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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LIBRARY.
IN GEORGIA,
.fl.I.ARA.YKAR-IN ADVANCE,
iad Company
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;'t. 4th th. ftllowms
Yolume
i TUESDAY
NOVEMBER 8. 1881
Number 1
FWoikr SAodnSwiil opperute ou this road:
loath ATHENS . .Min 700pm
Ltiato \Vinkrvillo........lO.C«A v 7*lpm
Leava Lexington IO/Oau 815pm
bofcve Antioch 11.17* v 844pm
Lnw Mum n.S4 AH 868pm
Lomo WooUvllIe 1-J.10AM 8 40 p n..
Amy# Union Point \2.80 a h 10 00 p m
► ’Ar.ivwAiUuts............ 5.45 p h. 500am
• ‘Arrive W Washiuirton.,....2 55 r h
Arrive at MilleJgoviM* ... 4.43 r * 7
Arrive Moron : B.45rH
Arrive Aiucnrta 4 06 r ■ 6 SO l m
Leave AnjTu»la....;.10 80 am SSOpti
Leiive Slueon ,710am ........
L'liv® XilledgBVUle.. S.oSam ........
Ljiivo WMiimjton 11.80 am
Le.ir* Atlanta 6.80am 8 80pm
Lave Union Point ...12.88 ra 5 00 u in
A*riv Womlville S.10rji 5 20a in
Arrive Maxevs 2.46 pm 5 56 a m
Arrive Anliooh .......3.08pm 018am
Arrive leOthlgUin 8.80 PM 6 40 a ID
Arri.-e tVintorvil!e..'„« 4.14 p m 1 2iam
Arrive At lien. 4.50pm SOOam
TrJor rmi daily—no connection to or from
ED1T0KL4L NOTES. J |
The sale of the well know •'Cos-
pel Hymns” hag reached two millions.
Tub editors in Tenhe*fe wiM go,in
a body, to the Exfjoireion on the
15th/. \* *'
Some men borrow trouble, and it
is well they do; for tht^r can’t borrow
anythin!? else. s "*~
Material
supplies -
♦ __ 310 Jaeksoa StrentL
ATOWSTAy :OA-
’ WINDOW GLASS.
Hie largMt and beef—ant'd atpt^aiaaa ha
anything else.
■' New Jersey is ahetd. A cashier
has stolen $2,000,000 from his batik.
That roan is a genius. |Y(’>ti*
1 he farmer who expects to make
his crop next year on western com,' is
foolish. He may have to pay $1.50
a bushel for it*.' ; S. mj.' \ ‘MB
Fall and Winter Goods.
PETTY.
In bulk, alao in boieaef 1 to sib*.
White Leed and 2inc.
1 w T». Jj .1 AV.yr.-A-.I y--M.
Georgia imports thanksgiving
turkeys from Tennessee. Let ns be
thankful that the Tennesseeans are
more thrifty than we.
Ham Whit. Lead and im
ported French Zinc.
Prepared Paint
The / Celebrated Paint, made by Wai
Martinez & Longman, which y
know tobe good.
ClcJswtljimilBatmtr
hatoo^ad^^Sng
Adrertlsem.iita will lie laMried at the rata ot
One Do lir per Inch for tin tint insert ion, and
Fifty Ctiita for each additional insertion.
CONTRACT RATES:
■PACE.
1 mo.|2 mo.
■ mo.
1 jear
On. Inch
Two Inca««...~.
Ttirro lachM—
Vom Inch.* ..
qmrtcr Column
Hair Colo iu o.....
Ono Oclgq.-,
* 8 501 i 00
ip|
96 00
700
.696
10 00
12 60
20 0T
60 00
97 80
10 00
12 601
16 00
90 00
80 00
woo
910 00
16 00
20 00
25 00
32 00
00 00
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L 1 ,
NO. 8.
8:20 pm
5:55 p m
12:05 p m
Northeastern Railroad,"
St ri!Rl»TK!CD*.VT
. ■ • Atb4haf Ga.-,S
On and Mter September, 1
on tlii» rood will run u lollowe:
- No. i.
Leave Athens 5:85 am
Arrive at Lula 7:45 a m
Arrive at Atlunt*.... 10:80 a m
KOTil. N0.4T
Taiave Atlanta 4:00 a m I 3:15 p m
Arrive at Lnh, 8:110 a m l 7:00 p m
Arrive at Athene ...18:15pm'1 8:10pm
Trains daily exoept Snnilay
Train No. 1 connects closely at Lnla with fast
mail trains to Atlar.U, making the quick time
of 4 hours and 55 minutes Athena to Atlanta.
Train No. 3 connect* at Lula with trams
both east and west on Richmond & Danville
Railroad.
Tickets on sale at Athens to all points.
II. R. BERNARD, Acting Supt.
W. .i. HOUSTON.
Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agent.
it ichMiond & Danville R.R.
PASSENGER DEPARTMENT.
On and after June 5th. 1881, Passenger Train
fret vice on the Atlanta and Charlotte Air-Line di
vision ot this road will be as follows:
Leave Atlanta.. 1 .. 4:00 a tn - 3:15 p. in
Ar Miwanee-D-5:18a mi.. 4:37 p. m
“ Lula- ...... E .. 6:45 a. ni L 6:59 p. in
4.. -F . 8:14 a. tu!— 7:15 p. m
9:20 a. m*- 8:40 p. m
10:58 a. in--10:20 p. m
-12:14 p. m|-ll:40 p.
- 2:36 p. nil- 2:13 a.
- 8:35 p. nil- 3:15 a. to
v7a. MaltjiT Y Ezp’» U 8mFI
L’vo Ch’lutteM-12:30 p. m-12:43 a. m
" Gastonia.. L - 1:27 p. m - 1:43 a. m
" .••partnn’R K - S:AO p. mL 4:06 a. m
** Grrt n.v’le U - .5:07 p. m - 5:18 a.
" Seneci..—G - 6:61 p. m!. 7:02 a.
•• Tm-coa— -F - 8:01 p. m - 8:15 a.
*' Lula ... - 9:16 p. ini- 9:31 a. ui
" Miwanee-I) -10:38 p. m-10:54 a. m
Arrive At 1 anta -12:»5 a. mi.J2:20 p m
...12:33 a.
~ 1:17 a.in
- 3:12 a..m
.. 4:24 a. m
... 5:47 a. m
- 6:53 a.
- 8:09 a. m
9:22 i
10:35 a. m
su vv ankk Accommodation, Ao. 21.—Leave At
lanta 5:00 p. ui. Arrive at Buwanee (D) 7:08 p.
M'wankk ArcoMMODATi;»it, No. 22— Leave 8u-
wanee (D) at 5:40 a. m. Arrive at Atlanta 8:00 a, m.
CONNECTIONS.
A with arriving trains of Georgia Central and A.
A W. P. Railroads.
R with arriving trains of Georgia Central, A. AW
P. and W. A A. Rail roads.
C with arriving trains of Georgia Rail Road.
1> with Lawrenceville Branch to and from Law-
ronceville, Ga.
E with NorthoasteiB Railroad of Georgia to and
from Athens, Gal
F with Elberton Air-Line to and from Elberton,
Georgia*
G with Columbia and Greenville to and from Col
umbia and Charleston, 8. C.
11 with Columbia and Greenvillo to and from Col
umbia and Charleston, 8. C.
K with Spartanburg and Ashville, and Spartan
burg, Union and Columbia to and twin Hen
derson and Aah villa, and Alston and Colum
bia.
L with Chester and Lenoir Narrow Guage to and
from Dallas and Chester.
M with C. C. A A- C. C—R. A D. and A. T. A O.
for all points West, North and fcfest.
A. POPE,
GENUINE RUSTPROOF
Seed WDeat i!
1 HAVE to 6i»l _ . .. r
Ku*t Proof Seed Wheat which will yield
more per acre than any Known variety, will
not ru*» and is very heavy grain. _ Price $3,00
per bnshe 1
8Cp .-yy tl
vv grain.
1L S. HUGHES,
Athena, Ga.
A Lecture to Young Men
on the liOSH of
Pi
lii
A Lecture on the Nature. Treatment, and
Kadicll cure of Seminal Weakness, or Sperma
torrhoea, induced by Self-Abuse, In voluntary
EtniSfioiia. Iaipotcncy, Nervous Debility, ana
Impediments to llnrriiigfl generally; Consump
tion, Epilepsy, and Fits: Mental and Phisical
Incapacity, etc—By ROBERT J. CULVEK-
WKLL, Si -1)., m thor of the 'Green Book,* etc.
Tho world-renowned author 7 , iu this admira
ble L cturo, clearly proves from his own caps
ricnce tliat the awlolconaoonenoes of Self-Abuse
may In* clTeclually removed without dangcroas
stirgicn! ojioiutioiis, bougies, instruments, rings,
or cordials; p iuting out atnodeof "nure at onqe
cert an and c tfoctual, by which even sutferer, no
matter what hi-* comiition may be, may cure
himsilt cheaply, privately and radically.
lyeotnre will prove a boon to thooa-
aiul- and thousimds.
tient under s< al, in a plain envJope, to any
addrt t * post-paid, on receipt of six cents or two
postage ftnuips. Wx have awo a suns cure
rou Tai*k Worm. Address'
TllE CULVERWELL MEDICAL CO
41 Ant. St. New York..N. Y* O. twx, 4586
niched
Brushes.
Agul) lina of Faint and Whitewash Erusha*.
Colors.
A large land assorted stock of Colors in OH,
Also, Dry Colors.
Varnishes.
White Demur, Coach, Copal, Furniture, Japan
Asphaltum, <fcc.
Kalsomine.
Jolmaon’a Celebrated Prepared Kalsomine, til
tliade*.
Oil.
Linotod Oil, Raw and Boilod.
Builders’ Hardware.
A large variety cf Locks,
Kim and Mortice Locke,
Sarlace and Mortice Blind H in gee,
AU sizes and style* of Door Butte,
Inside Blind Butts (brass and iron,)
A fine line of Padlocks,
Yale Store Door Locks,
Y’ole Night Latches,
Screws in any quantity and every size.
And everything you want in the Hardware line.
Doors, Sash a and Blinds.
Tee largest stock in Augusta, at bottom figures.
Send for prioe list.
BALUSTERS, BRACKETS AND MANTLES,
And almost anything that can be made out of
wood, we are prepared to make it.
YeHow Pine Lumber.
In any quantity, rough or dressed. We pack
and deliver ell of oar good* free of charge.
Thompson & HeindeL
ftblS. 810 JACKSON STREET.
H. H -CARLTON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ATHENS, G*-J
O FFICE on Broad street, up stairs. Entrance
next door above Long’s Drag Store. Will
attend promptly to all business entrusted to h
|o*r. <• - — rtl
n AT)I)T? T\—Thousands of graves art
Ivl I Ij f3 I lonnually robbed of their
victims, lives prolonged,
happiness aqd health restored by the use or the
6ER1IAH nrVIGORATOfi.
Which positively and permanently cans ,m
teney (ceased by ezeeesee ot eny kind), Semin
al Weakness, and *11 disease* tbit follow as a
koess, end all disease* that follow as »
* of Self-Abuse, as loss of energy, los
', universal lassitude, pain in the Dock
_“ d all diseases that
sequence
memory, umvcraai lassitude, pai .
ditmueaa of vision, premature old age, and many
other diaeaaea that lead to insanity or consump
tion and a premature grave.
Send for circulars with testimonials fret by
mail. The INVIGORATOB is sold at $1 pet
box, or ax boxes for $5, by all druggists, or will
be sent free by mail, securely sealed, on receipt
of price, by addressing.
F. J. CHENEY, Druggists,
187 Summit St, Toledo, Ohio.
Sole Agent for the United States.
R. T. Brumby & Co., Sole Agente, Athens.
msvlOd&wly
Souttcrn Mutual Insurance Comp'y,
ATHENS. GEORGIA-
YOU NO L. O. HAHRIS, Preoldont
sTKW.NK THOXAS, Secretary.
Grmft Afc»rt*i Ajirll 1, 1H77,
9784,6Sf t.2
Petident Director*.
L. G. Harms, stmyrms Thomas
1.L1ZVB L. NkWTOR,
.FtRDlNARD PHIRlsr
Dr. J. A. Hcrricutt
4o uww. Nicholson
Yor>
John II. J'M.ton.
Dr. Hi nry lull,
ALIGN 1*. 1 RARING,
the place at No. 5 Whitehall street. Be sot
inuuced to pay high prices for Inferior goods. I
gusrAtee a perfect tit of every pair I sell, and rs
I only keep the best of Lenses in White and Tint
ed, guarantee every pair to five satisfaction for 4
years. Give me a trial before purchasing else
where. A. F. PICKtHT,
aug9 Wholesale and Retail Jeweler
Rubber Stamps!
MANUFACTURED BY
E.W. SODGE, Frop’r,
AUGUSTA
STENCIL WORKS,
181 EILin n 8T., AUGUSTA, " *
Send lor Catalogue and price*. Agtn
121 EIGHTH 8T., AUGUSTA, GA.
Send for Catalogue and prices. Agents wanted.
Sample name
PLATE lor
ARKING
^CLOTHING.
Price, 50 eta.
complete with Ink and Brush 1une7.
DIAMONDS,
FINE JEWELEY,
WATCHES,
AND
SILVERWARE.
LARGEST ASSORTMENT* IN THE SOUTH, AT
J. P. STEVENS & GO’S,
• 34 WHITEHALL STREET.
ATLANTA, . . . GEORGIA.
SILKS, SATINS
*nd the lovelieat line of slice and ooloud
Turin ever shown in Atlanta.
We can a laoahow the prettiest line of
gimp, Fa—amantariaM, Ja-fc
Fringe, Jot and Stool
.ta,
and Black andooloredSilk Fringes ever opened
intbiadty. Call and aee for vourself. Yon
will be convince
STOCK.
ja fhll of all the latest novolties and popular
prices prevail throughout.
HOSIERY
We cany on immen.-e otock and can certainly
please yoa in pb lee.
Some people wonder why Jim Blaine
remains in the cabinet so long. It is
because of the number of his rela'ives
yet unappointed to office.
The Macon Telegraph says that
the morphine and other forms of opi
um sold to consumers in that city,
amount to $10,000 a year.
Postmaster-General James says
he will not leave the cabinet before
January 1st. It is to be regretted
that he will leave it at all.
than
Dan Emmett has made less
$800 on “Dixie”, of which be was
the composer. There is no good rea
sun why he should have made $8.
St. Louis is trying to enforce the
ordinance against concealed weapons.
Heroic efforts are needed, not only ht
St. Louis, but in all parts of the coun
try.
A man in South Africa says he has
fouud a diamond worth $1,500,000.
That is pretty good luck, but noth
ing like starting a newspaper—espe
cially in Atlanta.
Ex-Gov. Morgan thought himself
too old to be secretary of the treasn-
In our geDial clime, age does
not so soon superannuate men. Look
at Bill Moore, for instance.
TOWELS,
Doyfies, Napkins, Counterpane* and Bed
spreads in on endless variety and cheaper th.n
any other house in the city will offer yoa.
Blankets, Blankets!
Tbs largest stock ever offered by any retail
bonse in Atlanta and prices lower.
Weoan sell yon a good Wool Blanket from
38.85 a pair np to 318 00.
Union Blanket* (1 60 up.
KNIT GOODS.
By Or the moat complete atoek of these goods
ever offered by any houae in the south.
Eadiea’ Vest* from 25 cents np.
CLOTHING.
We carry one ofthe best and roost stylish lines
o! Clothing, embracing all the
Nobbiest Styles and Cut
tobe found in any Clothing Honae.
The Spanish authorities have
enacted a law forbidding the publica
tion ot suicides, upon the ground that
the example furnished by self-destroy
ers has a contagious influence upon
weak-minded (people.
Tin Augusta News is determined
to be ahead. No sooner did we be
gin to run Bill Jones’ face in the
Weekly Banner.than the News comes
out with two handsomer men—Zera
Semon and Capt. Bogardus.
Arthur is the tallest and largest
president the country ever had, ex
cept Washington. Thomas H. Bens
ton used to say: “Mr. Douglas will
never be president, sir, never 1 His
coat-tails are too near the ground.”
-OUR-
Gents’ Furnishing Stock
i* filled with the goods and 2*t| prioe* below all
other*.
-ON
SHOES
we are bead quarter*, as we make Men’s, Ladies
Himes and Children’s Shoe* a specialty- Cal
and see no.
O* shoes sea oar' goods and bear onr priom
and yon win saa at one* that weoan
SAVE YOU MONEY.
Splendid line of Men’s and Boy.'
HATS & CAPS
At Attractive Prices.
Please call and see Onr Goods
and Prices before Buying.
Mook & Smith,
63 PEACHTREE ST„
•*118, ATLANTA, GA,
THE MASSACHUSETTS ROWDIES.
The conduct of the Ninth Massa
chusetts regiment, while passing
through Richmond on their way home
from the Torktown centennial, is
causing comment all over the coun
try. There were various stories
told about it, but Mr. Wm. A An
drews, of New Britain, Connecticut,
who was an eye-witness,’gave to the
Springfield Republican an account of
the disgrace!ul proceedings of;the
Massachusetts rowdies.
Mr. Andrews says that the regi
ment had been in Richmond but a
short time’when it seemed as if satan
had taken possession of them. They
began by confiscating^ to their own
use all the teams in sight, and un
hitching horses and mules from omni
busses. Horse cars were stopped on
the streets and their direction revers
ed. Decorations were torn from build
ings, and huckster stands and small
shoos were remorselessly plundered.
The conduct of the regiment rapidly
grew worse, until finally a number of
young ladies were stopped on the
streets and comjielled to submit to
the deadliest of all insults. Their
clothes were torn and they were'treat*
ed to the foulest and most obscene
language. The authorities of the
city could forbear no longer, and
about one hundred of the rioters
were arrested and put in jail.
We must say that the authorities
of Richmond were iery forbearing.
The first named acts ot the rowdies
ought to have been followed promptly
by their arrest and confinement;
but when it came to insulting ladies,
it was time for the men of Richmond
to organize a little riot on their own
part. They ought to have brought
out their shot-guns, and treated the
offenders like prowling rand-dogs.
Mr. Blalae Coming South.
The Boston Pont, in alluding to the
proposed visit of Mr. James G Blaine
to the sooth, snya, “if it ig generally
supposed that he proposes to ruffle
anybody’s feathers, on bis travels in
that region, it is a mistaken idea.
He ii going to radiate sunshine. His
magnetic generator will be in full
blattt, and if the southern people do
not say at last that Mr. Blaine is a
S od fellow, and deserves to be preh
eat, then will he confess, to himself,
that he hasn’t achieved what he went
Iheie for.”
JOHN MILLEDGE.
OF learsixg aid benefactor
the U51VEUSITY OF GEORGIA.
Oration, Delivered July 20,1881, at
the University of Georgia.
L- BADNEY, OP LAGRANGE.
K8 and Gentlemen ;»'History
phy, for the most part, re-
the lives of warriora/oonqnerors
:»*$ ■’(honarehs, or men who have
S; through maty extraordinary
'situdes. But this lives of men
lolly positions, without dazs
; Amhitior)«, without anything ex*
“*pary in their career; but who
Ipd those qualities which make
jjxemplary in private life, and
i tlieiu cpuqliy, ought not to
r lives, their examples, are really
more interesting and more edifyitg
to the majority of men, than those ot
thronod inainrchs or the mighty
thunderbolts of war, who, like Alex
ander, Ctesar and Napoleon, have
trodden down tho nations of the
earth under the iron heel ot their re
sistless power.
Among this class ot individuals in
Georgia, few—yea, none—are better
entitled to a respectful, a crateful, a
loving remembrance than John Mil-
ledge, the ever memorable benefac
tor of learning, born in Savannah,
Georgia, seventeen hundred and fifty-
seven, just twenty-four years from the
landing ot General Oglethorpe upon
the site of the Forest City. It was a
year nch in contributions to the his
tory of our country. A war was
raging between Great Britain and
Franco which, for violence and for
extent, was hardly; exceeded by the
tremendous conflict with the invinci
ble Napoleon. In this war the colo
nies took an active aud a gallant
part, and, indeed, it was a splendid
training school.tor the heroes ot {the
Revolution. Time tvonld tail us to
speak of the daring adventures, the
incredible hardships, the privations
and experiences that were incidental
to a frontier war, extending from
Uherokee Georgia, to Quebec and
Nova Scotia; yet it was in this war
that was trained a Putnam, a Stark,
a Mercer, a Roger, a Lee, a Lau
rens, and last, but greatest of all, s
Washington, tor the great Revolu
tion.
Tis a remarkable pi oof of the in
fatuation of the British ministry, that
they attempted to impose their un
constitutional laws iu tea taxes, stamp
acts and Boston port bills on meu
“Who knew their rights,
And, knowing, dared maintain. ”
On men who, tor eight, consecu
tive campaigns, stood side by side
with British veterans, and more than
once retrieved their disasters, as
Washington did at Braddock’s de
feats*
At.length the parent and child
of war; the Revolution came
the fair temple of Liberty was built,
“Not in the sunshine anJ smiles of heaven.
But wrapped in whirlwinds and begirt with
storms.* *
In this struggle Milledge took an
active aud gallant part, with a few of
his daring comrades. They seized
npon the arsenal at Savannah and
shipped its arms and munitions to ih eir
colonial brethren to do the noble
work that made Bunker's Hill a
monument of glory to every true
American, and enshrined in every
liberty loving heart the name of Jo
seph Warren. As a defender of his
native home, Savannah, when beseig-
ed by the British, Jasper himselt did
not bear a braver part. When at
length the revolution was ended,
when the colonies were declared by
Great Britain to be “ free qnd inde
pendent” Milledge sheathed his
sword, to help garner in the rich har
vest ot liberty, the reward lor many
bloody-fought field,.
A lawyer by profession,activeand pa
triotic he was well suited to the many
high offices of trust and of honor to
which his grateful country called him.
As a member of tho Legislature of his
native State, he was vigilant aud
true to her interests. As a Congress
man and a Senator, be was faithful
to the cause of constitutional liberty,
and well deserved ’the friendship of
Jefferson, the admiration ot Madison
and Monroe. As a Governor, the
records of Georgia during his admin
istration speak sufficiently.
But we have not time to dwell
longer upon his public career; yet it
would Isa ingratitude—base ingrati
tude— not to eulogize his beneficence
as a friend of education and especially
of the University ot Georgia. Let it
not be forgotten that on the 29th day
of January 1785, the legislature grant
ed to a board ot trustees a charter of
an institution of learning to be known
as the Uuiversity of Georgia; for fif
teen years that institution existed only
on paper, and might have continued
to so exist to the millennium bad it
not been that in the year 1801, Gov.
John Milledge gave to the board of
trustees six hundred aud forty acres
of land, on which a part of the citv
of Athens is now built, and then and
there the University sprang into ex
istence. •
With a just foresight did Dr
Meigs, its first president, say in a
letter to Mr. Milledge: “Your insti
tution has taken strong root and will
flonriab; and I feel some degree of
pride in reflecting that a hundred
years hence, when this nascent village
shall embosom a thousand of Geor
gian youths pursuing the paths of
science, it will now and then be said
vou gave these lands and I was on the
forlorn hope.”
Yes, let it be said, gratefully arid,
here to-day that at the foot of this
hill when tiie foundation of this Uni
vereily was laid there gushed a no
ble spring that supplied with water
the surrounding village. That sprin'
is not so copious and cool and health'
full now as then, but the well-spring
ot’knowledge which Milledge opened
here is more copious, more healthful,
more valuable now than it was four
score years ago.
Milledge, with
care for G«
believe in waiting until the stale
should grow np and become prosper
ous and rich’ and then let learning
creep in with luxuries, and be esteem
ed itself a luxury, instead of diffusing
that general, wholesome influence ot
which all may partake and by which
the whole character of the people may
be elevated and refined; bat he was
anxious lhat'.the means of enlighten
ing the people of Georgia shoold go
handan hand with their growth, and
that iheir mental development should
keep pace with their material devel
opment. This, ladies and gentlemen,
was true patriotism—wise statesman,
ship, worthy of the time of Washing
ton, of Jefferson and of Franklin.
Milledge had been born and reared
on Georgia soil. As a soldier he bad
staked bis life in her defense, as a legs
islator and a governor he had conse-
waa
property that the youths or Georgia
might receive that culture that would
make the state prosperous at home
and respected abroad That culture
that would secure for her representa
tives and senators a hearing in con
gress—that would make them the
peers ol anv that might come trom
New England or New York. His
noble desire and design has been ac
complished. The University of Geor
gia has sent forth sons of whom
this grand old “empire state” of ours
may say with the proud Roman ma
tron “these are my jewels.”
They have illustrated Georgia in
the halls of congress with an elo
quence that Tully and Demosthenes
would have been delighted to have
heard; they have represented this
great American republic in foreign
lands; they have presided truly and
faithfully over the commonwealth of
Georgia; they have been distinguish
ed at the bar and in the pulpit; they
have won the thickest and greenest
laurels on the field of battle; and in
that great baptism of blood that con
vulsed our nation from 1860 to 1865,
the sons of this University disproved
the opinion sometimes held that col
legiate training unfits young men for
the stern duties of practical life.
Yes, when we consider the glorious
results that have accrued to Georgia
in the past, and will accruu to her in
the future from this memorable insti
tution of learning ; and when we re
member that Governor John Milledge
first set the example of contributing
to its establishment, we cannot, as
true, patriotic Georgians, admit that
any honor paid to his name and to
his memory is beyond his deserts.
There is not one of the long line of
distinguished individuals who have
drunk of this hallowed munt of learn
ing that will Dot with us to-day say
of Milledge : "■Fa.ma semper vivat
EYESIGHT UF READERS.
A writer in the Literary Journal
calls attention to the danger which
readers run ol injuring their eyesight
*■ "e remarks
others who use the eyes constantly in
their work take extra care to preserve
them by getting the best possible light
hy day, and use the best artificial
light at night. The great army ol
readers are careless, and have sooner
or later to pay the penalty ot their
carelessness by giving up night work
entirely and sometimes reading, ex
cept at short intervals and under the
best conditions. All departures from
common type, making the matter more
difficult tor tlie eyes to take in in
creases the danger. The magnitude
of the physical labor of reading is not
appreciated. A book of 500 pages,
40 lines to a page, aud 50 letters to
the line contains 1,000,000 letters,
all of-which the eve has to take in,
identify and combine each with its
neighbor. Yet many readers will go
through such a book in day. The
task is one he would shrink from, if
he should stop to measure it before
hand. The best positions and best
lights, clear .ype, plain ink, with the
best piqier of yellowish tints, and
abundant space between lines, afford
the best safeguards against harm.
Respect Women.
There is nothing manlv, my dear
boys, in making light of women. For
your mother’s sake, honor the sex.
Never use a lady’s name in an im
proper place, or nt any improper
tijne, or in mixed company. Never
m'ake assertions about her that you
think are untrue, allusions that you
feel she herself would blnsb to hear.
When you meet with men who do
not scruple to make use of n woman’s
name iu a reckless and unprincipled
manner, shun them, for they are the
very worst members ot the communi
ty—men lost to every sense of honor;
every feeling of humanity. Many a
;ood worthy woman’s character has
been forever ruined and her heart
broken by a lie, concocted by an un
principled villain, but believed by
people of good principles wh*o are too
ready to believe slander nr condemn
imprudence and crime. The small
est thing derogatory to a woman’s
character will fly on the winga of the
wind, aud magnify as it’circulatcs,
until its weight crushes the poor un-
oonscious victim. Remember this if
you are tempted to report or listen to
a scandalous lie.
Dr. TAtamxe Says’ the Newspaper to the
Greatest Earthly Blessing. ;
Brooklyn, N.Y., Oct. 81.—Rev.
T. De Witt Talmage, 'to-day, gave
his views on the secular presa, ’ Hi*
text waa: “And the wheels were full
ofeyea,” Ezra x, 18, and ,f Fby the
Athenians and strangers which iyero
there, spent .their time in nothing pise
but either to tell or hear some hew
things.” Acts xvii, 21. The speaker
alluded to the antiquity of newspa
pers and said that the first to answer
the cry, “What is the news 7”' was
China, where, one hundred vean ago
in Pekin, a journal was printed on
silk. After narrating the establish
ment of the first newspaper ip Boston,
in 1691, and in Philadelphia, in 1784'
the speaker added that the newspa-.
per arid not <audtiuqj | y spring os the
world, it came gradually. The circu
lar begat the pamphlet, the panfphlet
the quarterly.the quarterly theinonth*
ly.the monthly the weekly,the weekly
the daily; but just as soon as newspa
pers began to demonstrate its power
it was sfrickeled. “Useless, uselesa,
useless !” exclaimed Talmage. “There
is nothing that despotism hates as it
does newspapers. Napoleon L said
the only sate place to keep editors
was in prison. II I had to choose
between a government without news
papers. aud newspapers without gov
ernment, I would choose the latter.
A filthy and scurrilous newspaper is a
curse, but good newspapers are a
blessing. Thank God that wheels
are full of eyes. A good newspaper
is the grandest blessing that God has
given this country.”
Mr. faimage next alluded to the
prevailing impression that anybody
can edit a newspaper. Said he: ‘The
theory that anybody cau make a news
paper a success is often disastrous.
Three or four fortunes are often swal
lowed up before people are convinced
that brains are required to conduct a
journal. The large swallow the
small. Although there are 7,000 dai
lies, only 36 arc half a century old.
The average newspajier life is five
years. T.ie most of them die ot chol
era mfantum. Au editor must be an
encyclopedia. More qualities are
needed as an editor than in any other
business. I say this to save men
from bankruptcy. Men who think
that without experience they
cau run a newspaper, have softening
of the brain. Such meu bad better
throw their pocket books in their
wife’s lap and ru.-h up to Blooming-
dale asylum. [Laughter.] Newspa
pers are a tunnel to bring out the wa
ters ot knowledge to the people; the
Bible, Webster’s dictionary and good
newspapers fit men tor the duties ot
this life and the next.” Mr. Talmage
advocated an impersonal conduct for
newspapers He said that many meu
wrote brilliant articles, but their names
were never known. He believed that
articles of merit should be signed by
the author’s name and predicted that
t
jBUMMpJLni
get credit for all the'good they write.
Suppose a man’s character is assailed,
who is responsible ? It is concealed in
the editorial “ we.’’ He further ad
vocated editorial and reportorial de
partments in the college; and institu
tions ot learning as a means of fitting
men tor positions on newspapers.
Where, oh, Where Has he Gone,
Griffin Snn.
On Tuesday night last, in Butts
county. Miss Kate Pope was married
to one James W. Hodges. On the
following day the party took a bridal
tour to Hampton, amt came to Griffin
on the evening freight train and put
up at one of the hotels in the city.
On Thursday morning Mr. Hodges in
formed his wife that be wanted a tod
dy, just lor his stomach’s sake, aud
she gave him a twenty-dollar bill, all
the money she possessed, expecting
him to return in a short while with
tbe balance of the money, but the
hope was vain, and np to this writing
he' had not returned, lie took the
train, we are informed, tor Atlanta
on Thursday, and it seems to be the
impression of many that he has de
parted for good, and that the bride
is husbandless. Poor girl; she is to
be pitied ; and the teats that stained
her eyes while walking the streets,
inquiring after him were worthy a
better cause. The lady has relatives
in Butts couuty, and she will proba
bly return to them a sad, heart-brok
en and deserted wife.
Th* Adventures of David Jones’ Watch.
From the Pottsville Chrouiele..
David Jones is a miner at the
Pottsville shafts. He owns a watch
which he prizes more now than he
did a week ago. The other day
slipped out of his pocket while at work
in his breast, and went down the
chute with the coal. It was shovelled
into a wagon, taken down a plain 185
yards long; arrived at the toot of the
shaft it was reloaded on the cage and
taken op 16,000 feet to the surface.
There it was turned into the breaker
through which it passed with several
tons of coal. A slate picker found
it In the meantime Davy discover
ed his Ins* and sent word to the top,”
and Mark Nagle, the telegraph ope
rator, made search tor it, arr ing at
the breaker just in time to see the
boy pick it up. On examination,
was found that the only damage the
hi* characteristic
orgia’s welfare, did not wattu sustained was a'broken° band.
About Third Terms.
Toths Editou ov Tii* Sum—Sm: Is It
against the Constitution tor * m.u to hold the
office of President three time, in sneoetaion t
C’OSSTAHT KKtDXR.
The Cnn-titation says nothing on
the subject. Washington refused a
third term, and his act has been ap
proved by experience and by the
judgment of the penpio so that it pos
sesses all the force of Constitutional
prohibition. Every other president,
except Grant, when given the oppor
tunity, imitated the example ot
Washington. Grant, neither com
prehending nor caring for the liber
ties ot his country, sought, by every
means at his command, to obtain a
third term. The fact that he was
defeated in his purpose by a direct
exertion ofthe people’s will, he re
gards witli indifference. He has not
yet given it up. Jle would even like
to be Emperor; and his contempt for
the example ot Washington made
him, until recently, a menace to his
country.
For Mayor.
Skiff, the jeweler, if elected, will
give the year’s salary and fifty dollars
toward a citv clock to be placked in
the cupola of the Presbyterian church.
Clocks, watches and jewely repaired.
Clocks, watches, jewelry, spectacles,
silvei ware, Ac., selling at reasonable
prices. He who wants to doagreat
deal of good at once will never dd
any.
On Sunday morning, the principal
part ol Edgefield, 8. C. wa« destroyed
‘ Tl ' ‘ -
iiy fire. The loss ih estimated at
$107,000. The total amount of ins
surancs was $80,000. There i* rea
son to believe it was the work of an
noendiary.
REDUCED RATES.
The exhibitors at the Exposition have I
had a meeting and urged the rail- "
roads in Georgia to put, their rates I
down so that the people of 'the state I
may be induced tri visit the exposi
tion; and they suggest one cent aj
mile as a proper price to be charged.
This suggestion of the exhibitors is |
one which ought to be heeded by the
railroads. There are oiany intelligent
people in Georgia who are paying no
attention to the fact that such an enr
terprise is going on in our state,. They
have concluded that they cannot bear
the expense of a visit to Atlanta, and
have dismissed the matter trom ’hair
minds.
If the railroad fore could bo re
duced to one cent a mile, and the
people ofthe ataLe be assured that
they could get good board at low
rates, thousands and thousands of
people would gp there whoovv have
no intention of so doing. The low
rates would be a temptation too
strong to be resisted.
For our part, we want the people
ot the state to turn out en masse, and
go to the Exposition. A few days-
or longer, jf convenience will allow-
coiddbe spent, there with j
profinTy almost anylvnly nflhestate.
The exposition would prove an edu
cator, after a fashion, to most of our,
people; and wo are anxious to have
them avail themselves of the benefits
to be derived therefroir. By all
means let the fare be reduced.
ARREST OF A YOUNU GEORGIAN.
Charges of Swindling that he Denies—Letters
Taken from his Pockets.
John W. B. Oliver, a young Geor
gia planter, was arrested nt thirty-
ninth street and Madison avenue,
yesterday by detectives Heaiy, Ru-
land and Hines on charges made in
letters from J. B. Felder, Mayor of
Americu-, Sumter county, Ga. Tho
prisoner is a typical Southerner in
appearance. He carried a heavy pis
tol, but made the officers no trouble,
simply declaring that the charges
made against him are fal-e, aud
that his arrest is an out
rage. Tbe detectives had been in
formed that Oliver intended to vi-it
Dr C 11 Agnew ot 19 East Thirty-
ninth street to have Iiis eyes examin
ed, and they quietly awaited him at
the corner.
It is charged that he sold in May,
1880, a cotton plantation he owned
in Webster county, Ga., but thereaf
ter obtained large quantities ot sup
plies on credit by falsely pretending
still to owe the plantation. These
supplies it is alleged he turned into
cash at once. Heis also said to have
had a number of colored laborers
working for him on shares who claim
that their shares were not paid them
when the cotton was sold.
He was locked up at Police Head
quarters. In his pockets were found
two letters. One is from his brother,
G. W. Oliver, who i* at college in
Athens, Ga. The following are ex
tracts :
‘I see you have left Georgia. I
was expecting it- Dolpli told mo
that it was going to bust. I -oppose
that you made a good thing ol it.
When you write let me know how
much you made in the operation.
Don’t get to gambling in New
York as yon did in Atlanta, and say
lie might not i
mo’neyr*
The other letter was from Aineri*
eus and was unsigned. Extracts from
it are ns follows :
Sold coiton without trouble or
question.
I told them all that you had leit,
and that I had not seen you for a
week. They seemed to be satisfied.
I broke the daws to the favorite
‘sons of Ham.’ They muttered so">e :
apd then went to picking by the hun
dred weight.
I saw J. F. G. yesterday, and told
him about tbe matter. You could
see bis countenance fall when I told
bun. But when I assured him that
you would see him later, and that he
would not bo left,he seemed in better
spirits and said he hoped it would 1>e
all right —If. Y. Sun, tfso. 1.
A Joking Gallant'S Bitter Pill.
Columbia (Tenn.) Herald.
The Bear creek breach of promise
case is the Inle-t sensation. Miss Car
rie Carr.daugl.ter o’ V.F. Carr.an es
teemed citizen, has sued J. I. Under
wood in the sum o! $10,000 for breach
of marriage cn’.racl. They were en
gaged to he married at Mr. Under-
woori’s store, on Bear creek, on Sat
urday at two o’clock, in calico aud
jeaus. The bride was there promptly
and the groom was in the field stack
ing hay. She is twenty-four and he
is torty-eight. Both are highly re
spectable person? and esteemed by the
entire neighborhood. We are told
that the engagementto marry occurred
in the following manner ; Mis- Carr
came into Mr. Underwood’s store on
Bear creek to make some purchases.
Mr Underwood quizzed her about a re
port that she was soon to he married.
Oh, no; no one will have me,’ she
said, jestingly. ‘I’ll have you,’ .Mr.
Underwood said, in his own empha
tic and earnest manner, to which she
replied ; ‘All right. I’ll marry you.’
Mr. Underwood thought that .Miss
Carr was joking.
COTTON GROWING IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Atlanta Constitution.
We print in the rooming’s Consti
tution a remarkable letter from the
Fallon Brothers, of Philadelphia.
These gentlemen forward to the
Cotton Exposition a sample of cotton
grown in the open air in Delaware
county, Penn.—a county only a few
miles out from Philadelphia. They
claim that the climate, the soil and
the season*! of Pennsylvania have
proved to be perfectly adapted to the
culture ol ootton, and announce that
they will plant 800 acres in cotton
next season. The average yield they
look Cor is a half bale to the acre—•
much larger.yiela than our southern
lands average. The first impulse ot
this remarkable letter will be lo pro
nounce it absurd—and if it is believ
ed, to ascribe the success of this rear’*
planting to mere accident. The idea
of growing cotton as a crop in Penn
sylvania is certainly a startling one.
But let us not di-miss it us entirely
impractioabl.e until we have thought
over the possibilitieii of tertiliicrs.uud
the developments • that mustj c-omq
from their perfection.
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