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:in SOUTHERN BANNER: JANUARY 8i<M98r llntea of Local Advertising <St Job Work Local Notices 15 cents per line, 10 cents for aacli olilitionnl publication, no display allowed in tlie local columns of tills paper. M irr'nnte mid death notices are published t'reo of ciuirjre. . ' t i 1 ■*J Obituaries are -barged for at the rates of ten emits per line. Announcements of candidates nnd eoinmnni- cations favoring individual candidates, mnst bt paid for in advance. A Ivcrtisemeuts not marked lor any specified i >, will be charged fir until ordered out. >b work mnst be paid for upon delivery, i ion tickets, cash npou delivery. „ . s Relating to Newspaper Subscrip tion* and Arrearages.,' 1 ! J't i y . ntClSIOS os THE OflTKIl STATKS S!'PEEVE UOOHT. 1. Subscribers who do not give express notice i-i the oiiitrurv, arc considered wisiiing to con- : im.ie their subsaption. 2. If subscribers order the discontinuance of :':cir periodical*, t ho publishers may continue ■ i sen i them mtil all arrearage*are puid. A. 3. if subscribers neglect or refuse totakethoir periodicals from the office t* which they are directed, tiny are held responsible until they ivc * ittled’tiieir bills ami ordered them dis- i-untiuued. 4. It' su iscr hers move toother places without iMlifviiig publishers, and the papers are sent t-> t ie former direction, they are held re-poo- sible. . f > 5. I’iie courts have decided that “refusing to take periodical* from tlie ollice, or rrtr.oving a-id lo ivi nj them uncalled tor is prime laciu o»i 1-nccm* intentional fraud.” C. Anv person who receives a newspaper nnd Hikes use of t whether ho lias ordered it or n it, is ho! 1 in law to bo a subscriber. 7. If subscribers pay in udvanee, tliey are 1, mud to give notice to the publisher, at the nod ct" their time; if they do not wish to con tinue taking it; otherwise the publisher is .ithoriro'* to send it on; and the subscribers will be responsible until an express notice, with pivmciu of all arrearages, is sent to the P'.iblis'.ier. Personal nnd Otherwise. —S:ty, Jim, what. heat a r* vmi on? — Hon. H. H. Carlton is in Atlanta, —Lieutenant' Cmp i- himself again tlu; gUyst of J. E. >weti». # —(Johb Davis will sign himself C. —*-J. H. Htu-iier, Esq , Mayor elect, P. for the balattc'-bf the year, was installed yesterday. j- i^The first Uefe‘ of 11.1 tfo-rfear —C;t|»t. J. E. Kitch left, New Year s day, for Atlanta. —Go out tomorrow night and hear II W» Grady, Esq., iti “Patch work Palace.’’ f i ; J| I*' • Y ‘** , , —John Hope Hull sper.t New LOCAL DEPARTMENT. has been a fine one for business. —Charlie and Miss Mamie Asbttry, left. New Year’s day, for their home in White county. Son voyage. — Bassett will favor the denizens of Clayton and Jackson streets with the |n Atlanta, and made tome j n , iv il chorus in a day or two. pleasant calls during the day. j _ Ml , j olm O’Farrel! has opened ^It.^Ii S, Schevenell, we are j a blacksmith shop at Mr. Bassett’s W>vry toilloarn, is quite sick, and little j „,,J s1:lll(1 OI , Oconee street. hopes aruetileriained for his reci verv. { „„ . ,, , .. — I lo re is an immailahle letUr til —Oconee county can pay all her j t)ie Augusta post-office for T. W. debts ami then have a surplus of over j Fleming, of this city. one thousand doll; rs in her treasury. J ,, —, . . , , , J ] —.Mayor Ruckci* ts the only single ^-ftt^keia number of young nn-n nian C ohnected with the city govern- reneivetf 4|iejf acquaintances ami j UK ,,„ drank toasts with their lady friends i ,, ... , , m J i — Ol Hose, ot the police lorce, lastTuesdav. 1 . .. . I comes to the iront with the largest —Mr. Win. Si irlcy has been quite i niIlllbcr of . sts {ol . lhc JW 1877 . ill for the past ten days, but we are glad to state that lie was considerably ,TV — file Winief is- the warmest -we A. Natural Fertilize!-, have liad sou-.e 1852 Mr. Peter Gregory, of Oemiei- -F. B. Lucas, tax collector of this co '*" l - v ’ a Bonanza in a fertilize county, has eo lected and paid to the u,al is » deposit of muck in the b-i State $21,875, and to treasurer S6,16U. All this money , waspaid.and in the hands of the dil- j 11,541 ,le tor a ,onii ,il:u ' * ,w " terent officers la-tWC list mas day ««'tivating his land ns close to tli the county ol Oconee river which runs tinough prescribe it this money M' is P la »bitiou. Mr G. informs Us ; 25 cents. Parents - How often does a •light cough «r could iend» u* the most efiotis consequence. l&ep-Dr Bull’s i 'ougii Syrup at home: Physicians Thousands take-it. Price, i: belter last even ug. — Only one change tvas made it- the police force for the year 1878 hy the I incoming Council, —Col. Sam Alexander, alter spend- . , .. . 1 1 —Head the article on our, first page- headed A visit to Alliens,” ing a lew pleasant days with his] Clarke, Tlui Hatter. We direct attention of the readers to the turd of Lewis H. Clarke, At lantit. G.». -V liner -tuck ot hats, caps, &v., cannot be found in Georgia than tiiat on exhibition by Lewis Clarke, lie Uhj*vs ox icily how to keep a hat s.ore. New Vcars' Call. While many gentlemen paid their respects to this office on New Year, we had the pleasure of but one lady visitor. Mrs Horace L. Cranio d was thoughtful cuougiiii to come ami wish other returns of a happy New Year to the toiling editor and prin ter, Don Yon Like AVe? fit ml., left l"i Monlgouiciy * a>l j from the Augusta Evening i Monda - V ’ . \nIcs. -Billy Kadciiflfe is engaged upon a \ _ S;cm & >S;l „ !tl . r h:ive c!ose d , it eir ! Mr. Lucan has denmn-u&tikd the fact th-.t tiie taxes ca > he aathured if the officer has the vim and enterprise to discharge his duty. Mr. L. Ims mafic a good -officer, and we doubt if any other tax collector in tlie Stole can -how as dose cidli-ctioiis as this gen tleiuaii. —“TTie last of tlie Moliicans,” “James White, John H. Hughes, Albert L. Milcheif. I iic - surviving •• Julies’ present their compliment*.” The. above card was one of tin many that were handed around New Year’s day. The tlnve gentlemen named in the card, arc the retu-tining single ones of quite a number ot Iriemls that kurm-rly paid their New Year’s ealls together, but one ot these t-ays he will he married before another New Year. Hen?’- - to your health new song, which will he dedicated to Otsim-c County I-'n 1 e. , .,... , , , . .. . i.i-ii 'Ycarcghidtoli-miiUhitltlhnciti- ........ % , ... wholesale liquor boose, but L title . , J . < “ Conductuf Jbhn Mom-c, and will be — . „ .. , , zens ot Oconee ar-.* alremiy moving m , ... . ’ Dick w II still run his bar snd billiard . . „ . known as *• That B-v of Mine.” ! , 4 the matter ot lumliug another Fair * : vuiiiii -•_*» • t • ,, . . ; v j tins year. _ho A-.-ocialion ts thor- —1.1 ev. Mr. Hautiuoud, minister in charge of Ocoiu-e Street Methodist f’iMtrch, arrived in the city a day or two ago . welcome bin to our " ' y: ™ . ..SL ’ —Mrs. W F. Combs, wife of our editor-iu chief, with her interesting family arrived in the city Monday evening last, and arc temporarily stopping with Major A. D. Ciinurd. —Tuesday morning,-at'the Court- House, S. M. II- trington, E-q., joined in holy wedlock, Mr. Sherman B. Ilauks and Miss A. Elizabeth Cole man, Loth of Jackson county. ...... , —Mr Utchard S. Jeftries and Miss A Russian Jew, by some untownro , ,, . . “ . J - HaUio Gw-G*<ukl, ot^Augusta, will be circuinslancc, lottml fits way .<> t , •' . ,, , , j . , v | -m-tHsuid at the residence ot the i•ride’s mother on tlie* 9th instant. Athens not long -sti.ee, and mad himself gen .-rally obnoxious to both Jew and Gentile. With no apparent hopes for the future, and no aspira tion save to look between his thumb and little finger into the bottom of a glass, be vas as brave a (hie) inoti, use ever cuni to Merika. Funds were put into the hands ot M r . Z. Philip, who escorted the aforesaid gentleman to one of our depot’s, pur chased a ticket for him and sent him whirling to the far unknown. Being securely Listened to his scat with benzine we have no idea that he es caped from the cars. Tlie 'Pinttonal. Travel and traffic between this sec tion and Washington City being brisk at nearly all seasons ot the year, we desire to call the attention of visitors to the National Hotel, Washington, D. C. This is one of the finest hotels South of the Potomac, keeps the table supplied with all the luxuries the markets of the world afford, and is pr-sided over by Mr. Thomas II. Har bin, one ol the nicest gentlemen which it has ever been our pleasure to meet. Among the Congressmen who board at the National are Messrs. Stephens, Bell, Harris and Felton, front Geor- K' a - . Humored. That one or more large ware houses will be erected the coining summer in order that storage may be furnished for the thousands of bales of cotton that otherwise will have to remain in the streets. We hope these rumors may prove correct, for while the appearance of hundreds of bales of cotton on the different business streets gives our city a lively appear ance, it also creates the impression that we hardly know how to handle the staple nicely. Oi dit that Reaves & Nicholson will remove the dwellings in rear ol Franklin Range and convert the en tire square into a huge warehouse, Also that parties arc negotiating ii»r the Ilodgson lot running through from Clayton to Market street for the purpose mentioned above. We say let toe good work go on. \Ve acknowledge an invitation to be presem. * —Re$sc «fc Lane have removed their stock of goods from their old -tand to the store-room formerly oc cupied by Stern & Saulter, where they will bo glad to welcome their many friends. — Mrs. Joint A. Moore, wife of conductor Moore, returned home from Florida during the holidays. Jolm was mighty proud to see Ins “ bouncing baby boy.” —It was rumored that the ladies would set out coffee in place of wine —Young Pittman, sou of Willis Pittman, of Jnckwilf cifituty, left his home and friends, Wednc-da; night, to try his forftuit* in feva». —The office of lamplighter, it is said, will be let out by contract. The appointee will bo required to furnish oil and light the lamps. —The wood awning extending from Dr. Ed. Smith’s drug store to John W. Nicholson’s hoot and hat house, has been improved by tlie paint brush, —The next weekly issue of the Detroit 1*>es Press will contain the romance and incidents of tiie military career of Senator John B. Gordon, by Col. I. W. Avery, of Atlanta. —Christmas Eve night n hale ol cotton was stolen from the depot at Wintorville. A colored man was : r- rested on suspicion and placed in jail at Lexington. The cotton, however, was not recovered. —Tlie Weekly Southern Ban ner will l:e kept fully up to the wants of the reading public, and we shall spare neither time nor pains to make it the most ttsefn' and interest ing paper published in the South. —The prospectus of the Athens Chronicle announces tiiat the propri etor will pour red hot shot intoevery- onglily organized and active opera- liml^TviU soon begin. Moi-lon-ils- Hurt. We regret loh-arn that little Fred die, son of Weldon price, Sheriff' of Oconee county, received a serious hurt on Tuesday last A little negro who was waiting on Mr. Price started out of tiie mom with a pitcher in which to get some water. On open ing the door, and turning hurriedly around, little Freddie was struck in S the forehead with the pitcher with such force as not. only to make an ugly wound, but to render him in- sencjblu lor some time. IMnno rutiitig. Persons desirous of having their pianos timed and repaired can have the same done in first class style. As I will remain in the city only for a few days, all orders lelt at Burke & Fleming’s will meet with prompt at tention. J. W. Bigub. Our Atcents. The following gentlemen have kindly consented to act as agents for the Georgian. All contiacts, either for subscription or advertising, will be recognized by us : J. P. Shannon,Esq., at E.bertoigGa. A. H. Brock, Esq., at Jefferson, Ga. waters edge as possible. Midway the stream opposite the cultivated land were two sm.dl islands which, ordinarily, were above high water mark, and being very rLh he desired to cultivate t hem. Const q-ieiit' v lie f 1 d trees and hushes into t i.e*ii« iin in order licit the debits lloa i gumvn might lodge against them and torin a natural hrigde. The project w .s s-.ieees.-ful. This, in a measure changed tiie current of water, and now from one island to the other a j-liocc-oe tornuitjqn has taken plate tiie is lands have lieen united hy a deposit ol muck which tarnier experts and even chemists pronounce a u.-ist excellent fertilizer. Indeed, with the addition ot lime and .-a't, it is thought that manure can he made from this deposit which will equal I he highest grade ol commercial fertilizers. Mr. G. is now engaged in composting tuis muck— drive* Ids team where, four years ago, was the bed ot the liver, loads and carries out to the hills to manipulate He lias already engaged fitly tons fbr the crop of 1878, and if results are satisfactory thinks he can sell tour • r five hundred tons next year in his own neighborhood at ?‘_’0 p< r ton. We wiil he anxious ;•• hear the amount ol mcrea-e in crops from this home made manure. “German Syrup.”—No other in tlieinc in tlu*. “uid was-t vex given - c s ) a tost of its euraiivu- qualities i- Bqschee’s German Syrup. In three vears two mi lion four hundred thou- - nd small hollies of tins medicine ■ ere distributed free of change by Druggists in this country to those afflicted with Consumption,. Asthma, *>.»itp, sqvcre Coughs, Pneumonia a id other diseases o.r the Throat attyl Lungs, giving the American: peopie unleuiable proof that German Syrup a ili cure them. The result has- been 'hat Druggists in every town and village in the IToio-d Status am re commending it to their customers. Go to your Druggist, and ask. what • oey know about it. Sample Bottles 10 qouts Regular size 75 cent-. I’hr— uoses will relieve any case. For sale by R. T Brujusy it Co. Large Sot Gents’ Tn s, 8earf»and Bows. Also, Gents’Knit Undershirts t'd Drawers, at gr-ally reduced ■ rices M. G. & J„ Cohen. Ooonee County. The Host fount) in the state to tier Age. ami Ahead of Home nr her Seniors. The best county in the State to her age, and ahead of some which are nly a half century her senior Sin- can pay all her debts and have left in her treasury the round sum of one thousand dollars, and besides the good condition of the county as a county, there are a great many ol her citizens. ivliQ are . well sujqdied with all farm products necessary to subsist upon another year. But among all of our farmers, wi A Gentle Ilrx r.—In our style of • imate, with its sudden changes of emperature—rain, wind and sttnshrue ■tteu intermingled in a single day—it i- no wonder that our children, friends • nd relatives are so frequently taken • tom us hy neglected colds, hall tho ■j tenths i e.-nil ing directly from this • cause. A bottle of Boschee’s German j \vtup kept about your home for itn- | mediate use will prevent serious sick ness, a large doctor’s lull, and perhaps death, hy the use of three or four doses. For curing Consumption, Hemorrhages Pneumonia, Severe Coughs, Croup or any disease of the "I hnmt or Lungs, its -access is simple wonderful, as your truggisl will tell you. German Syrup is now sold in every tnwu and village on this continent Sample bottles tor trial, lUc^ tegular size, 75. For sale .by I*. T Brumby A Co. XO.w and Then. — It is only now know of none that has been nU)IV s then that such men as Hon. Alex. II. Stephens, Ex-Gov. Smith and Mr. ll. C. Stephens m, Hartwell, Ga. New Year’s day, and thereupon, the I thing that deserves it. Well, shoot j S. T. Flemming. E-q., Eagle “Belle of West End” declined to ( y 0 ur shickle; lmt we trust there’ll he j Grove, Ga. form any acquaintance npftn such a „o conflagration- j Mr. W. J. Go-s, Postmaster at Harmony Grove, Ga. weak pretext. —“ Ring out the old, ring in the new,” is good enough in some re spects, but when it refers to our last year’s ^sweetheart, wo w«mhi just like to see some poetical cuss “ ring lu-r out.” —We regret exceedingly to have to announce the extreme illnc-s of Mrs. C. D. Hill, of this place She has been a long but patient sufferer, but is worse at present than evtr be fore. Senator Hill, the father-in-law, has been summoned to her bedside. —Mayor Talmadge stepped grace fully down and out yesterday. lie discharged the duties of his office faithfully and conscientiously, and retires with the bust wishes of all classes. -Dock Pridgeon and Win. Wood, Esq., will leave in a day or two f«»r Gainesville, to assist Mr. McGinty in the construction of the Pltinizy hotel at Sulphur Springs, six miles from the above place. —The Athenians should all turn out Tuesday evening to hear “ Patch- work Palace,’’ listened to by more than 600 in Augusta and 900 persons in Atlanta. “ Just Human” sur passed. Remember that it is fbr the benefit of the Pni-Kappas, who have so many friends in onr midst. Hall will be comfortable and music fur nished for the occasion. —Tlie prospectus of the Athens Chronicle was distributed bn our streets last Thursday. We wish the proprietor and his enterprise much success. The subscription price is within the reach of all, and we trust the proprietor will he liberally patron ized hy our citizens. —Thursday night we had a fall of snow, which at one time promised to he heavy enough to admit of sleigh ing, but later in the night it com menced to rain and hy mtruing it was only observable on the house tops. This is the first we have had in this section this winter. —Loyd Williams, after spending three months in merry England, with his relatives and friends, returned to Athens via Northeastern Railroad Thursday morning. We are glad to learn that he enjoyed his trip across the briny deep. He returns in good health and will do some hard work for the Southern Express Company during the winter. successful than our young friend, WILLIAM J. THORNTON, lie has made upon his farm (which is situated u;:on Barber’s Creek) this year one hundred and twenty-three bushels cf wheat, one hundred bush els of oats, six hundred and seventy five bushels of corn, an 1 twenty-seven bales of cotton, weighing four hun dred and fifty each, and has raise sixteen hundred pounds of pork Mr. Thornton’.- neighbors will tes lif'y that he used in cultivating tin above crop only two horses and a half Where is there another two and-a-half horse farm that will boa. this? * ’ WILLIAM Y. ELDER, Our representative elect, is he.n in the pork line of anything we have he? rd from. He has eight hogs that will net three bundled each, making twenty-four hundred pounds for tlie Penniless. On Monday morning last, a lady, and her little daughter, aged 14 years, arrived in Athens ft om Banks i ounty, whither they had been for the pur pose as staled hy the mother, of se- ... , , , . i ' . Li • i- -i i eight hogs, and yet he says that il curing employment. Having tailed , to get it she began the homeward march without any money. Having been directed to Mr. Jester’s store she found her way there and stated her condition to Mr. J., with the ad ditional fact that she desired to go to Greene county. This fact having been made kt own to our police, that generous band were not long in get ting funds sufficient to transport these two unfortunate females to their de sired destination. The mother was doubtless a lady of noble qualities of mind nnd heart, as she asked the name of some one to whom she could return the money. She was told, however, that it was a gift and she went on her way rejoicing. —Evening Nttcs: Will Beusse, the heavy (225 lbs., 16 years) boy Athens, and Aliio Beusse, bis .- •usi». the slim boy, were in Augusta, Mon day, on a brief visit to the bride of Capt. Geo. W. Calvin, sister of Will. Both left with a strong desire to re- t urn at the earliest possible time. The “ big boy’’ will come back as soon as lie can. Hats, Sats! G ms» splendid stiff fashionable lb.i- .it 8_ 25, worth 88 50. Come a d -«• ibr yourself. M. G. & J. boll N. any bills are introduced In the Legis lature—of which he is a member— that will make hogs grow larger, he is going to freeze to it. Yours truly, Ukxis. A Very good Reason.—The rea son why only one sample bottle ot Mkrrell’s Hepatine for the Liver will be sold to the same person, for ten cents, by our Druggist, C. W. Long & Co. is because of the enormous expense ot importing the Hepatine into this coun try ; but as there are fifty doses in the large size bottles, it seems two cents per dose is cheap enough after all for a medicine that cures dyspepsia and liv er complaint. All who have not had a sample bottle are entitled to one for j ten cts. at C. W. Long & Co., Dru store. Thiee doses relieves any case ot dyspepsia, constipation, indigestion or liver complaint, in the world. Regular size bottles, fifty doses, 81.00. C. W. Long & Co. Ex-Gov. Brown of Ga., endorse a medicine for the throat and lungs, and when they ko it is pretty good evidence hat the remedy must be good for the cure of coughs, colds and lung affec tions. They recommend the Globe Flower Cough Syrup, and their testimonials are to be seen round tho .en cent sample bottles of the Globe Flower Syrup, for sale by. Dr. C. W. Long & Co., Athens, Ga. Lucas& Ware Have tliis day received a new lot f handsome dress goods at greatly educed price-, also, a now lot of linglish suitings for the tailoring den partment. Call and see the elegant suits which we are now having made »t cxtteniely low prices. Boys and mm’s clothing, overcoats and all goods that are going out of season at cost and less than cost, call and get bargains. ^.Trade from a distance solicited. dec!8-4t. llaramerslauigtiV* dotlilne- We are offering our entire stock ot this celebrated goods at cost. Come and buy before tlie stock hccemes too much broken. M. G. & J Cohen. Goad Fann.3 fox Salo- Jarrott’s Mill Pond place, and a number of farms, from 1°0 to 5'JO acres each, in the Tugalo Valley, lower part of Habersham county, Ga., can he obtained on the most favorable terms by applying to F. W. Lucas, Adni’r, Athens, Ga., Or C. P. Jarrett, Tugalo Station, on Air-Line Railroad. nov27-8w. A young lady has completed a IL-t of her gentlemen acquaintance, anti entered their name3 ia a handsome parlor aloum. She playfully calls it her “ him-hook.’’ Go to Lucas & Ware’s fbr elegant suits of clothes at extremely l<>\v pr ccs. de«T8-4 . Thrash’s Consumptive Cure.— Sure cure for consumption, bronchi tis,coughs, croup, colds, and all lung affections. Restores lost voice, etc Call at Dr. Ed. Smith’s drug -tore Dr. King’s old stand, and get a trial bottle for 50 cents. Large size $1 50 If any one speak ill of thee, consider whether he has truth on ins side, and if so. reform thyself that his censures may not affect thee. *, *’■**"