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pBrray to Murder Robert Reaves, on the e„ingofJ«ly 12 > 1887 - 0 f Unusual Interest Unlay Consumed in the :a mination ofWitness- ^ Argument to begin this Morning. LOCCUPY THE ENTIRE DAY U-ntav morning the court room S ' Jed »S it was known that the rjtmv C». would bo died ih.toim'- It » * '**>»' jpteresS »" d lU Judge rtSiark ' H h e never saw a larger crowd m , Drt house. The case was called, ides announced ready and Sohci- ’ ne ral Uussell proceeded to cm- ijury. th9 right of the Judge a stand sat L ltcaves, his uncle, Mr. ltufus and his attorneys, Messrs. T. W ^Judge A. S. Erwin, E.T. Brown Jtor-Ueneral Russell represent- e State. •he left sat Mr. Tube Murray, the lint accompanied by Ins father-in- [r. Thomas Bailey, Mr. T. P. Yin- his uncle, and his attorneys, fs. Thomas & Strickland and kin & Burnett. Two panels of i had been summoned from to select a jury and the list was sited, the 12th juror chosen being ill summoned. One and three r hours were occupied in strik- e jury. The prosecution struck utof a possible strike ot ten. endants struck nineteen out of a le twenty. THE JUKT. Jester, C. S. Archer, l’arr. J. II. Bailey, ! u«om, R. S. Wilson, Bean. T. E. Hamilton Ik-m ilict. S. W. Griffith, Anthony, J. T. Brittain. taken out within an inch of the back- bore. He did not remember how lono* he stayed in bed from the effects of the wound, but it wns about six weeks At this point the clothes'-which Reaves wore were sent for, exhibited and examined—a bloody undershirt, cut all to pieces m being taken off of him, a □guied top shirt also b^urip.'' r,, t , ( ] stnins and showing the bullet hole and a light colored y<-st and frock coat. Cross^ Examination.—Witness stated that he had no pistol that day! It was not true that W. D. O’FarrtH had Reaves’ pistol at that time. Murray was standing at the edge of the stde- walk, *bout 8 feet from Reaves when the difficulty began. The rest of the examination on the cross did not con liict with direct examination. mary of defendant's case to the jury, j late at ni stating in substance that the difficulty cnltr. between MurrayUnd Reaves, which led to the sho oting of the latter. was a cul mination of bid feelings existing for some time between the parties. it some time before the diffi- T. IV. Rucker, in a very clear and inner, then set ft rth the line of ite's case. The following wit- e then called and sworn: j. 11. L. lleavi s. T. L. Gantt, W. oruton, A. G. Elder, Prince on, i)rs. E. S. Lyndon, W. A. it. Mr. Rucker announced that enedict and W. A. Knowles be in on the noon train. Ml!. 1!. L. HEAVES SWORN. Reaves, the prosecutor, was the itness to take the stand. His nit in substance was as follows; e 12th of J uly. 1887, he was at uunerciil Hotel in this city, the hi he wus shot by Mr. I. V. Mur- 'e was in the livery business then r. W. J Thornton, and was doing business at the time and had good stock, the best in town. 5 o’clock tout afternoon he was Hold aud so were Mcssrs.Murray rley Cooper,all drumming for their stables, it being commence- |cason. When a man got otf the ach one appi cached him to secure |(‘rs for the week. ~»\. A. Knowles drove around to piel with one of Cooper’s teams Ihen he saw Charlie Cooper told lat he had not sent him tho team ped to; that the one he had sent • suit him. Cooper sdd it was a in the driver and he would send him another team, but Knowles [was too late then for him to drive pvening. Then Reaves said to [ es Ik'd, sometime he would like • on him and would give him the tin in town, and told him what he i Murray walked up, Knowles be- one side of the door and Reaves [other. Murray asked Reaves if [ " m ' e Joker could out trot bis Reaves replied that he .would could, and Murray asked what be vvi Keaves replied from$100to ’’mle the match waspending I down by the hotel door and ais ek.ir back and sat in that Murray came within about 8 h>m on the sidewalk and re- that the horse he was talking l!* 18 Cotton Eyed Joe and he [ a . j° Holman. Reaves replied ff?dy that said Cotton Eyed Joe , to Holman was a d-~n liar. f“ I T a . v threw his hand into the oi his sack coat and said: * 'Bob I Jr you rneau to call me a d—n L ke ? ves stated again that that said that the horse was s * * d—n liar, and Mur- l *gam: “Do j OU mean to call d 7' n l*ar?-’ and Reaves told hea r 4 what he said.’’ Then I said, “I know yon of old. Yon no to call m e a d *-n liar; you d—n coward anyway.” Wn sprang at Murray and Mur- i v !m trough his pocket, and jrabbed him and they tussled >tin»e. were three shots fired, all strik es clothes. The pistol was ota Murmy and Mr. Rucker and T * Elder v/ere the first to separate e ®. Mr. Reaves here cut open of his tshivt and exhibited the .the jury. met went in near the breast ed through the body an MR. T. L. GANTT SWORN. During commencement week in 1887 was in.Commercial hotel in conversa tion with I. V. Murray about carriages he had hired. They cams out the hotel entrance together, when he entered into conversation with some other party. Saw Murray standing on sidewalk, was about 5 or 6 feet from where Reaves was sitting, did not notice them any more until he ^ heard them quarreling about the relative speed of some horses. Murray said his horse could beat Heaves* a ten mile race. Reaves said his horse could beat Murray’s, best two in three. Murray said he would bet $1,000 his horse could beat Reaves’ a ten mile race. Reaves wanted to bet $10.00 and Murray a large amount. Then Murray said: "‘Reaves, you don’t own any horse; the horse you want to run belongs to Bill Holman.” Reaves was leaning back on the left hand side of the hotel door. He said : “Anybody that says Cotton eyed Joe does not be long to me is a d—n liar.” Murray said: “Do yoi^jnean to call me a d—n liar?” Reaves Said again: “Anybody that says that Cotton-eyed Joe doee not belong !o me is a d—n liar.” Then Murray advanced in front of Reaves and satd : “Bob Reaves, do you mean to call me a d—n liar?*’ Reaves said it over agaiu. Murray said: You dare not call me a d—n liar. I wish you would. You are a d—n cowardly liar yourself.” Mr. Gantt’s impression was, that the two men then clinched. The difficulty did not last more than 15 or 20 seconds. Heard two shots that had a ‘dull, dead sound. Thought some one had thrown down a fire popper. Two men scuffled for a short time after' that. Then he heard a third shot. About that time they were separated. Murray went among the crowd to the left, and Reaves got up. The men had appeared to be iu a stooping position. Reaves sai l: “The d—n coward has shot me, but I can whip him a fair tight.” Mr. Echols had gotton the pistol Witness did not hear Echols say: "Now let them fight.” Was not positive, but thought Murray shook his finger at Reaves. The two men impressed him like two school boys quarreling. Mr. Gantt was examined at length both on the direct and cross examination, but the above is the substance. Dr. E. S. Lyndon sworn: Witness visited Reaves after he was shot; found that the bullet had gone in just over the liver; did not examine the wound closely because he thought Reaves would die in 30 minutes. Thought that the wound was calculated to produce death. Such a wound usually would produce death. Didn't undress Reaves, as his family phy sician came in. On cross examination, Dr. Lyndon said R aves did not die, the doctors were mistaken that time. He knew nothing about the difficulty. Thought from his looks, his pulse, his cold skin, that Reaves would di«*. If a man had been in a fisticuff tight, he would have a full puls<>, and the effect would be op posite to the effect of such a wound. Reaves was very much depressed by this wound. Dr. W. A. Carlton sworn: Attended Reaves when he was shot in July 1887. Was shot in right side; between the sixth aud seventh ribs; ball ranging backwards, downwards and inwards; passed through the liver, and was taken out near the spine. Was likely to produce death. In five cases of that kind two might recover, three would prove fatal. Reaves was in bed six or seven weeks. It was 8 or 9 o’clock night of difficulty, when witness saw Reaves, was in a nervous condition and did not examine him until next morning. Reaves was in a critical con dition for some time. On cross examination, witness was satisfied as to the direction of ball. It went inwards and backwards toward the median line. The bullet struck a rib And glanced toward the spine. MR. MURRAY S STATEMENT. We (Gann & Murray) bought Reaves out, and took . pos-ession first d$y of June. Went down that mornine, ran over what we bought, next day went down and missed some whips and lap robes that we had bought, and asked Simon where they were, and .he said, Bub Reaves h;«d come that night aud takenthein off. I s** Rufe Reaves, and he said he would send them down. Then Bi.b Reaves said there was a Texas saddle there that they had no right to sell and that it was his I told him to s<?e his father, and they could take it back, and pay us the $10 that it was given in at Then Jim Reaves came down and said it was his saddle, and we kept it. Next mornine Bob Rcavts came down and sdd we had accused him of taking the whips and lap-robes aud said: “Now the hall is open and I will run against you; then West Merriwether came and said: Reaves was at his house last night till 2 o’clock, and pulled out a pis tol and sajd he was going to get even with me (Murray). Next thing I heard, R aves and myself had a few words about some carriages we had hired. Then Dave Jacks came and said I had better get mv pist<4> that Reavts w»uld shoot me. We had some words alter that. Then Arthur Long came and said Reaves « as as mad as the devil, and said he would, kill me. Said he had come to his (Ling’s) store and tele phoned for his pistol, and said he would use it on me. Then I became sca.ed. Long said he told it to Lvle. Then Raleigh Wilkinson told mo Reaves had asked for me, and said he would kick me out of town. I didn’t know what to do or think. Then I started to see Charley Vincent and he suid Reaves was carrying arms for me and 1 lind better look out. and said Wilkinson had told bi.n about it. Then Ab Dorsey said Reaves said he would kill me, that the world was t jo small for us both, and had showed him his pistol and said it was as good as anybody’s and had five chambers ard he would empty three chambers into me. Then at the hotel me and Thorn ton had been talking about a race and he couldn’t name Ins horse. Then he sdd his name was Joe.and 1 said, is that Cotton-eyed Joe, the horse Holman had? Then Reaves said: “Anybody that said that was Holman’s horse was a d—n liar” ard I said I don’t know whose horse it is and he said it again, and 1 said, “Do you mean to call rue a d—n liar?” and I told hint he was too big a coward to do ir, and he mad-, at me and the first time 1 knocked his lick off and and the next time he staggered me, the next time he got my head under his arm I tired and thi y pui ed us loose and I shot him the third time after he hit mo. Before I shot him the last time, I said: “You arc a belter man than 1 am and I don’t watt to kill you,” and he said, “you are ad—ns—n of a b—eh and I will kill you.’* DEFENDANT'S WITNESSES. Mr. G. O. Thomas then called, and had sworn the following witnesse Messrs. A. S. Dorsey, S eve Thomas, jr, Dave Jack-', C. D. Vincent, E. G L\le, Hugh Dorsey, Dave Gann, R. L. Wilkinson and Ar liur Long. EVENING SESSION. Court reassembled at 2 o’clock. MR. DURHAM BROWNING’S STATEMENT. Mr. Murray came through the hotel yard toward Talmadge Bros.’ store,with Mr. Chas. Vincent and Mr. Ed Dorsey. Mr. Murray wanted to get offi and said: “I have shot him in the belly and killed him. I must get off.” The store had just closed and Mr. Browning was walking down the street. He did not know whether they vent through Talmadge Bros’ store or not. It was only a short time after he heard the firing that they came out through the hotel yard. MB. TURNER MOON’S STATEMENT. Mr, Moon brought iu the pistol, which he said was given him by Mr. Rucker, It has two balls left in it, and is a 38 bore Smith and Wesson. He said he searched for Murray that evening and night, but did not find him. He went as far as the trestle over the Oconee river. He didjiot know whose pistol it was. When he - got to the place of the difficulty" the parties had been separated. The pistol looked as if it had been dis charged recently. He arrested Mr. Reaves the evening of the difficulty. When lie found that Murray was the the other party to the difficulty, he turned Reaves loose, and went in search of Murray. “’The State rests here for the pres ent,” said Mr. Rucker. mr. thomas’ summary. Mr. G. C. Thomas next gave a sum mit. DAVE JACK SWORN. He stated that a week or ten days before the difficulty, he told Mr. Mur ray that he understood that Bob Reaves was carrying a pistol, and intended kill ing him. lie left the city an hour before the d fficulty, with Mr. Jim Tweedy. Mr. Reaves did not make the threats to him, he only heard- of them. MB. ARTHUR LONG’S STATEMENT. At the time of the difficulty he was running .a drug store on Br»ad street. About a week b fore the final difficul ty", Reaves and Murray bad a difficulty. He telephoned Murray’ to be careful, as he had heard Mr. Lyle say that Bob Reaves had .threatened him—Mur ray. MR. LYLE TESTIFIES. Was at Long’s drug store at the time of the difficulty. Mr. L >ng had a tele phone, and Lyle hear J Reaves telephone Thornton to bring his pistol, tost things were hot. He told Long about this. This w*s about a week before the shoot ing. MR.BALEIGH WILKINSON SWORN. Three or four day's before the diffi culty be met Reaves on Broad street, who asked him where Murray was, stating that he was going to kick him and run him out of town. The next morning he told Murray about the conversation he had with Reaves. He was in the employ of Gann & Murray. Murray' said nothing when he told him. He did not know who carried Murray the buggy the evening he went off. He saw Murray before he finally returned, m a window in open view, but declined to state where be was. He also saw him just this side of Lucius Cole’s house, beyond Sandy Creek, the evening of the shooting. He was sitting on the roadside. He declined to say why he (Wilkinson) was out there. A lively scene was enacted here, Mr. Rucker trying to prove by" cross ques tioning that Wilkinson was assisting Murray in getting off. Mr.. Wilkinson was decidedly confused, and hesitated repeatedly before answering. MB. YIXCEST’s STATEMENT. He stated that he never attacked Reaves. He told Me Tray about what Wilkinson had told him about Reaves’ threat of kicking him—Murray. He ad vised Murray not to have a difficulty". DR. CARLTON EXAMINED AGAIN. He stated that Murray was under treatment at time of difficulty, and was in a feeble condition from indigestion and some functional disorder of tho heart. Murray had been under treat ment for six’ months. He supposed there was 30 to 40 pounds difference in weight. Reaves, he supposed, weighed 165'or 170; Murray about 135 or 140. WESLEY MERRIWETHEb’s STATEMENT. lo’j Reaves was down at bis home light they weilt up to shop. Ilis wife came out and called him and told him to leave, some one was out behind tbe plaifutm watching them. He left soon, after, and Reaves went up town. Tie had tried to get excused from appearing as witness, as he was in “public busi ness.” He bad no conversation with Murray about any threat of Bob Rimv s. He does work for Gann & Murray, and former holds iltbs to his house*. Mr. R. K. Reaves told him to come and tell what he knew. He was at s able night Gann & Murray bought R aves out. He 6aw Bob Reaves take utf some whps, He talked about the ye thinss the night Reaves was at his house,b«t Reaves did not make any thr ats against Murray. He never heat(1 Reaves threaten Murray. He do-s Mr. Reaves’ work and owes him a gr-at deal, but Mr Gann holds the security for property Wesley bought of him, but has never paid for. COL. TOM bailey’s STATEMENT. One afternoon Wes came to Gann & Murray’s shop and told a party of gen ii- men to look out, that there was going to Le trouble; that Bob Reaves had been j>t his house and told him that he was goii.g *o get even with Murray with a pistol or a match for having been sold out. < MR. GANN’S STATEMENT. Mr. Gann’s statement was a corrobo ration of Gol. Bailey’s statement as to Wesley Merri wether’s coming to his stable and telling him about the conver- sa*ion he had with Bob Reaves. Mr. Steve Thomas, Jr, Sworn: iJe was at hott-1 at time of difficulty, when a dispute took place about the owner ship of Cotton Eyed Joe. Murray said th’.t Holman owned the horse. Reaves ani that whoever said that, was a d—n lie. Murray" asked if he intended to call him a D—n lie? Reaves re plied that he heard what he said. Mur ray said “You are a d—n coward, and won’t calf me a d—n lie. Reaves tlidn rushed at Murray, and they clinch ed. He thinks that all three shots were tired after they had fallen, in the scuf- 11.*. Mr. Hugh Dorsey", sworn: He was standing right by Murray when difficul ty took place. They werejust at H^us er’s door. Reaves made the attack. Murray was 8 feet distant. He hit Mur- fiy on temple on reaching him. He knocked him over and jumped on him. First pistol shot was fired after they fell. Muiray and Thornton . were talking i»h *ut their horses, and when Thorn ton said he h id a faster horse than Mur ray, Murray asked if he meant Hol man’s Cotton Eyed Joe, an old track horse. Rvaves then said whoever said that Cotton Eyed Joe belonged to Hol man was a d —n lie and said he bad iK-ver been on the track but once. Mur ray said: “Reaves, you are afraid to call me a d—n liar and you are a d—n cow ard,” and Reaves jumped up and hit him and went over on him. After that Mur ray shot him, he did hot try to do it be fore. Couldn’t say who was on top. They w« re side by side. They were both on the ground. The tvflb shots witness lv ard were fired while th y were on tue ground. Did not see Murray with a pis tol at all; saw Echols with it. Reaves struck Murray and they fell and tried to turn each other over. Had not ex amined clothes ta see if there were pow der stains on them. Didn’t know how long they were fighting on the street. Witness ran into the hotel door when he h< ard the two shots. When he came out he saw the p stol. Witness did not go through the hotel with Murray. Mr. A. S. Dorsey ,swo*-n: Saturday night before difficulty he heard Reaves say in front of Jesters that he had as good a pistol as ever was.. She carries live b:-lls, and 1 expect to put three of them into Tobe Murray. He did not know who was present when he heard Reaves threaten Murray. Mr. AY, A. Knowles, sworn: Mr. Knowles’ evidence corresponded in all uiatrrial points with Mr. Gantt’s. He saw Murray’s coat smoking as he went througli the hotel, after the difficulty, Mr W A Thorntorn, sworn: Witness saw the difficulty, was at the hotel. Cooper had hired a horse and buggy to Mr Kuowles, and when Cooper drove around, Knowles said it did not suit him. Charley said he would send for another. 'Then Bob Reaves said: “You had better’ve taken the horse l offered you this morning, I could have suited you,” and Bob said: “Bill put him down Little Joker. Then I lost sight of Mr Knowles and a little after that Murray said, to me. “Do you want to bet Little Joker can beat roy Sorrell,” and I said, no, but we can beat him, and said the hotse is working double this evening, and he said : What is his name,” and I did not say anything, and he t-aid; “Name him,’* and I said he was a little brown horse, and Bob said: “Tell it*’* and I said; His name is Cotton Eyed Joe. Murray said: “I’m not talking about an old track horse, and said: “I’ll bet $1000 I can beat him ten miles ’’ Then the conversation stopped for awhile, We were in front of the hotel door, and as Bob said- ‘Name him.” he walked down and took a seat at Hauser’s door. After a minute Murray said: “I have my doubts whether he is your horse, said he belonged tp Holman.” Then Bob Reaves said: “Anyboly that says Cotton eyed Joe is Holman’s horse is a d- -n lie.’’ Murray said* “Do you mean to call me a d—n liiar, you don’t dare to call me a d—n liar, I wish you would call me a d—n liar. 1 know you of old, and you are a d- -n coward.” Bob looked a little hacked, Murray said it again, and Bob sprang up the next time he said it, and he went to strike Murray; hut didn’t quite make i f . Then I heard a pistol fire, and I thought if the pistol was not taken from Murray, he would kill Bjb. About the time the second shot was’ fired I reached them and they were scuffling for the pistol, and I did not get it until the third shoL Mr. Echols got it out of his hand. Then they passed a few licks, and we pulled Bob loose, and he said : “He has killed me, but turn me loose, and I will whip him yet.’’ Then I wen; with Bob J^fto the corner and went after a doctw. Wit ness was Reaves’ partner at the time, re- membeted Heaves telephoning fora pis tol. ^ r l he phone rang and I answered it, and Bob said: “Look in the draw and bring my pistol up here, things are getting hot, and they are doubling on me.” And I went On up. On cross examination, witness said he did not carry pistol to Reaves. Witness stated that a few days before the difficulty that be, Reaves, and Ham Dealing agreed to guess at Bob’s weight and the one that missed it the farthest should set up to cigars. I guessed 141, Dealing 160, and Bob got on the scales and said : “Bill, you have got it.” He just weighed 138 pounds. Witness didn’t know Murray’s weight; thought Reaves was 10 or 15 pounds heavier. Never had a tussle with either one, but would bet that Reaves was the stouter man of the two. Mr. A. G. Elder, sworn: He is an uncle of Bob Reaves. He was going down Broad street just below the book "tore, when he heard first fire. Know ing that a difficulty had taken place be tween Reaves and Murray be ran back, and as he reached them Reaves had Murray around the neck, striking him on the bead. He caught Reaves’ arm and parted them. Reaves said: “He has shot me, but I can whip him yet if you will turn me loose.” Murray said the d—n scoundrel cursed me. He took Reaves to tbe drug store. Found no arms on him. H. G. Tuck, Esq, sworn : He stated that Mr. A. S. Dorsey told him that he knew nothing about case, and but for this case he would bo with his wife to night; that he did not intend to appear in court; that with two taps of the bell he would be in the woods. Both sides then announced closed. After consultation, counsel asked .the Judge to allow them three hoars for each side. Prosecution announced that two short speeches would be made by them, Messrs. Rucker & Russell. De fense did not announce who would ar gue. The examination of witnesses was conducted by Messrs. Rucker for the State and George C. Thomas for de fense. Argument will be opened at 8:30 this morning, and the entire day will doubtless be taken up with this case. Some fine speeches may be ex pected, as the case is hotly contested, and both sides are-ably represented. [CONTINUED ON *8tH PAGE.] For any case of nervousness, sleep lessness, weak stomach, indigestion, dyspepsiajry Carter’s Little Liver Pills. Relief is sure. The only nerve medi cine for the price in market. COLORED PROPERTY OWNERS. IN VIRGINIA’S SOIL, One Thousand Georgia Confederates S’.eej> In Unmarked Graves. i ii The letter below speaks for itself. Athens will not be left out in so worthy a cause. The Ladies’ Memorial Asso ciation will meet this afternoon to dis cuss a plan by which an amount can be raised for this purpose. Atlanta, Ga, April 9. Dear Madam :— There are sev eral thousand Confederate Sol diers buried in Holly? col cemetery, Richmond, Va. One thousand are Georgians. Thoir graves have been, so far, marked by wooden headboards, which are fast rotting away. The ladies of Hollywood Memorial As sociation are making an effort to replace these boards with marble headstones, by asking each State to contribute a cer tain amount towards putting up stones to the graves of their own dead. Most of the States have responded, but Geor gia has done nothing. Tho Secretary writes me that five hundred dollars will place a stone at the grave of each Georgian. I write to ask that you have boxes put up at the gates of your cemetery on Memorial Day, and ask for a small con tribution from every one who enters. Try to have it advertised in your pa pers a week before hand. Whatever amount you may raise by this, or any other way you may think best, please send to my address, with your name, and name of your association. We will send it all together in the name of the State of Georgia. Very Truly, Mrs. George T. Fry, Sec. L. M. A., No. 9, Angier avenue. Hood’s Sarsaparilla isl& purely vege table preparation,being free from injur ious ingredients. It is peculiar in its curative power. PECAN CULTURE They Own Real Estate and Personal Property Amounting to Over $129,670. A reporter was in the office of the Clerk of the Council yesterday morn ing when several gentlemen were dis cussing the amount of property owned by colored people iu the city of Athens. “Athens colored people show up very well.” remarked a citizen, as he put on his spectacles and. commenced looking through the tax digest. “How much will you say the taxable property will amount to,” asked Clerk Gilleland. Different amounts were given, but when the sutn was taken it was found that their real estate reached $129,- 670. The personal property including household and kitchen furniture reach ing $16,078. “Thatis about $29,000 more than I thought it would reach,” said a bystand er. “I knew that there were some wealthy negroes in Athens, but I did not think they owned quite as much as the amount riven,” replied another. Tbe following is a list of the colored people who own property in the neigh borhood of $1000. G. V. Clark $900, including his Some on Hancock eYenue near Pope street. Madison Davis has $2,385 worth of property, in real estate and personalty. Mary Ann Davis, wife of George Davis,’gives in $945 worth which em braces a house and lot on Reese street. Henry Derricott’s, real estate is worth $930. Dick Harris, the colored barber values his house ou Milledge avenue at $1,000. Kev. W. G. Johnson has $2,000 worth of property, and Cordelia Lewis $1,400. John McCree $1,575. Laura McCree, the famous cake baker on Prince avenue, has $1,150 worth. Wesley Merriwether gives in $1,331, A. L. Tucker $1,235. Pink Morton is about the wealthiest colored person in Athens. He has real cBtate in different parts of the city, ana furniture included, to the amount of $3,300. The assessment for this year has not been made out yet, but it is known that the amount of property owned by col ored people in Atbers is considerably over last year’s. More attention is be ing paid to buying homes, which speaks well for our colored people. 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Experimental knowledge is the true criterion. Read the experience of others who have used B. B. R, (Botanic Blood Balm). Their plain statements carry more force, than all the logic and theories possible. (8) A Talk With A- C. Daniel, of Oglethorpe Goanty—What He Safi About tae Culture. Mr. A. C. Daniel, ol Oglethorpe coun ty, was in the city yesterday, and says that he has now thirty pecan trees that are in full bloom. He gathered from, one tree last fall 14 bushels, which he sold for $3.20 per bushel. The trees never bear much until they are 12 or 14 years of age, but he has some that are bearing at six and seven years of age. The largest of his trees are five feet six inches in circumference. The Jay birds are the greatest foes of the pecan tree, and have carried the nuts down in the bottoms, and now he has any num ber all over his place, and some of them bearing very nicely. Mr. Daniel is re ceiving letters from parts of the coun try in regard to pecan culture. A let ter from Gen. Gordon shows that our Governor wants to find out something ot how to cultivate them. He thinks of planting the nuts and raising trees for sale. He says to take a bushel of nuts and plant them, that they will all come up, and one bushel of seed will furnish hun dreds of trees. Mr. Daniel finds ready sale, as the pecans raised by him are much better thaD those that are shipped here. He will turn his attention to the culture. Vertigo, Hysterics, Convulsons—all Nervous Disorders in fact—are cured by Samaritan Nervine. $1.50, or 4 for $5. At Druggists. “My wife had Fits for 35 years,’’says Henry Clark, of Fairfield, Mich. “Samaritan Nervine cured her.” Your Druggist keeps it. Notice of Stockholddrs’ Meeting. The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Bank of the University will be held at the banking house, Tues day, April 23d,. at 11 o’clock a. m. A. L. Hull, Cashier. No Universal Remedy has yet been discovered ; but, as at least tour-fifths of human diseases have their source in Impure Blood, a medicine which restores that fluid from a de praved to a healthy condition comes aa near being a universal cure as any that can he produced. Ayer’s Sarsaparilla affects the blood in each stage of its formation, and is, therefore, adapted to a greater variety of complaints than any other known medicine. Boils and Carbuncles, which defy ordinary treatment, yield to Ayer’s Sarsaparilla after a comparative* ly brief trial. Mr. C. K. Murray, of Charlottesville, Va., writes that for years he was af flicted with boils which caused him much suffering. These were succeeded by carbuncles, of which he had several at one time. He then began the use ot Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, and after taking three bottles, the carbuncles disap peared, and for six years he has not had even a pimple. w That insidious disease, Scrofula, ia the fruitful cause of innumerable com plaints, Consumption being only one of many equally -fatal. Eruptions, ulcers, sore eyes, glandular swellings, weak and wasted muscles, a capricious appe tite, and the like, are pretty sure indi cations of a scrofulous taint in the system. Many otherwise beautiful faces are disfigured by pimples, eruption^ and unsightly blotches, which arise ■ from impure blood, showing the need of Ayer’s Sarsaparilla to remedy the evil. All sufferers from blood disorders should give Ayer’s Sarsaparilla a fair trial,—avoiding all powders, ointments, and washes, and especially cheap an<^ worthless compounds, which not only fail to effect a cure, but more frequently aggravate and confirm the diseases they are fraudulently advertised to remedy. Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, ^ PREPARED by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. 8old by bU Druggists. Price $1; six bottles, $5.
