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Leave Athens. 8:50 a m 1 8:20' p in
Arrive nt u in | 5:58 p in
Arrive lit Atlanta li':85 n in | 12:05 p m
. _ _ N o_ 2. NO. 4.
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ATHENS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 13, 1881.
Number 45.
Train* No. ‘2 ami 3 run daily except Sunday
Train No. 1 on Monday* anti Tl»ur*da>*, an«l
lrain No. 4 on Wcdne*dny* ami Saturday* only.
All train* connect closely at 7-ulu with pa*-
***ni'er train* l»oth eaat and west on Kichmond
A Danville Railroad.
Ticket* on *alc at Athens to all points.
U. K. BERNARD, Acting bup’t.
W. J. HOUSTON
t»en. 1 ‘us*, una Ticket Agent.
Pjfi« K «Wuii
Georgia Kail Road Company
*1^~i ite*S8pi i SiriiijSBBWi I■
Commencing Sun day .Sept. 4th the following
IWcuger Schedule will opperate on this road:
Leave ATHENS 9.80 am 7 00 p m
Leave Wintervillc... 10.06 an 7 31 p j m
Leave Lexington ...........10^50 am 8 15 p nt
Leave Antioch 11.17 am 8 44 p in
Leave Maxeva 11.34 am 8 59 pm
» cave AVootiville 12.10 a m 9 4o p n
Arrive Union Point '2.30 a m 10 00 p m
Arrive Atlanta 5.45 pm. 5 00» in
Arrive at Washington 2.55 pm
Arrive at Millcdgevilla.... 4.49 pm
Arriva Macon 6.45 pm
Arrive Augusta 4 06 p m 6 30 a m
Leave Augusta 10 30 am 5 SJ p ui
L-ave Macon 7 10am
* cave Mtllcdgcville 9.05 am *.
Liave Washington 11.30 am
i .Cave Atlanta.. 8.30 am 8 3t£p m
Leave Union Point ..12.39 pm 5 00ara
Arrive Woodvillo 2.10 pm 5 20 a m
Arrive Maxeva 2.46pm 5 56 a m
Arrive Antioch 3.o3 pm 6 13 a m
Arrive Lexington 3.30 pm 6 40 a in
Arrive Winlerville 4.14 pm 7 24 a in
Arrive Athena 4.50 pm 8 00 a ui
Trains run{daily—no connection to or from
Washington on Sumlava.
K. R. DORSEY, (Jen., Pa**., Agt.
Richmond & Danville R.R.
PASSENGER DEPARTMENT. VT»
On and after June 5th, 1881, Passenger Train
Service on the Atlanta ami Charlotte Au-Line di-
v i*1..n of this road willl** a* follows :
C.
.. 6:30 p. .
.. 7:45 p. i
.. 9:06 p. i
i.- ..F - 8:11 a. in .. 7:15 p. m ...10:16 p.
. 9:20 a. in - 8:40 p. in ...11.25 p.
v’le IILKP.5A a. ui -10:20 p. in ... 1:00 a
THOMPSON & HEINDEL,
Dealer* in Every Description oi
Building Material
S upplies .
310 Jackson Street,
MTQtTSTA, etc®..
WINDOW GLASS.
The largest aud best assoned atock Glass in the
city.
PUTTY.
In bulk,'also in boxes of 1 top> lb*.
White Lccd auti Zinc.
Strictly Pure, made by the Kentucky Lead and
OoU Co., which we guarantee a* good as
the neat. Also the well known
Nassau White Lead and ini
ported French Zinc.
Prepared Paint .
The Celebrated Paint, made bv Wadsworth,
Martiuez A Ixingman, which we
know to be good.
Brushes.
A.full line of Paint and Whitewash Brushes.
“THIRTY-EIGHT.”
“Halt! who goes there ?” TLe sentry stands
At challenge by the White ^ouse gate:
“Frienda of the post!” “What number—halt V'
Cornea this sad answer—“Thirty^elght.”
From California we hare oome,
From evety sorrowing Southern State—
From Callfonia, Jersey, Maine,
To watch lTm—we, the thirty-eight.”
Pass, friends of post!” The sentry stands
With arms at port, while those who late
Were deadly foes, go by the guard,
With streaming eyes—the Thirty-eight
No discord now—no North, no South,
Hand- clasped, heads bowed, they sit and
wait,
That sleepless picket around the walls—
The watching States—the Thirtyseight;
Colors.
A large and assorted stock ol Colors in Oil,
Also, Dry Colors
Varnishes.
Wlute Demur, Coach, Copal, Furniture, Japan
Asphaltuui, dec.
*• Sparfun’n K
-12:14 |*. i.
..11:40 i> in
... ±11 a. m
" tiustoiiia ..L
.. 2:36 p. iu
•„ 2:13 a. in
... 4:31 a. in
“ Cliurlotte.M
.. 3:35 j>. n
.. 3:15 a. in
... 5:35 a. ui
U S. Mail
N Y Exp’s
U S F’t M'i
Westward.
No. 42.
| No. 4*.
No. 50.
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.. 3:50 p. u
.. 4:06 a. n
... 3:12 a. in
“ (in’riiv'le II
.. 6:07 J>. li
.. 5:18 a. m
... 4:24 a. m
.. 1.51 |». 1L
. 7 (>2 a. u
... 5:47 a. m
•• Y<M-rua....F
.. >-:01 |>. ir
.. 8:15 a. in
... 6:53 it. m
• Lulu. -F.
^ 9.16 |*. ii
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... a. in
..It :38 l». n
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... »22 a. in
\rriv.» A llama
.12:05 a. n
..12:20 p n.
...10:35 a. in
s Accommodation, No.21.—Leave At-
. in. Arrive at Suwanee (D) 7:08 p. w.
< Accommodation, No. 22.—LeaveSu-
15:40 s. m. Arrive at Atlanta 8:00 a ui
CONNECTIONS.
A wiili arriving iruins of Georgia Central and A.
A W. 1*. Railroads
It « iili arriving train* of Georgia Central, A. A W.
1*. and W. t a. Railroads.
l’ with arriving train* of Georgia Rail Road.
P with I-awreuceviUa Branch lo and from Law*
reiieeville, <ia.
K with Northeastern Railroad of Georgia to and
from Athens, (ia.
Fwith Elbe rtou Air-Lino to aud from Elherton,
Georgia.
!• with C4duintda and Greenville to and lroiu Col-
uiuhia and Charleston, 8. C.
11 with Columbia and Greenville to and from Col
umbia and Charleston, S. C.
K with Spartanburg and Ashvilie, and Sparten-
l.nrg, Union and Columbia to and from Hen
derson aud Auhville, aud Alston and Colum-
Ida.
1. with Chester and Lenoir Narrow Guage to and
from India* and Chester.
M with C. C. A A- C. C.—R. A D. and A.T.i O.
for all point* West, North and East.
Pullman Sleeping Car Service on trains Nos.
47 and 4H, daily, without change, between Atlanta
aud New York. A. POPE,
11 General Passenger A vent.
Cincinnati Southern Rail’y
J<eave Athena via Northeastern R. R 4.40 a.
•• •• “ •* ...... 3.50 p.
•* “ “ Georgia Railroad 8.46 a. m
•• •• “ •• “ 7.00 p.
•• Union Depot Atlanta. 8.00a. m
•• *♦ •• •• 2.60p. m
“ Dalton m .. m «12.1& p. m
•• •• 6.40 p. in
Arrive Koyce Cincinnati Jc 1.20 p. in
•• •* 7.55 p. m
IA O. AND M. R. R.
.. J... 7.20 p. ia
7.45 a. in
7.^0 p.
VIA VANDALIA LIN*.
Leave Plum Street Dt'pot. MMm — 7.02 p.
•• •• •• 8.00 a. 10
Arrive St. Louis - 8.00 p. in
*• *• b.l5p. in
VIA I. AND ST. L. R. R.
LKAYK CINCINNATI
Dnto (». A M. Dejmt
•• O. A M. “
Arrive St. Louis
Kalsomine.
Oil.
Linseod Oil, Raw and Boiled.
Builders’ Hardware.
A large variety of Lock*,*
Kim and Mortice lx>ck* t
Surface and Mortice Blind Hinges,
All size* and styles of Door Butt*,
Inside Blind Butts (brass and iron,)
A tine line of Padlocks,
Yale Store Door Lock*,
Y'ale Night Latches,
Screws in any quantity and every size.
And everything you want in the llurdwure line.
Doors, Sasli and Blinds.
The largest stock in Augusta, at bottom figures.
Send for price list.
BALUSTERS, BRACKETS AM) MANTLES,
And almost anything that can be made out of
wood, we are prepared to make it.
Yellow Pine Lumber.
q any quantity, rough or dressed. We paol
ana deliver all of our goods free of charge.
Thompson &, Heindel
►b!5. 310 JAC KSON STREET.
SOME RAILROAD SUGGESTIONS.
NEK AND SECOND-HAND
MACHINERY.
THRESHERS,
DORSE - POWERS,
FAN MILLS,
COTTON PRESSES
separators,
Jet Pumps, 8aw Mills with
Screw or Ratchet Head
Blocks.
1 4 H. P. Bookwolter portable engine in good
order.
1 8 H. P. Wood. Tuber & Morse portable en
gine in good order.
1 10 H. P. Washington Iron Works portable
engine in good order.
1 10 II. P. Sturbuck Bros, portable engine in
good older.
1 4 II. P. Stationary engine in good order.
1 80 inch Georgia water wheel in good order.
1 17 1-2 inch Jus. Letfel wheel in good order.
1 15 ii.ch Eclipse wheel good as new.
110 inch Thos. Leffel wheel.
1 Johnson Smutter, new.
1 4 Spindle Drill.
2 16 inch Iron Lathe* 6 ft shears.
1 40 inch Fan Blower.
Shafting, Gearing, Pulleys, etc.
ATHENS FOUNDRY & MACHINE WORKS,
Athens, Georgia.
via kokomo.3
Leave G. H. A D. Depot 7.30 p.m
• C. H. A V. Depot ... 7.40a. m
Arrive Chicago - 7.10a. in
VIA RKK LINK.
9.15 p. m
. 6.45 a. in
VIA N. V. r. ANDO. K. K.
Ijmivh CL H. A D. Depot T, T,
. 9.20 p. ra
•• oi. U. A D. Depot. -
.12.40 p. in
. 6.50 a. m
VIA PENNSYLVANIA K. K.
8.30 p. in
8.00 p. m
6.35 n. tu
“ Washington — ....
. 7.52 p. iu
. 9.W a. n»
•' Philadelphia —
. 6.45 a. in
. 7.35 a. in
Leave
* “ 1 r
VIA U. AND O. R. R.
) Si ret-1 Depot.........*.
7.20 p. m
•• •• •• ’• ............»9 15 a. m
Arrive Parkersburg 1.50a. ui
* Cuiulxirlaud...... 9.18 a. in
•• Harper’* Ferry 12.19 p. ui
•• •• 4.36 a. n.
1.55 p. ui
6.30 a. m
3.05 p. 111
Washington
Baltimore..........
Pnilsdclphia .........
New York...”
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C. Hv A D. •* 2.45 p. m
Arrive New Yurk.....»......»» .....—10.p. m
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•• C. 11. A D. 2.45 p.m
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The Editor, Away From Home, Discourseth
- of Vartous Things.
Atlanta is a wonderful city. This
statement is neither new nor alarms
iug. Its freshness was worn off years
a"o, and it baa been said so much that
it is 'looked upon as a matter or
course; you expect to hear it just in
the same way that you expect to hear
a remark about the weather, and yon
would as soon expect to dispute or to
marvel at the one as the
other. In the neighborhood of a July
noon, you expect the people you
meet to say : “A very warm day,”
and you can’t dispute it. So it is
with the statement that begins this
epistle. You expect to hear it said,
you hear it, and you aro too sensis
ble and too well convinced ot its
truth, to either deny or doubt.
I have iieard farmers say of their
corn after a needed rain: “You can
iie awake at night and hear it grow.’’
Atlanta is just that way; you cau lie
awake at night and hear it grow. A
statement was recently made that
there are 4,000 houses being built in
Atlantx I did not believe it—either
because I thought the statement inn
probable, or because my mind re-i
lused to take in the idea ot lour
thousand houseB all at once. 1 don’t
know that I believe it now, but
would take less argument to convince
me now than it would have done two
days ago; for I took a ride around
the city yesterday. I did not go all
over the city, nor did I attempt to
count the houses in process of erec
tion; but I saw them until I got tired
of looking at lumber aud lime aud
brick. They are of ’all sorts, sizes,
shapes, colors and conditions. There
must be a constant influx ot people
to the city or this everlasting building
would stop.
In one part of the city the growth
is striking in more ways than one. I
reler to the end of Peachtree street.
There are one or two score of new
residences out there that are elegant
beyond my descriptive powers. While
they are not as lino as the dwellings
of the wealthier classes in the large
cities of the north, they are tho hand-
somest we have seen in this section.
They are all of modern styles; there
is great variety in them, and the eye is
charmed with ever-changing beauty,
as it looks from oue to another.
Among them—not one of the cost
liest, but still very elegant and hand
some—is that of Henry W. Grady.
I mention this with peculiar pleasure
because Henry is an old Athens boy,
and because he deserves all the good
fortune that will ever fall to bis lot.
Many of the Banner readers will re
member him, a saucy boy, whose
mind was as bright as his eyes, and
the brilliant flashes of both attracted
all who knew him. He began life
with a fortune. He sood spent it and
had nothing, but his face never lost
its cherry smile; and though Misfor
tune had flung him and held him down
on his hack, he laughed at the grim
old fellow till he drove him away.
Adversity bi ought the test of his lals
ents, and he soon won fame, and with
it came fortune. Hu is a prince among
newspaper writers, and to-day ranks
with the most brilliant correspondent-
in America,
Rut I have got off the track, you
will say. No, I haven’t; for I had no
track ; and besides, from the growth
of Atlanta to tho growth ot Henry
Grady, is but a step.
But I have written enough, whether
I have said much or not
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inaxlod&w
Notice.
N OTICE is hereby given to all persons having
demands against Iaaae Wilkeraon, late of Clarke
county, Ga., accessed, to present them to me pro
perly made out within the time prescribed by law,
and ali person* indebted to said deceased are noti
tied to make immediate payment to ma.
8. M. HERRINGTON, Adm’r
July 21,1881. Of Isaac Wilkeraon, deceased.
julj'26-wCt. Printer's foe £2.30.
The first wife of Marvin, alias
Morton, etc., the polygamist and
forger, thinks he must have been
crazy. Probably ho was;
wholly sane man would marry
fourteen women. It has been pro
posed to try him by a jury of women,
•s a means of giving him justice, but
the Providence Press suggest that he
would probably marry the whole jury
and be unanimously acquitted.
Latest advices from Arizona Ter
ritory report that the massacre of
troops by the Indians was not near so
heavy as at first indicated. A dis
patch has been received from Gen
Carr himself and he says that Capt.
Hentlg and eight or teu men were all
that were killed aud a few wounded.
The legislature has agreed to bold
two long sessions a day and adjourn
on the 23rd. This is well. It will
stop the 91,200 9 day at least.
As it occurs to us Athens is allow
ing some very fine chances to slip
through her fingers which will never be
so favorable again.^These chances in
volve not only the growth of the city,
but if neglected, the retention of her
present status as the market ot this sec-
tiou. Briefly stated,our idea is this. If
the city would take hold with a will and
secure the road to Jefferson by the
time the Gainesville and Jug Tavern
route is finished, and at the same time
pat in operation a scheme to build »
road to Monroe at the earliest practi'
cable time, she would have the qui
tion of railroads on the west
' t south sides - of the city
and satisfactorily. She could thus
control the situation. The trade
from Walton, Oconee, Jackson
and Gwinnett would not only be
retained, but would be largely in
creased. The road to Jug Tavern
would stop there, as we firmly believe,
and never go any further, unless it
should eventually be extended west
ward. For the present however, we
think it could be stopped right there,
whatever may be the present intention
of the G. J. «& S. directors.
These views seem to us entirely
reasonable and to have nothing chi
merical about them. Railroad men
are eminently practical and railroads
are built with a view to profit, not for
spite or experiment. Now as we uns
derutaud it, Gainesville is seeking con
nection with the Georgia road and
has been promised an endorsement of
the railroad’s bonds as soon as this con
nection is made. Suppose the road
between Athens and Jefferson
is built right away, would
not the connection be accom
plished ? Then suppose Athens has
some practical plans on foot for build
ing the road to Monroe as soon as a
fitting time shall come, would not
the desire of Gainesville to connect
at Social Circle be lurther advanced
and the necessity of the road between
Jug^Tavern and Monroe be obviated ?
We leave it to the judgement of fair
minded men if the projtosilions we
make are not feasible. They will be
come all the more so if Athens will
open consultation with Monroe and
assure that town ot an honest inten
tion to build the connecting road. The
only thing in the way of the plan wo
suggest, that occurs to our minds,
that the road between Gainesville and
the Georgia main Hue would not be
narrow guage all the way. This is a
small matter however. It would not
be narrow guage if it went from Jug
Tavern to Monroe, as the Walton
road is broad guage, and the transfer
from one road to another might as
well take place at Athens as at Mon
roe or any point on the Georgia
main line, for that matter.
Having presented these views and
they are not new, we cannot see why
Athens will not enter heartily into
them and secure for herself a position
that will place her above all contin
gencies. It is not for any want of
ability. Twenty thousand dollars
now to grade the Jefferson road and
as much more after awhile to grade
the Monroe road will accomplish the
ends we propose. And yet, will the
business men and property owners of
Athens sit idle and seemed dazed by
the suggestion of such a sum as this ?
No, it is just a want of union of sen
liment among the people, a lack ot
disposition to move, to forego present
profits for a little while in order to
secure larger gains in the future. Ob.
that we had power to stir our people
lo a realization of the importance of
the situation, ^is true these are not
all. There is a road though Madi
son to Bowersville to be looked after,
and altogether the magnitude of the
undertaking seems to appal the minds
of those most interested so thal they
will do nothing. We would that some
activity aud deep interest could be in'
fused into our people on these sub
jects.
The subjoined extract is from the
Walton News aud shows that the peo
ple at Monroe are hopeful and alive
to the situation. What is more, they
are treating with Gainesville and pre
paring to subscribe to the road be
tween their towu and Jug Tavern
It they should build that road, and
Col. Cole were to extend his road to
Social Circle, what a pickle Athens
would be in. '
Be of good cheer, Monroe is sure
to have railroads and plenty of them.
The editor of the News had two cons
versations last Wednesday with Col.
£. W. Cole, the great railroad king.
In those conversations Col. Cole used
two or three different times the fol
lowing words: 'Don’t be uneasy; I
am going to build right to your town.
I am coming there with a line of
road just as soon as I get my main
lines built.’’ The main Hues referred
to were the roads now under con
tract, which will be built by next
July. Colonel Cole has never been
known to say a thing he did not ac
complish, and we believe that the
first day of September, 1882, will
find a large force of bands building a
road from Moniicello to Social Circle
and from Monroe to Athens.
prater for the president.
Dr. Talmage’s Explanation of the Patient’s
Improreaent.
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
Council Chamber, Athens, Ga.. ]
Dr. Talmage spoke yesterday of the
President’s improved condition, and
•aid :
■‘“At no time in onr lives have we
ever had more indisputable evidence
of the fact that Goa honors prayer.
Men who had not prayed for forty
years bent the knee when they heard
this news that the President had been
; and other men, who did not
iv that they were praying, cried
spare him!' and when the sick
was better ,said Thank God!’
r everybody had given up, God
ie to the rescue. It is admitted on
hands that the surgeons have done
ir very best, but after all their skill
id G*d stepped in, and to Him
belongs all the glory. Seven weeks
ago the President would have died
hut for prayer. And I demand that
hereafter you shall acknowledge pray
er as an important factor in national
prosperity. On Saturdays the Presi
dent has suffered the greatest depress
sions, as if God were calling on the
nation to pray for him on Sunday
when they assembled. '* On Monday
the President has been more comfort
able.
But if the President should die,
you say, wouldn’t the prayer be a
failure? Ah, no; that’s where the
faith of the Christian comes in. We
mean by prayer to ask for what is best.
If the Pi esident should die it would
be for the best. God is always good,
and God is always right. Then let
America, the first continent in order
ot creation, as scientific men claim, be
also first in loyalty and consecration
to God. When God’s ear is deaf and
His eye blind and Iiis hand is clench
ed in denial, then stop praying, and
not until then. Did you notice that
just when the skeptics and infidels of
this country thought they had con
vinced us that there was no God, and
that there was no use iu praying, the
nation was called on to pray ?
“Another great use of this national
calamity is the reyelaliou of womanly
self-sacrifice, courage, endurance, and
faith in God. It’s the domestic side
ot this affliction that is especially in •
teresting. It was no easy thing to be
a successor to Mrs. Hayes, but Mrs.
Garfield’s name with hers will go down
side by side in history as those of two
queens. This faith and constancy of
Mrs. Garfield only show what women
are capable of.
“Another reflection is that people
are disgusted with this constant use
of firearms. If a man doubts your
veracity, shoot him; if he insults you,
shoot him; and it’s bang! bang! bang!
all around us. I wish that the figure
of this Washington assassin, goiug
about with a revolver aud practising
at a mark, in order that he might
bring down our President ail the more
surely, might lie a warning to our
young men and disgust them with
the habit of carrying a pistol. Armed
police, Sheriffs, and frontier officers,
sworn to execute the law, are well
enough; but citizens, snap your sword
canes and fling away your revolvers.
You have no better weapons than the
two which God gave,; two honest
fists, and they’re easily loaded. He
who goes about with a pistol to defeud
himself with is a coward; and if you
are afraid to go down the streets un
armed, then you’d better get your
grandmother to go along with you
and take her knitting needles. The
pistol is the meanest weapon that is
made; it is compact and portable
murder. A sword is a manly weapon
because he who uses it must expose
hini8elt lo his adversary’s blade. The
pistol is a snake; I’d as soon carry a
toad in my pocket. It’s a curious
fact that they who carry pistols are a
quick-tempered, sharp, gunpowdery,
and explosive set of people. Away
with pistols! Let Charles Guiteau
and John Wilkes Booth have all the
honor of assassination.
“If the President recovers he will
have three years in which to scourge
the seven devils of this American
Government, and to bury the putrid
carcass of Mormonism, which is a
stench in the nostrils of all nations.
We have had two classes of Presi
dents, one class having courage, but
with no moral disposition; another
class having a moral disposition but,
no courage. Garfield has both cour
age and moral disposition, and if he
gets well let political corruptiou look
ont. Many who prayed for his re
covery will be sorry that he recover
ed. He will he a thunderbolt in the
right haqd of God against the wick
edness of this country.”
Prayers for the president were
offered in all the cities of Georgia and
in most of the other states Tuesday, her progress and missed the boat
A “Live” Alabama Town.
Special to the Nashville American.
Birmingham, September 3.—Per
haps the greatest tight between ani
mals known to mankind was one that
occurred in our city this afternoon at
Iceland Park, where about 3,000 peo
ple assembled «o witness a fight be
tween two bull dogs and a genuine
wild cat, captured near town last Sat
urday- At 6 o’clock the mayor turned
the three combatants loose, and the
bloody fight commenced. After
twenty minutes fighting the wild cat
won the victory by putting the eyes
ot both dogs out, So great was the
excitement that nearly every business
man in town closed up and was on
hand to witness the scene. The cat
weighed 47 1-2 pounds, and the own
ers challenge any dog in the South
for a stake of 81,000.
Why Stu: Couldn’t Go Any Faster.
New York Snn.
In the bustle attending the de
parture ot a boat from the iron pier
at Coney Island eu Monday evening,
while the strong-voiced young men
were calling out; “AH aboard,” a
very fat woman approached, her red
dened face bedewed with perspiration
Although it was evident she was
making the best speed she could, the
young men shouted to her to hurry up
or she would miss the boat. She
suddenly stopped and said: I am
hurrying up all I-can. I guess if you
weighed 325 potinds and was laced as
tight as I am, you couldn’t get along
any faster either.’ Then she resowed
Sept 5th, 1881, 5 o’clock p. m. j
The regular monthly meeting of
council was held this evening, present
his honor mayor Beusse, and aldermen
Palmer, Wood, Hemerick, Yancey,
Morton, Lampkin and Talmadge.
The minutes of the last regular and
called meetings of council weie read
and confirmed. ' ‘
petitions *’
Of J B Toomer asking council to pro
hibit the school boys from playing on
corner of College avenue and Dough
erty streets, as it had become a nui
sance to the residents near that point.
Referred to the mayor.,,.
Of A S Dorsey asking • council to
extend the street running by Geo.
Wortham’s house to intersect with a
street running from upper ^bridge to
check factory. Referred to street
committee to investigate and report
back to council.
Alderman Morton, chairman of
street committee reported adverse on
petition to open a street from upper
bridge to Sandy creek and favorable
on petition to open a street from Pu
laski street to the new passenger de
pot proposed to be built by the North
east railroad. On motion of alderman
Yancey the report was received and
adopted.
The monthly reports of the treas
urer, chief of police, lamplighters and
clerk of market were read and re
ceived.
The clerk of market asked council
to purchase a new pair of scales for
the market house. Referred to com
mittee on market to investigate and
report back to council.
The fullowing ordinance introduced
by alderman Morton was adopted :
Be it ordained, that from and after
the passage of this ordinance, it shall
not be lawful for a hackman, omnibus
uriver, clerk, agent, solicitor, or any
one else in the employ of any livery
stable, omnibus, or hack Hue, when
at either of the railroad depots or any
other point or place for receiving pas
sengers within the corporate limits of
the city of Athens, to go upon the
platforms or into the cars, or to leave
his hack, carriage, omnibus or other
vehicle for the purpose ot soliciting
passengers, aud anyone violating the
provisions of this ordinance slia'l upon
trial and conviction he fined in a sum
noi less than five dollars nor exceed
ing fifty dollars.
The following ordinance introduced
by alderman Yancey was adopted:
Be it ordained, that from and after
the passage of this ordinance, it shall
not be lawtul for anyone to post bills,
posters, advertisements, circulars,
show or circus papers, hand bills or
anything of the kind which legiti
mately or regularly belongs under the
head of bill posting without first ob
taining a license from the clerk of
council, provided nothing herein cons
tained shall be construed to interfere
with the posting of the usual legal
advertisements, public notices of the
city or county, and provided further
that this ordinance shall not be con
strued to abridge the rights of any
individual citizen to post such bills,
hand bills, or notices as shall apply
strictly or directly to his own individ
ual business.
Be it further ordained, that the li
cense for bill posting, shell be, for six
months,five dollars,tor twelve months,
ten dollars.
R. H. Lampkin applied for ten pin
ally license to be used in rear of his
bar on Wall street.
On motion of alderman MortOD
ten pin alley license was fixed the
same as billiards license, viz $15 per
annum. Mr Lampkin was then
granted the license.
The city attorney called the at
tention of council to the ordinance on
street tax and and suggested certain
changes in the ordinance, which on
motion of alderman Morton he was
directed to make in the new ordi
nances now being codified.
Alderman Wood called tho atten
tion of council to the necessity of
grading down Broad street at a point
opposite store of A S Dorsey, and
moved that-the matter be referred to
to the street committee to investigate
and report back to council, adopted.
The street commissioner asked that
the price allowed for feeding the city
mule, be increased to $15 each, per
month.
On motion of alderman Yancey the
matter was referred to a committee ot
three with power to act. Commit
tee, Yancey, Talmadge, Lampkin,
The petitions in regard to throwing
cotton on the streets were then
brought up and fully dicussed. by the
members of council and Mr J H
Rucker.
Alderman Lampkin moved that
the ordinance stand as it is at pres
ent. ’• •- !
Alderman Morton to amend by re
pealing the amendment to the orig
inal ordinance.
Alderman Lairpkiu then moved to
amend the motion of alderman Mor
ton by submitting the question to
vote of tho. citizens.
: Alderman Yancey made the point
that* the resolution and amendments
were out of order as there was no
.original,matter in the first ,motion
< i The Mayor decided the point well
take* and ruled tho motion and
mend meats out of order.
Alderman Yancey then offered the
following which was adopted:
*Resolve(l, That the amendment to
the 326 section of the published or
dinances passed Oct. 4th 1875, be
amended so as to read as follows:
‘That merchants and cotton buyers
shall be allowed to weigh cotton on
the streets or edge of side walk in
front of their places ot business, and
shall have twenty-four hours to re
move the same, provided all cotton
shall be so placed as to leave eight
feet oi the side walk clear of obstruc
tion, aud shall not occupy more space
ot the side walk or street than iti
necessary to accommodate one row of
cotton.’’
The following bills were ordered
to be filed: J K Huggins, 19.55
and 19.35; J13 Hosey, 21.15; J T
Waterman, 30.94J; Athens Manufac
turing company 7.96; D C Hurley,
49.30; J C Wilkins, 59.75. Council
adjourned.
W. A. Gilleland, Clerk.
OUK OCONEE LETTER.
Dear Banner :—On Friday last
Mr. Joseph White, brother-in-law ol
Air. II. S. Anderson, died in Alacon.
Air. White was a young man aud en
joyed the confidence and respect of
all who knew him. He was absent
from hor.e with an engineering com
pany. The announcement of his
death was a sad one to his many friends
aud acquaintances here. Air. Henry
S. Auderson received a telegram on
Thursday, and hurried to the sick
room of bis kinsman, but reached it
just iu time to see him die. How sad
it is to see a young man in the full
strength and vigor of manhood die,
aud what a terrible warning it is to
tne young that at an hour they least
expect they may be called in the pres
ence of their God to answer tor their
stewardship here. “Be ye also ready
for at an hour ye thick not, the Son
ot man cometh.”
Watkiusville is unusually quiet at
this writing owing mainly to the fact
that the “Advance” is now enjoying
the hospitality of Laura City, alias
Jug Tavern. The object ot the “Ad
vance’s” visit is to make that people
a rousing speech on the Jug Tavern
railroad. Doubtless the effort will be
a good one, as the orator is a man of
ability and a fine speaker.
Since this let-er was commenced 1
have iust heard that Mr. Henry S.
Anderson is very ill, and that his re
covery is extremely doubtful. We
hope that he is not as sick as reported
to us, and that he will soon he quite
well. Mr. Anderson is well known
to the people of Athens, and is held
by them in high esteem.
The bill before the Georgia legisla
ture in regard to arranging the calen
dar of the courts in the western cir
cuit provides that the superior courts
ot Oconee county shall be held in May
and November, which change is almost
unanimously objected to by the farm
ers of the county. Many of our best
citizens have written to our represen
tatives aud senators in the circuit,
pleading With them to defeat if they
can so much of the biil as relates to
a change in Oconee county. The time
of holding the courts now in this
county are the 4th Aiondays in Jan
uary and July, the most leisure weeks
in the year to the farmers. We hope
there will be no change for Oconee
county. “ Oconee.
A METROPOLITAN JOURNAL.
S|tJ|jrat|OT$itraitr
J . 'J?. WATBRMA.N,
PROPRIETOR.
tiie alleged parlor.
.A wide-spread nuisance with which
the people have been struggling ever
since America cast loose from En
gland and trimmed her own sails, is
that unlit tomb commonly denomi
nated a parlor. If a house has but
thrfo toOms'in it, one is net aside tor
a parlor, if the family has to dine un
der a shed. Various guesses have
been made as to the necessity of a par
lor, but no one has ever solved the
conundrum. As a matter of histoiy,
it is the drawing room on a small
scale, and a poor imitation at that. It
is the receptacle for gloomy old pic
tures, a sombre array of furniture, a
melancholy light, an expensive car
pet and a lot of useless trinkets. We
had lorgetten to mention the album.
No parlor is complete without an al
bum in which to store away pictures
of relatives in unbecoming and an
cient costumes. As we remarked, no
man has ever yet discovered the
necessity for the parlor, or why it is
that ninety people out of a hundred
derote 20 per cent of their space to
useless solitude and large sums of
money to an investment that brings
no return, unless the freezing out of
guests in winter and sw eating them
out iu summer just before dinner can
be called a return. The real cause of
the parlor, when the matter is thor
ough sifted, will bo found to exist
in laziness. It is becaase people will
not keep their sitting rooms tidied up
and neat, parlors continue * to
exist. The very room that
should bo thrown open to the
breezes in summer, and lit by cheer
ful fires in winter—the room that
should resound with the laughter of
children, and the evening chorus of
voices in sweet accord—the room
where flowers should shed their per
fume and the family circle be com.
pleted, is made almost an unknown
country. And the family roostr
around in some illy furnished aad ill
kept room, to support the parlor, and
wonder that the sons hunt up merrior
places and more comfort. Of course
it a man can afford a sitting room and
a parlor also, he has as much right to
do it as he bos to run up an eight foot
square cupola and put two hundred
dollars’ worth ot windows in it, or to
put a looking glass in a horse’s tail.
But if he can afford but one let him
cut the parlor’s throat and throw the
bide to the children to romp on. The
only chill we ever had was in a par
lor, and we never enter one of the
gloomy caverns where, at times, you
can’t tell the chandelier from the time
o’ day without feeling an echoing
shudder start up from the past.—
Macon Telegraph.
REV. SAM JONES.
Tiie Atlanta Constitution came to
us yesterday iu all the splendor oi a
new outfit from top to toe, its form
changed from a four page to an eight
page sheet, and its arrangement equal
to the finest newspapers of the coun
try. The type are all new and each
page sparkles in clear print and live
reading matter. The pages are cut
too, and iastened at the backs which
obviates the usual objection to eight
page papers. This last stride in an
upward direction by the Constitution
entitles the paper to the name metro
politan and places it abreast of the
best newspapers in the largo cities of
the North. This splendid enterprise
on the part of tiie Constitution pro
prietors will be appreciated and will
tell in its increased prosperity which
it so much deserves. extend hear
ty congratulations.
Hr.Makes>,Woiuan]JIad ataJSpalilius County
Camp Meeting. ^ j
Griffin Snn. «* ' I
Rev. Sam Jones has, within the
past few years, won forhimselt a fame
as a preacher that is not confined even
to the boundaries of the Slate. Air.
Jones is an original, bold and vivid
thinker, and he tells everything just
as it appears to him, and would not
varnish a tale to please the best dea
con of his church. The fact is, Air
Jones is hyperbolistic frequently in
his discussions.
The other day out at Mt Zion camp
meeting Mr. Jones was preaching one
of his center-striking, nail-driving
sermons, and he started out by giving
the male portion of his congregation
a kind of insight to their meanness,
and abusing them for not being belter
men. Among bis hearers who en
joyed that portion ot his sermon so
immensely was a lady, (one of the
regular church-going sort who Air.
Jones strikes so awfully hard some
times) and she emphasized her ap
proval of the manner in which the
preacher was handling the men by
telling her nearest neighbor that he
was serving them just right, they de
served it, and k that he was the best
preacher in the world, and so on—all
with much gusto. Mr. Jones finished
his remarks to the men by-and-by,
and turned to the ladies, when fol
lowed some solid facts, and the truths
of his remarks struck the lady so hard
that she first said, with uneasiness.
Air. Jones was mistaken; and, as the
language grew stronger, she said the
preacher was not nice—he Mas a
brute, and, when she could no longer
stand it' said she would never forgive
him, the square-headed, ugly and
rough man—and pranced out from the
arbor, the maddest woman ever seen
in Spalding county.
Mr. Jones strikes some shoulder
hits sometimes, and the best of us do
not escape his wit, wisdom and irony.
‘Is that a yatch ?’ was asked of a
long, guant codder who was lounging
about the wharf, and we pointed to
a steam vessel coming in. ‘No,’ was
the reply. ‘Is that a yatclit?’
pointing to another sort c( craft that
might be a yatcht. ‘No, that ain’t
no yot, nuttier,’ was the answer.
‘Well, what is a yacht ?’ was the next
inquiry. 'Wot’s a yot ?’ said the fish
erman. ‘Woll, you get any sort of
craft you pleases, and fill her up with
liquor and suegyars, and git yer frens
on board and have a lively old time—
and that’s a yot-’
Tiie Jennie Cramer case has found
a counterpart in Virginia, in which
the victim is a young widow of about
36 years of age, named Mrs. B. M.
Harvey. She lived near West Point,
Va., aud started from her home in a
buggy with a cousin named Slaver, to
go to West Point, twelve miles, and
there take a train tor Richmond. She
has not been heard from and Slater
explains that she left him balf a mile
from the depot to walk the lest of the
way. She was seen on the road with
Slater. There was a river to cioas
but the negro ferryman says he never
saw her. The railroad conductors say
she never boarded, their trains and al
together her disappearance . is most
mysterious.
======
They say that Daniel is just rout
ing Cameron, the readjuster, in Vir-
. giuia, horse, foot and dragoon, and
will carry the state by 30,0002 major
•ty-
n Her Luck.
Norristown Herald*
A young lady who weut fishing
jesterday morning says she had
‘splendid luck.” She got a boy to
put the bait on her hook as soon as
she got to the river, and she fished
four hours without having to take a
nasty worm in her fingers to renew
the bait. She didn’t get a bite, but
that was a secondary matter.
Congressman Cox writes ot the
Norwegians: 'We sue no beggary, no
poor houses or jaiis; we hear of no
crimes or violence. No locks are
needed upon doors. Drunkenness is
rare. They love music and flowers,
and are devoted to their laith and
their familiea They are never idle.
Even the girls are knitting, while
attending sheep and cows.’
; Not Much.
Brooklyn Argus.
“Gesticulation,’’^says the eminent
aotor, Lawrence Barrett, “is fast bes
coming a lost art.” Ob, it is, Mr.
Barrett, ia it ? Just you get sight of
a man standing behind his wife and
motioning to the friend who is simply
giving something away.
lie that does good for good’s sake
seeks neither praise nor reward,
though sore of both at last,