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ATHENS, GEORGIA. TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1889.
THE FAIMERS’ CLUB OP CLAHKE COUNTY.
Was called to order this morning at
10:30. '
The special subject of discussion,
wag the future of the Ex
periment Station now established
in connection with “The State College
of Agricultural and Mechanic Ar:s.Res
olutions expressive of the views of “The
Club” were unanimously ‘adopted, and
copy of same ordered to be sent to Hon.
JVJ. Henderson, Chairman Commis
sioners on Georgia Experiment Station
. The following officers were elected for
the ensueing year, ending April 6th
1890.
Edwin D. Newton, President.
George T. Murrell, Vice-President.
E. K. Lumpkin, Secretary.
Ferdinand Phinizy, Treasurer.
The President appointed the following
Executive Committee:
U. H. Carlton, Chairman.
Wm. Henry Morton, J. E. Talmadge,
George E, Heard, Wm. L. Jones,
Henry Bishop, W. S. Holman,
J. B. Nichols, Ferdinand Phinizy
Patman Lester, H. C. White,
L. H. Charbonnier, John R. White,
Thomas Hudson. T. J. l’oss,
W. .11. Thurmond, Sr., 0. 0. McKie,
W. R. Yearly, J, R. Crawford,
The following are the resolutions rela
tive to the Experiment Station:
The farmera and citizens
SAVANNAH IN FLAMES.
Two Fort of Snow In PennayL
Pittsburg, Pa., April 6.—The heavi
est snow storm of the season is falling
throughout the State. Began last night,
and has fallen to an average of 11 inches.
Id the mountains it is two feet deep.
Trains are delayed, and telegnph e
connections obstructed.
The Principal Street Reduced
To Ashes.
A Representative Meeting—Good Sugges
tions Mid Money Keiuly-What it
Will do for Atliens. '
HISTORIC BUILDINGS DESTROYED*
The Loss 81,500,000—The I'dependent
Presbyterian Church and the Odd
Fellows Hall Burned.
Savannah, Ga, April 6.—Savannah
has been swept to-night by the most
disastrous fire in her history.
At 6:55 o’clock to-night, the fire broke
out in the show window of D. H. Hogan’s
dry goods store, corner of Broughton
and Barnard stmts, while a man was
1 ghting a gas jet. A moment later
the fire had ri n to almost every part
of the building, and those in it had
BARELY TIME TO ESCAPE
with their lives. The fire coramunicat-
According to previou
ly numbiJfe* of the
notice a good-
representative
men of Athena together with several
from Jefferson, met at the Council
Chamber yesterday.
On motion of Mr. E. R. Hodgson, Hon.
R. B. Russell was called to the chair, |
and W. B. Pruitt was made Secretary.
The meeting being organized and
ready for business, Mr. Wiley Howard
showed in a clear and forcible speech the
advantages of the road to Athens. He
said that a large'per cent of the cotton
and trade that was now going to other
points would be brought to our city.
That the road by economical manage
ment would be made to pay a dividend.
A large partion of the Jackson county
trade was going to Gainesville, and if
this road was built it would come to
Athens. That the merchants of Gain
ville and Atlanta were getting the bene
fit of the trade that naturally belonged
to Athens. The population in Jackson
county was increasing. It is one of the
finest agricultural countries in the
State, and would pay Athens directly
A Negro Desperado Kills a Policeman.
Birmingham, Ala., April 6.—Sandy
Carter, a negro desperado, shot John
Manning, a policeman through the head.
The murderer escaped.
GSOB3I1, CAROLINA A NOBHEBN.
The Directors Meet In the City Yestjrday.
Whereas,
of CUrke county ever welcome and ape
prove any measure adopted by the Gen
eral Government, or our State Legisla
ture for the promotion ot agriculture
and agricultural education iu Georgia,
and as this assertion is fully verified by
the presence of the “The State College
••f Agriculture and Mechanic Arts”in our
midst, fsily won and seemed by hono
rable competition over all other sections
of our Scale. .Beit
Resolved, That we congratulate
the board of trustees of the University
of Georgia upon the prompt acceptance of
Hecontinued.
to build the redid
We want the road, and will- give$5,-
000, and the people of Jefferson were
ready and willing to put up this amount
and more if necessary., They waut the
road at once, so as to control the fail
trade.• The people were anxious for
the road, and Jackson county stood
ready to do her part
Capt. Talmadge thought that the road
would be a great advantage to th-
commercial men of Athens, and could
be made to pay. Hc ; thought that R. : D.
Martin & Co.’s, proposition a good on*,
and stood ready to do all he could to
further the enterprise.
Mr. Prince Hodgson asked for the
proposition cf R. T. Martin & Co., which
is as follows: That Athens and Jeffer
son raise the money to grade the road,
and Martin & C*.> would do the balance,
and give a satisfactory bond o perform
their part of the contract.
of uot less than .$75,000, including con
tents. The air was filled with sparks,
one of which lodged on the steeple of
the ’
INDEPENDENT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
confer Bull and South Broad street*,
four or five blocks from tha starting
point of the fire. The church was to
ll.e donation of $15,000 from the United
S at-*s Co ••rntnent, and their thorough
and su e>sful establishment of an Ex
periment Station, asa branch or depari-
meut of the State College of Agricul
ture and Mechanic Arts.
Resolved, That this masterly work
by said board of trustees has been
The church was to
tally destroyed, as was also its hand
some' brink Sunday school building, and
four or five contiguous dwellings! The
city has only four fire engines, aud
as all were needed in the business part
•>f the city, no attempt was made to
fight the fire at the church. The loss
on the church, chapel and contents was
prompt, thoroughly and successfully ac
complished. The granting of the Rock .
College with its sixty acres' of land 1
The appointment of an accomplished
corps of scientists to conduct its opera
Hoke at the Coiat»ercial in the after
noo-, to see if l>e had "anything he
wished to state in regarii to the road.
“No,” he replied, “there is nothing
of any special interest that I can say,
on'y that the road is a sure thing.”
“Was there anything of importance
transacted in the meeting today?”
“No, only routine business. The
same board of directors were elected
again.”
About forty mres of the G., C. &
N. have been completed, and the
Mr. Bennett, the engineer, stated that
it would cost $26,010 to make the rotd
standard gauge;
Mr. R. B.
lions. The selection of two professors
from the talented, and efficient faculty of
the State College of Agriculture and
Mechanic Arts. The able professors oi
Physics, as its “Meteorologist’’ and the
Russell, the chairm-m,
stated that this was an informal meet
ing. That wc want a committee to so
licit subscriptions. Martin & Co., he
knew stood ready to make it a first
class road, and that the property owners
of Athens and Jefferson should
raise the twenty six -thousand dollars.
III .1 " " ' road would
stop at Jefferson but would eventually
i.
Mr. Yancey asked if Mar in * Co,
would control the majority of the stock
in the road, and was answered that the
stockholders would be in the majority
. Mr. E. R. Hodgs n s»id that if we
build to Jefferson we would be a fac
tor in the proposed Augusta and Chat
tanooga railroad.
Capt. Yancey was in favor of the
road end said that when the subscrip-
$200,000. The loss on the dwellings in
the vicinity was at least $35,000. In
the meantime the fire had communi
cated to the cipola on tb<k large four
story brick building used as a store
for paints, oils, and builders’ material*,
by Andrew Hanley. The loss on tie
lie did not think the
( ~
be built farther on.
Mr. Yancey asked if Mar
in the road, and was answered that the
will be completed to this • city, as the
territory through which it comes will
boom Athens as has never been heird
of before.
The stockholders at their meeting
yesterday decided to make Athens the
headquarters for this end of the line.
Most of the gentlemen who wore in
attendance upon the meeting, leave
Destructive Fire in Marietta—850,000 of
Damages.
Marietta, April 6.—Destructive fire
is raging here. Whitlock House des
troyed, also residence of Erwin Smith.
Damages $50,000.
this morniug for their homes.
AND
A good supply of well broke Mulea
and Horses always on hand. Call bo
fore purchasing at the stables on
Thomas- street.
madge, E. R. Hodgon, J. Y. Carithers.
On motion of Capt. Talmadge the
chairman was added to the committee.
Before the meeting adjourned Mr.
Howard said that he wanted every man
to put his shoulder to the wheel, that it 1
was time fo* work and not for talk.
On motion the meeting adjourned.
Rheumatism, Gout and Neuralgia are
generally caused by orea in the blood,
and it is one of the special properties of
Dr. Richmond’s Samaritan Nekvine to
eradicate all these disorders. Druggists
handle it. .
“Has been the means of curing my
•ite of Rheumatism.”
J. C. FLETCHER, Fort Collins, Cal.
“Cured me of Vertigo Neuralgia and
Sick Headache.”MRS. WM HENSON,
Aurora, 111.
When you are sick you don’t want the
oretical or even logical demonstration to
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all the logic and theories possible. (8)
Energy will do almost anything, but
it cannot exist if the blood is impu re and
moves sluggishly in the veins. There
is nothing so good for cleansing the
blood and imparting energy to the
svstem as Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. Price
$1. Six bottles, $5. Sold by druggists.
A fine Coldifater Road
Cart, bran new, for sale
cheap for cash. Apply at
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CARTERS
IpSTTLE
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1 PILLS.
posal,” yet we pledge said couu y, its
tarmers and all of its citizen*, as ever
ready and willing to do all in theii
power to advance the interests of said
Experiment Station, as well as the Stat
College of Agriculture and Mechanic
Arts.
Resolved, That in substantiation of
jumped the fence where the crowd was
in waiting for him.
At once a gnn 'was leveled oii the
rabid dog, and a.bullet struck him in
the shoulder. This did not stop the
dog, and he made a break for the man
who had fired the shot, and came very
the truths above suggested, we appeal
with confidence to the agricultural
trustees, those elected by the Georgia
State Agricultural Society, to the Gen
lock Headache and relievo all tho troubles inci
dent to a bilions state of the system, such as
Dizziness, Nausea, Drowsiness, Distress after
eating. Pain in the Side, Ac. While their moafc
remarkable success has been shown in curing
in all cases of diseases for which it is re
commended, or money paid for it will
be promptly refunded.
eral board of trustees of the University
of Georgia.
Spring medicine.
The necessity of a spring medicine
is almost universal. And the supe
riority of Hood’s Sarsaparilla for this
where Mrs. Eidson, wi»h two children
were, and at once attacked them. Mrs.
Eidson seeing the danger, took the
two children under her arms and fled in-
t > the house, closely pursued by the
dog, and as she shat the door, the dog
was knocked back.
A well directed shot from one of the
log-roll* re guns, killed the dog on the
back steps of the residence of Mr. Eid
son. It was a terrible encounter, and it
IRON ORE IN OGLETHORPE.
Mr. W. A. Smith, of Maxey’s, has
recently discovered a rich deposit of
magnetic iron ore, on his plantation.
He has entered into a contract with
a Philadelphia company to develop the
mine; and the tools for the laborers
have already arrived.
The papers have been signed. Mr.
ITabejsham, of Atlanta i3 the agent, and
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correct all disorders of the s t omach.sti wulate the
liver and regulate che bowels. Even il they only
known every year. That power to
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stength and health which the system
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at this season, are possessed by this
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Scofula, pimples, boils, or any humor,
biliousness, dyspepsia, sick head
ache, catarrh, rheuma'ism, or any dis
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by impure blood or low state of the sys
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you to robust health.
SURGEON fob THE It. & D.
r. Benedict has been appointed local
'orgeunoftbeR. & D. R. R. for the
* Charlotte division. There
li* j® surgeons for this division, Dr.
®?nedict in Athens and Dr. W. 1’errin
Notice to Debtors and Credi
tors.
All persons hav-
iLinj <.*• v t r
Try the peculiar medicine.
MONEY TO LOAN.
On improved plantation property, in
this and Hadisea counties, at 8 per cent
per annum,in sums of $300 and upwards
payable in installments. Apply at the
office of Henry O. Tuck,
5-ll-6m Attorney-at-Law.
Athens, Ga.
Ia the bane of so many lives that herds wbats.
we make our great boast. Our pills oureit-wbUa
others do not. „
Carter’s Little Liver Pills are very small anu
very easy to take. One or two piUs make a doso.
They are strictly vegetable and do not gripe or
purge, but by their gentle action please all who
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by druggists everywhere, or sent by mail.
CARTEn MEDICINE tO., New York.
G eorgia—Clarke count
iug demands against i..„ — -
Fitner, late of sal couutv, deceased, are here
by notified to render in their demands
uudersigned according to law, and all
indebted to said estate are hereby reqi
make immediate payment.
This April 2d,
srsons
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p result by taking Ayer’s Cher-
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u S“S,and all throat and lung diseases
J N. Webb,
C. L. Fitner,
Ex'rs John C. Fitner, deceased,