Endorsed by tbs heads of (he Great Fnireral tie*
and Public Food Analysts, as ths Strongest, Purest and most Healthful. Dr. Price'* Cream
Baidas Powder does not contain Ammonia, Lima or Alum. Dr. Price's Delicious Flavoring Ex
tracts, Vanilla, Lemon, Orange, Almond, Rose, etc., do not contain Poisonous Oils or Chemicals
PRICE BAKING POWDER. CO- New York. Chicago. St. Louis.
It is rather singular that Chicago
being disappointed in her hopes of
obtaining the con vention,should show
large Democratic gains, and St. Louis
the favored city of the party should
show large Democratic losses.
Augusta is to have an artesian well.
Ten thousand dollars have /been appro
priated. ^
ATLANTA'S ELECTION.
Mr. Glenn Elected Mayor by a Small
Majority,
*
Atlanta, Dec. 5.—[Special.]—The
election passed off quietly to-day,
though deep interest was felt in the re
sult Glenn is elected Mayor by some
thing like 250 majority.
Missing Link Tobacco Works,
The Largest Factory in North Caroling
EMPLOYS 400&SKILLED WORKMEN.
S ESTABLISHED 1873--*
study of every one who is interested
in the welfare of his country. This
last great act of Cleveland impresses
anew the fact of the defeat of our par
ty; but we are forced to the confes
sion that it is more the man than the
party whose defeat we deplore. Rais
ed from comparative oblivion the man
of destiny was exalted to the highest
seat on earth, and from first to last
he has exercised his great power with
an ability and a conscientious devo
tion to the constitution which he
swore to maintain as at once to rank
him among the foremost rulers of our
country. Few men have been raised
so suddenly and so high and fewer
far have borne themself* so nobly.
Grover Cleveland, the man, retires,but
the impress of his character and deeds
will live on, and after years have
passed, the nation, reviewing her his
tory, will linger for a while with pride
as she scans the pages brightened by
the name of Cleveland. And should
dark times come when grinding
wealth and soulless monopoly extend
their tyrannic power and oppress
onx country, the mechanic, the hus
bandman, the humblest citizen of our
union will delight to recall the name
of their fearless and greatest cham
pion, Grover Cleveland. Of the peo
ple, and from the people, he not only
EXPEDITE JUSTICE*
An important matter to come be
fore the present Congress is the con
dition of affairs in the Supreme Court
of the United States.
According to the present slow pro
cess by which justice is dispensed
from the national tribunal, it ia im
possible for the court to keep apace
with the current number of appeals.
The end of every term witnesses an
increased accumulation of cases on the
docket, and if such a plan is carried
on indefinitely it will be years before
a case is heard, and justice meted out
to those who seek its shelter. Now
this state of affairs cannot long en
dure to the satisfaction of a people
constantly engaged in business, which
must of necessity give rise to civil is
sues and disputes among them.
Already there are twelve hundred
cases on the docket, and at the pres
ent rate of progress it will be fully
three years before they are all settled;
in the meantime new cases wilt crowd
in and the accumulation increase from
day to day,
Now delays in the Supreme Court
are both vexatious and expensive, and
the demand for a speedy and effect
ual remedy has been emphatic, re
peated and imperative. A movement
was originated some time ago for the
THE LEASE AGAIN-
Mr. John H. Inman lias had a tri
umphal march through Georgia.
We are no less gratified than oth
ers at the remarkable career of Mr.
Inman and trust that the same good
fortune may follow him always, but
yet we shudder for Georgia when we
think of the master monopoly which
Mr. Inman represents and its possible
effect on Georgia’s future. Of course
Mr. Inman wishes Georgia well and
we do not for a moment impugn his
motives in the recent railroad deals,
but what power will Mr. Inman or
any other man have when the roads
of Georgia are under alien contro
and in the hands of a monopoly.
Like all other monopolies these
railroad kings are seeking theiT own
interest and if that interest dictates
higher rates, the upbuilding ef cer
tain cities and sections teethe ruin of
others then will those rates be levied
and those cities and sections crushed
with as little compunction as have the
tyrants of the bagging trust as they
smile while they grind the Southern
farmer.
If Mr. Inman should protest against
such oppression or prove obnoxious to
their schemes, powerful as he is, he
would be brushel aside with as great
ease and as little regard as a child
tosses its toy into the blaze. We
can but raise our voice, feeble as it
may be, in warning before it is too
late and Georgia finds herself chained
and enslaved.
Friends of the lease say it can’t be
voided, too much money is hacking
it Money, power, that’s their argu
ment. So the constitution of our
State, backed and suppported by a
quarter of a million of freemen is
powerful. It is to the peo
ple and their chosen representatives
in the legislature that the appeal is
made and the man or set of men who
fail in their duty in this crisis will re
ceive the uncompromising condemna
tion of an outraged people when the
public become aroused to the real
lul " meaning of the recent transactions, if
it is shown that the constitution gave
them the right to throw off this iron
yoke and they failed to do so.
Catarrh
May affect any portion ot tbe body where the
mucous membrane la found. But catarrh ot
the head'Is by far the most common, and the
roost liable to be neglected. It cannot be
cured by local applications. Being a consti
tutional disease it requires
Ringing a constitutional remedy like
Nnirno Hood’s Sarsaparilla, which,
noibBS working through the blood,
eradicates the Impurity which causes and pro
motes tbe catarrh,-and soon effects a perma
nent cure. At the same time Hood’s Sarsa
parilla builds np the whole system, and mokes
one feel renewed in strength
and health. It you suffer Impure
from catarrh, be sure to B i- n j
try Hood’s Sarsaparilla. Blooa
“ I used Hood’a Sarsaparilla for catarrh, and
received great relief and benefit from it. The
catarrh was very disagreeable, especially In
tbe winter, causing constant discharge from
my nose, ringing noises
- Hood's In my ears, and pains In
Saraanarllla th8 back of “7 head,
sarsaparilla The e£tort ^ clear my
head In the morning by bawklng and spitting
was painful. Hood’s Sarsaparilla gave me
relief Immediately, while In time I was en
tirely cured. I am never without the medi
cine In my house as I think It
Is worth Its weight In gold.” CurOB
Mrs. G. B. Gibb, 1029 Eighth « * u
St., N. W.. Washington, D. C. ''UT.aTrn
“ I was troubled with that annoying disease,
nasal catarrh, and never found relief till
I took Hood’s 3arsaparllls.” J. L. Bonn,
Marksburg, Ky. H. B. Be sure to get
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists, fl; olxforgs. Prepared only
by C. L HOOD A CO., Apothocarl—.Lowll, kyq
too Doses One Dollar
For Old and Young.
Taft’s Liver Pills set u kiifiily on the
child, the delicate female or Infirm
old age, as upon the vigorous man.
Ms Pills
glTe tone to tho weak stomach, bow.
ele, kidneys and bladder. To these
organa tbelr strengthening qualities
them to per
form their functions aa In youth.
* Sold Everywhere.
Office, 44 Murray St* New York.
ACTewwal?'
TWHSTJ
The only Factory in the State unable to keep ud with orders.
Our motto is: Ttie be'fc goods fjr the money.
Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded.*
GIVE US A TRIAL
‘HODGSON BROS. ATHENS. GA. AGFNTS
Northeast :: Georgia :: Machine : : Works
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
All kinds at raginm glni.nwmill*. ayrup mills, etc., esrciuMy repaired. Cotton, Wonltoa*
and wonted maohlnijy, (Horn or Foreign; erected, removed ®r repaired, contract or oihrrwto*.
on the most approved system Advice g yon on ail kind- of alter*: ton*. Tnie *ls to iotorin tbe
puolic that 1 have opened out a nee nucnl ■-* *hop wh s -e ( am ready to attend to »ny kind of re
pair* on tne shorten notice. My shop I, stocked with the la’rat ai d vorv but machinery: my
tools are of the lateat pittern u-au.puioJ by *uy shop 11 »h» *<Ute. 1 rodlslly invite cn ini .re-
tion where 1 wlU bp pUtsid A ah >w the ne ven and ch apvtt style of dov g work, T will guar-
antes alt work tot mi «4 to me to beof the very beat fir finish, durabl'Uy *wl ,-he;>pne*» B« riv
ing work to ae I know I can make to to your *1 vent* e All kind* of steam, go* and water fitting.
Fiona aud ln«!D<i of new-mills carefully prepared. Shop on Wllkertoi etreet. off Bioud a tree*.
Adjoining the Pottery Work*. *
R. Lucas, Proprietor.
When children pick their noee^ grind their teeth,
are restless, unnatural in their appetite, they are
quite likely troubled with Woras, ptomptmets*
urea should be token and B,A.FabnMteek1
Vermifuge be given them according to direc
tion* it has saved many a child from death and
asjsagammaafis
“The Gladstone”
LAMP
PAIBROS.,
House and Sign Painters,
Dealers in Wall Paper, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Brushes,&c
octiad&w3m. No. IT. North Jackson Street, Next door to Banner-Watchman offlte,
COTTON --SEED
PURCHASED IN ANT QUANTITY.
Highest Market Price.
PAID AT ALL TIMES,
R.L.MOSS & CO
COTTON FACTORS, ATHENS. GA.
E. E. JONES,
CHANCELLOR BOGGS-
Dr. Wm. E. Boggs has announced
his acceptance of the chancellorship
of the University. This will be gra
tifying news to every friend of the
University in Georgia, as the enthu
siasm with which his election was re-
ceived and the unanimity with which
he has been urged to accept the office
evidence his superior fitness and the
cordial support he will receive.
This is a bright day for the grand
old college and we wish for it unpar-!
alleled success under tho guidance of 1
Chancellor Boggs, supported by an
able corps of colleagues. It will
probably be some weeks before Dr.
Boggs will enter on the duties of his
office as he wishes to give his chutch
in Memphis ample time to secure a
desirable pastor.
LARGE STOCK-LO vV PRICES.
-MANUFACTURES-
J ONES’ STA ln DaRD TIN WA RE
Contractor for Tin Roofing. Guttering and Job Work.
«l^GMSa I ! flt! (i l n n or e wi?te^or C prioes r . 0r * CBien ' My
OtlHtt
i country.
lilts'
wonted in every town to
•oil these lamps.
ir.e i " -TaoMaWli I appreciates their wants and realizes
n of prominence and respectaDUi-. vr , — , 7» m
ruiac those large sums of; fc “ eir Gangers, but has ever thrown the corr6 ction of this evil, but for pohti-1 It is a great pity that St. Louis, tnt.
ral * . . .. t I,,*. ‘ . . .1 ... it r*. . ___ i __
ttigu ouut.ii uW
3*1 satisfaction in th*
cure of Gonorrhea* and
uleet. I prescribe It anC
feel safe In recommenC
tnc to to all sufferers.
A. J. STOXEB, M.IL,
Decatur, III.
F1UCE.B1.00.
field by D-ucriat-
poney
o rAlBC WIWWJ JIVA (jv l*«_*l_**Jl , Its I 9 * ■ w * * 1 Mark* twi oy 1 Uggitt*
, knowing the ww that they weight of bis influence in theijr favor <»! reasons wa* tyjd aside, Tfie t/nje the peat of the Jaft Democratic cop- Di/E. B. L-repoy. flfi.
C'gara. 100 Boxes Farcy Crackers. 100 Barrels Northern Apple
K5 £°unds Fancy Candy. 3,000 Pounds Stick Candy.
12,000 Pounds Nuts. 5,000 Pounds Peanuts.
100 Boxes Florida Oranges!
400 Pounds Delaware and Concord Grapes. 10 Barrels Malaga Grapefi*
200 Boxes Fire Crackers. 100 Boxes Sheffield Knifo Packages.
Bunches of Bananas. 100 Bushels of Mountain Apples.
75 Buckets of Fancy Mixed Candy. 50 Boxes Toy and Fruit Candy*
It will pay merchants to call and see me,
• - w. a*