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THE DAILY BANNER-WATCHMAN, ATHENS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1889.
PERSONS AND THINGS.
For potato xlip« call <
| erspoon.
Milk shake* and ice
POWOEi
Absolutely Pure.
This powder now rapes A marvel < t purity
strength snil wbotosomeness More economical
than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in
e* Mpetitlon With the mult tilde of low test,
abort wclfht alnm or phosphate powder*. Hold
only la cans Jtoyal Bakina Powder Co., 10c
Wail street. New York.
At wholesale and retail by'TalmadRe Bros.,
/them. Ua _2l
A Good Suggestion.
Editor Jhiuncr- Watchman: Learning
that Mr. Jlciiry Howell Intends leaving;
for Boston on the lMt of June, to fur
ther cotnpleto this musical education,
and taking into consideration the fact
that since his residence in Athens, Mr.
Howell has generously contributed his
valuable musical services on all occa
sions; having been a most coin|N>t<*iit
contributor to the music in our various
churches and societies, and in all en
tertainments that have been given for a
charitable pur|K>se, and feeling that a
substantial recognition of the kindness
tons manifested upon the part of
Mr. Howell, should lie made by our cit
izen*, all of whom have been the re
cipients of his generosity in this re
spect, 1 would suggest that our musi
cal jM*ople arrange and tender .Mr.
Howell, In-fore Id* departure, a lame
nt concert or musical entertainment,
which I am sure would meet with a
hearty response upon the part of our en
tire community, and he highly appreci
ated by Mr. Howell. At this particu
lar time, that we are indebted to Mr.
Howell for his valuable services as a
musician, which he has always cheer
fully given when called upon, is a fact
too well known to In* dwelt upon, and
that we should substantially recognize
an indebtedness Just now, I think w ill
he fully concurred in by all our people,
therefore, I hoj»e that the suggestion
herein made will meet with prompt ac
tion upon the part of our musical p<
pie, and that our entire community will
show to Mr. Ilowetl, on Ids departure
their appreciation of hi* many disin
terested acts of kindness in contributing
so largely to their enjoyment at va
rious times, by hi* skill as a musician
during Id* stay in Athens.
It. L. With-
5
ain, at W. A.
Jester’s. 5-12
The University hank is being hand
somely papered.
Fresh strawberries, 12'.j cents p
quart, at W. A. Jester'-. 5-12
Mrs. John Thomas is visiting relativ
in Augusta.
Mr. Charles Nichols went down t
Augusta yesterday.
Mr. It. McAlpin.of WlntervillC,spent
yesterday in the city*.
Twenty-one seconds in tile reel con
test will be hard to lieat.
Mr*. Bennett, of Albany, i* at Mrs.
Price’s on east Hancock avenue.
Pioneer So. 5 made Mr. »S. J. 1 bad-
son a handsome present yesterday.
Another picnic is on tnpis. It ha*
not been publicly announced a* yet.
Mr. J. H. Dorsey returned yesterday
and rc|>orts the tournament mi a boom.
The suits of the running team of No.
5, arrived yesterday and are very hand
some.
Mr. Clem C.illeland is purstieing a
course of studies under Prof. A. M.
ricmlder.
Col. B. K. Overby, of WatkinsvIIle,
was a distinguished visitor to tl
yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. I. IV. Swift, of Klher-
tou, are visiting Mrs. Thurmond in
Cohhhnm.
Col, K. H. Russell returned to the
ity yesterduy, from a trip down the
'. A M. road.
The Baxnkk-Watciimax is printing
Dine liaudsoine badges for the different
ire companies.
Dr. J. dentine, has had In's new hug-
y and horse photographed, by Milner
lie new photographer.
Mr. w. F. Woodliff, or the Atlanta
'onstitutlon, was in the city yesterday
in the interest of that paper.
I. Zeke Kdge will carry out a large
party to Broad river to-day, to capture
the blue cat. The party will catch at
least live gallon* of li.-li.
THE NEW PRESIDENT
With a Sketch of the Llfo, and Remark-
able Career of the Distinguished
South Carolinian, The Head
of a Groat R. R. System
PATRICK CALHOUN,
xpre*.-
Mr. Mu
the Athens hr
hotm oil an
Young i* making hi
Messrs. W. It. ai
turned to the dtr T
New York, where tl
the Wu.-Jiiugtoii Cente
tion.
eh, i
nfined to hi*
eknei
Mi-
iiii at present.
F. M. Ward rt
‘day night, froi
- went to atteii
elebra-
Sick headache is n
HimhI’s Sarsaparilla,
regulates the digestioi
appetite.
wi»y «’
vhicli to
, and ci
Mr. Henry Howell.
This talented young pianist, w e It
will leave Athens on June 1st for Bos
ton, whither he goes to add to his pro
flciency as a professor of music. Him*
his stay in Athens, Mr. Howell has
made many warm friends hy his coi
teous deportment and uniform kindne
by contributing his valuable services
many occasions. Klg*wherc in our
columns will be found n communica
tion relative to .Mr. Howell, which con
tains a good suggestion, and one in
which we fully concur, and have no
doubt will lx* acted upon. We regret to
loss* Mr. Howell for the time and hop*
that when he finishes his course of in
struetions at Boston, he will make Ath
ena his future home.
Many ladies admire gray hair—on
some other person—hut few care to try
its effects on their ow n charms. They
need not, since Ayer’s Hair Vigor re
store* gray hair to its original color,
fold hy druggists and perfumer*^
That tired, languid feeling ami dull
headache is very disagreeable. Take
two of Carter’s Little Liver Fills Indore
retiring, and you will find relief. They
never fail to do good.
la-hMOL-ArsBLxfi
AgeuU perferreti who cau turuUh a hoi
five their whole time to business.
spare mo
ments may be profitably employed also, a lew
vacancies In town* anil cmes, IV V. JOllM-
hON * t o.. IMS Main street. Richmond, Va.
“ " ~ •xperl-
vacancies in town* and
I A t O.. iff* Main sti
1L—Please state aye and has*
ence. Never Bill ‘
reply, it. F. J ft
Never mlnu about seudlug stamp foi
Home Evidence
X* other preparation has won incests at •
hone equal to Hood's Sarsaparilla. Xa
Lowell, Mass., when tt Is made, U Is now,
as It has been for years, the leading medicine
for purifying the blood, and toning and
strengthening the system. This** good name
a* home” Is **n tower d strength abroad."
It would require a volume
People W print all Imll ptorU
_ have said la favor ot Hood's
OT Sarsaparilla. Mr. Albert
employed as bees carpenter by J.W. Bennett,
president of the Erie Telephone Company,
had a large running sore come on his leg,
which troubled him a year, when he began to
take Hood's Sarsaparilla. The sore soon grew
less la size, and in a short time disappeared.
Jos. Dtmpby, til l*n-
tral Street, Lowell, had
swellings and lamps
There arc several applicant* fo
|w>*toffice iu Watkinsville. 'I’lie pr
c iciimbcnt is a widow lady ami si
be retained, a* she ha* given ge
satisfaction.
Judge Jackson, Mr. Ja*. Murray
K. L. Armstead, Misses Fannie
Nannie Murray, and Misses tleri
and Kiltie Jackson, of Watkins
*1 cut yesterday in the city.
We regret to know that Col. Steph
ciis Thomas, of Athens, one of the
est and most popular directors of the
Georgia railroad, is suffering from j
severe carbuncle, and w ill not he nhli
to attend the me.ding to-day.—Augusta
Chronicle.
Mr. Win. Heaves, of Athens, has
invited hy Mr. Smith, of tint. LuG range
Female College, to participate in t
opera "Pinafore,’’ which w ill 1h: giv
on the event «»f their commciieeiiiciit in
June. This is certainly a high «
pliment to Mr. Heaves.
The Augusta Chronicle yestenlay
contained the following: t’npt. Jj
White, of Athens, Cashier of the Na
tional Hank and President of the (•
gia Factory, a mail of large means and
ability, will propahly he elected direc
tor of the Georgia Hnilroad to-day.
would 1m* a splendid selection.
Saved From Consumption
Several physicians predicted that Mr.
,sa B. Kow'lcy, Druggist, of Chicago,
ould soon have consumption caused hy
an aggravatisl ease of Catarrh. Cus
tomers finally induced him to try
Clarkv’s Extract of Flax (Papilion)
’atarrli Cun*. He says:“The result was
unprecedented. I commenced to get
II after the first application and tun
now, after a few weeks,cutitvly cured.”
ill do the same for you w ill use no
e $1.00, Try Clarke’s
Flax Soap for the skin ami
other, 25 cents. All of Clarke's Flax
remedies are for sale hy all Druggists.
youngest of five sons, was l>om ou the
21ft of March, 1850, at Fort Hill, South
Carolina. Hie father, the Hon. Andrew
P. Calhoun, was the eldest son of tho
great John C. Calhoun, ami was a gen
uenrnn of high character and attain
ments. Though never entering political
lifo, he was a man of marked influence
in Ids state. Mr. Calhoun’s mother wa9
Miss Margaret Green, daughter &f the
celebmted Duff Green, for a long time
resident at Dalton, Ga.
When only nine years of age, Mr. Cal
houn lost his father, and the disastrous
results of tho civil war which swept
away their property, left the fumily al
most qc.ititute. In common with many
of tho youth of the south, these misfor
tunes sadly curtailed his educational op-
]>ortunitics—thirteen months at the Pen
dleton school, and twelve inontlis at
Norwood high school in Virginia com
prising the extent to which ho was af
forded educational facilities, other than
such instruction as could be given bv
parents, or could be acquired through
the processes of self-tuition.
At thtse schools young Calhoun won
the highest praise for industry, scholar
ship and mental j wavers of an unusual
order, and, despite these disadvantages,
it is safo to say tlint there are few to-day
in tho state of Georgia letter read, or
possessed of wider and more varied in
formation.
In 1871, Mr. Calhoun, with his mother
and family, left Fort Hill and moved to
Dalton, Oa, to the home of his maternal
grand-father, Gen. Duff Green. In 1874,
after leaving Norwood, Mr. Calhoun
went to Columbus Ky., where, under
the guidance of John M. Bruimnel, Esq.,
a prominent lawyer of that place, lie l»e-
gan tiie study of law. To be a great
lawyer had been from earliest youtii Mr.
Calhoun’s ambition, and with character
istic ardor he applied himself to the
study of liia chosen profession.
In October, 1873, at tho age of nine
teen. Mr. Culhoun was admitted to tho
bar by the Hon. C. D. MoCutcheon, then
judge of tho Cherokee circuit. Consid
ering ihe field at Dalton too narrow and
already fully occupied, in January, 187ti.
Mr. Calhoun left Georgia, with the pur*
nose of iieginning the practice of his pro
fession iu tho growing west. After sev
eral unoxnected delays incurred on his
journey, he found himself at the expira
tion of several days, in St. Ixmis, where
lie finally determined to try hi* fortune.
than his personal
iclations into which the south and north I gal and could he annulled, and stated hla
tuul been brought, from an industrial as j belief that the stock of the Terminal
well as political standpoint, by the result company, which had been greatly de-
of war. The substance of this speech messed, would go up rapidly. Gen. Lo-
becomiug known. Mr. Calhoun was pan determined to pursue his own plan,
Pralso
Hood's
Sarsaparilla
■JL*. a W. Harriett, Met At Flm A*
r-juui in. Xd^jmmr oi Luvcii. laji rail
lot u yean >he tn» troobted with itmach
mm* The ttiaeb am m mr j fart.
nltbt, when the nt ebMrtd to fake hrrbcd,
ut m nuhto t» endure •», holie. She
lock U»d'( SarrefuUla, nhd niter a time
■ ■ sewed enihel/.
, udgbt he Etna M we mere.
—fadw ot peepfa et hw»
whs feMW u, w» Ilk jew fa uy
Jipwfe Sarsaparilla
MOrwi i SffMh****•+
ly«.i.asnp«oft. IhOiimI riteSUfat
too Do— On# Belie/
CTI1 PM AN'S TONIC purities tl.o
CHI PM AN’S TONIC purifies the
blood.
CHIl’MAX’8 TONIC purities the
blood.
(Ill PM AN’S TONIC purifies the
blood.
ClllPM AN’S TONIC purities the
blood.
Sold by John Crawford A Co.
NOTICE.
Mr. A. It. Iv*>bertson, our Mirble and
Granite Merchant, says our people make
a great mistake in purchasing Marble or
Granite Monumonts from drummers or
traveling agents, with the impression
that they are doing better than they can
bete in Athena, Ga. Mr. Robertson says
ho keeps up with all the new and hunt
Designs in the Monument business, and
wdl guarantee that his pri:t* are at least
ten per cent, lower than any other Mar
ble or Granite dealer in the United
States ; and our people will do much
better to go and see Mr. Robertson at
the Maible yard, when they want to
purchase a Marble or Granite Monument,
and be will guarantee ftrst-cUxa work
at much lower prices titan you can get
from any other Startle or Granite Dealer
in the United Stales. * f
tf.
You can find the BEST selection of
Chi
'MWIHMWI WU1M,
Parlor Suits,
effect*, were at this time reduced to tho
trifling sum of two dollars. With this
Cnpitui, backed by Ids own energies, he
start<*d his car«*or as lawyer in St. Louis.
Mr. Calhoun secured desk-room in the
office of Mr. JohnG. Chandler, in return
for such assistance us ho might in* able
to render Mr. Chandler iu copying,
writing, etc. Living in the most modest
manner, and practicing the must rigid
economy, Mr. Calhoun applied himself
with renewed ardor to the practice of
the law.
In order to introduce himself to the
people, Mr. Culhoun became at this time
an active participant in the political
movement* of the day. Ho was one of
the organizers of tho Voung Mob's Dem
ocratic Association of St. Louis, which
liec&tue, in a short time, a Very consid
erable iKilitical power in the city, and
the full of 1870 he took a very uctivo uarft
the congressional race between Mr. Wells
und Col. Slay buck, which ut tho time
excited interest throughout tho state.
Exposure to the night air during this
campaign, and speukiug out of dtxirs to
large concourses of |>eop!c, often in in
clement und cold weuther. coupled with
over-study, so undermined Mr. Calhoun’s
health ilmt it became im|KM*ible for him
to remain longer in St. Louis. He aban
doned St. Loui*. und went to the liome
of Id* elder brother, Mr. John C. Cal
houn, who was engaged in cotton plant
ing in Chicot county, Ark.
Devoting himself to outdoor pursuits
i fast a* returning strength |M>rmitted
the renewal of uctivo life, Mr. Calhoun
bud so far recovered that in Juno, 1878,
uble to accept u proposition made
by tho late Col. Robert A. Alston, who,
never having met him, wa* led to seek
Mr. Culhoun a* u partner, from the high
commendation of common friends, to
come to Atlanta and re-enter upon tho
practice of law as junior member of the
firm of Alston & Calhoun.
Mr. Calhoun removed to Atlanta in
July, 1878, ami entered at once into ac-
th e practice. This firm did % a large busi
ness in and out of Georgia.* It was sud
denly dissolved bv tho death of Col. Al
ston, who was killed in a rencontre with
Mr. Edward Cox.
After Col. Alston's death, Mr. Calhoun
continued the practice of law by himself
at Atlanta, until tho lutter part of 1880,
when lie formed a isirtnership under the
firm name of Ep}M & Calhoun with the
Hon. Howard Van Epps. Iu tho full of
1882 tho nartnendiip was enlarged, Mr.
Alex. C. King, of the Atlanta bar, en
tering the firm, which was thereafter
known as Van Epps, Calhoun A King.
This partnership continued until Janua-
About the time he formed thbtiart-
nership with Mr. Van Emis, 31 r. Calhoun
bevamu interested in the organization,
on a large scale, of agricultural com|»a-
nii*s for the cultivation of cotton in tire
Mississippi valley. His residence in Ar
kansas, just before coming to Atlanta,
luui informed him that the rich planta-
t ions of that section hud so fallen in value
tiiut many of them could be purclmsed
at one-seventh or one-eighth of the prices
which they had commanded in ante
bellum days, while the poverty of the
planters made the credit and factorage
system the universal financial method
of the country. Provisions, supplies,
stock and implements were bought at
credit at high prices; advances com
manded ruinous rates of interest; while
the charge* on tho bale of cotton, sold
through the factor, amounted to about
three dollars per bule. Securing options
cm a large body of rich cotton lunds,
through his elder brother, John G. Cal
houn, whose interests lay in planting,
ami on whose account, mainly, ho em
barked in tho enterprise, Mr. Calhoun
went with his brother to the north and
succeeded in forming a company, with a
capital bo*ed on the productive capacity
of the lands to be purchased, and with
sufficient money to buy for cash, at
wholesale prices, its own provisions,
equipment, trie., and to act as its own
factor in marketing its product. The
urged by the New York Herald to fur
nish it to that paper for publication.
This speech attracted wide and favora
ble attention from the press throughout
the country as a striking and important
discussion of the situation and future re
lations of the south to the balance of tho
union. In 1885, just after the Mssol
tion of the firm of Van Epps, Calroun
King, Mr. Calhoun was employed by
soi*;t* of the bondholders of the E. T., V.
& G. it. K. Co., which had made default
oi- the interest on its bond debt due 1st
of January, 1885, to represent them in s
conflict which was apparently imminent.
The road was placed in tho lumd* of i
receiver in Tennessee. The East Ten
nessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad
company had acquired the bulk of its
lines in Georgia, by franchise of the
charter, property and franchises of the
Cincinnati and Georgia Railroad compa
ny, a Georgia corporation which was au
thorized in fullest term* by its charter
to sell itself, its charter, etc. The East
Tennessee company had always claimed
to lie, and had been treated by the courts
uud bar as a Tennessee corporation, re
moving all of its litigation, on that
ground, to the Federal court. 3Ir. Cal
houn wa* convinced that this was a mis
taken view of the law—that by it* pur
chase of a Georgia property the East
Tennessee company had oecome a G:
gia corporation. Acting on this opinion,
which was advanced by Mr. Culhoun foi
tho first time, a bill was filed by himself
and awociato uouniwl, in tho state courts
of Georgia against the East Tennessee
company, and a receiver was ap|M>inted
for the Georgia lines. The railroad com-
1 »any sought to remove the ease to the
■’ederai court, on the ground that it
a Tennessee corporation. The superior
court granted the removal order. An
appeal was taken from this iudgmeut to
the State Supreme court, und in the Fed
eral court a motion to remand the cause
was made. The motion to remand
argued by 3Ir. Calhoun in an argument
of great power, so strong that some
members of the i«r who liad pio< iously
pronounced that thi» railroad company
wa* a Tennessee corporation, stated that
their views had been changed by the ar
gument, and the United States court
judge, while retaining case, declined to
decide that the railroad company was
not a Georgia corporation, but put his
ruling on other ground*. Later, the
question came on in the Supremo court
of Georgia, which, in an elaborate opin
ion, held that the East Tennessee Rail
road company was a Georgia corpora
tion, and could not remove its eases to
the Federal courts. Tho case attracted
great interest throughout the state.
On tho ith day of November, 1885,
Mr. Calhoun married Mis* Sarah Porter,
ldest daughter of George W. Williams,
Esq., president of the Carolina Savings
Dank, and a prominent citizen of Charles
ton, S. C. During the ro*t of that year,
und until the summer of 1880, he devoted
himself exclusively to tho practice and
study of law. In this line lie wus con-
' with some of the heaviest litiga
tion in the south, notably the foreclosure
suit ugaiust tho Memphis, Selina and
Brunswick Railroad, a like flit against
the Southern Telegraph company, und
tho intervention of the minority bond
holders in the East Tennessee Railroad
foreclosure suit ut Knoxville. Tenn.
Iu the spring of 1880, Mr. Calhoun
took an active part in the gubernatorial
contest, in advocacy of the claims of
Gen. John B. Gordon, tho successful can
didate, and was one of tho delegation
selected to represent Fulton county in
the state convention which nominated
him,
In the summer of 1880 Mr. Culhoun
visited the city of New York, and there
began that series of movements iu south
ern railroad matters which have given
him hi* greatest prominence, and which
are destined to exert so powerful an ef
fect ou tho industrial developments of
the south. Prior to that time lie had
frequently discussed the southern rail
road situation, and had advanced the
theory of the great railroad system of
the southeastern states os then existing
separately, were conqxinent parts of one
natural transportation system, which
could be brought together to the great
advantage of themselves and the south.
He had Isvn contemplating, for some
time, inaugurating a railroad movement,
particularly witli the Central Railroad
and Banking Company ot Georgia, look
ing to coutroling that prop* rty with the
ultimate aim of allying it with these, it*
complementary part*. The matter, how
ever, which first demanded his uttention,
grew out of the fact tiiut his brother,
Xlr. John C. Calhoun, was interested in
the securities of the West Point Terminal
company, and tliat that property liad
drifted into such antagonism with the
Richmond and Dunville Railroad com
pany tiiut litigation, and perhaps catas
trophe, were threatened to the West
Point Terminal.
On reaching New York, 3Ir. Calhoun
fouud that lus brother and his friends
were very anxious to begin legal pro
ceedings. Convinced tliat this would be
financially dkr t r ous, if successful, he
strongly oppose it, and succeeded, by
his arguments, in preventing it. The
situation presented was briefly this:
Tho Richmond and West Point Termi
nal Ruilwuy and Warehouse company,
usually sjiokeii of os tho Terminal com-
n , had originally owned tlie stocks of
urge number of railroads in
tho Carolina* and Virginias, which
stocks, with the stocks of the
Northeastern of Georgia and Georgia
Pacific railway companies, constituted
its assets and gave value to lU own riock.
These securities amounted to about $30,-
000,000 pur value. When the Terminal
company was organized, the Richmond
and Danville company hud elected its
directors. Using such control, it caused
leases of all the roads owned by the Ter
minal comiMiny in the Carolina* and Vir
ginias, to be made to itself, and sold to
the Terminal company 25,000 shares of
the Tertuiuol company's own stock for
$13,000,000 of tlie par value of these
stocks and bonds. The Richmond and
Danvillo Railroad company also sold
large quantities of the Terminal comj
but after some months of effort, was
compelled to admit that it could not be
earned out, and to agree to Mr. Calhoun
trying his plan. This was in October,
1886, Mr. Calhoun had during the sum
mer months been anticipating this ne
cessity. He had formed the acquaint
ance of, and inspired confidence in, some
strong financiers in New York. In a
very short time he formed a syndicate,
tiirough Mr. Isaac T* Rice, which raised
the money necessary to pay the debt of
the Terminal company. The election
was called, the Terminal stockholders
were quickly rallied against the old man
agement, and Gen. Logan and his allies
were elected directors of the Terminal
company, Mr. Alfred Sully becoming its
president.
During the tirao this contest was goini
on in tho Terminal, and Richmond an<
Danville companies, Mr. Calhoun lmd
never forgotten h j purpose of acquiring
control of the Central Railroad and
Ranking Company of Georgia. A thor
ough investigation of this railroad prop
erty liad assured 1dm it was the most
valuable in tho south. The person* then
in control of it evidently dia not appre
ciate this fact. Its stock was low, selling
at about seventy dollars per share, and
on the occasion of a slight rise in tho
spring of 1886, its officers and directors
pronounced the rise speculative, and as
only done to allow tho parties manipu
lating it to sell out. Convinced that ev
ery rise in the stock would be decried by
thou# iu power, who would thus keep
the market price down, and that such
rise would be looked upon as temporary
and merely nsrculative, Mr. Calhoun saw
tliat a large quantity of this stock could
be bought at low figures, before a^v at
tempt would be made to resist his move
ment by those then in control.
* * * # * #
The public who had seen Mr. Calhoun
successful In both of the contests in the
Terminal company and in the Central
Railroad movement, and who had seen
those who came into power with him
first defeated in the Terminal compauy,
and lastly lost* all place in the Georgia
Central system, were not slow in accord
ing to him high praise, and iu recognizing
the important part he had played. The
uewsjNipers throughout the country com
plimented hi* work. Without multiply-
ing (imitations, the attention of the reader
is called to tho following from u leading
fimuieiai paper:
The honor of carrying through tho
great deal by which the Richmond Ter
minal was enabled to purchase the Geor
gia Central, is due to 31r. Pat Calhoun.
Mr. Calhoun is a gentleman of concilia
tory disposition, who is thoroughly con
versant with the interests of the south,
and fully impressed with ♦he necessity
of hurmonv between the railroad* of that
section. lie is but thirty-five (in fact
only thirty-two) years of age, and looks
even younger. Although the grand-son
of the great Culhoun, his own great
ability, although obscured by an unusual
* sgree of modesty, needs no luster deri-
iblu from the name of his illustrious
ancestor, but asserts itself nio*t forcibly
in meeting tho many draft* which are
made ui»on it by southern railroad men.”
No sooner was tho accomplishment of
tills great movement announced, than
rival railroads und interested parties be
gan a bitter war upon ihe railroad alli
ance. The southern states were flooded
with circular* denouncing it as n gigantic
inono]to|y, dangerous to the public good.
A rival railroad, under the cover of cer
tain minority stockholders of East Ten
nessee, Virginia and Georgiu railway,
began, began proceedings iu the courts
of Tennessee to drive tho East Tennessee
system from this alliance. The legisla
tures of Georgia, Alabama and South
Carolina met within a few weeks, and so
much lmd the public mind been agitated
by all sorts of rumors and statements,
proceeding from these sources, tnut legis
lation of a most radical character was
introduced into each. At this crisis 3Ir.
Calhoun returned to Georgia, and as tiie
representative of tho allied roads, asked
to bo heurd lieforo tho legislative com
mittee, to whom had been referred the
princiisd of the measures pending before
the Georgia legislature — namely, the
Olive bill, which proposed to forfeit the
charters of all of the railroads which
were in the alliance, and confiscate the
stock of all stockholders who hod acqui
esced in its formation. In an elaborate
and powerful speech, in which he dis
cussed tlus railroad problems of the day,
he demonstrated the illegality und im
policy of this hostile legislation, and
pointed out how this great alliance of
southern roads would conduce, not ouly
to chcaiien transportation and destroy
discrimination, and diversion of com
merce from its natural chaur Ms, but to
build up and develop the souti., and at
tract the freight and business of the
great west to southern ports and south
ern markets, while the uncombined rail
road systems tended to drain the south
and debur her from advantageous com
merce with the west.
pleasure. TnThe two brunches of 'corpo*
ration and constitutional law, his read*
ing has been varied and exhaustive, and
hie information is thorough nml exact
3Iuch of tho success of I L» railroad
achievements lias been * ! :o to his supe
rior knowledge of the law governing
corporations.
A Scrap of Paper Saves her Life.
It was Just an ordinary scrap of wrap-’
ping paper, but it saved her lifo. 81m
was in the last stages of consumption^
told by physicians that she was Incur
able and could live only a short time;
she weighed less than seventy pounds.
On a. piece of wrapping paper she read of
Dr. King’s New Discovery, and got a
sample l»ottle;it helped her, she bought
a large bottle,it helped her more,bought
another and grew better fast, continued
it* use und i* now strong, healthy, rosy,
plump, weighing 140 pounds. For ful
ler particulars send stamp to W. II.
Cole, Druggist, Fort Hmith. Trial Bot
tle of this wonderful Discovery Free nt
John Crawford A Co.’s or L. 1). Hied go
A Co.’s drugstores.
LEMON ELIXIR.
A fteiuaiit Lemon brink.
For biliousness and oonstipatlon take
Lemon Elixir.
Far indigestion and foul itomach, take
Lemon Elixir.
)r sick and nervous headaches, take
L'niion Elixir.
lor si*eplessness and nervousness,
taka Lemon Elixir.
Fur loss of appetite und debility,take
Lemon Elixir.
>r fevers, chills and malaria, take
Lemon Flixir.
Lemon Elixir w>ll not fail you in any
f the above diseases, all of which arise
from a torpid »r diseased liver, stomach,
kidneys, bowels or blood.
Prepared only by Dr. II. Moxlkt At
lanta, Ga.
50c and $i.00 per bottle. Sold by
Druggists.
A Prominent Hlnifter Writes.
After ten years of great tullering from
indigestion, with great nervous prostra
tion, biliousness,disordered kidneys and
stipation, I have been cured bv Dr.
Mozley’s Lemon Elixir, and am now a
ell unn.
Rev. C. C. Davis, Eld. M. E Church
South.
No. 28 Tatnall St, Atlanta, Ga.
NOTICE.
There will be a meeting of the cor
porator* of die Athens and Jefferson
liailn a J Company at the Cttv Council
Chamber in Athent,Ge., on Tuesday.
April 23.1, 1880 at 11 o’clock.
Said meeting being for the pnrpoae of
-ccepting the charier sad organic ng the
said company. tf.
Out Again.
Dr. 3V. R. King, Hpecialiat, in hie
treatment of chronio diseases, is at his
office again afer an eight weeks illners,
snd is rotdy to treat all th se who m»y
need hi* s» rvices. Coiue now if yon
wish to be treated, ns the Doctor ex
pects to lesve Athena by the 1st of
June, nu I will not return until October*
should he live to do so then. R'mem
ber the Doctor treat* pile* without live
knife, ligature or other painful opera,
ion. Plenty of city references can be-
given. Coiue uow if you w*nt to get.
well.
THE STATION LOCATED.
large quantities oi me terminal compa
ny’s stock, which it owned, to the public.
These sales left it with leas than a ma
jority in the Terminal company’s treas
ury.
Tho Terminal company owed about
$3,200,000, and this sale of its assets to
the Richmond and Danville, if allowed
to rtaml, rendered it insolvent It wus
directly against the interest of the hold
ers of tlie Terminal stock, end as equally
beneficial to the holders of the Richmond
and Danville stock.
Gt-n. T. 31. Logon, who was interested
In these pro|K*rties, was then trying to
get control of them, aud he employed
Mr. Gdhoun to counsel him in hi* con
test. 31r. ( a!houn accepted on the con
dition that he could withdraw if at any
rvauie in nu
first of these companies was known as fcjKJfJS* r°* ^
, tlie Calhoun Land Company. Shortly j iiknwiu
SIDE BOARDS. CHIFFONN[ERS 1 ]^^^ < &*S^m k r^!
Chairs and RoekingChnin*.
Desks, and
: money to payoff the debt ot tlie Tenni-
rupidly diwppcarmg
Anythin* in the Furniture cheaper J SSH
than .nhere ehe, at . | ^.o^o'
.tm^
BROAO STREET. lubirct at hi. tnrech am theehaneed ’.‘•***“3' —J*
A* a man, 3Ir. Calhoun la market by
strict integrity, great decision of charac
ter and purpose, and by his If* alty to
his friends. He is a lituo over six feet
in height. In early youth he was very
slender, but his later years have made
him more robust. What, however, im
presses tlie observer most, is the striking
intellectuality of his face. His eyes,
which are blue, are extremely piercing,
and especially in argument or discussion.
He fixes his glance on his hearer with on
intensity which seems to raid the inner
workings of the mind. He possesses a
mind of unusual power. It is character
ized not merely by the faculty of acute
analysis, but by tliat rarer power, which
is tlm gift of statesmanship, tlie power of
synthesis; of devising new nlans, devel
oping original thoughts, or perfecting
new and complete systems of actions. It
is at oucc boldly original, and also con
servative in its tendency. Original iu
its conceptions, but cautious and critical
in proving them before received as truth.
His capacity for resolving a problem into
its true elements, and seizing upon the
controlling feature of it, Is remarkable.
While cautious in determining upon a
line of conduct, when once resolved, his
action i* marked by its extreme rapidity
und its great firmness. Quick to accept
a suggestion and revise • conclusion, or
ahandon it when it* error is demonstra
ted ; and according to the judgment of
those'in whom he has confidence, great
weight, and he Is, when convinced of the
correctness of hit opinions, fearless in
their maintenance.
3fr. Calhoun is a great student—his fa
vorite studies being tlie law and all sub
jects bearing on fndmtrial.JKecial, eco
nomic and political question. Prior to
the period when bis railroad interest!
demanded so much of hhi time, he was ft
and during this later period, tcarrafTft
day has passed that he has not. either
after nightfull or during thr day, devoted
one or two hour* to study. As a lawyer,
Mr. Calltoun is widely read on the prin
ciples governing the different branches of
jurisprudence. He has always been noted
for the intensity with which he devotee
himself to any object which he la pursu
ing, and this characteristic made him,
during the earlier yean of his profes
sional life, an arduous student or legal
literature. His occui
A Few Words In Retard to Chansellor.
Boxes' Vote for Griffin.
I’ht* board of ccmmD’doucr* of the
Experiment station met in Atlanta
uesday with closed door*. The first
business of the meeting was the selec
tion of a site for the station.
Four ballot* were taken uud the re
sult wa* the selection of the 31. L.
Rate* farm at Gritffn. A superinten
dent ha* not been appointed us yet.
The following resolution* were
adopted:
Resolved, That the board make a con
tract with the State University for
twelve month* from July 1, 1880, to
carry on the *«•*..title department of
the farm for the * ai of $5,500.
Chancellor Boggs voted for Griffin on
every Imiiot. At first thought, the
frieuds of tho University In Atheusaud
throughout the State will douMlemt
think very strange of this aetiun on tho
part of the Chancellor, but prematura
judgment will no doubt do Injustice to
Dr. Boggs.
We do not speak with authority or
any intimates knowledge of Dr. Boggs’
plans, hut know that he Is, heart and
soul, devoted to the -interests of thft
University, over whose destines be ha*
Juit been called to preside, Ue la work
ing faithfully and wisely far the Uni
versity, and this notion of hie. Is nn
doubt, based on aome far-seeing plana
of his, regarding the future of the Uni-
verxlty, lie, no doubt, regarde it ill
advised to make public announcement,
just at this Juncture, of the plan* he i«
maturing, hut the friends of the Uni
versity cau rely on it, tiiut Dr. Hogg*'
vote for Griffin, will In the end,enure to
the advancement of higher education iu
Georgia and to the upbuilding of tho
University of the great factor iu that
higher education.
We arc certainly safe In saying this
much; that Dr. Boggs saw that it was
impossible for his vote to bring the sta
tion to Atheus and to wring victory out
of defeat, doubtless made compromise
with the friends of Griffin In order to
further, broader plan* for the Univer
sity.
At any rate the University can live
and prosper without the experiment
station attachment, ami with * Dr.
Boggs at the head, we predict that ft
will flourish os It never has.
Georgia is aw ake on the subject of
higher education, and a byight day
dawns for the University. Iu Dr.
Boggs she has an able, devoted ami
earnest champion and head.
Beautiful Fowers.
One of the prettiest llowera gardens
In Athens D the front yard of Mr.
Sandy Rucker on Millcdge avenue.
Magnificent roeee of the choicest kind
cover trellis ami piazza. Morshalneil
and rare varieties are beautlfttliy
■5® Wl "*J be , ,r,l '“ C U *** "if
pwt ibd ^ iflyflikm ts flit Mw» Rucker. The fragrance, ft! well
potation* while hi. tmta hare mlwaji a* tlw t*reutjr et the «ow.r», ln.fi* th*
■ubject of hi. .pccch wm the chuffed Ja^rTt* to .7npr andilmlrt.