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Newspaper Page TextiRSONS iND THINGS. GOSSIP PUT UP INTO SMAEE PACKAGES. |e Lumpkin countv penpb are try- p establish free scnools. ftl. W. T. Pike, of Jefferson, was a Bguished visitor in the city Thurs- Dr. John Gerdine has retnrned from a visit to relatives in Miss J. r« Atlanta ladies have been elected tors—Mrs. Jobti Ktely snd b. Ida Hill Casey. _jl* post-office, in Oconee county, Sly at Wall’s store, has been re* * to T. C. Hays’ store. W. B. Powers of Harmony was among the distinguished is in the.city Saturday. Washington Gazette calls a pole ]musttla putorious. We suppose a [by another name would smell as [ter. cent box of blacking will go ter than a hundred dollar diamond pin toward making a fellow appear itieuittn. r. James Brooks, a citizen of Banks, »r 80 years ol age. He was never in his life and says he has not owed in a “thrip” in 40 years, irlune knocks once at least aV each ji’s door. But the trouble is that a it many poor chaps are not lucky lugh to be at home at the time, ol. B. II. Noble has unfurled his /at 17 Clayton street, where he will pleased n/give all legal advice and, feet all the fees floating around, klr. Wink Taylor and wife, and Dr. p, of Gainesville, passed through ana Saturday t<> see Col. R. S Jor, who was badly hurt a few days by a negro. j,r. Joe Jones, of Athens, son of Dr. Jones, director of the Georgia ex tent station, will go into the mer- ile business at Nicholson on th‘- [’theastern railroad. ie ladies will find our “Fashion in’’ very interesting. We publish the very latest styles which can be red as implicitly as the latest issues rper, Bulterick or the Delineator, prominent horse trader of Athens ; courting in his young days and car* [a change of linen in a single-barrel gun. When he wanted to put on a shirt he put the gun nippers on the l-rod and twisted it out. rkc county should be represented Road Congress which meets in piti soon. Capt. John White is the to represent our county, as be rs more about roads and how to them than any one else. |8S Mary Tooinbs Hardeman, of ringtail, is visiting her cousin, Miss Harris Brumby, on lower Hancock lue. Miss Hardeiuan is on her way [e from Atlanta, where she has been ^ding Sometime with friendp. sve is like the mid ocean, grandy |tiful and terrible, full of delight lunger; and friendship should be the calm bay where we rest, and do par; it cannot give the exhilaration re and it must not give the anx- Says Larry Gantt in the Elberton Star: ‘‘Lost Saturday our popular and en terprising livery stable man, Mr. Henry T(ietnas, received a dispatch from Mr Pope, of the Athens Banner-Watchman, bringing the glad tidings that he had won the twenty.five dollars in gold at the drawing of subscribers to the paper, which tel-gram was followed by a letter containing a check for the amount. Capt. W. D. O’Farrell, po well and popularly known to our people, got the buggy, a party in Oglethorpe the sewing ma chine, and a Wilkes subscriber the cook ing stove. The drawing was perfectly fair, as it was conducted by Col. Zeke Edge, the big-hearted furniture man of Athens; and we all know that Mr. Pope is tho soul of honor' Besides these prizes, the lucky gen tlemen got many times the worth of their money in a SDlendid newspaper,fdr the Banner-Watchman is an old time popular favorite. Mr. Thomas was highly elated over his luck,* and we assure our Athens friends that the prize could not have fal len into better hands. Henry Thomas is a whole-souled, genial fellow, and has a host of friends in dur county and sec tion. The Banner-Watchman is a popular favorite in Elbert, and we advfse all of our readers to subscribe for it and get a chance at the next big drawing.” THE BEST METHOD. The most agreeable, as well as the most effective, method of dispelling Headaches, Ctlds/or Fe rers, <r cleansing thffsyst s m is by taking a few doses of the pleasant California liquid fruit rente dy, Syrup of Figs. It acts gently, yet effectively, strengthening the organs upon which it acts, so tfyat regular habits may be formed. Manu factured only by the (j.hfoniia Fig Syrup Company, San Francisco, Cali fornia. ' READY FOB GERMANY. The Banks County Guards Go. Willing fo nator Brown and family reached »ta Thursday. The Senator comes Bend the meeting of the Western liilnntTC Railroad Company. Next they will go to Augusta to attend redding of Joseph M. Brown, the tor's son, and Miss Cora McCord. olicitor-General Russell returned prday from Oconee Superior Court, ■ he^istiognished himself. There liore fcriininal business than ever rn in’ the county before, and Mr. b11 was remarkably successful in lanagemcnt cf bis cases. The has a strong advocate in Mr. fs tho Hartwell Sun: ‘‘Bedford 8s, colored, has the largest head of lan in Hart county, and perhaps in late. Mr. E. B. Benson showed us [ just received that he had to - have .ciuTcd for Bedford’s special it. It is a No. 8, and measures inches mside the band. The targ ets carried in stock are 7 12, but orders are made for 7 5-8 occa- py. As to brain Bedford goes more entity than quality. | University engineering corps, [ Pro!. David C. Barrow, will start a short time on their annual sur The corpse will consist of the B. lents of the Junior and Senior and the route surveyed will be ilroad from Pleasant Hill to Bar- jjihoals, a distance of about eight ■ The boys are looking forward to icasion with great pleasure, as they absent from college duties for a week, and camp out at night rison and Morton have at least one ste in Georgia. Says Uncle Billy in mklin County Register. ‘Tn con- I remaik to the Franklin county and all who may read the Regis J this ueeK, you need not fear, for Id Ship of State is safe with Benja [nd Levi at the helm. Uncle Billy [s you to come and get aboard fh the tempest may howl, and the mg billows, and threatening waves >11 and foam, y6t the old vessel roudly ride above every danger, [the old Ship lands her crew and i safe in port.” . Arnold, the Painter, is now at it at Dr. Lyndon's drug store. ipfor^ you have your house or Anted. J. L. Arnold, the Paintar. 2-9. Gen. Whack Baily has created quite a sensation in the Mexican war, «nd is willing to attack Germany if they will •move over this side of the water. A prominent member of the famous Banks County Guards vicame down on the Northaastern yesterday, and was at once soughtout by a B-W. reporter, and asked if the Banks Coupty Guards would go to Germany or the Samoan islands if r was declared between the United Sta tes and Germany. Said ‘the * M mem ber at once: 1 don’t care a cent about Germany or all the islands in the ocean, but if there is any fighting to lie done you can count on the Banks County Guards. The- gallant Capt. D. G. Candler has gone to his last resting place, the most of the men sleep in Virginia's soil, but Capt Charlton, Lieut Asb and eight or ten of the privates are still living, and are ready to go to Germany or anywhere else where there is fighting to be done. Rations are getting scare in our country owing to short crops, and we need something to keep us going, Gen. Whack Baily can get one good company from Banks. CONSUMPION CUBED. An old physician,retired from practice, having had placed in his bands by afi East India missionary the formula of ii simple vegetable remedy for the speedy and permanent cure of Consumption, Brouchitis, Catarrh, Asthma and all throat and Lung Affections, also a pos itive and radical cure tor Nervous Debility and all Nervous Complaints, after having tested its wondorful cura tive powers in thousands of cases, has felt it his duty to make it known to his suffering fellows. Actuated by this motive and a desire, to relieve^ human suffering, I will send free of charge, to all who desire it, this recipe, in Greman. Fren h or English, with full directions or preeparing and using. Sent by mail and addressing with stamp, naming this paper. W. A. Noyse,149 Power’s Black, rochester, N, Y‘ 12-4-eowly Jeffebsoh, Jan. 28.—Prof. Jnn. W. Glenn, with the aid of the citizens here, are preparing to put ih a bid for the Experimental Station, in the event that the committee does not see fit to let it remain at Athens. The Professor thinks that Jefferson with a school building a> d chemical labratory and lands attached, which is worth nearly twenty thousand dollars, and the ten der by our town of as much land as the committee may desire, will with proper inducements, cause the committee 1 , to at least, come and see us. The Profes sor will m >et the committee with a prop osition at the proper time. Our young member of the legislature, Hon. J. N. Twitiy, is spending the time now post ing himself as regards the “Law and Lo cation of the Station.” He will leave for Atlanta to meet the committee on Monday week. Jefferson, Jan. 30.—Our splendid corps of county officers have about per fected all arrangements for court next week, and that popular host Judge Howard, of the Howard House, has everything as neat as a pin, and quite a crowd is expected. Several cases of im portance will be up. Judge Bell spent yesterday at Jug Tavern on official business. , Miss Kittie Cleague, of the Martin In st tnte, we are sorry to report on the sick list this week. Jefferson, Feb. 2.—Mr. J. C. Turner of the Law department, and Jack Ben nett, of the University,'came in yester day. - Mrs. Turner, with her usual hospi tality, gave the young people a pleasant sociable at her elegant home. She was assisted in the pleasant duty of enter taining the crowd by her daughter Miss Fannie. The evening was pleasantly spent in playing games, music, &c. Tom Cobb, A. B. Long, Jeff McCles- ky, and Claud Chandler, <>f the Classic City, were with us this week. The only assignment that has ever oc curred in our town, took place this week. Stanley & Reinhardt assigned iri favor of their creditors, Assests $2,800. Li btliiies $J.,8U0. Elbert Askew/receiver. Mr. Askew has obtained the services of our young friend John Ritch, ash is at torney. JUG TAVERN. Jug Tavern, Jan. 28.—Mr. W. F. Jackson cut bis foot badly with an axe. H^t is now going on crutches. # i’rofw McCarthy’s school now num bers 70 pupils. Miss Sallie Carter, of Atlanta, is again engaged as assistant in the scho-1. She is an accomplished young lady and gives perfect satisfac tion to the patrons. Messrs. Kilgore, Stanton & Go., have sold out their stock of merchandise to Messrs. Stanton & Kelly, who will soon move into their building, leaving the brick store entirelv to Messrs. Smith & Carithois. The latter firm will occupy both rooms. Trains now meet here at noon to fa cilitate the tnovexhent of fertilizers and other heavy goods now pouring in. Pittman, the young man wh-> was so severely cut and beaten by.negroes dur ing Christinas, is reported np and doing well. Jug Tavern, Jan. 29.—On Sunday, the 27th inst., Mr. A. M. Benton, one of odr clever young men, was married to Miss Dora Gathright, at the residence of Mr. Z. F. Stanton, Rev. W. S. McCarty officiating. The wedding was quiet and attended'by a few invited guests only, The young couple have gone on a visit fo the-former home of Mr. -Benton, and will return after a brief stay to make this their future honie. Both of the con trading parties are well known and highly esteemed here as well as else where/' - about 60 pupils are reported as being enrolled. •Mrs. Babe Smith died of dropsy, and was buried to dav. THE HAWES FAMILY. Deputy Sheriff John T. Cleghorn. of Jackson county, arrested Tom Wilson here to-day for carrying a pistol con cealed. carnesville. Carnesville, Jan. 30.—The stables of Mrs. Thos. J. Langston, who lives about ten miles from town, were burned Crime and Misfortune in the Blood Kin < th Birmingham Celebrity. Judge Richard Clark,formerly of Ml con, now of Atlanta, is well-known i Macon, where his family resides and h is full of reminiscences. He says: ‘ Th case of Dick Hawes is another illustra tion of how crime and mi.-fortune will run in families. If you look in 3d Kelly Wednesday night last. The building, a you will find the case Of John Reynolds large lot of forage and a fine milch cow were lost. A horse and mule narrowly escaped. They were taken out of the burning building when it was under good headway.- The fire was the work of an incendiary, and there was no insur ance. Tho undersigned have this day formed a co-partnership under the firm name of O'Farrell & Ash, for the pur- pose*,of conducing a-general wholesale grocery and commission business. Repectfolly, W. D. O’Farrell, W. C. Ash. Athens, Ga., Feb. 2nd, 18S9. 2-8. •;■./' •./•’ / . - DISGUSTED CHICKEN FANCIER The people generally are not informed of the fact that Major W. H. Pruitt is a chick.en fancier, and also keeps a large number of canary birds, such however is the fact. The Major has spent all of his spare dimes on chickens and canary birds, and in summing up his six years experience, says that chickens are a fraud and that Plymoth Rock hens cost , * at Collim bu S) G*. He was a very more than a cook or washerwoman. He „ ,.. > i settled his bill at J. S. King & Co., yes- I h » ndsome . lnan > dressed fashionably,and terday, and found that the chickens and canary birds cost more than the balance of the family. Those wanting fine birds would do well to consult Maj. Pruitt, as he is determined to go out ot the busi ness, as he can buy Banks county eggs, and save money. ly adding to their already large line of books, stationery, etc. , They are now •keening school books and school supplies of all kinds, and will be glad to see their friends when in need of anything in their line. da w It A NEW FIRM. O’Farrell Sc Ash to Open a Wholesale Grocery and Commission House. Capt. W. D. O’Farrell and Mr. W. C. Ash havo formed a co-partnership and will in a few days open a wholesale grocery and commission business under the firm name of O’Farrell & Asp. " hey are two of the best business men in Athens, and will command a fine trade. Both were, for years connected with the large wholesale firms of Centre & Reaves and Reaves, Nicholson & Co., and acquired the business methods of those two firms than which none ranked higher in Georgia. Since that time they have been associated in the Reaves Warehouse Company, and are now, so they are well known to and command the utmost confidence of the trade of this section. We hope to see our two young townsmen build up a million- dollar-a-vear business. Those unhappy persons from nervousness and dv use Carter’s Little Liver Pil made expressly for sleeple dyspeptic sufferers. Price ! who suffer pepsia should ,which are , nervous, »cents. MAYSVILLE, Maysville, Jar, 28.—Capt, Goodloe II. Yancy,of Athens, gave us a pleasant call to-day. Miss Lucy Newton has returned from a protracted visit to CaTtersville. Mr.Vanhoose, of Gainesville, preached an interesting sermon in the Baptist church last night. Mr. John H. Newton, a prominent farmer of Madison county, is visiting his father, Mr. W. H. Newton. Maysville, Feb, 2.—Mr. B. Meadows, of Atlanta, and Miss Alice Pricket, of Jackson connty, were mar ried at the residence of the brides father near here yesterday. They left im mediately for Atlanta, a Miss Lelia Chandler, of Athens, is vis iting Miss Lucy Newton. J. M. Merritt left to-day to attend Jackson Superior court Mrs. T. K. Boone has retnrned from visit to Gainesville. Sir William Saville, of Banks county is here to: day. DANIELSVILLE. Danielsville, Jan. 30.—John B Moon, Esq. has leased the Monitor and office for one ye-r from date, and will go into journalism in connection with law, Mr. W. B. Loehr will return to his home near Ill. Dr. R. P. Snells has recovered suf ficiently to be out on the streets. Mrs. Patsy Bennett, who fell from the verandar on the night of the 19th inst^ breaking her arm, is still suffering great iy* Mr. James Iyichard Bullock is still very low with typhoid fever, and the closest attention 'will be required for his vs. the State. Reynolds in 18-10, in Stewart County, killed Jefferson Lamar. Lamar was a wealthy and influential planter, a strong Whig iu politics, the father of United States Marshal Lamar, of Macon, and the brother of J udge Lamar, the father of the present Asso date Justice, L. Q.',C. Lamar, of Macon. His death created a great sensation all over Georgia. When the jury was m- panneled the counsel for the State thought it impossible to procure a con viction, and nol prossed the bill. When put upon his trial, after the finding of a new bill, the f prisoner pleaded former jeopardy, which was overruled, and he veas convicted. The Supreme Court set the verdict aside on the ground that the ilea was a complete bar to another trial. synolds, commonly called Jock Rey nolds, was the son-in-law of Richard Hawes; of Steward County, commonly called Old Dick. Reynolds stabbed him to death, as hr had Bhot- Lamar. He was found not guilty of that on the ground of self-defense. That Richard Hawes had a son named also Richard. He was called for common Dick Hawes. He be came a professional gambler, and lived wherever he wa=, he was a marked man. Many were the instances of the con quests he made in the courts of love be fore his character was ascertained. He died in his native county of Stewart a few years after the war of a disease which caused him great pain and agony. lie is the father of the present Dick, of the _ ^ . Birmingham tragedy. His mother was 8 * GAREBOt,D . a daughter of old Dr, Maul, who was one The New Book Store men are constant- [of the Radical members from Mnsrogee in reconstruction times. After the kill ing of Atihburn he remained at or in the vicinity of Atlanta unt’l ne died. There is another item yet, and that is that the father of the ill-fated Emma Pettis was shot by a young man in self-defense in Atlama, and just did escape death from its effects.”—[Macon Telegraph: BEATING A PICKPOCKET. A your;-, man living in our city was in Atlanta during the last exposition, and found that he was being worked by a pickpocket. HE TED CARL Mr. Dudley 6u Bose, of Wilkes coun ty, made the following statement in At- He felt the gentle touch on l lanta recently in reference to the con- a memorandum book in his coat pocket, and knew at once that the thief had mistaken him lor a farmer, and thought that a memorandum book was a well filled pocketbook. The young man held his temper, and reaching under his over coat, caught the pickpocket by the hand, and informed him that bo bad struck the wrong man, as be was in the same busi ness. The pickpocket begged his par don, and said that the best men often made mistakes, 1 test between Messrs Carlton and Reese for congress: “Strange as it may seem, I cast the vote which nominated . Dr Carlton and brought about the defeat of Seab Reese for congressional nomina tion the last time, and I was a strong Reese man too. It came about m this way: A meeting bad been called ir. Wilkes county—a mass meeting for tbe purpose of declaring the choice of the county. It was very evenly divided be • Fluent writers may deceive the igno rant by lying theories,bpt the intelligent I tween Reese and Carlton and it turned man demands assurance that a theory is 1 out that I was to decide the matter of true. Nothing is so. convincing to an in- the Domination. The meeting was in .telligent reader as the plain and simple progress, and when I entered the hall words af those grateful ones who were the question wasthe postponement to a sick but have been made well by using* later date. The Reese men opposed the B. B. B., (Botanic Blood Balm), found postponement. When I got there the printed in our' paper, from time to time vote? was b< ing taken on the postpone or contained in the illustrated . “Book of | ment and it was a tje. I was a candi- Wonders,” sent free to any address by the Blood Balm Co.,of Atlanta, Ga.Send tor it. date for the legislature myself, and while I was strongly for Reese, I knew that the people on whom I depended twamv nnn i for vote—and votes were pretty * doeears. precious then, by the way—were op- Few of us but could have economized posed to Reese and in favor of postpone- many dollars during the past year, by ment. I had dropped in merely as a timely thought in that direction. Let spectator, with no idea of taking any all, in the coming year be more thought- partin the proceedings, but when I got ful as to their savings, which can be in there I found that I could not back done by patronizing Skiff, the jeweler, a oat of it in any way, so my vote was new invoice of the diamond spectacles cast for postponement of action. At a lat received. | er meeting the Carlton men carried the county overwhelmingly, and the county one death in one MONTH. I vote was c>st for Carlt n n. So you see There was only one death in Athens was my vote that elected Carlton and during the month of January, and that was a child who died of croup. How does this speak for the health of our city? or is there any other city in Geor gia of nearly nine thousand inhabitants whicn can show a smaller number of deaths in one month? Athens is, and always has been, the healthiest city in the State. defeated Iteese.’ THE STATE LOSES RHEUMATISM. Is undoubtedly caused by lactic acid in the blood. This acid attacks the fi brous tissues, and causes the pains, in the bavk, shoulders, knees, ankles, hips, and wrists, Thousands of people haye found in Hood’s Sarsaparilla a pos itive cure for rheumatism. This me.di ABOUT $45,000 BY THE SUPREME COURT DECISION. Atlanta, Feb. 1. —The Supreme Court this morning affirmed the decision of Judge Adams, holding the Citizens’ Bank stockholders liable for about fifteen hundred dollars only. The Citizens 4 Bank was a State deposi tory and held about one hundred thous and dollars of the State‘s funds. It fail ed and made an assignment, Messrs. cine, by its purifying action, neutralizes Hill and Thompson being assignees, the acidity of the blood, and also builds up and strengthens the whole body. recovery. Diimtlsvillc high school is increasing, OS THE BE^X. There are two or three drunken ne groes in the city who take in unsuspect ing countrymen by offering to get them whisky. The countrymen give the ne groes the money and that is the lost seen of him. The police should be on the look-out for these beats and give them a spell on the street gang. For more than forty years, Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral has been successfully prescribed in cases of consumption. This medicine always affo.ds great relief in pubnor.ary diseases. Ask your Druggists for it. Thereupon the State and other deposi tors brought suit to hold the stockhold ers liable on the unpaid stock. The case turned upon the resolution adopted by the bank, releasing stockholders from [ paying 50 cent, of their stock. This means that the State loses about forty-five thousand dollars, not to say anything of the other depositors. SOED THE BONDS. It is rumored in our city that Judge W. B. Thomas has sold $350,000 worth of bonds on his road and will very soon commence digging through the moun tains and on to Knoxville. Judge Thomas is a live man, and if the road can be built he will certainly do it. We are prepared to lend Money is sums to suit borrowers in Clarke, 1 Oeoaeey Jackson and Franklin. Time, from 2»** 5 years. Interest (7%) seven px* «acsar AKKOiLLY. BUSSELL 8 HUSHES, No. 11 Clayton Street, Athens, fis. (m rarithers & Talmadge’s new buHdsns,.? DEALERS IN ANT* A g(Jod supply of well broke Moles and Horses always on hand, ©ill lee fore purchasing at the stables cg Thomas street. HGL&K2A& Sc DEADWYLESr., R. L. J.'SMITH, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LA7» DANIELSVILLE, GEORGIAt/.^; Will practice tn Jackson, Banka, M self wist, Franklin and adjacent counties, and also ‘a Supreme and Federal courts of the itwe Will give special attention to collections a^adi make prompt returoi'. iiigton & Macon Rai r ea ec Let 10th, r . loiiows:. regular - - l.:fw .-a - hi. V. Supeintcm:-- r-;. 4 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1889.